TRIGGER WARNING!
SOME PARTS OF THIS STORY COVERS MODERATE SENSITIVE THEMES SUCH AS:
• Profanity/Foul language (e.g. Racial Slur, Stereotype, Cursing)
• Unethical behavior (e.g. Bullying, Discrimination, Insanity)
• Violence and trauma (e.g. Self-harm, Anxiety, Depression)
• Mature themes (e.g. Alcohol and Drugs, Lewd Discussions, Sexual Acts)
• Explicit/Illegal acts (e.g. Crime, Corruption, Espionage)
• Other sensitive themes or topics unmentioned that might be aggressive
READERS BELOW 16 Y/O ARE ADVISED TO READ AT THEIR OWN RISK.
READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
DEDICATION:
To the anonymous owner of my first laptop that I bought in Junior High School. You forgot to delete your personal files so I have to wipe it all before, 'till I found those colorful gems that fueled my curiosity. No worries! Their MVs and their songs are still preserved in my present laptop as well as your saved selcas of them from past 2012. It generated countless imaginations in my mind that led to the first draft of this story during third quarter of 2016. That laptop made me a fan.
To Mr. JI who read my hardcopies of this manuscript back in G11 then became my first reader. Now I made it to publish a story here. However, I'm still on the process of learning digital sketching you recommended before. We'll find out.
To my G7 AP teacher that discovered my potential on fiction writing. I'm sorry, Ma'am J, that I lost the 'Tiktik' horror roleplay script you liked to read. I still remembered those comments you leaved to me during the class, so I'm here to present to you my first output.
To all Senior Scouts who found this story. I once dreamed to earn an Eagle Scout in Junior High School but it failed. My scouters discouraged me to do it since Scouting is dormant at my school before that it made my advancement impossible to work for me. For the last four years, I just used to attend only jamborees, raise the flag during flag ceremony and to simulate entrance and exit of colors during graduation ceremony. I felt unhappy a year later that I almost deprived of reaching this once-in-a-lifetime high school dream. I have no proof of my learned experiences by having a rank nor a piece of merit badge but I learned a lot and they are still stored in my mind—and that inspired me to drop them all in this story.
And to those people who used to live from 2000s to 2010s era. This is for you.
THIS IS WORK OF FICTION
Everything in the story were my invention and wholly imaginary.
Though real-life elements appear, all situations, incidents and dialogues about those people, places and things are fictional. It is not intended to depict actual events or to change the fictional nature of this work.
Characters' attitude, opinions, statements, ideas, beliefs and acts were their stance as character themselves. They could invalidate your feelings, or you would relate to their feelings. Some of these stances supports my voice and attains the story's goal—but not all.
In all other respects, any resemblance to actual person, living or dead, events, or locales is purely coincidental and unintentional.
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COMPLETED: JANUARY 18, 2024
This story is under hard revision until finalized for publishing.