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Following Connor Strathclyde, a young, aspiring writer settting himself the goal of reviving gonzo journalism, but discovering avenues of hedonism open to him far beyond what he could possibly have imagined.

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Prologue: A Day in the Life

Tuesday, October 12, 1999   Not sure why I'm doing this. I read somewhere that keeping a journal helps you focus and organize your life, and, well things have felt a little unfocused lately, so here I am. I'll see how it goes. Not sure how to start, so I'll just start by describing my day. It was a day like any other day. Woke up around 9 or 10. No reason to get up any earlier than that.     Always start the day with a good shower and some breakfast. Cleanliness an
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Interlude: Bertie

Trigger warning: self-harm.   If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Hotline.   Or chat online at 988lifeline.org.    
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Chapter 9: Wherein Our Hero Works on Self-Improvement

As the summer wore on, and I was eyeing the end of my sabbatical, I decided to spend the free time I had left working on myself. First step: eating better. Can't say I was a fan of this, but as my gut had been getting rounder and rounder, I forced myself to stick with it. The veggie burgers were not enjoyable, let me just be clear about that.     I also grew out both my hair and my beard. I was really just doing it to try something different, but while I wasn't enamored with
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Chapter 8: Erin

The Hot New Starlet You Need To Know!   Erin Emerald is only 19, and she's already taking Del Sol by storm. We sat down with her to learn her secrets, and try to get a hint of where her career might be going next.   DEL SOL VALLEY - When we sat down with Erin, we were immediately drawn to her personality. She's precocious, vivacious, luscious, just about any -cious you can think of. She started off getting noticed as the cute girl in several commercials, which helped her land
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Chapter 73: Wherein Our Hero Joins a New Club

The New Year had a lot going on. I was still carrying on my torrid affair with Erin. Even did something kinky and brought a little handheld into the bedroom, even though I swore my one time on camera would be the only one.     But this chapter is more about what was going on with people I knew, or didn't yet know, but wanted to, or, well, you'll see.   First, I was picked to be a judge in this young writers' contest. The entry I selected did
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Chapter 72: Pedro

Friday, January 9, 2009   So this all started when I got to the club early one day to do some paperwork, and it didn't take as long as I was expecting, so I decided to take advantage of the alone time and the baller computer I have set up there, and check out some new porn.     I eventually made my way over to BGP's page, and Chad had a new video he'd shot in the new classroom-themed set they'd recently added to their studio.  
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Chapter 71: Wherein Our Hero Does What Everyone Knew He'd Do

The time around Winterfest 2008 was special. Aiyana's pregnancy was coming along splendidly.     And red was finally being released. The studio had timed it for a holiday release to maximize award buzz.     For the three of you who didn't see it, in the film, Erin plays an artistic soul desperately trying to make a name for herself.     She performs in grungy bars, all the time dreaming of becoming a famous singer or actress.  
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Chapter 70: Naomi

SMS TEXT TO: MAYA hey girl just got done helping cora with school work. what you up to?     SMS TEXT FROM: MAYA hey nay! cora 6 or so now right? ines almost 4. time flies!     SMS TEXT TO: MAYA yeah she 6. old enough to be asking me questions about her daddy     SMS TEXT FROM: MAYA yeah i miss gomes too     SMS TEXT TO: MAYA yeah i can't believe he gone sometimes.
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Chapter 7: Wherein Our Hero Discovers the Price of Success

Early in 2001, two things happened. My expose on the Selvadoradan artifact trade was published, and a week later, so was Omiscan Blood, the book I had been preparing to put out at the same time, telling the same story, but in much more detail. I took some time off, which I mostly spent getting high and downloading porn online.     I noticed that porn seemed to be moving away from professionals and towards amateurs, filming themselves at home. I guess that was possible now th
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Chapter 69: Wherein Our Hero Catches Up with Some Friends

So a lot of things were happening at the end of 2008. This chapter will be sort of a quick summary of a lot of stuff. Don't worry, it involves plenty of fucking.   First, Aiyana was pregnant again.     Just like Pedro and Elisa, this was out of nowhere. We weren't trying. But I wasn't upset about it. I did, however, take a trip to Komorebi on my own, to get away and recharge.     I had read a story about scaling the top of Mt. Komorebi, and sin
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Chapter 68: Pedro

Friday, October 24, 2008   So I had to get this story down about how marriage counseling is going. We were at our regular session with Dr. V a couple of weeks ago. She wanted to know how things were going since we found out about the pregnancy.     Things are great, Elisa told her.     And she really did talk me up. Started raving about our family time together, and how I'm a great father figure for Amadora.    
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Chapter 67: Wherein Our Hero Treads Some Water

So the fall of 2008 was quickly hinting at winter, and changes were still in the air. My buddy Pedro checked in with me. His home life was chugging along happily. He had time to focus on his fitness.     His wife was happy and working on artistic endeavors.     Little Amadora was displaying aptitude in both physical skills...     ...and mental.     Then Elisa broke to him the news she was pregnant.  
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Chapter 66: Joao

TRANSCIPT OF INTERNATIONAL PHONE CALL   COLLECTED PURSUANT TO JUDICIAL WARRANT 34-07056-B   JOAO CALLES (JC) AND UNKNOWN SUBJECT (UNSUB)   TRANSLATOR: TJ   JC: OH MAN DO I HAVE A STORY FOR YOU.   UNSUB: WHAT HAPPENED?   JC: SO TOMAS, YOU KNOW, PEDRO'S FATHER-IN-LAW, HIS WIFE WAS AT YOGA OR WHATEVER, SO HE INVITED HIS MISTRESS TO STOP BY.     JC: BUT I GUESS HE GOT THE TIMING WRONG, OR LORENA LEFT CLASS EARLY, OR WHA
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Chapter 65: Wherein Our Hero Does Something Dangerous

The summer of 2008 ended up being an important turning point among my group of friends and acquaintances. As we would learn over the course of weeks and months, a veritable outbreak of pregnancy blew through, which led to a lot of changes and drama. It started, of all places, with an email from my favorite star athlete, Devon.   Connor-   Was stateside for an international friendly, and had something crazy happen - after the match, decided to check out The Foundry Cove strip
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Chapter 64: Elisa

Session notes - session 88 - client EM   EM enters for scheduled session. She's dressed more formally than normal and has had her hair done.     Comment the new style suits her well.     Q how are things? open ended - let her start     A There's a lot going on     Got a text message from mom out of the blue - said she was sure dad was cheating on her     Did not know how to answer -
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Chapter 63: Wherein Our Hero Discovers a Secret

As 2008 was starting to move along, I was in a bit of a professional slump all of a sudden. My story on Bertie was done (as was Bertie).     And it was still radio silence from my scientist friend.     I wondered what kinds of crazy things he was doing in that lab of his.     I usually flew out to meet with my publisher at the end of the week once or twice a month, and I liked to make a stop in Magnolia on the way back. While I
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Chapter 62: Pedro

Friday, March 7, 2008   Man, I have been making money hand over fist since the war ended. I have a great relationship with Pyotr. Mostly we keep to our respective sides of the ocean, but when we can, we pool our purchasing power to make even bigger deals. Like, a few weeks ago, I was in Selvadorada meeting with a big-time supplier.     He was willing to do business, but the minimum purchase was too big for me to move in a reasonable time.     S
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Chapter 61: Wherein Our Hero Needs to Recharge

So Bertie Humber offed himself less than a week after my story was published.     This hit me hard. Humber was a bad man, and I'd exposed many bad men in my career, but he was the first one who killed himself over it. The first person I killed, that's how I thought of it. I needed to get away, so I booked a trip to Windenburg. I ran into Pedro at the bar, who was doing some business with the Russians.     Even while I was there, my phone was blowing up w
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Chapter 60: Kayla

Dear Mom,   Oh, this is so awful! This reporter published this story in which he accused Bertie of all sorts of depravities! I can barely stand to mention them!   Bertie came over and tried to convince me they were all lies.     I wanted to believe him, I really did.     But there were so many girls, and the accusations were so detailed! And awful!     He said the reporter made it all up and probably paid these gi
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Chapter 6: Pedro

Friday, December 1, 2000   Well, I'm looking at this journal and realizing it's been a couple of weeks since I put in an entry. I need to get back into it, so I'm doing it tonight. Been a lot going on, and I need to get my head around it. I've already put down my thoughts about a lot of things. Elisa adopted her distant cousin from the Old World, which I wasn't excited about, but I support her, I guess. I know she wants a kid of her own, and I'm honestly not trying to avoid it, but it'
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Chapter 59: Wherein Our Hero Puts on the Finishing Touches

So my big story was finally coming together. Britney was willing to spill all the beans - I think Pedro put her up to it.     And Lucy was going to tell a sob story about how Bertie Humber had ruined her childhood and stolen her innocence, and now she was doing porn because of it.     And you know her website was going to link my article prominently.   I also found a hooker in Tomarang willing to go on the record that Humber had bee
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Chapter 58: Devon

New Star Impresses in Windenburg   Brooke Larimer (Nordhaven)   Well, fans, I'm sitting here in the locker room as the players file in after what will surely go down as one of the most exciting matches in the historic rivalry between Windenburg 04 and Gammelvik FK. Although neither team could get the better of the other, as they fought to a 2-2 draw, Windenburg have to feel good about the action they saw from their young star Devon Douglass, who came off the bench in the midd
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Chapter 57: Wherein Our Hero Celebrates Midsummer

So the whole thing between the Newcrest and Windenburg gangs ended rather suddenly. I got some good stories out of it. I made sure not to make Pedro look bad. But judging how he was walking around a free man still, the feds had nothing on him, anyway. The timing was good for me professionally, because shortly after, Midsummer came around. Midsummer is another one of the big holidays for the Chestnut Swingers. Charlotte always hosts, because it's the one day a year she frees up her house slave fo
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