In This Post: Pokémon, Final Fantasy X, Super Junior-MFirst, request fills that I wrote as thanks for reaching 100 watchers at my old writing comm, and then there are two flashfics that I wrote for some writing exercises the QMi chat did.
Very sorry for posting so much fic so closely together. Surprise travel plans screwed up my posting schedule. At least you won't have to see me for seven days XD
Pokémon
Loser's Game | G | 100 | Silver(+Ethan) | character study | for kitsuneasika | Prompt: "your candle in the dark — what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, they say"
Silver is an expert at losing.
Sometimes he thinks it's karma from a previous life (what, then, will his father's next life look like?). Sometimes he blames his temper, or carelessness. Sometimes, when he's depressed enough to be honest, he thinks it is simply cosmic bad luck.
Or maybe he just can't pick his battles, he thinks, as he looks up and sees Ethan's wide, relaxed stance.
"Don't look like that," Ethan says. "You nearly had me."
Silver snorts and shakes his head. "Forget it."
Ethan's eyes linger as Silver leaves, giving a final wave over one slightly stooped shoulder.
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Therapy | G | 300 | Silver(+Ethan(/Lyra)) | character study | for kitsuneasika | Prompt: "your candle in the dark — what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, they say" THE FIRST ONE SUCKED so I tried again
Silver and Ethan aren't friends, but then again, Silver doesn't know many people, so he's close enough. As a result, when he sees Ethan sitting on Cerulean cape with his cap crumpled in his hands, he only keeps walking for five minutes before he retraces his steps.
He wordlessly drops down next to Ethan, making him jump. When Ethan sees who it is, he relaxes in a way that Silver would find startling if he weren't so annoyed.
"Oh, hi," Ethan says.
"What's wrong with you," Silver snaps, flat.
Ethan sighs and looks back towards the sunset. Silver's foot taps as the silence grows.
"Okay," Silver says. "Sorry I asked." He starts to get up, but Ethan grabs his sleeve.
"Wait."
"Why? If you don't want to—"
"It's not—I don't know what to say," Ethan says. "That's all." He gives a dry laugh. "We're not exactly friends."
Silver sits, foot tapping faster than before.
"You're like a Delcatty twitching her tail when she's mad."
Silver glares at him. "That sounds like something Lyra would say." Ethan flinches at that. "So it's her, then? Did you get into a fight?"
"Not exactly. It's just..." Ethan voice softens. "She's not coming back."
"She visited you last week."
"It's not the same, though. She's not really back."
Silver stares. "What?"
Ethan sighs. "Never mind. Thanks anyway, though."
Silver's used to the feeling of failure, but that doesn't mean he likes it. He doesn't move, and they just sit there for a few minutes, watching the ocean.
"Sorry," Silver manages. Ethan's eyes widen. "I mean. You don't make any sense, but—you're strong," he mumbles. "You'll be okay."
Ethan starts to laugh and Silver flinches away. "What?!" he demands as Ethan bends over, clutching at his stomach.
"N-nothing," Ethan says, trying to catch his breath, "Nothing, but maybe you're not so bad after all."
Silver huffs. "We're still not friends, just so we're clear."
"Not yet, maybe," he says with a grin.
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Missive | G | 430 | Green/Red(+cameos) | romance, character study | for compactstars | Prompt: "Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches." Thank you so much for delurking and requesting something! I'm sorry this is so cliche, though.
reds stupid, Green writes. he got first pick at free time and took the nintendo and wouldn't share even though I
Daisy calls him to dinner. The following entry is completely unrelated.
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Leaving today, Green types on his weblog. See you again when I'm Champion!
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Headlines across the continent: New Champion Red!! Startling Upset of a Five-Minute Reign!
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I'm done here, Green e-mails Daisy. See you soon.
The reply arrives the next day—Isn't Red there? You should talk to him— but Green's already left Six Island.
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There's a stack of paperwork on his new desk and Green doesn't quite know what to do with it.
He didn't come.
Of course he didn't, Leaf types back. You told him not to.
but he's never listened to me before.
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Leaf gives him a journal, tells him to shut up and write about it.
Green sits down, opens it, and carefully writes I hate you until the pen runs out.
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That's a lie, he writes, months later, in pencil so light it's almost a shadow.
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Your mom says you stopped calling, but you can't be far. You never liked to travel.
...I was the one who liked to travel.
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I haven't lost a battle in three months.
You
I mi
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Still small, but in pen.
I think I messed up.
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I'm going to try this again and I'm only doing it once.
I'd like to apologize to him for everything I think. not that everything was my fault, but I had a part in it, right, and I'm sorry for that.
I haven't hated him in a long time but I can't get near him, in my head. And he's all over, sometimes I see him right before I lose a match or the way Eevee shifts in her sleep or there's a pair of lost black gloves in the store or sometimes Leaf will smile in a certain way that she used to save for you.
You're missing so much, wherever you are, and you're not going to get any of that back, but I don't think you know. I've got an awesome life and it's no thanks to yo
is what i want to say but I
you gave me something to push against is what I'm saying and without
thanks.
He hits send, because he promised himself he would. His inbox count goes up by one.
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From: Green Oak <greenoak@viridiangym.gov> To: "Gramps" <soak@oaklabs.org> Subject: Red
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I know you're there.
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Evolution | G | 150 | Bianca+Cheren, White+Black | character study | for patcchi | Prompt: "People grow up so fast these days." Sorry I couldn't write N—I don't know enough about him yet! I hope White is an acceptable subsitute.
Bianca's eyes shine in a way that Cheren's not familiar with. It's not like when they play video games or chinese checkers, when she talks about school or fashion or things Cheren barely comprehends. Bianca turned thirteen two days ago, and since then, the light in her eyes hasn't gone out.
I'm going to travel, Bianca whispers to him over the phone, late at night, and he understands.
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For her thirteenth birthday, White's present to herself is to fight in the Battle Subway until she and her team are utterly exhausted. She and her Pokémon both end up staying overnight at the pokémon center, beaten and bruised.
When she's fifteen she meets a boy her age with dark eyes and a subtle smile. She guides him through the twisting tunnels, seeing only familiar faces. They beat everyone they come across. She hardly breaks a sweat.
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Final Fantasy X
Blue Flowers | G | 250 | Tidus/Yuna | character study, romance | for megageek | Prompt: "something set after ~that scene~ at the lake"
When Yuna was a child, she spent a great deal of time in Besaid's great library, watching spheres of Spira. Her favorite one was Macalania forest: the peacefulness of it, the way the dim light filtered blue and silver through the trees, the butterflies swishing by almost silently, the mysterious lights in the canopy winking to their own rhythms.
She used to dream of visiting Macalania Forest with her father. She wanted to explore the forest with him, riding on his shoulders like travelers rode the shoopufs. When her father came to Macalania on his pilgrimage, he wrote her a letter which included three blue flowers, neatly pressed.
When she left Besaid to begin her journey, she left them on the floor of Valefor's aeon room; it was time to put aside childish things.
Yuna opens her eyes to the sound of rustling leaves. The forest is still dark, but no longer in the fireflies-and-night way, and the silvery leaves have taken on a tinge of pink.
She opens her eyes and sees three blue flowers inches away from her open hand, nodding in a passing breeze.
"Hey," she hears from behind her. She turns and finds Tidus, propped up on one elbow.
"Hey," she says around a smile.
Tidus reaches out and plucks a leaf from her hair. His fingers brush against her temple and slide down, cradling her face.
As he leans in, Yuna realizes that the blue of his eyes matches the flowers carpeting the forest floor.
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Happy Birthday | G | 100 | Lulu/Wakka | humor, romance | for findthesunrise | Prompt: "Fury | 'The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.'"
"Get out," Lulu said.
Wakka whirled. Lulu appeared perfectly calm, standing in the center of the shattered kitchen. She reached up, plucked a strand of batter hanging from the ceiling, and rolled it into a ball between her thumb and index finger. Wakka gulped.
"I was trying to—"
"I know," she says, "and it was very sweet of you to remember my birthday. But if you don't leave in under one minute, I am going to lose my temper."
"Um, I could help you clean u—" He flinched as a bowl shattered, flour scattering everywhere.
"Out," she said.
Wakka fled.
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Super Junior-M
Five Times SJ-M Weren't Hungry (and one time they were) | G | 300 | SJ-M | humor | for 0n3star | Prompt: "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Sorry if the characterization is bad.
"I'm not hungry," Sungmin said.
Henry grinned. "More for me, then."
Sungmin's eyes followed the dumpling as it disappeared into Henry's mouth. He reached for the last one, but Sungmin slapped his hand away.
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"I'm on a diet," Ryeowook said regretfully.
"Diet," Kyuhyun repeated blurrily from Zhou Mi's lap, and Eunhyuk laughed.
Ryeowook glared at both of them. "I'm not hungry, anyway."
"You've had five beers," Donghae said. "Of course you're hungry."
"I'm not—" Donghae waved the plate of green scallion pancakes under his nose.
"Or I'll eat them," Henry said.
"You have to save Henry," Donghae agreed.
Ryeowook sighed. "...I'll start dieting tomorrow."
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Siwon opened his eyes and saw a small mountain of snacks sitting by the hospital bed. A card rested on top.
His head was hazy with fever and he wasn't hungry in the slightest, but the familiar messy Hangul encouraged him to eat a little, anyway.
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"No thanks, I'm not—"
Kyuhyun stuffed another sun cake into Zhou Mi's mouth.
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"What? I've been eating the least out of all of you," Eunhyuk said, picking up Sungmin's bubble tea. "This isn't food, so it doesn't count."
"That's cheating," Ryeowook said.
Sungmin pouted. "You owe me a bubble tea."
"He owes you ten bubble teas," Kyuhyun said. "Haven't you been wondering why he's never hungry?"
Eunhyuk gently put the bubble tea down and tried to run before Sungmin tackled him to the floor.
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"How did you even sneak that in here?" Henry asked.
Ryeowook shrugged and pulled another massive bowl of sweet and sour pork out of his backpack. "Just in case anyone was hungry."
"But we have to be on set in ten minutes," Zhou Mi said. "And our manager said—"
"What he doesn't know won't hurt him," Sungmin hissed. "Lock the door."
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The following two are flashfics that I wrote for the QMi chat. We were given a prompt and only ten minutes to write. I actually managed to finish the second XD, but I'm not continuing the first one. These are posted here with minimal editing.
With Honors | G | 286 | Kyuhyun/Zhou Mi | character study, romance | Prompt: "Graduation"
There isn't a lot, Zhou Mi realizes, that he's planned for after leaving SM. He's made enough headway in the field that he doesn't think he'll ever stop singing, but there's a lot more out there. He could be a model, or an actor, or an MC. He could start working on the personal life he's really never had while he was an idol.
In the end, the first thing he does is go back to college.
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Emma Watson, he heard, quit Brown because she couldn't stand the unwanted attention, but his stalkers aren't too bad, really. He's never really wanted a normal life, anyway.
He realizes, however, that he didn't much miss core requirements, and that he's a little too old to blend in with the typical college crowd. So he takes evening courses and is famous on the side.
"You idiot," Kyuhyun tells him over the phone. "You could just take the courses online."
Zhou Mi laughs. "It's not that. I don't just want a degree."
"You want to be nineteen again?" Kyuhyun says wryly.
"Maybe." It would be nice to be able to start over, after all.
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"The problem," he says, "is that the chairs are too small."
"Not the workload?" Kyuhyun says. "Not the stalker fangirls waiting outside your classroom? Just the chairs."
"Just the chairs," he agrees.
"Yeah, well, the offer still stands," Kyuhyun says. "If you need any help—"
"Okay, okay," Zhou Mi says. "I got through college the first time without you, you know."
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Kyuhyun sends him two copies of his first solo album, both signed: To Zhou Mi, my biggest fan. Zhou Mi calls him to thank him and Kyuhyun says, "You should come visit."
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Mischief Managed | G | 374 | Kyuhyun/Zhou Mi | humor, romance, character study | Prompt: "Lost keys"
The story’s too long to get into—it involves a dog off its leash and a sky pouring rain, just to start—but the end result is that Kyuhyun now has a set of keys that look old enough to belong to the college but don’t quite fit into any of the keyholes on campus.
“You should really return them,” Zhou Mi says, shadowing Kyuhyun as he moves to the next door. “It’s probably from some student’s part time job or something.”
Kyuhyun begins to test keys on the next lock.
“Why do you want to get in, anyway?”
Kyuhyuyn shrugs, finally managing to find a key that fits in the lock and twisting it. Nothing.
“I’m going home if you don’t—”
Kyuhyun looks up at that. “I’m curious,” he says. “Besides, I’ve always wanted to get into the IT department.”
Zhou Mi sighs. “You’re not going to stop, are you?”
Kyuhyun jiggles the doorknob hopefully, pulls the key out, and fumbles for the next one. Zhou Mi tries to snatch them out of his hand and, surprised, Kyuhyun lets go; they clatter to the floor. Kyuhyun looks up, Zhou Mi’s fingers clamped around his wrist.
“You’re impossible,” Zhou Mi says. “Come on.”
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“Why did you never tell me that you can pick locks?” Kyuhyun says.
“My powers are only to be used for good,” Zhou Mi says.
“What are we doing right now, then?”
“This is a small sacrifice to keep you from doing anything worse.”
“So that’s why you always carry bobby pins. You could have just told me instead of—”
“Sometimes I forget my keys,” Zhou Mi says, “and besides. Sometimes they’re useful for. Other things.”
“Things like?”
“Oh, things,” Zhou Mi says vaguely, and then there’s a click.
“You know,” Zhou Mi says, “I don’t think I like the look on your face.”
“I knew there was a reason I was dating you,” Kyuhyun says.
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The next morning, the students discover that there is now Starcraft II installed on every computer in every lab. It takes IT a week to figure out how to get rid of it.
Zhou Mi’s never seen Kyuhyun happier.
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// written 5 May 2011 to 26 May 2011
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And the first SJM one ;___;♥ I love them hungry! And I don't think the characterization is bad either. Seems all plausible to me :D Already thinking of Henry stuffing dumplings in his mouth made me happy. I just enjoyed every bit of it, ok?
I agree, Zhou Mi certainly should go visit Kyuhyun. I love him complaining about the chairs. All the chairs at the chemistry department are always too small, even for me, and I'm not even nearly as tall as he is :/ And going back to school is something I could see him doing!
I laughed at the image of Kyuhyun trying the keys, hoping he'd get lucky enough to actually get inside XD And Zhou Mi being able to pick locks! How awesome is that! asnklnggh and installing Starcraft everywhere oh bbs ;___;♥
I'm sorry my commentary is so useless but I'm tireeeeeedd~ Loved them though! I enjoyed all of them, even the ones I didn't specifically comment on :)
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a;sdljkare I love that fatSJ-M fic, not going to lie. It's my favorite out of all of these. ._.
Your commentary on the chairs reminds me of something
Zhou Mi talks(ed?) a lot about how he regrets not finishing his degree, so yes, I think he'd definitely go back to school if given a chance. It's one of the reasons I like writing college AUs, since it sounds like Mimi had such a fun time in college.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WRITING ZHOU MI PICKING LOCKS. It seems somehow like the kind of unexpectedly badass thing he'd totally know out of nowhere.
If you're not careful, I'm going to start writing everything with you in mind ._. that may have already happened, tbh. Your comments are so inspiring and you put so much care into them. I'm really thankful that we're friends!
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I already love them stuffing their faces all the time ;__; How amazing is that! So yes loved it.
I don't think I'm tall XD I'm 173cm (5'8"?) which is a bit above the average height for Finnish women but it's not much. It's the chairs, the chairs are stupidly small. Giraffes are lovely ♥
Agreed, plus college AUs are just so much fun!
And the best thing in it is that I can SEE him right at that moment when he has this slightly self-satisfied glint in his eyes and he knows he's badass 8D
Aw, I think I'm going to take that as a flattering thing, though XD And as I said, no need to thank me, it's my pleasure ;D I'm really glad we met too!
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Of everything, he complained about chair? He and his long legs... hmm
Oh, I really like the last one.... hehehehehhehe
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The reason he did that is because Zhou Mi doesn't really complain ever? So if he was pressed, he'd probably complain about something small and insignificant, in order to answer the question but still remain opaque, and also make it a joke, too. I think Zhou Mi is very good at deflection? He rarely says anything actually important, I think.
I'm glad you liked the last one! Thank you for commenting!
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but i liked missive best because i am green/red biased herp derp
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I cannot say that I am displeased about your bias ;_;</small
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I also love both FFX ones, eeeeee, Blue Flowers just made me so happy. Thank you for writing it :))) And Happy Birthday is so cute and funny! This whole post is awesome!
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Thank you! It sort of went into a weird, not-OTP direction with all the discussion of her father and everything. I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
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I like the last qmi fic. Evil!kyu rules the whole school xD
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Thank you! That one was a lot of fun to write. :) Thank you very much for leaving a comment!
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i'm always amazed by people who can write so well in such a short amount of time ;~~;
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Ahah, it's not that amazing. I just blather and fluff comes out ._. Thank you, though!
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this is kind of amazing, crying ;___; ♥
QMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMIQMI i would put this in big blinking text but im too lazy to .___.
I LOVE YOUR WRITING HURRHURRHURR. THIS IS AMAZING. I HAVE NO OTHER WORDS TO MAKE UP FOR THIS AWESOMENESS.
"No thanks, I'm not—"
Kyuhyun stuffed another sun cake into Zhou Mi's mouth.
LOL QMI STUFFING EACH OTHER (but not really)
The next morning, the students discover that there is now Starcraft II installed on every computer in every lab. It takes IT a week to figure out how to get rid of it.
Zhou Mi’s never seen Kyuhyun happier.
OH YOU KYUHYUN. YOU NERDTASTICAL ADORABLE PERSON. I WANT TO PUT THESE ADORABLE FICS IN A CAGE AND PET THEM AND FEED THEM EQUALLY ADORABLE SNACKS IDEK ; ^ ;
write morez of this awesomeness qmi? :3 ♥ lulz~
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I will definitely continue writing QMi! I'm working on two longer pieces right now :D
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two longer qmi pieces? :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD *flails happily* ILUSOMUCHIDONTEVENSOBS ; 0 ; /gives you obese heart that looks vaguely like a bloated peach ❤
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t-thank you, I'm so humbled right now orz a;sldkjaer
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BUTBUTYOURFICSTHEYMAKEMYDAYYOUNEEDTOWRITEMOREELALALLALA <3
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... /hands sun cakes :D
Thank you!
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short and subtle, but direct to the point *.* thankies! <3
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Aaah~ I love stories about ways of communication as the only means moving the events forward. :')
fat!suju *g*
"No thanks, I'm not—"
Kyuhyun stuffed another sun cake into Zhou Mi's mouth.
♥ adorbs
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I need to write more nontraditional storytelling fics.
KYUHYUN JUST DOESN'T WANT TO BE ALONE IN HIS FATNESS. Seriously how was Zhou Mi still skinny after all the eating they did there.
♥
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GoldEthan. I really love this line: "You're like a Delcatty twitching her tail when she's mad."no subject
Good luck at
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SO. GOOD. Thank you soooo much. I absolutely love it. I didn't find it cliché at all! (And I, too, loooved the scratched out lines.)
♥ x infinity
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