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The Event was a magic show, a phantasmagoria named "The Doorway to Hell," devised by Pendergast's great-grand uncle Comstock Pendergast. Comstock was a famed magician who mentored Harry Houdini, but grew bitter and misanthropic as he aged. At the end of the show, the person was given a choice: be
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