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<p>
'Well,' she says in a conspiratorial whisper, 'there's an old Uttakin treasure chest buried beneath that tree over there!' She points to the gnarled stump of a dead tree nearby. When you look back she suddenly changes shape with a puff of smoke. She turns into a small, brightly coloured butterfly, and flutters away on the breeze. You catch a tiny titter of laughter wafting towards you on the wind.
</p>
<p>
Note you have a
<curse name="Curse of Donkey's Ears">
<effect ability="charisma" bonus="-2"/>
</curse>, CHARISMA -2.
Reduce your CHARISMA by two until you can find a way to lift the curse.
</p>
<choices>
<choice section="553">Investigate the dead tree</choice>
<choice section="393">Leave the area</choice>
</choices>
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