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1''Countless beings have wished they could go back in time.''
2
3[[https://www.deviantart.com/reset-oct/gallery/ Reset-OCT]] is an all species allowed, all media permitted OriginalCharacterTournament on Website/DeviantART. It is held at an abandoned carnival known only as the Park, which is seemingly owned and operated by a creature of unknown species called Chimera. She has offered the chance to go back in time to the competitor - or pair of competitors - who wins the tournament.
4
5''What would you give to turn back the clock?''
6
7Reset OCT began in 2014 and concluded in June 2015. The winner was [[spoiler: [[https://www.deviantart.com/guidorius Guidorius]] and their characters, Ro and Jose]].
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11!!Reset OCT and its rounds contain examples of
12[[foldercontrol]]
13[[folder: General Tropes]]
14* AbandonedArea: The Park is stated as such in the group's description, but actual interpretations vary.
15* AscendedExtra: Plenty of the individual wisps used in competitors' entries, most notably the one who translates for Szethei.
16* AllThereInTheManual: The competitors page, which also includes those who didn't make it past auditions but occasionally show up as cameos in the auditions of those who did.
17* AlternateTimeline: Chimera mentions these in a few entries.
18** Also prominent in Round Two, thanks to the prompt.
19* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Several competitors.
20* AmusementPark: An abandoned one is the setting for this OCT.
21* AnotherDimension: Many entries portray the Park as one of these.
22* AnyoneCanDie: So far the death toll includes [[spoiler: Frostbite, Nephele, Thols, Mary Ant, and Becky, (though the latter is still around as a ghost)]], with Sen's fate being ambiguous.
23* ArtShift: Fairly common.
24* BecauseDestinySaysSo: All the rounds are randomly drawn from a hat belonging to the host, and yet some of them (18 vs. Thols, 18 vs. Ro, and Newt and Scout vs. Juni and Rainy) are oddly reminiscent of this trope.
25* BodyHorror: Quite prominent in Nomatt's Round 2. Entrails, anyone?
26* TheCameo: Very common in [=OCTs=].
27* CatchPhrase: Not within the tournament itself, but every round journal bears the legend ''tick tock tick tock'' at its end.
28* CookingDuel: The first round features a few of these, though more often than not they turn into fights anyway.
29* CoolGate: A common way to get to the Park.
30* DeadlyGame: Some entries have Chimera refer to the tournament as this.
31* FromBadToWorse: Several character arcs, most notably Ro's and Szethei and Zhirrik's.
32* IconicItem: The clock around Chimera's neck. In some entries it is depicted as the source of her powers.
33** She even gives identical ones to Ro and Szethei in Szethei's round four.
34* IntellectualAnimal
35* KilledOffForReal: Every time a new round is announced, at least someone will go this way. Somewhat subverted in that the character is only dead in the tournament's canon, and their creator can still do whatever they want with them outside of that.
36* LampshadeHanging: Becky's entry is chock full of this.
37* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Given that the competitors come from multiple different universes, this isn't very surprising.
38* TheMultiverse: Competitors come from all sorts of different universes.
39** Particularly relevant to Ro and Jose, who are actually aware of the multiverse itself.
40* OnlyAFleshWound: Plenty of examples, but most notably Zhirrik taking acid ''to the face.''
41* PatchworkKids: There was a contest to create these, and the competitors got ''creative.'' In both horrifying and hilarious ways.
42* PressGanged: When talking won't do the job to get people to the Park.
43* ResetButton: Several characters' motivations for entering the tournament.
44* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Another fairly common motivation among characters.
45* TalkingAnimal: Justified and only a few of the animal competitors are explicitly stated not to be able to talk to everyone.
46* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Or two, as there are several pairs of competitors.
47* TimeTravel: The entire premise of the OCT.
48* {{Xenofiction}}
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder: Round One Tropes]]
52* BiggerOnTheInside: The fun house in pretty much all entries. Becky even compares it to the TARDIS at one point.
53* BlatantLies: Neither Scout or Newt is hesitant about using these to win, though effectiveness varies.
54* CallingYourAttacks: Frostbite does something similar when he throws a plastic ball to intercept Nomatt's acid spray.
55* DavidVersusGoliath: Applicable to: Sen vs Thols and Flip, Goji vs Juni and Rainy.
56** Ro vs. Fehu technically qualifies, though the fight played out pretty equally in reality.
57* {{Flashback}}: Present in both Nomatt's and Thols's rounds. Also in 18's round in the form of a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadDreams Bad Dream]]
58** Sen's round as well.
59* ExactWords: Used by Chimera on Juni in her round to keep her from winning by using Rainy. Also used by her to justify Szethei and Zhirrik's victory in their entry.
60* HallOfMirrors: The round's setting ''is'' a fun house, so it makes sense.
61** Used in most if not all rounds so far. Some produce visions of the past, some take people back in time, and others seem to be there just to be creepy. It varies.
62* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Becky, especially in her cameos.
63* MirrorSelf: As shown in the entry of [[spoiler: 18.]]
64** Becky's entry also features one.
65* ReflectiveEyes: Used for Sen's round cover.
66
67[[/folder]]
68
69[[folder: Round Two Tropes]]
70* AlternateSelf: Juni encounters her own, whose nickname is Jay.
71* ComicallySmallBribe: Zhirrik uses his ear bands to try and barter with Chimera. Naturally, she refuses.
72** [[spoiler: Made a bit less comical when it's later implied that he was trying to betray Szethei.]]
73* DavidVersusGoliath: Once again invoked in Flip and Thols vs. 18.
74* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Mary Ant]].
75* EldritchAbomination: The time monster encountered by Szethei, Zhirrik, and Nomatt.
76* GratuitousLatin: In the form of the Round Four teaser and at the end of the announcement journal.
77* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Averted. While most toons simply plummet to the ground after a fall, Becky had the luxury of a parachute.
78* GrayingMorality: To a somewhat minor degree with Juni, who doesn't want to hurt anyone, but is beginning to understand that non-violence can't be the solution to every problem.
79* ImAHumanitarian: Nomatt's round gave us a bizarre (and somewhat horrifying) example with [[spoiler: eating Szethei's remains at the end of his round. He knew she was sentient once Chimera told him, and he still did it.]]
80* ImMelting: The fate of [[spoiler: Becky]].
81* MusicForCourage: Harshly inverted by Chimera, who instead sings to 18 to mock him [[spoiler: after he's caused the death of Thols.]]
82* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Apparently Chimera is capable of grafting her own feathers onto others' wings, luckily for 18. Then again somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as Chimera is an NPC and her powers aren't strictly defined.
83* TimeIsDangerous: This round seems likely to invoke this trope, given the prompt.
84** Especially prominent in Szethei and Zhirrik's round two, which involves a time-based monster.
85* WouldHitAGirl: Ro, who doesn't just punch Becky in the face, but delivers a FALCON PUNCH.
86[[/folder]]
87
88[[folder: Round Three Tropes]]
89* BadassBoast: 18 reveals that he's killed Thols, saying Ro will be next. When you consider the sheer size difference between the two, that's pretty damn badass.
90* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler: Ro delivers a short but truly devastating one to Jose after she tries to calm him down after telling him the AwfulTruth.]]
91* DavidVersusGoliath: The hat must really hate 18, because he's been pitted against ''Ro'' of all opponents.
92* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Said almost word for word by Chimera about Zhirrik, thrown out of sync with time and according to her, condemned to eventually fade from existence entirely while he is unable to see or hear anyone - or be heard himself.]]
93* {{Flashback}}: The beginning of Szethei and Zhirrik's round is one.
94* GrayRainOfDepression: There's a reason Ro's round begins with this.
95* HostageSituation: Invoked in Szethei and Zhirrik's round, where Zhirrik threatens to kill Rainy unless Juni forfeits.
96* ItsPersonal: At first, it seems [[spoiler: Ro has killed 18 because 18 killed Thols, who he was on good terms with and who gave him a vital clue about time travel.]] Subverted in that he didn't, because he feels he and 18 aren't that different.
97* JerkassHasAPoint: Zhirrik poses some questions to Szethei that admittedly, she really ''should'' be thinking about.
98* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Zhirrik tried to toss Szethei out of the ferris wheel. Guess what happened to him?]]
99* PowerFist: Juni uses one of Zhirrik's ear rings as brass knuckles to knock him out.
100* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: More or less Zhirrik's reason for finally trying to kill Szethei.]]
101[[/folder]]
102
103[[folder: Round Four Tropes]]
104* AfterTheEnd: The End of Time is, appropriately, described as looking like this in Szethei's entry.
105* AssholeVictim: While one might feel a little sorry for the limbo-trapped, frantic Zhirrik, it's hard to say he didn't deserve it.
106* BackForTheFinale: In Szethei's entry, everyone still alive in the tournament is present when Chimera takes her to the End of Time.
107* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: In Ro's entry, Szethei reluctantly chooses to try to save Zhirrik because she believes she needs him to win in the final round.
108* ForcedToWatch: A mild version seems to be the fate of all the surviving losers in Szethei's entry, as they are all positioned to watch the final round and don't seem very happy about it if her own past opponents are any gauge.
109* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: Szethei and Ro, both having left behind their respective companions in different ways.
110** Though not for lack of trying on Jose's part. Chimera seems to be stopping her from opening another door to the tournament.
111* LastRequest: [[spoiler: In her entry, Szethei's is to see Fizek one last time.]]
112* TechnoBabble: Jose employs some fairly understandable babble when [[spoiler: she realizes that Chimera's location exists at two different points in time at once and prepares to rescue Ro.]]
113* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: While not quite a void, the dark, empty forest that Zhirrik seems to be trapped in while in limbo may be this.
114* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: [[spoiler: Zhirrik makes no reappearance in Szethei's round four, despite the woods he was in being taken along to the end of time.]]
115
116[[/folder]]
117
118[[folder: Character Tropes]]
119* AbnormalAmmo: Nomatt's water gun shoots acid instead.
120* AbsoluteXenophobe: Zhirrik, so much so that he won't even let someone not of his race treat his injuries.
121* AbusiveParents: Zhirrik's dad sure qualifies. You could also make a case for Newt toward Scout.
122* AlienBlood: Curiously averted with all the aliens in the tournament, who all seem to bleed red.
123* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted for Szethei and Zhirrik, who cannot speak English, but in a sense played straight as their dialogue is translated for the benefit of readers. Also averted for Sen, who understands it, but is mute.
124* AnimalsNotToScale: Fehu looks like a housecat, right? But then you realize he's 27 inches at the shoulders.
125** Mary Ant is a gigantic, mutated version of her species.
126* ArtificialLimbs: Frostbite has an artificial arm.
127* AwfulTruth: It's been heavily implied that Jose is withholding one from Ro and it involves time travel, but we've yet to get any confirmation of what it is.
128** [[spoiler: Even Chimera's time travel powers are unable to save his home world, it seems.]]
129* BadassNormal: Several characters.
130* BagOfHolding: Scout owns one of these, and only she can take things in and out of it.
131* BewareMyStingerTail: Literally in the case of Chimera, who bears a poisonous, scorpion-like one.
132* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Thols.
133* {{Blackmail}}: Szethei used this to coerce Zhirrik into helping her. [[spoiler: Until he betrayed her.]]
134* TheBlank: Flip works just as good without a face than with.
135* BlankWhiteEyes: By the courtesy of the many styles the competitors display.
136* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: There are hints that 18's native world seems to use this.
137* CarnivoreConfusion: Anton struggles with this and suffers dietary issues because of it, being a wolfman and all.
138* CartoonPhysics: Unsurprisingly, Becky.
139* TheChessmaster: Arguably Chimera.
140* ClusterFBomb: Dear god, Scout.
141* CombatPragmatist: Newt, Scout, Nomatt, and Zhirrik all apply.
142* CouldntFindAPen: Flip draws and writes with his ink blood.
143* CoveredInScars: Covered is a bit of an exaggeration, but both Nephele and Braith have significant scarring over their shapeshifter marks.
144* CuteAndPsycho: Nephele.
145* DarkAndTroubledPast: A few appear to have these.
146* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Nomatt, so much so that he'd rather live during the ''apocalypse'' than in his current life.
147* DoNotCallMePaul: Flip.
148* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: Technically, Szethei's brother Fizek died in a previous OCT, Lost and Found. What that means for Szethei is uncertain, depending on how far she plans to go back.]]
149* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ro's planet, which even time travel can't save.]]
150* DraconicHumanoid: Frostbite.
151* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Both Szethei and Zhirrik can speak their own language quite well (Chimera on the other hand can just get by in it) but Szethei can barely even copy the sounds of English comprehensibly.
152* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Nomatt wants to travel back in time to witness it.
153* ExpressiveEars: The multiple regular and anthropomorphic animals that have been entered thus far.
154** Also Nyx in her human form.
155** Thols.
156* ExtremeOmnivore: Mr. B, who eats garbage.
157* FantasticRacism: Newt has this toward anthros who wear clothes.
158** Zhirrik has this toward anyone who isn't a member of his species.
159* {{Foil}}: Szethei and Zhirrik are this to each other. You could also make a case for Thols and Flip.
160* GardenGarment: Goji and his leaf scarf.
161* GlamourFailure: Nyx has no reflection.
162* GravityMaster: Ro. - To an extent, he doesn't have as much control over it as his species counterparts.
163* {{Hammerspace}}: Becky.
164* HollywoodAcid: Mary Ant produces this.
165* HorseOfADifferentColor: Mary Ant, for Nomatt.
166* HurricaneOfPuns: Chimera is prone to these.
167* ICallItVera: Nomatt's acid gun is called 'The Wave.'
168* IJustWantToBeNormal: Anton.
169* InsectGenderBender: Goji.
170* ItAmusedMe: Chimera's motivation for what she does in some entries.
171* {{Jerkass}}: Zhirrik, Newt, and Scout. Becky has her moments.
172* JiveTurkey: Flip.
173* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Nyx forgot most of her life before becoming a vampire.
174* JustAKid: Goji is "just an ant".
175* MagicalAccessory: Juni's pendant, which also keeps her alive.
176* ManipulativeBastard: Newt toward Scout when she was a kid, to keep her solely dependent on him.
177* MasterOfIllusion: Chimera.
178* MeaningfulName: Chimera and Nyx.
179** [[spoiler: Mary Ant, named for Nomatt's dead childhood friend.]]
180* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Mr. Kaesebrot, but only to him.
181* MissingMom: Thols, though the exact circumstances are unclear.
182* MixAndMatchCritter:
183** Jera, who is physically a combination of rabbit and fox.
184** Possibly Chimera, who is described as canine-like in several entries but also has talons for feet, wings, and a scorpion-like tail.
185* MonochromaticEyes: Mr. Kaesebrot.
186* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Nephele.
187* TheNapoleon: 18.
188* NeverLearnedToRead: 18, who can only understand numbers.
189* NonHumanSidekick: You could make a case for Rainy to Juni, especially in later rounds.
190* NoSocialSkills: Nyx.
191* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Thols.
192* OlderThanTheyLook: By courtesy of being a Cartoon Character, Becky is actually 77 years old. And not acting like it one bit.
193* {{Omniglot}}: Chimera.
194* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
195** The Puppeteer, Lin and Mr. Kaesebrot.
196** For all we know, Thols might not even be his real name.
197* OnlyOneName: Most competitors, Juni being the exception.
198* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Newt, Ro, and Rainy.
199* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Mr. Kaesebrot is a ''physical'' one.
200* OurMonstersAreWeird: Quite a few characters.
201* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Anton, who's permanently stuck in his wolf form.
202* ParentalSubstitute: Bizarrely, Wicker seems as if they became this for Thols [[spoiler:after killing his mother]].
203* ProfessionalKiller: 18 was this before he became a slave.
204* PungeonMaster: Chimera and Frostbite.
205* RaisedByHumans: Rainy is being raised by Juni. What exactly happened to his real parents isn't clear, but whatever it was, Juni herself is responsible.
206* RaisedByWolves: Scout was raised by Newt, a moth dragon.
207* RealityWarper:
208** Chimera is portrayed with a mild version of this power in several entries, usually to get between universes.
209** Jose can also do this to open "doors" in the multiverses.
210* Really700YearsOld:
211** Chimera. Exactly HOW old she is is up for debate, but she's been around a while.
212** Nyx.
213* RichBitch: Zhirrik seems to have been a male version before he was beaten and cast out.
214* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:18.]]
215* ScarsAreForever: Zhirrik, Nephele and Braith.
216* {{Shapeshifting}}:
217** Nephele and Braith are capable of it, but their abilities are very restricted thanks to the scars covering the marks that give them this power.
218** As a vampire, Nyx can transform into a bat.
219** Mr. Kaesebrot can shift into whatever he wants.
220* ScrewDestiny: Ro seems to be developing this attitude [[spoiler: since learning that his home world supposedly cannot be saved.]]
221* ShadowWalker: Nyx
222* SilentPartner: Thols to Flip.
223* SilentSnarker: Thols shows signs of this.
224** Ro has a couple of moments in Round Three.
225* SmugSmiler: Chimera in some entries.
226* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Chimera and Mr. Kaesebrot.
227* TalkativeLoon: Chimera, so much.
228* {{Telepathy}}: Newt's sole form of communication.
229* TimeMaster: Chimera, who can not only travel in time but also stop it, speed it up, or more or less mold it like putty.
230* ThePornomancer: (Not Canon) Ro is basically the resident stud of Reset and is the recipient of many a crack pairing, so much so he has been labelled the "Father of Crack Children". Those children had to come from somewhere.
231* TheSpeechless:
232** Thols, who communicates via his notepad.
233** Sen as well.
234** Ro, who communicates via his tablet.
235* VagabondBuddies: Thols and Flip.
236* WartimeCartoon: Becky is a living, breathing one similar to the cartoons in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
237* WasOnceAMan: Anton
238* WeakenedByTheLight:
239** If Nyx or Sen are exposed to sunlight for too long, severe sunburn issues.
240** Mr. Kaesebrot can fall instantly asleep if the light level is too high.
241* WillOTheWisp:
242** Chimera's wisps, who assist her in various ways.
243** Paraka also has a few wisps, albeit weaker than those belonging to Chimera, to assist her or cause trouble.
244* WithFriendsLikeThese: This seems to be the basis of Nephele and Braith's relationship, though Braith is far more antagonistic toward Nephele than she is toward him. Justified, as she was the one who got them arrested.
245* WouldntHurtAChild: Inverted with Newt, who delights in it.
246* WolfMan: Anton is stuck in his werewolf form permanently.
247* YouAreNumberSix: 18.
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder: [=NPCs=] and Characters]]
251* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Chimera-ref-427238225 Chimera]], the host of the tournament.
252* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/B-NPC-435263980 Mr. B]], the trash-eating janitor.
253* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Paraka-NPC-437369496 Paraka]], the candy vendor.
254
255* [[http://koceta.deviantart.com/art/18-Reference-Sheet-444173076 18]], the pied falconet assassin.
256* [[http://michangs.deviantart.com/art/Reset-OCT-Refsheet-Anton-and-Galen-457792511 Anton and Galen]], the permanently transformed werewolf and the anthro silver fox.
257* [[http://silverdragon76.deviantart.com/art/Bathai-Reset-OCT-448483241 Bathai]] and [[http://silverdragon76.deviantart.com/art/Olli-Reset-OCT-448485218 Olli]], the teropoth and the yhitla-yhimet hybrid.
258* [[http://reverendaspen.deviantart.com/art/Becky-Reference-434553480 Becky]], the cartoon dormouse.
259* [[http://aodhlach.deviantart.com/art/Bryony-Reference-453357758 Bryony]], the lycanthrope.
260* [[http://theingramassassin.deviantart.com/art/Eztli-Ref-437905742 Etzli]], the ahuizotl pup.
261* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Fehu-and-Jera-ref-452718430 Fehu and Jera]], the cat and the rabbit-fox.
262* [[http://aussie-lucario.deviantart.com/art/RESET-OCT-Frostbite-Reference-449692656 Frostbite]], the draco-agilis.
263* [[http://banditkat.deviantart.com/art/Gabe-the-Great-Ref-454987893 Gabe]], the canine-based creature.
264* [[http://lunaterasu.deviantart.com/art/Goji-Reference-437613881 Goji]], the black garden ant.
265* [[http://evakylir.deviantart.com/art/Juni-and-Rainy-Reference-Reset-OCT-457714976 Juniper Lohika and Rainy]], the human and the baby dragon.
266* [[http://chocobo591.deviantart.com/art/Cheesy-please-be-wary-of-the-consequences-437394824 Mr. Kaesebrot]], the physical ghost.
267* [[http://miirik.deviantart.com/art/Reset-OCT-Lin-438967285 Lin]], the taiteilija.
268* [[http://shadowfiredragon7.deviantart.com/art/Neal-And-Lana-Ref-445157644 Neal and Lana]], the robotic fish creature and the robotic toy hippo.
269* [[http://azunara.deviantart.com/art/Nephele-Reset-OCT-447839923 Nephele]], and [[http://silvadruid.deviantart.com/art/Braith-448047839 Braith]] the shapeshifters.
270* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Newt-Reference-453820353 Newt]] and [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Scout-Reference-454014820 Scout]], the moth dragon and the human.
271* [[http://corvusraven.deviantart.com/art/Character-reference-Nomatt-and-Mary-Ant-454163662 Nomatt and Mary Ant]], the human and the giant insect.
272* [[http://chilun.deviantart.com/art/Nyx-the-Shadow-Acrobat-449517694 Nyx]], the vampire.
273* [[http://sparkyb1.deviantart.com/art/Puppeteer-Reference-Reset-WIP-448529892 The Puppeteer]], the daemon.
274* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Queen-Amenset-Reference-Sheet-452548313 Queen Amenset]], the egyptian jackal.
275* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Ro-and-Jose-Ref-Sheet-455582154 Ro and Jose]], the "dragon" and the human.
276* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Reset-OCT-Sen-Reference-452224901 Sen]], the gray alien.
277* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Sionara-s-Reference-Sheet-453187655 Sionara]] and [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Kirana-Reference-Sheet-454052364 Kirana]], the Gato-Sierpe hybrids.
278* [[http://ttazo.deviantart.com/art/sparkle-dinosaur-Reset-OCT-437668903 Sparda]], the dinosaur.
279* [[http://tephra76.deviantart.com/art/Reset-OCT-character-Szethei-437785556 Szethei]] and [[http://tephra76.deviantart.com/art/Reset-OCT-character-Zhirrik-437786466 Zhirrik]], the "dragon-dogs".
280* [[http://fluffyz.deviantart.com/art/Thols-Reference-435188959 Thols]] and [[http://fluffyz.deviantart.com/art/Flip-Reference-435189337 Flip]], the yeti and the object-head.
281* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/Vladimir-453651536 Vladimir]], the unknown hybrid.
282* [[http://reset-oct.deviantart.com/art/reset-oct-ref-sheet-wesley-454160429 Wesley]], the ferret dragon subspecies.

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