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come on

come on go now

hold it hold it

that's it unbelievable stop

stop stop buddy you're an

idiot

Jeez that was close

whoa

help me stop stop him

clear on that side

never gonna get used to that I know right

investigating a traffic accident in Bumble Fart

Washington excellent use of my criminal genius

Clipping's book

showed us an article about a truck crash in Bremen

well

we're in Bremen right

plenty idea how you gonna talk to these people

cause I don't think

you can

just keep flashing your counter terrorism badge

I don't think we can walk up and go hey

we're from the library oh

well on TV shows the supernatural detectives

they always tell people that

weird stuff was caused by swamp gas

that's UFOs not magic excuse me

Sheriff hire actually it's a Heyer like hey her

hi I'm Eve Baird

welcome phone right right

nice to meet you

so what was it you said you were here for again

from the Metropolitan Library

and we're doing a traffic flow study

we're doing a

conducting and collating accident reports

and statistical surveys on rural stuff

well was no traffic flow issue way I see it

truck drivers driving too fast

tried to pass a car sword avoid oncoming traffic

and then

fellow with darn lucky survived for scrapes and bruises

say quite explanation for quite place quite yeah

it means small boring you know

I know what the word means

I'm just trying to decipher what you mean by you

with this library son oh look

there's the truck mind if we take a peek right there

Mr Jones hey

thank you by the way for we'll just

glad to help do not antagonize local law enforcement

but it's so much fun

one of these days your luck's gonna run out

a man with a badge is gonna put an end to your fun

once and for all yet today is not that day

guys there's a pattern

it's waves waves waves

amber waves of grain grain cereal cereal

milky cereal oh yum tasty

I'm sorry

I don't see it

that is

a fingerprint

a big one

it might be a troll a troll

yes

I understand your skepticism

Mr Jones

trolls are not indigenous to the Pacific Northwest

but with a return of magic to the world

all sorts of odd things are waking up

and if indeed it is a troll you're facing well

it's not been nice knowing you for say

how do we fight a troll

you don't you flee or you die quickly

but if you can get me a picture or a sample to analyze

I I could identify the species and find a weakness

correct me if I'm wrong but some

doing a troll to get a sample might be a little tricky

I'll be happy to correct you colonel

you're wrong trolls are nothing but subdued in daylight

cryptic and annoying a toofer okay

so we have to get a sample or a picture and not die

you two see if the sheriff has any surveillance

from the bridge maybe we'll get lucky

I'll see if I can find anything on the ground

maybe I should go you and stone work together

got it yeah

no problem and I'll head back to the Annex

I think it's time for my after breakfast

you're coming with me let's go try to troll

train

tree

tree

tree

tree troll oh no

just another tree Jones

you have to adjust that attitude

Wanna call yourself a librarian

you have to do the job job

oh no I don't like the sound of that word

you see I became a librarian because it looked like fun

stealing artifacts dodging monsters

I like a challenge

more to life than traveling the world

and pushing your luck not for me

there isn't when it stops being fun

I get bored

when I'm bored

I'm gone

I think

your definition of bored and mind differ greatly

trolls are nothing but subdued in daylight

it's just a pile of rocks right

well then you should have no problem reaching in there

grabbing a few pebbles

go on grab a few

thank you what

um I didn't think you wanna work with me

I told you Cassandra

I can work with you I like you

I just don't trust you

so what

am I supposed to just keep running around trying

to regain your trust

no

no I'm cool with the way it is

surveillance photos from last night you called about

thank you thanks

these will really help with our traffic flow study

oh

small car medium car

big truck bridge

small medium

big bridge why does that sound familiar huh

good morning sir

hey what are you doing

just that for a morning jog

wanted to see how

last size bridge accident was being managed

sure I meant what are you doing in your birthday suit

yes

my wife did get me this jogging suit for my birthday

how did you know

well everything seems to be in hand here

I'll leave you to a chair

that is more than I ever wanted to see

of any elected official take it

that's not normal nope

can't say that it is

is there any other unnatural stuff that's going on

around here

we have our usual small town problems

there's a farm down the way

claims of hearing voices from the barn full of animals

girl from a local community college

went to a music festival last week

didn't come back and all Mrs

Stubborns was stuck in her pizza oven

we got her out okay

it's weirder stuff in the big cities right

you bet

wait wait

wait wait

yeah you betcha

and well thank you cheers

definitely a troll actually no

oh it sure look like a troll

no we're saying it's more than just a troll

that is a really big wolf

everybody stay back

we need help

where did you learn how to do that

well um

I don't know

wow this is no ordinary wolf

I mean it's at least twice the average size

and it was unusually hostile

and it's wearing a frilly nightcap

a wolf in a nightcap

Little Red Riding Hood the naked mare

the Emperor's New Clothes

three cars

small medium

and the big one was attacked by a troll

that's three Billy goats

gruff fairy tales are coming to life

fairy tales are coming to life and attacking people

someone has weaponized fairy tales

if someone is making

well okay

fairy tales come to life the question is what or who

yes now

these are all of the magical items

curses and paradoxes

that could possibly cause fairy tales to come true

and attack so 57

we have to find 57 magical items

listen no

luckily for all of our sanities

we can employ a process of elimination

we can cross off any artifact

that is currently in the library

since being untethered from this reality

makes accessing them rather difficult

they have been no fires or floods reported in the area

so we can cross off anything that requires

displays of nature's power

the immortals prefer southern Europe

this time of the year that is

Libra's Fabula has been lost for centuries

thankfully it is a really nasty one

Black Mask is not worth mentioning at this point

and the Genie's lamp can go

why not the Genie's lamp it's never the Genie's lamp

okay so that leaves us with the Mother Goose Treaty

1918 they never forgave

the way Beatrix Potter rewrote that bloody history

and ESOP's liar

loose nukes nerve gas

I know how to find where do we even start here

autopsy autopsy on who

well the giant dead wolf

of course bring it back here

bring it back here you want us to move a giant

dead wolf through town

and put it through a magical door

no problem wait

where did that wolf end up

we're the only place in town with a freezer

big enough to hold the body

so sheriff hairs head once fish and wildlife comes

I can keep it keep the wolf

I'm gonna get it stuffed put it out front

rename the place the Big Wolf Tavern

people will come from miles around to see it

I even got the Guinness people coming that's sure

something next rounds on me

Chivalry's not dead so what do I do about stone

he'll come around I've seen a million guys like him

farm boys straight off the bus into basic worlds

nothing but black and white

guys like him have a wide turning radius

but they do turn

what do I have something

here

I feel like everyone staring at me

I mean why would they stare at me

you're the one who's having the amazing hair day

I do anything to my my hair so shiny

full run hey Walter

how those drinks coming here you are my lady

thanks so I was wondering

oh yes

uh do you think that maybe the Guinness record

people would like to take your picture

very handsome man

twice the size but half the white

moving a wolf carcass size of a phony

do a small town we're gonna get spotted hey

it was your plan I was being sarcastic

subtext is very hot I don't have any subtext

alright in the truck

no we're not stealing a truck no of course we aren't

I am

no no

you're not stealing a truck oh

unlocked lucky me

unlock doesn't mean turned on

and we can hardly call it stealing

who is that lucky

so what is the cat stuck no

it's not just stuck it's like part of the wolf's body

it's pretty cool you know what

this probably um

eliminates Esopp's liar

while it does make animals look gracious

I have never known it to affect their wardrobe

so it's the goose one yeah

the Mother Goose tree of 1918

only one way to be sure if it is

the inside of this wolf will be stuffed with feathers

scalpel but you know what

maybe the obsidian blade those would be both

do you even know what you're doing

of course I do think I don't know it

feels right

oh

something's in here

what happened

where am I

this is very bad it's not the treaty celebrous fabula

the the storybook

it'll bring any story you want to life

but at a price you said that was lost

yes well somebody found it

the Huntsman cut open the Wolf

and Little Red Riding Hood emerged whole and safe

I love these stories

well we're all relieved you found her

but she's not making a lot of sense

says something about you pulling her out of a wolf

she suffered exposure in the woods traumatized

thank you for letting us talk to her

wasn't up to me she would let go of your friend's hair

I don't know what happened

so you you don't remember anything

I remember finishing my shift

and then going out to my car

and then you pulling me out of that thing actually no

no no

that was I was the one that

that pulled you out I know

but you played an important role

so you finished your shift

actually I skipped out a little early

I didn't wanna miss the opening act

can I get your number wow

just in case my life needs saving again

I'm not really comfortable with that

there's I'm not gonna aim to

you know what here's the thing

I'm I'm actually

if you don't mind

I'm the one that pulled you out over here

I'm the one that pulled you out

double wolf

you know Walter

the bar

said his wolf went missing after you two were there

your high school mascots the wolves right

your football rivals

I bet they'd love to steal your giant wolf

sheriff between the accident on the bridge

the wolf on the street and the go

you probably a bit overworked

we're glad we could help what he means

oh I know exactly what he means

and he might just be right

if only he hadn't pinged my radar

I know trouble

young man and you

you smell like trouble

what did I tell you about

antagonizing local law enforcement

don't you think I would listen

I don't remember anything

let's talk to Jenkins find out how this book works

let's go

I adore these

it's like a miniature apartment building

and when you hit the right numbers

the occupant of your choice leads to his death

becomes your snack you don't get out much

do you huh

only when necessary

and the Libra's fabulous calls for it

long as that book is being read

stories will come to life

any story at first

only the stories already in the book come to life

but as the book gains power

those stories can be changed

new stories added rewriting reality

hmm reality

still shared narrative

we agreed to believe you're very odd cowboy

so I've been told

and as the stories come to life

they get more powerful and more powerful

more people to swept up in them

entire towns entire nations

how big are we talking

what do you think caused the Black Death

the Eucinius pestic bacteria

you're adorable

can be controlled can you control your imagination

no no

no the books only limit to bring stories to life

is that life has to come from somewhere

so it needs a power source to feed the magic

very good and the people who feed the story

they grow weak they get sick

they die so somewhere the records of this hospital

there's a pattern of people becoming ill for no reason

good you two come to the records

see if you can find Magic

Patient Zero Stone

you and I are gonna hunt down that book

all right I think I saw a local library down the street

maybe we could get a lead on local collectors

rare books

Ezekiel

just stay out of jail

aha here is a case of a boy getting sick

after eating a piece of siding off of his house

oh someone's

an epidemic of food poisoning at a local apple farm

psychiatric file at a woman

paranoid

that her step children were trying to kill her

all of these have been happening

in the past three weeks

those are people being affected by the story

not being sucked dry the power of the book

and no one died well

maybe it's too new

maybe the Libra's Fabula isn't strong enough yet yes

it took several years for the plague to build up

still

something odd we're lucky they're just getting trapped

in fairy tales

you know singing

dancing Woodland creatures making ball games

my dear these are not your cartoon stories

these are the original fairy tales

filled with death and dismemberment

and they're still the long list of archetypes

archetypes the mayor was the only one able to wear

the emperor's new clothes on

that girl she cut out of work early

straight from the path she was meant to be on

and she got eaten by a wolf for it

fairy tales are getting stronger

there are more roles to feel that we haven't seen

princes princesses

huntsman rose

their stories their fates

are often the most terrible of all

wow

oh what

what are you doing will you

you okay my shoe keeps falling off

hello

hi there can I help you folks

we are looking for a book

well you've come to the right place

library

I'm Mr Maguire I've been running the Brendan Library

for the past 30 years well

then you should know every book in here

what we're looking for is very old

I got a lot of old books Austin

Bronte Dickens not that anybody wants to

classics nowadays I read to the kids

it's all Katniss Everdeen or Artemis Fowl

whoever that is well

we're looking for something just a little bit older um

oh like that

ah

that's 15 cents portfolio hmm

that should be in a museum

is that hypnoautomachia polyphilly yeah

just finishing up some cataloging

these are part of the collection

recently donated to us by Mr Deeder and his Will

Deeder

Thompson Deeder

hi

what are you doing here Ezekiel Giants

world class coin hunter and you are dying

but it's okay

they let me choose my flavor of jello

well at least you have that going for you

took me a while

but when my auntie got down to 1,000

I graduated from green to the red flavor

uh hate green

if I get under 500

I think they'll break out the pudding

well that's not right

you should be able to sneak desserts better than that

oh yeah

how would you do it

Thompson Theater is was a rare note collector

I'm sorry when did he die

few weeks back he left this entire collection to detail

takes me a month to get to one manuscript

well maybe we could help you catalogue them

we're librarians too

really really

you know as a trustee of this collection

I have a sacred duty I have to document all of these

before I can expose any more

sorry

we need someone who can pick a lock

fill for the pins these are standard 5 pin locks

kitchen locks will be the same

now push each pin up till locks into place 10:10

there you go little bit of practice

and you'll be swimming in zappiaca

problem is I'm not really supposed to be out of bed

I get tired

what do you have

they don't know

I just got sick one day

I fell asleep at story at the library

and I woke up here look

all I know is you got to be the one to help yourself

do what you want when you want

otherwise

you spend the rest of your life stuck with green jelly

I think my dad would rather just stay in this room

he said a girl was saying she got swallowed

by a wolf yeah

I heard about that sort of cool right

like one of those old fairy tales

fairy tales aren't really my thing

the bad guy he never wins

I love him

magic and heroes

what are you looking for

I was just wondering if you had any books

I could borrow they don't let me keep any books in here

it's not sterile

not even any visitors except reading days

I'll be back okay

hang on this for me for luck

hi

Cassandra you are so charming

let me get you another drink

no honey

why don't you get me some French fries

my friends are here

we think we found the book at the library

you saw it no

but there's a rare collection of books there

it fits

oh good

we need you to pick a lock at the library

easy but we have to go to the hospital first

no there's no time

if the book is in the collection

we need to get it now

you couldn't find a pattern of people

getting sick

but that's because the book wasn't strong enough yet

maybe we can find it

and stop it before it gets strong enough

to kill someone twice

has only been there a few weeks

make sense listen

there's a kid at the hospital

she likes fairy tales and she's sick

no one knows why she's the one that we're gonna have to

she's the one you should have stayed away from Sheriff

what is this

your friend here broke into my daughter's hospital room

bad enough you could get her secret

but I find her practicing lock picking

I told you I could smell trouble

Jamie's your kid lucky me

tell me Sheriff

how are you going to arrest me when you can't catch me

Sheriff you know you can't take him without charging

he comes with me or else yeah

or else what

or I'll huff and I'll puff

and I'll blow this whole bar down

oh my God

another wolf

what's a different fairy tale to different wolf

and he wants his little piggy

well how is this my fault

okay it's little my fault

we gotta move before the sheriff realizes

this building is only made out of wood

alright

looks like the coast is down down down

okay

how many wolves are there in the original fairy tales

well considering it originated in Germanic folklore

the wolf's natural enemy of the agrarian life

I'd say a lot why the football players

they are the wolves

we have to get to the library and get that book

the old man has to have it

no no no

we need to go to the hospital

no the library is closer

yeah but we got

what are you doing are you humming what

he was just humming no

I wasn't all right

look dude

this is strange all right

Cassandra's like a chick magnet and bear

I'm pretty sure that hair is not army regulation

oh I'm sorry

we're being strange where'd you get the axe

I don't know

you smell that

storms are coming

there's bird on you

yeah

okay

yes Jenkins

quick question is it possible

we're getting sucked into the fairy tales

fatal yeah

interesting uh

just out of curiosity what roles are you playing

well I'm pretty sure stones the Huntsman

and Cassandra is Prince Charming weirdly

and Baird is a princess a princess

it's happening look Jenkins

if we're all heroes we're all the good guys

that means we get happy endings right

no remember I told you

even for the heroes there is death dismemberment

hundred year comas

not to mention all the civilian bystanders

in fact

the only one who escapes every story unscathed is the

Jack

the Jack yes

Jack the nibble robe

the lucky thief who lives by his wits

where's Ezekiel

alright listen

good luck finding the book gotta go

alright Jack's gone

look at everybody else

I'm sorry have you seen my sheep

no

has anyone seen my sheep

I did not look at another woman

did your nose just grow

the books getting stronger

it's not just us it's everybody in town

they could all get hurt or worse

new plan get everyone on the highway and out of town to

okay old plan

back to the library

but we take all the civilians with us

hey come with me if you want to live

we're waiting for you to say that to me

hey

there they are let's move

time to move go

go go

go go

go go

no matter what time you get

Prince the Princess and the Huntsman

as the wolves follow their prey down the star oh hello

Jamie wake up

what's wrong with that oh

this happens when she's listening to the stories

it's reading day you think you're helping her

by reading her what she likes

but you're draining the life out of it haha

that's ridiculous haha

I know exactly what I'm doing

all right tell me something crazy

oh

you know when I started reading this book to the kids

I found out that it drains the listener

but it gives the storytellers some of its strength

I haven't felt this good in years

you had in Jamie you're gonna kill her

you know people say you're lucky if you die of old age

but do you have any idea what it's like to get old

to be forgotten I gave my life to this town

now this town is giving life to me it's my happily ever

you're welcome to stay and listen

listen while I take out your friends

now where were we

oh yes

yes here we are

the wolves hunted their prey

everybody in the back

go I don't wanna leave you

I know I need you to be safe

alright come on

they're coming we gotta hold them back until

until a lucky rogue can save us

took all the villagers

if you left because you got bored

so help me I'm at the hospital with the book

in your nice old library guys

actually not so nice

he's reading the book to the kitty

that he's getting some kind of juice from it kid

what kid the kid you found yeah

I tried to tell you I stumbled on it by Sherlock

of course you did Jones

you're the only one the story works for

not against what you have to get him to stop

the story he's telling will kill us

it'll kill the town they could hear

but the wolves

smashed in the doors of the sad little castle

smells like dinner

my friends now is the time

we will rise against the forces of darkness

there is no beast that cannot be slay

no army that will not be faced

together we will fight and together we will win

hey

hey guys

I'm actually pretty good at this

why am I wearing heels wild

the villager's coward the princess

prince and huntsman change the story Jones

change the story

change the story story I

the wolves don't hunt anymore suddenly blind

it has to be a story stories

at the beginning the wolves hunt your friends

a middle they find them

and an end the wolves kill everyone

they're all dead

Jamie Jamie wake up

what story am I supposed to tell yours

give it your happy ending

tell your story okay

quick before the spell wears off

well um

in mine look like they died

because the Huntsman is really a

robot

yeah I can work like this

and the princess is a ninja princess

about time keep going Jamie

the prince is really Merlin in disguise

and you can't kill Merlin

and using their combined skills

they chase the wolves away

except for the head wolf

he's forced to pay for his crime

but he doesn't die on no

but he has to eat green Jello forever

I don't even know where this came from

the end that can't be the end

it's like you don't get happy in the hospital

I just

I don't understand what happened

one minute I was with you all at Walter's Tavern

and then sometimes what happens is

when unexplainable events occur

people like you think it's magic

you know what I mean when really it's just swamp gas

swamp gas

we discovered it during our traffic flow study

yes it's a natural but localized occurrence

it causes you

know people in a radius the town to mass hallucinate

loosening

we need to call female no

no no

no need to do

we neutralize the situation is a thing that we do

the library jobs of the library anyway

that's why so many crazy things kept happening

in fact you might wanna give everyone in Santa Pass

in the last couple days

Jamie

how are you out of bed Jamie's feeling a lot better

right kid

right dad I am

this can't be real

wait

what did you do

I think this is one of those times where we say

and they lived happily ever after

and we go our separate ways

oh sweet

oh

haha

dad

who are those people they're librarians honey

librarians

wow now that I say that out loud

that does not make any sense at all

not a lick

those are those yes

Thompson Deda's arcane book collection

I decided it's likely better they come with us

who knows what else is in them

yeah I can only imagine

an annotated Paradise Lost

you don't wanna know who it's annotated by

Libras Fabulous

blank it's blank

not entirely

magic always has a cost

I'm just a place for him Mr Maguire

and the book will cause no further problems

is it just me or the deeper into magic we get

the weirder I get I don't know

I didn't mind all those girls buying me drinks

I'm just glad my hair is back

to normal

I think I'll go spend some time with the punching bag

break a few nails what about you Ezekiel

what about me

do you feel different no

really

that's it you've done nothing at all

why should I well

surprisingly you did save the day

of course I did I'm awesome

so that's that's

that's what that's it

you're awesome yeah

well everybody tells me I can't do what I want

can't rely on luck but

when

a magic spell turns everybody into heroes of legend

who did it turn me into

me

yep I'm gonna go punch something I'm right behind you

seriously

you know who's really lucky

not me

you for knowing me

you're welcome

no

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