Introduction: Strangers from another world pull a band of friends from their ordinary lives on Earth into encounters with monsters, angels, mad scientists, and magic doors. The world may end, but the story is only beginning.Six teenagers are bound together: A creative astronomer finds a crack in the sky. A determined gardener owns an immortal cat. A brave percussionist has been marked for death. An ingenious artist paints pictures of the future. An eccentric scientist dreams of a world of doors. A lonely girl on an island stays alive this time.As an interdimensional journey is thrust upon them, they find both new worlds and new questions: How much do memories really matter? What is the price of a wish? Will their story, or any story, ever end? Why is The End a flower?This slow-burning novel is the first installment in a lengthy and complex story about stories, memory, and the relentless pursuit of a happy ending at any cost. Here are some things you might want to know:- This series is fully complete. It is six books in length (around one million words), and I will post around 5k words per day until it is done. Should take maybe 5-6 months.- This series is titled “Rough Draft,” for reasons unrelated to the number of revisions it has undergone.- The initial inspiration for this story years ago was Homestuck; if you’re familiar with it you will notice some similarities, although these parallels diminish as the story progresses.- Be aware that this story makes use of various font styles and color-coded text. Reading in dark mode might occasionally make things difficult....