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“Well, to tell you the truth,” you say hesitantly, “yes, I did.”
As you see the king’s face turn from gold to red, you start apologizing fast.
“You didn’t say we couldn’t go in there!” you stammer. “I didn’t even know what the room was. I ended up in there by mistake. I’m sorry.” You and Zoe start backing away from the king. You step down the first few steps of the pyramid.
“Seize them!” the king commands in a booming voice.
“That’s not fair!” you shout. Now what are you going to do?
The cave creatures swarm forward. They grab your arms and legs. Their hard rocky hands hurt your skin. It feels as if they’re going to rip you apart!
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The cave creatures pull you between them.
“This is not a tug-of-war!” you shout. “Let go of me!”
A flash of light bursts from nearby and the creatures instantly drop you! They moan in pain, covering their eyes.
The bright light seems to be hurting their eyes. What is it? you wonder. Then you see Zoe standing there, grinning from ear to ear. She’s holding a powerful mini-flashlight.
“I totally forgot I had this!” Zoe exclaims.
“Quick, let’s get out of here once and for all!”
You make your way back through the waterfall. The gargoyle has given up guarding the pool, so you are able to rejoin the Junior Explorers. They almost left without you!
Later that night, you and Zoe sit in your tent discussing your adventures. You suddenly remember that you still have the king’s timepiece. You reach into your shirt pocket to show Zoe.
To your surprise, you find the hourglass and a handful of gems! They must have landed in your pockets when the jewel chamber crunched down and sprayed you with rocks.
You split the sparkling emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds with Zoe fifty–fifty. Forget about being Junior Explorers. Now you’re Junior Millionaires!
THE END
Character Sheet posted:
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Timepiece
3 Gold Pieces
 Goal Endings: 2/2
Bad Endings
Incinerated by a dragon's lava breath.
Broke our leg and died of starvation in a tiger pit.
Stuck singing to tiger skeletons forever.
Captured by the Muglani and had our head shrunken.
Sucked into a boiling tar pit.
Hypnotized by a leprechaun cave troll.
Accidentally pissed off a giant bat with hearing problems.
Inexplicably betrayed and lured into the mouth of a giant monster.
Hid inside a giant carnivorous plant and got eaten.
Eaten by Cronby after answering his quiz question wrong.
Licked to death by a giant stone cat.
Crushed underfoot by a giant ant.
Trapped beneath the closed-in ceiling of a treasure room.
Devoured by a giant burrowing tarantula.
Achievements
Beginner's Luck: Reached a goal ending on our first try.
Riddle Me This: Won all three gold pieces by playing trivia with Cronby.
What Goes Around: Got time-looped by a magical transparent piranha.
Well, the flashlight was a bit of a deus ex machina, but at least we're rich!
Next time, R.L. Stine decides to check whether Scholastic's censors are actually paying attention. They aren't.
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
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We actually were rewarded for our greed!?
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Apr 8, 2018 15:13
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- Leraika
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Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
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Deus ex machina ahoyyyyy.
That description of the next book is certainly intriguing.
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Apr 8, 2018 16:13
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- Rebonack7
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GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS #12: WELCOME TO THE WICKED WAX MUSEUM
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“Cool!” you exclaim to your best friends Liz and Jake. “The field trip to the Wicked Wax Museum is today. I can’t believe our class gets to see it the day before the grand opening.”
“Finally, Mr. Dunning’s history class won’t be such a bore,” Jake adds, flipping his black baseball cap around backward. “Mr. Dunning. More like Mr. Dull!”
“You said it,” Liz giggles. Her red curls bounce when she laughs. “Hey, why is it called the Wicked Wax Museum, anyway?”
“That’s the name of the guy who owns it,” Jake explains. “Dr. Izzy Wicked. He made all the wax figures.”
“Well, according to Mr. Dull,” Liz adds, “the museum is supposed to bring history to life for us or something like that.”
“Yeah, right.” Jake smirks. “And maybe the wax figures will come to life, too.”
“Oh, gross!” Liz cries. “You’re giving me the creeps, Jake.”
“Come on, you two,” you say. “The bus is here. Let’s be first in line so we can grab the back seats.”
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On the bus, you rush to the back. You and Liz take a two-seater. Jake sits alone across the aisle with his red-sneakered feet on the seat. Now no one else can sit there.
Jake leans back. His chin-length brown hair falls over the top of the seat. “Let’s get this crate rolling,” he mutters.
“All right, people,” Mr. Dunning shouts from the front of the bus. “Thanks to my personal donation to the museum, we get to see the place before it opens to the public tomorrow.” The teacher does one last head count. “All right, Sal,” he says to the driver. “We’re all here. Let’s go.”
As soon as the bus starts moving, Jake presses his nose and open lips flat against the window for the viewing pleasure of other people on the road. Then he breathes on the window and writes in the steam, HONK IF YOU HATE HISTORY!
“Honk!” you say, laughing.
“Honk, honk!” Liz adds. You and Liz are honking so loud you don’t see Mr. Dunning coming down the aisle. He looks mad.
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“That’s enough out of you three! You’re always making trouble,” the red-faced Mr. Dunning sputters. “If you hate history so much, you can just wait for the rest of us in the lobby.”
“Oh brother,” you groan. “There goes our fun.”
Minutes later, the bus pulls up to a stone building. Mr. Dunning leads the class into the lobby of the Wicked Wax Museum.
A scowling woman in a purple turban and gold bracelets sits inside a ticket booth. “These three students will not be going in,” Mr. Dunning tells her. He turns to you, Jake, and Liz and points to a bench by the wall. “Sit there, you little monsters. And you’d better still be sitting there when I come back!”
The class leaves you behind as they enter the Hall of Historical Exhibits. A red door closes after them. Jake manages to sit still for a few minutes. Then he jumps up and says, “I think it’s time for us to take a little tour of our own.”
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“Jake! Don’t!” you whisper loudly as he disappears through the red door. You glance at the ticket lady. She’s busy with something in the booth. “Jake!” you call again. “We’re in enough trouble already!”
You jump up from the bench and try to grab the door before it closes. Too late! The red door slams in your face.
"Hey! Open up!" You hear Jake yelling through the door. He rattles the knob. “Help!” he cries.
Liz leaps up to help you push the door open. It won’t budge.
“Ha, ha, funny. Stop kidding around, Jake!” she scolds.
“Help!” Jake screams again. He really does sound scared.
Then you hear a whir, like a motor starting up. The click of gears mingles with Jake’s cries. “Jake!” you shout.
There’s no answer. You press your ear against the door and listen. “I think something is really wrong,” you whisper to Liz. “His cries are getting farther away. We have to get in!”
You shake the door handle and give one last push. Suddenly the door opens easily. Darkness greets you both. Darkness and the loud whirring of a motor. No sign of Jake.
If you go in after Jake, turn to PAGE 30.
If you decide to get help first, go to PAGE 111. But HURRY!
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Leave him to rot and wait patiently for the plot to pass us by.
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Apr 9, 2018 02:50
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- rudecyrus
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fuck you trolls
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Go after him!
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Apr 9, 2018 02:52
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
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Leave him to rot and wait patiently for the plot to pass us by.
Yeah! Adventure is for nerds.
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- Android Blues
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We have to be good for teacher and wait.
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Apr 9, 2018 10:21
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- Friend Commuter
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SO CLEVER I WANT TO FUCK MY OWN BRAIN.
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RIP Jake. Don't go in after him.
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Apr 9, 2018 10:51
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- Rebonack7
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You’re beginning to believe Jake’s screams really aren’t a joke. Still, you don’t want to go through the pitch-dark doorway that yawns in front of you. “We’d better ask someone for help,” you suggest.
You look around the lobby. “There’s no one here except that weird ticket lady,” Liz whispers. “She looks like a fortune-teller in that purple turban. She gives me the creeps.”
“Well, creepy or not, she’s the only one here,” you point out. You approach the ticket window. The ticket lady is sitting with her back to you. “Excuse me,” you say.
The ticket lady doesn’t speak or move.
“Excuse me,” you say a little louder. “We think our friend is in trouble. Can you help us?”
Still no answer.
“Why won’t you answer?” Liz yells. “What’s wrong with you?”
“Maybe she’s deaf,” you whisper. You reach into the booth to tap the ticket lady on the arm.
Her arm is cold and hard. You gasp. “She’s not real! She’s only a wax figure! What’s going on here?”
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An awful gurgling cry from the doorway behind you makes you both shudder. Jake! There’s no time to figure out why the ticket lady is made of wax. Your friend needs your help!
“We’ll have to go outside and find the bus driver,” you tell Liz. “Come on!”
You step outside the lobby and look for Sal, the bus driver. But he’s nowhere in sight. In fact, there isn’t a living soul anywhere around you. What are you going to do?
At that moment a long black limousine pulls up next to you. The windows are tinted dark blue. You can’t see inside until the passenger-side window slowly glides down.
A uniformed driver leans across the seat. His hat throws a deep shadow that hides his face. But his voice is friendly as he says, “I’m Axel. May I be of some assistance?”
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“Help!” Liz cries. “Our friend is trapped in the museum and we can’t find anyone to help us rescue him!”
“Calm down,” Axel says. “There’s a phone in the backseat. Get in! You can call for help.”
The limo’s back door opens. You spot the phone. But that’s not all you see. This car is equipped with the works! There’s a television, a refrigerator filled with sodas and snacks, a CD player, and every CD anyone could ever want.
“Wow! This car is loaded!” you declare.
The driver laughs. “That’s right. Hop in and help yourselves to a soda! Put on some music!”
Your parents always told you never to get into a stranger’s car. On the other hand, you do need to call for help – and a cold soda sure would taste good!
What should you do?
If you decide to get into the limo, go to PAGE 118.
If you decide you'd better not, got to PAGE 135.
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Apr 9, 2018 16:09
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- Leraika
- Jun 14, 2015
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Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
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yeah let's call for help on this dude's totally legit car phone
Are you gonna show off the stuff the censors missed if we don't get to it?
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Apr 9, 2018 16:43
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- Friend Commuter
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SO CLEVER I WANT TO FUCK MY OWN BRAIN.
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Smellrose
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yeah let's call for help on this dude's totally legit car phone
Are you gonna show off the stuff the censors missed if we don't get to it?
It kinda sounds like we're about to see the stuff the censors missed, I'll be honest. Get in the limo, this is definitely a good plan.
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Apr 9, 2018 20:44
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- Rebonack7
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Are you gonna show off the stuff the censors missed if we don't get to it?
Normally I wouldn't, but some of the deaths in this are too gruesome (or in one case, hilarious) to pass up. The good news is that the best bad ending in the book can actually be reached from two different choices, so it'll be harder to miss.
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So what if your parents told you not to get in strange cars? This is an exception! “All right!” you exclaim.
Liz steps into the luxurious limo first and leans back in the buttery leather seat. You follow her in and reach for a soda.
Without warning, the door slams. Power locks click. Seat belts shoot out and strap you tightly in place. Strapped – and trapped! Axel guns the engine.
“Hey!” you yell. “What’s going on?”
The limo roars away. You twist in your seat to stare back at the museum. Where’s Mr. Dunning when you need him?
A figure runs out the front door. “It’s Jake!” Liz cries.
Jake is waving his arms and shouting. You can hear his words faintly. “Come back!” he yells. “It was just a joke!”
“A joke?” Liz sputters. “I’m going to kill Jake.”
A sudden burst of blue light, like a camera flash, blinds you. When you can see again, you glare at Axel in the rearview mirror. “What’s the big idea?” you ask.
Or you start to ask. Actually, the words never leave your mouth. Instead, you gape in horror at Axel’s face.
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“Yeow! He’s a monster!” Liz yells.
“Wh-what happened to your face?” you croak.
Axel clacks his yellow teeth together. “Don’t you like it? My boss, Sybil Wicked, gave me a face-lift.”
Huh? “A face-lift?” you repeat, horrified.
“His boss?” Liz whispers.
You stare at each other. You just had a horrible idea.
“Um - where are you taking us, Axel?” you ask.
“To Miss Sybil, of course,” Axel says. “I faxed pictures of your faces on ahead to her. She’s dying to meet you both.”
You gulp. You don’t know who this Miss Sybil is, or what she wants with you, but you don’t feel any need to find out. You’ve got to get out of this limo!
“The phone!” Liz whispers in your ear. “Call 911!”
Great idea! You reach for the phone. That’s when you notice it only has three buttons. And none of them says 911.
One button has a picture of a clock on it. The second has a laughing jester’s face. The third is completely blank.
You’ve got to push one of them. It’s your only chance. But which one?
If you try the button with the clock, turn to PAGE 22.
If you try the blank button, turn to PAGE 35.
If you try the laughing jester, turn to PAGE 72.
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Apr 10, 2018 02:53
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- VivaLa Eeveelution
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The jester's probably gonna wanna hurt us too. Let's call him. Hopefully he and our abductor fight each other for our possession and we can escape in the confusion.
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Apr 10, 2018 04:20
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- AceOfFlames
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Let's call The Joker so he can come save us. We are making the best decisions today.
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Apr 10, 2018 09:56
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SO CLEVER I WANT TO FUCK MY OWN BRAIN.
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Keep on keeping on.
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Apr 10, 2018 12:39
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Joker is probably prank calling Comissioner Gordon again. And by "prank calling" I mean "taunting him about having crippled his daughter". That doesn't usually take long so try again.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:10
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- VivaLa Eeveelution
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It's time to call someone else for help.
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Apr 11, 2018 02:58
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- rudecyrus
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fuck you trolls
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Clock, though it'll probably return us to the beginning or something.
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Apr 11, 2018 04:41
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
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Speaking of which, how did we go from the middle of a city to a cliff?
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Apr 11, 2018 17:47
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- rudecyrus
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fuck you trolls
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Gonna break with the others and say Don't get in the limo.
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Apr 11, 2018 17:50
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- Friend Commuter
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SO CLEVER I WANT TO FUCK MY OWN BRAIN.
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Speaking of which, how did we go from the middle of a city to a cliff?
Really ill-advised urban planning.
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- Rebonack7
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You decide on the blank button. “Here goes nothing,” you mutter. Picking up the phone, you press.
BZZZT... BZZZT... BZZZT...
Busy?! “I don’t believe this!” you grumble.
But the next time you try, you hear a click. Then a recorded voice comes over the line.
“I’m sorry. Your call cannot go through... but YOU can!”
The limo screeches to a halt. In the mirror, you catch a glimpse of Axel’s face. It’s furious! As furious as a bare skull can look, that is.
The floor of the limousine drops out. A trap door! Your seat belt flies open. Next thing you know, you and Liz are shooting down a long, sloping tunnel.
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“Whoa!” you cry. You’re on a metal slide, bouncing off stone walls. Down, down, down you go. Finally you land with a THUD.
“Wh-where are we?” Liz stammers as she picks herself up.
You gaze around. You’re in a windowless little room that looks like a dungeon cell. Greenish water oozes down slimy stone walls and makes puddles at the bottom.
In one corner, there’s a wooden door. It’s held closed by a rusted chain and a big padlock. The door, chain, and lock are thickly covered with spider webs. Ugh! You shudder. Spiders give you the creeps!
“I don’t know where we are,” you reply, brushing yourself off. “But I know we’ve got to get out of here before that weirdo Axel finds us.”
“Yeah,” Liz agrees. “And if we don’t get back to the wax museum before Mr. Dunning misses us, we’ve had it!”
You don’t really want to go through the spider webs to the door. You gaze up at the chute that dumped you here. You might be able to climb back up. But will the skull-faced Axel be waiting for you?
If you try the locked door, turn to PAGE 14.
If you try to climb the chute, turn to PAGE 114.
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Accidentally phoned up the guy who kidnapped us.
Driven off the side of a cliff.
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Apr 12, 2018 11:48
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- VivaLa Eeveelution
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Give the chute a shot.
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Apr 12, 2018 11:50
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- Android Blues
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Climb the chute!
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Apr 12, 2018 12:03
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- Friend Commuter
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SO CLEVER I WANT TO FUCK MY OWN BRAIN.
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Maybe his boss was the Grim Reaper after all. Climb.
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Well, that happened. Chute for the stars.
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Answer the phone, Mr. Gacy.
