Exotic Hawaiian and Snake Guy[DA]

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji had one the chance to get one of the three packages offered to those who won at the auctions. Seiji had one after laying down four thousand dollars on Pandora who had been up for auction. He had been willing to lay down more and the auction had been pretty intense when he showed up to it a little bit late, but Pandora had put everyone in their place. Seiji still recalled that another guy wanted to bid some more but Pan was not having it and allowed Seiji to win. He was still a little nervous about winning but he and Pandora were friends so he felt like there was no harm in winning her from the auction and getting a moment to hang out with one another. They had talked about it and decided that Package 2 would be the best for them.

Since the first one would have probably been too awkward for the two friends and the third one offered seemed to be a lot of physical activity, but that was not really the problem. The problem was that they would end up completely alone somewhere and Seiji was still getting used to being around well anyone alone. He was pansexual after all but seemed to be dealing with more females of late so felt himself being more drawn to them. Still, he and Pandora were friends and he was happy with that, not really the type to push for anything past friendship since he always felt like he was only friend material. "Thanks for joining me with this. You didn't have to you known. I would have been just fine paying up and you going to do your own thing." Seiji said as he looked over to Pandora who would more than likely have Akiko around her neck and nuzzling under her chin.

They had an express pass to get on any ride that they liked and they could get all the free food they wanted for this night. Seiji already felt like he was going to be nice and full when this was all over. "What ride would you like to get on first?" Seiji then asked as he stopped and looked around, considering what he might want to go on but could not think up of anything really.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

Maybe Pandora had been a bit too excited for this outgoing with Seiji. To her, there were plenty of reasons to be excited: For one, he was a new friend of hers, and he was super nice, and respectful. Oh! He was also a giving person! Bidding on her for a date auction for a good cause was always a plus in Pandora's book. He was also cute, not in the whole major hunk, 'each one of my biceps do their own push ups' type of ordeal but he was cute for his own reasons. Personality wise and such. And who wouldn't be excited to go to the fair and eat horrible foods while getting on rides that probably weren't even federally checked by law officials?

"Thanks for joining me with this. You didn't have to you known. I would have been just fine paying up and you going to do your own thing." With Akiko on her person, Pandora wrapped both arms around one of Seiji's arms as she looked up at him with a smile. "I should be the one thanking you. I promised to go through with the Date Auction no matter who won the bidding and a promise I shall keep. Though, I'm really glad it was you." She nodded before stepping back and posing, "Do you like my outfit? Akiko helped me pick it out. I tell ya, she might as well go to Fashion School with me, her tastes are amazing." Pandora was seen spotting a white tank underneath her overalls that were shorts, and floral sneakers.

"Oh! Eruumm..." Pan turned around as she scoped the area. Her bright smile then turned sinister. "That one!" Pointing at one of the highest rides there, of course. It was one of THOSE rides where you and a few others sat in a row of seats, then got shot up to the highest point of the ride, the dropped down AS FAST AS POSSIBLE... then rinse and repeat. Pandora grabbed Seiji's arm and hugged it as she tracked through the crowd of people. She didn't event take into consideration if Seiji had been afraid of extreme heights. Why would you be afraid of heights? How could anyone be afraid of heights? IT WAS LIKE FLYING!

"You'll totally love it."

Her Look

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji was also excited, he was just more so freaking out a little bit on the inside that was causing him to look more like he was thinking. Granted he always looked like he was thinking or just ready to be nice to pretty much anyone and everyone. That was basically how he was so it was not a stretch at all. He was looking forward to being able to get in front of lines of all those who had to wait. Part of him would feel bad but at the same time that feeling of power did make his blood pump a little. Being able to just show up to a ride and be let on and then getting free food. He was happy that he naturally had a height metabolism so Pandora would not have to end up rolling him out of the fair. If she did, she probably would end up teleporting them and while Seiji was looking forward to experience her power first hand, he was also a little bit worried.

Her power made things appear as orbs which suggested things were broken up. What if not everything arrived at the proper location or got left behind? Yeah, thinking like that did make him a little bit scared but he was still looking forward to it, risk and all. His heart jumped a little at Pandora's arms going around his arm and that smile of hers. Keep it together, don't over think things.Seiji told himself as he took a deep breath. It was just friendly clinging and it was kind of cute. Just still something he had to get used to since he was not really used to well physical contact from others that was not just shaking hands or a simple hug. He was used to handshaking and hugs, but arm cling was still pretty new for the college guy. "Thanks...that is very kind of you to say." Seiji said with a small blush on his face that she was pleased that it had been him that won. Even if she did sort of stop the bidding he was pretty sure that he could have still won the bid unless that one girl by the name of Franck stepped in.

He stopped and looked her over as she posed for him, asking if he liked her outfit and pointing out that Akiko had helped her to pick it out. Just like you to pick something that shows off a lot of her skin. Seiji thought to his snake, giving her a mental note, but Akiko just looked as proud as a snake could. "You look amazing and she has been known to have her taste in style oddly." Seiji admitted, not really knowing how for sure Akiko knew how to help people pick out outfits. Wait, that was a lie. He caught Akiko reading fashion magazines before and knew the snake did have a habit of going for 'less is better'. If all of Seiji's snakes had it there way then they would pretty much have everyone going around naked and nature, since none of them wore clothing. Seiji still stuck to dressing himself, wearing jeans and a short sleeve shirt that read 'I'm with Beautiful'. Alright, so he did not pick the shirt and it was even a whim by, but all of his snakes said that he had to wear it.

It had a good design after all and Seiji could not complain about how soft it felt to wear, seeing as it was made out of cotton. Yet it was still nice and breathable that he was not going to burn up in the heat of the sun. He looked to her and she thought about a ride, a little worried about her smile but just looked to the ride she pointed out. Oh great, something that went up really high and dropped you and repeated said steps over and over. No, he was not afraid of heights, he was not afraid of anything but spiders and since that didn't involve spiders he would be fine. "I never been on it, but it looks like it will be interesting. Certainly not a ride you want to get on after eating. All the up and down motion would cause you to lose your meal. I also suggest we sit in a certain location. Have Akiko pick it out." Seiji suggested, his mind working and figuring that people had indeed gotten sick on the ride and Akiko would make sure they would not sit in a seat that someone got sick in, even if it had been 'cleaned' up.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

"Aww you're welcome. I only say what's true, ya know." She giggled, "I mean, could you imagine if some creep had out bid you or something? I'd be so scared, maybe... okay well a little bit. It's hard to be afraid around others when you can simply teleport away." There had been some real creeps at their college level and even though Pandora was comfortable being around anyone, she'd rather be around someone who she trusted and she trusted Seiji, it made it that much more enjoyable.

Pan blushed with Seiji's compliment. It was probably the first time he ever threw her a compliment but then again they had just met not too long ago. Nodding she agreed with Seiji, Akiko did have great tastes for a snake. Yeah Pandora was pretty sure that she was still clueless on how snakes were able to decide on human things but she didn't really question it. "Awww really? Thanks! You look pretty amazing yourself. T-shirt, jeans and all." There was something about Seiji that really made Pandora happy to be around. He was a complete opposite of her, so maybe that was why. She did however notice his shirt, which had made her blush from when they first met up for the date. To know that he thought that she was beautiful... it was flattering.

Taking his hand, she continued to pull him towards the entrance of the ride. "Yeah yeah yeah, we'll make sure Akiko checks. Now c'mon tiger! Let's get some thrills and chills!"

Yeaaaahhh, maybe Pandora had been a bit too excited for the rides. It wasn't like they were at an amusement part or anything like that. You'd think the girl had tons of sugar before hand. 

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji nodded, knowing that Pandora was more of the type to speak the truth and he had a lot of respect for that. Since he personally knew that he told the truth pretty much all of the time unless he was supposed to be keeping something hidden; but even then he would say that he was not allowed to say something. He didn’t like the thought of her ending up with some creep either and since she was a 'looker' and creeps often showed up to the auctions he figured there was that risk. He just hoped the other that were put up for action didn't end up with creeps or anything else like that. He hoped that they all would have a good time with whoever they ended up with like he had planned on doing with Pandora. "True, unless they have a power similar to yours, or could prevent you from using yours. But I won't do anything creepy, not on purpose anyways." Seiji said, fumbling a little there for a second, realizing that you don't just tell someone of ways that someone could get around to hurting them. Trying to recover by letting her know that he was not a creep.

He caught the blush and that made him feel a little better, at least knowing that she was not creeper out by him giving her a compliment. Some might have been because Seiji was not a hunk or anything like that. His snakes told him he was attractive and he was told that he was cute, so those were all good things. Sure it would have been nice to be called hot, but oh well. He was not really looking for it and cute was well enough because that meant that he was sort of like a little animal to those that called him cute which was a far better compliment then being called something related to snakes. "You think so? I felt like the t-shirt might be too much, but I felt that it was factual enough that I could wear it and no one would disagree with what it says. You just have to make sure you stay on the side the arrow is pointing to." Seiji said with a small chuckle, making a sort of joke/tease there as well. Even if he really did mean that she was beautiful because she was. He didn't need his snakes telling him that to know and think that she was.

His heart started to beat a little faster again when she grabbed his hand but it settled as they moved towards the ride. She was completely eager for all of this clearly and it was making Seiji smile and feel a little eager as well. Akiko was already moving to peek her head out from Pandora's jumper pocket and flicking her tongue in the air, picking up all sorts of scents and information. They were allowed to go to the front of the line, and right to getting on the ride thanks to their passes that Seiji's showed the person in charge of letting people onto the rides. "She said the ends would be safe to sit at." Seiji informed Pandora and even gave her a small tug to lead her in the direction of one of the end. Grabbing a seat and buckling himself in as Akiko moved to be on a safer location on Seiji. Not wanting to be crushed by the bars or smoothed or anything. She personally was not looking forward to this ride.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

"True, unless they have a power similar to yours, or could prevent you from using yours. But I won't do anything creepy, not on purpose anyways."

"Hmm... never really thought about that. I know you'd never be a creep, so I'm not worried." Seiji, a creep? He didn't seem as if he would hurt a fly let alone creep around females such as herself. He was very respectful and honest and she loved that about him so hopefully he realized that she did trust him to be around her and that she was very comfortable around him as well. She continued to blush as he went on about the t-shirt, "Oh stop it. My face will be beet red by the time we're done with our outing and stuff." She smiled sheepishly at him, "But thank you, I'll be sure to switch to the other arm when we get off this ride."

Once Seiji gave her the say when Akiko figured where it would be cleaner to sit, Pandora got even more excited. She was such a little thrill seeker but what could you expect from someone who was a surfer and had parents who were marine biologists? Doing crazy shit was in her blood. "Yay!" Pan also grabbed a seat but right next to Seiji and fastened herself in before the ride workers went through and made sure that everyone was safe and secured in. Smiling brightly at Seiji, she kicked her feet in the air. "Ready?"

The ride operator asked if everyone was ready and once most of them screamed that they were, he began as if he was going to count to three but instead only counted to two and up they went. Pandora giggled as she screamed when they were shot up and halted at a complete stop at the tip top of the ride.

They were really far up.

[Seiji Lockard]

He was relived again that his words didn't really upset or make Pandora uncomfortable; she even was letting him know that she would never see him as a creep. That made him feel really good and he already started to calm down and ease up with his feelings about all of this. It was going to be fun, they were going to enjoy it, and he had nothing to worry about. They were friends, Pandora liked him, and he liked her. Maybe when this was all over they would call one another best friends forever. The thought made Seiji chuckle internally at calling someone his BFF. "If you ever have any problems with creeps, let me know." Seiji said, knowing that he was not really intimidating looking, but his power should be intimidation enough. He could get dirt on people with his snakes help, and he could easily scare or harm someone with again his snakes help.

Plus he knew basic self-defense so if they started a confutation then he would at least be able to protect himself. Maybe not kick their ass, but at least make the point of standing his ground for his friends. He chuckled when she told him to stop it or else her face was going to red by the time they were done with their outing. Part of him wanted to be bold and say that was his goal, but one it was not really, and two he was not that bold. "You still will look beautiful as you blush, so I personally won't have any complaints." Seiji spoke honestly, feeling like that was not really bold and fine to say. It was just him being his normal, kind, and honest self after all. Not seeking anything in return and just wanted her to know was all. He gave a nod when she said she would be sure to switch arms then. That way everyone would know his arrow on his shirt was pointing to her and would also implant the thought in their minds that Pandora was beautiful if they had not already thought it as soon as they spotted her.

He made sure he was buckled up tight, not wanting to fall out of the ride and doubled checked Akiko's location. Letting her know where the safest part on him would be and how she should curl up to not feel the dropping as much. He would have also suggested closing her eyes, but seeing as she was a snake and she could not do that, she was going to have to deal. She would deal, but probably have some complaints after the ride would be over. "Oh, just the usual internal screaming, but ready as I'll ever be." Seiji said with a small chuckle as he moved a little, feeling the ride start to make its climb. Yeah, they were pretty high up but he was still fine with the heights. It was the dropping that he was not falling looking forward to, knowing it was going to cause his stomach to drop and possible give the urge for him to pee. "Are you a scr-" Seiji was about to ask but then the ride dropped with great speed, cutting his words off as he felt his stomach summersault.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

Had he offered himself up for some sort of protection for her? Pandora didn't really mind but to know that he was willing to look out for her just in case she needed protection from creeps... Well, it was a kind gesture. And if that wasn't bad enough, he complimented her even when she was blushing. If he didn't stop then she'd end up looking as red as a tomato and if that was the case then hopefully he wouldn't notice. "Thanks."

"Are you a scr-" Pandora had looked over at Seiji wondering what he was going to ask... well until the ride dropped at a fast speed. She was sure that if she had a supersonic scream, she'd destroy the whole place with how loud she screamed. The drop in her stomach was the greatest feeling ever. Nerve wrecking, yes but a great feeling nonetheless. The ride operator had gone through the climb and drop about two more times before the ride ended and each time Pandora raised her arms in the air screaming in joy.

Once they finally got off the ride, Pandora smiled brightly as she waited for Seiji. "Ugh that was soooo much fun! It kinda makes you wanna go sky diving, sorta." Or not.

[Seiji Lockard]

He did, in a way. Well yes he did offer himself up to look after her and while he didn't think that was actually that big of a deal, he still did it. She was his friend and he wanted to help her out in any way he could. So if some jerks were bothering her, even if he was not really the 'fighting' type of guy he would still fight for his friends. Plus he knew how the body worked, what places caused the most pain, pleasure, and the like so he figured he would be able to at least do some damage. Plus again he had his snakes and that enabled him to do even more harm. If he was a bad guy, he could do some serious damage, hell with his ability to collect information with his snakes, he could have very well been DL. He was not, but he could be like her; and yes he did read her stuff, among other blogs just because he found it all fascinating.

"No problem. It's what friends are for after all." Seiji responded back to her thanks and really believed that. Friends were supposed to be there for you when you were at your weakest and strongest so Seiji was pretty much always there. All his friends had to do was call him and he would do that entire he could to get to them and try and make things better. He was going to ask if she was a screamer, but the drop happened, and his question was pretty much answered. Pandora letting out a nice yell that Seiji could not help but to chuckle at. He knew some people just ended up screaming on every ride, but he was more of the silent rider, unless the ride was like really worth him to scream. He chuckled a little, feeling his stomach drop and go back to place as the ride did its thing. When it stopped it took him a moment to actually stand without wobbling.

His legs felt a little weird but it had been really fun and he was grinning and nodding his head in agreement with part of what Pandora was saying. "It was fun, but I don't know about the whole wanting to go sky diving. My snakes certainly would not want to do it." Seiji said and as if on cue Akiko appeared hanging out of his coat all limp like. Seiji comforting his snake and moving her back to be on Pandora. "She said if the mouse she had not eaten was already digested, she probably would have just lost it on that ride." Seiji informed Pandora what Akiko was saying as the snake recovered from the ride and nuzzled Pandora, as if the other women would make it all better.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

"No problem. It's what friends are for after all."

The thought of it made Pandora smile. He had her back as she also had his but it was a bit more than that, they hadn't been friends for too long but ever since they met, Seiji had been nothing but sweet to her. With her personality, people were sometimes thrown off or annoyed in some way and then she always got attitude from other females because of how she looked. So it wasn't as easy to make friends as everyone assumed it would be for her and it wasn't as difficult to make enemies either.

Looking over at Seiji, she gave him a look. "Oh c'mon Seiji! Sky diving is probably like a eye opener or something. You gotta live your life to the extremes sometimes." Okay so now Pandora was talking like she was a extremist on a regular basis. Well she did enjoy things that made her heart jump, she was a surfer after all but it was clear that Seiji hadn't been into any of those things or Akiko. Looking at Akiko once she was on her person, Pandora smiled sheepishly. Last thing she wanted was a snake tossing back up a mouse.

Clinging back on to Seiji's arm, Pandora looked around for something specific as they made their way from the last ride. She looked up, "Are you hungry yet? We could get some really bad fair food that tastes reaaaalllyyy good." There was no doubt that the food served during fairs had to be one of the worst for the human body but it was damn near delicious and satisfying. Just thinking about the fried oreos, funnel cake, ribs, elephant ears... it was making her super hungry.

[Seiji Lockard]

It was always good to see someone that was his friend smile, it honestly was enough to make Seiji smile and be happy. If those around him were happy, then there was no need for him to be sad or unhappy. He had no problem with how Pandora was, her high energy made him feel like things were extra fun and he found it interesting. It was like her outlook on life was more of a happy one and who didn't want a person who seemed happy with things around them? Seiji most certainly was happy to be around someone with such an outlook on life and she also continued to deal with him. Him and his odd behavior from time to time for being a twenty-four year old. Plus she didn't have a problem with his snakes so that was even better.

They seemed to get along great, they were having fun, and in general Pandora was a really nice girl. He of course was not going to have a problem with her looks other than the whole blushing from time to time. "I guess that is one way at looking at it. I just don't have a power that would help me in case things went bad while being so high off the ground." Seiji pointed out since he was not a fan of being in a situation that he could not at least have some control over. Falling out of the sky and then his shoot not working would just be his luck and he figured that his death would be a lot more peaceful then hitting the ground with a splat.

If anything he figured he end up dying from a poisonous snakes that he tried to control but it was too much of a wild creature to fully obey him. Then he would not be able to come up with an antidote fast enough and that was how he thought he would die. Well that was depressing, yes Pandora brining up food sounded like a good idea. "Food does sound like a good idea. What something that we can eat that won't come back to bite us in the butts later?" Seiji asked with a small chuckle, only blushing a little bit this time as Pandora clung to his arm again. He only was blushing because the fact that he could feel her chest against his arm, and come one she was a very attractive woman. He could not help but to react a little bit.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

As they walked, she smiled over at him and shook her head. "Pfft. You wouldn't need any powers. People without powers do crazy stuff like skydiving e v e r y day! Always gotta stay positive. If you don't worry about stuff going bad, they won't." She understood Seiji's "fear" of heights... well if he was actually afraid of heights, she wasn't too sure but that's how it seemed. Pandora had a really active and adventurous family so she was used to doing crazy activities on the daily basis, except when she came to Montana which limited her. 

Looking around, she placed a finger on her lips only curious to see what was close enough for them to enjoy. "Ummm..." There! There had been a festival cart full of funnel cake and delights, knowing it wasn't good for them but she hoped Seiji didn't mind. They had free tickets and food during their time at the fair, right? So why not. With excitement, Pan didn't realized that she slipped her hand down and took a hold of Seiji's own, only to pull him along until they reached the funnel cake and fried snacks cart. "I don't think we'll be able to get away from horrible foods here. So how about this?"

Her big hazel eyes looked up at Seiji with a smile with a bat of her lashes. "Pwease?"

[Seiji Lockard]

"Well yes I know that but...I would not want to do it personally unless I had a power that could save me in case something bad happen. While they do have a backup shook, there are still a number of things that can go wrong and since I don't nor have the ability to fly or mess with gravity, I would not want to end up a pancake on the ground." Seiji explained because while he understood why people did it, he just knew he himself would not be able to do it without it being something related to his power. While the adrenaline rush would have been an interesting experience, he worked with snakes and owned a poisonous one that used to dislike him back when he first got her. That in itself was enough of an adrenaline rush for him to be satisfied with, that and the fact that from time to time he attracted other snakes that could very well try to kill him or whatever snake was on him. That was how he and Pandora met one another after all.

Seiji's eyes wondered around the fair, not really sure what it was that he wanted to eat but knew that he would not mind eating. He didn't really get much to eat this morning with trying to wrap up a little bit of work so now he had some cravings. Craving for pretty much anything that would sit in his stomach for a little while and make him feel good while eating it. Fair food would do just that because it would taste so good, even if it was so bad for you. Pandora pointed out a place that Seiji was quickly looking in the direction of. He didn't even get a chance to respond when he felt her hand in his and her tugging him along with her. He of course went along with the tugging and moved his legs fast enough to keep up with her. A blush made its way across the entirety of his face in the process and he could not actually manage to properly hold her hand back so it was mostly her holding his hand while he tried to calm down over the matter.

It's just hand holding. Sure most of your friends link arms with you, but hand holding is okay. Seiji told himself as they arrived at the little stand with funnel cake and friend snacks. This stand certainly was not healthy at all but most certainly was going to taste amazing. "I feel like I'm going to be a blimp after this." Seiji managed a small joke as he chuckled a little, getting the blush on his face to calm down a little bit. Already looking for the ticket that would allow them to get all the free food they desired. The face Pandora gave him has him pausing for a moment as the blushing returned and he just held the ticket out to her to take and order everything because he knew if he spoke right now, it would be a ramble and probably confuse the vendor.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

Even though Pandora listened to Seiji and took his side to an understanding point a view, she couldn't help but slip out a giggle when he mentioned ending up on the ground like a pancake. Pandora was weird like that, imagining stuff like that, visualizing it happening like a cartoon. When she knew very well it would be much more graphic than that. If there was one thing that Pan had caught onto, it was Seiji's way of thinking. His way of thinking and how he explained it sounded just like... how a specialist would explain it. Would you look at that. "You gotta think positive, tiger."

It wasn't until they stopped in front of the food cart that Pandora looked down and realized she had a hold of his hand. Oh. "Sorry."

Clearing her throat, she let his hand go and licked her bottom lip and looked away as she could feel her face heat up. She hadn't meant to, well she did but just not in a way to make Seiji feel uncomfortable. "Thank you." She took the ticket and moved closer to the guy in the food cart, "Umm can I please get one funnel cake and a bag of fried oreos with extra powdered sugar and caramel on top? Oh! And a lemonade please!" Yeap and that was all for her. She looked back at Seiji, "What would you and Akiko like?" She smiled. 

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji didn’t mind the fact that Pandora had laughed at his comment about ending up on the ground like a pancake. It was a pretty funny thing to imagine if someone actually ended up like a pancake on the ground and there could have been a better word to use if he wanted to convey a serious message. He had not; since they were supposed to be out here having fun, so it was good that Pandora had chuckled over his words. It made him smile and at least let him know that at least he could be funny when not actually trying to be. That was a good thing, right? Seiji chuckled a little at Pandora telling him that he had to think positive. Thinking the whole calling him tiger was a most certainly interesting thing to call in him in terms of nicknames. “I’m positive that I don’t want to risk becoming a pancake against the earth?” Seiji asked in a teasing manner, seeing if that way would be a better way of saying it then because she had told him to be positive on it.

Seiji shook his head no one to many times at Pandora apologizing for holding his hand as she let it go. “It’s okay. People hold each other’s hands all the time. It’s actually easier to walk holding someone’s hand then it is linking arms with them because it provides you with more space between you and the other person to walk around and move.” Seiji pointed out and honestly felt while arm linking seemed to be a little less blush inducing then hand holding. Arm linking was actually pretty intimate in a way because your body was close to the others and you had to walk in step in order to not trip the other person. Linking arms and holding hands at the same time was the ultimate intimate connection in terms of walking together, at least that was what Seiji’s opinion of it would be. He just gave her a nod at her thanks as he worked on calming down his blush. Akiko not helping as she peeked out of Pandora’s pocket and was making all sorts of comment on the two of them that only Seiji could hear.

He waited for Pandora to order everything she wanted as he tried to think what he wanted and certainly knew he probably should go for one of something, to at least lessen the whole ‘this food is so bad for you, you will feel it later’ after effects. “I’ll just get a small funnel cake, please. Akiko is fine.” Seiji responded and then remembered to get a drink. “Umm…water for a drink?” Seiji asked, not really sure if that was a good drink option but it was his default when he could not think what he wanted. Akiko already had her little black eyes looking from Pandora and to the food.