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Rapturous Rhapsody

Name: Rapturous Rhapsody
Rating: 4.76 (137 reviews)
Author: ReadingDangerously

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Would you take the Deal? Live your wildest fantasies at the cost of orchestrating the most significant prison break ever conceived? Spanning six worlds, millions of years, and more violence than you can shake a stick at. Everyone wants Freedom. Everyone. So… Sign here. No hard feelings. Just Company Policy. (WC/Soulsborne/Superheroes, shaken not stirred, with a twist of madness)

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