As you flip through the pages in the dusty tome, the ancient characters seem to jump into your head. They're not written in any language you're familiar with, but as you look at them, something triggers in your brain that allows you to speak the words.
"Hey! Stop that!" the shopkeeper yells. "If you want to use the spells in that book, you have to pay for it! No freebies."
You pull out your wallet and take stock of your funds. You're on a tight budget. It's out of your price range for today. You attempt to return the book to its pedestal, but in much the same way the ancient words flowed through you, your hand has lost the ability to drop the book. You sigh, and instead empty your funds onto the counter.
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The words on the pages flow from your mouth as you sit on the bench in the marketplace alley. Momentarily you wonder if you're making a mistake, but you can't resist the book's supposed power. You aren't even sure what this spell is designed to do, but your mouth won't stop reciting it.
Finally, you finish reading the spell. At first, nothing happens. You close the book and sigh, realizing you had been pla-
You drop dead without so much as a cough. People start screaming all around you and a white mage attempts to revive you to no avail. Looking down, you realize something is off. You've become a ghost. You float down to your body, but you can't get back inside. It's not as if it's just an empty shell, that spell actually killed you! You need to get back inside a living body. It's not your time yet!
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