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007 | Text/Action for Goldenrod

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[There have no doubt been plenty of people broadcasting their displeasure at the appearance of these creatures that have shown up, and even more talking about strange changes that have suddenly begun to take over their bodies within the last day or so. With each passing hour, the affliction seems to have affected more and more trainers.

At this point, though, Kaneki isn't interested in complaining about the situation on the Network, so he instead has a different question to ask.]

How long do you think this will last?

[That's assuming, of course, if this will even wear off...]

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[Staying indoors is a solution that can only last for so long when your body is rapidly changing beyond your control. It started slowly as all things like this seem to at first, beginning with his aching leg and traveling outward from there to the rest of his body. While it wasn't particularly painful any more than the cut had been, it was an ache that settled into his bones in a way that was a little too familiar for his liking.

It wasn't like he had a whole lot of time to think about what was happening, at any rate. His first reaction to the change was initially to contact someone, but that never made it past being just a thought. For some reason, talking to anyone while like this was too daunting to think about, so he didn't. By now, though, he's wondering if maybe that wasn't the best idea.

Kaneki eventually has to leave his hotel room and wander outside thanks to a myriad of tentacles that now protrude from his shoulders and back, making it difficult to avoid undue property damage from being indoors. Not to mention the thick, purple substance that occasionally drips off of them, only to hiss and sizzle wherever it lands. At least going outside closer to dusk and away from the town's center made it less likely that he'd be spotted...maybe. None of his Pokemon are out with him, either, all either in their balls or back in his room. His Gear was left behind as well, so anyone trying to reach him right now won't get a response.

But now that he's out here...he honestly doesn't know what to do. He's had a day or so to actually quietly panic about the situation in private as the changes really took shape, leaving him at a bit of a loss afterwards. He doesn't want to be alone, not really...but he hasn't even gotten to a mirror to see what he looks like. He can't imagine it's good, and just not knowing for sure has his hands (which are blessedly still intact, compared to some) shaking a little at his sides, particularly when he lifts one up to hesitantly run his fingertips along the hard substance that has grown from the crown of his head down over his forehead and the bridge of his nose. It doesn't help that the growth has made it significantly harder to see in any direction that isn't straight on or slightly to either side, meaning that he wouldn't even be able to see if someone decided to approach from behind.]

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Have you been to a Pokemon Center recently?

I went back once the day after I was attacked, but I haven't been there since. I figured it would be pretty crowded by now.

What I mean is, there's been talk of capturing the strange Pokemon swarming for the purposes of research and study. The Pokemon centers are handing out capture devices that they claim will actually hold them.

Presumably, from study will come answers. Hopefully, to the question of how to reverse what's been happening.

[In all of the fuss, Kaneki hadn't actually heard of that. It's good to hear some good news, even if it is news to him.]

That's good to hear. Do you know if anyone has been successful at capturing any of them, yet?

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[Tsukiyama usually avoids responding to anything Kaneki posts on the network, just on principle, but things have been going well enough between them and there are some things that just...can't exactly be ignored, aren't there.

One response won't hurt anything, surely, and it's not like he has a lot to say in the first place, outside of just...verifying.]

So it's affected you as well... Assuming, that is, that we're using "this" to refer to the same thing.

[The response is actually a little surprising, but not unwelcome. He'd much rather be talking to someone at this point than not.

He doesn't bother elaborating, since there is only one thing he could be referring to right now.]

Yeah. It's not good.

I suppose I have less to complain about than others in that regard. Small favors, really.

[...Kaneki, there is so much fluff. If you think he's going to do anything but resign himself to the notion that he's not getting off the fainting couch for the duration and is instead just going to lie here and aggressively pet this...scarf thing he's got going on, you've got another thing coming to you, um.]

Is it terribly unpleasant, then?

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