05/11/05
Characters: Vice, Chun-Li
Business District
Undoubtedly the most critical district in Southtown, the business district
is where fortunes are made and lost. Wealth permeates just about everything
here. The skyline of the city is located almost exclusively in this area, the
highest of which is Geese Tower, the private bastion of the richest and most
powerful man in the city. The second most distinct building is Howard Arena,
the heart of the martial arts competition in the area. The King of Fighters
tournament is held here, as are many smaller tournaments. Towards the
southeast, a residential area is located, where the city's richest live in
penthouse apartments, and the slightly-less-rich occupy the space below them.
Highways run through this part of town, leading north and west to the outer
edges of Southtown.
[Exits : Howard Arena, North to Outskirts, Geese Tower,
Northwest to Forest, West to Southtown Outskirts, East to Downtown,
Southwest to the Park, and Northeast to Chinatown ]
Ah, its a lovely day, the supermarket is literally abuzz with activity, people
rushing too and fro as they gather up weekly supplies, children yelling for
sweets, checkout staff looking bored... its all there, and its all running
smoothly.
Alas, it was not meant to be.
For moving through the alcohol aisle, is a very... suspect woman, namely Vice,
and she is striding confidently to the front of the store, carrying dozens of
bottles in a backpack, not even trying to hide it.
And, surprise surprise, as she moves to leave the shop, a security official
intercepts her.
"Excuse me Miss, did you pay for--" he starts, and then...
SMASH!
The bag of booze is dropped, but that isn't the smashing noise, oh no, the
smashing noise is the noise that a large, plate glass window makes as a security
official is pitched through it, people run and scream, and then she picks up the
bag again. Slings it over her shoulder, and continues on her way, alarms and
people wailing as she whistles a happy tune.
People run screaming from the store's aisles, the braver hang back to
frantically tap on their cellphones and make the necessary arrangements - to
some, this is a taxi ride out of Hell, and for others the more obvious calls to
the local law enforcement. Unfortunately this will not help the assaulted
security guard or prevent the crazy Orochi woman from making an escape; there
seem to be few genuine heroes around.
However. There is at least one, currently making her quiet way down a nearby
alley after an early training session. Towel slung across her shoulders and clad
only in practical tights and tank top, the Strongest Woman in the World is here
to save the day!
Though her reactions are a little dulled, an eyebrow perking upward and gaze
travelling sidelong as she quickens her pace up the paving stones. Stepping out
onto the main street, she's greeted with the sight of fleeing shoppers and a
bleeding official.
"Er..." pausing uncertainly for a few heartbeats, trying to fathom exactly who
caused this mess - Vice hardly looks suspects after all, she finally breaks into
action with a sprint forward. Ducking down next to the wounded man, sneakered
feet crisp on broken glass, she retrieves his handy firearm before flowing to
her feet and aiming it around with the clarion call of confused policemen
everywhere, "FREEZE! Put your hands in the air!"
Vice quirks a brow at Chun Li as she picks up her gun, she smirks slightly, this
could be -fun-
She sets down the backpack of booze and then slowly puts her hands up in the
air.
"Oh please, please don't shoot me! I just slipped, that is all, honest!" She
says, voice dripping with sarcasm as she moves towards Chun,
"So am I under arrest then, huh? Is that it? Am I going to be arrested and put
in a cell and put on trial like a common crook because some idiot thought it
would be a good idea to get in my way? Is that what is going to happen?" Her
voice changes from a sickly sweet tone to a deep growl as she speaks, until it
is barely above a snarl, her eyes narrow and observe the woman who would
confront her... she knew she -should- recognize this woman, maybe she is a
fighter or something, oh well, she would -enjoy- a decent fight.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li has started a fight here.
COMBATSYS: Vice has joined the fight here.
Chun-Li's attention /snaps/ to Vice as she speaks out, the sarcasm not lost and
an answering smirk coming to the Chinese woman's lips. Tightening her grip on
the pistol, she glances briefly down at its barrel - the eye of an expert
checking for quality - before lifting her gaze back to the cornered wrongdoer.
Groaning as he is next to her, the sheer agony of the security guard and the
panicking cries of the more jumpy citizens are all the world's strongest woman
needs to shoot out her reply, tone hard and lacking in any form of compassion.
Why shouldn't it?
"That's exactly what will happen if you don't drop everything you're holding and
get your /hands/ in the /air/." She certainly has the voice of command down to
an artform. Maybe she has some experience in all matters vigilante? Regardless,
the barrel of the gun flickers downward to indicate exactly what Vice should be
doing, and Chun-Li shifts her posture in preparation for any violent action.
After all... the faint aura around this petty criminal suggests she's something
a little more than the average punk...
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li focuses on her next action.
Vice grins widely, revealing far too many teeth, her eyes bore into Chun's, full
of a growing rage and hatred, an anger which seems to grow beyond the bounds of
any normal human emotion.
"Oh no! The woman is pointing a gun at me! I better do exactly what she says!"
She says in a sing song voice, a low snarl builds in her throat, this one had
spirit! She was glad! She would enjoy a good fight, enjoy the realization on the
wannabe heroines face as she realizes that she can't possibly win against her,
enjoy the screams she would make as she cut into her, and then... as she begs
for death, enjoy the fear in her eyes as she realizes that she won't finish it
so quickly...
But before she can dwell on it too much, she snaps into action.
Moving as fast as she can, she dives to the side, snatching up a piece of long,
shattered glass, and pitches it at Chun, the sharp point shooting straight
towards the womans face.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li overcomes Thrown Object from Vice with Large Thrown Object.
Actually, the reaction that arrives is a fair way more welcome than the most
common reply. 'So if I do that, I can go free, huh?' Sheesh, criminals. At least
what Vice does allows the Tai Chi mistress to put her day's training to good
use.
"You'll regret this!" Chun-Li cries as the Orochi woman moves away in a blur of
speed, an intent gaze tracking her progress as she scoops up that jagged blade
and hurls it forward Whatever happens here, Vice's opponent can assure one
thing - she will not be the one begging for death. So while the giant shard
flies at a startling rate, through trained eyes it is just a jot too slow.
Chun-Li's finger tightens and releases twice, yanking the trigger back to
firstly shatter the projectile and then send a single bullet whistling in toward
the leg of this Enemy of Justice.
Regardless of what occurs next, the world's strongest woman lowers her firearm
and steps backward over the fallen official, keeping a wary eye on Vice and not
in the least bit releasing her control. A single shot will likely not be enough.
COMBATSYS: Vice Toughs Out Chun-Li's Large Thrown Object!
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Vice 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Chun-Li
Vice doesn't stop for an instant as the bullet slams into her leg, it doesn't
even slow her down as she surges forwards, the only response to it at all is the
loud growl that tears from her throat at the mild pain, but even then... she
doesn't really feel it, not really, her blood was pounding, she was going to
take this woman, take her and break her into little pieces!
Arms seek out the woman, try to grab her around the waist, and if that should
succeed, well, there was so much she could do to hurt the woman that start with
this...
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li interrupts Black End from Vice with Large Thrown Object.
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Vice 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Chun-Li
"There's no way..." Chun-Li mutters quietly as Vice surges forward, bringing her
firearm to bear once more. There are few gunslingers in the world to compare
with the Chinese beauty - and quite possibly not one single other who could take
down a warrior like this one. Holding the weapon in one hand, she extends the
other and leans forward as the Orochi woman comes in, meeting her attempted
grasp with a quick palm-thrust and then spinning around the man on the floor
between them, executing a greased lightning pirouette to come up standing on
Vice's flank.
"..." Silent and determined as she brings her captured pistol around in the same
fluid motion, Chun-Li proceeds to let rip with everything in the clip. Six
perfectly aimed shots rupture her opponent at close range, each placed not to
kill but to cause as much internal damage as possible - anything to take this
crazy female down and bring her to justice.
When the muzzle flash fades, the world's strongest has already taken a step back
and dropped her weapon to the floor with a clatter... pausing only to reach down
and pluck a slender shard of glass from the side of her foot before falling back
into a stance, guard raised and eyes focused intently upon her foe. "Give up,
you can't win this."
Vice grits her teeth, the bullets tear into her, causing her to cry out in pain,
and yet... there is some edge to that cry, something primal, lustful even, when
she spins round it is with a crazed grin on her face, one hand sinks down to rub
at her side, before she presses a finger into her side and starts to fish out
the bullets, letting out a little hiss of pleasure, the first bullet lands on
the ground with a soft clink, and she brings her finger up to lick the blood
off, before starting on the second hole...
"Now now, you shouldn't count yourself as the winner until you have done far
much more damage than that, that little toy of yours is all out of ammo, I
think, I think you should be the one about to give up..." She then takes a step
back, and starts to laugh... a loud, clear, chilling noise as the second bullet
falls to the ground with a clink noise...
"You are going to have to do better than that to take -me- down!" She finishes.
COMBATSYS: Vice takes a breather.
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Vice 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Chun-Li
Chun-Li's mouth curls downward in disgust as she watches this savage display, no
attention going to the bullets as they fall but instead her everything riveted
upon Vice - what kind of beast /is/ this woman? Not that she hasn't encountered
similar beings before, but they hardly stooped to robbing liquor and beating on
lowly security folk. "Animal..." She breathes, shaking her head slowly and
feeling her hands involuntarily curl to fists. "I'll wipe that grin off your
face, beast! PREPARE YOURSELF!"
All but screaming the last, she surges forward in a short-range sprint, feet
scattering glass and shrieking across stone as she moves, closing in on Vice
with a ducking of one shoulder to slam herself forcibly into the Orochi woman.
Providing the gambit pays off to stagger her opponent, Chun-Li rises into a
startling change of momentum, spinning around with attacks from alternating legs
lancing out to hammer the previously laughing Vice with a total of three fast
kicks to the head.
Dropping back with the momentum of the final crushing blow, which is designed to
propel her opponent back into the store through the window she herself
shattered, Chun-Li falls into a low half-crouch. Staring intently after the
target of her fury, she's focused enough not to notice the wailing of police
sirens approaching in the near-distance.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li successfully hits Vice with Strong Kick.
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Vice 1/----===/=======|====---\-------\0 Chun-Li
Vice grunts as the kicks slam into her, forcing her back and then she lands
heavily inside the store, her eyes narrow at the woman, she was in... quite a
lot of pain, but she would be -damned- before she let this woman take her down.
With a screech of pure, primal rage she lunges forwards, surging with all the
power of her cursed bloodline, hand seeking out the womans throat, if she can
lock her fingers around it, she will simply lift her up, and slam her head into
the shattered glass with as much force as she can muster, screaming her rage to
the sky.
Her display has drawn a small crowd of fascinated onlookers, and the sirens
wailing in the distance do little to deter them... because the horrible thing
is, that although she has been shot seven times, and kicked quite hard, the
woman shows no sign of slowing down... no sign at all.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li blocks Vice's Mithan's Robe.
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Vice 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Chun-Li
This humanoid bundle of primaeval rage is clearly determined, not to mention
fast. During this headlong rush Chun-Li can barely track her crazed foe, only
gaining insight into her intentions at the very last possible moment - eyes
widening in lucid realisation as she's grabbed by the neck. Vice is graced with
a slight gurgle of pain before her toss to the floor, though that is all the
satisfaction she will receive... as the Chinese woman thrusts out a hand to hit
the ground before her, springing off this one point of contact into a twisting
backflip that carries her well away from the Orochi.
Coming gracefully to her feet, slightly less impressive is the wince that mars
the face of Chun-Li as she reaches over with one hand to pluck a long, shining
splinter from the opposite palm. "Nngh..." Dropping it to the floor where it
shatters into a thousand molecules, she lifts her gaze to meet Vice's own. There
is no hiding the promise of violence within those often stoic brown eyes.
"Today, you'll be going down... I promise you a cold cell by the afternoon."
Letting the generally uncharacteristic cold words sink in, she begins to stalk
forward in measured strides, taking five or six steps before suddenly bending at
the waist and coming to halt, palms thrusting forward. A spark of golden light
flares to a pulsating globe against her flesh, a bed of blue-white chi soon
surrounding it, nestled against those pale hands. But it's not released yet. "I
don't require bullets to bring you the pain you desire. Ki... KOUKEN!"
The blueish energy settles around the stunning gold in a streamlined sheath as
the projectile then surges forth, flashing in toward Vice with blinding speed, a
deceptive spiral in its path.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li successfully hits Vice with Kikou Ken.
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Vice 1/-======/=======|=======\-------\0 Chun-Li
Vice just snorts at the womans words, "You and whose army?" She growls, starting
to rush forwards again before the projectiles slam into her, sending her
skidding backwards, broken glass digging into her back, the burn of chi
scorching over her body, sending her shivering in delight. When she drags
herself back up to her feet, it is with a slow grin creeping across her face.
And in that moment, perhaps, the woman would feel true fear.
Because although she is bleeding from multiple wounds, although she is burnt by
energy and slashed by glass and beaten by kicks, when Vice looks up at Chun Li
it is with a great smile on her face, she looks excited, truly excited...
And then the illusion is broken as she seems to erupt into motion in a blur of
force, kicking up a cloud of dust as she charges forwards, arms seeking to grab
ahold of Chun by the waist, ready to break this woman into little pieces...
ready to really teach her the meaning of fear.
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li interrupts Negative Gain from Vice with Random Weapon EX.
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Vice 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Chun-Li
Vice intended to grab Chun and smash her into the ground, pick her up and flip
her, before driving her skull into the pavement, cracking the concrete, before
finally swinging her around and hurling her into the road, cackling with insane
rage the entire time, her sheer strength, her brutality terrifying to behold, it
was as though the police woman weighed nothing to her, like she were just some
doll... or at least, that was the plan.
And, for the moment, the plan seems to have worked beautifully. Over-extended as
she is to begin with, Chun-Li's initial ability to evade is thrown off further
as a sharp throb of pain leaps up her arm and into her powerful form. Her right
palm is freely flowing with blood as it's withdrawn from harnessing the power of
the Kikouken, and it's at this moment that Vice attacks in a burst of speed.
"Huh?!" Gripped and pulled into a leap with the Orochi woman, unsure even of
what has happened in the last instant, Chun-Li can only give this surprised
exclamation. Outclassed or not, there is no doubting the feral skill and brutal
power held by her opponent, and this is felt with full clarity as the Tai Chi
mistress finds her skull connecting sharply with concrete - luckily missing any
notable amount of daggerlike shards. Still, she's disoriented and only /barely/
manages to twist herself to reverse the grip as Vice attempts to repeat this.
"I told you!" The Chinese beauty cries, spinning out of the grapple with an
agile shoulder-check delivered to make room. Landing on her feet in a
half-crouch, she grabs for the nearest weapon she can find - already bloodied
right hand closing on a vicious length of glass, the length of a short sword and
intimidating to say the last. "You're going down!" Lunging forward at the
stumbling criminal, our heroine returns her own method of violence in kind,
spinning on her heel to bring the makeshift blade around in a wide slash.
Continuing to move forward, she hacks and slices a further half dozen times
before embedding her weapon deep in the Orochi-blood's stomach.
"If you accept that, don't bother to stand up," she hisses, stepping away and
instantly clutching for her hand. Flesh flayed open and crimson pouring to the
floor in great globs, it's clearly causing a lot of pain now. Halfway between a
wince and a sneer, Chun-Li keeps her gaze on Vice, breath seething through
clenched teeth. Not many people enrage her like this... her foe should be proud.
Vice looks, for a moment, like she is going to stay down, for a series of long
seconds she just lets her blood flow out, the length of glass embedded in her
stomach so very, very painful. But she isn't done, she will -not- let this woman
mock her so.
With a great effort she drags herself up, rivers of blood flow from her, the
shard of glass still embedded deep in her gut, she twitches slightly as she
takes a firm grip on the glass, before yanking it out with a hiss, and tossing
the bloodied weapon to the side.
She growls deeply, "You... are good... I'll give you that, but I'm -not- going
to give up, I won't let you take me alive, if you want to take me in, you are
going to do it over my cold, dead body."
Her words somehow stay steady as she presses her hand to ragged hole left by
the shard of glass, and begins to apply pressure, she was losing a hell of a lot
of blood, but she wouldn't let her body give up yet, she wouldn't let herself
fall over yet!
COMBATSYS: Vice takes a breather.
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Vice 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Chun-Li
Despite the coil of hatred that unleashes itself on the likes of this crazed
individual, Chun-Li does have some self-control. As she nurses her wounded palm
she listens to Vice intently, heaving in deep breaths and fighting down the urge
to crush the woman as she asks. Despite everything she feels - dislike for a
petty criminal, disgust for a masochist, and far more specific disdain - she
somehow manages to turn away when the ultimatum is given. "I won't kill you...
that isn't for me to do..." Shooting the words back over her shoulder, their
firmness lost in the ragged sound of her voice, "So I give you one chance."
Relaxing visibly, the Strongest Woman in the World lowers her gaze to the ground
of this impromptu battlefield, suddenly becoming aware of the police cars now
shrieking to a halt further down the street.. of the sound of their radios
echoing down to the human ear. "Run away while you can, save your judgement for
another day. When you meet someone who can slaughter you in cold blood?" A
sardonic half-smile twitches at her lips, and she half-turns to face Vice, "I
pray they have the strength to do so."
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li takes no action.
Vice growls deeply, panting as she brings her palm away from her injured side,
she listens to the womans oh-so-generous offer, and shakes her head slowly,
"Fuck you." She states simply, "Maybe I would have considered it if you hadn't
sounded so damn arrogant, but as it is, I think we should finish this, come on!
I'm not scared of you, and I'm definitely not going to go with those cops, and
if you get me locked up, well, when I kill half a dozen people escaping, you
bear that on your head, got it?"
And then she is surging forwards, quite suddenly, but no scream of rage this
time, no, this time she is being more careful, she knew her body couldn't take
too much more pain, but her hands are already stretching forwards, aiming to
grab Chun by the shoulders, if she succeeds, her nails slash down diagonally,
cutting through cloth and hopefully leaving a nice set of scratch marks across
her chest to remember her by as she is spun backwards by the force of the
blows... hopefully.
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Chun-Li with Death Blow.
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Vice 1/-----==/=======|=======\=====--\1 Chun-Li
Chun-Li doesn't react to anything Vice says, standing impassive with her side
presented to the Orochi woman. If anything she seems /too/ unbothered, forced
stoicism veiling her thoughts and feelings for the moment. Once her foe starts
to move in though, just the faintest murmur delivers her only contribution to
the scathing flurry of words... "Do you truly wish to die?"
Perhaps it's this musing that throws her off as she attempts to flip neatly over
Vice's head - or maybe she has underestimated the criminal after what has passed
in these last few minutes. Either way, as she tenses for movement she finds
herself pierced by sharp nails - flimsy tanktop tearing open and scattered with
a scarlet mist. Teeth gritting hard to stop a scream of shocked pain, the
world's strongest woman can do nothing more but weather the assault, falling
back when it ends and sucking in a sharp breath.
"Very well!" She exclaims when her focus returns, ignoring the welts across her
finely sculpted torso and even now oblivious to the sheer agony in her right
hand. Flowing to her feet, it's this latter that she relies on, both hands
cupping to her hip and suddenly blazing with a dramatic flow of chi energy.
"Kaaaaa-" The cry starts low and builds in pitch and volume, the Chinese beauty
taking a step toward Vice, her arms bulging with tightened muscles and fingers
working in feverish twitches around the tornado they now contain. This whirlpool
of energy begins to spin out of control, whipping blazes of it lashing outward
and flickering into mist before suddenly they focus abruptly into an inferno of
potential pain.
"KOUSHOU!" Thrusting her arms forward in a double palmstrike, this powered ball
at the focal point, Chun-Li aims to knock her rageful opponent into
consciousless submission.
COMBATSYS: Vice fails to interrupt Kikoushou from Chun-Li with Withering
Surface.
COMBATSYS: Vice can no longer fight.
Vice laughs madly as the woman lunges for her, and leans into the attack,
intending to grab her and spin her around... alas, she had forgotten that she
had been stabbed in the heat of the moment, and the extra pain that such a
recent wound adds to the powerful attack catches her by surprise, she is sent
spinning backwards, landing heavily and bleeding quite profusely, but not quite
unconscious yet.
She coughs up a good amount of blood onto the pavement, and hisses... "Damn..."
before she makes her move, using the last of her strength, she tries to push
herself up from her crouched position, tries to throw herself back into the
fight... but her body just can't take it, and without any last words or any
measure of grace, she slumps down, out cold and lying in a pool of her own
blood.
Chun-Li remains extended from her powerful chi blast, letting the last whipping
fronds of energy dissipate around her before relaxing her posture. The ribbons
in her hair settle around her shoulders just as they slump, the woman's hands
falling to her sides; the one continuing to drip blood steadily though the bulk
has congealed in a thick mess. "Idiot," she whispers with a shake of her head,
weariness descending then like a veil over her features.
"Well, well, heard you gave up this crack a while ago..."
The mysterious voice belongs to one of the cavalry, a law enforcer wearing a
badge of rank to match his large moustache. Chun-Li clears her throat as she
slowly turns around to meet his gaze. "Good morning, Sergeant. And I did. Once
you people start doing your jobs properly, I'll do so again," the smile on her
lips - though tired - is teasing and her tone rings with an edge of humour
despite the drama she is recovering from. Stepping to one side as the cop gives
a light chuckle, she waves her uninjured hand toward the fallen Orochi-blood.
"She's all yours."
Curious how she seems unconcerned about the illegal nature of what she just did.
To all intents and purposes, she would appears to be as much at fault as the
crazy female on the floor. But then, the heroes always get the breaks, don't
they? Instead of being berated, the ex-Interpol officer is patted heartily upon
the shoulder as the sergeant lifts his radio to call backup. "That's probably
wise," Chun-Li notes as he does this, "Be careful of this one, you hear?"
"You do your job, we'll do ours Miss Li. Thanks for your help." The reply is
gruff but well-meaning, and so it's with just a slight sigh parting her lips
that the Strongest Woman in the World turns on her heel and starts to make her
way from the scene. Halfway from eyeshot, she bends briefly to retrieve her
dropped towel - using it to mop away some of the blood and sweat... she'll be
walking this one off for a while...
COMBATSYS: Chun-Li has ended the fight here.
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Message: 9/22 Posted Author
Crazed Psychopath on the Loose! Sat Nov 5 2005 Vice
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A reporter in a finely cut suit stands outside a police station, which seems to
be on fire, with a large hole in one wall, the caption reads, Breaking News
Bulletin: Psychotic Murderer On The Loose! Then he begins to speak: "Southtown
police forces were shocked today when the wanted criminal known as Vice was
brought to justice by the great crimefighter Chun Li.
Vice, who has been accused of involvement in many crimes ranging from petty
theft right up to murder, had thus far avoided being brought to justice for her
crimes, but when she attempted to rob a supermarket- killing the brave citizens
who had attempted to stop her, Chun Li just couldn't stand by!
But it appears that Miss Li's efforts were all in vain, for upon returning to
consciousness in a Southtown Policestation cell, Vice became enraged, and-
breaking the restraints that had been put upon her- murdered six members of the
police force before fleeing the scene.
An eyewitness said, "It was horrible! Like nothing I've ever seen before! They
couldn't even slow her down!"
Although no official statement has been made on the subject as of yet, the
police are expected to make a statement shortly, we can only hope that this
maddened criminal is brought to justice soon! Back to you Bob!"
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