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archaeo 06-Apr-22 10:56 PM
delightful
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 10:56 PM
With that in mind it's pretty safe to say that file 05 will cover the so called Golden Age of The World, where Aura ruled as a benevolent God of the internet
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 10:56 PM
I wish we had one of those
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I guess when Elon Musk sacrifices his child
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 10:57 PM
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 10:58 PM
(square enix is working on this technology as we speak, why do you think they hired yoko taro)
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 10:59 PM
like you'd think they'd like, maybe realize there was a business opportunity in an omnipotent AI beyond "MMORPG administration and QA"
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 10:59 PM
Jun talks a little about how Aura combined Harold's genius with Emma's creativity and beauty, the "soul of a poet" as he puts in
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which I do think is kinda nice to think about, given how weird and fucked up her creation was
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He here about one of the minor .hack spinoffs and how Aura caused a bunch of low-stakes anime through hijinks
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:02 PM
have you considered maybe basing the entire internet off ff14 might not be a good strategy
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:02 PM
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they thought there was some new virus because everything just worked worse and no one knew why
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which sounds right for the network admins I know
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so yeah it wasn't that the internet was fundementally broken. Everyone just got used to Aura holding up the entire internet, like Atlas holding up the sky on his shoulders
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nobody make an ayn rand joke
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:04 PM
pardon
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:04 PM
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so yeah I do feel really bad for Aura, jfc
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:05 PM
Aura: /shrug
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:05 PM
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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In File10 we learned that Aura reintegrated her code into the world and became something akin to a god in truth. I think from hearing how she related with humanity, it's pretty clear why it only took her 4 years to decide she had enough of coporeality
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:06 PM
Aura: I'm a god! Aura: ok this sucks, I'm out
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:06 PM
anyways, our files have so far largely skipped over what actually occured during project GU
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but the next two files, 08 and 09, should fixt that
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Jyotaro Amagi was the head programmer for the RA plan, if you've forgotten
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This is Pi's Morganna Factor
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so yeah, Jun betrayed the RA plan. We have one file we haven't unlocked yet, so whatever it was exactly that made him decide to sabotage it is still unknown to us
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oh god damn it they used the DUMMY PLUG
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Gendo Unleashed indeed
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I don't think this is haseo and the others, at least not all of them
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I think there are multiple potential "chosen ones" and the factor just goes for whatever it likes the most
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lol
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Amagi's plan wasn't just to create a new Aura, but to create a new aura with himself as the brain behind it, essentially becoming the god that Aura was
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:12 PM
oops
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:12 PM
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so yeah
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that was incredibly fucked up
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:13 PM
lol
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lmao
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Zedd-Repulsa 06-Apr-22 11:13 PM
damn
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:13 PM
sounds about right
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:13 PM
now that's all on CC corp
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:13 PM
seriously when has a plan to become a living deus ex machina ever gone well
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I think there are multiple potential "chosen ones" and the factor just goes for whatever it likes the most
Skeith 06-Apr-22 11:13 PM
iirc Kuhn was one of the original Epitath Users for this project
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:13 PM
.hack//god unplugged
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po4adxJxqZk
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But it might work for us!
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the next file picks up right afterwards
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:15 PM
that subtitle
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:15 PM
I should point out, what is lost in these screenshots is Richard Epcar's delightful baritone narration over extremely charming soft yet ominous piano playing in the background
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Like on a sheer audio level this really dry material is quite nice
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@Skeith yep
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Skeith 06-Apr-22 11:17 PM
My semi-vauge memory paid off lol (edited)
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:17 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:17 PM
sets fire
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fire spreads to a third of the building
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:17 PM
lmao
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:18 PM
well fuck
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:18 PM
and that's it
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so yeah
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:19 PM
but GU's no longer around, os that's good at least, right
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right
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:19 PM
the plan to revive aura basically turned into one man's megamaniacal plan to become a deus ex machina, and he essentially killed himself and 6 other people in the process
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and then CC corp, having undersigned checks for this catastophe for years, covered it up entirely
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:20 PM
good work cyberconnect japan
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"
but GU's no longer around, os that's good at least, right
Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:20 PM
I will say it is a little unclear to me what the continuity is between this GU and the GU lead by Yata (edited)
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:20 PM
ngl I just assumed they resurrected it
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just wholesale
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:20 PM
we'll find out
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as next time we touch grass in Vol 3//Redemption
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:21 PM
probably in the DVD liner notes for an OVA released only on Japan Air
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Skeith 06-Apr-22 11:21 PM
Hey if you're a megalomaniac like Yata why not use the Project name a different one did
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:22 PM
I do also kind of watch this and thing "I bet if I lived in the timeline where a beautiful video game menu exists like this for all 7 episodes of the Xenogears saga, I would also be married to my husband who likes Xenogears, and is an Astronaut, and we live in space"
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:22 PM
also fuck it I guess I might as well just show the spoiler filled demo disk for this one, I think it's a good vibe setter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk2p5qVIOsI MARIA START HERE (edited)
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.hack//G.U. Last Recode - PS4 / PC - Vol. 3 Redemption opening movie
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:22 PM
we live in this timeline though
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.hack's okay
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:22 PM
LMAO I do wish
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CatHerder 06-Apr-22 11:22 PM
my hypothesis on this is "Morganna caused a power surge, totally frying the breakers into arc flashing and starting a fire" (edited)
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:23 PM
to be fair every time someone talks about how one of these OPs is filled with spoilers, all I get is vibes
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that makes sense CH
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electricity and fires
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:23 PM
"suck my ass, CC corp"
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:23 PM
lol
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:23 PM
And yeah I do like .hack as I think it is carrying on some of the weird fucked up aesthetics of Xenogears, even if nothing has ever lived up to xenogears
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CatHerder 06-Apr-22 11:24 PM
Morganna: https://c.tenor.com/xdU7ELf_kp4AAAAM/swag-ahs.gif
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:25 PM
lol
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it certainly has big aesthetics, I'll give it that
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:26 PM
lol even in there Genocide of the Unfaithful
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glad to see our GU names make a return
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:26 PM
and also feels kind of similar in terms of being a vision that is maybe beyond what's really feasible for what they're trying to accomplish?
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and also feels kind of similar in terms of being a vision that is maybe beyond what's really feasible for what they're trying to accomplish?
Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:26 PM
yeah
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:26 PM
in a way they don't even really know yet, too
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which I think is also the big Xenogears vibe
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they knew not what they knew not
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or did not know
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however that goes
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:27 PM
my ultimate thesis statement on .hack--as a whole, not just GU--is that being a fan of .hack is about being a fan of a version of .hack that you create in your head from the vibes and ideas that are put on display, rather than anything that actually exists in any form
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CatHerder 06-Apr-22 11:27 PM
I can see it
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:28 PM
so is the girl with Ovan in that one shot Shino
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:28 PM
no, Shino looks just like Atoli
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archaeo 06-Apr-22 11:28 PM
isn't the girl Aura or whatever
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Ovan, like any sensible glasses guy
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is just trying to get his mitts on god
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glasses guys are completely obsessed with gods (small girl type)
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Skeith 06-Apr-22 11:31 PM
I'm a huge fan of .hack// as it is if that isn't obvious. Well most of it anyway
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:31 PM
I was obsessed with it as a teenager so I'm coming back to it and enjoying most of it
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CatHerder 06-Apr-22 11:32 PM
Aura looks like a little kid in a nightgown, or she did anyway
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:32 PM
It's playing with ideas on multiple levels that are just way out of its depth but that, in itself, has a kind of charm to it
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also, apropos of nothing
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please enjoy this nice picture of Atoli's player being cute and looking happy
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she deserves it
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Zedd-Repulsa 06-Apr-22 11:33 PM
aww
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CatHerder 06-Apr-22 11:34 PM
awww a good girl
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Skeith 06-Apr-22 11:34 PM
She deserves to he happy
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Zedd-Repulsa 06-Apr-22 11:34 PM
I think I told CH after I finished the GU games the first time that I think it's really really good at showing Haseo's opening up to and coming to trust other players
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:35 PM
Yeah I think Haseo's storyline does really work
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Yuri Lowenthal does an amazing job of voice acting Haseo as like
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having sort of an affect of a cool guy
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but occasionally it just breaks and he sounds like a scared child
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Zedd-Repulsa 06-Apr-22 11:35 PM
yeah
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CatHerder 06-Apr-22 11:36 PM
yeah
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:36 PM
Just his narration at the end of vol 2 of just "I'm so tired" was really potent
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Unfortunately I only started really doing this in earnest like halfway through Vol 1 so you didn't really get to see much of Haseo at his most psychotic
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he's come a long way
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Zedd-Repulsa 06-Apr-22 11:38 PM
what I really can't wait for is the vol 4...everything, really
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:38 PM
I have almost no idea what goes on in vol 4
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beyond like
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the broad thematic conciet
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did you play Vol 4 Zedd?
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 06-Apr-22 11:39 PM
I didn't actually realize there was a vol4
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Shaiapouf 06-Apr-22 11:39 PM
so
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Vol 4 came out with the remake
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Zedd-Repulsa 06-Apr-22 11:40 PM
no, I paused in early vol 3 and never went back to it
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we don't have the ps4 set up at all
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I have almost no idea what goes on in vol 4
Skeith 06-Apr-22 11:40 PM
6 hour long Ovan and Haseo sex scene making it the greatest atory of all time
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Zedd-Repulsa 06-Apr-22 11:40 PM
hahaha
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