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Save the Earth Mods ([personal profile] theearth) wrote in [community profile] savetheearth2015-01-30 08:14 am

[open] Santa Claus came to town, and then we followed him home.

Who: EVERYONE, santas, grinches and aliens
What: The great big Finale
Where: Korvatunturi Mountain, Lapland, Finland
When: 30th of January

So all these things went down.

And then three things happened in short succession:
↬ Dani and Toushiro connected to the network.
↬ An earthquake shook a large part of the wider area, including the northern half of Finland; small parts of northwestern Russia; northern Sweden and Norway.
↬ All santas and grinches, no matter if they were currently engaged in combat or not, started running towards Korvatunturi Mountain, a mountain with three peaks located northeast of Rovaniemi and roughly 50 American miles away from the numbered cabins and the police station. The only minor exception is that if they come across a sentient person that has no yet completed their 14th year of life, they will take a short detour in an attempt to still snatch them up, numbered or not. Last minute kidnappings!
Once there, they will try to ensure three things: That the heating is not turned off, that the children remain where they are, and that the numbered don't get into the building. Numbered children will be considered children in this, and their opinion won't change even if the numbered in question attacks them with their powers.


Fun facts:
↬ The area around Korvatunturi Mountain seems to have an autotranslate function??? Everyone can understand everyone, no matter what language they're speaking.
↬ All the kidnapped children are currently in the same room, which is the second floor of the building on the western side of the mountain.
↬ The structure in question is three stories high:
>The lowest is built almost entirely into the mountain, almost like a basement, and the floor is the mountain's own rock. There is only one room and a narrow hallway running all around that room. The hallway connects to the room through two doors (one open, one locked with a simple locker lock) and to the outside through one door on the opposite side from the staircase. At the room's center, a huge block of ice protrudes from the ground, and a multitude of radiators and really all kinds of heating machines including hair dryers are aimed at it. The electricity comes from two large generators next to the building. A separate metal staircase connects it to the second floor. The staircase was once separated from the hallways by doors, but these have been bust open.
>The second floor also consists of one large room, this one with three doors, surrounded by a hallway that has no doors to the outside. In this room, Dani, Toushiro and the kidnapped children can be found. As long as the heating items in the room below are working, it has a comfortable temperature, but that will drop quickly if the heating is turned off (and most of the kids are dressed for bed, not snow adventures). The staircase leads on to the third floor.
>The third floor contains a few bedrooms, abandoned with more or less haste, a kitchen, a living room with a TV set and a small office. It is by far the most normal floor, even having windows and a door that over a bridge leads to the mountainside, offering an additional exit.

Please direct all questions, including "if I do this what will happen?", to the Lapland plot post. Please also go here for NPC requests and so on.
You may NPC grinches and santas yourself under the following condition: They are no easy opponents. They are stronger than a human (they CAN twist your head off), their teeth and sharp, sturdy nails are nasty, and most importantly they can blip out of time and thus gain a few seconds for action between one moment and the next. The best plan is to attack them as a group, as they have trouble focusing on more than one person at a time. They can sense numbered and children but don't understand speech, and they are not malicious towards children, simply neutral to their well-being.
You may also NPC kidnapped children yourself. Most of them are Finnish or Sami, some Russian, and there's one or two Swedes/Norwegians. Some of them speak a bit of English. They were kidnapped and then deposited in the room where the numbered found them, and oddly enough have felt neither hunger nor thirst nor other human necessities since - they even seem in fairly good health for having been there for days and longer. They are, however, (understandably) scared and confused. Also, most of them are not dressed for the cold but for bed. So getting them out of the building without providing blankets/etc will make them freeze to death.


↬There are two major directions in which this whole venture can go at this point, thanks to Shiro-chan! So it is impossible to give even a rough estimate of how this will turn out, but two notes on future plot things anyway: Location voting ends today, and the doppelgänger trouble start on the 1st!
peacefulwinter: (Listen to me carefully.)

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[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-02-01 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
In the span of a day or two, Winter went from being a little concerned but generally optimistic, to completely and utterly terrified of what was about to happen. Dani and Toushirou were kidnapped, which was bad, but at least they were largely safe, still armed, and with the other children. The earthquake, coupled with the random kidnappings, was significantly more worrisome. She'd made the case to at least one person that this might mean they had a monster on their hands; earthquakes had signaled changes in Locke and Vegas that brought the giant snake and the lobster-thing, respectively. And if the earthquake were in the north, which was also where the kids were... there wasn't time.

This will likely explain why she's foregone any and all attempts at subtlety, and chosen to just dump them into the fray. Liberal application of Google Earth, cross-referenced with Toushirou's description of the facility's location, gave them what seemed to be a place to come out, a weird, unusually tall building built right on the mountain. Zooming in close and visualizing the place in her mind, she nods when she thinks she's ready, raising her voice to make sure everyone present hears her. "We're about to start. Everyone, get ready - we don't get another shot at this, and we're going in hot. Be prepared for anything." There are several more reminders she doesn't add; she trusts everyone here not to hurt the kids, and to recognize Toushirou well enough not to shoot him.

More quietly, she adds, "We're not taking any chances. Lily, let's suit up, then we'll teleport everyone in. I think... it might be better for us to start with Silhouettes, for the extra power. We can't afford to make even a single mistake on this." Winter doesn't call the Mirage on her own - it's not really hers, so she doesn't have it quite down yet - but just looks at Lily to make sure it's okay, reaching for a hand. Raquel, on her shoulder, pops into her Commune and drops into her free hand, sensing the mood and electing to not wait to be asked.

==

Lily's not been a whole lot better than Winter, but sensing her partner's apprehension has been doing her best to keep herself together. She's just as worried about Dani and Toushirou, just as concerned about what all of this and the earthquake could mean, but... She has to keep her head straight, she's known this. They're about as much on the same page as one could be before the kids' message reaches the Numbered's ears.

Once they've zeroed in on the location, she's readying her own transformation device and her Precure Seed. "We'll take anyone who wants to follow along with us along through the Mirage's portal. The children need to be first priority, once we find them, teleporting them back the way we came is probably going to be easiest. Not to mention, safest. Beyond that... We need to watch our heads, and not do anything stupid. And if anyone else wants to create an outside distraction... well, that might not be a bad idea either."

She takes a steadying breath, slotting her trinkets together. She takes Winter's outstretched hand, attempting to deliver to her the most calming smile she can. From there, over the next few moments, light and spectacle erupt around them, with Lily summoning the Heartcatch Mirage and pushing them further, until Super Cure Moonlight has willed a large, heart-shaped portal with their destination before them.

((Winter and Lily are opening a portal that will dump anyone going through it geographically just outside the building, on the mountain. Or at least, where she's pretty sure the building is. Realistically, it's close, but they're still a minute or two's walk from the structure. Anyone's welcome to come along; the portal will close eventually, but it'll stay open for at least a few minutes, whether they're watching it or not. On request, if they can break off, the Precure will open a portal that will return anyone traveling through it back to the cabins. Because the portal's only sized for people, nothing crazy can really follow; this also means they're not bringing any snowmobiles.))
alilyinthemoonslight: (Silhouette - 008)

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[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-02-01 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Multicolored wings of light blazing, Super Cure Moonlight is one of the first through the Heartcatch Mirage's open portal. She wills it to stay open for a little while, but also isn't about to stick around forever. It'll close when it close - for now, she's wasting little time. Skimming across the ground, she's able to fly quickly and in relative silence, but there is a distinct trail of snow flying up behind her.

Once at and inside the building, she's going to waste no time in attempting to zero in on Dani, Toushirou, and the other gathered children. Any of her other fears or hang-ups are secondary right now - no matter what she faces, that is her end goal, and heaven help anyone who gets in her way.

[OOC - Lily can be poked her on approach or within the building, either's fine!]
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Not happy)

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[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-02-01 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
As soon as the portal was open, Emilia was one of the first to head on through it. Once through, the vampire takes to the air with powerful flaps of her bat-like wings, rapidly picking up speed while keeping relatively low to the ground herself. The second she's at the building and inside, she'll keep going, and she will not be stopping for anything.

Anyone that tries to stop her will be swatted aside. She refuses to let anyone stop her from getting the kids out. Once they're safe, she intends on showing whoever is in charge of this place exactly how a vampire can invoke terror.
Edited 2015-02-01 20:06 (UTC)
dragon_blossom: (Ready steady go)

[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2015-02-02 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Of course Marina's following. She's slower, and less durable, and can't punch a cement truck through a skyscraper and into Godzilla's face or anything to that effect, but she's still got spells and magic armor - and if a big rock monster does show up, she's finally got an actual edge.

People need them, again, and this time that includes Dani. And Toushirou, can't forget him, but Dani is someone Marina's pretty damn fond of on top of everything else; she'll just have to take up the rear guard if all the Precures can rush ahead, looking out for any bizarre attackers coming up from behind. "Don't worry about watching your back Lily!"
alilyinthemoonslight: (Silhouette - 011)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-02-02 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
The shout causes Moonlight's lips to turn up into a smile even in spite of the situation, and she gives a fierce nod, looking back to her. "I wouldn't doubt that for a second!"

She looks back ahead, and can see the three story building on their approach. Three stories, and she very well can enter any of them... The kids are only going to be on one of them though, right?

"One in three shot!" she calls back to Marina or anyone that can hear her. "First, second, or third floor?!"
freeclimbs: (Sister 1)

ota; the building on Mt.Korvatunturi

[personal profile] freeclimbs 2015-02-02 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Two of the kidnapped children are sitting in a corner of the main room with the others, but... unlike everyone around them, don't seem to be scared. After a while, the younger one, a boy, stands and his sister quickly follows to catch his hand, and hand in hand they walk around approach numbered, only to stand nearby and study their faces before moving on. They'll be around the building as much as people will let them wander.
jasminebloominginshadow: (unpleasant surprise)

[personal profile] jasminebloominginshadow 2015-02-02 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Jasmine is there too, arriving just shortly after Marina. And her first instinct is to more or less hover between them, so she can watch both their backs, but Jasmine knows that even with others in their super mode, she's best suited at the front lines.

So she delivers a look back to Marina, before flying to Lily's side.

"This still splits the choices, but... wouldn't it be more likely to be the lower or top floor?"
peacefulwinter: ([D] Are you sure?)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-02-02 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're not on the bottom floor, right? Even if they're stupid, they wouldn't leave kids around something they don't want disturbed," Winter calls. Super Cure Diamond is right on Moonlight's heels, pearlescent wings shining bright. Toushirou had said they were working on something in the basement...

"Shouldn't we start somewhere higher up?"
dragon_blossom: (pic#1961972)

[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2015-02-03 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Let's just start at the top and punch our way down!" Or stab, or blast, or soak, or freeze... it's nice having a whole crew like this around, even if flight is totally showing her up a little bit. She's had some problems with the crazies so far, and she can't fly, but she's got magic and she has Umi's sword skills

She can take care of herself and then some, at least. "
alilyinthemoonslight: (Silhouette - 009)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-02-03 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Top down sounds good for me!" A pause. She glances back, and then real quickly adds: "Someone grab Marina!" Which isn't her for the moment, because she's already brandishing her Moon Tact as she rockets towards the top floor.

Into. Through the top floor. She's in the top floor now, debris raining down around her entrance.

Let's be honest, stealth was never going to be a huge option here for anyone except Danny. There's a reason she didn't respond to that when Toushirou brought it up, the whole "busting through walls" thing.
jasminebloominginshadow: (holding back the pain)

[personal profile] jasminebloominginshadow 2015-02-03 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Jasmine stares for a moment, and sighs. She'd just... been completely outvoted. Even by her own girlfriend, huh?

Oh well, it's not like she really minds. Without a word, she just grabs a hold of Marina by the waist and flies up. "I'm already on it!"

And she's just going to make her way towards the hole Lily made.
Edited 2015-02-03 04:28 (UTC)
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Not happy)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-02-03 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Emi had been following the others closely, of course, easily keeping pace with that others. "I was going to suggest splitting into two groups and take two floors each, but... apparently that wasn't going to happen."

Well, there wasn't much else to do but follow Jasmine and Marina up into the hole left by Lily.
peacefulwinter: ([D] Right there...!)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-02-03 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Winter is hoping beyond hope that Toushirou is right about the strength of that barrier magic. Because there are four magical girls busting through the roof right now and the debris - not to mention the gale as they fly in, or the crossfire of the shooting that is obviously about to start - is going to be a mess for those kids.

Moonlight's Tact makes short work of the roof, and Diamond follows her in at speed. This would be a good thing, except they didn't have quite as much surprise as they'd hoped; one of the Santas is right there, and only a lurching surge backward keeps her arm attached to her shoulder, which does unpleasant things to her neck anyway. A swoop in and a strong kick makes the offender back off, but her mood is thoroughly dampened. "We're not alone in here! Everyone, watch yourselves!"

She's not pink. She knows she's not pink, whatever the hell that's supposed to mean. But in the absence of one, without the natural leader that everyone seems to automatically fall behind, someone needs to make sure they're communicating, needs to watch their backs. If it'll keep someone from getting torn into gory bits, she'll volunteer. "Search this floor! Watch your fire, the kids are in here somewhere, and most of them aren't Numbered! If you see a barrier, it's Toushirou, keep away from it!" The orders are rapid, and she shouts them between dodging and striking to make sure nothing gets through.
dragon_blossom: (On the attack)

[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2015-02-03 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Marina's happy to be carried around by anyone, but she does trust Jasmine just a little more with it, although she practically jumps out of her grip the moment they hit the right floor. There's no time for her to not be fighting, even if she's going to just be putting up a defensive fight while the Cure's finish off a lot more of the crazies.

Sure enough, they're all in the thick of things as they blast on through, Marina swatting at a Grinch and hacking in particular at its hands, hoping to take off enough fingers that it can't grab on to her if it wanted to.

Gruesome, but it's actually working. "I'll make sure nothing I fire off is strong enough... to break... any walls!"
alilyinthemoonslight: (Silhouette - 010)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-02-03 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Lily doesn't check to make sure people are following her; she doesn't worry about that. She knows they're there, and as she hears Winter barking out orders it's something of a relief. What's not a relief is a Santa who suddenly appears out of nowhere, claws raking down for her. However, her wings are already acting - she rockets to the side, Moon Tact flashing out.

"Precure, SILVER FORTE WAVE!"

A giant, blossoming flower of pure energy erupts above her head, before she fires it right down the hallway they're about to face. Unless anything down there is about to see this coming, getting out of its way is going to be a hell of a thing. It's somewhat amplified too, the full extent of her power pushing and power it forward.
Edited 2015-02-03 05:09 (UTC)
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] With a red moon)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-02-03 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Emi joined Jasmine and Marina herself, summoning Gungnir and following Winter's lead. Quickly, she comes to Marina's aid, aiming a thrust of her spear towards her attacker's torso, and let Jasmine and the others worry about the other Krampus wannabes moving in to attack them.

Given the creature's attention on Marina, hitting it with a killing blow was made much simpler... Her attack hit home, impaling the crazy and piercing the heart.
savethenpcs: (Default)

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[personal profile] savethenpcs 2015-02-03 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
[The block of ice in the basement is melting away happily under the heat of the radiators and other heating tools, while on the floor above a bunch of children is reliant on the heat for their survival, because they aren't dressed for the cold.

The santas and grinches will try to stop people both from taking the children away from there and from turning down the heat.

What do you do?]
jasminebloominginshadow: (eyes wide dangerous)

[personal profile] jasminebloominginshadow 2015-02-03 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Once Marina was on solid ground, Jasmine flew into action. Quite literally. She focused her attention on a pair of the grinches, busting out her Dark Tact.

"Dark Forte Wave!"

Naturally, the blast of energy flew forth from it... only for the time manipulating beings to speed out of the way, causing the explosion to strike the floor semi-harmlessly. In seconds, they were upon her...

... With Jasmine widening both her eyes, creating a wave of force that threw them backwards violently.
charcoalfeather: (walking into danger)

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[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2015-02-04 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Standing at the portal, Rakka had watched as her friends charged in, determined to bring down these kidnappers. But... she was hesitant to do. She'd heard that they were difficult to fight, and with her gear gone, Rakka would be little help to them as she was.

"Maybe... they're better off without me there..." She muttered, turning back to the cabins... right before something smacked her head-on in the face and nearly threw her off her feet. Completely surprised, Rakka panicked and fumbled to get the fuzzy obstruction off of her face. Which wasn't too difficult, as it tried to separate as well.

"Grr, that was a terrible landing..." Finally free, the disoriented creature shook... his head, he was small and odd looking, mostly covered in white fur but with grey areas here and there, as well as a few heart shaped accessories and a mohawk, which contrasted everything else a bit. He was also floating in midair now, in front of Rakka without any kind of visible wings. Then, he noticed who was in front of him, and his eyes lit up. "Hey! It's you! It's got to be! I know it!"

For a brief moment, Rakka believed that she had been knocked unconscious, and was currently dreaming all of this. That had to be it, right? "...Uh-"

"Whoa!" The creature floated over to the portal, peering through it. "Did you do this? This portal is cool!" A slight grimace crossed the creature's face as he looked back at Rakka. "Hey! Where are all the other Precure? I need to find them!"

Dumbly, Rakka pointed at the portal which lead to the mountain base beyond. "They're in there... fighting the monsters that--" She frowned. "W-wait, did you say... Precure?"

"Yeah! And you're one of 'em!" A frown, almost mirroring Rakka. "I think. You gotta be! You're the first person I saw around here. I just know you're a Precure!" Apparently, he didn't care about the lack of logic in that statement. "Come on! We have to go fight the monsters too!"

"W-what...?" Overwhelmed by questions, Rakka went silent. Which seemed to be good enough for the creature, as he immediately jumped through the portal. This entire situation was insane, but Rakka knew she couldn't let him go in there alone.

With an anxious breath, Rakka jumped in after him.

----------------------------------------------------

Stumbling out of the portal, Rakka was quickly on the creature's figurative tail, sprinting down the hallway after him. The way seemed to be mostly safe, as everyone else had already cleared the way for them.

"W-wait!" Her voice echoed off the walls. Rakka realized too late that this might draw more monsters, but she had to keep going now.
radiantchicken: (there are really)

[personal profile] radiantchicken 2015-02-05 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
It hadn't been hard for the seven-year-old birdman to get taken to the other children, weird dinosaur-shaped handgun and all. And even if these two don't seem scared, he still wants to check on them. "Hello." He'll crouch so he can be a little more on their level. "Are you two all right?"
peacefulwinter: ([D] I'll cool your rage!)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-02-05 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Cure Diamond has the unfortunate designation of "support unit", meaning she doesn't have anything sharp, fast, or long-range. What she does have is ways to lock down anything that's careless about how it blinks out of time, and she's doing nothing more or less than basically walking down the hallway with her Love Heart Arrow raised over her head, tapping it for effect every few seconds. The minor snowstorm doesn't seem like much, but a frozen hand here and a frozen leg there adds up quickly with half a dozen people that do have offensive-minded powers also attacking.

To that end, she's also not responding offensively to anything that does get through to her, using herself as glorified, mildly resistant bait. She'll dodge out of the way of attacks, but she's not actually striking back. "Find a staircase! I don't want to drop a ceiling on the kids if they're not on this floor!"
peacefulwinter: ([D] Are you serious!?)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-02-05 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
It's a funny thing; even though Winter is a Precure, she's not part of the same team Lily is. That means she has no link to the Heart Tree, except through the Mirage. Which... she's not holding. It's not hers. Anything relating to that is Lily's domain, by virtue of her being more likely to know what the hell is going on.

That means, when Winter hears the voice bouncing down the hallway, her blood runs cold. Cure Diamond is a superhero in basically any sense of the world: she has magical powers, she's supernaturally durable, her reflexes are superb, her physical strength is insane... she has a lot going for, and she's still not doing so hot. Rakka? Rakka has none of that, and just became a liability that needed saving. Wheeling on her heel, she starts in the other direction, holding her snow in a ring around her so she can quickly send it out at anything that wants to get in the way. Because she's bolting toward the shout, making absolutely certain that nothing befalls the new arrival.

That's when she sees the little plushie flying toward her, and she pauses for a moment, too shocked to process it. The thing definitely doesn't look quite like Raquel. It's... different. And she doesn't know what Yuri's fairy looked like to compare. But... no. This is a problem. "Moonlight? When did we get another fairy? Why is it here? What's going on? Please come look at this." Her thoughts are jumbled as she stares at something that shouldn't exist, for... she'd lost track of how many times that is, honestly.
alilyinthemoonslight: (Moonlight - Horror)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-02-05 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, Lily does not quite hear the shouting at first, herself. She's too busy in that instance dodging a very angry Santa, and attempting not to get her face sliced off. She knows very well that she's not impervious to such things as she once might have thought, and has no interest in trying to take the bring of their clawed fingers head on. Still, he knee flies up in the middle of his attack, in order to catch him before he can blink away. Risky, but it pays off - this time, at least.

She senses as Cure Diamond takes of in another direction though, almost instinctively. If she thought about it much, she'd probably put that more on herself than on her abilities as a Precure, or their current connection via the Mirage. Her multicolored wings give a flash, and she takes off after her partner like a bolt of lightning, and...

Then she sees just what she'd come for.

It's unmistakable, really.

She'd seen something just like it in her mind from the moment she became one of the Numbered. A fairy, soft and furry. The way its colors were laid out upon it, its size... It can't be anything else. Without a doubt, it is just like the ones that Blossom and Marine had.

Or Yuri Tsukikage, once a long time ago, until that fateful day in which Lily also has gotten to see his dying breath, feel Cologne's body as the life drained out of him.

Her eyes are as wide as she is open to outside attack when she just sort of locks up, staring blankly.

A fairy, and one she's never seen before. One Yuri never saw before. It doesn't trigger a pulse, nothing but her own memories, or those she's already obtained from the original Cure Moonlight. Its presence can actually only mean one thing, but... how? How in the world...?

No, wait - there's still something more important here. "Rakka!"
Edited 2015-02-05 08:23 (UTC)
freeclimbs: (Sister 1)

[personal profile] freeclimbs 2015-02-05 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The boy stares up at him in.... not awe, but the emotion resembles it closely enough, and steps forward to try and touch his face, while the girl nods. "But it took longer than I thought for you to come."
dragon_blossom: (Arms crossed looking at you)

[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2015-02-05 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks for kill stealing there," she shoots at Emi, while trying to not constantly need bailed out.

As much as Marina doesn't like the idea of someone being bait even a little, Cure Diamond is making her life a lot easier, when she can't fly or move fast enough to dodge the way some of the Cures can. She scoots back away from a time shifting Grinch as it runs right into having its foot stuck the floor, lashing out to take a heavy swipe to put it down. "I don't see anything just yet..."

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