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Test, test. Shibboleth. Right, this seems to be sufficient.
My name is Harrowhark Nonagesimus, head archivist of the Gaius Institute, Greytown, an organization dedicated to researching the esoteric and the paranormal. At time of recording, I have only recently taken the position after the unexpected passing of Anastasia Novenary. While I don't wish to speak ill of the dead, Miss Novenary did not appear to have prioritized the organizational or accessibility elements of the archivist position. The Institute was founded in eighteen-forty, meaning that there are almost two hundred years of statements and research notes in this archive. Considering the mess my predecessor has left, it may well take twice that long to get this place running properly.
Since the head of the institute has not allocated the budget for contracting an audio specialist, the responsibility of creating audio versions of the written statements falls to me. I would have delegated this task to one of my assistants, but Palamedes Sextus is prone to academic digression, Camilla Hect has firmly declined, and Gr- and Gideon Nav cannot be trusted to refrain from providing color commentary. On top of that, any attempt to record these statements on a computer or other modern device seems to result in… significant audio distortion. Still, I am committed to this work, and the tape recorder will be adequate for the time being.
I cannot promise that I will be able to record these statements in any coherent order, given the aforementioned disorganization, and can only apologize to any future archivists or other researchers. Still, the rock has been rolled. We proceed on.
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