
by Cole Ravenwood
Be sure to check the content warning tags before reading, as they are there to prevent you from reading content you may not want to read. This story is written with the idea of being somewhat realistic, so some thematics may not be suited to everyone. Heavy emphasis is put on psychology, mental illness and trauma. A vision of the future - or, perhaps, the past- brings doubt into the seemingly spotless life of Elias, a kid living in the Saint Tobias Orphanage.Among prayers and candid white robes, he will find himself facing a hard choice: playing his role in the "home" he always knew or escaping into the outside world, which may be even worse?He'll see many people drop their masks, and unravel quite a few secrets that will tell the tale of a world he has yet to discover;But will a kind-hearted child survive in a world that corrupts everything? Or will he need to adapt?
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Rank updated 28 Oct 2026, 17:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 28 Oct 2026, 17:08 UTC
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needs about a week of observations
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