technicolor spiral

Hopeless optimists will say life is like a roller coaster, that the highs mean nothing without the lows. If so, Isao's own is an electric staircase. It's just that it's full of poisonous spikes, slippery due to mysterious ooze, and there's a monster with a chainsaw coming after him. Or is that a flower bouquet? Maybe the only way to find out is to stop running.

[Present-Day - Chance Encounter]

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[Present-Day - Chance Encounter]

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Chapter 1: basket case
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Chapter 2: diary of a madman
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Chapter 3: psycho killer
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Chapter 4: loneliness
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Chapter 5: Do Delinquents Dream of Jobless Sheep?
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Chapter 6: paranoid
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Chapter 7: Journey to the Center of the Coffee Shop
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Chapter 8: monster
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Chapter 9: aladdin sane
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Chapter 10: astronaut
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Chapter 11: are you dead yet?
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Chapter 12: Kudzu All the Way Down
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Chapter 13: A Man Called Isao
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Chapter 14: The Strangers
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Chapter 15: 21st century schizoid man
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Chapter 16: two wrongs make a right
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Chapter 17: all of me wants all of you
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Chapter 18: motherfucker=redeemer
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Chapter 19: 19th nervous breakdown
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Chapter 20: An Outsider
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Chapter 21: Pride and Penises
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Chapter 22: sometimes i feel like screaming
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Chapter 23: Always Human
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Chapter 24: Youji on the Shore
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Chapter 25: battle of one
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Chapter 26: The Perks of Being a Coffee Shop Worker
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Chapter 27: broken vs. the way we were born
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Chapter 28: Fahrenheit 200
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Chapter 29: Heart
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Chapter 30: helplessness blues
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Chapter 31: wasted years
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Chapter 32: i'm a terrible person
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Chapter 33: walking disaster
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Chapter 34: call to arms
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Chapter 35: Mr. Clarence and the Sandwich Factory
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Chapter 36: weak and powerless
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Chapter 37: The Slightly Hungry Caterpillar
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Chapter 38: Stabbing and Punishment
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Chapter 39: Breakfast at FRIED TACO SUSHI (GUITARS!!!)
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Chapter 40: schism
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Chapter 41: waking the demon
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Chapter 42: the sun will set for you
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Chapter 43: shine on you crazy diamond
Author
GenreComedyPsychologicalRomanceSlice of LifeBoys Love
UpdatedAug 31, 2023
Chapters43
Writing StatusFinished
Word Count62,525
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