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* '''Inverted''': Miner Bob mined a bunch of rough and randomly shaped gemstones in the caves.

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* '''Inverted''': Miner Bob mined a bunch of rough Mined gems appear precut and randomly shaped gemstones polished. Jewelers "process" them to look uncut and they are bizzarely more valueable in the caves.that form.
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* '''Discussed''': "Why would I need a gem cutter for? These babies are already perfect!"

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* '''Discussed''': "Why "What would I need a gem cutter for? These babies are already perfect!"
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* '''Enforced''': "How will the [[ViewersAreMorons viewers]] know Miner Bob's stumbled across a diamond mine [[CoconutEffect if they don't look like diamonds]]?"

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* '''Enforced''': "How will the [[ViewersAreMorons viewers]] viewers know Miner Bob's stumbled across a diamond mine [[CoconutEffect if they don't look like diamonds]]?"
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???There are legends about an underground spot that contains a special geological condition that allows the formation of gems that already look cut and polished. Miner Bob embarks on an adventure to find said place.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"How will the [[ViewersAreMorons viewers]] know Miner Bob's stumbled across a diamond mine [[CoconutEffect if they don't look like diamonds]]?"
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of both rough and polished gems sticking out of the walls.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of both filled with rough and gems as well as already polished gems sticking out of the walls.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and the gems she was carrying all fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out that the already cut and polished gems were fake after all.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of both rough and polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and the gems she was carrying all fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out that the already cut and polished gems were fake after all.walls.

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'''All Natural Gem Polish''': Naturally occurring gems are plentiful, large and already cut and polished.

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'''All Natural Gem Polish''': '''Basic Trope''': Naturally occurring gems are plentiful, large and already cut and polished.



* '''Subverted''': Miner Bob is a protagonist of an RPG. All of the gem loots he gets needs to be refined first before it can be used.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Miner Bob is a protagonist of an RPG. All of the gem loots he gets needs to be refined first before it can be used.
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** Miner Bob is the victim of a swindle. The previous owner salted the worthless mine with a few refined gems stuck onto the wall, and inexperienced Bob fell for it.

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* '''Parodied''': It's an old tradition for the dwarves of the setting to mine out precious gems, refine them and then bury them back into the ground for adventurers to find.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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It's an old tradition for the dwarves of the setting to mine out precious gems, refine them and then bury them back into the ground for adventurers to find.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Miner Bob tries to sell his hard earned gems but is only paid in miniscule amounts due to the abundance of gemstone in the economy/market.
* '''Reconstructed''': The gems are only found in Miner Bob's country, in an inverted case of NotRareOverThere. Anyone clever enough to exploit this can make a fortune.



* '''Implied''': The townsfolk of the village where Miner Bob lives in are all adorned in various gem encrusted jewelry and outfits.



* '''Implied''': The townsfolk of the village where Miner Bob lives in are all adorned in various gem encrusted jewelry and outfits.
* '''Deconstructed''': Miner Bob tries to sell his hard earned gems but is only paid in miniscule amounts due to the abundance of gemstone in the economy/market.
* '''Reconstructed''': The gems are only found in Miner Bob's country, in an inverted case of NotRareOverThere. Anyone clever enough to exploit this can make a fortune.



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???



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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and all the gems she was carrying fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Yeah, the gems were indeed fake.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and all the gems she was carrying all fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Yeah, Turns out that the already cut and polished gems were indeed fake.fake after all.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and all the gems she was carrying fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out the gems were fake after all.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and all the gems she was carrying fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out Yeah, the gems were fake after all.indeed fake.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and all the gems she was carrying fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out they were fake after all.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and all the gems she was carrying fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out they the gems were fake after all.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and lets all the gems fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out they were fake after all.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, we find out that Alice is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, but then she trips and lets all the gems she was carrying fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out they were fake after all.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're all actually fake and worthless.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Once Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed we find out that Alice was is also a miner. She was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and so she could have the entire mine just for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find but then she trips and lets all the gems fall on the floor, where they break upon impact. Turns out that they're all actually they were fake and worthless.after all.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're indeed all fake and worth nothing.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended was pretending to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're indeed all actually fake and worth nothing.worthless.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're indeed all fake and worth nothing. Turns out she didn't know that her lie was an actual geological fact.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're indeed all fake and worth nothing. Turns out she didn't know that her lie was an actual geological fact.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're all fake and worth nothing.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're indeed all fake and worth nothing.nothing. Turns out she didn't know that her lie was an actual geological fact.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're all fake and worth nothing. D'oh.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're all fake and worth nothing. D'oh.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're all fake and worth nothing. [[DidNotDoTheResearch Her lie turned out to be true]]. D'oh.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're all fake and worth nothing. [[DidNotDoTheResearch Her lie turned out to be true]]. D'oh.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob found both rough gemstones and polished gemstones in the gem mine.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls. There, he meets Alice, a geologist, who tells him that the gems found both rough gemstones in this cave are fake, because it's geologically impossible to find already cut and polished gemstones gems in nature. Bob leaves the cave, but then it's revealed that Alice was also a miner. She pretended to be a geologist in order to trick Bob and have the entire mine for herself. Alice proceeds to collect all the gems in the gem mine.mine and then goes off to sell them, only to find out that they're all fake and worth nothing. [[DidNotDoTheResearch Her lie turned out to be true]]. D'oh.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds both rough gemstones and polished gemstones while inside the gem mine.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Miner Bob finds found both rough gemstones and polished gemstones while inside in the gem mine.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': The gem mine Miner Bob found is filled with both rough gemstones and polished gemstones.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The gem mine Miner Bob found is filled with finds both rough gemstones and polished gemstones.gemstones while inside the gem mine.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The gem mine Miner Bob found is filled with both rough gemstones and polished gemstones.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???The gems are only found in Miner Bob's country, in an inverted case of NotRareOverThere. Anyone clever enough to exploit this can make a fortune.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Miner Bob is a poor man who mines gems for a living to get through life. The gems of in his world are nearly worthless due to its abundance.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Miner Bob is a poor man who mines gems for a living to get through life. The gems of in his world are nearly worthless due to its abundance.
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'''All Natural Gem Polish''': Naturally occurring gems are plentiful, large and already cut and polished.
* '''Straight''': Miner Bob found a cave full of polished gems sticking out of the walls.
* '''Exaggerated''': Miner Bob found a flawless gem the size of a ''boulder'' sticking out of the ground.
* '''Downplayed''': Miner Bob found pebble sized gemstones scattered across the cave floor.
* '''Justified''': The gem mine that Miner Bob found was actually the ancient ruins of a crashed ship that used gemstones as computer components and [[PowerCrystal power source]].
* '''Inverted''': Miner Bob mined a bunch of rough and randomly shaped gemstones in the caves.
* '''Subverted''': Miner Bob is a protagonist of an RPG. All of the gem loots he gets needs to be refined first before it can be used.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but it turns out that the actual refinement process merely involves cracking open the rocky shell, revealing the perfectly shaped shiny gemstone within.
* '''Parodied''': It's an old tradition for the dwarves of the setting to mine out precious gems, refine them and then bury them back into the ground for adventurers to find.
** Every gemstone Miner Bob mines has the label "All Natural" engraved into them.
* '''Deconstructed''': Miner Bob tries to sell his hard earned gems but is only paid in miniscule amounts due to the abundance of gemstone in the economy/market.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Gems are scattered everywhere in the cave but every single one of them are rough and randomly shaped.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Implied''': The townsfolk of the village where Miner Bob lives in are all adorned in various gem encrusted jewelry and outfits.
* '''Lampshaded''': Alice the geologist says to Miner Bob, "How come all the gems you're mining are already cut and polished? That's geologically impossible!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Miner Bob sells the gems he mined himself directly to jewelers, knowing that he won't need a gem cutter to refine his haul.
* '''Defied''': The dwarves think it's a bad omen to find large ready made gems from mines so it has become a tradition for them to either destroy them whenever they can either by crushing them to bits or throwing them into a volcano before adventurers find them.
* '''Discussed''': "Why would I need a gem cutter for? These babies are already perfect!"
* '''Conversed''': "Hey, have you ever wondered why all those gemstone he mines are already polished and cut? I mean, what is up with that?"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Miner Bob looked at a piece of rock and threw it away, not knowing that it was actually a geode. He thought all gems looked liked the ones he saw on TV and video games.
* '''Played For Drama''': Miner Bob is a poor man who mines gems for a living to get through life. The gems of in his world are nearly worthless due to its abundance.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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