The day before your eighteenth birthday, your parents tell you that magic runs in the family. Most first manifest your gift or gifts after they turn eighteen. As midnight approaches, you wonder what strange abilities you will gain. Then your thoughts turn to your aunt locked in an asylum. You begin to feel dread. What could this gift cost you?

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