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Resident Evil: Contagion

After a wave of reports about animal attacks, disappearances, and the brutal murders of hikers in Arklay Forest, the S.T.A.R.S. Division launched an investigation. This operation would later be referred to as the Spencer Mansion incident, which occurred in the Arklay Mountains in late July 1998. The events that followed caused fear in Raccoon City to reach new heights. In the weeks after, the S.T.A.R.S. Division was disbanded while looking into Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, which was under scrutiny for allegedly conducting illegal experiments involving zombies and other creatures. Reports of missing tourists and residents added to the already tense atmosphere. Rumors of corruption, bribery, and even more serious crimes began to spread throughout the city. In response, the Raccoon Police Department was forced to reorganize in the midst of a city in fear, fresh inexperienced officers transfered, with only a few veterans to fill the gap left by the S.T.A.R.S. Division. To make matters worse, a fugitive known as the 'Arklay Butcher' escaped during a transfer and remains at large. A department overexerted and questionably understaffed for its population of over one hundred thousand residents. In the midst of all this chaos, Raccoon City continued to experience strange incidents, hinting at deeper mysteries and chilling stories from survivors caught in this nightmare. The Umbrella corporation wasn't the only influence over the city of Raccoon, not the only thing the corporations influence corrupted. A family once held the city of Raccoon under a guiding thumb, once a town turned city prior to Umbrella's precense. A family that represented the opposite of what corporations like Umbrella, once the heartbeat of Raccoon driven into madness, betrayal, and death. This is purely a hobby I do on my free time, I'm constantly working on it when I get the chance... if I get the chance. I'm also not experienced so this is really just practice. Life is a fickle fucker; that being said, I'll try to keep the chapters coming, but I am likely still writing even if a bit of time has passed. I figured since I have always been a fan of the older games since I was a kid and love the Perry novels, I might as well go for it. I kind of just wanted to a decent movie to be honest. I need to flush out my writing and editing style and work on my pacing, any critique is welcome. I just need the practice but at the same time would like to write something worth reading. Cover art and name is Capcom as this is a fanfiction.
SirTickleShitz · 17.1k Views

Project Sovereign

Max Hall's life is a collection of missing pieces. His parents, vanished. His girlfriend, gone without a word. His own future, a casualty of mediocrity and grief. He's not living; he's just waiting for the end credits. The story changes on a day like any other. A glitch in his vision. A shimmering, holographic interface materializes, offering an absurd proposition: skills, talents, genius... for cash. It's the kind of thing you'd see in a bad video game, an insultingly simple solution to a life of complex pain. On a desperate whim, he cashes in his last few dollars for a shot. A beginner's talent in financial analysis. Suddenly, the chaotic noise of the stock market becomes a symphony he can conduct. A few dollars become a fortune. A fortune becomes an empire. In a rush of stolen knowledge, he masters sciences, arts, and industries overnight. The world sees a titan, a phantom prodigy rewriting the rules of success. But Max sees only a means to an end. The wealth isn't for a life of luxury. It's for an investigation on a scale no government could sanction, a private war against the silence that swallowed his life. He's pulling at the threads of a simple missing persons case, but what begins to unravel is a conspiracy that defies logic. The clues lead him away from cold cases and towards impossible artifacts. They hint at forgotten histories and fringe sciences that shouldn't work, but do. He realizes he isn't just looking for a kidnapper. He's on a collision course with a truth that will not only explain what happened to his family, but will rewrite the rules of reality itself. And the System, his ticket out of mediocrity, might just be the most terrifying clue of all.
GourdMan · 5.1k Views

Echoes: The Remnant

Go read Chapter zero down there for better understanding, you know it's hard to compress everything into the synopsis. The world was not conquered; it was observed. The entities known as 'They' were a higher form of life for whom our existence was a passing curiosity. When their study concluded, they departed, leaving behind the remnants of their experiment. From the ashes, one remained: a being known only as 'He'. He did not offer salvation; He offered a transaction. He introduced humanity to the universe's most fundamental law: all things have a price. Emotions, memories, humanity itself—all could be converted into tangible power through 'Contracts'. Millennia later, the world is divided between two philosophies: the Mortals, who foolishly hoard the worthless currency of their feelings, and the Hollows, who understand that true power lies in becoming empty enough to contain it. The truth of the past has been buried under the lie of stability. Into this stalemate, a new variable emerges: a mortal boy whose existence is a paradox. Upon death, his consciousness returns to his birth, retaining the memories of his failures. This is not a curse; it is an asset. An infinite number of attempts to accumulate knowledge and perfect a method. This unique attribute makes him the target of forces that have been playing this game for eons. He is a pawn with the unprecedented ability to learn the entire board. But to what end? Is he being cultivated as a tool to overturn the laws of Fate, or is he merely a resource to be harvested once his accumulated despair reaches a certain quality? His only path to survival is to master the rules of his own existence. He must follow the echoes of forgotten truths to find the last remnant of a faction that tried, and failed, to defy the system. For if a pawn cannot become a player, it is inevitably sacrificed.
SarimMohib · 2.3k Views