Hello everyone out there!
So Magi belongs to Shinobu Ohtaka, my OC to me, there might be references to this world, music etc, spoilers for those who haven't read the manga this far and some spelling mistakes.
And there is a reason why I chose this rating.
Even so, have a fun time reading!
Day 14 Meeting Orias
A few days after the departure of Team Aladdin plus Hakuryuu Lenka walked with Kougyoku through the gardens of the palace, chatting happily with the princess. They had to kill time waiting for Yamraiha's report if the kids were safe and both of them were not really in the mood for a sparring match.
"And after he said that I threw one of his peaches at him," Kougyoku said proudly. "Served him right."
Lenka chuckled and shook her head.
"Judar is really hopeless. You're not an old hag, you're young and pretty. I think he is aware of that but too clumsy to tell you he likes you."
"As if," the princess answered with a feminine snort. "He is-"
She yelped in surprise and fear as the ground shook violently, the magic shield over the island that was normally invisible appeared, it had a giant hole in the center and a lone figure floated down to earth. A column of black Rukh flew past Lenka, their chirping shrill and somehow violent.
"Speak of the devil," she growled then glanced at Kougyoku who paled.
"J-Judar?" she yelped and the blonde nodded.
"Let's go to the garden in the middle of palace, he will land there."
Kougyoku nodded and the girls plus the always present advisor plus the soldiers hurried over to where the black Magi was. After a few meters – Kougyoku wasn't really fast in her six kimonos – they herd a loud crash causing Lenka to jolt and look at the other who nodded again and waved with a sleeve.
"Go!"
Lenka smiled and dashed through a part of the palace to get to the plaza. She stopped when she saw the multitude of soldiers pointing their weapons on Judar who was completely immersed in his conversation with Sinbad. The blonde looked left and right then sneaked over to the Magi's blind spot.
What are you going to do, Lenka? Orobas asked worried. His Rukh are all black by now, and it seems he's here for chaos.
I don't know, she answered while nervously chewing on her lip. Ja'far had noticed her and shot a warning glance over the square and she nodded. Stay where you are, don't make an unnecessary move.
He is here to tell Sinbad that Kou will go to war against them. I can't do anything right now, just wait what he will do.
"Isn't it strange that there exists another Magi in this world?" Judar asked loud and Lenka frowned.
I know why he is here, but... well. Just let me hear what he says, okay?
"There were never more than three Magi in the past," he continued after a few seconds. "History proves that there were three Magi who chose kings and founded countries. They have built this world! No difference from today, right?"
Judar smiled as Sinbad remained silent and pointed on himself.
"First there is me. Then the old hag from Reim. And the last is that guy that tramps around the world to raise a dungeon here and there then disappears."
Scheherazade, thought Lenka. Yunan.
"So there are three already. If a new one appears one among us three has died. But..." he furrowed his brows, "I don't hear of such things."
Because they haven't died. Yet.
"So I wonder who this guy is. The first fourth Magi to appear in history, Aladdin!"
That's Prince Aladdin for you, Gusion mumbled.
"Plus he possesses a mysterious power that even I didn't know."
Solomon's wisdom? the djinn asked and Lenka nodded.
I was told that I obtained it as well, but I can't seem to trigger it.
Rukh turn white when you touch them, Orobas said.
I thought that was your purifying magic.
I thought that at fist too, he frowned, but the output is on a different scale. It changed your body to adapt to the Rukh and this process continues. It might turn you into a djinn or something entirely different. Certainly not a Magi, because they don't have to ask the Rukh all the time for more power, it simply flows to them.
Can't we agree on that I'm Solomon's warrior and the guardian of the Magi? replied Lenka and flinched as Sinbad bellowed:
"You belong to that organization! Have you forgotten what you did to us back then in Partevia?"
I wonder what they did to them? Apparently something very bad.
From her place behind the Magi Lenka could only see Sinbad and Ja'far but the sudden confusion and shock in their faces told her that Judar has started his 'tears and victim'-show and sighed.
I still don't know what I should do now or what I should do if he detects me.
What will Aladdin and his friends do in the future? Orobas asked.
He will go to Magnostadt, Alibaba to Reim and Mor to the Great Rift to live with Yunan, Kougyoku and Hakuryuu back to their empire.
Magnostadt? Isn't that the magician's country?
Lenka nodded.
I can't go there, I'm no mage. That leaves Reim, the Rift and Kou. I don't think I should go to Kou yet because that will seem to the others as if I would have spied on them because I spent so much time with Kougyoku.
Sinbad would think that for sure. I don't like him, even though you made up, the djinn mused. Gusion continued their discussion.
That leaves Reim and the Rift. Who needs your help more?
Who needed her help more? That was the question. Lenka turned and listened to what Judar was saying.
"Lately I've noticed that someone as incredibly strong as you would be more fun to kill than anyone else!"
Okay, that is indeed a mad statement, Gusion said and Lenka silently agreed. He looked so happy and at the same time so lunatic as he bragged about the Kou empire's dungeon capturers. Suddenly someone tugged at her vest and Kougyoku appeared at her left side.
"Sorry that it took me so long to get here," she whispered and turned to the Magi. "Did I miss something?"
"He threatened with war."
The princess's eyes widened in shock and Lenka waved with a hand at the man.
"He said-"
"The Kou empire will destroy Sindria!"
"That's what he said."
Kougyoku swallowed and stepped forward.
"What do you mean, Judar?"
Holy Solomon is she insane? Orobas yelped as the Magi turned around to look at her.
"Kougyoku," he said in surprise then grinned. The palace guards scowled at the princess's followers and Lenka glared back at them.
"It's just like you heard and that's why you don't have to stay here. Probably you've run away after that defeat in Balbadd..."
She blushed and looked down in embarrassment. Lenka gritted her teeth. He didn't seem to have noticed her yet. Should she stay where she was or should she go to her friend's side?
"Come back to Kou and I will make you a general," he offered with a friendly smile. "You wanted to fight for your country, right?"
Kougyoku turned her head to glance at Sinbad who looked back sternly, then to Judar. She was torn apart between the man she loved and the one who made her into the dungeon capturer she was now. Lenka inhaled and went to her friend in need.
"That's enough, peach boy. Don't terrorize Kougyoku. She is old enough to decide what's best for her."
His eyes widened before he grinned wide.
"It's the booby one! Haven't seen you since Balbadd! What are you doing here?"
Apparently he wasn't seeing her as enemy at the moment.
"I was invited to holiday here, it's very nice. They have good food and parties. It would be a waste to go to war with Sindria."
He shrugged.
"I never said it wasn't nice, but – wait, are you trying to change my mind? Will you fight for Sindria?"
Lenka tilted her head.
"I just said it would be a waste. That's my personal opinion on this matter. And no, I will neither fight for or with Kou or Sindria. There are other countries and Magi as well."
"Is that so?" he answered while slightly squinting his eyes. Then they widened again and he quickly walked up to her, grabbed her right arm with the silvery protector, flipped against it then pouted.
"You've got another dungeon of that guy. You said you weren't his king candidate."
Lenka herd Sinbad and Kougyoku shifting behind her yet she didn't move away from the Magi.
"I didn't know it was his. It was blocking our path and I conquered it. Simple story, isn't it?"
Judar made a whining sound that startled her.
"Why won't you join me? You are as promising as Sinbad was. You could be great, even greater than him if you'd join me."
He was completely unaware of the effect his pleading puppy eyes had on her, was he? She smiled warmly at him.
"I'm already great, you know? Double dungeon capturer isn't something everyone can achieve."
Suddenly he grinned mischievously.
"You can have a third if you come with me now. I've already raised one."
Lenka hummed and slightly shook her head.
"Which one is it? I don't go into every dungeon on my way, peaches."
"It's the fifty-ninth dungeon, Orias," Judar said with a smirk.
He got her and he knew that. There wasn't another way how she could describe the look in his crimson eyes as he grinned at her. A hungry lion would probably look the same. Strangely his expression was very similar to Sinbad's smug grin when he had managed to get what her wanted.
"So what do you say, boobies?"
Lenka bit on her lower lip and touched the necklace through the flying scarf.
Guys?
It's my brother. Like I said in Balbadd, that would be the only occasion ever when I'd let you go with him.
… do what you want. You're queen.
"But if you agree you will be my king vessel," Judar said and crossed his hands behind his head. "Quite interesting, isn't it?"
"Lenka," said Sinbad and took a step forward. She gave him an apologetic smile.
"That's the only one out of the seventy-two djinn I must absolutely obtain, whatever it takes to do it. Under a different condition," she told Judar who had started to grin again. "A favour for another. We agree that I became a king candidate of yours, but not your king vessel. In exchange for that I can do you a favour, as long as I don't have to join the organization or have to battle a person, dungeon capturer, Magi, country or empire. It's only one, not one for every dungeon you drag me to," she said with raised finger. "Only one."
"You meanie. I can ask you nothing to do for me!" he complained and crossed his arms with a pout. Lenka sighed, shook her head and smiled.
"I'm sure you will find something. Now, where is this dungeon?"
Judar grinned mischievously, wrapped his arm around her waist and waved with his wand.
"Let's go!"
The tower glistened silvery-white and faintly remembered her of a Greek temple. The huge door shone with the golden light of danger, death an uncounted treasure. Judar landed directly in front of it and smirked at Lenka.
"You can let go of me now."
She frowned and took her hands from his shoulders and Judar started to float in the air.
"Ladies first," he chuckled and she had to shoot him a glare.
"Why, thank you, peach boy."
She inhaled then stepped through the gate. The sudden brightness caused her to close her eyes for a second and when she opened them again she was a third time in the space between a dungeon and the world she had left a second before. Another blink and everything was dark again. Her feet touched firm ground. Lenka stayed where she was to adapt her eyes to the new lighting conditions. She was in a humongous room, even bigger than the sea creature pool in Gusion's, completely different than the other dungeons she conquered until now. The floor was tiled and a chandelier spent dim light. A shudder crept over her back; there was no exit. She turned in every direction, only darkness. And there was a whisper.
She was standing next to the hole in which the coffin of her mother would be lifted. The tears had stopped running hours ago yet her eyes were still red and puffy. An upcoming breeze played with her hair and the bangs and the hem of her black dress. When she felt someone tug at it she looked down and into Valerie's huge gray eyes, so similar to hers and her mothers.
"Mary, where is Momma?"
Gone. She is gone.
"She went to heaven. God wanted to make her into an angel."
Valerie started to sob.
"I want to go to Momma."
Her heart felt like it would break again when she kneeled down to hug her sister.
"Me too."
She shook her head and slapped her cheeks. That was one of the memories she had buried deep down in her heart. What kind was this dungeon? And where was her companion?
"Judar?"
Lenka yelped in surprise as a warm body landed on her and activated her weapon equip.
"Hey, don't you dare stabbing me," Judar said from his place on her back then loosened his grip and ambled through the room.
"Where's the exit? What a stupid dungeon."
Lenka shrugged and perked up her ears. There was still a whispering but now it seemed a bit louder than before. It seemed somehow familiar in a way that made her nauseous.
"Hey."
She flinched as the Magi's face appeared a few inches away from her own.
"Geez, don't startle me like that. What is it?"
"What are you spacing out for? Are you scared?" he asked with a strange glint in his eyes. Lenka hesitated and slightly tilted her head. The whispering was another notch louder than before.
"Maybe. Can you hear that?"
He blinked, shook his head and stepped back.
"No. We have to find the exit. Let's look over there!"
Lenka nodded and wanted to answer but looked past Judar at the person standing at the edge of the circle of light the chandelier made.
Marlene-Karen. Come here.
"No."
Judar made a questioning sound and turned back to Lenka. Her face paled under the light tan she got after seven months in Sindria and her hands had started to tremble. Her eyes were glassy and she saw straight through him.
"No. You can't be here."
I said come here.
Her breath went faster and she took a step back.
"No. No. I won't obey you any longer. You can't be here."
I said come here, bitch.
He looked at the place she was staring at in confusion. What was she seeing that made her shaking like a leaf? Lenka inhaled and closed her eyes.
"This is an illusion. An illusion. Just an illusion. Stop shivering. He's not here. It's an illusion."
Mary.
Her sister's voice caused her to open her eyes again and she teared up.
"Valerie. Val. No, you can't be here."
Her clothes were ragged, bruises covered her body, her face and she wore a black collar, a dog's collar.
Mary. It hurts. It hurts so much.
Lenka fell on her knees when her vision blurred, her nails scratched over the floor.
"Val. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
Why did you leave me alone!
"I had to. I'm sorry. Val, I'm sorry."
Marlee. Why did you abandon us?
Henry, her half-brother, the cute little boy she partly raised like a mother. Golden hair like his sisters but blue eyes like the sky. Now those blue orbs had lost their wit and curiosity, turned lifeless, broken. His collar was brown, his face smeared with blood.
"Henry. Oh, Henry. I'm sorry."
I don't want any more! Tell him to stop!
Tell him to stop! the illusion of her sister cried and Lenka covered her ears and sobbed.
"I can't. I can't. He won't listen."
Sister.
Lenka looked up and stared at the male version of herself. Her twin. Jonathan. He was dead. He had never been alive.
Why did you leave me?
"You left me!" she yelled at the figure. "You left me with your responsibility! In that house! Where everyone told me that it would have been better if I had died that day!"
Marlene-Karen. You should obey your father. Come here.
Her collar. He held it out. A steel chain was attached to it. It was red.
Lenka threw her head back and screamed. Judar gaped at his companion in surprise as a chirping stream of black Rukh rushed towards her, even a few that were coming from him flew into the mass. They were caressing her, wrapping around her body like a blanket, replacing her own pure Rukh with darkness.
"No way," he asked and his eyes glinted. "Are you falling?"
Are you falling?
Are you falling?
Are you falling?
Are you falling?
Are you falling?
Are you falling?
Never surrender. Oaths once give should never be broken. Choose your fate yourself instead of letting someone else choose.
"No," she growled and stood up while wiping the tears away. "I won't fall," she snarled and a burst of white light repelled the black Rukh. Judar gasped and squinted his eyes until the glowing birds disappeared again. Lenka stretched her hand out to him.
"Are you alright, peaches?"
"That was one hell of a freakshow, boobies."
"I couldn't help myself," she said with a shrug and he noticed that her gaze was lively again. And felt a strange relief at this sight. He narrowed his eyes as the dungeon slurred and changed.
"We got an exit now."
Lenka grinned.
"Ready for action?"
"You bet," he chuckled and floated up again as the traveler opened the huge wooden door that had appeared in the darkness. It was connected to an enlightened marble hallway with a blue carpet and huge windows through which they could see the starry sky.
"Well, that's pretty."
Judar snorted.
"This is an useless dungeon. There are no monsters."
"I'm actually glad that there are none, seeing those illusions was quite a hassle. I nearly fell into depravity, didn't I?"
"You know," Judar said and flew over her head so that she had to look up to see his face. "If you did I would have made you my king vessel, no matter what you said at the stupid king's palace."
"I'm glad I did not," Lenka smiled and went around a corner. "Besides Lord Solomon surely would not want me to fall. That would destroy his plans and I'm not sure if he'd ever let me back home again after that. Oh, a crossroad."
They had stepped into a small hall where the way split up into different ones and in front of each was another illusion. Lenka stopped and pointed on the one next to the hall where thy had come from.
"That's Sindria."
Judar landed in front of one that showed a sea of black roofs with red decorations.
"That's Kou. I changed my mind, this dungeon is not useless but strange. What is this? A cliff?"
"Probably the Great Rift," she answered without looking. "A coliseum... Reim. Balbadd. Oh my god."
The Magi ambled next to her and stared at the illusion in the last corridor.
"A bridge over a river? Are those boats? That city looks strange."
"The Tower Bridge," Lenka aspirated while her eyes teared up again. The scenery was so familiar that her body ached to get back home. "That's London."
Could this dungeon really bring her back home? Probably not because she had to conquer it first but seeing this sight was enough to make her homesick.
"I want to go back there."
Judar shrugged.
"So we take this way then."
The blonde shook her head.
"This way won't bring me back home. Only if I conquer the dungeon and fulfill my mission I can return."
He shrugged again. What a strange girl. Strange dungeon. If you wanted something and had the power, you were simply doing as you pleased. That was the way he acted, but if she was sure about this...
"I don't mind. What about the other? Back to the stupid king's place?"
"I assume he won't want me back after I went with you, peaches."
"Then Kou," he said and grinned wide. "Kouen would surely love to talk with you as you are another triple dungeon capturer."
"If I go there I will have problems with Sinbad too," she said and remembered the discussion she had had with Gusion and Orobas.
"This leaves Reim and the Rift."
The Magi wrinkled his nose.
"You have another portal."
"Balbadd is part of Kou, isn't it?"
"That's true," he agreed and blew against the illusionary scenery that started to ripple like water when the wind caressed it's surface. "So where to?"
Lenka inhaled and closed her eyes.
Dear Lord Solomon, thank you for your help before, but now would be the perfect opportunity to tell me where I should go.
No answer for a second then another then Judar poked her cheek.
"You can't fall asleep yet, boobies."
"I was thinking," she said and stepped aside if he came on the idea to grope her again and nibbled at her lower lip. Who needed her more?
"Reim," she decided and the Magi frowned. She should go to Kou, Kou was way better! Kou was the place where he was!
"Why Reim? The old hag lives there."
He still followed her through the illusion as she answered "They need me."
"Do they?"
Lenka stopped and glared at him.
"See, I don't know who needs me and who not at the moment but I know one thing," she pointed at the door with the eight-pointed star, "this was the right way to go."
Judar was unnaturally calm as they walked through the necropolis to the treasure room, so silent that she looked up every few seconds to check if he was still following her. Apparently he was lost in thought, even when Lenka opened the room and touched a stone shield that had the magic seal. The heaps of gold and jewels turned from gray to gold as the djinn emerged and the traveler gasped in surprise. Orias looked exactly like Orobas except that his chains and eyes were silver and the stole was not on fire but turned into the color of the night sky. He bowed slightly as he beheld the Magi and her.
"My greetings, conqueror. I am the fifty-ninth djinn, Orias, a being of dignity and truth and you have proven yourself worth of my fellowship."
Judar snorted.
"Your dungeon was a waste of time. There were no monsters."
She had a strong feeling of déjà vu as Orias slightly tilted his head and grinned sheepishly.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Lord Magi, but I wasn't able to finish my dungeon when you entered it."
She burst out laughing and shook her head when the other ones stared at her.
"You are so like your brother, except that the monsters in his died. Nice to meet you, Orias."
When he smiled his freckles danced over his cheeks.
"Nice to serve you, my queen. Let me pack for you."
He waved a hand with long blue nails and the treasure disappeared in a small black hole.
"You will be able to get them out of the space when you train my equip for a few days," he explained. "I control space as well as illusions."
"Space? Similar to Koumei's Dantalion," Judar mused and Orias paled.
"D-Dantalion is out there? Oh, oh Solomon, don't let us meet soon."
Lenka grinned at the djinn.
"I bet there is an interesting story behind this statement."
"Rather an embarrassing and painful one," he said and blushed. "I will close the dungeon now and teleport you back. It was a pleasure."
While the dungeon disappeared Lenka felt a warm hum in the biceps jewelry and the presence of Orias who greeted his overjoyed twin. She smiled and stretched out on the magical tunnel's floor then grinned at Judar.
"I guess you are extremely bored by now."
"You bet," he answered and flopped down next to her. "This was the first boring dungeon in history."
"And you raised it," she giggled. The Magi made a face as if he had bitten on something sour.
"I kill you if you tell anyone."
She patted his elbow as he had crossed his arms behind his head again.
"Don't worry, peaches. I tell them it was so mentally straining and utterly terrifying that I can't talk about it without breaking down screaming and begging for my life."
Judar snickered.
"That would be the best."
Then his expression changed and he sat up to get a better look of her.
"You haven't answered my question that I asked back in Balbadd."
Lenka blinked surprised and rose as well.
"I'm sorry, but seven months are a long time and I'm afraid I forgot the question."
"Remember that time when we were at the palace and I had nailed the stupid king against the wall and had that black djinn?"
She hummed.
"You were surprised that I dodged that freezing attack."
Judar snorted.
"As if. I knew you would dodge."
"Thank you for the compliment."
"He said that he kissed you."
Lenka was surprised. That was his problem? Wait, when in the cannon had Judar shown behavior normal for a teenage boy? What was happening to him? Was he ill? Charmed? A bug that caused OOC-ness? Next Sinbad would stop drinking and flirting and Sharrkan would propose to Yamraiha who would accept and then they would have little magic swordsmen together! Then she realized that he was waiting for her answer and shrugged.
"He did. Wasn't that bad but the feeling I got was bad so I told him he was not my type."
She was even more surprised as the tension disappeared from his body.
"I see," he said and changed his sitting position. "Now you have answered my question."
She chuckled and shook her head, even though she wondered what the hell was wrong with him?!
"You wanted to know what I thought about Sinbad's kissing? Why that?"
Judar didn't answer immediately and when he did he sounded wary of himself.
"It bugged me."
Lenka shrugged and wiggled with her toes.
"It's okay to be curious. You know, Sinbad is the high king of the -"
"Can I kiss you?"
She blinked. Did he really ask that? A bug, certainly a bug. She should help Yamraiha with the wedding preparations. A ceremony at the beach and pearls on her veil would be perfect.
"Come again? I had a Rukh chirping near my ear so-"
The Magi leaned over and pressed his lips on hers. Lenka was really and utterly surprised from his action before her brain shut down and her instinct took over. With a slight purr she wrapped her hands around his neck to pull him closer and deepened the kiss. Judar's fingers started to tangle in her hair then ran down her spine causing her to moan in pleasure. God, it's been more than seven months since she had kissed the last time. How she had missed that feeling of a man's lips on hers, hands that were pulling her flush against another body...
She opened her mouth and licked over his lips then invaded his as he opened in surprise. Judar shuddered as their tongues started a heated dance and her fingers dug in his back to pull him even closer until not even a sheet of paper would fit between them and her only thoughts were 'yes', 'more' and 'mhmm'. Lenka couldn't say how much time had passed until he pulled back with a gasp for air and collapsed on her lap.
"Crap, I did it again," she sighed and started to play with his hair while the Magi recovered from his almost liquid state of brain-capacity overload.
So how do we clean this mess up? Orobas asked Lenka who floated over the island of Sindria. She tried to bite her lower lip and immediately regretted it as they were still red and swollen from-
Uwah, no pictures, I'm already scarred because you hadn't the time to put the vessels off, Orobas complained and she jolted.
Sorry.
Lenka decided to fly through the hole and land on the plaza where soldiers tried to clean and repair the damage Judar had done to the palace. She was surprised to see Ja'far watching over the progress then frowned. He was probably here to wait for her. And really, as soon as she came in sight he turned towards her then hurried over when she landed.
"Please accompany me to Sin's office, he wants to know what happened."
Lenka nodded and tried to swallow the lump in her throat as she followed the vizier to King Sinbad's office. The man stood up as soon as she entered.
"You are back. Did he force you to something you didn't want?" he asked with furrowed brows. She shook her head before noticing Spartos and Drakon were in the room as well.
"He was civil, even helpful."
Even though he had raised the level of sexual frustration, but never mind. Nothing Sinbad needed to know.
"You were only away for two hours. It's a bit past noon now. Did you conquer the dungeon?"
She nodded again.
"Orias, twin of my Orobas. I had to go. They are more powerful now that they are together."
Sinbad sat down and sighed before looking at her again.
"You created quite the mess, Lenka."
"I know I did and that I have to leave your island after I misused your trust."
He frowned.
"You haven't misused it and you don't have to leave Sindria."
She shook her head.
"I have to leave. I am useless here, Sindria is too peaceful. I am a warrior who guards and protects. I have to ask a favour, King Sinbad."
Sinbad folded his hands.
"What is it?"
Oh crap, he's pissed, Orobas murmured.
"I want to go to Reim. My magoi-manipulation is still bad and Scheherazade is weak. She will need my aid."
"You want me to write a letter for the Yambala chief Shambal?" he asked slowly and Lenka nodded.
"That would be great. I feel that you want to create a pact with Reim and I think I can assist in that endeavour when I talk to the highest priestess."
Sinbad exchanged a glance with Ja'far then nodded.
"Fine. I will write your letter and you'll help me in this matter. There's a ship that will leave for Aktia in three hours. I arrange something for you. Is that okay?"
Lenka sighed and nodded. It felt like she was being scolded by a teacher.
"Thank you for everything you've done for me, Sinbad."
"Farewell, Lenka."
Chapter 14! The whole chapter was a single mind-fuck to write, especially the dungeon conquest. Heavily inspired by Hakuryuu's trip through Belial. Well, there is a reason for the rating after all. *runs away while Lenka tries to get a hit with a baseball bat*
So the story will switch locations to the Reim empire! New faces, new possibilities, new adventures!
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TheMultipleMeExperience