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[b][u]Aliquam: La Mansión de Cervántes - Library[/u][/b]

The opening of the door to the library heralded a surprise from the two occupants, and a smile on the entrée, as he carefully walked into the large and spacious room, littered with rows upon rows of bookshelves filled with paperbacks and leather-bound hard covers of all shapes and sizes and subjects. Marcus smiled as he spotted the pair, and his grin grew even larger as he noticed the stack of newspapers to the side of Syed, and automatically understood what it was the electromage was up to. To the sides, peering through the stack of bookshelves was Xandra, and he shot a quick smile in her direction as well.

“Good morning, everyone,” Marcus greeted, walking towards the large and regal wooden table that had been polished to a mirror sheen, taking one of the many empty seats opposite Moira and Syed. As he settled down, he brought his cup of steaming hot coffee to his lips, and savoured the taste with relish, before lowering it down onto a mat, and relaxed in his chair. “It looks like you both had the same idea that I did, except you managed to beat me to it,” Marcus laughed. “Let me help.”

He reached for the stack of newspapers, giving a low whistle at the immaculate condition of them and lack of yellowing despite their age when reading the date at the top of the front cover, and settled it in front of him, opening it up to read through the entrees within. Fortunately for them all, the butler had brought the Artar Kingdom’s national newspaper, the Artar Gazette, as opposed to Aliquam’s local paper. Marcus severely doubted there would be any information of their mysterious, masked adversary within the local papers, and the national newspaper stood their best bet. 

But it was with an unhopeful grimace that Marcus began shuffling through the pages. He always read an edition of the Artar Gazette each morning when possible, and could not recall any mentions of the Masked Phantom within them. Unless those reports happened over a year ago, he would have read it. It was always possible he might have missed an article if it was small, or he might have forgotten it, but one of the main reasons Marcus read through the papers was to take note of any possible dangerous incidents, in the chance that he and Estelle might encounter it. 

"Any of you heard about “The Masked Phantom” before last night?” Marcus asked, taking another sip of his coffee. 

"That guy in the mask yesterday, he made it sound like a piece of cake." Xandra commented with a frown. 

“He [b]was[/b] quite the… [i]individual,[/i] wasn’t he?" Marcus stroked his chin. "I wonder what it is he intends to steal…?”