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Sex
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..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup
Navigator<br>
..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newark.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf<br>
..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magicina<br>
..Ix..............Shaman..Rachelle.Gauthier..Fe..Human<br>
..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Me..Human/Magician
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..Maelorna........Dancer..Don.Kerr...........Fe..Human/Seductress<br>
..Mournath........Sailor..Gibert.Isla........Ma..Human/Navigator<br>
..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human<br>
..Raddok..........Miner...Bess Hadley........Ma..Human<br>
..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden<br>
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Kopas weri....Fe..Fe..Human/Shman/1st
Mate<br>
..Barbasa.........Warror..Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast<br>
..Brutto..........Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #1<br>
..Finn............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #2<br>
..Ardrackle.......Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #3<br>
..Zepp............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #4<br>
..Corona..........Eagle...Npc................Ma..Companion to
Z'leyra
[First Mate]<br>
..Zol.Zim.........Wolf....Npc................Ma..Zehani Wolf/Ix's
Friend<br><br>
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Game Update #29a sequence (file #299)<br>
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[Recap]<br><br>
From Fremea; [Re:
Actions]<br>
<old stuff
first><br>
<OOC going to
put some stuff in for before they left, I<br>
apologize for not
getting it done a sooner, been running a<br>
lot><br><br>
After Arawn
'talks' to her, she understands that he really<br>
does not like not
knowing everything. Having spent a lot of<br>
her life not
knowing much at all, she can understand, but she<br>
was also trained
to take care of what needed to be done now and<br>
deal with
everything after. She knows that some of these sailors<br>
may have children
and that it will be hard to have them taken<br>
care of.
"Yes, here is some gold to help in whatever way you see<br>
fit." She
hands Arawn 4 gold pieces.<br><br>
--------<br>
After the ship
disembarks, she works to find a good place to<br>
sleep (mostly
during the day, though that will not always be<br>
the case). There
really isn't any good places, so she just<br>
picks the hold,
since there is an easy way out. She also makes<br>
sure that her two
bows are in good places to get to one of them<br>
in case of
attacks, along with a full quiver in each spot and<br>
secured. She will
finally learn the seaman skill too, just<br>
since this is the
second time she will be on a ship and at<br>
this point, who
the hells know if she won't be again.<br>
----------------<br><br>
At their first
port of call, she will disguise herself, since<br>
she does not know
how this populous will be towards her kind<br>
and disembarks to
get some fresh fruits and vegetables. Once<br>
the necklace is
available (first availability) she will learn<br>
the Bhamotin from
either Kiet or Z.<br>
-------------------<br><br>
When she hears the
yell of something coming aboard, she will<br>
grab her bow
and quiver as she flies out of the hold and<br>
assess the
situation. If there is something fire at she will<br>
(closest enemy to
her), then seeing that she could hit one of<br>
her crew, she will
use her daggers to fight close quarters,<br>
using her wings to
keep her balanced.<br>
GM: Ack. Hold as in front hold
or hidden smugler's hold<br>
in
back? Regular hold has 2 exits (stairs and cargo<br>
shaft
to top deck that is closed when raining). Smuggler<br>
has a
hidden hatch but is much hotter. However being<br>
smaller person you could probably handle the heat far<br>
more
than humans. You do have those nice built in fans<br>
on
your back. :) Seaman - You can learn it but as<br>
you
fly you aren't affected by the loss in power. It<br>
is
only when your standing on deck. You could probably<br>
fly
upside down firing bows and using daggers with<br>
ease
so if you don't wan seaman let me know. You learn<br>
Bhamotin on Apris 5th (future from now). You are probably<br>
the
best speaker so far in it.<br><br>
From Raddok: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Game Update #28 -
File #285 - Raddok always armed<br><br>
[OOC: I thought
the months were only 30 days long & posts had<br>
Marqi with 31
days. As per the posted schedule (with the extra<br>
day), I have
selected the weapon(s) Raddok would have for this<br>
day (Apris
4).<br><br>
[IC] Raddok has
received not just a fighting dagger, but a<br>
throwing one from
Z'leyra. He secretly hopes to pay her back<br>
for at least some
of the cost, but is very grateful that his<br>
few coins are
still intact. After learning about the loss of<br>
fighting skills on
board ship, has asked Z'leyra if he could<br>
focus on learning
Seamanship for the first two weeks at sea,<br>
then explains to
Kiet that he had decided to delay learning<br>
dagger skills
until they were on dry land. He has spent every<br>
day learning
Seamanship.<br><br>
Raddok is taking
advantage of the offer to learn swimming while<br>
in port, and
spends a bare hour in the water, learning how to<br>
float and the
basic strokes. He feels fatigue (after all, he is<br>
learning
seamanship as well) after that, so knows this will be<br>
a slow process -
but at least he can keep his head above water<br>
along the
wharf.<br><br>
Raddok has worn a
weapon every day, whether on board ship or<br>
not. [OOC: I'm
keeping a calendar/schedule] As Raddok has come<br>
along on this trip
offering his fighting skills, as well as<br>
mining, he feels
an obligation to use those skills, so is always<br>
wearing a weapon,
in its belt sling (both mace & sword have belt<br>
slings), even
while undergoing seamanship training. He rotates<br>
the weapons he
carries daily, and is wearing his mace on Apris<br>
4th (the day of
the attack). He is not wearing armor, due to<br>
the heat, but
since he's got the mace, he also has his shield<br>
out, sitting on
top of his weapons locker nearby, covered by<br>
his quilted armor
to keep the sun from heating it up too much<br>
to handle. His
leather armor is in the locker with his sword<br>
today.<br><br>
When Raddok (top
deck, midship) perceives the first invaders,<br>
he leap to a
stand, draws his mace and scrambles for his shield,<br>
which is on top of
the locker nearby (also top deck, midship).<br>
If a merman is
within reach, he will strike at the merman first,<br>
then head for the
shield. He will avoid turning his back on the<br>
attackers, and
will move at a sideways scramble toward the<br>
shield. He will
also give out a very loud yell for attention.<br><br>
[OOC- I figure
this uses up the 2 phases, if only 6 seconds<br>
long. I figure he
won't reach the shield to slip it in place<br>
until the 3rd
phase (or 4th, if delayed by mermen) - another<br>
6 seconds? --This
is only if his plan is not forced to be<br>
changed by
whatever is going to happen next. If I'm off on<br>
figuring the time,
let me know & add more as per what I've<br>
already written
here.]<br>
GM: Ack. Even though I'm using
Burton's calendar system I still<br>
use
the core days for my sanity. Marqi=March = 31 days. So<br>
on. Granted it would be easier for 30 days. But for just<br>
ease
of records I use our total days. Here's the thing on<br>
wearing said weapons. As GM I have to go with data I already<br>
have. If it wasn't posted up to this point I can only assume<br>
what
is practical and normal. When I had Raddok on ship<br>
at
stat he only had book and apple. No weapons. As a mere<br>
passenger it'd be suggested to store gear. I mean what if<br>
wave
hits and someone stumbles and falls on your mace in your<br>
belt? Since this is the first I heard about worn weapons<br>
this
is a hard situation for me. Its like in a month X<br>
monster attacks. Player comes up that day 'I wear my X<br>
monster killing amulet that day' yet to this point never did.<br>
For me
as GM this is a proactive for a active situation. If I<br>
had
known this stuff below I'd have no issue. But since<br>
you
are new and I don't know your SOP like I do some of the<br>
old
players I'm stumped. To me if you are doing chores for<br>
the
ship carrying around a mace and shield in both hands<br>
is
just silly to carry/move stuff. Sure one can put on back<br>
or
belt. But it seems silly to me. Its like Z wearing her<br>
great
sword even in a sheath on belt seems a bit overboard.<br>
But
holding a third hand-her staff is kind of normal for<br>
her as
a caster. Same with Unali with daggers she would<br>
feel
naked without her daggers. That sop I've learned.<br>
So
I've talked it over with a fellow GM. Our best options<br>
are to
have in locker nearby than the room or on you but<br>
need
time to move/don it. I've rolled d100 and based each<br>
option
50/50. It came up to be locker. So you'll have to<br>
move
to locker and get it. I hope you understand. Now in<br>
future
if you want to wear all your weapons please say so.<br>
I'll
allow it. Just let me know. I think this solution is<br>
better
than moving down stairs to get gear. :) Hope you<br>
understand. Tell you what! I'm a nice GM....sorry had<br>
to go
bea t down my dwarf staff they were snickering. I'll<br>
do it
not in locker but as you say on top of locker. That<br>
would
make more sense. So its at reach if needed but not<br>
worn
as you work. So it will take time to get and don.<br><br>
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]<br>
[Marqi
27th]<br><br>
Pyan reaffirms(If
I remember correctly I Agree to it before)<br>
to Arawn's
Battlemind magic, after all he already trusted magic<br>
to put a language
in his head and that seems to a much more<br>
invasive operation
than choreographing ones movements.<br><br>
[Marqi
29th]<br><br>
Pyan doesn't let
the failure of the necklace get him down, He<br>
inquires with
Z'leyra and Arawn about giving him lessons. After<br>
he rechecks with
Z'leyra that the necklace works with bird<br>
languages he
reserves the next available day (Mar 30th?) and<br>
continues trying
with the necklace until he learns to speak<br>
Eagle thou he lets
other have first take on the necklace if<br>
they have a
language to learn. He keeps an eye out for any<br>
other eagles
besides Corona that the party may happen across<br>
to try out his
skills with.<br>
<br>
[Apris
4th]<br><br>
Pyan is
trying to find the coolest place on the ship out of<br>
the
sun, when the attack begins. The only weapon he has on<br>
him is
a knife or fork left over from lunch. If he<br>
survives this he will be sure to always keep a dagger on<br>
him.<br>
GM: Ack. Thanks.
Nice post. Your longest to date! Good job.<br>
Arawn
will have to remind me who he includes in his BM spell<br>
as
I'll probably forget. Besides IBT listed below do you<br>
want
to learn anything else or just Eagle? I like that<br>
ending
funny visually fighting with a fork against a trident<br>
welding merman. ;)<br><br>
From Z'leyra: [RE:
Actions]<br>
Casting through
her staff Z'leyra casts Astral Web to catch<br>
any enemies near
her in its web. She calls "Don't hurt the<br>
webbed
ones!"<br><br>
Note that she will
be defensive...using her skill with a<br>
warstaff to reduce
the chance of a foe injuring her.<br><br>
Next she triggers
the Speed spell on her boots and goes to hit<br>
any mermen that
look likely to hurt party or crew.<br>
GM: Ack. Don't hurt them?
Hmmm. No EL l so assume EL0.<br><br>
From Kiet: [Re: Scroll]<br>
During the first leg of
trip, or whenever suits Scott's<br>
story<br><br>
In the rush to get under
weigh, Kiet actually forgets about<br>
the coded scroll until
he goes rummaging in his locker for the<br>
battle horns.
After taking the horns topside and securing them<br>
at various points fore,
aft, and amidship (middle), Kiet goes<br>
below back to his
locker. He takes out the scroll and<br>
contemplates it a
bit. Obviously coded...but is there anything<br>
else...?<br><br>
Kiet, being the paranoid
guy he is, er, being the cautious man<br>
he is around other
people's magic, decides to cast first a Max<br>
EL Detection of magical
traps, then a max EL detection of Ward,<br>
then a max EL detection
of curse, then max EL Detection of<br>
Ensorcellment that
attacks the reader/user...booby traps, in<br>
other words.<br><br>
After this, Kiet will
cast a max EL Decode and see if it is a<br>
language he can
read. If not, he will take the scroll around<br>
and ask the other
party members...not the borrowed crew.<br>
GM: Ack. This will be
fun!<br><br>
From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]<br>
Dorhak, as a dwarf,
doesn’t really understand what a ship's<br>
captain really
does. From the looks of things, he just gives<br>
orders for other people
to make them do things. He's wondering<br>
why these humans think
it’s such a difficult task.<br><br>
during his own 'self'
time there is little to do for training<br>
himself. He offers up 4
hours a day to anyone wanting to train<br>
in mace or shield.
Speaking of mace, he tends to keep it with him<br>
always, sort of like a
baton of authority, tucked in his belt.<br>
His shield is usually
left in his quarters, and it’s been far too<br>
warm to wear
armor. After all, we've come this far without<br>
serious problems.
What could go wrong? (His other spare time<br>
not spent asleep can be
spent doin 4hours of miscellaneous<br>
captain things, and
eight hours learning seamanship. )<br><br>
Besides, Dorhak can’t
swim or even float too well. Wearing<br>
armor seem like wearing
an anchor around his neck<br><br>
Dorhak, while he can’t
read, can see a map and understand what<br>
is what. He's
studying a chart wanting to make sure of the<br>
route. Avoiding the
ports that several have said might be wise<br>
to avoid seemed like
good council. It also seems a more direct<br>
route.<br><br>
Dorhak is hoping that he
sees movement in his windows from the<br>
maurading
creatures. Either way, when the alarm sounds our<br>
fearless Captain Dorhak
shall grab mace and shield and head<br>
immediately toward the
thick of the battle.<br><br>
is that enough detail
Scott?<br>
GM: Ack. So 4 hrs teaching, 8
learning Seamanship, 8 sleeping<br>
and 4 hours
captain duties. Sounds fine! I figure you<br>
stand on
deck laughing at the silly humans trying to<br>
swim in the
odd water knowing sharks are nearby. You<br>
probably
grumble fools alot? :) But this is a good post.<br><br>
From Mournath: [Re: Actions]<br>
[to GM] actually the
'fishing' was being done with my spear, so<br>
I was hoping that would
count as spear(throwing) practice during<br>
my downtime? If
not, no sweat and I'll pick up a fishing skill.<br><br>
Mournath prepares for
the attackers by grabbing his shield and<br>
spear and tries to keep
the invaders from coming onto the boat in<br>
the first place by using
the spear's length to push them off<br>
before they can
board.<br>
GM: Ack. Good point on the
fish spearing. Would need a very<br>
study
rope/line as if you get a agile fast fish you could<br>
lose the
spear so best NOT to use the magical ones if<br>
you have
any. <br><br>
From Arawn: [Re:
Actions]
<br>
Arawn accepted
respectfully, knowing that it was a...<br><br>
"Thank you. I think
it will go far, for their families...<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]<br>
Battle Mind:<br><br>
Cool. I'll put you on my
list of pre-approved PC's for the<br>
spell. Currently it
looks like it's just you and Raddok but that<br>
works. Arawn usually
gives a hand signal or rattles on his<br>
buckler before casting
to alert players that he's going to cast<br>
it (if we're already in
the middle of combat, as talking to alert<br>
you eats up combat
phases).<br><br>
[Marqi 29th]<br><br>
Arawn gives Pyan a
warm smile when the hunter...<br>
<br>
"I'd be happy
to, though it might be slow going...<br>
GM: Ack. Could say "Going to do
a BM!" No. Maybe they<br>
think need
latrine? Nevermind.<br><br>
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]<br>
OOC:<br><br>
Assuming Kiet doesn't
figure the scroll out on his own,<br>
if it
reaches Arawn he'll cast Code/Decode at max EL using<br>
the wand (rerolling any
failures). He'll then translate as best<br>
he can for Kiet.<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Ix: [Re: Actions]<br>
[Apris 4th, 1636TH]<br>
[Time: 12:18
pm]<br><br>
Ix had spent all morning
on deck, having found a safe...<br>
<br>
OOC: Yahoo started
sending the pnp emails to my spam<br>
flder. ost from Arawn on
actions...<br>
GM: Ack. Opps deleted top
section on not speaking. Don't<br>
worry about
interruptions. Ship life is VERY boring<br>
with a good
12+ hours of boredom at a time. So convo<br>
is very rel
ieving. Sword? Thought you were doing only Dance?<br>
So you are
doing Sword and Dance? Let me know so I can update<br>
the
chart. As to Yahoo that happens quite often as does gmail.<br>
Those are to
me IMHO the worst emails out there for such heavy<br>
email
traffic. I get bounces all the time from those but never<br>
from more
ISPcentric emails like comcast or such. So I<br>
always
recommend using your ISP's email if able to.<br><br>
From Unali: [Re: Actions]<br>
When Unali sees the two
mermen (18,19) climbing the side, she<br>
will draw her daggers
and try to cut the ropes they use to scae<br>
the ship. If they make
it onto deck she will attack to kill<br>
them. She has seen these
monsters before and they were intent<br>
on killing then, so she
ill not try to subdue, but kill instead.<br><br>
She will start using two
daggers offensively.<br>
GM: Ack. I figured.
:)<br><br>
<br>
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]<br>
IC: In the few seconds
that Raddok's heading for his shield,<br>
with his mace in hand,
he will be quickly scanning the deck to<br>
see who else is on deck
to meet these invaders & will see Ix, if<br>
the lockers are not
blocking his sight of her. He does not know<br>
much about her, but he
shouts out an alarm to get the crew's<br>
attention & to be
sure she is also aware of trouble.<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
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[New Stuff]<br><br>
[Marqi 23rd,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas, Marentia -
Shortly after ship battle]<br><br>
After
Arawn 'talks' to her, she understands that he really<br>
does not like not
knowing everything. Having spent a lot of<br>
her life not
knowing much at all, she can understand, but she<br>
was also trained
to take care of what needed to be done now and<br>
deal with
everything after. She knows that some of these sailors<br>
may have children
and that it will be hard to have them taken<br>
care of.
"Yes, here is some gold to help in whatever way you<br>
see fit." She
hands Arawn 4 gold pieces.<br><br>
Arawn
palms the coins and knows that that gold could<br>
pay 2 months of a
sailor's life. <br><br>
Arawn
accepted respectfully, knowing that it was a<br>
significant thing
for the former slave to do such a thing. He<br>
gave her a
compassionate smile as he added them to his own<br>
offering to be
given to Damon to deliver.<br><br>
"Thank you. I think it will go far, for their families but<br>
also for you, in
the eyes of the gods. I'll offer prayers for<br>
you and, when we
return to Sivas, physically substantial<br>
offerings to your
orphanage."<br><br>
<br>
[Marqi 25th,
1636TH]<br><br>
Kiet
remembers the strange scroll found in his locker<br>
in his room.
Kiet pulls the scroll out and examines it.<br>
It is indeed coded
magically. First he casts a detect<br>
ward on it to
ensure nothing will happen.<br><br>
As the
spell finishes Kiet jumps as he swore he heard<br>
a half
snicker. He turns around but no one is there.<br>
Kiet checks the
hallway but no one is there. Is this<br>
ship
haunted? Finally Kiet returns to the scroll<br>
and detects no
ward or just the detect fails and he doesn't<br>
know it
failed.<br><br>
Next
Kiet casts a detection of magic on the scroll<br>
to sense
magic. The scroll glows blue but then<br>
he realizes it is
magically sealed! So of course he <br>
detects
magic. But in his case he tried to detect<br>
a trap.
Course traps is a vague term. A trap to<br>
a wolf is
different for a blind mole. But Kiet<br>
senses
nothing. Then he jumps again! He swears<br>
this time he hears
a voice say "seriously?"<br><br>
Kiet
checks the hallway again and pulls his dagger.<br>
This is getting
creepy. No one is around. Maybe<br>
Fremea is playing
a prank on him! But no! it sounded<br>
like a male
voice? He may be cautious but he is also very<br>
curious so Kiet
moves on.<br><br>
Kiet
casts a detect of curses and finds nothing. This<br>
time he prepares
himself. Sure enough! The voice<br>
in his mind or the
room says - "so little faith".<br><br>
That
voice is familiar. Where has he heard it<br>
before? Kiet
tries to recall but it doesn't seem<br>
to ring a
bell. Finally Kiet casts a detection<br>
of
ensorcellment.<br><br>
He
detects nothing but the voice appears again<br>
around him or in
him. He isn't sure. "Well duh!<br>
It was magically
coded!"<br><br>
Kiet
grins this person is taunting him now. But now<br>
he knows the
person. Why would he harm him? he clearly<br>
has no reason to
do so.<br><br>
Finally Kiet casts a decode spell onto the scroll. It<br>
quickly shifts
letters and unscrambles. Kiet reads it.<br>
Whoa! It is
in his <br><br>
<br>
[Marqi 29th,
1636TH]<br><br>
Pyan
asks Arawn if he could help with learning Eagle tongue.<br><br>
Arawn
gives Pyan a warm smile when the hunter approached<br>
him regarding
language lessons.<br><br>
"I'd be happy to, though it might be slow going as I'm<br>
juggling quite a
bit already," the alfar replied jovially. "But<br>
once we're off
ship I'd be more than willing to continue to<br>
teach you the
language of eagles. Horses as well if you like."<br><br>
[Marqi 30th,
1636TH]<br><br>
Pyan
tries again to learn Eagle using the necklace<br>
borrowed from
Z'leyra. Corona looks interested in the<br>
hunter. A
human who hunts birds like him wanting to learn<br>
his language seems
so weird to Corona. But after the<br>
spell in the
necklace is cast Pyan learns Eagle basics.<br>
In this case it is
very basic at a minimal level. It will<br>
take weeks to get
to a conversational level other than<br>
Kiet reads the
letters and smiles. <br><br>
<br>
[Apris 3rd,
1636TH]<br><br>
Arawn
had hoped to learn Bhamoti the day before but<br>
no one knew it
until today. Arawn approaches Kiet<br>
to learn the
language from Kiet. He casts Tongues on<br>
himself to learn
the Bhamotin tongue. He learns it<br>
as to what Kiet
has learned successfully <br><br>
[Apris 4th,
1636TH]<br>
[Time: 9:41
am]<br><br>
Next
Update....Next e-mail!<br><br>
GM: I figure I'll
do 2 parts for ease of reading.<br>
So part b will have the actual combat stuff.<br>
Sorry took so long factors like starting late,<br>
storms (2-3 a day), and lots of posts and emails.<br>
Emails alone I spent 8-10 hours just replies to.<br>
This is like the 4th day I've worked on update<br>
so I've tried. But the number of stuff just<br>
pilled up. It happens. <br><br>
I have updated my movement chart which hasn't been<br>
updated in awhile. A couple of you guys went up in<br>
the order due to MR or Agility changes. So when<br>
you see the actual movement order that's updated. Though<br>
the special boots Z and Kiet have kinda skews that.<br><br>
Remember! If need to change IBT or add to language<br>
necklace use let me know. <br><br>
GM: Mini IBT
[Marqi 24 Present<br><br>
Player Skills<br>
Dorhak Seamanship * <br>
Fremea Seamanship *<br>
Mournath Spear - Fighting * <br>
IX Dance
*<br>
Raddok Swimming * [3/24-4/7],
Swimming * [Partial]<br>
Dagger - Fight *<br>
Unali Swimming *, Seaman *<br>
Z'leyra Seamanship *<br><br>
* Notes that you can find a teacher/master for more points.<br><br>
GM: Language
Necklace Use: Roll W+EM or less<br>
Buff: +Em Mar 24th, +W Mar 29th<br><br>
Character
Date
Learning Notes<br>
Raddok
Mar 26th
Marentian
Success<br>
Pyan
Mar 29th Eagle from Corona Fail<br>
Pyan
Mar 30th Eagle from Corona Success<br>
Kiet
Apr 3rd
Bhamotin
Success<br>
Unall
Apr 4th Bhamotin from Kiet Success<br>
Fremea
Apr 5th Bhamotin from Kiet Success<br><br>
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