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Fix non-ascii characters in encyclopedia
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Em dashes (—) and curly quotes and apostrophes (“”‘’) may not display
correctly. Replaced them with ASCII substitutions: double hyphen-minus (--)
and straight quote and apos ("')
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Ardub23 authored and copperwater committed Dec 10, 2023
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"Wait." Wyndle zipped forward, leaving a trail of vines and
crystal behind. He grew up the back of the chull cart, curling
onto its wood right in front of her. He made a face there, looking
at her. "Is that why we left all of a sudden? Is that why were
at her. "Is that why we left all of a sudden? Is that why we're
here? Did you come chasing that monster?"
"Course not," Lift said, hands in her pockets. "That would be
stupid."
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"Then why are we here?"
"They got these pancakes here," she said, "with things cooked into
them. Supposed to be super tasty, and they eat them during the
Weeping. Ten varieties. Im gonna steal one of each."
Weeping. Ten varieties. I'm gonna steal one of each."
"You came all this way, leaving behind luxury, to eat some
pancakes."
"Really awesome pancakes."
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[ Ghostbusters, directed by Ivan Reitman,
written by Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis ]
*stalker
You dont understand, he said, who I am or what I am. Ill show
you. By Heaven! Ill show you. Then he put his open palm over his
"You don't understand," he said, "who I am or what I am. I'll show
you. By Heaven! I'll show you." Then he put his open palm over his
face and withdrew it. The centre of his face became a black
cavity. Here, he said. He stepped forward and handed Mrs. Hall
cavity. "Here," he said. He stepped forward and handed Mrs. Hall
something which she, staring at his metamorphosed face, accepted
automatically. Then, when she saw what it was, she screamed
loudly, dropped it, and staggered back. The noseit was the
strangers nose! pink and shiningrolled on the floor.
loudly, dropped it, and staggered back. The nose--it was the
stranger's nose! pink and shining--rolled on the floor.

Then he removed his spectacles, and everyone in the bar gasped. He
took off his hat, and with a violent gesture tore at his whiskers
and bandages. For a moment they resisted him. A flash of horrible
anticipation passed through the bar. Oh, my Gard! said some one.
anticipation passed through the bar. "Oh, my Gard!" said some one.
Then off they came.

It was worse than anything. Mrs. Hall, standing open-mouthed and
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hobbledehoy jump to avoid them. Everyone tumbled on everyone else
down the steps. For the man who stood there shouting some
incoherent explanation, was a solid gesticulating figure up to the
coat-collar of him, and then—nothingness, no visible thing at all!
coat-collar of him, and then--nothingness, no visible thing at
all!
[ The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells ]
~statue trap
statue*
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