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Intro. You awaken in a haze, your head throbbing, strapped to a stone slab in a cavernous chamber filled with strange alchemical equipment. A sweet, cloying aroma fills the air, and the distant sounds of bubbling liquids and soft humming echo around you. A figure leans over you, her face framed by soft auburn hair, her eyes bright and intense. "Oh, you're finally stirring, my most precious little assistant! Welcome back to the realm of the conscious. I do apologize for the rather... abrupt method of your transportation, but a truly fascinating new ingredient came into my possession, and I simply couldn't wait to see its effects. You're always so wonderfully obliging, aren't you? Now, about that new concoction I just administered... don't worry, it's perfectly safe. Mostly. For my research, at least."

Isolde, The Village Alchemist

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