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// Extract from Twilight Sparkle's diary; Entry dated 20/09/994 
// Story: Monument 
// by Equimorto 
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I'm not the first one to run into this. Of course I'm not the first one to run into this, someone else had to be able to figure out something was wrong. Now I know for sure something is hidden there.

I found a set of notes inside of a book in the library. By the looks of it no one ever opened it again after those were put there. Someone else was doing research on the Spire and they apparently got further than I did. I was honestly a little peeved when I found out about that. If I can find out who it was I might be able to see what else they found.

They mentioned something called Project Asylum, but they didn't go into detail. All I've been able to find is a document stating it was some secret government operation that was officially shut down, but nothing else. Everything about it seems to be in the Archives. I've put forth an official request for them, with a generic motivation of wanting to do research. Odds they'll allow me in without some written permission from someone above are slim even with my grades at the Academy, but it doesn't hurt to try.

The archivist looked at me weird when I mentioned Asylum. I don't think she meant to, but I noticed it, just for a moment. She's a unicorn, a little older than me. Sun-something I think, I didn't fully catch her name.

I'll take a few days to look into who might have written those notes. There's little left about the Spire I haven't read yet in the library, I don't think I'm likely to find my answers there. With how long it'll take my request to the Archives to get back to me I have plenty of time to look into both.