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Times Square, New York - November 10th 9:57 AM Elio and Tirsa sat at a table, chewing on small pastries and drinking coffee, Tirsa narrowing her eyes and sighing as she watched Elio dig his face into a corn muffin, crumbs falling all over his jacket and scarf.  Tirsa shook her head and sipped more of her coffee, before buttoning her jacket all the way up again and wrapping her scarf around her nose and mouth multiple times. “Ugh, thank god we already got signed up for your stupid manhunt and thank GOD that Rabia is worth a decent heat source” Tirsa spat, warming her hands on the otherworldly lantern that now sat on the table.

Staten Island, New York – November 9th 4:57 PM It was a chilly morning at the docks as the ferries pulled in, one young man in particular struggling to move several heavy boxes back and forth, beads of sweat rolling down his face.  He dropped a box onto the ground with a loud thud and groaned, bending backwards to stretch himself out, hands at the base of his spine. “ELIO!” a gruff voice yelled from behind the young man, startling him. “BE CAREFUL WITH THOSE BOXES, THAT’S WHAT WE GET PAID FOR!” “Sorry boss!” Elio shouted back, retreating back to his work with a grimace. “Is Elio brea

Manhattan, New York – November 3rd 10:07 PM A redheaded girl walks down the steps of a local library, tugging her coat on with one arm as she struggles to keep from dropping several books from under the other.  Waving goodnight to the janitor heading in, she walks down the street quickly, wrinkling her nose from the sudden shock of the chilly weather as she breathes out a visible puff of air.  Heading to a nearby subway station, she quickly gets on the train, sits down, and begins reading.  An Archive of the Arcane and Unusual, the title reads.  As the train pulls into her stop, second from the end of the line, she gathers her belongi