#cursed books

[charnel-grounds]

“The Cursed Pigskin-Covered Book”

from “Moonblight and Six Feet of Romance” by Daniel Carter Beard, 1892 — illustrated by the author.

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[hekuastales]

The Flimsy Sheet Bindings:

Reports of these strange objects have been cropping up everywhere recently. They seem to be record keeping tools, though the symbols they contain aren't from any culture I'm aware of, and I'm guessing neither is the language.

Apparently a Toa with a Kanohi Rau did manage to read one. Unfortunately, the reading seems to have left him quite mad, making it impossible to retrieve any useful information from him. Since the reading, he hasn't left his hut, where he spends his day curled up in a corner, agitatedly rocking back and forth, rambling about being watched. Many have tried to talk to him, but he appears to be unaware of his surroundings, though he has a strong reaction to any light being introduced into his chamber.

At least, that's what the Matoran of the village had told me. When I asked him about the strange writing, he snapped to look at me like I was holding a weapon to his head: scared, and ready to attack if I made the wrong move.

"It has already sunk its teeth into you, and yo-yo-you don't even know it! I'm no-not giving you anything, and you can't take it! Stop asking before you can't."

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I have procured several of these bindings from a few nearby villages. Some had no interest in them. Others had ones that either featured only images or didn't really on the reader to understand the symbols to trigger their effects. Those I keep in more secure containment.

Now I have a choice: Do I try to decipher what they contain, or do I store them so they can't affect anyone else? I’m hesitant to risk my own mind trying to read them, but the urge to know is overwhelming.

I did manage to… acquire the unfortunate Toa’s Kanohi Rau, so perhaps I can convince another Toa to translate for me. I’ll save the book that drove the original wearer insane for last, so I don’t have to keep securing new Toa.

[madhouse-institute]

A copy of The Kama Sutra, but on the inside cover is a stamp that says 'From The Library of Jurgen Leitner.'

[eye-prophet]

The last thing this shit is doing is making me not want to read the cursed book

[forevers-world]

Happy Jurgen Leitner Death Day!!! THE DAY HAS COME, MY BITCHES 🥳😈💀☠👹👺👻📚📜🪔🍷🍾✨😎

JURGEN LEITNER?

STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING JURGEIN LEITNER GOD DAMN FOOL BOOK COLLECTING DUST EATING RAT OLD BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING JURGEIN LEITNER

STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT JURGEIN LEITENER I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP BOOKS WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT JUST SET THEM LOOSE IS HE DEAD IS HE A BASTARD MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST BEARD GET AWAY FROM ME

if i wanted to get into heaven and god said jurgein leitners waiting inside i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down

if i have to deal with jurgein leitner speaking one word in person on voice in podcast not only will i close the tab i will delete my bookmark out of spite and have to rewatch the entire series again for the experience of being able to skip all the times when he is mentioned or alive

i dont even know why i hate him so much. he collects books but i am just mad because i am angy

he better have some fucked up backstory to explain this if hes just some rich shithead whos a fan of creepypasta and wanted the irl version ill go ham

BETTER have had a book make him kill a man cuz if he didnt Im going to make him

paypal.com/IFuckingHateJurgeinLeitner

episodes not even about him. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to maybe be his library and I lost it

where the fuck is jurgein leitner if hes still alive im going to so deeply wish he wasnt

crusty old man

ill punch leitner and his sad frail old man twig bones will simply flake apart under my epic huge meat fist and he will disintegrate until all thats left is one final book he kept on him at all times simply titled Now You Fucked Up in ancient yiddish

im not breathing im hyperventilating at this point

i hope theres a date given for when jurgen died or will die so i can make it a reminder on my phone

everyday once a year i will see it and do anything but pay respects to the man who had so many fucked up if true books

[thelastbicorn]

Okay, one last Metaphor post. I just wanted to mention two details in Akademeia (the Not-Velvet Room):

1. There *is* a 15th archetype. There is a section for it on the second floor with the other 14. It is listed as ?????, but it has an emblem above the bookcase just like the others. I have no idea what it could be, but I think it either belongs to Louis or the Prince.

2. The Book of the Apocalypse. It’s just sitting there, bright red, locked with chains, looking ominous. If you check it, More tells you that you shouldn’t read it. So...what the fuck is it doing there? This thing is either going to be super important later (likely), or it’s just there for flavor (which would be kind of funny).

I can’t wait to play the full game.

Edit: Spelling; Clarified details of evil book.

[category-five-autism-event]

Touch a Leitner book of Desolation, call that a Book burn.

[lvl8warlock]

I wrote all of jurgen leitner’s fucked up books and I WILL write more