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  1. On 12/28/2025 at 6:20 PM, Edema Rue said:

    Been a hot sec since I posted here, but I’ve got 10,000 posts! So, in celebration, here’s a teeny excerpt from my current project.

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    “I used to drive,” Jake said. “Most of every day. I had to start keeping a spare tank in my back seat in case I ran out before I could get to a gas station.”

    “What did you tell her, Jake?”

    “Parents were never around. They loved me—I’m sure they still do, actually—but they were busy. Working. Dana moved out, and then it was just me.”

    Ben sighed softly. “I need you to tell me what you said to April. West will get it out of her either way.”

    Jake studied Ben’s face for a long moment. The kid’s power was weird, all right. You saw him as an acquaintance. When you first met him, he looked like someone you almost knew. Slowly, the details would resolve. But the name was the trick. The only name you could ever hear him called was that of the person you’d first seen. “What does she think your name is?”

    “Ben,” Ben said, only Jake was sure he hadn’t said Ben at all. There was no other name, though, not for the creature in front of him. 

    “Are you even human?”

    “Jake…”

    “I just don’t get it. What hold does Tommy have on you? And how does he see you?”

    “He’s my dad,” Ben said, watching the sky as if it might finally change. “Is April going to run?”

    “I hate empty houses. Empty cars are better, though. You can turn the music up as loud as you want, and only turn down roads if you aren’t sure where they’ll take you.”

    “If she runs, we’ll all be in trouble.”

    “I hated to turn around. If I was going to go home, I wanted to do it in a new way. But there are only so many roads to take when you know where you’re going. Some nights I couldn’t stand it. I’d keep driving until my engine stopped. Then I’d climb onto the hood and watch the stars. There’s nowhere safer than a driver’s seat.”

    “I’m not West,” Ben finally snapped. “You don’t have to tell me stories to hide what you’re thinking.”

    “I don’t have to do anything,” Jake said, finally meeting Ben’s eyes. “But most of the time, I can’t even talk.”

    “I’m sorry.”

    “You aren’t fixing it.”

    “I can’t. You know that I can’t.”

    Jake turned away, looking into the trees. It was dark. Nothing moved. Nothing lived. “I had a girl, back at home. We met at about two in the morning, on a road where I’d never seen another person. I was distracted, looking up at a pair of bats flapping across the road. There was a sharp corner ahead, and in a moment, a pair of headlights were blinding me. Then we hit. I couldn’t move. The front of the car was crumpled, and my leg was pinned. A minute later, the other headlights turned off. This girl stumbled out, blood dripping down her chin. I saw her look at her phone, then put it down. She made her way to my door, and after a moment, she opened it. She freaked out. Kept saying how sorry she was, how she didn’t mean to, how she was distracted by these bats. I told her it was all right. She left, went to find some service and call 911. Then she came back. Every time I tried to move, a sharp pain ran up my leg. So I stayed where I was, and eventually she climbed into the passenger seat, and we started to talk. 

    “I asked her what she was doing on such a quiet road, so late. I loved her answer. She blushed and said she was driving, just driving. I asked if she did that often, and she said yes. We waited for a long time for the ambulance, or it felt like a long time, and we talked. About music, about driving, about our favorite secret places. I was surprised how many of mine she knew. We’d both walked along the same abandoned train track, both eaten at the same tiny cafe, both found the same hidden treehouse. Then there were sirens and lights. Everything blurred. They pulled me out of the car, took both of us to the hospital. In the morning, I had a cast on my leg and stitches on my shoulder. The girl, her name was Lilly, had stitches across her forehead. Before she left, she put her number in my phone…”

    Jake trailed off, glancing at Ben. “I miss her.”

    “I know.”

     

    Ooh I’m intrigued! It kind of gives me cozy horror vibes… love it!

  2. 10 hours ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

    The wizard chuckles a little

    “Oh.”

    ”I see… it isn’t mind control, that’s against the Wizaccords of Kinghaven.”

    ”Yes, the task. I need that plant and am being held up by fools.”

    "and who are you calling a fool old man?"

    5 hours ago, Spark of Hope said:

    After a few seconds, she fluttered down to the ground and slowly shifted into a young girl with deep red-orange hair. 

    "you can shapeshift young bird?"

  3. 23 hours ago, STINK said:

    I don't have long and I'm genuinely kind annoyed about that and this isn't ironic but I'm not allowed to say how I would really wanna express myself so

    Feel like this Hoid Slayer wound is lowkey personal against me 'cause like I've wanted them dead but now it's a group proposal about it and isn't that just the best way to kill a villager and then we're back into double-bluff territory

    I'm also at the point where I don't like Jo calling me Columbo and expecting me to solve stuff when like I don't straight up do anything man I don't know where that came from I just thought it was gassing me up for no reason but now I'm expected to randomly call someone out when my callout was ignored for like 2 cycles? Like if I'm wrong it's nothing new really but now it has impact which is new for me why does anyone do this stuff? 

    Yeah no-one talked to me about game-related stuff in PMs which is kinda usual but also like theres no way they all didn't care about PMs so someone from TUH/jo/Araris is an elim and oh doesn't feel like it's the whole game being set out. Be nice if anyone else PM'd me but I don't have any kinda thing going on anymore do I so don't know what I was expecting really. Don't worry gamers I'm mainly annoyed at myself it's not like I do thread posts that make people think I'm worth giving a good yonder to.

    I am annoyed at how like today was Friday and I was busy doing stuff with my fellas but like also mathematically do we just lose today if HoidS!asVillager and another villager die 'cause I guess I wanna see like 3 different people's maths about that and if we need to save HoidS even if they're evil which like it's a random kill going through? Surely a vig did the maths about making it happen or it's an elim scheme

    I just apparently don't have the brainpower for this anymore lol if it was a day cycle I'd be wanting to vote Jo now 'cause I do nothing and they hyped me up like others should be acting 

    Roberto didn't even get to do anything this post I can't even RP what's going on like you'd think I'd commit to either game-focus or RP but you love to strike the middle

    I was gonna add more but low-key / high-key I gotta head back off again 

    Sorry gamers maybe I'll see ya next cycle if its happening

    Ciao

     

    this reads to me as extreamly genuine so proberbly going to lean towards a V!Stink for now and it also mad me pause for a second about Hoidslayer. at this current point in time i dont think him or joe can be anything apart from elims... however i am leaning more towards one or the other... i dont think both could be elims... that just doesnt feel right to me at the moment... 

    On 10/10/2025 at 10:43 AM, A Jo in the Bush said:

    Ughhhh, I hate this.

    K+V!Hoid: If the elims successfully get off a kill tonight, and Hoid is a Villager (Unlikely) we lose.

    K+ ?!Hoid: If the elims kill, and we save Hoid just in case, we go into tomorrow 3-4, without knowing Hoid's alignment.

    F+V!Hoid: If the Elims fail their kill, and we don't save Hoid, but he's village, we go into tommorow 3-4 with a fresh start.

    F+?!Hoid: If the elims fail their kill and we do save hoid just in case, we go into tomorrow 3-5 and probably just execute Hoid.

    KV sucks, but honestly we'd deserve the loss at that point. K? sucks because we've effectively wasted a pseduo Execution. FV is honestly preferred to K? because we'll have 48 hours to actually find and discuss someone. F? is better than K? for obvious reasons, but we can't count on it.

    I vote to let Hoid die

    1. @Araris Valerian — Armiel — Novice
    2. @Belandrius Ohhmar — thOmmAs — Apprentice
    3. @The Unknown Hammerer — Illi — Master
    4. @CoderDrag0n8 — Sozar — Apprentice
    5. @RoyalBeeMage — William Thorne — Apprentice
    6. @STINK — Roberto — Apprentice

    Please Vote to let Hoid die. If you want him to live, please provide a dang good explanation for who the 3 Elims are if Hoid isn't one of them.

    1. @Hoid Slayer — Shifter — Novice

    Hoid. If you are a villager, and you want to win, please spend your energy trying to figure out who should be targeted with a Verdant/Roseite pot instead of defending yourself. Unless you think you can defend yourself really easily, it's not worth the effort. If you are a villager, you can do the most good by helping prevent the Elims killing one of us. If you're a villager, the 3 elims aren't going to vote to save you, and I'm not going to vote to save you, so you'll have to convince the three other villagers besides you and me. 

    If you are an Elim, can I recommend Open-Wolfing? It's really fun.

    i hate to say it but i kind of agree with joe here... we should have let hoid die... it would have been cleaner for us all... oh well. 

    On 10/11/2025 at 4:50 AM, Hoid Slayer said:

    It would be my honor to serve as elim alongside you ✋😔

    @Amanuensis the writeups are incredible btw

    Okay, let's see what I got *crunches knuckles*

    Day two rollover summary, paraphrased partially from Jo:

    With seven hours left in the day, the VC stands as:

    • (2) TwinStorm: IcedOutPenguin, Belandrius Ohhmar,
    • (1) STINK: CoderDrag0n8
    • (1) ThatOneWorldhopper: Araris Valerian
    • (1) CoderDrag0n8: A Jo in the Bush
    • (1) IcedOutPenguin: TwinStorm
    • (1) Hoid Slayer: STINK

    I vote TOW without good reasoning, just to test waters

    Jo moves vote off CD for some reason and switches it to me - Jo, still not sure why you seem to have a vendetta against me, would be nice to know

    Araris also switches vote to me, with the argument that I'm not acting on my analysis

    VC:

    • (3) Hoid Slayer: STINKA Jo in the BushAraris Valerian,
    • (2) TwinStorm: IcedOutPenguin, Belandrius Ohhmar,
    • (1) ThatOneWorldhopper: Hoid Slayer, 
    • (1) STINK: CoderDrag0n8
    • (1) IcedOutPenguin: TwinStorm

    I make an analysis post that convinces Araris to move vote back to TOW with me

    Bee votes TwinStorm

    CD votes TOW

    TwinStorm votes TOW for the sake of self-preservation

    VC:

    • (4) ThatOneWorldhopper: Hoid Slayer, Araris ValerianCoderDrag0n8TwinStorm
    • (3) TwinStorm: IcedOutPenguin, Belandrius Ohhmar, RoyalBeeMage
    • (2) Hoid Slayer: STINKA Jo in the Bush

    TUH votes TwinStorm

    Bee takes vote off TwinStorm and shifts it to TOW

    TUH takes vote off TwinStorm and moves it to me

    Final VC:

    • (5) ThatOneWorldhopper: Hoid SlayerAraris ValerianCoderDrag0n8TwinStormRoyalBeeMage,
    • (3) Hoid Slayer: STINKA Jo in the BushThe Unknown Hammerer
    • (2) TwinStorm: IcedOutPenguin, Belandrius Ohhmar,  

    Retrospective analysis of D2:

    First off, wherever they were hiding, the elims were sitting real nice, with three village trains.

    Second, I am beginning to see a potential tie between Araris and CD (they both switch votes to TOW in a short time period)

    What really stands out to me though is all the chaos with no real threat to the elims. A lot of people - namely Araris, Bee, CD, and TUH - were scrambling around somewhat when elims would have no real reason to do so. This subtly implies to me that the elims were hiding under the radar D2

    This implicates Jo, BelOh, and Stink

    It's possible that that's the elim team right there; that seems a little too simple, though. The weird bit is that that would then imply that the elims were taking actions they didn't need to D2, which is somewhat weird elim behavior - unless they were trying to push for a specific exe.

    In that case, the most likely option I see is TOW - the elims might have rightly noticed that by exeing TOW D2, they set up TwinStorm for D3 (and if this was the elim's plan, it worked beautifully)

    Such a possibility would most implicate CD, Bee, and TUH - I wouldn't include Araris in there because when he shifted to TOW there were better options (namely keeping the vote on me) for an elim

    Day three summary:

    Jo votes Twin, says happy to vote Twin or me

    Twin votes Araris

    Araris votes CD

    I vote Twin

    BelOh votes Twin

    Not much happens until nine hours before rollover, when CD votes Araris

    Current VC:

    TwinStorm (3): Hoid, Jo, BelOh

    Araris (2): Twin, CD

    CD (1): Araris

    Hoid (1): Stink

    Minutes before rollover, TUH votes TwinStorm

    I vote Araris

    Final VC:

    • (3) TwinStormA Jo in the BushBelandrius OhhmarThe Unknown Hammerer
    • (3) Araris ValerianTwinStormCoderDrag0n8Hoid Slayer
    • (1) CoderDrag0n8Araris Valerian
    • (1) Hoid SlayerSTINK

    Analysis of D3:

    Well, this was much more uneventful - perhaps we should have taken the hint earlier that TwinStorm was the wrong idea

    I think the flow of this cycle is pretty obvious; elims set out with intention to exe TwinStorm, and succeed

    Alone, this day really doesn't tell us much. However, we can combine it with D2's - and we've been quite lucky that most players have been quite active

    Based off of vibes, the most sus players in my eye are CD, BelOh, Araris, and a tentative Stink, who has done practically nothing all game but occasionally pop in to vote me

    If we pardon BelOh for being new, then we can see a clear potential tie between CD and Araris. The problem here is that D3, they both voted for each other - however, CD was never in any real danger, and there was no way for them to predict my last-minute switch other than some messages I sent Araris pre rollover. It would've been a risky maneuver on their part, but not impossible to imagine

    In a world where CD and Araris are elim together:

    I'm looking at TUH as their third. His vote for Twin yesterday was what kept Araris alive, and D2, his switch from Twin to me would cement the TOW exe while avoiding keeping all elims on the same train

    AAAAAND I just realized how unlikely this is since the three people I just accused are the three people voting to save my life 🤦‍♂️

    In a world where Araris is elim, but not with CD:

    Looking at Bee and TUH as at least one of them a teammate, based on my analysis for D2

    Final elim could be anywhere

    In a world where CD is elim, but not with Araris:

    Looking at Bee and TUH as at least one of them a teammate

    Probably both teammates on Twin train yesterday, implying Jo and BelOh as well

    In a world where Jo, BelOh, and Stink are elim:

    We're all screwed 😋

    Honestly, I just spent a load of time on an analysis only to realize that I can envision basically anyone in a team with anyone

    But that's all unimportant, because, while doing my research, I stumbled upon this absolutely heartless comment from Jo

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    Thus, we can conclude that Jo is evil 😋 /s

    Also can someone please explain to me what everyone means when they say ninja? It's confusing me a little

    Wait

    Just thought of something

    I doubt there's more than one elim on the train voting to save me; sooooo there go all my theories of Araris, CD, and TUH being evil together

    Sorry, guys

    I just wasted an hour of my time

    i dont know why (i could just be reading way to much into this) but this just doesnt sit right with me at all...  the entire end part of it just reads to me as an elim desperately trying to throw anyone under the bus to save their own skin. if joe and hoid are both elims (which i dont think i the case) then it does look as if there is major disagreements between the elims and they're both trying to hang the outher out to dry. 

     

    i still have no idea who the 3rd elim is which is not great considering we're running out of time... i'm fairly sure we're in the endgame at this point... now might be the time to cash in all of your roseite pots 

  4. 6 minutes ago, The Unknown Hammerer said:

    They're busy discussing in the elim doc

    rude... i'm busy re reding the past few turns to try and figure out who's acting the most suspicious... 

    had anyone claimed to have crimsioned hoid or coder dragon?

    does anyone have a VC for Coder's health or for the actual vote?

  5. 10 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

    I’m pretty sure the elims are the ones using the crimson pots. A villager would claim to have done it.

    are you saying it was an elim then who used it on hoid D3?

    13 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

    RBM voted to save Hoid after he was already saved, which isn’t a good look.

    i actually just misscounted and wanted to save hoid due to the reasoning i gave N3

    15 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

    I’m pretty sure the elims are the ones using the crimson pots. A villager would claim to have done it.

    Not gonna lie, I was about to reconsider Belandrius for the exe, so I can’t really complain about his death.

    Let’s start off by assuming Hoid is village. Given that, the elims would win if Hoid died to the pot. Pretty sure the kill on Belandrius was because he didn’t have the sort of thread presence to warrant using Roseite on him. So the elims would obviously have an incentive to argue to not save him. But they also wouldn’t want to out themselves by being the only people to not vote to save him. With that in mind, I propose that exactly 1 of the 5 people that voted to save Hoid is elim. If it were 2, they could have removed their votes and killed him to win the game. Not counting myself, that means exactly 1 of (RBM, CD, TUH) is elim. The other two elims are Joe and STINK. So probably not TUH unless the elims just all voted for Hoid D2. RBM voted to save Hoid after he was already saved, which isn’t a good look. So we should save CD.

    Or Hoid is elim.

    So basically we should exe Joe, STINK, or Hoid today, and any other votes don’t make much sense. I’m honestly pretty confident Joe is elim at this point. From my perspective, e!Hoid had me pocketed and wouldn’t have switched the D3 votes onto me, so anyone who wants to convince me to vote on him needs to explain that to me.

    @Hoid Slayer

    Thoughts on my analysis/can you explain your TUH vote?

    2 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

    pwetty ples? *big eyes*

    cmon, im dying! pweaaaaaaaaaaseeeeeee?

    Thank you. I agree with the elim crimson pots theory, (i was actually like, oh dang i would have exed braid if she was still alive) and the Joe theory.

    ---

    Sozar was wounded. It's not fatal, yet. But it will be soon. He should have used his rosite pot.

    Why didn't he?

    He was too focused on ranking up.

    He should've-No. No time to rethink things. He just had to hope he lives, although the spore sea looked real inviting right about now

    i dont fully understand the E!joe theory... can you two explain that...

     

  6. On 10/9/2025 at 4:14 AM, Sherma Main said:

    Anna’s face refused to dim.

    ”So he sent you!”

    A guard was situated on the other side of the wagon, and there were 4 other prisoners with them.

    The guard looked at them. “You’re awake. We’re taking you for questioning - currently, we approach a secure facility.”

    On 10/9/2025 at 8:43 AM, Mystic Syn said:

     

    Kasha let out a groan and brought her head up, squinting at the guard while her head continued to throb. “Questioning why a woman can’t go to have a drink?” she muttered, leaning her head back.

    "why? what have we done? i'm innocent. please." roy begged scared... he'd only been trying to find someone who could tell him where he was...

     

  7. 11 hours ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

    "So, you see, reading maps is a skill you still must learn. And thus I am the one of greater wisdom here."

    "Good morning, young Eos."

    "why are you both just trying to compare your skills? you both have things your good at and others your not... so shut up and lets focus on the task at hand."

  8. 3 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

     

    Quote

    can you go hotter than the core of a star? hotter than a supernova? hotter than the universe's birth?

    6 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

    The fire increases to the same amount of heat in a nuclear explosion for every molecule inside. And it is incredibly contained, so the forest doesn’t burn down just by proximity.

    “Yeah. We have enough heat.”

     

    "all we need is a pot and i'm sure we can put one together with all of our armour!"

  9. 3 minutes ago, Sherma Main said:

    “What does that mean!”

    “I’m already cursed! I can’t get more cursed!”

    3 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

    "Um... sure..." But the light became a pink.

    "Uh... hate to admit it but can w-wer just eat him a-at this point?"

    "oh you have no idea the kinds of cursed that i've delt with. many of which i transferd to myself and others i bound to small objects which i can easily use on you."

    the magebreaker's eyes darknedned visibaly and if he wasnt wearing armour you'd be able to see that some of his veines were blakening. 

    3 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

    “I don’t need a bigger fire.” He raises his left hand, the one with the Phoenix, and a large bolt of fire strong enough to melt steal extended from his hand into the sky.

    “I didn’t do it.” He laughed. “The kings son did it with the kings very own enchanted crown.”

    Just now, The Great Wyver said:

    "W-we don't have to convince you! W-we can just th-throw you in a pit or something if you d-don't believe us!" The light became a determined red.

    "we could... it'd be an easy way to deal with this insulting problem and get a move on. we have an evil sorceress to stop before she destroyes the world."

     

  10. Just now, The Great Wyver said:

    The Sphere glared at him, even without eyes. "Y-you know what? How w-would you feel if we w-were actualy trying to eat you!"

    "if we wanted to do you not think that we'd alredy sucseeded... in case you didnt notice i'm much taller than you and wearing a full suit of anti magic armour while holding a sword half you size!"

    Just now, Sherma Main said:

    He narrowed his eyes. “I KNEW IT YOURE SO EVIL.”

    @RoyalBeeMage

    ”WITH MAGIC! DARK MAGIC!”

    "if you dont stop right now i'll show you dark magic!!! i still have several cursed artifacts from my last mission!" 

    Just now, The Great Wyver said:

    "Uh... maybe? But I'm f-fine with not b-being physical! I've kinda gotten used to it..."

     

    The Sphere coughed (somehow). "What if. Emphasis on if"

    "i hear you but it's a possiblilty that we can talk about later if we cant break the curse."

  11. 1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

    “If we wanted to cook or eat you, why would we wait? We have a flame right here.”

    “Not this crown.” He laughs. “This one killed a king.”

    "how on earth does a crown kill a king? i assume that it came from the same king you killed..."

    1 minute ago, The Great Wyver said:

    "I wish!" The light became two shades greyer.

     

    "I am cursed! B-by logic, I can't curse you!"

    "you could always try shareing the curse... that could make you more physical and make this other person less physicall... they would have to willingly take it upon themselves though. you'd want to ask the wizard for help with that."

    1 minute ago, Sherma Main said:

    The dwarf stuttered. “Because you need a bigger one! I’m flame resistant!”

    @The Great Wyver

    ”Maybe one of your evil friends did it.”

    "please enlighten us as to how a royal conditioned magebreaker would have the capacity to curse you."

     

  12. 21 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

    "That's, um, true..." The sphere quieted.

     

    "you dont supose you have a corporial form that you can use to help us?" the magebreaker asked

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    i dont even know my name yet... oops

    19 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

    “I didn’t start it, and I can easily take him.” He takes out a crown and brandishes it like a weapon.

    "how on earth is a crown going to be useful in this situation? it's made for wearing on your head not fighting people with. 

    4 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

    "It isnot unnatural to me. It is the very nature of these woods. Here, magic is free. It can be directed"—he bends down and places his hand on the ground; when he lifts it up, a sapling grows up from the ground—"but it should not"—he glares at the wizard—"be controlled and restricted."

    "nor abused!" the magebreaker shouted back at the group while still dealing with the other problem

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    @Sherma Main

     

    “SEE THEY WANT TO EAT ME THEYRE ALL EVIL”

    The dwarf waves the small twig around defensively.

    “AND YOU GUYS ARE SO SCARY! YOU PUT A CURSE ON ME! I HAVE TO FOLLOW YALL!”

    The dwarf, which was a quarter of the size of a child, looked up at the man and squeaked. “Don’t act like you don’t know - you people and your fire birds are going to wait until you have enough fuel to cook me! Then eat me!”

    The dwarf flinches back, but then rushes the magebreaker with a small twig, weakly striking him. It was more than kind of pitiful. “You guys are gonna eat me and kill me and I’m going to die and I won’t be able to move and I’m going to DIE and it’ll be terrible!”

    "what do you mean there's a curse? none of us would do something like that... most of us deal with cursebreaking... at least i do.."

    "why do you think that we're going to eat you? how does that make any sence? you're the one that came here and started accusing us of dark magic... what did we do to you?!" the magebreaker shouted angerly at the short dwarf. 

  13. Just now, CoderDrag0n8 said:

     

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    lol that’s my fault for forgetting to tag wrath

     

    Just now, The Great Wyver said:

    "But... uh... we don't have t-to resort to violence, right?" Even the sphere sounded a bit unsure as it floated behinde the two men staring down the dwarf.

    "Oh. Um. Hi, t-there!" Says a voice to your right.

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    “Hey I’m not the one who started this.” The magebreaker said gesturing to everyone around him.

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