Crystal Beast 123 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Is this like, forgotten, or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelsthla-Mental Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I just thought people were waiting patiently for the next chapter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Καsτοr Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have waited patiently. Wait. haven't been on for two weeks, and I expect Chapter 2. Where is it? Not here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelsthla-Mental Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Oh, I'm sure all will be well. Patience! In the meantime, try the all new Uncle Jimmy's chickamoo burger! Contains twice the meat that you need for a month, and three times the steroids! Oops, will i get in trouble for advertising in another person's thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyhe Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Aelsthla's right; we should be calm with this. I mean, even him & all of us have a life out there too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hey, sorry about the lateness of the chapters. i have been swamped with work, and the only thing i have been able to do in a while was those two new cards i made real quick. Wyhe got a name change. :D nice to see that you are following the crowd with the "one word username" deals... ;) i am not sure if i will ever be able to update this. and i am really sorry about that. :( i love writing this fic, but the trouble is when. sorry.. if i ever do come out with a second chapter, and trust me, i have one in my mind, i will post it here. :) i hope i can get to it.. thanks for the support, guys. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ursus Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 You could write the stories of yu-gi-oh for Konami. You are truly the most skilled author i have ever seen on this forum. :D (Rep for that) I can't wait to see the rest of this! (Wait = lose) It's really lovely to see the protagonist as a little evil fiend with malevolent powers. ^_^ But can you do me a favor, Kale? I have a fan-fic myself and i thought it would be splendid with a rating from you, so... (Think you get the picture) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Καsτοr Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I'll wait Kale. And trust me, if I get enough points for a change, then its going to be 2 words, not 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mago Arcano de los Aesir Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I'll wait Kale. And trust me' date=' if I get enough points for a change, then its going to be 2 words, not 1.[/quote'] Changes are free now, look at the Alias Emporium. Anyway, this is a great fan fic, just like Edge of Justice (Although that was considerably better). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelsthla-Mental Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I'm waiting to see more before i judge which is 'better'. But I agree that they are both great. FREE name changes now? Neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Free name changes? :D awesome.. but i wont change my name. no one would have a clue who i am if i change my name, right? XD sorry about the lateness of the chapters. :/ i am actually working on a set of new cards, and they might make it into the Fan Fic. i dont know really... i am also working on summoning back my Ally Monster set, revolutionizing my ancient, but still awesome, set of cards. I am thinking about editing the OCG and Card Layouts and making a few more. ;) anywho, i still need to make more of the newest set i released here, which is the main character of this fic's deck. without a bunch of cards his deck is really boring, eventually. :D all the same, i am not sure when i will be able to get to the fic. if i dont, then i am eternally sorry... i really had a whole plotline ready for the presses. they just got detoured in shipping. ;) if i can find that damn mail man i can start it back up again (pardon my small use of a "curse word" here). thanks for all staying with the fic, even though there is only one chapter. Wyhe, you are right, Edge of Justice is better. only because it had, like, 16 times the amount of content... XD Thanks for the two reps i got for this! that was a very pleasant surprise. ;) i appreciate that all of you think relatively highly of me here. afterall, if i was a no body with 0-10 reps that posted a chapter written with the same caliper of writing and i stopped, letting it fall through the forum, no one would have dredged it up, am i right? :D Thanks guys! Your Friend from Far Away..-Kale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyhe Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Hmm...I will be looking forward to see those new cards you had put in there then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankiller Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 nice chapter kale i would love to see more P.S. i would like to subsribe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 View in my Blog, Please post comments here. [spoiler=Chapter 2: Battle of Wits] 2 Months Ago A duel was occurring outside the headquarters of the Duel Police Force – Cyborg Unit. It was very early in the morning, and it appeared evenly matched, until one man, in a long, dark coat and dark jeans, summoned two new monsters to his field, making the number three. He then released two of them from the field, generating a new creature, a Synchro. Kal Iszarc was dueling against Tyler Satrix, a man in the military with blue hair and striking green eyes, in a heated battle, trying to win his freedom from his confinement. The field appeared as follows: Kal has a Synchro monster, a humanoid creature with flowing white robes, and a tuner, a tiny magician. He has two cards left in his hand. Tyler has one creature, a negative monster: a creature with negative attack points whose effects activate when the opponent’s life points increase, and a face-down card. He has 3 cards in his hand. It is still Kal’s turn. “You won’t stop me from leaving, Tyler.” Kal said, “I have worked to hard to allow that to happen.” Tyler burst out into a mechanized form of laughter; as much of a laugh that a Cyborg could have. “You think you can win because you have a slight edge? You have a Synchro Monster and a wimpy tuner. Big deal.” “You will see… But first! Since my Vorge the Protector of Allies was successfully Synchro Summoned, he now gets an attack bonus: 300 points for each Vector in a Stack I control! Since I only control one, he only gets 300 ATK.” Vorge- ATK: 1900 ~ 2200. “Now attack his creature, Vorge!” The man in white robes attacked the creature with the negative attack, but Tyler was more sly than just allowing the attack to go through. “I activate the Trap Card Threatening Roar! This card makes it so that you…” “Save the explanation, it doesn’t matter. Chain…” “But you don’t have a face-down card! How can you chain…?” Tyler exclaimed. “But I have a monster. Remember that wimpy tuner you told me about a minute ago? Well, that will turn around against you! My Synchron Sage can negate the effect of a Spell or Trap Card at the cost of 900 Points and send it back to your hand!” Kal: Kal: 6500; 2Tyler: 8000; 3 The Trap Card, after flipping up, disappeared, and ended up in Tyler’s hand. It never activated. Vorge went for the attack, destroying the opposing monster on contact. Kal: Kal: 6500; 2Tyler: 5400; 3 The resulting shockwave sent Tyler to the ground. He looked irritated. “I cannot let you leave this place, Number Three-Zero-One! Guards!” Tyler’s voice rang through the loud speakers as well, something Kal didn’t know he could do. As a result, hundreds of Cyborgs began to swarm the place, surrounding Kal and Tyler in their duel. Tyler stood up to get a better vantage point. “I will not let you escape. We put too much effort into you to let you walk out now.” Kal looked at all the faces of those who were once human. “This here, this!” Kal motioned to the Cyborgs, the people who were once innocent people out on the streets of Aequitas, “is not right. You took them against their will, away from their families, their lives, and changed them into machines. Machines that do your bidding!” “We have done nothing wrong. They signed papers of active duty, we send payments to their families, much more than they used to receive from their old spouse’s job. We have done nothing wrong.” “You don’t think that keeping people against their will is wrong?” “We are not keeping everyone that way, only you. You are the only one of us who has ever been a rabble-rouser.” Kal got furious, “Don’t you EVER call me one of you. I was taken forcibly, against my will, and was transformed into one of you. By some miracle I was able to retain my ability to freely think and use this technology to my advantage. Who is to say that that wont happen again?” Tyler began to think for a moment. “That won’t happen again, if you aren’t around to spark such a transformation.” Kal was taken aback. Were they actually considering…? “Take Number Three-Zero-One to the Confinement Bay, and prepare him for operation. We must find out what makes him tick.” Kal immediately freaked out, “NO! I wont let that happen!” At that moment, the hundreds of creatures flooded him, trying to take him back inside. He was stuck amongst of Cyborgs, creatures that had the same strength and speed as he did. Or so he thought. ‘Release me!’ he thought as loud as he could, and to his surprise a large section of Cyborg people began to twitch. Kal was startled; all of the creatures could be stalled by his thoughts, just like the one he had made release him from captivity. Kal looked over at another large section of Cyborgs and thought it again, this time adding more power to it. They stopped; smoke rolled from their gears. Kal now had enough leverage to start pulverizing his way out. With a swing of his arm he knocked a large section of machines out of his way, creating a domino effect in its wake. With a few more strikes he was able to reach a spot where he could escape, and so he jumped down from the high place without looking back. Present Day: Down Town Aequitas Trey got on his D-Wheel and fled the courtyard. How had he done that? How had he created all of the flames? How had he done any of those things in the past four months? He couldn’t be certain, but he knew that it had to be tied to the Event. He drove down the side roads at first; trying to stay in the shadows, out of site of anyone that may be looking toward the burning buildings. He turned down a larger road; he could see the major highway though the center of Aequitas in the distance. Suddenly something hit Trey and his D-Wheel that knocked him off the center of the road. Trey recovered and stabilized himself. He looked over to see a man wearing a dark coat and helmet riding a dark black motorcycle, almost identical to his. “Pull over,” Trey heard inside his head. Or rather, the speakers inside his helmet. Somehow this man had discovered the frequency of his helmet’s wireless transmitters. He needed to know how. “And why should I?” Trey retorted angrily into his microphone. “Force it is, then,” the man said. He pressed a section of the dashboard of his motorcycle, and it started to transform. A duel disk popped up and secured itself to the frame, allowing for mobile play. Then two panels, which resembled arm-rests, popped out of the sides of the motorcycle and up at arms-length of the man. They were areas for seeing Life Point totals and ATK/DEF of monsters in play, as well as the opposing duel field, all in arms-reach. “Auto-Pilot standing by,” was heard front he speakers in his helmet. This motorcycle was a D-Wheel. Trey was astonished. This mysterious man’s D-Wheel was exactly the same make and model of his very own D-Wheel. Down to the sound of the engine; it was a duplicate. This aggravated Trey a little; no longer was his D-Wheel a one-of-a kind bike like he thought it was. It was a copy. “Fine then, if you must.” Trey pressed the same button on his dashboard panel as the new guy, and his bike transformed in the same fashion. “Duel!” Trey: 8000 – 5Mysterious Guy: 8000 – 5 The mysterious man on the duplicate D-Wheel drew his card first, making his hand six total. “I summon my Xinthi the Assimilate Scanner in Attack Mode!” the mysterious man said. A humanoid creature wearing mechanical armor appeared floating alongside the D-Wheel of the man. [spoiler=Info] Xinthi the Assimilate Scanner•DARKMachine/Ally0/0 Once per turn, you can select 1 Ally monster you control or in your Graveyard. This card's Level becomes equal to the selected monster's Level. Decrease this card's Level by 1 for each Vector above this card (min. 1). Increase this card's Level by 1 for each Vector below this card (max. 12). Increase this card's ATK by an amount equal to its Level x300. You can pay 600 Life Points to treat this card as a Tuner monster. You can remove this card in your Graveyard from play to draw 1 card. “Now I activate the Spell Card Scrap Reforge Duplication!” The card flipped and glowed, showing its activation. [spoiler=Info] Select 1 Machine-Type monster with 500 or less ATK on your side of the field. Discard 1 card to Special Summon up to 2 cards with the same Level from your Deck. “This allows me to Special Summon another 2 Level 1 Machines from my Deck, for the cost of one card.” The mysterious man placed a card in a slot on his dashboard, and then searched his deck for two identical copies of his monster that was already on the field. He summoned both of them. Trey noticed something strange after these new monsters were summoned. He had been paying attention to the screen of his D-Wheel for the entire duel, but this was the one time in his life that it had ever glitched. For some reason, it did not show that there were two more monsters on his side of the field; it only showed the one monster card zone filled. Something didn’t sit right. “Why don’t your other monsters show on my screen?” Trey inquired, seeming to have lost the chip on his shoulder for the one moment of curiosity. “They are there.” “Says you. But they don’t.” “You seem to not have noticed that there are 3 monsters in the same monster card zone.” Trey looked at the screen, and sure enough all three monsters were in the same slot. But how? “Hey! You cannot make such a move!” “I can if they are Ally monsters,” the mysterious man replied coolly. This took Trey off guard. There have been rumors that Pegasus was making a set of monsters that could Stack on top of each other; he was making them special just for a man named Kal Iszarc. Now, this same Kal Iszarc was the one who went missing over five months ago, how could this man be the same man who got such an offer from the Maximillion Pegasus? “Now my Xinthis abilities activate. Now that they are all in the same Stack, and they each have monsters above and below them, their levels are changed. They gain one for each Vector below them, and lose one for each one above.” Xinthi #1 ~ Level 3Xinthi #2 ~ Level 1Xinthi #3 ~ Level 1 “Since their Levels cannot go negative, there is no change for the bottom two,” the mysterious man explained. Trey was getting irritated. He wanted to know just who this guy was. No way was it such a man that was this famous. No way. Two Months Ago Kal was descending into the water below him, the water below the island headquarters of the DPF-CU. He went in feet first, sinking to the sea floor quickly due to his massive mechanical limbs. He then decided to walk to the mainland; he no longer needed to breathe since he no longer needed lungs for his transformation, and his mechanical legs were so powerful that he seemed to walk normally through the deep water. He has escaped from the headquarters, but he did not know how much longer he could remain free if he didn’t disappear, and disappear quickly. Kal, after making it to the main land on the edge of Aequitas, decided to search for someone he knew. Anyone. One person came to mind, one person who said that he could trust in a time of need. He immediately thought of Talia Memourn. He dashed to the nearest phone booth, hoping that he could find her. He hoped more that she was still in Aequitas, or at least somewhere in the area. He looked at the phonebook, and thought that there must be a faster way. He immediately thought of Scope, his personal scanning software built into his Cyborg brain that he could use at a thought. But he was planning on using it in an entirely new way; by attaching his hand to the phone booth, he mentally connected to the framework of Aequitas through the phone line, and this allowed him to connect to many other places on the way. He went through the tunnels of cyber-space like a mole, or more accurately a worm, in search of one phrase: Talia Memourn. He eventually ran into a name, but it was on a list on the internet from the Succurro tournament from five months ago. The one where he won first place, and a penthouse apartment with it. Kal took his hand down from the receiver. His plan had failed once, but he hoped to find more in Succurro. There was an airport there, so he should be able to hack in and see where she went in the case that she left, but Succurro was also the one place that he had left her, left her in the Emergency Room of the Palmarium. That is where he would go next, to see if there would be any chance of there being a record of her there. He needed her help. Kal dashed off, allowing his new artificial limbs to carry him faster than his old ones ever did. Present Day: Neo-Domino City “I have taken all of the surrounding areas; you have no say left in whether or not I take this one. It is more a matter of if you will do it peacefully.” A man in a dark grey pinstripe suit with slicked back, blonde hair was sitting in the office of the director, Rex Godwin, a man who also wore a dark grey attire, and who had long, grey hair. “Am I seriously supposed to believe that you have taken all other areas, besides this one?” the director asked. “Yes, try contacting the Board of Succurro, and you will find out that I have taken over as head of their government.” “Ah, Succurro yes. But what of Aequitas?” This made the blonde man quiver for a moment. He then replied, “It is under way.” “Aha, so you want me to give my city to you, under the pretence that you can pressure us out, and you have not yet gathered Aequitas, a city of lesser worth and military power than this one?” The man was dumbfounded. It wasn’t usual that he could be torn apart like this. But he had one last idea. “You know,” he said as he pulled a manila folder out of his briefcase, “I have information here about you and your accident, you know, the one about your lost arm.” The man flicked the folder across the table to the director. Godwin opened it and looked at the photos and then promptly closed it. “And you believe that a lost limb would make me forfeit this city to you?” “It is not the limb being lost that is interesting, but the mark that was on it. I know all about you and your crew of similar people, all banded together to do who-knows-what. But it should make an interesting story…” “No, I think we are done here.” Godwin stood up, a gesture that meant it was time for the man to leave. The blonde man stood up after a moment of hesitation, closed his briefcase, and then said one last thing, “I will give you one day to consider. One day to hand this city over to me peacefully. Here is my card, call me if you do.” The man handed over his business card to Godwin and left the office, and the building. Godwin looked at the card; the name on it was Joel Karne. Present Day: Down Town Aequitas Who was this man Trey was dueling against? He could not accept the very real possibility that it was in fact Kal Iszarc, he couldn’t. There was no way that his mind would accept that such a man could be there, he had been missing for too long, and out of all the people he could be dueling with his mythical cards why was it him? “I place 1 card face down and end my turn,” the mysterious man said. One card back appeared in between the two D-Wheels and disappeared into the holographics. Trey drew his card. Trey: 8000 – 6Mysterious Guy: 8000 – 3 Trey examined his hand, and found it satisfactory. He found a great opening move with the cards he had. “I summon my Keech the Discharge Rider in Attack Mode.” A fiery-eyed man riding a horse appeared running alongside the D-Wheel. [spoiler=info] Keech the Discharge Rider•••FIREWarrior - Effect1400/400When this card is Normal Summoned you can discard 1 card to Special Summon 1 "Discharge" monster from your hand. When you take damage from the effect of a "Discharge" card, you can send 1 "Discharge" monster in your Graveyard to your Deck. The Deck is then shuffled. “Now that he has been summoned successfully, I can discard 1 card to Special Summon my Pycer the Discharge Knight!” As they rounded a curve in the highway they were on, Trey placed a card into a slot on his dashboard and then placed another card on the field. Another man on a horse appeared, but he looked a lot stronger; he wielded an enormous blade and a stronger looking horse. [spoiler=info] Pycer the Discharge Knight••••FIREWarrior - Effect1700/800When you draw a card(s) you take 700 damage. This card inflicts Piercing Damage. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 level 3 or lower "Discharge" monster from you Deck in Attack Position. “And now the effect of the first card that I sent to the Graveyard activates! Since it was sent to the Graveyard, Dravor the Discharge Converter inflicts 600 damage to you!” Flames appeared around his opponent’s D-Wheel, and they scorched the points away. The only thing was, the mysterious guy didn’t seem to be phased at all by it. Trey: 8000 – 3Mysterious Guy: 7400 – 3 “Now I activate the Equip Spell Card Discharge Debris Gauntlet, and equip it to my Pycer!” The card flipped and revealed itself, increasing the ATK of the monster by 500. Pycer- ATK: 1700 ~ 2200 “Now, Pycer, attack his machine!” The monster drew its sword, moving to make the strike. Two Months Ago: Succurro – The Palmarium Kal ran all the way to the Palmarium, and he wasn’t even phased. He seemed to have a very long battery life, though he wondered just how he would recharge himself. He didn’t know what equipment he might need. Just at the thought, his on-board computer started to speak to him. “Your make and model correspond to the new Active Core system which mimics human life systems. When in ‘Sleep Mode,’ gyrators move to generate more energy, which can last without sleep for a few weeks to one month.” Kal was slightly impressed by this, but he also was interested in the Palmarium, so he decided to shut the descriptor off. When he walked in the doors he didn’t expect all the stares that he received. He didn’t understand at first, because for a while he didn’t remember that he hadn’t stepped foot in those doors for three months. He also didn’t realize that those retouches that he received from the Cyborg transformation also drew attention, because he truly looked better than any movie star that had ever walked into those doors. What also drew him attention was that he was Kal Iszarc, the famous man who changed the face of the DPF forever, and the one who went missing for months. He walked up to the front desk across the lobby, half ignoring the astonished stares that he was being given by everybody. When he rang the bell for assistance the clerk almost passed out from the sight of him. “M-Mr. Is-szarc… W-where have you b-been all this time?” she asked. “Just out and about. Say, I lost the key to my room, could I get a copy?” “S-sure…” she said. She seemed to stare at him the entire time she made a copy of the door key. Other girls from around the place were staring his way too, and this, for the most part, made all of the guys in the lobby irritated. Several couples left the place with the guy leading the way. Kal grinned; this could be loads of fun. “Here you go, Mr. Iszarc.” Kal turned around and grabbed the card from her hand, “Thanks, darlin’,” he said as he winked. She almost fainted. As Kal started to walk off, she called to him, “Oh, wait! I think there is something you should know.” Kal turned around once more and asked what that was. “There has been some woman living in your apartment, saying that you wouldn’t mind. She has been paying me to not report it, but I just thought you should know.” “Thank you for telling me.” Kal said. Who could this woman be? And why was she in his apartment? Kal didn’t know, but he was determined to find out. To Be Continued… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Beast 123 Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Yay. New chapter is good. Can't wait for the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Yay. New chapter is good. Can't wait for the next one! Thanks for reading! :D and I really do mean that, it's been four months since I last updated it. :| but that will change! I will update it faster now, guys, I promise. Invite anyone you know, too, please? I could use the help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Beast 123 Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Yay. New chapter is good. Can't wait for the next one! Thanks for reading! :D and I really do mean that' date=' it's been four months since I last updated it. :| but that will change! I will update it faster now, guys, I promise. Invite anyone you know, too, please? I could use the help..[/quote']Right. I'll notify three of my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Καsτοr Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Holy awesome new chapter!Awesome duel with. . . Whoever that seemed like Kal!I mean, seriously. That, was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Yay. New chapter is good. Can't wait for the next one! Thanks for reading! :D and I really do mean that' date=' it's been four months since I last updated it. :| but that will change! I will update it faster now, guys, I promise. Invite anyone you know, too, please? I could use the help..[/quote']Right. I'll notify three of my friends. Thanks! I apprecite it! :D Holy awesome new chapter!Awesome duel with. . . Whoever that seemed like Kal!I mean' date=' seriously. That, was awesome.[/quote'] Thanks! I try.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Καsτοr Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 No, you don't try, you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:|Fallen|:. Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Sweet episodei cannot wait for the 2nd part of the duel(S) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Sweet episodei cannot wait for the 2nd part of the duel(S) Thanks! :D and don't worry, the duel between the mysterious guy and Trey will get much more heated. I just had to keep you guys up to date with the storyline. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuu. Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 So you plan to fuse your Edge of justice and this one together? This is gonna be one heck of a Fan Fiction, Kale!I can't wait to see how Kal and Trey are gonna meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 So you plan to fuse your Edge of justice and this one together? This is gonna be one heck of a Fan Fiction' date=' Kale!I can't wait to see how Kal and Trey are gonna meet.[/quote'] your last post is very ironic... XD youll see why next chapter. and the two stories arent fused together, they are told from two different perspectives, but following the same storyline. EOJ was from the pov of Kal, and that told his back story. TC is told from Trey's pov, and that will start to become apparent when you see more chapters. ;) thank you for reading! and i have the plans for chapter 3 set up, i just need to write it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuu. Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Your Fan Fiction would really be awesome if you let the two meet. Altough, i actually hate reading such long posts :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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