9/23 (Fandom Storyline)

***9/23*** is a Fandom-based storyline taking place in the fictional Rage Knights: Red God universe.

## Story

The story follows a worn, tired and anxious Midlore West-Stein, formerly of the *Rage Knights,* whom had since severed ties and began a nomadic life. In his new adventures, he is ambushed by a random wave of Diseased that locate his Ein Shack and proceed to battle him. The Karma God succeeds in defeating them but a few of them manage to flee to the woods where they are *absorbed* by a strange perception magic-wielding Diseased, known as a Halluci-Shin. As he battles the creature, he's tricked by one of its "organs", the face of a woman named *Woke.* This face manipulates Midlore's movements and suddenly hurls him into another universe. One that is outside of time and into a world that is strictly operated by aristocrats for the purpose of killing Diseased for sport and as a way of life. The confused Midlore battles his own realities, often questioning the world and its inhabitants, each of whom answer to their leader, Cait La Newland whom is considered a *lord* in this world. Midlore also meets a counterpart of Teen Damon whom is on the trail of Newland and hopes to defeat her after Diseased attacked his school and injured his crushes. In pursuit of following the Teenage Bradley, he meets a weeping toddler, a *Baby Woke,* whom is abandoned by her caregivers. During his search for Bradley, Midlore befriends Woke and becomes a mentor, father-figure and best friend for the young girl. The two develop their friendship together as they search for Woke's family, Teen Damon and try to find a way to return Midlore home. A tournament arises in which Newland is scheduled to hold a grudge battle against the Diseased for entertainment. Believing this to be a perfect way to return home in his questioning of Cait Newland, Midlore signs up for the battle and decides to fight the leader. Midlore successfully fights Diseased and wins the approval of Newland whom signs both him and Woke into the tournament. The duo survives the first two matches of the fight, but in the last match comes a familiar face: The Halluci-Shin! It arrives seeking vengeance and causes a mayhem around the tournament, even forcing Newland to draw her blade and team up with Midlore in the fight. When the creature is triggered by an innocent, teary-eyed Woke, it goes berserk and tries to kidnap her. Forcing Midlore to come to Baby Woke's rescue, where he tries to desperately protect his friend. In the process of this action, Midlore accidentally *summons* Kyeung Wei Kho. Whom suddenly appears and defeats the Diseased. Kho heals Midlore but the two then realize that this was a ruse by Cait La Newland to have Baby Woke ascended into a Fear Facer, one of Phobos' henchmen and swordsman so that she may master the arts of the Noir Le Matter. A katana that harnesses unbelievable power in defeating bully tacticians and powerful perception magic that can render the user's body unusable by turning them into comic book art. Newland proceeds to kidnap Woke and escape, before long she's grazed in the cheek, revealing the skin and face of another woman –– *Mumbai*, a familiar face known by Teen Damon whom joins Kho and Midlore. The trio battles Mumbai to rescue Baby Woke before she's absorbed by the Halluci-Shin. With Teen Damon and Kho facing Mumbai alone, Midlore has Baby Woke *steal* a sheathed Noir Le Matter which sits at Newland's Castle and in wielding the blade, Woke grows to an adult. Becoming the mystical *Master Wokemack.* Now as an adult and completely surprising Mumbai, Wokemack defeats her by chopping her in half. Wokemack closes the blade and in doing so, this creates a clap in time and illusion, thus returning Midlore to his EIn Shack. Later that night, Midlore awakens and finds that he had been asleep the entire time. With little to no memory of the adventure, he tries to drink it off but is left with a single notecard (a la Mysterious Stranger Best Regards style). It reads, "*I hope you're safe, Mr. Midlore and I look forward to seeing you again.*" A surprised Midlore then realizes it wasn't just his paranoia and immediately calls his son Christoff.

## Theme

The story follows Mental Health and plays heavily on raising awareness of depression and anxiety as well as paranoia. Midlore's love for his child becomes more apparent throughout the story.

## Trivia/Notes

**Disclaimer***: To whom this may concern, the characters in their entirety, while they borrow inspiration from events, ideas, themes and other sources from the original author's life, are incredibly different and fictional entities inside the Rage Knights Red God and under no circumstance are they expressing a real person's actual views, ideologies, names and likeness to cause harm or defame them. The Rage Knights Red God is a work of fiction and for solely entertainment and educational purposes. Please note, the series does not represent events that have happened, nor events to come. Nor does it condone or promote the very human evils the series is meant to advocate against.*