A/N: So sorry for the long update! I said I was going to be faster, but it turned out I wasn't... Well, I still managed to update! Below is the quote from the book I was referring to in the previous chapter. The vast majority of you should remember this old book and its basic storyline. If not, you can look it up for a brief summary to understand why Momoka related Ritsu to the main character. Plus where I got the name Gabriel from. :D
Warning: I'm introducing OCs in the future. One is brought in for this chapter and another is mentioned but won't appear until later.
Extra Warning: Sorry for any errors or mistakes. I don't have a beta-reader...
Disclaimer: I don't own Mawaru Penguindrum or Sekaiichi Hatsukoi.
"You will be faced, now, with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our experience."
― Lois Lowry, The Giver
Opening his eyes to reveal dim emeralds, the boy looks at the finely carved ceiling before asking himself, "Where am I?" His eyes gazed around the bright western room to find that there was not a soul nearby. The bed he's on is rather oversized for a person of his age and seems to be more suited for an adult. Shifting his gaze out to the left, he sees that it's most likely morning when he notices the warm sunlight beaming through the oversized window into the room.
He tries to sit up but finds that with his aching body, he doesn't have the energy to lift his arms. So instead, he surveys the arms that are currently resting over the warm yellow sheets to see that they're all bandaged up. On his scarred right arm is a needle that was inserted into his skin and had a wire that connected to the intravenous bag on the pole next to his bed. Behind the pole was a nightstand that was empty except for a single apple, completely unmarked.
"I was…" He weakly murmured.
"Good, you're awake." A female voice called out and he looks away from the nightstand to see someone coming from the door across from the room. As he watches the figure come forward, his vision blurs up so he couldn't tell what the person looked like.
"Who-"
"Uhhh…." Ritsu woke up to the sound of his living room's fax machine. Sluggishly shifting around the couch, he realizes that he held a drowsy Gabriel in his arms. Slowly getting up, Ritsu looks around the currently dark living room and recalls that he let himself succumb to the pain killers before conking out on the couch. Walking into his room, Ritsu gently put the sleeping pink penguin down on the bed, and covered Gabriel with the blanket before leaving the room.
Ugh, why does my body feel so heavy…?
Ritsu staggered across the living room to turn on the lights and checked the fax machine to see that Mutou sent in her storyboard. Taking the storyboard out and going back to his couch, he places the storyboard and looks through his bag for his phone to check what time it is. Flipping open his phone, he ignores the multitude of messages and missed calls from his boss but his green eyes widen when he sees that it's seven o' clock in the morning.
Wait, what?!
He does a double take when he realizes that he doesn't have much time until the early train comes. He originally wanted to take the early train because he wanted to stay away from Masamune until he sorted out how to explain what happened to Mutou and what the incident the reporter was referring to.
He couldn't exactly say that because of Masako forcing her to disappear he had to use magic to bring her back. Nope, that sort of excuse just doesn't work on a grown man. He could use the burn scar on his arm as proof of the spell but then he'd have to explain many other things.
He would've simply told him about the incident right after talking to the reporter but after hearing that man talk like that, he definitely did not want to bring up the past.
Shoving the storyboard into his bag, Ritsu quickly took a shower and managed to get his clothes on about twenty minutes before his train arrived. Coming into the living room, he spots Gabriel awake and ready to go. Since there was no time to have breakfast, Ritsu grabbed an energy drink from the refrigerator before he picked up his bag and started for the door. However, before he made it down to his door, he noticed the dark brown burn scar on his hand.
Crap…
Even though the sweater he wore covered the burn scar on his arm, it failed to conceal the rest of it that spread to the back of his hand. Running back in the living room, he spots Gabriel at the end of the hallway holding the gray fingerless gloves in his wings. "Kyu" Gabriel patters over and lifts the gloves above his head. "Ah, thank you." Ritsu takes both gloves and puts them on.
All ready to go with the concealed scar, Ritsu and Gabriel are about to charge out of the front door but are caught off guard when the door opens to reveal a tall figure looming over him.
"When are you going to tell me what the hell is going on?" Masamune's serious tone spikes a shudder down Ritsu's spine. Trying to play dumb, "O-oh, you mean with Mutou sensei?" The strategy doesn't work when Masamune grabs the door to keep the brunet from closing it on him.
Pushing inside, Masamune manages to get them both back into the apartment and grabs both of Ritsu's wrists so he won't get away. Worry is present in his voice as he tells him, "You know what I'm talking about. Let me help you, I don't want you to hide anything." His concern sends a pang to the brunet's chest as he presses on.
He presses Ritsu against the wall of the entrance's hallway. Refusing to say anything, Ritsu lets his hair cover his eyes as his gaze fixates on the ground. Holding both wrists above the submissive man's head with one hand, Masamune uses his other hand to lift up Ritsu's dainty chin.
Piercing amber meets solid emerald. Not wanting to explain anything yet, Ritsu decides to not open his mouth anymore. After about a minute long staring contest, the taller man notices that Ritsu's eyes suddenly widen and his body shudders for a moment. "Onodera?"
This feeling, it's coming back…
…Crap!
Snapping out of it, the young man starts his attempts to break free of Masamune's hold. "Let me go!" The amber eyed man grows confused as he struggles to deal with his subordinate's newfound strength. Ritsu grows frantic as the feeling gets stronger and manages break of the larger man's grasp.
He hisses out, "Stay away from me!" before taking a step away from the confused older man. "Onodera, what's wrong with you?"
"Just… go ahead of me, I have something to take care of first."
He reaches out to the younger man but is shocked when he finds himself with a reddening cheek as the sound of the slap rings throughout the apartment. Slightly wincing to what he had just done to the raven haired man, Ritsu takes another step back and desperately shouts. "…Get out!"
To his surprise even Gabriel tried to usher the man out the door by pushing at one of his legs. Giving up for now, Masamune angrily huffs out, "Fine, be that way. " and turns to leave. Slightly raising his hand to reach out to him, "Takano-san..." Ritsu's chest aches as he watches Masamune head out the door.
As soon as he hears the door click shut, the weakened young man balls his fist and slams it against the wall, pressing against it. "Dammit…" Leaning against the wall, his breathing becomes labored as his eyes start glazing over. He could feel his strength quickly disappearing. Pressure starts forming all around him. His vision blurs up with dots floating all around as he starts gasping for breath. Beads of sweat formed on his pale forehead as he painfully panted out, "Thank goodness… he's safe…"
"This is… my punishment… my curse… mine alone… gah…!" With another burst of pressure, he falls to his knees, and fell forward to the hardwood floor with a thud. Turning to his side, Ritsu lets the pressure flow all over his cold body as he feels himself going into shock. "Ah…" He knew the shock was not because of the burn since it was healed, it was because of something else.
Letting the involuntary vibrations run its course through his body, he sluggishly looks over next to him, where his now dull green eyes notice Gabriel lying right next to him, slightly faded. "Kyu…"
Panting out, "You… don't have… to come with me…" He slightly smiles as the stubborn pink penguin shakes its head. Rubbing its scarred wing against the man's forehead, "Kyu…" His eyes slightly widen but warmly narrow again as tears flow out of the brunet's weary eyes, trickling down onto the penguin's head.
"Thank you…"
Still shaking, he pulls out his phone and looks through the contact list, looking for the one person he knows who can help. As soon as he finds the number, he presses the call button and presses the phone to his ear. As soon as he hears the other line pick up, he weakly calls out, "Help… they're back…" before dropping the phone back on the floor. Before letting himself get completely overwhelmed he weakly called out a familiar spell.
"Survival... Strategy…"
Emerald World...
His chestnut brown hair floating around the frame of his face, Ritsu could feel himself sinking downwards. Twisting himself around as he lets his open jacket levitate around him, he reluctantly welcomed the familiar glittering dark space that played host to the brunet's own world. Floating towards the large spherical astrolabe of dim glass, Ritsu solemnly spoke out, "It's been a long time, hasn't it? Over eleven years…"
Noticing the contours of their bodies glowing green, he knows what he has to do.
He smoothly glides toward the oversized orb below and takes a deep breath. It's been so long since he's been here that it's no wonder that this world stopped functioning. Even though it initially saved him, this place has been the source of so much of his pain and suffering that it's no surprise that he stopped using it. Knowing what would most likely happen if his boss had stuck around, he was grateful that he came alone.
In order to get out of here, he knows he has to submit. "…Initiating the Survival Strategy."
Pressing his hands against the stone cold glass, he felt his own core surge. Looking down at his chest, he watches as the orb of his soul unleashes a brilliant emerald. The agonizingly beautiful light spread to the glass beneath his hands. He felt the vibrations of the glass come through his arms as his life spread through his previously empty world. Regaining its original light, he jumped upwards and floated there as he watched the whirring astrolabe start up.
Watching his world coming back to its usual life, he raised up his right hand to test his assumptions. He fluttered his fingers as some sparks flew out but nothing else happened. I really can't leave here… can't I?
"Kyu…" Holding Gabriel close to his chest, the green eyed man let himself get pulled in as he's blinded by the bright, pale green light. He's slightly surprised as he notices the loss of Gabriel's presence but remembers that this is normal.
Floating downwards, the sounds of traffic and the occasional car horn are heard as Ritsu hovers over a busy street. Ritsu opens his emerald green eyes to meet the blackness of the night sky illuminated by the orange glow of the streetlights. Twisting over, he skillfully maneuvers himself upright as he lands. He checks around to find himself on an overhead bridge somewhere in downtown Tokyo.
"Kyu" Hearing Gabriel, followed by the sound of a shutter, he turns to find Gabriel not too far away with a camera. Where the hell did he get a camera?
Pushing the thought to the back of his mind, he looks around the newfound scenery. Pressing against the railing of the bridge, Ritsu watches as all the cars in the street below under the bridge ride out of his side before seeing their backlights disappear into the street's horizon. Judging from the scenery of the urban setting, what the people are wearing as they walk down the sidewalks, and what the car models on the street are, it looks like he didn't jump back too far in time.
"What time is it?" He asked himself before he mentally face palmed. "I'm an idiot! I have a phone dammit!" The young man pulls out his phone to see that it's December… of last year. "Oh, it's almost a year ago."
He looks away from his phone as he hears the sound of someone walking up onto the bridge followed by pattering. He almost drops his phone as the silhouette of the strangers lifts to reveal someone he hadn't seen in a long time.
"Kanba?!"
Knowing that it's impossible that Kanba could hear or see him since this is only a past event Ritsu is seeing, the brunet just stands in shock as the teenage redhead leans against the railing of the bridge and directs his gaze over to a gray car parked on the side of the street. Ritsu takes note of Penguin #1 but doesn't pay much attention to him.
As Kanba pulls out his phone to dial an unknown number, Ritsu looks him over. The last time Ritsu had seen him was over four years ago and it was obvious that he had grown up so much in that time span. His once warmhearted pale green eyes have taken on an essence of determination. He seems a little beat up as if he got into a fight, but the damage seems to be only minor bruises. Standing next to him, Ritsu can tell that even though he's leaning over, if he stood up straight, they'd about the same height.
He looks just like his dad…
Chuckling at his appearance, "Heh, the first time I've seen you in four years, and you look like you got into a fight."
Another thing that Ritsu realized was that since Kanba is present in this event, then Ritsu is watching a separate timeline from his own. After all, according to Masako, the current timeline he lives in is where Kanba no longer exists…
"What the hell is he doing?"
"Yes, that's the one. Do it."
"Huh?" Just then, Ritsu felt the rumble of a large truck going underneath the bridge. His eyes widen in shock as the truck crashes into the parked car at full force. Kanba… did he just…?
"Kyu" Gabriel snaps Ritsu out of his shock by tugging at his pant leg and pointing at the stairs to go down to the street. Reluctant to go down, Ritsu follows the pink penguin's lead towards the car wreck and as he gets closer, he realizes that there's a bloody arm sticking out of the window. He steps back in shock when he notices the tacky watch on the wrist and realizes that the man that was killed was the nosy reporter he met yesterday.
As he surveys the damage, he takes note of Gabriel taking the pictures of the wreck and the truck.
Wait, the truck?
As he looks up at the slightly damaged truck, he takes note of KIGA group's penguin symbol on the side of the truck. "So he really did stay with them…" He sullenly tells himself. It didn't take much time to realize that Kanba was the one to order the truck driver to kill the reporter.
"Wait, this event took place about a year ago."
"But Takano-san and I met that reporter yesterday." Gabriel nodded at his statement.
"So if what Masako said was true, then the reason Kanba doesn't exist anymore and that man is alive really is because somebody used the spell…"
"Kanba!" At this outburst, Ritsu turns to find the source. His eyes widen as they fall on the blue haired, somewhat beaten up, teenage boy followed by a blue penguin.
Realizing who it is, he exclaims. "Shouma?!"
Before he could do anything else, Ritsu winced as the scenery was wiped away by a white light and he found himself in another past event.
I really have no control…
Please hurry, I don't want to see anymore…
Having experienced this many times before, Ritsu is aware that the only way to get out of here is to either wait out for all of the events to play out or to remember how to get out. However, for some reason, he can't seem to remember. It should've been like remembering how to ride a bike, never to forget, but for some reason this is not the case. Since this is the situation, he's most likely stuck in the past events until his body snaps out of it, which could take who knows how long given the severity of his shock.
"Where the hell is he?" At the sound of a familiar deep voice, Ritsu flinches as he turns to see Masamune right in front of him. Obviously, since this is another past event, the amber eyed man isn't aware of Ritsu's presence.
"Takano-san?"
Looking around, he finds himself in a familiar area of the city, which isn't too far away from Marukawa. Checking his phone, he takes note that it's only two days into the past. When he realizes where he is and what he'll most likely see, Ritsu starts to panic.
He gets even more frantic as he watches Masamune walking in the direction of where the car bomb was. Even though he knows it's pointless, he runs up and tries to grab the tall man but his hand just phases right through him. In his haste, he trips over his own feet but catches himself as he lands on his knees.
Don't…!
His silent plea went unanswered as the explosion occurred and felt his body reverberate but held no damage. Sounds of the bloodcurdling screams followed by bodies hitting the ground with many thuds struck chills down the young man's spine. Hearing the sounds of the moaning victims, he opens his eyes to a complete bloodbath. Some people had portions of their bodies charred while others simply did not move. Slowly walking through the damaged urban area, Ritsu winces in remorse as he sees a bloody victim begging to be saved, followed by more bodies. Sections of the street were leveled as they stemmed away from where the car bomb was.
The street had turned into a complete warzone.
"Takano-san…!" He gasped out as he found the black haired man lying in a puddle of blood on the sidewalk. Rushing to his side, he surveys the damage. His burns had spanned from the left side of his chin fanning out through the left side of his torso where some of the fabric of his coat was burned away. Blood poured out of the holes in his stomach where the metal shrapnel was embedded. Regaining consciousness, he began coughing up blood. "Rit… su…"
"No… no… please… no…" Tears were coming to Ritsu's eyes as he watched his beloved's beautiful brown eyes go dull as he went into shock. The green eyed man started breaking down as Masamune drew his last breath. Ritsu couldn't even close the man's once beautiful eyes as they emptily stared into space.
"Please… hurry…" He pleaded solemnly. "I don't want to see any more of this…"
The depressed man is slightly surprised as he felt a soft wing on his scarred hand. "Kyu…" Looking to his side, Ritsu found the pink penguin trying to comfort him. His body slightly shook as he quivered out, "…You knew about my curse and that it was going to come back and show me this today, didn't you? You also knew what might've happened if Takano-san came with me." He clenched his trembling fist.
"You also knew that I can't remember how to control this place. That's why you came with me?" He trembled even more. "You didn't want me to be alone?"
"Kyu…" After nodding its body, the teary eyed young man turns and dives at the penguin for a big hug. Holding Gabriel close, Ritsu unleashes the water works as he sputters out, "T-thank you s-so m-much…!"
The pink penguin shifts a little bit as it stretches out its wing to rub away the tears flowing down Ritsu's cheeks. He smiles at the sentiment and after about a minute, the brunet manages to calm down. "Sorry about that, I guess I got over emotional there…"
Even though he had plenty of these types of visions in his childhood, he'll never be able to get over the feeling of watching people die before his eyes. It's not the sight of blood or the guts or the bodies that get to him. He's seen plenty of it in his childhood to not even flinch at it.
It's the fact that no matter what past time period he jumps through, he will always be forced to watch the life fade away from innocent people's eyes. There will be people that will lose their lives because of another's actions. All he can do is watch the people bound by fate suffer….
Knowing about them since he was little, he knew that even if a fate transfer occurs, it's still possible to watch the events of what occurred beforehand.
Blinded by a bright flash of light, Ritsu covers his eyes as the scene reforms itself and he finds himself standing at the same spot he was at before. He checks his phone for the time and it turns out he's still two days in the past.
At the sound of the footsteps approaching, he turns around to see Masamune again but still alive. "Where the hell is he?"
Am I going to see the same thing again…?
As Masamune starts walking in the direction of the car bomb, Ritsu again tries to grab him, knowing it's pointless. "Kyu…" Gabriel tugs at his leg letting him know there's nothing he can do. Tears start flowing down his cheeks again as he watches his love walking towards his doom.
"Y-you idiot! Don't you dare die on me again!"
"….If- if you stop walking, I-I'll say 'I l-love you'! So please… don't go…"
"…"
"…I love you."
"I love you…"
"I love you so much, dammit!"
His declaration of love fell on deaf ears as he watched Masamune walk. His gaze fell to the ground as he thought that there was nothing else he could do. All he could do was wait for it to be over. "Why? Why am I being shown this again?"
He pounded his gloved fist against the pavement. "I've already taken your punishment so why the hell do I have to watch this?!"
Just then, the flames sprung to life. "Ngh…!" Consuming his right arm, the scorpion's fire served as a repeat of the spell that was cast. He painfully clutched his arm as it burned.
"What?!" Masamune's confused yell lifted the burning brunet's gaze as he saw another flash of light. The brunet found himself in shock as he found himself in Takano's shadow as he shielded his eyes.
"The fate transfer?" This was the fate transfer timeline?
As soon as the flash of light cleared out, the scorpion's fire was gone and Ritsu clutched his arm and watched as the confused black haired man stood behind a crowd of people. Ritsu found himself in even more shock when he realized it.
He can see the fate transfers?!
As soon as he walks away, Ritsu gasps as he finds the scenery unfolding and falls into pitch blackness. Feeling his body tip backwards, the brunet can feel himself floating downwards headfirst. Holding Gabriel close, he relaxes as he hears the familiar sound of classical music playing.
She made it…
In the meantime…
A certain frazzled brunette is in Ritsu's apartment watching over his body. When she got the phone call earlier that morning, she was shocked to hear the young man's weakened voice. She had feared the worst when she showed up at his door, finding it unlocked, and opening it to reveal his collapsed form.
It had been over a decade since something like this had happened to Ritsu. She was already aware of his unstable power for a long time due to an incident that happened when he was young but seeing him like this was a reminder of what happened when he was a teenager…
"How much longer does he have to suffer like this?" She solemnly asked as she gently ran her hand through his silky hair. A pang went through her chest as she saw his mouth slightly parted and his eyes clenched shut as if he was in pain. She already managed to lug his body to his room and put his headphones on to keep his consciousness calm as he jumped through the past.
Hearing the sound of a phone ringing, she turns toward the sound of Ritsu's cell phone ringing on the nightstand. Picking it up, she reads the caller I.D, stating 'Takano Masamune'
She put on a small smile. "Ritsu… even after all these years you still love him…" Knowing that the man is aware of her stalking, she decides to ignore the incoming call and puts the phone back on the nightstand. She clenched her teeth. "But how could he…"
"Ritsu was suffering and he just left… unforgivable."
Taking a deep sigh, Renjaku pulls out her own cell phone and waits for the other line to pick after she dials.
"Renjaku, do you have an update on Ritsu's status?"
"Yes, his burn is already healed but…" She lifted up the hem of the glove on his right hand to show the dark brown scar that shone through his pale skin. Feeling a slight pang in her chest she put it back down.
"Well that's good news, I should've remembered that he was a fast healer. Never thought Kero would be the one to remind me. "
"Milady… I think you should hold off on tonight's appointment for now."
"Renjaku? Did something happen?"
"He… collapsed."
"What?! Is he-"
"It's not what you think! He's still breathing so it's not like before… it's probably just stress. Remember? If something like that were to happen again, Kero would've mentioned something."
"…"
"Milady?"
"Renjaku, keep monitoring him, but I want constant updates on his condition. Understood?"
"Yes, milady."
After the phone call ended, a new presence entered the room. She jumped for a moment, but the familiar scent of coffee wafting through the air calmed her down. His deep voice rung throughout the apartment. "How is Ritsu-sama?" Going to her side, the shady looking individual kneels next to Ritsu's unconscious form.
She solemnly looked him over. "It's a false alarm for the most part. He's starting to show signs of waking up, but it might be a while…" She clenched her fist and didn't look up. "Java, you know we can't tell his father about this yet. Right?"
"…Yes, I know." He furrowed his eyebrows. "… But we'll have to if his power gets out of hand. That girl isn't around this time to help Ritsu-sama."
Not taking her oceanic eyes off his pain stricken expression, she confesses. "…You know, I've been checking his breathing every few minutes because his face looks just like he did on that day…" Tears started trickling down as she shook. "I don't think any of us can take it if that happens again…"
"…" Not saying anything the dark skinned man stood up. "Java? Where are you going?"
"To get some answers from his 'neighbor'" Professionally adjusting his sunglasses, he states. "You told me that Takano Masamune left the building right after Ritsu-sama called you. When you got here, the door was unlocked."
She didn't answer his statement. "…."
"Considering their past relationship, I wouldn't be surprised if that man was in here."
"… Do you think Ritsu would be happy if you made a scene while he was unconscious?"
"It's the only way we're going to find out any clues. I'm sure his father would want me to do this if he knew!"
Not flinching from his loud voice, she yells back at him. "But what if he finds out and this happens again?! He won't try to ask for anybody's help. What if it wasn't his power then and that happened?!"
"…!" He visibly flinched as she went on.
"Even now nobody knows why it happened. No matter what test they ran on him, they never found anything wrong with him. But…"
Sometime later…
He floated around for what seemed like hours until he heard a familiar voice, "Ritsu~… hic… hic…"
"Huh?"
He twists around to the direction of the sound to watch a projection of what's occurring in the real world. Instead of being on the hardwood floor, he finds his body moved to his bedroom and obviously lying still on his bed with a weeping Renjaku at his side. He slightly chuckles at the sight of her hair undone and her glasses fallen from her hidden beauty.
She'll definitely give Kisa a run for his money.
He takes note of the headphones placed on his head where the music is obviously coming from. "Heh, she would keep those around."
The next thing he knew was that he found himself back in his body with a teary eyed Renjaku looming over him. Giving out a tired smile, "… Long time no see, Renjaku."
"R-Ritsu…! Hic- hic- I was so worried!" In relief, the brunette slightly jumps on the young editor and sobs into his chest.
Frowning at how upset she is, Ritsu tries to calm her down by gently patting her head. "Sorry for scaring you like this and having you watch over my body…" Looks like I was right, the assistant really was Renjaku.
"Don't be!" She blubbered out. Feeling an oncoming headache, he presses his hand to his warm forehead. "Nghh… How long was I out for?"
Calming down, she informs him. "You were gone for a few hours… how do you feel?"
Getting up, Gabriel gestures to Ritsu's phone. "A little worn out, but I'm alright- crap! I'm going to be late for work!"
"Ngh…!" The moment he steps out of bed, his legs gave out from under him. To stop him from plummeting to the floor, "Ritsu!" Renjaku quickly managed to grab his shoulders and slowly settled him down. "Ritsu…"
He rested his head on her dainty shoulder before sluggishly pulling back to assure her, "…It's ok, I just slipped, that's all."
"No, it's not! You're definitely not alright!" Noticing his flushed cheeks, she pushes her hand past his hair and onto his forehead, "You're burning up!"
She quickly realized, Could it be a side effect?
"… I'll buy some medicine on the way to work."
Upset at how lightly he's taking it, she yelled at him. "Do you honestly think medicine will work on you in your current state?!" As he flinched she tied her hair back up and put her glasses back on. "Just wait, Java is coming back soon."
"Java? He was here?" Noticing his worried expression, she assures him. "Yes, but don't worry. We haven't told your father." He held a sigh of relief. "Oh, that's good."
Taking his phone off the nightstand, his eyes go wide at the amount of missed calls and the time. "Uwaah! Sorry Renjaku, but I really have to go to work!" Somehow, he managed to catch her off guard as he jumped off the bed and bolted out the room with Gabriel right behind him.
"Not if I can help it!" Chasing him out the door, she couldn't help but wonder. After all, it's not like him to push aside something this serious for work.
What… did he see?
A/N: Next chapter, we see the reappearance of a certain someone/thing from Penguindrum!
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