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[ramenkage]

 [ There is silence for a long, long time--He'd died, on that trip. He should be dead. Yet...here he was, a-ok. Breathing. Alive

The hell... ]

Hey...is everyone who went on that exploration trip okay? I--[ I died. I should be dead. ]--wanted to make sure those skin stealing bastards didn't get their hands on [ sakura ] anyone else, yeah? Just...let me know everything turned out okay. 






Heh...they couldn't keep me down for long, huh? Yeah yeah, I'm too cool to be gone for good. [ He tries to sound boastful. Obnoxious.  Like himself. It sounds forced, though. He's too worried about Sakura and the others.




If they had died...would they come back, too? ]

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voice.

[ramenkage]

Yeah. I'm in one piece, anyway. [ Meaning he's not actually fine, but he'll deal with it.

He doesn't know what happened to Jack--He was skinnjacked, at the time--but he figures most everyone went through something on that trip. Be it death or...otherwise. ]

What about you? I mean...I'm pretty sure things didn't really turn out all that great, yeah?

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[dewebbed]

[ at this point, he's got no idea about the skinjacking. he still believes Naruto knew he died ] Uh...I'm doing better, actually. I mean, it's still pretty weird. But better.

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[ramenkage]

Aah...so something happened to you, too, huh?

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[dewebbed]

...Yeah. You were there, right? [ now he's confused. what's up? ]

voice.

[ramenkage]

No, it--It wasn't me.

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[dewebbed]

[ What is he...? He's smart, but it hasn't clicked for him yet. ]

What are you talking about? You were there- I saw you.

voice.

[ramenkage]

Yeah, but...it wasn't really me. It was just. Something pretending to be me.

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[dewebbed]

[ And then it hits him. It happened while he was crazy, but... ] It was those things, huh...

[ after a couple seconds ] I- I'm sorry. That must really suck.

voice.

[ramenkage]

Hey don't apologize. Yeah, yeah it sucked ass, but...everything's back to normal now, so...

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[dewebbed]

...Yeah. That happened to me, awhile ago, so if you want to talk about it or something...[ he doesn't know the guy too well, so this is awkward ] I'll listen.

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[ramenkage]

Thanks, yeah? [ ...Definitely awkward. Though not because he doesn't know Jack well. Just because he never figured he would actually be killed by someone. That wasn't Sasuke. ] I don't really know what to say, hah...but I'll keep you in mind. If I need someone to talk to. [ Because like hell he'd talk to Sakura about it. ]