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<big style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><small><span class="style5"><span class="style16">________________________________________<br>
R I P P L E S<span class="style6"> .</span>I N<span class="style6"> .</span>T H E<span class="style6"> . </span>N E R V E P O O L</span><br>
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<p><font
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<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font
color="#00ff55"><span class="style14"><small>T</small></span><span class="style12"><small>HE
AMAZING BRANCH</small></span></font></font><br>
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<p><span class="style12"><font
color="#00ccff"><i><small><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW:</span>
</small> Sluker discovers a magnificent branch. Zoota knocks Sluker's branch into the Nervepool and they quarrel weirdly.
Treen ignores them due to a sudden obsession with seaweed. Sluker settles for some seaweed to replace his branch. Glooky comforts Zoota and weaves what
remains of Sluker's branch into Zoota's hair. Glooky whispers, "PRAISE
THE INFINITE BRANCHING," and a branching, nervelike Zoacode appears in
Zoota's head.</i></font> </span><font color="#00cccc"><br>
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<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"> INTERIOR of NORTH CHAMBER</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Fade-in to Sluker waking up amidst a bunch of dead
branches. Many are strewn about the chamber, their stems lost in the pool of water. The turtle attached to his belly is waving sticks in his face.
Initially Sluker is perturbed and disgusted, but as he grabs one
particularly beautiful branch he has a small revelation: <i>what a
stunning object of nature!</i> A sense of awe slowly overwhelms him.
He staggers around the chamber with the branch, admiring it. He looks around to see if anyone might be coming and takes off down a tube. He scurries through a napping pod, past a napping Zoota (part of his branch breaks off and lands on her) and into another chamber. Nerve Mama is dangling in the pool, soaking up water, asleep. </font></small></small></p>
<p align="center" class="style25"><img src="N-Mama-in-pool.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="2"><br>
<br>
<span class="style46"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Nerve Mama drinking from the Nervepool.</font></span></p>
<p align="left" class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Sluker sneaks through this chamber and into another passage. Eventually he finds a quiet chamber all to himself.</font></small></small></p>
<p align="left" class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> SLUKER<br>
(raising his branch high)<br>
<small><small><font
color="#00ff00"> </font></small></small></font><span class="style49"> <small><small><font
color="#00ff00"><small><small><font
color="#00ff00"> </font></small></small></font> </small></small><small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ff00"><small><small><font
color="#00ff00"> </font></small></small></font> </small></small></small></small>We are the organisms of merit, my little branch.<br>
And, um, I guess you are too, turtle thing... and, yes,<br>
your Nerve Baby fetus thing... And so we are the great ones... We...</span></small></small></p>
<p align="left" class="style24"><small><small><font color="#0000ff">Treen wiggles into the chamber, pulling long pieces of seaweed with her. Sluker recoils from her, whisking the magnificent branch out of the way. He protects himself with it as Treen's seaweed drags past. (Sluker can be quite the baby).</font></small></small></p>
<p align="left" class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> TREEN<br>
(singing)<br>
</font><font
color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"><i>Pull plop and bend them<br>
</i> <i>Rubbery and cool.<br>
</i> <i>Stretchy snicky golly,<br>
</i> <i>Suckers in the pool.</i></font></small></small> </p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Treen takes the suckers into the pool with her and
disappears into it. Suckers writhe on the surface briefly and then
disappear after Treen.</font> <font
color="#0000ff">Bubbles rise to the surface. </font></small></small></p>
<p><span class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> SLUKER<br>
(clutching his stick, while one last <br>
tentacle slides over him into the <br>
water)<br>
</font><font
color="#00ccff"> Treen, why did you leave? You don't <br>
have a nice stick like this</font></small></small></span><small><small><font
color="#00ccff">.<br>
</font></small></small><span class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#00ff00"> (to the turtle)<br>
</font></small></small></span><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"><span class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"> She doesn't have a nice stick like this</font></small></small></span><small><small><font
color="#00ccff">.</font></small></small></font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Bubbles appear in the pool infront of Sluker. Treen's
head appears.</font></small></small></p>
<p><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font></small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font></small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><small><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font></small></small></small><font color="#00ffff"> </font></small><font color="#00ffff"> </font></small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"></font></small></small><span class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#00ff00">TREEN<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Put that branch in my mouth<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> But you'll take it.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">TREEN<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff">Maybe I will.<br>
<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Then you'll chew it and make it look stupid.</font></small></small> </span></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Treen contemplates this last suggestion, then
disappears into the pool. Sluker momentarily looks worried, then becomes smug
about being left alone with his beautiful stick. He holds it up
and turns it around for a good look at it. He shows it to the turtle strapped to his bellly. He peers into pool and points
the branch hesitantly towards the water. He snaps it back. Again
the probe. He tries dipping it in deeper. Then deeper still and
swirls it around. Camera pulls back for a full view of the room. Sluker
whips the branch out of the pool, flinging water and laughing.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> I have the most... the most... This branch is the <br>
one we shall forever... I have in my possession...</font></small></small> </p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">A weird cry is heard coming from a passage. Sluker
darts a glance. </font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Cut to Zoota waking up in a passage. Her fingers are
coiled up infront of her face. She stretches and uncoils them as
she stirs, yawning in a semi-wail. The camera follows her hand as
it slithers down to her feet which she pulls at, coiling and
stretching. She then feels the lizard clinging to her back and coos at it. Then she finds the piece of stick which Sluker had dropped on her earlier. </font></small></small><br>
<br>
<small><small><font color="#0000ff">Zoota shuts her eyes and holds
her temples. The camera zooms in on her face, past a brain, and dissolves to a Zoacode,
PROBE MY NICHE, then a follow up Zoacode, PROBE BEYOND ASSUMED NICHE: </font></small></small><span style=""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> <img
src="zoacode-probebeyond_niche.gif" height="150" width="140">
<br>
<br>
Opening her eyes she crawls down the passage with resolve.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> <small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"><small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font></small></small></small></small></font></small></small></small></small><small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ff00"></font></small></small> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font
color="#00ccff"><small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> <small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ccff"></font></small></small> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ccff"></font></small></small>Today I shall "PROBE BEYOND MY NICHE."</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#0000ff">Cut to Treen, underwater,
staring up at Sluker's stick which swirls in the water above her. </font></small></small><br>
<br>
<small><small><font color="#0000ff">Cut to close up of Sluker and zoom out. Sluker's feet are in the pool, holding up his stick in the pool. He pulls it out, watches the water drip from it while he traces the stick's form with a finger. </font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> <small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ff00"></font></small></small> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> <small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ccff"></font></small></small> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ccff">Even the drops drip in a... they have a way of... Oh, <br>
<small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> <small><small><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small><font
color="#00ccff"></font></small></small> </font></small></small>they are so... Coming from this amazing... </font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#0000ff">Zoota appears in background, crawling into the chamber. Sluker
doesn't see her.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> ZOOTA (c)<br>
(to herself)<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Sluker seems to have found a nice stick there. <br>
What an intense fellow. <br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">(suddenly quite loudly to Sluker)<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> You're a stupendous specimen, Sluker!</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Sluker is startled, whirls around spasmodically. He
drops the stick into the pool.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> What? I hope I... Oh, Zoota. Specimen? <br>
Oily all! Me too? You have noticed that I am alive <br>
and have found this very fine tree element.<br>
<small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small></font></small></small><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small></font></small></small>I did, that is... with... my... eyeballs... moving... around. </font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">The stick continues to sink. Zoota closes her eyes and
camera zooms into her face and dissolves to a repeat of the Zoacode<small><small>, <font
color="#0000ff">PROBE BEYOND ASSUMED NICHE</font></small></small>: </font></small></small><span style=""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> <img
src="zoacode-probebeyond_niche.gif" height="150" width="140">
<br>
<br>
She opens her eyes suddenly and comes towards him. Sluker has never
seen her take such an interest in him.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Sluker!!!<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
<small><small><small><span class="style6">. . . . . . . ..</span> <font
color="#00ff00">(</font></small></small></small>nervous)<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Oh, golly! </font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Sluker falls back, half into the pool, attempting to
snatch the stick. Over his shoulder we see his wonderful stick disappear
completely into the water. Sluker and Zoota both stare as it
disappears.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Sluker?<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Stick!<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Stick?<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Good stick.<br>
<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> That stick?</font></small></small> </p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Bubbles and bits of stick appear in the water.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> ZOOTA (c)<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Those?... those bubbles? Your bubbles? </font></small></small><small><small><font
color="#00ccff">Oh, I've <br>
<small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small>done an utterly horrible... a stupid ka-plop of a thing. </font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Ka-plop! ...bub... bubbles.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> ZOOTA </font></small></small><small><small><font
color="#00ccff"><br>
<small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> </font></small></small> But I... I just wanted to probe beyond my niche <br>
and... you see, it was not to hurt your niche, <br>
or do bubbles on your niche... Is that bad? Bubbles?</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24 style58">Zoota places her hands on her temples and in a flash, camera zoooms in and out of her brain, revealing the Zoacode again. </p>
<p class="style24"><span class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
(Quite upset)<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> I have no stick.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> You still have a niche.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> No stick.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
<small><small><small><span class="style6">. . . . . . . ..</span> </small></small></small>(gently stroking Sluker's belly-turtle)<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> A nice niche.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff">Stickless niche.<br>
<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Nice stickless niche.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> No stickless niche is nice.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> This stickless niche is nice.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> No sense in nice stickless niches.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ccff"> No sense in senseless niche sticklessness.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> You're wrong. And you're sticky.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> You're sticky!<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Sticky.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Sticky.<br>
<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">SLUKER<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Sticky.<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Sticky.</font></small></small> </span>
</p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">A rhythm builds out of alternating "sticky" statements
accompanied by drums and Sluker and Zoota pounding on the walls. They stop
suddenly while more bubbles and bits of stick appear in the
water, followed by a hand and then Treen. Treen is adorned with
sticks, many dangling from her hair. She begins to pull her
waterweed tubes out of the pool. She gives a frond of waterweed to the
forlorn Sluker, wrapping it tenderly around him.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> TREEN<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff">"LINK WEIRDLY."</font></small></small> </p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Zoom into Treen's head to reveal Zoacode (LINK
WEIRDLY).</font></small></small></p>
<small><small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> </font></small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> </font></small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> </font></small><font
color="#0000ff">
<img src="zoacode-linkweirdly.gif" height="128" width="170">
<br>
<br>
<span class="style55">Cut to Sluker receiving the tubes like a soothing balm. Treen leaves
through passage, pulling strands of waterweeds with her. After watching
her leave, Sluker takes his strand out a different passage. Zoota watches waterweeds trail out of chamber. She faces the camera,
closes her eyes, camera slowly zooms past a brain into darkness. A
pulsing Zoacode appears, PROBE BEYOND ASSUMED NICHE: <br>
<br>
</span></font><small><font
color="#0000ff"><span class="style55"> </span></font></small><small><font
color="#0000ff"><span class="style55"> </span></font></small><small><font
color="#0000ff"><span class="style55"> </span></font></small><font
color="#0000ff"><span class="style55"> <img
src="zoacode-probebeyond_niche.gif" height="150" width="140">
</span></font><span class="style55"><font color="#00cccc"><br>
<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff">
</font></span><small><span class="style55"><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font color="#00ff00"></font></span></small><span class="style55"><font color="#00ff00">ZOOTA<br>
</font></span><small><span class="style55"><font color="#00ffff"> </font></span></small><small><span class="style55"><font color="#00ffff"> </font></span></small><small><span class="style55"><font color="#00ffff"> </font></span></small><small><span class="style55"><font color="#00ffff"> </font></span></small><span class="style55"><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff">"PROBE BEYOND ASSUMED NICHE."<br>
<br>
</font><font
color="#0000ff">Zoota stares into pool. Bubbles appear, followed by
the stem of Sluker's magnificent branch. Zoota wades in and grabs it.</font></span></small></small>
<p class="style24"><small><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font color="#00ffff"> <small><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font color="#00ff00"></font></small></small></small> </font><font color="#00ff00"><small><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> <small><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font color="#00ff00"></font></small></small></small> </font><font color="#00ff00"></font></small></small></small>ZOOTA</font></small> (cont.) <font
color="#00ff00"><br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"></font></small></small><small><small><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"></font></small></small>This is a good stick. It's a good stick. It's OK.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">She puts it on her head like a headdress and whirls
around the chamber. Glooky appears in the hypertrees and intones Zoota's name.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> GLOOKY<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> Zoota.</font></small></small> </p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Glooky is suddenly at Zoota's side. Zoota, entranced,
can barely breathe.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> GLOOKY<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff"> You're a tender, well-meaning sort. But this is <br>
Sluker's stick. It doesn't really matter though.</font></small></small> </p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Glooky weaves the stick into Zoota's hair and kisses
her on the cheek.</font></small></small></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> GLOOKY<br>
</font><font color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ccff">"PRAISE THE INFINITE BRANCHING."</font></small></small> </p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff">Camera zooms into Zoota's head, past a brain and into
darkness. The Zoacode icon, associated with the phrase above, appears:</font></small></small><span style=""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="style24"><small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> <small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> </font></small></small><small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> </font></small></small><small><small><font
color="#0000ff"> </font></small></small> <img
src="zoacode-infinite_branching.gif" height="130" width="177">
<br>
<br>
Camera pulls back, rotating, revealing empty chamber (which becomes
Nervepool icon). </font></small></small></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span class="style24"><small> <small><font
color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00"> </font><font color="#00cccc"> </font><font
color="#00ffff"> </font><font
color="#00ff00">FADE OUT</font></small></small> </span><br>
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