Gailardia Academy: Conundrum (PG-16)

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"An ovalisk, huh?" Seria said aloud, flipping through a completely different book now, one about 'fictional' creatures. The boy had never announced the species of the creature, but for some reason Seria was well educated in regards to the subject of those creatures unknown to most of the world. "Yeah... might have been a bad thing to run into that, considering it has the ability to regress anyone into a cute loving, childlike ovalisk through physical contact..." She muttered, getting a sweatdrop out of both Jill and David in response.

"Wait wait wait! You mean if any of us were to touch that innocent little girl, we could become a cute loving ova-whatchamacallit?" David asked, apparently confused at the subject. The discussions involving these things were still so new to Jill and him, that they had problems comprehending what was going on sometimes.

"Psht, I could do that to you and I'm not even an ovalisk." Jill laughed. The group was lucky that people had started heading into shops for lunch, so the streets were basically empty. Well, empty aside from the boy approaching the coffee shop, with two girl trailing behind him. He went towards the door, but headed over to the group as he saw Seria.

"You are Seria Blackwater, right?" Noi said cheerfully, yet he seemed nervous. "Could I possibly have a word with you? I'm Noi Magistram, and I've been asked to come to you with a message from the Counsel. Could you possibly step inside with me for a moment?"

"Magistram? You mean you're his grandson?" She replied, recieving a nod, and she followed him inside for approximately three minutes. He told the two girls that had been with him to stay outside, but were requested inside as Seria came out. "You guys." She stated calmly. "Have you heard much about the recent student disappearances?"

"What? The rumors of multiple students disappearing each night? I thought that all it is is a rumor." Jill replied, a sudden burst of interest showing in Davids eyes.

"Yeah well, if you want to see the truth, meet me out here tonight at midnight. It means you have to sneak out, and it will probably be dangerous, but... I'll explain my reasons if you come." She then wandered off after mumbling "Now I need to get ready..."

"Dangerous? How bad could it be?" David said as he got up, Jill following after. He began to walk away, a brown dog tail poking out from his pants bringing a giggle from Jills lips. "Well, we're going. And if it means staying up past midnight, I'm going to get some shut eye. Nice meeting you all." He concluded with a wave of the hand in the air, the tail still wagging.

"Don't worry, I'll disable the spell... later." Jill giggled as she ran after. "See yas!"

OOC: My next post is going to be fast-forwarded to nighttime, so you might want to wrap up any day business you have.
 
"Nene, Seiji, didja hear that??" Kiri hissed in a near inaudible whisper. Seiji sighed, folding his arms.

"If you heard it, how could I have not heard it?" Seiji snapped, but Kiri ignored him.

"Let's gooooooooo~!" She grabbed Seiji's arm and dragged him out of the coffee shop, leaving behind an empty coffee cup, a notebook with various vampire books scratched out, and a copy of Dracula. Oddly enough, there was a 2 dollar tip that wasn't there before. But, those were the benefits of being a witch.

"You're such a pain!" Seiji tried to rip his arm out of Kiri's grasp, but she relentlessly held on.

"Didn't you hear it?? Aren't you curious??" She asked after they had passed even the library.

"I heard it." Seiji said flatly, "But I'm not curious."

"Yes you are." Kiri waved her hand, convinced, "Let's tag along!"

Seiji sighed heavily, "Can't you mind your own business for once? Just once in your life time?"

"I've already completed that step!" Kiri grinned, "Otherwise I'd be bothering you about why you're so much like a big scary vampire!"

Seiji narrowed his eyes, "I'm not sure whether to be insulted or grateful."

"Be grateful!" Kiri chirped, "So! It's decided Coffee Shop~ Midnight!" And with that she skipped around the back of the library, and disappeared with a snap of her fingers. Seiji, however, would tag along only because it had been maybe ten years since his last trip outside at night. Hopefully, this little adventure of Kiri's would be blood free, otherwise, somebody would be living about a thousand years by the time tomorrow was done.

OOC: Crap post. ._.; But it was kind of awkward to stick myself into things.
 
I nodded slowly, and started to move off, thinking, not noticing that Elly had taken my hat, and wore it draping over her eyes as she followed in perfect step behind me. Missing students.. The first thought that came to mind was a necromancer of some sort using them in experiments, and I shook my head, trying to think clearly. Why did it have to be a summoner of undead? It could be any number of causes. My thoughts seemed to be more and more biased since the wreck. I sighed as I headed back to my room. If it was going to be dangerous, I needed some meditation to keep myself fresh for midnight. "Come on Elly, lets go rest."


Mia And Ami pretended very well that they hadn't been trying to listen, but they gave eachother meaningful looks. "Noi..." they both said in unison, but Mia trailed off, and Ami continued. "If it's going to be dangerous, I really don't think you should put yourself in that kind of trouble." She said, a worried look on her face. Mia took the opportunity to put her arm around Noi's shoulder. "Yeah, maybe this once, you could send one of us out to find the information for you, and just relax inside with the other one to guard you." She said, in a too-innocent tone of voice, which went right over Ami's head. "That Sounds like the safest idea." Mia's oblivious twin said, smiling warmly.
 
Leon looked at Seria blankly for a moment. "Regress??? As in making someone younger?" Leon said the thought of this making him shutter. "Um yah, that's not really for me I was a hell raiser as a kid, hyperactive, immature, prank pulling, trust me, it's a good thing I don't have an older sibling, I wouldn't have made it this far, they would have killed me, heck I would have killed me!" Leon was a bit nervous he wanted to avoid this girl know, he didn't want to have to deal with the aftermath that he would cause if he would happen to be regressed in any way, shape, or form.

Then Leon's ears raise high, after hearing what Jill just said. "really you can huh?" This made Leon give out and uneasy laugh looking at David, sneaking over to him. "Dude, whatever you do, don't let your little sister turn me into a kid ok? I remember what I was like, if I think like I did back then, I would happily join her in all kind of pranks and tricks, and I really don't want to have to deal with the trouble I cause when I come back to my senses. And hyperactive kid, and unstable werewolf powers, equals trouble, plus, you'll be in the middle of a tornado of chaos! I don't what you can do, but man, nothing good can come of me becoming a kid." Leon whispered to David trying to stress what kind of trouble could be caused if Jill deiced to have some fun with him, though the thought of causing mischief with the girl did sound kind of fun.

Leon noticed three other's enter, a guy, and twin girls, the guy approaching Seria, Leon simply sting there and listening. 'Missing students? This sounds big.. Really big.. Well I always did like mystery shows…' Leon thought to himself sitting silently. After the time was announced Leon smirked with enthusiasm. "No problem, I can sneak out easy, plus maybe I can even stretch out my claws, if you know what I mean." Leon aid winking, still smirking. As David walked away, Leon noticed the dog tail wagging behind him, he was about to say something, when he swallows his words, David was a cool guy and all, but messing with his little sisters fun, and getting on her bad side was something he was a little afraid to do, David didn't even seem to notice, and Leon couldn't help but snicker at the canine appendage, having had been there before. "Well I guess I'll be going too, I'm getting really hungry, no worries, I'll be here, I've always been a bit of a night owl anyway, big surprise." Leon said rolling his eyes and chuckling strolling out the door, looking for a pizza place to stop at before heading back to his dorm, he was about fill the bottomless pit his stomach had become with a whole large meat lovers pizza, so maybe he could relax before midnight.
 
Shopping District; outside Deitra's Coffee and Cake shop. 11:55pm.

"Well, I hope you learned your lesson for the night, Diana." Jill laughed at the little girl she had dragged all of the way to the coffee shop from her dorm. The pair stood right before the shop door, and Jill took note of the rate the clouds were covering the starry sky. The girl looked to be about ten years old, and she had straight, red hair that was cut at her shoulders. She was dressed in a simple white blouse and jean skirt. The most noticible features on the girl were her two long, pointed ears. Judging by the redness of her eyes, she had recently been crying, and she was shaking. "So, David, this is what you get for telling me to 'stop acting like a scared little girl'."

"S-s-stop it!" The little girl piped up, she sounded shy, timid, but most of all, scared. "You didn't have to drag me all the way here like this, i-i-f you had just changed me back, I wouldn't be s-s-o scared..." David was almost clinging to his sister at this point. Truth be told, her powers had some serious kick to them when applied in such a manor. "C-c-change me back before the oth-"

"DAVID!? AHAHAHAHAHA."

"...others get here..."

"Oh, god. That's hilarious Jill, you could seriously start up a show and make a lot of money entertaining with your powers!" Seria laughed as she approached the duo, crouching down to get a better look at David. "If it wasn't for the hair colour and ears, I wouldn't have even known it was him!" David could tell, it was obvious. Seria was being very cautious about something. As if almost by a mood swing, she turned dead serious. "You better change him back before 12 though. It would be a problem i you left him like this."

"Yeah, yeah. We still have four minutes." Jill laughed as she threw her arm around David's neck, placing him into a headlock. As she let go, she gave one more comment. "I want the others to see him first~"

"MEANIE!" David shouted immaturely, causing the other two to laugh some more.

Meanwhile, in some bushes across from the shop, Noi was tucked away with room for both him and the twins, watching the group. "Really, that girls transformation powers are something. It really makes me wonder what that boy can do... I wonder if Seria's suspicions were correct." He said aloud to nobody in particular.
 
"Who knows." Mia said, her voice somewhat strained. She ahd been garunteed that there would be danger here, and she didn't want to risk Noi in any way. She had been working just as hard as her sister at guarding him, but she tended to worry about it far more. Ami piped up, cheerful as usual "It'd be interesting to see if she could actually affect Robert. At the very least, it might make her a little nicer."


I stood on the roof, and went through my pockets and gear one last time. Banshee sword. Good. Walking stick, good. Cigarettes, lighter. Good. Marbles, good. Swiss army knife, good. Firecrackers, good. I had everything I was likely to need, so I stepped forward to the roof. "Beautiful night to die." I remarked idly, gazing up at the sky, not hearing the faint rush of air behind me as Elly pounced into a tackle-hug. "Get off of me! ...ELLY, GEROFF!" I yelled as she swung herself around on my neck, tilting me off balance. "SONOFA!" I yelled, the air thankfully knocked out of me by my collision with pavement as I fell to the street below. "Owie." I said, breathing in and out slowly to recover my bearings, Elly standing on my chest as though this was a regular occurance.
 
"Uh-oh!" Kiri giggled, swinging her legs as she sat on the edge of the roof, "Looks like somebody had a little trouble with the wardrobe tonight!" Her bright azure eyes practically cut through the darkness of the night against the black sky, and the person who owned the red eyes standing beside Kiri scoffed.

"More like a problem with his gender." Seiji folded his arms and rolled his eyes, possibly the only one who wasn't laughing at the elf's obvious misfortune, his pointy ears sticking out like a sore thumb, and Seiji's vampire eyes being able to see them through the clear daylight- or, well, nightlight.

Kiri hopped off the roof and said, "Hey hey, we-"

"You."

Kiri glared over her shoulder, just to find that Seiji had already disappeared, "Happened to overhear you today in the shop," Kiri jerked her thumb at the coffee shop behind her, "We'll keep it secret, so don't worry! I, am the MASTER, at keeping secrets. And Seiji is like," Kiri made a face and folded her arms, imitating the boy, "Very very stingy. He's got nobody to tell it to. So anyway, anyway," She repeated herself out of excitement, "Something about the headmaster??"

Seiji's heavy sigh was heard as he sat down on the bench in front of the coffee shop, having emerged from the side alley, "Kiri's just a nosy brat."

"That was mean!!" Kiri whined, blubbering blatantly fake tears, "You're no fun Seiji! Butthead! Butthead!"

Blood or no blood, Seiji was ready to bite Kiri's head off- quite literally, in his case. Clamping his mouth shut to hide his growing fangs, he sat stock still, trying to simmer down, even though he was visibly sizzling from annoyance.

"A~nyway!" Kiri gave the group a sunny smile, "My sincerest apologies for butting in, but I just couldn't resist being curious! Me and Seiji'll just tag along, feel free to ignore us to the fullest!"

OOC: Wow. I'm so not used to butting in. xDD Crappy post, but oh well.
 
Leon was leisurely walking through the streets, whistling lowly, keeping an eye out for near by trees, just incase someone was to walk by, he need somewhere to hide after all, he wasn't about to get caught, not know. Leon's attire hadn't changed that much, he had kept his jacket clean enough to wear it again, but he had changed his jeans, to a more slightly tattered, fade version, after all, didn't want to lose a good pair because of his tail. He also wore sandals, just incase he need to quickly rip off his shoes. Leon was somewhat excited, this could be fun, or a disaster, or perhaps even a fun disaster, either way, Leon was ready for it, and the great thing was, these people weren't normal, it would be harder for Leon not to wolf out, it was night, the moon might peak out of the oddly cloudy night, and the moon always made it harder, except for that one night, when the moon is covered by shadow.

Leon arrived, a few minutes early, actually just in time for someone to say David, and then start bursting into laughter. Leon slowly walked over, not wanting to attract attention, noticing Seria right off the bat, she was talking to Jill about her powers, this alone caused a chill down Leon's spine, Jill was basically his worst nightmare, the annoying little girl next door, with super natural powers. "Glad to see you guys made it, but wears…" Leon cut himself off, noticing the younger girl that look a lot like.. Leon let out a small chuckle, covering his mouth trying to hold it in, it was, well, freaken hilarious, but a second later, Leon's laughter stopped, after he realized something, if she could do THAT to David, who was an elf, a creature of magic, what could she do to him? If David was so defenseless, then he was beyond defenseless, the only thing he could honestly do was try not to provoke the young mage.

Leon just leaned against a wall, trying not to cross the girl's path, he was admittably even more afraid of her now, as she put David in a headlock he couldn't help but think out load. "Man, and I thought I was a demented kid.." Leon said a few second later realizing he had done nothing to make that sentence quite. There was little doubt in his mind that all three would hear that, and that caused him to get nervous, really nervous, he was even starting to sweat a bit. And the a few second after words he realized, that when he got nervous, especially during the night, something usually happened, the first thing he did was feel above his head, tugging on what were know triangular wolf ears. "Why is it always the freaken ears!?" Leon said pulling on them hard, it hurt but he didn't care right know he was annoyed with his lack of control; it's been eating at him for days. His mother only taught him some basic exercises if the change came out of the blue, neither them expect it to pop up when he was this far away from her, at this age, so it's really become a problem. Leon gave a deep exhale, deciding just to leave them alone, there didn't seem to be much point in hiding them, not right know at least, everyone seemed to have there own, plus if anyone came by, he could simply cover them, I mean what's going to be stranger, a boy wearing a hood, or a girl to young to attend classes at the school popping out of no where?

Leon noticed other's joining, a girl that seemed a bit.. Immature, but nice enough, Leon wasn't one to talk, he tired to act mature, simply because he w as a brat in his younger years, but he didn't really pull it of that well. An the other guy.. Gave off a weird feel, Leon could smell him, and it was different, he couldn't put his finger on it, but it was something.. Werewolves and vampires have always had an odd history usually there natural born enemies, but there are plenty of cases of the two being friends. Leon felt no hatred to this guy, but something kept striking him as odd, odder then the others around him, it was a nagging feeling that would stop, but Leon simply brushed it away for know, simply waiting to see what happened next, it was almost like watching a play, after someone through you on stage.
 
OOC: Crap post, but it's late. Sorry. XD;

IC: "Ugh, Jill, change him back. I'm pretty sure all of us, if not just me, are sick and tired of seeing him looking so pathetic." Seria finally complained as she surveyed the area once more, taking careful note of the location of Noi and his bodyguards. It would be... problematic if something was to happen to him. After she was instructed, Jill began chanting the reversal spell. Well, a form of a reversal spell anyways. After the golden light around the young girl subsided, things were fixed somewhat. Instead of the little girl, there was a girl about David's age. It was obvious that Jill had only reversed the age portion of the spell, as the girl had red hair that went halfway down here back, and she was dressed in larger versions of the white blouse and jean skirt. Whats more, she could have been considered a cute girl, as she had all that what most guys would find attractive, including a cute face. The notable flaw was still obvious; the elven ears extending outwards from her hair.

Seria let out a giggle, before glancing at the watch on her right wrist. "11:59. I guess that form will have to do for now, since she should still be able to use her magic in that form."

"She? What? Didn't she change me- Ah!" David exclaimed as he heard his own voice and got a good look at his new 'assets'. "Wait. My magic? What am I going to need my magic for?"

"You'll find out in 5..." She pulled her hand into her shirt. "4..." She seemingly grabbed an object from within her shirt. "3..." Her arm shot out of the sleeve, revealing a pistol. "2..." She took aim at the door to the coffee shop. "1..." She placed her finger on the trigger. "Game time." As if the entire thing was rehearsed, various yells and screams echoed from across the campus. Most of them weren't even human...

The door to the coffee shop basically exploded open, a large, black, worm of some form shooting outwards towards Seria. Still airborn, without its entire body out the door, it opened a large, bloodred eye as if it were to attack, only to get a bullet down the middle. The carcass fell to the floor, and eventually faded into the air.

"Wh-wh-what the hell was THAT!?" Jill and David said in synch. It sounded a lot more natural with David as a girl compared to when he was male. "Jill... change me back."

"Yeah, yeah. Probably not a good time for my sense of humor, huh?" She smirked in reply before giving a short chance, leaving a completely normal David standing before the group.

Seria jumped onto a nearby rail, and then leapt into the street. "Dammit, there are more of them than I originally assumed! Noi! You hurry up and brief them, I'm checking out the Public area!" She then disappeared in the blink of an eye. The brother and sister duo were, at this point, very confused.

Deciding he was tired of sitting around unarmed, David closed his eyes, and his hair began to glow as a sword composed of red light began to form in his right hand. As the sword became whole, he opened his eyes with his hair still glowing, sword in hand.

"Okay! Time to give you guys a rundown!" Noi said cheerfully as he appeared from behind the bushes with his hand in the air. He sweatdropped, however, as he felt breathing on his neck, and a pair of glowing red eyes appeared. This beast looked more like a big, black tauren than anything...
 
I immidiately stepped forward, bringing my walking stick up to bear, causing it to seem to reflect an impossible ammount of moon and starlight on it's glossy black surface. But even as I tried to advance on the beast, Mia literally thrust herself at Noi, trying to knock him bodily out of the thing's range, as Ami leapt onto it's back, unsheathing a four inch switchblade, and immidiately trying to rapidly stab and cut at the things neck, hoping to hit an artery. "Elly. Hide. I'll call you if something human that needs disposal comes up." I said in a flat tone, and the dangerous creature nodded, hopping off into a dark alleyway. Now I wouldn't have to worry about collateral damage...
 
Kiri blinked, sweatdropping as she squeaked in a high pitched voice, "Oh! Hi, big beastie!"

"Damn you!!" Seiji yelled, and Kiri blinked spinning around. Her eyes widened and she stumbled backwards, right into one of the big black monsters and she spun around snapping her fingers as many times as she could, and after the tenth snap, the freakish being disappeared entirely. Normally, Seiji would've been dumbfounded, but as he cradled his face in his hands and stumbled back into a dark alleyway, he saw nothing of what Kiri had just done. Letting out an agonized yell, the shriek of a bat was heard, the choker around Seiji's neck folded itself into the shape of a bat and flew across the moonlit road, shadows following it.

"I thought you were a vampi-"

"Yorimaru." At this point in time, Seiji had calmed down, his fangs that stretched halfway down his chin indicating his age, his skin even paler, and his jet black hair curling out, "Get rid of them."

The banshee-like laugh of the overgrown bat shrieked through the night and the shadows that he'd collected engulfed the black beasts and slowly turning his blood-red eyes towards the boy who had kept his gender earlier, he murmured, "Werewolf."

The bat laughed again and hissed, "Roger that."

He bolted for the werewolf and Kiri snapped her fingers again, the bat letting out a strangled cry as it folded back into a choker and snapped itself around Seiji's neck. Kiri looked serious for almost a second before she wagged her finger at Seiji scoldingly, "That's a very very bad vampire!! You don't attack allies, silly!"

Seiji narrowed an eye and sighed, "You ruined the moment, pitiful girl. I haven't even the bloodlust to kill a werewolf now."

"That's the point!" Kiri grinned and gave him a thumbs up, snapping her fingers three times, the smaller monster behind her disappearing, "You must be ancient to get rid of all THOSE monsters! And your fangs are pretty long too."

A very visible vein pop made it's way to Seiji's forehead as he grumbled, "Gee. Thanks. I feel so young. At any rate..." Seiji put the back of his hand against his fangs, "This is what I get, for tagging along. Tell me when the blood's gone." He removed his hand from his mouth and covered his eyes, the fangs visibly shrinking as each second passed.

Kiri turned and snapped both her fingers, but paused.

"Uh-oh."

"Uh-oh what?" Seiji snapped, annoyed.

Kiri snapped her fingers again and again, "Uh-oh!!" She cried more frantically this time, "Wand, wand, wand!!" She muttered snapping her fingers. After what seemed like a lifetime (more like, one minute,) a bright cherry red wand fell into Kiri's hand and the girl sighed, "I used too much today. Can't believe I have to use this junk." She tapped the crimson liquid that had splattered on the bench and the rest of it disappeared, "Blood, all gone!"

OOC: If it's not okay that I got rid of most of the beasties, then tell me. < <;;
 
This time Leon couldn't help bit snicker, a female David didn't quite bother him as much as a crying, little female David. Then a count down started, this made Leon a bit tense, this would probably mean something, Seria was acting like the world might end at one. The when she actually said won Leon just stared at the door of the coffee shop he was leaning against, dumbfounded at the giant black worm blasting out the door. "Well you don't see that everyday." Lean said blankly doing a back flip afterwards, getting out of the worms range, sense getting his werewolf powers, Leon had become quite the acrobat.

'Ok, know what did mom say? Punch, kick, smash, bash, whatever, but claw and fang are only for emergencies, or against real monsters' Leon though looking at the worm creatures. 'Yah ok, I think they qualifies as "Monsters" well I haven't eaten a worm in twelve years, but if there was ever a time..' Lean said still starting blankly at the creatures. "Well looks like it's party time." Leon said smirking, his fangs showing, he was getting excited. Then he started to sniff the air, turning around, seeing a large bat bolting toward him, looking like it had the intent to suck him dry of his blood.

As it came closer, something in Leon snapped, he was quickly on all fours, growling loudly at the on coming creature fangs flaring, then it was snapped back to what Leon was sure was a vampire. Even then Leon growled a bit more for a minute, then coming back to his scenes, looking dumb founded once again. "Wow… That's new.." Leon said getting to his feet noticing that there were still creatures in the area. "Well if there was ever a time to be cover with fur from head to toe…" Lean said closing his eye for a moment. It was almost instant if you blink you would miss it, Leon was a full blown werewolf, it was one thing about his type of werewolf, the transformation was quick and painless, unlike some poor souls. "Ok, so know what?" Leon said not know whether to attack these things or not, but he was ready to go wild if need be.
 
"Anyways, back on topic." Noi sighed as he swatted away a small, mouselike monster with the golden staff in his hand. He moved closer to the main group, who were all combating the creatures themselves. "These monsters are referred to as Viruses. It's unknown where they come from, but they like to feed on humans. They started to appear the night the Headmaster disappeared, and it has forced us to hire Seria."

"Hire Seria? For what?" David replied as his blade pierced the flesh of a snake virus attacking Jill. Jill wasn't particularly good at self defence, but she was helpful at support magic.

"Seria, well... She's a virus hunter of sorts." Noi answered after fending off another mouse virus. "I can't really go into more detail than that right now. If you want to learn more, its best to ask her later." He threw his right index finger into the air, as if it was a queue for the sound of gunfire that followed, as well as the moans and groans of dying viruses. "That would be her. Anyways, these viruses only came out between the hours of 12am and 6am. The reason I had Seria call you guys here, was, well, because I want to enlist your aid. We're trying to throw together a Virus defence group."
 
I sighed, getting out a small lighter, and lighting a single cigarette. As a long legged, wiry Virus came close, looking almsot like a spider, apart from the fact that it had several dozen legs, I put the killer to my mouth, and exhaled rather than inhaled, my power turning it into a minature flamethrower, but exhausting the cigarette in a matter of moments. "I think I don't have anything better to do for the next two years, so why not?" I asked, suddenly twitching as I heard a shout. "RRRROOOBBBIIIIEEE!"I jumped in shock, right as I felt a small pinprick from a neurotoxic dart in my back. I was much more afraid of the voice, though.

A young, blonde haired, blue eyed girl with alight blue T shirt, and much darker jeans pounced off of a rooftop, locking her arms around my neck, causing me to fall to the ground with her on top of my back. "Robbie, I finally found you again, it's sooo good to see you again!" She said, and I responded with some strangled gargling sounds into the pavement.
 
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