Chapter 2: The Princess and the Goner

Stickmin GenerationsBy ActualBush
Adventure
Updated Dec 19, 2025

"Alright, I'm on sight, Riley," Riley heard through an earpiece, "Alright, you know what to do, princess," she said. She thought of Mini as a bit spoiled, so 'princess' suited her well in her mind. Riley wasn't the type to take orders from others, so when Mini was assigned as her boss, she decided she wasn't going to take it without retaliation. "Please stop calling me that," Mini said, rolling her eyes. Mini's job was simple, distract the guards and staff on sight by posing as a very expensive patron. She was dressed in expensive clothing and make-up that itched her skin, "God, I hate this make-up..." she said, and Riley laughed, "One thing we can agree on!" Mini rolled her eyes once more. She walked into the museum, Mars and Ryan posing as bodyguards, "Step aside," Mars said, holding their hand out. Some people tried taking pictures, feeling like they recognized her, "No pictures," Ryan said, blocking the cameras, knowing that if any of their faces were in the cameras they could be caught. Mini just kept her wits about her, looking around, keeping an eye out, and talking her way into being the center of attention, "Just do what you always do, princess," Mini sighed. Meanwhile, Riley was making her way to the ruby, "Found it," she mumbled. She looked around, seeing that no one was around, then disabled the camera. She started cutting out the glass, then pulled out the ruby, using a shrinking gadget Mini had geared her with, "got it, get out of there, we have a minute before the alarms turn back on," Riley said, rushing back out, and soon Mini was trying to leave as well, "I must really go, thank you for your time," she told the museums director, but she got stuck, "No, please! Stay for tea Ms. Walace!" she panicked when she heard her fake name called, "I would love to, but I really must get going, I-" the man stopped her, "Oh nonsense! I-" soon, the sirens went off, "What is going on in there?!" Riley called out, "Plan B!" she said again, and soon her 'bodyguards' pulled guns on Mini, and Mini played hostage, "Oh lord!" she shouted, and they quickly pulled Mini out, just before police arrived. They zoomed off in an unmarked van. Riley sighed behind the wheel, "You a theater kid, princess?" Mini sighed, "Yeah...I was in high school. Why?" Riley smiled, "You're a good actor for the daughter of a criminal empire, 's all," Mini smiled, "Uh, thanks, I guess...you're not too bad yourself. You're a good leader," Riley appreciated the sentiment. "Thanks."

Harriet made her way to the main area before the vent gave way. She felt herself drop into what looked like an engine room. She looked up at her father, signing to him, "I'm stuck!" they were presented with options again. Henry chose to hop down, and Harriet chose to balance across a pipe to another vent. While Harriet made it across, Henry knew he would be too heavy. Harriet began her way back, before the pipe gave way under her weight, "Ah, shoot!" she shouted, before getting caught by Henry, "Thanks," she mumbled. Now there was no way of getting across. Harriet spoke into the mic, quiet as she did, "Coraline, plan B, we have to go after the girl," Coraline nodded, "Got it, make your way back out." They approached the vent they originally fell out of, Henry helping Harriet up first, then Harriet pulling him up, and they made their way back out, Harriet suddenly stopped. Confused, Henry looked in front of her, hearing a group walk past, recognizing Mini's voice in the group, "Look, I'm just saying, you guys were great back there! You should think about it!" she said, Riley huffed, "Last thing I'm thinkin' bout is joining your clan, Princess. We work alone," but her friends had other thoughts, "Now, Riley...think about this-" Riley spun and looked at Mars, "What? You guys really want to take up her offer? After everything?" she said, somewhat pissed, "W-Well, think about it. Money won't be short, we won't have to worry anymore," then Riley sighed, turning to Mini, "No. That's final," Mini sighed, "At least think about it," she said, leading them to the cockpit. She stopped at the door, nervous, "Well?" Mini looked at Riley, "I-I, uh...have...claustrophobia..." she said, and Riley started to laugh, her buddy's laughing quietly behind her, "You, after all of that, are scared of a closed space?" Mini was embarrassed, "Hey, these doors are scary!" she said, opening them. They all stepped in, trying their best to give each other space soon, they heard that same noise...KERCHUNK. Mini felt her heart sink, and frantically started swiping her card, trying to open the door, Riley looked over, seeing her fear. Mini started to bang on the door, but no one came. Riley pushed past the others, "Hey, hey, hey, Mini? Look at me, hey," she said, but Mini slunk to the ground. Riley followed her, crouching to her height, "Mini, focus on me," Mini's eyes locked on her, hyperventilating, "Calm down, breath...in...out..." Mini listened to her, slowing her breathing, in, then out, "There we go...your dad will get us out soon, so relax, ok?" Mini nodded, then fell backward when the door opened, "Uh, hi-" Mini said, looking up at Reginald, "What...happened in there?" Mini shrugged as Riley stood, ignoring the moment they just had as her friends giggled at Mini falling over from the open door. Mini got up, dusting herself, "We need to fix those doors," she said, and Reginald sighed, "I know we do."

Harriet and Henry made their way through the airship, quickly ducking away as they saw Mini walk past. She was alone. Harriet began counting down with her fingers...3, 2, 1, and they ran after her. Mini noticed and bolted, quickly pulling out a radio and speaking, "I'm being chased by two intruders, I need backup!" she got a quick response, "Where are you?!" Mini responded, "I'm headed to my room, I can lock my door," Harriet and Henry started to catch up. Mini ran to a door, "C'mon, c'mon," she said, swiping her card several times before rushing through and shutting the doors. Henry and Harriet were presented with team options, having to find the right combination, "Chose jump boots, then I'll do the grapple. You can hoist me up so I can hook onto the roof up there, climb into that vent, and pull you up," Henry nodded and they chose their options. He put the boots on, then jumped up with Harriet, jumping too short to reach, but high enough for Harriet to use her grappling hook on the ceiling, swinging over to the vent, and busting the cover off. She climbed in, then used the hook to grab Henry, who jumped again. She crawled through the vent to the other side, chasing Mini once more, who pulled out a gun and began shooting at them, but she ran out of bullets. They passed her room, and Mini spoke into the radio, "They're too fast! I'm headed to cargo bay!" she said, starting to panic. As she said that, Mini was tackled, and she screamed out. They pulled Mini up as she tried to fight back, but they were silent. They made their way to the cargo bay, holding her hostage. As soon as they got there, Reginald and Right got there, immediately freezing. They were stood by the open door, before being hit with a timed event, confusing Harriet and Henry, letting the time go down, and soon...Mini grabbed Harriet's gun, jabbing Henry with her elbow, then she shot Harriet, who immediately dropped. Mini then spun and pointed the gun at him, "You're coming with me, Stickmin..." he put his hands up, waiting for the retry screen, but...it never came. Something was stopping it, "C'mon, or I'll shoot you too," he looked fearful, no crutch...but he sure as hell wasn't going without Harriet. He pulled a gun and shot, and Miranda dropped, then he dropped as Right shot. Then the retry screen finally showed up. He sighed. He saw Harriet, who looked terrified, "W-Why did...Why didn't it...what was..." Henry went to comfort her, "Hey, hey, calm down. We'll figure it out..." then he saw a third screen. No one stood at it, the user had already pressed retry. They both looked at it, "Someone was holding us back..." then Henry thought for a moment, "We'll...we'll figure it out..." he waited for Harriet to press retry, before doing so himself, just so she wouldn't be alone. They were back at the pipe. Harriet was at the vent. She looked to Henry, "You got any options?" she signed, and he shook his head no before she came back. Henry caught her again, "We need another way around," Harriet told Coraline, "Alright. There should be another way through the vent, but there's gonna be a drop," Harriet nodded, "Alright, we'll head that way, just tell us how," and back through the vent they went. 

Mini walked to her room, locking herself in, "Not getting caught this time, no sir..." she said, then went to work on her drone. It's not like she could tell her dads about Henry and Harriet being in the base...she hadn't even seen them yet...so she worked until it all passed...then a voice from her radio hit her ears, "Mini, where are you?" Mini responded, "My room, papa," she said, then Right sighed with relief, "For once I can be grateful about your awful habits. Lock your door, we've got company." Mini didn't give in to the urge to sigh with knowingness, "Yes, sir," and she continued working as Henry and Harriet made their way into the file room. Sven was in there...Sven ended up getting radioed himself, "Keep an eye out for Henry...saw 'em on the cameras...he's got another girl with him, so watch for her too," Sven nodded to Right Hand Man's command, "Got it," and Harriet was given options again, she chose, then WAM! She knocked Sven out cold, "Did you have to hit him that hard?" Henry asked in sign, and Harriet gave an annoyed look, "Did you have to hit me that hard?" she signed, and he rolled his eyes as he signed, "I didn't know it was you! Now grab the file and let's go," Harriet grabbed the file Sven was looking at and skimmed through it, "This is it, let's go," she signed, and they made their way to the cargo bay, this time Henry only got options, and he chose parachute, then Harriet got options, they needed a distraction. She threw a smoke grenade. He rushed over with Harriet and jumped, holding onto her for dear life as he squeezed his eyes shut, pulling the cord. Coraline caught them in the helicopter, but not without his parachute getting caught in the blades, "Shit!" he threw the bag off. Luckily, the helicopter itself was fine, minus small bits of the fabric clinging to the spinning blades, "Everyone ok back there?" Harriet gave a thumbs-up, shutting the helicopter door, "We're good to go," she finally said at a normal volume. Coraline nodded, "Alright then, let's get out of here," and flew back to base.

"Hey! Harriet, how have you been?" Charles asked, and Harriet signed to him, "Good, sir. I did as asked," then she handed him the file, "Thank you, good work," then Harriet heard the familiar 'mission completed' noise, and she did a fist pump, squeaking out a "Yesss!" and Charles gave a weird look, "What?" and Harriet immediately composed herself, "Nothing," she signed while Henry started to laugh a little before getting elbowed. Soon, Harriet was dismissed. As Henry escorted her out, Harriet passed him something, and he looked at the paper, "Harriet, no, we are not swiping the Emerald from the Toppat Clan," and Harriet quickly showed her disappointment with a wave of her hands, "C'mon, dad, it would be easy! It's not like they could stop us!" Harriet signed, then Henry sighed, "No, Harriet...look, you're being too reckless, sometimes endings don't have any way to continue! Sometimes you have to retry, and sometimes it forces you to continue...please, think about what you're doing before you do it...I had to learn that the hard way," he said, thinking back to his 'Valierent Hero' ending. Harriet sighed, "Alright Dad," she signed, and then Henry took her to a car where she was taken off sight. He knew she was going to get herself into trouble again...he just hoped she'd stay away from the Toppat Clan.

Mini snored quietly, drone and computer beside her head, before she got gently shaken awake, "H-Huh? Wha?" she looked over to Right, "O-Oh, hey papa," all he could do was sigh, "You were overworkin' yourself again, kid..." Mini sighed, "I know I just...I just...r-really..." she said, starting to doze off, "I know you want to get it done, but you need to give yourself a break, for once...hell, you're 19 and you already have gray hair," he said with a teasing smile, "You find 3 gray hairs on my head when I'm 13 and now suddenly I'm 43," Right sighed, "I'm not that- Y'know what, whatever, just go lay down, kid," then he left, leaving Mini to do her nightly routine. She pulled her pajamas on and brushed her teeth before checking the time, "Christ, 3 AM already? I'm gonna need a whole lot of coffee tomorrow..." she said, then she looked at her drone, slowly creeping up to it and turning her laptop on, typing in some code, then turning her drone on...before it started to spin, "Shit..." she cursed under her breath, and Right opened the door, "I said go to bed, didn't I?" and she gave a squeak, grabbing the drone, then hiding it behind her back before it stared lifting her into the air. Right just watched her as the drone slowly spun and dangled Mini as she smiled nervously, staring at Right. The man sighed, "Turn that thing off and come with me," Mini did as told and followed Right, "Y'know, I don't get why Regi hadn't shown you this earlier, but I think it's time one of us did...probably will keep you from working in your room," this made Mini curious, "What, I'm not in trouble?" Right shook his head, "You're 19, Mini. I'm not gonna treat you like a kid like Regi does. You listen to him better anyway," he said, slightly messing with her, "Hey, I listen to you too!" she said, elbowing him before regretting her actions, "Ah shit! Metal!" this caused Right to laugh, "I warned you before, didn't I?" Mini was too busy rubbing her now bruised funny bone. Soon, Right brought her into a room. It was like a little workshop with parts and tools, although most of the tools were used, "No one's used this place for a while, but I think you can give it some good use," Mini was too busy looking around to pay attention, "There are so many things in here! I could finally finish my drone! Hell, I could make 100 more!" Right couldn't help but smile, "Alright, look. I want you to leave the drone and get some rest or I'll wake Regi, and trust me, you don't want to mess with him when he's cranky," and Mini rolled her eyes, "Yeah yeah, old man," she said, doing as told as Right sighed, "I'm not old, Miranda."

She awoke and went straight to the cafeteria, grabbing breakfast and coffee, "Damn, not grabbin' the whole pot, princess?" Mini jolted, spinning to the woman, "Riley? I thought you didn't want to join the clan?" Riley shrugged, "Eh...my guys talked me into it. Besides, they had some good points...not like I'm happy with it though..." The woman was dressed in somewhat nicer clothes than before. Just a simple button-up and slacks, along with a gray top hat with a red band rapping around it. There was a pin that had been on her old clothes pinned to the hat above the ribbin. just a simple target, white and red. Mini nodded, then became confused, "Wait, how did you know about the coffee incident?" Riley smiled, "I was put on coffee duty today, y'know, keepin' you from stealing the entire thing...and also your pa told me," Mini sighed, "Which one, my dad's are gay," Riley smiled, "Guess," Mini sighed, "Uh...Reginald?" Riley shook her head, "Right-hand man," Mini rolled her eyes, "Y'know, the fact that he put you in charge of that is kinda a big deal...means he trusts you enough...or he likes you. Considering how bitchy you can be, I'm taking the latter," Riley rolled her eyes now, "Look who's talking, Princess," soon Mini left, but not without saying, "You know, as a thief, You should really keep an eye on the thing you're protecting," Riley was confused, then noticed the pot was empty, "What?!" Although she was fairly confused, she was also pretty impressed. Mini took her seat before promptly getting her coffee taken, "You know, as a thief, you should really keep an eye on whether any of us have radios on us," Reginald said, "Damn it!" she said as she heard Riley start to laugh, "You had enough, and watch your mouth," Mini groaned, "Alright..." then he dumped her cup of coffee, talking to Riley, "Why do you call her 'Princess'?" Riley shrugged, "I mean, she called me bitchy, didn't she?" Reginald sighed, not saying anything else. Mini usually got along with everyone, why was this girl different? He let it go and went along about his day. Mini ate her breakfast before leaving to go work on her drone. She walked in, pulling out her laptop and typing for what felt like hours before an alarm went off on her phone, but she snoozed it for five minutes, finishing up with the final code, before leaving for lunch. As she walked past, she ran into Riley again, "Getting lunch?" Mini shrugged, "Yeah, isn't like I have any choice...once 10 minutes pass one of my dads comes and finds me," Riley rolled her eyes, "You're 18 and still get pampered like some sort of show dog?" Mini huffed, "For starters, I'm 19, and secondly, I don't get pampered. I just have some unhealthy habits," Riley rolled her eyes. "Sure, whatever you say, Princess," and then Riley left.

Months had passed, and even though Riley just didn't like Mini at all, Mini tried to be civil to her. Things got even worse when they were sent on a mission together. It was mostly something to see what Riley's skills were, but Riley hated it, all because Riley's boss was none other than Mini again. Mini didn't like it because Riley just seemed to hate her. As they walked to the bank's side wall, Mini spoke, "Look, I don't want to be here, you don't want to be here, let's just work and get this done as soon as possible, ok?" Riley shrugged, "Whatever, but we're doing things my way," Mini sighed, "Fine, fine. If that's what you want," and so they continued forward, "Clear," Mini said, watching for people as Riley slowly picked the lock on the door with precise precision, then she called Mini in, "Let's go," and Mini ducked in, "Alright, we get to the main vault, then bail," Mini nodded, and they continued forward, "I think if we go this way..." Mini started, but Riley stopped her, "My way," Mini continued, "But Riley-" Riley cut her off, "Look, Princess, I don't know where you come from, but when I say my way, that means we do this my way," Mini sighed, "Fine," they ended up going a longer way because of this, eventually getting to the vault, "I'm in," Riley said, grabbing as much cash as she could with Mini, "The extraction point is to the back, if we go left out the do-" Riley interrupted her, "We're doing this my way, the easiest way is back where we came," Mini started again, "Riley, I'm just following what my-" Riley interrupted her again, "I don't care. Seriously, you can't have everything you want because your daddy said so. Are you too rich to understand that or something? Why are you even here? Just have your daddy pay off your shit," this made Mini finally break, "I came from the street, Riley. I was a street rat kid that stole stuff to survive because my dad was dead and my mom didn't give a damn. I was lucky that I tried to steal from the wrong people that day, otherwise, my dad's wouldn't have ever found me and I could have died," Riley was silent, listening with quiet surprise, "I am no princess, I am a messed up kid with a messed up childhood. I treated you with nothing but kindness because I thought you had something you're dealing with too. You treat me with nothing but vulgarity and rubbish, I'm trying very hard to be nice to you, so kindly shut up and stop treating me like some spoiled brat," Riley was quiet for a bit, a bit scared honestly because her anger did not come with cursing like most people, Mini was doing nothing but stare with rage and fury, before Riley said, "Mira-" Mini stopped her, "Save it, let's just go," and Mini left, going left and out. Riley followed, feeling a bit bad now. As they walked, Mini heard a voice, "Hey!" she bolted, Riley following, and soon they had guards on their tail, "We need to split up!" Mini said, "What?! Are you mad?!" Riley replied, "Trust me," Riley thought for a few seconds before nodding, and the two split. Riley was able to get out, "I'm heading to the extraction point, you good Miranda?" no response, "Mini?" then she received a "Shut up, I'm trying to be quiet," the silence was long, but Mini did not let go of the button on her radio until she was out safely, "Get to the car, go, go...!" Mini whispered, and off they ran to safety.

"What happened back there?" Riley asked, but Mini did not answer her, instead, she scurried off to her room, still upset with Riley. Riley stood there, quietly. Soon a man approached her, "Riley, right?" he asked, "Yes sir. Riley Renalds," she said, and he nodded, "Mini said you did great," he said, then handed her a file, "And to give this to you," he said, then walked off. She soon realized who the man was, one of Mini's fathers. It wasn't Right, she knew that. She looked at the file, wanting to open it then and there, but retrained herself, knowing Mini would probably want it kept secret, so to her room, she went. She put the file down and plopped on her bed, "God I fucked up..." she said, then she looked at the file. She pulled it over, looking at its contents. Inside was a singular letter, she read through it, then sighed, "Not the one to tell me things in person, huh," she said, then she got a text, "Is the 10.6 in your possession, Renalds?" it said. She looked at the text, then typed back, "Not yet, but I'm gaining her trust," then she got a text back, "Good, don't let it know you're onto it," it said, and she just sighed, "I know," then another text, "It needs to be contained," then Riley muted the conversation. She looked at the contact, reading Colins. She didn't feel like completing her mission anymore, but Chaos Containment would surely hunt her head. She didn't even know if Mini knew what she was. Soon, there was a knock on her door, "Yeah?" she called out, "Hey, Riley, you good?" it was Mars. Riley opened the door, "Yeah, I'm good, the mission was just...a bit rough," she said, "Any word from Collins?" she asked, a code name they gave the C.C.C., "Yeah. She's starting to trust me, so we have that," Mars noticed something, "You don't seem like you wanna complete the mission," Riley sighed, "I do, I'm just...tired...I'm gonna rest," Mars nodded, "Right...remember what we're here for," then Mars left, and Riley shut the door. She laid on her bed and fell asleep.

She awoke in a darkened room, soon looking around in a panic, "You're finally awake. Didn't think we'd find another Stickmin...just as infamous as your father, too," a man said in the dark. She couldn't make him out all that much, just that he was missing some teeth, "Welcome to the home of the most dangerous criminals known to man," he said. She couldn't speak to him, her hands were tied. It didn't matter, he only continued, "You'll be staying here a long time. Take her away," he said, and then a bag was put over her head. She woke up again in another room, finding a familiar face, "Oh. You..." it was the girl from the airship, "You're that Stickmin girl that tried to kidnap me on the airship..." Harriet looked shocked, not realizing she remembered, "Yeah, I remember. You're not the only one with those abilities..." she said, "Quiet in there," a guard said outside the cell. Harriet looked around, finding a vent. She coughed, then nodded up to the vent. The girl nodded, then hoisted Harriet up. She soon busted her cuffs, seeing the cuffs of a previous inmate in there. She got options...she could easily help out the military and leave the girl...but if her dad is the Toppat leader...then he'll surely come for her anyway. She dangled from the vent and pulled up the girl. She broke open her cuffs, then nodded, leading the way, soon dropping into an empty office room, "Names Miranda...you can call me Mini. Your name?" Harriet paused, before whispering, "You're the girl from the playground..." Mini was quiet for a moment, "Harriet?" Harriet smiled, "Damn, who would've thought!" Mini said, "You know, you have some pretty good skills on you. If you want, after this is over, I can convince my dad to let you join us," Mini thought, being given two options again...say no or...betray the Military. "Take your time. I know it could be a hard decision, considering who your father is," Miranda said. Harriet was going to say no, but then she realized the amount of riches she would have if she joined them. She wanted to stifle her kleptomania, but she also wanted to join them...she could just go back if she wanted to...she gave a nod, "Nice. Let's bail then," she then went to a computer with a transmitting device attached, hacking into the device, soon contacting the Toppat clan, "This is Miranda, me and another are trapped at a location called 'The Wall.' Please send back up," she said, "Miranda! Thank god you're ok!" she heard from her father, "Right will be there with back up soon, try to get to an outside area," Mini nodded, "Roger that," then she unplugged the device, then configured it into an earpiece, "What options you got?" She said as she peeked out. Harriet thought for a moment, then signed to Mini, "How did you...?" Granade, distraction, guns blazing, and double team. Mini looked through her options, "Same on my side. Wanna try grenade?" Harriet looked confused, "Are you 10.6?" she signed, "10.7, but yeah," then Harriet looked shocked, "Relax, I ain't gonna do nothin'. Tripple C would find me if I did, they still think I'm 10.6," then she looked outside again, "Ready?" Harriet nodded, and soon the two came out, raining down grenades, making everyone duck down. By the time Harriet and Mini were gone, the staff realized they were dummy grenades, "Ok, at this point, we should be hit with a timed event," Mini said, "How do you know?!" Harriet signed, "I can usually just feel it...right...now!" and just as Mini said, Harriet got hit with a timed event, and she chose 'Speed Shoes' which looked like Sonic's shoes...she soon lost the shoes as they ran straight up the wall in front of them, "Duck!" and into the guards. Soon, they got to the cafeteria, "What now?" Harriet signed, "Hmm..." Harriet noticed she was looking through options, "What options do you have...?" Harriet asked, "Teleporter, which I automatically vote no on, disguise, and drill pod..." She then went through her options with Harriet, "I don't trust the teleporter, at all, nor do I trust the other Toppat members with disguise. If they're disguised they'd point us out, and if we're disguised we might get shot...our best bet is drill pod," Harriet nodded as Mini chose her option, "Dad, you hear me?" silence, then a "Loud and clear. Where are ya?" making Mini confused, "Where'd dad go, papa?" she asked, "He's trying to locate you, where are you?" he asked again, "Cafeteria. How many drill pods do we have? I have an idea," she said, "Already ahead of ya," then a drill pod shot through the glass, allowing Toppat members to rush in. Harriet and Mini ran through, knocking over a table to use as a shield, "Roll it!" Harriet signed. Harriet and Miranda rolled the table by it's support making a clear path to the airship. Soon, Harriet jumped over, making it. Mini managed to grab on the edge, beginning to pull herself up, "That was-" Then Mini's hand was shot, making her start to fall. Harriet was hit with a timed event, quickly choosing the only option she had, and grabbing Mini's hand. She tried to pull her up, but struggled, "D-Don't let go!" Mini shouted. Soon, a hand grabbed her shoulder, pulling Harriet back, bringing up Mini, "Oh thank go-" She soon saw Right holding Harriet at gunpoint, "Wait, wait, wait!" Harriet said, "She's with me!" she said, "Her? Ain't she with the military?" he said, not lowering his gun, "She helped me get out," she said. Silence passed for a moment before he reluctantly lowered his gun, letting Harriet sigh, "Is everything alright down there?" Reginald asked through a radio, "We got Miranda on board. Apparently, Henry's kid helped her out. Kid's on the ship too," then Right turned to the two, "C'mon, let's get you two inside...and Mini's hand patched up..." Harriet nervously followed them inside.

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