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Post by Tala Grey on Feb 17, 2012 18:07:03 GMT -5
Tala ran her fingers through a few locks of her long, brown hair, twirling it almost playfully around her fingers as she stalked forwards, her heavy boots clunking somewhat noisily on the ground as she went. The men of the shipyard were looking at her with hungry eyes, but she ignored them for the simple fact that she could likely beat any and all of them into submission without having to take so much as a step forwards. She smirked a bit to herself, thinking of this, casting an absent glance in the direction that she had left her fellow marine, and very close friend Tetzou. She watched them for a few moments before her eyes drifted. Someone was approaching her. A salesmen, to be exact.
She rolled her eyes just a little as he approached. He gave her what was perhaps the phoniest smile that she had ever seen, offering her his arm as he said things like 'my lady,' and 'how may I help you'.
"Leaving me alone would be a good start," Tala pointed out, smiling sweetly as she spoke such venomous words, because she didn't mean any harm to them, she was just being her usually, blatant self. The man seemed appalled by this, and she merely shrugged her thin shoulders, "I'm not some fragile little flower, I can walk on my own feet," she said simply, bringing her hands to her curvy hips, she literally spun about on her heels and trod towards her companion.
"Tetzou, all these ships are starting to look the same to me," she called, with the baffled salesmen staring after her in her rudeness. She ruffled her own hair somewhat irritably, "you would think that the marines would just provide us with a ship themselves, wouldn't you?" She huffed and shook her head, "or! Just let us confiscate one from a pirate and give it a paint job," she rose a hand, making an 'L' shape with her fingers for no apparent reason.
This was promptly followed by a sigh as she turned her eyes to the much taller man beside her. Her gaze seemed to soften a little as they set upon him, and she gave him a bit of a smile, one foot tapping gently on the wood under her feet as she did so, "well, what do you think? Anything standing out to you?" She wondered, her hands slowly coming together, she let them hang in front of her almost idly.
Stamina: 1650/1655
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Post by Tetzou Shibaru on Feb 17, 2012 21:42:36 GMT -5
Tetzou sighed as he examined the shipyard in front of him, slowly he walked forward as his arms crossed over his chest drawing a slim frown over his face as he sighed softly. "Tch ..." His gaze had settled between two of the largest boats, one was big enough for a marine crew of about twenty, which fit them about right, the other was for a ten man crew. Another that could fit. He sighed debating silently as Tala headed off to look at a few more, a slim young woman came up with a bright smile and a wink, "See anything you like sir? ..." She asked the blatantly obvious double meaning question, his gaze didn't even flick tword her curves simply into her eyes, his cyan eyes blinking a bit. "These two ships. Not sure which one to choose, it will be housing a devil fruit user ... so It would be nice to have it sturdy and large, but our main jobs will be smaller missions to slip past main defenses. So smaller as well would be appropriate." He smile faltered a bit and she sighed.
Shifting into business attitude her gaze slid him up and down, spotting he marine cloak and nodding looking tword the two ships quietly as she considered. One was a large blue ship holding silver lining, it was big enough to fit ten people comfortably, holding several canons and a small steam based engine, a very basic one but certainly more advanced then most boats. The other was bright red with white and golden lining, able to hold around twenty comfortably, large canons and heavier hull, it indeed was a ship for ether job they could be doing as marines. After a moment Tetzou finally tugged out a slim coin, "lets leave it to chance ... thats always f-" Then however he heard the voice of his lover and friend, Tala was moving tword him after storming off from a bewildered looking salesmen and he laughed softly at her and sighed grinning a bit at her words. "I got two here ... we'r marines now though babe ... you really should try and hold your tongue more, poor guy looks like you used a whip on him." He chuckled before he tugged her over at her cute little hands on hips post.
He gave her a soft kiss to her lips before lifting up the coin, "To decide between these two." He grinned and flipped the coin. "Heads is blue, Tails is red." As the coin flipped he reached upward catching the coin and planting it across his hand with a grin. "One ... two ... three." He lifted it, heads. He nodded, "Blue it is!" he chuckled and looked tword the woman, he tossed her a bag and nodded, "That should over it ... Im going to go get the supplies and food ready, get the ship warmed up for us please." He smiled before turning and tilting his head to Tala, "So your all about shopping with our money in other stuff, but not in the idea of ships huh ..." He smirked before he turned with her sliding his hand into hers noticing how they were hanging awkwardly in front of her. He then grasped them and held her hand as they headed tword the forest, "What all will you want food wise ...? I know we need to go hunting, and that theirs a Pirate with a bounty on his head around here somewhere if your interested." He grinned.
Stamina: 1845/1850
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Post by Tala Grey on Feb 18, 2012 15:15:39 GMT -5
"Eh? Hold my tongue?" Tala turned her head quickly, staring at the man in the distance whom flinched at her sudden movements. She made a bit of a discouraged face, because her superiors kept scolding her for the same thing over and over. Don't say this. Don't talk like that. Those words aren't very lady like! Don't call your superiors by anything but what they tell you to... Blah! If they spent half as much time trying to save the world as they did lecturing me, we wouldn't have pirates. She huffed a little to herself in annoyance.
She easily returned his kiss, watching attentively as he held a coin in his hand. She watched him flip it and nodded her head softly at the 'decision' they had some to. She didn't much care either way. She wasn't a carpenter, she didn't have to repair the ship, she was a navigator, whom would guide and protect it from dangers.
She shrugged a little at his words, sticking out her tongue sassily at him as he took her hands, "shopping for ships is boring," she pointed out, yawning a little as though to emphasive her point. "Besiiides, it's not like I've had a lot of oppourtunities to shop before, and you should just be happy that I'm spending both of our money. I could just spend yours~" She purred sweetly, teasing him of course.
Tala pondered his words, biting gently on her lower lip in thought as she did so. "Hmmm, doesn't matter to me. I'll eat whatever you cook!" She assured, seeming idly excited at the suggestion of hunting down a pirate, "very!"
Stamina: 1645/1655
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Post by Tetzou Shibaru on Feb 18, 2012 19:19:24 GMT -5
He smiled a bit at her counter teasing, leaning down and biting her earlobe gently with a smirk. "Little Mynx." He chuckled before nodding at her words, "Alright, I'll get the food later ... we need the cash from the pirates bounty to buy the supplies after all. That ship was expense." He grinned before he leaned down and scooped her up into his arms with a nuzzle before he leapt into the air and landed with a thunk on the ground. inside the forest on the stones as he gently lowered her into the ground his gaze glanced around. "Well ... lets start walking i guess." He grinned a bit before he moved forward closing his eyes as he reached out with his Haki ... locating or attempting to locate the surrounding energies he blinked and grinned. "Or not .. their surprisingly close to the town." He gave her bottom a swat playfully, "Race yah ..." He said and grinned as he turned and dashed forward rushing tword the source knowing she could keep up at least a bit behind. He skid to a stop by the clearing as he leap upward into the tree landing on a branch and making a motion for her to follow. He then eyed the surrounds frowning ... slowly he pointed it out to her, in the center of the clearing in front of them was a large camp of about ten Pirates, none of them were requisitioned for a bounty, however one was int eh center giving orders, Tetzou tugged out the poster and grinned, showing it to her. The man was about six foot three, made of lean muscle with his face hidden by a red scarf, holding knives and blades all across his body. Tetzou grinned flipping the page over and showing it to her.  RIDVAN "BLADE" SHODAKIRanked C-RankBounty: 67.000.000 Beli |
He gave a huge grin before offering her a soft kiss, and then nodding. "Lets go ..." He murmured before he began to glow a soft golden and he turned. He hadn't shown her the powers of his fruit yet, just told her the one he ate, before he leapt forward as he flew through the air there was a flash of light and a twelve foot hug figure of gold slammed down onto the ground, slowly Tetzou straitened. His entire body was a bronze natural gold much like a Buddha statue would be with the same texture, his muscles having grown huge along with them as he shifted slowly placing one hand forward aimed at the man as the pirates leapt up in shock he grinned a bit raising his fist and a open palm making a bring it motion. "Lets test this form out ... the full form would be to easy to crush you all with!" Slowly the man noticed his face and frowned. "... Who the hell are you?!" After all, both him and Tala were as strong as Rear admirals, but had never been really seen and where the lowest rank of the military. He simply grinned, "Tetzou ... the Titan!!" With that he slammed a fist into the earth, ripping up a huge chunk of it with his new body and hurled the massive rock chunk flying at the man! There was several curse words that flew threw the air before the sound of steel was heard ringing out as knives appeared to be floating rapidly around him and the stone was sliced apart as the man panted heavily from the sudden sue of so much energy to slice through the rock. Tetzou grinned, "Blade ... I get it now. You ate the Sami Sami no Mi Didn't you ... (Float Float Fruit), hehe ... I ate a Mythical Zoan ... lets see which is better." He flashed forward in a flash of gold, surprisingly fast for such a large body, slamming a fist into the earth the man cursed and went flipping backward using his fruits ability to float rapidly into the air panting with surprise at the giants speed, "Damn you ... Ive never heard of you, are you some new Commander?!" Tetzou just grinned and noticed that the man had floated right in front of the tree Tala was sitting inside and he nodded to her to give her the signal to slash him or even take him out if she could. "Nope ... just a normal Ensign ..." He waited till Tala attacked before murmuring, "Both of us." With a huge grin as the mans eyes widened, too late. Stamina: 1790/1850 |
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Post by Tala Grey on Feb 18, 2012 23:25:03 GMT -5
"You now me," Tala snickered a little to herself, her blue eyes bright and playful as always. At his mention of needing the cash from the bounty, she cracked her knuckles slowly, a somewhat threatening aura appearing around her that no doubt Tetzou was used to at this point. This was merely her getting excited. Fighting didn't really tickle her fancy, but as she had really only began to explore this strange world which required Beli, something that was apparently required to live in such a place.
She let out a cute sound as she was picked up, very used to such things, obviously. As she was nuzzled she let out a bit of a purr and was content to remain in his arms until he saw fit to set her down. She laughed at Tetzou as he announced that they should race, and promptly took off after him, "pft, like you can outrun me," she muttered, following after him rather easily as she was used to it. He leaped into a tree, she scoffed quietly and followed.
She had an easy enough time spotting the men, whom she observed silently, narrowing a blue eyes a little as she gave them a good once over, before looking to Tetzou as he yanked out a poster. She smiled a little and nodded her head softly. This should be easy! She thought, grinning now.
He kissed her once more and smiled to him, nodding to his words, she watched as he leaped down from the tree and began to transform into... Something. She blinked a little as she watched him. What kind of weird fruit did you accidentally eat, idiot? She wondered, watching as he pretty much just destroyed everything that was in his way. She put a hand over her mouth for a moment, stifling a chuckle. Her attention remained below, however, and she smirked a little as they cornered the pirate, without him even realizing it.
The razor wires uncoiled from her gauntlets as he got closer, closer to her perch, remaining with her in the branches until he had gotten close enough and Tetzou had given away the fact that she was there. They shot downwards, winding like snakes, more or less invisible aside the odd moments when the light reflected off of them. When the pirate was aware of the situation, it was already too late - he was totally surrounded by these strange wires.
"Seems you're already tangled in my web," she stated, his look of stubbornness and confusion was annoying, as her razor wires coiled expertly around her, twirling and dancing with each slightly gesture of her fingers. She hadn't been intending to kill the man, merely detain him, but he made a dart as a wire crossed his neck. He had moved with enough speed to partially behead himself.
The girl blinked a bit in surprise, slowly looking down at her lover, "you saw that, right? I had honest intentions here, I swear it!" She hopped down, her wires seeming to recoil with a simple tug of her hands, "well... Damn. I didn't want to kill anyone if I didn't have to... THAT went right out the window..." She muttered, looking somewhat displeased with the results.
Stamina: 1640/1655
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Post by Tetzou Shibaru on Feb 19, 2012 0:56:18 GMT -5
Tetzou watched in amusement as the man was trapped, "Just give up ... no one escapes Tala's Wire cag- ...." Thunk. He watched the head thunk against the tree as the body dropped with a wet thud to the ground. He sighed softly ... slowly crossing his arms over his chest with a sigh as he glanced at them all trying to run away, he calmly raised his hand above his head, and the twelve foot giant pulled Tala close to him his body was as hot as abnormal body would, but his skin felt harder then steel. He then slowly lifted his hand with a frown, and murmured. "You all shoulda just surrendered ...!" with that suddenly a shortwave blasted from his palm above his head, expelling outward in a radius of about fifty meters in every direction, five were cause completely in the blast, two more got their legs caught in it trying to leap away as they heard the blast coming, the other seven got out of range just in time, catching a lucky break and escaping, he grunted gently releasing Tala. Slowly the smoke cleared, about a foot of ground was gone in a perfect circle around them as he slowly shrank back down to five foot eleven and the golden hue of his body died away, the people that were caught in the blast lay on the ground twitching in unconscious pain, blood rolling from their nose, ears, and mouth.
He slowly sighed and shook his head, "Three got away." He pouted a bit as he grabbed the head of the captain with a disgusted but not overly effected face and placed it gently into a bag. Slowly he looked at her, "I know you didn't want him dead Tala, but things happen sadly. Mind tieing them up and I'll clean up this mess so you dont have to deal with all the blood ...?" He nodded at the decapitated corpse, he had plenty of experience skinning, assassination, and hunting ... blood and such had no effect on him anymore beside the fact he hated wasted human or animal life. He sighed, gently tucking in the bag of heads as he placed it into his bag with a grunt of moderate distaste and went to work, he stripped off all Beli, weapons, and valuables on the pirates body, before taking the body and placing it over the pool of blood, yanking down a tent he smoothly placed it over the body and took out a bottle of whiskey, dumping half the bottle all over it, he tossed on dry grass and some limbs, emptied the rest of it on the pile and tucked the empty bottle away.
"We'll take the beli and jewels in to the boss ... he can sort it out as he wants with that was stolen and such. Damn idiot ... should a listened to me." He sighed, taking out a match as he tossed it on the whiskey soaked cloth and grass ... it burst into flame and he turned, seeing Tala done with her job, he leaned down grasping his share and a bit of hrs to carry and nodded. "Lets go ... before the smell of burned flesh fills the place. I dug a ditch around the pile so no forest fires will come ... it rained last night too, so it'll be fine." He wrapped an arm around her as they headed off ... knowing she wouldn't be very happy about the death, even if it wasn't her fault. He gently nudged her. "Lets get ice cream before we go ... you need cheered up anyway. I'll turn int eh bounty first though alright ...?" He kissed her cheek and headed them out of the forest drifting slowly tword the local marine station to turn in their ... head.
Stamina: 1685/1850
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Post by Tala Grey on Feb 19, 2012 13:03:06 GMT -5
Tala blinked a little, rubbing gently at a temple as she was pulled close to Tetzou's form, which was even larger than her than usual. She sort of looked like a child standing alongside him. He felt different because of the devil fruit, but also the same. Sure, she had always called him thick skinned, but not it was apparently quite literally truthful. "... What devil fruit did you eat, exactly?" She wondered aloud, poking at his skin, which felt as hard as metal.
He soon released her, in order to stop those that were escaping. A hand rose, rubbing lightly at her own shoulder as she stared at the down captain. "Well, I suppose you accepted this sort of life on your own accord," she mumbled, slowly raking her fingers through her hair once more. Tetzou soon picked up the head, and she nodded to his request, easily stalking towards the survivors and binding both their hands and feet together - making them quite immobile as she bound both behind their backs. She seemed to have a significant amount of physical strength, particularly for a girl her size.
She could smell the whiskey, and did not need to look up to see what Tetzou was going to do. It didn't take him long to finish what he was doing, and she merely nodded a little to his words, "yeah..." She sighed a bit as she picked up the remaining objects that they were confiscating, walking along with Tetzou as he put his arm around her, she rose her eyes to his face as he nudged her, smiling weakly at his suggestion, she gave her head a soft nod. "Okay. I like ice cream," she agreed, trying to pick herself up, not so much for herself as it was for him, she hated worrying him, "I'm sure I'll feel better after I have some," she went on to say, nodding her head slightly and already feeling a little better simply because he was concerned for her, as always.
Stamina: 1635/1655
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Post by Tetzou Shibaru on Feb 19, 2012 18:35:23 GMT -5
Tetzou sighed as he placed an arm around her and smiled a bit, "It'll be fine dear, wasn't your fault." He slowly stood up and set the stuff down outside the room, "I'll just be a sec alright?" He kissed her forehead, grabbing the sack and entered the room, slowly he ducked under the cloths hanging down and went up tot eh bounty desk setting the head with a wet thunk on the counter in its bag. "67 million Beli ..." He opened the bag and the marine looked a bit Disgruntled ... marking out the bounty and shaking his head in distaste, "I'll go get the Beli ... please set that ... somewhere else." Tetzou shook his head and tossed the head in a nearby basket, accepting the bag of Beli he bound it to his belt and nodded to the man, exiting with a sigh he smiled as he left and placed an arm back around her showing her the bag. "That has to make you feel a little better no ...?" He kissed her softly again and took her hand, carrying the items on his shoulder as he walked along with her heading tword the restaurant district of the city.
Tetzou sighed a bit and then answered her finally, "I ate the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu ... Its a Mythical Zoan Type, a Human Human fruit. The power of the Pika Pika no Mi combined with the body of the Naiya Naiya no Mi (Diamond Diamond Fruit) ... Its supposedly the strongest Physical Fruit in Existence for Durability and Power. The Power of the Buddha itself." He shrugged and grinned, "I'm just me though." He was as humble as ever and he chuckled as he dropped their things down and sat on the bench waving for a waitress as he sat beside Tala. He kissed her cheek before, "Just peach for me ... vanilla for her." He smiled some and leaned back, plopping Tala in his lap and snuggling her gently as he frowned in thought. "How has your training been going dear?" He asked curiously, trying to get her mind away from the bloody mess they jsut went through. He grinned and then suddenly got another idea for a question, giving her time to answer first however. "Cuss I noticed you got stronger ... faster too. Im proud of yah." He grinned some.
After giving her time to talk as well, he would tilt his head, "So if you could eat a Devil Fruit ... which one would it be?" He arched a brow with a chuckle curiously, leaning down and gently resting his chin on her shoulder as he talked with her. The ice cream soon arrived and he took a bit of his before he took hers and held it for her, treating her like a princess as always. He gently placed a tip int e waitress hand and she swayed off happily before he then went back to his question. "Or what type? ... Paramecia ... Logia ... or Zoan?" He arched a brow grinning some as he snuggled her into his chest with a soft laugh. It appeared this was why he gave up his sword as well, with this fruit his whole body could be a weapon let alone anything else from shock waves and such. He nibbled her earlobe, "I have some techniques I can teach you as well by the way ... sensei was teaching me them, their strictly government only, so you'd be totally allowed to know a few." He grinned a bit, "IF you think your ready for it."
Stamina: 1680/1850
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Post by Tala Grey on Feb 19, 2012 19:05:51 GMT -5
Tala gave a simple nod, watching patiently as Tetzou maade his way into the governent building to drop off the head that they had collected. She shifted a little where she stood as she waited, glancing up and down the streets slowly, observing the people that were around and the general area. There were many different faces about, all of them unfamiliar, but she wan't terribly bother by that, or even by the crowd. She merely waited intently for her partners return.
When he did return, her head lifted slightly and she smiled a little to him, feeling his familiar arm slip around her back, she exhaled a bit and looked to the jingling pouch of Beli, "mm, it makes me feel a little better," she agreed, her soft fingers gently caressing his hand as he tooks hers and they began to head off.
Tala arched a brow at his explanation, "so you ate a fruit... That made you a human," she laughed a little at this, but continued to listen to him, swinging their hands gently as they walked. "Hmm, but it sounds useful," she mused, and as he said he was just himself she nodded her head softly. They soon sat down side by side on a bench, and she closed her eyes happily as her cheek was kissed, then grinned just a little at the fact that he knew her favorite flavour of ice cream. It was something minor, perhaps, but it made her feel good nonetheless. He pulled her into his lap and she reclined into him, relaxing rather easily and nuzzling affectionately at him as she was snuggled.
"Mmm, good enough," she said, giving it a little more thought, she shrugged a bit, "it's a little difficult sometimes and it really tests my patience, but I guess I'm doing okay... I don't really like any of the people that are teaching me though. They're too high and mighty, like they know it all, so they don't listen," she huffed a little, annoyed merely thinking of it, but he luckily distracted her with another question - and praise.
"Devil fruit, hm?" She mused, kicking her legs gently as they were hovering over the ground, "I never really thought about it, to be honest, and I don't think I'd eat one willingly..." Her voice trailed off and she gave a bit of a shrug once more, "I definitely wouldn't eat one willingly, because if you fall in the water I'll need to be able to pull your sorry ass out of it," her tone was light and teasing, but there was clearly some truth in her words - worry that he might indeed fall overboard at some point.
She smiled as the ice cream arrived and he held it for her, but she slowly took it into her own hands with a bit of a glinting in her eyes. "But, if I accidentally are it, I'd want it to be something useful. Something that would go good with yours," she said, between licking at her ice cream. She was watching him unusually closely, "oh, I think I'm ready for it. I'm ready for anything~" She purred, and with this she rose hre ice cream quickly, dabbing some of it on the tip of his nose with what might have been considered an evil giggle.
Stamina: 1630/1655
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Post by Tetzou Shibaru on Feb 19, 2012 20:52:30 GMT -5
Tetzou grinned at her comment, "Save my ass huh ... works for me." he chuckled a bit kissing her softly. Hearing her say something that matched well it made him think a moment, he Wonder what would match his new powers himself. Ah well, he would find out eventually he was sure, he grinned at her answer and then ice cream to his nose, grinning he whipped it off and hopped up, giving chase he scooped her into his arms with a grin and ran the ice cream along her lips and on her nose, giving her a clown like appearance as he grinned, sitting her in front of a nearby mirror. "Hah!" He said triumphantly with a chuckle and kissed her neck softly sitting down behind her arms around her letting her clean herself up. He then placed a hand under his chin as he considered something a moment and then nodded once she had gotten enough time to clean herself up he grinned a bit and poked her on the bed with a chuckle. "So your ready for it huh ... alright, come on then." He grinned a bit and hopped up lifting her with him.
He slowly leaned down and pointed off toward the nearby springs, "We got a few hours before the ship is ready so we can start now. I'll teach you the basics of Rokushiki ... you'v probably seen the sensei's using them. Things like Soru ...? They disappear in a flash of speed? Or fire blades of air from their kicks and strikes, or stiffen a bit and take incoming stacks like their nothing?" He grinned a bit and licked her earlobe gently. "I haven't mastered all of them but Im almost there." He chuckled and then tugged her gently into the forest, placing her in the center of it along side him he took out a small bag. "This is the idea ... im going to teach your Soru. What your supposed to do is tap down your foot ten times in one second, this will add proportion through your legs, and then cause the blood to pump upward suddenly through your body. From that you get a sudden huge boost of speed and force your body's speed to its limit for a moment ... as you master it, you can learn to keep doing this as you fight so you can keep moving at that speed. Now! For now ... I jsut want you to kick down on this bag ten times as fast as you can over and over until you can get all ten in a single second." He grinned knowing that sounded boring he poked her tummy.
"And if you can get it within the three hours, I'll reward yah on the boat." He grinned, letting her figure out what the reward could be. He then gently reached down setting down a large roll of sleeping bags and such for a seat and leaned back watching her from behind to make it easier to count her foot falls. And to enjoy the view of course but that was just a side things. He chucked a bit to himself before he took out a bottle of his whiskey and began to sip from ti silently, "After you get this down, we can start on the next step on the boat ... if you master this you'l be faster then anyone else on the battlefield, but it takes alot of effort to master ... it wont be an instant power up sadly." He grinned giving her bottom a smack playfully, before he leaned back and began counting her footfalls softly for her and counting seconds.
Stamina: 1675/1850
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