Answer To Fate(s) (Felicity)

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Well, this sucked. He’d had to leave Felicity behind due to work, but not just any work. A summons from the Fates. Usually, one could bank on that being bad. Honestly, he usually got along with the Fates, since they were all about fair play too. Those who do wrong, earn punishment, according to the Fates. Those who break their word, also deserve punishment, according to Orcus. They frequently overlapped. He worked with the Fates much over his years. They were… well as friendly with each other as anyone could be with those three. But a special summons? Well, forgive him if he was cautious.

And with good reason. As he left their… ah, residence… he was less than pleased. He didn’t have his cane at the moment, since he was in his Underworld form. The Fates were more used to that, so the moment he left Felicity, he’d changed. Now he was tempted to change back immediately just for that therapeutic clicking noise. Eyes that were a startling mixture of colors narrowed as he walked – no, trudged – without his usual confidence toward… Where was he going? What was he going to do? He knew what he had to do, but… he really wasn’t looking forward to it. He stopped by Cerberus’ stand and spent all of about a very distracted five minutes trying to get it off his mind, but it only nagged him further. So he did what he was supposed to do.

He went home. To Felicity. It was time to share the bad news. He decided to walk there, since he was really not wanting to get this in progress. This was going to be bad. Every fiber in his eerily gold body was telling him not to do it. He couldn’t. It was her. How could he do this? But he had to. The Fates had made that painfully clear. However, they were at least a little merciful. He got a choice. Bad, terrible, or downright cruel. Obviously, he would go with the least harmful one. It was just a matter of deciding what that would be.

Finally, he got to the familiar building and – odd though it felt – knocked. After all, he didn’t want to catch Felicity off guard. He gave it thirty seconds, then went on in. “Felicity?”

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The look lay open on the couch, it opened to direcrtly halfway between the beginning of the book and the end of it. She had had to put it down because she wanted a walk. Her eyes were just starting to lose focus on the printed black words plus she was getting bored. So she walked and stumbled upon some of the deceased animals. She remembered that before she was unable to use her powers she would sometimes summon a skeledog to play with her. As she walked pasted the ghostly images of animals and their skeletal remains one small skeleton stumbled towards her. It was the dog from before. She had played with him for a good while before deciding she needed to head back. She just didn't know the skeledog would follow her back.

That was what lead to her being how she was now. Sitting on the floor of Orcus's living room trying to determine the nicest way to tell the little white boned canine that it was time to go as it wagged the remants of its tail. Then the door opened and the dog gave a happy little bark before running out the door past Orcus. Meanwhile Felicity had stood up. "Hey, Orcus. Long day at work?" Felicity asked with a smile. She knew he was doing something today concerning his job. Not sure what, probably destroying someones happiness or whatever. Not that it was uncalled for. They broke an oath and had to pay for it and Orcus was just doing his job. She couldn't blame him. Everyone had to do their job.

"Oh and as for the little dog, that was my fault. Sorry, don't be mad. He wouldn't stop following me and I didn't want to just kick him out. But I guess he figured better leave when you showed up just, yeah." Felicity hurried to add after her initial statement. She didn't want him mad at her and heck, she wasn't even quite sure what his stance was on undead skeleton dogs in his house was. Worst case scenario she could just keep apologizing she supposed. But it's not like the dog left any fur or relieved itself anywhere. He was literally just a small thing of bones who wanted to play with an old friend and since Felicity had always had a soft spot for dogs it was really hard for her to resist the little puppy.

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Well, one way to up a bad mood was a puppy. And having one streak out of his house as he opened the door? Well, it did catch him by surprise, yes, but it also brought a smile to his face to think that she had been having some fun before he had to spoil it for her. He chuckled as he came in and shut the door. “Yes. And I’m sorry for making you wait. I should have dropped you off somewhere a little more exciting than the Underworld instead of trapping you down here. I didn’t think I’d be that long though. So my apologies.”

He walked in a little slower than usual, weighted down by his own apprehension. He smiled though. “It’s quite alright. I’m not opposed to animals, and I’m glade one is finding a happy afterlife with you. So really, it’s fine.” Plus, it not only made the dog happy, but her as well, which was bonus. He wished he had his cane to lean on, though. Not that he needed it at the moment, but it would have been nice. Standing upright and tall was part of the look of his present form. Unafraid, sure of himself. But that wasn’t him right now. He was… maybe even a little frightened. He had to appease the Fates; it was part of his job. If he didn’t… well, who knew what would happen? But one did not oppose the Fates just any day. They were old, yes, but they were very strict. One could stand up to, say, Saturn, king of the Titans… but not the Fates. If you didn’t obey them, they would do something drastic. The Disney movie version of them was far too soft. As though they were merely three little grandmothers enjoying tea as the knit. Hardly. They did sometimes look a little creepy kind of like the Disney ones, but they were not for laughing at. And they didn’t drink tea. They actually didn’t eat or drink anything, they were so devoted to their job.

He delayed himself though, and went to the kitchen to pour himself some cranberry juice. “Would you like something to drink? Water, milk, juice.” He took a sip of his drink to be able to savor not just the flavor, but also one more moment of him not having to tell her what the Fates had told him. But the sip lasted only that moment, and he took a deep breath to calm his nerves. “We do need to talk… And it’s nothing to do with the dog, you have my word.”

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Word Count: 436
Notes: Not much better in length, sorry

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Felicity gave shrug. "Not a problem really. I don't mind the Underworld, daughter of Pluto after all." Felicity said with a slight laugh as she followed him into the kitchen. Which really, she didn't mean being down in the Underworld. It enabled her to have some free time and escape reality for once. After all, up above in the land of the living she was surrounded by people who were all pretty much the same, minus a trait or two. But when you're done here you can meet people from all periods of time. Hear stories you could only read about. Discover tons of new people and their past and cultures. It was a fantastic experience. And no one was afraid to talk to her or gave her awkward looks because she was a child of Pluto. To everyone here she was almost like royalty after all her dad did run the place so they wouldn't want to make him angry. Felicity also wondered if Gabe ever came to the Underworld to just relax, or her other family members. Escape the bitter gaze that came from people who were afraid of Pluto.

Her train of thought was interrupted by Orcus asking a question. She gave a shake of her head, letting her hair get out of place behind her ear, to which she quickly fixed. "No, it's fine. I had a bunch of water not too long ago actually." Then came him saying that he did need to talk to her. She quickly went through everything she had done since being here, looking for any reason that would make Orucs upset since he said it wasn't about the dog. Could it have been her and having nightmares? Was she keeping him up at night? No offense to him but that wasn't exactly something she could stop. Though she suppose if that was the issue she could just go home early. Sure Remus wouldn't mind that.

"What is it then? If it's something I did to upset you I'm so sorry, I can pack up my stuff and be gone by tonight if that's the case. I didn't meant to be a bad guest." Felicity stated a tad rapid while wincing at just the thought that she might have made him mad. Never her intention of course but she honestly had no idea what could be bothering him and she hated to be the cause of someones anger or dissatisfaction.

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notes: Enjoy ^_^

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The puppy was a pleasant surprise. It made him tempted to adopt one period. Bring a little life - so to speak - into this home. Might make things happier. Though right now he would focus on her being here... and what the Fates were forcing him to do, but that could wait a little. If he did end up getting the puppy, he'd certainly involve her in that process. Have her pick it out, perhaps. Maybe even name it. Invite her over all the time to play with it. Okay, so it was partially just to see her. That and... pray that she forgive him for what he had to do now. He racked his brain for an easy way out. She'd been through so much already in her life. Why did she have to go through more? At his hand too! It was awful. And it probably showed on his face too.

He forced a smile. "Right, of course. Just so used to people trying to get out of here instead of being alright with staying here at all." He walked to the kitchen as he asked about if she wanted something to drink. Drink. He gripped the handle on the refridgerator door as it struck him. There was a decently easy way out of this. Not that easy, no, but better than the others. Better than death. It would hurt like crazy for her, but it should be short lived. He'd done it himself to try it and... it was awful, yes, but it passed too.

He snapped back to reality and looked to her. "Right, of course. My apologies." Then he mentioned that he needed to talk to her and watched her reaction. She was good at hiding it, but her eyes were not so much. He sighed. "No, it's not that at all. I'm not angry. I'm more worried, actually." Okay, moment of truth. He took a deep breath and leaned on his cane. "I was summoned by the Fates earlier today. About a promise a broke. A swear, more like. On the Styx. They demand I do something to punish you or they will see to it that your afterlife is not a good one. I don't want that for you, so... I have to do something." He left that hanging because he honestly was not in any way looking forward to telling her his idea. As he might have mentioned, it wasn't one hundred percent bad, but it was at least ninety-seven.

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"Well, I'm special." Felicity teased at him at the comment. Though she was worried about what he was about to bring up and that was when she felt herself freeze up. When he explained why he had returned today looking so somber. Gods, how could she have been so stupid! She remembered the exact promise. She promised him it in a spur of the moment, to help make him feel better and she was going to try to stop using those powers but DIscordia kept whispering in her ear and ultimately she broke the promise she made to her one true love. It had hurt him beyond belief and she had felt guilty ever since coming back and telling him what she had done. The look on Remus's face, sure there was also the fact that she had faked her death but she could tell that her having broken such a serious promise to him was enough for him to almost give up on her. That day had hurt but it was also the day she had made a new promise to Remus, to always tell him the truth as long as he asked for it. She had sworn that one on the styx too and has yet to break it.

She swallowed hard, having tried to speak but felt her throat tight up. "So... you have to give me a punishment? Um.... how, what.." She sighed, having no idea how to phrase the question and instead found herself not able to look at him and instead very interest on the stitching patterns on the seam of her pants. "Is it going to hurt?" She managed to squeak out. Gods, leaving Remus was definitely becoming a worse idea by the minute. She knew this vacation has seemed too good to be true so far.

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This officially sucked. He had to smile, if just a little, when she called herself special. If only she knew the truth. The truth being that she was beautiful and intelligent and kind and talented and-… okay, he could go on for a long, long time. But it was best he didn’t. For his own good. Even if it was the one thing that could relieve his stress in this moment. He turned his back on her a moment so he would not end up staring at her like a fool. She was with Remus, she wanted to be with Remus, and no matter what he thought or did, she would never be Laverna. Not truly. Thank the gods he was silent, because he could feel that little catch that meant his voice would have broken had he been talking. Deep breath. Another deep breath, then he turned to her and that look in her eyes, painted on her face was enough to bring him back. He wanted to hug her, draw her into his arms and never let go, wipe the fear from her mind. Not that he could do that. Not that he could really do any of that. They were friends. Or, at least, he was her friend until he dropped the bombshell of him having to punish her. Surely she would strongly dislike him for this.

He closed his eyes to get the image of her torn face from his mind. It didn’t work. So he gave in and opened them again as she spoke. In fact, he decide to risk it, for her. Okay, maybe a little for him too. Since the whole she might not want to see him ever again after he did this thing. He rested a hand on her shoulder. “I was thinking about what would be best. I have one idea that sticks out in particular. One of the rivers down here…” She was staring at her pants. This was not good. Well, of course it wasn’t good. He was having to punish her, for the gods’ sake! This was going to be nearly – if not entirely – as painful for him as it was for her. Then she just had to ask that question. That one awful question. Well, he couldn’t lie to her. She trusted him, and if he lied about this, even to protect her a little longer, then she would have all the more reason to hate him. So truth it was. He sighed. “I’m afraid it will hurt a great deal. I’ve tried it myself, long ago and… it was the worst pain I ever knew. But it will pale in comparison to you having to spend eternity in the Pit. I’m afraid it’s one or the other. But know that I’ll be with the whole time and you can feel free to punch me senseless for doing this, should you so desire. I will take no offense.” Honestly, he really wouldn’t mind if she did sock him one for this. When he’d tried it that one day, just to know how it felt, he had truly wanted to die for the entirety of its effects. What he was sure only lasted a few minutes had felt like several centuries and after that horrid stuff had gone down his throat and he’d managed to move again, he hurried home and did not leave for at least 24 hours as he polished off a bag of Halls and some iced lemonade he happened to have on hand in the hopes of ridding himself of even the memory of that excruciating pain.

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Before he had made mention of needing to punish her she had pretty much accepted the fact she was going to spend eternity down in Tartarus and probably end up as Saturn's personal punching bag. She had even told Remus that that was probably going to be her fate. She had accepted it and figured she might have Ed there with her with how often he brought up he was a traitor too so yeah, at least she would have had her best friend so how bad could it be? But knowing there might be a way to avoid that made her wonder if it would be worth it. He said it was unbearable pain, the worst he had ever experienced. But it wasn't permanent right? It would just be a moment. Gods, she wish she had someone to help her make a decisions.

Think Felicity! What would Remus tell her in this situation. He would tell her to go for it. She could see him basically reassuring her that it would just be for a short period of time and then they would truly have forever together. Okay, that was the obvious one. A cute reassuring one. But what about another opinion? Edmund, what would Ed tell her in this situation? Maybe something along the lines off telling her not to be an idiot and to grow a pair and drink the water. Okay,so she had two fake opinions in her head telling her to go for it.

Felicity sighed as she looked back up at Orcus. "I hope you can take punches really well." Felicity said as she stood up. "So then, where are we going? Lets get this over with it that way I can still have time to make the day better." Felicity said, trying to put on a brave face for the entire endeavor she was about to embark on when in all actuality she was beyond frightened of doing this. But that was just how she went about things, always looking brave and determined to hide the truth deep down.

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notes: another short one, I am so sorry. T_T

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Orcus felt distinctly, eh, desiring, of crawling in a pit and not coming back out ever right now. He watched her carefully as she absorbed what he’d just said. Albeit he couldn’t see her eyes because they were focused on the seam of her pants, but he could pretty well guess. He’d told her how painful it would be and he certainly wasn’t lying.

Her words brought the shadow of a smile to his face though. “I could live with a black eye if it helped you. And I tell you what, if you like, I’ll get you ice cream and smoothies or even some of that peppermint mocha you like so much. To get rid of the burning taste. How does that sound?” She stood up and he sighed, knowing now was better than later, before either of them lost their nerve. He took her hand and, instead of answering, shadowed them to the banks of the infamous river. “We’re in Tartarus, I should warn you, but he won’t bother you here, not so far as I can help it. So don’t worry, just stay close.” He looked to the menacing river. It looked like a normal river, except that the water was thicker, like flowing syrup, and had a faint orange glow to it, as though it was something subtly more dangerous than a lava flow. Which, in all reality, it was. “The River Phlegathon. It has great restorative properties, actually, but a bad taste. Meant to help keep the tortured residents of Tartarus at least well enough to thoroughly feel their punishments. So if you have a paper cut, you won’t anymore.” Bad joke. Failing horribly at attempting to be even mildly light. “I’d offer to take it with you, but then we’d both be incapacitated and you would have no one to help you.”

He walked over to the River, thankfully only about a yard away, so she was still close, and knelt to dip his hand in it. The thick stuff ran between his fingers back into the rest. “At least it doesn’t hurt to touch. So the experience won’t be one hundred percent miserable…” Okay, so he was trying for any good things right now, and wasn’t having much luck at them. He stood and looked to her. “Whenever you’re ready. Feel free to hold on to me too. Crush my hand or something.”

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Notes: Did I mention… Olicity!!!!

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Instead of getting an answer she was taken to a location and gods, before he even spoke she knew exactly where she was as her body tensed up completely. Every fiber of her being yelling at her to get out of there and run far away. Despite his words she still found herself breathing quicker and her eyes still showed panic in them. What if he was there, looking from behind some rock, waiting for the moment Orcus wouldn't be around to protect her. I mean, yeah, she wasn't the one who brought about his demise but she did play a part in it, she was suppose to have helped Saturn and the moment he betrayed her trust and showed just how manipulative her grandfather could be when he sent someone to attack Remus she turned against him and tried to confront him herself, needless to say that did not end well. However, she walked along beside him, probably closer than he would expect after telling her he was going to punish her but she couldn't help it, he was safety and she was going to be as close as possible to it.

She glanced at the slow moving river. It looked completely menacing and his attempt at lighting the mood only annoyed her. "I don't have a papercut." Was all she said. Then she watched as he walked over and lifted some of it as she stood still as a statue before walking back over once he restood up. "No just... don't leave, in case." She let the ending hang because there was a lot she could have put there. In case she needed help, in case Saturn showed up or some other monster, there was a lot of reasons she didn't want to just be abandoned in the most horrifying place in the world.

She knelt next to the river, next to where Orcus stood and looked into the lave like water. The only thought she seemed to have in her head was how Remus would respond to this scene. How horrified he would be that she was in Tartarus and how defenseless it would be for him to help her. GOds, she would do anything to have him, to have his hand to hold onto and his arms to bury herself in during the torture. But he wasn't here, he wasn't here because she wanted to get out of New Rome for a little bit of adventure and would be home in a short few days, gods, if only she knew how much adventure she was actually getting into she would not have gone at all.

With a deep breath she plunged her hands into the river, expecting pain but Orcus was right, it didn't hurt to touch. As she lifted her cup hands full of the river close to her mouth she wanted nothing more than to drop it and run the anxiety was getting too much for her and before she could do anything she forced herself to drink.

Imagine drinking boiling hot sauce and that was close to the experience she felt as the liquid fell down and she dropped whatever remained of the liquid in her hand as she let out a small cry of pain and hugged herself. But what had to hurt more was what was happening in her head. Flashes of lifetimes she never knew about. Hundreds of them dating back centuries before finally getting to what started them all and seeing the relationship she truly shared with Orcus and who was eagerly awaiting to embrace him again as her current life clutched herself as tears rolled down her cheeks in pain. All those memories of lives and the memory of the years a goddess lived all trying to fit into one mortal brain created the worst headache ever and Felicity didn't even know if she could truly call herself Felicity anymore. What was real and what was going to happen? She dared a glance at Orcus and just felt the rush of memories associated with him. Their marriage, the child they shared and then lost, the time of her death and the promise she made him. That Laverna would see him again, if not this life then the next.

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He certainly noticed how close she was walking, but honestly thought nothing poor of her for it. This was Tartarus. It was by far the least pleasant place to ever exist. He described the river in his old encyclopedia way, then to try to help, added a bit of his own humor. She didn’t bite. He sighed. “Well, I suppose that’s good…” He gave up further communication like that and just went to the river bank and demonstrated how it was not topically painful. Maybe seeing that much would help her nerve. Finally she came up next to him after he straightened up. He nodded solemnly. “I wouldn’t dare leave your side.”

He didn’t even realize he was holding his breath as she knelt. This was going to be horrible to witness. More horrible for her to bear. She was pausing a long time, or maybe it just felt like a long time. He was nervous too, but he also wanted this over with so he could get her out of here to safety back at his home. Get her any and all cold, soothing things to eat and drink to help her out. Anything.

And as he thought of all the things he would do to help her, she surprised him by dunking her hands in suddenly and, with only a second’s hesitation, drinking it. Orcus immediately forgot everything he’d been thinking about or ever known in that instant as he dropped to her side and held her shoulder. “Felicity! It’s going to be okay! Just get through this and everything will be okay! I know it hurts. And you can feel free to punch me now. I just need it to pass enough for it to be safe for me to get you out of here. So hold on. Everything is going to be okay.” She looked at him finally, just a glance, and he wasn’t sure what he saw in her expression. Sure, pain was pretty obvious, but her eyes… She looked… looked… looked like he imagined she might have looked when she lost her memory. (Yes, he knew about that in retrospect.) Completely and utterly confused sort of thing. Pain and confusion. Well, yes, that did make sense. He remembered his time with the Phlegathon. The entire universe ceased to exist to him until he recovered it, from the pain of the water. In his case, all that had been around him was no one and nothing but the evil river glaring back at him. But to her… she had him to look at too, and when you were in so much pain you couldn’t think straight, the sight of another being might be confusing, he figured. Well, that was his theory at least. Hopefully, it would pass very soon.

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Notes: This sucked because I’m working off no sleep, so… yeah

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She wanted Remus, gods, did she want him. She wanted him to be the one telling her it was going to be okay, for him to be the one there for her. Orcus was capable of all that too. And, part of her was happy it was he who was here, not Remus. Bit no, that wasn't Felicity talking, it wasn't. Gods, it was confusing, so confusing. Laverna wanted to get up and hug him but Felicity just wanted to go back home. She tried to keep her mind on one thought to keep it quiet. Think about Remus. He was strong, he smelled good, he had the cutest smile. They were going to have a life together, they will have kids together. She already had a kid. He was a sweet boy. He was just like his father. No! That was Laverna. She couldn't keep the two straight, the goddess's consciousness kept wanting to over ride her own consciousness. It was such a battle and Felicity wasn't sure who was going to win.

Yet, before Felicity could try to stop herself, or rather Laverna, she moved quickly and hugged Orcus tightly. It was weird, Felicity was consciously there but at the same time, she wasn't. She wasn't the one making all the decisions. Was this what it was going to be like from now on? Would she never truly have control of her own body again because of the goddess? Or was it just because of the overwhelming emotion that was here with Orcus present. "You found me... you promised. Gods, I'm sorry it took so long, I'm so sorry I made you wait, my sweet Orcus." Gods, that made Felicity want to gag. It wasn't her speaking after all, it was Laverna.

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Orcus knew this was beyond hell for her. He didn’t need to look at her to see it. He remembered. He forced himself to look at her though, to keep within reach of her, be it for punching or wringing his neck or whatever for putting her through this. He would have already reached out for her, but he didn’t want to make things worse. When he’d done this himself, he was pretty sure someone even carefully touching him would have freaked him out badly. He just spoke calmly. “Felicity… it’s almost over. It shouldn’t last much longer. You’re doing fine. Just a moment longer then you won’t have to ever worry about being punished again. This is it. You’re almost there. A happy afterlife. Just a moment longer. Then we’ll go back and you can relax and take it easy as long as you want. I’ll even bring that puppy back to cheer you up. And cold drinks. Anything. You name it. Then the moment you’re feeling better, I’ll take you home. I’ll leave it up to you if you ever want to see me again. I could understand, after this…” He didn’t finish it. He didn’t want to. He would give her the choice if she wanted to see him again after this ordeal. Of course he would always watch over her, it was just a question of if he would go seen or unseen. Wow, that sounded stalkerish. Call it… guardian angel. With a cane. Or gold skin. Take your pick. Neither was very angel-like, but that was that. He would be her guardian angel.

Then she hugged him. Not like Felicity would either. It was much surer. He didn’t know what to do. “This isn’t how you punch…” he spoke quietly, both trying to make her smile after that ordeal and in his own confusion. He didn’t hug her back, no, he didn’t want to offend her or something. Until she spoke. His insides froze solid. You found me… you promised. It really was her. Scratch that, he’d known it had been here for a while now, but she hadn’t. He didn’t remember ever telling her – Felicity – about his promise though. No, he’d never told the demigod girl that word. Just that he’d been looking, right? So in order for her to remember that he’d actually promised… and when she called him sweet. She always used to call him that. Even when he didn’t feel so sweet, she’d be there for him and always called him that. Tears welled in his eyes and he hugged her tightly, almost desperately. His voice broke. “Laverna… my precious Laverna. You remember.” He was glad his face was hiding from her view in her soft hair because he was sure his features were all screwed up in a fit of holding back a sob.

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Notes: “Airplanes” by B.o.B.