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0002 The Gold Chain Incident As my mother sat in my room, basking in the warm sunlight streaming through the newly cleaned windows, she was reminded of a story from her childhood in the hills of Shillong. It was a tale of a lost treasure, a family's heartbreak, and an unlikely hero who helped them find it. When my mother was a young girl, she lived in a small, cramped apartment with her parents and grandparents. Her grandfather had a habit of laying his blanket out on the roof to dry and warm in the sun each weekend, a common practice to reduce moisture and warmth for an afternoon nap. But one day, tragedy struck when my grandmother's precious gold sun pendant chain, passed down through generations, went missing from under her pillow. The family searched high and low for the valuable heirloom, but it was nowhere to be found. My grandfather was sceptical when a neighbour suggested they seek the help of an astrologer, but my grandmother was willing to try anything. They made...

0001 The burning eye... Trapped in a small, windowless room, he awoke with a pounding headache and a sense of confusion and fear. Three objects lay neatly arranged at the center of the room: a matchbox, an old wooden box, and a heavy, cold knife. The scarlet walls were illuminated by a bright tube light. Curious, he picked up the matchbox and found three matchsticks inside. He hesitated before picking up the knife, but instead decided to examine the old wooden box. It was small and lightweight, so he opened it to find a folded piece of handmade paper on top. As he carefully unfolded the paper, a handwritten note greeted him: "The fate of the eye is what you desire." Confused by the cryptic message, he looked inside the box and found a small velvet pouch. He pulled it out to reveal a human eye, still fresh and clean, with a brown color that matched his own. Unsure of what to make of the strange objects in front of him, he placed the eye back in the box and wrapped...