Choose Your Own Adventure Challenge Criteria:

4 minute maximum length

Team must pick from one of the provided Genres and Screens to inspire their song.

Vocalist must liberally utilize one of the following: doubletime, singing, alliteration

Producer must utilize one of the following: chiptune, no snares, odd time signature

The song must include a Cutscene (15 second minimum length)

The song must loop seamlessly. 

Artwork Challenge (for fun):
Design the cover to your game!

VPC7 Round Two - Choose Your Own Adventure

VPC7 R2: TOP TO BOTTOM

All of our entries into the Nerdcore Vocalist/Producer Challenge (or VPC) 7! We will eventually be shining all of these up for an official release but for now enjoy their proto-forms!

dubldragon. VPC 7 Tracks

Dubldragon

VPC7 ALL TRACKS

Fandom: Hunter x Hunter 
Character: Chrollo

Forever set, a precious moon is lost
The others mourn him with ceremony grand
Rising up to heaven the lighting moon frost
With a melody from the mourning band
Harvest barren wine spilled
Lovers slumber beside the bloody, scarlet eyes
Though cut in half shall be your number 


Verse 1:
Whether a heist or a verse, it’s highly rehearsed
If you don’t fight me at first then I’ll politely be cursed
Use a Ben’s knife to end lives, whenever my friends fight
We use the flip of a coin to keep our heads right
A specialized crew, we victimize fools
Who drape their wrongdoings in society’s rules
We rob from the rich and head somewhere scenic 
Give it to the me cause I swear that I need it
Born in a meteors crater, not a hero or savior
Racking up favors, just to zero it later 
Put a price on my own head diversionary tactics
Battled assassins and we all did wicked backflips
No time for the devil, I’m a couple letters off
Like a mob boss’ daughter you’d be so much better off
If the power that you held was just committed to my journal
Where it can reside for all of time eternal


Hook:
Gotta see it to believe it
Open the book and read it
Tell me all your secrets
Your powers not deleted
I promise that I’ll keep it
And I’ll let you stay alive
Not quite even exchange
But we all must pay a price
Put your hand on the book
Put your life in my hands
Not a bad deal
At least from where I stand 


Verse 2:
Eight legs, twin fangs, big gang
Leave the whole town of York New in pain
With strats and tactics, my reach is near galactic
The mastermind is back and his pack is massive
Only seventh place, with respect to strength
But I come in first at accepting blame
Might sneak onto a boat to reach another continent
But at this point I’d hope the obstinance is obvious 
King of the dirt hill, the mole hill, the ant hill
When we see another bug we drop the anvil
Fight to a standstill, life is a land fill
But it’s my landfill, and the fight in me is ample
the head of this spider, no arachnid sits higher
Lack a number on my back as a status signifier
Like a cross that’s been inverted, the cause has been perverted
Associated hunters are naught but a diversion 


Hook:
Gotta see it to believe it
Open the book and read it
Tell me all your secrets
Your powers not deleted
I promise that I’ll keep it
And I’ll let you stay alive
Not quite even exchange
But we all must pay a price
Put your hand on the book
Put your life in my hands
Not a bad deal
At least from where I stand 


Verse 3:
A troupe of phantoms, that grouped at random
The type to take some eyes or a tooth for ransom
Labeled trash or refuse and then abandoned 
Luckily for all I had some agency to hand them
I forged this gang in devotions flame
Then quenched the blade in our ocean of pain
The resources we gained sparked greed uncontained
And the forces we faced are how our power was obtained 
Master of my own fate, master of my own floor
The bastard that you all hate, who settles all his own scores/
I rock two crosses which amount to options/
For saying your prayers when you count your losses/

VPC 7 Round 1

dubldragon. [Skeptik, Danny G] - Bandit's Secret

Fandom: Harry Potter
Character: The Sorting Hat

This one goes out to my man Robert Galbraith. 
Sorting gang. We're the worst. 

[chorus] x2
If I can sort you in then I can sort you out. 
You couldn't thwart all the things that I've brought about. 
How did Lord Voldemort find supportive crowds? 
See, you're taught to be naughty in the naughty house. 

[verse 1]
I set the wheels in motion. I sense your real emotions 
and send you reeling into the field I've chosen. 
Perchance evil potions, deeds of deep revulsion. 
I'll achieve my goals as long as I meet the quotient. 
I'm not even coaching, just picking the teams 
and filling Slytherin with all of the shittiest tweens. 
These kids will be in smithereens and no one intervenes. 
My little scheme tickles me till I split at the seams. 
And Dumbledore... 
Did you think that dumdum just stumbled through the door? 
Or got that gig on merits? Like being careless 
and looking away when children perish 
in perilous scenarios? Or get very close to some scary ghost 
with varicose veins and hairy toes, wearing burial clothes? 
I put him in with confidence 
that I would find the odd use for his obtuse incompetence. 

[chorus] x2

[verse 2]
Who divides and conquers spies and plonkers? 
'Tis I, the bonnet. "And why? It's wrong?" 'Cause I'm just bonkers. 
My best sponsors are mindless wanderers, 
floundering onwards unaware of what unkindness conjures. 
Blind, unconscious, while I write destinies 
and set trajectories. Yes I'm a hat, but I pick the accessories. 
Expressed unease, rest in peace. No one suspects a headpiece, 
but I've got the future all laid out in excel spreadsheets. 
Deadbeats and death eaters make up my faculty 
I pick the children like fruit off an apple tree. 
The alchemy of apathy as I essentialize, 
categorize and emphasize the differential lines. 
Never empathize. Just spread empty lies like how Mars and Venus, 
and vulvas, ovaries, balls and penis 
share an important link, and other sordid things. 
It's a boring kink, I know, but I sort of think...

[chorus]

[outro variant]
If I can sort you in then I can sort you out. 
You couldn't thwart all the things that I've brought about. 
How did Joanne Rowling find supportive crowds? 
See, you're taught to be naughty...

.5 Quartet [Vincent E.L., Ardamus] - Sort You Out

Play Sullivan Family Values - the playable RPG to go with this track at https://yngsllvn.com

Measure up -- not enough
Ruin everything I touch
heart is ash, blood is dust
Every beat a cover up
I got debt to settle up
Medical, vendettical
Throw me on the bonfire:
Skeptical heretical
Every time I level up
I put it on that rogue shit:
Double talk, weaponry
Knowledges, lockpicks
Every bar is bouta to hit
Like bitter mana potions
You can catch these hands
Like I'm throwin out explosives
I'm caustic, I'm basic
I'm awesome, I ain't shit
I fucked most my life up
And I can't escape it
No skills, depravèd
Degenerate wasted
Chasin off payments


AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS
to your mama
to your sister 
to your father 
To your friends and to your daughter
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS
To your doctor 
to your preacher 
to your toddler
And to your boss and to your dog
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS
to the neighbor 
Who maintains he fuckin hates ya
To your teacher gradin papers yo
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS
To the senators who say they represent you
But their morals are for rent well
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS


Ketamine coma in the classroom
Y'all aghast, and I'm like:
Did I fuckin ask you?
Y'all the same fools 
who'd throw me in the trash
Cause I ain't go no degree and 
I refuse to kiss your ass
I'm done with the pretension
That I fuck with your pretension
You can crawl up in my mentions
Bawlin sobbin so upset and
I'll be sippin on Electric Kool
This the acid test
Contemplate my next move
This a game of chess
What's the point of buildin up
When the waters set to rise
And the minters of the money
Got their bunkers prepped to hide
That's a problem for the future
I got problems right now
I can solve em cuz
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS


to your mama
to your sister 
to your father 
To your friends and to your daughter
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS
To your doctor 
to your preacher 
to your toddler
And to your boss and to your dog
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS
To the PTA, the HOA, the NSA
The IRA and Dave Coulier
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS
To every person in your shitty little town
They're coppin on the lowdown
AT LEAST WE CAN SELL DRUGS

VPC 7 Round 2

YNG SLLVN [LLYZZ, YNGSLLVN] - At Least

(VERSE - J)
I'm on a mission to rid of the rules,
Lyrical freedom is critical
Gonna get rid of the fools
How can take on the mediums forcing obedience
Now you controlling our bpms 
VPC will not use us as a tool
We ain’t subsident


Finally approaching the end of the line
Fully equipped and divine
Gathered my summons in ruins
 And items that are hard to find
VPC League want our minds
Make us believe we inclined
To create under a structure
 And never beyond what’s defined 
I wanna take back what’s mines! 
(I’m takin back what’s mine!)
Shout as I jumped through the light
Portaled to Czarina Castle 
And asshole judges are in sight
Thinkin' of all of the friends that I lost 
Wit no fear in my eyes
The judges just line up and smile



(VERSE - J)
RJ and Navi attack me
Took my blade aimed for his fade 
For he real live tried to trap me,
I swear I can make a way
Gauge filling up while I’m fighting Navi,
Dodgin RJ,
(RJ: Come here!)
Smash B
Body flare up with flames,
I glow with the light of friends and fire!


(ALLITERATION SPELL - J)
Breaking oblivious bastards
While bringing them blizzards and beams!
Blinding the bitches I’m beating the beast
And I’m beating them breme
Blasts and I’m breaking their base
And blasting the bastards they break
Bated embracing the basis to
Bravely break the best brain BOW


Running and jumping the stairs
Hungry to run the next pair
Potion in motion
And floating companion makes sure I’m prepared
Jump on 1-Up, I ain’t scared!
Looked at me like don’t you dare 
(1-Up: Heh, don’t you dare!)


Swinging on walls then he hit me so hard
That my new health bar blared 
Shrubz and Bill dropped from the ceiling
And made an eruption of lava
And caught me while healing and everything around me just started to droppin 
I jump away gliding and riding
The flame waves of their unspoken drama 
And dive in attacking them all 
with no option and glow up with Blizzaga


(ALLITERATION SPELL - J)
Breaking oblivious bastards while bringing them blizzards and beams
Blinding the bitches I’m beating the beast and I’m beating them breme
Blasts and I’m breaking their base
And blasting the bastards they break
Bated embracing the basis to
Bravely break the best brain BOW


(CUTSCENE)
CZARINA:
Hahahahaha! 
I’m impressed you made it this far.
How cute!


CREATELADYJ: 
This isn’t funny, Czarina! People are afraid to do anything outside of your order, it isn’t right!


CZARINA: 
Ohhh please...we brought the best out of everyone...and you know it!


CREATELADYJ:
It isn't right...


CZARINA:
What’s wrong J? Were the rules too much for you?


CREATELADYJ: 
GRRRR fuck you...


(VERSE - J)
Czarina, she goes to attack
I block then I swivel back
Crash she put me on my ass
I didn’t see what she attacked
Teleport she moving fast
Ignore I slash her back
Bam, hit, then I fuckin crash
Meteor and they’re moving fast
Bam, hit, and I fuckin crash
She stands and fuckin laugh
I’m pissed so I go attack
Bam, hit, then I fuckin crash
Sick of your fuckin ass 
(I’m sick of you!)
You bitch ima fire back 
(you bitch!)
charging up my attack
I don’t think I’m gonna last 
(I’m not gonna last)


(ALLITERATION FAILED; J STAMMERS)
Breaking these bitches with blizzards and beams
Blinding the bastards and beasts..
Beating...
Bated embraces..
I’m Breaking.. the basis..


(CAM3 JOINS THE PARTY)


(VERSE - CAM)
No thinking of dying on my watch,
That's not in the contract!
Rise and let's shine on these niggas
With vigor and bombast
Power of friendship is boring?
Let em sleep
We gon shake em awake
When I lend you my energy


[TEAM ALLITERATION]

Vessels of Light [CreateLadyJ, Cam3] - The Final Judgement

Genre - Role Playing Game!
Screen - The Final Encounter!
Vocalist - Doubletime! [ Zolt Energy Serum ]
Producer - NO SNARES! [ The Bear Hammock 29-F; 0 innovated and pitched down a timbale hit, which was then heavily EQ'd; followed by a layer of distortion! ]

SKILL CHECK! Screams of an Angel's Unwritten Destiny!
By The Storytellers [The Paladxn, 0]


Cutscene 

[laughter]
Four freestyle rap heroes, called forth to embrace arcane dangers in a world not their own, at last face off against an eldritch abomination before their way home closes for good… Wait a second, is this game real?!


Verse 1

Right I wanna get it Underway, 
Multiplayer Gameplay Isekai Anime Roleplay,
Storydriven, live a little - hidden in the code, hey,
What’s a little AI when you’re in the know, eh?
5th player GM, now in the mem’ray
Tabulating scores with the lightning in the core
Game used to be a Tabletop, now it’s on a PC
Freestyle Rap D&D, that Steam Heat
Breeze past details, straight into the action,
Got new players into rap with a passion
Blast through con after con interaction
Formed new family to fight with, faction
Bicker in the group, entertaining, an attraction
MIC made of magic when a demon wanna cash in
FIGHT with the power from the Spectral Realm
Rap well: it’s only you, ‘gainst the powers of Hell!


Chorus 1

CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
THERE’S MAGIC IN THE MIC
CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
FREESTYLE TO SURVIVE
CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE


Verse 2

Now that you know what the Game is, watch as the Fates flip
Upside down to believe it; seen with incredulous eye
As every rap in the mind
Becomes a reason that your crew still breathing
Use an at-home mic, 
And watch an enemy life
Be taken down like the bars you full of,
You scream and you laugh as you snatch the wool off
Each Bardic (every well-timed hook) you pull off,
All you've done in the campaign to date
They on the run, why they old false gods awaked
We wouldn't let em have their way with the plane, we stayed,
And that's the difference between time that you find and make
But as a skyscraper sized wooden demon delivered,
Every sizzling sinner's nightmare they had in a pillory
We nipped the sitch and the stitching pretty, desynchronizing his milly
Synergy higher than ever Amp Check and bam we're in bizzy


Chorus 2

CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
THERE’S MAGIC IN THE MIC
CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
FREESTYLE TO SURVIVE
CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE
[laughter]


Solo                
 

Chorus 3

CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
THERE’S MAGIC IN THE MIC
CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
FREESTYLE TO SURVIVE
CHECK! YOUR! SKILL!
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE
YOUR RAPS’LL COME TO LIFE

[NOTE: The CUTSCENE, as a creative choice, has been married in form to the looping challenge; 15+ seconds in length.]

The Storytellers [The Paladxn, 0] - SKILL CHECK! Screams of an Angel's Unwritten Destiny!

"S.K.o.L."  final encounter bgm from the hit dating simulator-
Very Pretty CartoonsVII   

*Let me just re equip my quintuple A amulet here aaand there we go....  
Ladies Love Leisure suit Larry
Is that a dating sim?
Did we win?*


(V1-00:14)
This is it,
Login with a Loggins reference
Pay to play, or pay to win
I'd pay some cents to sense the difference
Spent hours days weeks months
Shit I've got years invested
Been at this game since beta
Your mothers approve, 
these kids been tested
I GET MY KIX ON THIS SHIT
its everyday I
Rectify relationships with rudimentary AI
Macintosh Macdaddy 
Original digital playa
Apps asking permissions like we playin Mother  May I
Hey Yah! 
Now shake them Jpeg pictures
Getcha gatcha game up 
Give the gold to get them girls the gift shop
Now we're doused in Drip Drop
What up Nerdcore Hip Hop?
I'm sorting out these ranks like half Quartet's hat at the tiptop 
Dont be flip flops

(Hook-00:55)
It's the boss battle bitches
Bring about your bestest bars 
Let's butt heads in these trenches
Takes alot of time to temper truth and foster friendships
Find  phony fake and fabricated fallacies fermented as fuck
It's the boss battle bitches
Bust a bunch of bars and beats out
Level up the kinships
Cultivate connections
Choosing choices thats the challenge
The titties are the holy grail
I'm tryna lick the chalice

(V2-1:22)
Very Pretty Hitomi
An anime girl dont know me
The final encounter, choose your adventure, and bring ya homie
Perky titties hope she show she me
Feel her fondness for me growin
another round or four and she'll be devourin our bologna
                        
This pack of pickled peter piper poets should prolly pick a proper profession prior to provoking poltergeist ghost pepper nappa possession 



(Bridge-2:17)
Whooooooaaaaa!!!!
Dont you wanna see these cartoon titties
Marry kill or fuuuck?
Dont you wanna feel some kind of loooove?
Dont you wanna see these cartoon titties?
Dont you wanna plaaaay?
Dont you wanna feel some type of way?

(V3-2:44)
Wait 
Wait wait
Wait wait hold up
In a zeptosecond zing a zap of zolt up in my cola
She got rocket ship titties and explosive aerola
I'ma committed calm cool collected  cornucopiopa 
Containing collages of cutscenes 
 A Coitus Casanova
If ya choking ya chicken, churn up a fappiapioca
That's some happy tapioca if ya flickin ya bean
Clickin ya cookie continuosly crackin ya screen
The juxtaposition of judging jabronies is jarring 
  just joshin i'm joking around jerkin muh jollies
Boobies beautiful baby boo 
 all of em are 
Gamification of intimacy?
 competitive forum?
The demons herd the nerds 
And I'm reppin the henchman
Unleash legions of semen 
cmon ladies toss  yo eggs in
Non binaries welcome every preference we can fit in.
And if we ain't seen them titties we'll loop that shit again fam

(Hook-3:12)
It's the boss battle bitches
Bring about yo bestest bars let's butt heads in these trenches
Takes alot of time to temper truth and foster friendships
Find  phony fake and fabricated fallacies fermented as fuck
It's the boss battle bitches
Bust a bunch of bars and beats out
Level up the kinships
Cultivate connections
Choosing choices thats the challenge
The titties are the holy grail
I'm tryna lick the chalice

*metaphorically*

The Southern Demon Nerd [Smokee B, Taco Supreme] - S.K.o.L.

Challenge: 
First Person Shooter - End Credits 
Ph'th'kuh's Throat Balm (signing)
The Bear Hammock 29-F (no snares)

heh Fight then
Hell I know you're scared
and I know you don't believe in yourself
But if we don't stand up right here
Then none of it meant anything

It came overnight there was nothing you could have prepared for 
like how would you kill those you care for 
and once you have what is there to be scared for tho

I am not prey they can hunt down 
Moving so long feeling run down 
Gotta find somewhere safe by sundown 
I don’t wanna be there when the horde come round 
and I’m


Lost in the dead of night 
Just Tryna stay alive 
I say we have a chance 
When i know it’s a lie 
These corpses walk beside me
Feels like I’m dead inside 
It cost me everything 
I bet you barely tried 

This can’t be the end I’m all outta options 
I’m down to my last i been here before to be honest too often 
Trust is a thing of the past now all i can count on is losses 
Time just been moving too fast so I’m paying em back when this shot hits 


I could write a book on how to kill a friend and i haven’t slept in days having trouble with my temper 
hit em with a head shot hope you don’t remember 
everything i love now lost in the embers

I will not surrender to my fear 
But i can’t let down my guard they’re always near

This city tried to swallow me whole
And the dead are always calling me home

Never slowing down no rest for the wicked 
Seem at this point i could swear I’m addicted 
This ride go hell and I’m punching some tickets 
I’m sorry you fell I’m not spreading the sickness 


Lost in the dead of night 
Just Tryna stay alive 
I say we have a chance 
When i know it’s a lie 
These corpses walk beside me
Feels like I’m dead inside 
It cost me everything 
I bet you barely tried 

Lost
(we're lost, we're lost, we're lost)
Lost
(we're lost, we're lost, we're lost)
Lost
(we're lost, we're lost, we're lost)
Lost
(we're lost)

No She was already dead
It didn't mean anything
So you're mad that you woke up one day
and life's a war?

Shawn Solo & Lex Lingo [Lex Lingo, Shawn Solo] - Lost

In this game you play the role of a plucky young aquaculture farmer. 
Our journey covers the character creation setup of the piece. 

There's some double-time and what I try to claim is singing vocally throughout the track. 
tanner4105 has provided some smoothed out Donkey Kong Country instrumentals for your ear holes. 

Welcome back (welcome back)
now's your chance (now's your chance)
to heed advice and get you leveled and advance
Yo aquaculture is the name of the game, it's the title you crave
 but another terrible character I might just go insane
but that's OK though, not about erupting like a volcano 
but you never seem to listen and I feel like I've been bitching
And I'm gonna teach you fishing and you can't say no
invading info
innovative intro
incredibly incognito
you'll need your payment info
can’t get that until you grown at least to level 5
can't spare a dime when you login, immediately die
ayo that's wack
why you gotta build your guy like that?
got shrimp and prawns, gotta move along
and darlin that's a fact 


we got that northern, got that whiteleg, giant tiger prawn
sea cucumbers we got numbers and they sing along
you run the fishery
The aquaculture nursery 
you're not taking it seriously
We kinda need your currency friend 


You should think twice about your stats
You took no points in traps
but your sex appeal is maxed
I don't even know what it's even in the game for 
maybe DLC port, mentioned it on G4, 
bundled it with Recore, wasting all this time for
me to make a report, busting up the keyboard
Cause I don't know what you're doing
yo  your whole vibe I'm not fluent
if you're the crustacean student
our reputation is ruined
and I can't handle it, manage it, 
your failures so elaborate 
business plan so immaculate 
your dumbass couldn't handle it
all ya gotta do is click that shrimp
It’ll run that script, it’ll count them chips
you don't gotta use a fist 
wanna give a little kiss
and I got another hint
wanna find out what it is?
Yo you can unlock a lightsaber! 
none greater neighbor, so tell me what to ya think?
maybe one day you can upgrade to a better tank than a sink

we got that northern, got that whiteleg, giant tiger prawn
sea cucumbers we got numbers and they sing along
you run the fishery
The aquaculture nursery 
you're not taking it seriously
We kinda need your currency friend

You gotta click that shrimp
You gotta click that shrimp
Click that shrimp, baby, click that shrimp (x4)

{Important Information Here}

we got that northern, got that whiteleg, giant tiger prawn
sea cucumbers we got numbers and they sing along
you run the fishery
The aquaculture nursery 
you're not taking it seriously
We’ll never get your currency, man

Muscle Laughing Shrimp [Beefy, tanner4105] - Aquaculture

Genre: First Person Shooter
Screen: World Map
Vocalist Resource: Doubletime 
Producer Resource: No snares 

Come on, I never chose to be forced into hope's end
And know there are doors that don't close when they're opened
They're joking. The golden child? Chosen? All lies
I'm not the best with a vest, just the rest ain't alive

If survival was the plan for a draftee in hell
Why'd they slap me with a scattergun and pocket full of shells?
Dumped three hundred others into bellies hella beasts held
Now these motherfuckers wanna tell me they believe?

Well, I'm not even supposed to be here
No dotted line signed, just a life commandeered
By a rifle point, steered to what they called my career
So yeah, I'd met monsters before the "real" ones appeared
Kinda weird how it wasn't these demons I'd feared


GOING THROUGH
HELL AND TOO
NUMB NOW TO
C R Y
GOING THROUGH
MOTIONS
TOO READY TO
D I E


What is it even that's making me try to stay alive at this point? 
In time we all die but life stopped when I allegedly then became "employed"
Now that authority's destroyed but I'm suck in this horrid abyss 
Devoid of a reason to keep on but boredom I guess? Or maybe I'm simply annoyed?

Knee deep in the deadliest voids with enemies coming in infinite waves
Simpler days I'd grown to forget, won't expect a legitimate grave
Surviving for nothing but spite, or something? I might just confess I'm depraved
Enough to make it a game, till ogres and fiends are mistaking my bullets for rain

I mean, it's not like pain affects me after what the government's done
Ripped me out of my home, I never will hold my daughter and son
Beaten down till cold enough that the meat in my ribs came to frost
So we'll see if this hell hath a fury to match but a fraction of rage that I've brought
  

GOING THROUGH
HELL AND TOO
NUMB NOW TO
C R Y
GOING THROUGH
MOTIONS
TOO READY TO
D I E

ExtraDial [Damn Selene, lizardgrove] - slipgayt

FPS 
final encounter
singing 
odd time signature



Singing verse:
Raise those hands high 
Think you know what it is
Bring that brass out
If you don’t want to live
Go ahead and fight back
Father’s son after all
Be wary you don’t like that
Sound they make when they fall

Bridge:
Why don’t you pass it down the Bloodline
Try to hide it if you find appeal
It’s all relative whats inside
Prying eyes make it real
Why don’t you pass it down the line
Try to hide it if you feel
It’s relative what’s inside
Prying eyes make it real

Rapping verse:
Quick with the gunplay, slow with the tough talk, I can do this all day
Easier than fish in a barrel funneled down a hallway 
All that wit gets you nowhere with hands slower than molasses
Steel launches steel into bodies of assassins
Pull the hammer back then let the hammer drop
Selling one way tickets to go meet with Astaroth
Maybe I could change this if it weren’t for this blood
But the gauntlets been thrown and I picked that gauntlet up 


Cutscene:
MC - I thought you were better than this. But I can see I was wrong. I can see now there’s only one way. And I hate to say it, but it’s the way you taught me.


Father/Mentor turned villain - You could have been the best of us, kid. Damn shame you had to go and grow a conscience like that. No matter. I can always have another son


MC - Good for you, I can never have another father, but I can make sure it ends with me

Hook:
Well al this talk about a guiding light
But no one ever speaks of where it leads
Imagine giving up the fight
While there’s blood left to bleed

dubldragon. [Skeptik, Danny G] - BLOODLINE

Genre: RPG
Screen: The Final Encounter
V Slot: Zolt Energy Serum
P Slot: A Studderbunk Clock

Sound of footsteps 
Desh: Sighs. I was truly hoping I wouldn’t find you here
Ryako: Sinister Laugh. Sorry to disappoint you
Swords drawing

Could’ve sworn that you valued
Creativity
Look we were born into bad news
We ain’t giving these
Thoughts you entertain credence
You hate feeling the
Emotions that come with life
We can't get relief

Stop 
They are not 
All the monsters you perceive 
Constantly
I've only fought
With the hope that you believe

Knocking 
Them down's not an
Option
I hope you can see

Human life is beautiful. So choose peace


We had so much love between us now you'd rather cast 
it all aside
They are not a cancer to this planet they deserve this life you should
Apologize

Why would You would rather decide to end every bit of life existing
Than to make an effort to resolve the people’s problem systems

And Eliminate their need for any power struggles 
don’t just 
kill them


Why did you choose to
Betray us all
We swore to protect them. Now you wanna 
Slay them all
So I gotta 
Get involved
I love you
But protecting life is above you 
So I must
Obey my call
And I pray that
I don’t fall
I don't know why you’d do this
You know Chaos is human

Desh: We were lovers. How could you allow yourself to be consumed by such hate?
Ryako: Hmph

We’ve gotta fight if you insist on wiping our people out
Feel like I’ve been lied to cuz you told me not to even doubt
Human capacity to create communities full of peace and now

You say chaos justifies genocide
Oh no

You're telling me to step aside
won't go

Seeing them filled you with such pride
no hope

Now I guess someone here is gonna die
solo

You recall telling me how you loved the way I swung my blade?
Wonder how you feel about it now I'm bout to run your fade
You’re not leaving me too many options. I don’t want this, bae
But human life is doomed if you got your way


You would swear that order’s been disrupted
And that mass murder only would adjust this
You commit to ending life it thrusts me
Into this position where I must be
Violent for the sake of justice


Why did you choose to
Betray us all
Now you wanna 
Slay them all

I love you
But I must
Obey my call
And I pray that
I don’t fall

Cuz
Chaos is human
Chaos is human
Why would you do this
You won’t get through me

Chaos is human
Chaos is human
Why would you do this
You won’t get through me

Sounds of swords clashing. Feet skidding. Panting.

Swords clang


You recall how it used to be? Cuz I do
We used to protect these lives, or at least try to
I exist to uphold human free will. Unlike you
You're to bring order right back if the chaos rules

For Too long or it causes too many problems
We're here to preserve human life not dissolve it
Your obsession with balance is only gonna cause death
For all of them and for both of us. No it won’t offset

Life simply won’t exist
It’s absurd that you'd rather have emptiness 
in this universe where we both live in bliss
Your determination doesn't make any sense

It's heartbreaking that as we battle I'm having to be forgetting 
All of the love that was keeping us working on this together
Now every bond that we've ever enjoyed is being severed


Why did you choose to
Betray us all
Now you wanna 
Slay them all
I love you
But I must
Obey my call
And I pray that
I don’t fall

Cuz
Chaos is human
Chaos is human
Why would you do this
You won’t get through me

Chaos is human
Chaos is human
Why would you do this
You won’t get through me


Desh: I don’t care what it takes. I’ll stop you. You can’t do this
Ryako: Laughs. Only human.

Deshko [Kadesh Flow, Ryako] - Chaos is Human

Challenges accepted:
Vocals - (double time - Zolt Energy Serum)
Producer - (no snares in the beat - The Bear Hammock 29-F)

Game genre: Dating Sim
Screen: The Final Encounter

V: Oh, here we have it, the final encounter. This is a tough one, to be sure. Many have tried, all have failed so far, but maybe this is the one. 
A: It's a challenge, for sure, but we have a challenger. 
V: Oh, a true player. Let's see how it goes. 
A: Round one. Shoot your shot! 

I'm the final boss of the dating sim.  
There's no way to win, 'cause I can't take a hint. 
You're gonna fail and then you'll wanna play again 
Your loss, take it in, let the games begin.  
I've got all my defenses up, 
all tensed up and my comprehension tends to suck. 
Try to bend your luck with charms and methods of 
seduction, but we all know where you're ending up. 
Zone of friendship? What? No, twit, that's a prize. 
You're going home alone. Big fat surprise. 
Like Macaulay Culkin, without supplies. 
Always sulking, rip out your eyes  
if you don't wanna see the blank stare on my face 
as I dismiss your compliments as having terrible taste. 
I've had my fair share of dates, so I'm set, except 
I only found out in retrospect. (That's what that was?)  
  
V: Oh, you hate to see it, folks. Striking out in the first round. 
A: Well, let's see if there's any bouncing back from this. 
V: It is not looking too good right now, but it ain't over yet. 
A: Round two. Make your move! 

You know you'll be ill at ease, I don't show 
vulnerabilities. You've honed your skills, increased 
your ammo as sociable charmer, 
but cupid's arrows ricochet off my emotional armor. 
And my heart doesn't glow, so it's harder to get to. 
You try to connect, I'm just not gonna let you. 
With all the respect due, every romance Lothario 
measures on a scale from no chance to very low, 
no matter the scenario, even with careful listening, 
say you're getting hot, I'll hit the air conditioning. 
It's not your whispering nor a matter of discipline. 
I simply miss the gist of what it is you're propositioning. 
Not a single inkling. I just stare into space, 
unaware of infatuation you wear on your face. 
I've had my fair share of dates and before I left 
there wasn't one who wasn't bored to death. 

V: Ooooh! That's gotta hurt! Advances went right over the head *and* were countered with absolute tedium. 
A: This is a disaster, folks, and after so many successes. 
V: Well, there is one more round, so maybe not all is lost. 
A: Round three. Date!

I'm like talking to a brick wall, 
mindless conversations. 
A human bottle of rohypnol, 
minus connotations 
When we're walking through a strip mall, 
I'll exhaust your patience. 
What I'm saying's I'm an awful date, 
and you're gonna wanna escape from the jaws of fate 
before it all too late. They're already agape, 
frothing and starting to oscillate. 
Being my lawful mate is not so great, 
like a box of defrosted flakes. 
To get dad jokes like that for the rest of your life 
put me in a dress that is white and address me as wife. 
I've had my fair share of dates on repeat, the same 
every time 'cause no one's beat the game. 

A: Oh no, I think that's game over, folks. 
V: It sure is. The only way to move forward now is to start over from the last checkpoint at the beginning of the encounter. 
A: Press any key before the end of the countdown. 3...2...1...

.5 Quartet [Vincent E.L., Ardamus] - Beyond Reach

game style: (adult) dating sim
screen: (intro) credit roll
vocalist pick: alliteration
producer pick: no snare


v1.
I gotta harem of hoes
A bevy bodacious babes 'n gentlemen joes
Don't show me no otome game don't want none of those
Gimme equal opportunity where anything goes
(WORK IT OUT)

Expecting triple x from erryone I select
Pitching both teams getcha nipples erect
I be swingin' for the fence gotta it connect
Double menage a trois entendres: comin direct
(SOFT PART NOW)

Fly without a wingman; Imma make an attack
Don't need a cheezy pickup; I'm peepin' GameFAQs
Unlockin' erry endin' when I'm playin' it back
Cuz all my happy endin's endin' up  the sack
(GET HARD)

Horny hoes and honeys gonna show me some love
Waifus, husbandos rub 'em up in the tub
NPCs and randos in the rotary club
I get busy errywhere makin' anyone flood

ch.
Fuck her - suck her - nail her - rail her
Bone her - own her - then select it
Fuck 'em - suck 'em - nail 'em - rail 'em
Bone 'em - own 'em - then reject it
Fuck her - suck her - nail her - rail her
Bone her - own her - then reset it
Fuck 'em - suck 'em - nail 'em - rail 'em
Bone 'em - own 'em - then eject it

v2.
Scummin' all my saves cuz Imma digital slut
Canon hoes an' basic bitches, tellin' 'em what
Takin' advantage of the glitches when I'm givin' em nut
Slavin' hoes like Leia cuz I'm Jabba the Hut
(TAKE IT OFF)

Ichiban no ecchi pervy playin' it out
But that moe shit ain't sexy it ain't what I'm about
Bad bitches gettin' next to me I'm rubbin' one out
Bachelors come and sex me I be makin' em spout
(LUNCH TIME NOW)

Peanut butter gettin' a snack
I be makin' 'em a sandwich when I get in the sack
Unicorns get jelly when I jump on a snatch 
They horny (shwing) so I ride on their backs
(BUCK 'EM OFF)

Pussy poppin' perfectly it's purple n' pressed 
I be pushin' priapisms puttin' family to rest
None are blood related so it isn't incest
So my brothers and my sisters they be gettin' undressed

Unskippable Cut Scene:
MC:
Ah what a find day, for romancin'!
Think I'm gonna hit up the Legion Hall, the Kiwanis Club,
and last but not least, the Rotary Club.

NPC:
Hey Main Character! 

MC: 
Ah! If it isn't my good friend, NPC!

NPC:
What are you going to be up today?

MC: 
Imma go get my fuck on at all of these organizations 
cause that's where the best romancin' is, UGH!

Thot Team Epic [Nursehella, Ultraklystron] - Rotary Club Dating Sim

Dan’s sea shanty/hook :


Helpless in the ocean dragons forced to rest
Even our dearest friends now row towards death
We sail the sea and lost our home
We two alone I fear no one may come close


Verse:
Wrecked and stranded, hopelessly abandoned
Two dragons stuck without nary a sandwich
Call it an idle isle, no smiles for miles
Underbelly overgrown, safe to say wild
Ceaseless sounds from the gulls all around
Can’t hear my own thoughts, about to break down
Eyes lock, fists touch, endurance now found
Promise made not to rest in this ground
Tried to build a raft, raft didn’t get far
Luckily close enough we could outswim sharks 
Arranging stones to entice the sky
Into providing hope though we know hope lies
SSOS - someone save our scales
Reptiles, not amphibians, evolution failed
Built a hutch in the sand, Dan tilled the land
Started fire by hand while discussing our plans
But fire went out, hutch fell in sea
Turns out morning tide touches everything
Lack of escape suddenly so clear
We remain determined not to give into fear
Then one night - amid the sounds of our screams
Draped bodily in the slime and the weeds
Subsisting on moss which clung to our teeth 
Screams turned into songs sung on repeat
Sprawling waves carry dulcet tones
Til they find some lobes to call a home
After months on the island now a boat appears
Too far from hope, entrenched and sincere  
They land on the beach - we take them by surprise
Jam our thumbs in their eyes and steal their supplies
Take their vessel and their lives, then suddenly realize
We probably could’ve asked for a ride

VPC 7 Round 3

dubldragon. [Skeptik, Danny G] - SSOS (Someone Save Our Scales)

Stuck on this island, the trouble just piling 
up and then rising above the horizon. 
Nothing surprising under the bright sun. 
Fuck with poseidon, get struck by the trident! 
Son of the titans. Thunder and lightning. 
The undeniably crummiest timing. 
A couple of hyphens-- 
I suck at describing my struggle in writing. 
I wonder if I might become reunited with dry land, 
or if anyone can even find me where I stand... 
You wouldn't happen to recognize this white sand 
by chance? 'Cause I can't! 
The return address: Desertedness. If this ever surfaces, 
pretty sure I guess you've never heard of this. 
Purposeless! Better start preparing for permanence, 
'cause of the limitations I observe myself working with. 
I wanna leave, but it dawns on me I'll probably rot on this beach. 
If I thought I'd see other people, I'd believe posthumously. 
Ardamus keeps working hard on this beat, 
but I'd find it less awkward if he'd bother talking to me. 
In shock, or just seething 'cause he thinks I caused this debacle? 
Lost in his thoughts while mine get tossed in this bottle? 
Contents long gone, God crossed off of the gospel. 
Just gotta process the awful like hot sauce up a nostril. 
Nature, a hostel as hostile as possible, 
fatally harsh and too far from a hospital. 
Lots of unsolvable problems and obstacles. 
Consciousness distorted as if through a Boss pedal. 
Give me the bronze medal in shit going wrong! 
The minute we've gone, I'll sing the victory song. 
Time ticking along. Trickery! Contradictory! Wrong! 
Shorter hours; seconds getting unpredictably long. 
Don't know what we should do, 
except accept we've stepped into a Kobayashi Maru. 
Colossally screwed across the great blue yonder. 
A quandary we don't have the philosophy to ponder, 
finding the long shot our hearts grew fonder-- 
Better yet, new harbor. Hardly. Too somber? 
Two goners, doomed to wander a handful of square feet, 
lucky if we last a mere week.

.5 Quartet [Vincent E.L., Ardamus] - Flaskpost

(Skeptik)
I remember playing all night and splitting the screen/
The CRT’s glow kept us calm and serene/
Controller green, neon to boot/
Three handles to hold and it’s see through too/
(OnlyOneRonin)
Never been to a LAN party? Unreal/
Tournament with the shock gun. Done deal/
(Danny G)
Was once a game, now it turns wheels/ 
backbone of Yoshi and the war of gears/ 
wanna kill some spare time with Kirby air ride/ 
Glide thru on Hydra, and fly thru space time/
(OnlyOneRonin)
I got time, but dont rush me/
Got dropped in the middle map playing pubg/
(Skeptik)
I got two multi taps and eight remotes/
Control a whole team in Madden, yeah, we’re doing the most/
Pillar to post, we could make a whole roster/
In No Mercy in no time, of justice league imposters/


(Hook)
Hop on the couch, you got your controller?
Inch by inch we push even closer
Shoulder to shoulder, we few are soldiers
Multiplayer madness let’s never get older
Plugged in and ready to play/
Ten hours passed now it’s the next day/
Hanging out with the crew in our favorite games/
Looking for something to slay


(Danny G)
Fresh double As, so I know we all able/
no need for tables, grab the link cable/
Give me the onyx, no one can stop this/
Haunter to gengar - boldore to gigalith/
metal coat warps the helix, simple rock turns to steeling
Gotta have friends to evolve that feebas
Four sword adventure on cartridge or cube disc
I feel this pikmin in the palm of my hand
Toss this plant based being to my fam
Double dash back to shield grab on castle
Hyrule Smash Bros time splitting hassle/
All night long we stuck on Nintendo
Soda and chips till we all decrescendo


(OnlyOneRonin)
Knock knock
(Who's there?)
Knock out
(Knock out who?)
Knock out in the city
Don't drop the ball in a fight
Unless you wanna be the fall guy
It's not all hype
When you're winning
Gunrock with the 3 stone power
If I Hit you
rag doll like the bouncer
Counter if you have to
But gotta inkling
Imma splat you
Atchu
Not a sneeze, but a tweet
Getting kinda hungry
Guess I gotta eat
Put me in a cage in a free for all
Hard-core battle with a pokeball




(Skeptik)
Laptop guns, an assload of fun, pass snacks around, lemme grab that one/
I’ll never ease off to give esteem a bump, in a team death match there’s no runner up/
I raise the height of my jump with a rocket Sam, serious/
Play fast and furious and pass out delirious/
Not everything you want in life will be easy,
check the cow level if you don’t believe me/
Warrior need food, warrior queasy, warrior wonders if he’s being too needy/
Companions and quests go hand in hand,
So let’s clear this game and hit Funcoland/
I even heard  they got a brand new Dreamcast demo stand 


(Outdo)
Hop on the couch, you got your controller?/
Inch by inch we push even closer/
Shoulder to shoulder, we few are soldiers/
Multiplayer madness let’s never get older/

VPC7 Round 4

dubldragon. [Skeptik, Danny G] Multiplayer Madness (ft. OnlyOneRonin)

30 second intro.
Ardamus: check it check it check it….it goes like this….XOC is in the house….Vincent E.L. they're in the house...Ardamus I'm in the house….Point Seven 5 we're in the house and….(intro fades)


(Intro fades. Then intro of beat drops)
(Banter from Vincent E. L. and XOC? Optional)


Chorus:
Ardamus: I'm celebratin' elevating other paths
Never settle fo.r the medal when the devil stab a brotha's back
Break the bank, break it down but dont break ya neck
You can take a chill pill still while you take the check 
XOC: -Everything is changing I’m no longer what I thought about, 
steady rearranging, the complaining getting smothered out,
 begging for forgiveness, those are things I do not talk about,
 burying my past, take my future on another route -
Vincent E. L.:I've been depressed of late and estimate 
it's not my last time feeling less than great, 
but as I investigate my mind in its present state, 
I guess you could say it's better than yesterday. Arda, you good? 
A: Damn right, I'm good. Yo XO are you good? 
X: Damn right, I'm good. E. L. are you good?
V: All things considered, I'm good.
All: damn right yo it's still all good




Verses pt. 1
X:-Blessed be my day, cause I finally could say so, 
blessed be my day, I no longer have to lay low,
 blessed be my day cause it’s looking like a new one, 
finally can say I made it out of the confusion
A:Illusion, Enforced vision of course hit em'
core twitchin' rewired my whole support system
Hundid percent, come get me, run efficiently 
sippin' rum, having some epiphanies
V: Just when I think I've forgotten how to write, 
and any other thought is out of sight and inspiration's not about to strike, 
I hear this sound, and it's like I'm surrounded by 
astounding amounts to type and signs that life is finally right. 


Chorus:
Ardamus: I'm celebratin' elevating other paths
Never settle for the medal when the devil stab a brotha's back
Break the bank, break it down but dont break ya neck
You can take a chill pill still while you take the check 
XOC: -Everything is changing I’m no longer what I thought about, 
steady rearranging, the complaining getting smothered out,
 begging for forgiveness, those are things I do not talk about,
 burying my past, take my future on another route -
Vincent E. L.:I've been depressed of late and estimate 
it's not my last time feeling less than great, 
but as I investigate my mind in its present state, 
I guess you could say it's better than yesterday. Arda, you good? 
A: Damn right, I'm good. Yo XO are you good? 
X: Damn right, I'm good. E. L. are you good?
V: All things considered, I'm good.
All: damn right yo it's still all good


Verses pt. 2
V: It's a new dawn, new day, new life, 
loose ties turn to tight bonds when the glue dries. 
Up ahead, a promise of blue skies, 
as long as I choose wisely as I deduce where the truth lies.  
X:-Vision the imagery, 
talk about the balance and the symmetry,
Witness an existence with a past they planted into me,
Started as a child, when they promptly ran it into me,
You kidding me, left me here with years to fight the misery
A:- Oozin' out my pores, blood and sweat
Held back the tears with enough regrets
I'm slowin' down, speedin' up, the revelation
Happens everytime around the team when we're….

.5 Quartet [Vincent E.L., Ardamus] - Still All Good (ft. XOC)

Verse 1:
How much time in this life am I willing to consume
With thoughts of mortality portending doom
Yet always assumed I’d be forever in bloom
Too bad I can’t produce chlorophyll by the light of the moon
The spring time of life called on account of rain
I’ve been engulfed in flame but still-reborn the same
How many times have I told myself I’ll never be adequate 
But consider the skill immaculate, are both assessments accurate?
I’ve bled for this, and made the mundane my nemesis
Standing at the precipice is a tough spot for a pessimist
So I take a step back, maybe two for good measure
The thought of my own end is no longer a source of pleasure 
Sisyphus had a boulder, Atlas a chip on shoulder
Icarus wax wings, me? I’m getting older
Intrinsic and intricate, possibilities are infinite
Am I indolent or ignorant or do I just not give a shit?


Hook:
What we have here is a non organic failure to thrive
All this time on earth but not a single second spent alive
I’m not convinced this is how it has to be
Maybe I can live happy ever actually


Verse 2:
Is this a letter to myself, or a scathing editorial
Autobiographic obituary, self penned memorial
The inevitably once a comfort, I remember when it changed
The shift from one self to another like tears in the rain
Clinging to nihilism to escape the fear of death
Yet decrying religious thought with each and every other breath
Hypocritical in my stricture, and aware of the incongruence
Though it paints a perfect picture, the truth can be a nuisance
Like why am I surviving when I should be thriving 
Is there some grand point at which I’ll find myself arriving?
Headlong when I’m diving into patterns of depriving
Myself of silver linings, as if I’m content with writhing


Bridge:
What we have here is a non organic failure to thrive x8


Hook:
What we have here is a non organic failure to thrive
All this time on earth but not a second spent alive
Not convinced this is how it has to be
Maybe I can live happy ever actually

VPC7 Round 5

dubldragon. [Skeptik, Danny G] Happy Ever Actually

Sorry to bother you. 
I know you've got a lot of stuff on your plate. 
You're brushing up against the date and look at the nothing you've made! 
It's tough to resuscitate your lust to create. You've been crushing it lately, 
but now you're getting crushed under the weight. 
Must be great knowing it's much too late to start. 
A game of art, not for the faint of heart. 
Play your cards, portray this as your "favorite part" 
and maybe they won't pay regard to the quotation marks. 
[Aw, poor baby...] I hear you're supposed to write a letter to yourself. 
I don't envy you, but at least you know you better than anyone else. 
You won't excel with every breath you exhale, 
but never put pencil to paper and you'll definitely fail. 
You're in the belly of the whale. Telling a tale 
you might as well be spelling in braille to an elephant snail. 
That's a hell of a way to tell em you're well on your way to dismount 
the intelligence scale looking delicate, frail and incredibly pale. 
Better get it together, level with Nebuchadnezzar, 
and tell yourself you're better than ever, 
and get the twenty that's left on the dresser. 
A generous treasure for selling a pheasant your feathers. 
An elegant gesture, but can you weather the pressure 
of penning an eloquent letter from behind the delicatessen? 
I don't know what you expect to get for sending a message except 
an exacerbated sense of emptiness. Depressed and upset 
at the sentiment settling in the sediment. 
Is it getting too meta to meditate on the genuine? 
Would you have to explain what every letter meant? 
You're writing to yourself. It's technically self-evident. 
You're reticent, hesitant to express your perspective and 
you've never said anything without any prep and editing. 
You're spending a minute twenty ingeminating the premise when 
you could instead with brevity pretend to be semi-intelligent. 

[Write. You cannot write. 
Write, on time. 
Three days until the deadline, 
still not having written a word? 
Write. You cannot write. 
You cannot...write words. 
Write. You cannot... 
...write on time.]

Dear waste paper basket, this halfwitted draft 
written past the halfway mark's definitely getting trashed, 
pretty fast. It is massively daft. 
Asininity about to hit critical mass. 
When you tell yourself you won't finish the given task, 
you're spitting scientific facts. It's simple math. 
At the risk of getting crass, you and your shitty raps 
are committing acts of lyrical Syrup of Ipecac. 
If they don't skip this track, you're getting ripped in half. 
Like the the napkin you scratch your inscriptions at. 
They will snicker and laugh, tickled pastel pink 
with nipple clamps and compare you to Nickelback. 
A triple pass of rewrites won't fix this gaffe. 
Your talent's as nonexistent as the middle class. 
You need to get off your ass, you haven't achieved a thing 
since bringing your babysitter back from Fribbulus Xax. 
Maybe it's for the best that all you're gonna do 
is send a dorky message to an audience of you. 
It's been a long time since you seemed promising and new. 
You're a disgrace to your name and your mom is gonna sue. 
Are you getting through to yourself or is it in one ear, 
out the other, as you sputter another opinion? 
Weird? Utterly, but it's been done, all you could think of. 
Enough, pencils down, it's time to give up.

dubldragon. [Skeptik, Danny G] - BLOODLINE

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