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Entry tags:
- arknights: midnight,
- critical role: fearne calloway,
- ffvii: reno,
- fgo: altria caster,
- genshin impact: kaveh,
- library of ruina: netzach,
- library of ruina: yesod,
- limbus company: don quixote,
- limbus company: hong lu,
- mcu: loki odinson,
- samurai jack: scaramouche,
- the sandman: hob gadling,
- vampire chronicles: armand,
- vampire chronicles: lestat,
- vampire chronicles: louis
happy new year! (party edition)
WHO: Anyone who saw Midnight's network post about Seventh Hell's grand opening!
WHAT: Happy New Year! We survived! (At what cost!?)
WHERE: Seventh Hell
WHEN: New Year's Eve, starting at 6 pm.
WARNINGS: Alcohol! Maybe more, please mind individual thread warnings!
[ ooc: If any part of this post is in error, PLEASE do let me know! I made this in like two days in between work and I barely know left from right. Also, host club members especially are encouraged to PM me with any details or updates about this event they'd like for me to add. Thank you, and please enjoy your IRL new year! ]
WHAT: Happy New Year! We survived! (At what cost!?)
WHERE: Seventh Hell
WHEN: New Year's Eve, starting at 6 pm.
WARNINGS: Alcohol! Maybe more, please mind individual thread warnings!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
SEVENTH HELL WELCOMES YOU!
It's been a rough half a year. Kidnappings, atmospheric horror, murder (technically), aesthetics, disappearances, reappearances, and the creeping sensation that you aren't alone...
Hey, at least there's drinks.
When you descend the stairs to the underground club, there's music playing, the lights are low, but boy, are there a lot of them. The bartender welcomes you in. Order something, make yourself comfortable! The booths along the mirrored walls, lined with chandeliers and discoballs, are decorated with a sprinkle of shining confetti and host a variety of simple party snacks. (In fact, if your character arrived with some food to share, a bartender will guide you to the tables to help you set it up. They'll get you a drink for your trouble. How thoughtful of them!)
Grab a snack and a drink! It's no planetarium, but there's a variety of party activities to engage in. (Or make up your own! Seriously, this is a pretty casual affair.)
Every guest will receive one ticket for a raffle. There will be three winners, and each winner can choose one out of 3 prizes:
Hey, at least there's drinks.
When you descend the stairs to the underground club, there's music playing, the lights are low, but boy, are there a lot of them. The bartender welcomes you in. Order something, make yourself comfortable! The booths along the mirrored walls, lined with chandeliers and discoballs, are decorated with a sprinkle of shining confetti and host a variety of simple party snacks. (In fact, if your character arrived with some food to share, a bartender will guide you to the tables to help you set it up. They'll get you a drink for your trouble. How thoughtful of them!)
Grab a snack and a drink! It's no planetarium, but there's a variety of party activities to engage in. (Or make up your own! Seriously, this is a pretty casual affair.)
Every guest will receive one ticket for a raffle. There will be three winners, and each winner can choose one out of 3 prizes:
1) One date with one participating host club staff member. (If your character is a current host club staff member who would volunteer for a blind date, please PM me so I can add their name to the list.) Current list of participants: Midnight, Don Quixote, Astarion, ArmandWinners may choose prizes previously chosen by other winners. Winners may forfeit for others to have a chance at a prize, but may not give away their prize to someone else specifically. In the case that one chooses the third prize but lacks the requisite skill or confidence to create a permanent fixture, one can outsource the space to a willing artist or writer within reason.
2) One specialty drink named in the winner's honor.
3) One 12 in x 12 in square on one of the mirrors of the Host Club to leave a permanent mark! The winner will be invited back at any time to take paint markers, paint, permanent markers, etc, to leave a short message, work of art, or anything that can fit in a square foot of mirror space in a discreet, aesthetically pleasing area of the host club. (Kaveh chooses where.)
!OOC: RAFFLE DETAILS
I will be rolling the results of this raffle on January 2nd, before the start of Alba's player plot! Don't worry about keeping up with the results, I'll PM winners individually. The only requirement for entry is to participate in one thread on this post! If your character would forfeit their prize, please let me know via PM so I can remove their name from the pool! EDIT: All prizes have been claimed! Congratulations to Hob, Yi Sang, and Altria! 🎉
MAIN SEATING (PARTY GAMES)
The back booths of the establishment, along with the standard decorations, have been supplied with small cards. The rules of two different party games are written on each:
NEVER HAVE I EVER
KING'S GAME
NEVER HAVE I EVER
A getting to know you game! For groups of 5 or fewer players, begin with 5 points. For any more than that, it is suggested to start with 10. The goal of the game is to be the last person with points remaining.
1) Everyone in the game starts with five points each. Keep track of your points with your fingers!
2) The first player describes a short scenario that they have never experienced.
3) The other players must put a finger down if they have experienced said scenario. If they, too, have never experienced the scenario, their points remain unaffected.
4) Move onto the next player and repeat steps 2 through 4. The last person with points remaining wins!
5) BONUS: Drinks may be substituted for points. Simply take a drink when you have experienced the scenario! (Please drink responsibly!)
KING'S GAME
This game requires straws, chopsticks or a deck of cards. Please ask a bartender for supplies!
1) For the amount of players in the game, arrange the same amount of straws or chopsticks. For the card version, please use one suit.
2) Assign one chopstick/straw as the "king". For the card version, use one King of your chosen suit. The rest of the cards, chopsticks, or straws should be numbered from 2 to 10 (or however players choose to play.)
3) All players choose a game marker at random. Do not show the other players your number.
4) The King must first reveal themselves. For that round, they must issue a dare to up to two numbered participants. (e.g. Numbers 2 and 5 must end their sentences with "meow" for the next two rounds. The King can choose themselves as one of the participants.)
5) Shuffle the game markers, choose a new King, and repeat!
6) For a challenge, add points for completed dares and drawing the King! The first player to 10 points wins the game. For this mode, it is suggested to add a punishment of a drink for anyone who refuses their dares.
(Please drink responsibly! For the sake of tonight's festivities, we ask that all time based dares end before midnight.)
!OOC: THREAD SUGGESTIONS
For the purpose of these prompts, feel free to handwave other participants, or to use these prompts as jumping off points for any specific threads you want! For example, one might like to use the King's Game to get into a scenario where one's character has to hold hands with another character for a few minutes for a dare. Please be creative!
THE STAGE (PERFORMANCES)
Eddie Munson (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thefreak) will be headlining, with Midnight as backup whenever he can wiggle free from his bartending duties. In between sets, anyone is free to pick up an instrument and a microphone and try their hand at ringing in the new year with a bit of song.
thefreak) will be headlining, with Midnight as backup whenever he can wiggle free from his bartending duties. In between sets, anyone is free to pick up an instrument and a microphone and try their hand at ringing in the new year with a bit of song.THE BACK ROOMS (NO, NOT LIKE THAT)
There are currently three rooms available for formal guest activities! The rest of the rooms are locked and will require permission for entry. (They're all empty!)
THE GREENHOUSE (featured host: Fearne)
You were... You were underground just a second ago, right? Pull up a seat, settle in, and enjoy being surrounded by plants, a mildly hydrated atmosphere, and light, friendly conversation between fellow guests. There are no activities here, but it does seem like people are free to start up their own round of party games in this somewhat quieter environment... It would be a nice place for a game where one might want to be heard over all that music. (Suggested games: Word Association, 2 Truths and a Lie, 20 Questions.)
THE COFFEE SHOP (featured host: Chesed)
For anyone who needs caffeination to start their new year right. Featuring nondescript coffee shop music, a mildly chill vibe, and comfortable seating, come grab an espresso and pretend you have some important project to deliver by some very specific deadline next year. For this occasion, board games and cards are available for those who want a little more involved with their gaming experience for the new year. (Suggested games: Poker, Uno, Jenga.)
THE PET STATION
Congrats, you printed yourself a dog! Or a cat! Or something! For the purposes of showing off one's pet and getting them some proper socialization, for one night only, there is a pet area monitored closely by one of the club's staff members where one can drop off their furry friend. Get that pet socialized! Get yourself socialized! Please, make a friend before the year ends. It's good for you.
[ ooc: If any part of this post is in error, PLEASE do let me know! I made this in like two days in between work and I barely know left from right. Also, host club members especially are encouraged to PM me with any details or updates about this event they'd like for me to add. Thank you, and please enjoy your IRL new year! ]
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I thank thee, and I am doing well! Tonight has been much fun; I have always adored parties, for I am not fussed at when it comes to loudness and excitement, and being granted yet another opportunity to attend one delights me more than one can imagine.
[ especially given it's her new workplace, with friends old and coworkers who can certainly become more. ]
Thou hath kept thyself busy by far, my friend. [ which is fun, too. she understands better than most. ] Have the smiles and enjoyment of others satisfied thy heart tonight?
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It has been a parade of delights, of dreams woven and unmade only to be knit into even more beautiful, glowing treasures. That you have spent your time here in a similarly blissful manner... Well, there's my objective achieved, mm?
[ He pets the back of her head. That's right, they're at a party. He planned this party, and it's a good one. Excellent. The next one is sure to be better... ]
What would you like for the new year, Miss Don? If it's within my power, I'd like to help you achieve it, whatever it is.
[ His hair does smell like oranges, after all. The gift of soft and well conditioned hair is lovely, one that Midnight has been remiss to leave unreturned. ]
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I am not so sure, dear Midnight. I have been able to experience much since I settled here, and I am sure to experience much more in the future -- whether I wish to or not, for even the most delightful things have been a surprise I had not foreseen.
[ like falling for someone, falling for a few, and the varying degrees of rejection from both; one yet to be tested, and in no hurry for it. she's content, and that is the truth. ]
It is not so easy to feel as I do now whence I am from. [ the City, as he's surely come to know, is not forgiving. it ain't great. ] But I think I should like to continue to have lovely problems, though they are at times troubling and overwhelming.
[ it's an odd thing to wish for in the new year, maybe. but it is such a lovely problem, to be so full of love and wish to be returned. ]
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[ Midnight hums, thinking about that for a moment. ]
Well, I do admit to a certain tendency to becoming a thorn in the side of my loved ones... Though I can't imagine I'd want to knowingly add myself to such a pile, mm? At least without asking for the same in return.
[ Midnight opens his eyes very slowly to a golden view of the inside of the coffee shop, the top of Miss Don's head. If he stays very still and doesn't blink, perhaps he can stretch this last bit of this year into the next... ]
It's a gift to live a life of surmountable problems... A gift to be well enough to then encounter them, undo them one by one.
[ ... Midnight smiles. ]
Shall I try to search for one, then? A small problem that can be solved between the two of us. If such thing doesn't already exist, surely I can create one...
[ ... Be gay, do crimes. ]
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[ that sounds fun. she props her chin up on his chest to return the grin, bright and excited for a new experience -- the unknown is not all that scary, she has found. took a while to understand that though. ]
I should like to see what sort of problem that could be, my friend, found or created!!! I shall endeavor to return that kindness as well, for a life full of thorns also means that there are just as many roses, no?
[ though. being gay is fine... doing crimes is not... we have to ax one of those, bestie... ]
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[ ... A little crime, maybe? A dash? Midnight's reached his crime threshold anyway, he just wants to be a lil silly goofy. (Gay is non-negotiable.)
Anyway, he gives her a snuggle, then another good pet to the head, brushing neatly through her floof of hair. Ah, bliss. She truly is a natural hostess. ]
I could come up with a prank... but I think the most trouble I'd give you outside of that would be a joint venture. I've finished work on the club, after all, so outside of running this place, I've a dearth of good problems to sink my teeth into...
[ ... Ah! Midnight blinks. ]
Well, there's still the issue of all these empty rooms we have surrounding us, you know. Did you ever give any more thought to filling one?
[ It's not as much of a problem as it is a funny little pastime, but at the same time, filling these rooms does require a solution of some sort... Same difference, perhaps? ]
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I do believe I should like something creative, where one may create and see the works of others if they are left behind! There are many words and feelings one can put into all things artful, as Young Kaveh has surely impressed upon thee by now, so I think something alike to that shall be satisfactory for me. Such a thing is enjoyable for all involved.
[ be they model, artist, or onlooker. ]
Whether it be paint, clay, charcoal, or any other material one may think to create with... Be they portraits or poems, or even small ventures such as gifts and the like, it shall be a welcoming environment for all who attend! I will do my duty as hostess to ensure their time is fun, and... to be frank, my dearest Midnight, my own residence has become something of a creative sty.
[ ...............
the girl has filled her room up so much it's honestly a little horrendous to look at, ]
What do thee think?
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[ ... Young Kaveh? He's always thought of Kaveh as rather young himself, but he had considered Miss Don as a part of the same maturity bracket. Huh. Perhaps her species is rather youthful... Or perhaps she just has one of those faces.
Not that that matters much. He's thinking about Kaveh and Netzach enjoying that studio with Miss Don, teaching each other and having a lovely time painting birds, or whatever their visually talented selves can come up with. It's a nice image. ]
Bring your artwork along when we finish construction, then. I'd like to see your work up on the walls first... It will be your space, after all. Others should profess their wonder, strive to achieve as much as you have when they see it.
[ And, uh, it should make it a bit easier to find footspace in her place afterward... ]
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Much of it is... my experiments with color, and attempting to put what is in my head, [ tap tap, ] onto canvas. But it shall be interesting to see the process for some, so I shall.
[ she did soooooooooooooooooooo much in trying to make sure the watercolors she painted for others were like
really good. watercolor was something she ever struggled with, and so she'd wanted to use it as both a mark of her progress and an excuse to make herself work with it more. they're friends now. she enjoys it. ]
I should like to see thine on the wall as well, someday. It matters not one's skill level, but the pasión and heart one has in creating it! It is... as a very good friend has told me, taking a piece of the world and making it thine.
[ something that still strikes her to this day, something she wants to share with others. the world and how she sees it, the traits of the people she adores so, her own home -- everything, everything. ]
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Passion and heart, huh. I'll have to drum up a bit, then, I've never been the sort to draw or paint. Never thought about capturing the world that way, either. The hearts of those around me have been the only goal.
What do you make with your colors and canvas, then? Where's your passion, your heart?
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My friends. I oft like to draw portraits of them from memory, or from a photograph we have taken together... Things I adore too, such as flowers and the creatures of my world -- they are all so cute, even if we must vanquish them for our own survival.
[ mm... she's burying her face into midnight again. ]
I only wish to show the people I love what it is I love about them, and to share with them the world as I have seen it. That is the root of my passion, my heart, I suppose.
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He pats her back, smiles to feel her little face against him. Cuddling is very soothing... Were that the whole world was more receiving of kindness like Miss Don's. ]
Then teach me how to draw these things, too. I haven't much in the way of inspiration, but if you'd be so kind as to share your enthusiasm with me, perhaps I'll persevere at the endeavor to find some sort of passion of my own. Although really, I can't emphasize enough that I've only ever been an art model at best, so you'll have to be quite patient with me.
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[ ... ouuhgh. embarrassing, looking back. her restless embarrassment at her own feelings and indecisions truly had been childish (but that is okay, is it not? it is). ]
Th-That is only to say, I know what goes into both roles, and how best to transfer thy energy! What is it thee love most when looking at another? Even if it is only how they make thee feel, that too can be put into colors on a canvas -- in example of one familiar to us both, I gifted Netzach with such a painting of a vibrant, warm sunspot, for that is how I feel when I am with him.
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What I like best... That is a good question. To narrow it down to just one factor...
[ Midnight rocks them both a bit, eyes cast to the middle distance in thought. ]
I like seeing people happy, of course, but if I was to get to the very heart of it... I like knowing that the people around me have no need to fear. Surrounded by surmountable problems, at ease with their circumstances, the kind of happiness that makes it easy for one to see and share the happiness in others.
... Mm. Netzach fears so little, in spite of everything. His happiness is clear, unmuddied.
[ ... Midnight laughs. ]
It frightens me when I think about it too hard. It's like looking onto perfectly fallen snow and being afraid to move, and afraid of movement, and afraid of anything that could disturb something so pristine.
[ ... Midnight snorts. ]
But then I remember that he really can't get up early enough to go jogging with me in the mornings, and the spell breaks.
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[ fondly said. she's one to talk, but still. it's
a little bit. difficult. not to feel the stinging hurt that comes with envy, but she feels worse for feeling it in the first place. when will she feel naught in hearing such things, in seeing them? shouldn't she be over it by now? mm. at least midnight can't see her solemn expression, though she curls tighter. ]
Midnight, my beloved friend, it is not what thee do for them, but what they do for thee that can be put into works! The realm that would suit the former more are physical, like-- hmhm, I have not tried my hand at it either, but making things that they may wear or use.
[ scarves, panholders, containers to put artistic utensils... practical reminders of his presence. ]
That is why I gifted thee my favorite scent, so that when it envelopes thee thy thoughts will turn to me. [ ... so that the others around him will, too, selfishly-- ] Thy passion and heart lies in the care of others, and thus we can play to thy strength as well! Our studio will encourage all forms.
[ yeah. then don can learn new things too. ]
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[ ... Look, his love interests have, like, degrees and shit, he's just a guy who kisses good sometimes.
Although that is an interesting thought, the idea of giving a craft. He's never thought much in terms of what he'd leave to others. He lowers his head and gives Don a gentle sniff. If she isn't wearing anything orange scented now, he will simply imagine the smell of his current shampoo on her. ]
I'll start wherever you suggest, I think. I'm sure I've been moved to create something before, but I simply couldn't tell you when it was, or what it was. There's music and conversation, but making something built to last...
[ ... Midnight looks at the coffee shop around them. ]
... It isn't all bad, I suppose.
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It certainly is not.
[ this, after all, will last long after any of them do.
even if this is naught but a stimulation, it will last. ]
What sort of music have thee done?
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(Midnight's a bit out of the loop about the simulation stuff. Too busy carpe-ing his diems.)
Anyway, Midnight grins, turns and reaches for his phone, then unlocks it. ]
Everything, really. I'm partial to rock, though. Here...
[ And I'm not going to link it, but he found a Best of Queen album in the media center and now has a practice video of himself playing along to that one bit in the middle of the Bohemian Rhapsody where the guitar solo really pops off. He clearly hasn't memorized the whole song yet, but this riff seems to have left a strong impression on him. ]
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What a powerful chord... I can see why it has moved thee. I like to listen to many things as well, but I have yet to find that which makes my soul sing.
[ when she can write her own spanish romance song. that will be it. ]
Will thee serenade thy lovers? It is a most romantic notion, no?! And I think... both... of them will like it very much.
[ ...
gosh. he really did drop a bombshell earlier... ]
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[ As for serenading his lovers, plural, Midnight just. Chuckles. He Really Did Not Notice. ]
I'd certainly like to. Been getting around to attempting my own compositions, though I don't think I'm anywhere near a final product. Would you like to hear what I have?
[ It truly isn't much, just Midnight plonking around for chords that sound good, but he's having a good time trying to figure it all out. ]
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[ music!!!!!!! is also art!!!!!!!!
oh my god don's room is just going to be a mess of creative pursuits whenever she discovers a new one. no. that won't work. we have to make sure they get a separate space for music. ]
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Anyway, Midnight just shrugs, looking through his albums for video files of him working out compositions. ]
Well... For starters, I didn't start playing the guitar for the passion. About, oh, fifteen years ago, I'd say, one of the guests at my host club wanted live music for a party they were holding at my venue. They ran short of instrumentalists, so I volunteered for the position. Not because I knew a thing about music, mind... I was just young, relatively new, and vying for attention. I needed an edge.
[ Midnight laughs. ]
Got good enough at it that the regular band members took notice, let me sub in when their lead guitar got sick. It paid all right, so naturally, I wanted to get better. When my hosting career took off, and I didn't need the gig money... I suppose I simply stayed with it out of habit, and because I still had my guitars lying about. Seemed a shame to never practice.
So... I don't think I have any particular talent for it, nor any passion. It's just something I can do.
[ Midnight pauses, then looks at Miss Don. ]
It seems to make you happy, though. Makes me think it might be worth sticking with, mm?
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(squints)
like fifth home for all the time she spends other places she's NOT A STRAY but god if she does not act it!!!!!!!
don listens though, attentive on her friend, and pops herself up enough to pet midnight's head. of all people, she understands -- wanting to have an edge, yearning for attention, searching for a way to fit as they have discussed before... that was part of it, too. ]
It makes me very happy, for I much enjoy music, and I would like to dance to whatever it is thee compose from beginning to end.
[ she resumes laying on him, arms comfortably under her chin as she grins. ]
But more than anything in the world, I would like to see thee feel passion as I do. It does not have to burn bright, as mine for justice does, but thou shalt know it when it flickers beneath thy skin and drive thee into action -- be it for the sake of thyself, or for the sake of another. It is a force, like love, that can overcome all things, and yet one can lose themselves in it as well; fear not if it overtakes thee in such a way. Only remember that passion cannot be found when one is too preoccupied with pleasing another.
[ certainly, passion drive one into action for the sake of someone else -- justice is built upon that, on the decency and goodwill to others, that zealous protection she wields -- but it does not start there. it is used for others, but it is not found in others. maybe he's already found it in a way. a passion to help others, to make sure they have a place to Be, to Stay, to live without fear... is also a passion, even if it doesn't look nor feel the same as others'. ]
Even if thee do not find thy passion in music, art, or anything of the sort, I shall ever be eager to try new things with thee to see what may catch thy interest! I have plenty of energy even with all that I handle now, which I have been told is quite a lot.
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The pet to his head gets a bit of a surprised look? It's usually him giving little gestures of affirmation, not the other way around. He tuts gently, but mostly because he's wondering if he was supposed to react in some other way...
The corner of Midnight's mouth turns up in a smile, though, as he resumes petting the back of her head for the simple pleasure of it. ]
No need to fret, love. I lost my taste for validation long ago. Although I suppose I could do with a bit of energy for some self-discovery, if you really feel as though you can spare it... How many jobs was it, again?
[ Really, Don's one of the few here whose workload seems to rival even his own and Kaveh's, but he's never gotten an accurate picture of just how many irons she's left in the fire. ]
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[ ...
so... like... four... five maybe... irons... ]
Oh, but I do not intend to neglect my friends any, and so any spare moment I may have among these duties of mine are spent affording them respite and happiness. This month has been especially filled with such, for I worked quite hard to ensure they would all be suitably gifted!!!
[ what's a break ]
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