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Noah Campbell

"This is Noah. Leave a message."

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[appraiser]

lol what if i'm the evil twin

[redarm]

ive only known you a minute
but
no
no way youre the evil twin.

[appraiser]

lol thanks for the vote of confidence
how can you tell?

[redarm]

evil twin probably wouldnt bother to talk to someone once they realised it was the wrong number.
or give a shit about mushrooms place in the food pyramid.

[appraiser]

they might
you're easy to talk to
and mushrooms are tasty if cooked right

[redarm]

tch, yeah right.
and im not arguing against mushrooms. theyre good.

[appraiser]

right?
and it's the same with you
for not going "wrong number. goodbye!" and turning me away
especially with mushroom info!
okay so
if you have time, please continue to advise me:
i like enoki in soup but not the aftertaste
what would you add to lessen that?
also which is better, black or white wood-ear?

[redarm]

yeah well
foods important. thats why.
but im not really sure about those questions.
im british, ive only eaten enoki in take out food.
sorry.
are you learning how to cook?

[appraiser]

oh, i don't think i've eaten British mushrooms before
i might have heard of poisonous ones?
but yes, i don't cook much (or at all) so a friend has been encouraging me to try
maybe i should stick with something easier than mushrooms?
like soup

[redarm]

it rains all the time so theres a lot of them.
some poisonous, some good.
i dunno. i think you should go with what you like to eat.
because then youll be encouraged to learn it right.

[appraiser]

lol i remember the rain!
we only ended up staying for two months though, because i couldn't handle the lack of sunlight
like a plant
but you're right, that's a good suggestion
since there's no one else to help me eat all these trials (๑-﹏-๑)

[redarm]

you were in the uk?
what about that guy you meant to text?

[appraiser]

just for a bit! it was when i was younger though, around eight or ten
but oh, i should text my friend back...
she's the one who suggested i try cooking more vegetables
since i won't die eating raw vegetables, compared to raw meat

[redarm]

oh.
wow.
she sounds
confident in you.

[appraiser]

lol she has a point though
i can cook eggs because the clear turns white when it's done
and i only have to watch for a minute or so
meat is hard because you can't see inside
and burnt meat is as bad for you as raw meat

[redarm]

theres different tricks to meat.
juices run clear with chicken and the pinks gone.
you poke beef to see how squishy it is.
you can also get meat thermometers to stick into meat if you dont trust yourself.

[Was Noah a cook? Not really. Cooking's a pain when you have one working arm. But he sure watches cooking shows like an addict, so he's learned some things. ]

[appraiser]

[ The only cooking shows Ryoji recalls watching are things like... "Here is a pineapple, sea bass, and cup of marshmallows. Make something edible." challenges. Not exactly a level he can contend with. ]

(*〇*)
you sure know your stuff!
maybe i should hire you to cook for me? lol
i'm too used to eating out...
recipes don't look too hard on paper,
but they don't go into the details like juices and squishiness (ー_ーゞ

[redarm]

uh.
thanks?
but im not really a cook.
just watch a lot of cooking shows.
hard to cook with one arm.

[appraiser]

oh

[ he should approach this delicately ]

cooking adviser then?
the number of arms won't matter

[ if he knew how ]

[redarm]

[There's a pause. He should say no. This is a stranger, he doesn't know him. That means he shouldn't trust him. Lots of bad things could happen.

But Ryoji seemed nice. If anything, his cheerful, easy-going and friendly attitude was reminding him a lot of his dad. Maybe that's why he hadn't hung up yet. He knew this guy wasn't his dad, but this conversation felt almost familiar. Like something he would with his dad, if he was better and closer by. Which for Noah, it was a blessing since the past several weeks have been full of nothing but unfamiliar things. it makes him all the more inclined to ignore his defensive fears.]

Sure.

[appraiser]

[ Noah can't see it, but Ryoji beams at that single word. ]

(〃＾▽＾〃)
thank you~
i'm still down at Freshens right now
but if you have time today!
or any other day!!
let me know!!!

[redarm]

i got nothing going on today.
just some homework.
but that's not hard or anything.

[appraiser]

i'm not sure i'd be able to help much with homework anyways
depending on the level and topic
it's all hard
but my apartment is at Crimson Crest if you want to meet up front in an hour!
can you see my profile picture via Retrospec?
that's me~

[redarm]

its fine i dont need help.
but ok i can meet you there.
and yeah, i see the profile pic.
should be easy enough to spot.

text --> action?

[appraiser]

kk see you soon!

[ It's an hour later, more or less... erring on the side of more, because Ryoji had walked part of the way back after getting off the bus, plastic bags slug on both arms as he picks his way back to the apartments. His sense of time is questionable, but he does actively look out for Noah's red-brown hair. ]