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Speaker 1: on to our story. Red cannot believe what the note says.

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Speaker 1: What could this mean? As the group eats their pizza,

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Speaker 1: they decide what they are going to do to try

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Speaker 1: trying to figure out the clues, they come up with

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Speaker 1: Part sixteen. Red picked up a slice of pepperoni pizza

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Speaker 1: and the topping immediately slid off onto her plate, leaving

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Speaker 1: her with a dry piece of triangle shaped bread. The

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Speaker 1: last time she had pizza with the gang, the same

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Speaker 1: you have to fold it in the middle, Kurt said,

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Speaker 1: laughing at her. Don't they have pizza where you come from? No, Kurt,

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Speaker 1: deliciously bland and gray. Red thought, if I needed exciting food,

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Speaker 1: best food I have had since I landed on this

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Speaker 1: all too colorful planet. Since arriving, Red has made more

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Speaker 1: open to accepting people different from them. How else would Charlie,

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Speaker 1: All the gangs seemed so at ease, laughing and chatting

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Speaker 1: pizza smell free zone. Yeah, so much cheese. After taking

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Speaker 1: another small bite, Red glanced around. Alexa was struggling with

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Speaker 1: them all so engrossed in their own worlds. Red, you

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Speaker 1: want another slice, Alexa added, noticing her plate of cheesy goo.

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Speaker 1: not into all the toppings. Red shook her head. Thanks,

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Speaker 1: But I I'm not feeling as hungry as I thought

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Speaker 1: you want to have that instead, Charlie laughed between sneezes.

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Speaker 1: It's yummy delicious. Kurt chuckled, Yeah, right, I saw you

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Speaker 1: eat goes to, Charlie said, with tomato sauce all over

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Speaker 1: his face. Do you have a pizza eating cat somewhere

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Speaker 1: Speaking of mysteries, can we get to ours? That note

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Speaker 1: we found is interesting. Red found it alarming. If her

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Speaker 1: of the bureau. Alexa nodded, wiping her hands on a

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Speaker 1: napkin before pulling the yellowed paper from her pocket. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's break this down. From the red planet they did,

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Speaker 1: where stars aligne proof awaits in Earth's design, red planet

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Speaker 1: must be Mars, Rachel said, looking up from her book.

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Speaker 1: So we're dealing with something Mars related, Charlie snorted, Mars. Really,

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Speaker 1: Next you'll tell me we'll find little green men. Rachel

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Speaker 1: all for taking our mystery seriously, but let's not start

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Speaker 1: expecting to find something left by aliens. Kurt said, laughing.

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Speaker 1: What it sounds like to me is a wonderful gag. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree, but we should continue. Red said, Okay, let's

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Speaker 1: break it down. Rachel suggested, pushing her glasses up. First

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Speaker 1: line from the red planet they did, descend Mars easy.

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Speaker 1: Second line in shadows where the branches bend. Alexa continued,

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking a play with big bendy trees. Remember that

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Speaker 1: it belongs in an old horror movie. Kurt asked, munching

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Speaker 1: on another slice. Yeah, I know the one exactly. Alexa nodded.

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Speaker 1: Now seek the place where stars A line that has

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Speaker 1: to be the observatory. Right where else do stars? A

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Speaker 1: line that makes sense? Red said, is there one nearby?

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Speaker 1: Doctor Hart's old observatory is close? Charlie said, and proof

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Speaker 1: awaits in Earth's design. Rachel said, thoughtfully, something hidden in

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Speaker 1: the ground maybe or in the observatory itself. Charlie added,

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Speaker 1: she left more clues? I could use my phone to search.

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Speaker 1: Not everything is online, Rachel points out, especially old stuff.

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Speaker 1: We should check out the library. They might have old

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Speaker 1: records or something about doctor Hart. Rachel nodded, good idea. Plus,

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Speaker 1: it's a good excuse to get out of the house

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Speaker 1: and away from screens. I never thought i'd hear you

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Speaker 1: say that, Alexa teased. Miss bookworm wants to leave the house. Well,

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Speaker 1: when the internet fails, books prevail. Rachel retorted with a smirk,

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Speaker 1: let's finish up here and head out. Red suggested the

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Speaker 1: library should be pretty quiet on a Saturday afternoon. As

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Speaker 1: the gang polished off the last of the pizza, the

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Speaker 1: group began gathering their things. Kurt grabbed an apple for

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Speaker 1: Charlie said, shaking his head. Hey, I need my snacks,

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Speaker 1: Kurt replied with a grin. Alexa led the way as

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Speaker 1: they left her house. The library was just a short

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Speaker 1: the amount of yucky stuff that must be produced by

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Speaker 1: Charlie's nose every day. Do you ever get dehydrated? Kurt said,

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Speaker 1: a sneeze coming on and you are pretty close, Charlie said,

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Speaker 1: The gang arrived at the library, an old building in

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Speaker 1: need of some serious updating. It's an interesting looking place,

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Speaker 1: but having a pad is so much easier, Red thought.

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Speaker 1: As they entered. The cool, musty smell of books greeted them,

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Speaker 1: causing Charlie to sneeze. Okay, Gang Alexa whispered, clapping her hands,

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Speaker 1: The library was quieter than usual, the kind of silence

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Speaker 1: else is around. Red couldn't understand why libraries were always

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Speaker 1: so quiet. Shouldn't we be happy to learn? While there

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Speaker 1: up to cover more ground, with Rachel, Alexa, and Charlie

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Speaker 1: certainly have a kooky smell, Red mumbled as she ran

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Speaker 1: home was too sterile. Red could see the charm, but

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Speaker 1: to another topic. Evelyn Hart, Evelyn Hart, Red muttered. Scanning

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Speaker 1: About twenty minutes later, Rachel came over carrying a hefty

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Speaker 1: to this, Rachel said, pointing to a passage in her book.

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Speaker 1: Doctor Evelyn Hart was a respected astronomer in the early

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Speaker 1: that's huge, Rachel exclaimed, No wonder she left those clues.

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Speaker 1: Charlie holding up a faded photograph. Look at this, it's

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Speaker 1: taken at the observatory in nineteen twelve, right around the

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Speaker 1: time she made her claims. Alexa came over with a

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Speaker 1: in this special collections room. We need permission to access them,

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Speaker 1: March fifteenth, nineteen twelve, Rachel read aloud, Tonight, I observed

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Speaker 1: nineteen twelve, Charlie continued, I have constructed a device to

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Speaker 1: Look at this one, pointing to an entry from June

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Speaker 1: nineteen twelve. I have buried the evidence in the garden

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Speaker 1: spoke the truth. The proof of Martian existence lies beneath

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