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Post by Katatonia on Jul 6, 2009 20:44:05 GMT -5
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"Yeah... I said all my strength... but not like this... this is a matter of style... something's different... something's wrong... I'm surprised I've been able to keep myself from forming my finger blades..."
But then, Couric did his flip and kick thing... "Sidestep." She had enough distance between her and Couric to be able to prepare a sidestep at the last moment, but then... As Couric's foot flew down through where she used to be, she drove her elbow sideways... for the side of Couric's knee as it passed by... "Stop!" But she didn't, she made the attack, then reached out with her other arm, aiming to grasp hold of Couric's golden hair, which, surprisingly, wasn't a bunch of knives, it only looked that way... and yank his head down to collide with her knee... switching back to her other hand now as she would release her grip, she'd aim to plant her hand on his face, and blow him away with another point blank energy blast like she used before to push him in to the ground. "I don't care if he can handle me. This isn't the way I want to fight!"
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 10:21:51 GMT -5
Receiving a nice notice of where Julia was at the moment thanks to the elbow strike to his knee, Couric grimaced, turning as Julia reached out and meeting her hand with his left, gripping it tightly to prevent her from grabbing onto his head. This would kill any chance of her slamming his face into her knee at that point, the teen clenching his right fist and going for a punch right to the android's stomach to knock the wind right out of her, pulling back quickly and then going for a second hit to the same area, followed by a strike to the face, letting go if this connected to knock her away.
And it was likely that if the first connected, the other two would follow, preventing Julia from getting the chance to unleash a ki blast into his face.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 10:30:25 GMT -5
12.
Julia's hand is caught, and she actually feels relieved to an extent, but then all that relief is overshadowed by the pain of Couric's fist in her gut... she hunches over, gasping for the air that was forced out from her... but then another landed, but as a third was about to land, she'd grab his fist in both hands, and release energy from her own hands in to Couric's after to blow him away from her, while also probably causing some ripping and burning to the skin of his hand. "Damnit... but at least that should stop him." After this, she'd take a moment to try to recover from the awful pain... one arm around her gut... "Ouch... ow... ow... oh God... I hate gut punches."
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 10:41:03 GMT -5
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As Julia grabbed the teen's hand, Couric went for one quick strike to the face with his left to hopefully break her concentration and knock her away before she had a chance to fully unleash her ki upon his right fist. But even if this connected and managed to stop Julia from releasing the proper amount of ki, his right fist would be pretty decently burned nonetheless. If Julia was actually knocked away by the punch, Couric would take this opportunity to regain a bit a bit of his energy, resting up for a few seconds while Julia recovered. If she wasn't, Couric would go for a third strike to the gut to knock her away and knock the wind out of her once more.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 10:44:20 GMT -5
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Julia managed to lean back just a little, not wanting to take the hit to her face... but the fist did graze her chin, locking her jaw shut uncomfortably for a moment... though she would still have been capable of unleashing the energy on Couric's fist to send him away, and from then on, they'd both be recovering... "Wow... it's not just me who's fighting viciously anymore... I gotta be more careful..."
OOC: WTF, last one was supposed to be 14
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 11:09:37 GMT -5
9.
Couric took a moment's rest after being knocked back a few feet before throwing himself right back into the fray. It was about then that an idea popped into the teen's head. So...Couric did something that Julia probably wouldn't expect, considering the fact he had never done something like this in front of her before. Two rays of energy shot forth from both eyes, each aimed for the android's feet. But, of course, this was just to either distract her with pain or to force her to dodge. Of course, as the rays escaped his eyes and moved towards their targets, Couric made a move to close the distance between them.
Whether it distracted her by causing her a bit of pain or caused her to dodge, Couric would dart forward, fists clenched tightly together above his head. And he'd bring them down upon Julia's head to cause some pretty heavy damage, bending his knees upwards as his fists connected to cause Julia to slam right into them. Of course, he actually had to hit her first...
OOC: Eye-Lasers
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 11:28:39 GMT -5
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Couric's eyes glowing for a split second alerted her... or her subconscious, rather... that eye-lasers were coming her way. It doesn't matter that Julia's never seen Couric do this, her programming has details of the technique. She crossed her arms, and shot backwards a little, realizing that she didn't need to cross her arms at all, as it was aimed at her feet, and hit the ground instead.
This extra distance gave her enough of a gap to figure out how to respond to Couric's dash toward her with his fists over his head. That's a dead givaway. She'd wait, and hold herself in position for the instant it took him to get close to her, and at the last moment she'd shift to her left, while spinning to the right and delivering a surprise roundhouse kick toward Couric's right kidney with her left leg, while he's hammering down through her after image, and this after image wasn't a strained one... it was merely the result of her speed advantage over him. But then she'd back away again to set more distance between them, in case Couric had more in his little offensive. Android speed is extremely helpful sometimes.
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 11:42:59 GMT -5
10.
Feeling Julia's foot slam into his kidney, Couric winced in pain, his fists falling through the area where Julia had once been, the teen catching himself on his right foot and spinning around to face the android, ignoring any pain the strike had caused him. As soon as he faced Julia, he shot off the ground towards her, grimacing at the android.
/She's definitely not fighting like Julia at the moment...She's using her speed far too effectively to be Julia./ The teen realized, clearing the distance between the two rather quickly. Fist clenched, he shifted his hand towards her in attempt to make her think he was going for another punch, but at the last moment, he spun, aiming to slam the side of his hand right into Julia's face, not enough force behind it to knock her away. But it should be enough to stun her for a split second and allow Couric to strike one more time with a fist right to the gut.
/Damn it...Julia, are you even aware!?/ He asked her mentally.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 11:50:25 GMT -5
17.
While Julia backed away, as soon as Couric pursued, she prepared to drop, once again at the last moment. This seems to be the way her programming plays it... let an attacker get close but then move at the last moment that her speed can possibly allow without putting herself under too much stress. She'd drop to the floor, actually landing on her back, so even though Couric seems to be getting an idea of how to deal with her 'last moment' style, he still has some practice to do. As Couric rushes above her, spinning around aiming to back-hand where she was, she was already swinging both her feet to kick Couric in the ass and send him flying... he'd be sent skidding and bouncing on first his head, then his side, then his legs awkwardly... and then risk dropping off the Lookout, if this all went perfectly. But knowing Couric, he'd recover before that and be ready with another attack. But by then, Julia will already be standing up again. She won't even answer to when Couric tries to get through to her... she's not even able to send a telepathic message to him, though she tries... "Couric. I'm losing control! I need to find a way to get back in control. Please, help me!" Julia simply stood there, looking expressionless and deadly focused on Couric, preparing for her next evasive move... though at this stage, it was almost time to start attacking, and Julia was well aware of that, somehow. "COURIC!!?"
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Post by Project Harvest on Jul 7, 2009 12:00:21 GMT -5
Harvest, still stood there calmly watching the fight, cracked a smirk... "She's too fast for even me. But I know that style. The saiyan's doing well against her, though... I have no idea whom I'll be up against. But if the saiyan doesn't figure out her strategy soon, if she's truly getting in touch with the style Doctor Shizu intended for her to use... then I guess I may find myself facing her in battle sooner than I expected." But he was still very uncertain... "However... things are still wrong with her. Since I met her on this planet... Doctor Shizu screwed up, I see. Her true power should be at least twice what she's fighting with, here. Also, any attacks she's used haven't been... quite right... it's like she's been avoiding the most brutal methods in favor for the second choices. Oh well... it won't matter how wrong she's turned out... when I absorb her, it'll be me in control, and I'll have no issues with fighting with full brutality. She'll lose if she doesn't let go. Let the true style she was meant to use take control."
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 12:04:10 GMT -5
11.
Couric wasn't slow enough to not notice Julia slip under before he could complete the spin, he bent his knees back to block the strike to his ass by the android with his legs. Ignoring the bit of pain that came along with this, he quickly turned and reached to grab onto her legs, more to keep her from moving or striking back to actually cause further harm to her.
"JULIA! WAKE UP!" He shouted, staring directly at her face, hoping he could reach her somehow. "I WANTED TO FIGHT YOU, NOT SOME STUPID PROGRAM!"
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 12:11:51 GMT -5
18.
As Couric took Julia by the legs, they'd both probably continue through with Couric's momentum a little, perhaps both of them crashing on to their sides and skidding across the floor, laying face-to-face, with Couric holding on to Julia's leg... Julia would have found the experience much more uncomfortable than Couric, though, meaning she'd have been too stunned to try and use some kind of response, giving Couric the chance to yell at her.
Julia stared at him, her eyes regaining some sort of... soul to them for a second... she blinked... but then the eyes became emotionless again as a hand shot out to grab the arm that had her by the leg (of the same side as the hand she's using to grab his arm), and the other hand reaching out to grab Couric by the throat... if successful she'd begin to levitate them both off the ground, while turning upright in to a better position from which she could pull his arm out straight, and then... twist herself at the waist to throw her leg nearest Couric up to crash by the knee to his elbow... aiming to break the tiring saiyan's arm the wrong way around, and the tightness by which she'd be gripping his arm would mean he'd only be able to twist his arm for two choices... Sideways... or backwards. "Try again, Couric... I don't want to fight like this! I almost came back in control..." That message actually... would have managed to get through.
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 12:32:32 GMT -5
12.
Couric felt Julia's hand grasp his throat rather tightly, feeling his air passage began to be constricted by the android. But he kept calm, as much so as he could, noticing Julia raise knee in some odd fashion to strike at his arm. But of course, the android didn't take into account that the saiyan had an arm free, pushing it between his other arm and the android's knee to block the blow.
"JULIA...WAKE UP! THIS ISN'T THE FIGHT I WANTED...AND I KNOW YOU CAN BREAK PAST THIS STUPID PROGRAM CONTROLLING YOUR BODY! SO JUST WAKE UP SO WE CAN FIGHT ONE ANOTHER!" He shouted as loud as he could, saving up his energy as best as he could.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 12:39:10 GMT -5
19.
Julia's arm rebounded from Couric's arm, and she let go of his neck, spinning away so Couric would just be holding on to her other leg... but she quickly released a minor shockwave from that portion of her leg to open his grip, allowing her to escape and back away, while Couric yelled at her some more.
As soon as she landed, she stumbled slightly and dropped to one knee, grasping her head in one hand... "Why am I fighting like this... and what was with that maneuver earlier? I have no idea how that was supposed to work... guess I'm pushing so hard even this crazy style is starting to go wrong."
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 12:42:50 GMT -5
13.
/This isn't fair...I was enjoying being pushed to my limits...but I wanted to fight Julia...But instead, her stupid programming killed that chance.../ He thought, catching his breath for now as he watched the android. He knew that if he didn't start to fight with all of his strength soon, he wouldn't be able to keep up with Julia, in control or not.
"Are you awake yet, Julia...?"
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 12:47:42 GMT -5
20.
Julia let out a sound through clenched teeth in response to Couric's question... and began to force herself up to her feet again... she began to slowly pace toward Couric, while maintaining some kind of side-on stance, with her left arm held as a shield and her right prepared to strike with. This isn't what the programming or Julia would do in this situation. Something's going very wrong. The program would remain still... Julia would leap out and try to blitz Couric with her speed. This I guess, is a terrible intermediate of errors.
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Post by Project Harvest on Jul 7, 2009 12:48:45 GMT -5
Harvest had one of his browmuscles raised... "Okay, what the hell is going on? Doctor Shizu totally screwed up... I know that for sure, now... just what is she doing?! The saiyan'll win this in no time, now."
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 12:51:48 GMT -5
14.
/Still...!? Damn it.../ He grimaced as the android darted towards him, the teen shifting into a defensive stance. And as Julia approached, Couric prepared himself for whatever she may attempt, still resting a bit to regain some ki.
"Julia.." He muttered, trying to think of something to say that would snap her out of it somehow.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 12:55:37 GMT -5
21.
Something snapped in her mind, her eyes suddenly blinked... and she paused for a second, just feet away from Couric. Then she smiled, and leaped at him, swinging her right leg around to catch him in the side of the skull, but as she did this, she reached out at him with her left arm, trying to catch him by surprise with a burst of energy at his gut to wind him, perhaps making the chance of landing the kick just that much better.
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 13:02:17 GMT -5
15.
/Is she back...!?/ Couric pondered, obviously happy that she had shown some signs of regained humanity...but he hadn't forgotten that this way still a fight. So as Julia moved to kick him in the side of the skull, Couric's right hand reached up to grab onto it tightly and keep her from connecting. And with his left arm already by his side, moving it to block a majority of the blast wasn't all that hard to do, having noticed her move her left hand.
He just smirked and drew his left knee up, aiming to smash it into Julia's rump and then slam his forehead into her jaw, not yet realizing that this would probably cause his chin to hit the upper part of her chest...and possibly some squishiness.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 13:14:37 GMT -5
22.
Julia feels Couric's knee smash in to her ass, and ends up being knocked towards him as he attemps the headbutt, only to end up planting his face in Julia's chest. Much blushing and a shriek was to follow, while Julia would send a very hard palm strike to the side of Couric's jaw to knock him out of there, followed immediately with a palm strike with her other hand to the base of his jaw to send him reeling over backwards. The strikes themselves and the shock of where Couric's head went would mean it would be easy to get her leg free and back off to take a moment to get a grip and calm down, but before she backed off, she found herself delivering a knee strike to Couric's gut, and then with her newly freed leg, a knee strike to his face.
Overall, Couric's head would be thrown back and forth horribly should this all work. And since he's been holding Super Saiyan 2 for so long, he'll be missing a fair portion of his power, so he will actually find it quite surprisingly painful.
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 13:48:49 GMT -5
16.
Couric felt his face go a bright crimson red as he realized just what he had headbutted, eyes a bit wide. And then the palm strikes connected, the saiyan too in shock and flustered to react in time to defend, a bit of blood beginning to drip from his lips as he stumbled backwards. But thankfully enough, his left arm was still in the way of his gut, Julia's knee connecting with the appendage, snapping Couric out of his flustered state.
And as the knee sailed towards Couric's face, the teen did his best to draw up his right arm into a defensive block, the appendage managing to absorb the damage, though it left Couric wincing in pain. And as Julia pulled back, Couric began to curl up into a ball, gathering a bit of energy as he prepared to strike back with his own speed.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 14:14:54 GMT -5
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Julia, backing away, saw Couric curling in to a ball, and... she had absolutely no idea what it was... though Couric's energy was rising... "Right, here goes." Bang. Couric would find himself blown out from his curled up mode and sent flying to the air, with his body smoking and in pain. Julia just stood there, still blushing, now trying to shake off the whole embarrassment of earlier and keep on fighting... the programming was no longer an issue after something like that... though she still isn't really able to speak, yet.
OOC: Energy Halt + Exploding Half-Charge 1 use left.
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 14:21:08 GMT -5
Couric swore aloud as the explosion occurred, the teen being burnt pretty decently by the sudden combustion of his own energy.
"What...the hell...?" He uttered, pain shooting throughout his body at that point. But as the dust cleared, Couric realized just what he'd have to do if he wanted to win the match, his body beginning to descend towards the ground. But he caught himself in mid-air and flung himself towards Julia, moving as quickly as he could to close the gap between himself and her.
/I don't have much time left...!/ He thought, reaching out to seemingly punch her right in the face, an obvious move.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 14:34:09 GMT -5
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"Wow... that's... a different way of using Energy Halt..." She'd think as Couric was hurled up in smoke... but she knew it wasn't enough... "Well, he wanted me to give it everything I've got... now I'm back I'll try." The air around her suddenly burst out wildly, as her hair began to flutter like crazy... while Couric dashed toward her making his obvious move, she felt she was finally on par with his power, and her speed would, at last, be almost as tough to keep up with as it previously was before his transformation.
She threw a shockwave at Couric, with just enough behind it to only stop him in his tracks completely, while she leaped up above him, and drove both feet down to the top of his skull, aiming to bury him face-first in the ground. She'd give him a moment to get out, but the moment there was any gap between Couric and the ground, she'd swing her foot to kick him to the sky, but pursue him while making a wild flurry of palm strikes, Fist of the North Star style, for his face, and numerous punches, for his gut. Should she have somehow pulled all of this off, she'd do a forward somersault, to crash her heels in to the top of his head... and send him flying down to the ground, just a few feet from the edge of the Lookout when he'd end up crashing in to the ground to form a crater. "Okay, no more. Now here's the part where he beats me like always..." With her body burning, she'd begin to float down toward the ground.
OOC: Overdrive Level 12 - 152% 185'151 v 187'152
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 14:54:46 GMT -5
18.
Couric slammed face first into the ground, having not expected Julia's sudden increase in speed and power. But as he pulled himself out to try and stand up, Julia's foot collided with his chin, knocking him into the air and causing him to gasp in pain. But fortunately enough, he managed to bring his arms into a cross defense before Julia began her "Hokuto Hyakuretsu-Ken" attempt, his arms tanking a few of the blows that were aimed for his torso, though several made it past his guard and hit their mark. But thankfully, unlike most times he had dealt with Kaio-ken, Julia wasn't above and beyond him in strength...but she did manage to hit him pretty damn hard, the teen finding himself in a crater before he knew it, body aching.
He grimaced as he lay there, catching his breath as he managed to push himself to his feet. But before Julia could even realize it, Couric blurred out of view, reappearing in front of the android with a raging aura of golden, green, and red flames, muscles bulging ever so slightly. And he'd begin his assault, roaring out as his fists blurred into motion, instinct carrying them as he moved to strike Julia multiple times in the face and the stomach as she had him, his aura burning much more wildly than it had in a long time. But the seemingly countless punches wouldn't be the end, Couric finishing the combo with a strike to the base of Julia's jaw to knock her upwards.
The aura wouldn't even falter as Couric shot up above her, fists clenched over head together, aiming to bring them down upon Julia's skull to send her plummeting towards the arena floor below. But Julia wouldn't meet the floor, Couric moving as fast as he could to reach the ground before her, extending his hand upwards so that his palm would collide with her stomach and stop her descent.
It was likely that if the flurry of punches connected, Julia wouldn't be able to escape the amazing combination of strikes considering the sheer speed behind them, but nonetheless, Couric would near instantly drop out of Super Saiyan 2 once the combo landed, having pushed himself just a bit too far...He was definitely worn the fuck out, about to drop into the weakened state as well.
OOC: After image, Final Impact, Kaio-ken x25, Hate Rush.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 15:10:22 GMT -5
25.
Julia felt Couric's power suddenly rocket... her eyes went wide, and then... the strikes began to pound all over her body... blood flying from her face and pain screaming through her body... she was too paralyzed with pain to defend herself or fight back... but finally it was over with one very painful jaw-breaking uppercut.
Spinning wildly up through the air, Julia curled herself up, and then spread her body out, creating an impenetrable field of energy around her... while she held herself within, panting... trying to recover from the... now external as well as internal... PAIN!!! "Ow... owwie... oh God... ouch... ow..." Blood was dripping from her face down to the energy field's base and evaporating upon contact.
Couric's pursuit to do an overhead smash would just result in him crashing against the field in his crazy unstoppable speed and doing himself more damage.
OOC: Energy Field RAWR Overdrive: 1->2
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 15:19:15 GMT -5
Thankfully, Couric was still transformed when he collided with the barrier, gasping in pain as he was flung backwards, the use of his own speed having dealt quite a bit of physical pain to the teen along with that of Kaio-ken's own strain upon his body. He floated in mid-air, having reverted straight to base, panting rather heavily. his body aching.
/Darn....she's still standing...?/ He thought, uttering a swear under his breath as he watched the android.
/I don't think I can do much now that'll matter, but.../ He began to gather up his energy, hoping to manage at least something to change the tide of the match so that he didn't go out as badly as he was going to.
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Post by Katatonia on Jul 7, 2009 15:24:52 GMT -5
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The field around her faded... and she reached out at Couric with one arm, gathering an orb of energy in her hand. "I can't let him hit me with anything more... too much... pain... oh God... I think my jaw is broken... and a rib or two... or five... just what did he do?!"
Julia couldn't tell but... she was slowly descending toward the ground... the pain putting off her concentration to stay afloat properly while she was busy creating the orb.
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Post by unholylssj on Jul 7, 2009 15:39:28 GMT -5
Couric gathered up the last bit of his energy, one final idea coming to mind at that very moment. He could only hope that everything worked out properly, concentrating the last bit of energy into his hand as he prepared his final attack. He could only hope that he could manage the little idea that had popped into his mind...
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