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“First, eliminate the impossible.”
“First, eliminate the impossible.”
Sherlock Holmes, addressing the Miskatonic University graduating class.
“Then report immediately to the decontamination unit on level one. Under no circumstances should you approach the library, even… especially if you feel you suddenly understand something in the restricted section.”
I have a shameful impulse to run League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Cthulhu by Gaslight. I imagine it will pass.
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