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Invitation
03:58
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Invitations in our life
Most of which so normally rife
To congratulate or gratify
When we’re born or when we die
When’s theres nothing else to celebrate in your life
Youll find invitations to revive and respond
Well I've been waiting
Concentrating
Making up my mind
Why do people take the letters
And never reply
Ill say it again, watching those men
They know what to do
Waiting for the letters just to reach
the point that they are through
Sometimes arriving the mail
Enveloped enclosed details
When opened you begin to sever
Body vanishing forever
Abducting with out a trace
Why did they take you all away
From where my heart is and this place
Ive been waiting
Concentrating
Making up my mind
Ill take the invitation
And all of you ill find
I break the envelope
And it carries me away
Finding where they’re carried off to
And where they all will stay
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Detective Entry #1
01:05
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August 23rd, 20XX, 7:45 PM. Entry 1.
This is Detective John Lindley, opening my investigation into the town of Maphas, Illinois, and the alleged atrocities being committed in the town.
My investigation came at the request of the ISP when details arose of multiple disappearances of persons across the midwest, the town itself being at the apparent center of the incidents. I’m beginning my contact with multiple individuals who claim the town is the hub of a massive cult operation, that involves cannibalism, murder, and brainwashing.
I’m stationed in a small hotel in Flora, IL approximately 35 miles from the town. I’m conducting my first interview within the hour with a researcher who was the first credible source from within the town.
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Researcher Call #1
02:11
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My name is Sam Rebnar. I Want to thank you for reaching out to me after I made this blocked call. I am a researcher in the Maphas Municipality Building and have been assigned to this position after graduating with a microbiology certificate which I received through a town funded school grant. I tell you this because I am a born and raised resident of the town and can no longer in good conscious ignore the atrocities this town commits. I have been told my whole life that this behavior is normal.
I apologize, I must go. I will be faxing you some transcript information of the operations going on in my facility, I hope you’ll find them useful.
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4. |
The Town Of Maphas
02:38
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I was living in the town of Maphas
Where the smiles were so overpowering
And i walked down the street the citizens waved
They carried on happily
And I walked amongst them
And they welcomed me
In this time I was just like them
they all smiled and told me they saw
the light inside me
Living in the town of Maphas!
Living in the town of Maphas!
At night in the town of Maphas
They didn't smile like they did in the day
And i remember sitting alone in my bed
Staring at the door
From the crack at the bottom
They pressed their fingers moaning screaming
Through the windows they stared
Begging to have the light inside me
Living in the town of Maphas!
Living in the town of Maphas!
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5. |
Detective Entry #2
01:19
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August 24th, 20XX, 5:33 PM. Entry 3.
I spoke with a resident of Maphas who sent over paperwork regarding the citizens of the town.
A cult member possessing an avatar undergoes notable changes in their physiology. Frequently cited features include a nocturnal sleeping schedule, low body temperature, aversion to sunlight, and trails of black lines running across their skin in the shape of lightning. Unverified reports also claim they possess superhuman abilities such as abnormal strength, teeth and nails as sharp as razor blades, and regenerative capabilities. The strength of the Avatar grows while close to the community complex, and wanes the longer a member stays away from the community. Their typical habits involve abduction in towns as far away as they can manage, either using persuasion with promises of power, or outright abduction. The department has also attributed multiple gruesome murders to citizens of Maphas.
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6. |
Maphas Broadcast #1
00:36
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Oh Great Mother Flower
We Call on the Avatars
Grant Us Strength
Grant Us Body
Grant Us Reach
So That we may spread
Like the grass on the ground
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Gorge Of The Flower
03:22
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On the horizon of the town there rests a hole
Secrets fill what lie deep below
The cliff-side marred with tattered clothes and bones
In between them lies blooming orchid
In the gorge there's gorge of flowers
In the gorge there's gorge of flowers
In the gorge there's gorge of flowers
In the gorge there's gorge of flowers
And once a day within the tiny town
They all quit their duties and all gather round
They line up and around the dark abyss
And pull the thorny flowers with their fists
And they gorge and gorge on flowers
And they gorge and gorge on flowers
And they gorge and gorge on flowers
And they gorge and gorge on flowers
I walk through the woods outside of the town
Hours would pass
And I fall to the ground
The fragrance that wrapped
Through the trees intoxicating
I would wake up
Staring at the creatures surrounding
Holding in their palms, life...
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8. |
Maphas Broadcast #2
00:57
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Oh Great Mother Flower
We stand here before you
We show our love...
And We shall enter the gorge
And We pray that these offerings will please you
Now,
the five on you, proceed
These gifts we hope will empower you
As we now feast upon the great flowers of the gorge
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Detective Entry #3
01:50
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August 25th, 20XX, 11:42 PM. Entry 5.
I arrived at the town from the southern forests, traveling 3 miles on foot in the woods, before discovering a torch lit ceremony being held, approximately a mile from the town itself.
As described from a source within the town, this location is known as The Gorge of Phrastus, where regular ceremonies are held by the population of the town. According to county records retrieved from earlier investigations, the land is defined as an active strip mine and privately owned by a company known as ADREAS LTD. However during my investigation of the area I found no signs of mining operations or equipment. The area was heavily populated by individuals cloaked in robes. Several of these individuals threw themselves into a massive hole in the forest, and many others picked luminescent blue flowers that grew scattered around it. I stayed in the place for 3 hours before the ceremony concluded and the members left the hole. My investigation of the area found no bodies. However the most concerning aspects was the strange flowers that grew around the hole, and the hole itself.
It was impossible to see the bottom of it, even as my flashlight shined down into it. There were no sounds coming from it except the echoing swirl of wind around the walls. I’m moving forward into the town itself, hoping to meet with multiple residents who have made contact with my investigation.
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Researcher Call #2
03:11
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Hello. This is Sam Rebnar, It is good to speak to you once again. I understand you have seen the flowers of the gorge. It is a unique specimen only known to grow around the Gorge of Phrastus, as the faxed information sent you should explain. a plant unknown to many researchers, existing only on the cliff sides of the Gorge, a valley of land that is privately owned by wealthy members of the ADREAS LTD. Due to the exclusivity of where the plant grows, little research was made regarding the flower, but investigations had largely attributed the flower to the gestation of the biological growth, which we refer to as the Maphas Cell. My department has been working publicly with the Maphas Cell since 1985, developing medicinal and nutritional products for use among the members of the community. All records of these products will cite them as alternative medicines that are considered no more harmful than most new age healing products ton the markets. However the Maphas Cell has a much more nefarious purpose, existing as the synthesis of a strange phenomenon that I cannot understand. As you see I am a defender of science, but what is happening in this town you will not believe with words alone. The serum we produce creates a link to ourselves and parasitic being referred to as Avatars, which I fear greatly to talk about on this phone line, and wish to speak to you in person. I hope we can meet soon.
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11. |
Dependency
02:48
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Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
I’m a part of you
You’re a part of me
We're one in the same
We're meant to be
I'm a part of you
You're a part of me
I depend on you
you depend on me
And nothing else could be better
And nothing else could compare to you
Nothing else could be better in this world
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
I depend on you
Like you depend on me
I depend on you
Like a ship in the sea
In the breeze of autumn
When it begins to rain
There is no struggle
No fear or pain
And nothing else could be better
And nothing else could compare to you
Nothing in this world could change the love of
It still finds a way
When we become one
Beneath the missing sun
The avatar assimilates
Sets out..
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
Oh, Oh, Oh Dependency
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Detective Entry #4
01:14
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August 26th, 20XX, 1:20 AM. Entry 6.
I've arrived in the town itself, and have immediately taken refuge in a small one story ranch home. I was assaulted by multiple citizens upon stepping foot on a street, however I saw no signs of CCTV on the streets or around the homes in the town. I have contacted outside authorities and have requested a full scale lock-down of the city, whatever is happening here is deadly. The family that lived in this house acted human, but barely looked it. The couple, a husband and wife, easily in their 70s, had the strength of someone in their 20s. I neutralized both of them and have locked down the house. The ISP say they will be arriving within the hour, and have alerted county law enforcement.
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False Indigo
03:31
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The the crowd stood at the stage
And they on kicked the lights
Unmasked and silent sat the sacrifice
Removed of all life but the transfer was complete
One by one the they stood in line
All kneeling on their feet
And the false indigo that's wrapped around your head
It covers the cracks it hides the scent of death
The false indigo that’s wrapped around your head
It hides the scent that comes from the aftermath
And this is what i get for falling in line
And hours spent wasting time
Just sitting counting hoping for something to arrive
And when it finally did it was with a price?\
As the false indigo that’s wrapped around your head
You should've been alive not lying there dead
The false indigo that’s wrapped around your eyes
It hides the emptiness that is all inside
There is so much hate
There is so much pain
And the people out there
Who've died in vain
They've died in the streets
They've died in their beds
And they cease to exist
And that's all that's ahead
If I knew the right words
If I could find something to say
If I was good enough
The we could've ran away
But I am none of those things
And you are nothing at all
As they celebrate you lying dead
Inside this empty hall
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Maphas Broadcast #3
00:29
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I can hear you calling out to me
Mother Flower, grant me strength!
Avatars, kill the intruder!
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Corrosive
01:54
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You put on your same clothes
They all fit the same
But you wear them with a different purpose
To blend in again
But as you shake your colleagues hand
They scream in pain
Their skin begins to sizzle
As it bursts into flame
So Corrosive!
You cant walk in the daylight
The sun it burns your eyes
Slumping out of bed so late
And stalking through the night
Following new victims
Approaching new recruits
Try to manage changes
And whats ever left of you
So corrosive!
The people on the streets
They reminded you
Of what you had
And what you lost
Keep up a public face
Pick up all the remains
So corrosive!
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Detective Entry #5
00:39
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2:02 AM. Entry 7.
I heard it all on the police scanner. They were shooting themselves one by one. They didn’t even speak. There was a loud crash outside, It had to be the helicopter. I attempted to contact the ISP again but cannot make a call. I can see shadows outside, as if they’re waiting for me to come out. This entry might possibly be my last.
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Trapped
02:20
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I'm trapped in a life
I'm trapped and I can't get away
I'm trapped in a life
I'm trapped and I can't get away
Everyday I see the same lines
The same streets, same rooms. same people
And these beings aren't the same ones
Who were around long ago
And they ask the same things
Like how are you
And how was your day
And they accept the same response
They're asking in formality
I look at myself in the window
And see the reflection outside
I can no longer travel distances
I only listen and abide
Coz I'm trapped in a life
I'm trapped and I can't get away
I'm trapped in a life
I'm trapped and I can't get away
Within my house I cannot move
The avatar has seen it through
It alerts me, when i should speak, when I should eat
When I should breathe
Within the town they're all restricting
The things I love are now all missing
Everything a part of me
Is only what they groomed
I often wonder if I'm dreaming
And if I could awake
I cannot feel pleasure or emotion
It's all that remains in their wake
Coz I'm trapped in a life
I'm trapped and I can't get away
I'm trapped in a life
I'm trapped and I can't get away
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Researcher Call #3
02:01
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Hello. This is Sam Rebnar. I’m aware of your situation, and am calling you via a private line that will not be detected. The Avatars know you are within the town, and can detect any life-form that is not in attuned with them. While all citizens in Maphas have appointed an Avatar to them, I have made many experimental drugs that have blocked their control over me at the sacrifice of most of my body functions. We will only have one chance to speak like this, and i hope you can meet me at the municipality building complex where I can relay materials to you. In the household you reside in, go to the bedroom and open the left drawer of the dresser. There you will find ceremonial robes. Wear them and exit the house, the citizens will not assault you, as the scent of the flowers should still reside on them. Please meet me on the left hand side of the complex, near the handicap ramp.
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Detective Entry #6
00:38
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2:45 AM. Entry 8.
I’ve arrived at the municipality building. The massive complex rests at the center of town and is the hub of operations for this cult. I met with my contact, a researcher named Sam Rebnar, who has given me a poison that will wipe out the source of the Maphas cell if injected directly. I’m making my way through the complex dressed in a ceremonial robe, which allows me to move freely without attracting the attention of the citizens.
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I Can't Speak
04:07
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Yesterday I broke a vase
I glued it together
I fit in the pieces
I thought it looked better
But nothing is the same
Once it's been smashed
Even with repairs
You can see all the cracks
I stare at you, you stare at me
I feel it underneath taking over me
my eyes twitch and curl and I can tell by your stance
You fear I might approach
You fear I might advance
I cant speak
But if I could
I'd tell you to run away
the avatar is seeking victims
Don't let it be you today
I quickly walk away
with a brief goodbye
I'll find somebody else
To be a victim by
It rips into the head
Manipulates the brain
Siphoning fluids
Drags it away
and when it feeds
I feel ashamed
I cant control the hunger
It’s violent reigns
But at least it wont be you
To fall a victim by
At least youll have the chance
To actually survive
I cant speak
But if I could
I'd tell you to run away
In the streets that we walk
If the shadows could talk
they'd tell you to run away
And as I walk out of sight
My walk begins to run
running through the night
But I feel it pulling on me
Taking me back to you
And I try to pull back
But there's nothing I can do
GET ME OUT OF THIS
GET ME OUT OF THIS
GET ME OUT OF THIS
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Researcher Call #4
03:01
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Hello. This is Sam Rebnar. By this time you should be occupying the private garden in the south of the complex. This garden houses The Mother Flower, The Plant of Life and Death. It is the key to the Maphas cult, and the creator of the Maphas Cell. Initially thought to be a invasive plant, it would later be discovered to have the capabilities to spread itself through plant-life and organic matter with the potential of spreading on a global scale. The victims of the cult that were considered food for the avatars were usually laid in the garden vines, which enveloped the bodies and drew from them, preserving their bodies in the process. A former researcher in my department claimed the bodies were needed for the avatars to create a moving vessel. Scans of this garden revealed preserved bodies dating back to 1554 30 kilometers benath the surface. Vines and roots from the plant were found to have spread well outside the complex, which widened the spread of the plant in the form of consumption of produce, agricultural feed, and processed fuel, with the potential to expand the reach of the avatars further and further. The chemicals I have given you will poison the mother flower and kill it’s link between the avatars and the produce. I have alerted the members of the cult of my intentions to destroy the research laboratories, drawing them towards me. That should buy you enough time to reach the flower undetected. This will be the last time we speak, please make sure the flower is destroyed.
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Detective Entry #7
00:25
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3:30 AM. Entry 10.
I’ve gotten past the main gate of the garden Hoping to reach the middle. there’s a vine growth at least 10 feet tall in the center, i’m…. Trying to get there but this fog is so thick.
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Don't Go Into The Garden
02:26
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Don’t go into the garden!
It was the only rule!
Don’t go into the garden!
You won’t like what you find!
Don’t make me get my axe!
I can swing it without struggle
And you won’t be the first
It’s had to crack
Don’t go into the garden!
I see you shaved the lock!
Don’t go into the garden!
I swear I'll cut you down!
It’s my only job
To guard this plot of land
And anybody not authorized
Won't make it past my hand!
Under the twisting vines
Eyes reacted to the light
From bodies still alive
Preserved by vegetation
Unable to speak
Mouths replaced by
Branches twisting out
And out and out
Don’t go into the garden!
Don’t go into the garden!
Don’t go into the garden!
You won't be the first
You won't survive
I'll reach out to you
And I'll try to swipe
Don't try to hide!
I'll mow you down
I swear to god
I'll make it loud
Don't go into the garden!
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Vegetation
01:34
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..Have you...
Seen...
The vegetation?
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Maphas Broadcast #4
00:29
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Only DEATH awaits those who cross the Great Mother Flower
SOON you will be part of the garden
And join us on our mission
COME OUT!
COME OUT!
COME OUT!
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Death Culture
02:56
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Well i tried your life and i don't understand
Now I gotta get away while i still can
You’re not fit for me I'm not fit for you
And running away is all i can do
Your death culture is making me sick
And i gotta get away from it
Your death culture is making me sick
And i gotta get away from it
So many times I thought it was right
But I see all the victims when I sleep at night
Moving around through the shadowy halls
Wishing I was far away from it all
Your death culture is making me sick
And i gotta get away from it
Your death culture is making me sick
And i gotta get away from it
Maybe one day I’ll finally get away from all this
rotting,
dripping,
bleeding,
haunting,
testifying,
multiplying,
isolating,
CRUCIFIXION!
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Detective Entry #8
01:12
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September 2nd, 8:30 AM. Entry 13.
I’m pleased to report the closure of the Maphas Investigation, with a successful eradication of the Mother Flower. Soon after it was killed, phones began working and the ISP brought a large scale force to the town, locking down the town and making mass arrests of the city officials, law enforcement, and resisting town members. Many who were stuck behind the will of the Avatars were finally able to move their bodies freely again. I’m headed back to Springfield as the official statement on the Maphas incident was a fertilizer factory explosion due to ADREAS LTD
But, as I drive, I should explain that the Avatar has a bond that cannot be broken, it cant just be extinguished, it cant be washed out by a single detective, a single researcher, or a police force. I’ve got a meeting at 10 AM with the Governor who I’m sure will love to hear the explanation.
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Epilogue
01:22
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Following the Maphas incident, The Avatars would continue to spread their reach across the USA, eventually reaching other countries. As it spread, many investigations sprang up across the planet regarding similar accounts of massive holes in the ground that seemed to be bottomless, with the same glowing flowers growing around them. Soon, the Avatars made such a deep connection and occupied so many bodies that those that resisted their influence had their bodies turned into a vegetative growth. It quickly became a cultural standard of the world to see them moving through the streets, making low groans. Thousands of years in the future, as the earth entered an ice age, the vegetation that was once the human race formed together by the billions, creating giant tendrils that pierced the atmosphere and moved through the stars as vessels for the avatars, searching for other planets to inhabit. But the consciousness of billions of humans never died within those vegetative masses, As a collective they singularly inhabited the avatar, peacefully experiencing a unending dream for eons as they powered the Avatar's conquest through the stars.
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29. |
The Endless Dream
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30. |
Speed Racer
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Originally by Patrick Cadaver
Speed limit? (No)
Speed limit? (No)
Should I slow down? (No)
I can't hear you (Go)
1-2-3-4
John and Andy take the wheel
Days get to fast for us to heal
The air conditioning
Cruise control, windshield
And you'll never see us
In the rear view mirror
Travel fast theres an accident
They all look at you
They don't know what to do
Even Speed Racer
Loses championships just save you
Travel fast there's an accident
they all look at you
They don't know what to do
You'll know the moment
When the sun starts staring back at you
The volunteer police
Will be the first ones at the scene
And though they try to sell us out
Again, we'll take care of it
We've destroyed every last piece
Of heinous propaganda under god
Just to see if we'll get caught
Just to see if we''ll get caught
Travel fast theres an accident
They all look at you
They don't know what to do
Even Speed Racer
Loses championships just save you
Travel fast there's an accident
they all look at you
They don't know what to do
You'll know the moment
When the sun starts staring back at you
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