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 Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:31 am
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:27 pm
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Freth made her way into the training room. It wasn’t really often she finds herself in here; and usually it was with someone else other than her own Pokémon. This time…was different. It was something that she had put off for perhaps long enough. Many months ago, she ended up obtaining an Absol, relinquishing it from the likes of the Hexagon brothers in their profound attempt to make a “super Pokémon” by trying to endow the Absol with all the strengths of a Shadow Pokémon, yet none of the weaknesses. Such a notion was profound, especially in the methods they were trying to do it, which was nothing more than just another way to purify it…if albeit counterintuitively, if not inefficiently. However, Freth didn’t know how long this Absol has been in that process or if it really did any good in the long term. The Absol was showed itself to be rather unstable, which was signs that it was getting closer to purification. However, after a hard attempt to purify the Absol by taking it out on an excursion and such, the Shadow Virus didn’t want to seem to be close to relenting just yet. She didn’t have any idea just how long it was going to take to bring this Absol back to normal, and back to its senses.
She decided to actually get to work and try to hammer out this whole problem. The longer that the Absol stayed shadowfied, the more at risk her other Pokemon were in contracting it; a risk she didn’t want to take by any means. She decided to take a page out of Tristen’s book and actually just have at it with this Absol in the training room. Though both times Tristen done this, Tristen got as banged up as the Pokemon did, at the very least, they’re back to normal. Though, Freth remembered something…once this Absol got going itself, it was a juggernaut itself; perhaps the worst she’s seen in a long time. The Absol got the better of her back in the abandoned laboratory and she probably would have bought if it weren’t for the brother in the lab wanting to save his own skin as well and needed Freth to do it. Freth made a sigh to herself as memories started to flow back to her. This was unavoidable either way. Best do it now under controlled conditions, or get screwed over later where she is on her own and this Absol goes on a rampage.
It was now or never, really. Freth made her way over to a console and made a large Pokemon appear. A Steelix in holographic form. It was an off-color, more blue than anything else instead of its shiny silvery-gray body. With the target now spawned in, she set the difficulty to its hardest setting. It was like a video game, it was described to Freth. While she wasn’t versed in games, herself, she did know this much, usually difficulty settings meant conditions like harder to take down enemies in some fashion. She figured that with its hardest setting, Absol would be hell bent in taking Steelix out and make little progress. The thing she wondered was if this plan was sure-fire, however. Steelix on their own were virtually fortresses in snake form, able to take all sorts of physical abuse; which against the likes of an Absol should be no problem. And with the extra difficulty should make it that much more hardy. She goes to takes a position and takes out the Pokeball with the shadowfied Pokemon inside. “Absol.” Freth called out, releasing the Pokemon inside. In a flash of light, out came the Absol, with eyes glassed over and deathly silent. “Mmm…right. Alright, let’s see how you handle this…” Freth said, reaching into her pocket and popped open a Vivid Scent in the room. The scent filled the room, making the Absol wince quite a bit from the potent, yet fresh, smell. It almost looked as if the Absol was trying to fight letting out a sneeze. “Huh, well, that seemed to have gotten your attention.” Freth said to the shadowfied Pokemon. “Ok, well, I let this go on long enough.” She said to the Dark type. “We’re going to see if we can’t bring you back to your senses, one way or another. I don’t know how long it is going to take with you, but hopefully we can at least see if we can’t get you at least close to bringing you back to normal before the day is over.” Freth said. “You see that?” The Absol turned around and studied the towering Steelix holographic figure. “We’re fighting that.”
The Absol got ready, acknowledging its target. “Ready.” Freth then said, the program finally started activating and the holographic Steelix was hostile. The holo-Steelix reared back and brought its tail forward, the tail changed color as if to herald its attack; it was an Iron Tail that was on its way. “Absol! Me First!” Freth shouted her command. Immediately, the Absol rushed in, its tail stiffening and extended out. Its tail looked more like a scimitar blade as it flipped over then started to come down on the Steelix. It didn’t cause a whole lot of damage as indicated on a projection, but it made the holo-Steelix back up for a second. “Yea, just like that.” The Steelix then went back on the attack as intended, bringing the Iron Tail down upon the Absol. “Absol, above you!” Freth shouted. The Absol looked up and quickly dodged off to the side in the nick of time to avoid the full on brunt of the attack; however, the concussive force that came from the impact still sent the Absol flying off and hurting it a fair bit.
“Well, that escalated quickly…” Freth said.
[purification this session: Absol - 1 + 3 (Vivid Scent)]
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:28 pm
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The more that Freth figured he could push this Absol the faster this Absol could be purified. It seemed to be the case as evidenced by Tristen and getting both Blitzle, now a Zebstrika, and Magmar purified. It was funny, Freth thought, the sole purpose that Cipher created Shadow Pokemon in turn was one of its bigger weaknesses; that battling would work the Shadowifcation out of its system. Granted, Ein made it all that much harder now, making it into a biological virus instead of some sort of brainwashing or whatever the original iteration was, but the end result was all the same. The battle was going to be tough, with or without Absol being shadowfied, but the end hopefully will justify the means. “Alright, Absol! Now, use Night Slash!” Freth shouted.
Freth was trying to limit using Shadow attacks all she could. Another thing she started to realize was that the more they were used, the more quickly a Pokémon would jump into Hyper Mode, and by extension, the next thing to completely uncontrollable. That was also the case with Tristen’s two Pokémon. However, something crept up in the back of her mind. She recalled the stories that Tristen told both his adoptive parents; how eventually, they’ll decide on their own when to use Shadow Attacks, or maybe, potentially go into Hyper Mode on its own. It sort of fit what she saw firsthand with this Absol. It was merely taking a nap before it snapped and broke out of its containment. It was something she was going to have to be on the lookout for.
The Absol once again rushed for the holo-Steelix, its front claws started to glow fiercely with a darkened power. It went right at its body. However, the Steelix moved its tail quickly right in the path of the speedy Shadowfied Absol and a barrier formed in front of him. The Absol slashed down as hard as it could, causing no damage to the Steelix. “It’s using Protect. Figures.” Freth said. Hard mode was starting to show its true colors. This snake was moving and reacting faster than what an average Steelix had any right to be doing.
The holo-Steelix then twisted around and quickly started to slither about the training room, using itself to surround the Absol then started to come down with jaws lit up. “A Crunch Attack! Absol! Look out!” Freth shouted. The Absol quickly dashed back and leaped up the tail of the Steelix then started to run up its body as the head of the holoprojection crashed down and missing its target. The Absol’s claws started to glow once more as if it was readying another Night Slash attack, until the Steelix lifted its tail up and virtually catapulted the Absol right off of him and slamming it right into a nearby wall. “Ugh, I’m starting to think I turned the proverbial dial up too high after all, even for it.” Freth said.
[purification this session: Absol – 2 + 3 (Vivid Scent)]
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:29 pm
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“Absol! Are you alright?” Freth shouted over to the Shadow Pokemon.
The Steelix moved out of Freth’s line of sight and Absol was standing there; it was pretty banged up, at least Freth assumed it to be, but for some reason it was still standing as if what the Steelix did didn’t bother it at all. Once again, she started to remember. Shadow Pokémon were virtually machines in personality. They don’t know their own limits, or even acknowledge them. The Pokemon could eventually be trembling in pain for being mauled to near death and yet they’ll stand there, just as Absol is doing, wanting to keep fighting more. It’s all they know to do. Because of which, Freth can’t seem to gauge just what kind of condition Absol is in right now other than the surface damage. For as all she knows, Absol could be fighting to stay conscious, let alone standing after being tossed into the wall like that.
The Absol quickly charged in, without a command being spoken. “Wait a minute! Absol! Don’t rush in like that! You’re just going to get-“ Before Freth could finish her statement, the Absol’s shadowy aura became visible just for a moment, a signal that it was about to use a Shadow Attack upon the Steelix. “Absol! Don’t!” The Absol howled out; the aura shot out into the ground and from the ground many spikes shot up, wedging into the holo-Steelix. It was a Shadow Pokemon’s Shadow Rave attack; a brutal attack that risks eviscerating its target with its many shadowy spikes. Freth’s eyes quickly veered towards the damage displays; that was a heavier damaging move than everything else thus far. “Blast it! Absol! Don’t do that!” Freth shouted. “We’re here for training, not massacring!” A partial lie, at least, but the point remains all the same. This was risking the Absol going on tilt at any time.
The Absol landed back on the ground and faced its adversary; the holo-Steelix forced itself out of the shadowy spikes, then spun around, quickly going on the attack. The holo-Steelix roared out as it charged towards the Absol and smashed right into it full force. “A Double-Edge!” However, something she noticed. The damage didn’t increase on display. “Rock Head. It wouldn’t be hard mode without it, wouldn’t it?” Freth said. Either way, it was a crushing blow that knocked the Absol up fiercely and having it land right behind the Steelix only a few seconds later with a loud thud.
To Freth’s surprise, however, the Absol got back up as if nothing happened, though clearly something did. And she could see the damage much more clearly now. Under normal circumstances, being ran over by a souped-up Steelix would make even the most trained Pokémon consider throwing in the towel. However, Absol still was raring to go. However, she started to notice something. It had the look of agitation. It was starting to get there; she knew it. After one Shadow Attack, it was already looking like it was ready to go into Hyper Mode. But then, it probably was just the nature of the beast anyhow. Absol, once, woke up from a nap for whatever reason and was full on Hyper Mode much to everyone’s disdain. This Absol might not be willing to listen that much more into Freth’s commands. Forget the holo-Steelix; Freth had the feeling she was going to have a fight on her hands once again, just as when the two of them met.
“I’m starting to think I bit off much more than I could chew…”
[purification this session: Absol – 3 + 3 (vivid scent)]
[Absol Hyper Meter – 4/10]
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:30 pm
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“Now are you going to listen!? You can’t keep taking hits like that; I don’t care how strong you think you are!” Freth said. “You were doing just fine until you started acting on your own like that! This is supposed to be a team effort, not Absol razes the world! Now if you want to take this thing out, listen to me, now!” The Absol looked over towards Freth for a moment with its glassed over eyes, then got ready. It seemed to be waiting on a command. “Good, at least you got that much.” Though that said, this projected Steelix still has the upper hand. Absol took extensive damage and it shouldn’t take too much more than that and Steelix, barring the shadow attack, still is the unstoppable juggernaut that it has been this entire session th us far. “Alright, Absol! Now go! Use Swords Dance!” Freth shouted, still opting to not bother with the Shadow Attacks. If Absol is desperate for causing damage, at least she’ll give this much to him.
The Absol did the dance and focused its might. As it done so the Steelix once again came down upon the Absol, having itself surround the Absol and getting ready to strike. As soon as Absol was done and its attack power rose, the Steelix’s head came down for another Crunch attack. “Absol! Move!” Freth shouted. The Absol once again avoided the attack and landing on the Steelix’s tail. “Absol! Night Slash!” Freth then shouted. The Absol practically spring-boarded off the tail, before the Steelix could once again fling Absol off into a nearby wall and went for the Steelix’s head now it was down to floor level. Absol’s front claws started to darken up once more, though more fiercely than last due to the Swords Dance. The Absol leaped up and slashed at the holo-Steelix, scoring a direct hit and causing a fair bit of damage if the display is to be believed.
“You see! Just like that!” Freth shouted. The holo-Steelix roared out and retaliated almost instantly, swiping its tail, now glowing red, across the floor. Another Iron Tail attack at a rapid pace which swatted the Absol. One step forward…two steps back. The Absol once again was flung across the room and unable to land on its feet. The Absol though once again stood back up; albeit, she admit, it was slower that time. Absol was already going beyond its limits just as any shadow Pokemon does, but now it was looking like the damage was starting to catch up with the Shadow Pokemon and at the rate this battle was going, the Steelix was not having any intentions of dropping anytime soon.
“Blast...Absol, let’s try to stay at range!” Freth shouted. “Use Psycho Cut!” she then commanded to her Dark-type Pokemon. The black horn-like appendage on the Absol’s head lit up as it howled out, and with a whip of the head, the Absol unleashed a kinetic wave of power towards the Steelix. However, the Steelix moved its tail in the path of the attack and raised the Protect barrier once again, negating the attack. “Stubborn snake…”
[purification this session: Absol – 4 + 3 (vivid scent)]
[Absol Hyper Meter – 4/10]
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:31 pm
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“Alright, Absol, it looks tough but-“ Before Freth could finish her words of encouragement, Absol once again acted on its own. “Absol, no! No Shadow Attacks!” Freth shouted over to the Pokemon. However, the Absol looked as if it was having none of it. Once again the shadowy aura of the Shadow Pokemon flared up as it made the rush for the Steelix once more. The Absol’s aura then unleashed a thick dark mist about the Steelix, but this one was different. She noticed the projection once more near the Steelix which displayed its current damage thus far, it noted that its defenses are down. Shadow Mist didn’t do that, that she knew of. “Shadow Down…” Freth said to herself.
The Steelix once again retaliated, its tail glowing a red to herald yet another mighty Iron Tail. The Absol dodged out of the way and braced itself as the Steelix made impact with the ground. The concussive force made the Absol wince, now that it was expecting it. “Absol, alright, you got his defenses down! No more shadow attacks. Between you using that and Swords Dance, this Steelix should be good to go down now! Use Night Slash!” Freth shouted, still opting to not use any Shadow Attacks. The Absol was all the more irriatated still, however, it obeyed the command, for now, rushing in and retaliating on the Steelix. The Steelix then pulled its tail back and once again guarded against the relentless slash of the Absol with its Protect.
“Alright, now I am getting irritated! Absol! Use Taunt!” Freth then shouted towards the Shadow Pokemon. If anything, this should get that Steelix to stop the protect attacks and leave itself more open to Absol’s attacks. However, the Absol wasn’t complying this time. “Absol? Oh don’t you dare-“ The Absol rushed in once more, but this time, its shadowy aura flared out once again. “NO! DON’T DO IT!” As the Steelix finally lowered its guard, the Absol rushed in and smashed right into the holo-Steelix with such ferocity with Shadow Rush. The boosted damage and the defense crushing got the better of the Steelix. The HUD for the Steelix was reading that it was finally out of commission, and for further confirmation, the holo-Steelix fell to the ground and subsequently vanished.
While the battle with the super-powered Steelix was thankfully over, Freth had a new problem. The Absol’s fur was bristling up. Its emotions flared up. It’s presence to Freth was starting to spike up. “I didn’t want to see that again…” Freth said, her eyes narrowing. She remembered this from the abandoned lab. This Absol was not a joke once it was in this state. While she could send her other Pokémon to fight this deranged Pokémon now since an immunizer was running in this room, she still couldn’t bring herself to send her Pokémon out against it on merit of risking her Pokémon. Not to mention, if Tristen’s stories were true, which she was sure they are, there was a underlying factor in all of this. The trainer trying to control the Pokémon. Absol had a major beef against Freth, she figured. A rather grossly unjustified one, just as it was with all Shadow Pokemon, but one nonetheless. Freth had a fight on her hands.
“Alright, Absol…you’ve wanted this the entire time, right? Okay. Round 2.” She said.
[purification this session: Absol – 5 + 3 (vivid Scent)]
[Absol Hyper Meter – MAX]
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:32 pm
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As Freth squared off with Absol, she thought about summoning yet another Pokemon for it to fight, one even perhaps tougher than the holo-Steelix. Anything, really. But then to bring in another Pokemon would take time for her to find and for it to load. Precious seconds that she wasn’t going to get if this Absol was going to be on her case the entire time. It was probably going to be better this way, anyways. At least in this fashion, she could actually…just maybe…get through to Absol instead of barking commands the entire time and trying to plead her case whenever Absol didn’t want to listen. This was what it was going to come down to; she was warned by Tristen in particular due to it happening to him twice. Difference was, Freth was better able to defend herself than Tristen was. “Do you really want to do this?” Freth asked Absol. “You already took a hell of a beating from that Steelix projection. You still got it in you to lash out at me?”
The Absol would answer that question with action, quickly charging after Freth its aura flaring up for yet another Shadow Rush attack. Freth would quickly dodge out of the way with her Agility, appearing at another spot in the training room. She then would retaliate, rapidly firing out a couple of Ice Beam shots from the palm of her hand at Absol. The Absol snaps his head over to see the oncoming attack and leaped out of the way in a rapid pace. The Absol then howled out in the training room, its aura flaring up once again. The last time it done this, the holo-Steelix almost became a kabob with its Shadow Rave attack. Instinctively, Freth would leap up to avoid getting impaled, but then notice no attack was coming from the floor. Her instincts tripped, looking towards the Absol. The shadowy aura would be going up, not down. Above her, she noticed a dark, cloudy like mass above her and before she knew it, violet lights started to crash down on her. Freth quickly shielded her face as every ray fell down her and she ended falling down.
A Shadow Sky attack. A disaster in and of itself. “AUGH!” Freth pulled her arms away from her face and examined her arms then looked back at her wings. She didn’t see any damage up front, but she could feel it. “Augh! It’s like I got walked into acid rain!” she said as the Shadow Sky attack came down on her and Absol. However, Absol wasn’t fazed at the least bit by it, typical of it being a Shadow Pokemon. “I got to stop this fight now…” Freth said as the violet lights continued to pelt her.
Quickly, Freth put her hands together then pulled them back apart, forming a light blue ring of Water Pulse between them. “THERE!” she said, firing the attack towards the Absol. The Absol’s eyes widened, not expecting the attack, and gets pelted by the attack. However, just as before, the Absol continued to refuse to go down. “Ugh, typical!” Freth said.
[purification this session: Absol – 5.75 + 3 (vivid Scent)]
[Absol Hyper Meter – MAX]
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:33 pm
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The Absol once again goes on the attack, rushing after Freth with full shadow fury, trying to score a direct hit with Shadow Rush, which wasn’t going to happen if Freth could help it. She dodges out of the way with another Agility, trying to keep her distance from the Hyper Mode Absol. However, she was running out of time. This Shadow Sky that was bearing down on her was practically burning nearly every part of her being, it felt like. She can’t keep this battle going like this for her sake, let alone Absol’s. Absol might be acting like it is invincible right now, but she can see the damage. It’s going to kill itself trying to score a victory with what kind of damage it got. Freth is trying everything she can to hold back and put this Dark-type out of commission easily, but it doesn’t want to seem to pan out.
Fortunately, with the damage that had racked up on the Absol, its sluggish right now. Rather it is aware of it or not, it cannot keep up with Freth’s Agility, so catching her in Shadow Rave or Shadow Rush was a no-go. “So are you just going to keep this up or what?” Freth asked. “It’ll take more than a freak light show to bring me down you know!” Freth shouted. Once again, the Absol tried to attack Freth with Shadow Rush only for her to move out of the way once more. Freth then retaliated once more, beaning the Absol with a couple more rapid ice beam shots, beaning the Dark-type but it still didn’t want to go down.
“Absol, that’s enough. After that Steelix fight you got nothing in the tank left. You’re dead set on hitting me with that Shadow Rush again like you did back in the lab and it’s not going to happen. The Absol then howled out and its aura flared up once more, which made Freth stare in confusion. She quickly got on guard, looking around, making sure she was not going to ravaged by a Shadow Rave attack, but nothing was coming…nothing that she could see until her instincts tripped. She felt something tug at her arm; a shadowy tendril that wrapped itself around Freth arm, then one after her other arm. More tendrils started to wrap about her. “A Shadow Hold!?” Freth shouted. “You held on to that!?”
As she struggled to get out of the bind, the Absol then summoned another dark mist, just as it did with the Steelix. She felt frail suddenly, the life being sapped from her. Her muscles felt lax, lethargic all around. It was the Shadow Down attack, and the Absol was still bolstered by Swords Dance from earlier. “Oh no…” Freth said to herself. Absol was rushed over once more, its aura flared up as Freth was bound to the Shadow Hold. Absol was conjuring up a lot of Shadow based attacks all at once, and yet it was still going. Freth tried as she could to brace herself, but much to her dismay, the attack crashed right into her full on, immense damage that snapped the shadowy tendrils and sent her tumbling across the floor, eventually skidding to a stop.
[purification this session: Absol – 6.50 + 3 (vivid Scent)]
[Absol Hyper Meter – MAX]
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:33 pm
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Freth finally realized that she couldn’t go easy on this Absol. Even in its exhausted state, its still in Hyper Mode all the same and it was as dangerous as can be. She had to end it right there and then or she was going to need a rescue party to come in this training room before she bites the big one. She pulled herself up, grimacing hard, made a hard loud cough, still feeling the wind knocked out of her. The Shadow Sky still bore into everything about her. But she stood up, ready to face off with this Absol again. She started to charge another Ice Beam shot; this time though with every intention to going full blast with it instead of the tiny quick shots she’s been doing up to this point. Before she could put her hands together to form the massive icy blast, the Absol howled again and once again she felt tendrils starting to ensnare her. It started to dawn on her that shadow Pokémon perhaps do have the tendency to learn. However, it was primitive at best. Absol had the problem of attacking Freth because she kept moving around super fast and Absol wasn’t able to catch it. So how does one stop it? Make the target stop moving. And it had the ability to do just that.
Freth once again started to fight the tendrils that wanted to bind her. The Absol then started to make the attack run. One last Shadow Rush, Freth thought it was probably thinking. Truth be told, it probably would be the case if she gets caught by that. With everything she had, she managed to make the tendrils snap, forcing herself out of the bind then took flight, barely avoiding the attack. She quickly landed then went back on the attack herself. Not an Ice Beam this time. She pulled her fist back, rushing straight for the Absol. The Absol then charged at Freth, shadowy aura flaring up once more to meet her head on. With a feminine scream of fury and a Hyper Mode Absol’s enraged howl, the two met, attacks crashing into each other with great force. However, feminine fury won out.
Freth’s Frustration overtook the Absol’s Shadow Rush attack and sent it flying back, sending it into a nearby wall. The Absol peeled off the wall and flopped to the floor and this time…it wasn’t getting up. The Shadow Sky started to dissipate, as did the mist that enshrouded her for the moment that lowered her defenses. The fight was over. Freth didn’t get out unscathed though from the attacks clashing. Freth brought her punching arm close to her chest, as if she was trying to give the arm a hug. Pain shot all up and down her arm; she feared it may be broken. She fell to her knees; exhausted, hurting. She really did not want to go through this again. Suddenly the Articuno female started to find a newfound respect for Tristen…he went through this twice. Knowing the risks to purify a Shadow Pokemon and yet he did it. Freth shook her head, reaching over towards her jacket pocket with her non-pained hand and pulled out her SNAG.
“Blizzard…I…kind of need your help right now in the training room.” She said. She was going to get someone to help get her and the Absol out of here and…see Doc in the med lab.
[purification this session: Absol – 7.25 + 3 (vivid Scent)]
[Absol Hyper Meter – MAX]
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:02 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:17 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:32 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:42 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:11 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:18 pm
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