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March Catch-All
Character Name: Megumi Fushiguro
Who: Todoroki, Allen, and Megumi
What: Jungle and Catacombs Prompts
When: Mid March/ Late March
Where:Jungle/ Catacomb
Content Warnings: Blood, Possible animal harm/death Possible Suicidal Tendencies, Psychological/ Existential Terror, Body Horror
Closed prompts below.
Who: Todoroki, Allen, and Megumi
What: Jungle and Catacombs Prompts
When: Mid March/ Late March
Where:Jungle/ Catacomb
Content Warnings: Blood, Possible animal harm/death Possible Suicidal Tendencies, Psychological/ Existential Terror, Body Horror
Closed prompts below.
For Todoroki
Hunter from the darkest wild makes you feel just like a child
Two green eyes constrict covered by the canopy of trees as the sinisterly melodic voice echoes throughout the caverns of his mind. A hunter...?
Tiny hairs prickle up on the back of his neck as his heart races sending him into a light cold sweat. Eyes. Burrowing eyes fixated on its quarry. Watching, waiting, stalking. The intensity of the feeling is enough to send Megumi into an instinctual fight or flight. He spins his head and immediately darts and crouches behind the first foliage large enough to conceal him. Of course this happens to be a
5 and a half foot carnivorouspepper shaped pitcher plant. A loud gun shot roars through the night as a bullet whizzes past the exact spot he had been standing in only seconds before. Followed by an agonizing audible grunt. Every muscle freezes up as beads of sweat gather and cling to his forehead. Slack jawed with eyes plastered on his previous location in anticipation for the monster responsible.Out of the blackness and groves a pair of posh dress hunting boots pass Megumi. The man is adorned in fancy state of the art hunting equipment including a large elephant gun. Judging by the attire definitely for sport... The sound of whatever was shot grows increasingly louder followed by dead silence.
Seconds later, a low hushed cacophony of disembodied voices begin to fill the air. ]
Help me please, please. He's after us. I can't keep running. Can can anyone hear me? [ They all talk over each other until slowly their volume increases to keening wails and howls raging and swirling throughout the junglescape. ] He killed me! [ And in another lower tone ] Me as well!! You have to help us! Please...
[ A low cruel chuckle escapes the man's lips. ] I know your still out there "Mister Hunter." Won't you come play?
/late to the party!
... Was that a gunshot?
[ His omen goes on alert, sending him the affirmative. Shouto, a hero and Hunter, cannot simply walk away from this discovery and generates a wave of ice to head back into the jungle. He sweeps past towering trees and overgrowth with ease, while his omen follows the disembodied voices pleading for help.
Once they're near the area, Kizu jumps out of his chest, landing on heavy footfalls on the ice as she strains to listen for their location.
You have to help us! Please...
Five o'clock!
Shouto whips around on a circlet of ice and heads in that direction. He cannot abide by needless torture, let alone killing. He's a hero which means it's his job to protect. To face the dangers of the world because saving people is what heroes do, and here in Trench, he took up the mantle of Hunter for the same reasons. Whoever is out there, hurting people, he'll find them.
Only... This isn't your everyday villain.
Riding up in the air, on a wave of crystalline blue, he's easy to spot from any angle, especially for someone who knows how to hit a moving target. The Trophy Hunter takes aim, moves his shot to where he'll be, and the bullet blasts off heading straight for its target but for a snow leopard that tackles him out of the way sending both hero and omen tumbling down to the jungle floor below. ]
Let's get em'!
[ With the sound of his heart drumming in his ears and sweat dripping down his neck, he quickly acts to stabilize his body. He inhales deeply through the nose and holds his breath for a count of 7 seconds before releasing a controlled exhale from his mouth. After doing this multiple times, he successfully steadys his heart rate.
Remaining calm and pragmatic in life or death situations usually comes organically to Megumi, however, being in the presence of the huntsman made him react unnaturally uneasy. Much like how a child feels when staring at an open dark closet door alone in the night.
Waiting to hear what direction the hunter's footsteps travel, Megumi quietly leaves the shadow of the plant. Treading with caution, he stops dead in his tracks when he is greeted once more by the thunderous cacophony of voices and the overwhelming smell of iron and sawed bone. There alone on the jungle floor-- he discarded her like trash-- lay the remains of a butchered rhino calf. One sad glossed marble eye looks up at him. A pale shimmering glow illuminates from a pool of red which draws him in. Easing down he can hear the very essence of this creature from her spilled blood. A long mournful cry escapes.]
I want to see my mommy!!! The boogeyman he came for me.
It was so dark, I didn't know which way to go. Then I heard him coming so I ran. [She continues sobbing]
So much pain I couldn't move. I tried to get up but I fell back down. He came over to me and smiled.-- [ Bastard ]--
He told me he was going to help me last forever. I thought he was going to fix me up, but then he took something sharp out and stabbed it into my snout. He cut and cut. I cried and told him it hurt but he never listened.
[ Everything goes completely still. ]
Stop him before the boogeyman takes something from all of us.
[There is a large gun shot wound to her hind leg. More then enough bits had been blasted off to stop the animal from fleeing. In fact the bullet choice was excessive. But, this is not what caused the animal's death. No, this would have been merciful by comparison. Just underneath that lonely glass eye, at the very tip of her face lay a crudely cut crater. Tiny tendrils of red flesh hang from where her horn once stood.
Megumi swallows hard before gently closing the small one's eye.
He did this while she was still alive. She never had a chance. This was no fair fight. It was an outright slaughter. All these gruesome forbidden acts done to a baby and for what reason, a fucking "trophy"?!
Megumi's fists clench together tightly as his blood boils with rage at the
wanton cruelty and blatant disregard for empathy. ]
You deserved so much more from life. I promise to bring back what he has taken from you and...
[!!Just then he hears a loud crash on to the jungle floor. With a vindictive look in his eye, he snaps up and goes into a fighting stance preparing himself for battle.]
istg need more bruised and battered icons for this idiot!
Falling with grace - aka finding a safe route - is no longer an option. He's moved on to not killing himself by hitting the ground head-on. His breath gets knocked out of him when he hits a thick branch that breaks on impact with a sound like thunder. Free-falling, he grabs at nearby vines that burn his skin and end up snapping from the excess load, but he manages to figure out which way is down.
Gritting his teeth, he calls on one last surge of ice. It forms beneath his feet twisting and turning in sharp concentric circles to eat up his momentum as it hits the ground floor sending the young hero rolling on a crystalline slide of his own creation.
Bruised and battered, he's delivered right to Megumi's feet looking no better than a tattered rag doll.
Just... give him a minute... or two. ]
I know the feeling! There is never enough icons!!
MaybeOne day Megumi will learn to not question the craziness of the Trench, but today is definitely not that day.Where the hell did you come from?!
[ His entrance was so unexpected that Megumi's hands just collapse on each other. His rigid body relaxes and he is struck dumbfounded. Okay so weird stuff happens in the Trench all the time but people falling out of the sky and landing at his feet is definitely a first!
Kage leaps out of Megumi's shadow and immediately rushes over to the injured hero's side. After establishing that he is yes indeed alive, she begins investigating every inch of him. Taking in his scent, she picks up on fresh icy notes mixed with an earthy green tea. (Once she has your smell she remembers you forever!) She sniffs his ear and shakes her large head back and forth before letting out a small sneeze. As she gets to his legs she discovers the faint smell of gunpowder. She stops and barks once. Megumi nods
his mouth still hanging opengiving her the okay. She nudges his banged up head with her muzzle lightly.Satisfied she has him memorized, she trots back over to her companion whos still trying to process what just happened. ]
also is that his omen! she's so bold!
A dog...?
With great effort, he rolls onto his hands and knees and groans from the pain of bruised ribs. Lifting his head, mismatched eyes recognize Megumi, and... that doesn't really get him any closer to figuring out who shot at him. At least he knows it wasn't him.
His chest rises from heavy breaths that burn down his side. He pushes past it to get out what's important. ]
... Someone. Shot at me.
[ Sorry, Megumi he's going to need a few more minutes here. ]
She is! She's very active and friendly (to non threats of course!)
Eyes darting all over the young man- as he tries to evaluate the extent of the damage.- His breathing is ragged could his...- Kage's ear twitch up amd back as quiet footsteps appear to be fast approaching. --is he returning? The forbidden blood begins to rage. Megumi clutches his ears as the voices seem to drill into his head.]
Hurry!
He's Coming!!
[ Bouncing off the inside of his skull, they seem to be spiraling throughout his mind as the perpetrator returns to the scene of the crime. ]
Do Something!!!
[ Sixth sense. A chilling spine tingling sensation begins to creep up Megumi's back. Heart beats faster-we are at a clear disadvantage- and almost involuntarily he grabs on to Shouto's shoulders yanking him back towards the thick undergrowth. (It's gonna hurt but it's better then being shot at.)]
She's adorable! Her and Kizu need to meet!
Who's coming?
[ He tries to look around but the movement blurs his vision, so he stops. He needs a moment, but they don't have a moment, and Megumi is panicking. Do something! ]
Where are they?!
[ He shakes off the dredges of vertigo and tries to look for the incoming attack when he's yanked by the shoulder. He hisses but doesn't lash out, moving with Megumi as best he can using him as an anchor with the world spinning around him. With no idea where he's going or what's attacking, he lets Megumi take the lead and focuses on keeping up trying to ignore the jolt of pain with every step he takes. ]
Thank you! I love Kizu's design and I totally want them to meet
The spectral voices swell and rise up in a thunderous resonating chorus.]
He's here, the boogeyman!
[ Adrenaline courses through his veins.]
Get down!
[ Megumi barks out this order as his body seems to react out of pure
piss and vinegarintuition.Dropping his unoccupied shoulder, Megumi's hips pivot towards the huntsman as his free hand swings and chops the barrel sending-the shot meant for him- askew whizzing just past the injured hero's head.
As if on cue, Kage leaps forward, sinking her teeth into the soft flesh of the hunter's arm. Her jaw deadlocks, like a vise grip, as her head thrashes from side to side. Teeth completely bared, as saliva flies in every direction. The canin's eye teeth crunch completely down to the bone sounding like a raw carrot being bitten into.
The smell of fresh gunpowder and iron hang heavy in the air.]
Thank you! And yes! Soon!!!
He rolls back onto his knees - still holding his side - just in time to see the wolf snap her teeth into the Huntsman, and the sound of bone-crunching under the powerful jaw of a predator makes him jolt into action. ]
Out of the way!
[ Slamming his right hand on the ground, a wall of ice bursts forth sailing across the distance slamming into the hunter sending him flying while putting a wall between them. ]
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Two dilated eyes look towards Shouto.- he was in rough shape before and that was a large attack-]
Take a few minutes for yourself. It's looks like you've been through a lot. [His voice even toned with a hint of concern for his ally.
A moment passes allowing Kage to shift back out of the darkness. Her large moon eyes stare up at Megumi. Reaching into his pocket, he retrieves and tosses a treat size morsel of deer jerky. She jumps up catching the tidbit and snaps it up happily. If it wasn't for the situation they were in the scene looks much like a boy and his dog.
In reality this was an exceptionally fed up teen covered in blood feeding his wolf.His eyes shift towards the direction of the hostile. Squinting but ultimately unable to discern the position and condition of the huntsman.With no verbal communication Kage understands she must investigate the state of the enemy.
Facing away from Shouto, he gets another good look at the spilled blood. He clenches his fists and grits his teeth.
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Who was that?
[ Walking up to Megumi's side, Todoroki follows his eyes and spots the blood - No good - and freezes it on the spot before it can corrupt the forest. ]
Did it get on your omen?
[ Does blood corrupt omens? ]
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He [using the word very loosely ] is a hunter of hunters and a threat to the innocent animals and sleepers of this jungle.
Look [ he points to the carcass of the juvenile rhino. ] this is what he's been doing. Listen [ he pauses and puts his hand to his ear ] Can't you hear their voices? He takes joy in what he does.[ Megumi's face grimaces at the thought of his first time actually seeing huntsman. ]
She's fine, [ the majority of the blood has fallen to the ground ]. She eats all sorts of things.
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I got your email after I sent the other! Sorry!
No worries! thanks for the heads up!
Megumi must analyze what's happening sorry for the mini tldr!!
no worries! sorry for going mia for a week! easter was a busy!
No problem! I understand, I was pretty busy too!!
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Thatsagreat icon I need more like that! Sory for late edit I realized I didn't copyover completetag
CW: mentions of child abuse | Hahah! Thank god I passed out before I hit this up this morning!
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1/2 I wanted to have him interject before addressing the end part I hope that makes sense 😅
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I sent you a quick email about this one!
I saw thanks!
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For Allen 🍄 💀
A suffocating darkness seems to be encroaching and circling all around him. There is a weight to this blackness. A bone crushing sensation. Loneliness. Leisurely testing his frame
(of mind).Head hanging low, he stumbles across the dark abysmal landscape. Up, down side to side diagonal?? He is overcome by a nauseating spinning sensation.
Toppling over, his head is met with a sudden thud. After a moment, he uses his arms to push off the ground. His legs later catch up as he finds himself standing unsteadily swaying back and forth.
Attempting to catch his bearings he stops and his eyes flicker to a glimpse of light in the distance. The end?? Out of hope he attempts to quicken his pace but finds himself crashing to the ground again. His body is screaming at him as a dull raking rips at his muscles.
With one fist full of dirt in front of the other, he begins to drag himself across the ground. He ignores the throbbing pain.
It's getting brighter, finally
He finds himself back up on his feet.
It's Now or Never .
He inhales deep and discovers the strength to walk, which very soon changes to fast pace sprint and then a full out dash towards the light, like a moth to a flame.
A flash enters his mind. Home. A fire pit crackling in the early morning hours of dawn. A salty gentle breeze caresses his skin as the smell of ashy wood fills his nose. In the distance, the sound of his beloved companions and the glowing blue hue of...
!! Reality !!
His neck whips back violently. Cold air blasts his cheeks causing them to redden. Chuncks of illuminating sapphire rip from his face, pealing tiny bits of flesh with it. The rushing wind blares, like a siren ushering in the shadows.
At the edge of the cliff, a lone wolf lets out a long mournful howl. The whine echoes throughout the hollow chambers.]
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He'd been doing so well too. He'd gotten separated from his companions -- he hopes they're doing alright -- but had made it.... pretty far?? Probably?? Who can even tell down here but he's been down here a while and isn't dead yet.
But he's really lost and ran out of food a long time ago. It sucks. ]
Haven't we been here before, Tim...? [ He's regarding an entranceway set with bones and skulls stacked like bricks -- like so many in these catacombs -- with a sort of weary acceptance. Ah. This is his life now.
The sudden howl that echoes throughout the tunnels is entirely outside of anything expected however, causing the Allen to jump slightly and Tim to suddenly go quite still. He's looking around with alarm and... a little panic. Wolves??? Down here??? Isn't that cheating?? Come on!
He's full set on avoiding the source of the howl and going the other way -- when Timcanpy takes off in the direction of them. Like there's a bee on his tail. ] ?!
Tim! [ Shit. ] Wait, Timcanpy -- !
[ It's like that they'll finally come across Megumi's omen. A faintly glowing golden flying omen coming in like a bright bat out of hell, followed by a dirtied and dusty white-haired boy who's seen better days stumbling to a quick, alarmed stop when he sees the wolf ahead. ]
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A winter storm rages in the dead of night. There is pockets of sprinkled fire throughout the woodlands. The thick smell of ash and smoke almost overpowers the faint scent of amber, crystal mint and citrus. The scent moves quickly and flashes up and disappears just as swiftly as it came.
The pleasant fragrance gives her a feeling of comfort and trust. She knows that fresh snow is here (even if he's a little dirty from the catacombs) and begins to whine and wag her tail.
She wiggles her butt and paces back and forth indecisively, before sitting in the exact spot Megumi fell. She wants to run up and lead Allen to this location but she can't bring herself to leave her master's side. Her loyalty and training seem to get the best of her. Kage is use to finding her quarry and immediately sitting and giving a short abrupt bark-- hey look what I found, over here -- in order to alert Megumi she has found something of interest. Doing what she knows, she repeats the gesture in the hopes of attracting Allen's attention.]
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—! Ah! [ The way Timcanpy twists towards him and bobs for a moment helps confirm it, but upon seeing the markings on Kage's forehead it also comes rushing back and he points an alarmed finger at her. ]
You're that guy's omen...! [ "That guy." Allen Walker, ladies and gentleman.
But he's hurried forward very quickly in rising concern. Omens aren't usually seen away from their persons like this, are they? And she seems distressed and like she wants his attention.
His steps slow when he looks up and sees, of all things, what looks like the faint light of the streets of Trench in the distance. The cobblestone road, wrought iron lamps -- is that it, the exit? Finally, after all this time down here? ]
The exit? But... [ Something is wrong. This whole situation is wrong and makes him press his lips together thinly, suddenly much more on guard and looking around for any sort of danger. ] Where's your mast—? Uah!
[ He's cut short as his foot slips and he would almost go tumbling down into the same pit if his reflexes were any worse, left hand clamping down onto the edge to catch himself. As there is indeed a pit that has suddenly opened up and appeared right under his feet where before there was none. Shit. ]
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No,he didn't die but he wasn't sure he was truly alive. He pats his hands up against the soft rubbery texture underneath him. Poof. A tiny cloud of dust pops up. what was that...
His eyes scan the darkness, landing on a small glowing blue crystal. Picking it up,he gets a better look and is able to make out what he believes to be a series of miniture mushrooms clutching on to the pit's wall. Scattered about and in all different shapes and sizes, they look like a scene straight out of Alice and Wonderland. He abruptly grabs his arm as a foreign tingling sensation creeps over his hand.
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Realizing Allen could meet the same fate as Megumi, Kage is compled to act. Rushing over to Allen she tries to grab on to his white sleeve causing some more pint size stones to fall.
!Thump!] Damn. He rubs his head causing small chunks of smoky blue shards to fall. Looking up, he tries to see the source of these annoying rocks bombarding his head. (Okay so he fell but this is just insult to injury.) It's too dark for him to see but he swears he hears Kage and she sounds distressed??!]
Kage, Kage! Stay! [His voice is loud and calm but this is masking the slight panic blooming inside of him.]
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Ah... thanks. [ She looks so familiar, that red marking on her face...
He's about to pull himself up with both hands, Timcanpy biting down on the fabric of his hood to "help" tug him up, when he hears Megumi call out below him. Stay?? ]
Hello? [ Did someone... fall?
Deep below in the pit -- it has to be almost two stories -- he strains for a moment in the dark, trying to let his eyes adjust to see what's down there. It looks... foggy. Like there's heavy dust of some kind in the air. But he also catches the reflection of bone. Skeleton, that looks molded and like something is growing on it. ]
Is someone down there?
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Someone is talking to Kage? and could she be in any danger?
What a question to ask in a place like the Trench.Yes, she is a large wolf and yes, she has extremely keen instincts but she is also his closest friend. Losing her is unimaginable and not an option. Nope. Absolutely not. Getting out of here has gone from a 6 to a 10 real fast.
There is just enough light illuminating from the blue gash to the side of his head, that he can see his hands. He interlocks his thumbs and flips his palms inward. A surge of blue energy pours from his body. Dark chocolate colored feathers wisp out of the umbra causing a small tornado to whip up wind
and some more sporesbefore quickly dying down as the Nue soars out of the darkness.A sharp hawk-like screech reverberates throughout the pit.
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Kage's ears perk up at the familiar sound, and a small whimper blurts out between clenched teeth as she tries to help pull Allen up. ]
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Wha— ah??? [ Giant hawks now??? From a pit?? That's cheating!
He pulls himself up cleanly, very easily suddenly and very light on his feet as he rolls up into a crouch. Kage's whimper reads as her being anxious of something approaching to Allen, that there's danger, and so his reaction is instinctive. Sweeping his right hand back like he means to protect her -- she tried to help him, after all, this wolf --
-- in a rush of air suffuse with delicate shards of light. Like feathers or snowflakes in defiance of gravity, as a radiance like condensed moonlight licks around his shoulders in the form of a cowl and whirls out with a crack of displaced air in the form of an impossibly large cloak stretched out behind him. Tattered in what looks like feathers, like the half-formed edges of wings. ]
If you're going to come out-- [ He stays knelt, focusing on that sudden upwell of wind and particles. Left hand delicately rest on the ground for stability with claws for fingers now as long as a man's forearm, bright as that cloak and like perfectly crystalized paleblood under the moon. ]
Just do it already!
[ sod this place he's tired of all the tricks in the dark let's go ]
That was a good icon!!
Gliding through the stalks, Megumi flies past and is hit with the stench of rotting corpse and musty damp shrubbery. A tingling sensation pulsates through his arm at the mere sight of fellow fungi causing a surge of firey heat to rush the appendage.- god damn it. deal with that later.
Flying for what feels like an eternity but in actuality is only seconds, the Nue cracks out of the pit like a lightning bolt sending an electric pulse outward.
Megumi gets a glimpse of a faint halo - bioluminescent creature?? Well doesn't matter because where there is light there are shadows- as gusts of wind scatter the dirt in all directions. ]
the rare times I can get the motion in them to line up it makes me so happy LOL
—but it isn't hard to see when it suddenly peels free from the spore cloud in a crack of thunder and lightning. Although while sure that's shocking enough, that isn't what actually has Allen gawking.
It takes a second because of that pulse of light being so blinding in the dark, but free from the cloud now and letting his own good night vision come to focus on what he now realizes is a rider on its back and the outline of that spiked hair... ]
Fu— [ No way—
(He remembers his omen from before now. With the red markings. Black wolf. Well crap.) ]
—Fushiguro?!
The need for more icons is rude 😂
!!It's that
not so old old man.Walker?!!
[ It also doesn't help that he's only told a handful of people his name. Okay dont look at me like that Allen. It was a matter of multiple choice.But seriously!]Where the hell did you come from?
[His voice gasps out like someone who has been holding their breath under water for too long. His eyes immediately snap to Kage who is peaking out from behind Allen. ]
[His face remains calm, but the urgency in his voice quickens.]
Is she alright, did something hurt her?!
[The Nue gently approaches the edge of the cliff and perches.]
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Where did I? Where did you! [ Had he fallen into the pit? Was he hurt? He seems alright at least, although it's hard to tell when he's on the back of that... bird? Is it even really a bird?
But he presses his lips together in a slightly conflicted expression, more sobered. ]
She's fine. [ And he steps aside a little, so Megumi can see her a bit more clearly away from his cloak. ] She helped keep me from falling in.
What happened? Are you hurt?
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Lil Help here
define "help"...
1/2 I had to tldr so I could respond to Allen's face
2/2 He also switches and i need a very different icon!
I read that as "I need to tl;dr because Allen's face" and y'know that's valid
Let's try this again 🥲 If it's crazy still ill try again tomorrow
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1/2 I wanted to write it a really specific way, sorry it took so long!!!
2/2 The only words he says are I'm sorry trying out diff html coding
1/2 omg I love this
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The finger pointing game 😂
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