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Chapter 56- Why They're Here
"Why They're Here" appeared in space.
"That's a nice callback." Pyrrha smiled.
"I love that theme in this show." Blake commented, "It's never been over done and it's always used in interesting ways."
"Especially in Sarge's first big speech." Nora added.
Open to Sidewinder.
"Oh Sidewinder!" Ruby gasped.
"Because every snowy pla- oh it actually is Sidewinder." Weiss realized.
Flowers: "I want you to know how brave you are for volunteering for this mission. You certainly have more guts than most of your peers, my good sir. You're the final piece in a veerry complicated little operation; in fact, you're the most important part, I'd say. When the history of these important events is written, you'll go down as the unsung hero! The soldier who sacrificed so much for his fellow man,"
Flowers, Jimmy, and another solder run down a ramp.
"Oh look it's Church!" Ruby pointed."
"Flower must be giving Church his fake story. It reminds me of the Director with Delta." Ren commented. "Delta knew his name was Alpha, but the Director 'corrected' him. After that, Delta believed the story he was told."
Flowers: "it brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it soldier. The world will never forget Private Jimmy."
"But I thought he p- wait JIMMY!" Ruby gasped.
"He's the one Tex beat with his own skull!" Jaune's eyes widened.
Yang laughed, "I forgot Tex did that."
"It wasn't physically possible." Weiss quipped sarcastically.
"But how? And that's Church's armor?" Ruby pointed, "I remember Jimmy being blue."
Jimmy: "Gosh. Ya know, I just wanna help out any way I can. My girl back home always said: You're not worth a darn if you just stand by without helping your fellow man."
"That's Candidate one." Blake squinted, her ears flicked toward the screen.
"Church did say that everyone loved Jimmy." Weiss nodded, "Last episode he showed that he was very loyal and honorable."
"But Flowers is picking people for Blood Gulch.. not Sidewinder?" Ruby frowned.
Flowers: "Well you're most certainly doing that!"
Jimmy: "So, how can I help?"
Flowers: "Just sit right there while these two gentlemen take care of everything."
Jimmy: "[Confused] Ugh, ok. Sure thing."
Flowers: "Prepare him for A.I. implantation."
"A.I implantation? What?" Ruby sat up.
"The Alpha." Blake sucked in a breath..
"But.. Church wasn't- oh- OH! I think I see what's happening." Ruby grimaced. "Flowers manipulated him."
"There was a complete shift in his tone of voice." Blake winced, "He's a very good liar."
"It's like he puts up a mask." Ruby nodded, "This whole time he was so evil, they're going to put Church in Jimmy!"
"The Director's experiments hurt so many of the freelancers." Pyrrha shook her head. "He pit them against each other, Flowers always seemed so nice. But these last few episodes have shown his true colors."
"The Director basically turned him and the others into emotionless killers only after their own self gain and his approval." Blake added.
"You can't blame the Director completely, because the Freelancers chose to do the bad things they did." Yang pointed out.
Blake nodded but grimaced, "You're right.. but it's not as easy as you think to go against him. As Washington put it, he gave them everything. How could they betray him?"
Yang nodded, "He did, but to me it looked like the other way around. He took away everything, even their names."
Jimmy: "A.I what now? Ahhh! What are you doing to my skull? AHHHHH! This doesn't seem physically possible!"
[Jimmy screaming] Flowers: "Your service is appreciated, Private Jimmy."
"So that's where it came from.." Jaune winced. "Tex never did anything."
"But it definitely sounded like something she'd do." Yang added.
"Flowers was after the best soldier after all. He picked the best and worst." Blake commented.
"He picked the best soldier for the Alpha. I bet this is why Church remembers being a kid, and that girl back home? He confused her with Tex." Ruby added.
"Well Tex kind of was his girl back home anyway." Yang laughed. "In a weird way."
Cut to Flowers in the caves of Blood Gulch.
[Radio Static]
Flowers: "Radio check... 1... 2... semblance…1... 2... I buckle my shoe. Can you read me? Vic?"
"He goes from this menacing freelancer to a goofy kind of creepy captain so easily." Weiss commented.
Vic: "Hello. Yes, hello, this is Vic transmitting from simulation outpost..."
Flowers: "Uh uh. Remember, you're Vic from comaaand."
Vic: "Yes. Apologies, Agent Florida, I will be sure to modify my greeting in the future. Are you nearing completion for your simulation preparation?"
"Kind of weird hearing Vic sound so formal." Jaune commented.
"It's nice, though I'm sure he will revert to his insufferable norm soon enough." Weiss rolled her eyes.
Flowers: "Indeed, I am! You can inform the director that I've assembled both Red and Blue teams for Blood Gulch outposts 1 and Alpha. Everything is looking dandy! Let me tell you, nothing short of an Aspirin overdose will stop this plan from succeeding."
"So that actually happened? But how did he have an Aspirin overdose if it wasn't Church who gave it to him?" Ruby asked.
"Church time travelled remember?" Nora asked.
"Gamma ran him through more scenarios, that wasn't real." Weiss explained.
"That's not what happened, it was retconned!" Nora argued.
"Exactly! So it is what happened!" Weiss snapped back.
"Just ignore the inconsistencies, like what just happened with Jimmy. The show retconned Tex's attack on Church's old base before he was sent to Blood Gulch." Blake pointed out.
"Because he never went anywhere before Blood Gulch that's right!" Ruby's eyes widened. "It's so weird, everything makes so much sense now."
Vic: "Excellent news sir. Alright then, protocol established by command now allows you to activate the Alpha. If our theories are correct, the Alpha will gain full control over the host body it assumes to be its own. Odds of memory contamination from the host's mind are very slim."
"Oh yeah and that explains why Church had a human body!" Ruby realized.
"So this whole time, Church's body was Jimmy's." Weiss hummed.
"That's weird to think about.. like if Tucker thinks of Church's face he actually sees Jimmy's face." Nora
"Have they even seen each other's faces? Church doesn't even know Tucker's skin color." Yang pointed out.
"He's black!" Nora whisper yelled.
"We know.. or at least we're pretty sure." Weiss shrugged.
Flowers: "That is fantastic news!"
Vic: "And it says here in the Important Note Section: that you need to make sure the Alpha has no recollection of the events concerning Project Freelancer. Nothing about the other fragments, nothing about the crash. AND absolutely nothing about the Meta."
"It also makes sense that they would want to hide Church not only from being discovered by the authorities. But from the Meta too. And where is a place the Meta would never look? A base out in the middle of nowhere manned by simulation troopers." Blake explained.
"Stealing the Alpha was probably the Meta's priority." Weiss added.
"Becoming Meta-stable would be easier with the Alpha." Ren nodded.
Flowers: "Understood."
Vic: "It also says not to put the Alpha in any immediate danger as quote: 'It is unknown how sever injury or death may affect the host body-A.I. relationship.'"
"A ghost is what happens." Ruby giggled.
Flowers: "Ha. Huh. I wasn't planning on any of my men dying. That would just be poor leadership on my part."
"So instead, he died." Ruby pointed.
Vic: "That is all for the command objectives, Agent Florida. Keep in mind. Not only am I here to provide false direction for the simulation troopers, I am also programmed to assist you in monitoring and managing this operation. If you need anything else: Let me know and I will contact command."
Flowers: "Will that sounds handy. Thank you, Vic!"
Vic: "Oh! There's one more note here. It also says to make sure you have a great day, Captain!"
"That seems a little odd for Project Freelancer to put in a list of orders." Weiss frowned.
"Well they can't be all bad." Yang joked.
Flowers: "Aw... That is so sweet. Now... It's time to begin."
Cut to Red Base, Blood Gulch outpost number 1.
Sarge: "Private Grif! Did you send in the order for a new jeep?"
Grif: "Uhhh... Probably?"
Simmons: "He took a nap in the middle of filing the paperwork, but I finished it for him sir."
"The original Red team." Nora stared at the screen, "It's so cool seeing them!"
"Don't forget, Lopez was a part of the original team." Weiss cut in.
"Oh yeah, where is he?" Nora asked.
"He likely has not been built yet." Weiss guessed.
Sarge: "I didn't order you to do that Simmons. Both of you drop right now and give me 20."
Grif: "20 what? 20 more minutes? You're not making any sense."
"Can Grif even do one?" Nora asked.
"He probably can't even do one with his knees touching the ground." Yang added.
Simmons: "No, push-ups! Why would he punish you with a nap?"
"He could punish Simmons with a nap." Ruby chuckled.
Grif: "I don't know why he's punishing me at all! You're the one that took matters into his own hands. You know Sargent, I'd be careful with this guy if I were you. He seems like a bit of a loose canon."
Sarge: "Something tells me you're not being entirely genuine, Private."
Nora laughed, "Sarge doesn't know how lazy Grif is yet."
"He's in for a rude awakening." Weiss smirked.
"And so if Grif." Jaune laughed.
Jaune received a few confused looks.
"Y- you know because he's so lazy? And Sarge would probably wake him up.. and you know because Sarge will hate him for his laziness.." Jaune laughed nervously.
"I understand." Ren deadpanned.
Jaune sagged, Nora giggled nervously. Pyrrha pat Jaune's shoulder.
Grif: "Who? Me? Naah, I just wanna make sure we establish a good working relationship."
Nora giggled, thinking about all the times Sarge shot Grif.
"I don't think they've ever had a good working relationship." Weiss frowned in thought.
Flowers: "Hello? Hellooooo? Hello. Can you hear me, Private?"
[Church grunts]
[Disorientated] Church: "Yeaah. Private? What? Where am I?"
Flowers: "Easy there son. It's me, your good friend and mentor Captain Butch Flowers. There was an accident. You seem to have lost some of your memory."
"That's one way to put the fact that he was forced to section off all of his memories." Ruby grimaced.
"Your good friend and mentor." Blake quoted with a disgusted look on her face.
"Again, this is eerily similar to the Director on Delta's 'Birthday'." Ren commented.
Church: "An accident? Wha... wha...what happened?"
Flowers: "There was a wet spot on the floor. You slipped and hit your head."
[Disappointed] Church: "Oh."
Ruby snickered, "I think he wanted the accident to sound a little better."
"More heroic." Weiss added with a laugh. The two snickered together.
Flowers: "Tell me, Do you remember your name?"
"It's definitely intentional." Blake leaned over to Ren who nodded.
Church: "Uh... My name? Uhhh... My name is... Leonard Church."
Flowers: "It is indeed. And what is the last thing you remember?"
Church: "[Sigh] I don't know. I remember that- there was this snow, and there was fighting."
"He's starting to remember the crash, that's something they didn't want him to remember." Jaune recalled.
Flowers: "Interesting... Interesting. Go on."
Church: "[Gibberish] And my girlfriend Tex was there. And she was fighting... I guess she was fighting someone."
"She fought a bunch of soldiers, South, a tank, and Carolina. If he remembers anything, it's probably her fight with Carolina." Jaune added.
"His memories are probably like a dream. You know like when you wake up and can't remember the dream you just had?" Ruby asked.
Everyone nodded except Nora.
"I remember all my dreams!"
"Poorly." Ren mumbled.
Flowers: "Is that so? And who was Tex fighting?"
Church turns and Flowers raises his pistol.
Church: "It was um...Yeah... I don't know I...OH MY GOD Private Jimmy!"
Flowers brings his pistol down as soon as Church turns back.
Flowers: "That's right! Poor Private Jimmy. You've certainly mentioned him before."
Ruby slammed her hand into her forehead, "Sidewinder! The crash and his implantation into Jimmy! That's why he thought he was stationed on Sidewinder."
"That makes sense." Jaune nodded.
Ruby nodded too, "And I've been thinking about what Vic said about the host mind contaminating the Alpha's… I wonder if that's what makes Church, Church?" Ruby looked up. "No.. no the Alpha sounded like Church back in season nine."
"Maybe some of Church's personality is based off of Jimmy's, or at least some of his memories. But after he remembered everything, I don't think he's affected anymore, if he was at all." Blake shrugged.
Church: "Yeah, I remember someone named Private Jimmy. But... I don't know... ehhhh It was weird. She was beating him to death with his own skull?"
Flowers: "Well that doesn't seem physically possible. But if that is what you remember, then... Why question it? Just be sure to let me know whenever more memories start falling into place. We want to make sure to get our...I mean...Your story straight."
"I wonder if.. I wonder if the skull thing is because he remembers the Meta attacking Carolina." Jaune winced.
"When he ripped her A.I. out.. quite literally out of her skull." Pyrrha grimaced.
Jaune nodded, "Yeah."
"Maybe.. or he just remembers that Tex is a badass with unbelievable skill." Yang smiled weakly.
Church: "Uhh yeah ok, sounds good to me. So what's with this armor? We're fighting someone right?"
Tucker: "Hellooooo? Oh, hey Captain."
"Oh yeah I forgot he still has regular armor." Jaune commented.
Flowers: "Ahhh, Private Tucker. Our newest recruit. I'd like you to meet your comrade, Private Church."
Tucker: "Sup? Are you a chick?"
Church: "No"
Tucker: "Bummer."
Church: "Yeah, I don't like you."
The group burst out laughing.
"I don't know what I was expecting their first meeting to be!" Yang laughed, "But it couldn't have been any better!"
"That conversation summarizes their entire relationship, and each of their base personalities." Blake shook her head.
Flowers: "Come on now fellas, we're a team. Teams have to work together. So how about we go on a little scouting mission?"
Church: "Really? I mean, it's not like I just woke up from a traumatic head injury. You sure that's a good idea?"
Tucker: "Hey, how come he gets a cool armor color and I'm stuck with blue?"
Church: "What?"
Tucker: "I'm just saying. No one's gonna take me seriously. I look like a fucking Teletubby."
"I'm sure people take Caboose seriously… at some points." Pyrrha shrugged weakly.
"I don't take Tucker seriously because of the content that spews out of his mouth." Weiss crossed her arms.
Church: "Captain Flowers, is it possible that he could get shot on this mission?"
Flowers: "It's not... Likely…"
Church: "Weeeell there's no harm in trying."
"Church is settling in quick." Ren noted.
Cut to the three on the cliff overlooking Red Base.
Tucker: "Hey uhh, that's uhhh a pretty nice looking sniper rifle, Captain. Can I use it?"
Flowers: "Tell you what Private: if the three of us go on a scouting mission like this again, I'll let you do the honors."
Tucker: "Awesome!"
"I have a sneaking suspicion that they never went on another scouting mission like this." Blake chuckled.
"Has Tucker ever used the sniper rifle? I can't remember." Jaune frowned.
"He shot Tex in the ass." Yang reminded.
Jaune laughed, "Oh yeah! And gave it back to Church so she wouldn't hit him."
"He also shot some Wyoming clones." Ruby added.
Church: "So what are the reds doing?"
"Standing around talking." Yang guessed.
"Heh, in the first episode Tucker kept asking Church what the reds were doing." Ruby commented, "And now he's asking Flowers.
Flowers: "Oh, you can be sure that whatever it is they're talking about down there, it's absolutely diabolical."
Simmons: "No"
Grif: "Come on Simmons, don't be a buzz kill. [Simmons sighs] Don't do it, don't kill my buzz."
Simmons: "For the last time, I don't want to go!"
Grif: "But dude, the Vegas quadrant is only three parsecs from here. We can get there, We can gamble away out life savings, We kill a hooker or two! And we can be back here before Sarge even notices that we're gone!"
"Oh I remember this! In one of the first few episodes they talked about whatever the Vegas quadrant is." Ruby's face scrunched up as she tried to remember.
"Grif said something about how Simmons didn't want to go, then he saw him in an escape pod or something." Yang recalled.
"All that aside." Weiss cut in, "Why would they gamble away their life savings and kill a.. kill someone?"
"I guess that's what you do in the Vegas quadrant?" Nora shrugged.
"That place sounds like a bar uncle Qrow would go to." Yang mentioned.
"Yeah.. hopefully to find criminals." Ruby added hastily.
Simmons: "I'm not going to the fucking quadrant, don't talk about the quadrant."
"I think Simmons is having a harder time settling in than Church." Pyrrha commented.
"It's a little ironic, because in the future when they go back to Blood Gulch. They all settle in fine, but Church can't." Ruby smiled sadly.
Sarge: "Grif! Simmons!"
Grif: "Ah shit. There goes our chance."
Sarge: "I thought I told you two to clean this place up. There are grenades and guns lying around everywhere!"
Ruby, Yang, and Jaune laughed.
"Is there something we're not getting?" Weiss asked, gesturing to herself and the others.
"It's a video game thing, guns and stuff are spread out everywhere on maps so that players can use them." Jaune quickly explained.
Simmons: "Sorry sir, it won't happen again. Private Grif was just distracting me from my duties."
Sarge: "Is this true, Grif?"
Grif: "Actually, Simmons was distracting me! With some convoluted scheme to sneak away to the Vegas quadrant before you came to check on us. I was about to report it to you."
Simmons: "WHAT?"
"Sarge can't accept that, it's so obvious that he's lying." Weiss groaned.
"It's obvious to us, but Sarge doesn't know Grif as well as we do." Ren pointed out.
"Not yet at least." Blake smirked.
Sarge: "My God Simmons! How could you?I'm withholding your rations for the rest of the day. And thank you, Private Grif, for reporting this incident. You sure are a good soldier."
"He'll never say that again." Nora giggled.
Grif: "Good enough to take that extra ration? I don't think Private Simmons is gonna' be needing it."
Sarge: "[Laughs] I don't see why not. Hell, keep up the good work Grif! I think you and I are gonna' get along just fine."
Nora and the others laughed.
Simmons: "Ah, but but but sir!"
Sarge: "Get back to cleaning Simmons! I don't want anymore of your back sass."
Simmons: "I can't fucking believe you."
Grif: "Look, I'm not gonna' apologize for conjuring an extra meal out of disobeying a direct order."
"That is impressive." Yang commended.
"I wish I could do that in Ms. Goodwitch's class. We can take some lessons from Grif." Ruby sighed.
"What are you saying!? No we can't and no we won't! Our studies are important!" Weiss lectured.
"I know I know!" Ruby groaned, "Ugghhg it's just that after the tournament it's going to be a nightmare!"
Grif: "Unless, of course you want to go to the Vegas quadrant."
Cut back to Flowers, Church, and Tucker.
Simmons: "GODDAMNIT!"
Yang laughed, "Whoo hoo hoo wow."
"I've never heard him so angry before." Nora laughed.
"It sounds like he tore his throat screaming that." Pyrrha winced.
Flowers: "Well I think it's safe to say they are still getting their base in order. No imminent threats."
Church: "So, do we have a plan of attack?"
Flowers: "Attack? Ohhh no. No need to incite conflict, Private Church. It's best to keep you out of harm's way for the time being."
Tucker: "And me too, right Captain Flowers?"
Flowers: "Yes, whatever you say, Private Tucker."
"He does not care about Tucker at all." Blake noted.
"I think they grow on him, remember how he thought Tucker's and Church's ahem.. tomfoolery was delightful?" Weiss asked.
"He also wanted to give then a bear hug and make them call him daddy… Flowers is more than a little weird." Ruby shook her head.
Flowers: "I'm very pleased with how all of this is coming together. I think everything is going to work out... just fine."
Tucker: "Uhhhh why's he just turned away talking like that?"
Church: "Dude, I have no idea. This is the weirdest day from waking up from a coma, ever."
[Mystic music fades in]
[Windows startup sound] fade into the caves with the monitor viewing all security feeds.
"The caves." Blake mumbled.
Vic: "Greetings Agent Florida! And welcome back. Do you have anything to report?"
Flowers: "Only that things are better than a cool glass of lemonade on a hot July afternoon, Vic. This quote, unquote 'War' will be a stalemate for quite some time. Maybe up to 14 seasons, if we're lucky."
"Fourteen seasons? Is that a meta reference about the amount of seasons the show has?" Ruby asked. "But we're only at ten?"
"Well Filss did say that this is an anthology season. Meaning the episodes aren't chronological, for all we knew this could have been an episode in season fifty. But I assume now that it is either season fourteen or fifteen." Weiss explained.
"Huh, so at the least we know there will be three or four more seasons, yay!" Nora cheered.
Vic: "I'm sorry sir?"
Flowers: "Oh... uh... I... I prefer to think of the passage of time in terms of the 4 seasons. As opposed to the standard Gregorian calendar."
"So three years and six months." Jaune showed off his math skills.
"Gregorian.. weird name for a calendar." Nora added.
Vic: "Ah, very good sir. Would you like me to go over the fail safe protocol that we have established?"
Flowers: "Show me the list, please."
Vic: "Here is the prioritized list of Freelancer personnel to be sent to Blood Gulch in the event of your absence and or death."
"Freelancer Roster for Replacements and 'Reinforcements' in Blood Gulch Outpost 1/Alpha
1. Agent California
2. Agent Hawaii
3. Agent Kansas
4. Agent Montana
5. Agent Oregon"
"Wait does that mean Caboose, Donut, and Sister are freelancers!" Nora gasped.
"What? How could that make sense?" Weiss asked.
"Think about it! Each of them got injured soon after they arrived right?" Nora asked. "Donut got his head blown up, Caboose's helmet stopped giving him air, and Sister… well she was in a crash so it works for her too! They forgot they were freelancers! Because of the head injuries and memory themes or whatever!"
"... I like it." Yang laughed, breaking the silence.
"...I cannot dispute it completely." Weiss grumbled, "Though if they were freelancers, wouldn't Tex have recognized them? And why was Tex sent to them in the first place?"
"That's a plot hole that still frustrates me, why would they send tex?" Blake cut in, "But besides that, your theory is interesting Nora."
"It makes sense right? Caboose would be California, Donut would be Hawaii, and Sister would be Kansas." Nora added. "Because that's the order they arrived in."
"I like it." Ruby smiled.
"Me too." Pyrrha added.
"I hope they're freelancers, that'd be cool to find out." Jaune nodded.
Flowers: "Excellent work Vic! Each of these soldiers are more than capable. Well... I suppose there's nothing left to do now but get back to... Ah fiddlesticks."
[Electricity zapping] Captain Flowers tripped over an exposed wire leading to Vic's computer.
Flowers: "Ouch."
Vic: "Agent [Gibberish] Duuuuuude WHOA You alright down there? Looks like you took a bit of a tumble my te...teal compadre."
"And he's back." Weiss groaned, "That explains his personality, a malfunction."
"Yay! Fun Vic!" Nora, Ruby, and Yang cheered.
Flowers: "Gosh... Must have slipped on a wet spot on the floor."
Blake chuckled, "His lie to Church was foreshadowing."
Flowers: "Vic, could you do me a favor and put in a request to command for some wet floor signs? You never can be too careful."
"Hm, that's why there were so many wet floor signs in the show." Ren mumbled.
Vic: "You got it, diddlely dude. Remember, you need anything, just give your boy Vic a call. At 5 5 5, V I C K"
Flowers: "I'll be sure to do just that. Farewell, Vic."
Vic: "This is gonna' run smoother than a baby's bottom Cappy. Not that I would know. Can't have kids since the vasectomy/the fact I'm [Singing] secretly a computer But, that's a story for another tittlety t-time. Point I'm trying to make dude, that I got a reaaally good feeling about this whole Blood Gulch thing."
The screen shows the names changing to
1. Michael J Caboose
2. Franklin Delano Donut
3. Kaikaina Grif
4. Jacob J Jenkins
5. Cornelius Thromwell Andersmith
"Huh, so they're not freelancers." Weiss smirked.
"No! That's just their real names!" Nora smirked back.
Weiss sighed, "Well anyway, at least we know Sister's real name."
"Do we? How do you pronounce that?" Jaune squinted.
"Kai.. kai.. na." Two Kai's and a nah." Ruby explained.
"The way you sound out words is fascinating." Weiss turned to look at Ruby.
Ruby giggled, "Thank you, and look! Jenkins is a real person."
"Who is Jenkins?" Pyrrha asked.
"The missing fourth member of Blue team, the green soldier." Ren reminded.
"But don't forget the fifth, Andersmith. He's real I knew it!" Nora pointed and laughed.
"...And who was he?" Pyrrha blushed, "Sorry."
"He was the one Church made up in the memory unit, to keep Tex in the canyon." Ruby explained.
Pyrrha nodded, "I remember now, Caboose mourned him."
[Theme song fades in] the episode ends.
The group smiled as soon as they recognized the theme.
Weiss was the first to start singing.
"Roses are red and Violets are blue."
Ruby, Yang, and Nora joined for the second verse.
"One day we'll cruise down Blood Gulch Avenue"
The rest, even Ren joined in to form a harmony.
"It's Red vs Red and Blue vs Blue"
"It's I against I And me against you."
The End: RWBY and JNPR Watch The Freelancer Saga
Next fic will be the Chorus Trilogy. But I anticipate it being a while until I am able to get the first chapter out. Hope you enjoyed this! Sorry it took so long to finish this fic.
Just three more seasons plus some season 14 episodes sprinkled here and there to go!
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