[ Ace and Garurumon do an incredible job of distracting the dragon. Everybody else is free of giant claws and a giant mouth trying to crunch them in two!
Loppy is slightly more successful than Vane in keeping the leg from moving, but it's also huge. Neither of them can really get their arms fully around it. The tail is still free to lash out, snapping into Vane's face.
The staff hits an armored part of the dragon and Temenos will have to deal with the reverb of pain from hitting metal against tough armor. At least he didn't get any limbs taken.
Angemon manages to get a great shot at the center of the dragon's chest with a holy punch, full of warm and radiant light.
The dragon does not seem particularly phased by the hit, attention still on the assigned decoys. ]
[ ace says to the rest of the gang, running distraction by putting himself in range of giant claws and mouths. he says it because vane got hit in the face, mostly. he does not notice temenos nearly crit failing doing a singular bonk ]
Garurumon, you've still got fire, right? Aim for its eyes, maybe we can blind it!
[ ace will continue to distract!! come and get him, claws! (sane plan) ]
[ ow. ow he is rattling, like. a lot. temenos is missing judgement at the moment, because he can't just get at this thing's weak point the way he can't just attack it normally, but that's okay. the reverb rattles painfully, but in a way, it has its effect, because angemon lands a hit. ]
Well done, Angemon. Again!
[ as he will try and take his stupid staff and aim it for a part of this dragon that's less armored. a tiny crevice because he is so small in comparison to giant creature. anything. can he jam it underneath one of its claws because that hurts real bad.
i rolled an 8 so the answer is no probably but thats okay ]
[ Come and get claws is not actually a sane plan? This dragon is huge and it's maw opens wide, blasting Ace with a line of electricity. Garurumon fairs better, able to get one of the eyes, but it does have six of them to disable.
Vane manages to hold onto the tail! It's still trashing, so he'll have to keep his hold unless he wants to end up thrown back into the void.
Loppy does their best, but misses. They seem to be undetected by the dragon though, so there's something!
Temenos attempts to put the staff under the claw, but with a low chance of success comes a danger. Namely that he's scraped his own hand against the claw, drawing some blood.
Angemon attempts to hit it again, and is foiled by a giant claw swiping at their wings. ]
[ absolutely embarrassing to get blasted with electricity and burnt as a fire elemental. too bad for ace he has no fire!!! anyway, I'm going to go with ow. he is also going to go with ow. he's thrown back and smoking and I'm making food so the decision of where exactly the burn is can wait. The important thing is ace yet continues to snarl at the giant dragon ]
Fuck-- keep going for its eyes! [ for garurumon as he is standing back upright and: ] That all you got, you overgrown lizard?
[ The reason why Loppy is missing is because he’s so small and his hands aren’t big enough to reach the dragon’s belly. That’s what he’s gonna tell his friends.
But as he digs his heels into the ground, attempting to hold the tail so it won’t slash at everyone else, he speaks out: ] Damn — Loppy, try cutting through the base of the tail!
alright well that hurt. his arm's already fucked up from earlier, and the claw swiping across his hand doesn't help, but despite a hiss of pain, he doesn't let go. instead, he calls out - ]
What Ace said - eyes, if not the center!
[ he's going to wrench his staff free of its claws and drop back on his ass to try and avoid getting gored. is there anything here to utilize in this fight or is it really just Void ]
[ ace does not know that there's stuff in/on the ground, that is a temenos thing, so instead he can focus on-- ]
Vane! [ THE BONE? loppy runs after him so at least he's somewhat covered, but still!!! bone noises!!! ] Garu, move to the tail, try to pin it down for now!
[ so someone else can hold it still so it doesn't hit anyone else for a hot second/try to hold the dragon back, but that does leave ig ace alone in front of claws and teeth still being a distaction. is this smarter. no. he is playing whack a mole and he is the mole. ]
C'mon! You can't even get me with all your claws? [ he whistles for the dragon's attention. he dodged last time surely he can dodge again!!! he is so good at acrobatics!
[ wow vane would likely be twirling his hair and kicking his feet hearing the concern in ace’s voice if it wasn’t for the fact that hIS BONES ARE BROKEN.
Specifically, Vane feels a burning and near unbearable pain at his side; attempting to get up after being thrown aside proves near impossible. He can hardly get to his knees by the time Loppy arrives to aid him.
But there’s no denying he’s in pain — a great deal of it. His ribs ache and he finally registers after taking a deep breath that few are definitely broken.
Well that blows. ]
Loppy — [ He’s trying to stand without the aide of his digimon, taking in uneven breaths. ] You still got… that ice on you? You gotta help ‘em with the eyes real quick — I’ll jump back in in no time.
[ that six is NOT helping vane get back up and that one is nOT DOING ANYTHING SORRY ]
[ there's an equally concerned shout from temenos, immediately - there is something awful and familiar about seeing vane slumped into a corner like that, and temenos's stomach churns at the sight of it.
it's enough of a distraction that it catches him when he's trying to hurry for one of those colorful spots, and he nearly whirls around to try and stop it before he remembers that he's lacking his abilities. his light magic, his healing. and there's a certain sense of helplessness, and that voice from before nearly taunts, somewhere in the back of temenos's mind. (too little, too late.) no healing. nothing to be done.
which means that he's more or less unguarded and i rolled a four.
my sweet angemon can continue trying to attack that glowing center and/or the eyes but. it was a six. not great. ]
[ Ace does get got by the dragon's claws, actually. One solid swipe across his face as Garurumon just barely manages to bite onto the tail.
Loppy looks so incredibly reluctant to leave Vane alone... but if it's an order, it's an order. "You promise, right?" As they start heading back to the fight.
Between the four and the six, they're both having a terrible time Angemon gets their arm bitten, and Temenos is getting hit by Garurumon as the dragon keeps attempting to get people off it's tail (literally).
Still, he's knocked into one of those different colored spots (blue). The dragon gets pelted by ice. ]
[ so ace has like, really stupid high pain tolerance. i mean "cleansed in a pot of boiling water and doesn't scream" pain tolerance. i love one piece it's not stupid at all.
anyway, that means it's still not a scream as he gets his face mauled, just a very loud pained grunt as he holds his face. he has no idea the state of it right now but there's blood all over and his vision is obscured, and he's trying not to think about it. there is more important things to think about while he stands there and bleeds: ]
Fuck-- you guys okay? [ all he saw was his friend the wolf hitting temenos in the face. sorry about that. loppy went back to battle so probably vane is fine (he's not) probably vane is fine, so-- ] Just aim for the center! The face isn't doing much!
[ getting hit with a (redacted digimon number) pounds of wolf is a lot for a tiny twink. temenos grunts at the impact, hitting the ground in a pile with garurumon - it agitates his arm injury enough that it's rattling, and he wheezes with the wind knocked out of him, seeing stars. his-semi better arm (yikes) comes up and he pats at garurumon the best he can. trying to help him up and also bleeding, ribs aching, body aching, head hurting from where it connects with the ground. he is just a twink and that is a lot of digimon.
but when the spot lights up, its familiar. scholar class; blizzard.
unfortunately that hit knocked it out of him, and temenos is dizzy and breathing hard, unable to quite grasp all the correct words to activate it in a way that aims but he'll send out a sheet of ice in the general direction of the dragon as he struggles to his feet again.
thats about all hes got atm. what are the other colored spots within eyesight? ]
[ Loppy doing Okay, but Vane is doing Bad. But it's okay king, you're far enough away from the giant dragon that it won't hit him.
Ace is not nearly as lucky. The claw swipes for his side. Garurumon gets up, giving Temenos a brief apology, making sure that he can stand up, before blowing another blast of fire at the chest. Slowly, hairline cracks begin to form on the jewel there.
The ice spell does it's job, temporarily keeping three of the dragon's limbs on the ground.
Looking around he sees one yellow and one pure white closest to him, a red and green further away.
Angemon decides their time is better served keeping Temenos from getting hit again, and moves to try and cover him. "What did you find?"]
Just keep attacking, alright? While it's stuck! Just keep at it!
[ he means garurumon specifically but also in general, because ace is currently justifying all my bloody icons. he kind of rolls with the swipe, and this probably digs into the bite marks from the OTHER digimon he was letting hit him like a pinata. squiggle not included. this is fine. this is sooo fine. he can sort of see the crack in the jewel so he is not stopping!!!!
im going to be honest i thought about how often hes been bleeding today and started laughing ]
[ oh my gods okay well. temenos doesn't get hit because of angemon which is good because we're on like 100 hp at this point, bloodied and beaten, but the ice nails down the dragon's limbs and temenos sees opportunity. keep attacking. keep attacking. he has also been bleeding for a ridiculously long time. we're doing great. ]
I'm alright. [ he. kind of wheezes, but he puts his hand on angemon, firm, like a bolster. ] And so are you. Not much longer - you can do it, mm? Strike...strike it down.
[ i FINALLY ROLLED OKAY. it takes a herculean amount of effort to run and it agitates every single injury he already has, but temenos hisses, ] Hold on. [ and takes off past the blue ice circle spot, and absolutely guns it for that white one and practically throwing himself at it.
[ With the way it's limbs are frozen over, it shudders with cold. It misses Ace by just a few centimeters as the claw comes down. Garurumon barely manages to get another hit into its jewel, the fractures getting just a little worse.
"You as well, Temenos." Stay strong, stay up.
Angemon takes the swish of the tail for Temenos, ensuring that he's safe from anything else that may come his way. They even manage to grab the tail before it can hit anyone else.
Temenos's instincts pay off. This circle is indeed a holy light that beams down from above. Straight into the dragon's back and piercing through the scales.
Say your prayers, and they will be heard... or something like that. ]
[ ace dodges another claw and is like. wow i am so good at dodging. he isn't right. but he is thinking it. ]
Tem, I've got no idea what you're doing [ because he can barely see it ] but keep doing it!
[ he will try to move out of the way of swiping whack-a-mole FINALLY though, since the dragon is kind of frozen in place right this second. maybe he gets out of range! maybe he does not. the dice will decide. ]
Once that jewel breaks, I think it'll be finished off. C'mon!
[ Vane waking up due to the JRPG “shout the attack” strategy from Temenos. ]
You heard him, Loppy!
[ He’s getting up but WOW walking anywhere closer to the battle hurts when ribs broken. How are they gonna fix that — he’ll walk past and slap that bandage on Temenos’ back.
he is not expecting to have this bandage slapped on his back and it nearly jolts him half into unconsciousness before he realizes whats going on. ALSO MY INJURIES if this full heals me i'm gonna riot ]
Vane - [ well, okay. too late now?! VANE YOUR BONES
temenos watches angemon hop onto the tail - he's open, now, but he is on this circle and by gods he's going to use it. will it work more than once? it's time to find out. the motions are so familiar, and the pull of magic is one he's known since he was a toddler, and he keeps his hands on the circle and presses to it again, mouth moving in a prayer. the spell was so similar to a luminescence, a radiance that he reaches for it again. big impact. big damage. just like home.
Holy light, illuminate the darkness. let this dragon feel the wrath of the sacred flame. ]
The bandage does not grant Temenos a full heal, there's too much wrong with him to even attempt that. His wounds begin to close, but that's the extent that it can give. The scratch on his hand is fully healed.
The ice doesn't hold any longer. The creatures limbs break out of the freeze and wildly swiping in every direction. Garurumon barely manages to not get hit as they claw against the jewel.
Ace doesn't get hit at all, now that it's in a frenzy. He's so good at dodging. (Proof required.)
Loppy takes his hand knife and drives it true, straight into the center jewel.
Angemon, "Excellent work, Temenos!" Is all they can manage to say, before they reenact the Vane scene and get thrown somewhere into the darkness.
There's no crack of bone this time.
Again, the light that Temenos calls on works as intended. Light comes down from above, piercing into the dragon. Radiant, warm and dangerous when directed at their enemy.
[ SOOOO good at dodging you guys im in a meeting so he will keep doing that and watch an angel get yeeted ]
You guys hanging out okay back there?!
[ tem is sending god down from the heavens which is very cool but it means he has no idea what the fuck is up with them. also blabla garurumon keep attacking bla ]
Anyway Vane can’t say much this rib breaking kinda sucks — which of course means he’s back to also trying to distract the dragon while Temenos summons the power of God and anime to his side. Grabbing a leggy.
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Loppy is slightly more successful than Vane in keeping the leg from moving, but it's also huge. Neither of them can really get their arms fully around it. The tail is still free to lash out, snapping into Vane's face.
The staff hits an armored part of the dragon and Temenos will have to deal with the reverb of pain from hitting metal against tough armor. At least he didn't get any limbs taken.
Angemon manages to get a great shot at the center of the dragon's chest with a holy punch, full of warm and radiant light.
The dragon does not seem particularly phased by the hit, attention still on the assigned decoys. ]
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[ ace says to the rest of the gang, running distraction by putting himself in range of giant claws and mouths. he says it because vane got hit in the face, mostly. he does not notice temenos nearly crit failing doing a singular bonk ]
Garurumon, you've still got fire, right? Aim for its eyes, maybe we can blind it!
[ ace will continue to distract!! come and get him, claws! (sane plan) ]
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Vane takes a hard hit from the trashing tail, his arms not enough to hold the the dragon by its legs. ]
Loppy, try to see if the belly’s a little easier to hit!
[ He’s gonna try to grab onto that tail. Imagine it just fucking slams him. ]
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Well done, Angemon. Again!
[ as he will try and take his stupid staff and aim it for a part of this dragon that's less armored. a tiny crevice because he is so small in comparison to giant creature. anything. can he jam it underneath one of its claws because that hurts real bad.
i rolled an 8 so the answer is no probably but thats okay ]
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Vane manages to hold onto the tail! It's still trashing, so he'll have to keep his hold unless he wants to end up thrown back into the void.
Loppy does their best, but misses. They seem to be undetected by the dragon though, so there's something!
Temenos attempts to put the staff under the claw, but with a low chance of success comes a danger. Namely that he's scraped his own hand against the claw, drawing some blood.
Angemon attempts to hit it again, and is foiled by a giant claw swiping at their wings. ]
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Fuck-- keep going for its eyes! [ for garurumon as he is standing back upright and: ] That all you got, you overgrown lizard?
[ will he dodge this round. tell me, dice, ]
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But as he digs his heels into the ground, attempting to hold the tail so it won’t slash at everyone else, he speaks out: ] Damn — Loppy, try cutting through the base of the tail!
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alright well that hurt. his arm's already fucked up from earlier, and the claw swiping across his hand doesn't help, but despite a hiss of pain, he doesn't let go. instead, he calls out - ]
What Ace said - eyes, if not the center!
[ he's going to wrench his staff free of its claws and drop back on his ass to try and avoid getting gored. is there anything here to utilize in this fight or is it really just Void ]
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Ace just barely misses getting hit by a giant claw, as it starts moving towards him. Garurumon manages to get another blast of fire into its face.
Vane's grip on the tail loosens from how much it's being thrown around. It whacks him wildly into the void. eEeryone can hear the sharp crack of bone.
Loppy is fully distracted from the fight and starts running in the direction Vane went. "Vane!!"
Angemon's fist just barely misses the eye and instead he hits the top of the dragon's head. ]
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Vane! [ THE BONE? loppy runs after him so at least he's somewhat covered, but still!!! bone noises!!! ] Garu, move to the tail, try to pin it down for now!
[ so someone else can hold it still so it doesn't hit anyone else for a hot second/try to hold the dragon back, but that does leave ig ace alone in front of claws and teeth still being a distaction. is this smarter. no. he is playing whack a mole and he is the mole. ]
C'mon! You can't even get me with all your claws? [ he whistles for the dragon's attention. he dodged last time surely he can dodge again!!! he is so good at acrobatics!
smashcut to me rolling a 2 ]
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Specifically, Vane feels a burning and near unbearable pain at his side; attempting to get up after being thrown aside proves near impossible. He can hardly get to his knees by the time Loppy arrives to aid him.
But there’s no denying he’s in pain — a great deal of it. His ribs ache and he finally registers after taking a deep breath that few are definitely broken.
Well that blows. ]
Loppy — [ He’s trying to stand without the aide of his digimon, taking in uneven breaths. ] You still got… that ice on you? You gotta help ‘em with the eyes real quick — I’ll jump back in in no time.
[ that six is NOT helping vane get back up and that one is nOT DOING ANYTHING SORRY ]
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[ there's an equally concerned shout from temenos, immediately - there is something awful and familiar about seeing vane slumped into a corner like that, and temenos's stomach churns at the sight of it.
it's enough of a distraction that it catches him when he's trying to hurry for one of those colorful spots, and he nearly whirls around to try and stop it before he remembers that he's lacking his abilities. his light magic, his healing. and there's a certain sense of helplessness, and that voice from before nearly taunts, somewhere in the back of temenos's mind. (too little, too late.) no healing. nothing to be done.
which means that he's more or less unguarded and i rolled a four.
my sweet angemon can continue trying to attack that glowing center and/or the eyes but. it was a six. not great. ]
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Loppy looks so incredibly reluctant to leave Vane alone... but if it's an order, it's an order. "You promise, right?" As they start heading back to the fight.
Between the four and the six, they're both having a terrible time Angemon gets their arm bitten, and Temenos is getting hit by Garurumon as the dragon keeps attempting to get people off it's tail (literally).
Still, he's knocked into one of those different colored spots (blue). The dragon gets pelted by ice. ]
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anyway, that means it's still not a scream as he gets his face mauled, just a very loud pained grunt as he holds his face. he has no idea the state of it right now but there's blood all over and his vision is obscured, and he's trying not to think about it. there is more important things to think about while he stands there and bleeds: ]
Fuck-- you guys okay? [ all he saw was his friend the wolf hitting temenos in the face. sorry about that. loppy went back to battle so probably vane is fine (he's not) probably vane is fine, so-- ] Just aim for the center! The face isn't doing much!
[ IT HAS TOO MANY EYES ]
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but when the spot lights up, its familiar. scholar class; blizzard.
unfortunately that hit knocked it out of him, and temenos is dizzy and breathing hard, unable to quite grasp all the correct words to activate it in a way that aims but he'll send out a sheet of ice in the general direction of the dragon as he struggles to his feet again.
thats about all hes got atm. what are the other colored spots within eyesight? ]
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Ace is not nearly as lucky. The claw swipes for his side. Garurumon gets up, giving Temenos a brief apology, making sure that he can stand up, before blowing another blast of fire at the chest. Slowly, hairline cracks begin to form on the jewel there.
The ice spell does it's job, temporarily keeping three of the dragon's limbs on the ground.
Looking around he sees one yellow and one pure white closest to him, a red and green further away.
Angemon decides their time is better served keeping Temenos from getting hit again, and moves to try and cover him. "What did you find?"]
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[ he means garurumon specifically but also in general, because ace is currently justifying all my bloody icons. he kind of rolls with the swipe, and this probably digs into the bite marks from the OTHER digimon he was letting hit him like a pinata. squiggle not included. this is fine. this is sooo fine. he can sort of see the crack in the jewel so he is not stopping!!!!
im going to be honest i thought about how often hes been bleeding today and started laughing ]
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I'm alright. [ he. kind of wheezes, but he puts his hand on angemon, firm, like a bolster. ] And so are you. Not much longer - you can do it, mm? Strike...strike it down.
[ i FINALLY ROLLED OKAY. it takes a herculean amount of effort to run and it agitates every single injury he already has, but temenos hisses, ] Hold on. [ and takes off past the blue ice circle spot, and absolutely guns it for that white one and practically throwing himself at it.
say your prayers. ]
Aelfric, help me! [ GIMME HOLY LIGHT ]
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"You as well, Temenos." Stay strong, stay up.
Angemon takes the swish of the tail for Temenos, ensuring that he's safe from anything else that may come his way. They even manage to grab the tail before it can hit anyone else.
Temenos's instincts pay off. This circle is indeed a holy light that beams down from above. Straight into the dragon's back and piercing through the scales.
Say your prayers, and they will be heard... or something like that. ]
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Tem, I've got no idea what you're doing [ because he can barely see it ] but keep doing it!
[ he will try to move out of the way of swiping whack-a-mole FINALLY though, since the dragon is kind of frozen in place right this second. maybe he gets out of range! maybe he does not. the dice will decide. ]
Once that jewel breaks, I think it'll be finished off. C'mon!
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You heard him, Loppy!
[ He’s getting up but WOW walking anywhere closer to the battle hurts when ribs broken. How are they gonna fix that — he’ll walk past and slap that bandage on Temenos’ back.
SOMEONE’S getting healed. ]
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he is not expecting to have this bandage slapped on his back and it nearly jolts him half into unconsciousness before he realizes whats going on. ALSO MY INJURIES if this full heals me i'm gonna riot ]
Vane - [ well, okay. too late now?! VANE YOUR BONES
temenos watches angemon hop onto the tail - he's open, now, but he is on this circle and by gods he's going to use it. will it work more than once? it's time to find out. the motions are so familiar, and the pull of magic is one he's known since he was a toddler, and he keeps his hands on the circle and presses to it again, mouth moving in a prayer. the spell was so similar to a luminescence, a radiance that he reaches for it again. big impact. big damage. just like home.
Holy light, illuminate the darkness. let this dragon feel the wrath of the sacred flame. ]
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The bandage does not grant Temenos a full heal, there's too much wrong with him to even attempt that. His wounds begin to close, but that's the extent that it can give. The scratch on his hand is fully healed.
The ice doesn't hold any longer. The creatures limbs break out of the freeze and wildly swiping in every direction. Garurumon barely manages to not get hit as they claw against the jewel.
Ace doesn't get hit at all, now that it's in a frenzy. He's so good at dodging. (Proof required.)
Loppy takes his hand knife and drives it true, straight into the center jewel.
Angemon, "Excellent work, Temenos!" Is all they can manage to say, before they reenact the Vane scene and get thrown somewhere into the darkness.
There's no crack of bone this time.
Again, the light that Temenos calls on works as intended. Light comes down from above, piercing into the dragon. Radiant, warm and dangerous when directed at their enemy.
The jewel's cracks get deeper. ]
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You guys hanging out okay back there?!
[ tem is sending god down from the heavens which is very cool but it means he has no idea what the fuck is up with them. also blabla garurumon keep attacking bla ]
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Anyway Vane can’t say much this rib breaking kinda sucks — which of course means he’s back to also trying to distract the dragon while Temenos summons the power of God and anime to his side. Grabbing a leggy.
Also Loppy go off you know. ]
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cw for a little bit of gore
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