Enclosure

Well!

It's been a while since I said I'd update this… XD Sorry. I forgot about it… But! I've finally finished it, and it's ready to be posted!

So, without further ado, the second part of Enclosure~!

P-S: To solitaryloner-san… I'm sorry for the Rin x Len-ness… ^-^" Couldn't help it~!


Len sighed, as he set down yet another spell book.

There was still nothing about this "Enclosuring spell"'s counter curse. Where on earth had Miku found it?

It'd been 3 days since she'd called. How was she doing? Had she gone completely crazy? He hoped not.

Tomorrow, he'd visit her. He'd bring her some fabric and her tailoring kit, along with her laptop so she could work on her part-time newspaper job.

All she did was write a small column every week, but it brought in money, and, sadly enough, she needed as much money as she could get.

Why wouldn't the stubborn girl accept any money from Len? He had tons, and was more than willing to lend her some, but she always refused politely.

She was a great girl.

She always would be.

Len checked his watch. 12:49 am. He should be in bed now... but he also should have found a cure to Miku's problem by now.

And... his bed was already taken.

He knew he was blushing just from that thought, and as foolish as it was, he couldn't help it.

He loved this girl.

But perhaps he'd gone too far too fast...?

He didn't know exactly what had possessed him. It was just a soft, simple kiss... and then suddenly, he was lying in his bed, her slender body snuggled into his side.

That DEFINITELY wasn't supposed to happen.

'Shit...' Len ran his hand through his messy hair, half of it having fallen out of its ponytail.

He was tired, and stressed, and over thinking. If anything, he could just sleep on the couch... or would that anger her? He was stumped.

"Len?"

Len spun around in his swivel chair at the sound of his name.

Rin stood outside his bedroom doorframe, wearing his navy blue robe.

Just seeing her like that was enough to get him excited that way.

She rubbed her eyes. "What are you doing up...?"

Len scratched his head, and glanced at the piled-high ancient textbooks. "I'm doing a favor for a friend of mine who got herself into a mess."

Another look at the pile of books, and a nervous chuckle. "As you can see, it's, uh, not going too well..."

Rin's eyes flicked to the battered novels, and then back to him. Her eyes thinned a bit, and her lips pouted a little.

Having studied human body language, Len knew he'd hurt her. If only he knew what he'd done. (1)

"Are you... are you coming back?" Rin asked. "To bed, I mean."

Len bit his lip, and turned away to hide the blush on his face. What the hell?! Why was he so nervous?!

"Yeah... I'm coming."

He turned off the lamp, and walked up towards the blonde, slipping his hand around her waist and pushing her forward gently.

Rin loved that about him; he was an absolute gentleman, with very good manners.

She sat down on the right side of the queen-sized bed, and took him in. "You got dressed again..." she noted.

"Um... yeah." Len said.

There was an awkward pause, and then Len walked over to the other side of the bed.

She couldn't help but watch as he unbuttoned his white-collared shirt, and slipped it off his shoulders.

He took off his dark jeans, too, but sadly, his shorts stayed on. (2)

He pulled back the sheets, and climbed in beside her.

Then, they simply stared at each other.

Rin could feel her heart pounding, and her cheeks reddening.

'What have you gotten yourself into, Rin...?'

He brushed back a strand of her hair, and kissed her forehead.

God, his skin was always so warm. Maybe it was a trait he inherited from his demon father...?

He looked her in the eyes, and smiled, and she felt her heart melt.

"I love you...!" she blurted without thinking, and blushed even redder.

His smile grew slightly bigger. "I love you too, Rin..."

She wasn't sure what she was going to do.

It had started with her chatting away with an old lady in a cafe, sipping her hot chocolate. And then suddenly, she started hearing snickers, and laughing.

People were laughing at her. But why? What had she done wrong...?

And then suddenly the old woman was in tears, and apologizing. Rin tried to grasp her hand, to tell her it was alright... but her fingers passed right through the old lady's flesh, and hit the table.

Rin had jumped back in surprise, and the laughing got louder. What was going on?!

And then, suddenly, she was being pushed out of the cafe by a man with messy blond hair, and striking blue eyes.

"Who are you?" she'd yelled out, a little panicked from the sudden events.

"..." He'd stayed silent until they reached a bench hidden behind a tree, and out of view.

"My name is Len." he said.

"... What...?"

"You want to know what happened." he said. He didn't even have to ask, he just knew. Did that mean he went through this often?

"I know this might be a little... overwhelming..." he started. "But from the looks of it, you're a necromancer."

He hadn't even looked in her direction yet. "W-What?" Rin asked. A necro... what?

"A necromancer", Len explained, "is someone who sees ghosts."

He finally looked her in the eye. "You weren't just talking to yourself, were you? You saw someone there, in front of you, right?"

Rin gaped for a moment, then frowned. "Is this some kind of joke?!"

"I can assure you, I'm not joking." Len replied calmly.

"Really? Then do you have any proof? And what are you supposed to be, some kind of Harry Potter wannabe?"

"The correct term for what you're implying would be a sorcerer."

"Harry Potter's a wizard."

"In the supernatural world, we call them sorcerers."

"So you're one of these 'sorcerers'?"

"No."

There was a pause. "... Well...?" Rin prompted.

"I'm a half-demon."

Rin blinked, then started to laugh. "Pfft, a demon? I'll admit, you had me for a second, but you totally just ruined your little skit with that just there! Demon... soooooo original!"

Suddenly, she felt something whack her in the head so hard she cried out in pain.

When she opened her teary eyes, an acorn was floating in front of her face.

"Like I was saying, I'm a half-demon with the power of telekinesis. Meaning..." the acorn flew laps around her head, "I can move objects using my mind."

Rin's head snapped towards him. "How did you do that?" she snapped at him.

"I thought of hitting you with a nut. So I hit you with a nut." Len simply said with a shrug.

Rin followed the acorn with her eyes.

"... I never got your name."

"Rin."

"As in... Rin Yuukai?"

Rin frowned at him. "How do you know my name?"

Len ignored her. "How old are you, Rin?"

"... I'm 18. I'll be turning 19 in December."

"So you're the right age, too..." Len thought out loud.

"Right age for what?"

"There's this... group. The Edison Group. They're trying to play with supernatural genes to try and eliminate side affects, and weaken their powers."

He glanced at Rin. "By weakening their powers, it also makes them late-blooming. Which would explain why you're so late to realize you're a necromancer."

"So... I'm... weak." Rin may not have been too happy with this necromancer talk, but she didn't like knowing she was weak.

"They'd consider you a success." Len said. "It would seem you're part of the Genesis I chain."

"Genesis I?"

"They have various projects. Genesis I and II are for the main supernatural races; Witches, sorcerers, shamans, necromancers, and half-demons. Oh, and they've included werewolves now in Genesis II, but only one of them is still alive."

Rin blinked. Witches...? Shamans...? Werewolves...?!

"There's also the Phoenix chain, where they're apparently resurrecting extinct supernatural types. We don't have much on that one yet, but there's something about benandanti. There's more different branches too, but those are the ones we know of."

Rin just sat there, gaping, as he spoke what could have been another language. Phoenix chain? Benandanti? How the hell do you even spell 'benandanti'?!

Len glanced over at her, and blushed a little. "Crap... I got carried away again..."

"... So... you believe in this stuff?" she asked, a little bewildered still.

And, for the first time since he pushed her out of that cafe, Len laughed.

"This isn't just a religion, Rin; it's real life!"

"..." All Rin could think of at that moment was how nice his laugh sounded.

And, now, she was lying in his bed.

...

Holy shit.

"... Rin..."

She turned at the sound of her voice. Len's dazzling blue eyes bore into hers.

"Yes?"

He hesitated for a moment. "I... I was your first, wasn't I?"

Rin blushed. Yes, she was 18, nearing 19, and still a virgin. (Or... until tonight.) Most thought of it as a bad thing, apparently. Did he?

She nodded slowly.

Len's expression grew troubled. "I... I should have asked you first... I mean... just... I'm sorry."

Rin was a little surprised. "Don't be." she said softly, and smiled. "Tonight was the best night of my life."

Len seemed relieved. "Are you sure...?"

"Yeah." her smile grew bigger. "I'm sure."

She leaned in, and gave him a kiss. "I love you, Len..."

He wrapped his arm around her, and pulled her into his embraced.

"I love you too." he whispered through her hair.

And that was how they fell asleep that night.


When Rin woke up that morning, she was surprised to find the spot beside her empty.

'What the...?!'

Panicked, she quickly sat up, and scanned the room.

Empty.

Oh no. Oh no, oh no, oh no. He couldn't have left her!

It was exactly like in a TV drama, wasn't it? He'd probably realized he'd made the wrong decision, that he loved some other girl, and ran off on her.

Oh God no.

He was the only one she knew who could help her keep her powers in control! What would she do now, without him?!

Rin fingered the red gem she wore around her neck, and immediately felt a little calmer.

She'd gotten it from her mother before she died. Her mother had always told her it would keep her safe.

According to Len, though, this gem held a special power related to Rin's newly-found gift of necromancy. He'd told her it was some kind of talisman to ward off ghosts.

Well, if it was, it was probably wearing off now. Her mother had given her a crystal clear gem, held by a golden chain. Over the years, it had yellowed. Recently, it had turned an orange-ish color.

It was now a scarlet shade, gleaming and beautiful, but even Len was stumped on why it had suddenly changed color.

Rin took a deep breath, and tried to go over her thoughts rationally.

Len hadn't really left her... had he? He must have just... gone grocery shopping, or something. In fact, he could even be in the next room over right now! She hadn't even checked!

Rin climbed out of bed, and winced. She was still feeling a little sore in... well... THAT area.

She hobbled out into the kitchen, and practically dropped herself on the nearest chair.

Len would have probably found her actions 'amusing'. Hahaha. She didn't find it nearly as funny.

She closed her eyes for a few seconds, and sighed. When she opened them again, she noticed a piece of paper on the counter from the corner of her eye.

She rushed up to it, expecting a long list of how, hey, it wasn't her, it was him! To both her relief, and her disappointment, it was just an old shopping list, or so it would seem. Great...

With another sigh, Rin dragged her feet over to the cupboard. She'd might as well make herself a cup of coffee.

She pulled out a mug, then flipped the next cupboard door open, and reached for the container of coffee mix.

And, of course, there was a note taped on the lid.

Rin,
Gone to help out a friend. I should be back tonight. Don't do anything stupid without me!
Love,
Len

Pfft. Don't do anything stupid... she didn't ALWAYS do stupid things... ... ... Did she?

And why did he put it on the coffee mix container?! Did he think she was an addict, or something? She wasn't! ... ... ... Was she?

Argh! Rin shook her head. Stupid, stupid...

She dropped the note on the counter. Couldn't he have left an address? Anything? It would have been so much easier to track him down that way...

Instead, she'd have to try it the hard way.

She abandoned her coffee, sat down on the floor with her legs crossed, and began calling to Iroha.

Iroha had been Rin's best friend since high school. That is, until last year.

The last time Rin had ever seen Iroha in person was at the pink-haired Hello Kitty fan's funeral.

Iroha had died in a car crash. The two of them had been at a club together, celebrating their graduation.

The both of them were drunk, and Rin had asked to spend the night in a hotel. Iroha had found that stupid; after all, they were only about 20 minutes from home!

They'd argued about it, and split ways, Rin spending money on a single hotel room, Iroha taking chances on driving home.

But those chances were far too slim.

The next morning, when Rin's cell phone had begun ringing, the last thing Rin had expected was a call from the police, telling her that her best friend had been killed.

Apparently, Iroha had been with her quite often after that; just not physically. And in a way, Rin had always been able to feel her presence- she just hadn't realized it.

A normal necromancer would need an object belonging to the person in order to summon them, but because of these apparent 'modifications' done on her genes, Rin was able to do without.

She tried to concentrate on what she remembered of her best friend:

The way her golden brown eyes creased when she smiled, the way her bangs hung on her forehead, her long pink ponytail, her soft hands, and especially, her cheerful, yet soothing voice.

There were so many things to remember about Iroha, like the way she was obsessed with cats even though she was allergic, or the way her laugh sounded like wind chimes, or the way she'd always somehow manage to make babies cry when she smiled at them.

Rin could even remember her scent: sweet sweet peaches. She never knew why Iroha always smelled like peaches... did she bathe in peach juice every morning just so she could gain the smell? Very possible. But-

"Rin?"

It was only a faint whisper, but Rin still recognized the voice.

She focused on it, imagining pulling Iroha forward. Yanking on her arm, trying to pull her into a hug. Yanking her ponytail. Yanking on her ear. Anything worked.

"Rin!"

The voice was much closer now. Rin opened her eyes, and found Iroha standing right in front of her, materialized from her spirit form, or whatever the proper term was.

She wore the same clothes as she had that one day so long ago.

She still wore that faded jean skirt, with the ripped black leggings, and that cute hot pink halter top Rin remembered picking out with her.
And that was actually RIN'S leather jacket, but considering the girl was dead, Rin didn't care anymore whether she ever got it back. ...

Actually, she'd rather not get it back. It would probably be smeared with... Ugh. Rin didn't even want to think of that...

"Hey, Rinny~!" Iroha chirped.

Rin grinned. "Nyan-Nyan!"

Rin wished she could give her friend a hug, but she knew she couldn't. The first time she'd seen her, she'd tried, only to pass right through. The shock from that was enough to keep her up that night, and she didn't want to have to relive that again.

"I need to ask you a favor." Rin said.

Iroha smiled. "Of course you do~! Whaddya need?"

Rin bit her lip.

Even if Iroha WAS her best friend, she didn't want her to know about she and Len... not yet, at least. But would Iroha be able to figure it out just by this simple favor?

"Rin... you're all red." Iroha pointed out with a smirk. "Thinkin' 'bout Len again?"

Rin's cheeks heated. "No..." she lied.

"Really? Are you sure?" Iroha raised a brow. "Cause I'd be thinking about him too if he'd made me make those noises last night..." she whistled, and Rin gaped.

"How did you...?"

"Oh come on." Iroha shot her a look. "I'm your best friend! It's called 'making sure he does it right'! Which...", she clicked her tongue, "might I say, he certainly did well..."

Rin looked away, cheeks still red. "That favor... I need you to find him for me. Can you?"

"Girl, I may be a ghost, but you two really smell. But definitely not in a bad way... Damn, his ass is nice...!"

Rin glared at her.

"What?" Iroha asked innocently.

"No spying on my sex life."

"Aw, but honey, it was your very first time!"

"Shut up, Iroha. I don't care how sexy he is, or how you are totally right about his ass, I don't feel like having a threesome with a ghost."

Iroha laughed. "Alright, alright, I'll look for him!"

"Thank you, Nyan-Nyan!"

"If I were alive, I'm telling ya, that boy would definitely be mine...!" Iroha mumbled, then quickly glided through the nearest wall, and disappeared.


If there was one thing Len was NOT expecting, it was to find his ex-girlfriend in a near lip-lock with the one person she'd claimed she desperately wanted to get away with.

Miku jumped away, falling back on the couch.

The lawyer he'd met only once before, who had saved young Yuki Kaai from living with humans no matter how hard it seemed, looked up.

Kaito Shion leaned back from the younger girl (3), and straightened himself out.

"Um... hi?"

He glanced over questionably at Miku, who only blushed.

Len shook his head, ridding himself of the image he'd been welcomed with. God, Miku'd better be willing about this, cause if he was being that close to Miku without her wanting it, Cabal descendant or not, Len would kill him.

"The name is Len. Len Kagamine." Len said, offering his hand.

Kaito shook it, seemingly relaxing a little. "Kaito Shion."

"I know who you are." Len said, his voice a little cooler than necessary.

Miku scowled at this. "Len..."

Kaito only raised a brow. "I've heard about you."

"From?"

"Miku."

"Ah."

"Only good things, don't worry." he said, with a ghost of a smile.

Len dropped his hand. "Hm." He turned towards Miku. "So it's just that door that has that spell on it?"

Kaito chuckled at his obvious dislike of the blue-haired man.

"No, it's the whole house." Miku answered.

"Funny..." Len glanced back at the doorway. "I came through it fine. Are you sure it-...?"

Already knowing what Len was asking of her, Miku rose to her feet, and attempted to walk through the suspicious doorway.

Instead, as expected, she was stopped by an invisible force in the doorframe.

She turned back to Len. "Well?"

He stared at the guilty doorway, and reached his hand out through it. Where Miku's body had been forced to stop, Len's hand passed right through.

"... Huh." He finally said. "That is... interesting."

"I think you mean annoying." Miku said dully, huffing a little.

"That too, I'm sure..." Len said. He glanced back over at her. "I brought your laptop over, along with its charger." he told her.

She blushed and pouted. "I told you not to go through my house when I'm not there!"

"You should know by now that I don't listen."

"But-!"

"That's not what I came for, anyway." Len interrupted. "I have someone I have to go meet, and I have to be back as soon as I can. I just need to know where you found that darned spell...!"

Miku bit her lip, and avoided his gaze.

Len swore. He suddenly realized why he hadn't been able to find the spell in the regular Witch Spell Archives. "You didn't seriously use-"

Something small zoomed past in one corner of the room.

Everyone stopped and stared at the small strangely colored mouse standing there, watching them.

Miku squeaked. "Gross...!"

Just then, there was a 'zap', as a lightning bolt flew out from Kaito's fingers, hitting the small rodent.

The mouse shrieked, and fell onto its side. But, instead of staying on its side, it rose back up to its feet, still steaming.

Miku scrunched her nose. "Now that's gross..."

"He's a pesky little bugger..." Kaito mumbled, along with a curse (4).

"Let me." Len offered. "Oh... Miku. You might want to cover your eyes."

She did... sort of. Instead of completely blinding her sight, she peeked through her fingers.

Len shrugged, and focused on the mouse.

He decided he wanted that mouse to float up in the air, and the mouse flew upwards to the exact spot he wanted.

Then, he snapped his fingers.

The mouse folded in two, literally, its bones snapping as it bent. And then, they were left with two mouse halves.

"Oh, God, Len!" Miku smacked him. "You are disgusting!" she cringed.

Len shrugged. "I told you not to look, but you didn't-"

"It's still alive."

The bickering pair turned towards Kaito, who was staring ahead with wide eyes.

"It's still alive!" he repeated.

They both looked over, and were met with a rather gruesome sight.

The poor mouse was still dragging itself towards them, leaving a trail of red behind it. Two of its paws were bent at an awkward angle, but no mouse should be able to live after being broken in two. No living creature should be able to survive that.

Len bent over, walking closer to the broken rodent, and swore.

On the mouse's back were big patches where fur was missing, and its pale skin showed. Or... so they'd thought. But no, this wasn't just abnormal hair loss; this mouse's halves were covered with maggots.

Len nudged the mouse with his shoe, and swore again when it flinched.

"Well... It seems you'll finally be able to meet Rin, Miku." Len grumbled.

"Huh?"

"What we have here is a case of zombie mouse." Len said, glancing over. "I suggest you pretend you never saw that, and pray Rin finds us soon."

Miku made a face of disgust. "So you're saying that I have to live with that THING in the same room as me?!" she fake gagged. "Please get here soon, Rin..."

Len watched the two carefully, scrutinizing them. "So... are you two... together?" he asked.

Miku blinked, and looked up towards her rival.

He smiled at her, and placed his hand over hers, squeezing it. "I guess we are."

Miku blushed, but nodded.

"... Huh." Len said, after a pause.

"What about you, Len?" Miku asked. "Do you have anyone special?"

Len stood up a little straighter. "Yes, yes I do, actually."

Miku perked up. "Really? What's her name?"

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

Len went to get it, peeked through the small peep-hole, and smiled back at Miku. "Rin." he answered her.

Miku wasn't sure if he was simply saying that Rin was at the other side of the door, or if he was answering BOTH questions at once.

"Come on, come on..." Len pulled her in.

The girl looked very young- maybe about 17 or 18. Too young for Len, in Miku's opinion, even though Len was only 23.

She looked very nervous. Her eyes widened as she took in the couple leaning on the couch, gripping onto Len's sleeve as if the two across from her wanted to kill her. Which, if they really did want to, they could very easily do.

Len pointed over to the wall. "We've got a little problem over there..." he whispered to her, and she glanced over in that direction.

A look of disgust passed her features. "Len...! Did you...?"

Len simply shrugged, the ghost of a smile on his face. "It's easier than a mouse trap."

Trying hard not to gag, Rin bent over the two mouse halves.

Miku was curious, for although she'd met one or two necromancers before, she'd never actually seen them do... whatever they did. It even made her forget Rin's ignorance of she and Kaito.

Rin's eyes were closed, and her hands were collasped as if in a prayer, and Miku was wondering if that was exactly what she was doing- praying -until she glanced up with a 'Huh?'

The mouse was still trying to drag itself towards her, and Miku didn't get why Rin was suddenly distracted.

"Sorry." she spoke to thin air. "I'm trying to free this mouse. I can't just leave it here... and I'm sure you'll be able to get back even if I DO banish you by accident."

A pause. "I already did thank you!" Another pause. "No, I'm not just using you as a personal GPS..."

Len chuckled. "Hi, Iroha. I was wondering how she managed to find me..."

Just then, Len's eyes flicked over to the confused Miku, and he nodded at her.

'Oh. A ghost.'

Miku glanced back at the empty space, trying to find a shimmer, a sense of movement, anything, but came up blank.

And yet, supposedly there was a ghost there... She wondered if there was a spell she could learn to detect ghosts.

Rin closed her eyes once more, and slowly, the mouse's twitching stopped, and the creature's spirit returned to the dead.

Miku glanced over at Kaito to see what he thought, and found a confused frown on his face.

Then suddenly, she realized a small detail. "Wait a second- she can shove spirits back into their corpses without thinking? Even when she can't see them?"

Rin seemed a little hurt- perhaps these words, or maybe's Miku's tone made her feel weird, different than a regular supernatural.

"She's apparently part of the Genesis I Project." Len explained. "At first, I thought she was a 'success', because she was such a late bloomer, but... as you can see, she's actually the opposite: her powers are too powerful."

Miku's eyes widened, as she glanced over at the petite blonde.

"Amazing...!" Kaito breathed out. "So she doesn't even need a ritual?"

"None at all."

Kaito blinked again. "My dad would kill for a necro like that..."

Len shuddered. Yes, he probably would; Len knew very well how the Cabal could be. Which was why he needed to protect Rin.

Rin on the other hand definitely didn't mind knowing she was immensely powerful.

"Rin, do you know if you raised anything else?" Len asked her.

She shook her head. "No idea..."

Len suddenly remembered. "Oh, uh, Rin... This is Miku. She's a witch. And this is... apparently her new boyfriend, Kaito Shion. He's a... a sorceror."

Rin couldn't help but note the sudden edge to Len's voice at the mention of the word 'sorceror'. Did he not like them?

"I-It's nice to meet you." She said, shaking each of their hand.

Suddenly, she glanced back up to where 'Iroha' was apparently standing, and giggled at something only she could here.

"He's taken, Nyan-Nyan!" she laughed.

Miku raised a brow, but smiled. 'Nyan-Nyan... Cute.'

"Anyway..." Len said, clapping his hands together. "We ought to be going. Rin?"

Rin's eyes widened. "Wait... can I at least see something first?"

"See what?" Kaito asked.

"I want to see some magic!" Rin chirped, her eyes sparkling.

Kaito laughed. "Sure... why not?"

He swirled his hands in circular motions and created a light ball between his palms.

Rin watched him carefully, like a child watching a puppet show.

Miku chuckled, and scooted closer to her half-demon ex. "Do you think you'll be able to find a counter-curse?"

Len didn't say anything at first. "... Maybe. I'll have to find a dark witch, though. And if worse comes to worse, we might be able to completely destroy the house."

Miku chuckled, even though she knew he was completely serious. "Let's hope for the poor human that lives here that you'll find that counter-curse next time you get here."

Len chuckled. "Yeah."

It was quiet between them as they watched Kaito demonstrate a fog spell.

"You seem happier." she finally whispered to him.

Len shifted uncomfortably. "If you say so..."

"She makes you happy. Which means you'd better keep her close."

Len smiled to himself, as Rin was amazed by Kaito's use of a levitation spell on a book.

"I'm planning on it." he whispered back to Miku, and he meant it.


Aah… Another awkward ending! Does that perhaps mean ANOTHER part of Enclosure is coming up? ewe Perhaps… After all, Miku and Kaito are STILL stuck in that house!

I think I'll change the perspective again next chap, if I really DO make a part 3! Maybe Gumi, or Mew… *shrug*

Anyway, I really hope you liked it, because this was really fun to write!

Love,
Naty17


(1) Len… Dude! It's the first night, and you're ALREADY putting someone else before her! Geez… Tsk tsk.

(2) Hee hee… Perverted Rin-chan~! ^w^

(3) Oh how pedo-ish that sounds… XD

(4) As in, a literal swear. XD


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