A/N: Eh? What's this? My inspiration has returned before I finished the intro chapters of Kobold Mine!?Alright and here we go with Chapter 15!

Oh wow... what's it been guys? A little bit over a month? A month and a half? Well don't worry, I in no ways had any plans of abandoning this thing, there was far too much planned out for me to do so anyways and it would've just left a bad taste in my mouth if I did. But now my muse as returned for Undine's Cove so now I'll begin updating both stories every week or so, whether I update both in a single week is up to how I feel though.

But yeah, for anyone that doesn't know, the reason I haven't updated for a while is simply because I lost my muse for this and in an effort to get it back I got all of the ideas for this story written down and then the many different OCs that I wanted to use, but couldn't use for this story wound up bringing my second OC Guild Story, Kobold Mine, into existence. So I've been working on that and the plan was to start on this again after I finished the introductions. But! My muse has returned to Undine's Cove and hopefully it's back to stay for a good while.

Things have also been a tiny bit hectic with my personal life as well, but the most that came out of that was a bit of a case of insomnia, so I couldn't sleep for like a week, but that's all taken care of for the most part.

Now onto some good news since I'm in a rather good mood. I've decided to temporarily re-open the OC Submissions for Undine's Cove, but I will only accept 5 or so new OCs, the most I'll accept being 7. But I will not be accepting Slayers of any kind and I would prefer it if those of you who have already submitted more than one OC let others submit their OCs. But anyways, you'll find an updated OC Form at the end of the prologue, so please use that and send the OC in through a PM.

Now then, I'd like to thank WrittenWhim, WaterDragonMaverick, Hikari903278, SaiyaStyles, ViennaxSky, MyDearWatson, FrozenBlast13, LightandDarkHeart, lexlovesya, Master Of Anime224, and potentialauthor18 for their reviews last chapter! As well as for the additional reviews for the omake from Master of Anime224, WaterDragonMaverick, MyDearWatson, Hikari903278, FrozenBlast13, LightandDarkHeart, lexlovesya, and PlaguedAmbition!

WrittenWhim- Ah Yune will be fine once she wakes up, she might still be a bit flustered but she'll be able to function again at least. Jean? No he will never learn... ever. And yep, Salina's going to get her way and they're going on a mission together whether they want to or not. Yeah, when Ladon's really touchy when it comes to sleep, but I don't think any girl really likes it when someone talks about their... you know what... I'm not going to finish that sentence, girls scare me too much to finish it.

WaterDragonMaverick- Caleb has a pretty wide variety of skills, of course there are some curses that he can't lift, like Rayner's Wasting Curse, simply because they're too strong for him to completely lift, he can however slow it down a bit. There's nothing a good nap can't solve! And Ladon was rather attached to his old sleeping bag. And I have to say that I'm looking forward to writing all three of this round's missions, some details still need ironed out, but I'll figure things out as I go. I'm happy that you liked Celeste so much! And if you want to see more of her, then check out Angel's Breath!

Hikari903278- Well Ren and Sherry are actually an official pairing, with them getting engaged at some point during the 7 year time skip and as far as we know, they are still not married. Yeah, Light, Haru, and Varic all seemed like they have the potential to get along, despite each of them being all "lone wolf" and all that, but myself and Salina say that they're going together (plus I needed them to work together so that there will only be one more part to this arc after this part). Yep, Jean certainly knows how to break the ice and lighten the mood, so he's pretty fun to write (that and I can be as... know what? Not finishing that sentence either...). And alas... all good things must come to an end, but I'm glad that I was able to finish the last chapter on a funny note. Well as I said in a message, and I know I sounded rather firm with you, but if you want to use Undine's Cove, you have to get permission from everybody so that you can use their character. They need to know that you plan on doing that and they have to give you permission to use their characters. Otherwise your stuck with just my characters, and even then, I need to know what you plan on doing with my guild so I can make sure that it doesn't conflict with what'll be happening here, cause if it conflicts, then I won't necessarily be very happy cause I have plans! But anyways, just make sure you ask for permission and that you go over the stuff involving Undine's Cove with me, since Undine's Cove is property of myself and since you plan on, I assume, writing Light's history within the guild, which would be a part of the history of the guild, and well... you get the picture, right? And once again, please keep in mind that I'm not mad, it's just that these things have to be done to make sure that credit goes to where credit is due and that you don't use someone's character without permission since I can't give you permission to use any character that doesn't belong to me. As for your Twilight Ogre idea, go ahead and send that when you can and I'll see if I can use it or not, if you still remember it.

SaiyaStyles- I'm sure you do know where Caleb and Horace's mission is going, oh paragon of patience. No seriously, you are a paragon of patience. You've been so patient waiting for me to introduce Styles and I really, really appreciate it. And now your patience is being rewarded next chapter! But yes, you directed me to his sister a while back and right now I'm only taking in villain OC's and OC's that will not become a part of Undine's Cove (so like a friend from another guild or some guy who was nice to your character in the past or something), so feel free to send those in whenever you want.

ViennaxSky- Making you people smile like idiots is what I'm trying to do, so it's good to hear that I'm having some success. There will still probably be situations where Yune is quiet, but yeah, it was her teammates that made me have to make her a bit talkative, cause it would've been awkward and difficult to write 3 quiet people working together (plus Yune brought quite a bit of comic relief with Sherry). Yeah I enjoy having two characters that are siblings, since I get to write those little brother/sister complex moments at times. As for Euclid, I'm not sure if he'll directly appear in anymore missions, he'll certainly be behind lots of things, but his agents aren't to be underestimated. I think I shall dub this ship name... YuuDon, and it was Sherry being Sherry... or was it? Yep, the X790 GMG's will be a future story arc, you'll all have to wait to see how well they'll do though. Yes... now is the time for Caleb to establish himself as highly feared in places other than Undine's Cove, an apple a day won't keep this doctor away after all...

MyDearWatson- Well, Caleb has probably dragged each member of Undine's Cove to that infirmary at least once, after he rendered them immobile of course. But hey, Caleb's away from the guild now so... Anyways! Yes, Yune just can't handle those thoughts very well and I just had to have Team Lyon drop by the guild real quick. Jean shall never learn... it's too perfect the way it is... and he's a magical cat so he'll be fine. But anyways, I shall dub this ship name... AspEan? SeSpen? ASean? ASEAN CHOP! Oh Classic Loony Tunes... I miss them... and the Hassan Chop... And well you know... Sleeping bags are serious business when your Ladon. I'm happy to hear that you liked Celeste so much! And yes, one of the War Goddess's spells finally got revealed (and for those of you who don't know what those are in detail, they're more or less the advanced Gunblade Magic spells). And yep, Celeste flooded the dojo when she was a kid, she seems to have an affinity for water... but she doesn't have a water sword. Hm... strange.

FrozenBlast13- I'm happy that you liked the last chapter, as well as all the characters in the story so far! I hope that you enjoy this chapter as well! And I'm glad that you liked Celeste, so if you want to see more of her, check out Angel's Breath!

LightandDarkHeart- Yep, Caleb and Horace's mission should be pretty interesting, as for how well the three loners will do... you'll just have to wait and see. Breaking the fourth wall was a sacrifice that had to be made, but it got better. And yep, Celeste was trained by Camille, so she has her skills, she just disregards her knight-like training for something more similar to Zander's style of fighting, which is more reckless like a warrior.

lexlovesya- Yeah, Aurora's magic can be pretty hard on the mind, so without Caleb, it would've taken Ziv a while to fully recover from that. AND SOMEONE FINALLY POINTED OUT THE SOCK! I'm so happy that you pointed out that little reference I made, I've been planning since I started that series of missions. And as I said, I dub this ship name YuuDon! So we have RayMiri, RayMille, YuuDon, and ?ASean? now (and also ZanQuinn, always gotta have that ZanQuinn). Fortunately for Jean, he is a magical cat so the threat of baldness shall never stop him and his perverted ways! And of course Salina is making good use of her authority by forcing those three on a mission together.

Master Of Anime224- Please, please, your making me blush with all those compliments. Honestly, half the time I sit and wonder if that's how the character is actually supposed to act, but I seem to be doing a good job of keeping them all in character so far since nobody has yelled at me for butchering their character. But yea, there will be very dark stuff later on in the story, however I felt like it was necessary to start off lighthearted and all that, but I'm surprised that people have thought that the humor that I've written so far to be funny, I never really thought of myself as a funny person if I'm honest. Weird, yes, funny, no, but apparently I have a sense of humor. And yeah, Rayner will have some dark stuff in the future, which will no doubt be about his curse, and I'm glad that you like Salina so much and yes, she definitely knows how to establish herself as the guild master, she's strong, kind, wise, intelligent, and she knows how to abuse her authority every once in a while (which is the most important part of course). The X790 GMG's... so many reasons of why I want to get to that point quickly, but alas... there is another story arc before then. And lastly, I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the last chapter and the chapters before that, I was very pleased with how the last chapter came out and now we head off again on some more missions! Because reasons... the only excuse I'll ever need. And I'm glad that you like Celeste so much! I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do with her!

potentialauthor18- Yep, if Zain loves anyone, it's his sister, so he's gotta take care of her. And if I remember correctly, that team is very fluid right now, it hasn't exactly solidified as of yet. And yep, Caleb is a man who rules through fear (which Salina is also known to do at times, but in her own way such as the event with the new Team Light). And yes, Yune is just completely adorable and fun to write, sadly, I don't think I got any OC for Kobold Mine that rival her level of adorableness, but it's just something that this story got that Kobold Mine didn't. And I'm glad that you appreciate my eye for detail when it came to Yune's still injured arm, Ladon's lack of a sleeping bag, and Salina being stressed out due to recent events with Team Hughes and Euclid. But yeah, that scene with Ladon was one of the for sure things that I wanted to include that chapter. And yep, Horace and Caleb are bound to have an interesting mission and come on, since when do missions ever go wrong? Oh who am I kidding... something will always go wrong on a Mage's mission.

PlaguedAmbition- I'm glad that you like the story so far and I'm certain that I won't be going on any long breaks anytime soon.

Credits:

Gunther and Rowena- dreadburner94

I don't own Fairy Tail!

I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 15

Rhiannon Yates rode throw the streets of Lupinus Town on her motorcycle, which was painted black with a stripe of silver on either side of it. Rhia came to quick stop in front of an old inn made of stone. Rhia turned off the engine and stepped off the motorcycle while pulling her goggles down around her neck.

"Best get this over with," she sighed as she entered the building, walking up to the counter as a silent message seemed to be sent between her and the man behind it as their eyes met, "Your best room please."

"One night or two?" the man asked as he opened up a log book.

"Just for the night, I'm headed to Crocus in the morning," Rhia answered calmly, hoping that the code hadn't been changed since the last time she was here.

"You'll be staying in room 309 then," the man said as he handed her a key, watching Rhia as she walked off towards the stairs.

Rhia walked silently as she traveled up the stairs, eventually coming to the fourth floor of the inn, 'Why are the rooms starting with the number three on the fourth floor?' Rhia thought to herself, 'Humans make no sense to me, even after all this time,' she continued as she eventually came to room 309 and opened the door, which was already unlocked much to her surprise, "Euclid!?" she gasped when she saw the Info Broker reclining in one of the chairs in the room.

"I take it things ended up the way I thought they would," Euclid said with a smirk on his face as Aurora appeared behind Rhia and pushed her into the room, shutting the door behind them and locking it.

"Salem Alphonse and three of his guild members escaped," Rhia responded while eying the broker down, "The mages also destroyed the guildhall."

"So one of them died, eh?" Euclid smirked, "Well there's one more thing before you leave. Aurora," he said with a cold tone as Aurora suddenly grabbed Rhia's arm and slammed her face into the wall, "I heard from a little birdie that you gave someone information on me. I believe his name was Zander Ealdwine?" he said in a nonchalant tone as he stood up from his chair and walked over to Rhia, seeing her bearing her sharp, fang-like teeth at him, "Oh! Ahaha! So scary!" he laughed as he taunted her, "But don't worry," he said as he patted her on the head like a small child before poking one of her long and pointy ears just to watch it twitch, "It's perfectly fine since he sent the information to Undine's Cove, and besides... you're simply too valuable and interesting to kill for giving away information about me... although the info wasn't anything important since it was just my name and not even my real one to boot!" he finished with a laugh.

"So I took that risk for nothing then..." Rhia sighed, her ears drooping slightly as Aurora let go of her.

"And you even gave the information to a man that I already have under surveillance," Euclid chuckled as he walked back over to the chair, opening a wine bottle that was sitting on a small table next to it as he poured himself a glass, "Well... since you're so interested in Zander, why don't you go ahead and offer your services to him? I heard he's looking for a few people," Euclid said with a knowing smirk on his face.

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Kiyeda and Kaiyo stepped off of the train soon after it arrived in Clover Town, the two of them stretching out their arms and legs after sitting still for a few hours.

"It feels so good to finally be off that train!" Kaiyo exclaimed as he finished stretching, watching Kiyeda as she followed suit, her tail standing on end as she stretched.

"We should probably head over to Town Hall and let them know that we've accepted the mission," the Angel Mage said as she finished stretching, taking off as soon as she finished with her partner following her to the center of Clover Town.

"What do you mean we can't take the mission!?" they heard a man shout from the mayor's office, "We've been looking for this man for over five years and some obese mayor isn't going to stop us now!"

"I'm sorry sir... but the mission has been issued to legal guilds as an S-Rank Mission. Letting someone who's strength is undocumented would put their lives at risk," another man, assumingly the mayor, responded, a bit of fear in his voice.

"And I keep telling you that that's a bunch of bullshit!" the first man screamed, the anger completely obvious in his voice, "We know this man better than any legal mage could, S-Class or otherwise. We've been looking for him for over five years! We know his strengths inside and out and now that we've found him you think that you have the right to stop us!?"

"Do you think we should interrupt?" Kaiyo whispered.

"It'd probably stop whatever argument is going on inside the office," Kiyeda whispered back, "The mayor might even be thankful."

"Well it's settled then," Kaiyo said as he knocked on the door, stopping the argument as the mayor called them into his office. As soon as the two mages stepped inside, they noticed the tall man that had been arguing with the mayor. He stood at about 6'4" with a muscular frame and dark tan skin. His short raven black hair was slicked back in small waves of spikes and his intense eyes were a startling, bright aqua. His facial features were sharp, with his nose being noticeably pointy and he had a scar diagonally crossing his face, ending above his right eye. The man wore a type of matte black body armor over a dark gray, sleeveless shirt with a pair of black jeans, which were tucked into steel-toed boots. Completing his outfit was a pair of black, fingerless gloves and a brilliant red waistcoat which Kiyeda could feel a holy power emanating from it.

The tall man stared Kaiyo and Kiyeda down for a short a moment before letting out an unsatisfied 'humph', "Rowena, we're leaving," the man said suddenly to the woman who was in the room with him as he walked out of the office.

The woman in the room with him stood at about 5'7" with the same dark tan skin and aqua colored eyes as the man. She had an amble bust and her eyes carried a sense of kindness in them, but also great sadness. Her long and wavy black hair fell down to the back of her knees in long waves and she had a red hairband with gold trimmings in her hair, the hair band having white ribbons tied onto either side of it. The woman wore a long, red coat that was decorated with white and gold trimmings and she wore a white skirt that had red lining on it. She also wore black stockings with white and red sneakers and completing her outfit was a large, white ribbon which had a gold brooch set into the middle of it which bore a large red gem.

"Ah, Gunther! Wait up!" the woman called out as she followed the man out of the office, the mayor letting out a sigh of relief as they left.

"Thank you for you timely arrival. That man has been harassing me day and night to let him take this mission," the mayor explained.

"If he's been so insistent on it, why didn't you give in?" Kaiyo bluntly asked.

"Because of the rules. As independent mages, they're not allowed to legally take S-Rank missions. If they had shown up before I sent out the request, I probably would've allowed them to take the task. But we should probably get down to business, what can I do for you?"

"I am Kiyeda Hasanari, S-Class Mage of Undine's Cove," Kiyeda said in introduction, "This is my partner, Kaiyo Atasume, and we're here to accept the bounty hunt request."

"Ah, I see. You'll be able to take care of both of my problems then since by taking the request that man should have no reason to bother me," the mayor said with a relieved sigh, "All right then, you'll be hunting a man known by the name of Kieron Shamus and he has been spotted in Clover Canyon, near the Web Valley. He's a very cautious man who has murdered and kidnapped many mages in past few years, many of them being rather powerful from what I've heard."

"What happened to the mages he kidnapped?" Kaiyo asked with a bit of nervousness in his voice.

"They are never to be heard from again," the mayor answered grimly, "No one is certain if he is acting on his own or if he's working for someone however, so you should both act with extreme caution should you encounter him."

"I suppose there's only one more question to ask then, would you prefer him dead? Or alive?" Kiyeda asked with an uncharacteristic seriousness.

"Alive is preferable, but if you feel like you cannot detain him, then do what you must," the large man answered as Kiyeda bowed before turning around.

"We should go and make our preparations then," she said as she walked out of the office, Kaiyo following her from behind.

"Shouldn't we have asked about his abilities?" the Raven Mage asked.

"Someone else will tell us," Kiyeda answered as they left the Town Hall, seeing the man and woman from before, waiting for them.

"Keh," the man named Gunther scoffed, "So you're the S-Class Mages that accepted the mission then? You don't look like much to me, but I'll take what I can get."

"I'm guessing that you're not going to just let us go handle the mission on our own then," Kaiyo said with a sense of caution in his voice.

The man cockily smirked before responding, "Heh, we could all benefit from this arrangement. We know Kieron's abilities from experience and we can tell that he'd beat you two," Gunther said in a cynical tone as he continued, "But by taking us with you, your chances of success are certain and we can ask the man the questions we want in return. We'll also let you keep all of the reward for his capture. A pretty good deal for you two, right?"

Kiyeda stood there and thought, "It's a deal," she answered, having no real reason of denying the man and woman, "But you'll have to answer any question we have to ask," she added.

"That's fair enough," the man responded with a pleased smirk on his face, "My name is Gunther Hildebrand and this is my younger sister, Rowena. We may be pleased to meet you, but time will tell," he said as he started walking towards the edge of town.

"Gunther and I will wait for you at the edge of town," Rowena said quietly, "Meet us there when you two are ready."

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Hikari, Varic, and Haru stepped off of the train, having arrived at their distant destination, the mining town of Luculia.

"So where do we go to accept the request?" Haru asked as they all looked up at the city circling the tall mountain from the train station at the bottom.

"The form says to report in to the old keep at the..." Hikari started to say as her voice trailed off.

"What? Where is it?" Varic asked, confused by his new teammate's silence.

"At the top of the mountain," the Dragon Slayer groaned.

"Sorry, but I don't think I can fly all three of you up there," Rakki apologized as the three mages began their hike through Luculia Town.

"Who's... brilliant idea was it... to build a city on a mountain?" Haru grumbled as they reached the front gate of the keep.

"I rather like it up here actually," Varic chirped in, seemingly fine, "It's nice and cold," he added as he opened the gate for his two, tired teammates as they walked towards the front door of the keep.

As the trio entered the castle's grand foyer, they noticed the two, large dragon statues standing next to the large, stone staircase. The room was warmly lit and well decorated with tapestries and rugs, as well as other small statues and plants here and there.

Varic let out an impressed whistle as he looked around the room with Haru, Hikari and Rakki examining the dragon statues in the meantime, "Whoever lives here must be rich," Varic said with a bit of awe in his voice, "How old do you think some of these statues are?"

"Three-Hundred-Seventy-Seven years," a girl's voice answered from above, "At least, that's how old the dragon statues are," the voice continued as it's owner descended the stairs.

The graceful voice belonged to an equally graceful girl, who stood at an average height of 5'6" with fair skin and brown hair that was tied into an elegant, braided bun. She had gold, colored eyes and she wore an elegant, red gown.

"My name is Edina Dragomir. I take it that you three are here for the request?" she asked as she reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Yes," Varic answered, "The form said something about golems in the mines?"

"Yes, that's right," Lady Edina responded, "The miners found them lying dormant in one of the mine shafts and accidentally woke them up. The golems immediately went into a rampage, killing several miners and injuring so many more," the girl explained sadly, "The stress of it all has even caused my mother to collapse."

"Your mother?" Light repeated.

"Yes. My mother is the ruler of Luculia Town. She took over after my grandfather was murdered thirteen years ago."

"Oh... I uh... I'm sorry for bringing it up then," Light apologized, looking slightly downcast.

"It's alright, I was just a small girl back then and I don't remember grandfather all that well," Edina kindly responded, "But I'm certain that you didn't come for idle chat. Let me show you the way to the mine."

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"So then," Caleb Pherl began after hearing his client's explanation, "You claim that this man, Styles Kaizu, has been attacking and murdering your hunters and lumberjacks for no reason then?" he asked inquisitively while Horace observed the man with his usual smile on his face.

"That's right! That man is a blight and a menace! Relentlessly attacking anyone who dares to enter the East Forest!" the large, gruff man shouted, full of anger, "So we hired your guild, Twilight Ogre, several hunters, and even Fairy Tail to take this man out for the sake of peace!"

"I see," Caleb muttered quietly as he pushed up his glasses, with them catching a glare as he gave the man a menacing look, "And you're certain that that's all of the details?" he asked in a dark tone, catching the man off guard as he gulped and nodded, but refused to say anymore, "I see... We will be off then," Caleb announced as he turned towards the East Forest, Horace floating behind him, "So... What was your impression from that?"

"Heh... that man's hiding something. I felt that he was the whole conversation, but he revealed everything the moment that you intimidated him," Horace answered with his deranged smile plastering his face.

"So you think so as well?"

"Yes, we should incapacitate each mage or hunter we come across until we know the whole story," Horace responded.

"But convincing them to leave would be preferable," Caleb added as the two men continued into the forest.

Caleb and Horace continued walking for a ways, speaking only with hand gestures as they advanced through the forest, careful not to let anyone know of their presence.

'Ohohoho, it looks like we have a few mages up ahead,' Horace thought to himself as he spotted to men fumbling through the foliage, 'It looks like Caleb has noticed as well,' he added as he looked down at Caleb, the healer staring down the two men.

The two men were... odd to say the least. The first man was lean and thin, having orange hair pulled back into a ponytail and the second man was a large and obese man who had black hair that reminded Horace of a duck or swan with the way it stood up.

"Jet... Can we go back to the guild now? I'm hungry," the larger man whined as he trudged through the underbrush.

"No! We have to get the money for the guild!" the other man, presumably Jet, argued.

"What's the point though? Twilight Ogre's just gonna take it away and say that we stole it from them," the large man continued, stopping in his tracks as he bent over from exhaustion.

"Droy! C'mon! This isn't the time for a break! You had one five minutes ago," Jet yelled, clearly tired of his partner.

"This is just sad," Caleb mumbled as he watched the two Fairy Tail mages.

"I don't think we'll get any problems from them," Horace muttered as he watched the two men.

"Agreed, we should just leave them be," Caleb said as he stood from his crouched position and kept walking further into the woods.

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Salina sat in her chair, bored out of her mind if she was honest. She had just watched three different groups depart on missions and Camille refused to let her leave her office until all of her paperwork was finished. Why she was listening to the younger girl was a mystery to Salina, but she was.

"Why is she so serious?" Salina moaned as she began spinning her chair around, ignoring the stack of papers on her desk, "It really is a surprise that she gets along with as many people as she does with her personality," the Guild Master continued as she spun around in her chair, "She's all work and no play! Doesn't she know that she'll get wrinkles when she's older?" Salina asked herself as she continued to spin round and round, "The only reason I don't have wrinkles is my magic," she admitted as she continued her spinning, "It's amazing what the optimal climate can do for your skin really," Salina boasted as she still remained in her spiral motion, "But back to Camille... she really needs to learn to let things go sometimes. Being serious is good and all, but to be serious all of the time is just suffocating sometimes... like Caleb," she mused as she continued to spin, "The smallest of injuries, the most insignificant of paper cuts. Each and every injury is just as serious as the last with him!" Salina shouted as she stood up, immediately falling over after realizing how dizzy she was, "Sigh... Let it go Salina... Just let it go..." she mumbled as she lay on floor, face down.

A/N: So there it is after much delay! Chapter 15!

Remember all, I'm accepting OCs again in I suppose celebration of me starting work on this story again, but the spaces are very limited. Remember that the OC Form is found at the end of the Prologue and to send in the submission to me in a PM.

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