Alright, everyone, looks like we're back here again. This is going to be a three chapter intermission that'll serve as a way to separate the previous and next arc for now. Trust me when I say this, you'll be glad for the breather because what I got planned for the next arc is a doozy.
This does mean this is mostly going to be just fun and fluffy stuff, with a tiny bit of world building. I think I'll do this occasionally in order to break things up for you guys in case things get too plot heavy.
Either way, that aside, let's get on with the chapter!
None of the members of their little group called the ruined castle their clubhouse or anything, but it was starting to become that to the Ed's. Since they, including their friends at Ever After, were waiting here to finally get the results for the Gloom Beach trip here, it was most likely a mutual feeling.
Ed was nervous most of all, Double D trailing behind. Since he'd been so involved with the process, he knew how devastating the blow would be if they hadn't made it. Double D himself was nervous for many of the same reasons, especially since Clawdeen had been so excited for the trip.
It's not like the others weren't sympathetic or worried about things going right either. It's just that the boy's worries were just more palpable.
That irritated Eddy to no end.
"I really don't get why you're all so worried about this. It's not like it's the end of the world if we don't get it." Eddy was trying out this magical exercise Raven had taught him in order to keep himself busy. "A trophy would be cool to get, but I'm pretty sure nobody's going to be mad if the girls don't make it in."
"It's the principal of the thing, Eddy. A lot of work is coming to fruition here, and hopefully the fruits of our labor aren't wilting." Double D paced around, anxiously tugging at his beanie. How the thing survived years of this, none of them knew. "Plus, the trophy would be good for school morale. We've made good progress distracting the werewolves and vampires from their feud, but a sense of unity by school spirit would be great."
"At least we have the elections over with. Some of the proceedings have gotten quite easier with Maddie helping me out." Apple twirled her hair cutely, keeping a wary eye on Eddy's experimentation. "I'm starting to wonder if we should've done the co-presidents thing sooner. I've been able to get some more things done with less paperwork in the way."
"Just why is there so much paperwork anyway? I can't believe there's so many forms just to do one little thing!" Maddie had taken up the role with relative ease, though she had to figure out a few realities to it that she hadn't been made aware of originally. "Wonderland may have a topsy-turvy government, but we definitely have a less complicated version than this."
"Sounds frightening. Guess bureaucracy is as evil as people say." Raven got a quick high five from Eddy for that one. She kept her eyes out to the distance, as curious as the rest. "At least this'll be a good change of pace. I don't remember the last time I've ever been to a beach."
"I have, and the answer is never." Cerise looked torn between excitement and dread. She tugged her hood rather over her head, as if to hide her face. "I don't even think I have a swimsuit. All of my family's vacations usually involved camping or something."
"I'm sure it'll be fine. I mean, Ghoulia would've said something if it failed by now!" Ed saw the flash of gold in the distance, Cleo walking ahead and talking with said zombie. "They're coming up!"
Indeed, the rest of their group were arriving at their space, though it was hard to tell from their faces what exactly the result was. Cleo was normally pretty guarded in her emotions, and even if Ghoulia could emote, her default expression was mostly blank. Clawdeen herself was mostly an open book, but hers was also schooled.
This may or may not have set off alarm bells in everyone's heads.
It didn't take long for the three to settle in, still remaining silent as they did so. The lack of clear emotion was throwing everybody off, preventing them from actually clearing it up themselves. It was only after a few moments of apprehension that Cleo grabbed an envelope out of her purse, showing it to everyone.
"We're in." The mummy smirked as every single person in attendance was either sighing in relief or groaning at the faked drama.
"Okay, I'll give you that one, Queenie. You almost gave me a heart attack there." Eddy sighed. He resorted to old coin tricks in order to settle himself down. "I'm guessing people liked your video?"
"There was a window where we thought we wouldn't make it, but we pulled through." Ghoulia looked through the statistics of the video they put up. "It took some clever maneuvering on several social media sites, but we got it done."
"Which means we all not only get to possibly win a trophy, but we get a sweet little trip out of it too!" Clawdeen looked especially excited by that. She relaxed against a tree, filing her sharp nails. "It'll be nice to get away from some of the stress around here. Plus, we get to bring you guys as guests. Which you'll have to get swimsuits for."
Cerise groaned at that. "I knew you were going to say that, and it still hurts to hear. I'm glad to go, but do I really have to wear one?"
"Aw, don't worry about it?" Maddie slapped the hooded girl on the back, nearly toppling her over. "We'll help you buy one. Clawdeen might know a place and we can even have Double D help choose too!"
"Wait, why would I have to help choose?" Double D's face was starting to turn red at the thought. "I mean, I wouldn't know. I don't even swim that much or know what to wear or-"
"Just go with it, Double D. Maddie will do everything in her power to get you to help her. Plus, most people in your position wouldn't complain." Raven frowned as well, moving back onto the tree. "I'm guessing we'll all have to buy some before we actually go. I haven't really bought any either. I'm pretty sure my mom was allergic to actual sunshine."
"We'll make a day of it, then!" Apple seemed especially excited, grabbing onto the sorceress's arm. "We can divide it into teams. Cleo, Raven, Eddy, and I will go on our own, while Double will help with Clawdeen, Maddie, and Cerise."
"What about me?" Ed scratched the back of his head, not feeling as embarrassed as the other two boys. "I don't mind helping Ghoulia, but that only leaves us two."
"I'm sure Frankie would like some help as well. I might as well invite her." The zombie shrugged. She seemed only slightly embarrassed by the thought, though she was quickly adapting to it. "Lagoona and Laura probably have something already, but Frankie hasn't had time to go to a beach just yet."
"Wait, I get why we need to do this, but why are we all separating the guys here?" Eddy would've normally jumped at a chance like this, but none of it made sense to him. "Wouldn't we know what we should wear better than anyone else here?"
"No. Ed's shown me pictures of your van. If that's what you call stylish and cool, then we need to make sure you're separated so you can actually wear something decent." Cleo dodged a minor curse Eddy flicked her way. "Also, before you get any ideas, I'm inviting my boyfriend to help."
"That's still pretty weird." Cerise looked resigned, realizing that everybody had already planned things out. She couldn't get out of this if she tried. "Though, I only have one rule; the hood stays on. No matter what. You cannot change my mind about this."
"Can the same rule apply to my hat?" Double D looked just as resigned and even more embarrassed about the idea.
"Fine, we'll work around it." Clawdeen rolled her eyes, muttering something about hard to please customers. She moved up towards her 'chosen' group, chuckling. "We're all leaving in a couple of days, so tell your teachers and stuff. It'll be over the three-day weekend, but Bloodgood says it's best to tell them in case there's some kind of delay."
The groups nodded before they all went their separate ways. The boys themselves hung back, some more reluctant than others. Eddy looked over to Double D, raising an eyebrow.
"Like I said, Sockhead; our lives are now anime."
"Don't remind me."
Eddy figured that this situation would be a little awkward. I mean, helping out with swimsuit shopping sounded like a cool idea before realizing you'd have to be honest about how it looked. Which, yeah, wasn't a problem for his loudmouth, but he couldn't be too harsh on them (except for Queenie, of course).
Somehow, this was all only amplified by the fact Deuce was here with them, as awkward as he was.
Eddy had no problems with the guy, really. Heck, they only met once and he was sure that he made an okay impression on the gorgon, but that didn't mean he actually knew him that well. The sunglasses and naturally chill demeanor didn't help with that.
Which is why he was currently sketching out his current plans for his next magical device. Well, more magical item, but it was pretty much the same thing to him.
He did note the curious glances Deuce sent his way as they waited for one of the girls to get out of the changing rooms. Impassive or not, he was most likely feeling as awkward as he was.
"So," Eddy almost jumped as Deuce experimentally started the conversation. "What are you working on? Cleo said that you work on machines or something. Didn't really specify what."
"I'm a mechanic, but I work on a lot of things." Eddy twirled his pencil, looking over his notes. "This is more 'artificer' kind of stuff, though. Or enchantment. Depends on how you look at it."
"I'm not exactly familiar with any of it, but we aren't really doing anything else here." The gorgon leaned forward, looking at what he could catch. "Lay it on me. Looks like you're struggling over it."
Eddy hated to admit he was right, though he wasn't going to say that was true in the slightest. He made sure the other guy could see some of it, wiping off the remains of whatever magical equations/matrixes he'd drawn.
"There's a drawback to my magic I've been trying to make better. Due to the whole sorcerer deal, I'm decent at a lot of types of magic, but can't really master any of them." He pointed to the schematic of a ring, along with various runes written beside it. "I'm wondering if there's a way to make certain kinds of spells easier for me to do if. There are eight schools of magic that have a learning curve I need to get past."
"And where do the rings come in?" Deuce already looked lost, but the follow up questions were appreciated. Eddy wondered if this was what Double D felt like when he lectured him on stuff. "I mean, some of the runes look cool, but…"
"The runes on the rings are focused on facilitating certain spells. Y'know, like rituals using sigils and stuff." Eddy brought the paper back to him. "It's pretty much making any 'higher level' spells are easier for me to use in certain schools of magic. I just have to decide what ones I want and what I don't need. Probably drop Necromancy, a lot of government stuff involved with that I don't want to deal with."
"Seems like you know your stuff at least." Deuce hadn't followed a lot of that, but her figured that Eddy knew what he was talking about. "Been studying a lot of it?"
"Yeah, been doing it for hours. Going through textbooks can be… very… exhausting." Eddy trailed off, eyes widening. He stayed still for enough time to make Deuce wonder if he should call for help, until suddenly getting onto his knees and yelling at the ceiling. "Damn you, Sockhead! You finally turned me into a nerd! Are you happy now?!"
"Eddy, please stop screaming at the ceiling. Your attracting attention."
"Don't tell me what to do, Queenie! I'm having a crisis here!" He pointed at the mummy, narrowing his eyes. "I could curse anyone here and you know it."
Cleo rolled her eyes. She made sure to adjust the bikini top, making sure it stuck to her chest. A blue shawl covered the lower half of her body, preventing anyone from seeing underneath it.
"Looks good, Cleo." Deuce did sound honest, and if anyone looked closely enough, they could've seen him look her over. The mummy chuckled, giving him a kiss on the cheek, Eddy gagging in the background.
"She's got a point, Eddy. Not sure what Double D did, but maybe wait until he's here to yell at him." Raven set aside the curtain, though she was really laughing at the two's back and forth. She felt a little awkward wearing the halter top and skirt bottom at first, but Eddy didn't even seem to care, so she didn't either. "Though, if you're still going with that ring idea, I'd suggest going to with Transmutation or Evocation first."
"Isn't Evocation the battle magic?" Apple stepped out too, somehow the most self-conscious. She wore a one-piece suit that had frills at the edges. It made sense; her more conservative nature did make it hard to show skin. "I guess he's a villain, but I don't think people would be comfortable with him knowing that."
"Aren't you supposed to be happy that she's giving me the more destructive options?" Eddy figured focusing on that would be a better option than him focusing on the swimsuits. If he was honest with himself, all of them looked great. Not that he'd admit it. "I was thinking I could focus on getting five schools of magic on one hand and have specific Evocation spells as the other. Other than Necromancy, I think I might ditch Divination. That stuff sounds cool, but it doesn't seem my style."
"The fact you have this figured out is frightening." Raven didn't seem too perturbed as she said this, though, only nodding appreciatively. "If you're doing this type of stuff, I'm kind of scared to figure out what the other two are doing."
"Ok, talk of weapons of mass destruction is over," Cleo clapped to emphasize her point. She didn't want Eddy derailing the conversation any longer than he could get away with. "Now. What exactly are you planning on wearing, Eddy?"
"There really isn't a lot of choices here, honestly." Deuce shrugged, lifting up a simple pair of swim trunks he picked out. "I don't think there's any wrong choice here he could go with."
"I wouldn't challenge him if I were you." Apple saw a gleam appear in the mischievous sorcerer's eye. "He might just find something terrible."
"Well, he isn't going to wear something ugly, at the very least." The mummy clicked her tongue, looking Eddy over. "At least, not without an old-fashioned Egyptian curse on his heels if he does."
Eddy narrowed his eyes at her, smirk growing. "…Would any of you be against speedo's?"
The group, despite warning him to be quiet earlier, went into an uproar at the question.
"Dear god, no. Please, do not let my virgin eyes look at that." The sorceress was borderline ready to hex him herself at the declaration. Ravens hands were alight and ready to throw a curse his way. "Unless you're joining a body builder contest, don't even think about it."
"Yeah, as much fun as that would be… no, wait, it wouldn't be." Deuce retracted any statement he was about to make, face cringing as if it left a bad taste in his mouth. "If you want to be immortalized in stone wearing it, I'm begging you."
"What's a speedo?" Apple was just clueless, wondering why everyone was freaking out. Cleo leaned in and whispered into her ear, causing the princess to recoil. "I'd suggest not, but I guess you are free to decide."
"Glad to know one of you here supports me, Princess." Eddy had no intention of wearing one, especially since that one time he did as a kid didn't go so well. "Because if I'm forced to choose anything here that I don't like, you can blame Queenie."
Cleo groaned, putting her face into her hands. "Fine. Pick something, but make sure you actually look good in it. Anything's better than a speedo, I guess."
"Thank you." The boys smile was smug as he went off, picking off a pair of yellow and black swim trunks off a rack. He went into a free changing room, leaving the others to sigh in relief.
A moment of silence occurred as the small group waited for him to come out. Deuce eventually broke it, looking to Raven.
"Hey, you don't happen to know any memory related spells, right?" The gorgon grimaced, tapping the side of his head. "That image he brought up isn't going to leave my mind at all."
"Same, but no, not in my skillset."
"Dammit."
Double D was thoroughly embarrassed by all of this. But then again, that was just how he normally was, so this wasn't abnormal.
He tapped his foot on the floor nervously, playing with his own sketchbook. It was agreed that all of the Ed's would try and take their minds off of the more embarrassing part of the trip by working on their projects. He wasn't sure if either of them were actually doing that, but it certainly helped him.
His main ideas, at the very moment, were simply focusing on his metal tentacles. While they were amazing on their own, it wouldn't hurt to diversify the portfolio.
However, it was surprisingly difficult to do so. Not to be egotistic, but he found that they served their purpose and that they did so pretty well.
His main three ideas were adding powerful magnets to the end of them, create a function that could cause blasts of powerful wind if spun fast enough, or even taser functions. The magnets would be for mobility, mostly for metal walls that would normally be unscalable. The wind blasts, while a strange idea, could be useful in making sure fires in the lab didn't spread.
As for the tasers…
…Well, Eddy's paranoia does tend to spread. Talks of learning Evocation spells (the kind that can cause quite a bit of damage) caused him to wonder what would happen if the scam went south. Bloodgood did say that if they get found out, they'd only loose their memories of this, but that didn't account for Monsters and Legends that really hated humans.
Ed and Eddy had their own defenses. And though Double D's arms would serve well, it didn't hurt to have some extra firepower.
Hopefully, he wouldn't have to use it.
"Whatcha doin'?"
"Gah!" Double D closed the book of sketches, Maddie surprising him out of his thoughts. The embarrassment only got worse after noticing that she was in the swimsuit she picked.
It was a simple, regular bikini, but it was in her usual colors of pink yellow and blue. It was almost psychedelic in a way, especially since it was tied up in cutesy bows. Somehow, the fact she wasn't wearing her signature hat really threw him off the most right now.
"Just some personal projects. Not a cause for concern." He nervously chuckled, putting the notebook away in one of his pockets. "I've already picked out something for myself to wear myself and I was simply waiting for one of you to come on out."
He had done that, hoping to stall for time. Unfortunately, the men's section was not a place for variety, but he had found something a little better than just swim trunks. He made sure to wave the swim shirt and swim shorts he found on a rack, red and purple, respectively. Double D was always one for keeping consistency.
Maddie, thankfully, nodded and decided to move on. "At least you're keeping busy. It looks like Clawdeen and Cerise might take a while with theirs." She counted on her fingers, calculating something. "I don't think I've ever seen someone carry that much clothes before, but I guess Clawdeen knows what she's doing."
"And Cerise?"
"She's just shy. But I think she's always been like that." Maddie started to rock the bench, as if all the energy she had in her body was desperately trying to escape. "I don't really know why. She's always been a confident, but I don't even think I've ever seen her without that hood of hers. No one really knows much about her family either, especially on who her dad is."
"That is a core part of her story. I mean, other than the wolf part." Double D touched his own beanie for a second, frowning. "I mean, this is the first time I've seen you without your hat. And I don't think anyone here has seen me without mine."
"True." The Wonderlandian narrowed her eyes at him for a second leaning forward to grab it. "What's under there, exactly?"
"Nothing!" He moved back more, clutching at the hat. "Nothing that matters whatsoever."
"Yeah, I'm having a hard time believing that."
Clawdeen had opened the door while they were talking, watching them with an amused expression. Her swimsuit was a one piece that showed off the sides of her stomach, with one strap going over left shoulder. It was in a rainbow color that had a cheetah print background on it.
"I was wondering if you were just gonna bail for a second there. Good to know that you picked something out too." She looked over the clothes he picked out, nodding in approval. "Looks good too. Let's just hope Cerise picks something."
A phone buzzed, causing Clawdeen to fish one out of her purse. She looked at her iCoffin with curiosity, then frustration.
"Something wrong?" Double D straightened up as the glare went over to him. "Sorry, it just seems like you received some sour news."
"Did something happen about the trip?" Maddie counted the amount of questions on her hand one by one. "Is there a canceled order? Disaster at the school? Cleo texting you again?"
"Nah," The werewolf sighed, putting the iCoffin away with a huff. "My brother's been acting weird lately and I don't get why. I've been asking him about it for a week now and he hasn't said anything. Not to mention Draculaura's been sending me weird texts she isn't explaining."
The other two frowned at that. They didn't really know much about the two, but Clawdeen did. If they were acting strange, then she was most likely right about that. But, they weren't really in the know, since Double D was still relatively 'new,' while Maddie just plain didn't go to their school.
"I'm not usually one to suggest this, but maybe it really is nothing. If it's something serious, I don't think your brother and friend would hide it from you." Double D couldn't speak for them, but that was his honest interpretation.
"Plus, you'd know if it was something bad!" Maddie zipped over to the werewolf, leaning on her and booping her nose. "You do have an eye for detail, after all."
"I'm pretty sure they wouldn't like anyone snooping either. They'll probably tell you what it's about."
The three were surprised to hear the new voice pipe up, looking around for it. Maddie eventually saw a flicker of red behind a clothes rack.
"Cerise, are you really hiding from us?" Maddie pouted, tapping her foot on the ground. "At least let us see how you look. I'm sure you're very pretty!"
"I don't have to do anything. I'm not even sure why I changed." Cerise was not coming out at all and she would die on that hill if she so pleased. "I think I picked out a good one, though, so we can go ahead and leave. I'll get changed."
"Ah ah ah." Clawdeen moved towards the clothes rack with intent. "I made sure to get you a selection and I intend to make sure that it looks good. I get being shy, but this is kinda ridiculous."
Double D raised an eyebrow, a devious thought entered his mind. He smiled mischievously, looking briefly at Maddie. "We could just do what we did in the infirmary again. That seems to motivate her."
"What thing from the infirmary?" The hooded girl sounded alarmed, extremely confused by that statement. "We didn't do anything in the- oh no."
"Oh Cerise~." Double D said it lightly, causing the other two to perk up at that. Cerise groaned lowly at that.
"Oh Cerise~." Maddie joined in, causing their shy friend to groan even louder. If they paid attention to Clawdeen, they would've seen her fighting hysterical laughter at this point.
She calmed down enough to take a deep breath and finish their friend off. "Oh Cerise~."
The girl finally broke, moving aside some of the clothing so they could finally see her. She was blushing as she wore the one piece, as plaid as her normal clothing usually was. It was pretty simple, but she pulled it off.
"You guys are all jerks." Cerise mumbled, kicking at the floor petulantly. She blushed even more as Clawdeen moved up to fix her hood.
"Yeah, but it got you out here and we can finally look at you." The werewolf smirked at the pout sent her way.
"And you look good too! Very fitting style." Maddie gave her a thumbs up, causing Cerise's ire to simmer down.
The hooded girl sent a glare Double D's way. She pointed at him, eyes narrowed. "I will get you back for starting that."
The smart boy, forgoing any past nervousness, smirked.
"I'd like to see you try, Cerise~."
He was hit in the face with a shirt for that comment, but he felt it was worth it.
Ed figured everything went pretty well, all considering. Then again, Ghoulia and Frankie weren't exactly the most chaotic people when left alone and he didn't really have anything to do, so it wasn't like something could actually go wrong.
Ghoulia just pinked a red and white bikini, opting to wear a shawl around her waste for the occasion. Frankie herself picked out a pretty colorful one piece that had a lightning bolt in the middle. He decided to get one of those old timey ones that were basically a one-piece swimsuit for men. It looked like his shirt too, so that was a win in his book.
Right now, he was just trying to come up with ideas of his own for their latest batch of inventions while the girls bought their suits. He wanted something that he could actually use outside of his main monster form and that was what he was going to get.
He did have an idea for stingers in his hands, go the Assassins Creed route and having a hidden blade, but he wondered if that was going too far. Thoughts of breathing out gas of some kind would be cool, but he didn't know how to translate that to his human form. Maybe some kind of capsules that work like cyanide pills would work. A long tongue maybe?
…He didn't know why, but he figured Double D would find that inappropriate. He'd still use it though!
Eddy even brought up idea of making him good at 'hunting,' though he wasn't sure how far he'd go with that. Specialized earbuds and maybe some subtle eyewear would help with hearing with vision would help.
"I'm becoming a supervillain." It was a weird thought to have, but it escaped from his brain, nonetheless. "At least supervillains are cool. I should get a cape."
"A cape for what?" Ghoulia stepped out of the store, not even missing a beat at the strange remark. Frankie, walking behind her, seemed to be confused for her. "If you're doing cosplay at any point, feel free to notify me. It's been a while since I've been to con of any sort."
"It's nothing. Just thinking out loud." Ed decided to leave it at that, closing the book abruptly. "You got everything you needed in there?"
"All of its paid for." Frankie looked around, not sure what to do next. "Though, I'm not entirely sure what we need to do now. I mean, it sounds like other than packing, I think we can call it a day."
"You two can go ahead. I actually got a call from Bloodgood earlier and I'm waiting for it to get here." He looked at his phone, checking the time. "It should be getting here soon. Right about…"
A horn went off, playing La Cucaracha loudly on the open street. Ed looked up and smiled, watching as a slightly beat-up, but still working van drove up. A monster stepped out of it swiftly as he walked up, signing it off back to him.
"Wait, you own a van?" Frankie walked around the vehicle as Ed finished up some paperwork. It honestly looked a bit ugly to her, but it ran fine, so it was most likely okay.
"I'm guessing you bought this at a used car shop?" Ghoulia herself didn't recognize the model, but she figured it was made in the late 70's, early 80's. If that was true, then that thing working was an absolute miracle.
"Actually, me and my friends built it. We used to hang out at our town's junkyard a lot and decided to fix this up." Ed laughed, fondly looking at the van, inspecting it for any damage. Finding none, he headed for the engine block to see if they needed to do any maintenance. "Took a couple of years, but we got it working last spring. It's old, but there's a lot of memories in it."
The zombie of the group looked into the engine as he popped it open. She almost let out a whistle in appreciation. "This is pretty well built together. Certainly better than what I was expecting."
"It looks like you put a lot of work into it." The stitched-up girl nodded along; not sure what else she could say. She wasn't exactly a car person, but she trusted Ghoulia's judgement. "Why'd you bring it up now, though?"
Ed shrugged, putting down the hood after noticing nothing was wrong. "Figured it would be good to help bring stuff to Gloom Beach we couldn't carry on the bus." He twirled the keys around, moving to the driver's seat. "Want to take a ride? Looks like everything's good right now but testing it would be a good idea."
"Sure. Looks like there's room enough in the front seat." Ghoulia and Frankie moved on in. The seats were surprisingly comfortable. "Did you do some work on the upholstery? It seems like you had experience with this."
"We fixed up a few other cars in order to get some cash. Nothing like this though." Ed turned the key in the ignition, smiling as it started up the first time. "Kinda feel bad we had to get rid of the waterbed, though. But it got a hole in it, so we had to throw it out."
"Waterbed?" The car lurched forward as Ed hit the gas, Frankie rushing to put on a seatbelt. After securing herself, she reached over to the radio. "Might as well check this out."
The radio cranked on, static filling the car before a song started playing on the radio.
"Ca-li-forn-ia girls,
We're undeniable.
Fine, fresh, fierce,
We got it on lock!"
"Hey a classic!" Ed laughed, moving down the street. The other two joined him, agreeing with him that it was weirdly fitting right now.
"Gloom Beach, here we come." Ghoulia smiled, feeling content.
This was going to be a fun weekend.
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