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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 20, 2014 23:18:53 GMT -5
When David said the guardian would have the stongest aura Zero nodded. " I may not be able to sense auras," he told him " but from what we experienced so far I think you're right." He then thought about the people working for the prince. " From what I can tell I don't think the knights can sense auras, or else they would have surrounded us at the castle. On the other hand the only guardians that came to us were the beast and the golem. The others appeared when we got there or ran pasted us leading us somewhere, besides Elizabeth here."
" There's only one problem," Kai said. " The keys have all been in a place that was hidden away or abandoned, besides the castle but they got that one somewhere. If that aura is the guardian then it could be heading somewhere, somewhere that's hard to get too or hidden. This tunnel leads somewhere else, I know it. We should go after that aura, it could lead us there."
While the others were talking Riley looked in the direction the keyblader was in. He wanted another shot at her, to prove himself to her. There was something she said he didn't tell the others. Itwas something he wanted to keep a secret from them for now. He would have to deal with it on his own. If he went after her alone he could do just that.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 21, 2014 0:14:37 GMT -5
David leaned against the wall and silently watched as the others discussed the possibilities. He agreed with Zero about the guardians. After all, they wouldn't be very good guardians if they chased down anything that moved. He seriously doubted that something that powerful stayed in this tunnel as well.
When it seemed the others had made up their minds, David pushed himself standing once more. "It seems that we're agreed then. Let's get going before anything strange happens." He started walking toward the rest of the group, but paused just past Riley as the others continued down the tunnel. "It doesn't take reading auras to know what you're thinking right now. If you really feel you need to go that way, then do it. Keep one thing in mind though. I know far too well the pain of losing parents, and Elizabeth is far younger than I was. Don't let her go through what I did. Come back alive, no matter what." With that, he began down the tunnel again, taking longer strides to catch up with the others.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 21, 2014 0:47:55 GMT -5
When David told him to come back alive he knew how he felt. Both his parents were killed when he and his brother were very young. It was one of the reasons Ren went insane, and doesn't find interest in people beyond allies and enemies. He didn't want to get to close to people only to have them die, that's why he didn't see a point in life. When the others went on Elizabeth stayed where she was, and looked at Riley. Riley looked down at her, and saw himself in her. She had already been through a lot, and she had only just met him. He didn't want her to suffer anymore.
Riley picked her up and smiled. " Don't worry Elizabeth," he told her. " I won't die, I'll make sure of it. I'll catch up to you guys, but right now I have to take care of something. This is something I have to do alone." He let her down. " Go take care of the others, make sure they know where the guardian is going. You can sense auras at a great level, I think they need you right now." She nodded to him and ran off after the others. He watched her run off and looked in the other direction. " Alright then, let's settle this." He ran off into the darkness.
Soon Elizabeth caught up to the others. The tunnel was very large, but it was different from what it seemed at first. This tunnel was man made, the walls being made out of bricks. It was hard to tell who made it, or where it was going. It went on for some time until a light could be seen. When they got to it the tunnel opened up to a city. It was similar to the abandoned city, but something was off about this one. All of the buildings were upside down! Even the trees and other plants were upside down. In the very center of the city was an upside down tower, with strong auras coming from it. There were many holes in the city, from the ground to the buildings they all had holes in them. What caused them was anyone's guess.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 21, 2014 1:03:12 GMT -5
David quickly caught up with the others shortly before Elizabeth joined them. He was rather thankful that they didn't ask any questions, but he was fairly sure they had heard most of it anyhow. He noted the changing structure of the tunnel, then stopped right at the end.
David took one look at the upside down city and groaned. "Great, who decided to screw with gravity? Doesn't matter, let's get this over with." He started moving toward the tower. It seemed that whenever a tower appeared, there was something important there. He'd be willing to bet that the sword was in a tower as well. "What's up with these people and towers anyhow?"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 21, 2014 14:55:07 GMT -5
When Seamus got a look at the city he shook his head. " Looks like someone was holding the blueprints upside down," he laughed. " I don't really mind the towers, just as long as there are no more golems!" As they got to the tower they could see that there were many openings in the it. Some of them seemed like they were made to be there, others looked like something broke out through them.
The only opening they could get to was the front door. When they opened it they found themselves in a room. There were different hallways to chose from, and each seemed to be painted a different color. One was red, blue, yellow, and even green. Above them were upside down stairs that led to different parts of the tower. In front of them was a door that had no handle and no hole. There were five small crests in the door, just big enough for something to fit in them.
" Looks like we need to find something in the tower to move on," Zero said. " So where are we going first, the hallways or the stairs?"
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Post by Ziya on Jul 21, 2014 17:26:19 GMT -5
Once they entered the tower David quickly noted the four hallways and the upside-down stairs. The door itself obviously required things from each path. "Well, splitting up would be fastest, but I seriously doubt that it would be a good idea. We're going to have to do this one by one."
He stood there for a moment as he analyzed each path, trying to decide the best order for each. Finally, he nodded and pointed to each in turn. The order he pointed in was red, blue, yellow, green, then stairs. "Fire, water, air, earth, spirit. I noticed in the other tower that each floor matched an element of nature. Chances are that each of these leads somewhere similar. I'd leave the stairs for last, but the other four should be about equal. Of course, I could be wrong, but it doesn't change the fact that there are five paths and five objects are needed to open the door."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 21, 2014 19:08:00 GMT -5
It seemed like each place was going to be a different element. It had been that way so far. " Not splitting up is better," Zero said. " We don't know what lies ahead yet." He then thought about the paths that were on the ground for now. " I don't know about you, but I don't feel like dealing with water just yet. We already had enough problems with the clouds and ice in the last tower."
Kai looked down the paths. " We should do fire first," he told them. " I am immune and can absorb fire, so it would be the easiest one for us. We shouldn't have anything to worry about if you ask me." Looking down the path he could see that they would have to get pasted a lot of fire hazards and and most likely a fire creature of some sort. " Fight fire with fire? Unless we want to do air first and risk dealing with clouds again. Possibly with even bigger gaps."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 21, 2014 20:03:06 GMT -5
David shook his head and took a step forward. "If fire will be the easiest we should save it for last. The most difficult should be first." He looked between each person in the group, remembering each one's abilities from the previous fights. Fire would be simple, air would probably just be a lot of jumping, and water most likely involved more ice.
Once more he nodded to himself and pointed down the green path. "I'm actually thinking that earth is going to be the most difficult for us. None of us really have any earth related abilities, except for my Crystal Genesis. After that we can figure out the rest of them."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 22, 2014 0:44:12 GMT -5
" Well fine if you want to do things the hard way," Seamus said. David did have a point, none of them had earth abilities, well real earth abilities. They knew two people who did, but they haven't been seen in years. Seamus looked down the green path to get a glimpse of what was to come. " Well we might as well get this one out the way." He started down the path and the others soon followed.
The green path was made out of dirt and grass. It felt like a tunnel that was made by nature. Soon they ended up in a pasture that was closed off by a circle of trees. In the midle laid a green orb that was glowing. There ground around it was made out of square sections. The sections keot rising and lowering, including the one that had the green orb. The one with the orb rose the highest, and the closer ones rose lower and lower. One the section that had the orb something rose up out of the ground.
An earth dragon came up and swallow ped the orb. It's body was made out of mud and dift, and was covered in grass and different plants. It stood on the highest section, looking down at them. Elizabeth's eyes glowed at the sight of the dragon. Her wings came out of her body and the two of them exchanged growls. The dragon jumped down and slammed its legs on the ground. Infront of the thr ground rose up and was heading for them. If they were hit by it they would be launched up into the air.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 22, 2014 1:59:40 GMT -5
David nodded and followed the others down the path. As they reached the end, he immediately looked around the odd field, but couldn't find anything right then to worry about. Not that that really mattered, considering how easily other things had sneaked up on him on this world. He did notice the rising earth though, reminding him of a platformer game.
The resemblance only increased once the dragon appeared and ate the orb. Obviously they were going to have to beat it to move on. He briefly puzzled how to get up to the beast, but there was no need once it jumped down to their level. The shockwave from its impact rushed toward the group, but David had already begun to move the instant it landed.
He jumped onto the side of a nearby column and used it as a springboard to vault over the wave of earth easily. He doubted Crystal Genesis would do much beyond make the dragon harder, and it didn't seem to be affiliated with Light or Darkness. He would just have to attack physically then.
The now-familiar purple aura of his Twilight Augmentation surrounded him as his speed doubled, quickly closing the distance between the two. At the last moment David jumped into the air, intending to slice at the dragon's right wing. In mid-air though, he thought of a use for his Crystal Genesis. Instead of attacking directly, he tapped his keyblade on base of the wing, triggering crystal spikes to run down the length of the appendage. He followed up by using a rising spike to leap to the top of a nearby platform. "Those spikes should keep it too unbalanced to fly for a few minutes!"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 22, 2014 14:13:19 GMT -5
When David came to the dragon it lunged at him with its jaws opened. Right when David jumped into the air it snapped at him, but he was too fast. As crystal genesis formed on the dragon's wing it became heavier, causing it to drop down a bit. As Zero and Kai jumoed over the wave of earth the dragon turned to the them. It shot out stone bolders at them from its mouth. Zero slid under one but Kai wasn't fast enough, one of them hit him sending him flying back.
As he came from under the bolders Zero's sword appeared in his hand. It sparked with lightning as he aimed at the dragon. A beam of kightning shot out his sword and hit the dragon. It seemed to have no affect on the dragon, as when it hit the dragon it disappeared. It seemed this dragon was immune to lightning. This meant Zero wouldn't be as useful in this fight. Sighing his sword lit up with fire and he began dodging more bolders.
Seamus jumped off the rising earth only to find that bolders where heading his way. When one of them came close he pushed off it it, sending him towards the next one. He landed on top of it and watched as Zero's attack did nothing. He would make up for this. He jumped off the bolder to lunge towards the side of the next one. One by one he jumped off the sides of the bolders to get to the next one, getting closer and closer to the dragon. When he got to the last one he jumped higher up and he was going right to the dragon. It midair his shurikens appeared in his hands. He threw them both down at the dragon. One of them went to the side and cut the dragon's wing befire landing in a platform. The other went across the dragon's back, making a line of blood along it.
When Seamus landed on the dragon's back he slid pasted his shuriken, which was now stuck on the dragon's back. He rolled into a runand began running across the dragon. When he go close to the tail he jumped off. As he went up in the air his hand started forming wind around it. He launched twenty wind orbs on the dragon's back. The impact of the wind gave Seamus a little push, sending him up higher. He did a front flip as he used his foot to push off the platform, jumping onto the one David was on. Once he had a stable landing his shurikens reappeared in his hands. " So we have a plan for this?" He asked David.
Elizabeth had flew up in the air right when the dragon landed. She flew higher as the bolders went under her. She flew up until she could see Seamus jump off the dragon. The dragon was enraged but the onslaught of attacks. It dug its claws into the ground as there was a rumbling noise. Out of the dragon's back larger bolders shot out into the air. There was a countless amount as the dragon kept shooting more and more. Some of them stoped going up and started dropping like, well a rock. Bolders started landing in the area they were all in. Some of them even landed on the platforms.
Elizabeth was covered in an aura of chaos when the bolders started coming towards her. She soon then dove down towards the dragon. She used her claws to slice through any bolders she came across. When she got close to the dragon she did a front flip and slammed her tail on the dragon's head. She the spikes on her tail and make cracks on the dragon's body. The dragon bucked it's head trying to get rid of Elizabeth. Soon her spikes came loose and she went up into the air. Elizabeth flew over to where Seamus and David were and landed. She looked down at the dragon and roared at it. If David checked her aura he would find she was now more animal like then before.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 22, 2014 14:46:17 GMT -5
David watched they others assault the dragon, hoping to find a weakness to exploit and end this battle quickly. Apart from confirming the beast was immune to lightning, a fact he had already assumed from its composition, he hadn't noticed anything by the time Seamus landed next to him. "Near as I can tell, we just keep hitting the thing until it goes down."
Elizabeth certainly seemed to agree with him, deciding to attack head on like that. He wasn't surprised by the chaos aura, but he was by the sheer bestial nature of it. Clearly she was less human than the rest of them. He didn't have much time to ponder that fact though, as soon it started raining boulders. That was when he got an idea.
"Everyone stay off its back!" With that, David jumped high into the air, just above one of the massive stones. Using his momentum and legs, he altered the boulder's fall just enough to send it straight into the dragon's back. At the last moment, he pushed off and landed on another platform, further increasing the rock's speed. Once he landed, the aura around him vanished as his body returned to normal.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 23, 2014 15:53:38 GMT -5
" Sounds like a plan," Seamus said. As it started raining bolders David jumped up into the air. He then sent one of the bolders down back to the dragon, also using it to get over to a different platform. As more bolders came down one of them was about to hit the platform David had just left. Seamus, not wanting to be a pancake, took this opportunity to follow uo David's counter attack. Seamus jumped down off the platform, stabing the points of his shurikens into the side of it. He used them to slowly fall down closer to the dragon.
As David's bolder came down on too of the dragon Seamus stopped in his tracks. He placed his feet against the platform and pushed off it with all his might. As he went over the dragon he did a front flip and as hecame back up he threw his shurikens down at the dragon. As the bits of the bolder David launched back at the drhon fell off his shurikens landed in the dragon. One landed on the wing that had crystal genesis and the other landed on the dragon's back. When Seamus reached the other platform he landed on its side with his feet on it. He ran up it a bit and then jumped off. As Seamus was falling do2n he summoned his sword and out both hands on it. With the blade pointing down he stomped on the dragon's head, the blade going into one of the cracks Elizabeth made withher tail.
As soon as Seamus landed the dragon roared out in pain. It got up on its hin legs and threw Seamus up in the air, but the sword still remained in its head. Seamus came back down landing on the platform David was on, face first. Slowly getting up he looked down at the dragon. Elizabeth had flew off the platform right when David did. She flew under the dragon and went pasted Zero and Kai, who were busy avoiding bolders. She then made a u turn and flew towards the dragon right when it threw Seamus off. As it came back down she rammed into it, nearly knocking the unsuspecting dragon off balance. When it regained it's footing it batted Elizabeth away, koncking her into a platform.
As Seamus watched he got an idea. He remembered how they defeated the dragon warrior. He got up and looked at David. " You remember when you gave Riley that aura to defeat the dragon warrior?" He asked. " As soon as you're able to do it again do you think you can give it to Elizabeth? You know after she reuses her chaos aura again? If she attacks it with a boost like that we should be able to unleash out best attacks with the ooening she'll give us."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 23, 2014 16:16:57 GMT -5
David glanced over at Seamus as he explained his idea. "I'll do it, but it will be a few minuted before I can use Augmentation again." He turned his attention back to the dragon just in time to watch the crystal dissolve into dust. "Crap, now it can fly again! If that thing gets into the air we'll never be able to get it down again!"
The boulders continued to fall, and David used that to his advantage as he lumped off his current platform. This time he pushed off of the underside of one of the stones, accelerating to speeds he could normally only reach using his Twilight Augmentation. He wound up his keyblade like a batter, and struck right at the base of the dragon's right wing before skidding across the ground nearly to the trees. The sheer force of the impact stunned him for a moment as he lay in the furrow his landing had created. "Ugh, I think I got it..."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 23, 2014 22:04:55 GMT -5
" Alright then," Seamus said. " We'll have to keep this thing busy in the meantime." When David jumped off their platform Seamus watched to see what he was doing. Thankfully, the number of attacks on the wing had weaken it greatly. When David's keyblade made contact the wing shattered to bits. As the pieces fell the dragon turned to where David was. When David came to a stop the dragon stomped its feet on the ground. Gaint earth spikes then starting rising up out of the ground and were heading towards David.
When the dragon turned around Seamus saw a chance to damage it more. He jumped down off the platform and landed on the dragon's back with a roll. Running across the dragon he grabbed his shurikens out of the dragon's back. He jumped on top of his sword that was stuck in the dragon's head, pushing off of it made it go in deeper. He jumoed off and landed in between two of the spikes. He teleported in between David and the spikes. As the spikes came closer he was covered in a dark aura. Right when the spikes were about to hit him his aura exploded. When the dust settled the two spikes that were in front of Seamus were mostly broken, but spikes had sropped rising out of the ground. He looked back at David. " Now we're even," he said.
The dragon wasn't happy about this. It opened its mouth as it started glowing. It shot out a stream of Earth at Seamus and David. Seamus then teleported again. He appeared above the beam and staeting running across it. Spinning his shurikens around he jumped over the dragon's head and slid across its body. He stabbed his shurikens into its back again, only to be bucked off. Before hitting the ground Seamus teleported one last time. This time he reappeared on the side of one of the platforms sowly sliding down it. Elizabeth slowly came out from under the rubble that fell on her. It was a good thing her aura increased her defense, or else it would have gone a lot worse. As she got out she flew back up to one of the platforms, looking down at the dragon. Her aura disappeared and her small cuts started healing. She licked some of the blood that was on her arms like a cat.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 24, 2014 12:58:24 GMT -5
David was just starting to get to his feet when he noticed the spikes coming his way. There was no way he was going to be able to dodge, so he just braced himself for the hit. Thankfully, Seamus jumped in front of him and blocked it, giving David time to finish recovering. "Thanks man. That would've hurt a bit if it hit."
Of course, then the dragon launched the beam at them. Seamus teleported out of the way, but David has to roll to the right to dodge. He narrowed his eyes at the beast as he ran alongside the beam. "You need a muzzle!" He ran past the dragon's head while launching a Crystal Genesis inside the beast's mouth. He smirked as he came to a stop a few feet away. "I'm sure glad this thing is made of dirt!"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 27, 2014 15:32:44 GMT -5
With crystal genesis in its mouth the dragon was unable to close it. Because of this it was unable to shoot out bolders out of its mouth, and earth beams. With no more bolders falling from the sky and the dragon nerfed for a bit, this was a perfect time for Kai and Zero to strike. They had been to occupied with the bolders to help the others.
With the dragon's back tuened Kai lid his sword with an aura of fire. Running up to the dragon he put both hands on his sword. When he got close to one of its legs he struck it with all his might. He left a deep cut in the dragon's leg. Thanks to the fire aura on his sword, the dragon was also burned. It's leg erupted with fire, dealing burn damage. Crystal genesis prevented the dragon from roaring. It stomped it's foot, throwing Kai off balance. It then batted him away, sending spikes after him.
With the dragon distracted by Kai, Zero's sword started to form a ball of ice. He waited for just the right moment to shoot it. When the dragon stomped it's foot, Zero sent the ball of ice right at that leg. When the ball made contact ice started spreading on the leg. The ice covered the keg completely, and also froze it to the ground. As hard as it tried, the dragon couldn't break free. If only it was a fire dragon.
Seamus was worn out, he had been attacking the dragon almost nonstop. Watching Zero and Kai attack the dragon from below gave him an idea. As he slid down to the ground his shruikens disappeared, his sword appearing in his hand. As he started running towards the dragon he hekd his sword out in front of him. When he got close to the dragon he started dashing at his top speed. As he dashed he hit the dragon's legs with his sword. After hitting it seven times he stopped, almost completely worn out.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 27, 2014 23:49:09 GMT -5
David barked out a short laugh at the dragon's pain. "That'll teach you some manners!" As the others attacked, he looked up at Elizabeth, quickly noting that her aura has disappeared. His smirk slid a bit as he let out a sigh, then readied the Shattered Sunset again.
He had no idea when she would be able to use that skill again, so he had to keep his skills until she did. Of course, by no means did that make him helpless. He charged the dragon again, calling out as he passed Seamus. "Keep an eye out for Elizabeth's aura! Once it's up let me know!" Wit that, he ran for the other front leg that was still thawed, slicing at the inside of the joint as he went.
It certainly wouldn't cut it off, but it was easily withing his power to hurt the beast. Still, the constant fighting, especially without using Augmentation or Aspect Form, was starting to take its toll on him. For probably the first time in two months his muscles burned as he tried to draw in enough oxygen to satisfy them. His grin turned savage as he realized that he had used about seventy percent of his endurance already.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 28, 2014 13:54:00 GMT -5
Elizabeth looked down at the others, watching them fight the dragon. The dragon was trying to put up a fight, but the others were hitting it from different angles. With its leg frozen in place, it couldn't move to chase after them. Her eyes started glowing as she read everyone's auras. They all seemed pretty worn out, but still able to fight. The dragon gave off a little aura, but the orb it swallowed gave off a grater one. That's what they were after right? So to get it they had to kill the dragon.
She looked off towards the door they came through. What she was really worried about was how her " father" was doing. He was the only connection she had, and the only one she trusted completely. If anything happened to him she would go berserk. She looked back down at the others in time to see the dragon break out the ice. She wanted this dragon dead already, but she needed a bit more time to heal, and for her chaos aura to charge back up. She slowly used her claws to climb down the platform, keeping her eyes on the dragon.
After David pasted him Seamus started watching Elizabeth. Her aura didn't give out too long ago, so it might be some time before she used it again. Then again she was like a wikd animal, so he couldn't predict what she was going to do. David striking the dragon's leg was the straw that broke the camel's back. It had made a deep gash in the leg. The Dragon pulled its leg up, breaking through the ice.
The dragon dug it's claws into the ground. As it did the ground around itnstarted moving. Small stones and rocks startd moving into the dragon. It started healing itself. Plants started growing on its back, taking in sunlight. The cracks started repairing and gems were now covering the dragon's body. Soon flowers and fruits grew on the plants. It dug its claws deeper into the ground, trying to absorb more energy.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 28, 2014 16:49:38 GMT -5
David continued to pant as he watched the dragon's new transformation with more than a little frustration. "Why is it that every time we think we're winning, the enemy heals itself and pulls a One-Winged Angel?" Like several others, he had spent enough time on Radiant Garden to know about Sephiroth and his annoying habit of repeatedly healing himself during fights.
Even as he was complaining, David was constantly looking for a way to kill this thing once and for all. He quickly noted that the beast was absorbing energy from the earth, and came up with two ideas. First, he pushed a decent chunk of Darkness into the earth, hoping it would be absorbed and make the dragon weak to his Lightblade. Second, he jumped onto a nearby platform and called out to Kai and the others. "Get to higher ground and burn the earth! If everything's dead it can't absorb it anymore!"
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