Bruised & Bemused
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“Reality is only what you consume, what you decide to take in…”
Charlotte Brooks is a college student living in the sweet decadence only afforded to the beautiful, witty, and manipulative. Her life consists of attending frivolous frat parties, interacting with dreadfully obnoxious men, and consistently looking out for opportunities to blackmail anyone who could give her some leverage in the social hierarchy. However, her string of good luck and brilliance ends in the most horrific fashion conceivable. As she tries to put the pieces of herself back together, ideas of revenge and malice enter her mind to create a cunning plan to punish the person who wronged her. Only through hurting the ones closest to her can Charlotte fulfill her objective and possibly lose herself completely in the process…
The Final Catharsis
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“Always Keep Learning…”
Bastien Monroe is a college student consumed by obsession in the wake of a breakup that he never recovered from. His new life consists of constantly reading books, watching movies, and studying philosophy to reject hedonism in the name of art and find the meaning of life. This obsession quickly changes him into an egotistical, hypocritical, and alienated figure whose new goal is to create a “New Era Through Art” and spread his knowledge and influence onto others. As other self-serving individuals entangle themselves in his creative mission, all chaos breaks loose in his mind and the world around him. Only in OBLIVION can Bastien find the true reason he is experiencing pain…
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