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Post by Anon on Apr 20, 2007 21:32:56 GMT -5
Eon Storyline Proposal [/u] Written by Tusami With input/suggestions from many other members Late Updated: April 21, 2007Our new rpg, Eon, has been coming along great so far. There have been many suggestions made for our “common ground” storyline and I thought I should type this up to show the idea we seem to have so far for Eon’s plot.[/center] World/Setting: We have several options with this and we’ll need to decide this as a group on what everyone wants or thinks will work the best for the rpg. 1. One suggestion has been to live on a modified Earth. In this setting, everything would be just like Earth is now as in location wise (same countries, same geography, etc) but its history would be much different. Magic and magical creatures would exist in this world and science/technology would be far more advanced than it is now. Because of this, the time period is also a modified present (so our characters can have the same clothes, customs, language, etc. as we do in real life; this makes it easier to relate to the rpg). 2. Another suggestion is exactly like the one stated above except that we create our own world instead. We can make up anything we want from the geography of earth to names of cities. This gives the rpg a lot more flexibility and a personalized touch. Everyone would be able to create their own locations (create names of cities/towns/mountains/etc., decide the weather/climate for that area, and who/what is in this location) and then we put them together to create our own special Earth. Who says we have to have a United States? We could just make up our own country! Think of it like a modern Lord of the Rings. 3. There is also the possibility of us living on another planet. Again, this means we would have to design the entire thing from its history to its geography (which doesn’t have to be like Earth’s). This could also play a part of our storyline because perhaps it wasn’t scientists that were mutating humans, maybe there were already mutants living on the planet, then the humans arrived to try and take over… 4. And last but not least, leaving Earth as it is in real life but with a modified history and time period, and add in a few of our own changes. Basically it would be combining option 1 and 2 together. For example, there would still be a United States and all the countries would be the same, but perhaps we make another mountain chain or invent out own cities and their locations. Storyline/Plot: This section is going to need quite a lot of work. This is where we need to put our main focus; lots of information and ideas are going to need to be put into here. Get creative! This storyline would mainly follow an Earth or modified Earth setting. Our story begins a lot further back in time (I suppose you can relate this time period in the story to what our present is like in real life, as far as technology goes). There have been major improvements and breakthroughs recently in science and technology. The biggest single improvement during this time is the successful completion of mapping out the entire DNA structure of a human being. Scientists now know exactly what humans are made of and how to fix problems in the genetic code, such as diseases and defects, and they could even create their own humans with this new knowledge. As can be imagined this caused lots of controversy among people, especially those who are very religious, and therefore the government had no choice but to ban any further research, testing, or experimenting on humans. This in turn angered many scientists who wanted to use this technology to further advance humans as a species. Their main purpose was to figure out how to make humans live longer and healthier to make the world a better place. A group of scientists eventually banded together to work secretly in the field of human genetics, determined that they could prove the world wrong. (We need to come up with a name for this secret organization of scientists as well). Because any cloning technology was banned, it would prove too difficult for the scientists to get their hands on this kind of equipment without the risk of being caught. Instead, they resorted to kidnapping because people go missing all of the time and no one would notice any increase in disappearances, especially if the particular individual had no family. They began exploring different possibilities and the extent to which a human’s DNA could be modified. They eventually had gone so far as to develop a method that could infuse two different species’ DNA together to create a hybrid. Each of their specimens was found to have a signature embedded in their genetic code. Any mutants tagged with this code were regarded as a separate race and called Eons; and for an unknown reason, all and any mutants, hybrids, and experiments naturally have this string of DNA. All of their experiments done over the years in their many secret facilities, each with its own specialties, consisted of: creating humans from scratch by growing them both inside the womb and in test tubes, altering human’s abilities, strength, perseverance, and intelligence, altering their physical appearance, and even cross-breeding and transfusion with other species. After a successful specimen was created, they were usually shipped off to separate labs for further testing. Most Eons were put through extreme assessments, trials, and experiments; many didn’t survive for long. Eventually however, a few of them escaped. The scientists were then caught for performing these illegal experiments and many members of the group had to scatter. Nonetheless, only a few bases were discovered and the rest carried on, but more carefully, with their experiments. But now the world had a problem, a mutant problem. Most of the world shunned them, offering no support, kindness, or sympathy and saw them as nothing more than blasphemous creatures. Not all humans were like this of course but for the most part, mutants didn’t have a place in the world and it was becoming evident that they would not be able to coexist peacefully with humans. Many were loners or outcasts, some were illiterate and found it hard to cope with their new lives in this advanced world, some even hated themselves for who they were, and even still their where those who found a better outlook and sought peace, but some just wanted revenge. Mutants were also causing more and more problems for the scientists as well; they were becoming more disobedient and harder to keep under control. Escapes were common and security was increased, though this still wasn’t enough since many Eons were much more powerful than anticipated. A solution was finally proposed: a new substance that when injected would cause an Eon to become submissive and give these scientists much greater control over them. This went into development quickly and its creation has been their new goal ever since. Now fast forward to rpg present day. They have not had a completely successful result to their standards with this new substance (we need a name for this stuff as well) as most mutants’ bodies seem to reject this virus often leaving them further deformed or even causing death. It was then that the scientists had given up almost all hope and many facilities were shut down. But soon afterwards one of the group’s unauthorized projects, which had been kept a tight secret, produced results. It was given the name Kaito. It was giant leap in genetic experimentation; it was a creature unlike any other on earth. Kaito was actually created from a modified form of this substance (the injection stuff that needs a name) where it was actually infused with the eon sequence in its DNA and therefore allowed the scientist to give orders and control Kaito’s behavior easily. The scientists have never owned up as to how this substance was created and many believe that they didn’t actually create it at all, but rather they found it. And because this substance contained DNA, it was almost alive in some way; it had a mind of its own too. The scientists would be able to send orders directly to the substance and in turn, it would send the message to its host. Kaito had little free will of his own, it was there, but he was constantly under control by this substance. He believed that every “word” it spoke was true and followed its every command without question. He was then trained for combat and released following two orders: Capture or Kill. During this same time, these scientists secretly established several more labs where they could put the new modified substance to the test. They disguised these facilities as private boarding schools for mutants called “The Eon Institute of Higher Learning” (we can agree to change the name of course) and had two sections: One was the main facilities where dorms, cafeteria, library, classrooms, etc. reside. The other section was a high security area where the actual laboratory is located. To avoid any suspicion, it was decorated just like the other half of the school but behind every door you could see behind the scenes. This area was regarded as the “special” side where students were sent once they “earned the privilege” to be there. Rumors were purposely placed to intrigue the students into wanting to go there. It was thought that the teachers were stricter and the classes more challenging, but in turn the students were given more privileges such as an extended night curfew and better food. But it won’t be long before someone finds out what’s really going on… Now this is where some decisions need to be made. 1. The name for this group of scientist 2. The name for this substance that is being injected into mutants 3. The name for the school (the *cough* not-laboratory) 4. Decide if the scientists created this substance or they found it (or found a special ingredient for it, maybe it came from outer space or something?) 5. We’d need to some up with almost an entirely different plot if we want to be on another planet as with setting option 3. 6. Everyone will have to decide for themselves on how their characters fit into the storyline. Collaborate, see what others are doing and maybe find a way your characters can meet up with each other.[/color]
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Post by night on Apr 20, 2007 22:23:57 GMT -5
ok then...everything sounds really good so far. I will admit that I really like idea 1..being that I have most of night's past set in New Orleans already (not that I cant change that or anything, but it makes it easier on me..and maybe i'm lazy...yeah that one sounds good.
Ok then over all story beginning wise is pretty well rounded. -make sense -pretty simple to understand - and gives alot of reasons for other things
but there is one thing that i'm seeing that there might be a problem but you might be able to explain it to me...well as I was reading over about Kaito..and I dont know something about it makes me seem to be the perfect bad guy..I mean, if he was created to kill and all...but really thats about it. and thats my 2 cents
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Post by Anon on Apr 20, 2007 22:36:03 GMT -5
Alright! Yey! I'm glad you like the idea so far.
And yes the Kaito thing will be explained. For now here's the basics: Yes he's a killing machine. He is ordered to bring back escaped mutants or kill them. No one is gonna mess with him. He's almost completely controlled by these scientists, brainwashed as you suggested. Eventually he will be sent out after us after we escape from the not -labatory and for a long time, he'll be our main enemy and we'll be on the run from him. Buuut... he is going to have a very slow process of a, shall we say, change of heart? But by that time, the scientists will have pretty much perfected this mutant controlling substance and won't exactly need Kaito as much anymore anyways... yeah. More to come.
And thanks so much for your 2 cents! Muchly appreciated!!!
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Post by night on Apr 20, 2007 22:46:38 GMT -5
ah! yes that makes much more sense now, I do appreacite it. hmm lets see here. over all this is good, its a nice solid base and theres enough room for everyone to create there own, unique story, and at the same time basic enough to keep everyone on the same page.
now then, umm..I guess my only question here is do you want to summerize the 'common ground' meeting up story about the NOT-LAB <__<. or do I need to do that? (oh god night doing something? thats nuts!)
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Post by Anon on Apr 21, 2007 13:49:24 GMT -5
Oh yes yes! Just hold on! I will put that up here too. I'm not done yet. ^^ I was just going to briefly summarize it but you are always welcome to post up your ideas on that too, I don't have to do everything. You can go into more depth since I definitely won't cover everything. Feel free to go ahead and type up your stuff if you want. I'll probably finish up the storyline proposal here soon.
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Post by night on Apr 21, 2007 17:52:21 GMT -5
yeah well I was mostly asking cause well..i'm lazy..i'm sure we have established that XD anyway tho I have gone and I looked back over everything and I think that its perfect! everything seems to make even more sense and well I like it. so my vote is to keep what we have here so far. ok then let me see what I can pull up here for some suggestions on some of the stuff that...we need suggestions on...<< (that sounded weird..)
-hmm I was thinking that the substance could be called 'eclipse' cause when I think about it, this substance 'eclipses' the emotions and thoughts of the eons gus: thats lame yeah well...it more sense when I was thinking about it...
- and speaking of the substance...I think either idea of them finding it or making it could work out..what if we used both? such as they found the substance but altered it? or even they found it and were able to replicated it?
-the school name is interesting..I think we could come up with something better but really for the time being this could work if we couldnt come up with anything else
-as far as characters meeting up I know I got how ani and night are gonna run into each other, so thats good
- as for the name of the scientist..hmm.....*is being ADD at the moment*..... gus: *snaps fingers* night! stay focused! oh sorry!..umm..OH GOD....I HAVE SOEMTHING LAME... gus: thats not uncommon for you.. L.I.G.H.T (Labratory Institutions for Geneticly Hightening Technology) ahahahahaa....thats so stupid I know |D but it seems to make sense!
so there we go!
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Post by night on Apr 22, 2007 19:07:44 GMT -5
yeah I defintely think that I like you're idea for LIGHT better |D
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Post by kaito on Apr 24, 2007 20:37:29 GMT -5
So, LIGHT it is? I personally love that idea! So, only the name of the school is left.... *thinks* I don't think it should have to do anything with the name 'Eon', but I think the name should have institute somewhere in the name... Is is just me, or is that the last thing do decide before we can really get started? I can't wait until I can start meh story!
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Post by night on Apr 24, 2007 21:29:58 GMT -5
well as I said before, the name is ok..it could be better, but at the same time it can stay until we think up something different
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Post by animeg on Apr 25, 2007 14:10:45 GMT -5
BEWARE This following post is long so I suggest you get comfy. BD
...@w@'' I finally finished reading all of that. DX BUT FINALLY, TEH ANI SHALL SPEAKITH. ... Uhm... yeah, I was going for that whole dramatic scene but- Vegeta: Can you just get on with it? B( >____>'' Alright, time for my two cents. xD;
In Graphic Design class, me and Tusami usually take the opportunity to discuss about the Eon; personally, I am loving a lot of the ideas that're being spawned! Vegeta: ...That didn't sound right. STFU. I'm talking here! >8U
Okay, first thing first. me and Tusami talked over about the World/Setting part [because... well, I was right there when she typed it up. xD] and I have to say that my vote goes to number four; I love the idea of having the story on Earth; not only we can relate to our character better but we would actually save our time for something else rather then building a WHOLE NEW PLANET. Omgaaaaawwwwdd aaliiienssss lyk whoa. I mean seriously, sure, a new planet would be easy to have because it can be very flexible and change to anything we want it to be but it would also mean we have to plan out the geography and decide names for cities and land and the such and we also have to create different kind of species and races to inhabit this new planet. I dunno about you guys but that sound like it would take helluva long time and effort... AHAHAHA. WORK. RIGHT. WHO DOES THAT. So yeah, I'm all for choice number four; besides, there are some members on this site that already got started on their story; namely me and Night. Her being in New Orleans and me in New York. I just think it can really work because we can still have our own personal touches, working with lands we knew so well and saves up time. -nods- AM I MAKING SENSE SO FAR? Because if I don't, I apologize, I'm a bit dazed. BDDD Vegeta: So you're going to shut up now, right? AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. no. I STILL HAFTA TALK ABOUT THOSE OTHER STUFF. You know.. those... stuff. yeah. Vegeta: ....Joy. DX
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I really like the storyline so far, it's easy and fairly simple to understand and doesn't seem to stray off track throughout the whole thing. And like Night always say... COMMON GROUND IS IMPORTANT! Basically, the storyline so far is just a history to get the Eon story's stage set and going. At the end, it just basically gave everybody the reins! We all can have our own inputs and the such so this is good, everybody can join in and everybody can have their spotlight. WE ARE EQUAL! -DUB DUM DUNNNN- And now for the time for even more of Ani's thoughts. cB
1. The name for this group of scientist
Well, I pretty much suck at coming up with names. BD BD BD But I read over the comments and I must say, I sort of liked the name LIGHT; mostly because for what it stands for.
Night's Idea: Laboratory Institutions for Genetic Heightening Technology. Taro's Idea: Laboratory Institutions for Genetic Hybrid Testing
I think I'm leaning more of Taro's suggestion because that's basically what the plot line is about right? Modifying and splitting and manipulating DNA genes; thus the 'hybrid testing' part. But kudos to Night for thinking of 'LIGHT'! The only thing that bothers me a little is the name 'LIGHT' itself. It's like... OMG WATCH OUT FOR THE LIGHTS, PANIC PANIC!!1! Everybody: ...what? But I liked the irony of having the dark evil scientist's name be so... light. xD -SHOT- But I can get past that and the idea of what it really stands for gave it a better theme to it. If that made any sense. BD
2. The name for this substance that is being injected into mutants
Again, Ani = bad names. xD But thankfully our genius woman of talent came out with something!
hmm I was thinking that the substance could be called 'eclipse' cause when I think about it, this substance 'eclipses' the emotions and thoughts of the eons -Night
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But seriously. xD I really liked the idea of it; it made sense and it doesn't sound so suspicious to the outsiders or cliche' at all! So yeah, that got my vote there as well. BD;; Vegeta: ...You're just rolling with the punches, aren't you? Hush. DX
There was something Taro mentioned though...
How about, the School is slowly introducing Eclipse into the food at The Eon Institute! -Taro
Hm... Well, that would kinda defeat the purpose of having students to go to the 'other side' would it? Or something? Or maybe, the LIGHT scientist guys think that time is 'running out' or something like that and wants to start gaining control over the students so that can be the point when they start introducing the 'Eclipse' into the food.
Or... something... like... that... .....-FACEFALL- Vegeta: Your train of thoughts kept crashing didn't it...? I HAD SOMETHING GOING ON THERE, I SWEAR. >BC
3. The name for the school (the *cough* not-laboratory)
OKAY. I HOPE WE'RE NOT FALLING ASLEEP HERE. Vegeta: -looks out to the readers- You're killing them, Ani. BD whutwhutwhut?! -Creates an earthquake- Vegeta: WTFFFFF I was just joking! Hell. '
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Well, the name we have at the moment is 'The Eon Institute of Higher Learning', right? Hm... I'll hafta agree with Night on this one; it works but it could be better. I mean, something about the 'Higher Learning' just really bugs me. It sounds like they're handling a bunch of mentally retarded people or something, but that's just me. BD But I guess we can always save this for last. I mean, it's true we're trying to get that professional sound to it but at the same time, I just couldn't help but to remember X-Men with that name. BDDD I also noticed a comment somewhere, I believe it was Taro but it said something like 'If you look at it in a way, we're kinda a rip-off from X-Men, we couldn't help it, it just happened.' Well, I happen to disagree with that statement. Yes, it is a hinting at X-Men with mutants but we're not calling them that, we're calling them 'Eon' and yes, we may have a boarding school for them, but I didn't see Xavier's school being run by evil scientist group or having a second 'special' -hushhush- side of the school where torture- I MEAN stricter teachers and special privileges. >3> So yeah, I don't really see the similarity between X-Men and Eon so far... except the name. I vote that we really got to change the name. BD;;;;;;
4. Decide if the scientists created this substance or they found it (or found a special ingredient for it, maybe it came from outer space or something?)
Well... This is something that is definitely needed to be discussed with the group, I mean, I'm all for both really. But if thinking logically, I don't think mankind can create such a powerful substance outta nothing or even smart enough to create it. So I again agree with Night's idea on how about combining both?
found the substance but altered it? or even they found it and were able to replicated it? -Night
[wow, I'm just basically repeating everything she's saying so far. I'msolame. BD] But if you think about it, it could make sense! Well the first part of it really. I mean, like I said, mankind can't possibly be THAT strong or intelligent enough to create something as powerful as this but the substance can't exactly rise up and take over either. So I yeah, my opinion? I suggest they find it somehow [details later perhaps? xD] and brings it to the lab and did experimentation on it and discover that they can use this stuff to control the mutants or 'Eon' as they can be called now, and and... uhm... well...
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Vegeta: ANI. Why do you keep losing focus? Focus? Hahaha, what is focus? 8l
SO YEAH, THAT'S MY GENERAL IDEA. ............ B/
5. We’d need to come up with almost an entirely different plot if we want to be on another planet as with setting option 3.
Well, it's just as I said before; I think we sound go with Setting Option 4, and I have already explained it above so no need for me to repeat. xD Vegeta: Thank the Lord! You're not really helping... Vegeta: ....I know. B)
6. Everyone will have to decide for themselves on how their characters fit into the storyline. Collaborate, see what others are doing and maybe find a way your characters can meet up with each other.
Well, as Night already mentioned, we have already decided on how Ani and Night were going to meet up and how it was going to follow after that. [Most credit of the story goes to her because teh Ani is lame and doesn't think of exciting events in the story to compare up to Night's amazing planning skillz. BD] So that's mostly one major part of Ani's story outta the way. xD;; I just need to see how exactly Ani will interact with the others like Tusami, Kama, Taro and the such. So yeah, much more planning is required, yes? >____>;;;
OKAY. Whew, that took me quite of a while! Vegeta: You mean... you're finally done?! Yeah, unfortunately. D8! BUT at least I got that written down and ready to go. So yeah, any inputs and comments would be nice, I'd love to read them and have a friendly conversation if possible.
I DON'T THINK I HELPED BUT I HELPED RIGHT? Vegeta: ...What? Do not question me! DX
-Indulges self into Phoenix Wright-
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Post by animeg on Apr 25, 2007 18:28:20 GMT -5
Actually, Taro, I didn't say the name of the school suck nor did I made it to the point where I'm accusing everybody. I didn't say that anywhere in my post, did I? I just said that it could be better but it can work at the moment. Seeing how we're still in the planning phase! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!
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So yeah, I didn't mean for you to get offensive, I wasn't trying to offend anybody. I was just saying that we can work with it for time being but would like for it to change. Sorry that it looked like I was trying to flaming you, I had no intention of attempting that. DX Vegeta: YES SHE DID! You just want me to get hurt, don't you? Vegeta: Uh... WHATEVER GAVE YOU THAT IDEA? -suspcious glancing- Boomer: DANCING BACON!11! ...Whut the...
Okay, ignoring the randomness there; let's move on. >3>
Well... Maybe not TOO far into the future, yanno? Because I don't want everything to get too complex. Vegeta: Exactly coming from someone who knew NOTHING about machines and futuristic topics. -smirk- STFUUUU. >8C But yeah, I argee we should have advanced techonology otherwise, Eon wouldn't be born. However, wouldn't it be too complicated if everything is run by machines and stuff? -panicky; remembering the iRobot movie- And if I taken your words out of content again... I apologize! I'm just confused. 8/ Vegeta: And dumb. ... I'm not even going to comment. BD
OMGYAY! STORYSTORYSTORYSTORY! lkdnjpgisdhgiouhndfg;iashnd -Tackles Taro- ^_____________^
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But yeah, that story outline sounds like a good idea to use. xD; Unlike me who just... as Vegeta said earlier... 'rolling with the punches' BD; ahahalameIknow
Awww noo. DDD: I'm sorry your story got deleted. T^T It happened to me before, I feel your pain my furry friend. -pets- BUT. As far as I KNOW, Night wasn't in the school; she was traveling and managed to bump into Ani after her oh-so-wonderous -sarcasm- escape. Maybe Momaru wasn't at the school either... So yeah, I don't know how many others weren't at the school though so I can't help you out. Sorry. T^T Hope everything's okay with your story. -huggles- <3333
Vegeta: -Looks at Von- .... You look tastey. xD
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Post by night on Apr 26, 2007 21:31:27 GMT -5
wow....talk about some awsome posting going on! actaully this makes me happy too, ya know to see people getting ideas and opinions and things of the sort!
and yes I agree with ani, Taro's idea for LIGHT is waaaaay better than mine..then again i admit that I was kinda joking when I made that up ^^;;...who would of known that people would of liked it so much? O__O other than that I am also really glad that we are working together to get this going!..horray for team work!
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Post by animeg on Apr 26, 2007 21:38:18 GMT -5
Yes, yes! <333 I agree, this makes my pants happy too! : DD It's ALWAYS so great to see people getting involved and putting effort to make this really work and teh powah of teamwork! That was another thing why Elementals died, nobody really put that much effort or energy into it so Eon was even better! I gotta day, the storyline, the characters, the new events and the such is so much better. <3 <3 KEEP IT UP EVERYBODY!
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..Actually, not WAAAAY better... just... better? xD Because there wasn't much of a difference in the first place. >3> xD But yeah, SOMETIMES JOKES CAN BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Yes, fear the powah of a human's mind! ..............Oh look, a penny. <3
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Post by night on Apr 26, 2007 21:48:55 GMT -5
PENNY! *snatches and runs away*
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Post by animeg on Apr 27, 2007 22:43:14 GMT -5
...H-HEY! THIEF. >8U
.... e_e'' Sorry if I offended you again, like I said, there was no intention to doing so but people liked your ideas better anyhow so... yeah. :/
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