17/01/05
Characters: Leona, Whip
Ikari Base
Concealed in the mountains, in a massive clearing of jungle, sits a small
military base...which wouldn't be all that surprising, if not for one thing.
This base flies no flag. They exist on no map, and no government will
actively give information about the paramilitary group that calls this remote
bastion their home--the Ikari Warriors. Though quite small in size, the
expertise of the Ikari Warriors make up for their numbers, by far, making
them one of the most effective fighting forces on the planet. Of course, you
could hardly tell by the appearance of their home.
Built into a jungle clearing, brown soil makes up most of the ground of
the base, with very little grass or assorted vegetation growing within the
base's boundaries, defined by a tall barbed wire fence. Guard towers secure
the location, while a duo of long, paved runways and helipads make it clear
that the Ikari Warriors are quite capable of deploying anywhere in the world.
Anti-aircraft cannons are also visible.
Most of the buildings are humble in construction, and are equally few.
Storerooms can be found all over, but only a few buildings are really
notable. One large pair of barracks--short, squat buildings, green in
color--sit in one area, lined with windows. The largest are a few hangars,
surrounding the runways. Easily larger than standard hangars, they
undoubtedly contain a variety of the tanks and aircraft the Ikaris use for
their various purposes.
The only 'advanced' looking building is the command center. Black in
color, the center is mostly invisible from topside. Built underground, a
series of stairways with exits on the surface are scattered throughout. All
are nondescript, failing to indicate what lays beneath.
[Exits : Hangar, Barracks, Command Center, and Out to
South America ]
The base is relatively quiet this afternoon, the usual guards are on patrol and
those Ikari who are not are pretty much taking it easy....most of them at least.
Leona Heidern hasn't been around the base for a very long time do to her work in
Southtown. The young woman is currently training, and by training it means that
some poor dummy is getting punched and kicked several times. She has gotten
sloppy as of late and the only cure for that she can think of is increasing her
training time. Though sometimes dummies just aren't great sparring partners and
unfortunantly for her most Ikari refrain from wanting to tussle with Heidern's
adopted daughter.
Ah, but most Ikari can't go nose to nose with the two legendary Lieutenants. At
least not without being carried away afterwards - bodybag optional.
Of the precious few that can, one currently sits a short distance off watching
her recently missing roommate go about her training. An intelligent gaze scans
Leona carefully, marking her posture and mannerisms as she pummels on the poor,
defenceless little dummy. She's certainly everything the new Private has heard
she would be - that is, a darn sight more able than the brash male mercenaries
Whip has been beating by the dozen for her own training. Good as the Ikaris are,
not many of them approach 'special' status, and unfortunately for their egos...
NESTS only train their clones and kidnapped youngsters to achieve exactly that
level of skill.
"Hmmm..." Whip muses to herself, kicking her booted feet lightly against the
base of her 'seat' - in reality a tall wooden beam marred with scratches, burns
and deep impact holes, one of a trio that adorn her section of the training
area. It has to be said that she could do with a better partner too.. what with
Ralf away at the tournament and Clark attending to twice the usual amount of
official business in his stead. So, with a smile darting onto her lips the
latest Ikari recruit kicks off from her perch, landing in a deft crouch and then
straightening up to stride purposefully toward Leona. She's making no secrecy in
her approach, even humming a little as she gets closer - it's about time they
met anyway, after all she's heard!
The pummeling only continues as Whip approaches. Leona was well aware of
something heading her way but hasn't taken time to acknowledge her. She whips
around a chop aimed at the dummy and stuffing flies out from it as she leaves a
long cut mark over the chest of it. She spins on her heel to where she finally
faces the other woman and looks at her with that usual unemotional look that
plays over her features. It is a face she isn't familiar with, but she can guess
pretty much this is the new person she heard quite a bit about around the base
since she came back. She brushes the bangs out of her face and then nods to
Whip. "No need for introductions. I know who you are." she says then turns
around to eye the dummy again while frowning then calling out to one of the
passing grunts. "Might want to get someone to fix this."
Whip's certainly carving a nice little nook for herself. It won't be all that
long before she's also denied the luxury of a near-infinite number of sparring
partners... but c'est la vie. As she draws only a few feet away from the other
mercenary girl, before Leona has turned fully around, the NESTS-trained assassin
comes to an abrupt halt. Her boots slap together beneath her as she straightens
and snaps off a textbook salute. They may be equals as described by rank, but
respect still needs to be shown and.. there's no illusions as to who the
superior is here. Even without the Heidern adoption. "It's-"
Oops. All set to lead into an introduction from an opening compliment, Whip's
caught offguard as Leona cuts her short like that. Well... no introduction it is
then. Recovering quickly from a moment of confusion, the little assassin gives a
smile instead and falls to an 'at ease' position, pausing only to let Leona give
her orders before taking her own turn to speak. "Does this mean /all/ kinds of
introduction are out of the question? It looked like you could do with a more...
resilient partner..." She gives a quick wink after letting her words trail off,
reaching back over her shoulder with one hand. It's a suggestive gesture,
indeed...
Leona briefly glances at the rather beat up dummy and smirks ever so slightly,
but the stern look comes back as fast as it left and she looks back to Whip. She
tilts her head slightly, her ponytail bobbing as she gives the younger woman a
nods. Ralf did say she had alot of talent with a fighter. It was enough to stir
Leona's curiousity since it takes alot of talent for Ralf to acknowledge a woman
as a good fighter. "Well I guess a spar between us is bound to happen." she
replies and then falls into her usual fighting stance. "I hope you are as good
as they say."
COMBATSYS: Leona has started a fight here.
COMBATSYS: Whip has joined the fight here.
"Oh no," Whip replies quickly, with a shake of her head, setting her own hair to
swish against her cheeks. For a moment she looks disarmingly girlish, a student
denying some indiscretion to a respected teacher. But then her fingers close
around something underneath the flap of her uniform, and she brings her hand
forward with some speed, a flash of startling blue being the next indication
that anything is accompanying it. Leona's one of the few on the base who might
not know what to expect... but as Whip's hand lowers, around her feet unravels
the coils of her precious weapon. Voodoo has arrived.
"I'm a lot better than that." With another wink and a mischievous grin, the
Ikari recruit flicks her namesake back into a coiled position with one
incredibly deft gesture, shifting her grip on the ergonomic handle and then
hopping backward. Leona's ready, she's ready... why waste any more time? Once
her boots connect with the floor of the training ground, she makes another
gesture, this time toward Leona. This sends a flashing strike from Voodoo
straight toward the other girl, aiming to coil briefly about her chest and drag
her off balance. The instant this succeeds, a broad sweep of Whip's arm will
bring forth a second lick that should bring her opponent stumbling forward a
pace or two...
Simple, quick and an ideal way to test Leona's reflexes!
COMBATSYS: Whip successfully hits Leona with Strength Shot - Chikara.
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Leona 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Whip
A brow raises when Leona sees the whip get drawn out. How fitting that someone
calls herself by the name of her weapon of choice. Voodoo's lash connects on
Leona rather easily. The other woman only stumbles slightly though after the
second lash, instead letting herself fall forward to close in on the other woman
and thrust her hands out at Whip as she gathers a green ball of chi before them.
It is the younger Ikari's turn to deal with dodging lashes as sharp spikes erupt
from the ball and thrust out to impale the woman.
COMBATSYS: Whip dodges Leona's Baltic Launcher.
Whip shows no satisfaction in landing the first strike - her blows don't get any
faster, and truth be told she might have doubted her everything if that hadn't
connected solidly. The fact Leona turns it easily to her own advantage speaks
enough about the quality in her opponent and comrade, and with a quickening
pulse Whip shifts back a half-pace, summoning Voodoo back to a ready position as
she watches that startling green chi emerge and take painful-looking shape. She
wasn't quite prepared for /this/... she'd figured Heidern's daughter to be more
in the business of up close and personal, much like the others. Well, one more
reason to trust to Ikari versatility! They're a team, after all.
Whip makes no comment and only lets her surprise show a little, though, as she
focuses all of her efforts into an athletic flip, hopping a short way into the
air and twisting lithely to let the projectile whip away below her. She can feel
the flicker of energy at her tightly clad back.. she can sense the pain that
would bring... but the realisation is again squashed deep down, the little
assassin concentrating this time on landing directly in front of Leona, Voodoo
already slid up her arm in preparation for the next maneuever she attempts.
"Hup!" Reaching out with both hands, she makes to grip the front of Leona's
uniform and then drag the other girl into a deft and painful toss over her bent
back, bending like a lashing willow to send Heidern's adopted right into the
muck of the training ground.
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Whip's Zed.
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Leona 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Whip
Leona quickly quits focusing on the ball of chi when she realizes that Whip is
well out of its range and quickly gets ready for the counter strike. Her jacket
is grabbed and she is easily thrown, though Whip might not notice the other
woman reaching in said jacket and dropping something at the girl's feet. The
blue-haired mercenary twists her body as she is flung to where she lands in a
forward roll to avoid taking the full impact of the harsh through. She comes out
of the roll and then glances over her shoulder with a bit of a smirk and snaps
her fingers right as the timer of the small bombs at Whips's feet go off.
COMBATSYS: Whip blocks Leona's Earring Bakudan.
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Leona 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Whip
So Ms. Heidern is crafty, too. Did Whip really think this was going to be an
easy battle? Of course not. Whip's preparing for -some- kind of counter even as
she feels Leona take that bodily toss a little too well, the dimunitive
private's quick and analytical mind telling her something is up. But the
assumption lies in a frontal assault before she can fully straighten, and she's
already tensing to launch herself into another flip on straightening up from the
'Zed' throw. What she isn't ready for is the click of fingers and the
pre-emptive flash before the full force of the explosion hits.
...but that tiny instant is enough for the newest Ikari to hurl her arms across
her face and tense for a landing with the floor after she's tossed off her feet.
The blast still stings, her skin still reddens underneath her now-charred
uniform, but at least she escaped the very worst of it. "That... was nicely
done..." she comments breathlessly, squinting through the smoke as she pushes
herself to her feet, letting Voodoo's grip slide back into her hand. She might
have been disarmed had her beloved not been around her forearm already - /very/
nicely done. "Let's try this!" With a feral grin, Whip guessworks Leona's
location from what blurry motion she can see, flicking her arm to let something
fall into her left hand before lunging forward and whipping that arm forward in
sharp hurling motion.
A flash of gleaming steel heralds the arrival of a combat knife through the
dissipating smoke.
COMBATSYS: Whip successfully hits Leona with Thrown Object.
- Power hit! -
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Leona 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Whip
Leona is already spinning back around to face Whip by the time the explosion has
gone off. Though her step is a bit too slow and the thrown knife hits her
squarely in her left thigh. Her eyes widen slightly from the pain of the impact
and she falls to one knee as she pulls the knife out of her leg. She grimaces
and tries not to look at the blood, though feeling it drip from the knife onto
her and also the feeling of it running down her leg is already making her heart
race some. She shuts her eyes tight and focuses charging that knife with some of
her energy then flinging it right back in the direction in which it came from.
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Whip with I-Slasher.
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Leona 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Whip
Whip's still not quite got her vision back when she hears the *thunk* of her
blade's impact. Nodding curtly in affirmation of her sparring partner's
location, she starts to shift forward, raising Voodoo to press her advantage
while it's still there... when her own eyes widen, as heading toward her is
another mass of chi, this one with no time to avoid. The instant between
manifestation and impact is not enough for her recently regained feet to take
advantage of, and she's battered back to land forcefully upon her shoulders.
"Nngh.." Gritting her teeth, she's already springing back into the roll that
will carry her back to her feet when she realises that this time? She really
/did/ lose Voodoo to Leona's assault.
In any other situation, she'd be running for her beloved weapon to protect it
from harm.. but on this occasion? She can trust Leona not to engage in such foul
play, and it's been a while since she went so unarmed into any fray. Flashing a
grin the little assassin focuses upon the now fully visible Ikari prodigy,
before dashing forward and leaping in a tight arc straight toward her, kicking
first one foot forward and then the other as she closes the distance - a
snapping kick from either boot, aimed to coincide with Leona's chest.
COMBATSYS: Leona dodges Whip's Fierce Punch.
Leona is slow getting back to her feet, still seeming to favor that leg and
trying to breath heavily to keep her calm. The tiny red haze in the corners of
her field of vision fade and she recovers in time to notice the other Ikari
coming in with a powerful looking kick. She dives forward into another roll to
let Whip sail over her harmlessly then hops back to her feet with her back to
the other girl. "I can see why Ralf and Clark have your respect." she says,
speaking for the first time since the fight began. It doesn't seem like she has
much else to add to that comment though as she rushes in quickly to grasp Whip
by the hair then spin around and using her momentum to sling the young woman
over her shoulder and hard onto the ground.
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Whip with Ordeal Buckler.
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Leona 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Whip
Whip's eyes narrow as a glance downward confirms Leona's quick lunge underneath
her unarmed assault. Well... unarmed but for another knife and a rather hefty
high-calibre handgun. It's as good as it gets! She snaps off her kicks anyway,
completing the motion she'd planned through necessity - momentum like that
demands satisfaction, to save herself from a rather nasty landing. Instead of
this, she lands in a perfectly poised crouch, her second leg tucking underneath
with the first to provide a decent landing upon the dirt of the training ground.
The young private is in the act of rising to her feet and digesting that
compliment when she's reminded of how stupid it is to leave your back to an
opponent...
Did she have much choice in this instance? Perhaps not, but as she struggles to
reverse the grip upon her hair, shaking her head viciously to one side
regardless of the -nasty- shock of pain running down from brunette roots, she
knows it's too late to make such a decision. She's swung around and flung into
the floor in an unruly heap. It takes her a moment to stop rolling, rising to
all fours with a spat-out mouthful of grass and dirt. "Pretty impressive
yourself," she mutters indistinctly, wiping a hand back over her mouth and then
suddenly making a grab for something.
Yep, as fate would have it Whip's forced momentum has brought her back right
next to her cherished one! With a martial cry she flings herself toward Leona,
stopping herself with one hand - now balanced on this and her thighs, having
never gotten back to her feet - and bringing the other forward to lash the
recovered Voodoo at her opponent. It's only the first of two once again, the
first designed to stop whatever the other girl is about to try next by fastening
the whip about her middle, and the second? This is accompanied with a lunge back
onto her knees, the NESTS-trained girl then bringing her arm in an upward arc to
haul/fling Leona heavenward. She might not get very high, but the journey back
to earth will be fairly unpleasant...
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Whip's Boomerang Shot.
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Leona 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Whip
Leona seems to be fully back into the fight and has forgotten the wounded leg
for the most part. She still seems to be favoring it by putting most of her
weight on the other one, but her movements are back up to speed to handle the
other Ikari evenly. Voodoo comes lashing her way again and ties around Leona's
waist, but the woman never gets flung. She manages to holder her ground and
grabs onto the whip to pull on it hard in an attempt to pull the other Ikari in
range of a quick axe kick that is aimed at Whip's shoulders.
COMBATSYS: Whip dodges Leona's Strike Arc.
But Voodoo won't be grabbed - it's mistress hauls it back out of range, the
unravelling from Leona occurring almost instantly, and lifts her other finger in
a quick scolding wag. "Ohh no you don't! That's my precious." As the weapon
lands coiled back at the head of the grip Whip still clutches tightly, she pulls
her raised hand across to drag the bright blue coils close to her lips. A light
puckering brings them into brushing contact with 'her precious'. Sure, it's
mildly creepy... but what would you expect from one of NESTS' finest?
"Let's pick things up a bit!" Smiling brightly after moving Voodoo from her
kiss, Whip hops to her feet and then lunges one leg forward, leaning over the
extended limb to aim a long slash toward Leona. This one's aimed to wrap around
her middle again, and this time? If it even connects, it won't be moved in a
hurry. Surprisingly little pain will come from the first strike, but then a
sharp pressure comes as the Ikari assassin throws her full weight in toward
Leona, actually using the other girl's greater bulk as an anchor in order to
land the next blow.
Unorthodox in execution, for all this it /is/ still her most recognisable move,
as with both boots extended Whip aims to use any stagger from Leona to further
advantage with her own forward progress. It's a rapid way to close the distance
though, and she doubts it will backfire... it's all about that landing that
first tricky shot!
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Whip's Hook Shot.
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Leona 1/-----==/=======|=======\==-----\1 Whip
If Leona is creeped out by Whip's actions she does well at hiding it. Honestly a
woman liking her weapon of choice a bit too much is no big deal to the Ikari.
She remains in her defensive stance to await the attack. This time she is more
ready than the previous time and she swings her arm in the way to let the whip
coil around it instead. She winces slightly and tries to hang onto it tightly
again as she reaches back into her jacket and flicks her wrist, flinging another
tiny explosive Whip's way that will explode either when it hits her or hits the
ground.
COMBATSYS: Whip dodges Leona's Earring Bakudan.
Oh ho! Whip's certainly impressed here - she's not had a workout like this for
quite some time. Just before that festive season, in fact, as since then all the
excitement she's managed to obtain has come from random mercenaries or the
lesser denizens of Strolheim. All decent enough in their own little realm, but
nothing on what the likes of herself or Leona can offer. It's far more
exhilarating to fight like this. Fights where you can throw around explosives
and sharp knives without fear of /killing/ the other person! With a positively
gleaming smile that reflects its light in her eyes, Whip watches Leona's
reaction come in having stopped her follow-up to the initial strike.
The Brazilian rainforest's resident dominatrix has something else planned that
might prove far more effective, her graceful form tensing readily as she focuses
upon that destructive earring. It soon sets its big badda boom off underneath
her rising feet as she tugs hard on Leona's arm, using the additional force to
power her high arc'ing leap. Soaring far above the training ground on the end of
Voodoo, Whip prepares for another odd variation on one of her techniques -
twisting herself once she's above Leona to come down rapidly along the line of
her weapon. Both feet are out again, this time to land atop the older Ikari's
head in one mother of a headstomp. "Incoming!"
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Whip's Assassin Strike.
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Leona 1/---====/=======|=======\===----\1 Whip
Leona releases the whip as it is tugged on when she notices that the explosive
was aimed too low and misses it's target. She eyes the incomming NESTS turned
Ikari woman as she comes down and throws up her arms and crosses them to absorb
the hard stomp that was meant for her head. The power of the stomp forces Leona
back a few steps and in fact she flips backwards to land gracefully on her feet
like a cat would. She didn't want to bring out her trump card early, but Whip
has been quick and persistent, something that could lead to Leona's defeat if
she isn't more careful. She dashes towards Whip at a high speed before skidding
on her good leg as her other leg swings around to knock the other Ikari in the
air. If it hits or is blocked Whip might be in for quite an amount of pain.
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Whip with Gravity Storm.
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Leona 0/-------/-------|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Whip
And the hit is good! Leona begins to juggle Whip higher into the air with a
series of flip kicks till she launches herself in the air as well slap an
explosive hard onto the back of the young woman and uses her momentum to push
off of Whip, sending the latter higher in the air and the former towards the
ground. She lands in a crouch and smirks lightly as the explosive goes off as
Whip comes back do the ground.
After springing off Leona's guard to land only a short distance away, Voodoo
coiled back in its place, Whip only gets time to sink back into her stance
before she's met with a rushing blur and a kick that propels her right into the
air. There's not even time for an exclamation of surprise, every slight hint of
breath soon smacked from the little assassin's lungs as her opponent continues
the assault. This.. really isn't good, at all, but soaring soon in the air
against her will.. Whip can't see the slightest way out. There's not an inch of
space left within which she can act, until suddenly contact is broken and
through the blur of intensifying pain she feels a less brutal impact against her
uniformed back.
"...huh?..." Groggily managing the 'question', Muchiko then feels herself start
to fall. All her analysis and perception becomes useless through a bloodshot
brain and she's still not sure what to make of all this when...*BOOM*... the
explosion triggers and she's sent the last few feet to the ground in an impact
that sounds hard enough to draw forth a crater. In a smouldering heap she lies,
sucking a breath in between parched lips and inhaling the scent of her own
scorched body through burning nostrils. Dominatrix? Dominated.
COMBATSYS: Whip takes no action.
Leona gets up and turns to face where the younger Ikari had impacted, she stands
there ready for the woman to come rushing out, but yet she lays there. Leona
decides to play it safe and keep her distance while trying to catch her breath
and restore what energy she expended executing such a powerful move. "Is this
spar over?" she asks rather calmly, not wanting to continue her assualt on
someone that might be down and out. She waits for a reply and it seems like some
of the other Ikari that have arrived to watch the spar are about ready to go
help the other woman out. "I do not wish to continue if you are badly hurt."
COMBATSYS: Leona gathers her will.
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Leona 0/-------/---====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Whip
Whip isn't one to give up too early.. or at all... but after taking a series of
blows like that, she needs a moment. Several times the potency of anything she's
felt so far - and so little indication that the other girl was getting psyched
up. There's a barrier there that benefits her as much as it is a drawback... an
emotionless exterior providing valuable cover before she begins her next
technique. It's obvious enough that Leona deserves her reputation around base,
anyway.. and so young! No prizes for guessing who'll be succeeding Heidern when
he packs it all in... IF he packs it all in.
"Ouch..." Expressing her pain in the most traditional way possible, speaking the
word quite clearly through the fog of agony, Whip then starts to push herself
upright. No help required, it would seem, even though her arms are visibly
shaking during the rise. "I'm good to go," she responds to Leona, forcing a
sincere smile onto a face that won't quite obey her every command just yet. "You
know, I have some painful tricks of my own. Perhaps you'd like.. to see?" She
winces as she finishes talking, slipping a hand to her stomach and lightly
massaging at a welling bruise there. The explosion may have done the bulk of
this but those kicks did a fair share of damage. Ouch indeed.
"Come on!" The little assassin suddenly looks positively -fired- as she
straightens up with a slightly less forced, more instinctive, grin, raising the
miraculously-retained Voodoo in her other hand and starting a blinding dash
toward Leona. Halfway there, her arm becomes a blur cutting a figure of eight
path about her front, and on the second circulation it's joined by a rapidly
swinging whip, a maelstrom of bright blue beginning to kick up the dirt of the
ground. "HA-NANANANANANANANANA!" Punctuating her flurry with a cry, the distance
is finally closed and Whip starts to simply slide forward with her gained
momentum and that provided from the attack itself, attempting to draw Leona into
her own blur of pain and get payback for that last assault!
COMBATSYS: Whip successfully hits Leona with MAX Sonic Slaughter.
- Power hit! -
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Leona 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Whip
Leona only nods faintly in reply and figures the woman is fine to fight if she
can still talk. She prepares herself, but in the end she wasn't ready for an
attack like the one just aimed at her. Her arms come up to try to come up to
take the brunt of the lashes, but her guard is knocked away by the series of
blows and many knicks and cuts caused by Voodoo repeatedly. She remains concious
enough though the attack to reach into her jacket and slap yet another explosive
on Whip when she closes in. Once the assault is over the battered and bloodied
Leona staggers some before hitting her knees then uttering a quiet. "Bang..."
before darkness takes over her vision and she hits the dirt.
COMBATSYS: Leona can no longer fight.
COMBATSYS: Whip dodges Leona's Rebel Spark.
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