Acte. Stage 2
Objective - If there are 1[per investigator] clues on Harlan Earnstone: You must remove them and immediately advance.
Harlan finally snaps out of his daze, returning to his normal self. He tells you that he was accosted by several figures in brown robes, who asked him where he'd hidden the relic. They used some kind of hypnotism to pry the knowledge from him by force. He had no choice but to tell them the truth—that he'd brought the relic to the Curiositie Shoppe and gave it to one of his associates. If you make haste, perhaps you can reach the relic before the brown-robed figures do!
Attach the set-aside Relic of Ages to the Curiositie Shoppe.
If there are 2 or fewer act decks in play, search the encounter deck for 1 Acolyte (2 Acolytes instead if there are 3 or 4 investigators in the game). Spawn each searched-for Acolyte in the Curiositie Shoppe.
Advance to Act 3a-"Find the Relic."
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Note that this search only checks the encounter deck, not the discard pile (and victory display). For that reason, it's a good idea to advance "Harlan's Curse" when all 3 Acolytes are in the discard/play (or even just 2 Acolytes in the discard/play when 3/4 player) - this prevents the spawn.
Of course you might be dealing with the other version of this act, so this gambit might have no effect. But if it works well, it can be nice.