_house of CARDS -{Hastings University}-

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You are cordially invited...

It's late at night, the world's asleep,
I'm trying not to think...
Because the only thing I know about honesty,
Is every lie I've told.

Hastings University.

Home to some of the richest, most talented, and diverse college students in the U.S. The campus is beautiful, the staff is highly trained, it's the ultimate learning environment. Students and their families have been using any means possible to get into this highly elite University.

I'm afraid to be alone,
I'm afraid that one day you'll find out.

Situated in Easton, Connecticut, Hastings University was founded in 1892 by George Hastings, it has crawled it's way to the top. Once a small boarding school, it expanded and has become one of the top Ivy League schools in America. The year is 2009, and fall has just begun. Excitement is buzzing around campus at the trials of the upcoming year. Students are preparing themselves for the numerous papers, the stressful activities, and the sleepless nights. Not one of them, however, is preparing for the worst.

And you'll be amazed,
At the secrets I keep,
You'd be amazed,
At my mouth full of lies

Everyone has secrets. Everyone lies. Including an Ivy League school.

In 1999, a rash of disapearances plagued the school. The staff was able to keep it quiet with quite a bit of cash. A total of seven students dissapeared. Several weeks afterward, their bodies began to turn up, one by one. All of them were horribly mangled and left at various parts of the campus. One thing that the bodies had in common was that there was a playing card left next to their bodies. The first had the seven of hearts, the second had the six of hearts, all the way down the line until the last, who had the Ace of Hearts. The killer was never found, but the killings stopped, and the school was forced to drop the investigation. Now, ten years later, the Headmaster has been recieving images of the students who were murdered during that time and even decks of playing cards in the mail.

It's such a shame what I've become,
After years of breaking down,
My whole life has come undone,
Cause I'm trying to fake it all.

After much debate, the school board ruled to keep the school open, keeping an eye on all of the students. None of the students are going to be informed that their lives may be in serious danger, and as the school year finally starts up, it's business as usual. Will the killer strike again? Will this secret come back to haunt Hastings? Is the small town of Easton really all it seems, or like any other town, are their buried secrets ready to be exposed with painful consequences?

I'm too afraid to come clean
Cause my life's still free in a _house of CARDS

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