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Weekly Contest #338
Warning: Somewhat vague reference to waterboarding near the end ---------------- It’s an old thing. Brown, leather bound, nothing embossed into the cover; it resembles a boring little journal.I was told by my mother of its status; a family relic. Something passed down through generations and generations. The date was never written anywhere in it, so all are unsure of where, exactly, in the family line this book spawned in. One thing is for certain; it dates back to a time where alchemy was heralded as the answer to all problems.The way to le...
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