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Last week I read EJ Koh's RED and fell completely in love with it. As I told /r/ Fantasy, I was intrigued by the idea of the Spirit and Wake world but I wasn't used to the writing style. I read through it anyway and I'm really glad I did. It's amazing. The writing is incredible (as I realized when I got used to it.) And I got really hooked on these Spirit and Wake characters.

Then, on Saturday, I attended an event in Central Park called the Red War. The same friend that told me to download the book got me to register and show up at this thing knowing absolutely nothing about what I was supposed to do. All I could figure out was that I'm a Wake (I took an online test) and I was supposed to wear all black. 

When I arrived at Bathesda fountain, I was greeted by a bunch of red-painted signs (saying 'Red War') and people dressed in all black, like me, and all white (Spirits.) From there, the entire war in RED became real. Wakes and Spirits teamed up to steal each other's 'energy' (duct tape stuck to people's backs) in order to win the game. 

I sprinted around the park, as a Wake, fighting off the Spirit army, just as Sera and Azel do in RED. There were movers, there was war paint, there Wake and Spirit 'worlds' (safe zones marked with white and black x's.) Me and my fellow Red Army members were there. In the book. In the world that EJ created. It was incredible. (And some of the Reddit meetup group showed up too, which I thought was cool.) 

The best part? Nobody really knows who organized the event and why. The Facebook group for the Red War was started by some fans of the book and the entire atmosphere surrounding the game was kept very mysterious. And now I'm a part of this Red Army, RED world.
<bot>: EJ Koh's RED came to life in the Red War in Central Park. I was there as a Wake. (And my team won.)