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Chronicles Of The Worlds Undoing

Lucian Vyre

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ENTRY I: The Ember Beneath the Stone

Date: The First Collapse

They say the world ended today.

I disagree.

It was never a world worth preserving.

I was born in the undercity of Virellium — a place so deep beneath the surface, light had to be taught to us like a myth. We weren’t born blind. No, that would’ve been merciful. We were taught to see and then told we didn’t deserve the stars. Our ceili...

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Strict Orders to Deviate

townnie

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Demonstrate who you are.

With each action, each small step you are here to solidify whether or not we make it past the night. There will be four hours for you to infiltrate and incapacitate the gunman. From there on out, you'll be on your own trying to navigate back outside. During this mission under no circumstances are you to follow the footsteps of your peers, that being both the ones beside y...

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The Fruition Of Superstition

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My waterlogged ankle boots crunch on the stony shoreline as I wring out my hair, shaking my head at the waterfall at my back.

It roars, taunting me, a thunderous plea demanding I look upon the impossible height that I just descended.

“Don’t wanna know,” I mutter weakly back at it.

My voice is a bit hoarse, either from screaming or swallowing the questionable water.

I can’t be sure.

It felt ...

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Unknown Text

Destiny

1 min read

I’m home watching TV, the phone rings!Unknown CALLER,it displayed. Curiosity kills the cat!. I picked up the phone and said hello.

There was a woman on the other side, accusing me of stealing her boyfriend!

What? Who’s this?

You know who I am, I’m Steven’s fiancé.

Lady, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I think you have the wrong number. I don’t even know a Stephen.

So I hung up with her, ...

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A Detective’s Betrayal (Part 2)

Quill To Page

2 min read

I awoke in a tight, dark space, a gag tied tightly to my mouth and the bite of cold steel chains told me I was tied to the chair I was sat on. Judging by the size, I was most likely in a large cupboard, empty except for me and the figure behind me, who was holding a knife to my throat. Looking down to the blade, I saw the muscles in the hand, wrist and forearm, not Herim.

As I calmed myself, I ca...

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The Last Cry

Coza

2 min read

The stench was unbearable. Even through a pinched nose did Bruce Harrington find himself gagging onto a piss-stained wall, hoping not to contaminate the evidence. He heard the heavy footsteps of his newly joined partner exit the alleyway. A blameless action, the nearly retired gentleman thought to himself. This was the worst one yet.

Braving the scene, Bruce found himself desperately trying, with...

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The Sad Exchange For Freedom

Adalyn gaudet

3 min read

“It all started when I was taken from my home. I’m only 13 years old, I didn’t know what was happening or what was going on, I just wanted to get out of there.” I said to the police officer interrogating me. I felt tears coming, but i didn’t want to let them out no matter how painful it was.

“It’s ok, if you need a minute feel free to say so.” He said, but i shook my head, wanting to just go la...

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Kitkat💕

1 min read

A police officer arrested my mom,

Because she licked a strangers shoes.

Collin was his name, he dropped the charges.

Dad was terrifed and hid all the shoes in the house.

Elephants ran through the living room

I tried to stop her but she licked an elephants toes.

Jello, my mom said they tasted like.

Kenny the elephant ran and trampled our couch.

Living room, destroyed.

MONEY! MONEY WAS IN THE COUCH ...

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Deviance, Devinnance, Destruction

🥀🌱Freebird🕊️🍃

2 min read

(This is NOT based on any true events. Everything is fictional.)

It had been half a year since the incident. The incident that had cruelly seized their little boy. He had been reserved, but playful to those who knew him. A loving, good willing child. Nobody knew him by his full name; Devinnance; Everyone just called him Devin. The family was Celtic, firmly Pagan, and richly religious. They held ...

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A Detective’s Betrayal

Quill To Page

1 min read

“The knife belongs to me.” Detective Herim stepped out from the shadows, dislodging the blade from the fresh corpse and staring me in the eyes as he wiped the fresh blood from the metal with a white handkerchief.

“Detective…?” I rose from my squatted position beside the body, fists clenched. “You were the one who killed my brother?!”

Herim smirked. “Now, now. Remember the rule: friends and famil...

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