Hey guys, I'm back! It seems like you guys are already taking sides on the Samey/Dave/Sky love triangle, though nearly all of you want Dave to forgive Sky. Don't worry, it'll happen eventually, but things will have to get worse before they get better. And that's all I'll say about that. Also, seems like a lot of you were happy that Samey didn't get eliminated in the end. Looks like a lot of you feel sorry for the poor girl. That's all good! I'm glad you guys are enjoying! As I promised, somebody will be going home today. But first, let me respond to some comments:
Zxrian: Huh? Episode 5? I don't think I remember that one…Anyways, glad you're enjoying!
Wolflover595: What are you talking about? Dave stooped pretty low a lot of times in this story…
ArchuLinShved595: Glad you're enjoying!
I have a new poll, too. Be sure to vote!
Now for the actual reason you guys came here!
Last time on Total Drama:
Teams competed in their most painful, humiliating challenge yet! Tensions between the competitors rose, which was awesome, and last nerves were tested as contestants screwed up their dares.
In the end, the Geeks and Freaks lost, AGAIN, and, thanks to a scheme put on by Noah, Samey would have gone home, but some wise guy decided to put her on the other team.
Will the Cool Kids' Club ever loose? Probably, they have Samey now! Anyways, stay tuned for the most dramatic episode yet of Total! Drama! HIGH SEAS!
I'm singing the theme song as I write…
Chapter 4: A Water Ski Spree
STATEROOM 7 (COURTNEY & SAMEY)
Samey sat in her bed, reading her book. After all of the excitement last night, she found it hard to sleep. She hadn't had that much fun in years.
Courtney had no problems sleeping. She swung down from the top bunk.
"Good morning Samey!" She greeted her roommate
"Morning, Courtney," Samey replied, engrossed in her book.
"What'cha reading?" Courtney asked as she removed her earplugs
"Oh, just some book. I think it's called Total Triumph for Teens or something."
"You know, I wrote that book," Courtney informed Samey.
"Oh, that's ok, if you don't want me reading it…"
"No, no, I think it's great!" Courtney told Samey, "Can I ask why you chose to read it?"
"Oh, just because…you know…I need to…you know…stand up to Amy…"
"Yeah, you do! You're beautiful and talented and you don't deserve to be tormented like that!"
"You really think so?" Samey smiled.
"Yeah! I do! How about I personally help you get more confident?"
"That'd be great! Thanks!"
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"If Samey starts obstructing my chances of winning, I'll dump her, but for now, I really think she needs my help!"
END CONFESSIONAL
Courtney heard a knocking on the door.
"Come in," she told the newcomer.
Bridgette and Lindsay stepped into the small stateroom.
"How's it going?" Bridgette asked the two residents.
"We wanted to make sure Samey slept alright for her first night!" Lindsay said.
"I slept great!" Samey lied.
"Well, that's good!" Bridgette said.
"Yeah," Samey agreed.
"So," Bridgette asked, "any ideas what today's challenge might be?"
"The ship hit land a few hours ago," Samey told the girls, "I can only assume that the challenge will be wherever we land."
"Oh, we did," Courtney said, disappointed, "I'll bet that means pain."
"It can't be worse than that last challenge," Samey said.
"What are you talking about?" Bridgette teased, "You didn't even do your challenge!"
"We better go get breakfast," Courtney advised her friends (and Lindsay).
The four girls walked off and out of the room. It just so happened that Dave walked out his stateroom at the same time and it just so happened that a certain blonde cheerleader "accidentally" walked into him.
"Remember what we talked about last night," Courtney whispered into Samey's ear. The three girls walked off to breakfast, leaving Samey and Dave some alone time
"Oh, hi, hehe," Dave said to Samey
"Hey, Dave," Samey said to Dave.
"Sooo…" Dave tried to make small talk.
"What's up?" Samey tried to respond.
"Um…"
Both giggled at the awkwardness of the conversation.
"Dave, uh, do you want to, uh, go to, uh, breakfast with me?"
"Um…yeah, we all eat breakfast together."
Samey blushed.
While Samey and Dave flirted, a far less happy duo walked past the two.
"That really doesn't bother you?" Heather asked Sky.
"I guess a little bit," Sky admitted.
"It's ok, I'm not judging," Heather said, "It's perfectly normal after a breakup."
"We were never dating!" Sky insisted.
"Ok, whatever, miss defensive!"
"Defensive? I'm not being defensive! You're the one being defensive!"
"Uh-huh, sure," Heather said sarcastically, "you want to know what I think?"
"No," Sky retorted.
"I think that Dave would come to his senses and want to be your boyfriend if he wasn't busy canoodling with another girl!"
Sky gasped, "You really think Samey is the problem?"
"Of course!"
"But, Samey seems so sweet!"
"A lot of girls seem nice, but they're selfish. They serve their interests first and foremost. I wouldn't be surprised if Samey was using Dave just to have an ally and get those million dollars."
Sky felt guilty. "And why should I believe you?"
"You're right, I'm not the most trustworthy competitor here, but we're roommates! Lying to you would be a bad strategy, especially considering my bad reputation."
"Ok," Sky responded, "I'll consider it…"
CONFESSIONAL: HEATHER
"Of course I was lying, Samey is sickeningly lovable. That's why I need to get as many people as possible against her, otherwise she'll never be voted off!"
END CONFESSIONAL
CARGO HOLD
"Almost done, Amy!" Topher told the wicked twin as he connected a wire to a laptop computer.
"Great! As soon as we connect your screen to the cameras all over the ship, we'll know exactly what's going on! How do you even know how to do all this computer stuff?" Amy replied
"I'm a man of many skills," the host-wannabe said, "that's why I would be a great host! Do you think Chris could do this?"
"I'm not sure what merits AV skills hold in the hosting world," Amy said to Topher.
"And we're on!" Topher clicked into an app called Camera_Hacker_2.0124.
"Excellent!"
"I developed this app in my computer design class at my high school. I developed it with help from my instructor and a couple of friends. We made it so that if I ever got onto Total Drama, I could hack the cameras and possibly find some footage to get an edge in hosting."
Amy gave the "cookoo" sign.
"It works by importing data from the main grid to which the cameras are all connected into the device of choice. It works for iPads, computers, televisions, anything with a USB port. Needless to say, I got an A+."
Amy looked beyond confused.
"Anyways, the cameras on this ship are incredibly easy to hack. I guess Chris didn't expect somebody with superior hacking abilities to hide out in the cargo hold and hack the camera grid. Rookie mistake. If I were host, I would always be aware!"
"You sound like Scarlett," Amy told Topher
"Yeah, I liked her. She was a great player. Anyways, here's how it works," Topher clicked on open and then attached files. He then opened the file named camera_grid_ssmclean. [1] After Topher opened the grid, a series of hundreds of options such as camera_dining_1 and camera_pooldeck_4formed in a list.
"So I just click on one of these options and the footage from that camera shows up right there on the screen?" Amy inquired.
"Yep, that easy! It also stores the tape from each camera as an automatic file that you can watch at any time!"
"Perfect!" Amy cheered.
"Yep, which camera do you want to see?" Topher asked Amy
"The hall with the staterooms," Amy replied.
Topher clicked on the option camera_statehall_1.
The two sadistic teens saw Sky and Heather discussing something.
"No," Sky retorted.
"I think that Dave would come to his senses and want to be your boyfriend if he wasn't busy canoodling with another girl!"
Sky gasped, "You really think Samey is the problem?"
"Of course!"
"But, Samey seems so sweet!"
"A lot of girls seem nice, but they're selfish. They serve their interests first and foremost. I wouldn't be surprised if Samey was using Dave just to have an ally and get those million dollars."
Sky felt guilty. "And why should I believe you?"
"You're right, I'm not the most trustworthy competitor here, but we're roommates! Lying to you would be a bad strategy, especially considering my bad reputation."
"Ok," Sky responded, "I'll consider it…"
"Seems like Sky thinks Samey is the reason Dave doesn't want to forgive him," Topher said
"Yes, but she's reluctant. I can change that!" Amy smiled evilly, "I just have to throw my voice a little bit!"
DINING HALL
Sky sat alone. She didn't want to talk to anybody. She just needed to be alone. Her emotions were getting the best of her. She hated it, but at the same time, she couldn't control it. If she couldn't control her feelings, she knew her time in the competition would be short. What scared her the most was the fact that she didn't even care. She signed up for the competition just to make things right with Dave. But he didn't want to make things right.
Sky was also bothered by the fact that she had no idea about which of her emotions was the cause of her misery. Was it shame about cheating on Dave? Was it fury for Dave's refusal to forgive her? Could it have been jealousy that Dave moved on and found another girl?
"No, definitely not," she told herself.
In tough times like this, she was so overwhelmed by emotion that she had no choice but to bury her head in her arms and cry. She hated it, but she couldn't control herself.
CONFESSIONAL: SKY
"What is wrong with me? This is not the Sky that made finals in Pahkitew Island. I wish I could control my feelings. I really do, but I'm so overcome with emotion that I just can't help but cry. And I'm one of those people who never cries!"
END CONFESSIONAL
"Open the hangar, here comes the plane!" Ella told Ezekiel, scooping up a spoonful of his cereal.
Ezekiel opened his mouth and Ella fed him his cereal.
"Hey, Ella," Ezekiel asked after swallowing his bite of cereal, "I want to ask you something."
"And what is that?"
"Are we, like, officially going out, eh?"
Ella giggled, "So you would like me to be your girlfriend?"
"Uh…yeah…I do, eh?"
"Ok, then I guess I'm your girlfriend," Ella told Ezekiel.
"Contestants!" Chris announced over the loudspeaker, "Get ready for your next excruciatingly painful challenge! Meet me in the engine room! Last one there owes me 50 push-ups!"
The contestants ran to the engine room, all except for Sky, who didn't have the energy to run.
"Sky," Chris told the saddened gymnast, "It's push-up time!"
Sky easily did 50 push-ups despite her misery.
"Good!" Chris congratulated, "Now then, time for your challenge!"
The contestants all groaned.
"Aw, come on!" Chris whined, "I put a lot of work into this challenge! It's only a little painful!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Noah said impatiently, "just tell us the challenge."
"I was getting to that," Chris reprimanded, "Anyways, today's challenge is twofold. Your first challenge is to search throughout the ship for boxes like this," Chris gestured to a large crate with his face on it.
"Could you be any more of a narcissist?" Noah asked.
"It's not a problem when you're as handsome and talented as I am!" Chris retorted.
"You're not talented!" Noah told Chris.
Chris yelled, "ZIP IT!" and continued, "Anyways, your task is to find boxes like this around the ship. Once you find a box, you are to open it. You can keep anything you find in the boxes. Some boxes contain items that will be useful. Some contain items that will be utterly useless. You will use the items that you find in the boxes in part 2 of the challenge! You have one hour to find as many boxes as possible. Ready! Set! GO!"
The twenty remaining contestants set out.
"So where do we look first?" Rodney asked his fellow Geeks and Freaks.
"We're splitting up like we did in the paintball challenge," Scott said to his team.
"No, no, no!" Noah criticized, "That strategy made us loose!"
"We'll be better off this time, bookworm!" Scott snarled at Noah.
"No offense, but I'm not taking strategic advice from you," Noah said coolly, "given that your intelligence rivals that of a potato, dirt boy."
"Well, nerdling, your strength rivals that of an ant!"
"Well, farm hand, ants are known to lift hundreds of times their body weight. If you're gonna insult me, do it right!"
"Guys," Rodney interrupted, "we need to work as a team!"
"Rodney's right, eh?" Ezekiel said, "If we work as a team, we might actually win a challenge, eh?"
"He is right," Ella agreed, and began to sing, "Let us go and find a crate, This challenge will be really great—"
"No," Eva slapped Ella's mouth shut, "No singing!"
"I thing her singing's kind of cute, eh?" Ezekiel said.
"Aw, thanks, Zeke!"
"Ok," Rodney told his team, "Time's a ticking! Let's go!"
The Geeks and Freaks ran off.
"So where do we look first?" Brick asked his fellow Cool Kids.
"The engine room is geographically closest to the second floor, so let's go there!" Dave recommended.
The Cool Kids' Club climbed the stairs quickly, all except for one. Sky walked up, hanging her head. This caught the attention of a certain devious Latino.
"Chica, what's wrong," Alejandro asked the depressed athlete.
"Nothing, it's just, leave me alone."
"Sky, Dave is crazy not to realize your beauty," Alejandro crooned as he caressed Sky's face.
"Aha! Caught red-handed!" Heather told her ex-boyfriend.
"Heather, I can explain!" Alejandro pleaded.
"No need!" the queen bee responded, "You promised things would be different!"
"Heather, I wasn't—"
"So you weren't just flirting with another girl?"
"No, I was, but—"
"But nothing! We are so through! Ugh!" Heather stormed off.
CONFESSIONAL: ALEJANDRO
"I screwed up big time! I needed an ally, though. Oh, I am so through in this competition…"
CONFESSIONAL: SKY
"I know Alejandro is bad news, but," she giggles in a very uncharacteristic way, "He's good!"
END CONFESSIONALS
The Cool Kids' Club was soon at the second floor.
"In there," Heather said, pointing at a door, "It's the theater!"
The team walked into the theater. The place was huge.
"I have a feeling there are some facilities on this ship that Chris didn't tell us about," Trent realized.
"Ya think?" Dave responded snidely.
"Ok," Heather said, in control again, "Split up. As soon as you find a box, yell."
The Cool Kids' Club split up.
"Not on the stage!" Geoff said
"Not in the back!" Alejandro confirmed
"Not under this chair!" Lindsay validated. Lindsay moved onto the next chair, "Not under this chair!"
"The boxes are too big to fit under chairs, Lindsiot!" Courtney chastised.
"Oh," the blonde said, disappointed.
"Aha!" Bridgette said, backstage, "Found a box!"
The rest of the team went to see the box.
"Well don't just stand there, open it!" Heather yelled
Bridgette opened the box.
"Ninja stars?" Lindsay asked confused.
"I'll carry them!" Courtney told her team.
"Where should we go?" Rodney asked the Geeks and Freaks, who were still in the engine room.
"I know," Dakota said, "On the second floor, there's a theater. It's the perfect place for Chris to hide something!"
The team ran into the theater, and ran into the Cool Kids' Club, which cleared out the auditorium, lugging a box.
"They've already taken the box!" Scott yelled. Quick, follow me!
The Geeks and Freaks zigzagged into the weight room, where they found a box, which was under a 400-pound barbell
"I got this," Eva encouraged her team, lifting the dumbbell and laying it down next to the box.
Scott opened the box revealing…a bunch of teddy bears.
"What? What are we supposed to do with these?"
Ezekiel took a teddy bear from the crate and handed it to Ella who blushed and giggled.
"Come on, we're behind!" Noah said, "Arcade's right across from here! Let's go!"
"Let's get going to the dining hall!" Bridgette recommended, "There's lots of places to hide boxes in there!"
"Good idea!" Samey agreed.
The team stormed into the dining hall.
The Cool Kids' Club searched around the dining hall. There was a box on the dance floor.
"I got it," Lindsay said.
Lindsay opened up the box and found…a giant chocolate cake.
"Yay! Cake!" the blonde cheered
"No," Courtney redirected, "I don't think cake will help us in the challenge!"
"It could if we use it creatively," Samey suggested.
"Fine, we'll take the cake," Courtney surrendered.
The Geeks and Freaks were in the arcade. They looked around, but couldn't find anything.
After ten minutes of searching, Scott recommended bailing, so they did.
The team took the elevator up to the third floor, where the promenade was.
"Ok, let's split up so we can look through each store," Scott recommended.
Nobody could find anything except for Noah, who walked out of the library with a handful of water bombs.
"Time!" Chris's voice rang over the intercom, "Meet me back in the engine room, pronto!"
The teams ran back to the engine room.
"Ship's anchored!" Chris announced.
The teams looked out the window to see that there was no land.
"Yeah, it's anchored, but we haven't hit land," Chris told the teens, "Challenge part 2 is a water ski competition!"
The contestants exchanged looks.
"Here's how the challenge will be run: Two people from each team will be riding in boats, where a member of the opposite team will be water-skiing behind. The goal is to grab as many flags on this course," Chris gestured to a course in the ocean, "as you possibly can! There are 6 flags you can get. The team with the fewest flags is sending somebody home!"
So what are the items we just collected for?" Noah asked for clarity.
"The boat rider can throw whatever his or her team found at the skier. Geeks and Freaks get water bombs and teddy bears. Cool Kids' Club gets cake and ninja stars!" Chris clarified, "Oh, and the boats are on a set course so you can't cheat!"
Alejandro snapped his fingers angrily.
"Anyways, Lindsay, Dave, Izzy and Ezekiel will be skiing, Alejandro, Heather, Eva and Scott will be throwing
"Round 1: Lindsay vs. Eva!" Chris announced.
Eva got into the back of the small boat, a stash of water bombs and teddy bears to her side.
Lindsay got behind the boat, ready to dodge.
"Ready," Chris said, "Set, GO!"
The boat started moving. Lindsay started cheering, "wee!"
Eva countered by throwing a water bomb at the blonde, who expertly dodged the explosion as the bomb hit the ocean.
Eva snarled and threw another bomb, but in her rage, she threw the bomb way too far and Lindsay was able to pick up a flag.
Eva growled, throwing four water bombs. Lindsay was able to dodge all of them as she picked up her second flag.
Eva's face turned bright red. She was blinded by rage. She wouldn't let Lindsay get another flag if her life depended on it.
Eva tossed a teddy bear which nailed Lindsay in the face, not only making her miss the next flag, but also making her drop her two flags into the murky blue.
"Yes!" Eva cheered.
Lindsay was quick, though. While her enemy was celebrating, she grabbed a flag. There were two left. If Lindsay could grab those two, she could still bring three flags to victory.
Eva wasn't about to let that happen. She aligned a shot to the water below Lindsay, which created a huge wave, bouncing the blonde into the air, forcing her to miss another flag. There was just one flag left on the course. Lindsay needed it. She placed her hand right next to the flag. She was about to grasp it, but Eva threw a teddy bear at her face and the blonde missed the flag. Lindsay crossed the finish line with just one flag.
"Wow," Chris commented, "That was a substandard performance, especially considering how well you did in this challenge in season 1."
"I didn't know she would be throwing stuff at me!" Lindsay protested.
Chris just face-palmed. "Yeah, sure, anyways, next up it's Izzy and Alejandro!"
Alejandro got into his boat, grinning evilly.
Izzy got into her skis, grinning even more evilly than Alejandro.
"Ready, set, GO!"
Alejandro's boat started. Izzy began to ski. Alejandro started throwing ninja stars. Izzy dodged all of them and grabbed her first flag.
Alejandro grimaced. He threw another star, which Izzy easily dodged.
"Come on!" Izzy taunted, "Are you even trying?"
Alejandro's eye twitched and he threw three ninja stars, all of which Izzy dodged, before picking up her second flag.
"Al, you're really off your game!" Izzy smirked. The stars kept flying, but none of them came close to hitting Izzy as she grabbed her third flag.
"Ugly Al missed me!" Izzy taunted
"My name's not Al!"
"Ugly Al say what?"
Alejandro got so mad at Izzy that he threw every last one of his ninja stars until he ran out. Needless to say, none even touched Izzy.
"And Alejandro just wasted his team's supply of ninja stars!"
Alejandro earned quite a few angry looks from his team. Izzy was able to get her last three flags easily with no obstacles to dodge.
"Izzy comes home with all 6 flags! The score is 6 flags from the Geeks and Freaks to 1 from the Cool Kids' Club! Up next, Scott vs. Dave!"
"You can do it!" Samey smiled at Dave. Sky looked at Samey and sighed.
"I can do it!" Dave cheered.
Scott's boat started. He expertly threw water bombs at Dave, disorienting him on every throw. Dave didn't get a single flag.
"Wow. Cool Kids' Club sucked so bad this challenge that Heather and Ezekiel won't even have to go!"
The Geeks and Freaks cheered as they won their first challenge. The Cool Kids' Club all looked at each other angrily.
CUT TO DECK OF SHAME
Chris stood on the Deck of Shame, with a box full of votes in his hand.
"Ok," Chris said, "Let's keep it real, today's vote wasn't even close. In fact, there was only one vote against somebody other than the person going home," Chris held up a slip of paper. On it was written "HEATHER."
"So," Chris announced, "with eleven votes against him, Alejandro is going home!"
The handsome young man sighed, "I knew I was done as soon as Heather caught me with Sky." He went up to his ex-girlfriend, "I made a mistake, Heather. You are the best thing that's ever happened to me! Please do forgive me."
"Hmph!" Heather scowled.
"I understand," Alejandro frowned.
Chris tossed Alejandro a lifeboat.
"Time to go!" Chris instructed.
"Yes, I'll be seeing you all! Goodbye!" Alejandro jumped into the water as the ship sailed off.
DINING HALL
Dave and Samey sat together at the dining hall.
"So that sucked," Dave told Samey.
"Yeah, I know," Samey replied, "I can't help but think that I'm the reason that we lost. My team has never won a challenge. Maybe I'm like bad luck or something."
"Bad luck?" Dave asked, "You? Don't give yourself so much credit!"
Samey smiled, "Yeah, it's kind of stupid. I don't even believe in bad luck!"
"And you know what," Dave pressed, "You've been nothing but good luck to me!"
Samey blushed an giggled, "Uh, that reminds me, Dave, can I ask you something?"
"And what might that be?" Dave asked coyly as if he didn't know.
"Um…well…I've been thinking…and…well…I…we…we've been hanging out for a while and talking a lot and…well…I guess what I'm trying to ask is…will you be my boyfriend?"
"Yes! Yes! YES!" Dave responded, "A thousand times, yes!"
"It's ok, I understand—wait did you say yes?"
"Yes! I did!"
"Yes! Yes!" Samey got up and hugged Dave.
Sky watched the whole scene unfold. She didn't know how she felt. In her head was a swirling vortex of emotions that she didn't understand. The harsh reality hit her. Samey and Dave were official. Sky and Dave was no more. He had moved on. She promised herself that she wouldn't cry anymore, but the amount of emotions building up in her, made it impossible to resist. She ran off toward her stateroom, trying to bury her tears.
CARGO HOLD
"So Samey and Dave are official," Topher observed.
"What's wrong with him?" Amy screamed, "She's such a looser! Ugh! He must be doing charity or something!"
"Nah, you saw that look in his eyes. He's sincere."
"We need to break them up!" Amy said, "I can't make her miserable if she has her little Prince Charming by her side to make her feel better!"
"Well," Topher said, "I see a way."
"What's that?"
"You see how jealous Sky is. All we have to do is confirm her suspicions that Dave has moved on and she'll be on the both of them like a cowboy on a horse!" Topher said.
"Yes! You're brilliant!"
"I know. I'm much smarter than Chris."
"The only problem is getting her to know that Dave has 'moved on.'"
"We throw our voices! You can sound like Samey, and I can sound like Dave!"
"How good of a Dave impression do you do?" Amy asked
Topher put on a great impression of Dave, "Hi, I'm Dave. I'm scared of germs. Why, Sky? Why did you do that to me? Waahh!"
"Excellent!"
STATEROOM 9 (SKY & HEATHER)
Sky was in her room alone, crying. She assumed Heather wouldn't be back from dinner for a while. She thought she had enough time to get her feelings down.
"Come on!" Sky told herself, "It's just a boy! You can get over him! Yeah, you can do it!" She smiled, "Fighting spirit! Where'd it go? Yes! It's back! Yes!"
Sky was happy for the first time that day. Then she heard a noise. It appeared to be coming from outside her stateroom.
"Hey, Dave," Amy said from inside the air duct, "Thanks for a great time."
"No, no, thank you!" Topher replied in Dave's voice.
"Hey can I ask you something?" Amy asked Topher
"What?" Topher replied.
"You just kind of…uh…got out of a relationship with Sky, recently. I just, uh, wanted to know if you still like her…"
"Sky, of course not! I'm totally over her, and, PS, we never had anything real," Topher smiled wickedly.
Sky let out a fresh batch of tears.
Who's going home next? How many times can we make Sky cry before that? Find out on Total! Drama! HIGH SEAS!
A few notes before we part for now:
Yes, the floor plan of the SS McLean is based off of an actual ship. I've actually mapped out the whole thing.
Yes, Sky has been acting a bit out of character, but you need to remember that Sky is overcome with emotions right now. She's lost her spark. Just goes to show how much negative emotions can drive people. She'll get her spark back, I promise!
Sorry about Alejandro, especially since a few of you have been rooting for him, but I needed to reinforce a lesson that's been kind of constant in this story: if you cheat, you pay.
If anybody can successfully guess the ship that the SS McLean's floor plan is based on, I'll give your favorite character a cameo in a later episode.
Sorry for the short chapter, It was kind of a hard challenge to get into, sorry.
New poll is out. Be sure to vote!
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