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[The Sphinx]

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If you happen upon this parchment, you would find strange words inscribed upon it, in a blood red text flowing like water...

"I am the sphinx, I come from far away.
I knew that I would come to here one day.
When the winds blow south but the fire blows north,
I will drain thy lands of all that they are worth.
I am not seen while awake but I am known in your your mind,
if you search for me there is nothing you will find."

And the parchment blows on, carried on the winds..

[Mephisto]

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A soft breeze blew in from atop Mephisto’s window sill,
along with it came birdsong and the fragrance of Daffodil.

“What a glorious spring day for a stroll”, Mephisto did think,
so he was out the door faster then the eye can blink.

Strolling along humming and just enjoying the day,
on the wind a parchment drifts down and at his feet it lay.

Picking it up he began to read, “I am the Sphinx” is how it began,
at its end he shoved it in a pouch marked, “Paper for the outhouse can”.

“What a wonderful find, I will need this soon”,
for that is the vengeance of the accursed prune.
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In reality, anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
In Sosaria, anything that does kill you makes you wiser.