The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 3

Summary

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The Magnus Archives: The Listening Club TTRPG Special

Episode 3
Date: December 25, 2025
Host/GM: Jonathan Sims
Players: Anusha (Margot), Ian (Alphonse Platt), Lowry (Elodie Jones), Pip (Barry Knapp)

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Overview

In this penultimate episode of The Magnus Archives: The Listening Club tabletop roleplaying game special, the group of devoted fans of the fictional "Armitage Library" podcast follow clues left by a missing member. The tension rises as reality, horror fiction, and meta-narrative blur. What starts as routine fandom analysis soon spirals into a chilling investigation involving grisly audio artifacts, a mysterious production company, and a warehouse filled with disturbing secrets.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Moments

1. Recap and Setup (05:58)

• Anusha (Margot) gives a detailed recap: The club were discussing the 100th episode of the "Armitage Library" podcast and noticed their organiser, June, was missing. They received an urgent email from June and decided to investigate her flat after gaining access via a rude neighbor. Inside, they found signs of her sudden departure and stumbled onto strange mini-discs linked to the podcast’s production company, Moldy Pencil.

"Margot tried to lockpick a door that was already open because no one thought to test whether the door was already open." — Anusha (06:51)

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2. The Sinister Mini-Discs (07:12)

• The group discovers mini-discs containing audio accounts eerily similar to "Armitage Library" episodes but told in unsettling first-person detail, distinct from the podcast's version.

• Alphonse listens:

  "My name is Graham Halliday and this is how I died." — as heard on mini-disc (07:44)

• Listening induces stress; the audio is graphic, intimate, and reminiscent of horror episodes known for realism and brutality.

"It doesn't sound entirely natural. It's caught with a sort of horrible clarity that only a mini-disc can capture." — Jonathan Sims (GM), (08:10)

• The team jokes about minidisc nostalgia and authenticity—meta-commentary on audio formats and horror storytelling.

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3. Real or Fictional? Behind-the-Scenes Paranoia (11:15)

• Elodie theorizes: The most chilling podcast episodes ("the red ones") correlate with these minidiscs. The group questions whether these are just bonus content or if something more sinister is at play—perhaps the production company is using real horrors as inspiration.
• The discs are not in June’s handwriting; instead, they're labeled with different, possibly fabricated, staff names.

"Is it that the good episodes are real?... Like what we just listened to felt real, proper grim." — Pip (Barry) (15:29)

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4. Investigation Deepens: Moldy Pencil Productions (15:06)

• They find an alternate address for Moldy Pencil Productions embedded in June’s research—a real Liverpool location not publicly listed.
• The group debates what "real" means—are these episodes based on actual events or are they bleeding through from the fictional to the real?

"The 15 mini-discs here represent maybe a third to a quarter of the red ones...they seem separate somehow." — Jonathan Sims (GM), (14:15)

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5. Arrival at the Warehouse — Atmosphere & Discovery (16:06, 18:35)

• Travel montage: train to Liverpool, wine, off-peak banter.
• The building is decrepit and foreboding, at odds with its public image. The front desk is unmanned and dusty; names in the sign-in book repeat and match the mini-disc handwriting — all entries seem forged.

"They are all in the same handwriting." — (19:13)

• Margot uses tracking to notice a heavy object was dragged inside, with small blood spots nearby (20:17). Elodie tries to call police but has no mobile signal in the building.

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6. Climax: Mannequin Horror (21:11)

• The second story is filled with mannequin "staff," blank-faced and posed at desks. Their heads are sometimes skeletonized, and an earthy, decaying smell pervades the space.

"You place your hand firmly on the shoulder and the plastic head of a mannequin falls off the shoulders." — Jonathan Sims (GM), (21:37)

• Some mannequins have crushed heads near the ear — a grotesque echo of the audio horrors.
• As the group tries to leave, the door locks shut behind them.

"Unfortunately, I'm afraid there is a — as the door behind you remotely locks..." — Jonathan Sims (GM), (22:36)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Mini-disc Nostalgia & Meta-Humor:

  "They are a very good storage device. I've got albums on there that I haven't got anywhere else... Some of my first audio editing was on these things." — Ian (Alphonse), (09:24)

  "Role playing game cancelled. We are now going through Ian's minidisc collection." — Jonathan Sims, (09:52)

• Meta-Analysis of Horror Podcasting:

  "Is it that the good episodes are real? ...they're the ones you remember being, like, a bit upsetting, a bit real at times." — Group, (15:29 / 13:38)

• Realization of the Horror:

  "At first you think they're props, but the smell is pretty potent." — Jonathan Sims (GM), (22:10)

  "Right, let's go, let's go, let's go now. We're calling police. We should not have come here." — Lowry (Elodie), (22:29)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Recap and RPG Character Introductions: 05:26 – 07:02
• Discovery and First Listening of Mini-Disc: 07:12 – 09:13
• Meta-Discussion of Podcast Episodes and "Red Ones": 13:38 – 15:43
• Clue-Finding and Planning to Investigate the Warehouse: 15:06 – 16:52
• Warehouse Arrival and Investigation: 18:02 – 20:18
• Climax: Mannequins and Trap: 21:21 – 22:44

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Tone & Style

The episode is laced with meta-commentary and darkly comedic banter, grounded in the intense, investigative horror for which The Magnus Archives is famed. Players riff off one another, mixing levity, fandom references, and genuine dread as the fictional world increasingly feels all too real.

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Ending & Next Episode Teaser

The group is locked in the warehouse with evidence of violence and (potentially) murder, surrounded by mannequins and the supernatural unknown.

"Thank you very much for joining us for this penultimate episode of the Listening Club. Join us next week to find out exactly how horribly they're all going to die." — Jonathan Sims (GM), (23:04)

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For further chills, tune in next week for the Listening Club's (possibly final) stand — and discover what truly lies behind the red episodes.

Transcript

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Simplisafe. Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us for this third episode of the Magnus Archives Tabletop role playing game the Listening Club. I am Jonathan Sims. He him, your most humble gm. And with me I have.

[G]

Anusha. Hello, I'm Anusha, pronounced she her. And I am playing.

[D]

Margo. And I have.

[E]

Ian. Hello, it's Ian. Ian Hales. He himself. I'm playing Alphonse.

[D]

Platt. I have.

[H]

Lowry. Hello, it's Lowry. She her. I am playing Elodie.

[D]

Jones. And I have.

[I]

Pip. Hello, I am Pip. He him and I will be playing Barry Knapp. Just good to say it is.

[D]

Wonderful. Does anyone want to give us a quick rundown of where we are in the old.

[G]

Story? The Listening Club gathered together to listen to the 100th episode of the Armitage Library. It was very exciting. We all sat in the cafe, had a listen. Was it Mr. Clot was his name? The giant Bloody Drains monster was finally defeated, seemingly in this episode. And we were comparing notes and chatting about it and seeing whether we thought he's really the big bad, etc. But one of our members, June, who actually brought us all together and is a great enthusiast, didn't show up and there was no notice whatsoever. It's very, very unusual. And then we got an email through from June saying. Saying that we should come immediately because urgent things were happening. We got to June's place, it was on the second floor, but we tried to buzz and there was no answer. So we buzzed a very rude neighbour who did let us in. When we said we had a package. We got up to June's door. Margot tried to lockpick a door that was already open because no one thought to test whether the door was already open. But either way, we got into June's flat. It seemed really deserted, really quiet. There were several rooms for us to.

[D]

Explore. This is maybe more of an in depth retrospect than I was expecting. But lo, let's keep going. Made a cup of.

[G]

Tea. This is why I picked the yapping based.

[D]

Archetype. Let's cut and go back. So you'd all explored a lot of rooms and you'd found some interesting stuff indicating that, I don't know, maybe something weird was going on with Moldy Pencil, the production company behind the Armitage Library. Ian, what's Alphonse.

[A]

Doing? Remind.

[E]

Me. He's just put the headphones on. There's Just some talking. It's definitely not something weird and occult happening down the end of those headphones. Sure. Everything's going to be.

[D]

Fine. So there were some sinister mini discs and they have successfully unscrambled one. Now Fonts is having a listen. It is a small, raspy voice speaking very low. My name is Graham Halliday and this is how I died. The voice starts to tell a story, and at first it's a pretty gruesome story about getting some sort of fungus that infected and eventually consumed them. Pretty ghoulish, pretty horrible. And one that you actually recognize from episode 51 of the Armitage Library. But it wasn't told like this. The wording is ever so slightly different. And it wasn't told as a first person narrative. It was redone as a police report in the podcast. But the voice is. It doesn't sound entirely natural. It's caught with a sort of horrible clarity that only a minidisc can really capture. So I'm gonna give you three points of stress, Ian, because it's pretty horrible to listen to. If you take four points of stress, you start to go down in damage. You start. You're currently hale and.

[E]

Hearty.

[D]

Yeah. You become impaired and then incapacitated and then dead. So right now you're still hale, but you're quite stressed because that is weird to listen to. Also, I just want to take a brief moment, just a brief aside to roast Ian, because in the break between these episodes, he went away and he has brought his own collection of.

[E]

Minidiscs. Yeah, there's a little pot that's a little holder for them.

[H]

All. That's.

[D]

Beautiful. Younger listeners might not understand how absurd this is, but those of us who lived through the early 2000s, it's very.

[E]

Funny. They are a very good storage device. I've got albums on there that I haven't got anywhere else. Thank you very much. Some of my first audio editing was on these things. I have the Wigan Pier described experience. So that's that one there. That is it. There's the described audio.

[D]

Tour. I believe.

[E]

You. Thank you.

[I]

Unedited.

[E]

Boom. How dare.

[D]

You.

[I]

Wow. I'm sorry. I think we just became a real life listening club. And we must now listen to Ian's minidisc.

[D]

Collection. Role playing game cancelled. We are now going through Ian's.

[H]

Minidisc. Yeah, this is what Elodie is saying as Alphonse is listening. You know, minidiscs, they're actually very underrated. Like, that's one of the things that drew me to the podcast. Like it's quite realistic that you would want to store things on them. Very underrated storage.

[G]

System. Margot's just looking at her when she's saying.

[D]

This. Alphonse is eyes staring blankly into space. Sort of thousand yard.

[H]

Stare. Alphonse, are you.

[E]

Okay? So he snatches the headphones off his head and he's like, this is weird because that's not. It's the right story. It's the wrong.

[G]

Way. His ears.

[I]

Bleeding?

[G]

No.

[H]

Cool. Elodie's gonna pull the headphone jack out of the whatever it's playing from so that it plays out loud that we can all hear it.

[D]

Okay. Everyone except Alphonse. Take two.

[H]

Stress. Oh.

[D]

Sorry. It's not quite as intimate, you know, as with the.

[I]

Headphones. You really want to be listening to it on headphones. You know, you really need that directional audio kind of.

[D]

Situation. Yeah, but it's still pretty weird and.

[G]

Spooky. Do these two count as the first three points of stress that I ignore.

[D]

Completely? They do.

[I]

Indeed. This is which episode.

[H]

Number? Yeah, episode.

[I]

51. Yeah, with the fungus.

[H]

Thing. But that was a police report. Wait, so is this like bonus content? Oh my God. Has she been finding like bonus content behind the scenes stuff? Are the minidiscs.

[D]

Labeled? Oh, what a good question. Yes, this one just has five one on them. You will notice the 51 is not written in June's.

[G]

Handwriting. Where did she get them.

[I]

From? Alphonse, you said that she got a letter.

[E]

Right? Yeah, yeah. There's envelope here. Does it have like indentations that if it had like a mini disc in.

[D]

It? Yeah. The size of the envelope, you reckon you could fit somewhere between one and three mini discs in there because they're very.

[I]

Compact. So this envelope's got agn, the initials on the.

[D]

Envelope. Arthur G.

[E]

Neville. Yes.

[D]

Arthur. Yeah, but he's not like a.

[I]

Real guy though, is.

[E]

He? Well, he is, but he isn't, isn't.

[D]

He? Online it is claimed at least that Arthur G. Neville is also the real name of the guy behind the podcast. He's got like a little bio on the website, but reading it, it could just as easily be a bio of the fictional.

[G]

Character. So the Lemony Snicket kind of.

[D]

Vibe. Yeah, yeah, kind of Lemony Snicket esque. You do not recognize the voice on this mini mini.

[H]

Disc? Has he been like stealing people's stories? I'd like to listen to another mini disc, see what's on there. If it's also another.

[D]

Episode. Okay, I will say it is. Yes, this One is episode 12 in which a guy is slowly fed into a spectral threshing machine. Oh, again, first person perspective from the guy being.

[E]

Thrashed. Oh, God, that's.

[D]

Disgusting. It's pretty graphic, to be honest. Like at various points you feel like you can almost hear the gears grinding in the background. You take another point of stress and I'm going to say you're going to take one stress point for each of the many discs you listen to. The voice is different, though. It is a different voice to the one you heard.

[E]

Before. Could we stop doing this, please? Thank you. Oh, I feel quite sick, to be honest with.

[H]

You. Yeah, okay. Sorry, I just wanted to check, you know, you've got to be thorough, cuz otherwise how will you.

[G]

Know? Is there any way of telling which was the last one that she listened.

[D]

To? Oh, probably 51, because that was the one that was in the device that had the USB attachment. Elodie, you had to sort of take that one out and slot another one into that particular.

[H]

Player. Are there any clues to be gleaned from which episodes these.

[D]

Are? The Armitage Library is notorious for being a bit hit and miss. Some of the episodes are like really horrible and visceral good horror. And some of them almost feel a bit like they just don't quite have that bite to them. And certainly the ones on these mini discs, they're the ones you remember being like, bit upsetting, a bit real at.

[H]

Times. Yeah. Above the table. I am asking, is there a clue that I can have? Can I roll for something? Because I've got spreadsheets about these. Loads of cross.

[D]

Referencing. I'll give you an intellect roll. Do you have a skill that would lower.

[H]

It? I mean, I've got an edge one in intellect and I've got Decipher as my special ability. Skill? Forensics.

[D]

Researching. I'll give you Decipher. It costs one of your intellect points to use decipher, but I'll let you use.

[H]

It. Oh, great. I see. And what was the.

[D]

Number? Just need a.

[H]

Six. Thirteen. Anyway.

[D]

13. Okay. The ways you keep track on it, you have a little color code of like green, which is like pretty chill. Nothing really.

[H]

There.

[D]

Yeah. And red is a properly grim sort of episode. The 15 mini discs here represent maybe a third to a quarter of the red ones. The red ones are also notable that a lot of them seem slightly less connected to the overarching meta plot. They seem separate somehow. Going through a laptop. Now that you are familiar with the extraction process, you can sort of trace to where it's not quite a hidden folder, but it's deep in the subfolders of her audio editing software. There is a folder which has what looks like the 15 audio files for from these mini discs and a small text document. It is labeled.

[H]

Mpp. Who is looking through the.

[D]

Laptop? Margot's been looking through the laptop so far. Anyone else can, like, you know, she's very small. You can just push.

[G]

Her. How dare you. I'd like to click on the text document if no one's got any.

[D]

Objections. It's just a little note. Mouldy Pencil Productions. And an address that is not the address that is listed.

[G]

Officially.

[I]

Aha. Leaning over with Elodie. And like all of Elodie's research with the binders and the episodes and everything we've sort of found. So do you think, is it that the good episodes are real? Like we all listen to the show and it's. Yeah, it's pretty grim, but like what we just listened to felt real, proper grim. Is it that the good ones are these stories on the. On the.

[H]

Discs? Sorry, Barry, can you call them the red ones, not the good ones? Because I really don't feel comfortable ranking them.

[D]

Up. No, no, no, you're.

[I]

Right. You're right.

[H]

Elodie. I'm sorry, but you're right. They are. They're the red ones. Right? They're the red.

[E]

Episodes. When you say real, do you mean like it.

[I]

Happened? I don't know. We'll find out. Because if that's their.

[H]

Address. 100%. Let's go. I've just looked up the train times and if we leave now, we can get a train to Liverpool in 20.

[E]

Minutes. Just before we go though, have we seen her.

[H]

Keys? Yes, they're in a bowl next to the.

[D]

Door. Smash cut to the off peak train to.

[G]

Liverpool. I used my rail.

[E]

Card. I have brought train.

[D]

Wine. Lovely. Smash cut again to outside. It is actually the building that is on the publicity photos for Mori Pencil. It's just not at the address that is given. It's down at Back street in Toxteth. In. It was once a warehouse but it's now been converted into multi level office space. It looks significantly grimmer than it does in all the publicity photos. In those it's always sort of sunlit and, you know, whimsical and cool and creative. This just looks kind of run down and a bit.

[H]

Grimy. There's a reason the rent would be cheap here.

[D]

Maybe. And it is coming on towards evening, so the sun is starting to get lower in the.

[H]

Sky. Cut back to us, the intrepid heroes that we.

[D]

Are. Well, the intrepid.

[H]

People. You come in on Elodie finishing a phone call, which is her just leaving a voice note for her sister, being like, hey, Faye. Yeah. Going to this weird looking place, you know. You know the podcast I love that I always tell you about, that you never listen to me about. But anyway, you really should listen.

[A]

Because it's very, very.

[H]

Good. But anyway, I'll show you the spreadsheets again when I see you next week. Yeah, I just wanted to let you know that's where we.

[A]

Are. This is the.

[H]

Address. Bye. Love you. So that she has left some record to someone where they're.

[D]

Going. Yep, yep, yep.

[H]

Yep. And has also tried to call June several times and I assume she hasn't.

[D]

Answered. Just no.

[H]

Answer. Yeah.

[G]

Yeah. What's the kind of building in terms of.

[D]

Security? The ground floor has a glass front entrance. You can't easily see inside. It's a little bit mildewy. One of those rolling garage doors next to it. And then there are two levels above that you can't easily see into from the.

[E]

Ground. Are there any buzzers or anything like that.

[D]

On? There's a buzzer. It's got the little sort of moldy pencil logo just above it though. It looks quite old, looks quite sun.

[G]

Faded. It doesn't look like there are any other doors, fire exits, any other kind of entry or exit from the.

[D]

Building. Not on this side of the street. You could try and circle around, see if there's anything at the.

[G]

Back. I think I'd have a quick circuit of the building as much as I.

[D]

Can. Doing a quick circuit. It looks like there is a back alley, but it is for the use of the various businesses around here. So it does have a gate which you would need to circumvent somehow to get into the back.

[A]

Alley.

[H]

Alley. Does it look like there's anyone.

[D]

There? Not obviously.

[E]

No. Should we just press the.

[D]

Button? Do you try the door before or after you press the.

[E]

Button? Almost at the same time the buzzer.

[D]

Goes. There is no answer, but the door is.

[H]

Unlocked. Oh.

[D]

Great. There is a little front desk, but there's no one sitting behind. Looks a little bit dusty. Not like no one's been here for years, but like it's not been cleaned recently. And there is a staircase leading up to.

[E]

Upwards. Is there on the desk any kind of pad or something where people sign in and out of the.

[H]

Building? Oh, good.

[D]

Call. Yes, there's one of those sort of paper sign in.

[E]

Books. Gonna have a look at that.

[D]

Yes. There are about 12 names that all seem to have signed in and out several times over the last few days. Though looking at it again, you do notice that they are all in the same.

[H]

Handwriting. I would have grabbed some of the mini discs. Is it the same handwriting as the handwriting on the mini.

[D]

Desks? It.

[H]

Is. Big.

[E]

Brain. Is there anything odd about these names? Do we recognize them? Are they characters or are.

[H]

They. Are they like names of the.

[D]

Editors? If you compare them to the sort of the list of staff on the MPP website, they are all staff members of Mordy.

[H]

Pencil. Can I use my tracking skill to try and work out if June is here? I don't know.

[I]

How. If it's dusty in here, are we seeing. Is there evidence in said.

[E]

Dust? Yeah.

[F]

Footprints. Do you know.

[D]

What? Yeah, I have a roll your tracking. I'd say you need a.

[H]

12. That's one of my skills and I have an edge in.

[D]

Intellect. It would be 15. It's 12. With your tracking, do you want to spend two points to lower it to a.

[H]

Nine? Absolutely. 100%. Really didn't need to do that. That's a.

[D]

19. A 19. Okay. You do notice that there is a slight scuffing on the carpet inside the door as though something heavy was being.

[C]

Dragged.

[D]

No. And just one or two very small. You wouldn't have noticed unless you were actually looking. Spots of blood that.

[H]

Dripped. I will quietly draw everyone's attention to that. Should we call the.

[G]

Police? Where's it heading? Towards the stairs or the lift or up the.

[D]

Stairs. Looking at it, you're not sure the lift is.

[G]

Working. Margot will probably head for the.

[D]

Stairs. Okay, yeah, I'll go after and.

[I]

Like subtly, unsubtly try and get in front of.

[E]

You. I'm a three at a time stair type person. Those elegant.

[H]

Limbs. Oh.

[I]

Yes. Oh no, I'm. I'm too.

[H]

Slow. Elegy's at the back trying to call the.

[D]

Police. You don't seem to have any signal in here. At the upper level there is a glass door that leads into what looks like an office space. It actually looks like the office space you recognize from the various publicity pictures. There are figures sat at the various desks, but through the door you can't make out any.

[G]

Details. Are they moving or are they.

[D]

Still? It's hard to say. They seem to be sat at desks. Whether they're completely still or just sat at a desk, you're not.

[I]

Sure? Right. Well, look, Jude's obviously hurt or in trouble. I don't know what the Fuck's going on here? I'm gonna push the door open and start being like, excuse.

[D]

Me. You go up to the nearest person behind the.

[I]

Desk. I'm very much going for the practiced the hand of like. Excuse me, mate, I think you're gonna have to.

[D]

Leave. You place your hand firmly on the shoulder and the plastic head of a mannequin falls off the.

[E]

Shoulders.

[D]

What? They all seem to be just mannequins sat at.

[I]

Desks. Ah, right. They're not people, are they? Blank.

[D]

Faced. Yeah. No, no faces. No faces. Wigs, but no.

[G]

Faces. Oh.

[E]

No. You said before that you didn't see much movement, which implies some. Is there any movement from these.

[D]

Mannequins? No, no, I was. I was just hedging. I was just hedging. There is quite a pungent smell.

[G]

Though. Oh.

[D]

Geez. A nasty, earthy, decaying smell. Smell. And you notice that on some of the tables appear to be heads, like, mostly skeletal, like old. At first you think they're props, but the smell is pretty potent. Each of which seems to have one side of its head around the ear caved.

[H]

In. Right, let's go, let's go, let's go now. We're calling police. We should not have come here. Elliot is absolutely rounding everyone up to try and get him to.

[D]

Go. Unfortunately, I'm afraid there is a. As the door behind you remotely locks and I'm probably going to call this episode.

[H]

There.

[C]

No. Let us.

[H]

Out. Damn it. Why didn't you tickle off picking so many doors? We haven't met a single person. God damn.

[D]

It. Or does the barista who's manager has a thing for.

[G]

Barry? I thought we'd be in social.

[I]

Situations. Should have taken your opportunity to pickpocket those.

[G]

Baristas. Yeah, you really shoulda pickpocket the mannequins. See if they've got anything on.

[D]

Them. I mean, who knows? Who knows? All right, thank you very much for joining us for this penultimate episode of the Listening Club. Join us next week to find out exactly how horribly they're all going to.

[G]

Die.

[I]

What? I think we're gonna be.

[H]

Fine. I've got a sister. She knows where we.

[D]

Are. Yeah, no, no, obviously not. Obviously not necessarily. Not necessarily. Yes.

[F]

Necessarily.

[D]

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