[TAKEDA SANOSUKE™]

In front of him there was clearly a lot that was going on in the area. He couldn't deny that he more than likely got the good end of the stick by rushing out to the explosion area first. All he had to worry about was a woman that was as strong as he was if not stronger, and now still had some beast summon to deal with. He was sure it was only going to be a matter or time before it actually showed up which left him with very little options. Either he went to help the rest of his teammates, or he took care of things on his end "first" before going to help them. At some point he'd have to trust that his teammates could take care of themselves until he was done with the crazy strong woman.

"If there were ever a sign of all the chaos that has surrounded this moment its me not seeing you...."

He'd sigh looking at a random moth that was on his back. "I don't know how after all that has happened that you've managed to remain there.. Sucks, your resilience actually has me thinking about...." A brief pause occurred as he begin to closely examine the moth as the sounds of the beast seemed to approach. "Why is it that you have chakra?" He questioned before punching the moth located on the waistline of his back. "Holy shit.." It was actually an embarrassing moment on his part. If there was any lesson to take from this moment it was that he had much work to do in terms of learning how to utilize his Doujutsu. "How could I have been so stupid." After destroying the moth the sound of the once approaching beast seemed to have vanished.

THREAD IN REFERENCE TO.

"My only questions are: Was there any details that stood out to you as being too suspicious to probably be real? If so, what?"

"There were still enough odd details that just don't quite make sense. If you list them all together, it starts to seem so uncharacteristic, and unrealistic that... well, you realize it isn't your actual reality."

The words were not of his own, but of Yuuyake and his teammate Mika. He could still hear some of thing they said to him long ago during their training in Amaegakure. "Genjutsu... Of course I'd forget something so important at a time like this one." If he was as focused as he'd like to believe then there were many things he would have noticed during the beast random occurrence. The first was that it appeared in front of him out of nowhere. There was no one else in the smoke but himself and the loud woman, and he knew for a fact she did not summon. Even if there was someone close by the chances that it would have appeared the way it did, and its location was fairly unrealistic. Another was the way it fought. He didn't quite notice it at first, but after thinking about it now it made entirely no sense for it to show up just to do nothing.

In fact it had this weird way of reading his movements in a way that felt unreal. But its hard to take notice of such a thing when your getting attack by someone as strong as the one he was fighting, but lastly. The most important thing for him to have noticed was the moth that appeared out of nowhere and attached itself to him. Not only was its presence completely odd, but if he'd just taken just a moment to look at it he would have seen its chakra signatures and at the very least would have known that its presence on him could not have been one of coincidence. Not to mention to his knowledge bugs like that did not fly around carrying chakra. He might not have known it was the cause of this Genjutsu, but he would have for sure found that out after killing it.

Nonetheless, dealing with one problem did not mean the rest of his problems were going to go away. If only all of this was a Genjutsu, and in reality they were really beating the crap out of the opposition. Unfortunately, his opposition was back and in no way seemed to be interested in giving up anytime soon. "Seriously!!!" The Takeda exclaimed before she attempted to launch her javilin toward him. What he was seeing now with his own eyes was not only the craziest thing he'd experience so far in the exams, but also the most amazing. There was no way anyone else in their class would have stood after his attack on her. Let alone still fight. Externally he wished she would just give up, but he could not deny internally that she was just a warrior fighting for the same thing he was.

Hopefully the examiners and the people of her village would take note of this, but for now he had to think about himself. This situation once again was a favorable one for himself for a few reasons. The first was that she had to have undertaken some serious damage from his attack. Something that was reflected in her attack. While it was still potent and could kill him like it would have any other shinobi, it was lacking the same zip she had in the beginning of their fight. His observation proved to be true as he attempted to retaliate to her deadly attack by simply using his Devil Bringer [ Forearm ] as a mean to parry the launching javelin to his right side. After doing that he'd use this chance to duck underneath and use his right arm again to punch full force in the area of her ribs which she'd be holding on to for dear life.

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NOTES: Sanosuke finally realizes the moth on his back and gets rid of it releasing the Genjutsu? Afterward he takes notice of the Cloud Shinobi looking to attack him. He parry her Javelin using the durability in his Devil Bringer before ducking a striking with that same arm to her rib area that is already hurt from the last attack. Punching power with that right arm is Equivalent to that of a Sole Taijutsu user.

BYAKUGAN ACTIVE: 2 Meter radius of clear vision. Anything outside of that will practically place his vision at the same visual prowess as everyone else. Sanosukes prowess using the Byakugan goes beyond its all seeing ability; It also grants him heighten senses, allowing him to follow high-speed movements, putting him in a better position to analyze his opponent's actions. This also allows Sanosuke to predict and better react to them. Combining this with his complete dedication to close range combat makes him a dangerous opponent for anyone willing to stand their ground against him.

GREAT SWORD PROWESS SA: Given the amount of time Sasosuke has put into learning how to control his heavy sword he has managed gain mastery over its weight better than most Shinobi are ever able to. Learning how to maneuver the sword well enough to where it is no long a handicap to use in combat. Using weight training and momentum control based training to increase his endurance while learning how to monitor the swords weight properly without harming himself. While most great sword users are limited to just two hands of control of the weapon Sano has learned how to carry the sword well enough to even be able to wield it with one hand. Its speed equaling that of a two handed user when doing so. These advanced movements enables the user to be able to accurately move the sword around so then one is able to block, attack, and counter intermediate moves of up to B rank caliber Bukijutsu and Shinobi. This skill being limited only to Sanosuke's current rank and specialization, meaning as those increase so will his mastery of great swords.

NAME: Akuma Sakenomi ( 悪魔酒飲み ) Devil Bringer
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium (Activation) - Low (Drainage)
CLASSIFICATION: Bukijutsu - Taijutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
ACTIVATION In order for one to utilize this power the user must feel a great deal of emotion. By channeling those feelings into power, and stabilizing that feeling does one achieve this transformation, with the clenching of right fist being the final step into obtaining this form.
DESCRIPTION: The true power of the Takeda clan, a transformation only achieved by the strongest members within the clan. This power transforms the right forearm and hand of the user. The transformation acting as a physical manifestation of the clans demonic power. Like the previous transformation, the users emotions are required to activate it, but also unlike the previous form the user must be control of them. A tight clenching of the right fist is all that is needed to activate this transformation. This arm possesses superhuman strength, which it can also manifest through a larger, spectral arm. Like the previous transformation, this form increases the physical power of the user based on its current strength. However, the strength of the user is only increased within the limits of that one arm, in return its power outmatches that of its predecessor. Unlike its predecessor though, the amount of drainage this transformation has on ones chakra is minimal, given that the user must be in complete control while using this transformation. The Devil Bringer is highly durable, and with its physical strength can be highly effective at blocking attacks, giving the user advantages against their opponents in hand to hand combat. The Devil Bringer can also be highly effective in sword combat, enhancing the strength of the weapon when utilizing the right hand as a means of attack. Its increase in strength can be used to further empower the strength and durability of the blade.
Non-Specialized ➠ Primary Buki - Tai Str
Secondary Buki - Tai Str ➠ Sole Buki - Tai Str
Primary Buki - Tai Str ➠ 1 Rank Increase With Sole Buki - Tai Str
Sole Buki - Tai Str ➠ 2 Rank Increase With Sole Buki - Tai Str


LAVA ( Yōgan ) 溶岩 - C Rank - The Yōgan resembles an exaggerated two-handed sword in its shape and appearance, and usually has to be held with two hands because its apparent size and weight. It consists of a long hilt wrapped in a red material, a distinctively large hand guard which the other swords are locked into, a wide length of blade, and an equally long but thinner length ending in a point. Yōgan is the only sword among the six that is double-sided. Yōgan has two forms. In the first, the appearance is as described above, with the blade appearing to be one solid length of metal except for the transition between the wide and thin halves. In the second, the blade is pulled in two lengthwise; the edges are locked apart and the sword's complex inner portion is visible, giving the blade a different appearance. Yōgan's Battle mode [ X ]

[Yutakako Ryuu]

You'll never get away

when you're running

from the past

To say Ryuu was not happy would be an understatement. Things were going sideways fast and it was all he could do to try and stem the tide of shit storm. It was utter chaos around him and it was all he could do just to keep his eyes scanning the battle without being caught up on any one thing. That even meant ignoring, for the moment, that his own teammate just defended the enemy. He felt his fists tighten but there wasn't time for that as he not only spotted the damn shinobi who made clones of him but also the poison gas rolling in. His eyes went wide as he tried to decide what to do but he knew that there was only one real option for him.



He turned and looked at Kaiya before he began to move. "There's poison rolling in... You can either keep fighting or withdraw, but either way we're in the endgame..." With that Ryuu moved past his teammate but paused one last time to say one final thing. "If you ever decide to aid the enemy again... I'll take you out myself..." Without even turning to look at her, Ryuu took off running towards the temple. He knew it was his best chance at trying to stop the damn gnat that had plagued them since he spotted them earlier. Whatever that device was, made his life quite difficult and he wanted to at least have one last chance to make their life just as miserable.



Focusing chakra into his feet, the Yutakako began wrapping them in bakuton chakra. Each step was followed by an explosion as he attempted to us them to give him some extra momentum. He wasn't sure if it would work the way he wanted it to but he damn well knew he had to try something to try and catch them before they made it all the way inside. It was his last gasp to pull out a win and even if he failed, he at least hoped it would give him some points for ingenuity. Either way, this would be the end of this round but he would be damned if he was going to take the loss without a fight. Now he just hoped he'd make it in time to intercept.

YUTAKAKO

RYUU

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Jutsu Used


NAME: Būtsu o bakuhatsu [Exploding Boots]

RANK: C

CHAKRA USAGE: Medium

CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu

ELEMENT: Bakuton

DESCRIPTION:

Exactly the same jutsu as Exploding Gauntlet, but with the foot: the Bakuton is charged around the feet and then released upon impact.

The chakra around the foot will be condensed around the feet in whole, so it would be able to used upon any angle. The catch with this jutsu is that when it explodes, the impact also affects the user, possibly causing nasty falls.

Once again, this jutsu, as it's brother, can cause broken bones, fingers, noses and break small shinobi weapons with no special effects upon them.

[Masahiro Kaiya]

With Life There Is Always Another Chance

In The Light There Is Always Darkness

It was all still a mess…. A summoned animal ready to attack. People everywhere. And then an attack at Akio. She had to stop that! And did. It wasn’t something that was negotiable. It all seemed to pay back in its own way… kind of…

Somehow she ended up on the ground. Tackled by a body she barely saw coming until the last moment. Akio? Definite confusion lining her features as the hand that held her rapier grew a bit limp, the weapon not quite leaving her hand but certainly would have been easy to part with. He collided with her, shoving her to the ground and covering her mouth. Poison? Where had it come from?

So many things rushing back. Even… even her teammate threatening her. That he wouldn’t hesitate to harm her if she went for the enemy again. Kaiya might have even clung to Akio stronger at that point, but hadn’t. Things had moved too quickly. Her own natural exhaustion with a genjutsu tearing at her and now this poison fog as her friend was with her would be enough to make anyone slower or tired. Attempting not to take deep breaths, small girl would attempt to get back to her feet. Get out of the cloud… that’s what they had to do….

Except a small problem. Summon jutsu wasn’t lifted. Trying to bring Akio up with her would pause as she noticed that wolf-like creature. Her rapier had hit the ground somewhere in Akio’s tackle and her hand found no weapon. Gulping, she’d attempt to wrench the boy up with her. A fragile thing, but at least with some level of strength.

And try to get him to leave the poison with her. At least thinner! To his own teammate? She angled that way, hopefully, rushing, and frnatic a little. That wolf could come… But what mattered was she tried her hardest... and helped her friend.

Masahiro Kaiya

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[Mikazuki Aikawa]

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I really can't remember if I'm insane or insomniac

It was... strange. Even though Squeakers had purposely moved after the flash bomb went off--since he was out of range and away from the wall at the time, it couldn't have affected him or Sato--it seemed that, somehow... The blonde boy had seen him moving discreetly away from the action, along the wall, and make a second attempt to launch himself over. Squeakers wasn't sure how blondie saw Squeakers when everyone in that area should have been blinded by the flash bomb, but it was a curious thing. After all, if he could have seen Squeakers's actions, even despite the flash bomb, and Squeakers moving once again so far away from everyone else and all of the action, then, surely... he must have also seen Squeakers hand the scroll over to Sabishi.
    And if even his own teammate thought she had the real deal,  Squeakers wondered how it was that blondie had known Squeakers had the real one, determined enough to chase after him.
    Or how he knew Squeakers had the scroll in the first place, despite how Sato had initially been being protected by everyone around him, and Squeakers was obviously acting as a scout and nothing more. Squeakers wondered why this blonde guy was so fixed on chasing after him, when it just seemed... stupid.
    Because, if Ryuu hadn't seen the scroll transaction because he actually had been blinded in that moment of his flash bomb and focused on other things, and because he didn't see Squeakers give the scroll to Sabishi, he still somehow thought Squeakers had it, then... it didn't make sense how he even noticed Squeakers making a second attempt again, anyway, considering Squeakers had moved while the others were momentarily blind.
    Maybe the blonde boy was a psychic or something.
    Or, maybe, and more likely, maybe the blonde kid was one of those hot-headed, easily-enraged type of kids, who was so pissed off that Squeakers had made clones pretending to be Ryuu that he simply... had to get revenge. It was the only logical conclusion Squeakers could come up with, considering there was no reason for anyone--even any onlooking spectators--to think Squeakers had the scroll.
    But, unfortunately, no matter what it was, Ryuu would be too late. Squeakers had moved down the wall by the time Ryuu had noticed, and shooting himself up and over the wall with his B-ranked gear was a breeze. Without the little sword girl making a wall of weapons, Squeakers had no fear of anything. And the gear could easily keep him above grounds and moving at high speeds without even needing to waste any chakra or energy into focusing on running techniques. Sure, Sanosuke had his fancy smancy B-ranked sword that Squeakers had learned the hard way had more to it than it seemed, but in comparison to Squeakers's mobiliy gear? Where he could get out of range and from one place to another so easily? Without using chakra? And utilize it in many other different ways as well? Squeakers wouldn't trade it.
    Since Sabishi had been moving toward the target before Squeakers had started moving, she would likely get there just a little before Squeakers did. Soaring through the air after being launched in the air, Squeakers used his grapples--mid-flight--to shoot onto the temple place where the scroll was meant to be delivered. Sling-shotting himself right at the location, Squeakers dashed inside and preformed two hand seals:
    One to deactivate every single shadow clone he'd made.
    And the other to create five more standing right around him.
    Each one of the five new clones moved simultaneously, instantly, and fluidly. Pulling out tags, each one slammed their corresponding paper against each wall of the building, the fifth going on the door.
    It didn't matter how close Ryuu was, or how strong he thought he was, he couldn't break through that barrier.
    And it didn't even matter if he did, somehow, miraculously, figure out how to destroy the barrier--which probably he would only know how to do if he'd been trained with fuuinjutsu arts and was familiar with this particular technique, as this barrier was a bit different than a lot of barriers.
    Because, even if he did somehow get inside the building where Sabishi and Squeakers were... they were already there. They'd won. Squeakers had the scroll and, even if, somehow, the gods gave him divine ability to get there in time, get through the barrier, and try to stop Squeakers...
    Not a single person knew where the scroll was.
    Sabishi thought she had the scroll.
    But even if you did, for some reason, believe Squeakers had it... You could turn him up-side-down and still not find the scroll. Squeakers had hid it and not told a single person where he'd hid it, for this sole purpose. So that even if somehow, despite all the plans and all the decoys, the enemies did figure out that Squeakers had the real scroll (even though he had fake scrolls on him so it'd be easy to guess he actually didn't have a real one)... and even if they did somehow manage to capture or disable him so he was stuck in place, and they searched his body... what were the chances they'd actually guess where he'd hidden it?
    Sure, Squeakers had pockets in his raincoat, which would seem too obvious.
    Sure, Squeakers had back pockets in his pants, which would be more discreet and less likely to be noticed or stolen--considering how it would be hidden by his long raincoat.
    Or maybe it was in his shirt, or in one of his shoes where it'd be more difficult to steal.
    But, really, nobody would have any real way to figure out where Squeakers had hid it.
    So even if somehow the gods blessed Ryuu and he managed to catch Squeakers (unlikley, considering the barrier and that it was two people who knew how to make many solid clones against one single kid), he wouldn't know where to find it. He'd lose, anyway.
    Squeakers had been so careful, that he'd not even told his teammates where it was. Just in case any of them tried to betray him, or the enemy had mind-reading skills and looked into the heads of Squeakers's teammates. Just in case anything could possibly go wrong, Squeakers hadn't trusted any of his teammates with that information. That's how reliable he'd been to this mission.
    Hopefully, Sabishi would be able to understand when it was revealed.
    Squeakers hadn't been intending to betray his teammates. Quite the opposite. He'd been so determined to make sure they would succeed, he made sure to make the scroll as safe as humanly possible.
    Or, since he was a jinchuriki, as inhumanly as possible.
    Squeakers chuckled a little at his own joke.

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Items Used:
3DMG

Jutsu Used:

*All previous Shadow Clones destroyed, remade/relocated with the same technique:

NAME: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu [Shadow Clone Technique] x5
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
Kage Bunshin is a Jounin level Ninjutsu technique. The normal Bunshin technique creates a copy of the ninja that lacks any substance. The Kage Bunshin distributes the ninja's chakra evenly among the clones and creates a real copy with form and substance. The clone itself can also utilize any jutsu the original ninja knows, as well as their kekkei genkai. When the clone finally disperses, any new knowledge it has gained along with it's remaining chakra are passed back to the original ninja and any additional clones. This makes Kage Bunshin an excellent training method if the ninja has the chakra capacity and stamina to maintain the Kage Bunshins for an extended period of time. This allows the ninja to essentially reduce the time it takes to train and learn with each clone added. This is especially true when used with Tajuu Kage Bunshin.

NAME: Gofuu Kekkai - [Five Seal Barrier]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Fūinjutsu
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
The five "kin" (prohibition) seals act together to form a barrier to the entrance of the place being protected. The entrance itself is marked with one seal, and four other seals are located within a few hundred meters of each other. Despite its low rank, this technique is seemingly impervious to most physical attacks, being more dangerous to the offensive party if they were to try such an act. To remove the barrier, all five seals must be removed at the same moment.

SA Reminder:

Enhanced Physical Trait

Due to her extensive training in her early ninja days, Mikazuki has heightened speed, stamina, and endurance. Every day that she has an opportunity to, she still trains to further strengthen each trait. This ability was not gained from heritage or being born into a clan.

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[Yugao Akio]

I HAVE A FRIEND

a moth named snowflake

VERY BAD THINGS

such horrible things

Akio was physically weaker than most, so he'd of surely not survived a fight with Ryuu. Though thankfully Kaiya worried as much about him, as he'd seem to worry for her. His attempts to save her would be damning him, but he'd not be taken out immediately by the poison. He would admit his lungs weaker likely than most too, so he definitely felt over-hampered. Working with Kaiya they'd move out of the poisons way, a surge of painful coughing from Akio.

He might of been a shinobi, but things like this really sucked. His mind often over played it, as the tickle in his throat turned to spiders. The slight distortions that poison caused to his vision made his hallucinations all the worst. Dark figures in nearby shadows approaching him. It didn't help that Kaiya was peering towards a creature that didn't exist. He might of cast the genjutsu, but via moths it was less defined by him.

He hadn't planned for it to hit Kaiya actually, but even with his mind sort of slipping he'd notice her looking to nothing. His eyes made something out of it, raised his heart beat and spread the poison faster, but his intelligence and experience in being delusional told him otherwise. Swallowing his paranoia for rationality, he'd perform kai in order to release Kaiya from her wolf. At this point the moth had been on both Kaiya and Sanosuke more than long enough to seep all of Akio's chakra into them. The genjutsu cast meant it'd need to be broken by normal manners now.

[I'm kind of lost still on what's going on and didn't realize it was my post till too late, so I was pretty poor on details. Sorry.]

[Killing the moth works only in the first two posts of it hitting, at least I think the moths been on you two plus posts now.]

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Please tell me it's over...

tag: Nōhime Sabishī // notes: You can't speak moth don't try me

★ made by elaina[/di]

[LazyNeko]

Modding is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

Once inside the two genin would be alone for a few moments as the barrier came into a place before a small circle of fuinjutsu on the floor become visible and activated. With a poof of smoke, a rather nondescript jounin appeared.

Looking rather startled at suddenly being summoned the jounin stared at the two participants rather awkwardly before rubbing at his neck and speaking "Ah, someone out of this batch actually made it. Well congratulations are in order. You won.”

He laughed for a moment before grinning at the foreigners "You are rather lucky actually. You get to get back the cool way! The rest are probably being knocked out and carried out as we speak.”

Meanwhile a squad of Anbu stationed around burst into action silently appearing behind the rest of the participants and knocking them out with a blow and carrying them away. Those that needed medical attention were going to be delivered to a section of the hospital sectioned off for participants in the exams while the rest were delivered to the temporary dorm.

Clapping his hands, the cheerful Suna jounin continued speaking "Now stand in the circle and I’ll reverse summon us out of here. Unless you really want to be chopped at the back of your neck?” there was a disturbing amount of hopefulness in his tone at his question.

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OOC:
This marks the end of the exams. Things have been already gone through so expect the results to come out rather shortly.

Group F-7 : Mikazuki Aikawa , Yugao Akio , Nōhime Sabishī , Fujioka Isamu , Nobohiro Sato

Group D-6 : Mikatakujira Tetsuya , TAKEDA SANOSUKE™ , Yutakako Ryuu , ura , Masahiro Kaiya

[Mikazuki Aikawa]

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I really can't remember if I'm insane or insomniac

"Actually?" Squeakers questioned mentally. What? Did these proctors really think so little of these genin? Of course they'd make it. Still, Squeakers would nod his thanks when the simple form of congratulations was given to he and his teammate. Using a hand seal, Squeakers used the transformation jutsu to alter his face somewhat--messy orange hair, shiny black eyes, that whole sort of deal--and took off his mask. In the back of his mask there'd been a seal scribed into the material, where he'd sealed the scroll into since the very beginning and had kept it safe. Because, frankly, unless they'd consulted the gods or something, who would have guessed he'd hide it there?? Or even be able to get it out of it's seal to extract it from the mask, anyway?
    Needless to say, Squeakers had done everything he could to make sure nobody would get it.
    Handing the scroll over to the proctor, Squeakers nodded and put the mask back on his face. "OOoh, yeah, that sucks, I'd hate to get knocked out. Gotta say I don't like being unconscious where there's people that can do things to me, like slit my throat," he laughed awkwardly. Not nervously. Awkwardly. There was probably a story behind that...
    "So yeah," Squeakers said, moving into the circle. He didn't want to get knocked out. That wouldn't be fun at all. Plus he'd never been reverse-summoned before! Or summoned, for that matter. He thought it'd be a cool experience.

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NAME: Henge no Jutsu [Transformation Technique]
RANK: E
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
After performing the necessary hand seals, the user transforms their appearance to become that of another person, animal or even an inanimate object. This is considered one of the most advanced academy techniques, as it requires a constant emission of chakra as well as constant mental focus to maintain the transformation. Shinobi are limited to transforming into objects roughly their own size, preventing them from turning into a fly while being able to carry items far greater than their transformed state.

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//EXIT

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NOTES: making this last post bc I wanna

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