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 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:07 am
No...No one...No!
A sharp gasp!
Simone jolted upright in her bed, panting, eyes wide with hair and pajamas disheveled. For a moment, she frantically glanced around her room, drawing her knees to her chest. Everything was as it should be, as it was when she crawled into bed to go to sleep. The desk was where it was, her chair, her drying rack, her dresser. The curtains on her window had been left partially open to let in a bit of moonlight and a slight breeze from the slightly open window. The main difference being that in her apparently rather violent tossing and turning she had completely kicked off her blanket, throw, her top sheet, and a few of her smaller pillows and the pleasant breeze that had been filtering into her room when she first laid down had died down, leaving what felt to be heavily stagnant air. Her face and skin felt hot, hotter than normal. In spite of this, the demon gave a shiver. The dream had left her feeling beyond anxious and she could feel her hands shaking slightly as she held herself. Leaping out of bed, Simone paced back and forth, before rushing to the window and flinging open the curtains. Was there any wind at all?! Anything to do something about the Jack damned hot, still air! Opening her window fully, she thrust an arm out into the air to feel if there was anything. A soft dismayed cry escaped her at finding that, what little there was didn't feel any different to her.
Wrapping her arms around her waist, she paced again, staring into the dark corners of her room, as if expecting them to reach out and swallow her. Her crimson gaze passed over the clock on her desk, but the late hour didn't register to her. She felt trapped and shaky and just woefully in need of comforting. It dawned on her.
"Oh, kitten..." She whispered to herself, attention immediately going to her door. He could make her feel better! If anything, he could cool down, which would at least start soothing her that way. Not even thinking to call or put on shoes or slippers of any sort, Simone grabbed her throw from off the floor and left, just barely remembering to close the door behind her. She didn't think to lock it. The little Lust demoness was off to the Ghost Dorms, to pay a visit to her dear Nightingale. Wrapping her throw around her shoulders, she went quickly and quietly as she made her way to stand in front of his door.
Was he sleeping? He wouldn't be mad, would he? With heart still hammering in her chest and with furrowed brow, Simone lifted a hand to knock on his door, glancing up and down the hallway. While this was an emergency, she didn't want to get in trouble. She could only imagine what someone might think if they spotted a Lust demon just in her pajamas and a throw, knowing on some boil's door late in the night. Yeah, probably not great things.
"Night..." She called softly through the door as she pressed her free palm and her forehead against it, her other hand clutching her throw about her shoulders like an impromptu shawl. "I need you, kitten...Please wake up..."
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:08 pm
Night had been up restlessly, his nocturnal habits coupled with his ability to survive without sleep had him playing in his dorm with his Nergal crew Minipets. The four troublemakers he had adopted from the city were currently playing with a ball of bad luck yarn, something Night had infused with his own FEAR to mess with his pets, Graveyard and Cc, the wishing Nergal and Nergal Hazcat we're currently trying to untangle their two other counterparts while Night watched with amusement.
His room was drafty with the cold of the ghost dorm. Not like it bothered him at all, he was after a ghost and a dead one at that. Ghost always ran cold, and as such, he was always attracted to that of the warmer blooded species such as Demons and Monsters.
A knock sounded on the door, surprising him as it was such a late hour and had him getting up to answer. The nergal crew still tangled with the yarn like a sworn enemy while Night's known Luck cats joined him at the door, swinging it open slowly.
"Simone?" Night recognized his cuddle buddy demon at the door, though she looked haunted and scared. Concerned he ushered in with a..."come on Simone! Let's get you inside." He frowned as he kept his eyes glued on her, concerned before looking around. "Ah, well, we'll just have to avoid the Nergal mess over there but..." Night frowned intently, "What happened Simone? Your shaking! Did someone try to hurt you?" His tail whipped up as his ears flattened in anger. Whoever did this better watch their backs, cause Night would make their life hell if he needed to.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:31 pm
The sound of the rattling of the doorknob caused the demoness to take a small step back, dropping her hand to absently run her fingers through some of the tassels. "Night..." She said softly, her voice sounding a little thick from whatever emotions she was muddling through. Simone let herself be ushered in, the worried frown and knit brow not leaving her face, her crimson eyes shining with what could definitely be the potential start of tears. She didn't even really notice the Nergal Minipets having at the yarn. Instead of an immediate answer, she turned to directly face him and threw her arms around his neck, balancing on the balls of her feet, and bit back hint of a sob escaped her as she held the cat as if we were going to vanish on her.
She shook her head with a sniff, to try and keep herself from outright crying. "Nothing like that, kitten. N-no one tried to hurt me. I just...had a really, really bad dream." She nuzzled her face into his shoulder. "Oh, it was just so terrible, Night! I haven't had such a bad one in a long while." The cooler temperature of his dorm and the cooler temperature of his body made her heave a shuddering sigh. The memory of her dream, however, was still making her feel clingy and a tad jittery. It truly had been one of her worst to date. Simone fought back some sniffles and shook her head, wiping a hand across her cheeks to brush away a few rogue tears made their escape from her lashes. "I'm sorry if I'm interrupting anything, but I just...just needed to come over. I don't want to be alone right now and my room just felt so stifling." Which could say a lot about how she was feeling to start with, considering that Lust could take quite a bit of heat in her own right seeing as she could possibly act as a personal living heater.
A few more tears slid down her cheeks causing her to rebury her face into his shoulder. She took a series of deep breaths to attempt to calm herself. Ugh, she didn't even like letting her parents or siblings see her cry, much less a friend from school, but how she was shaken. After a few moments, she turned her head to rest her cheek against the boil. "Can we sit down? I just want to curl up with you for a while..." She said swallowing hard. Not from asking to get cozy with the cat, no indeed. It was from trying to keep herself from going into a full on crying fit.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:23 am
Night was more worried by the fact of her face being distressed then the hour of her late night visit. She looked plagued and on the verge of tears and when she all but jumped him on the spot, he remained calm and cool, wrapping his arms and tail around her to comfort her.
His hand reached up to pat her head as she sniffed into his shoulder. "Well, that's one good thing, I'd hate to have to beat someone up tonight, They wouldn't stand a chance!" He joked before sobering. Aw, the poor baby! Bad dreams he could understand all too well. And because he was a ghost, not only we're bad dreams well bad, but they tended to be about his past. If it was like that for him, he wondered what in Simone's past that could plague her, or what had she dreamed about that had scared her so much. "Not interrupting anything besides my pets trying to decipher the mysterious trap called the yarn ball." He looked over her shoulder at them and deemed them a wast of time now, besides they were big boy minipets, they'd figure it out or have to wait till the morning. He had a trembling Simone on the brink of tears right now, and he hated to see her that way.
He continued to pat her head, rubbing his hand up and down her back. "It's okay Simone, Your here now, I'll try to help as much as I can." He smiled softly at her, pulling back to take her hand and tugging her to the most comfiest area in his dorm room, his large bed. It was covered in thin silk like sheets with a larger comforter and tons of pillows. He pulled her down with him and curled her into his body so that he could encompass her in his grip gently. His tail laid over them protectively, patting her leg as he held her. "Do you want to tell me? I promise I'll listen carefully and help as much as I can." He brushed her cheek. "And If I have to! I will distract you with cuddles and tickling!" He grinned, winking at her.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:37 am
Simone gave a ghost of a smile at his bit of humor. From her clinging position against Night, she glanced over at the still wrestling around minipets. "Okay. Well, they'll figure it out or tucker themselves out trying..." She rubbed her eyes again, briefly hiding her eyes behind her bangs before returning to wrap her arms back around her kitten fully. The demon nodded. "And I am so glad to be here..." She muttered into his neck. His closeness and the back rubbing was helping some, but the dream was still very prevalent in her memory. "Thanks, Night. Anything will be a help, I think. It was a doozy."
Letting the ghost boil take her hand and lead her over to his plush, sizable bed. The silken sheets were cool to the touch as well. A mild delight in her flushed, more heated state. Simone positioned herself so that he could curl around her and sort of half wrapped herself around him to close as much space between them as possible. She wanted to feel someone to help make up for what happened in the dream. Someone tangible, someone real. Even if said tangible person was a ghost.
She flashed another half smile at his threat of tickles and further cuddling. "Oh, my sweet Night," She said managing to keep her smile for a moment before snuggling against the boil. "I think I can tell you...It started out with me heading home to visit family. I guess it was a break here or something, but I arrived home and went inside. My house looked normal, all our stuff was in its proper places but no matter where I looked or called, my family didn't answer. I tried calling the skelephones and no answer there either. It was weird, so I went back out front to see if there was any signs of their cars and there were no cars at all. Hell, our garage was gone too. I looked back to the house and, though I had been in it moments before, it too had disappeared. I ran back to the car that I came in and decided to head back to the school. Upon arrival it was empty. Like a ghost town, figuratively speaking. All the dorms and classes were empty. No students, no faculty, nothing. I called and called. I tried everything, but absolutely no answer. I just kept running and running, looking for anyone. And the dark kept closing in around me, enveloping buildings as I passed them. It was as if the world were trying to swallow me up."
Simone had started telling of her dream in a relatively normal tone and rate of speech, but as she pressed on and go more and more worked up, she started talking faster and getting closer to the point of tears again. Finally she stopped, shifting her gaze from staring at Night's chest to locking eyes with him. "And I called you too...No one would answer me. I was completely alone, Night and I was so scared..." She said as her eyes welled up with tears and buried her face against his neck to try and choke back a full on cry. Lust wasn't afraid of the dark. She enjoyed it, but the overwhelming loneliness of the blackness that had chased her in her dream tore her up.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:34 pm
Night had listened to her talk and continued the easy rubbing on her back, keeping her close. He didn't let it falter when he heard the unbearable sadness in her tone, nor when her voice when from a slow explanation to showering him in rapid scenario's that she had gone through. He pressed her closer when she started to cry, his heart aching for the ghoul who had literally went through her worst fear.
"There There Simone. Its okay." He smiled at her, locking eyes with her as well before petting her head, his other hand still kept the easy rhythm of rubbing her back. "Your not alone here Simone, You won't be alone ever...or again." He snuggled her as close as he could, thinking of just how to help his friend
"Hey." He tugged at her, trying to get her attention. "Heeeeeeeeey!" He noticed the tears still before smiling, his hand that was rubbing her back moved to her sides, fingers playing a dangerous wiggly formation that could only mean tickles for her. He poked her once to see if she was more sensitive in the sides before moving his other hand to wipe away her tears. "I hate to see you like this shorty." He sighed, his fingers still doing their ticklish probing, she had responded earlier about it hadn't she? "You'll stay here with me tonight then! I don't want you alone if thats what you had a nightmare about, and plus, I don't like NOT being in your dreams. Its kinda of degrading." He huffed in mock anger, "Come on now, I should've appeared in a flash of green light to envelop you and take you on a wild dangerous mission! That's what dreams should be about." He flicked her nose before cocking his head. "Simone....ah...would you like to me to put in a movie on the Skelly or something? You look gorgeous just to let you know, but your tired and you need sleep. I'll stay right here for you and talk you to sleep, or put on the Skelly so that there is tons of noise." He had paused momentarily before grinning, "Or if your too pumped up, I can wrestle the energy out of you! A TICKLE WAR YOU MIGHT SAY?" He snuggled his face into her hair.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:48 pm
Oh, it was such a relief to get her dream off of her chest. The cool of the air, the sheets, and Night, plus his easy petting and his closeness helped soothe her a good deal. The threat of full on breakdown was past her, the only things lingering were a few stubborn tears caught in her lashes. "It does me wonders to hear that, Night." She muttered softly, as if not wanting to disturb the minipets over on the floor. She didn't see them and wasn't paying much in the way of attention to them, so that didn't seem to be it. Perhaps, what she had said, was simply meant for Night's ears only.
At the tug and his call for her attention, Simone refocused herself to look up into the ghost boil's eyes. The tentative poke to her side cause a slow, suspicious smile to start spreading across her lips. It had made her twitch and attempt a weak little wriggle away from the tickle. "Niiiight..." The demon drew out after a little giggle escaped her. She huffed breath through her nose at being called shorty. Not a mad one, mind you. Simone knew very well that she was a short little thing, especially without some form of heeled shoe on. Nope, it was a bit of her own mock anger, though the smile that was still settling in did little to help her convey the pseudo-emotion. She laughed genuinely and warmly at Night's offense at not being present in her dream. "Well, I'll have to see about talking with those in charge of those matters. Having my kitten make a cameo appearance in my subconscious mind must be on a to-do list somewhere, elsewise I'll have to make it so. Staying here would be much appreciated."
The mention of a movie made her perk up a bit, her tail curling up at the thought of it. Talking would also be good and she wouldn't say no to a friendly bout of wrestling, as jittery as the dream had made her a outlet for that energy would be nice...And simply wrestling wasn't likely to get them in trouble with anyone if they were found out! How fun!
With his compliment, she half flopped over against the bed, looking to the boil through her lashes, her brows slightly knit and her lips pursed just so, a joking exaggeration of a maneuver she might employ if she were seriously seducing. "Why, Night, you are too kind. I'm all rumpled and tousled and smell like a sleepy little demon..." Lust gave a low, husky chuckle as he snuggled his face into her hair. "A tickle war, you say?"
Simone broke into an impish smile and shoved the ghost over onto his back, springing up to sit astride his waist. "You think you can take me?" She asked, lightly drumming her fingertips against his chest. "I may be a shorty, but I've got a loooot of fight in me. So...if you want to play that game, you're gonna have to give me your best." She teased with a quirk of her brow. "Can we not do everything? A movie in the background might be quite nice."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:29 pm
He could tell that she was past the dream, pleased he could help her as the reminder of it the bad experience were only a few dew dropped eyelashes. "I'm glad it does, but you have to really remember that I won't leave you to be alone. I know what its like." Night nodded, it wasn't his greatest fear, but he could relate to not being alone. He had the feeling that he had spent too much time alone in his past life and thus, constantly clung to those he made friends with.
The Nergal crew on the floor had finished their bout with the yarn ball, abandoning the Nergal Treat and Lepus to be tangled in it, while the Hazcat and Wish made their way to lay comfy at the foot of the bed. Though they didn't mind the sounds that came from the bed, seeing as they themselves weren't the quietest bunch. Night's luck cats were cuddled with each other on the window sill as well, not paying any mind to the two students who lie wide awake.
He smiled down at her as he caught her attention, looking into her eyes as he snorted. He had felt the wiggle from his search in finding her ticklish spots. "Simoneeeeee...." He drew out back, rolling his eyes at her as he tickled the same spot, and even huffed his breath back at her. Not quite imitating her but enjoying her reactions, "Yes you better put me in your dreams! I feel like any dream would be less awesome with out the Kitten there." He stuck his thumb in his chest, puffing it out before exhaling and smiling at her. "Good, I don't know if I would let you leave anyway, Its been a chilly night tonight and well, your always so warm." he snuggled her, enjoying that she always ran warm enough to break through his natural ghost chilliness. In truth, her warmth kinda of reminded him of life and how warm it had been.
Oh....Night notice her perk up and smiled, He did love movies and collected a ton of them, he wrapped his tail so that it poked hers in excitement before swishing back and forth. He even noticed how her eyes lit up at the talk of wrestling play. His tail swished again in excitement.
"Graveyard! Will you put in a movie for us pet?" Night looked over to the Wishing Nergal who got up to walk over to the Skelly, It floated up, picking its favorite movie, All Minipets go to Halloween and put it in, pressing play. Night loved how well his pets were trained before waggling his eyebrows at Simone. "Movie check! I love how well my pets were trained. Means I don't have to get up! And that they can watch movies whenever they want." He winked and then chuckled when she climb on him, half pinning him down with a challenge in her eyes. Her fingers tickled his chest that sparked the playfulness in him. "Oh I don't doubt that darling..." He purred out, "But I am just as good, I got the magic fingers you see, they know all the spots that will make you squeal." He waggled his eyebrows again, demonstrating as he poked her sides again before letting them dance over her skin. "Take this Simone!" He said as he began the tickling!
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:24 pm
Oh ho, his mocking was funny, but his answer to her having mentioned that she had better see to having him get into her dreams really got her going. She chuckled as she spoke. "Oh, yes, yes, yes. You'll be made a VIP, kitten. You'll be getting into all the hottest dreams in my head. Everyone waiting in line will be so jealous..." SImone sighed and tossed a rogue strand of hair back off of her shoulder with a smile. "Well, then it's settled...Here I shall stay." She nodded to cement her statement with a smile. The little hot blooded demoness was always game for snuggles from her cool bodied kitten. Always.
Simone curled her tail to twist around against Night's own fuzzy one. Briefly, she glanced over to where the nergals were and watched Graveyard pick a movie. "You aren't kidding, kitten. Very handy indeed..." She said with an impressed little nod. Her own preferred Minis were quite well behaved, but she generally let them have their run of the campus grounds. They were pretty good about coming when she called for them.
She felt that she had a good vantage point from her position, at least she had 'the high ground' in terms of the tickle war that was obviously brewing. The demon giggled and shook her head. "Nor do I doubt that you've got magic fingers or their ability to make me positively squirm..." She trailed off to break for a laugh and an evasive wiggle at the poke to her sides. "But I've got the high ground!" Simone laughed and let Night have it, going for his chest, sides, and along his neck all the while writhing and twisting to try to maintain her 'upper hand'. She would find his weak spots! If not, there were a few things she could do to shake things up a little.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:05 am
"As it should be." He blushed slightly as she described the hottest dreams and then grinned, "Playing a hot role in your dreams eh Simone? Oh people wait in line? Yes I snuck by them all! I feel way lucky then!" Smiling at her sigh and hair flip before brushing his hand over her face to move her hair out of her face. "Such pretty hair." He murmured.
"Indeed they are. Graveyard is the best of the lot, but the luck cats aren't bad themselves. Besides, if The nergal crew doesn't keep entertained, they start to return to their thieving trouble making ways." Night sighed as he looked at them, the troublemakers indeed.
"Squirm indeed my dear pet." He grinned as she started to wiggle, getting excited even more so. He didn't realize that she was of course on top of him wiggling and making those cute little girl sounds until she started her counterattack. He wasn't effected by the tickles on his chest or his sides, grinning at her with a cocky look before her hands trailed over his neck, finding his weak spot. His body bucked under her as he let out small chuckles before rolling her over, "You have waged war with the wrong Kitty Simone! High ground just fell!" He said as he pinned her, letting his hand flail around, tickling her sides, her neck and the backs of her legs. He would get her to say mercy if need be, but in all honesty, he was just glad to distract her. The movie played in the background, matching their playful mood with music and song. "Take this!" A tickle, "And This!" Another. "And that!"
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:56 pm
"But of course, kitten. Hell, I burn hot enough during the day time, one could only imagine the heat I'm packing during the night." She laughed easily, stilling slightly when Night brought his hand up to brush her hair out of her face. "Thank you...Jack knows I have enough of it." She said with a grin."
Her own handful of minis behaved themselves when they were invited into her room. Occasionally Mendellson would take a ribbon or something leading her to believe that the corrvidus was setting up a nest somewhere...Either that or a hoard of some sort to maybe impress some pretty corrvidus lass. That's what Lust believed anyway.
Oh no! Her standard places of attack weren't working! His chest and sides were no goes, but, ah, his neck gave her a reaction that really tipped her off. At his back, she had to clench her thighs against him so as not to lurch forward onto his face. She chuckled deviously at her discovery, but gave a bit of a yelp at getting rolled over and pinned against the bed. Her position had been compromised and she was now at his mercy! Simone tried curling up to minimize her sensitive sides and legs to his roaming hands but it was hardly of any use. She was laughing heartily and writhing and wiggling to avoid as much of the onslaught as she could manage. The tickle war, she was losing it! This could not be! There must be someway to salvage her standing. Her tail was whipping back and forth under her as her own quick, deft fingers trailed along the sides of his neck, under his arms and to what she could reach of his back from her position underneath the ghost boil. There was no way that she was just going to give up, give in, and cry for mercy, even if she was starting to squeal and laugh so hard that tears of a happier sort were forming at the corners of her eyes.
Simone knew that she couldn't hold out much longer. There had to be something she could do to secure her victory! And then it occurred to her. Her laughter took on a mock-sinister chuckle as she threw her arms around his neck and pressed a big kiss at the corner of Night's jaw before letting herself fall back with a little bounce against the cool, now quite rumpled sheets. The question 'Would it work?' could clearly be read on her mischievous, expectant face. Was victory hers or would she have to use other means to secure a win for certain?
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:15 pm
"Enough to keep warm during the winter I bet." He chuckled again, "Lots of hair indeed. Fun to play with after all." He joked as he batted it away.
He snorted as she attempted her attack on his sides and under his arms but to no avail. The good thing, Night was a tank for tickle wars, he was the defense with only one chip. He hoped she hadn't noticed his one weak spot though and when he pinned her, let her have no mercy. "Ahahahaha." he was laughing hard as well, though not as bad as her because of how much she laughed. Victory seemed near, he could see it in her eyes before they flicked into a devilish grin and did the unexpected.
"Say mercy or-" He began to say when she kissed him on the jaw, which had it dropping. It paralyzed him as he had a slight flush come up. Definitely in shock was the cat, to the point where he could be pushed off and collapsed next to her side. He was still dazed, he had never been kissed before much less by Simone and wasn't sure what to do.
"Mercy!" He shouted randomly before rolling over to look at her, "Your a sneaky little one aren't you!" Night grinned at her. He remained carefree on the outside though, but inside his brain was ticking. For what? Only he knew at the moment. He cradled her closer before grinning, "Mission succeeded! I distracted you! Now I think its time for you to sleep, you need some rest Simone." He shifted until he could cuddle her completely. "I'll be here when you wake up as well." He nuzzled her cheek and waited for her to sleep, rubbing his hand over her back like he had done to comfort her.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:19 pm
Ah! Her tactic had cut off his demand for her surrender. She had acted just in the nick of time! Simone gave a bit of a victorious giggle at the stunned look on the boil's face, stifled by her fingertips which she had pressed to her lips. The demoness remained still until she gave him a little push to have collapse next to her. Staying on her back for the time being, she turned her head to face the ghost, letting her hands drop to her sides. She was breathing a little hard from their wrestling and how hard she was laughing, but grinned expectantly nonetheless.
At his cry of 'Mercy', Simone let out a gleeful cheer, throwing her hands up over her head. "Woo hoo! Victory for me! Hehehe!" When Night rolled to face her, she did the same, propping her head up on the knuckles of one hand whilst her other rested casually on her hip. "Well, kitten dear, I am a demon after all. Sneaky deviousness is kind of one of our things." Giving a soft chuckle as she was pulled into another cuddle, she nodded. "It would seem so. Thank you, Night. This helped a lot, really." She paused at his suggestion and bobbed her head slightly. "Heh, you're right there..." Her sentence trailed off as she covered her mouth to hide a yawn. It was really late, or early, depending on who you asked. Simone rubbed her eyes as she curled up in Night's cuddling with a rather sleepy sigh. "Good night, kitten. I shall see you in the morning..." She muttered softly with her eyes closed as she began to drift off into a comfortable sleep...
FIN~
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