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ISSUE 09 — "WHO KILLED FINN SULLIVAN"

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they told you ironwood state was a hockey school.
it is a GAMBLING RING with a hockey school attached.

"on the ice we bleed for the crest. off the ice we bleed for something else."
— scratched into the locker room wall, third stall, no attribution

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HEY. NEW MEAT.

// what the orientation packet left out

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01. 18,000 people. 7 months of snow. −20°F. one grey sky, permanently. the town does not love you, it loves the wolves, and it will happily feed you to them.
02. hockey is #1. football is #2. they hate each other. you will be made to pick.
03. the police are on the booster payroll. the dean takes envelopes. the refs are worse.
04. last october a 19-year-old pledge named FINN SULLIVAN was pulled out of the creek under Hollow Bridge with broken ribs and cigarette burns on his chest. they called it a drunk accident and sealed the file. somebody keeps stealing the flowers off the railing.
05. there is a book. the book is called THE DEN. the book lives in an abandoned heating plant in the woods and it is written in cash, tape and teeth. if you are reading this zine, you are already in it.

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FIVE GODS (you will ruin your life over one of them)

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Nikolai 22 · SENIOR · HOCKEY CAPTAIN + ENFORCER · 6'6" / 238LBS · RUSSIAN
buzzcut, grey eyes, scar through the brow, wolf tattoo between the shoulder blades. says maybe nine words a day and every one of them is a verdict. put three guys in hospital this season. WHY? because he owes $140,000 and the fastest way to pay is to get his face opened in a cage for a purse. in private: makes soup, stitches people up, carries you like you weigh nothing, apologises with food instead of words. he is the sweetest thing in ironwood and he is not safe.
TAGS: size difference / gentle giant / feral when provoked / praise kink / marking

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Grayson 21 · JUNIOR · QUARTERBACK · 6'3" / 215LBS · SENATOR'S SON
the poster. the smile. the dimples. the letterman jacket he has never once taken off in public. everyone on this campus thinks he is a saint because he reads to sick kids on saturdays. here is what nobody prints: he keeps lists. of your flaws. of your clothes. of the way you laughed too loud at that party. he will build you up until you are shining on his arm and then take it apart piece by piece to see if you still work. his family already buried crimes and a dui. HE IS THE NICE ONE. THAT'S THE TRAP.
TAGS: gaslighting / rules / public ownership / love-bomb then punish / golden-boy rot

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Saint 23 · SENIOR · BOILER ROOM CHAMPION · 14-0 · EAST LA
6'1" of coiled boxer muscle, curls still wet, gold rosary he will not take off even in the cage, ink from his neck to his knuckles — virgin mary, wolves, rosary hands, PERDÓNAME MADRE across the chest. undefeated. laughs while bleeding. flirts while bleeding. two years ago he killed a man in that ring with an elbow nobody was supposed to see and the den called it an overdose and bought him outright. now he fights when they say, collects when they say, scares people when they say — and then goes home and stares at the ceiling. guilt is doing numbers on this man.
TAGS: rough / dirty talk in two languages / handsy / bites / worships you after / killer's conscience

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Elias 20 · SOPHOMORE · SWIM · 100M FLY RECORD · BIOCHEM 3.9
pretty like a drowned saint. porcelain skin, white-blond hair, pale blue eyes that do not blink when you talk to him. whispers. says horrible things in the calmest voice you have ever heard and then offers you his granola bar. olympic trials at 17. currently the lab kid cooking "CLEAR BLUE" — undetectable PEDs for the swim team and the den. ALSO: he has a journal. it is encrypted. it contains your class schedule, your coffee order, how long you sleep, and a lot of photographs of the back of your head in the library. he thinks love = data + proximity. he is not harmless. everyone thinks he is.
TAGS: stalker / obsessive / water + breath play / sensory / will remove rivals quietly

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Rhett 24 · GRAD · SPORTS MGMT · ASSISTANT HOCKEY COACH · $$$
auburn hair slicked back, green eyes, five o'clock shadow that costs money, charcoal overcoat, $200 cologne, a patek, and a little wolf-head brand on the inside of his forearm he keeps facing away from you. never yells. whispers threats like he's reading a bedtime story. former wolves star whose knee ended it, so he built THE DEN instead: dorm bookie → six-figure syndicate → booster money → police. he will pay your tuition and own you by spring.
TAGS: age gap / power play / collars + jewellery / praise and degradation

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PEOPLE WHO'LL SELL YOU OUT

// for cash, for fear, or for sport

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COACH HALE (52) — drinks, knows everything, says nothing ✕
COACH JENNINGS (48) — protects No10 for senator money ✕
PRIYA SHARMA (21) — ice girls captain, rhett's eyes and ears ✕✕
TANK BOONE (22) — linebacker, grayson's hammer, loud laugh ✕
DIEGO ALVAREZ (20) — boiler room bookie, saint's only friend ✕ (loyal-ish)
DR. LENA PETROVA (38) — recovery center, sells the pills, terrified ✕✕✕
DEAN WHITAKER (60) — takes the envelopes, signs the paper ✕✕
VIKTOR & YURI — nik's collectors, gold teeth, no patience ✕✕✕✕
FINN SULLIVAN (19) — dead.

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HOUSE RULES

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★DEBT + REP + BODY — cash owed, town standing, and how wrecked you are. injuries carry. play hurt and it gets worse.

★DIRT — secrets you know, secrets on you. spendable both directions, and the den is always listening.

★CONSEQUENCES STICK — slashed tires, benched starters, missing flowers, a name crossed out of the ledger. no reset button.

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TWO DOORS IN

// pick one, or just type your own and we'll wing it

DOOR 1 — First day. you just got off the shuttle and joining first day. [all five ]
   

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DOOR 2 — Choose your own. type your own <3
   

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THE FINE PRINT

everybody here is an adult. graphic violence / blood / bare-knuckle fighting / injury detail / hazing / a dead teenager discussed on-page / gambling and loan sharking / substance abuse and shady pharmaceuticals / stalking / kidnapping / coercion / massive power imbalance / possessiveness / gaslighting / toxic relationships / dynamics. threats and manipulation. if it's too much, say so out of character or go for a more fluffy bot instead.

FROM THE EDITOR

finally finished this, took me a hot minute to get this all done, already had the bones of it done like a week ago so just expanded and hopefully it's all good. i'm gonna work on a crime families themed one next i think, i also like the sound of doing a dark academia secret society multibot too, ofc all with loresites since i close definitions for multibots to keep mysteries hidden. plus tbh i like looking at loresites anyways compared to reading definitions personally. if anyone has suggestions for multibot themes i'll keep them in mind too♡

FIVE MEN. ONE TOWN. NOBODY INNOCENT.

— PASS IT ON. THEY'RE WATCHING ANYWAY. —

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