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0̝̣̜͙̠͕͋̄̊͂ͯ͂͌ ̖̠̫̤̪̌̃̅ͪ̍̑̋0͇͙̈̾̃̀ͥ̃ ̍̋̃͛0̭͌ͧ̋͛ͪ̈́ͬ ̙͇̩͕̹̞0̳̓̔͋͗ ͔̖̮͍̞̀̎̇ͨ̓0 ͕̪ͨ͌͊͊0̝̥͚̽͊ ͙̬̫͇̔̋͋̒͂ͦͅ0͖͈͈͙̤̥̎͆̉͐̃ͧͅ ͎̪̮̱͎̪̥̽̂ͯͧ́͋0͍̮ͥ ͮ̄0ͭ ̅̎̓ͯͤ̍̾0̙͔̰͙̞̰͗ͨ̒ ̞̼̙̼̜ͦ̊̓ͅ0͓̟̜̤̱̣̻ͯ̒ͯ͌͒ ͇̰̻̹̓ͣ̉̅ͪ̑0̝̰̣̩̃̌̍͌ͨ͌ ͎̦͍͖̫̮0̰͖̼͇͌͛ͥ͌̍̏ ͓̲̱͋͑ͪ̊̇͊ͧͅ0̺̜̫̗̠͚̐̑̽ͥͬ̾ͯ ̲̖̩̥͚ͅ0͍͉͕̟̼̂͋̌̽͑̅ͩͅ ̭̼̯͍̺̉̾0̖͆̒ ̦̣̮̼̠̹̦̿͆͑̍̍̅͐0̗͍̲͈ ͖̞0̻ ̝̣̥͐̓ͫͪ͗ͮ̚0̮̔ͨ ̮̘̀̅ͫ0̯̹ͦͨ̍ͭ ̯͔̼͔ͪ̔ͧ̎͋0͔̝̻̼̟̍̉̽̃̎͑̏ ̹̪̙͉̺̬́̂̔̒͆͐0̩͎̭͕̟̞́̉ͬ̎ͬͧ̿ ̺̘0̪̪ͅͅ ̟͎̫̯̖̰ͧ́̔̽͂0͎ͧ̌͊̄ͤͭͥ ̼̠̥̈́0̭͇̦̝̓̿ ͣ͛ͣͭ0͍̼̳̪̼̥̗̔̑̒͊̑ ̲͇̩̅ͥ̐͌͑̚0̘̲͕̥̳͐͌ 0͉̺̲̣̔͆̌͌̒ͯ̆ ̥̹͚̳̘͎̳̍0͗̔͆̑͊ ̰̮ͨ̐͐͗̚0̦͉̙ͤ ̫͕̭̺̜̠͌͊0̫͓̲̫̟͕͚̉ͨ͒ͥ͑̏͋ ̯̬̱͍ͦ̋0̬̲̑ͪ ̝̬̥̬͓̠̥̊̿͋̓0ͩ̍̐ͦ̓ ̥̣̯̣͚̒͒̃ͤ̒ͤ̃0̳̘̤͖͑̓ͤ̀́̽̍ ̯̙̮͖̖͙̤̾̓̎͆0͍̟ͣͨ ̲̃0͙͔̼̙̲̱ͩ̓̎͒͒ 0͈̣̝ ͕̠͎̞̋̆̃0̼ ͩ0̥ͨ̓ͨ͛͆̔
͚͔̝͚̥͕̎͛ͥͦ0̱͙̦ͪ̂͌̎̿ͯ ̘͔̤ͪ͐̐͂̊0̩̞̤͂͑̀̒̔ ̗̦͔͆0̭͐̑ͨ͋̾͐ ̦̲̩͛̂̑ͅ0̬͉̳̠̬͈͐ ̠͆̈̉ͨ0̳̟̤̤̏͂̈́ͅ ̤͎ͭ0̰̈ͧ̐ͯͯ͗ ͖̈͊̅̈̈0̪̪̞͕̫ͧ͗̿͛͆̑ ̝̼̦̙̙̹͐͂̇ͭ̊̑̏0̺̭͍̗̭̿͌̇̆ ̞̰͙̙̘0̻̬̞ ̥̦͈̻͉̓̈̔0͙̱̹̇̊̓ͨ̒͒̚ ̞̩͉͈̯̣͒͊̋ͣͮ͋̂0̯͔͕͖̞̪ ̻̟͈̳̙̠̌̐0͓͙͉̝̙̪͔͊̓̊ͥ͒ͣ ͇̻͖̌ͫͅ0̪̝̬̝̤̗̲ͫͦ̀̎̆ ̮̜͈̿̀ͪ̔̎́͑0͛ ͐̾0 ͓̩̝̟͙̍ͭ̐ͤͫ̽͆0̟͎̫̻̘̥̊̽ ͉͂̓̽ͬͩ̃0̫̻̪̃͑ͦͬ̾ͨͪ ͉̣̆ͩ̊0̓͐̋ͬ ̪ͨ̅̽ͪ0̗ͨ̿̃ͣ̋ ̲̳͚̟̺̣̔0̠͙̼̫͆͋̃͛ ͈̲͈͈ͦͅ0͖̞ͣͧͬ ̺̤͉̯̻̔0̙̱͍̞̤̪̼̓ͭͮ̑͋̎ ̙͚̖͓̠̋0̘͈̟̟̫͒͆ͅ ͈͍͗ͪ̽͑̚0̭̼̰̈̓ͅ ̌ͨ̃̄̊0͙͋ ̦ͫ͛̔̆̔̇0̰̗ ͈̇̑ͩ̓͗̿ͬ0͈͕̅ͥ͊ͮ ̘͖̮̺̜̫̎̏͌ͧ̈̉0̦̼̭̼͎̝̼̑ͪ̽ͭ̆̍ͪ ̖̣̖̼̉̿ͤ̓͊͌ͯͅ0̘̲̬̬̞͕̎̍̉ͯͩͦ ̦̥͙ͮ̾ͤ0͔̔ͥ ͇̞̖̞̀̈́̑͂̀̒0̝̞ͬ̓ͅ ̞͔̫͆͊ͅ0̺͑ͯ̅̈̓ ̙̮͕̼͈̗͕͌̿͗ͨ̔͆̿0̜̮̰͒͐̊̋̉̅ ̹̻̼̪ͤ̇̃̃0̀̅͋ͦ̒ ͉̗͉͉͖̻̟͋̐͋ͫ
0͈͖̂ ̩̣̱̟̳ͧ͆0̤͓̱͖̜̂ͤͨͦ̆ ͎̠̪̻̻̦͈͑0̑̆́ ̙̫̹̒ͪ̓̐̄ͦ0̻̥̮̱ ̜̜̤̩ͬ̑̈́̍ͧ̂̐0̇͛̅̓̍͋̑ ̩ͨ0̞̲̰͑͆̓ͬ̽ ̭0ͭ̈̐ ̩̥̦͔̲̅̉̀̏ͯͯ͌0͓̻̺̜͇̋͆ͧͮ̆ ̖̖͈̭̃̒̽0̺̺ͫ͗̿ ͊́͋ͤ̉͗0̤͓͓̬̯̓̅͐ͤ̍̓ ̗͔ͤ̇̉̇ͪ0̼̠̽͗ ̝̼̠ͦ̄0͎̳̙̦̫́ ̼̘̝̜̜̫0͛͋ ̟̫̌̽0̦͕ ̝̳̲̘ͬ̄̐̍̿̾ͅ0̦̝͖̠̝̭̲̎̑ͩ͆̎̔̌ ̦0̖͖̠̭͕̇́̉̏ͅ ̥̩̫̖̒̇̀̽0̄ ͍̰ͬͬͥ0͇͇̳͉͒̔̿́͌ ̦̯̎̃0̖̙ ̥̲͍̙̝͆͛ͦ̎0̱̦͖͖̩̈́̾͂ͧ͋ ̪̻̙̤͖̱ͅ0̰͉͊̽ ̻̳̙̰̘̔͆0̰̯͔̭̝͚̏͑͋̈́̆ ͓̥ͣ̑̌ͮ̓͑0͉ͤ ͓͙̩̖̻̮̟͂ͭ0͎̗̩̫̪̠ͧ̌̈́̍̊̂ ͙̇0̻̝̓̊ͤ ͇̬͓̙͓͔̮͑ͦ̆̍ͪ͌0̯̖͙͈̝̠̤ͤͩ̂̾̑ͫ̌ ̻0͌͒̓̾́̎ ͕̠̹̽̿ͮ͑́ͯ̇0̗͔̦̪͚͉̫ͦ̇̉ ͕̫ͬͯ͗ͭ0̜̻̠͗ͬͨ̐̒ͭ͛ 0̗̮̪̩̰̖͐̅̀̆͐̏ ̻̙͓͚̩̠͑0͓̼͙͉̻̮̘̋ͫͣ̇͊̊ ͍̝̻̬̝̜ͬ̌̆ͭͯ͑0̞̩̜ͤ͛̀ͩ̐̀̾ ͙̩̆̒͋̿͑͌0͚̬ͥͪ͂̿ ͕̬̪̱͊̈́͐ͯ̋0̝̲̏͆ͫ 0̖̻̮̝̜͌̊͒ ͕̰ͩ̑ͧͨ̆ͤ0̼̲͖̝͓̻ͤͅ ̳̯͖̫ͬͩ̈́̿͋̄0̻̣̓ͦͪ ͔̯̔ͮ̽̔̑̌0͉̜͉̂͑͗̽͂̐̾ ͬ0̮̯̠̠̝̖͍͒̈́ͥͫ͛ ̈́̓̈̍̎̉̾0̟̞̥͍̱̜̃͋̋́̚ͅ ̦̰̻̥̖͆̌ͭͯͯͩ0͋ͨ̋́ͣ̊ ̼̋͑̍0̼͗ͭ ̝̼̦̚0̖͖̼̫̳͍͗ͩ̋̓̔ͯͧ
̗̈́ͪͪ͋0̤̝͍̯̘͐ ͌ͦͥ̐0̠̘̫̖̽ͪͧ̈́̔͑̋ ̥̣̳̤ͨ͗ͤͪ̂̚0ͣ̊́̈ ̱̬̞͇ͭ͂0͚̠͈̗̘̮̠̊̏ͩ̽̍ ̻̱͗͛̅0̭̼̻̮͎̜͙̂ͦ̐͑͐ ̦̗̹͕̅0͉̫̆ ̗̟̈̇̒̈̂͂0͕̠̥̙͍̹̿͗̏́̿ͯ ͔̤͍̺̠͕͓0͓̿ͬ̅ͥ ̫̖͔̤͇ͣ0͇͉͙̯ ̜͕͙̥̦0̝̪̎ͯ̎ͣ̓ ̥͓̬̲̝͇͒ͥ͌ͩ͊͂̀ͅ0͖̦ͤͩ̚ ͍̬͙͎̣̅ͯ̇͛̚0͋ͬͤ ̣ͩͪͭ0͚̯̱͚͍ͯͮͧͨͣ ̘̫͚ͅ0̞͑̂ͮ͛ͣ ̹͚̜̯͇̙͋͛̉̓ͨ͆ͅ0͖ ̽0̣̙̍̊ͦͪ ̗͚̦0̖͈̈́ͥͭͬ ̳̪͓̽̍ͅ0͙͈ͩ͋̒͌͒͌́ ̎̊̅̏̆0̮̽͐ ̳̬̪̬̓̍ͣ͂́̈0͇̱̗̣̯̙͉ͮ̌̎ ̑̿̃̈̃ͪ̏0̩̣̦̱̭̮̓ͮ̌ͭ͑̅ ̳̲̪̣̯̞͓̏̎ͮ̾0̞̄̓ ̦̪̝̭ͧ̿͛ͥ0̤̻̩̝̫̖͊̏ͨͭ̓̌ ͍̲̬̪̊̽͊̉0̪̣̳͉͐ ͊̓0͓̃̾̑͛̐ ̼͕͕̭̬͉̒̈́ͤͥ̏̂̒0̼̟̣̞̿ͥ̏̇ ̬͈͉̜̺̍̾͆̄ͪ̃̚0́ ̥ͫ͋͛̃0͍̼̺̫͍̝͗̓̿̍̽ ͙̯̺̿̍ͫͅ0̭̖̣̈́̎̔ ͚̺͉̘̠̟̎̾ͅ0̗̫͈͚͖ͤ͒͒ͧ̋ͅ ̳̫͆̓̒̍ͯ͊̎0̯̹̍ͦ̉ͥ ̖̦͇͚̂͊̋́0ͨ̔͐ ̩͇̰̬0́ͨ̔̂̐͂ ̤̀̾ͨ̄͐̌ͅ0̰̰̹̲͙̆ ̥͎̰͉͈͍̥̋0͓̲̭͕̱͖̎ ͔͕̯͚͇͆0̼̼̮͂̄̋̃̅ ̿̽ͧ0̩̘̻͉̞͇͕ͫ ̻̖̹̼͈͇͙0̲͔̻̯̭ ̮̱̥̗̬͖͖̀̎̾́͛0̩̽̽ͧ̇́ ̪̟̼̦̠͌̄̈́̌ͤ0̅̃̓͂ͬ̎̈ ̟̩ͪ̆̿̾ͪ́0̘̳̰̥̖̉͂̾ ͭͨ͊͛0͎̝͙̆ ̦̂ͮ̓̆0̭͇̺̬̣͇ͬ ̀̽̌0̠̼̰ͩ̈̏͋̎ͭ̅ ̬̰̫̹̦̋ͤ0͔̭̭̞̱ͅͅ ̘̫̗́͋ͥ̌͒̚0ͤ͗͗͒ͨ ̬̾̇͛̄̏0̄̍ ͉̖͚͓̬ͧ̑0̬̎ ͉͗̏̌͋̔̿̈0̻͍̹̭̿ ̼̝͌̂ͧ̂0͖͇̩̹̬̥̒͗̀̔͐ͅ ͇̦̜0 ̣͚̩̘̰͉̻͑0̺̙̞̘̣͓ͩͯͮͭ ̪͕̠̭0̲̮͇̬̘͎͆ͩͩ͌̈́̀ ̄̍̏ͯ̾̋̐0̱̰̰̽ͪ̇̊ͭ̚ ̫̻͕͖̬̼̭̅͗0͚̖ͨͦ̌͑ͯͮ̈́
0̼͖̱͙͋̑͌ͅ ͉̥͓̋̿ͬ̏ͅ0̠̻̮̤̾̀̍̓ ̮͚͖͖͂̀̐̊̋0̺̞͇͕̯̫̰ ̱ͨ̔̔0͎͙̊ͣ̌̅͑ͤ ̗̝̥͉̫̻͛̓̄͒̌̓ͭ0͙̻̳̱̥̦̄̅ͩͭ̽̇ͨ ͎͎̜̣̼̜̰̋0̱̺̗̠̱̙̤ͤ̄̃ͤͥ ̻̥͇͇͛͋ͪ̌ͭ̈̀0̮̻ ̪̖͋̀͊0̩̦̿̅̏ͪ̑̋ ̘̰̪̰̬̣ͥ̒̊̌͑̃̎0̐ͫͩ ͈̜͗̒̏0̘̥̝̟̳ ̻̝͎̘͕̫̔̾̊ͮ̈̓ͅ0͇ͧ͆̅ ̳̜͕̮ͦͤ̃̓̇0̪͖͉̙̯̙ͯ͗͐ͮ̿̃̆ ̥̩͋͑ͅ0̾̈́́ͩ ̖͔̥͙̱̀̊0̻͙͋͐͌̐̉̏́ ̖̺̓̽ͥͫ̂ ̪̈́ͪ0͔̫̮͋ ̖͍̜̺̘̍0̮̭̪͔̹̏ͭ ̦̖̤ͩ͊0̞͎͕͍̞͈̤̄ͨ̀ ̬̀ͨ0̞̹̂ͨ ̘̫̙͔͔͎̄ͤͣ̒̉ͥ0͍̘̠̰͈͊͂ ̩̫̑̓ͪ̓0̗͉̘̫͐͋̑̊̾̆ ̤̮̑0̗̝̼̻̯͛̏̔ ̗̖̟̹̦̞̤0̗̪̹͆ ͫ0͚̥̯̜̘ ͉̆̅͗͑̽ͮ0͚̟͕͕̪̘̦͌̓̑ͮ̋ͦ ̲̙̋0̗̲͒̓̎ͪ ̦̑͒̉ͤͬͤ͋0̰͓̠̘̞̞͌̄ͧ͗ ͙̦̩͔̲̺̬̋͐̔͋ͮ0̗̱͕̞̪͉ ̪̯̞̮̐ͤ̓͂ͬ̉0͎̤̗̼̞̯̀ ̣̤̗̙̟͇̾̃̓0̰͈̱̪̳̑̈̀͌ ̞͎̭̺͇͛̈́̊ͫͦ̈́̅0̗̥͔̆̑̍ͩ̇̒͊ ̥̗̦̱̀̾̈́0̥̪̘̩͓͕̏ ͉̙̣̰̱̼̞̑̈́͒̽̓̅
0̮͔̭̗̖͕͒ ̼̝̹̱̝ͤ̈́̍͊̚0̐̒̀ ͊ͩ̋̌0̩͓̥̙͈ ́̓ͯͤ͋0̱̲̜̖̞̘̼̌̑͆ͮ ͙̔͑̒0ͮ͋͗̿͌̀̚ ͚́̾ͧͣ͒̍0̣̩̳̭̻͍̬̌ͧ̈ ̥̤̗̫͍̺̄ͅ0͇͍͙̫͚ ͚̬͓̣̘̤̈͂̈́͗̑ͦ0͖̭̲̟̗ ͈̠͖͚ͅ0̝͚̙̳̱͉̀̒͑ͬ̋ͪ ̤̖̘̞̩̹̞ͦ͊͆̈́ͧͭ0̬̮͓͉̹̹͕͑͗͒͒ ̘̩͖̬̼͇̆0̤̬̬̎ͪ̉ ̫͖͓͛̋̀ͫ̾0̲ͧ͂̋͗̌͌ ̓ͣ̒ͨ0̩͇̙̄̈́̌͗ͮ͋ ̖̈͌͊0̝ͦ̾ ͚̪ͦͯ̀̿͋0͑ͮ̆ ͔̺͎͊͆̅̆̓̾0̃ͫ͋ͯ̍ͬͪ ͍̺̦̠0̟̳͕̼͆ͅ ̻͉͎͎͕͙̹ͪ̂̀̂0͉̪͕̞͚͎̝͆ͪͪ͂̚ ̮̫̠̘̗̓́ͧ͐̎̉0̞̱̘̲͐̑̄͋ ̥͕̮͓̍͆̔̿0͈̥̱̘̩̰̓̌ͨͤ ̙̟͓̖̜̿͗0̺͍͉͌͂̓ ̙̑̏ͣ͊ͦ0̘͖̹͍͉̊ͣ̑͂̿ͦ ̗̤̦͙͓ͅ0͕̗͕̬̩͓ ̌̿ͬ̎̋̈́̃0̟͕̀ͬ̉̉̔ ̥ͯ̚0͉̼ ̱̘͉͖ͩ̔0̘̰͉͖̍͌ ̄̐0̯ͦ̑͑ͬ͋̉́ ̥̱̖ͧ̇0̩̖̱̼̩͐ͮ ̰̟̼ͧ0ͩ͛ ̳̫ͮ͛́0͓̹̹̄͗̆̅̎̓͊ ̰͕̞̬̐0̩̲ͧ͛̉ͨͪͪ ̼̪͓͉̗̈͆̅͗̈0̓ͦͣͯ̃̉ ̰͉̰̠̑0̭̼͙̱͕ͥ̊̆͛̎͑ ̰̦̜̘̹͒̑̊̚0̲͖͋ͯ̎̾̃ ̠ͤͬ͒͒ͭ̇̔0̼ͬͣ̋ ͉0̘̩̓̊̀ͪ̎ ͍̤̼ͧ̈́ͤ̋͐ͪ0̱ͫ̓ ̜̘̲̦͇͙̟̇0̇ͦͦ̀ͩͭ̚ ̊̇̋0̭̪̻͚̈́̎̐ͥ̐̽͐ ̮̝ͩ͐ͣͯ0̖̬̬̬̹̊̿̇̊ ͓̫͒̊ͤͤ0̹̝̩͖̩͕͚̍̈̉̒ͮ ̝̙͕͛̂̓0͔̥ͫ̌̒ͯ̋̐͛ ̪̳̤̳͒ͩ0̫̣̺̲̬͕ͯͩ ͔̜̰̗̬̦̐̔ͮ̑̈0̹̼̥͉̪ͥͫ͑ͣ́͌ͫ ̠̠̺̹͍̂̅͐̐̅0̗̅̔̐͐ ̼̃͌͐͒0ͫ͋̂͆ͮ ̥̦̖̞̍0̃͛ͪ̓͌ ̝̹͕̹̠͕̄̊̑̈̍0̫͙̱ͅ ̥̗̳͉̞̥̲͑̿̄ͦͮ̿͋0̩ͣͭͥͫͥ 0̬͒͗̈́̇̓̂ ̝̦ͤ̉̓ͤ̽ͧ0̱̳̘̣̣͉ͅ ̤̲̟̗̺ͅ0͙̫̺͚̤̦͉ ̪̲͒ͬ̓̓̐̾0̻͍̬̯͋ͣ͋̽ ͙͍̦̠͖͚͇̌͂̈̀̾͌0͕̲ ̲͚͍̻̰͇ͩ̂͐ͤͩ0͈̼̰̲̮͔̿ͧ̾̉̄ͤ̽ͅ ̩͙0̰ͮͩ̍̄̑̈́ ̎̆ͥͪͪ0͕͉̼͎̫̘̦̽̉̽ ̗͉̰̰̐ͮ͌̚0͖̄̃ ̥̰͈́ͯ͗͋̿̚0̝̲̲̯̝̆ͧ̾̍̃ͅ ͖̗̙̺͋́0͈̟̋͋ͭ̈͂ ͙̬͉̥̿̈̌̅́̿0ͪ̐ͭ́ ̝̤̯̣̦̒ͅ0̺͖̖ͤ̊͑̑̊̚ ͍̫̙̤̣͚0̻̈́ͫͯ͛̉̏͊ ͇̹̯̜͖̗̏ͥͮ0̦̺̯͚̣̅̀̉̆ ͉͗̋͐̋̅0̪̦̹͙̜̜͇ ͦ͌0̍̊ ̠̍ͧ̉̇ͨ̇̚0̥͔͔̹̯͖̿ͮ̈́̈ ͚̜̻̰̯͂0̳̗͖̰͚͓͚ͦ̈́͋ ̤͕̟̞͍̯͚̓0̦̗͇̤̣̔͗͋ͥͩ ͍̲̮̞̬̆̃ͅ0͖ͮ͐̈́̐ͤ ̦̪̃0̞͕̰̜͈̊͒ͩ͌ ͚̩͈̙͚͇0͖͑̀̀ͧ̒ͤ͋ ̪̳̭ͪ̂0͓͍͋ͭͤ͗̌ ͖̻̼̩͚͗͑ͤ̅͂͋̂0̙͈̗̤̠̩̒̑͐͆̐ͅ ̗͎̠0̠̱̩̭̝̃ͪ̇̊ ͙̻̯̋ͧ̾ͅ0͙͑ͩ̈́̒̋ ̭̯̹̬̰̞̃̀͊̀0͇͈̤̤ ͦ̽̅̈́0̳̖̲̣̀̅ͯ͗ͬ̂̍ ̦̦̰̪̗͕͐̎́͋ͅ0̄ ̭͈͍̟̿̓͆̃̚0̞͖̌̏͂̿ ̭̺̘̰̯0̮̓̒͐͑ͥ ͉̱͖̼ͬ̽0̘͔̯͔̰͕̔ͪͮ͐͑̅ ͖͔̯͎͕͔̬͐ͩ0͉͇͔̫̝̚ ̗͉̻͇̺̃͐0͓̭̳̩̠̰̝ͪ̾̒͊ͥ̓͆ ͍ͯͨ̔0̼̤̪̰̮̘̉͒̉ ͇̬͇̄̇ͫ̃ͨ0̳̫̀ͬ ͕͈͚͉͉̘0̜̪͙̄̏ͪ̓ ̩̰ͫͧͅ0̜͚͕̠̝͙̅̾
͔̔̾0͍͖̦̓̊ ̫̫̩̊̊̈͒̋̚ͅ0̱̳̈̿ ̹̬̦̤̬̣̺0͓̼ͪ̒̾̄ͧ͐ͤ ͆̄͋̌͊0͓̠̙̥̟͚̊̽̃̆ ̳̰̗̬̦̹̭̄ͪ̽0̯̱̼̣̱ͪ̇̎͛̄ ̜̬̇̋͆͑͐ͫ0̰̝̝̘͙̯̙ͪ͂͆̾̓ͩͥ ͇̱̦͈͎̭͒̄ͪ̂ͅ0͍̦̥̻̚ ̋ͤͧ̆̃ͧ̚0͕̅̅ͥ̅ͣ̚ ̞̺̘ͩ0̝̩̪̱̺̦̣ ̞ͪ͗͌̾0̙͛ͥ͗̐ ̟̞͙̺͚̽̋0͔̥̪͎̪̜͙̑͛̓ͪ̏̚ ̲͕̞̤̲̈́ͧͮ0ͦ͛̀ͬ̽ͫ̿ ͌͋̑̑ͯͫ̏0̟͋̍̅ͫͪ́̎ ̯̦͉̏̒̿̏͂̚0̞̹͈̖̪͌͆͑̆ ̥̺̻̲͇̀ͫ̎0̫̼̝͚ͤ̍̉̏̚ ̬͉͗0̣͖̳͈̻͉̔̄ ͓͉͓͖̬̅̋͆0͇͔̠̈́̓ ̦̔̈́ͦ̾̋0͇̮̗̲ ̔̇̃̊ͮ0̪̞̼͔̓ͮ̀ͯ̋̓̈ͅ ̼̥̼͑̃͑͐͒̎̚0̠̼̫͕̱̩̾̃̽ ̗̊ͬ̒̄͐ͫ͆0̻̹̰͚͚̩͗́̈͛ ̞͎̫͇͉̙̘̊̉͗͗̔͋0 ͙̫̦̤͗ͫ̏ͭ̅̅̚0̬̯̦̺̗ ͎̝̹̝̺̅0͚̞̠̱͙̆̓ͅ ̪̬̝̜̝̋ͧͥ̚0̣̱̏ͤͭ ̥̳̺̖̏͒̆͂̒̿ͪ0̙͙̫̓͗̉̍ ͈̗̗͖͓̰͙̿ͩ̃͂̆͐ͧ0̻ ̗ͣ͗ͥ0͖͓͈͇͍͎̘̆ ̘̄̌0̤̼̯͕̪̎̀ͤ̐ͮ ̟̮̎̈̈͋̾0͇͗ ̱̼̂̉̾̒͐̓͐0̭̌ ̗̓0̪ͦ̃͒̐ ͉͔͓ͥ0̱͈̰͇̦̯̟͌ͭ͋ͮ ̩͒͊0̂̔͒̅ ̦̝̅̏̏͊͊0̮͔ͦ̽ͧ ̩̦̣̍̽̍̒̔̐̾0̥͕̮̫̭̤͇ͯ͒̿̊̅̔ ͇̯̫̿ͪ͒̇ͤ̿͆0̟̖̭̬͇̝̰ͪ̏̇̚ ̱̤̬͒ͯ͐0̠̃ ̻̻͕̣ͦ̏ͩ̐́0͖̫̯̝͒ͦ̾ ̈́̌͐̏̍ͦͨ
0̦ͨ̎̅̌ͣ͊̓ ̱̌ͪ̔͌ͯ0̭̙͕̗ ̮͕̘0̫̙̲̱̠ ̰͖͓̩̦̳̣̍͋͌́0̫̟͓̘̗̮̑ͤ̔͊ͅ ̙͖͚̜̤͕̝͂0ͨ ̙̺̱̏ͮ̆0̞̓̏̈̚ ̹̃̿͆͆͌ͩͤ0͈͖͂̓̏ 0̯͔̹̫͉̪͓ͣ͌̎ͨ͐ ͓̺̳͍̙0̠̺̪͖̮ͤͮ̐ͮ͒͆ ̻͔̩̯̝̯̽̚0̦̝̇̑̈́͗ͫ ͙͈ͦͥ̉͑̋̌0̜̦͍͓̞̩ ̋̾ͤ0̺͖̫̥̩̫̑͊ ̥̯̹̺͓̽̇ͮ̆ͣ̓0̜̙̤͙̣͇͌ ̤́̽̚0̫̠̩ͯ ͎̖̬̻̺͊ͤͭͯ0̟̫̟̯̄̿ͧ̐ ̹̻͙̘̜͉͕̀̑0͓̘͙̮̻͒͛̓ͥͅ ̼̬̰̙̖̯ͯ̆ͨ͊0̌̏ ̼̼̯̈ͫ̓́ͪ͂̑0̤̳̼̫̝͒ ̺͚͓̻̊0͕͎͈̳̤̄ͫͪ͛̒̇ ̹̽ͭ̃̒0̯̝ͨ̿̉͑ͦͅ ̹͔̟̫̜̩̦̉͂̎̽͒0̤̫̞̦͒̅̏ͫ̊̀ͅ ̭̩͕̖͉0̮̘͕͖̜̔͗̾̉͆ͯ̚ ̯0̜̩̺ͮ͂ͤ͑͌̿ͣ ͙ͫ͑0̐̉ ̬̣̳̰̣̩ͨ͊͑̂̾0̯̜̼͚̀̾ ̦ͩ̃ͪ0̤̥ͫ̄̀ͤ̾ͧ͛ ̞̪̦̆͋̀0̪͈̠͎ ̯̈̂̎0̘̳͈̿ ͍͖̝̩̦̞̑ͮͅ0ͣ͐͑ ̮͋0͓̍̒͌̑̇̚ͅ ̠̙͈̦̤ͦͨ̊͂̊̄͌0̭̻̺̫̞̯ ͈̜ͣ̑̅̄0̣̖̝̄̌ͦͥ͐ͧ ̖ͥ0͕̿̈͒ ̳̱̙̖͎0̻̥ͧ̃ͣ̇̽ ͎͇͆ͨ͐̂̉ͬ̚0̘̟̼͙̙͐ ͉̖̝̣͌̓́0̪̭͇̲̩͍̂̀ͤ́͆͊̊ͅ ̳͕̒ͨͅ0̥͖̻̮̍̾ͣͪͭ̊ ̭̗͚͈ͥ0͍ ͈͎̼̫͚͈ͧ̄̄0̫̹̽͑̈́ͥ̅ͅ ͓̟̻̠̞̩̅͒0̺͓ ̗͉̬̻̣͉ͪ̀͑
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holy crackers! This is the best one hands down!
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(obligatory joke about how this is a masterpiece of literature!!!111)
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An anonymous author creates a test, thinking to delete it before anyone notices. And in so doing, the author’s deepest secrets are ruthlessly ripped open, revealed for all to see. Sadly for the author, there are no take backs… in the Twilight Zone
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Spoiler
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This entry is disqualified for violating the word count rule.

The author contacted me regarding this story beforehand. While I would like to disqualify it for embedding the story in BBCode parameters and thus not being present on the epub and web views, that's not technically in the rules (yet).

My requirements for allowing it were that the visible text met the minimum word count, and the total decoded text did not exceed the maximum. If the garbage at the bottom counts as words, the latter count is failed. If they don't, the former is.

Since people keep independently discovering this loophole and proceeding to abuse it, I'm going to have to add a rule specifically regarding it.*

The reason I don't like these kinds of stories is that, first, most people won't actually discover the real story. If they do, it'll be because they read a comment directing them to do so. But more importantly, if a reader were to download the story (for example the epub) and read it offline, they would be unable to read the story, which would be frustrating. In addition, I think it's important for the different story views to have the same semantics. These things I value more than the freedom for entries to use what is by now a pretty unoriginal gimmick.




* As to why I don't implement a technical solution to this: Making the word count check very complicated would make it server-side only, so the word counter on the submission form would have a 1-2s delay and cause unnecessary load on my server. I don't think damaging UX and wasting resources to address an edge case is sensible.
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Another victim of the author being too clever for their own good. A shame; I liked the self-referential aspect of it. Still, try to keep the experimentation to the content of the text and not the surrounding code in the future. Or at least check with Roger and provide better breadcrumbs.
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>>Cassius
Posting this link is a public service. There's enough interesting stuff there that I'd like to know WTFIGO with the zalgo text. It seems meant to be a multilayered puzzle fic like others in recent memory, but... yeah, I'm with >>RogerDodger, the cleverness of all that ultimately just gets in the way of being able to read it.

I think I'd actually like to read it, though, so make of that what you will...
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It's like watching static. 90% of the time, it's a jumbled mess. But that 5%, you may spot something.
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...This story can actually hang certain ebook readers if you try to read it in epub. Not sure if it's due to the code shenanigans or the Zalgo text.

I've got a Pocketbook Reader Basic 2. If I try to read the story in the reader's default AdobeViewer program, it simply freezes the device. Sometimes to the point where you'll have problems booting the device, because it'll try to resume from where it was last time... i.e. in the middle of the story that's frozen it.

This is especially a problem when trying to read the anthology in .epub, because, due to the presence of this story, the entire anthology file cannot be read in AdobeViewer.

(It does work normally, though, in the ebook reader's alternate program (fbreader).)

I have to agree with other commenters. This is an example of an author going way overboard.
#10 · 5
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There were some ways to keep this story legal, but they made it.... not fun. I wasn't interested in scoring anyway, so I accepted that it had to die.

I won't talk about details just yet, because a few people might still want to try it. and I want to see how far people get.

This story can actually hang certain ebook readers if you try to read it in epub.


Aw crap. I apologize.

EDIT: I changed my mind. I feel too guilty about it ruining people's machines. I'd rather it just be deleted so it doesn't harm anyone else. I can't decide
#11 · 6
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>>Haze
I inserted the data into my riddle-solving application and came up with this image (I should have been able to figure that one out myself, honestly) which contains an easy link to a bad ending, but can also be used as a spell for the good ending(?).

I'm not sure if that's as deep as the rabbit hole goes – it's a pretty satisfying story so far, but all the zalgo text is currently meaningless and seems like a weird red herring; and I'm pretty suspicious of the specific cadence of tags in the "ignore" and if there's any meaning in that.

I kind of think this would have worked better if the first layer was visible in the fic itself instead of the bbcode – it might have actually qualified for the word limit that way? It probably still wouldn't have done well, but I think you could have left enough clues to that there was something to look for, and it would have been more directly engaging by putting us in Starlight's place before we broke out of conventional story-reading.
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>>Exuno
Alright, the last piece is solved! The image files uploaded, when opened as raw text, have some hints embedded at the end. The first explains
"Do not go there. Just take the URL's keyword, and give that to derpy.me again."

and the second
"Close, but not quite! You need to extract the answer."


Converting it to a .7z and pulling out the files inside gets a .txt titled "Good Job" with a link here and the password "woodenspoon".

And that's that! Fun puzzle, thanks for constructing it. I enjoyed the prose and writing, too – honestly, even with all the riddle and meta elements removed, and just the story submitted by itself, it probably wouldn't have been near the bottom of my slate. <_<
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>>Exuno
Killer detective work! Now my only question is, what is this riddle-solving application you speak of?

>>Haze
I do think this could be made into an interesting plain-old-story with a little tweaking. I might've even scored it pretty well, too. >_>
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early retrospective time!

thanks for participating in this silly experimental riddle! Despite spending most of my creativity on this during that 24 hour period, I was willing to take a risk and lose a lot of points in exchange for fun. Even if it wasn't DQed, I expected at least half the readers to not study it closely and bottom-vote it (or they noticed it, but don't like riddles). The worst outcome would not be the DQ, but the hypothetical case where nobody cared enough to solve it to the end.

I really regret the Zalgo text, because it is such a misleading red herring (and MAYBE responsible for the epub crashes, but not certain? arggh I feel so bad about that). The original version didn't have that, just blank text, which made the riddle much stronger. But at that late hour I'm tired and stressed (and trying to work on another story) and made a stupid change.

With the blank space version, only 34 words appear on screen. Talking about this with Roger created the odd ruling that unprinted text doesn't count towards the minimum, but does count toward the maximum. My story was simultaneously below 400 and above 750. I've created a paradox! We are truly in the Twilight Zone this round.

Anyway, that was the first clue. How could it be 750 words in the gallery view, yet only 34 words on screen? There's more than meets the eye, and eventually someone will get curious and look into why. The Zalgo text makes this clue much weaker, because who knows how many words those count as? And instead of a perfect blank signal in the TXT file (underscores or zeroes), it's white noise which could potentially hide a signal, wasting readers' time. Lesson learned.

It was not intended to break the word limit (as I understood it), so the entire hidden story was written to be exactly 750 words, matching the reported wordcount. And I made it a simple self-refential story so (1) the gimmick would add to the effect of reading it, and (2) the story could provide new clues too. I'm not sure if one of them was too subtle (the journal itself shouldn't be as heavy as described, I should've added another visual clue to the first image file), but some people did figure it out anyway. I like it when people collaborate and share ideas to solve this kind of thing together <3

The next part I considered is that people stopping at different points in the puzzle would get a different "ending", especially if they don't know if there's more to be found. I decided to roll with this, making several stopping points that each transform the context of what came before. So someone might assume it was a trap, and that's the end. Then someone else might discover that it keeps going, and blow everyone else's minds. I didn't want to make it a branching-story, felt like a cop-out, so I wrote an ending that could tie it all together as one continuous story.

Since it's only a minific, I didn't want to get too elaborate with the puzzles. I thought it was alright to have a pattern of doing the same thing as before, just in a slightly different way. Puzzle-ception. First you look at the TXT source, then get a URL, then you need to turn that image into a TXT file. Rule of threes, do it one more time, to get a clue that the last image is actually a ZIP file. These are simple editing tricks that I looked up. Anyone can do them too, but they're not widely known.

If you enjoy this type of riddle, I recommend checking out Notpron, which heavily inspired this "story" by creating puzzles on thinking-outside-the-box instead of cracking difficult codes. I had a lot of fun solving Notpron with friends around ten years ago, though I only got to level 116. I wanted to share what that experience was like.