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[The following is a transcript of an unmarked tape found as part of an audio diary.]

[click, static]
Dear Diary:
Welcome to the city.
[A pause, then she clears her throat and begins again.]
I'm sorry I took such a long time to catch up again. There were too many... complications. You know me: I'm a busy mare.
Ahhh... I wish it were like old times, my friend. When all we had was me, you, and the lab. Before that blasted Captain Shining said I was 'corrupted with power' when all I am is... Devoted.
[She laughs insanely but keeps her cool.]
Hm. Anyway, there's a new request that my informant picked up. Apparently the old tramp came to the city with us to do some royal errand. Interesting, no? Well, it gets better. Apparently he's staying with a detective, Clue, and a old friend of mine, Shiny Glass. She was the best at finding me those rare ingredients back in the day.
[A shuffling in the background is heard as the fan shuts off.]
Well, recently, as you know, I no longer own the means of production, which means I've had to procure those ingredients myself. And there are ways.
You see, Diary, there's a thing or two I know about murder. A: it's easy. B: it can get you things you can't get normally. One of those things is rare ingredients.
Sentinel and Gray Area are dead. This much I know. So tomorrow, I'll be out interrupting the Captains work with my informant while I sneak underneath his nose to nab something I need for my experiments. I would've grabbed it before, but some gang they were a part of kept interfering.
Rude, don't you think?
[She coughs, pauses, and then resumes.]
I don't know why they were where they were. But I do know this: the guard is easily distracted by a good ruse. That will keep them busy.
Especially two gangs pitted against each other.
Your faithful curator and contributor,
Silhouette
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