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You jerk awake. Groggily looking around, you see the files and book you were reading on the table. The lantern is sitting beside you, and you can feel a blanket draped over your shoulders. The note you picked up is crumpled in your hand. Smoothing the page out, you can see what it says.
Now you know. Wasn’t that fun?
Cryptic, at best. Is the page enchanted? Did you really see Alex and Tae? Was it a dream or a hallucination? Racking your brain, you can’t think of any type of magic that can send a person back in time. So what was that?
You realize that you can check if the staircase really exists. You grab the lantern and try to navigate through the shelves. You manage to find the first hallway Tae led you through, which is nothing short of a miracle. It’s marginally easier to find your way around after that. The cobwebs and state of disrepair show how these hallways have been forgotten over time. After a few minutes of walking through the various halls, you find the dead end. This one is different from your... dream? Hallucination? Shaking your head, you focus on the task at hand. Where the wall was empty before, now there’s a painting on the stone. Considering how poor the area looks, it must be a fresco painting. You recognize that it’s a portrait of Alex and Tae, looking almost identical to how you just saw them. They are
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