Oak & Ink: Vol II

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𝙾𝚊𝚔 & 𝙸𝚗𝚔​

𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝙰𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝙾𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛 & 𝙴𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛

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THE CURIOUS CHRONICLES
Uncovering the Odd, the Holy, and the Occasionally Unhinged
Volume II - 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚗𝚔 & 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚅𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚝 𝙾𝚊𝚔 & 𝙸𝚗𝚔.
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎.
𝚃𝚎𝚖𝚛𝚎𝚗 - 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗.
𝙰𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 - 𝙿𝚘𝚎𝚖 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝
𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎.

𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍: 𝙰𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛: 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢: 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙿𝚘𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚢
𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜: 𝚅𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚊𝚕: 𝙱𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢

𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍: 𝚃𝚎𝚖𝚛𝚎𝚗
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛: 𝙿𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚕𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢: 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜: 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚊𝚕: 𝚄𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚍.
𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚝 𝙿𝚞𝚋.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝚂𝙾𝙲𝙸𝙰𝙻 𝙾𝚏 𝙾𝚊𝚔 & 𝙸𝚗𝚔 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜.
𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢.
𝙰𝚍𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜: 𝟺 𝚀𝚞𝚊𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚛 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚝

𝙽𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝙽𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗, 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚍’𝙰𝚞𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐’𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚍.
𝙴𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝. 𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐’𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕:
𝙴𝚕𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚑 - 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚎
𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 - 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚘𝚒𝚗
𝙲𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 - 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜
𝙹𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚊 - 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚁𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝙿𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗

𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛: 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎?

𝚄𝚙𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚕!

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𝙰𝚍𝚜

𝙴𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚃𝙾𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙶𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍!
𝙾𝚊𝚔 & 𝙸𝚗𝚔 - 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘. 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚔.

𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚅𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝟹 𝙰𝚍 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎!

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𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚗’𝚜 𝙴𝚢𝚎

𝙲𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚝 -
𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍.

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𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜

𝙰 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 “𝚜𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚜.” 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚛... 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚊𝚖. 𝙶𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕.

𝙳𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊. 𝚂𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚛: 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙽𝙴𝙰𝚁 𝙱𝚄𝙸𝙻𝙳𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝙻𝙼𝙾𝚂𝚃 𝙳𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚂𝙷𝙴𝙳 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 “𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎.”

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𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝙽𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝

𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚝 𝙿𝚞𝚋 - 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚜, 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢.

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"Another terrific issue" Louisell murmurs to Castien without looking up. "The ink's still fresh, and already I feel smarter for having read it. Elara outdoes herself with each volume."