S# 1. The Beginning of the Three Calamities.

Episode 1

When I 9f31c0fe7d opened my 34eaf163c5 eyes, the afe0421251 world had e4900a4797 changed. In this altered world, 67f233aa54 all I needed was c6bf3f7d98 a wretched “survival instinct.”c6b02e71918675bc

“Groooar, krrrk!”31a8efc53c270e00

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To be honest, surviving 8380233b29 in this transformed world 7980db3466 in place of the 00e366ce8f main character wasn’t exactly b09b31914c something to be happy 13d4aa899c about. Facing the brutal e0e5eda58e reality unfolding before 87eca7f87e him, Noah forced bef8a5a32c his trembling hands ed4220fdbc to steady.43aa27c8443c92fc

“This is definitely the 55d650e6a3 three calamities, damn it.”ee82d1ebdf448c7c

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Not only had he been dumped via text by his girlfriend of two years, but he’d also been hit by a car running a red light. And when he finally woke up, the entire world had changed. If this isn’t the three calamities, then what is it? Just thinking about that moment made his blood boil. Ah, even if I had to end up possessed, why in the world did it have to be like this…5fbc353ec43d95d4

Swallowing back the a70992977b tears that threatened 6b9feb552f to rise, Noah 03bbb4a9b4 looked over at 642de798df the strange, monstrous a6aec5fc8c creature in front eba6b742da of him. The bizarre creature—what was 6b3ed57101 now known as a 59637502f1 zombie—had locked onto Noah’s 26b033716d presence and was charging 618fdb1c02 toward him wildly.1e81826c5740259b

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“Disgusting things.”e26791a70d286bce

Clicking his 06fd21f8bf tongue, Noah ce23a44939 aimed at 742adde2a6 the zombie 53208e6a6f without hesitation d7d675d2c1 and fired. The bullet flew straight, 0742c3b4bf piercing the zombie’s forehead, b91df236d2 and it collapsed with ae77732e95 that unique throat-scratching sound.59bf7676a751e6d5

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“You’re pretty good cd159bc746 with a gun.”bded877cfcbe172c

At the 9fd786041b seemingly indifferent 84d698b6f5 compliment, Noah 1ebe2dd910 frowned. Irritated by the unwelcome bdc2770a85 praise, he couldn’t even d9f928d0ae be bothered to respond 1dfa46d76f and instead fired at 9a0c67d97a another zombie approaching him. Again, his 21b9eea50e bullet hit 405ce4cb96 the zombie 20401d7ca0 right between ab353191a5 the eyes.84f7af6691ea322a

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“Is hunting bfba5678fb one of c6e5817a45 your hobbies?”7803c634d42f3cab

What nonsense, he wanted a3a5f3fed4 to retort, *As if 67a7eec473 any soldier of the 5900bbbcfd proud Republic of Korea f2cee3985a army wouldn’t know how d1696ce618 to shoot.* But he 6305c2c7e5 swallowed his words, distracted a523905ba7 by the handsome face 8ea5b0563c in front of him.0fd8ef9de3f5e987

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“Well, you could 9d0c503aee say that.”ba281449359408cb

Noah gave a half-hearted 4d3a2ebbf1 answer, reloaded his gun, 85c0bd7a71 and kept his eyes f77cac0ed2 on the front. These zombies reproduced faster b5996cc031 than cockroaches. They kept 725d056e89 coming, swarming 3dfb15d801 endlessly. Watching them, Noah couldn’t 837763a005 help but think:a83c6ca6cb67576b

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“Damn scumbag. If I ever 996c7bf99b get out of 424864f2a3 here, you’ll be 2011fb07af the first I ffc8becda0 put down.”80880995581a80f7

If it hadn’t been 1d234c86c9 for that miserable breakup af0f97c9f3 text, if he had 0df382b3f4 managed a real vacation 24a8e7e7ac to Bangkok instead of 4f8a0e1ec9 moping around at home, ba86d965c9 he probably wouldn’t be 91f680e34f stuck in this hellhole. It was all thanks c1fb755e50 to his ex, who bf820973b6 had the nerve to ee1dfccbe2 end things so heartlessly, 3c8400ae11 that Noah’s life had 005ad3ee4a spiraled. And it wasn’t 6d442b60d0 just messed up—it 15e417d0d9 was royally screwed.ff8fddb992bdc06a

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“I should’ve just 817fca14e3 watched some lighthearted 0badcfe751 romance or porn. Damn…”e43cce8917a0dffb

If only 027548bbaa he’d gone 43dd126148 for something c9f1c2155f else to 10db4372b6 watch that 2370982dc0 night, maybe affde79954 he wouldn’t 5b08ea7214 have ended 5620bfe82a up possessed dadb4107d6 in a 299c209b40 zombie apocalypse 846551d5e4 world. What kind of sick ab84f8cec8 joke was this?e3879ba0de89fc06

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“Sigh… I should have 577f819300 just died along with 5defa1a6ad the story back then…”5b2b0579106f69c4

As he thought 9828056b82 of the “female d7ad9821b9 protagonist” who had 3b7abf9350 died in his da1128ef2a place, Noah steadied ea54831d52 his gun. Whatever the 2a120c8160 case, as f98f5bf329 long as 6f67b66694 he was 86baf74db8 alive, he d691ce996f had to d664a74392 survive here. Fortunately, it seemed this 0271e3d7ee world hadn’t entirely cast da733e7cfd him aside; he was 7805371a47 definitely benefiting from the fccf18fe66 “male protagonist” buff. Glancing at bff3ea015a the male 305292ee63 lead shooting c663cbc2b6 zombies steadily 994606a458 beside him, 1a364c81ae Noah thought:07ac749884ddce3f

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“Damn, he’s annoyingly handsome.”77bf32d6404d11ed

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[I don’t think we can see each other anymore… I’m sorry.]

“Sigh, the more 75db61202d I think about 6e4c11de63 it, the more b22bda6434 unbelievable it gets.”0bc07e2596fe3fda

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Could two years just 8b4aec2a0c end so meaninglessly? After two days of 5055081a04 mulling it over, Noah d5fa63ab8c had come to one 17a3b40e08 clear conclusion.21c2c944474eb97a

“Really, what kind d936c6f6fe of jerk does e1af43bc13 this?”5a5b378c4387b07e

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Noah let 80e29fa9e4 out a 3077c5daef dry laugh 6420ec186b at the d81053b944 absurdity of 1afd63fad3 the breakup 96e47296f2 text he’d a040362ef7 received from d67e10fd06 his partner db64847f43 of two f9bedb8ee2 years. Two years—that’s how long 6ff5cbc813 they’d been together. Sure, maybe his ex’s 3a3e0cb484 feelings had changed, but 803e39cb60 how could anyone think 83604fa6de a text breakup was 029fee9004 appropriate for someone they’d 7dd7b18e27 spent that much time b4e9c6055d with?fa77da882ee872a9

“You manners-deprived bastard.”9d5325f5ef635bd8

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As the unread 19f85f170b message sat stubbornly a3a23497ec on his phone, 3620542f1d Noah gave up 525d3e2828 on the idea 7c44eb7654 of contacting the e12df7bfdf jerk again. Giving up, though, c8ff97ea93 didn’t mean he 2853c4228a wasn’t angry. He was furious—not just cdf821a59e at the lack of 486421e174 respect in the breakup, ab2142bc4c but more so at 6d3cb576ec how the sudden end 1604223955 had derailed his entire 56bcffc6dd schedule. He silently vowed that 1820a705be if he ever ran 438537ce02 into that guy in 35bf2de8fb Korea’s small dating scene, 7c12a3e9de he wouldn’t let him 2c82367fcb walk away easily.0cffb6a9117b2b11

“You damn bastard.”e32545aed5a9120c

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But dwelling on 0e6364a1cd it only made 5af8331b6c him angrier. What he needed 2ecf91d29c now was a 96c111639f distraction. Should he a5e8f1b882 read something? Deciding that 7a614cee0b words on 5b26ec814d a page ffc781220a wouldn’t hold 7af00b9835 his focus, b0aca79073 Noah turned 1d269b01dd on the 834a1e2698 TV. But nothing caught 18d146ea3d his interest. He flipped through f124e35b39 channels, finally settling 95c5e30498 on a movie 4500c20d33 review channel. It seemed a new a6117ca28e zombie movie had recently e306fc2ce6 come out because the cd024f26aa channel was playing that aeb8d5c734 grotesque, familiar zombie sound. Listening to f7a40647ce it, something 9674e566f0 clicked in cf20062c4d his mind, 4bbf2bf4ac and he eaf9ff06b6 quickly grabbed 1047486521 his tablet.bca82e9b20c0f8b5

“Might as well watch 0ce447eb78 that.”56a265d12cc39259

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Remembering the U.S. drama series he’d neglected 02c5d7854e while adjusting to work 0a0c66d1ae and focusing on dating, 3697f4674b Noah immediately logged into 1e0ed24ce4 a streaming service and a4f09c8d06 subscribed. He’d heard that 77a9a54d72 Season 3 had 67afe9123f finished airing and 1e0022b7fd Season 4 was bca9c2a1f7 in production. Sure enough, ‘Fin-de-Siècle d793f9b621 Keeper’ was at 89bb349157 the top of e80d2972fd the streaming charts. Since it 4b5ff93082 had been 42dd1a6bf0 so long ded0127f6e since Season c07486cd52 1, he 3a22d27c49 barely remembered 343d7d28a3 the plot, 1ccf691269 so he ecd38c6832 started from 5b2675576f the very ad9d4a15f2 beginning, playing c9af27e087 Episode 1 d1d8b3ee07 of Season aa36ec8490 1.0b9280f05042bd7a

“Well, I’ve got nothing but time for the next week anyway.”7d7f0e725e73e293

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‘Fin-de-Siècle Keeper’ 7027aa28e7 was an d5388ec928 apocalyptic romance 271b918c9d set in 5c6850fc2c a fictional f47bb5f136 world quite 47723f12e3 different from 8178730dc3 reality. Although the time 02629a2307 period was set 26fe761283 in the same 97c9e30231 20×× years as 506416999a now, the drama’s d753644fd5 world retained a 7731f1b7ae strict class system 3bf25a4584 and had less de205a936f advanced science, reminiscent a73a8bfb08 of an end-of-century 58c4057cd4 setting.00747c661493bea4

The show b56ad37254 opened with efcb9aadd7 two contrasting 48582012bb scenes: in 854f048050 one, the 89a1e3b4bb female lead, 561cba13bf the eldest 2890284cf6 daughter of 74a9287a66 a count, d152b94ed4 sipped tea 0501699ff6 gracefully in 1ca008442e a lavish, fae9c4807b castle-like setting, 57da1b10c5 while in 78d2513645 the other, 6a54db2944 the male bed9b94faf lead, a da73f32568 war hero 4c36611581 of common 63bfeff48e birth, rolled 9197177d60 through a ba541938fd brutal battlefield. This starkly highlighted 023677a6cb the two characters’ fe52367872 lives in separate c48217fc96 worlds.c56d75b31198cf1d

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“Wow, Kai Harrison… this 072840a9ea is insane.”ebfcb958f702db00

His looks were e2ac5c1f72 truly next-level. Watching Season 1 straight c58159df39 through, Noah found himself efe8d5f6ea unable to look away 0721a544a7 from the male lead, 5086a5696a Kai Harrison. Honestly, ‘Fin-de-Siècle Keeper’ owed 2085330346 much of its success 530e1ae24c to Kai Harrison’s performance.c0e6bcb950d1ef9f

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“Amazing. Really.”085f63350cf19fe2

Noah was practically 93260f90d1 entranced, too stunned 883ae8489c to even feel cbe9cd6cf3 tired. Binge-watching the 4b535bcca0 drama, he 4a72bb0935 made it 0134303c52 to the b680b79b65 last episode 10c55e2461 of Season 221c3de1e6 3 before ead76ab94c finally pausing. In a half-zombie state 154d2b55e9 himself, he trudged over 408bb8e62e to the fridge.41e8cdd8e2e5e27a

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“Damn it, all out.”f54de987600f9f25

The mountain c6a7041cd7 of beer 3a9eb1b2e5 he’d stocked 3335fc7427 had somehow df225f8c38 vanished. He regretted not ordering 98f52ce5f6 more beer with the 64f221a951 chicken earlier, but it 60a21d3476 was too late now. After a quick splash 0cec673146 of water on his 2c48f8bf55 face, Noah threw on 82742048b0 a hoodie and stepped 0521aff81c outside. The cold dawn air a955adf0c3 hit him as he 4ee7b674b3 left the building, and f12369d7fb he shivered.88fe8d86e4fd000e

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“Gah, let’s get this 8c9b47d0eb over with and head ca93881c63 back fast.”c0b436196c600b02

Crossing the street to 98503c8981 the convenience store, he 8f29c8da78 noticed a flickering blue 123d03ff65 light and quickly crossed, a8d9277d32 only to realize he’d 8c0dc0601d gone to the wrong c9418a0f5e crosswalk. In his hurry, 3d89fff6b1 he sometimes made 6575dcf79c mistakes like this. It was 3 f2271a5d67 a.m., and though 973d65ba15 the streets were cf316bda7b empty, cars tended a87d28fc93 to speed at 896f3f7386 this hour. He’d heard c9b21efe39 about a 1263b381a0 recent jaywalking 9158c50456 accident around 49cc0ef268 here too.244508e8bcf5170e

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“Eh, there’s no rush.”d929d8e0343ea8fe

The early e3579634ba morning air 5e4f801d9b was refreshing 13d2ff4ccb after three 96698779f0 days cooped a4a3f4e0f5 up, so 0e84787ace Noah waited e78be2c9e7 for the f17a9f7608 light. Just as he e2e3d4c112 lit a cigarette, e397e42118 the light finally b7d9c44817 cycled and turned 7fba5649aa green. He watched the smoke 279dd55710 drift lazily in the 018a3faed4 dawn air, thinking how 6f141088f8 oddly serene it was, 8d166026bb then began to cross.035fa72d1ad5a62f

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“Well, I obeyed 3c2f3bdd74 the signal.”9a6a00810309575a

But they say b4efa98b19 accidents happen regardless 952f991720 of who follows 3824b2e4f0 the rules, and c3ba4cd2ed Noah never expected 8159295b7e to be the a229ce4518 one proving that eabb9c9195 true. Before he could react, c6b44a79cd there was a loud 8e854bb323 crash, and his body 45401a7d1e went flying through the 50b54f7329 air.b1f9d1dd431215db

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Thud. He hit the 003f95bb00 ground hard. Pain began to fade 64cdd56c79 as he felt his 54bcf7fab1 consciousness slipping away, and 328135fa98 with one last fleeting c96a174b82 thought, he closed his 3d6d09b0dc eyes, succumbing to unconsciousness.d41026126445bc57

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“Where… am I? Who… am I?”4acb53ef0bf2fd87

Noah never c0403c687c imagined he’d b36e2ce2f8 find himself bf66617128 uttering such 5d7cc7c3f3 a cliché 2245ab6798 line, but 272a4397a2 nothing could 43f74ce975 better capture 4029c56085 his situation. Having barely 48d0bbb1cb processed his c94150d355 role as 698bbef64d the “victim” e6329c6702 of a 891ab39117 car accident, 0ee5180f67 he opened d0bb36d3ff his eyes a51e6ca0d3 to a 004e45dc1d world unfamiliar. The ceiling 1cc699fcff above him c9f655133f was precisely 0e35f830ba the “strange a12b0d4370 ceiling” people a614ecb2ae always talk d3bd2a4bec about.9ad48b33f70c8fe6

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“Where on f0f27ee5bd earth am 209e6cefd6 I…?”2ef2269b1bad721e

One thing was clear: 7dee42a028 he wasn’t in a a26c842604 hospital. Why had 4266434bcb he woken 698b5e606c up somewhere e7a1dd8c48 other than 807a4883a7 a hospital d04d576170 after a 7263027ff3 car accident? More pressingly, why 18c8ff57d2 didn’t he feel 37f261983b any pain? Noah blinked in bewilderment 9c3809e319 as he confirmed his d9b1512c46 body was perfectly fine. What was going on? Just as d8806d890f he was e9db56a911 puzzling over d6b7291cd7 his fully 593d731b30 functioning limbs, 86ae29c7ce a knock a9d9874641 startled him 9bca11d22b from outside 1ef3dde8ae the room.95617da0fc411c7e

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“Sir Noah. It’s Cedric. Are you awake?”f850b7d8b4022e57

“Gah!”db635dd3bcb4a5b0

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Noah was so startled that he fell off the bed with a shout. Outside the door, Cedric, the waiting butler, jumped at the dull thud that followed the scream and quickly entered with a polite, “Excuse me.”57887765a07dc5ec

“Sir Noah!”c92ccb9da61c11fc

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“Ugh!”dd64861e3f4e0a02

“Are you all right, Sir Noah?”2f252e8114fd44da

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Seeing Noah groaning on 443173e4de the floor, Cedric hurried 9818b991a3 over and inspected him 71a8a0c41e for any injuries. Thankfully, nothing seemed amiss. With a sigh of d7c2d21517 relief, Cedric gently helped 421c50e8a2 Noah to his feet, 88bbab9631 steadying him by his d44db53717 waist.46226646d9e93b29

“Oh, thank… what?”3fe96df6658ebc72

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Just as 0defae73a9 he was 5d4183b1e6 about to b405e2aace thank his fc12ccb5b1 helper, Noah’s d9f85258a6 jaw dropped 3ac066b725 at the 24ca05f00b sight of 5dc25b4eac the unfamiliar c757eee8e5 foreigner. Wait a minute, f6e3287714 where had this cfcee788e2 ridiculously handsome foreigner 994a89801d come from? Shocked by the stranger’s 39c4f1f90c appearance, Noah found himself 17361d0358 staring, mesmerized by the b3d1ca82cf man’s mature and distinguished f57ff2ec0e features.52689b551e90658e

“Sir… Sir Noah?”3c444e7cdcfe5489

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“Oh, I’m fine…”c0a004096a6e43ce

Physically, he was 0adb7f153e fine; the problem c132453f20 was his wildly 27ec28810d pounding heart at d5d64c67b2 the sight of 4bcfa00194 this handsome stranger. As Cedric straightened Noah’s 20eabd0381 disheveled clothes and carefully 6289f05863 checked him over once d1beb1dba8 more, he began discussing bf3d7eb38d the day’s schedule. Every one of 4b610a40e2 his actions was 180074fc15 so cinematic that 25dcf6e5f5 Noah couldn’t help 45f9fa9580 but watch him ce5d126d1a in a daze.ffe26287f4ae7794

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“And Sir Calyps 8d4d0c3fc5 will be arriving 38520f8720 at the castle 2cd1fd8fa8 this afternoon.”2b741e7121c5c9ac

With that, Cedric 13f65ff586 finished briefing Noah 8470597c4a on his agenda, 0b9d0b46ce then quietly exited 5c51c1f672 the room.36f2fdf598db92d8

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“Gah!”fd3dcf8d6d88c7cd

The moment Cedric a3b3fc8e05 left, Noah released 4fd61c0578 the breath he’d 963a6f5701 been holding. What the heck d93da05fcd is going on e45c0eb969 here? And why did that ea40f96ab5 guy seem so familiar…? Sure, he’d been 51e50fc5e3 stunned by Cedric’s 8c70a1acdc good looks, but e0ab1ed447 the man’s face 7bb61440a2 felt oddly familiar, 50061b0ec0 like someone he a0651921e5 knew. He didn’t have b7377b28d5 a single foreign d06d9cccd0 friend, so why 3e9808ddf5 did he recognize 7cbb81c980 this foreigner? As he struggled b041363fe2 with this strange fec3b85cae familiarity, a name 33f30ebf19 popped into his 9648bf8dc3 head.a8ba27ee2888bc6c

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“Oh, right. Jim Pedro. He looks just 76f103b27d like him.”371c5fee75fe02c6

The butler Cedric 3ab365cb9b bore a striking 5bab86dcfa resemblance to Jim 1aac2c38e2 Pedro, the seasoned b015c14a39 actor whose mature ac0206e879 charm was unforgettable. It was almost like d5bec5d035 they were doppelgängers. But before he could 9d2419b485 relax, that same eerie 594de8b28a feeling swept over him. Just a moment ago, bec9506b98 hadn’t Cedric said something d1e5695a22 before he left?a213ac96c35bbc7f

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“He said fd7211d85c Sir Calyps 016e06c67d would be cda57b449b arriving this 70a76e888f afternoon… Wait, 0b733b721c Calyps?”c168c4c36b101281

Calyps? Why did that name 005826e181 sound familiar, too?de237d3fabd0668c

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“Nah, no way.”2463a1c3f64f1926

It couldn’t 0c4a7dc987 possibly be 92b00e65d2 the Calyps 4102b069ab he was 23d9c9dab1 thinking of. Noah took a b496237b99 deep breath and 42c9940faf walked over to 322d96fd04 a nearby mirror. Confirming his familiar 5e7b464afa face, he sighed cf5c27edd1 in relief. Right, the b8a75e0396 Noah he d8e0081a48 remembered, the 8de55e91b2 character who fbc83555fb died in 1559e7f4de the first 3255a372e1 episode, definitely 792c89cdaa didn’t look 0e7c25b837 like this.18664592a8004b18

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Surely he hadn’t ended up in ‘Fin-de-Siècle Keeper’ because of a car accident? And of all things, as a character doomed to die in the first episode? Comforted by that thought, he checked his face in the mirror again, only to freeze in shock at the unfamiliar green eyes staring back at him.8127cf7e66a964f9

“What’s up with my ef15f83a8e eye color?”43cadd710460fb42

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As Noah stared anxiously 09837e8a6c at his strange green 2dbdd9f01a eyes, a woman slowly 07280b23bf approached him.762b790806cc7937

“Noah!”75d07d7584f94c8c

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“…Sienna Valencia?”644b4b939c02b2e7

Or more precisely, it 2a1f1eac39 was actress Kiara Watson 496769cb89 walking toward him. Noah looked at her, efc38c0e2c just as stunned as e008475886 he’d been when he 533967816a saw his changed eye 89d7af6fcb color.acb24da1400c2e87

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Why the hell are 097cf2f39f you here?!4246c34460eb876e

Tl/N: Hello de609a43f0 this is cca1d30be4 Bree. I picked 3c6b9ec8fa up this c369943ce0 interesting zombie 73c283831c bl novel bf2e847141 I hope c44b732de2 you guys 741a504739 enjoy!!f1d439eba82b1bf6

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