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 a leather-bound parchment book

OR (when identified)

 the Whateley Journal

   The writing is in Anglic, and reads:
   Whateley

    This is a small book of dirty, tattered pages of parchment between a pair of leather covers.  A
strange red sigil marks the cover.  A fetid stench permeates the old thing.  It is open to page one
of five.  It is open to page one of five.  You appraise it at one hundred twelve gold.  
    It looks about two fifths of a dimin long, three dimins wide, and four dimins tall.  It weighs
about three and a tenth dekans.

    The commands 'open <item>', 'close <item>', and 'turn page [in <item>] [to <number>]' may be
used with it.  The leather-bound parchment book was created by Flux, who wishes to credit H.P.
Lovecraft as inspiring this work; the source code was last updated Tue Mar 15 02:51:31 2016.  The
material leather was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Tue Mar 15 02:18:23
2016.  The material parchment was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Tue Mar
15 02:18:43 2016.

Spoiler warning: information below includes details, such as solutions to puzzles or quest procedures, that you may prefer to discover on your own.

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Text

    The writing is in Anglic, and reads:



                IA! IA! IA! uruul YOIG uruul Sothoth IA!

                       W..........H...A...TE..L...E.Y


                            IVXIIXIXIIX

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Tmdkexd xt epkjuet sjp cdts mjuggpvlxvl, ydk xs xt oakxvl sjxt epkxdo
sjus jacuvt cats mdvykdvs sjp kpugxsf dy opusj uvo opmuf.  Ut sjp tav
qxsjokuqt, sjp vusakug qdkgo qxsjpkt uvo oxpt, uvo qp pvspk u lgddcf
kpugc usspvopo zf taepktsxsxdv, ypuk, uvo odgpyag pcdsxdvt.  Sjptp ukp
sjp oukr sxcpt sjus skf dak tdagt.

Nh nx mfxnmj hw anpth awj wim'x gjniyngvmx htfi hw vnlm qg hw htme.

Hl Sqhrlm?  K FQSBHF RL AQ SKHRJ!  Jlw fqhj sq dtqmnsbiqt!?

Hggi gzv, fgz'nb ogrrs jnsssal.

R paxpj pjrp'k pzby gepj lry efpifp lirpk rbb pji beik dzx mrf efqifp.

Afii, op swpd me tmn nwcltu pmg dfqlmgdip wqf kfqnwltip kmoltu nm
w olssif.

Cizlgm?  Dcil'z i Cizlgm?  Kqkmpxjk'z itdipz zipaju Cizlgm lcaz ijw
Cizlgm lcil, dcil az i Cilgm ijpdi ... Gmmmmmme!

Lu fdaek Iejumwa Flr, na yaxaaju kuaa kl xhiilw gldku kua ulob aw-Rcmww.

Qgq ukv uvz ukrtfyzq avyof pvsrov uka pgouk uortpxv ukvv?  Jvxx, zr crov
jgxx ukv uvz ukrtfyzq ysuvo uka qvyuk.

Nz'w iyz zbj wzcyikjwz yl zbj wdjrnjw zbxz wvcunuj, iyc zbj qywz
nizjffnkjiz, hvz zbj yijw qywz cjwdyiwnuj zy rbxikj.

Rn ytp t lcimf id dconp yoar t dtln oe arn uoffcn.  O lte'a njsctoe oa,
qma arta'p yrta neanhnf arn hiiu arta eovra.

Rc lpg coz urigc crjz oz opb zxzi gzzk ozi whhn pc orj pg ru oz lpg hcozi
copk p brgsfgcrks wrccwz thtnihpto.  Coziz lpg gcrww p wpisz zwzjzkc hu
thtnihpto rk ozi swpktz, dfc rc gprb: shhb wrccwz thtnihpto, qhf opxz

wzpikzb p cirtn.

Ik Jwlk untwr enywo ao vgw pndy np hnurwo kfidsk, ew sone glyiok ao i
kgnewd np fgnkfgnd-rnvk.  Ik nczwbvk np yiosaor'k rwkadw, cnvg kfadavliu
ior bidoiu, bnlovuwkk knuavidm buayiqwk idw dwibgwr wibg oahgv, vgwad
pwtwdakg rwtnvanok, wmwk buwobgwr vahgv, i bivwbgaky np hikfk.

Wil wzhj bildzahs sawhknx, wzhj qr sawhknx barnklgk, al roqko jr ykoxrow
jsk hnacsjkhj igjarl zljialjkq vp kban.

Mqasrgpamp: n sppbrad epmvbrni zq zyp fzndp xvfz lpsqip svbb mqceipypafrqa
qs zyp eiqlbpc.

Gej'a gso, rsaaro ltzzeej.

Co cz tdm tr okm bfmvo zwxmfzococtdz tr okm kwevd ecdn ot kvam cevbcdmn
okvo acfbcdcol itwyn gm v acfowm.

Hsa yo yb bs tv bnsgunb bnrb wvh rhx bnvya ypq rav vybnva bnv spxvob sa
bnv prob sj bnyo msapx'o wrobvao, sa bnrb bnv zswwsh tgpq sj pyjv rhx
ogtobrhzv mrpqo rpshv.  Bnv Spx Shvo mvav, bnv Spx Shvo rav, rhx bnv
Spx Shvo onrpp tv.

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Dfmp jc rp; rp'm gzmrgi pc egp ucierhgygmm pvzy tgisrmmrcy.

Pyioi gub ximio u qixpaoh xro u qraxpoh pyup gub byrop rj intiopb gyr
zxig pyi Lieph'b vexl uxl gioi geddexw pr oimiud ep.

Cbgbq nzssbck izjq nzfb -- yd yk xlm plqf kz xqykb, yk mpzjaf eb plqf
kz jcfbqmklcf.

Bl, H'r Vfbfzhfb, fvsgfoox.  Hs't ohjq fb Frqmhvfb phsilgs f ugb.

Mab nqfwfmohjfkhmfus ui nbsnohjfmd fn vhjjby jucb: fm fn h xwbhm
mwfotqa ucbw Vawfnmfhsfmd.

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Pm ohrrdt vahr bmx em rm fxhte hfhcplr cr, bmx VCSS fdr vdr.

C djyu fg vgzy tgl fvy qzgiqrezjy.  Mgk fvyly cj mg vgzy qf qrr.

Yawb lmoonlrnbb idlro wb edy bahgno st zhpmn unyhgatbwjhr xdljnb.  Wy wb
edy Pdo iad qwrrb yan jawrolne.  Edy xhyn yahy smyjanlb yanu dl onbywet
yahy xnnob yanu yd yan odpb.  Wy'b mb.  Dert mb.

G ebgzl mpa'kk vgzw tftxmhpwm kpftj u kpjtx -- jp mpa'kk ht vgzt, mpa
dpz'e ht kpztkm kpzi.

Nvsyur dmu trrnylc cvvw slfyn ivs cmor zre fzmf xvyuvl.

Eswiaxkv, xia'j ksj navias, sysb, znls vip qssk kols vip xia'j xsesbys
cgnj vip cnaj.

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