Absolution
An Experiment in Immersive Storytelling
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Chapter 7
Hey!
Hey, what's up?
An ancestral grudge is about to unleash a terrible curse on me, and I need your help to save my life and humanity. I need to perform a cleansing ritual to break the curse, but the instructions are written in Slovenian, and anyway, I don't know how to perform an occult ritual. I have to do it tonight before the full moon turns me into a werewolf; otherwise, I'm cursed for life.
OMW
I can't believe I just said that, and you're going to help with no questions asked.
You could have said you needed help moving a body, and I would have responded the same way. After all, what are friends for? See you soon.
We decided on a place out in nature, just in case the ritual didn't work, and I became a werewolf. The farther away from people, the better.
Evidently, preparing for rituals takes a while. I began to feel jittery and hungry.
Uh-oh. We better get this curse-breaking cleansing ritual going.
I think it worked.
Wait—there's something inside of the wolf effigy.
What is this?
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Andrews, North Carolina, 2034. No bills, no bosses, no people. Things sure are different after the apocalypse. Daily life is a constant struggle for food, water, and shelter from the searing sun. A lone school teacher makes a discovery that could change the world and bring back "normal" for himself, but at what cost?
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