Outsiders (ZnT/Pokémon Reverse Summon)
Season 2, Episode 7, Chapter 3
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Pinning herself to the back of a large rock, Fleur standing beside her feet and with her wand clutched tightly in her hand, Henrietta briefly glanced around the corner to see what was in front of her. The entire power plant was now swarming with Team Flare grunts, many of whom were actively trying to find the three escapees. So far, they hadn't been able to find Henrietta, and if all went according to plan, they wouldn't.
Granted, Henrietta knew she didn't have much of a plan. Right now she was just focused on trying to find a way back into the power plant. After that she'd rescue the hostages, then maybe take down the leaders of this entire operation if she was lucky. Despite how dangerous the situation was, Henrietta couldn't help but feel excited. It was just like the stories her mother and father told her when she was a child about knights and brave warriors, only now it was her chance to actually be one herself. It was a shame Louise and Saito didn't feel the same way, but she'd show them.
Fleur, unfortunately, also appeared to share her friends' sentiment, repeatedly tugging on Henrietta's pant leg in an effort to get her to turn around and leave. But, at the same time, she wasn't about to leave her trainer to fend for herself, so she dutifully followed Henrietta on her quest, which she was grateful for.
"Alright, there should be a hidden entrance somewhere…," Henrietta muttered to herself as she continued sneaking towards the power plant, finally reaching the outer wall. In all the stories, even the most seemingly impenetrable castle had a secret or overlooked entrance that the hero would use to sneak inside. All she had to do was find it, and she'd be in.
But, much to her growing frustration, actually finding the hidden entrance was proving harder than she anticipated. It was hard enough to avoid the many security cameras that lined the perimeter. From what she could see, every door and window was protected by a Flare grunt, and there weren't any tunnels she could see.
As she quietly grumbled, she began to hear muffled voices draw closer. Her eyes widened, and she quickly dove behind another rock just as a pair of grunts began to walk by. Normally their close proximity would've been cause for concern, but then she realized this was a perfect opportunity to eavesdrop on their plans.
"-so then I'm like, 'if you can't understand my situation, then we're done, Jeanine!'" the first Flare grunt complained to his attentive partner. "And next thing I know, I'm kicked out of the apartment and she's selling all my stuff on the internet!"
"Oh, that's horrible," his partner replied as she shook her head. "You deserved better than that, man."
"I know, I know," the male grunt said while sighing. "The worst part is, I could handle the break up. If I'm being honest with myself, the relationship was on the rocks for a while anyway. I wasn't even mad about her selling my stuff. But she kept the Lillipup."
"Not Moopsy, you loved her!"
"She did. Jeanine didn't even want Moopsy when we got her, yet she keeps her since she 'needs a home and a stable environment.'"
"That's not right. Sure, you were unemployed for, what, a year?"
"Year and a half."
"That's nothing! Everyone goes through that."
"That's what I said, but no! According to her, the only reason I couldn't get a job was because I was lazy! I looked! I submitted, like, five job applications that year."
The female grunt nodded in understanding as they walked past Henrietta's rock, then she said, "Tell you what, after we get paid for this job, we'll get Moopsy back. What do you say?"
"…I'd like that," the male grunt admitted, then they disappeared from view behind a corner.
Henrietta was quiet for a moment, slowly poking her head out from behind the rock as she stared blankly at where the pair of grunts disappeared. Her face was scrunched up as she tried to ascertain any useful information from what she just heard. But all she could figure was that the male grunt was a loser whose ex-girlfriend put up with him for far too long. Not exactly useful for trying to sneak into the power plant.
Shaking her head, Henrietta turned around and restarted her search, her eyes and ears peeled for any opening she could exploit. But the result was the same as before; nothing she saw seemed to offer a way inside. Henrietta was almost ready to risk using her magic to just float over to the roof and sneak in from there when she finally noticed large, oversized fans along the walls.
Her eyes widened as she realized that was the opening she needed. She wasn't a gambler, but if she was, she'd put money down on there being an air vent or something behind those fans. All she had to do was stop the fans and create an opening. With her magic, that was no problem at all.
With a smile on her face, Henrietta aimed her wand at the fan then cast, "Icy Wind!"
As soon as the words left her lips, a cloud of freezing air shot forward towards the spinning fan. Initially the fan was able to withstand the spell, but after a few moments large ice crystals began to form. The fan started squealing as it ground to a halt, and finally with a mighty crash it stopped in place. Just as Henrietta predicated, there was indeed an air vent large enough for her to walk through. She was one step closer to saving the day.
That was when she heard someone shout, "It came from over here!"
Henrietta's eyes widened as, within moments, nearly a dozen Team Flare grunts converged on her position. The first to catch sight of her shouted an alarm, and she quickly found herself surrounded by hostile Pokémon. Her pride as a noble of Tristain insisted she fight to the last, but her common sense, mysteriously absent until now, noted that at her absolute best she might defeat two or three of her foes before they dropped her like a rock.
She was beginning to suspect that maybe this hadn't been such a good idea.
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Using her Pokédex as a makeshift periscope, Louise was able to see everything from her and Saito's vantage point at the far end of the power plant. Laying prone on top of a rock, only the tip of the Pokédex could be seen, its camera lens the only part truly exposed. None of the Team Flare grunts noticed that they were being watched, providing a small relief to the pair of trainers and their Pokémon. But frankly that was the least of her concerns at the moment.
"Crap, they got her," Saito muttered as he and Louise watched Henrietta being detained by the terrorists then forced inside the building.
"Henrietta, you idiot. What were you thinking?" Louise growled, gripping the edge of her Pokédex tightly.
'I suspect that she wasn't thinking,' Maindo curtly replied. 'Which is a fantastic trait all monarchs should have and has never led to problems for everyone.'
'Don't you think you're being a bit mean?' Esprit asked, but Maindo shook his head.
'Nah. Given how Henrietta went all Leeroy Jenkins on us and got herself captured, I say mockery is fully warranted here,' Maindo answered, then pointed at Louise. 'Besides, I can feel what's going on in Pinky's head right now. Trust me, compared to her I am being nice.'
Any other time, Louise knew she'd have angrily rebuffed the male Kirlia and told him to get out of her head. But at the moment, she couldn't find the motivation to do so. She was far more focused on trying to figure out how to pull Henrietta out of the predicament she got herself, and by proxy them, into. Then she was thinking about how she was going to kill Henrietta for this. So she remained quiet, aiming her camera lens across the power plant to try and figure out their next move.
"They have the entire place surrounded," Louise reported, "and they're placing guards around the opening Henrietta made."
"Damn it, so much for going in that way," Saito said, clenching his fist tightly in frustration.
'Do we have to go get her?' Maindo half-heartedly complained, and Saito frowned.
"We're not just going to leave her," he insisted. "And you don't have to accompany us. You're technically not my Pokémon anymore, remember?"
Maindo quickly huffed and looked away before crossing his arms and replying, 'Yeah, I know that. But you owe me transport to Lumiose. Besides, you won't be able to pull this off without me. I still think we should just leave and let the authorities handle this, but I really want to see Pinky tear into the idiot after this.'
"Duly noted," Louise muttered, not particularly caring about Maindo's selfish motivations at the moment.
"Right…," Saito slowly added, disbelief clearly heard in his voice. After a moment, he shook his head then declared, "Regardless, we gotta go in and get her. Henrietta's our friend, even if she's being a dumbass right now."
"Saito, Henrietta is the Princess," Louise interjected. "The correct term is royal dumbass."
"Ah, my mistake," Saito agreed as his frown deepened. "Still, how are we going to get her out of there? There's too many grunts for just the two of us to take down, even if I'm fairly confident our Pokémon are stronger than theirs. If we try a frontal assault, they'll wear us down through sheer numbers before we can ever get to her."
"I'm thinking…," Louise muttered as she starting searching the premises, finding nothing but several pairs on patrol. After a few moments of frustration, she began to get an idea as she centered her attention on a pair of grunts, a tall, lean man and a small, petite woman that appeared to be around their size.
"Saito, you see them?" Louise asked as she zoomed the camera lens closer onto the grunts.
"Yeah, I do," Saito confirmed as he nodded and rubbed his fingers over his chin. "What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking… I'm thinking the only way we're going to get in there is if Team Flare thinks we're one of them."
"You want us to steal their clothes? That doesn't sound like a good idea."
"Well, unfortunately my childhood friend has removed the prospect of a good idea from the equation. All I got are bad ideas and worse ideas."
"…Fair enough," Saito replied as he continued to rub his lower jaw. "We'll need to lure them out of the way so we can take them down with no issue. But how?"
'Maindo and I know Hypnosis,' Esprit suggested. 'We can just put them to sleep.'
'Was just about to suggest doing that,' Maindo added. 'I'm guessing the plan is to sneak in, grab the royal dumbass, sneak out and call the authorities? If so, I like it.'
"Speaking of the authorities," Derflinger spoke up, "how long can we assume it'll be until they arrive on their own?"
"Given how the Kalos power plant is the most important in the entire region, and communications are down across the board," Saito began, "I wouldn't be surprised if a Pokémon Ranger team is already on the way to investigate. If not now, then definitely within the hour. They probably think it's due to wild Pokémon, though."
Saito paused, then added, "Which actually gives me an idea."
Pulling out a Pokéball, Saito released Ōdachi. The young Skarmory briefly prepared to let out a happy cry, but Saito quickly and gently grabbed her beak to keep it closed. He then quickly explained the situation to the avian Pokémon, and her excitement soon turned into fear.
"Now then, Ōdachi, here's what I want you to do," Saito began as he started rummaging through his bag to try and find a pen and paper. When he couldn't find one, he cut back a curse, then pulled out his own Pokédex's map and quickly found the nearest Pokémon Ranger station.
Pointing to it, he explained, "I need you to fly over here, find the Pokémon Rangers, and tell them what's going on. We need all the help we can get, and the more they bring, the better. Understand?"
Ōdachi quickly nodded, her eyes narrowing in determination towards her assigned task. But Louise quickly noticed a problem in the plan, and asked, "How is Ōdachi going to tell them what's going on? If I remember correctly, Pokémon Rangers don't exactly have teams to call on. We can't assume they'll have a translator on hand."
Saito scrunched up his face, then answered, "I think…I think we're going to have to send one of our Pokémon who can talk to Rangers with Odachi to explain everything. Which means either Derflinger, Maindo, or Esprit."
The two trainers turned their heads towards the three Pokémon in question, then Derflinger waved his sash while replying, "As much as I would want do go, I don't think I should. I'm too big for Ōdachi to carry me. Besides, I'm the strongest Pokémon here, and I'd rather not leave you all alone where you can get seriously hurt."
"Agreed, meaning it has to be either Maindo or Esprit," Louise replied, turning to look at the two Kirlias. Both Maindo and Esprit were also looking at each other, neither saying anything before Maindo let out a grunt.
'Esprit should go,' Maindo declared, causing Saito, Louise, and Esprit to raise an eyebrow.
"Really? You're being awfully selfless today, Maindo," Saito admitted, but Maindo huffed and crossed his arms.
'Don't you remember what I just said? I want to see Pinky tear her childhood idiot a new one, and I'm not missing that for anything,' Maindo said, only for Esprit to give the male Kirlia a knowing smirk.
'Aw, you do care about us,' Esprit teased, causing Maindo to release another huff while shaking his head.
Louise narrowed her eyes, then admitted, "As much as I'd rather have Esprit with us, she is less likely to make the Rangers mad."
'Okay, that's rude,' Maindo complained, but Louise ignored him in favor of focusing on her Pokémon.
"Esprit, are you up for this?" Louise asked, and Esprit immediately nodded.
'I am. Don't worry, we'll be fine,' Esprit declared, then started walking over to Ōdachi.
The young Skarmory, knowing what she had to do, lowered herself so that Esprit could climb onto her back. Her legs briefly shook from the added weight, and it was somewhat difficult for her to take to the air, but thanks to Esprit giving a telekinetic boost the pair were soon taking flight. Saito and Louise watched as they left, the pair of Pokémon soon turning into a small dot that shone brightly in the sunlight.
A light that clearly others could see as they heard a feminine voice nearby call out, "What the heck is that?"
Releasing a sigh, Saito turned to Maindo and began to say, "Maindo, do you mind-?"
'Already on it,' Maindo interjected, walking around the rock and immediately using hypnosis on the trespassers.
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"Ugh, these clothes are so tacky," Louise muttered under her breath as she and Saito finished slipping the Team Flare uniforms on.
"Hey, it was your idea," Saito replied as he awkwardly adjusted the red suit.
"Don't remind me," Louise said as she released a sigh.
Quickly pulling out her Pokédex, she reversed its camera to get a good look at herself. Although the uniform wasn't a perfect fit, with the sleeves and leggings a tad too long, but overall she looked like a Team Flare Grunt. From the tacky, bright red sunglasses and suit to the black tie, gloves and shoes. There was only one problem, however: her hair. The unconscious and now tied up grunt she had procured the uniform from had nothing to cover her hair with, which was a problem since Louise's hair was a defining trait of hers. Given how the Flare Admins knew who she was, her disguise would fall apart almost immediately should they see her. Louise had a bandana she could use to somewhat cover it, but based off all the other Flare Grunts she had seen and battled against so far, such hair coverings were not part of the uniform.
Realizing that she didn't have much of a choice, Louise sighed again and pocketed her Pokédex. She then looked over Saito. Much like Louise's uniform, Saito's wasn't a perfect fit as it was a bit too snug and tight. But overall, he looked the part. His black hair could be a problem as the majority of Team Flare seemed to have dyed their hair red, but hopefully it wouldn't stand out as much as Louise's.
'You both look ridiculous,' Maindo scoffed, but then he cast a considering look at the unconscious and stripped Flare Grunts lying on the ground. '…So mission accomplished, I guess.'
Saito rolled his eyes and replied, "Well, you're the expert on looking ridiculous, so I'll take your word for it."
'Oh no, you've got way more experience than me… But seriously, you got a plan for your hair? Pinky especially is gonna stick out like a sore thumb.'
"Yeah, I know. But unless you have an idea on how to address that, I don't think we can avoid it," Louise told the Kirlia.
Maindo hummed to himself in thought as he pinched his chin, then he suggested, 'Why not have the wannabe samurai spray you with water? If anyone asks, you can just say that the hair dye got washed away.'
Saito and Louise were quiet for a moment as they thought over his suggestion. Then, with resigned sigh, Saito released Ronin from his Pokéball, told him what he needed the Dewott to do, then braced himself as Ronin sprayed Saito with a heavy stream of water. By the time his starter was done, he was completely drenched. Louise was sprayed down immediately afterwards. As water dripped from her body onto the rocky desert ground, she couldn't help but grumble and cross her chest.
"This better work," she grumbled, then turned around and began to walk away while saying, "Come on, let's go get Henrietta."
"On it," Saito replied he returned Ronin to his Pokéball, but as he pulled out Maindo's the male Kirlia stopped him with a raised hand.
'Don't bother, I'm still under the effects of Block,' Maindo reminded his technical trainer. 'Until it wears off, I'm stuck out here with you two morons.'
"Right, right," Saito said as he collapsed and pocketed the device once again. "Think you can stay out of sight?"
'I'll try, but without Teleport, my options are limited. Trust me, I'm as annoyed about this as you are.'
"Ugh, just great," Saito grumbled, not wanting any more complications to this already foolhardy plan. Realizing that they didn't have much of a choice, he told Maindo to stay behind him and use whatever he could as cover, then followed after Louise.
It wasn't long before they came across another passing patrol of grunts. Despite every instinct telling Saito to either hide or take them out, he and Louise just kept walking as though nothing was the matter and that they belonged there. Louise's frustration was still evident, though, despite her best efforts to clamp it down. At first, the grunts gave them inquisitive looks, but as soon as they saw how utterly drenched they were they simply nodded in understanding and gave the pair sympathetic looks before leaving them be.
That was a good sign, in Saito's opinion, but he knew that the Admins wouldn't be as fooled. Part of him wanted to pick up the pace, but the rest knew they had to stay the course and do nothing that would draw attention to themselves. So they kept walking, giving at most cursory nods towards any other Flare Grunt they passed by while otherwise looking for a way in.
Eventually, they managed to find a side door that was being guarded by a pair of grunts. As they approached, Saito was worried that the guards would realize their deception and start the alarm. But before those fears could come to pass, the pair of terrorists suddenly slumped over and fell unconscious.
'Yeah, wasn't going to deal with that,' Maindo telepathically said as he walked out from behind a nearby rock.
"Good thinking," Saito said, then moved to open the door. When he realized it was locked, he bit back a curse, then stepped aside to let Maindo psychically open it. Once it was opened, he and Louise dragged the unconscious bodies of the hypnotized guards into the power plant, then stuffed them behind a nearby corner.
"Okay, we're in," Louise said as she wringed out some excess water from her hair. "Now we just need to find Henrietta and get out of here."
"Maindo, can you sense her?" Saito asked, and the male Kirlia immediately scrunched up his face as he reached out telepathically across the entire power plant.
After a few moments, he nodded as he pointed behind and up him as he said, 'Yeah, she's that way. Feels like the center of the plant. But we have a problem. The Admins are with her.'
"Crap. How much you want to bet they're counting on us coming to get her?"
'I'd bet my life on it.'
Saito once again bit back a curse as he clenched his fist. He had been hoping that Henrietta would've been kept with the other hostages, but he supposed that was hoping for too much. Given who Henrietta was, it made sense that she'd be given special attention. He could only hope that she wasn't being subjected to too much, although he wouldn't be surprised if they'd already taken blood samples. They had to get her, and fast.
"Saito, what are we going to do? We can't just barge in there. They'll overwhelm us," Louise pointed out, and Saito scrunched up his face.
"I know," he grumbled, trying to find a way out of this predicament, but nothing he could think of was good.
As Louise said, simply barging in there to grab Louise would only result in them either having to deal with the Admins, who had a much better chance of actually beating them than the lowly grunts, or getting stalled long enough for the rest of the grunts to swarm in. They couldn't just leave as they were already in too deep. The only real solution he could think of was to stall Team Flare long enough for the Pokémon Rangers to arrive, but that assumed Esprit and Ōdachi could find them in time.
It was as Louise said. They had no good options, only bad and worse.
After a moment, Saito declared, "I think we have to go in there and get Henrietta ourselves. But we have to distract the rest of Team Flare first, keep them preoccupied while we deal with the Admins. Any ideas on how we do that?"
"I'm thinking…," Louise replied as she began to pace back and forth while rubbing her chin with her fingers. She then snapped her fingers and suggested, "The other hostages. Some of them had to have been Pokémon trainers. If we set them free, they can occupy Team Flare long enough for us to get Henrietta."
"That seems kind of scummy, using them like that," Saito pointed out.
"I get the feeling they won't really care so long as they can get back at these terrorists," Louise countered. "Besides, getting them out is also important, and we don't have any good options."
Saito was silent, then he reluctantly sighed and admitted, "I know. Maindo, where are they?"
'We're in luck; they're being held nearby,' Maindo revealed.
"Lead the way," Saito said to his technical Pokémon, and with a nod Maindo began walking towards the other hostages.
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"Oof!" Henrietta grunted as she was pushed into a chair by a pair of grunts who already starting tying her to. With a snarl, she growled, "Unhand me this instant!"
"Shut up," the grunts replied, continuing with their task. Once it was done, they stepped back and announced, "She's secure, Boss. Need anything else from us?"
"No. Leave us, and try to find her wayward friends," Solomon Anhalt ordered. The two grunts gave a respectful salute, then walked away without looking back.
Once they were alone, Solomon chuckled then said, "You know, it was quite foolish trying to come in here by yourself. Especially after you and your friends managed to get away the first time. Now look at you, all tied up in a chair. I'm almost impressed with how quickly you threw your escape away."
"You won't get away with this," Henrietta declared, her face warped in rage.
"Oh, but I think we will. Minerva, how close are you to downloading the data we need?" Solomon asked his partner, who was currently typing away at a nearby terminal.
"About halfway done," she answered. "The new program is working just as advertised. Should be finished within the hour."
"Glad to hear it. As soon as it's complete, we're leaving," Solomon said as he started circling Henrietta, only for Minerva to walk away from the terminal.
"Since we have this opportunity, might as well get some samples. Hold her still," she stated as she pulled out a nearby briefcase and opened it, revealing the contents to be some syringes and vials. Henrietta recognized what they were, and gulped as the woman started walking over to her with a syringe gun in hand.
"Hey, what are you-?!" Henrietta began, only for Solomon to roughly tilt her head to the left, exposing her neck and allowing Minerva to jam the syringe gun into her flesh. She gasped in pain and tried to struggle, but Solomon's grip, combined with the rope tying her to the chair, proved too strong.
A few moments later, Minerva extracted the syringe from Henrietta's neck. A trickle of blood came out of the small hole, but neither Soloman nor Minerva made a to stem it. Her neck became sore, and blood leaked onto her shoulder, but Henrietta ignored it as she sharply tilted her head to the right side in order to apply at least some pressure and glared at the terrorists' back, who completely ignored her.
"I'll need hair and saliva samples, too. I trust you can handle that yourself," Minerva said as she began to store the blood samples, and her partner made a dismissive wave.
"Yeah, yeah," the muscular Admin grumbled as he searched around for more sample equipment.
As he continued to search, Henrietta scowled then asked, "What is it you want with me? With the power plant?"
"What makes you think I'm going to tell you anything?" Solomon rhetorically asked.
Princess Henrietta growled again. She had been hoping that she could've at least get the man to say something that would give a hint as to what they were doing here. It happened in all the stories she read where the hero would get captured. The villain would inevitably give a grand monologue that would explain their master plan from beginning to end, only for the hero's allies or themselves through a stroke of luck and skill to break out. Using that newly gained knowledge the villain had oh-so-freely given, the hero would go on to save the day.
Henrietta was starting to get the sense that those stories were very unrealistic.
Shaking her head, Henrietta then declared, "It doesn't matter what you want with me, or the power plant. My friends will stop you."
"In case you haven't noticed, girl, we hold all the cards here," Solomon rebuffed as he pulled out some scissors and a plastic bag. "Sure, your friends may have gotten away from us with that little magic trick of hers, but I doubt they'll just leave you behind. They're still here, and my men are combing the grounds as we speak. It doesn't matter how good of trainers they are, they'll be brought down eventually."
Solomon chuckled and smiled wickedly before declaring, "Honestly, I have to thank you. Minerva had been wanting to get some more samples from your fellow mage friend. Now, because of you, we'll have the chance to do just that."
Henrietta's eyes widened, and her skin clammed up as she realized that the terrorist was absolutely right. She had completely forgotten that Team Flare had stolen some of Louise's DNA during their attack on Cyllage City. If given the chance, they would absolutely want more, which was why they were taking samples of her DNA. Henrietta hadn't just put herself in danger; she'd put her friends in danger too.
Seeing the crestfallen look on the princess' face, Solomon chuckled then said, "Good, now you finally realize just how badly you messed up. Honestly, you should've left when you chance. I would've actually been worried if you did. But now we can take our sweet time and—"
Solomon was suddenly interrupted by a large explosion that sent made the ground rumble beneath his feet. The terrorist had to drop the scissors and bag in order to grab a nearby wall for support, and his head shot up to the now blaring alarm coming from the ceiling.
"Gagh! Report!" Solomon yelled into his radio.
"The prisoners have broken out! They're-!" one of the grunts replied, only to be cut off by the sound of a lightning bolt.
Henrietta immediately knew who was responsible, and despite herself she couldn't help but smile smugly. Seeing this, Solomon growled and clenched his fist, then prepared to run out to deal with the problem. But before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by his fellow Admin purposefully coughing.
"What?" Solomon asked, his voice filled with irritation.
"They're coming here. The escape attempt is a distraction," Minerva declared, walking away from the terminal and pulling out a Pokéball. "I'll need your help when they arrive."
Solomon growled again as he pulled out his own Pokéball and replied, "I told you we should've taken them out before they could've interfered."
"That you did," Minerva admitted, then she and her fellow Admin stood silently in the center of the room, waiting for the battle they both knew was coming.
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Hello, everyone! Here is the latest chapter of Outsiders! Special thanks to Darwin Candidate and Yuri Vampire for their help in bringing this chapter to life.
Henrietta's attempt at heroism ended as we all expected: in utter abject failure. Now Saito and Louise have to pull her butt out of the fire she blindingly threw herself into, if only so that Louise could chew her out. Our heroes might not have a good plan, but with any luck their bad plan will prove to be enough.
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