PLEEEAAASE HEELP! I'M BEGGING YOU! MY BRAIN IS A MESS AND I CAN'T DECIDE!
(Author's Note: Can I ground my own characters for what they did?)
Mango slammed onto the floor with a huge "OOF!" The cellar had closed right above her. As Mango got up, Kiui said, "Alright, now you have...A few min - I-I mean, hours! HOURS! - before they figure out you're missing."
Mango grunted as she hoisted herself up, her body sore from the jump. "Okay, now I gotta find -" Mango paused, staring down a familiar woman on a throne in front of her...In her EXE form. Mango gasped in shock.
"Mango? Mango, talk to me, what do you see?" Kiui said worriedly.
Mango pulled up enough strength to ask, "Sc...Scylla?"
"WHAT?!!" Kiui shouted.
Scylla only glared at Mango, her neutral expression hardening as she hissed, "You were NEVER supposed to be here."
A couple of hours later, Scylla found herself on land again, in the form of a human. Her raven-blue eyes reflected the crazed glee she felt as she stood at the edge of the abandoned island, waiting for the eventual arrival of the Soulless. A part of her wondered if her family were safe, but she knew nowhere was truly safe during an apocalyptic event. How many Soulless have they had to destroy since the beginning of this blasted zombie timeline?
Too many to count, that's for sure.
And that's only within a few weeks, if not months. Who knows how many more will be forced to die for their cursed master? What's it going to take for them to stop?
Nothing, because the god who orchestrated the entirety of the apocalypse was selfish and greedy for power.
Scylla finally spotted something. It was small, yes, but it was nothing compared to the violet lights in the distance that signified the presence of the Soulless. They were coming.
Scylla retreated to the gray ashes of what had once been the grass, trees, and bushes that outlined the island. From there, Scylla opened her mouth and let out a blood-curling shriek that echoed for miles on end.
The water was splashing from several miles away, allowing Scylla to run towards the trees in the middle of the island and hide in the branches. She started to have doubts about her plan.
What if the Assimilation ring doesn't work?
What if they won't listen?
What would the pack say about this?
This was a bad plan.
Why did I make this plan? To cope with having to fight Zielo someday?
What kind of strategy is this? A dumb one?
How are we going to restore the world when this apocalypse ends?
Scylla's thoughts was interrupted when the Soulless were fumbling on the island's shores, muttering something along the lines of, "Master's gonna enjoy his new slave."
Scylla shuddered, reluctantly sliding down the tree she was hiding in and tapping the ring five times.
A large number of pained screams filled the air, making Scylla smirk and enjoy the sounds of agony. She let her EXE form take over, walking over to the large group of Soulless. Her grace was unnerving and terrifying to those who saw it. It was like she was going to kill the Soulless right then and there. But Scylla only whispered, "All of you are mine now."
Some of the Soulless looked at Scylla, terrified of what she might do to them. Scylla smirks and said in a lighthearted tone, "Don't worry, I'm not going to make you do anything stupid, like a suicide mission or something like that."
"But what about -" One of the Soulless started.
Scylla clicked her tongue, holding up a hand and interrupting the question. "I don't want to hear you say, think, or wish for your god to save you. He's the one who corrupted you, and I am here to fix that. If you rebel against me or even run away, I will not hesitate to track you down and turn you into ashes. Do I make myself clear?"
Most of the Soulless gulped, afraid of what would happen to them if Scylla made good on her threat. They nodded, offering fearful smiles at the terrifying woman. One Soulless nervously replied, "O-of course, we won't let you down, Your Terrifying Lady."
Scylla smirked, snapping her fingers and letting the Soulless be slightly free. What the Soulless didn't know was that they were standing still long enough to allow Scylla to get a firm hold on their souls, so if they actually escaped, she'd destroy the souls almost instantly.
Talk about making good on the threat, am I right?
(Author's Note: Deck the halls with boughs of holly falalalala -)
"What?"
"You heard me! Do you remember that different universes have different time zones?" Mango sassed.
In true karma fashion, an Abstraction slithered up to Scylla. When Scylla looked at it, it starts to squeak, "Squeaky squeakatty-squeakins." Scylla nods.
Much like a cat, Mango freaks out. "AAAAAAAAAA -"
Scylla growled, asking Mango, "Then why are you here -"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -" Mango continued screaming.
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Meanwhile, in Mango's home dimension, Kiui sighed as Hikari rushed into the room, shouting, "What happened?! Where's Mango?! Is everything okay? Do I need to -" Hikari paused her worried tirade, looking at a very calm eleven-year-old, who said, "Mom, I think Mango needs therapy."
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Scylla asked the Abstraction, "Oscar, can you please calm Mango down for me, please?"
Oscar nodded, slithering up to Mango. "Squeak -"
HISS!!
Mango bared her teeth, her tail puffing in fear as she tried to look bigger in front of the larger Abstraction. This turned into a huge fight between the two gremlins. Scylla smiled, secretly missing the little family play-fights they had half the time.
[Author's note: So, warning!~ There's death and violence, as well as Pokemon and Sonic the Hedgehog references. Furthermore, Dasher and Glimmer are not my original characters, nor is the event canon to the author's story. Please check out the story here to get the gist of what the characters are (although their segments are scattered) (Use google please I can't get the link to work!) https://archiveofourown.org/works/46657225/chapters/117504355]
My stuffed animals' POV
"Mooooooooooooooom!" Maleficent the Dragon shouted. "Great-Grandma sent us a story!"
"YAAAY! She's finally letting us read her stories!" Fennekin the Fox yelped.
"What? Let me see that." Charlotte the Tiger snatched the pages. "It's only one chapter!"
"No fair!" Jenny the Dog shouted.
"What's that note?" Conrad the Dragon pointed to the slip of paper.
T the Tiger swiped it before Drow could burn it. Spooky looked confused. "What's going on?" Spooky asked.
T read the note. "Dear children, you have been granted a late St. Patrick's Day present. Remember to be good and no leprechauns will pinch you! Love, A.M."
"What does - WAAIIT a minute. Are we supposed to read this?" Matcha guessed.
"If we are supposed to read it, then let's read the story!" Charlotte cheered.
"YAY!!!" Maleficent shouts. T sighed.
"Then let's get to it."
December 12
Emerald's POV
Emerald hissed through her teeth, the numbing her current anger at her friend. It was her birthday, for the love of Arceus! How did that unicorn possibly forget that today was his friend's birthday?! The argument he had wasn't even an argument at all! It was his excuse to go off and use his ill-used royal power to gain more magical and achieve immortality.
Emerald felt herself changing, but she didn't care. Ice shimmered in the air, practically BEGGING to be used as a weapon.
She grabbed those shards as the maid came in.
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"I'm sorry, EMERALD'S EVOLVING?" Mango asked as her sister dragged her into the security room/office.
"Yeah, and she's making ice." Kiui said.
"Well, I'm glad I'm a Mercat." Mango muttered.
Hikari burst into the room, saying, "I'm sorry, I just got the text and ran as fast as I could to see -"
"It's fiiiine. You're just in time to see our cousin's final form!" Kiui said, pulling up camera footage. Pft, kittens.
"What is she doing?" Mango wondered.
"Take a look, but don't look at the maid." Kiui warned.
"Why not?" Mango asked. Hikari took a look at the feed and gasped.
"She froze the maid!"
"What the - HOLY SALMON!"
Panic ensues as Kiui sighed, shaking her head in annoyance.
"Will you two stop panicking for five minutes? If Emerald's evolving like this, then she's becoming one of those Frosters." Sylvia barked on her end of the call. A glare was directed at the screen. "Okay, fine, one of the ice-type Pokemon. Happy?"
Mango mumbled an apology, while Hikari hissed, "How are you so calm about this? Emerald j-just - I don't know, encased a maid in ice!"
"I'm scared too, but I wanna see where this is going," Sylvia replied. "And your apology is accepted, Mango."
"If you ask me, I think little Emerald here is going to execute the rulers of that empire." Scylla piped up.
Merlina asked, "Why would you think that?"
"Because I did that, too."
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Emerald looked deeply into her ice statue's eyes, muttering, "Interesting." She strode into the hallway. "Now where's Dasher?" Her heels clicked as she stepped through room after room in the castle, even freezing the palace staff as she passed by.
At this point, no one would recognize Emerald as who she was before. Her eyes and hair were colored in different shades of icy blue, unlike the brown hair and eyes she had only several moments before. It was only a short period of time before almost a third of the castle was covered in ice, the temperatures were dropping every five seconds, and a huge blizzard was covering the city outside in ice and snow.
"Halt! Who are you, and what business do you have with the AAA -" A guard was frozen near the dining room.
Emerald stepped into the room. "That was too easy. The fools are definitely planning something." She hissed angrily. Emerald was seething with rage, ready to go outside and worsen the snowstorm outside. For one, yī would not mess with an angry woman such as Emerald, but another wouldn't care.
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"What did you mean by you did it too, Scylla?" Mango asked cautiously.
"Yeah, did you pull that off?" Kiui demanded, her cat ears pointing upwards in excitement.
"Kiui Banana Mochisolar, are you actually asking if our former clan leader pulled off whatever stunt Emerald is doing?" Hikari sternly asked.
"Well, yeah! I wanna see if Cousin Emerald has a fighting chance!"
"What a town." Sylvia said sarcastically.
"Oh my - WHAT IN THE NAME OF ARCEUS IS -"
"While Merlina starts to rant, NO, I did not really pull it off, someone else did it for me." Scylla eventually replied as Merlina stared rambling about grounding her daughter for the next month.
Hikari gave a warning look to Kiui as she looked at the video. "Good news - or bad, I don't know - Emerald just froze half of the castle staff and the guards."
"Well, that explains why Merlina wants to ground her daughter." Sylvia remarked.
"I'm sooo going to tell everyone we meet how Emerald froze the castle." Kiui said in a smart-alec tone.
"Same, but it's going to be behind her -"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" Both children shouted, watching as Emerald chained the two rulers to the wall.
"They're dead...They're gonna be dead..." Mango stared at what was happening.
Kiui asked, "Can someone call an ambulance for those mother fluffers?"
"On it!"
"Don't encourage them, Scylla."
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Finally. She found them. Now they are going to pay.
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"AAAAMAAARIIIS!" Hikari shouted. "Your granddaughter is about to execute some royalty!"
"Suddenly, I miss going on a mission." Amaris yawned. Heh, werewolves. "What is this about someone -" She stopped as she saw the footage, dropping her cup of hot chocolate. "What in the name of Dark Gaia -"
"What's happening up there?" Helena shouted from downstairs.
"Nothing, hun. Just don't come up here." Amaris replied.
"Too late." Helena appeared in her spider form. "You know me better than that, dear. Now - HOLY GARCIA, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!"
"Evolution and anger, right here." Kiui said, donning sunglasses from out of nowhere.
"And ignore Aunt Merlina, she's mad at Cousin Emerald -"
"Demetria, actually. You missed the part where she changed her name."
"DANG IT!"
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"Let us go! We'll give you whatever you want, just please don't hurt us!" Glimmer and Dasher continuously begged.
Emerald - no, Demetria - had held icicles against the skin of the unicorns' chins. Demetria smirked. "Do you know why we're at a standstill right now?"
"Obviously not, so I'll explain. You may have known me by the name Emerald, but I go by Demetria now. You have wronged me in many ways -"
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Mango and Kiui were eating popcorn as they watched intently, muttering to each other.
"What punishment do you think Demetria will give Dasher and Glimmer?" Kiui asked Mango.
Mango replied, "Well, knowing Demetria and how she's been using her powers, she could be planning a brutal and ice-cold death."
Kiui paled. "Then I'm glad that I'm not those two and I'm over here, otherwise I'd be screwed for life."
(P.S.: Spoiler Alert: Oh, Kiui, you were very, very, VERY wrong to be glad that you weren't there, because after this incident, Demetria does accidentally freeze people.)
Amaris finished processing what was going on as she finally muttered, "Holy crap, she's a powerful cyrokinetic."
Helena nudged Amaris, chuckling as she said, "Of course, dear. It just means Demetria is more powerful than others."
Merlina muttered, "That's not a good thing, especially for right now."
Sylvia said, "Well, that sucks for me, because I CAN FEEL MY NIECE'S ANGER FROM HERE!"
"OOOF, THAT SUCKS!" Kiui shouted, owning up to her title as the Annoying sister, earning herself a light slap from Hikari and a glare from Mango.
Hikari scolded, "Kiui Banana Mochisolar, you know better than that!"
The young Mercat grumbled, "I'm sorryyy."
"Your apology is accepted." Sylvia replied.
Scylla said, "Sorry to interrupt, but Demetria is done with her evil villain speech."
"HOLY -"
"ARCEUS, GIVE ME STRENGTH -"
"WOOHOO! -"
"LET'S GOO!"
"HECK YOU, SCYLLA -"
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"And now, you shall be punished." Demetria finished, an evil glint in her eyes. Glimmer was the first to break the chains, creating a shield around the two unicorns.
"Save your energy, PESTS," Demetria growled. "You're only going to exhaust yourself." She used a large boost of energy to speed into and breaking the shield.
Hence causing her to pass out and create her downfall.
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"NOOOOOOOOO!" Merlina, Mango, and Kiui shouted.
"Demetria, you HAD TO DO THAT -"
"To be fair, she just manifested -"
"I've got her." Scylla said, cutting off her connection to the call.
"Oooh boy. They're gonna be in a lot of trouble when they get back." Sylvia muttered as chaos ensues.
"That's it?" Maleficent shouted as her father checked for the other pages.
"Yeah, that seems to be it," Charlotte confirmed. "Now, where's Grandma?"
"Did you all enjoy the story? I worked vey hard on it." Creator said, leaning against the bedroom door.
"Yeah, and we want more! Where's the next chapter?" T said, raising a metaphorical eyebrow at her mother.
Creator broke into a nervous sweat. "Well, uh, you see -"
"Where is it, Creator?" Drow growled.
"IDON'THAVETHENEXTCHAPTERIT'SBEINGWRITTENBYYYYYYE!!!"
(Author's Note: <insert devil laughter here> I push people into portals now! SHORT CHAPTERS UNITE!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA -)
After hours of trying to calm Kiui and logging into a game/tv show called the Amazing Digital Circus (via Kiui's "harmless" hacking), Kiui made a huge portal machine that could send Mango to the Amazing Digital Circus universe. Before Mango could figure out how long it would take for her to get back, Kiui pulled her aside and growled, "Mango, we have a week before we have to meet up with Queen Ningyo and discuss the missing Mercats, so I want you back here in a day."
"But -"
"Don't worry, I have a microphone and headphones installed." Kiui said.
"Wha -" The portal opened, sucking Mango in. "KIUI -"
"Have fuuuun!" Kiui waved cheerfully after her sister.
(Author's Note: A mention of a near-death experience and an endangering experiment. Also, this chapter happens almost a year after the Incident.)
"MANGO DRAGONFRUIT MOCHISOLAR OF THE MERCATS, COME HERE, YOUNG LADY!" Hikari shouted, causing Demetria to flinch. The one day Demetria was supposed to be visiting the nightmare-ridden Mercat (that was Kiui) was interrupted by the yells and hisses of the cat side of the Mochisolar family.
Mango came into the living room and stopped when she saw Demetria. Mango waved nervously. "...Hi?"
"Alright, what did you do to get called out like that?" Demetria asked, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.
Mango hesitated, a look of trauma crossing her face, before she raised her hands to sign, 'No need to worry, it was just a small donation.'
"Mangoo, you can't lie to me. I saw the look on your face, and you only use sign language if you did something really bad or if something traumatizing is happening." Demetria grabbed a cup of hot chocolate and sipped on it, watching her cousin closely.
Mango looked nervous, steeling herself before signing, 'I got strapped into an experiment and nearly died twice because it drained my life force and I forced myself unconscious!'
"MANGO!" Demetria gasped. Yeah, she's joining in on the punishment party on that one, because what Mango did was dangerous and incredibly reckless.
'I was TIRED!'
"Just go to Aunt Hikari - NOW." Demetria pointed to the security office, where her aunt was. She didn't want to deal with this.
'Fine, fine.' Mango grumped over to the security room.
Demetria sighed, sipping her hot chocolate and headed to the kitchen. "One of these days, the girls are gonna give me a headache." A yellow-and-grey dart flew past Demetria, almost making her trip. "Kiui!"
"Sorry not sorry!" Kiui meowed back.
"Hey, Kiui? Can you call Ashley?" Hikari called. Demetria's eyes widened as she realized this is becoming a family issue. She's gotta go before Demetria gets wrapped up in it.
"OkayIgottagobye!" Demetria rushed, heading back to her residence.
{Author's Note: A mention of Pokemon.}
{Instructions unclear; now hurdling Mango into the TADC Universe in the next chapter. :> }
"I'm sorry, YOU FROZE YOUR OWN HOUSE?!" Mango asked, horrified at what Demetria just explained.
"Y-Yeah? After seeing...animatronics." Demetria cautiously answered, just now realizing the consequences of her actions.
"Demetria Emerald Mochisolar, do you remember last year, when you had done something kind of like this before?" Mango asked, raising an eyebrow and throwing her arms up in the air to empathize her point.
"Yeah...?"
"STOP DOING THAT!" Mango shouts.
"No, I don't know how."
Inhaaaaaale. "Can I throw a goldfish at you now?"
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"So, that's an icy situation," Mango said as she inspected Demetria's house. "At this rate, you could be stronger than Elsa herself."
Demetria groaned. "Can we PLEASE not talk about it?'
"Fine," Mango replied. "But you have to answer to Dr. Sylveon later."
The blizzard stopped as Demetria made a singular hand gesture, saying, "Sure."
Mango raised an eyebrow, smirking. "You were saying?"
"Mango, please don't -"
11 years ago...
"What's going on?" Nine-year-old Scylla asked her grandmother and uncle. Why were they so mad? Why were they looking at her like that? She's done nothing wrong!
"I don't know, do you want to explain the death of your mother?" Helios asked gruffly, in the wolf language. Scylla cringed and opened her mouth to explain that she didn't do anything, but gasped instead when she saw the bloody body of her mother lying on the floor. She covered her mouth as tears sparked in the corners of her eyes.
Carefully and cautiously, Scylla gently walked over to the body and began to stroke the now-bloody blonde hair, like her mother used to do when Scylla had nightmares. It was almost like she could wake up the dead if she made the wrong move. Scylla choked down her sobs and softly asked, "What happened to her?"
"YOU happened!" Diana screeched, her tone filled with rage and hatred, making Scylla flinch. She's never done that before, and Scylla certainly has not done anything to make her family that mad. She didn't understand.
Scanning the overly-large scratches on Helias's body, Scylla whispered, "But I-I d-didn't do anything..."
"LIES!" Helios shouted, slapping Scylla across the face. Scylla recoiled, reaching to touch the emotional wound. They aren't in their right minds.
"I'm being honest, I was in my bedroom, sleeping like Mom wanted me to. Please, you have to believe me!" Scylla cried.
"Why should we believe you?" Diana asked, her face neutral. "After all, you're an EXE, not a normal girl, not even a soul, just a husk." Scylla opened her mouth to point out the scratches, but closed it instead in fear of punishment.
"That's what we thought," Helios grinned. "You're grounded for a year."
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Present day
"Oh, thank goodness you're back!" Aite shouted, slicing a Soulless in half and running towards Scylla.
"I got your message." Scylla glared at Diana in the distance, causing the werewolf to stare at the ground guiltily. Turning back to Aite, Scylla asked, "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing alright," Aite replied, "Sonic should be over there... Somewhere over there." Scylla looked in the direction Aite was pointing, the exact direction in which the Soulless were pouring out of. Scylla set her jaw.
"I'll go. You hold back the Soulless with the others. If all goes according to plan, I'll get us out of this apocalypse one and for all." Scylla ordered, before turning to her Soulless slaves. "You will fight alongside my pack. So unless you want to die, I advise you to follow their orders." She told Aite, "Take great care, and I'll be back soon."
"But what are you doing?" Aite asked.
"I'm doing what I should've done beforehand." Scylla narrowed her eyes. "I'm rescuing the innocent."
Aite nodded. "Good luck!" Aite put the Soulless slaves into chains and dragged them into battle, leaving Scylla to her own devices in the war. Scylla closed her eyes, and grinned, the sparks of evil glinting her senses. Using her Chaos Spear to move quickly and cut down as many Soulless as she can in one sitting, earning herself shrieks, screams, and yells on the battlefield until finally, she reached the city.
At the port, she sees Zielo standing near the water and meditating. Scylla fought back a growl of irritation in hopes that she can sneak into the Eggman base without getting spotted.
So that's what she's gonna do.
But would she get spotted, or will she succeed? That is the question.
Scylla raised an eyebrow as she folded her navy blue raven wings against her wolf body, wondering what the grey hedgehog was going on about.
The grey hedgehog continued. "My brothers fell into the deep ominous pit of sin, and betrayed me in response. They became imperfect, so I took the liberty of eliminating them."
Scylla scoffed, muttering in a growl, "Like YOU were even born perfect anyway."
The grey hedgehog said, "But Heephis, unfortunately, sent prerequisites before his death. Those prerequisites being you three."
Scylla barked a laugh, thinking, "Well, he chose great entertainers!"
The grey hedgehog continued, "Since you have originated from the deepest parts of Heephis' soul, you partake our appearances."
That led Scylla to be confused. "What does that merciless bastard mean?" Scylla wondered.
The grey hedgehog carried on. "As for me, what once was three had become one."
Scylla made a red-eyed face, growling, "Of course that dust-maker absorbed his brother's souls. As if that wasn't bad enough." Scylla rolled her eyes.
The grey hedgehog said, "I am the only god of existence. I no longer hold responsibility for the Control of everything. I have taken Heephis' and Celios' power, and became the only divine being."
Scylla was about to pop an artery out of anger at this so-called "divine being," but forced herself to calm down.
The grey hedgehog then said proudly, "I am everything. I am nothing. I am perfect. I am Zielo."
Scylla had to put her paws over her mouth to keep from laughing and breaking her illusion. Her wings slowly opened once the urge to laugh went away. It didn't take her very long to lose that laughter, though.
A sharp sound of shattered emeralds and a blast of a broken, erased energy had Scylla tensed. All Chaos energy was destroyed in this multiverse. Well, except for Scylla's Chaos powers.
Scylla felt herself become the vessel for Chaos energy, leading her to panic. "W-wha? H-h-how? Why?" Scylla yipped. She looked at Zielo, and saw the shattered bits of the seven Chaos Emeralds. Scylla understood what happened now, and it made her remember that all energy has to go somewhere.
Which led to one last question. Why did the Chaos energy choose Scylla to be the vessel?
Zielo forced the younger hedgehogs to the edge of a cliff. Zielo had mentioned something about Sonic, Silver, and the black hedgehog playing some kind of game with "god."
Scylla followed the hedgehogs quietly, not trusting Zielo with the young Mobians. Transforming into a raven, Scylla flew above the gods and saw the remains of Tin-Can. Scylla wanted to ruin Zielo right then and there, but stopped when she saw the look on Sonic's face and what he saw; a female hedgehog with the same strange, violet marking as the other people from earlier.
Zielo's laughter was heard from out of nowhere, as he said through the female Mobian, "She is the perfect slave because she used to be yours."
Sonic, Silver, and the black hedgehog were thrown off the cliff.
Cawing out, "NO!" Scylla dove down, refusing to let more innocent people die.
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