Room of Vanishing Act
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Last published Mon, Jun 22, 2020
A bored and broke, self-proclaimed consultant of some renown received a mysterious box from an unknown sender on a fiery morning of June. Upon discovering what lies inside the box, the consultant was told to go to an outmoded Mansion, wherein a famous Collector found dead in his study room. Was it a murder? That was the question for the consultant to answer.
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