
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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The vertices $V$ of a centrally symmetric octagon in the complex plane are given by \[V=\left\{ \sqrt{3}i, -\sqrt{3}i, 1+i, 1-i, -1+i, -1-i, i, -i \right\}.\]
For each $j$, $1 \leq j \leq 14$, an element $z_j$ is chosen from $V$ at random, independently of the other choices. Let $P = \prod_{j=1}^{14} z_j$ be the product of the $14$ numbers selected.

The probability that $P = -1$ can be expressed in the form
\[\frac{a}{p^b},\]where $a, b, p$ are positive integers, $p$ is prime, and $a$ is not divisible by $p.$ Find $a + b + p.$

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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