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Nathanael (Spirogs)
“The Artist”
Age: 20
Height: 6ft3
PERSONALITY: Nathanael is VERY extroverted. He starts conversations with people in the bus! He is forgetful, distracted and disorganized. He’s easily convinced into doing random silly things, and usually get’s himself in trouble because of other people’s suggestions…
He makes decisions usually based on feelings and intuition, usually putting other people first. He is enthusiastic and spontaneous, and makes friends very quickly. He usually tries very hard not to make enemies…
He has great difficulty with being alone. Being with people is very important to him. In The Real, the lack of people just “everywhere” has lead him to discover the power of creative energy by drawing and giving life to his 3 companions.

HABILITIES: Nathanael is athletic. He swims, he runs, and makes general good use of his long arms and legs
Growing up in a Brazilian school and having the sad fortune of multiple bullies in class, he’s become a rather efficient fighter, being able to defend himself quite well.
He is also pretty handy with gadgets, being able to fix remote controls, MP3 players, videogames, etc. He’s a good spatial thinker, and an addiction to MacGyver Episodes has lead him to come up with the craziest (but working) solutions to various situations.

THINGS: Nathanael carries a few things that usually come in handy for random tasks. His pants pockets include house keys, a cell phone / MP3 Player, a lighter, and a red Swiss Army Knife.

CHARACTERS:
Nathanael’s main characters are kamen, a race of aliens from his comic. They have pointy ears, tails, and short retractable claws. They are generally very short, ranging around 5ft tall.
They usually carry bladed weapons made of a semi-radioactive mineral, called “Octanium”, native to their planet. These heat up and burn in contact with water.

PRINCE NORIN AEDROS: Norin is the 16 year old heir of the Aedros Clan on his home planet, Havien. His knowledge of the world around him is vague, but his book knowledge is pretty good. He is an excellent (almost genius) mechanic and electrician, although most of his knowledge in these areas seems kind of theoretical. He is especially interested in Human technology.
He carries a few human tools with him, jsut in case he finds something to tinker with...
Norin is creative and a quick thinker. He is a TERRIBLE fighter, but carries a pair of knives Dohi gave him just in case. He rarely uses the weapons for actual fighting, and tends to try and create alternate means of fighting with them by either prying passages open for escape, or creating traps (which he is good at).
Norin is a HUGE introvert, and makes friends very slowly. He has a big crush on Kiyu, but so far has not been able to actually tell her that

COMANDER DOHI AETIUS: Dohi is a 17 year old military prodigy. After the deaths of his parents with the Meganus and Human invasions to their planet, Dohi has learned from experience to fight. He is a good strategist, and a strong fighter. He’s slow on his feet however, and tends to either block or repel enemy attacks by spinning and/or rolling.
Dohi is friendly and open. He whistles, sings, and even dances sometimes. He’s always very encouraging of his companions. He is always smiling. Always.
He carries the ancestral sword Aetius Kyorl, an Octanium blade that was skillfully compressed and tempered to have a MUCH more powerful reaction to water. The very humidity in the air makes it become very hot. Adding water would give it enough heat to cut through stone easily.
It’s compression makes it quite heavy, and needs a specific fighting style to use properly, by spinning and twirling it, using it’s momentum to strike blows, affecting it’s direction only slightly. Swinging it around regularly would be much like trying to swing a sledgehammer with precision

KIYU - PROJECT UPERLIAN 3.0: Kiyu is a Human experiment for a mass destruction bio-weapon. Her unusually strong mind has allowed her to develop the power of mind reading. No telekinesis, just mind reading and superior power over her own mind. She can also sometimes reach out to other people’s minds and relay messages to them.
This power allowed her to override the system of the control-chip holding her under Human control, enabling her to escape.
Kiyu is quiet, and speaks only when necessary. She is cautious of people, due to previous happenings.
Once she befriends someone, she is EXTREMELY loyal, and tends to uphold their beliefs, for lack of personal goals.
If she glares at you. You better run for your life.
She doesnt take lightly to critiscism. She does not like bullies. She does not like violence... but get in her way, or try to hurt an innocent in front of her, and she is likely to LOP YOUR HEAD OFF.
The Uperlian System consists of a wire frame exoskeleton, ranging inside and outside of her body. It’s abilities include enhanced strength, speed and reflexes. On her hands, she wears removable gloves, which are equipped with rotating Ion claws, and a short range blaster on the palm.
She can also create a destructive energy field around herself, that can expand up to 50 meters. This has terrible side effects however, sending her into a coma that could last DAYS.
Mostly everything within the area of the blast is destroyed however.

As you can see, my characters are all mostly short range fighters (if fighters at all )

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Comments: 158

Spirogs In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 21:49:07 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Cant wait to see

Who are you bringing with you?

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Yamisukoru In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-07 22:36:39 +0000 UTC]

all i have is Alliance c_c i'm debating on Lady red... >_< man so awkward cause you'll soon find out how I'm summoning my OCs...

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Spirogs In reply to Yamisukoru [2009-05-07 23:11:55 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha oh no!


Eh.. I've got my lame-o broken looking pencil lol
I guess I summon my characters by drawing them into thin air hahaha

How do you do it?

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Yamisukoru In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-08 01:24:32 +0000 UTC]

me i have a sync watch. so in order for an OC to exist they need a host body. so me the artist summon the OC and that OC uses my body as based to become reality and exit X3 the artist will still have control of movements but now both the OC and the artist will have a link communication mind. the downfall if the OC gets hurts the Artist gets hurts too XD thats why i'm debating about Lady Red means I'll have to turn into a woman that feels Awkward! lol yeah...

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Spirogs In reply to Yamisukoru [2009-05-08 12:39:15 +0000 UTC]

Heheh well that's an interesting way of doing it... but I'm not sur ethe hosts had in mind that you BECOME your OCs haha

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Yamisukoru In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-08 13:13:47 +0000 UTC]

thats why i'm going to ask them

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Spirogs In reply to Yamisukoru [2009-05-08 13:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Thats a good idea =]

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BaGgY666 In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 20:13:19 +0000 UTC]

YOU'RE 6ft3!!!!
You're a GIANT!

i'm entering too - i'll be entering me, including my emmense size of 5ft2!


really good ref sheet and your choices are awesome

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Spirogs In reply to BaGgY666 [2009-05-07 21:50:36 +0000 UTC]

HAH!
Yeah... I'm slightly taller than average hahaha
I hit my head on things... and the only thing that keeps me from cosplaying as Hido is the fact that I'm a whole FOOT taller than him

Cant wait to see it

My choices are the main cast of my Kamen story

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Ember-of-Flame In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 19:45:27 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! Perhaps my ref for Artist at the Ready will be hopefully soon!

I still have until July the 1st!! xD

Nice ref anyway. Can't wait to see what story you come up with this!

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Spirogs In reply to Ember-of-Flame [2009-05-07 21:52:05 +0000 UTC]

Heh! I hope we both make it in! That would be totally awesome

Ohh.. I'm thinking VERY hard for an audition... This is totally diferent from any other story I've done... This is ME!
In a comic!

Is that weird to anyone else?!

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Ember-of-Flame In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-08 01:39:00 +0000 UTC]

Of course!!

I hope I will be able to simply my audition comic. xD

Yes it feels weird. xD I'd really prefer hiding behind my OCs' drawn figures when participating in tourneys, but now we get to fight and hang out with them. o___o And the fact that many endless possibilities could happen in "the real". xD

There's another weirdness factor thats hanging around too, but I can't really pinpoint what it is. xD

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Spirogs In reply to Ember-of-Flame [2009-05-08 12:38:10 +0000 UTC]

Haha you too eh?
That Miss No Mask freaks me out... I don't know what it is.. but there's something up I think...

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Koneko-Creations In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 19:44:02 +0000 UTC]

I like Commander Dohi he is so cute! ^^ I also love his armor it looks so friggen cool. Kiyu is really cool I love that her tail is poofy!

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Spirogs In reply to Koneko-Creations [2009-05-07 21:53:44 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe Dohi's armor is an ANTIQUE!

But it IS cool, I'll totally admit that

Kiyu is awesome =] Quite possibly one of my more powerfull characters, and a key plot character in my original story

My little sister Naiane suggested her tail be "poofy"... It was a fantastic idea

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Koneko-Creations In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-08 19:44:10 +0000 UTC]

hay old stuff is epic

tis a great idea ^^

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aly-zimm In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 19:40:50 +0000 UTC]

That is so great, Nate! And some of the information you provided in the descriptions really help to flesh out your characters a bit. It seems as if you've developed them a bit more since the last time we've seen them, or perhaps these are just things you've not told us yet? Either way, it's delightful

Kiyu is s-c-a-r-y xD And how will Dohi manage without an army to command? Hmmm...

I am soooo trying out for this xD

*and before I forget, I saw a car with the Brazillian flag as a sticker on the back. I pointed it out to my grandma beside me and she had no idea why I would be happy about such a thing

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-07 22:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha yeah.. I suppose they have fleshed out a bit since I last drew them =]
Some thigns about the story have evolved a bit since I put Hido in Zneshi... That was impressivly effective to my story!
Having to actually define a past for the Aetius family put a true kick of background for the invasion, and why they are how they are now.
It also hardened their personalities, Dohi's included, logicly.

Kiyu is the cutest MONSTER ever.
I've never been able to show her true potential...
She has so much more to offer than that joke of a fight in the first version of Kamen

If it where THIS Kiyu.. the one it SHOULD BE... all of those people would be toast.
Capt. McArthur would have never survived that.

Dohi can fight on his own just fine
So long as he's not being attacked by an army lol
But his strategies do not include only troups.

A brazilian flag!?
Huh.. you live close to the center of the US right? Odd that there would be a random brazilian there....
They tend to stick to the main cities.. Chicago.. New York... Miami
That's cool

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-10 00:43:19 +0000 UTC]

"Cutest MONSTER ever"? Haha! Great terminology
Will you show her true potential in Artists at the Ready? The way that you draw and act out fights... it would be absolutly brilliant! I would love to see the beautiful and fearsome Kiyu at her full force

Ahhh, so Dohi is just all around awesome? xD

No, no, I live on the east coast! Haha, I think you got me mixed up with Kendi I'd much rather live in this delightful little valley rather than tornado alley!

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-10 17:12:12 +0000 UTC]

I sure hope to
I mean... if I can get through the audition phase... and then if I'll have time to actually compete if I DO hahaha

Oh yes. Dohi just THAT cool =] hahaha

Ooooh... Yeah.. Tornado Alley... that's one of the things that worries me the most about moving to the US... We have absolutely NO natural disasters of any kind here

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-12 20:41:32 +0000 UTC]

WHAT? Ahghck, you keep making Brazil sound more and more enticing! You don't suppose they need any biology peeps down there, eh?

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-12 20:51:40 +0000 UTC]

Haha I dunno
if you did some kind of exchange student thing here.. your classes would be nothing like what you've done in the US...

School here is a lot more advanced we have to learn EVERYTHING from philosophy to literature
No special opp classes, no selection like highschool in the States

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-15 23:45:38 +0000 UTC]

That would be so cool! That's something I've always wanted to do, I mean the exchange student thing. There is a program in the college I'm going to where each student must spend a semester in a different country--I love the concept!

What about the colleges? Do you have selections and choices for classes?

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-16 00:01:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh well.. for colleges we do.
Except.. you have to pass the entry exam for a specific major, and then once you are in, you cant switch majors.

I like the american system for colleges better.
The one I'm going to has a program like that
I might try it out... I've never been to Europe, Africa or Asia... would be interesting

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-16 09:08:39 +0000 UTC]

It's not required that you go to a different country? It is a requirement that unless you have extenuating circumstanced, you must participate in the cross-culture program.

I think you would like Europe. You would probably understand their humor I'd love to go to India for the culture shock, or Israel because, well, it's Israel!

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-16 10:31:03 +0000 UTC]

Wut?
You WANT culture shock?!!? hahah
weird.

I want to go somewhere where I have no clue as to what people are saying. Pick up a language by sheer necessity

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-23 02:33:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh, yeah! So far, all the places I have been are so similar to where I live. Or maybe it's that I just feel at home wherever I go? Or I subconsciously tried to pick out the similarities to avoid the "shock" part of culture shock Either way, I want to be totally out of place so I have to re-adjust myself and change, hopefully for the better. Skewed logic, no?

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-23 11:51:37 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha It is so strange how similarly we think lol

I've been to several diferent places that where totally diferent... Brazil, USA, Peru, Columbia (I think), Paraguai, Argentina....
But the thing is.... I've been able to comunicate everywhere.
Makes it tons easier when you can easily ask for help I think.

I want to try going somewhere that has a language NOT based on Saxon or Latin. See how fast I pick it up

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-25 00:36:55 +0000 UTC]

India! Then you'll be trilingual xD

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KaiHayasaka [2009-05-07 19:25:28 +0000 UTC]

Awesome Ref sheet. I gotta work on mine for this as well XD.

Kiyu is my favorite, she just looks so COOL!

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Spirogs In reply to KaiHayasaka [2009-05-07 22:05:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

Yes.. Kiyu is my fave for fighting. The's the cutest MONSTER ever!
I've never been able to portray her full potential yet... I hope to do so in this tourney

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KaiHayasaka In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-08 04:36:35 +0000 UTC]

That will be awesome, hope you get in (gotta work on my ref now, the 3 Maximofs heh, GO TEAM MAXIMOF XO).

Quick question though, how do you get the awesome glowing effects for Aetius' blade and Kiyu's claws (since you use GIMP don't you)? Just looking at them gives me the illusion that they are bright (to the point that sometimes my eyes have to turn away until I get used to the brightness). I think it would be awesome to learn that effect for future use.

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Spirogs In reply to KaiHayasaka [2009-05-08 12:36:50 +0000 UTC]

Haha cool =]

My glowies? lol I must admit, they are very fun to do, and I enjoy it =]
Well lots of people ahve been asking me lately.. maybe I should do a tutorial or something?

But it's basicly:
1. Create a transparent layer.
2. Draw (in white) the shape of the glowing item on the transparent layer.
3. On the Layers dialog window, right click the transparent layer with your white shape, and click "alpha to selection". It's a little red square.
This will select only the white shape ont eh layer!
3. Create a new transparent layer BELOW the first one. And right-click, go to "select" and then to "grow". Try it with 5 pixels.
The selected area will expand 5 pixels in every direction, making a BIGGER shape. Fill this in on the lower (new) layer.
4. Now you have a white shape (layer 1) and a BLUE outline (layer 2). Click anywhere to un-select.
5. On Layer 2 (blue shape) right click and go to "filters", "Blur", and hit "Gaussian blur". Jack the numbers up to where the blue shape looks VERY blured! then hit OK!
6. merge the two layers together, and there you have a hot glowing blue shape

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Kaiju-Borru-Zetto In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 19:05:00 +0000 UTC]

Yay for art of Hido's twin 8D
COol work on this

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Spirogs In reply to Kaiju-Borru-Zetto [2009-05-07 19:08:40 +0000 UTC]

It's funny how Zneshi people consider Dohi "Hido's twin"

My usual readers consider Hido "Dohi's twin" lol

pretty weird how that happens.

Yeah! Dohi's awesome
thank man

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Kaiju-Borru-Zetto In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-07 19:18:23 +0000 UTC]

lol Well, I say Hido's twin, cause I first knew of Hido 8O
So logic.
epic =3
np

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Spirogs In reply to Kaiju-Borru-Zetto [2009-05-07 19:25:16 +0000 UTC]

Yep I understand...

Of course.. they are TOTALLY different Dohi would probably try to befriend Jikken rather than try and kill him haha!

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-07 19:36:42 +0000 UTC]

Haha! xD Very true.

Because of Zenshi, I've gotten to know Hido better. I think I can consider them both "Dohi" and "Hido" instead of one another's twin. They'd probably be happy with that.

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-07 22:08:35 +0000 UTC]

Haha it's true

It's strange though... I don't ahve a "favorite" charater of mine...
I tend to like the character I'm writing about at the moment.
Right now.. My fave is Hido, because I'm concentrating on how he'd act, and do things...

When I'm writing about Norin and Dohi, I fave them
And Kiyu defenetly has her spot aswell

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aly-zimm In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-10 00:36:48 +0000 UTC]

That makes sense; if you spend more time with a character and put time and effort into him then logic follows that you'll grow more attatched.

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Spirogs In reply to aly-zimm [2009-05-10 17:12:33 +0000 UTC]

Yep.. pretty much

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Kaiju-Borru-Zetto In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-07 19:35:45 +0000 UTC]

lol, how interesting o 3 o

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jbailuk In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 19:01:16 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work

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Spirogs In reply to jbailuk [2009-05-07 19:09:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
Now I've gotta think about an audition haha!

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jbailuk In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-08 01:55:04 +0000 UTC]

Aww ok coolz and your welcome!

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KangarooKomics In reply to ??? [2009-05-07 18:45:55 +0000 UTC]

Hrmm, I've seen a lot of these, maybe I should make one once I get a bit more popular. Gah! I need a fan base ^^

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Spirogs In reply to KangarooKomics [2009-05-07 18:48:56 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe this is for another one of those tournaments =]

Maybe your should at least audition for this one

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KangarooKomics In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-07 18:50:13 +0000 UTC]

I would, thing is. I don't fully understand what these tournaments are or how they exactly are constructed. Some info would be nice.

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Spirogs In reply to KangarooKomics [2009-05-07 19:05:58 +0000 UTC]

Eh... they are a comics competition usually =]
I have my characters you have yours.
Usually, there are 64 competitiors aranged in a tournament style grid.
Round 1!
Spirogs versus KangarooKomics

You and I have the objective in a given time limit (usually about a month) to write a comic about our own characters defeating our opponent in combat.
For example, You would have your character fight mine in your comic, and win in a creative or awesome way, while keeping the story in motion. It is not over.
The judges of the tournament read both of our entries.
They judge based on creativity, story flow, character interpretation, etc.
Best one of the two goes to round 2.

So let's say your comic about our fight was better.
You win round 1!

Now it's time for round 2!
The judges pair you up against another competitor, and the sequence starts over.

A contest with 64 competitors will last 6 rounds. Defeated contestants are out!
One person remains in the end =] the winner of the tournament.
Usually winners get awesome prizes and such =]

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KangarooKomics In reply to Spirogs [2009-05-07 19:12:59 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I'd like to get my RS comic going so at least some of my characters a little bit of depth. I COULD just make up a character for the tournament, but it looks like everyone else uses characters that they have had for a while.

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