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Thursday, February 19

And Madness Followed: Part 1a – Telthin Manor

Kham let Skiz out of his satchel and together they explored the place, room by room. Sebastian and Beldin stood at the doorway, watchful for any signs of intruders and listening for Kham’s usual cry for help: gunshots.

“Anything?”

Kham looked up from rifling through a collection of notes. Written in a cramped, spidery script, it mentioned the “true nature of reality.” The pages mentioned the author’s belief that reality was an illusion and his desire to strip the illusion away from the world so that he too could experience the truth of life.

Skiz, Kham’s talking rat, stood up on his hind legs in the doorway. “Well, boss, I found something written by a girl.”

Kham arched an eyebrow. “How can you tell?”

Skizz sniffed the air for a second. “Well, it doesn’t smell like the owner of this place. He smells like old, wet paper.” [MORE]

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posted by talien at 6:24 AM

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