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Post by Shiver on Oct 22, 2018 21:59:24 GMT -6
This heat was rather intense, the sun beating down like an angry kaio on her pale skin, without even the slightest breeze to bring relief. Of course, it didn't help that she was currently floating high in the sky, far away from any conceivable cover that might've existed. Altogether it was quite unpleasant, her throat already parched after a few mere minutes in this environment. Her soul itched to soar off into the horizon, back to more pleasant areas were she could dive into a pool of water. Unfortunately she wasn't exactly here for pleasure in the first place, no this was because she had a job to do. It had been earlier in the day, whilst hunting about in a forest, that she'd sensed an above average power level. Naturally, having nothing better to do, she had decided to investigate. Doing so had revealed a short red alien of some kind....wearing World Trade Fleet armor complete with scouter and arm blaster. She didn't know why she'd been surprised, Earth had been quite the hotspot for a while now. Shiver had never been a part of the WTF, disapproving greatly of their actions and what they stood for, but she'd never gotten involved before either. Earth though...she liked Earth, and she liked the humans. So she was willing to step in, this time at least, especially with how weak the grunts tended to be. The red alien had followed that trend, and it didn't take long to learn that yes, he WAS with the WTF, and that they had a little base nearby. It had almost been relieving, knowing she hadn't attacked a random person. So here she was, in the aptly named Diablo Desert, glaring down at a small building far below her. It was right where the peon had said it was, and she could sense the clustering of power levels. Apparently it was a temporary structure they'd set up underground, the small structure a façade for the gathering beneath it. She wasn't quite sure how no one had discovered it sooner with all the capable fighters around, maybe it was just extremely recent, or maybe it as the location. Either way, Shiver was glad she'd found it before anything bad happened. The small Arcosian started to lower herself down from the sky, towards the top of the building. Her silver bio-gems flashed brilliantly in the sun as she descended, tail lashing about as she prepared herself for battle. Speaking logically, no one here should be a match for her, even in her first form. But still...she was nervous, stranger things had happened before. It would be nice to have backup, or even a temporary ally of some kind. But she had to hit these scum now, before they moved or got too dangerous. There simply wasn't enough time to track down any of the few people she knew, especially as she had no idea where to start even. Peppa |
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Post by Peppa on Oct 24, 2018 7:44:33 GMT -6
She'd grown notable stronger and had wanted to test her strength. During her travels she had heard word of Fleet base that was somewhere out in the desert, perfect for practice. So here she was on her seventh day on the hunt for the base. At some points she thought she'd die of hunger and thirst, but she always seemed to luck out just when things seemed bleak. And why was this time to be any different. In the distance she saw billowing smoke and heard screams and various yells for help or some sort of instruction. The sight she saw when she got to the site was chaos.
They were all running around firing into the air, and at what? Peppa looked up to see a pale Arcosian floating through the skies. It seems that was the one that had garnered their attention. Well that didn't help her case, these guys were so focused on the other alien, they didn't notice Peppa until literally running into her.
"You know, you ought to watch where you're going," she said just before he knee collided with fleeing soldiers chin, knocking him unconscious. Well she always supposed she could just see how many of them she could take out before the Arcosian wanted to come after her. With that the saiyan would move around, disappearing and reappearing with a flicker of speed as she went from soldier to soldier, taking them down with on hit, wondering how long before she was noticed by the Arcosian.
Thread PL: 8017 | Ki Suppression active: Read as 1 | No transformations Active
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Post by Shiver on Oct 24, 2018 17:04:19 GMT -6
The opening stages of the attack had gone quite well, at least from her perspective. She was sure the WTF probably had a different opinion when her first waves of Ki ripped into the base. The impacts had the effect of "poking the beehive" as the humans put it, WTF troopers swarming forth from underground. Shiver was all too glad to meet them with more blasts, instantly destroying quite a few of them, scattering the rest about the sands. They didn't stop though, still broiling forth amidst the smoke and fire to finally prepare a retaliatory response. Scouters were activated, fingers were pointed, and blasters were aimed, took them long enough.
Shiver dipped and weaved through the sky, keeping her height advantage as she kept raining destruction upon them. The enemy fire, while certainly numerous, wasn't really a threat. It wasn't really difficult to dodge, and if she couldn't dodge then it was childs play just to block or swat them aside. Perhaps if dozens came at her at once, in a coordinate assault, then she might be pushed a little. Unfortunately for them, these goons weren't doing that, and judging by the level of panic she was seeing, they wouldn't ever be doing it. Shiver hit another soldier with a targeted shot from above, ripping away his entire top half while his comrades scattered. Really, she was just surprised none of them had run for it yet, what with the clear power difference on display.
But there WAS something else at work here, which Shiver realized upon noticing the somewhat premature end of someone she had targeted next. Her slender tail held perfectly still behind her as the Arcosian retracted her hand in surprise, scanning the crowd for the culprit. It took a moment, but eventually her position over the battle yielded results, her keen eyes focusing on a blur attacking the enemy soldiers. Was that a Saiyan? Huh, wonders would neve-WHAM. a blast smacked into the side of her head, detonating and knocking her sideways. In an instant Shiver had whipped back around and fired a large retaliatory blast, incinerating the lackey as she blinked away the pain. Message received, stay focused on the real threat, save the investigating for later.
And she was going to need that focus, because suddenly two new powers birthed into existence, rising up from the bases lower levels. They were far stronger than these grunts too, seems they'd finally gotten the attention of someone a little important.
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Post by Peppa on Oct 24, 2018 17:28:24 GMT -6
Fodder, child's play, taking candy from a baby, however you wanted to describe it. That was what the scene taking place depicted as the young Saiyan tore her way through enemy lines. It was too easy, though the added danger of dodging stray ki blasts at the same time did make it a little more challenging, but only just the bit. She did have to admit, these goons were plentiful and a little annoying. Eventually she began to fire her own ki blasts, taking out the ones that were at more of a distance while she dealt with those up close with her hand to hand skills.
"How much room do you guys actually have in your base?" she questioned out loud as she dropped another one with a right hook to the jaw. She did have to admit though, she was impressed with her new found stamina, she wasn't feeling tired at all. Still, she was getting bored, maybe sneaking in and blowing the place up from the inside would be best, but it was still a whole horde to get through.
She looked around trying to find a decent way in while dodging and knocking out those that got in her way. Her eyes moved quickly scanning the area and then she saw them. Two aliens that were suddenly doubling in size, standing at about 10 feet in height, weighing maybe 500 pounds. "Well those are some big boys."
The other fleet soldiers moved out of the way not wanting to get clobbered by either of the large aliens and their club like hands. Peppa smiled as she ran at the two aliens. "It was about time we had some fun around here." Leaping into the air she fired a barrage of ki blasts meant to blind them from her real attack. She would fly up high and come down hard, attempting land with both her knees in the back of the head of one the aliens. If she caught him properly, he would hopefully fall unconscious due to the shock to his brain.
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Post by Shiver on Oct 24, 2018 19:47:48 GMT -6
Shiver immediately turned her focus towards the new powers on the battlefield, recognizing them for being the only real threat. She lowered herself even more towards the ground, amping up her firing rate to clear a path. Despite this, a couple of the troopers decided to press their luck and charged when only a few feet off the ground. It took but a quick spin in the air to swipe them away with her tail, sending them tumbling into the distance, likely injured. That was all it took to get her some breathing room, the rest of the grunts suddenly very averse to attacking again. Good, she used the chance to look for the new arrivals, eyes widening as she gazed upon the two behemoths.
Well they were huge, definitely a couple leagues above the rest of these troopers. She could even see a sudden rise in confidence amongst the other soldiers, grins and whoops of joy breaking out. Shiver just shook her head and gathered her energy once more, they weren't that strong. And it wasn't just her here, ahead she saw the Saiyan, a female, charging the two. Shiver grinned and kicked off into the air again, gathering up speed as she bolted towards the two. Heh, she certainly wasn't going to let herself be outdone, and the Saiyan was probably going to generate an opening of some kind.
She watched as the other alien gave herself some cloud cover, leaping up to attempt a diving attack on one. Luckily, in doing so the other enemy also focused on her, turning to respond. As such the poor fool never even saw Shiver coming, who rammed into his meaty side at full speed. The sheer momentum carried them through a multitude of less soldiers, covering a fair distance before touching down and starting a trench. Ripping through the ground, gravel scattering everywhere, Shiver started to punch the being repeatedly in the face. Why had she been worried? This was easy.
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Post by Peppa on Oct 25, 2018 2:14:48 GMT -6
The ki blasts exploded resulting the cloud cover she was hoping for, causing the aliens to throw a hand up in front of their face.Peppa came crashing down from his head causing a loud groan to rip from its chest. She bounced off the aliens head, watching as it stumbled around, not completely losing its balance and falling. She charged ki in both hands before putting them together and firing a beam at the stumbling alien sending it flying.
Shortly after she saw the other alien following behind, she supposed it was the Arcosian that had been going around blasting everyone to smithereens. She shrugged her shoulders and charged after her own opponent, as she closed in she saw a large fist swinging at her and she threw both hands up in front of her face as a guard and braced for the impact.
"Oof." It was heavier than she had imagined it would've turned out, but it wasn't anything she couldn't handle. As she was sent backwards she entered a flip to control her momentum and eventually brought herself to a stop. "That's one hell of an arm," she wiped the small amount of blood that was dripping from her mouth away and smiled.
She charged in once more , the alien striking at her again, Peppa flew down and around its fist. Coming sharply in front of it, she slammed her knee into its jaw before clasping both hands together and hammer fisting the alien in the side of the face, sending it crashing head first into the ground. The pavement shattered around its head and the cracks spidered outward
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Post by Shiver on Oct 25, 2018 17:40:46 GMT -6
Her impromptu ground pounding of the other alien came to an end as her target finally reacted, apparently sick of the repetitive blows to the face. An explosive wave of force erupted as the other being screamed in rage, knocking Shiver back temporarily. The Arcosian didn't let up for a moment however, halting herself in midair to start raining down a series of ki blasts. The big alien, in the midst of getting up, was smacked back down into the dirt as the blasts impacted. She kept up the barrage for a moment before stopping, landing a few feet away to survey her progress.
Slowly the dust cleared, heralding by the sound of heavy pained breathing, revealing the huge brute of a being. He was upright again, and obviously still raring to go, but he wasn't unscathed either. His bulky form was covered in bruises, head especially, blood dripping from what looked like a shattered nose. And the burns, she could smell the roasted skin from here, visibly smoking patches marking the alien. The brute snarled at her, suddenly charging forward to swing his huge fists down at her. Shiver didn't bother to match him, darting out of the way as it swung down, cracking the ground with its force. The next few blows followed as such, the Arcosian lithely dodging the hammering fists, waiting for an opening.
It came when the WTF member, in his growing fury, cupped both hands together in a particularly heavy overhand blow. She dodged it of course, but the trooper had overextended himself, lurching forward with the momentum. In an instant Shiver had jumped forward, using his own hands as a spring board to slam her knees into his face. She heard several things crunch on impact and the alien wailed in pain, huge hands retracting to swipe at her. Shiver merely backflipped away back to the ground below, smirking as she took a ready stance once more. The trooper glared at her, hands trying to stem the reignited flow of blood, and then he roared, charging forward. Shiver was ready for another repeat of the last, more clumsy attempts followed by a huge exploitable opening.
What she was not ready for, was the big alien spitting forth a massive energy wave from his mouth at extra close range. Caught somewhat flat footed, Shiver was driven into the ground, hissing as she held back the wave with her hands. One second, two, and then the wave finally detonated, the explosion filling her vision.
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Post by Peppa on Oct 26, 2018 23:05:31 GMT -6
As she descended from her jump she felt something large grab her around the leg and pull hard, slamming her into the ground and knocking the wind out of her. She barely had time to react to the other fist that came slamming down on her shortly after. She'd thrown up a hasty guard, bracing for the impact as she took the brunt of it on her forearms. It wasn't a pleasant feeling, these aliens were stronger than she originally thought. Once more the fist came slamming down on her, then a third time.
She wasn't sure how much more of this she could take. As the next fist came down she rolled to the left, narrowly avoiding the strike, using her foot she pushed herself off and further away from harms way. She stood to her feet, shaking her now very dead and numb arms. Damn, what were these things made of? As she tried to regain feeling the alien came at her again causing her to dodge deftly, hopping from spot to spot as she avoided the hammer like arms.
They were fairly swift for their size, she would admit that, but she'd figure a way around it. Forming two ki balls, one in each hand she tossed them both the aliens eyes, controlling them so their path wasn't so easily discerned. As they collided with his face blinding him once more she flew directly into his face and pointed a finger to his eye, the tip of it glowing with a purple like ki.
"Here. try this!" The ki blast fired, stronger than anything else she had used so far, penetrating the aliens cranium and having him fall to the ground. Yeah she definitely didn't want to deal with another one of those. She glanced over towards the Arcosian to see how that was fairing and if they needed any help.
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Post by Shiver on Oct 27, 2018 2:20:43 GMT -6
Shiver groaned as she opened her eyes again, looking around to find herself covered in rock. She tried to move, thankful as the weight on her back gave way immediately, light pouring in. Blinking the sudden spots from her eyes, she tried to push herself up the rest of the way to a standing position. The effort made her groan again, realizing that her body ached, and she now had her own collection of burns, especially on her palms. Shiver gasped as she clenched them into fists, gritting her teeth against the pain as she finally looked up.
It was just in time to catch a massive fist on her entire upper body, pain ripping through her as she was sent tumbling. Perhaps that was a blessing however, as the distance gave her a precious few moments to recover. She had just managed to recover her senses when the brute came lunging in again, oversized fist swinging down to crush her. Shiver leaped to the side last moment, throwing ki blasts desperately as she tried for more distance. The other alien just kept coming however, swinging away like an angry bull as if the blasts were just annoying bug bites. Eventually, one the punches finally managed to clip her, sending her spinning out of control once more.
She landed hard, hissing as she scraped her sensitive wounds on the ground but kept her focus this time. The alien came charging forward once, and she rose to meet him, freezing suddenly as she realized something. He wasn't preparing to swing again, in fact, this seemed like the time he'd-OH. She focused her power, willing greater speed into her limbs, as the brute jutted his head forward to unleash another wave. It was released, ripping forward towards Shivers form...only to pass right through the afterimage she'd left there. The trooper didn't even have time to react as Shiver blinked back into existence next to him, silver spheres of ki in both hands. Smirking again, she slammed her two hands together, and released the attack, "BRIGHT CANNON!" The massive silver blast easily consumed the large alien, leaving a long trench behind when it finally dwindled. There was no sign of her unfortunate target.
Shiver smiled and let her hands drop back to her sides, panting slightly as she looked around, seeing the Saiyan had finished with her half. Now only the troopers were left, though they too were starting to flee. At least the base was definitely out of the picture. After a moments thought, Shiver lifted off and floated towards the Saiyan, casually blasting another grunt on the way. Growing closer, the small Arcosian gave a friendly little wave to the other fighter.
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Post by Peppa on Oct 27, 2018 12:07:10 GMT -6
She turned her head just in time to see the Arcosian blast her alien into nothing but dust, the saiyan was impressed, this one here seemed to have a fair amount of power. And if what she remembered about the Changeling race was correct, they had multiple stages of power, so this one could even be stronger than she was letting on. Peppa would need to be wary around this one, she wouldn't want to be caught unawares and end up like that last fellow.
She'd been so caught up in her thoughts she hadn't noticed the arcosian moving until she was waving at her, causing Peppa to kinda wake from her daze. She attempted to raise a hand but that kind of hurt and caused her to wince, so she opted instead for a head nod. "Hey, that was some nice shooting you got there." She wasn't sure what else to say. That was all she knew about the pale Arcosian, was that she had a nice shot.
"Kinda glad you were around though, it would've sucked taking on both of those things alone." She glanced around noting that all the other fleet soldiers were running off. Hmm, I wonder if they have anything to eat inside..." she looked down at her now dirty and torn attire, ...and clothes that fit."
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Post by Shiver on Oct 27, 2018 16:33:26 GMT -6
Shiver bowed her head briefly to the other person, accepting the compliment with an easy smile. Oh good, she was friendly, that meant she could finally relax a bit. The last Saiyan she'd met had been rather....hostile. She landed in a quiet puff of smoke, gesturing towards the other defeated alien with her tail. "Looks like you aren't too bad yourself." Indeed there was a giant hole in the brutes cranium, the killing blow no doubt. It was perhaps a bit messier than her own finish, but honestly, it looked like it had been far easier to accomplish.
She had to say that she agreed with the girl. One of those brutes had been bad enough, enough to leave her in this state. Of course she could've just transformed and thus easily outclassed them. But still, one could never predict the future, and it would've been risky. "Yes, I'm glad you were here as well" She responded, smiling genuinely. "Really made this whole thing a lot easier, thanks for that." The girls admission made Shiver realize she was actually a bit pekish, the earlier expenditures of power finally weighing on her. At least she didn't have any clothes to ruin, a choice that humans commonly remarked upon.
"Well," Shiver glanced over at the base, remembering back to her earlier assault. "I don't think we damaged anything too far down, so a lot of it is still intact. They gotta have food or armor somewhere down there, what with the number of people it held. Lets go check, get out of the sun for a bit." Beckoning for her to follow, Shiver would take off once again, drifting towards the smoking building. "I'm Shiver by the way, good to meet you." She released a gentle kai as they grew closer, parting the smoke to reveal that yes, most of the place was still intact.
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Post by Peppa on Oct 28, 2018 10:03:31 GMT -6
She chuckled a bit at the Arcosians reply and eye'd her up. She wasn't sure much these transformations of theirs helped, but she was sure this one was simply being modest. Either way she wouldn't let it get to her. She was too tired and hungry for an unnecessary fight right now. She huffed a breath and turned walking pass all the debris and dead bodies they had left in the wake of their attack.
"Yeah, you're probably right, let's check it out." As they walked the pale arcosian introduced herself as Shiver. "Peppa, likewise."
As they entered the bombarded building there were burn marks and bodies everywhere, small fires here and there with the crackles of electricity from whatever wires and machinery were still live. They had really done a number on the place, some of the structure was falling apart and looked like it could probably cave at any moment.
"Well, this looks... safe." She joked trying to lighten the mood as she looked around for some way to get deeper into the base that wasn't completely wrecked or hazardous. Her breathing had gotten better, she'd more than caught her breath, but her arms and body were still throbbing. She was really hoping they didn't have any more particularly tough fights ahead, but if they did so be it. Eventually her eyes caught sight of an elevator that seemed to still be working and she signalled to Shiver.
"Hey, over here," she said as she quickly hopped across the room to the elevator. It wasn't in the best of shape, there were sparks going off like most other things, but it looked better than anything else. "This looks like it could probably get us where we need to go. So, going down?" She asked with a grin on her face, as she waited for Shiver to get in so she could hit the button.
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Post by Shiver on Oct 28, 2018 16:09:43 GMT -6
Huh, they'd done more damage to the base than she'd thought. Shiver cast a wary glance around them, noting the exposed wiring and general chaos around them. One little slip and they'd be in a world of hurt, something she'd like to avoid even if it might be harmless long term. At the very least though the building provided a welcome shade from the sun, giving a minimum of relief to her burned skin. Shiver was really hoping to find the mebay at this point as well, maybe get some kind of salve or cream. She could deal with hunger and bruises, but feeling pain every time she touched something or closed her hand was getting old.
She saw the elevator the same time Peppa did, passing it over at first until her mind caught up with her eyes. She floated over with Peppa to join her in the elevator, returning the smirk with one of her own as she nodded for her to go ahead. The elevator didn't move for a moment, and they could hear a strained whirring sound in the wall. Shiver looked around anxiously, preparing herself to punch her way free in case something went wrong. With a loud CLUNK however the elevator finally jerked into motion, shuddering violently before the ride became smooth. As if on cue, a light hearted tune blinked on, filling the silence as they proceeded. Shiver let out a sigh of relief, her tail finally losing its tension behind her. "Ok, it looks like we didn't break everything in here."
The doors opened a minute later, revealing a rather pristine hall with no signs of the damage from above. Even the lights were still functioning, revealing a crossroad of corridors. Shiver stepped forward first, scanning the area carefully for any leftover soldiers. Nothing, though there was a smell echoing from the rightmost hall. "I think everyone's gone, or at least I don't sense anyone." She told the Saiyan before gesturing towards opening from which the smell came from. "And I think the mess hall is that way. Its smells like cooked meat kinda….it also smells burned." Shiver started that way, peeking through the door to see a collection of long tables, some of which had trays of something on them. She looked back at the Peppa sheepishly before walking in, "I think we might've interrupted them, and I hope you aren't expecting any gourmet dishes."
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Post by Peppa on Oct 28, 2018 21:13:34 GMT -6
The elevator doors shut as Shiver came in and the machine groaned as if it were in pain. She thought about hopping out for a second, Shiver's body language gave it away that she wasn't all too comfortable with being trapped in a suspended metal box either. Suddenly there was the sudden feeling of her stomach rising as she began to plummet to her death. Goddamn it, she just wanted to eat and change, why did she have to go through all this? And just as Peppa thought she'd have to save herself, the falling death trap came to a slow descent before eventually stopping.
Almost as if on signal there was a ding and the door opened, then and only then did Peppa release the breath she hadn't even realized she was holding onto. "That was a little too close for comfort." She followed the arcosian off the elevator into what seemed to be a perfectly fine section of the base. Must be nice to have such nice digs underground. "When do you think they found the time to build all this?" she queried out loud as she made her way over to the supposed mess hall Shiver found.
Peaking her head in she the tables that had some lined with trays of half eaten meals, in the back behind a counter she could here sizzling and bubbling. "Well, beggars can't be choosers right?" And with that she made her way into the mess hall and over the counter. She wasn't quite sure what most of this stuff they were cooking was, but she did recognize meat and so she went for that.
It was a little burnt but at this point she didn't care, the only other she needed was, ah there it is, water. She wandered over to a large container filled with water with a plate in hand, grabbing a cup that was placed among a pile of disposable cups beside the water. Filling her cup of water, she sat down at a table, her face filled with glee. "Now, let's eat!" Rubbing her hands together, the saiyan dug into her food.
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Post by Shiver on Oct 29, 2018 18:08:35 GMT -6
Shiver shrugged, taking in the rather well thought out layout as well. "It does seem rather comprehensive, maybe they used that capsule technology stuff?" It seemed logical for something like this, and it would've been quite helpful. It had certainly been a shock the first time she'd seen in action, watching a human poof an entire vehicle into being. The food trays were indeed full of half eaten meals, and she could hear the tell tale sounds of cooking in the back. Ugh, the smell was even worse here, like pure burned grease.
Still, she held her tongue and nodded to the Saiyan's statement. She had no wish to make a poor impression...and she wasn't exactly wrong about the situation. So she followed the other alien back to the counter and grabbed her own tray. She filled it, a little more conservatively with the less yucky options, focusing on what she thought was a vegetable dish and some bread. When she saw the water cup, she had an idea, and quickly darted across the room to grab an additional one. Sitting down by Peppa, she first poured herself some water, and then promptly stuck her non eating hand into the container.
Instant relief, the cool fluids seeping into and soothing the angry charred spots. Shiver sighed happily and went about eating her own food daintily, occasionally switching which hand was in the water. The food went down surprisingly quickly, she'd been hungrier than she'd thought. She looked over to the Saiyan, sticking both hands in the jug for a moment. It was probably time they parted ways, the base was finished after all, but first she was curious. "So what brought you to Earth, been her long? Personally, I just came recently to explore. Lots of stories about this place."
First Form PL 19,000
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