The following is chapter 5 of a six-part lot.

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X equals O.

Good to see you, as per usual, old friend.

And, as per usual, another day, another consignment has joined the shelves.

It calls your name.

Yes, this one arrived folded in a small envelope, with no return address.

I almost discarded it at first.

Look like nothing more than an old bingo card.

The kind passed out in church basements and retirement homes.

But then I noticed the name written across the top.

Jack.

I am told this came from a place called Harmony Care Home.

You know, it sounds so familiar, yet I don't quite know why.

Now then, if you listen closely, you may begin to understand

how a simple game of chance can become something far more binding.

This is Harmony Care Home.

Chapter 5.

Before we begin, I want to point out some of the customers whose names have been etched in brass on this beautiful plaque I had made

above the front desk. These are some of the members of the inner circle of the antiquarium.

We go by the Obsidian Covenant. Recent initiates include Alicia Acre, Trashpandakut, Bloody Legacy, Eliza, Jackson Cruz, Sam, well that's a thing, and Doctor Who, we are ever appreciative of your devotion to The Order.

Go to The Obsidian Covenant.com to receive the sacrament.

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