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TIRED WAR GAMES▼
TIRED WAR GAMES
[Secret of Evermore - Dog Maze]
Boris Drakken
Boris has dragged up a prisoner. Bela refused to engage with playing T.T.R.P.Gs with the old man, so he, on a whim, checked with the alien captives. One, The Federation captured cuteye, said he knew how to play war games. Boris lays out an unusual board. His squad is smaller than it needs to, and he places enemies, who fall under a similar banner around him.
Boris Drakken
"You may set up as I explain the campaign here."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 16:04:51
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"In this war, my men have betrayed me. They acted as if it were a secret, but I always knew, but despite that, I had very little resources to counter them."
Kerri
2025-10-24 16:06:13
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Kerri nods, taking a case from the luggage and setting out some armas
Boris Drakken
"Foolish acceptance of my situation has blinded me, I had come to an ACCEPTANCE that my death was to come in a riot of my own men. Yet now on the brink of death, is the only moment I feel alive enough to want escape."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 16:10:43
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 00:10:27
Boris motions to his highest point unit on the board. A formidable mega machine, it could have been his saving grace in this war. Playing it well could solo the whole board. He adds damage counters to it. "My best unit has gone rogue. I have sent my own warriors to stop it to avoid it killing us all.", he states, placing walls and trees between him and part of his units.
Boris Drakken
"That is the current situation of my side of the board. Heh. Might you just stand and wait, and you might be able to just watch this game play out itself and be crowned the victor without moving."
Boris Drakken
"What is your side of the board? What are your units?"
Kerri
"A klannec close-quarters specialist w/ ranks in Negotiation, Six arma Peacekeepers, Two budryft Field-Engineers with 25 rapid-wals between them, and-"
Kerri pulls out an odd figure of jacketed cuteye, before noticing it and putting it back into the case.
"That's it."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 16:21:30
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"What's that last figure? It doesn't look official to me. Is that from a new release?"
Kerri
"Oh, no no."
Kerri pulls it out and hands it to Boris for him to look it.
"It's a custom figure of The One, made by The One himself. A gift, from a friend."
Boris Drakken
Boris looks to James who stands behind him. He holds up the figure. "Do you know who "The One" is?"
James Drakken
2025-10-24 16:27:15
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He looks it over humming to himself. "No. Maybe small one can explain?"
Kerri
2025-10-24 16:36:15
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Last edit: 2025-10-24 16:45:20
"Oh, sorry, He's the Defense Director of The Direck-"
A clearing of the thoat, and a rephrase, "The, current, Board of Cuteye Affairs as formed by Chief Director Direcktur"
Kerri
2025-10-24 16:36:23
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"That's 'Direcktur' spelt with a 'ck' and 'u'."

"We elected him and his board on policy, not good naming ideas"
"It beats another four years of 100-year-old politicians like Bopansal or Fenkjughef"
Boris Drakken
"What a weird system. Utter nonsense it sounds like to me. If you want to put it on the board despite it being an ABOMINATION of a custom unit, go ahead."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 16:41:21
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"For my first move, I will be moving most of my units towards the rogue unit."
James Drakken
"My lord, that does not seem a wise move to make."
Boris Drakken
"Oh, so you want to judge me, huh? Come HERE. You will be controlling the unit of TRAITORS. What is YOUR first move?"
James Drakken
"Mmmm..... I do not know how to play game. Best I not be involved. Apologies for interrupting, my lord."
Boris Drakken
"Well maybe you should have THOUGHT ABOUT THAT before COMMENTING ON MY TACTICS! You want to put your nose into WAR GAMES? Then get on the BOARD, boy! Make your move, NOW."
James Drakken
"Ah, maybe I shall move my units away from yours."
Boris Drakken
"Why would you do that, you IDIOT?"
James Drakken
"Because I do not wish to cause my Lord to lose?"
Boris Drakken
"Did you LISTEN to the opening? THE LORE? Your move goes against what your units have been STRIVING FOR."
James Drakken
"Mmmmm........"
James Drakken
2025-10-24 16:45:59
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"I would still like to move back, and uhhhhhh maybe to the side. Little opening. We are much too close like this."
Boris Drakken
"Whatever! Prisoner, your move!"
Kerri
With a shrug Kerri sets The One with the rest of the cuteye's units. The extra help might be needed in this match.
Kerri
2025-10-24 16:47:39
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"I move my units to assist in apprehending the Rogue unit."
Boris Drakken
"What? What are you doing that for? What's the LORE here?"
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 16:50:17
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"Or maybe....you've noticed the effect the rogue unit has on kill?"
Boris moves the card under the unit, showing it gains massive amounts of power per unit killed.
Kerri
2025-10-24 16:52:33
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 01:40:14
"Yep yep yep, it's the biggest threat."
"Even if you can handle it yourself, you'll likely take losses."
Kerri
2025-10-24 16:53:59
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"Also, call it a hunch, but I think you'll kill that unit."
Kerri
2025-10-24 16:54:32
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"Going to need to get in there if I want to save them too."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 16:57:28
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"Ah, are you playing one of those HEAL SQUADS? Recruiting dying enemy units, healing quickly from battle? Bela Elzenstein loves to play HEAL SQUADS when he wants to ANNOY ME."
Kerri
2025-10-24 17:00:17
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"Ye-oh wait, no. I didn't bring the medics."
Kerri
2025-10-24 17:01:20
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"Either way, nobody's dying this game..."
"...not if I can help it."
James Drakken
"Ah, well, that won't work for you, as Boris has left his leader unit open. I shall use gun man to kill from afar! This means your leader is dead, and you are out of the game, yes?"
Boris Drakken
Boris looks James in the eyes as he takes his current leader, now killed, off the board and leaves a death token in its place. He pushes the leader card under another unit.
James Drakken
"Why did that happen?"
Kerri
2025-10-24 17:06:20
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"Crap!"
Boris Drakken
"I'm running a DAMN HIERARCHY BUILD, James! Like it says on my leader's card, when he dies, his powers may be moved to any other unit within 5 spaces."
Boris Drakken
"You can't just KILL THE LEADER and expect to WIN."
James Drakken
"It seemed so simple."
Kerri
2025-10-24 17:09:15
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"Few things are." Kerri says sourly.
Boris Drakken
"Hope you realize now that war games are NOT SIMPLE, and involve more tactics than killing whoever you see."
James Drakken
"................................................................."
James Drakken
"Well, can you both teach me better moves to make?"
Boris Drakken
"James. We are on DIFFERENT SIDES."
James Drakken
"Yes."
Boris Drakken
"You are LITERALLY playing as TRAITORS that want to KILL my forces."
James Drakken
2025-10-24 17:13:02
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He nods. "Uh huh."
Boris Drakken
"..............................................................."
Kerri
"........."
Boris Drakken
"Could you AT LEAST start with reading your OWN build? While the two PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS move?"
James Drakken
2025-10-24 17:15:43
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"Good idea my lord. I shall do that." James sits down awkwardly hunched over the board, pulling cards from under his units to read their effects.
Boris Drakken
"I'm going to keep gathering my men around this rogue unit. I'm going to keep attacking it. What is your move, prisoner?"
Kerri
2025-10-24 17:24:30
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"I'll have my Field-Engineers set up some Protective Walls while my CQC Specialist tries to Negotiate the unit to stand down."
"And with The One, he'll Assess the unit. Suss out the age, weight, heart rate, etc."
Boris Drakken
"Why is The One doing such mundane tasks on the BATTLEFIELD?"
Kerri
"He he heh, Anesthesiology is very tricky. Field Anesthesiology is worse."
Boris Drakken
Boris looks over the units on the field to see if there's anything important he's missing from the cuteye's setup.
Boris Drakken
When he sees nothing of interest, he tilts his head. "What an odd setup. How can you POSSIBLY win with such an ARMY?"
Boris Drakken
"In fact, I'm so BAFFLED by this, I shall just watch your army put the unit to sleep instead. James, your move."
James Drakken
James is still reading through his cards. "Mmm, Lord, you said this battle would be certain doom, but while there are so many units, they are not very good. I do not like my cards."
Boris Drakken
"It's not my fault your SQUAD IS TERRIBLE."
James Drakken
"But it is you who made this squad."
Boris Drakken
"CORRECTION. It is not MY PROBLEM your SQUAD is TERRIBLY BUILT."
James Drakken
"I send grab unit to grab your leader and push it 3 spaces away, and end turn."
Boris Drakken
".................................What kind of play is that?"
James Drakken
"What kind of unit just grabs men and moves them?"
Boris Drakken
"Fair enough."
Kerri
"A tricky kind of unit."
Kerri
"One last round of Negotiations and Walls. I reposition The One between our units."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 17:48:08
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"Despite knowing you are just going to keep healing, I send THE CLUB MAN to hit THE ONE with his battle club."
James Drakken
James silently moves Boris' leader back 3 more spaces with his move unit.
Kerri
"Right, right. I'll use Emergency Cybernetics Protocol Double-Oh Nine to quickly move abouut..." Kerri scans the board.
Kerri
2025-10-24 17:57:32
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 01:46:01
"No, too far. Can't hit the big guy there. In-range there. Here." Kerri taps a spot three space away from where Boris's leader is.
"I'll, just, risk the hit from the leader while the The One is disabled."
James Drakken
"Well you won't have to risk a hit by the leader. I shall kill leader right now with gunman again!"
Kerri
"You got line of sight for that shot?"
James Drakken
"Yes, line of sight right here." James draws a line with his finger across the board. His player pushes carefully played to push Boris' leader into this position.
Boris Drakken
"I don't know why you think doing the same thing twice will improve your odds!" Boris replaces the unit with a death token, then moves his leader card to another of his units.
James Drakken
"Mmmmm. Illegal move, my lord."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:04:17
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"Five Spaces." Kerri grouches.
James Drakken
2025-10-24 18:05:02
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James taps the spaces between the death token and the new leader. "That is six spaces, as the other said, you can only transfer up to five away!"
Boris Drakken
"......................................." Boris fumes.
Boris Drakken
"To be CAUGHT by such SIMPLE TACTICS as you moving my LEADER away from me! I thought you knew nothing about this war game!"
James Drakken
"Well......"
James Drakken
"Little bit of lie!"
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:07:29
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"Tried to bodyblock the shot with The One, but..."
James Drakken
"I watch you and Bela play the war games time to time, but uhhhh I am no professional."
James Drakken
"I do notice little weaknesses though. So many times you and Bela fight in the war game, army to army, when a little trickery could have ended war with very little deaths."
James Drakken
"But you are right, my Lord. If I didn't have such tricks, then my demise would be assured."
Boris Drakken
"Well, you won't win against the other army. They have no such weaknesses."
James Drakken
"Oh, yes, yes! I did not wish to win against other army!"
Boris Drakken
"Why not?"
James Drakken
"They are just healing people? I do not see what is wrong. Little man even sent his strange teleporting figure to try and save you."
James Drakken
2025-10-24 18:12:43
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"If he wishes to call the game over, and both of us victors, then I will approve of such things!" He says, looking to the cuteye for his turn.
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:16:03
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"IF."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:16:16
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Kerri turns to Boris, "Lord Drakken, sir, do you mind scars?"
Boris Drakken
"Hmmmm. Let me humor you for a moment. Let's say I'm a clueless man. I tell you I don't mind another scar added to my belt. What do you do?"
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:21:26
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"It's more courtesy thing. Some people are put off by scarring."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:21:39
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"Mine's not that big, but then there's my left eye..."

"That can bother people."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:29:17
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"I probably could asked if you wouldn't mind, when I first sat down, but I didn't want to be one of guys who just asks every darn time, you know."
Boris Drakken
"I did notice that you cover your left eye with that floppy ear of yours. What happened to you, boy?"
Boris Drakken
"You ain't one of those alien feys are you? I know that necromancy outside of this planet is strange. A man doesn't lose his name, and he looks fresh, might even look younger than he should."
Boris Drakken
"But then the years go by, and he rots like a melon left in the sun."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 18:35:43
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"I've heard there's a many number of fey types out there, it's why you Federation boys are getting tired of me stealing the artifacts one needs to start the process."
Boris Drakken
"But.....hmm....no.....I don't smell THE ROT on you. You're a normal lad. I suppose you can tell me about your eye then."
James Drakken
"My lord, I do not know what this has to do with the T.T.R.P.G."
Boris Drakken
"CAN'T MEN BANTER OVER A GAME, JAMES?"
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:37:09
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"HAHAHA, yeah Nope-nope-nope! Haven't died yet!"
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:38:55
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"Funny Story: I was running a stand out on the side of the road: '1 Click = 100 Points'."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:39:17
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"They poke me, then: I giggle, then: they get 100 points."
"The harder I giggle, the more points they get."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:41:15
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"But, well, cuteyes laugh at suffering soooo..."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:42:26
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"Then they got needles, and, and, Hᴀ Hᴀ!"
Boris Drakken
"POOR BUSINESS CHOICE! Upon learning I get more points the harder you giggle, I would have STABBED YOU in the eye, simple as that!"
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:43:05
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With a shake of the head, Kerri gets a grip.
"I kid. That was a game."
Boris Drakken
"Good. I was about to inform you what a....lewd business you were running."
Boris Drakken
"I know we are all MEN with NEEDS but I request a WARNING before you tell me of your....fetish."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:43:29
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"I got hit by a sliding door and almost died."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:46:56
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"But I didn't. I stayed conscious, and-heh even helped Johnny with my first aid."
James Drakken
"What kind of man nearly dies to a sliding door?"
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 18:48:28
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"Look at this MAN. He is SMALL, SOFT, and FLUFFY."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 18:48:48
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"I could SLAP THIS MAN with the back of my hand and KILL HIM in an instant!"
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:49:55
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"HehHᴀ, We cuteyes are the kind that gets ranked next the stained glass lizard in fragili-"
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:50:16
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A tilt of the head, "Man?"
Boris Drakken
"Look here alien."
Boris Drakken
"If you want me to call you by one pronoun or the other, you need to fucking DECLARE THAT at the start of our conversation."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 18:52:38
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"I am TIRED of ALL these aliens going "I AM NOT A MAN." EXCUSE ME. YOU LOOK LIKE A SMALL DOG STARVING FOR A MEAL! WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF ME? THE OTHER GUY WAS A BIG GREEN BLOB? TOLD ME SHE WAS A GIRL. I DON'T KNOW. YOU'RE ALIENS! You look like nothing to me."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:51:42
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Kerri pauses, before he claps as he was prepared to anyway, "Amen."
Kerri
2025-10-24 18:55:16
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"I don't think I ever introduced myself..."
Kerri says as he removed the earclip on his left ear, attaching it to his hat as he retrieved the bow from it and tied both ears up behind his head, as he used to always do.
2025-10-24 19:07:48
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OverClocked ReMix - "The Ivory Gambit"
Kerrel Rowidan
2025-10-24 18:59:13
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"My name Kerrel Rowidan," he paused, a rehearsed forgetting how it goes inspired by an actual forgetting. "He/Him."


"Oh, people also call me Kerri."
"You can just do that with cuteye names if it's a friendly thing."
James Drakken
"If one of us is a fey, now is the time to take your name."
Boris Drakken
Boris slaps the back of James head for the tasteless joke. "Ok so you tied your ears up, what's the plan here?"
Kerri Rowidan
2025-10-24 19:05:33
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"Right."
"I'll have CQC Specialist attempt negotiation with Lord Darkken's squad, while my Engineers lay down further walls."
James Drakken
"Ah, well, the tech of your squad is greater than mine. Hmmmmm."
James Drakken
"I ask Lord Boris to assign his leadership to me."
Boris Drakken
"Not an illegal move if you are within five spaces of me, but you know what it is? A BORING MOVE. I hate when people who should be on opposing sides suddenly team up. Go rally the troops yourself!"
James Drakken
"Ah. Well." James thinks, rubbing the side of his face. He had assumed this match would be over by now. "I move some troops past the walls with my move ability, to attempt to recruit." James gains only a merger amount of the troops compared to Kerri.
Kerri Rowidan
2025-10-24 19:20:04
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"I split the Drakken squad the left and right of your squad, while my Peacekeepers take center. CQC Specialist follows rear in continued negotiation."
"Oh, and The One uses Field Anesthesiology on the big guy, which will be more likely to be effective with the data he Assessed."

Folding his hands behind him, Kerri states, "'Check' in four moves".
Boris Drakken
2025-10-24 19:25:21
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"I misjudged the man. When push comes to shove, he's blood thirsty. Your troops look like lambs to the slaughter out there, James. Honestly I have to thank you! I don't need to put up with the stress battling troops like these in this already doomed campaign."
James Drakken
"Hmmpth. Looking at numbers, I only have a 10% chance of winning battle." James puts his hands up.
James Drakken
"I know when I'm a dead man. I resign, to allow my troops to live."
Kerri Rowidan
2025-10-24 19:31:32
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"Glad to hear, though I was never going to kill them."

"I was going to use the Peacekeeper's Flashbangs to disorient your troops, have the CQC Specialist secure your leader for harder leverage, and then with The One.. hm, I don't really use him, so he wasn't part of this strategy."
Kerri Rowidan
2025-10-24 19:32:21
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"Also," Kerri shows his hand, fingers crossed. "Crossies. 'Check' in one move."
James Drakken
"Aye, as long as no one dies, it sounds like a good ending to me!"
Boris Drakken
"I wanted to see the RIVERS run RED with BLOOD but whatever. You play the game however you'd like, James, I'm not your father."
Boris Drakken
"Seeing as you bested James, you're free to go."
Boris Drakken
"Also the Federation paid your hostage fee a week ago, I just decided to keep you in the cell for FUN."
Kerri Rowidan
"Yep yep yep. About what I was expecting."
James Drakken
"I can fly you to your base, Federation boy! As uh, peace offering."
Kerri Rowidan
2025-10-24 19:40:11
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"Sure!" Kerri says, getting his stuff together.
James Drakken
"Mayhaps in the future, we play more war games, you and me?"
James Drakken
"Would be nice to one day best you in the field!"
Kerri Rowidan
2025-10-24 19:41:32
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"Hm, yeah, I'll look forward to it!"
James Drakken
James picks up Karri like a small child. He looks to Boris. "Aye, Lord Boris. Do know I don't think you're a stupid man like all the others."
"I just think you're old, and don't plan on escaping out of guilt."
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