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[redarm]

[Now that Noah's had a day to scream his head off, he's much calmer to address the network as a whole.]

hey if theres anyone out there still kidding themselves into thinking all this is just harmless pranks and shit?
i just want you to know i woke up with a new arm yesterday:

Noah Robin Campbell shared a photo. 5/01 near The Towers

thanks retrospec for your stalker photo

look forward to this kind of shit new people!
none of this is a joke!
sucks to be you!

also i think i need a doctor.

Comments

[appraiser]

i could say it out loud, for real, if it'd make you laugh

[redarm]

thats okay.
how are you?

[appraiser]

i'm okay. better than you, i think!
are you seeing a doctor right now? waiting for one?

[redarm]

i got an appointment with one this evening.

[appraiser]

good
i guess, what are you doing in the meantime? if it's toxic, you probably shouldn't move that arm around much. if you can, at all?

[redarm]

i cant really move it at all, so nothing to worry about there.
im sitting at home. went out earlier to pick up stuff at the store, and the cashier nearly fainted.

[appraiser]

i could imagine
the picture's already a lot, but in person...
does it feel like an arm? if you poke it with your other arm?

[redarm]

yeah it does.
theres feeling in it and everything.
its fucking freaky.

[appraiser]

does it feel like *your* arm? not in the sense that you can move it and feel with it but... ignore rational thought for a moment. does it feel like it's supposed to be there? like that's how it's supposed to be?

[redarm]

[...]

no. it feels like someone went and played operation on me in my sleep.

[appraiser]

oh. so it's a bit different from me...
i keep scrolling back up to the picture to see, but are there other pictures? before and after, timestamps when they were sent to your phone? when did it appear?

[redarm]

[Noah, who is actually sick of answering questions about himself, zeroes right in on that first part]

Wait, what?
What do you mean different from you?

[appraiser]

[ Ryoji doesn't like answering questions either, so he deflects right away ]

my arm's fine~ both of them

[redarm]

[NOPE]

oh fuck off with that shit arsehole.
what happened to you?

[appraiser]

it's hard to explain and impossible to prove but
it's like my entire body feels wrong
but it's still me, it's supposed to be me, and that's what's wrong

[redarm]

that...doesnt make any sense, ryoji.

[appraiser]

i know it doesn't
that's why i didn't want to say anything

[redarm]

well dont expect me to share my problems if youre not gonna share yours!
youre my friend, not my fucking social worker.

[appraiser]

my problems aren't as bad as yours
you just gained an arm, Noah!

[redarm]

you just said your entire body feels wrong!
thats more than an arm!

[appraiser]

my entire body doesn't look like it's going to kill me. it's kind of already dead. yours can still be fixed.

[redarm]

[WHAT]

what?
ryoji what do you mean its already dead??

[appraiser]

there's sort of no heart beat
and i don't need to breathe
but i'm okay?

[ it's fine, everything's fine ]

[redarm]

THE FUCK?
thats not okay at all!!
have you been to a doctor??

[appraiser]

yeah
he said sorry

Noah, look, it's okay. i said it feels wrong, but it also feels like it's supposed to be like this, so i know it's okay