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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

[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

[redarm]

no!!
STOP telling me its ok!!
i got a plagued arm and youre a zombie!
nothing about that is ok!!

and dont give me the fucking logic of "it feels like its supposed to be like this"
fuck that!
they just want you to think that way so they can get away with doing whatever they want to you!
if it feels wrong, then its wrong!

[appraiser]

[ Ah... Ryoji smiles, despite himself, but he's going to keep that from Noah too because he'll probably just get even angrier ]

i'm glad you're angry on my behalf [ bc, you know, has Ryoji Mochizuki ever been angry a day in his life? ]
at this point though, it's like... what *can* be done? for you, there's something
for me, i don't know
i don't know what i'm supposed to think or how i'm supposed to react

[redarm]

tch.
theres gotta be something
im not gonna give up and go along with this shit.
its wrong.
if i can find a way to help you, i will.

[appraiser]

thanks, Noah
i'll figure out how to help you too!
people's bodies changing aside, i *know* it has something to do with the hallucinomemories
so if you keep sharing yours with me
i'll do that too. the ones that aren't mundane

[redarm]

promise?

[appraiser]

yep. cross my heart

[redarm]

....is that swear even valid for you anymore?

[How could you hope to die if you're already technically dead?]