New Beginnings
Part 1
Mumm-Ra opened his
sarcophagus door with a crash. He
stalked out of it, fuming. “Those
Thundercats have gotten the best of me again,” he raved. “I had almost destroyed them,” he held his
fist out, staring at it, “but they escaped my grasp yet again.” He lowered his fist, and cowered a bit. “Now, since I have disobeyed my gods and
entered the Book of Omens to try and save Thundara (but destroy the Thundercats),
they won't tell me if they'll give me my power back.”
Ma-Mutt entered the
room. He barked a couple of times.
Mumm-Ra's mood seemed
to lighten a bit. He smiled. “Ah, Ma-Mutt, how are they?” He shook his head and as he did the smile
faded. “Not the Thundercats… them.”
Ma-Mutt pulled back his
lip to show his teeth. Oddly enough, it
looked like the dog was smiling. He
nodded happily.
“Good.” Mumm-Ra looked up warily at the statues of
his gods. “I have to ask the gods to
give me my power back… before the Thundercats come and find my most precious
possessions. I cannot bear the thought
of losing them.”
Mumm-Ra!!!!
The ever-living mummy
walked over to the pool. “Yes, oh
Spirits of the Dark? What do you want
of me?”
You must destroy the
Thundercats. We will give you your
power back to do it. We do not want you
to lose the only creatures that give you joy in your VERY old age.
Mumm-Ra looked at them
happily. “You will? That's great!” He suddenly frowned.
“There's another reason, isn't there?”
Yes. We have looked into the future, and seen
what will happen if you didn't at least try to stop them. They will… REPRODUCE!!! We cannot let that happen. If their children are born in the quantities
that we have foreseen, then… the Thundercats will always be alive, no matter
the form!!!
Mumm-Ra nodded his head
in agreement. “I understand what you
mean. I will try to stop them.” He narrowed his eyes. “What's the catch?”
You will not be able to
look at your reflection. It is, once
again, your only weakness.
“Damn it!”
Come and look into the
pool. You have to seebbing off on you,” Mumm-Ra
commented.
What can we say? It's difficult not to use such interesting
words in our everyday talk. We can't
help it if they don't speak no proper English.
“I agree,” Mumm-Ra replied, chuckling a
bit. He glanced into the pool. A ship was about to enter the atmosphere of
Third Earth. At the controls was the
most interesting sight Mumm-Ra had ever seen.
“Well, I'll be damned,” he commented. “Another Thundercat.”
Ma-Mutt grunted.
“Right, or just a
Thundarian, but still if she can be useful to the Thundercats. I don't want them to have her,” Mumm-Ra
agreed.
He knelt beside Ma-Mutt
and scratched the dog's head. “What do
you say, Ma-Mutt? Should we go after
her?”
Ma-Mutt nodded.
“We can't have the
Thundercats getting any more powerful than they already are, now can we? Eh, Ma-Mutt?”
Ma-Mutt whined and
looked at the image in the pool. The
Thundarian ship was getting closer.
Mumm-Ra chuckled. “We should go, shouldn't we?”
Ma-Mutt nodded
anxiously. He jumped at his master's
legs and whined.
“All right we'll go.”
Ma-Mutt barked his
agreement.
“I might as well look
my best for this newcomer.” He smiled
and looked up at the stone statues of his gods. “As they say, first impressions are extremely important.”
“Oh ancient spirits of
evil,” a wind came out of the deep recesses of the pyramid and was now grabbing
at the ancient mummy's wrappings and cape.
“Transform this decayed form,” lightning cracked over Mumm-Ra's head. The eyes of the statues' began to glow an eerie
blood red. “To Mumm-Ra the
Ever-living.”
Ma-Mutt covered his
eyes with his paws, too frightened to watch.
But, of course, you'd think he'd be used to it after a few millennia by
now, but no, Mumm-Ra's transformation still gave him the creeps. He looked up at his master, who was now
three times his original size and was wearing a skirt-kilt-thing. It was a wonder to the dog that Mumm-Ra
didn't notice that anyone, including himself, could see up his skirt-kilt-thing,
not that he wanted to.
“Come boy,” Mumm-Ra
called as he leapt into the air.
Ma-Mutt followed his
master out the vent and into the sky.
* * *
The powerful scanners
of the Cats' eye at the Tower of Omens quickly detected the spacecraft. The alarm was sounded.
Bengali quickly looked
up at the screens. He typed in the
commands to shut off the alarm and put whatever was the cause on visual. The three walls lit up with the pictures. A sleek, black spaceship had just entered
the atmosphere. It didn't look like a
war ship. There wasn't a gun or weapon
in sight.
“Now to find if you're
going to be trouble or not,” Bengali thought aloud. He soon found out from the computer that there were no
transmissions at all coming from the ship.
He switched on the communicator.
“Tower of Omens to Space Craft,” he said into it, “Please identify
yourself and state your business.”
Silence was all that
responded to him.
“Tower of Omens to
Space Craft, please identify yourself,” he repeated.
Again silence.
Bengali sighed as he
watched the ship glide closer to the ground.
It would soon be landing. They
would come when I'm the only one here.
Well, I best go and investigate.
Bengali stood and
stretched. He then turned to jog out
the door. He broke into a run for his
room. In his room, he grabbed the
Hammer of Thundara and jammed into its holder.
* * *
Mumm-Ra watched from
the edge of the clearing as the strange ship landed. It wasn't very big but it looked as though it would have had a
crew of ten. About four feet from the
ground the ship just stopped, hovered there really. No landing gear or beams at all.
A plank came down from
the side and the door opened. Out
stepped the Thundarian. Followed by
some large winged cat.
Ma-Mutt growled a low
warning.
“Hush,” Mumm-Ra
silenced.
< Oh, > Mumm-Ra
heard in his head. He could tell that
it was coming from the winged feline.
He'd learned a long time ago about mind speech. < I am going to hurt you, Leopara, >
the cat moaned as it staggered down the plank.
Mumm-Ra could see it looked a smite bit air sick. < I am never… ever going to let you drive
anything with me in it again, > the cat continued. < Not without one heck of a cat fight first. Oh, my head. Oh, my stomach. There is
definitely not a scrap of food left in it after all that. >
< Oh, Nikkita, I'm
sorry. How was I supposed to know that
this thing could do summersaults, barrel rolls, and corkscrews? > Mumm-Ra heard the Thundarian answer. The cat, so called by the Thundarian
Nikkita, looked like she was going to be sick again at the mere mention of the
motions. < I at least got the hang
of it. >
< Yeah, sure you
did, Leopara; maybe about five minutes ago.
And how long was this nice little joy ride of yours? A couple days at least? > Nikkita arched her wings as she hissed and
scratched at the air. < I have been
in that stinking bathroom ever since we took off, and I let you drive!
> She let out a hiss of aggravation. < Didn't you hear a word I said about
flying the Marana? >
The Thundarian,
Leopara, looked around innocently as if looking for an excuse. < Well, I… um… no. >
< WHAT!?!?!?
> Nikkita screamed.
She was so loud that
Mumm-Ra was wincing and Ma-Mutt had buried his head under his paws. When Mumm-Ra looked he could see that
Leopara was hugging her head from the assault.
< Well? > Nikkita
snapped.
Leopara looked down at
the winged feline. Even Mumm-Ra was
wondering what the cat was going to do the Thundarian. < What? > she asked worriedly.
< Are we going? >
< Going? > The Thundarian cocked an eyebrow at the cat.
Yes? Where are you going? Mumm-Ra thought.
The cat sighed. < To find this brother of yours? >
Brother? Who could it possibly be? Mumm-Ra asked
himself.
< Oh, right. >
Leopara replied sheepishly.
< 'Right', she says,
like it was a minor issue to her. She
has only been talking about him and her father since the day I met her!
> Nikkita growled. < Ten stinking years ago!! >
All right. Now I'm really curious as to whom her
brother is… Wait, I think I know a way to turn this to my advantage. I can get her on my side and use her against
the Thundercats without lifting a finger. Mumm-Ra smiled in spite
of himself. I better put this plan
into action. This is just one
opportunity I can't pass up. Putting
on his best smile (and not one of the ones that made him look insane), he
strode out into the clearing.
Ma-Mutt was
shocked. Mumm-Ra's smile actually made
him like nice, and not like some freaky, blue monkey. His little doggie jaw hung open for a moment or two before he
followed his master into the clearing.
“Why, hello and welcome
to Third Earth. Is there anything,
anything at all, that I can help you folks with?” Mumm-Ra asked with a charming
smile.
Ma-Mutt mentally
scoffed. His master sounded like a car
salesperson.
Nikkita raised an eyebrow.
Right! What the hell is it? She thought.
Leopara looked the
stranger up and down. He seemed all
right (besides the fact that he was blue).
“Who are you?”
Mumm-Ra puffed out his
chest. Looking something like a
conceited blue male baboon looking to attract a mate's attentions. “I,” Mumm-Ra started, “am Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living!” Mumm-Ra held his hand above his head and was
looking at it. He was attempting to
look like one of those Greek statues of the gods. His smile was also incredibly larger than before. (This seems to be impossible but yes it's
true.)
Nikkita pursed her
lips. Gees, Louise! He looks like he's waiting for
applause. Oh, well, might as well
oblige him. See what his reaction will
be. She sat back on her haunches
and clapped her paws together.
Mumm-Ra began to
bow. “Thank you! Thank you!
I know you all love me. I try my
best.”
Ma-Mutt groaned and
rolled his eyes.
Leopara, confused,
tilted her head to the side. “The
‘Ever-Living’? Does that mean you can't
die or be killed? By killed, I mean do
you get sick or stuff? Do you have
allergies? I have a friend who has
allergies. She is allergic to all types
of flowers. Do you like flowers? I especially love roses. Roses are my favorite color. They're red, the same color as my brother's
hair. Speaking of my brother, have you
seen him? Last time I checked he was as
tall as me. No, wait, shorter than
me. No, wait, taller than me. Oh, no, I can't remember. Speaking of not remembering, have you ever
heard Memory?”
Mumm-Ra stared at
her. He got the distinct impression
that all that was in her head were feathers.
“I think Memory is such
a pretty song. Speaking of pretty, do
you like daffodils? I think they're
gorgeous. Speaking of gorgeous, have
you seen Drew Carry in Ever After?
Ever After is such an awesome movie.
Speaking of awesome, there was this guy back on Thundara I knew. He was this real good looker, but Papa said
something about him being a womanizer.
Speaking of womanizer, do you know what it means? I have no idea. I think it means something like he has sex with a lot of woman
before marriage, though why anyone would want to have sex before marriage is
beyond me. I think that people who do
have sex before marriage are more naive than me. Papa always said I was a featherhead, but that I had more common
sense than anyone between the ages of thirty and five. Do you think that I'm a featherhead, who has
more common sense than anyone between the ages of thirty and five? I'm still a virgin and I'm proud of it. Why am I telling you all this? I don't even know you.”
Mumm-Ra blinked and it
took a few moments for him to realize that she had stopped chattering. And if he didn't say anything, she was going
to start up all over again. I'm not so
sure I want her any where near my pyramid at all. If she does end up near it, I might end up as Mumm-Ra the Ever
Pained. “Um… Leopara, I don't know why
you told me that, but I'm kind of glad you did because I know how I can help
you-”
He didn't get to finish. Leopara decided to start in again. “You can?
Wow, that's great! Can you help
me find my brother or at least the Thundercats? If they've moved to a different planet, do you know where? Speaking of different planets, did you know
that Nikkita, here, is from a planet not far from here? One of the moons of Mars; Phobias, I think,
well I'm not really sure. Nikkita's the
one that really would know, although she doesn't like talking about her home
and past life at all. She's practically
a total mystery to me. I mean with me,
I told her my whole life story. I told
her things even my husband won't know.
Did you know that I had the best-est brother that any girl could hope
for? He was always so nice to me. Funny too.
And-”
< Leopara? >
Nikkita, thankfully for Mumm-Ra's sake, Ma-Mutt's sake, and her own sake,
interrupted. < If this guy knows
where your brother is, don't you think it would be best if you stopped boring
him and went to find your brother? The
one whom you say is the greatest. >
“Ah…. Gee, I guess your
right, Nikkita. I have just one
question though to ask Mumm-Ra first.
Do I bore you when I talk to you?
I mean I don't think I'm boring.
I think I'm quite interesting at times, don't you? Like-”
< Leopara, see we're
all leaving. > Nikkita said and she
started to walk away, motioning to Mumm-Ra and Ma-Mutt to do the same.
Mumm-Ra caught on. “Yes, we should go. I'll be able to locate your brother at my
pyramid.” He began to walk off. Ma-Mutt followed his master faithfully.
Leopara ran after
them. “Wait! Please wait for me!”
* * *
Bengali jumped into the
clearing. The first thing that met his
view was Mumm-Ra's blue form. Then he
noticed that there was a Thundarian going with him. “Mumm-Ra! What the heck
are you trying to pull?”
Mumm-Ra whipped around
to see Bengali. His frown was quickly
replaced by a smile. “Why, Bengali, how
nice of you to drop by? I was just
taking Leopara here to see her brother.
Did you come to help me?”
Bengali looked at
Mumm-Ra like he was some kind of freak (well I guess you could say he already
was a freak by the fact that he's blue).
“What?” he asked, not believing what he'd just heard with his own very
ears.
“Come now, Bengali, are
you coming or not?” Mumm-Ra asked.
Leopara looked innocently
from one to the next. Something wasn't
right. Mumm-Ra had been perfectly nice
to her and now this 'Bengali' character was acting as if he was committing some
kind of a crime. It just didn't make
sense and she didn't know which one to believe.
Nikkita glanced at them
both. Something didn't click in her
mind. How come one of Leopara's
kinds is upset by Mumm-Ra taking us to see her brother? Wait!
Unless this is a setup of sorts, I don't think that Mumm-Ra is planning
on taking us to see Leopara's brother at all.
But why would he want us?
Gently, she used her powers to probe into his mind. All she found was one of the strongest
shields she had ever come up against.
Plus her sixth cat sense had finally kicked in to say that this thing
was anything but good. < Leopara,
it's a setup! > She whispered harshly.
She was afraid that this Mumm-Ra would be able to hear her
mentally. < This Mumm-Ra is not the
good guy! >
Mumm-Ra looked from
Bengali to the leopards. Leopara looked
hurt and betrayed. Nikkita looked like
she was going to shred something. He
had heard what Nikkita had said. His
charade was no more. He could take them
all, but then the Thundercats would come looking for Bengali. No, there was no solution. Not even knocking Bengali out. The Thundercats would meet up with him and
they would come after these two. Later,
that was the solution, he would nab these two later.
The ever-living mummy
jumped up and into the wind. His
faithful un-dead dog followed him.
“Well, well, looks like you've gone and spoiled our little party,
Bengali. Enchante, ladies, I bid you au
revoir.” And with that, he flew out of sight.
Leopara watched him
go. She was still a little
confused. Was he good or bad? And who was this Bengali? She turned to look at the stranger who had a
name. He was handsome with a great set
of pecks. He was… he was… he looked
familiar!
Bengali walked over to
her and got his first good look at her.
Man, was she scantly dressed!
And pretty! And a Thundercat! The last was even more shocking than the
other two. He almost didn't believe it,
but the proof was right there in front of his eyes on a pair of what were
lovely breasts from what he could see.
An insignia. He put a hand on
her shoulder and dragged his eyes away from the insignia and what was around
it. He instead looked into her
eyes. They were a clear, startling
turquoise blue. “Are you okay?” he
asked. He noticed that he was looking
down, quite far down, to look into those eyes. By Thundara! She's short! She only comes up to my chin!
“Yes.” Leopara answered. “You're Bengali, right?”
He nodded. “What's your name?”
“Leopara,” she answered
and then motioned to the winged snow leopard beside her. “This is my friend, Nikkita. You look very familiar. And you're a Thundercat.” Her eyes lit up. “You could know my brother!
He has red hair, brown eyes, his name's Lion-O, and I think he's the
Lord of the Thundercats now. Do you
know him?”
Bengali blinked. Lion-O has a sister? Funny, I don't remember one. He thought for a moment. Wait, I remember her. Yes, very vaguely. She was at that party Claud-us threw about a year before Sibera…. He shook his head to get rid of the
memory. She fit the picture of the
child he had in his mind. Yeah, she
fits that cute little squirt. Well,
she's definitely not a squirt anymore, he thought to himself, as he looked
her over once more. All right, I
have Lion-O's sister, now what do I do with her? Although, I can think of one thing.
“Yes, I know Lion-O,
Leopara. I'm sure you want to see him,
right?” he asked.
“Oh, yes, yes, yes!”
Leopara cried as she jumped up and down excitedly.
Bengali forced his eyes
to be torn away from the attractive little show she put on for him with all
that bouncing. “Okay then, Cat's Lair
is this way.” Bengali turned and
started to lead the way. Leopara
followed happily. One of the reasons he
had not taken her back to the Tower of Omens was because she had landed nearer
the Lair (blah, blah, blah, let's go on to some more interesting parts shall
we?).
Nikkita bounded to
block their path. < Look, you can
ride on my back. It'll be safer and
faster. Plus, if we get ambushed I can
get all of us out of there quickly. >
I can also keep an eye on you two.
Bengali doesn't seem that innocent by the way his eyes were
roaming. Not that I'm too innocent, but
Leopara is. Anyways, doesn't it take
one to know one?
Leopara looked at
Bengali. “Nikkita says we can ride on
her back.”
Bengali looked a little
uncertain.
Nikkita decided to pipe
in again. < Here's a good pointer
for him, that despite all those muscles and great pecks and… okay, I'm getting
off the subject, he doesn't look like he can make it to this Cat's Lair. >
Leopara felt a flush
creep up her neck. Nikkita was right about
his muscles and pecks. “Nikkita also
says that despite your muscles, she doesn't think you can make it.”
“You know, she's
probably right. I haven’t eaten
anything since breakfast.”
* * *
Bengali had his hands
on Leopara's wonderfully curved hips.
She was leaning back against him, and he could feel her wonderfully
curved back pressed against his hard chest.
She was so sweet, so innocent (up to a certain point), and so very nice
to touch.
He wasn't so sure about
Nikkita, though. The large flying snow
leopard obviously liked to walk fast.
Already his groins hurt. He
quickly turned his thoughts back to Leopara.
Gently, so as not to
startle her, he leaned forward and breathed in the scent of her hair. It was silky soft as he felt it rub against
his face. He'd love to run his fingers
through that beautiful mass of hair, love to feel her lips kiss his, love to
feel every inch of her body with his hands.
He'd love to kiss her fiercely, make her burn as he overheated as well,
feel her arms hold him closer in the heat of romantic lust….
These thoughts were
exciting his body. Not yet, he
thought. Get to know her better
first. Then you can convince her to
snuggle into your bed and arms.
Unfortunately, his body
thought otherwise.
“Can we stop for a
second,” he said. “I have to go. Really bad.”
< Can't he wait?
> Nikkita asked, turning her head.
“No, he can't,” Leopara
said. “You can wait for a second or
two.”
I have a feeling
it's going to take more than a second, he thought. He quickly got off of the cat, and jogged
over to a spot where the two wouldn't see him.
* * *
Leopara watched as
Bengali jogged away. It was pretty
obvious that he wasn't a virgin - he had slept with someone last night - and he
had no doubt wanted her. She had felt
his face gently bury itself in her hair to enjoy her scent, felt his hands
slide enticingly over her hips, felt his shaft begin to swell against her
butt….
Keeping her virginity
was getting difficult. Everyone knew
that if a Thundarian didn't mate before the age of twenty, he or she started
getting on heat when spring came, and it got worse with each spring. She knew it was spring by the way her body
reacted when it realized that this was a man behind her; a gentle,
sweet, charming, and handsome young man, who wanted her as much as she wanted
him.
As the daughter of
Claud-us, though, she just barely managed to control the urge to touch him as
he would touch her. She had planned on
saving her virginity until she met the right one, and was dealing with it
carefully. Now, this was going to be a
real challenge… keeping away from all men's bedrooms, no matter how strong the
urge. She didn't want to be a
plaything.
< He certainly takes
his sweet time, > Nikkita complained.
< How long does it take him to masturbate? >
“Give him some time,”
Leopara said, turning red at the word masturbate. She forced her body to calm down.
By the time Bengali
came back, she felt more normal. He got
behind her and took a gentle hold of her hips.
She smiled a bit, and allowed her back to press against his hard
chest. She barely knew this man, but
she liked him.
She suddenly wondered
what it would be like to kiss him, and wondered what it felt like for him to be
inside of her….
Damn it!
* * *
S-s-slithe looked out
the window at the forests surrounding Castle Plun-Darr. So, peaceful and quiet they were. How they should not be. He just didn't get it. He, S-s-slithe, was a Mutant, and one of the
best warriors. Surely, he should have
been able to wreck havoc and chaos across this tiny planet. He had thought so. How he had thought so when he had first come here. He had had a great vision of how it was to
be. He closed his eyes picturing it….
S-s-slithe looked out
among the vast gathering of warrior women.
Chains bound them. Fire still
gleamed in their eyes. But he would
bend them to his will. Extinguish such
a fire. All of them would soon be
begging for his attention. Throwing
their even more scantily clad bodies at him.
Kissing his feet in their adoration. Yes-s-s, he would bend them to his will until they worshipped him
like a god, and more than just their master.
He would start with
Willa, their bitch queen, followed by Nayda, and all the rest. One by one they would all fall and bow down
to him. He would be the supreme ruler
of all Third Earth. Emperor S-s-slithe.
He would most
definitely have deserved that title because he would have defeated Mumm-Ra and
the Thundercats….
His smug expression
disappeared. Those damn Thundercats!
He thought. If it weren't for them
I'd be running the place, yes-s-s?
Perhaps, it has been too long since I've bothered the Thundercats. Besides, if I don't they might think we're
turning good! Oh, what a horrible
thought! Looks like I've got quite a
bit of planning ahead of me, yes-s-s?
* * *
Mumm-Ra paced the
pathway from his sarcophagus to his mystic pool. Ma-mutt followed just behind his master's swirling robe. The mummy wanted to destroy something. “What am I going to do about that new
Thundercat, Ma-Mutt?” he asked his pet.
“Who knows what kind of powers she may possess. I have to get her out of their reach. The question is how? I can't go in and get her; they'll know it
was I. So, whom can I send to get
her? I need someone who is… who is…
S-s-slithe! He's stupid enough to lead
the Thundercats right to Castle Plun-Darr while in the mean time I'll have her here!”
The mummy smiled. “This will be perfect. The only thing I have to do now is to
recruit S-s-slithe. That should be
easy!” Mumm-Ra laughed. “S-s-slithe should be so anxious to do
something by now that he is ready to jump off Castle Plun-Darr for excitement!”
With that plan in mind,
the evil mummy leapt into the air to bring forth his proposition to S-s-slithe.
* * *
Nikkita didn't feel too
comfortable around Bengali. There was
something about him that reminded her about… about… well something. She couldn't put her paw on it quite yet.
She knew that he had
masturbated because of Leopara. He
didn't completely smell of himself. He
smelled of a dozen more or so. And….
I've got it! He reminds me of me! Sex-crazed! She thought excitedly. Poor Leopara. I wonder if she knows just what she's got behind her. I hope all these Thundercats are like this. She laughed mentally. I could use a little excitement… but
they probably don't go for the true feline. Oh well, such a pity. I
really need to find me a kitty, or else I'll go on a major heat. She grimaced. That wouldn't be good for anyone, including herself.
She sighed.
All right, I want to
have some fun now. At least it will
cheer me up. Hmm…. How about I get Bengali's mind off Leopara
for a while? Give her a little break. She smiled.
Then she went from a walk to a nice bouncy trot. Her smile got bigger when she felt him shift
on her back. He-he! She laughed.
* * *
Monkian was sitting at
the table, with Jackal-man, eating dinner.
It wasn't the best dinner in the world, but it was food. He hated tomato soup and liver. All was fine and all hunky-dory, until….
The lights went out.
Monkian heard
Jackal-man sigh and get up to turn them back on. Only a click was heard and no light. The jackal cursed under his breath and flickered the switch. Then Monkian heard it: the barest whisper of
an evil laugh. It got louder and louder….
Suddenly, the lights
turned on and the bearer of that lovely laugh was seen.
Mumm-Ra!
“Hoo-hoo!” Monkian
complained. “Are you trying to scare us
to death?”
“Nya-ha-ha, nice
entrance Mumm-Ra!” Jackal-man stated.
“Enough!” Mumm-Ra
yelled. “Go and get S-s-slithe. Tell him I have a proposition he just might
be interested in.”
The jackal and monkey
looked at each other. It was
decided. They would both go as they
scrambled out the door.
“Excellent!” Mumm-Ra
said as he began to laugh again. Leopara
is as good as mine! Well, just as long
as that idiot S-s-slithe doesn't mess up!
* * *
End of Part One
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