PHOTO | He found the snitch??

[redarm]

Noah Robin Catbell shared a photo. 4/01 near The Towers

can anyone tell me what the duck this is??
it showed up in a package from retrospec.
i wasnt gonna open it but then it ducking CHEWED its way out of the package.
what the heck kind of animal is this??

[Uh yeah he hasn't noticed the parental filter yet, or the pun name.]

Comments

[catsudon]

I really only started watching more movies that weren't really old or came out in the last year or two until I moved out here, so yes, really. Never seen it.

[redarm]

oh huh.
i watch movies all the time so.
its a good one if you want some campy 80s horror.

[appraiser]

lol pac-man would have been a fitting name though
but it can hiss! can it vocalize anything else?

[redarm]

i dunno. lets see.

[ Which he'll be doing just that. Trying to get the creature to talk, to make any noises. It doesn't respond to most of it. But when Noah asks if it can do anything, he's in for a surprise, as the creature opens up his mouth and a video begins to play.

Not just any video though. It was a recording of something he's seen before. In a vision.

Seeing that? Is a real shock, and throws him for a loop.

So much, that he kinda forgets to respond to Ryoji. Sorry Ryoji. ]

[appraiser]

[ NOAH!!!!!!!!

How many minutes pass before Ryoji starts sending regularly spaced texts to check up on him. "Noah" "hey" "are you there?" "still alive" "please come back" and similar messages fill Noah's phone, buzzing every few minutes until—

Noah's phone rings.

It's Ryoji.

Please pick up. ]

[redarm]

[SORRY.

He hadn't been paying attention to the texts, too absorbed in what he saw. It's only when the phone actually rings does he get snapped out of it, and even then, he sounds distracted]

Hello?

[appraiser]

Hello. It's Ryoji. Please give me your address. I'm coming over.

[ There are no questions. He's not asking. ]

[redarm]

Ryoji- [Ah right, he left him hanging didn't he?] Shit, sorry-

[...]

...Yeah. You should probably see this. I'm at [ADDRESS HERE. ITS IN THE TISSE AREA, near the Towers].

[appraiser]

I'll be right over! I'd ask you to stay on the line, but I'm going to borrow my mother's car. I could probably push fifteen minutes...

[ or ten or thirty or whatever. Ryoji trails off and hangs up; it takes about that much time to get there, idk what the scale of the city is. But when he reaches the door and knocks, it's not the sound of knuckles on wood. It's a heavier sound. He's come equipped with pot lids, one for Noah and one for himself, to shield their fingers from bitey little orb creatures. ]

[catsudon]

I'll probably forget but, thanks for the heads up? I can see if I find a stream of it online or something one of these days when I can't sleep.

( so like, tomorrow, with his present luck. )

[redarm]

Sure whatever, seeya soon.

[He hangs up as well. Lucky for Ryoji, he'll come answer the door when he knocks, raising an eyebrow when he sees the pot lids that Ryoji came]

Uh...the fuck's with the lids?

[appraiser]

Protection.

[ He can't say it's because Noah only has one arm left, but... it's because Noah only has one arm left. He pushes one of the lids at Noah's hands to take. ]

So, where is it?

[redarm]

ok sure.
lemme know assuming this thing doesnt eat me by then.

[catsudon]

If it bites you bite back

[redarm]

Protect- [He sighs. and shakes his head.] No, that's not why I wanted you over.

[He points at Timcanpy, who is happily sitting on a couch pillow, wings pointed up as he curiously looks at the new person]

That thing? It's a recorder.

[appraiser]

...Uh. A music recorder or a video recorder?

[ Because honestly, it doesn't look like either. He's intrigued enough to forget about the pot lid momentarily, leaning in close to look at the creature but with enough space to jump back before his nose gets bitten off, if it comes to it. ]

[redarm]

Video.

[Lucky for Ryoji, it's not really in a biting mood. Sure, it seems unsure about the potlid, but mostly it's just looking curiously up at Ryoji]

Ryoji- it has footage of my visions.

[appraiser]

What--?

[ Ryoji's head turns fast and hard enough to hurt, and he winces as he brings a hand up to his neck. That. Doesn't make any sense to him at all. Is it a telepathy thing? The closest he can think of is the month prior, in which people's innermost secrets were being leaked, but reconstructed visions aren't something that can be learned. ]

Can you show me? If it's not too private...

[parodeity]

well its kind of cute
as long as it doesnt eat human flesh????????
does it eat human flesh

[redarm]

No, it's not too private. Not like it's mine.

[Because yeah, he still refuses to believe that him and this guy were the same person. He knew who he was- he was Noah. A couple of memories and a weird creature wasn't about to shake that belief.

But he comes over to sit on the couch before he speaks to the creature]

Hey, could you show me that video again? The one with the snow.

[The creature looks over at him, before it opens up its mouth wide in the air. And from his mouth, a holographic video starts to play. There's two people, a red head with an eye patch, and a white haired teenager that seems to have a bandage over his left eye. The second one looks a little like Noah in the face and eye, but the hair color is wrong, he has a scar, two arms, and he also looks a year younger than Noah.

It looks like the two are putting together snowmen as they talk]

So how old are you?

About 15 [when he speaks he sounds slightly like Noah but the accent is all wrong, and the voice younger]

Ah...I'm older. 18! 15 years old...'cause of that white hair you can't see any dandruff..

[The white hair kid seems to have an expression that says he's not all that fond of people pointing out his hair color]

Ah, you can call me Lavi, though there are some who call me "Junior". Can I call you Beansprout?

Ehhh?!? [The snowball Beansprout was holding onto breaks apart in his gloved hands as he looks horrified at Lavi. But right then, the video cuts out like the film was damaged.

The creature closes his mouth. There's a pause as Noah speaks up]

That's what I saw. Except, I saw it from that Beansprout guy's point of view.

[aegist]

Cindy Clawford then it's definitely connected.
Cindy Clawford maybe it was something you owned in...whatever we decided those visions are.

[appraiser]

[ Throughout the entire exchange, Ryoji watches with a mix of fascination and delight, only snapping out of it when Noah speaks up again. Right- this is a potentially serious concern for Noah, so Ryoji shouldn't make too light of the situation, although he can't help the soft smile that lingers on his face. ]

Building snowmen together looks like fun... [ Oh, but that's not the important part, is it? ] I wonder why your vision is from Beansprout's point of view? He looks a lot like you, actually. Could he be a relative?

[ He squints over at Noah, trying to imagine him with white hair. It's hard, and he gives up, shaking his head with a little laugh. ]

[redarm]

ok but its kinda made of metal
so that might hurt.

[redarm]

Noah Robin Catbell yeah maybe.
Noah Robin Catbell but i dont think whoever im seeing is me.
Noah Robin Catbell so kinda ducked up im getting his stuff isnt it

[catsudon]

METAL? ... if it bites, hit it back with a bat? That doesn't even sound like a gremlin, it sounds like one of those... gollum... golem? One of those stupid things like the bird in the... what's the movie with the gods and that one guy that's supposed to be in Ancient Greece only there's an owl and its made of metal and some sea monster eating people?

( clash of the titans, as explained by yuri plisetsky. how... unfortuante. )