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* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita's situation would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she's actually bisexual, and Nikita insists she's an academic... with lesbian characteristics.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Trixie's short attention span seems indicative of ADHD, and she's likely depressed too, and this is ''before'' finding ''The King in Yellow''.

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This story is the second installment in the "[[https://itch.io/c/449424/bluehills-county-stories Bluehills County Stories]]" series, following the PointAndClick AdventureGame ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'', and features cameos from multiple characters of that game [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo including Parsnip himself]]. This story is subsequently followed by ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbians Three Lesbians in a Barrow]]'', where Trixie and Nikita are trapped overnight in a tomb with Nikita's one-sided nemesis Tabithia Knight. Spin-offs include [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/ratandbat Trixie creating self-insert fanfiction]], [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/theeyesinthedark a revised version of a book found in Barrow]], and [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/iosefka a collection of short stories of events in Bluehills' history]].

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This story is the second installment in the "[[https://itch.io/c/449424/bluehills-county-stories Bluehills County Stories]]" series, following the PointAndClick AdventureGame ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'', and features cameos from multiple characters of that game [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo including Parsnip himself]]. This story is subsequently followed by ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbians Three Lesbians in a Barrow]]'', where Trixie and Nikita are trapped overnight in a tomb with Nikita's one-sided nemesis Tabithia Knight.Knight, and then by ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbian-winter Three Lesbians in a Winter Special]]'', [[ChristmasSpecial where the three celebrate]] [[YouMeanXmas Snowmas]]. Spin-offs include [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/ratandbat Trixie creating self-insert fanfiction]], [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/theeyesinthedark a revised version of a book found in Barrow]], and [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/iosefka a collection of short stories of events in Bluehills' history]].



* TheGhost: Tabby is mentioned several times in ''The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith'' as Nikita's opposition for student president, but never appears in that game.

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* FramingDevice: The story is presented as being Trixie's extenuating circumstances statement of case as for why she needs extra time to complete her assignment.
* TheGhost: Tabby is mentioned several times in ''The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith'' as Nikita's opposition for student president, but never appears in that game. The Magnificent Magpie is similarly never seen despite being referred to frequently.
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Trixie's solution to the Meat Golem Gregg summons. And Nikita, should Trixie fail to talk her down]].
* MultipleEndings: Putting aside minor variations like who you hung out with or what items you grabbed, there's two major ones. [[spoiler:One where Trixie talks Nikita down, successfully stopping her ritual and convincing her that she isn't the heir of Carcosa, and one where Trixie fails, gets stabbed, and throws a gas canister into the basement, killing Nikita in a fiery explosion. The latter's epilogue has Trixie in such a deteriorated mental state that she's writing her testimony on the walls of her dorm [[HereWeGoAgain and has begun obsessing over The King In Yellow]]. It's also possible to get a mix of both where Trixie succeeds and Nikita lives, but Trixie is still obsessed with the cursed play.]]



** The world obviously didn't end, and most of ''Parsnip's'' cast are still alive (though Squirrel Girl is unaccounted for), so one of the better endings is presumably canon.

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** The world obviously didn't end, and most of ''Parsnip's'' cast are still alive (though Squirrel Girl is unaccounted for), alive, so one of the better endings is presumably canon.



* PoliceAreUseless: The police apparently stopped searching for the Squirrel family after [=LeRose=] spun a rumor that they'd just gone on a cruise. If Trixie reports ''finding their skulls'' the police reply that they don't have the budget to investigate it.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Two figures mentioned are obviously based on H.P. Lovecraft, and riff off of his infamous bigotry. P.H. Lubbkruft was the founder of Bluebell University and had something against carnivores, while P.H. Lovelace, the author the ''The Eyes in the Dark'', held a grudge against postal workers.
* PaperThinDisguise: Almost literally with the cardboard boxes Trixie and Gregg wear on their heads. Surprisingly it works on everyone, except for Parsnip.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police apparently immediately stopped searching for the Squirrel family after [=LeRose=] spun a rumor guessed based on nothing that they'd just gone on a cruise. cruise, and left all the boxes of evidence outside. If Trixie reports ''finding their skulls'' the police reply that they don't have the budget to investigate it.it.
** Played With later on. [[spoiler:Once Nikita reveals her intention to sit upon Carcosa's broken throne and runs off with a weapon, Trixie can decide whether or not she should call the police. Declining has her guess they won't bother and it's up to Trixie do fix things. Electing to do so has her call the police (and insult them a little), only for them to whisper cryptically and mention Carcosa, leading Trixie to believe Nikita compromised them... Only for her to get a message later from a pizza place called Copp's, who are blacklisting her for prank calling them]].



** To say nothing of [[spoiler:The Magnificent Magpie and Nikita, after they read The King In Yellow. The latter becomes visibly disturbed and goes from wanting to write a report on The King In Yellow to wanting to open a portal to Carcosa so she can become its ruler, while the former lost their mind entirely]].
* ShearMenace: [[spoiler:Nikita grabs Trixie's crazy scissors in her maddened state and uses them to threaten Trixie into backing down. She gets to use them in the bad endings]].
* ShowWithinAShow: Cyber Drak-Cool-Yas from Mars, a cartoon Trixie loves that was "pretty rubbish" according to the art book, and The Eyes in the Dark, a short story by P.H. Lovelace. The former is the focus of ''Rat and Bat'', while the latter makes in appearance in ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' and has a revised version linked above.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: [[spoiler:In the better endings, Trixie uses this and any important items she picked up along the way to convince Nikita she isn't actually the heir to Carcosa]].



* TimedMission: [[spoiler:Near the final third of the game, Trixie goes to the library and has six hours to read books and arm herself with knowledge on how to stop Nikita's ritual. Some books are more useful than others, and they all take varying amounts of time to get through. It's also possible for Trixie to suffer a lapse in sanity and waste an hour in catatonia]].
* UnreliableNarrator: Taking a page from the original Literature/TheKingInYellow, Trixie's hazy mental state means what she sees isn't always what's happening in reality, and multiple playthroughs are required to get a clear picture of what's really happening. One notable example of this would be [[spoiler:Nikita grabbing Trixie's crazy scissors and brandishing them as a weapon, which Trixie can either see them as they are, or mistakenly believe Nikita grabbed a knife]].



* AscendedExtra: After being TheGhost in ''Testimony'', Tabby is the main protagonist this time around.

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* ApocalypticLog: [[spoiler: Rosie Sleet's notes, detailing her going to Fogsbane Barrow after contracting Blood Rot, getting injured, meeting Everrot Timedust, and eventually perishing]].
* AscendedExtra: After being TheGhost in ''Testimony'', Tabby is the main protagonist this time around.



* CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler:A line in ''Three Lesbians in a Winter Special'' mentions Nikita beating an immortal warlock to death, meaning the ending where Tabby attempts to perform the banishing ritual and fails is presumably canon]].
* TheGhost: [[spoiler:Despite being the antagonist of this game who either comes close to or outright makes contact with one of the main characters, we never see Everrot Timedust, nor do we get a description of him. The only details given are that [[FoulFox he was a fox]] and that [[FacialHorror he never recovered from Delloin Defteye slicing his face in half]].]]



* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, being a young transgender woman and all, and Nikita insists she’s an academic... with lesbian tendencies.

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* MultipleEndings: Three distinct ones this time. [[spoiler:One where Tabby successfully performs the ritual to seal Everrot Timedust, one where she fails and Nikita beats him to death, and one where they clear the debris keeping Nikita trapped inside and all manage to run away in time]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:Everrot Timedust, and his tomb, Rot Prison]].
* TimedMission: Expanding on a one-time mini-game from ''The Testimony'', there are several moments where Tabby is given a lot of things to read or do but only so much time to divide between them.
* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically actually bisexual, being a young transgender woman and all, and Nikita insists she’s an academic... with lesbian tendencies.characteristics.
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* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.

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* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, being a young transgender woman and all, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, academic... with lesbian tendencies.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Nikita's list of demands upon becoming class president range from the strict but reasonable to the fascist, and end with a demand that they repair a vending machine so she can get her favorite candy bars.

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''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/trixie The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith]]'' is a short VisualNovel released in late 2018, following slacking college student Trixie through a week of school-disrupting horror. It all starts when top student Nikita calls in a favor for helping her last semester. She wants her to track down a certain playbook only rumored to exist...''[[Literature/CthulhuMythos The King in Yellow]]''.

This story is the second installment in the "[[https://itch.io/c/449424/bluehills-county-stories Bluehills County Stories]]" series, following the PointAndClick AdventureGame ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'' and features cameos from multiple characters of that game. This story is subsequently followed by ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbians Three Lesbians in a Barrow]]'', where Trixie and Nikita are trapped overnight in a tomb with Nikita's one-sided nemesis Tabithia Knight.

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''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/trixie The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith]]'' is a short VisualNovel released in late 2018, following slacking college student Trixie through a week of school-disrupting horror. It all starts when top student Nikita calls in a favor for helping her last semester. She wants her to track down a certain playbook only rumored to exist...''[[Literature/CthulhuMythos The King in Yellow]]''.

''Literature/TheKingInYellow''.

This story is the second installment in the "[[https://itch.io/c/449424/bluehills-county-stories Bluehills County Stories]]" series, following the PointAndClick AdventureGame ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'', and features cameos from multiple characters of that game.game [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo including Parsnip himself]]. This story is subsequently followed by ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbians Three Lesbians in a Barrow]]'', where Trixie and Nikita are trapped overnight in a tomb with Nikita's one-sided nemesis Tabithia Knight.

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Knight. Spin-offs include [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/ratandbat Trixie creating self-insert fanfiction]], [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/theeyesinthedark a revised version of a book found in Barrow]], and [[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/iosefka a collection of short stories of events in Bluehills' history]].

!!Tropes for ''Testimony'' or both novels:



* BottleEpisode: ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' is set in two rooms.



* TheGhost: Tabby is mentioned several times in ''The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith'' as Nikita's opposition for student president, but never appears in that game. Then in the second game she's the protagonist.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Zig-zagged; Tabby dresses in black and is a witch, though the only spell she casts is [[spoiler: the banishing ritual for Everrot, which doesn't necessarily work]].

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* TheGhost: Tabby is mentioned several times in ''The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith'' as Nikita's opposition for student president, but never appears in that game. Then in the second game she's the protagonist.\n* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Zig-zagged; Tabby dresses in black and is a witch, though the only spell she casts is [[spoiler: the banishing ritual for Everrot, which doesn't necessarily work]].



* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation in ''Three Lesbians'' would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: All of the characters are anthropomorphic animals of some stripe, with the only non-sapient animals seen being the sheep used as livestock.

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* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation in ''Three Lesbians'' would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: All of the characters are anthropomorphic animals of some stripe, with the only non-sapient animals seen being the sheep used as livestock.livestock.

!!Tropes exclusively for ''Barrow'':

* AscendedExtra: After being TheGhost in ''Testimony'', Tabby is the main protagonist this time around.
* BottleEpisode: ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' is set in two rooms.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Zig-zagged; Tabby dresses in black and is a witch, though the only spell she casts is [[spoiler: the banishing ritual for Everrot, which doesn't necessarily work]].
* TitleDrop: Tabby suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation would make AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Trixie's short attention span seems indicative of ADHD, and she's likely depressed too, and this is ''before'' finding ''The King in Yellow''.



* BottleEpisode: While ''Testimony'' takes place throughout a college campus, small town, and outlying countryside, ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' is set in two rooms.

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* BigEater: Trixie has a serious sweet tooth and a tendency to blow through snacks fast.
* BottleEpisode: While ''Testimony'' takes place throughout a college campus, small town, and outlying countryside, ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' is set in two rooms.



* SanitySlippage: Trixie’s tenuous grasp on reality starts to fade as she interacts with the book. There’s no visible measurement of her sanity, just the effects on the interface.
* TitleDrop: Tabby claims that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation in ''Three Lesbians'' would make a good name for a rock band. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.

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* SanitySlippage: Trixie’s already tenuous grasp on reality starts to fade as she interacts with the book. There’s no visible measurement of her sanity, just the effects on the interface.
* TheSlacker: Why Trixie owed Nikita a favor in the first place, she has a tendency to spend hours watching sheep meme videos or writing saucy fanfiction instead of doing schoolwork. While Bell mentions that her new manager has made it harder for her to slack off on the job since ''Parsnip''.
* TakeThat: Their world's version of Brexit is apparently happening for such a petty reason as the EU-equivalent's mascot sheep biting the Prime Minister's son.
* TitleDrop: Tabby claims suggests that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation in ''Three Lesbians'' would make a good name for a rock band.AGoodNameForARockBand. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.

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''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/trixie The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith]]'' is a short VisualNovel released in late 2018 guiding slacking college student Trixie through a week of school-disrupting horror. It all starts when top student Nikita calls in a favor for helping her last semester, she wants her to track down a certain playbook only rumored to exist, ''[[Literature/CthulhuMythos The King in Yellow]]''.

Follows the PointAndClick AdventureGame ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'' and features cameos from multiple characters of that game. Followed by the sequel ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbians Three Lesbians in a Barrow]]'' where Trixie and Nikita are trapped overnight in a tomb with Nikita's one-sided nemesis Tabithia Knight.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Trixie (left) and Nikita (right)]]

''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/trixie The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith]]'' is a short VisualNovel released in late 2018 guiding 2018, following slacking college student Trixie through a week of school-disrupting horror. It all starts when top student Nikita calls in a favor for helping her last semester, she semester. She wants her to track down a certain playbook only rumored to exist, exist...''[[Literature/CthulhuMythos The King in Yellow]]''.

Follows This story is the second installment in the "[[https://itch.io/c/449424/bluehills-county-stories Bluehills County Stories]]" series, following the PointAndClick AdventureGame ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'' and features cameos from multiple characters of that game. Followed game. This story is subsequently followed by the sequel ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbians Three Lesbians in a Barrow]]'' Barrow]]'', where Trixie and Nikita are trapped overnight in a tomb with Nikita's one-sided nemesis Tabithia Knight.



* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Zig-zagged, Tabby dresses in black and is a witch, though the only spell she casts is [[spoiler: the banishing ritual for Everrot, which doesn't necessarily work.]]

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* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Zig-zagged, Zig-zagged; Tabby dresses in black and is a witch, though the only spell she casts is [[spoiler: the banishing ritual for Everrot, which doesn't necessarily work.]]work]].



** In ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' Nikita vehemously shuts down any attempt by Trixie to talk about what happened "that summer", but given they're both reasonably functional one can assume there was a good ending.

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** In ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' Nikita vehemously vehemently shuts down any attempt by Trixie to talk about what happened "that summer", but given they're both reasonably functional one can assume there was a good ending.



* TitleDrop: Tabby claims that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation in the second game would make a good name for a rock band. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.

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* TitleDrop: Tabby claims that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation in the second game ''Three Lesbians'' would make a good name for a rock band. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.
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* PoliceAreUseless: The police apparently stopped searching for the Squirrel family after [=LeRose=] spun a rumor that they'd just gone on a cruise. If Trixie reports ''finding their skulls'' the police reply that they don't have the budget to investigate it.

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* PoliceAreUseless: The police apparently stopped searching for the Squirrel family after [=LeRose=] spun a rumor that they'd just gone on a cruise. If Trixie reports ''finding their skulls'' the police reply that they don't have the budget to investigate it.it.
* SanitySlippage: Trixie’s tenuous grasp on reality starts to fade as she interacts with the book. There’s no visible measurement of her sanity, just the effects on the interface.
* TitleDrop: Tabby claims that her, Trixie, and Nikita’s situation in the second game would make a good name for a rock band. Trixie mentions that she’s technically bisexual, and Nikita insists she’s an academic, with lesbian tendencies.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: All of the characters are anthropomorphic animals of some stripe, with the only non-sapient animals seen being the sheep used as livestock.
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''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/trixie The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith]]'' is a short VisualNovel released in late 2018 guiding slacking college student Trixie through a week of school-disrupting horror. It all starts when top student Nikita calls in a favor for helping her last semester, she wants her to track down a certain playbook only rumored to exist, ''[[Literature/CthulhuMythos The King in Yellow]]''.

Follows the PointAndClick AdventureGame ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'' and features cameos from multiple characters of that game. Followed by the sequel ''[[https://digital-poppy.itch.io/lesbians Three Lesbians in a Barrow]]'' where Trixie and Nikita are trapped overnight in a tomb with Nikita's one-sided nemesis Tabithia Knight.

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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Nikita, and her student president campaign posters have a distinctly fascistic bent.
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Trixie wears her [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} oestrogen patches]] on her ear. The art book mentions that's probably not safe, but they're the only place she doesn't have fur and she's too lazy to shave her thigh.
* BottleEpisode: While ''Testimony'' takes place throughout a college campus, small town, and outlying countryside, ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' is set in two rooms.
* CastFullOfGay: Gregg lampshades this, mentioning that it seems hard to find someone who isn't some sort of queer in this town.
* TheGhost: Tabby is mentioned several times in ''The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith'' as Nikita's opposition for student president, but never appears in that game. Then in the second game she's the protagonist.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Zig-zagged, Tabby dresses in black and is a witch, though the only spell she casts is [[spoiler: the banishing ritual for Everrot, which doesn't necessarily work.]]
* NoCanonForTheWicked:
** The world obviously didn't end, and most of ''Parsnip's'' cast are still alive (though Squirrel Girl is unaccounted for), so one of the better endings is presumably canon.
** In ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow'' Nikita vehemously shuts down any attempt by Trixie to talk about what happened "that summer", but given they're both reasonably functional one can assume there was a good ending.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police apparently stopped searching for the Squirrel family after [=LeRose=] spun a rumor that they'd just gone on a cruise. If Trixie reports ''finding their skulls'' the police reply that they don't have the budget to investigate it.

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