Chapter 3
Cherrygrove City
The once peaceful, flower filled town that was ironically labeled as a city had been over run at the break of dawn by the tyrant organization known as Team Rocket. Fortunately, the army of men and woman in black uniforms met resistance in the town from the trainers who had gathered for the annual Flower Festival that was held once a year.
The flaming town was littered with people dressed in black that were either battling the trainers that were present or setting house on fire without a care in the world. They weren't taking any hostages, but many of the citizens who didn't possess any Pokemon to protect themselves were being brutalized by the members of Team Rocket.
Blake came running into the town, trying to slow himself down from the speed he had picked up from coming down a hill. Now he could clearly see the number of battles taking place all over the place, and while Team Rocket wasn't at a clear advantage, it was obvious that they were steadily knocking out the number of Pokemon that were halting the progress they could make. The closet battle to Blake's location was a small battle between a tiny Bird Pokemon that Blake identified as Pidgey and the opponent was a Rattata that belonged to the male Team Rocket Grunt.
"Pidgey, stay strong and use Tackle." The male trainer called out, giving his Pidgey a new set of orders. Pidgey rushed forward, aiming to slam its body into Rattata for some physical damage.
"Rattata, dodge and then use Tackle." The Grunt countered. Rattata quickly sidestepped Pidgey's frontal attack before ramming Pidgey from the side which sent it sliding across the dirt on its side with a squawk of pain. "Let's finish this Rattata."
"Cyndaquil, use Tackle." Blake whispered to Cyndaquil who jumped down from his shoulder, charging into the battle. Cyndaquil came rushing from the right, hitting the unsuspecting Rattata head on which sent it tumbling across the ground.
"Rattata." The Grunt muttered, seeing that his Pokemon would no longer be able to battle like it was now. This was signified by a pair of black swirls that had taken the place of its eyes. The Grunt was quick to return his Rattata before retreating into the streets of the town, leaving Blake alone with the trainer.
"Here, use this." Blake said, approaching the boy who was helping his downed Pidgey. Removing his Potion from he pouch it was resting on his belt, Blake passed it to the bow.
"Thanks for the help." He replied, accepting the battle which he then proceeded to spray Pidgey with, restoring its health.
"No problem. Cyndaquil, Larvitar, let's move." Blake said, looking down at his partners who have him a nod before following him on foot. Moving through the town with a light jog, Blake found and empty street where nearly every single wooden house was ablaze. If only he had a Water Pokemon right now, he could do something about all of these house, but Larvitar couldn't help in this situation, and Cyndaquil was only capable of making it worse.
As he jogged down the empty street, Blake heard a high pitched scream followed by a wooden stoll breaking through the glass window of a nearby shop. Blake came to stop by the store, tempted to continue his search for Alan, but the sign in front of the shop had captured his attention. Cherrygrove Flowers.
'I live with my mother and we work the local flower shop.' Mari had said to this the day he met her, but Blake still continued past the shop for just a few steps before he stopped again with a groan. His subconscious wouldn't let this slide, even if he did have a chance to find Alan.
'I'm going to regret it if I don't go.' Blake mumbled to himself mentally as he turned around and made his way over to the front door of the floor shop where he peered inside. What he found inside was a woman huddled in a corner of the store with an Ekans slithering around on the floor in front of her, occasionally hissing at her to keep her silent. On the counter seated next to the register was a young woman clad in a Team Rocket uniform, her legs crossed in front of her as she examined her finger nails.
"Larvitar, use Rock Throw." Blake whispered to Larvitar since the female Grunt hadn't noticed them standing outside the doorway.
"Nothing but flowers and berries Carol." Someone shouted from the room behind the counter as Larvitar smashed its little arm into the ground, creating a small crack at the point of impact. From there, Larvitar pulled its arm up, taking a chunk of earth out the ground that matched the size of its body.
"Keep looking, I've got things under control out here." She replied, watching as the woman stared horrifically at the Snake Pokemon in front of her. It was clear that she wasn't prepared for battle when Ekans suddenly disappeared out of her line of sight after a brown blur passed through followed by a crash. The two women in the room could only gasp and turn their heads to see a large stone pressed into the wall with Ekans head and tail sticking out rom behind it.
After a few moments, the stone fell off, allowing Ekans to drop to the ground with where it gave a weak hiss before both its eyes became black swirls.
"Hey, who're you?" The female Grunt asked, glancing at the doorway where she now found Blake blocking the exit with his Cyndaquil and Larvitar.
"Your worst nightmare." Blake replied, glaring at the woman.
"Believe me kid, you're nothing compared to that." She responded rather casually, hoping off the counter while removing a Poke-ball from her belt. "Slugma, let's go!"
She tossed the Poke-ball into the air, releasing a bright orange puddle of bubbling lava on the floor that surprisingly didn't burn right through the floor of the store. From the lava rose a small head with two bright yellow eyes and a pair of small flames acting as eyebrows. Cyndaquil stepped forward, igniting the flames on its back as a sign that it want to battle.
"No Cyndaquil. This Slugma is too strong for you." Blake cut in before Cyndaquil to initiate the battle. Larvitar also stepped in its way as well, giving it a sharp glance.
"Larvitar." It said to Cyndaquil, getting a glare from the Fire type Pokemon it shrugged, stepping backward.
"How cute." Carol noted with a grin, watching Cyndaquil and Larvitar's short exchange. "Two little Pokemon and their puny trainer."
Blake, Cyndaquil and Larvitar all focused on Carol. Together, trainer and Pokemon gave the woman the harshest glare they could muster which left the woman a little unnerved that a teenager could put on such a mean scowl.
"Larvitar, use Rock Throw again." Blake said, watching the small Pokemon smash its tiny arm into the ground again, pulling out a large rock.
"Slugma, jump to your left." Carol said quickly as Larvitar hurled the stone at Slugma. The Lava Pokemon leaped to its right, evading the attack that broke right through the wooden counter with ease. Even though its attack had been avoided, Larvitar followed after Slugma, waiting for Blake's order for a close range attack. "Slugma, shake it off with Ember!"
Slugma came to a stop, opening up its mouth to release a small blast of flames at Larvitar who had just come to a stop in front of it. To say Larvitar was caught off guard was an understatement, but getting caught off guard only made the small Rock Skin Pokemon angry as it held its ground against the flames, only being pushed back a few feet from the flames. After a few moments, Larvitar shook the flames off its body before smirking at Carol and Slugma. It had taken little to no damage from that Ember attack.
"Oh yeah, Larvitar's are Rock types." Carol noted out loud in a rather air headed manner. "I'll need a stronger fire attack then."
"Larvitar, get it with Bite." Blake ordered, wondering how someone like Carol had been accepted into Team Rocket without a basic understanding of each Pokemon and the types they possessed.
Larvitar lunged forward at Slugma, opening its mouth as wide as it could where it revealed a pair of white fangs that had grown out a few inches just for the usage of this attack.
"Slugma, use Flame Thrower now!" Carol hollered. Slugma opened its mouth, breathing out a stream of flames from its mouth at the approaching Larvitar, hitting it head on. The flames disrupted Larvitar's attack and sent it flying backward into the wall of the store. Larvitar dropped to the ground, its small green body engulfed in flames.
Robbie and Mari rushed into the town, observing the condition of the town with stunned horror.
"I was just hear less then a week ago." Mari muttered to herself, looking around at the burning buildings. Who would do something like this. What person in their right mind was capable of setting a peaceful town like this on fire.
"Totodile, use Water Gun on the houses." Robbie shouted to his partner, pointing at the nearest building that was in flames. The Gator Pokemon opened up its mouth, releasing a jet of flames to begin fighting the flames.
"Zubat, use Wing Attack!" A Grunt shouted from Robbie's left.
"Huh?" Robbie turned to see a blue blur whoosh past him. Totodile was suddenly knocked to its side followed by a screech from a small blue bat that was now flapping its wings, hovering the air over Totodile.
"What do you think you're doing?" The male Grunt asked, walking toward Robbie. "We're sending a message to the Committee, so don't even think of trying to oppose of us."
"Team Rocket! Why're you attacking Cherrygrove City? This is Mari's home!" Robbie shouted back at the Grunt who cringed at the volume of Robbie's voice.
"As if I care kid. This is nothing but the woodlands. If you ask me, they should've burned this place down and make another place like Goldenrod City." The grunt commented, enraging Mari with the insult of her home town.
"Chikorita, use Tackle on him!" She roared, having heard enough from this man's mouth. Chikorita charged forward toward the grunt, ramming itself against the side of his torso which sent him to the ground with a hard thud. "Eevee, use Quick Attack on Zubat!"
The second Poke-ball Mari had tossed into the air released another Pokemon, this one being small and brown, standing on all fours.
"Eevee!" It said before rushing forward at a high speed, leaving a white streak behind it as it raced toward Zubat. Zubat was sent flying into the building next to it, hitting the wood with a thud before it dropped to the ground. Two black swirls formed on its head where its eyes would've been located meaning it had fainted.
"Don't you ever talk bad about Cherrygrove City or else you'll have to deal with me!" Mari shouted at the Grunt who was resting on the ground, clutching the spot on his torso that Chikorita had hit. "Chikorita, Eevee, follow me!"
"Yeah Totodile, let's go!" Robbie said, following Mari into the burning town. The two of them were on a mission to protect Cherrygrove City, and they didn't plan on letting Team Rocket get away with this without a fight.
"Alright, I got him!" Carol said happily since Larvitar had yet to move after taking the Flame Thrower attack straight to its body.
"Larvitar, get on your feet." Blake said in a deadpan. Larvitar, who hadn't moved at all for the last thirty seconds jumped to its feet, taking off the flames just like the Ember attack as if they were nothing. "They're pretty strong aren't they?"
"Lar-Larvitar." It responded, giving an nod of agreement..
"Then let's end this." Blake proclaimed, getting a snort from Carol.
"Well, aren't you a tough one?" Carol called out playfully. "Slugma, use Flame Thrower again."
Slugma opened its mouth once more, breathing out a stream of flames toward Larvitar who fearlessly stared at the fire.
"Larvitar, use Rock Throw, but keep the rock and hold it in front of you." Blake said to Larvitar. The Rock type Pokemon ripped another stone out of the ground, placing it in between itself and the path of the flames, prevent the flames from ever connecting with it. "Now, throw it."
Larvitar took a moment to angle the rock so that it directed the flames away from it for a moment before chucking it at Slugma. The flames Slugma was spewing from its mouth couldn't stop the approaching rock or even slow it down before it hit, pulling the Fire type Pokemon off the ground. Slugma was sent straight into the counter from the super effective hit that wiped out all its health in one go.
"Ah, Slugma." Carol exclaimed sadly, raising her Poke-ball to return it to safety. She wasn't expecting her Slugma to go down, especially in a town like where low level trainers gathered to train before entering the Battle Circuit. It was clear that both this boy and his Pokemon were stronger than they appeared.
"Good job Larvitar." Blake complimented his Pokemon, giving it a thumbs up and a neutral expression.
"Larvitar." It said in return, mimicking Blake.
"Carol, what's going on out here?" Another female Grunt asked, coming out from the doorway that led into the storage area.
"This kid beat my Slugma and your Ekans." Carol replied, motioning to the unconscious Ekans that was resting on the floor. The woman the Snake Pokemon had been guarding had already fled, leaving them alone with Blake.
"It's alright, I found the Miracle Seed so we can report back to Alan." The second Grunt, returning Ekans to its Poke-ball.
The name Alan sent a chill down Blake's spine as he flinched before glaring darkly at the two Team Rocket Grunts, anger radiating off of him.
"Cyndaquil, Larvitar, block the exit." Blake said to his partners, placing himself in front of the only exit of the store with Larvitar and Cyndaquil. "Where is Alan and tell me what you know."
"Who do you think you are pipsqueak? I'll thrash you in an instant." The second Grunt declared, tossing another Poke-ball into the air, releasing a large mouse Pokemon that Blake could guess was related to Rattata based on its large front teeth.
"Raticate!" It said, glaring at Blake and his Pokemon.
"Raticate, use Quick Attack on him." The Grunt yelled, pointing toward Blake who's expression darkened now that they had classified him as a target along with his Pokemon.
Raticate rushed forward, closing in on Blake in an instant, leaving him with little time to react. Crossing his arms in front of his torso, Blake took the full force of the attack to his arms which sent him tumbling out the store with the large Pokemon on top of him. Cyndaquil followed Blake and Raticate while Larvitar remained where Blake had told it to stay. Raticate snarled at Blake, trying to bite him, but Blake used both his arms to hold back the Pokemon to prevent it from causing any further harm to him.
Cyndaquil rushed up toward Raticate from its side, throwing all its body weight at the Pokemon to knock it off of Blake before landing on all fours where it reignited the flames on its back. Raticate rolled twice before getting back on its feet again, glaring at Cyndaquil who gladly returned it, ready to battle.
"Cyndaquil!" It squealed at Raticate, prepared to defend its trainer at all costs. From the front door of the flower shop, Larvitar was suddenly ejected by a large blast of flames that had taken out of the remainder of its health. Even though the Fire attacks weren't very effective, the damage had stacked up on Larvitar, and now it paid the price. Larvitar landed on the ground a short distance from Blake, its eyes replaced with black swirls.
'Damn, just when I was going to find out something about Alan the situation flipped.' Blake mumbled to himself, returning Larvitar to its Poke-ball. And he left his Potion with that trainer for before. Now things looked pretty crappy for Blake unless something good happened.
"It looks like this is our win." The second Grunt said with a smirk as she and Carol exited the shop, a Magmar following them. "Raticate, use Quick Attack again!"
"Cyndaquil, use Quick Attack too." Blake ordered. The two Pokemon took off, racing each other at their fastest speed, leaving a white streak as they moved, but it was clear that Raticate was both faster and stronger than Cyndaquil. The two of them clashed, butting heads in the air, but Cyndaquil was sent reeling from the attack to Blake where it came to stop with a groan.
"Alright Raticate!" She cheered.
"Cyndaquil, you can't win this battle." Blake said to the struggling Pokemon, kneeling down next to it.
"Cyndaquil!" It hissed, glaring at Blake before forcing itself back onto its feet. The flames on its back grew in size, causing Blake to move back a bit for his own safety. Cyndaquil still wanted to fight, and it was clear that if had gained some power as well.
'Cyndaquil's special ability.' Blake said to himself, recalling what he had read on it. Now that Cyndaquil was damaged, the strength of its Fire type attacks had received a nice boost, and that was just what they needed. "Alright then, show them your Ember, full blast."
Cyndaquil opened its mouth, releasing a large blast of flames that was twice the size of its body, catching Raticate off guard. Raticate took the full blast of flames head on, its body disappearing inside the flames.
"Now follow up with Quick Attack!" Blake commanded. Cyndaquil charged at Raticate who was still in the flames, plowing itself into the bigger Pokemon's stomach which sent it sliding back to its trainer. Cyndaquil landed on its hind legs with a smirk, proud of the turn around.
"Raticate, get up!" The female Grunt shouted, watching as Raticate remained on the ground, the flames on its body eating away at its remaining health.
"It's not going to get up, it's suffering from a Burn." Carol explained. "Return it now. We've got what we needed."
The female Grunt quickly returned Raticate to its Poke-ball and followed Carol who began to run down the street.
"Come on Cyndaquil, let's move. We have to find Alan." Blake said before hearing a thud. Cyndaquil lay on the ground panting, the flames on its back going out.
"You must be tired. Take a rest." Blake offered, attempting to pick up the small Pokemon who refused his help, getting up on its own after resting for a moment to catch its breath.
Mari and Robbie had been moving through the town with their Pokemon out battling the Team Rocket Grunts they stumbled onto until they reached the Pokemon Center where a lot of commotion was taking place. Team Rocket had formed a barricade around the Pokemon Center to prevent the trainers from healing their Pokemon. Now everyone had grouped together to try and break through the Team Rocket ranks and open the path to the Pokemon Center.
"Let's go!" Mari said to Robbie who gave her nod in return.
"Totodile, use Water Gun on that Rattata." Robbie shouted, looking at the closest battle to his current position. Totodile opened it's mouth, shooting a stream of water at the Rattata that was currently engaged with a Caterpie.
The Rattata hadn't seen the blast of water approaching it from the side so it was hit by the full force of the attack, blowing it away.
Robbie and Totodile left Mari to help the trainer with the Caterpie, leaving her to find a battle she could help out in.
"Eevee, Chikorita, this way!" Mari said, heading toward a battle where one trainer was battle two Team Rocket grunts alone. "Chikorita, use Vine Whip."
As Chikorita approached the two on one battle, the green buds on its neck extended outward toward the battle, wrapping around the Zubat, surprising both the grunts that were battling a lone trainer and his Hoothoot. From there, Chikorita tossed Zubat to its left, sending it straight into the Koffing that was battle with it.
"Alright Chikorita, let's help them out." Mari said as Chikorita ran onto the battle field, joining the weakened Hoothoot.
"Thanks for the help." The boy said to Mari.
"No problem."
"Zubat, Wing Attack." One of the grunts said as the bat Pokemon sprung back up into the air. The Zubat burst forward, flying toward Hoothoot.
"Hoothoot, dodge it!" The boy said, but his Hoothoot could barely stand up much less move.
"Chikorita, intercept with Tackle." Mari shouted to the Grass Pokemon, watching it hit Zubat from side just before it hit Hoothoot.
"Koffing, Tackle." The second grunt said, the floating purple orb with large craters all over and a pair of eyes and a mouth obeying his command. Koffing charged forward, smashing itself into Chikorita just as it landed on the ground.
"Eevee, use Quick Attack on Koffing." Mari said, adding another Pokemon to the battle. The small brown Pokemon rushed forward, going toward Koffing from the front in a head on collision.
"Koffing, take down that fur ball!" The second grunt shouted, Koffing charging toward Eevee. The two collided with a thud, Eevee landing on its feet while Koffing was sent to the ground, the collision wiping out the rest of its health.
"Alright Eevee!" Mari cheered for her long time partner.
"Zubat, Screech!" The first grunt shouted. "Get the Chikorita."
Zubat was airborne again, flying over Chikorita. Zubat opened its mouth, releasing a high pitched scream with a circular sound wave exiting its mouth, rushing toward Chikorita who was focused on Eevee and Koffing.
"Hoothoot, use Confusion." The boy shouted.
Hoothoot, using the last of its strength, jumped in the sound waves path, its eyes turning a bright blue as the sound wave approached it. Just before the sound wave crashed down onto both Chikorita and Hoothoot, the space above of Hoothoot became distorted, causing the sound wave to fall apart before it hit, neither of the Pokemon taking an damage.
"Huh?" The first grunt said as the distorted space rushed up toward Zubat, crashing into the bat Pokemon. Zubat flapped its wings a few times trying to stay in the air before dropping to the ground, two black swirls on his head.
"Awesome Hoothoot! Nice job!" The boy said happily, running onto the field to get his Pokemon which collapsed to the ground.
"Grr, those kids got us." One of the grunts said to the other.
"No point staying, let's fall back." The other said as they returned their Pokemon to their Poke-balls before running of the west end of the town.
"Is your Hoothoot okay?" Mari asked, walking up to the boy.
"It's really tired. I guess we've done all we can here." He said, looking around at the other battles that were taking place.
"Here, maybe this will help." Mari said, taking the Potion on her belt out of its pouch. Mari kneeled down next to the boy and his Hoothoot, spraying it twice with the potion.
"Hoothoot!" It said after feeling its strength return.
"Yeah!" He said happily. "Thank you. Hoothoot, let's go!"
"Totodile, use Scratch!" Robbie shouted to Totodile who jumped forward at the Rattata.
"Rattata, dodge it." The grunt shouted.
The mouse Pokemon sidestepped the frontal attack, but Totodile was quick to halt its movement and turn to follow up on its attack, catching Rattata this time, landing the Scratch attack.
"Totodile, wrap this up with a close range Water Gun." Robbie shouted since Rattata had taken two steps back after taking the Scratch attack. Totodile opened its mouth, a stream of water rushing out from its mouth to Rattata, picking the Pokemon off the ground and pushing it straight into the Team Rocket grunt that was using it. "Nice Totodile."
Totodile turned around and gave Robbie a thumbs up at their latest victory.
"Hey you, let's battle!" Someone shouted to Robbie, getting his attention. A tall, male Team Rocket grunt with spiky brown hair and light skin stood where the grunt Robbie had just beaten was standing. His uniform was like the other grunts uniforms only instead of black, his was white and he lacked a hat like the others.
"Alright, Totodile lets do it." Robbie said confidently.
"Koffing, get ready to battle." The grunt said, tossing his Poke-ball into the air, releasing a Koffing.
"Koffing." It said.
"Totodile, use Water Gun!" Robbie said, pointing at Koffing. Totodile opened its mouth, releasing a strong stream of water at Koffing.
"Koffing, use Tackle." The grunt said, watching as his Koffing charged right through the stream of water toward Totodile, knocking the small Pokemon backward. Totodile hit the ground with a thug, rolling twice before stopping.
"Totodile, are you okay?" Robbie asked, watching Totodile slowly get up.
"Heh, weak." The grunt said.
"You don't know what you're talking about. Totodile, use Bite!" Robbie shouted. Totodile pushed forward, opening up its mouth, revealing its white teeth. Totodile chomped down onto Koffing's skin, failing to do any more than tickle the Pokemon.
"Koffing, use Posion Gas straight into Totodile's mouth." The grunt said, noticing that Totodile's mouth was over one of the craters on Koffing.
"Koffing." It said with its monotone voice, the crater below Totodile's mouth releasing a green gas. Totodile's health was immediately wiped out from the attack, its eyes becoming black swirls as it left go of Koffing, dropping to the ground.
"Totodile!" Robbie said, running up to check Totodile.
"Koffing, wipe out the rest of these no class losers." The grunt said. "Use Smog."
Koffing rose high into the air before opening its mouth, releasing a puffy green gas that filled up the area around the Pokemon Center.
"Team Rocket, move the Route 30!"
Inside the gas cloud, Robbie was coughing hysterically, unable to get any oxygen in there.
"Pidgeotto, I need your help." Robbie said, taking the only other Poke-ball on his belt off and tossing it into the air. The Poke-ball released a bird Pokemon that was similar to Pidgey only it was larger with longer tail feathers along with along a set of feathers extending from the back of its head.
"Pidgeot!" It said to Robbie who was still going through a coughing fit.
"Use Gust to blow away this Smog." Robbie said in between coughs. Pidgeotto looked up and took off into the air, getting above the cloud where it began to flap its wings, whipping up a small twister that blew away the Smog cloud, revealing the trainers that were still where they were but none of the Team Rocket grunts and their Pokemon were still there.
"Where'd they go?" Someone asked out loud.
"Doesn't matter, they're gone."
"Come on, we have to start putting out the fires." Robbie said, taking out his potion to heal Totodile. Once Totodile was ready to go, Robbie led off a group of trainers with Water type Pokemon to fight against the fire.
Blake's luck had run out. Cyndaquil couldn't go any farther battling and he had lost track of both the grunts he had been chasing. He would've heal Cyndaquil with the Potion he had earlier today but he was more concerned with finding Alan that he left the boy with his Potion and now her really needed it.
"Finally, the Pokemon Center." Blake said to himself, running into the building that looked like a twister had hit it. "Hello."
"Are you part of Team Rocket?" A feminine voice asked from behind the counter.
"No." Blake replied.
"Oh, finally." A woman with pink hair that were in large loops around her ears popped up from behind the counter wearing a white nurse's uniform. "I thought they'd never leave. I'm Nurse Joy, how can I help you?"
"Can you heal my Pokemon?" Blake asked.
"I'm sorry, but I can't." She replied getting a confused expression.
"Why not?"
"Team Rocket destroyed the Restoration Machine so all I can give you is a Potion." She explained, looking at the horribly beaten machine behind her. "Chansey, bring out a few Potions."
A large pink, egg shaped Pokemon came walking out corridor with a large smile on its face and a tray on hand where a set of Potions were waiting for use.
"That'll do. Thank you." Blake said, accepting the spray bottle filled with a purple liquid. Blake released both Cyndaquil and Larvitar from their Poke-ball, both of them falling to the ground as soon as their bodies took shape.
Blake sat down next to his partners, spraying both of them twice with the Potion which restored their health.
"Cyndaquil." It said, the fire on its back returning.
"Larvitar." It remarked, feeling its strength return as well.
"Sorry guys. I was focused on finding Alan and I didn't do as well during the battles." Blake said to the two of them. Cyndaquil was a bit confused on what Blake was talking about while Larvitar's expression darkened.
"Larvitar, Lar." It shouted at Blake angrily.
"Yes, I'm sorry Larvitar, so now we can all focus on the Battle Circuit for now." Blake said, placing his hand on Larvitar's head. "Come on, Route 30 is long. It should take us two days to get to Violet City if we're fast."
And that brings this chapter to a close. Team Rocket's first appearance ends with them retreating after collecting the Miracle Seed which appears to be apart of someone's plan.
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