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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4211822" data-attributes="member: 3285">The Last Resort - Part 9b: Cultural TreasuresEveryone was gathered in the center of The Last Resort, staring at the great clockwork face that clicked its way towards midnight.  “Ten!” shouted the crowd.“You think they’ll kill him?” asked Ilmarė.“Nine!” shouted the crowd.“If we’re lucky,” said Sebastian sourly.  “Talbot really said he was going to publish another book?”“Eight!” shouted the crowd.Ilmarė nodded.  “He’s bound and determined.  Talbot sees nothing wrong with the fact that people go crazy over his art.  In fact, I think he enjoys it.”“Seven!” shouted the crowd.“Where’s Kham?” asked Beldin.“Six!” shouted the crowd.“I have no idea,” said Sebastian.  “Last I heard, he was going to visit Edward’s room.”“Five!” shouted the crowd.“And Egil?” asked Ilmarė.“Four!” shouted the crowd.“Still huddled in his room,” said Sebastian. “The Brotherhood of the Yellow Sign apparently thought he was The Chosen One.”“Three!” shouted the crowd.“There were two rival cults after the same target,” said Beldin.  “Seems the Brotherhood is very disorganized these days.”“Two!” shouted the crowd.“Aren’t all religions?” Ilmarė said with a sneer.“One!” shouted the crowd.People cheered as they lifted their masks and shouted at the top of their lungs.  Some guests tossed their masks into the air.  People hugged and kissed.  Henry was in the middle of finishing up his game of Three-Dragon Ante with the remaining actors.Then a huge crate exploded through the doorframe.  Kham landed on top of Henry’s table, managing to not dislodge a single chip.  With another leap and trailing a lot of blood, he dove out the front door. The crowd cheered.  Then it stopped cheering when a ten-foot tall giant snake-man smashed through the railing overhead, landing in the middle of the floor.  It snaked after Kham.“A samat, here?” Ilmarė shouted.“Well, now we know what happened to Kham,” said Sebastian.</blockquote>

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