[ Vlad dusts himself off, instinctively and pointlessly, really, because he's his regular adult self now and completely unharmed from those murders he did??
Well. At least he's the right height now. ]
Hmm. From one form of containment to another. Wonderful.
[ slides in destroying the order now that im not asleep
gu yun glances back at the sight of vlad. his eyebrows raise, just briefly, almost like he's... confused? before he returns to snooping. let's go investigate the door, since there doesn't seem to be anything of use in the torture area. which. ]
What an odd place to torture someone. [ ????? is this something you're familiar with???
anyway he's gonna go investigate the door. is it locked from the outside? any visible lock on the inside to turn or move? anything heavy blocking the door? whats up with this.
if he has anything to say about this hunger pang, it's not happening, so. even if he feels the ache of it, he's ignoring it as aggressively as possible. ]
He glances over at Vlad's arrival and stares at him for a minute... before he waves a little, just a tad awkwardly, and turns back to the desk. He will take the hat, waving it in their general direction and tossing it to Gu Yun, even though Gu Yun isn't looking at him.]
It seems we've got our confirmation.
[Thanks Team CYOA 1 for wearing your funky hats when you zapped back into the kitchen! Anything else to be found in the desk? Also why is he so hungry again, what the heck, he was already banned from the kitchen last week. LEAVE HIS STOMACH ALONE.]
[ Primrose, who is at least not rude enough to stare, offers Vlad a tired smile before she goes to investigate the windows. Maybe they can be broken?? She at least wants to check out how thick the glass seems while she can still move.
Because wow is that starvation sure making her wobbly in her movements and she hates it! ]
[The door seems to be locked from the inside, but no matter what he does, Gu Yun can't unlock it. Won't budge! Hm.
Childe finds a newspaper! It's titled Hexagon Island News and dated to 191X. The news itself, however, is generic.
The window glass doesn't seem very thick.
But guess what? Now that you're all here and very, very hungry... a few things in the room change.
First, four balloons appear. They're helium, so they're hanging around at the ceiling, but their string is long enough that the four can grab them. Each balloon has a piece of tape on it, as if covering a hole to prevent air from leaking.
Instinctively, everyone in the room will understand that they should handle these balloons very carefully.
Secondly, a plate of food appears on the table near the couches. Wow! Convenient.]
[ ...huh. There sure is a lot happening here and also nothing happening at all, huh.
Vlad gingerly grabs for the string of one of the balloons, carefully looping it around his wrist. He doesn't take too long to stare at it, though, because THERE'S FOOD HERE NOW??? AND HOLY SHIT HE IS SO HUNGRY.
He walks up to the table and almost digs right in, but then--hesitates. He kneels down to observe the food more carefully and sniff at it. ]
This is...far too convenient.
[ god he wants to eat it SO BAD but also it might be poisoned?? or a trap of some kind? ]
gu yun cranes his head upward to look at the balloons. he's careful, as he tugs the string closest to him, testing it, and then gently pulls it down so the balloon itself hovers much closer to his head. ]
Don't eat it. [ that seems like a no duh, but. even gu yun, who poisons himself daily, ignores the pained gurgle of his stomach over the sight and leans against the side of the couch, eyeing the plate, but not about to pick up anything.
instead, he carefully brings the balloon he snagged along with to get a feel for what it is. is there anything inside of it that's visible? time to investigate. ]
[Saying it out loud, in case it sounds familiar to anyone else. Never heard of it... weird. But he'll leave the newspaper on the desk in favor of moving over to eyeball the balloon left for him, gingerly taking it by the string. If he doesn't look at the food, he won't be tempted by it.]
[ what the fuck is a balloon-- whatever it is, Primrose gingerly takes a hold of the last balloon remaining and glances back at the food. And valid, she doesn't trust it at all. However-- ]
I suspect we may not get very far if one of us doesn't try it. So...
[ That food better attack or something else better happen or she will stick a piece in her mouth if no one else does because she would like to leave. ]
[Wow, can't believe half of you don't know the joys of balloons.
Now that he's not BLIND, Gu Yun will see, if he squints hard, what looks like dark vapour swirling inside the balloon...? It's probably fine.
Primrose is correct, you're not leaving without touching that food. I'm not that nice. The good news is that you don't have to eat it!
... The bad news is that that's because as soon as Primrose touches it, several large, vicious-looking, and apparently also very hungry dogs appear in the room, lunging for the food and devouring it in a matter of seconds. Primrose might want to watch her fingers, lest they end up as collateral damage.
Not that it matters much, as once the dogs are done with the food, they turn towards the four in the room—and then they attack. They'll bite and tear wherever they can reach, and however the group might try to fend themselves, they'll find the dogs impervious and unwavering to any blows or attempts to get them away.]
[ "far too convenient" indeed. Vlad yelps in shock as the dogs flood in. For a second, he feels grateful that they only want the food, and he backs away from it for his own safety.
But then it appears the dogs are still hungry and crave flesh. ]
Oh, biscuits--!
[ He haphazardly kicks a leg out at the dogs, trying to push at least one or two of them away without letting himself get...too badly hurt? Oh dear. ]
the minute the dogs come rushing into the room, gu yun smacks the tray of food away from primrose so it scatters. it buys them all of, you know, ten seconds. weakened from hunger and being attacked by dogs is not great, and gu yun shouts and yanks his arm up, immediately releasing the balloon so it floats up and hopefully away from snapping dog teeth.
the first one that tackles him tears silk away from his sleeve as he's releasing the stupid balloon and trying to pull away from being dog chow, but the second comes after, and despite all tussling otherwise, they're utterly impervious. you'd think he could fight a dog! but no! kick one off and it feels like it just bears down harder - he throws his forearm more or less in the mouth of one and tries to make a desperate grab for something to knock the fucking dog off of him with with his now free hand, kicking at what he can and protecting his face when he can, too. fuck!!!! ]
[Childe isn't much one for cursing--little siblings at home and all--but the shock overrides the effort it takes to speak his own language, and a choice Snezhnayan word slips out all the same. Much like Gu Yun, he doesn't think this should be hard, but it doesn't take long to tell that these dogs are Not Normal, and he hisses as he tries his hardest to kick the dogs away from him, making a dash towards the window. Can he break the glass for something sharp to use against them??? HE'S GONNA TRY watch your eyes everybody]
[ Thanks, Gu Yun. Primrose takes ten seconds to breathe, moves the balloon behind her and then additionally moves to cover Childe so he can try and break the window.
It earns her a bite to one forearm and a hiss of pain but she also tries unceremoniously to shove a bangle into its mouth to delay it from further chomping, kicking out at the other one.
Anyway, you're all doing great (?). Protect that balloon, Gu Yun! And your gorgeous face! How is Childe trying to break the window? I hope he tries hitting it with his hand, because if he does, it... does not break and he'll have hurt his hand for no reason at all. But anyway, regardless of what he does, the window is apparently indestructible.
In fact, between that and a door that won't open, it seems like you're out of options! The dogs keep attacking, seemingly invincible and not running out of energy, whereas the four probably are. This goes on for a while, but then, a voice echoes in their minds—the same voice at the start, who told them to fight.
Do you want to survive?
Do you want power?
If you do, then accept the path you must take, no matter the price—and drink the vapour.
[ Vlad tries to kick the dog off, but to no avail. It just keeps gnawing on his leg, sinking its teeth deeper into his flesh. Eventually, he gives in and elbows the dog hard enough to loosen its grasp on him...but now it only puts his arm within biting reach too.
Wonderful. Now he's got a dog ripping into his arm too. Vlad swings his arm wildly (hope it doesn't hit one of the others!), aiming to smash the dog up against the wall in the hopes of loosening it.
And--yeah, there's that voice in his head again, and for a second he thinks--vapor? Before he remembers the balloons.
Oh, absolutely the fudge not. Vlad would rather the devil dogs he knows than the devil vapor he doesn't. ]
[ what is it with this place that wants gu yun to do drugs!!!! first it was molly with the weed, then the opium den, and now balloon vapor!?
ultimately, it comes down to this. he can't get this fucking dog off of his arm, and its teeth are digging in to the point that even he can feel it. all of the training, all of the martial arts, every skill he's ever had in his life is useless in this situation, and it's becoming increasingly more obvious that there's nothing he can do.
childe couldn't get the window - the door wouldn't budge - the dogs won't stop. tactically, assessing, there's only one thing to do. gu yun's free arm shoves past another dog as the one on his arm digs its teeth in until blood is spurting from his arm, grabs the balloon, and pulls it right in front of himself so it pops and puts a cloud of the vapor right in his face - hopefully "drink" works with "inhale". mmm lessa juice
[Yeah he absolutely just punched the glass so now he has a hurt hand. Rude? But it's fine, he's had worse. I typoed that as "he's hand worse" so that's how I'm doing today.
ANYWAY. While he would normally be none trust left beef, they've already established that this is an illusion, and even if it wasn't--who the hell wants to die getting torn apart by hungry dogs?
So there's no hesitation as he makes a grab for a balloon. GENSHIN'S BALLOONS ARE more like balloon-adjacent but for the sake of simplicity I will say he understands this clip situation or whatever's happening, so he will drink his drugs properly, hopefully before a dog tries to lunge for him.]
[ This sounds like a very bad idea. But her arm is bleeding, she's got scratches all over her legs at this point, and she can't do a damn thing, so after glancing at the others (mostly to see how they do it) and offering Vlad a reluctant shrug, she too works her balloon open enough to drink this mysterious vapor.
[thanks pixi for accepting that i was totally lying about anything i said regarding the balloons and tape because i just forgot how these balloons worked in canon
Anyhow! Everyone drinks the vapour, except for Vlad, who unfortunately does not succeed in shaking the dog off. They'll soon black out, so who knows? Maybe Vlad was right not to drink it.
... Except once they fall to the floor, unconscious, the dogs leave them alone. It's not quite instantaneous; rather, they pause, before backing away, as if sensing something about the three that can't be seen.
Unfortunately for Vlad, this does nothing to curb their apparent desire to vore. All it does is make him the only target left to go after! Which they do.
[ Nope! Absolutely not, not now knowing that vaping the balloons causes you to pass out and maybe spontaneously die? Vlad would check but he's getting chewed on by a dog.
...of course, that's when he notices that all the other dogs have all focused on him now. They all jump him, biting into his shoulder, his other arm, his hip--he stumbles violently backwards until he hits the wall and tries to fight for a moment, but he feels so weak and--and--
all the others at least aren't conscious to get eaten alive, so you know what? screw it.
Vlad desperately unties the balloon knot as well as he can, with multiple dogs hanging off his arms like toothy leeches, and inhales as much of it as he possibly can. ]
[Everyone's out on their drug trip now! Yaaaaaaay.
When they wake up, it's a white void, everywhere around them a seemingly endless expanse of nothingness. They'll soon notice a few things... new about themselves!
First off, they now have two cute horns on their head. Do these seem familiar? Eh, probably just their imagination. (No, they look identical to White's uno horn.) Furthermore, where a normal human would have molars, they have fangs! Sharp.
Second, their vore dog wounds are partially healed (to however small or large of an extent you so desire, though they will scar over no matter how healed).
Third, their physical capabilities have been enhanced. Not quite superhuman, perhaps, but they're definitely a lot stronger, faster, more agile, more enduring, etc. than the average human now.
Fourth, if they happen to get particularly emotional, dark vapour might spill from their mouth. Does this do anything? No, it's just for aesthetic. But just so you know!
That aside, if they look closely, they might see a figure in the distance; the only thing otherwise breaking up a monotone of pure white.]
[ LAST TO VAPE, FIRST TO WAKE UP. LIFO, baybeeeeee
It's a strange sensation, standing around in a white nothingness. Even stranger still is the way his body feels now. The pain from the dogs is dulled and, in fact, many of the last bites have scarred over while the worse, initial ones are barely bleeding now. He feels so much stronger than before, and it's almost a nostalgic throwback to how he feels when he has access to his ghost powers, if not for the strange horns on his head now.
He spots what looks like a speck in the distance, and squints at it. ]
[ he said he didn't want to die, but that's cool!!
gu yun sits up, and the first thing he feels is that rush of odd strength. it's inhuman in ways he isn't, and he takes a long moment to assess himself and his surroundings, breathing in, and out, and reaching up to briefly feel at the horn. he thinks... of endorsi, not white, at first (this is white's cyoa? rude) but eventually does, as he's getting to his feet and assessing his injuries. there's blood, but it at least seems to have stopped freely bleeding, and gu yun flexes his fingers before looking around to the others. ]
This is precisely why I avoided the opium den.
[ terrible. sarcasm helps no one. he will glance back to make sure prim is okay (and childe, i guess) before giving a nod of his head in the direction of the speck. time to walk that way? he'll lead the charge if no one else will. ]
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Well. At least he's the right height now. ]
Hmm. From one form of containment to another. Wonderful.
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gu yun glances back at the sight of vlad. his eyebrows raise, just briefly, almost like he's... confused? before he returns to snooping. let's go investigate the door, since there doesn't seem to be anything of use in the torture area. which. ]
What an odd place to torture someone. [ ????? is this something you're familiar with???
anyway he's gonna go investigate the door. is it locked from the outside? any visible lock on the inside to turn or move? anything heavy blocking the door? whats up with this.
if he has anything to say about this hunger pang, it's not happening, so. even if he feels the ache of it, he's ignoring it as aggressively as possible. ]
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He glances over at Vlad's arrival and stares at him for a minute... before he waves a little, just a tad awkwardly, and turns back to the desk. He will take the hat, waving it in their general direction and tossing it to Gu Yun, even though Gu Yun isn't looking at him.]
It seems we've got our confirmation.
[Thanks Team CYOA 1 for wearing your funky hats when you zapped back into the kitchen! Anything else to be found in the desk? Also why is he so hungry again, what the heck, he was already banned from the kitchen last week. LEAVE HIS STOMACH ALONE.]
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Because wow is that starvation sure making her wobbly in her movements and she hates it! ]
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Childe finds a newspaper! It's titled Hexagon Island News and dated to 191X. The news itself, however, is generic.
The window glass doesn't seem very thick.
But guess what? Now that you're all here and very, very hungry... a few things in the room change.
First, four balloons appear. They're helium, so they're hanging around at the ceiling, but their string is long enough that the four can grab them. Each balloon has a piece of tape on it, as if covering a hole to prevent air from leaking.
Instinctively, everyone in the room will understand that they should handle these balloons very carefully.
Secondly, a plate of food appears on the table near the couches. Wow! Convenient.]
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Vlad gingerly grabs for the string of one of the balloons, carefully looping it around his wrist. He doesn't take too long to stare at it, though, because THERE'S FOOD HERE NOW??? AND HOLY SHIT HE IS SO HUNGRY.
He walks up to the table and almost digs right in, but then--hesitates. He kneels down to observe the food more carefully and sniff at it. ]
This is...far too convenient.
[ god he wants to eat it SO BAD but also it might be poisoned?? or a trap of some kind? ]
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gu yun cranes his head upward to look at the balloons. he's careful, as he tugs the string closest to him, testing it, and then gently pulls it down so the balloon itself hovers much closer to his head. ]
Don't eat it. [ that seems like a no duh, but. even gu yun, who poisons himself daily, ignores the pained gurgle of his stomach over the sight and leans against the side of the couch, eyeing the plate, but not about to pick up anything.
instead, he carefully brings the balloon he snagged along with to get a feel for what it is. is there anything inside of it that's visible? time to investigate. ]
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[Saying it out loud, in case it sounds familiar to anyone else. Never heard of it... weird. But he'll leave the newspaper on the desk in favor of moving over to eyeball the balloon left for him, gingerly taking it by the string. If he doesn't look at the food, he won't be tempted by it.]
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I suspect we may not get very far if one of us doesn't try it. So...
[ That food better attack or something else better happen or she will stick a piece in her mouth if no one else does because she would like to leave. ]
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Now that he's not BLIND, Gu Yun will see, if he squints hard, what looks like dark vapour swirling inside the balloon...? It's probably fine.
Primrose is correct, you're not leaving without touching that food. I'm not that nice. The good news is that you don't have to eat it!
... The bad news is that that's because as soon as Primrose touches it, several large, vicious-looking, and apparently also very hungry dogs appear in the room, lunging for the food and devouring it in a matter of seconds. Primrose might want to watch her fingers, lest they end up as collateral damage.
Not that it matters much, as once the dogs are done with the food, they turn towards the four in the room—and then they attack. They'll bite and tear wherever they can reach, and however the group might try to fend themselves, they'll find the dogs impervious and unwavering to any blows or attempts to get them away.]
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But then it appears the dogs are still hungry and crave flesh. ]
Oh, biscuits--!
[ He haphazardly kicks a leg out at the dogs, trying to push at least one or two of them away without letting himself get...too badly hurt? Oh dear. ]
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the minute the dogs come rushing into the room, gu yun smacks the tray of food away from primrose so it scatters. it buys them all of, you know, ten seconds. weakened from hunger and being attacked by dogs is not great, and gu yun shouts and yanks his arm up, immediately releasing the balloon so it floats up and hopefully away from snapping dog teeth.
the first one that tackles him tears silk away from his sleeve as he's releasing the stupid balloon and trying to pull away from being dog chow, but the second comes after, and despite all tussling otherwise, they're utterly impervious. you'd think he could fight a dog! but no! kick one off and it feels like it just bears down harder - he throws his forearm more or less in the mouth of one and tries to make a desperate grab for something to knock the fucking dog off of him with with his now free hand, kicking at what he can and protecting his face when he can, too. fuck!!!! ]
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It earns her a bite to one forearm and a hiss of pain but she also tries unceremoniously to shove a bangle into its mouth to delay it from further chomping, kicking out at the other one.
We're doing great, guys!! ]
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Anyway, you're all doing great (?). Protect that balloon, Gu Yun! And your gorgeous face! How is Childe trying to break the window? I hope he tries hitting it with his hand, because if he does, it... does not break and he'll have hurt his hand for no reason at all. But anyway, regardless of what he does, the window is apparently indestructible.
In fact, between that and a door that won't open, it seems like you're out of options! The dogs keep attacking, seemingly invincible and not running out of energy, whereas the four probably are. This goes on for a while, but then, a voice echoes in their minds—the same voice at the start, who told them to fight.
Do you want to survive?
Do you want power?
If you do, then accept the path you must take, no matter the price—and drink the vapour.
What.]
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Wonderful. Now he's got a dog ripping into his arm too. Vlad swings his arm wildly (hope it doesn't hit one of the others!), aiming to smash the dog up against the wall in the hopes of loosening it.
And--yeah, there's that voice in his head again, and for a second he thinks--vapor? Before he remembers the balloons.
Oh, absolutely the fudge not. Vlad would rather the devil dogs he knows than the devil vapor he doesn't. ]
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ultimately, it comes down to this. he can't get this fucking dog off of his arm, and its teeth are digging in to the point that even he can feel it. all of the training, all of the martial arts, every skill he's ever had in his life is useless in this situation, and it's becoming increasingly more obvious that there's nothing he can do.
childe couldn't get the window - the door wouldn't budge - the dogs won't stop. tactically, assessing, there's only one thing to do. gu yun's free arm shoves past another dog as the one on his arm digs its teeth in until blood is spurting from his arm, grabs the balloon, and pulls it right in front of himself so it pops and puts a cloud of the vapor right in his face - hopefully "drink" works with "inhale".
mmm lessa juicegu yun will not die here.
he will not. ]
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ANYWAY. While he would normally be none trust left beef, they've already established that this is an illusion, and even if it wasn't--who the hell wants to die getting torn apart by hungry dogs?
So there's no hesitation as he makes a grab for a balloon. GENSHIN'S BALLOONS ARE more like balloon-adjacent but for the sake of simplicity I will say he understands this clip situation or whatever's happening, so he will drink his drugs properly, hopefully before a dog tries to lunge for him.]
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WOOHOO. ]
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Anyhow! Everyone drinks the vapour, except for Vlad, who unfortunately does not succeed in shaking the dog off. They'll soon black out, so who knows? Maybe Vlad was right not to drink it.
... Except once they fall to the floor, unconscious, the dogs leave them alone. It's not quite instantaneous; rather, they pause, before backing away, as if sensing something about the three that can't be seen.
Unfortunately for Vlad, this does nothing to curb their apparent desire to vore. All it does is make him the only target left to go after! Which they do.
Vlad might want to vape that balloon, actually.]
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...of course, that's when he notices that all the other dogs have all focused on him now. They all jump him, biting into his shoulder, his other arm, his hip--he stumbles violently backwards until he hits the wall and tries to fight for a moment, but he feels so weak and--and--
all the others at least aren't conscious to get eaten alive, so you know what? screw it.
Vlad desperately unties the balloon knot as well as he can, with multiple dogs hanging off his arms like toothy leeches, and inhales as much of it as he possibly can. ]
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When they wake up, it's a white void, everywhere around them a seemingly endless expanse of nothingness. They'll soon notice a few things... new about themselves!
First off, they now have two cute horns on their head. Do these seem familiar? Eh, probably just their imagination. (No, they look identical to White's uno horn.) Furthermore, where a normal human would have molars, they have fangs! Sharp.
Second, their vore dog wounds are partially healed (to however small or large of an extent you so desire, though they will scar over no matter how healed).
Third, their physical capabilities have been enhanced. Not quite superhuman, perhaps, but they're definitely a lot stronger, faster, more agile, more enduring, etc. than the average human now.
Fourth, if they happen to get particularly emotional, dark vapour might spill from their mouth. Does this do anything? No, it's just for aesthetic. But just so you know!
That aside, if they look closely, they might see a figure in the distance; the only thing otherwise breaking up a monotone of pure white.]
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It's a strange sensation, standing around in a white nothingness. Even stranger still is the way his body feels now. The pain from the dogs is dulled and, in fact, many of the last bites have scarred over while the worse, initial ones are barely bleeding now. He feels so much stronger than before, and it's almost a nostalgic throwback to how he feels when he has access to his ghost powers, if not for the strange horns on his head now.
He spots what looks like a speck in the distance, and squints at it. ]
What on earth...?
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gu yun sits up, and the first thing he feels is that rush of odd strength. it's inhuman in ways he isn't, and he takes a long moment to assess himself and his surroundings, breathing in, and out, and reaching up to briefly feel at the horn. he thinks... of endorsi, not white, at first (this is white's cyoa? rude) but eventually does, as he's getting to his feet and assessing his injuries. there's blood, but it at least seems to have stopped freely bleeding, and gu yun flexes his fingers before looking around to the others. ]
This is precisely why I avoided the opium den.
[ terrible. sarcasm helps no one. he will glance back to make sure prim is okay (and childe, i guess) before giving a nod of his head in the direction of the speck. time to walk that way? he'll lead the charge if no one else will. ]
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