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Post by Mikari on Mar 12, 2008 14:17:19 GMT -4
"I thought so too," Catzuki laughed.
"I'm willing to listen," Catzuki spoke, "Whatever happened, it already happened, we just need to work on improving the present and future, right?" She glanced at Chaos, he better become worthy of Aya, though with Catzuki's standards it would be quite a challenge, it might not be entirely impossible, just almost...
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"You think so? I don't have any experience with children, but if watching out from my friends and taking care of an eagle count then I guess I'm not lacking experience either." Gojaru chuckled picturing a child. "A child who thinks I'm awesome," yeah, that would be kind of cool.
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Post by Snow on Mar 12, 2008 14:47:18 GMT -4
Aya's eyes swelled with tears and she tackled Catzuki (or tried to tackle her) into a hug. "Thank you Catzu!" To her that meant Catzuki was willing to give Chaos a chance.
Chaos took it as a 'The first chance I get you're dead and it's going to be made to look like an accident'. But he was paranoid and had run ins with many crazy women.
"But my future and present already look great. My two favorite people are here. And nothing could really make it better." She coughed a little and took a deep breath, "OKay, well, being healthy would be great." Her eyes became serious as she thought about where she should start. "But where should I start? So much has happened."
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Yuki nodded slowly as she listened to him speak. She found his voice comforting and he wasn't even being a total flirt right now. She wondered if he realized that. Her eyes lit up upon hearing him say something about a child who thinks he's awesome.
"I know such a child." Yuki commented off-handedly, "He thinks you're the greatest thing. I don't know what I'm going to do if he keeps up with his behavior though..." her voice trailed off as she imagined she'd have to quit the Hyper Quantam and leave this crew.
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Post by Mikari on Mar 13, 2008 1:08:29 GMT -4
Catzuki hugged Aya. "Don't worry, I'll make sure a cure is developed, we'll stop by Cure Valley, they can come up with medicines for anything, really effective ones."
"You can tell me when ever you're ready, it could be now or later."
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"You do?" Gojaru still had no clue about where he conversation was going. He assumed certain things and didn't consider other, even if they weren't impossible. "A little cousin, or maybe a neighbor at Pluto?" If Yuki mentioned his behavior then maybe she was taking care of him to some extent. "Do you have a little brother you never told me about? He must be a smart boy if he's related to you, if he thinks I'm so cool he's definitely smart," Gojaru laughed at his self compliment and slipped his arm around Yuki's waist. "If you ever need any help babysitting let me know then we can play house." It was spoken in a mischievous tone that gave away he didn't simply mean taking care of the chores and babysitting, but other things couples did.
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Post by Snow on Mar 13, 2008 1:22:29 GMT -4
"Thank you Catzuki," She gave a sigh, but it was content," I know it'll all work out." She thought for a moment, "I don't think it';s not that I'm not ready. Its more I don't know how to say it all and I don't know if I have the energy." Aya admitted it and she felt a little better, "You know, this is the longest I've talked.
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As his hand slipped around her waist she remembered a similar situation in the past. It might have been different circumstances but the gesture always made her feel safe and secure. She sadly shook her head. "No, more than that." She grimaced, it had been a five year secret that not even Seth and Chaos knew. "I umm.." she gulped and tried to figure out how to admit she had a son.
"Actually, he's my son. He just turned five." Yuki sighed, "I don't think I need help with babysitting as much as I need to be there for him."
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Post by Mikari on Mar 13, 2008 3:53:41 GMT -4
"Don't push yourself, okay? Maybe you should get some rest, then we can continue catching up later. We have a lot of time for that." Catzuki had relaxed considerably. The worries for Hakimo still screamed in the back of her head, but at least she had Aya, then she would eventually recover Hakimo and that's all the people she needed.
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"You have a son?" Gojaru stared at Yuki waiting for her to laugh or indicate in some way she was kidding, but she didn't sound like she was. "How come you never mentioned him?" Now Gojaru was curious. "When did you adopt him?" He assumed the child was adopted, if he were Yuki's biological child he would know by now, or he thought he would know.
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Post by Snow on Mar 13, 2008 15:06:36 GMT -4
"Gee, you sound like Galian." She smiled, "No wonder I fell for him." She giggled, "You're both rough around the edges but very soft where it counts. I'm comfortable around people like you." Aya gave a slow nod and readjusted herself to lying down. "I think, if its okay with you, I'm going to get a bit of sleep."
Chaos pulled a second blanket from the closet and set it at the end of the bed, and then pulled a second pillow and third blanket form the same closet and set them by Catzuki. "I don't have much in way of comfort, but, I will do what I can."
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"Yes." Yuki replied leaning against one of the metallic walls. "But he's not adopted, he's my biological son." She gave a slow exhale, "I never mentioned him because...I didn't want to bother anyone with my worries."
She looked at her feet.
"Back when I joined, I wasn't with my original crew very long before Hyper Quantam switched me to you guys. And I fell in love with one of the crew members here and well things happened. I doubt he even remembers, I think it might have been the atmosphere or maybe one of us was drunk, but you remember I took a lot of time off after my second mission with you guys? well that's when I had Minoru."
Tears started to swell in her eyes. She felt horrible for keeping it a secret for so long. "Then when I came back I didn't mention it because I was sure everyone would want me to leave, but...I need this job Gojaru. For Minoru to live comfortably, I need this job."
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Post by Mikari on Mar 14, 2008 3:08:07 GMT -4
"Wah... I what? Sound like..." Catzuki was caught completely off base, something that did not happen too often. She babbled incoherently for a few seconds, it might have even looked amusing, then finally she took a deep breath and allowed herself some time to think before speaking. "Right, have a nice nap." Catzuki finally managed to construct a small sentence that made sense. She merely nodded to Chaos and glared a little as if she had forgotten to do so and suddently remembered.
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Gojaru's mind raced. He trying to make the memories of that time surface, but felt as if he were missing a very important piece of information. It was the feeling people got when they were trying to remember something specific, and they could clearly remember every other detail except the one they were searching for.
"Yuki-chan... I'm not going to kick you out because you have a son." But if Yuki had a son then who was the father? Who stole her away and where in the world was he now? Gojaru hugged Yuki and tried to comfort her.
Gojaru tried to remember, but his memories were blurry. He remember he even flirted with Yuki, happy that he had a cute doctor along. Then a memory surfaced, it wasn't what he was looking for but it was a clue. Sometimes, Gojaru would dream of the past, he would dream of his days as part of an experiment with him as the experiment. They were not pleasant dreams, but they were only dreams, he told himself that and never spoke of it, after all he would forget the dreams soon after anyway, and he would also forget bits and pieces of his life during that time.
It hasn't happened in three years, not once, it kept becoming less frequent until the nightmares did not return anymore, and he his memories were continuous. But that missing piece just refused to come out of the depths of his mind. Then he wondered if he had said or done anything that made Yuki leave and hide her pregnancy, or maybe he upset her so much she ran into the arms of the mystery man, and if that was his fault he would... Well actually he still wanted to shoot that guy, leaving Yuki and her son and disappearing to who knows where, he would have to answer to Gojaru for that, but he thought it would further upset Yuki if he mentioned the father, so he didn't.
"I don't remember a lot from back then. Ask me about the last three years and I'll know, but before that, my memory was still recovering from past experiments. If I said anything that made you leave I didn't mean it," he held her close and caressed her hair.
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Post by Snow on Mar 16, 2008 23:52:18 GMT -4
Chaos paid little to no attention to Catzuki. In fact he was getting rather good at ignoring her glares all together. He looked at Aya then at the room which practically sparkled. It looked foreign to him. He gave a sigh and then a shrug.
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Yuki listened for a moment, "I didn't think you would." she shook her head, "It was nothing you said Gojaru." She chuckled as she saw him place the blame on himself as though he had driven her away into the arms of some young hotshot. Which was really not far from the truth, but she would not know how to tell Gojaru the full story if she wrote it on a paper and handed it to him or if she could record the memory and showed it to him as clearly (and perfectly) as she remembered.
She took a deep breath feeling better that Gojaru wouldn't kick her out. "As long as I can stay," she said, "That's what matters." She looked at Gojaru. "One day I hope you can meet Minoru, he really looks up to you." She returned the hug he used to comfort her and she stood in his arms, "And I do too, so, don't worry about me leaving, okay?"
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Post by Mikari on Mar 17, 2008 14:13:12 GMT -4
At least the room looked clean... Catzuki examined several surfaces searching for any traces of dust but found none.
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"It's good to know that Yuki-chan, you're really an amazing girl," it felt as if they were back into the fluffy moment Silvia interrupted. Somehow he felt deja vu, as if he had been in a similar situation before he could figure it out, Starlight Falcon spoke.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but there is a small fleet of ships shooting at me and I'm only allowed to do so much with the autopilot defense system..."
Another interruption, just when he was so comfortable. "We'll blast them to space dust."
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Post by Snow on Mar 17, 2008 14:56:44 GMT -4
Chaos hears Star speak. He looked almost conflicted. "If you'll excuse me Miss Nekish," he looked at Aya then back at Catzuki. "Also, thanks in advance." and he left her there to look after Aya. He didn't want to leave but if Star couldn't do anything than that meant that they might all die. Not happening.
Chaos passed Gojaru and Yuki in the hall, he gave a wave but did not process she was in his arms. In fact he didn't realize until he sat into his work station and had started typing that a familiar scen from the past played in his head. He swore and ran his hands through his hair and then went back to typing nad working on helping out Star.
"Hey Star-darlin'. Heard you could use a little help and the captain is preoccupied." He smiled, then grimaced "Nekish will chalk this up to me ignoring Aya again. I can't win with that woman, so let's make it quick, alright?"
Yuki's cheeks flushed pink to see Chaos see them. But then she smiled noting Gojaru's irritation. Whenever she felt comfortable enough to tell him everything, something happened. "I think Chaos is going to take care of it, Captian."
She wanted him to meet Minoru right now so that she could tell him everything but that would probably add a lot more trouble.
Something started beeping. She pulled out a pager. The contacter was her mother. "Oh no..." she voiced, "My mom wants to talk to me...this must be Minoru....."
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Post by Mikari on Mar 17, 2008 21:45:52 GMT -4
Catzuki grumbled something about 'leaving Aya again' but didn't say anything aloud. No matter, she would make sure Aya was alright herself.
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"Thanks love. Oh yes I got the love birds on the security video. Of course it's restricted, but you already know the password." Star would have winked at this point, if not for the fact that she was a ship. "The auto defense system is well... mostly defense, I an't bring out the big guns without confirmation, here's the stats." Star displayed the ship status so far. The shields had held on quite well and there was no actual damage to the ships, but it would be pointless to keep wasting energy on them without fighting back. The enemy fleet consisted of only seven ships, four small ones and three of medium size. "This shouldn't even be a warm up for you, right hottie?"
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Minoru... it would be interesting to meet him. Not only was he Yuki child but she had said he looked up to Gojaru. "Then you should take the call. I'm sure Chaos can handle things."
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Post by Snow on Mar 17, 2008 22:13:45 GMT -4
Aya shifted in bed but slept quietly. "I love you both, so please stop fighting now...."
-=- Chaos smirked, "I say we just blow them to itty bitty pieces, but...let's see who they are first. Did you contact them?"
His eyes scanned the data that had been presented and his fingers clicked away.
-=-=-= Yuki walked down the hallway to her room where she left the door open in case of emergency and contacted her mother. "Oh just answer...."
She looked ot Gojaru and hoped this would be a pleasant call.
"'Allo?" the young blue haired boy replied. His eyes sparkled like his mothers and he had a cupcake despite that he probably should have been having dinner. "Momma! You gots my message!" He smiled wide and set his snack down as he fished through his backpack, "Look, I got good marks!"
"You called me with grandma's number?" Yuki inquired.
"Yes," Minoru answered, "Because she said that I couldn't talk to you right now. but I miss you and I want to hear more stories about Mr. Gojaru."
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Post by Mikari on Mar 18, 2008 1:21:31 GMT -4
Catzuki looked at Aya but saw she was sleeping. "I'll try for you..." she whispered. No one said it would be easy.
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"They wouldn't talk to an AI, they're so mean, and not hot at all. They only left this message," Starlight Falcon displayed the message on screen.
A person wearing a dark helmet appeared on the video. "I don't talk to machines, tell your owner to give up that ex mercenary jinx, I'm not letting her get to the top."
The message ended, "that's all there is. I believe he is a past enemy of miss Nekish who recently realized she is the same woman who is engaged to Hakimo Dibu. It might be an old grudge."
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Gojaru followed Yuki. He was still curious about the call and the possibility of seeing Minoru even if it was only on the screen. He wondered what Yuki's child would be like. When he answered the call Gojaru peeked at the screen staying just out of the camera range. "He looks just like you," their many similarities was the first thing Gojaru noticed, and there was also something else, Minoru looked familiar, but he couldn't tell why. Gojaru was sure this was his first time seeing Minoru, missing memories and all, that much he knew for sure, yet the boy as somehow familiar, not only because he looked like Yuki. Then Gojaru heard Minoru mention his name and move within the camera's range next to Yuki. He wondered if Minoru would recognize him and what he would say.
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Post by Cherri on Mar 18, 2008 2:46:49 GMT -4
Nero walked up towards Chaos and stood there, "Sir, we are ready to fire on your command." He had gotten everything set up in case they went into full combat. "Also the shields are at 100% and there are no injuries." he added. Nero was still a little scared when talking to Chaos but he was getting over it.
************************************ "Fix this." Seth said to herself. "Fix that. This connects to this. I don't even know what that thing is. This goes here and that goes there." adding and she took a bite of food. She wasn't supposed to have food in the Okami den but she couldn't do her work on an empty stomach or from the food place. She shrugged as she finished her snack.
"Seth don't eat while fixing things. I don't like crumbs in my plasma rays." Seth mocked Chaos in her head. He actually told her that once when she got crumbs in his gun.
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Post by Snow on Mar 18, 2008 2:58:24 GMT -4
"Thank you...." Aya mumbled unaware she was half carrying on a conversation.
Chaos grimaced, Aya had been right when she was asking Catzuki about someone trying to get revenge on her. He paused thinking how to respond when the new guy, whose name he thought was Nero but wasn't quite sure, spoke.
"Good, but we've got a problem. If we fire and they have Dibu we're dead.but it seems like they just want Nekish. And as much as I'd like to comply with that, Aya would kill me." he paused. He looked at Nero, "Be ready. I'm going to open communications, bit do not fire until I give the order."
And before giving anyone a chance to respond he opened the communications with the ships firing at them. "This is the first mate of the Starlight Falcon, I've received your message and I am curious what makes you think we have a jinx on board."
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Minoru opened his mouth to protest more to his mother as she crossed his arms but his mouth dropped open. Every kid recognizes their hero as easily as their own reflection. "It's Mr. Gojaru! He's so cool! Just like in the stories!!"
Suddenly Yuki didn't exist and Minoru asked Gojaru a million or more questions. Could he be his sidekick? Was it true he save a whole planet singl handedly? Did he like math? Why was history invented? Could he join the crew? Did he have any kids? Could he meet him soon? If he was good and got good marks could he bring him for show and tell?
"Minoru, calm down." Yuki half scolded, "You cna't ask so many questions and not wait for a response!"
"But momma! I'm excited!" Minoru argued and he asked even more questions. Before finally ending with, "And if its not too much trouble can you save me from my mean old gramma?"
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Post by Mikari on Mar 18, 2008 13:14:35 GMT -4
Catzuki watched Aya sleep, maybe she would sleep more peacefully after their agreement. What she didn't understand was the odd feeling in the back of her mind as if something was wrong. Call it a sixth sense, intuition or just feline instinct, but Catzuki couldn't shake the feeling that something somewhere not too far was wrong.
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The man with the helmet received the communication Chaos opened. "Don't try to blame dumb, I know you're hiding that jinx girl. When they were mercenaries and bounty hunters stealing our missions that was bad enough, but having one of them seduce Mr. Intergalactic Monopoly isn't good for anyone. Just when I thought they both died, one of them had to survive." It was more than just dislike for black nekos, but also a grudge against Catzuki.
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Gojaru couldn't help it but to laugh, Monoru was certainly energetic. It was fun having a fan, it made him feel like some kind of comic book super hero. "I didn't catch all of that, but we had a lot of interesting missions, including saving planets. You can join the crew some day if you get Yuki-chan permission," 'someday' was purposely not specific. He didn't want to get Minoru all excited if Yuki didn't want him to tag along on a ship, he was still young and Yuki might not want him to miss school, but he couldn't say no. "Is your grandma really that mean, or do you just want to come adventuring with us?"
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Post by Cherri on Mar 18, 2008 15:37:59 GMT -4
"Yes, sir." Nero replied. He wasn't the type of guy to shoot with out the order or the shoot now, shoot later and ask questions when you feel like it. Even though Chaos wasn't sure of his name and didn't like people he was rather nice and he couldn't figure out why people didn't like him.
"What's a Dibu?" he inquired to the guy next to him, if it was possible if they had it and it could kill them he wanted to know whatever it was that was going to do it.
"Hakimo Dibu, that's the guy we are working on rescuing." the crew mate whispered back. Nero nodded to let him know he understood.
***************** "This pipe connects to this pipe." Seth said as she bobbed her head. "So anyway Seth, I just wanted to tell you what a great job you are doing. Oh sir you're too kind. No really. I do my best sir. Seth, I'm going to make you my second in command. What? Yes that's right you get Chaos's job and he can work as the janitor. If you insist captain." she was slightly bored and conversing to herself as Gojaru and herself. She didn't really want Chaos's job, but it was fun to tease.
"I really got to stop locking myself in here." she sighed as she tightened a bolt.
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Post by Snow on Mar 18, 2008 18:01:42 GMT -4
Aya shifted sensing Catzuki's discontent. She tried tried to wake herself up but didn't have any luck.
Chaos was clearly not paying attention though he did catch something about thinking they were both dead. He looked up at the screen, "I'm sorry you were whining," he yawned, "Can we just skip to the point?" His fingers traced along his keyboard and he didn't even have too look down as he began to input commands.
"Only pirates believe in jinxes." he then said, playing on superstition and the old belief that pirates were the most superstitious of any job. "Now, I am a trained Hyper Quantam officer, I don't believe in luck, superstitions or any of those old space legends." Which was mostly true, he wouldn't really claim to be highly trained for Hyper Quantam. "So if you could really cut to the point and your intentions without whining, I might be glad to oblige and help you out. Depending," he paused, "On how you can help us out."
Lies, all of it of course and Chaos was only waiting to see how far these guys would go before blowing them to smithereens. Afterall, anyone who had something against Catzuki probably had something against Aya. And it took everything he had not to kill them now.
-=-=-= Minoru immediately turned to his mother.
"After you finish highschoool." Yuki replied before hte boy could even ask.
And with a pouty face he turned back to Gojaru and ignored hte stern look his mother was giving him. "She's really that mean." he spoke. His grandmother was strict but to him it translated as mean. She was doing her best to keep him out of trouble but much like his father he was strong willed and didn't deal well with authority.
"Minoru, Maybe during the summer you can visit the ship." Yuki offered, "But you have to stop getting into trouble at school."
Minoru looked at his mom for a minute then back to Gojaru, "Really?" he seemed almost tortured and hoped that Gojaru would be able to talk Yuki out of that.
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Post by Mikari on Mar 18, 2008 19:06:32 GMT -4
Catzuki saw Aya shift in he sleep. "sleep well, whatever it is, it will be taken care of..." she whispered. It better be taken care of, or it would all be Chaos' fault.
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"Why you... You are hiding her, just like those records from Hyper Quantum said. Everyone attack!" The attack command was the last thing transmitted before the communication link was cut. The leader ship fell back, allowing the other six to act as a shield and at the same time attack the Starlight Falcon.
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Gojaru was about to respond with something along the lines of 'if Yuki-chan says you have to wait, you need to listen to her, because she knows what's best' but he couldn't disappoint Minoru when he looked to him like a hero. Besides, Minoru reminded Gojaru of himself when he was younger, always looking for adventure and getting into trouble. "Aw c'mon Yuki-chan, I'll gladly welcome Minoru on the ship any time. Isn't there a weekend coming up or something?"
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Post by Snow on Mar 19, 2008 0:00:14 GMT -4
"Why is it no one wants to play with me?" an irritated Chaos inquired. He put his hands behind his head and gave an irritated sigh then clapped his hands together. "Whatever, alright guys! It's time! turn them to dust!"
Chaos finished his commands and watched as several weapons were activated upon his fingers stopping their typing. He heard the cheers and applause of his comrades. He gave a grin, "Well, well, you know the drill boys. Don't stop until you know there's nothing left."
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Yuki should have seen that coming and she put her hands on her hops ready to scold Gojaru for enabling Minoru's delinquent behavior. But of course her five year old son spoke faster than she did.
"That's great! And awesome!" Minoru cheered, "Because this weekend is soon and then I can me Mr. Gojaru and and!" he jumped and cheered some more ebfore sitting on the chair.
Yuki looked at the two and stomped her foot. "Only, and I mean this. If you" the you was so unspecified, so it could have been meant towards Gojaru or Minoru, "Do not get into anymore trouble."
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