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2025-11-06 19:48:22
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Dawn Lord
2025-11-06 19:51:52
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The Dawn Lord follows behind Bellodonna as she leads the group into the woods. It was a strange composition of warriors he felt.
A sister knight.
A gunman affected by madness.
Some woman in chains.
And well....the only one who made sense was the reporter.
Dawn Lord
2025-11-06 19:56:02
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"Bellodonna! Virgin Princess of House Drakken! I do not mean to question you, but may we release the Volkairn woman? As you know, Dawn Knights do not engage in the ownership of people. Not only that, but she would only get in the way of our blades."
"If this is some gift from your father, then do not worry, Princess of Drakkens. You will have a much better gift for him soon!"
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 20:02:30
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Bellodonna had almost forgotten the troop, truthfully, she had begun to feel a degree of excitiment, roiling in her blood. Nontheless. "Nnn, yes, the puppy. Unfortunately I was very sharply told not to let her go, you see, it would be a pity if she wandered off in the woods and caused... problems..."
"Although, that being said I do not think there is much need for her to be so strictly bound here, it does simply add to our burdens to keep such a close eye on her, yes."
"Besides, I'm sure the lady understands that running about in the middle of woods, getting in the way of knights doing work would be... unadvised?"
"Leave the lady tied to a tree with a servant by her side. We will have a discussion with your father later about....such oddities in treatment to others of vampwelf kind. We may be able to ignore what happens to aliens, but this is a bit much. Ah, don't worry though, Princess. Perhaps this lady just holds secrets that may need to be kept under the table."
"The Dawn Knights shall assure all is cleared soon, and the Volkairn freed." The Dawn Lord nods to Dorothy.
"That be mighty nice of you Dawn Lord. I don't mind staying tied up as long as I don't got to see any beasts."
Dorothy Volkairn
2025-11-06 20:10:43
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"I tried telling Boris that I ain't seen a thing in these woods, but a bunch of aliens lied, said I chased them over there. Figure they were trying to escape and needed a fall guy for their plans."
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 20:16:16
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"That is the sort of thing aliens will lie about... and you are the perfect image of an innocent puppy cast in the woods to blame... nnn"
"It... truly puts my heart ill at ease to take you out of my sight... but I can yet also scarcely imagine you to be in any real danger here, being as you are..."
"I am, I suppose, dreadfully concerned that this one will find some sort of trouble if I were to leave them to their own devices for too long... their fate seeming to be marked by poor stars recently at the very least."
"I think I know how to sit still." Dorothy hisses.
Skeleton King
2025-11-06 20:29:47
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"We're leaving her behind, and that's it! We'll attract the Beast of Regrets with a crowd of this size easily!" The Mad Knight argues, as he grabs Dorothy and ties her to a tree.
"If she's a virgin women like she says, the woods cannot harm her."
The Duchess waves to Dorothy as the group continues to move. "Oooh, test of your honesty Deedee! Good luck!"
"What are your plans of attack, Princess of Drakkens? Shall the Dawn Knights go full force, and allow you to take the final blow, or shall you duel with the beast first, and we shall step in if you fai- need a rest?"
"Tsk, I am not as arrogant as to think I can take such a beast on, when he was alive few were fit to challenge, and I doubt becoming a monster has made them less so..."
"Yet it is nonetheless my brother... I am afraid I must be at least the slightest bit foolish as to wish to... see him, to judge him rightly by my own eye before you are called upon to bring him his due fate, yes?"
Hilda Drakken
2025-11-06 20:40:54
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"You wish to speak to the Kin Slayer before we battle him?"
"With all due respect, we shall lose any chance at a surprise attack with such a move!"
"Why speak with the monster, Bellodonna?"
"There is no sense in it... I know, there is no sense in speaking to a monster as he is... there was truthfully little sense in speaking to him when he was alive, he was stubborn, and foolish, and this too I doubt has changed since he died... but, well... he is still my little brother..."
"I suppose... foolish and pointless though it may be... I wish to scold him a little.........."
"We will respect your wishes....."
"But if he consumes you, or uses his voice to turn the tide, we cannot hold true to allowing you the final hit anymore, or that you will come back to your family in one piece, you understand?"
"...yes, I do."
"May the old and new gods have mercy on our souls if we return to the kingdom with a dead lineage."
The group head deeper into the Red Woods.
They all keep eyes open for fleeing fey.
2025-11-06 21:04:27
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And it didn't take long to find him.
The Kin Slayer.
"The sword of my father is still in his chest....." Hilda mutters.
"Hheeeeeh.....Oh sister. I could smell you and your men from a mile away...."
Kin Slayer
2025-11-06 21:08:46
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"I haven't seen father in days. Is it TIME for me to take my THRONE?"
Bellodonna had been fairly resolved on the way, but now that she was actually in front of him, she couldn't help but feel her heart twinge in a mysterious manner... was it fear, or something else entirely, she was unsure.
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 21:13:47
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She nevertheless calmed herself "Little Brother... it has been this long since we've last spoke, and this is how you greet your dear Elder Sister, it would truly seem that death has done little to improve your manners..."
"I'm not dead, sister. I'm BEYOND what DEATH could ever offer me. This.....this BLESSING is what MEN will strive to obtain soon! Everyone will want to live forever! I offered FATHER the same honor he offered me. But he turned away and refused it. He could have been FOREVER the PRINCE OF DRAKKENS."
"That is fine, I will most enjoy holding the CROWN forevermore."
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 21:21:32
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"Do you truly regard this wretched half-existence as a blessing, Brother? Is this monstrosity what you regard as strength, Brother? You are truly as deluded and misguided as ever... and for that I am truly sorry..."
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 21:27:17
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"Neither of us had known of a mother's love, and in this I should have substituted. When you tore the cellar rats to pieces I should have been the one to discipline you, when you made a fool of yourself I should have educated you, when you maimed my beloved maids I should have scolded you, and when you played your wretched games, I should have rebuked you, for these failings as a sister I am sorry, that I did not do my duty as your sister......"
Kin Slayer
2025-11-06 21:25:11
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"Silly sister. Always so DUMB. Thinking about TODAY, YESTERDAY and not about TOMORROW. That's why FATHER would NEVER think of crowning you!"
"Once you've DIED, you'll LEARN. Man has always BATTLED against DEATH, and now when you see a dead man walking, you scream in fear, instead of realizing that this is the NEXT STEP FOR MAN!"
"There is NO NEED to apologize for the PAST when there are many futures ahead of us!"
Kin Slayer
2025-11-06 21:29:20
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"Tell me. Do you want to die? Do you want to be forgotten one day? Your lineage to turn into dust? Everything you built to be ruined by WEAK MEN?"
"It is only those who have not tasted the wonders of IMMORTALITY that argues in favor of DEATH."
"And here you are, clinging to childish delusion still, truly I am a peerless failure of an Older Sister, that you believe that clinging pitifully to the skein of life makes you blessed, makes you enlightened, you are truly pitiful, Brother."
"Of course there are none who wish to die, but that is the way things are meant to be. One day I shall die, my body will rot and my bones with be ground to dust, even the trees of the forest will die, and the rocks, and ground they sit upon... even the stars themselves will one day burn out in cosmic dust, and this is all as well it should be, for there is nothing that should be that should not end."
"BLEHK KEH KEH KEH HE HE!!!! STUPIDEST THING I EVER HEARD YOU SAY, SISTER." The Kin Slayer interrupts.
"ALL THINGS ARE WORTHLESS? THAT IS WHAT I HEAR FROM YOU! Makes sense, with how WORTHLESS you are, you NEED the rest of the universe to crumble to DUST, so that it can be on your level!"
"You believe in death so much? Let us hear how you speak after I shove your mind into that HORRID DARKNESS!"
"I want to hear you say "WE ALL MUST DIE ONE DAY" once you SEE IT."
Kin Slayer
2025-11-06 21:43:49
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"But don't worry elder sister. As a good younger brother, I am there to correct the mistakes of the elder."
"I'll bring you back from death whether you want it or not."
The Kin Slayer shines his bright eyes at the group! Everyone except for Dawn Knights has been blinded!
Blinded though she may be she is not deterred "Tsk... I expected little of you, and you have yet disappointed me, Brother..."
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 21:49:07
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Bellodonna raises her sword in the air, and shouts her command to the assembled knights "To Death! I want to see this miserable Pretender Burn."
Dawn Lord
2025-11-06 21:52:15
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The Dawn Lord motions for his men to attack while he and one other officer hold back, building some oddity. A lance on a tripod. "Hold him back men, while we prepare for a strike he'll never forget!"
The Mad Knight says not a word, silently aiming his rifle at the Kin Slayer.
And though blinded, Hilda makes a move to stab the beast.
IT'S A CLASH!
Kin Slayer rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 21 is rolled.
Hilda Drakken rolls a 20 sided die. A 9 is rolled.
Dawn Knights rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 29 is rolled.
Skeleton King rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 22 is rolled.
The Kin Slayer grabs the Dread Knight. Before he can take a bite out of her, the Dawn Knights surround him, swords powered by batteries glow red hot as he is stabbed. The wounds are cauterized instantly, not allowing any of the Kin Slayer's blood to spill. Only as the Dawn Knights back away to get their bearings does the Mad Knight fire upon the Kin Slayer.
The blood pouring out of the gunshot wound makes every vampwelf on the team become more violent with their attacks.....
"You can attack me all you want with your men! You will never take me down for I have BEATEN DEATH HIMSELF, SISTER!"
"You can smell it, can you? The scent of DEATH will drive you INSANE, as it did to me in LIFE."
"I will HEAL from my WOUNDS but you WON'T."
The Kin Slayer ignores countering as he attempts to ram into the group with his massive body!
Bellodonna puts her Brother's words out of mind, as she takes to the sky for a diving strike to his head.
Bellodonna rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +3. A 22 is rolled.
Hilda Drakken rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +3. A 10 is rolled.
Dawn Knights rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +13. An 18 is rolled.
The Kin Slayer holds his wings out in front of him as the small army once again slices into him with their heated swords. He seems to laugh at how excited the vampwelfs are as they do so. Hilda stabs him with her lance, causing another hole in him to erupt in blood.
When Bellodonna stabs him in the head, the light coming from his eyes flickers off for just a moment. He goes completely ridged, as if about to collapse, before he shakes his head, trying to throw his sister off. "Oh sister, you always said I didn't have a BRAIN, and now, well, I don't NEED ONE."
Skeleton King rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 6 is rolled.
The Mad Knight tries to shoot the Kin Slayer in the head but critically misfires......
Skeleton King rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 14 is rolled.
....at Bellodonna, throwing her off the head of the Kin Slayer without her weapon!
"Ooooooh thank you, WOMAN. You've always been a helpful SERVANT OF MINE."
"T...That was a mistake......"
"Well let's see how the people think about your mistake."
The Kin Slayer shakes his body. The extra open wounds inflicted on him causes blood to coat the area.
It was a trap! There's too much of the foul blood! The vampwelfs have been tossed into a FRENZY.
The Kin Slayer pulls out the sword impaled into him. He's preparing for a powerful attack!
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 22:32:32
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While the scent of foul blood addled her senses, the searing pain of an errant gunshot wound grounds her just enough to think of more than to just attack. "Ghk... calm thyselves, remember your valor and avoid that foul blade's bite... King, I still trust in your firearm... do as you will..."
The blood made the others go mad. For once he was the only sane man. To avoid being consumed by the madness the others fled away from its smell. The Mad Knight stood the only man against the Kin Slayer.
To avoid the Kin Slayer from interrupting the Dawn Lord, he was going to need to stand between him and beast. Empowered by Bellodonna's words, he takes aim, and fires.
IT'S A CLASH!
Skeleton King rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 23 is rolled.
Kin Slayer rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +21. A 41 is rolled.
The Mad Knight completely froze when he saw the Kin Slayer raise his blade at him.
"What's wrong girl? You always froze up when it was your turn to get the beating."
"Why won't you SCREAM for me, at least once? Pretty please?"
"No...No...." He can barely whisper.
"It's ok girl....you always hated your name right? Called it...what was it? A dead name?"
"WELL, LET ME GET RID OF IT FOR YOU!"
The Kin Slayer reaches over to chop off the head of the Mad Knight......
Duchess Lorelei
2026-02-10 05:25:41
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"You're not going to ruin this party....." The Duchess snarls as she scrawls text out on her tablet.
Kin Slayer
2026-02-10 05:38:20
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Lorelei forces a change in fate. The Kin Slayer drops the Mad Knight as it spots the Dawn Lord's weapon trained on it.
"LIGHTNING LANCE IS READY! DRAGON. GIVE US YOUR POWER. KILL THIS UNDEAD BEAST!" The Dawn Lord and his engineer have turned the lance into a cannon. It opens up. An impossibly bright light fills the forest as electricity grows within the machine. "FIRE, MY DRAGON!"
Dawn Lord rolls an 100 sided die. An 82 is rolled.
A beam of energy fires out of the railgun. The Kin Slayer is consumed by the light.
Burned all over his body, it seems he is limp and dead....but....
He blinks. "Heee heeee heeek bleck! Aaaah what a weapon that is......you gave the Dawn Knights their dragon back sister...? Ha ha ha.... Oh you will regret this, unless I fix your mistake for you." Burnt flakes of skin fall off showing healing skin under it.
"He is stirring? Even after that attack?"
"You can't kill what is already dead, you fool."
The Kin Slayer stands back up, sword in hand.
"I am no SIMPLE necromancy."
"I am PRINCE! I am LORD of DRAKKENS, and SOON TO BE KING OF VAMPWELFS."
"You are neither Lord nor King yet, and as long as I live you never shall be, monster, I rebuke you, this world has no place for an abomination such as you, and I will cast you back into the black abyss with my own hands, no matter how many times it takes."
"What a lovely battle, isn't it?" One fey says.
"It's disgusting. Look at how death troubles life." The other replies.
[Dahlia Hawthorne ~ Distant Trace Phoenix Wright]
The Kin Slayer was ready to fight with his sibling, when those two feys appeared from the forest. He turns ready to escape.
But the fey of Mourning stands before him. It jumps up and lands on the head of the beast. The flesh where its hooves touch him curl and rot, spreading like an illness. "You've cursed another with your illness. It is time for you to be mourned, like you should have been the day you died."
Chunks of flesh from the Kin Slayer slough off in piles. He drags himself to his sister, suddenly feeling a heavy weight upon him. "Siiiiiiiister....Kill it.....KILL THIS MONSTER ON ME."
"KILL IT....BE...FORE IT KILLS US ALL."
"The darkness of death is upon me......and it will come for you if you don't stop it."
With the sudden change in the tension, the pain abruptly caught up with her, and it took an effort to remain standing. "I... am sorry... brother... I do not believe I could do that even if I wished to..."
"I will try as best I can... but in the meantime I think you should sleep, brother... and do remember that it is unbecoming of a Prince to fear the dark, a vampwelf is born to the darkness, live in the darkness, and return, inevitably, back to the darkness... I am sorry that I failed you in this regard as well..."
"When we were children, you promised I could have anything....anything I wanted." The princely beast suddenly whined as his bones became exposed to the air. "I just want....one last thing......you know I always get what I want..."
The Kin Slayer can hold himself up no more. He slumps to the ground as his body becomes nothing but bone.

The Kin Slayer has been mourned.
Skeleton King
2025-11-06 23:29:34
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The Mad Knight grips the floor of the forest tightly, frozen in fear at his near death. When he lightens up his hold, he swings towards Bellodonna. "I.....I'm a monster.......I am nothing but a puppet to his memories."
He glares at Bellodonna. "You have to kill me. Before I turn into whatever your brother was!"
Flower Trove
2025-11-06 23:32:03
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"Is what you are currently so bad?"
Skeleton King
2025-11-06 23:34:27
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"I am going to turn into that terrible beast in time. I've been trained by him to be a monster! Only death could free me now."
Flower Trove
2025-11-06 23:35:35
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"Ah, but maybe you could instead strip your names and memory away. Wouldn't that be a delight? You could always find the secrets to turn into a perfect fey."
Fey of Mourning
2025-11-06 23:35:49
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"Mourn the beast that fell today."
Fey of Mourning
2025-11-06 23:36:04
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"And tell those who knew him to mourn as well. To grieve the memories they have now. Do not listen to the fey of growth. You saw how mangled and terrible that man's memories became. Do not seek fey wisdom. Bury your shameful memories with the shameful beast like all living things do."
"His name only returned to his family with his true death."
"Hiigh... Well this just isn't fair now is it... I feel like like I've earned a break after all my hard work don't I..." Bellodonna whines petulantly and a little deliriously.
"Weren't you supposed to keep an eye on me... I was going to work very hard to do things right, and you were going to make sure that I didn't act out......"
Skeleton King
2025-11-06 23:42:18
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"Princess.....they're going to know my failures. That I am a tainted man. You...you......"
"This... was supposed to save you...... I was supposed to save you....."
Skeleton King
2025-11-06 23:45:03
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"Are you going to turn into a horrid ruler if you don't have me around? Seeing your brother should be enough to know you can't let someone corrupted like me live....."
Skeleton King
2025-11-06 23:45:24
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"........Your brother always doomed me by having me be a witness to his acts. Look at how I did nothing when the time came to stand strong....."
Flower Trove hugs the Mad Knight's back. "But, think of dying."
"Do you even know what happens next?"
"I.....Don't know......"
"And do you want to find out?"
"I.....don't want to die................but I am suppose to......"
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 23:46:01
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Bellodonna limps over to where the Skeleton King's rifle lies discarded on the ground. "The only brother I was supposed to kill was the one that was already dead......"
The overwhelming feeling of death hangs over the Mad Knight. He suddenly wants to beg for his life. Flower Trove had planted an invasive seed of doubt in his mind. It grew into him like an aggressive weed. He lowered his head, and stood silent. It would be Bellodonna's choice.

He was a mad man after all. He couldn't know right from wrong.
Bellodonna struggles with the rifle, its not the sort of weapon she favors, and it was clearly not designed for vampwelf hands... and there was more than that of course... "Hiighk hii hii hii hii hii he he he he he........ I am truly pathetic."
Bellodonna
2025-11-06 23:59:45
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She lowers the rifle "I could not kill my brother in the end... and it seems I cannot kill you either...." She continues to laugh deliriously.
"Hiiiighhh......." Her laughter trails off into a bitter sigh. "I'm afraid I cannot grant you the honorable death you truly deserve... I'm afraid for the weakness of my own heart, I must condemn you to live in sin..."
Bellodonna
2025-11-07 00:03:12
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"But... I will promise you... as you swore to me... that if you ever become a monster..."
"I will not hesitate a second time."
Skeleton King
2025-11-07 00:06:55
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There was a disgusting mix of relief and dread in his heart. "I will respect your choices, and stay as sane as a Dead Mad Knight can. Maybe with your brother dead, the madness he seeded in my mind will disappear....." He trails off, as if he does not believe himself. "Edger and Lady Lucetta will know what a failure I am when they hear the tales from this day."
Dawn Lord
2025-11-07 00:08:20
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"As Dawn Knights, do not fret, we are loyal and will keep your secrets! Your name will be spoken with honor and song from our lips..."
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2025-11-07 00:08:42
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"For a price of course." The other knights laugh with the Dawn Lord's comment.
The Dawn Lord grabs the head of the dead kin slayer and hands it to Bellodonna. "Well, wouldn't you look at that, it's a skeleton! Your father's name is saved, you know?"
"A smart princess might walk into the castle with this, and say "I have found the long dead skull of my kin slaying brother" and make it clear that he had never been some sort of beast in the woods as so many rumors say."
"And what good timing! Should we make haste, we'll make it just in time after the vows, so that we may feast upon wedding foods made by the finest chefs in the land."
"...It appears I will need to rely on your discretion for a great many things." Bellodonna sighs ruefully.
"But yes... let us away to the wedding, despite how dreadful such occasions can be, it will no doubt be a reprieve from what has transpired this night. At least the bride will be a fine sight......"
Speaking of, "Oh my Knight, I will need your assistance getting home, my strength fails me as my wound festers..."
"Of course, Princess Bellodonna! As I said before I think I would make a better nurse than a knight...."
".....and....uh, well looking at my work here today, maybe I'll be able to show you my qualifications later when I dress your wounds..."
Bellodonna
2025-11-07 00:25:24
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"I believe I promised you whatever you wished after this hunt...... and nevertheless, in whatever way you see fit, I look forward to your continued... service."
As the mood was lightened and the army packed up, the Mad Knight lingered back. He stared at the two feys sitting on the bones of the Kin Slayer and then towards the direction of the castle.
And in that moment, he felt that same sense of deathly dread all over again.
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