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by RealBYY
Clark August solves crimes in stolen bodies. Trapped outside his own comatose body, he survives by possessing others—borrowing their lives to hunt curses, monsters, and things that shouldn’t exist. Each body resists him.Each case costs him something. And when a simple job turns into a prophecy-driven nightmare involving time, magic, and something ancient stirring far beneath the world… Clark may finally be in a case he can’t escape. Updates: Daily for the first two weeks, then M/W/F
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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beats 44% of similar stories
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needs about a week of observations
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