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Story:
You pass by the church one day. There's a large mass of people dressed in black. Another funeral...but for whom? It is for a young child.

Children whose lives have been cut short go to another, much peaceful realm. It is a sanctuary made just for them so they can receive a second chance at life. They live once more, grow up just as they wanted, and die a peaceful death. They die happily. Their pure hearts are able to rest in peace forever.

Here, there is the carnival that every child loves to visit and then there is the many small towns that resemble towns from the late 1800s. Peaceful. Quiet.

But what if you had someone who came in...that opposed this utopia?

Meet Lament, the crazy young alchemist dressed in bloody red. His real name is completely unknown.

This man had died at age seventeen. That's seventeen years of being around the 'disgust'. Humans disgusted him. Their lies and hypocrisy made him sick to his stomach. It was as though he had forgotten that he had been a human too. With his alchemy that made him immune to age, he positioned himself as a god and started to form a plan to exterminate the human race and those who opposed his plan.

So what were his thoughts on this sanctuary? Lament believed that humans were filthy...are filthy...will always be filthy. So why should they get a second chance at life if they will spread their filth at every chance they get? This second chance must disappear and that would mean destroying this realm.

His evil thoughts and hatred spread as quickly as the black death itself. His evil thoughts twisted the realm into a frightening world. Entire towns were twisted and sucked into the Void. Many innocent people have died. Even the dead buried in the realm cried out in pain.

The man’s actions were noticed; but not by the people the citizens wanted. A certain person has granted him assistance. This character has been intrigued by the commotion this man has created. Who… who could this person be? And why would they want to assist such a terrible person? Whoever it is, they’ve helped him become a threat, a very big threat. They’ve bestowed him henchmen, tools of war, anything he could use to complete his goal.

The once beautiful sanctuary was turned into a hollow, empty place and thus the new name for the realm is "The Hollows."

The Carnival and the town, Seiromem, were the only parts of the realm that avoided total destruction. Yes, they too were twisted to some extent but they were not destroyed.

However, this would not be the end. Because Lament could not completely destroy this realm, he would gather power once more and destroy what is left of the Hollows.

As for most of the surviving people, they were turned into soulless beings that would be eternally imprisoned in their own past actions. They would repeat their schedule over and over again. Most of the minority that survived this either remain in Seiromem. Those that lost hope are usually in the Carnival, trying to create pleasant last memories.

The people of the Hollows still barely held on to hope cried for help. Eventually, a select few have risen among the people to venture back into the outside world to seek someone who may be able to save them all.

A total of 64 people who would be both potential heroes to the Hollows as well as threats to this crazy man's plan would be brought into the Hollows by both the surviving citizens of Seiromem and by the crazy man's minions. (Whatever side you choose to support is up to you although there will not be official brackets for the two sides.) A series of hunts would be assigned to the guests and one by one, the guests would be destined to fall as they fight for answers, and the grand prize offered by the people of the mystical realm- you will get one wish and you shall be free of all past regret and you will be given the happiness from your childhood once more.

Now taking auditions, reference sheets, donations, and prizes for the prize pool. ^_^ Deadline will be long enough so that people may finish what they have with their present tournaments.

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