Hello & welcome to another episode of "NGE: Enter the Orichalcos!" In our last episode, Big teamed with Tsukasa Kadoya, aka Kamen Rider Decade, in saving the Rider Worlds from Kamen Rider Kiryu. However, as they parted towards their own roads, Big met a strange woman named Sara, who appreantly knew her father Carlos and decides to ally herself with Big & Co.
However, in this episode, the focus will be more on trying to get Shinji to play one of the 3 Egyptian God Cards, for if he doesn't, it might mean the end of Misato...
Anyway, enjoy!
Episode 18: Thunderforce Strike!
Night had come in the city of Miami, as a strange figure wrapped in a black cloak stood on the roof of a random building, as the figure pulled out a watch and in a dark male voice "It's almost time! He'd better be worth capturing, or all bets are off."
Meanwhile, at Big's home, he was in the garage working on some random parts in an old red motorcycle he once salvaged from Domino City as his mind started to wander to earlier that day...after parting with Tsukasa (*Read Episodes 16-17*)...
(Flashback to earlier that day)
Big felt pretty tensed following his victory over Kiryu, as he & Shinji had a little duel, this time in Big's backyard, which was a change of pace for everyone since their training was usually at the Geofront. Anyway, at the time, Big had his Flame Wingman in play (6-star/ 2100 ATK), and 2 cards face down with full 4000 LP. As for Shinji, he was about to start his turn when he noticed his hand and found an Egyptian God Card (Slifer the Sky Dragon) in his hand. In fact, he also noticed it was the same hand he had when he last dueled Big (*Episode 15*), but he still couldn't bring himself to summon that card as he told Big "I can't do it!" Big rubbed his eyes in frustration, as he tells Shinji "Look kid, we've been over this about 100 times. There will be a time when you will find yourself against a foe so tough it will come down to that! So, what will you do? Will you accept defeat & lose your soul, or will you take that chance?" Shinji fell to the ground, now on his knees, as Big tells him "Damnit Shinji! I've had it with your coward-outlook on this! Man up already, but if you can't then what's the point of even trying to fight?" Shinji soon turned to run and did so, as Little walked up to him and said "Don't you think you were a little too hard on him?"
(End of flashback)
Big soon told himself "Now I feel like a jackass! I'd better go find him!" He got up and dusted himself off when Ritsuko entered the room and asked him "So, this is your workshop, huh?" Big nodded, as she soon told him "You know, Big, you acted like an ass earlier and you probably know how fragile Shinji is, right?" He nods again and tells her "I already feel bad about it, and now I'd better go and find him!" Ritsuko soon stops him by standing in front of the door, as she tells him "Misato already left to find him, but we need to talk." Big soon told her "I don't have the time! Now, move!" However, she didn't and said "No! Now you listen and listen well! Up to now, I've put up with everything you've done, but this is where it ends! I don't care about your stupid world, nor do I care about whatever it is you're really up to! In fact, I know you're not doing this for us, so fess up!"
Big sighed, though full of rage, and asked her "Do you really want to know?" She nodded, as Big soon told her "The reason I'm in this is because they have my dad!" Ritsuko blinked, though a little confused, as he added "Those monsters took my father's soul, and all I want is to find the one responsible and bring him back." Ritsuko soon asked him "And Shinji? Asuka? Rei? What about them?" Big replied "I do care about them, and if it were up to me, I would have just made sure they were never involved to begin with. However, there's nothing I can do." Ritsuko stared at him right in the face, eye-to-eye, and tells him "You sure about that? Let me tell you something, Big: If you're going to care, then take all of their pain and stop making them fight." Ritsuko steps out, as Big's fists wrapped themselves up tight. With that, Big soon runs towards the door, hoping to find Shinji.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the city...
Misato walked around the alleys, looking for Shinji, as the cloaked man from earlier in the episode looks down where Misato is, pulls out a watch and looks at the time, as he tells himself "Well, this wasn't part of the plan, but she'll do!" The cloaked man soon jumps into the air and dives down towards Misato...
Elsewhere...
Shinji sat in an empty alley, hiding under an old box and holding himself in the fetal position, as he cradled himself and just wept. Suddenly, a random hald came from nowhere, grabbed his hair and threw him out. Shinji got up and noticed it was 3 cloaked men, each one weilding an Orichalcos Duel Disk, as one of them said "It seems we found you, boy. Now then, you can rather join us or we will take your soul!" Shinji started to get up when a loud voice suddenly announced "Touch my student and you will pay!" Everyone looked up to see Big standing on the ladder of a fire-escape as the 3 ran away. Shinji, on the other hand, simply stood there as Big jumped down and landed in front of him. Shinji looked at Big and said "I'm sorry!" Shinji grabbed his deck and prepared to hand it to Big when Big suddenly announced "No, Shinji! I'm the one who should be apologising. By trying to force you to try and use the God Cards, I had forgotten that you aren't Yugi, you are you, and for that I am sorry. Can you forgive me?" Shinji face the ground for a second, but then looked up once more and said "Yea, but from now on please let me fight as who I am, not as this 'Yugi' person, okay?" Big nods, as the 2 suddenly hear screaming. "Was that Misato?" Shinji asked, as Big replied "It might be! Let's go!" The 2 soon ran off, hoping to find where that source.
They found it a block later, as they saw the mysterious black cloaked man with an old KC Duel Disk and Misato, tied up and unconscious, up against a wall. "Who are you?" Big asked, as the man replied "I'm a bounty hunter looking for prey, and it seems I found you." The cloaked man was staring at Big intensly, as he soon announced "Big the Bird, by defeating you, I will obtain that which I seek." Big asked "And just what is it that you seek?" The claoked man sighed and replied "I seek a card that only your father owns. Therefore, hand over your father's card or perish!" Big blinked in confusion and thought to himself "Is he talking about Stardust Dragon? Judging from the card himself, Carlos never played it at all. If he means Yubel, though, I highly doubt he'll want it!" Big soon tells him "I don't know which card you mean!" The cloaked man soon says "You're lying! I know it! Now hand it over!" Big soon says "No!" With that, the cloaked man soon says "Well then, I guess I have no choice. Prepare to duel for it!" However, just as Big prepare himself, Shinji suddenlt says "What about Misato? Give her back!" The cloaked man reples "Oh, this dirty old whore? You want her? I don't even give a damn about her." The cloaked man grabs Misato's head and easily lifts her up, as he throws her towards Big & Shinji. Big easily jumps up into the air and catches her, as Shinji soon announces "No one treats Misato like that! If you want to duel, then you'll face me right now!"
The cloaked man chuckles and says "Me? Duel You? Why not? I've got time to spare!" Shinji sets his duel disk as he tells Big "Please look after Misa-chan!" Big nods and tells him "Remember this advise, Shinji: This duel isn't about you or me! It's about Misato & what he did! Now, show him your honor and defeat him with it!" Shinji nods as the cloaked man sets his duel disk and draws 5 cards! "It's time to duel, kid!"
(Shinji vs. Cloaked Man)
4000 LP Each!
DUEL START!
The Cloaked Man announced "I'll go first!" and draws a card as he looks at his hand (Earl of Demise, Fearful Earthbound, Goblin Zombie, Portrait's Secret, Portrait's Secret, & Multiply Destruction), as he announces "First, I activate the magic card, Multiply Destruction! Thanks to this card, we must send all of the card in our hand to the graveyard." The cloaked man did so, as Shinji looked at his hand (Beta the Magnet Warrior, Magician Selection, Valkyrion the Magna Warrior, Ragnorak, & Mystical Ref Petal) and sent it to the graveyard. Then, the cloaked man added "However, now we draw 5 new cards." They both did, as Shinji noticed a change in his luck (Watapon, Dark Magician Girl, Eye of Timaeus, Magic Cylinder, & Monster Reborn), as Shinji announced "Sibnce this monster was moved from my deck to my hand by a card effect, I can special summon Watapon!" A small pink puff-like create appeared on Shinji's field, as it appeared to be in DEF position since it's card was in a vertical position (1-star/ 300 DEF), while the cloaked man looked at his hand (Destiny Board, Earthbound Spirit, Dark Spirit of the Silent, Jowgen the Spiritualist & Dark Necrofear) and ignored Shinji's new monster as he announced "And also, due to the effect of Multiply Destruction, I lose 100 life points for each card I discarded!"
Cloaked Man: 3500 LP
He soon announced, however "And thanks to Multiply Destruction, I have 3 Fiends in my graveyard. Therefore, by removing those 3 fiends in my graveyard from the game, I can summon the Dark Necrofear!" A dark wormhole soon appeared in front of the cloaked man, as a strange bluish-like creature with strange armor came from the hole and appeared on the field (8-star/ 2200 ATK). Both Big & Shinji were suprised by this, but Big suddenly started thinking to himself "Wait a minute! I know this strategy!" The man soon announced "Since it's my first turn, I won't attack, so I'll end my turn by placing 2 cards face down!" 2 cards appeared in front of the cloaked man, as Shinji soon drew a card (Big Shield Gardna) just as the cloaked man announced "I activate Destiny Board!" One of the cloaked man's face down cards suudenly revealed itself and transformed into a strange board, as he announced "Thanks to this board, on each of your end phases, a letter will appear on the Destiny Board. Once all 5 letters are played, you will automatically lose the duel and then I will win!" Shinji started to freak out a bit, but he soon said "If I have 5 turns to win, then I'll make them count! I sacrifice Watapon to summon the Dark Magician Girl!" Shinji's Watapon disappeared, as the Dark Magician Girl arrived (6-star/ 2000 ATK). The cloaked man chuckled and announced "Nice try kid, but your monster isn't strong enough to defeat me head-on!" Shinji soon said "You're right, but she won't be fighting alone! I activate the Eye of Timaeus!"
Shinji's magic card fired a beam of green light into the air, as Timaeus flew down to join Shinji's side. Then, Shinji announced "I fuse Timaeus & Dark Magician Girl together to create Dark Magician Girl, the Dragon Knight!" Dark Magician Girl jumps onto Timaeus' back and her armor transforms from a spellcaster into a warrior-type as Dark Magician Girl, the Dragon Knight is born (7-star/ 2600 ATK)! Shinji soon announces "Dark Magician Girl, attack now!" The Dark Magician Girl & Timaeus prepare to open fire, as Big suddenly shouts "WAIT, SHINJI! NO!" However, he was too late to warn Shinji, as Dark Magician Girl & Timaeus opened fire at the Dark Necrofear, as the creature is vaporized in the attack, dropping the cloaked man's LP by 400 LP.
Cloaked Man: 3100 LP
However, Big soon tells Shinji "Kid, that was a very bad move!" Shinji soon asked "Why? What happens next?" Big doesn't get a chance to reply as the whole field starts to turn darkest red, as the cloaked man soon says "Because when you destroyed Dark Necrofear, you unleashed the dark magic of Dark Sanctuary!" Shinji swore he started to develop hives, as he soon found himself, as well as Big & his opponent surrounded by a strange red glow, followed by large eyes and vampiric teeth appearing & disappearing everywhere. "What is this?" Shinji asked, as the cloaked man replies "This is Dark Sanctuary, a world fueled by the demons who inhibit it & your final resting place. Now then, why don't you continue your turn?" Shinji gulps and announces "I place 1 card face down & end my turn." A card appears in front of Shinji, as the cloaked man soon announces "With that, I reveal the letter 'F'!" The cloaked man's tariot board showed the letter "F' as it appeared above him.
The cloaked man draws a card (Pot of Greed) and announces "I'll activate the magic card, Pot of Greed! As you probably know, this card allows me to draw 2 more cards!" The cloaked man proceeds to draw 2 more cards (Dark Door & Headless Knight), as he announces "Now then, first I activate the Dark Door!" A new card appears next to the cloaked man, as he announces "This card only allows the 2 of us to attack only once per turn! In addition, to make sure you are leff without so much as a prayer, I summon Jowgen the Spiritualist!" A new monster soon arrives to the cloaked man's field appearing in the form of a buddhist priest in a white robe with a golden staff (3-star/ 200 ATK). Big started to tense, aware of what was to come next, as the cloaked man soon said "Although my monster doesn't have the ATK power to destroy your monster, his effect will do! I send 1 card in my hand to the graveyard, and in turn, this will destroy all special summoned monsters on your field." The cloaked man sends his Headless Knight to the graveyard, as Jowgen points his staff at Dark Magician Girl, the Dragon Knight and the rings on the staff start to *ring*, as a hole appears under Shinji's monster.
Thought it seems to be nothing at first, ghostly hands come from under the hole and grab Dark Magician Girl, the Dragon Knight. The Dark Magician Girl & Timaeus scream in horror as Shinji is forced to watch while his monster is dragged into the hole & sent to the graveyard. The cloaked man soon says "Now, I'll end my turn by sacrificing my Jowgen to the Dark Sanctuary!" By then, Jowgen disappears, as the cloaked man says "You see, each turn, I must make a sacrifice to maintain my Dark Sanctuary! However, my field card also has many other suprises in store. For example, you're aware of the 5 card rule, correct?" Shinji nods, as the cloaked man soon says "Good! Now then, since I already have Destiny Board, a face down card & Dark Door in play, I can only play 2 more magic or trap cards in those areas. However, Dark Sanctuary allows me to exceed the 5 card rule. In other words, I can use my own monster zones as M/T zones." Shinji soon started to panic, fully aware of what he meant. "Now, it's your turn, so use it wisely" the cloaked man said, as Shinji drew a card (Gamma the Magnet Warrior).
"This is bad!" Shinji thought to himself, and added "I can only attack once per turn, but if I don't win this duel in 4 turn, then I'll lose. Luckily, I can re-summon Dark Magician Girl, and that should take 2 turns to wipe out his life points!" Shinji soon announced "I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior!" With those words, Gamma the Magnet Warrior arrives on Shinji's field (4-star/ 1500 ATK). Then, he announces "Also, I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Dark Magician Girl!" At that moment, the same dark wormhole from before returned, as the Dark Magician Girl flew out of the hole & away from the grasps of the demonic hands before the hole closed (2000 ATK). The cloaked man chuckled, as he soon asked "Nice play, but you can only attack once. So, which one will it be?" Shinji quickly replies "The Dark Magician Girl!"
The Dark Magician Girl got the cue, as her staff started glowing and creating a pink energy ball. "Dark Magician Girl, Dark Burning Attack!" The Dark Magician Girl prepared to fire when she suddenly jerked to a stop as a ghost suddenly shot itself out of the Dark Magician Girl through her back and launched itself at Shinji, as it struck him & took 1000 of his LP.
Shinji: 3000 LP
Cloaked Man: 4100 LP
Shinji growled in anger and asked "Huh? What happened?" The cloaked man chuckled and said "That was another effect of Dark Sanctuary! Once per turn, I can infect a monster you control, and when it attacks, not only is it's attack negated, but half of it's ATK is removed from your life points and added to mine." Shinji could only smear, as he announced "I end my turn!" as the Destiny Board reveals the letter "I".
The Cloaked man chuckled as he drew a card (Sangan) and announced "I summon Sangan to the field in DEF mode!" From the cloaked man's field soo appeared a strange furry creature with green arms and feet (3-star/ 700 DEF). Then, he announced "Afterwards, I plan to simply end my turn by sacrificing my Sangan!" With this, Sangan screamed in pain as he was absorbed into the Dark Sanctuary. Afterwards, the cloaked man announced "By doing so, I activate Sangan's effect, which lets me add a monster in my deck with 1500 ATK or less to my hand, and I choose yet another Sangan!" The cloaked man shows his new Sangan card to Shinji, as he prepares to start his turn.
"My move!" Shinji announces, as he draws a card (Card of Sanctity) and thinks to himself "Right now, this card isn't of any help unless I can draw something can help me to defeat this guy. Because he's not even attacking, my Magic Cylinder trap is useless. I know there's a way to defeat this guy, and as much as I don't want to admit it, I have to try and stall until I can draw a God Card. It might be my only way out!" Shinji then turns his attention to the duel and announces "I summon Big Shield Gardna in DEF mode!" A new monster, that being a man protecting himself with a rather large shield, appears next to Gamma (4-star/ 2600 DEF), as Shinji then announces "Now then, since I have 2 monster that can attack, but I can only attack once, I choose to attack with Gamma!" At the announcement, Gamma charges towards the cloaked man, who announces "I'm inpressed! You figured out who was posessed by my ghost and attacked with the other one. Too bad it won't make a difference!" Shinji blinks in confusion, as the cloaked man announces "I activate Dark Spirit of the Silent!" The cloaked man's other face down card suddenly created a ghost that stopped Gamma in his place. "Wha..? What happened?" Shinji asked, as the cloaked man replies "This trap can negate one of your attacks, and then force you to attack with another monster. In this case, it's your Dark Magician Girl!" Shinji then realized what he meant, as the Dark Magician Girl found herself being forced to attack, only for the same thing to happen again, as a ghost came right out of her body and struck Shinji, who lost 1000 more LP.
Shinji: 2000 LP
Cloaked Man: 5100 LP
Shinji manages to hold himself up as the cloaked man laughs. "I set one card face down to end my turn!" A card appears next to Shinji's previously set card, as the letter "N" appears on the Destiny Board! The cloaked man chuckles to himself as he draws yet another card (Pyro Clock of Destiny) and thinks to himself "When this brat finishes his upcoming turn, I'll activate this card and defeat him with ease! After all, this is what this duel truly is...too easy!" Then, he announces "Just like last turn, I summon my Sangan in DEF mode!" Another Sangan soon appeared on the cloaked man's field (700 DEF), as the cloaked man then announced "Now, I'll place this card face down and end my turn by sacrificing my Sangan!" A card appears face down on the cloaked man's field as, just like before, Sangan disappeared, causing the cloaked man to move yet another card into his hand and announced "Thanks to Sangan's effect, I move yet another Sangan into my hand. Now, make your move!"
By this time, Shinji looks at his deck as Big suddenly announces "Shinji, you have to finish the duel this turn!" Shinji turned to look at Big and asked "Why's that?" Big blinked for a moment, and then replied "Because I know what his face down card is. It's Pyro Clock of Destiny!" The cloaked man suddenly jerks his body in a way that Big can tell is of fear. "H-H-How did you know that?" The cloaked man asked, as Big replied "Because I'm familiar with this exact strategy! You feel like your opponent isn't worth your time and you're in a hurry, so you want to speed things up. The problem is, anything can happen in the blink of an eye!" The cloaked man soon adjust his body and tells Big "Even if you're right, I'll still win this duel at the end of the turn! So kid, what do you plan to do? The way I see it, you might as well forfeit...because, if you choose to go along, I'll just activate Pyro Clock of Destiny to speed up the duel by 1 full turn, which means when you end your turn, the letter "A" and "L" will appear and I'll automatically win! My victory is already complete!" Shinji, however, announces "Before that even happens, I still have 1 turn to end this duel and win myself. So, get ready, because here I go!"
Shinji presses two fingers to his top card and finally draws it (?) as he tells Big "I did it! I drew the card!" Big soon smiles and says "You know what to do from here, kid! It's all up to you!" The cloaked man soon felt confused, as he asked "What card? What did he draw?" Big replied "You're about to find out!"
Soon enough, the skies darkened as red lightning apperared. The cloaked man began to shake, as the lightning began to hit around the battlefield. Shinji looks at the Dark Magician Girl and tells her "Dark Magician Girl, I need your help to summon this monster. Will you...?" he is cut off by the Dark Magician Girl, who nods and tells him "Do what you must, Shinji!" Of course, only Big & Shinji could hear her, as Shinji nods and soon announces "I sacrifice Dark Magician Girl, Gamma the Magnet Warrior & Big Shield Gardna!" By this powerful announcement, these 3 monsters were hit by the red lightning and turns to orbs of red energy balls, as they flew into the storm clouds. Everyone soon looked up, as Misato started to stir and asked "Huh? Big? What's going on?" Big, without even looking, replied "Shinji has summoned one of the 3 Legendary Egyptian Gods! Now, the god of the skies has arrived!" Misato looked up and could barely make out a creature descending from the heavens themselves as a very large snake-like creature in red with large reddish wings, 2 small yellow eyes, a blue orb on it's forehead and what appears to be a 2nd mouth on it's forehead. From here on afterwards, Shinji slaps the monster card on the duel disk and announces "And now, come forth...Egyptian God Card...SLIFER...THE SKY DRAGON!" The creature, Slifer, roared an ungod-like roar that caused the entire city to begin shaking in fear itself.
Back at Big's house, Sara was cleaning her sword outside when she noticed the arrival of Slifer. Sara told herself "What the (BEEP)? What's Slifer doing here?" She soon also noticed the electrical storm that was in the area, as she took off towards the region itself.
Back at the duel, the cloaked man looks in terror at the sight of Slifer the Sky Dragon (10-star/ XXXX)! Then, he looked at Shinji, who for some reason, suddenly started glowing in a red aura as his pupils also glowed red. "That monster is enormous!" Misato said, as Big could only look on in awe. As for Shinji, he announces "Now it's time for you to pay for everything you've done! You see, Slifer's ATK is equal to the number of card in my hand x 1000 points." The cloaked man soon started to calm down, if only for the moment (Slifer: 0 ATK). However, Shinji suddenly said "Thanks to this next card, though, that's where I can fix it! I activate the Card of Sanctity!" One of Shinji's face down cards soon revealed itself, as Shinji announced "Thanks to this card, each of us now draw until we have 6 cards in our hand!" Both Shinji and the cloaked man drew 6 cards, as Shinji then announces "And now that I have 6 cards, Slifer's ATK points go up by 6000 ATK!" Slifer roars as his ATK power rises (6000 ATK). The cloaked man soon tells him "Even if you monster attacks, remember that Dark Sanctuary will stop your ATK and take half of Slifer's ATK out of your life points!" At this point, the ghost of Dark Sanctuary enters Slifer's body, but Slifer soon roars in anger, as the ghost itself soon finds itself kicked out of Slifer's body and disappears. By now, the cloaked man panicks, as Shinji has noticed this and says "It seems Slifer is immune to your card's effects. Now, it's my turn to take a bit out of your points! Slifer the Sky Dragon, attack now with Thunderforce Strike!"
Slifer roars into the air, as he opens his mouth and electrical energy begins to charge inside! The cloaked man can only look on as Slifer soon fires an electrical burst of energy from his mouth as it envelops him and what's left of his life points.
Cloaked Man: 0
(End of Duel)
Slifer soon disappeared just as quickly as he came as this caused a blinding light, forcing Shinji, Misato & even Big to close their eyes. However, as the blinding light subsided, they opened their eyes to find that the cloaked man had disappeared, almost as if he had never been there at all. As for Shinji, the mysterious glow had disappeared just as quickly as it had came. Big put Misato down as Sara arrived and asked "What the hell happened here? Where's Slifer?" Shinji replied "Slifer disappeared just as quickly as it came!" Sara sighed and then told them "Well, you gotta be careful! The Egyptian Gods can be very dangerous!" Big chuckled and said "You don't have to tell us!" Sara huffed and turned around to leave when she heard a *thud* sound. She turned to find that, apppreantly, Shinji had suddenly fallen to the ground as Big & Misato tried to revive him. "My god!" Sara told herself, and then asked "What the hell could have done such a thing to the kid?" She contemplated this, as she ran towards the 3.
Meanwhile, somewhere in an undisclosed location...
"Dark Marik, I sense someone has used an Egyptian God Card!" Yubel told Dark Marik, as he asked "Oh, is that so?" Yubel nodded, as she added "It seems the boy, Shinji, is the one who used it! However, he is still not strong enough to use their power and it has brought him to a weaken state! With him down for the time being, the other 2 will be easy pickings!" The white cloaked man, however, soon announces "Even so, you forget that Big is still active. Before you go after the other 2, you'll have to deal with him first!" Yubel nods in agreement, but suddenly adds "There is one person who could possibly defeat him!" Dark Marik & the white cloaked man looked at Yubel, before she finally said "It is time to call him...The Dark King!"
Somewhere in the recess of space...
On a desolent asteroid, a lone figure rises from the ground covered head-to-toe in armor, as the being simply tells himself "I have been summoned!" The being gently allows himself to fly into space itself as it heads to Earth.
End of Episode 18!
That's it for this episode, as we prepare ourselves for the arrival of The Dark King! Anyway, here's the info for the next chapter:
The Dark King arrives and gives a challenge to Big in order to break his spirit. However, as Neos warns Big of how dangerous the Duel King is, and since Shinji is too weak following his duel, Asuka decides to take on the Duel King instead. It easily becomes disasterous once "Super Polymerization" is activated...
Well, that's it for this chapter. Here's the card of the chapter to wrap things up:
Dark Sanctuary(Cloaked Man's card)
(Field Magic Card)
Activate when a "Dark Necrofear" monster is sent to the graveyard. "Ghost of Dark Sanctuary" appears on the field. You must tribute 1 card at the end of your turn to keep this card on the field.
Bye!