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Old Man Warner's Lottery
Hello, diary. I have some suspicions.
I never noticed before, but it just occured to me how odd it is that Old Man Warner has lived to see 77 years of lotteries without getting the black dot.
For the past few days, Old Man Warner has been acting strangely. From the way he is interacting with people, to how he sneaks around at night, I feel like I should investigate.
After I investigated a little, I discovered that Mr. Graves is also suspicious, and that he wants to give Old Man Warner the black dot, but everything was already set up.
Today is the day of the lottery. Currently, the lottery is just a tedious task in my way. I just want to investigate Old Man Warner and see if he is cheating somehow.
I’m currently hiding behind the town square’s

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