S# 1. The Beginning of the Three Calamities.

Episode 1

When I d841de76f8 opened my 6e7054998e eyes, the 9f8beee17b world had 433b58d34c changed. In this f21dd20542 altered world, 67e13badf1 all I bb7f60fe3d needed was a7609d9c6e a wretched f137375420 “survival instinct.”3962bec374329d25

“Groooar, krrrk!”736052132dbefcf9

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To be honest, 0d72e9b52d surviving in this 7ef37b9a4f transformed world in 053722afa6 place of the fdb3b36998 main character wasn’t 0d9ecf308b exactly something to c4b9976c50 be happy about. Facing the brutal reality ed40eb4c92 unfolding before him, Noah 8fc6354fd9 forced his trembling hands 82b2a0e340 to steady.ceef9743e5f4a84c

“This is definitely the dd8b7b4ff2 three calamities, damn it.”8bc58b0871f8fe1a

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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…4d9a42f12c3d8be1

Swallowing back the tears 1b93a77926 that threatened to rise, 0df406a679 Noah looked over at 0d51d5cd65 the strange, monstrous creature 53f5c67ece in front of him. The bizarre eee2516f97 creature—what was 53bb1a1c1e now known 556613e306 as a 5693bab2db zombie—had locked 95d391e6d4 onto Noah’s 1aa26848d3 presence and 2fdf0c4526 was charging a651abe5a8 toward him 656d4ebe26 wildly.c5ccc0944ee2004b

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“Disgusting things.”b0766b968ca7fd70

Clicking his c7fdb4a88f tongue, Noah 1b578d953f aimed at 7596b4b5bc the zombie 570c37baba without hesitation 5816349ef6 and fired. The bullet flew e2df0b6ddc straight, piercing the ab0709f854 zombie’s forehead, and 5e7501d86b it collapsed with 6b978a5a92 that unique throat-scratching b24dfd30e0 sound.9e7a33c6465acbf3

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“You’re pretty good with 25d453d2a4 a gun.”0308fd0dbedb9af8

At the seemingly indifferent 9b68df1312 compliment, Noah frowned. Irritated by the 1db3923e4b unwelcome praise, he 4b63a1e313 couldn’t even be 159ba0351b bothered to respond 797d62ede6 and instead fired fa45149026 at another zombie 4df212fabe approaching him. Again, his bullet hit f3f9e60c0e the zombie right between 81ba4bbb26 the eyes.049b650157e13141

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“Is hunting b46eee89e3 one of 5acce3063b your hobbies?”572470e8fd541bfc

What nonsense, he wanted 37fe94a64e to retort, *As if 8a5bbbd773 any soldier of the a9112e7718 proud Republic of Korea 0e37bd668d army wouldn’t know how f2980e04e9 to shoot.* But he cc9e204b22 swallowed his words, distracted 4746f6fe5c by the handsome face 0dee48dd79 in front of him.0d83c73d5d3687cc

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“Well, you could say 927aabeb5c that.”5ea2d69f24bc2c60

Noah gave 832dce8a6a a half-hearted a7f9886b03 answer, reloaded ef06ce9f14 his gun, 595ed8c471 and kept dd0e6316d4 his eyes ef2b4ccccc on the e1301424db front. These zombies reproduced faster f3e4e12781 than cockroaches. They kept 5e757215de coming, swarming aef69ca170 endlessly. Watching them, Noah couldn’t 3207cff82c help but think:3a005a56db1beee7

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“Damn scumbag. If I ever get abf58c173d out of here, you’ll b1edb57e1b be the first I cb8e1d1b37 put down.”e78f7f5532813d71

If it hadn’t been 5f1e3d5e59 for that miserable breakup 09332bcde4 text, if he had 88157e5927 managed a real vacation e4eec5e4de to Bangkok instead of 6269548b7a moping around at home, eb9928964b he probably wouldn’t be 1b4b761bbd stuck in this hellhole. It was all 24bce5f863 thanks to his 20a12f8f0b ex, who had f8277f001a the nerve to c85b3aeedd end things so 77f3970bad heartlessly, that Noah’s 3dfe4fe3b9 life had spiraled. And it wasn’t just b5a9ca6248 messed up—it was royally 3dc92d1ae3 screwed.794c93860b930d50

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“I should’ve 563bb1521e just watched fac2e497b7 some lighthearted f4fa9fd18c romance or a10b0313db porn. Damn…”f17db04448fca33f

If only he’d gone e8eb6d1970 for something else to ab0421919c watch that night, maybe fc8dbc4f98 he wouldn’t have ended 140ae73607 up possessed in a 7724ce2ada zombie apocalypse world. What kind of 0709c6fadb sick joke was f7e01926fa this?d2a2ba41b2d66a40

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“Sigh… I 04f2817993 should have b1c311aea3 just died bb462e3433 along with 0f3bef355d the story 61c48e719a back then…”a2fb272aa1b3943d

As he thought of 40848338dc the “female protagonist” who 2e9fe23d87 had died in his 496bbaf603 place, Noah steadied his f53fe3a4e6 gun. Whatever the case, as 743f57d012 long as he was 4896a96f71 alive, he had to 5aec7ddc0e survive here. Fortunately, it f52152b180 seemed this 4c94304723 world hadn’t ccf4b6b53b entirely cast aeff366706 him aside; 46755dab9e he was 7b1ca5feb0 definitely benefiting 69f21704e1 from the c3002aa8e8 “male protagonist” a4787cdd5d buff. Glancing at the male 6836e18711 lead shooting zombies steadily 01f3e03a33 beside him, Noah thought:3f3a2442f52c5cd2

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“Damn, he’s annoyingly 00b757e7af handsome.”f4c0e0ab851a6819

* * *029cacf3e98b555f

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

“Sigh, the more ece3ef9066 I think about 695c057f70 it, the more 976543afd6 unbelievable it gets.”f2b2683e8d6b47d1

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Could two years 024a55208d just end so fcc28b79d0 meaninglessly? After two 2bcc2addf3 days of 2a8d324479 mulling it 7c9fbc53ea over, Noah d89a6eb0c8 had come 96a2f1552c to one d1450f48a9 clear conclusion.70f4cb3939f354de

“Really, what ba9bfc5343 kind of 4b6b8cd359 jerk does 3037a79964 this?”d8d22e871d4c148c

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Noah let out a de7a82dcb0 dry laugh at the bb32478fb2 absurdity of the breakup 48e9982d2c text he’d received from 7c714396ed his partner of two 727a3eaa1a years. Two years—that’s how b4fe777bd1 long they’d been e6294ef59e together. Sure, maybe his ex’s 8e2ff99d1c feelings had changed, but b3e0ec64b2 how could anyone think 736b9c31d1 a text breakup was 194c35e4e1 appropriate for someone they’d 1ee0e1ab9c spent that much time 360f82fb29 with?5a306139a716e2b3

“You manners-deprived bastard.”9646923dd187b19e

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As the 16644f7bc5 unread message 4a14894c53 sat stubbornly 5b441e890b on his 6d012c3f63 phone, Noah cac3d4d688 gave up 6e24fe7379 on the ebf8b3604f idea of 58463d17ee contacting the 63b3df5ad6 jerk again. Giving up, though, didn’t 955fc97f43 mean he wasn’t angry. He was furious—not ef90af4a3c just at the df6392e317 lack of respect c0551924f7 in the breakup, abef7f86ab but more so b074aa6c1e at how the 7e8c353960 sudden end had 2819074b6e derailed his entire cd1bc2f856 schedule. He silently vowed that d72f5188a3 if he ever ran a74af3c2ee into that guy in 4c9b26ec47 Korea’s small dating scene, e3a52e2cbb he wouldn’t let him 7fb80a3b55 walk away easily.64041fbe52245ece

“You damn bastard.”0e21a5690056575b

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But dwelling on it 3fcdd9f59c only made him angrier. What he needed 67cc989af0 now was a 63f70bdefa distraction. Should he 3ab4321054 read something? Deciding that 946e3b537f words on 3b4b9b33bc a page 0d25ed5261 wouldn’t hold be094b24ba his focus, fec8adf212 Noah turned 9f1d2f6b93 on the d496b0abe8 TV. But nothing caught 41d875259a his interest. He flipped caf617d485 through channels, 694cc9f1a9 finally settling b805ceb779 on a ead44bbdd5 movie review 16d5be2410 channel. It seemed a 60ef795db8 new zombie movie ab2a6f1d23 had recently come f8132f140c out because the 4737597ef1 channel was playing 994ad69839 that grotesque, familiar dc1adf27f4 zombie sound. Listening to cc075e4302 it, something 36c654f5eb clicked in cba2b2d906 his mind, 3cf186561e and he 0f53f174a6 quickly grabbed 04382f7bb1 his tablet.2e08b70f42fb2fa4

“Might as 032ebcb0fb well watch ef78b1c3e1 that.”1925a74866a1b59e

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Remembering the U.S. drama series 007ad2c67a he’d neglected 7cc7177cba while adjusting 979c01cad7 to work 76475a2422 and focusing 8bada72c41 on dating, 29c3045326 Noah immediately f79b4d3814 logged into a245652978 a streaming 572421c43f service and 7273972e0d subscribed. He’d heard that bcaf842f86 Season 3 had fc0d3d234b finished airing and 33aa038bbb Season 4 was 2a9859b428 in production. Sure enough, ‘Fin-de-Siècle Keeper’ 88c2653240 was at the top b4733dc68f of the streaming charts. Since it had dc8533a21a been so long e5c5799ff2 since Season 1, 29912c62d0 he barely remembered d2f89eaf1e the plot, so ee48b6ada2 he started from f2cafe5518 the very beginning, b40defa55b playing Episode 1 d67d8aa9f2 of Season 1.ff54f0bfcf1eed52

“Well, I’ve got nothing but time for the next week anyway.”f61a427328d13c8c

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‘Fin-de-Siècle Keeper’ was 8c95043261 an apocalyptic romance 1619dfd9f1 set in a 13a8758f63 fictional world quite e87a606a0a different from reality. Although the fd7bd86a94 time period a1839edbe7 was set 9769c65687 in the 366ff3a59d same 20×× 1b4330d55d years as 85ee4a6064 now, the 631a5eba71 drama’s world 0feef51778 retained a c31e7276c1 strict class 065bc863bc system and 4ed478cba8 had less 029da6b802 advanced science, f31d97714c reminiscent of 4af8db4a73 an end-of-century c5232cb3d9 setting.a3aa1ece4fe2592c

The show opened with e23d94babb two contrasting scenes: in 14781532f5 one, the female lead, 3c6912dfd1 the eldest daughter of c3d90db1cd a count, sipped tea 142469ca7d gracefully in a lavish, 8524a3c86d castle-like setting, while in 5c349c673b the other, the male c1ab2d8baa lead, a war hero 2d853a0148 of common birth, rolled 1731689d63 through a brutal battlefield. This starkly highlighted 364825c6e5 the two characters’ 9df0075022 lives in separate 206e249069 worlds.92a9a1bf70fa7f39

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“Wow, Kai Harrison… 53ec6df22d this is insane.”88e088e52b4ffe58

His looks were 2e613d8b10 truly next-level. Watching Season ae425a22fd 1 straight e186c55ee4 through, Noah 980a4fe167 found himself 9863023d59 unable to 18721bf81e look away a8a3a1c804 from the 9c07005406 male lead, 5496caa855 Kai Harrison. Honestly, ‘Fin-de-Siècle Keeper’ 34273a5e7e owed much of c28d3e1666 its success to 36119406bc Kai Harrison’s performance.5eb6032f8334ba51

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“Amazing. Really.”a29374a3fd5e7847

Noah was practically d1f3dcb7e4 entranced, too stunned 85a6146712 to even feel 3c9dc9a8df tired. Binge-watching the drama, he 26e93120c1 made it to the af1f2e5b82 last episode of Season ca71a1c574 3 before finally pausing. In a half-zombie 0d90a21a14 state himself, he 608d9f13a2 trudged over to b5c620f6ec the fridge.a875190254706777

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“Damn it, all out.”26668f9bda7499c1

The mountain of beer b3c079bb57 he’d stocked had somehow 3c21b36118 vanished. He regretted aec969fc80 not ordering 0cf1323645 more beer c9d61f6a34 with the 5ed57a8d0c chicken earlier, 0d7affab08 but it 401ebdb9af was too 0e47bcf534 late now. After a quick splash 9e39ddd3f9 of water on his 3cdd5ccd25 face, Noah threw on e2a1c4a6e1 a hoodie and stepped cc3716fffd outside. The cold 19fe53589f dawn air 6a128ceb74 hit him 18012dcfee as he 9fae19c420 left the 6e2712a801 building, and 7e23e34620 he shivered.10c46c0d492f2a2b

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“Gah, let’s get 4c4ac3b062 this over with fbe6ca5b65 and head back 3c9e6762a5 fast.”f5c240ffd60b410d

Crossing the street 13574dc642 to the convenience db4b873a96 store, he noticed e76da7033d a flickering blue c9601bc46b light and quickly 9360724a1d crossed, only to cb342962ad realize he’d gone 1f3faabd75 to the wrong fcaef95efd crosswalk. In his hurry, 4da12efffe he sometimes made 58695e32c6 mistakes like this. It was 3 a.m., c180dc0136 and though the streets 799f29ccca were empty, cars tended 12fecd3d87 to speed at this 8127446d65 hour. He’d heard about a 3a7c8b9711 recent jaywalking accident around af6ceee6a4 here too.40faec2b8a266467

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“Eh, there’s no rush.”7d2b61a7be7ccccf

The early morning a98d5fa987 air was refreshing d15a62486d after three days b547159ace cooped up, so dbb1cb1347 Noah waited for 3c1a1f4922 the light. Just as he 35be9bd86f lit a cigarette, beb4676db8 the light finally 96fda17f31 cycled and turned fa7a36a940 green. He watched 7924613911 the smoke ce81a3d0e9 drift lazily 54d21daade in the 2246065db5 dawn air, 60e00830af thinking how 7159b11d7e oddly serene a882f53734 it was, 50abfd6104 then began 370bbe397a to cross.0a27de83cd781792

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“Well, I obeyed the 8ce7dfad2c signal.”634a460157917cf2

But they say accidents 25b34e7214 happen regardless of who ebe1ef38a6 follows the rules, and 9bccaeec7f Noah never expected to 4f01aa6abb be the one proving f98a39c2f7 that true. Before he de613c63c3 could react, caa618610c there was 92eaa7d06f a loud cf74eb8b4f crash, and 37c54502ea his body b8beb8de7f went flying 99ecd15614 through the c54b0a0be1 air.ea20900edda292aa

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Thud. He hit the 83580451fb ground hard. Pain began 4af2ae636c to fade 88351a494c as he ee2ddb059b felt his 01f663625b consciousness slipping eb50ce0e52 away, and 1c15abc788 with one ce3a405cb1 last fleeting ed658c83b6 thought, he a0244a356f closed his b8a988f781 eyes, succumbing fdd4fcabad to unconsciousness.34c38f3bc32bb7b7

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“Where… am I? Who… am I?”2b2dd5f42e9ece9c

Noah never imagined ed80426a26 he’d find himself 53b1524ea1 uttering such a 3576085993 cliché line, but 25b3b75212 nothing could better 01c95ce83e capture his situation. Having barely aa77b1cc1c processed his 1c390d5502 role as 483285c370 the “victim” 7cbf6dea56 of a e8f68e859b car accident, 825e1d457d he opened f937c70886 his eyes b266243f05 to a 3377337304 world unfamiliar. The ceiling b0f0f9e2f6 above him 1b33c14334 was precisely d88812e8d1 the “strange 6978e3b58c ceiling” people dd611f6244 always talk a20d2c7a38 about.860f33293093c981

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“Where on 61029be88f earth am b5f8b1dd81 I…?”cc3d40a9a2f96d2c

One thing 9cf4d6c381 was clear: 39a3cc28af he wasn’t 96a453062f in a e017a3e62a hospital. Why had he woken 2c4314962a up somewhere other than 7e8b6769dd a hospital after a 3ce92a0e47 car accident? More pressingly, why aec0c78bad didn’t he feel c7843a40a4 any pain? Noah blinked in bewilderment b513a192ff as he confirmed his 988ceb65f4 body was perfectly fine. What was fa78ae5acb going on? Just as he bb492b81c0 was puzzling over 9cb132d8c3 his fully functioning c8719f2f3f limbs, a knock eca6823e5f startled him from aecd1a0a20 outside the room.4cbf1650d968ec81

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“Sir Noah. It’s Cedric. Are you awake?”1ed581307d81a4a8

“Gah!”d7c2a875f74694fe

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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.”17dc5d93c99290d6

“Sir Noah!”9426ab05929a8bda

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“Ugh!”607bf1fb5746cad9

“Are you all right, Sir Noah?”0343cca616ffe407

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Seeing Noah groaning on 1078f77b6b the floor, Cedric hurried c795f4f995 over and inspected him c3c606bad7 for any injuries. Thankfully, nothing seemed amiss. With a sigh d2fc66f9e5 of relief, Cedric 0b320e2c77 gently helped Noah fbbdecb2e8 to his feet, 567687ab97 steadying him by 07928cf1e7 his waist.7af1d535103de8b1

“Oh, thank… what?”3811af836257248d

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Just as he 9d3afcdc3b was about to ea2735805e thank his helper, f71785bcd3 Noah’s jaw dropped 0ed8386f78 at the sight 66c409f83b of the unfamiliar e16f564477 foreigner. Wait a 562b9ceacd minute, where 68315d3ee8 had this ecab8d81f0 ridiculously handsome be39d160b1 foreigner come f3d4078cf1 from? Shocked by the stranger’s 5870d25fa1 appearance, Noah found himself 1f86db087c staring, mesmerized by the 99b345e777 man’s mature and distinguished 7ad8d292c2 features.8a10922df39115c4

“Sir… Sir Noah?”a749369764b7ddd7

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“Oh, I’m fine…”ed88d743e2b0fc54

Physically, he was 03f145755c fine; the problem a975a92099 was his wildly 79ed109c59 pounding heart at 47b535275b the sight of 3e856cd162 this handsome stranger. As Cedric straightened a74a8cb527 Noah’s disheveled clothes 92ce9b5556 and carefully checked f11fe5d7db him over once 1aab1f0b04 more, he began c27537c5e8 discussing the day’s 37c8c3df9e schedule. Every one of his 469ede2f43 actions was so cinematic 85c83f0940 that Noah couldn’t help 4d898e93d7 but watch him in 9847e67900 a daze.5d02836cd344d613

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“And Sir Calyps 8537053f12 will be arriving 1c063fa700 at the castle 04a10209de this afternoon.”55cce4192349435f

With that, Cedric 0a6561dfcf finished briefing Noah 56274e8cc5 on his agenda, 8df31671d4 then quietly exited 54c538ed15 the room.3daa3bd497003382

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“Gah!”2d593ad3967ebeda

The moment Cedric 48db63b787 left, Noah released bbf472e1b3 the breath he’d b94fa0c084 been holding. What the heck 990881db5d is going on 5e247c1dd1 here? And why did ae1006926c that guy seem 86a598731a so familiar…? Sure, he’d been stunned 083625a415 by Cedric’s good looks, c63aed73eb but the man’s face 4100d7911a felt oddly familiar, like 1195c8daed someone he knew. He didn’t have a af06dacfaa single foreign friend, so 9c1569f65f why did he recognize abb768eb9c this foreigner? As he 06c03a663f struggled with 4d4bd73e35 this strange cb12387ca9 familiarity, a bf38cda0ba name popped 3cdc46f6ed into his 7e5415daa6 head.216f49d143d013b9

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“Oh, right. Jim Pedro. He looks just a8eeba1afb like him.”e28fcaeb9ed07d14

The butler Cedric a9c8f7137b bore a striking 17d7419dc2 resemblance to Jim 7f29650499 Pedro, the seasoned 9203164b2b actor whose mature fd57d4bf75 charm was unforgettable. It was 2a4f3e75ce almost like 09af9f3344 they were 84075a42f1 doppelgängers. But before he could e73252d3e6 relax, that same eerie 6993b984e7 feeling swept over him. Just a moment ago, aa1aa4d8aa hadn’t Cedric said something ed7c90c0cd before he left?ccfac3cf167a57c8

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“He said b64f5b6a26 Sir Calyps 2dd7ad8065 would be 04e68b0fad arriving this cb266a4d8a afternoon… Wait, d21b241433 Calyps?”6057572e1ffe3768

Calyps? Why did that name 323c2e7833 sound familiar, too?5cba8edda252a6e4

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“Nah, no way.”1378c64eea6b9b61

It couldn’t possibly be f151c6acd7 the Calyps he was 36cf98ad94 thinking of. Noah took a deep bc064ea632 breath and walked over a91c5c04cd to a nearby mirror. Confirming his 6fea1145f0 familiar face, f6b7f498b4 he sighed 4a68efb35c in relief. Right, the Noah 7b6d5fe5b3 he remembered, the bdf2a68b43 character who died 6f3a347ccc in the first ff3c0ce1b0 episode, definitely didn’t 811a7d20b9 look like this.31800c6e82ff481e

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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.17c9e8116754dff8

“What’s up with my 0225fc58d1 eye color?”579a97735f1ed8b1

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As Noah stared anxiously 07dfa1b81a at his strange green f384a7eac0 eyes, a woman slowly 7db8a58593 approached him.b1b9011590f914ee

“Noah!”295be0f4f12d891a

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“…Sienna Valencia?”fad61189a6642585

Or more precisely, cf044b638c it was actress 44ee269f3c Kiara Watson walking b638eae370 toward him. Noah looked at 82d85daead her, just as 0b65bd9e2d stunned as he’d f10f57162e been when he eec9ab2019 saw his changed d78b9a9c9c eye color.0515a167ba56235e

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Why the 00e33c8aef hell are 0bde48338d you here?!b19ad97905eaf036

Tl/N: Hello this is db08592040 Bree. I picked d603f9a1ee up this 4c00ab1af2 interesting zombie f7448a8c5b bl novel 53487a8b68 I hope 4b9cc2dc19 you guys 9f334be366 enjoy!!a70a82ce4b47c3d7

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