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1	''[[http://acmegdavid.wix.com/animasconquest Anima's Conquest]]'' is a fairly new web serial. The version of it that went up in May of 2013 was removed for editing and restarted anew in January 2014.
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3	The plot summary (taken from the author's blog) is as follows:
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5	"Kate Allegheny and Kelly Norris are college students. While they are both talented individuals, they prefer to pursue their hobbies over their studies. One day, Kate and Kelly get a hold of a rare designer drug called Proteus, and share it among their friends. Things are never quite the same after that - they and their friends begin experiencing a bizarre array of symptoms and after-effects. These symptoms are declared an epidemic on campus. An investigation into the origins of the drug turn up some shocking results."
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7	Also featured in the story so far is an extremely insular cult known as the Salva Family -- a man who found out about an ancient prophecy decided his young daughter was a major player in it and built a new following around her. Whether or not there is any truth to his beliefs remains to be seen.
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11	!!Tropes found in the serial:
12	* CuteAndPsycho: Alina Galenko is a charming, pigtail-sporting neo-hippie of sorts who is absolutely not above kidnapping and terrorizing the faculty of Salva Academy.
13	* EruditeStoner: Kelly Norris seems to be this. She is a profoundly gifted pharmacology student who synthesizes her own drugs and enjoys their effects. She is also the first to notice something [[SchoolForScheming shady]] about the school she's attending.
14	* FreudianTrio:
15	** Id: Kelly Norris -- Loudmouth EruditeStoner, attempts to stir things up with conspiracy theories, seemingly just for fun.
16	** Ego: Kate Allegheny -- Not much self-confidence or social ease, often indecisive about exactly where she stands.
17	** Superego: Bridgit Berks -- Skeptical, practical, and more than a little bit moralizing.
18	* SchoolForScheming: Salva Academy seems to be a front for some sort of eugenics campaign -- students who graduate at the top are invited to procreate with one another, and an on-campus research facility is manufacturing bizarre drugs that appear to alter the users' DNA (spontaneous hair/eye color change).

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