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[ghostly_stutter]

S-so this is normal, right? I mean--

[Panning down from Chloe's slightly panicked face, she focuses the video on her hands and arms, which are swiftly being overtaken by black inky tattoos. She tries to take a closer look--to discern if there are words being written across her skin, but she can't make heads or tails out of it.]This--this has

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[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz's eyes are wide as she replies, looking at the black letters as they shift on Chloe's skin. She's gone over the other responses, so she knows her friend isn't in any imminent danger, but still...]

Wow, Chloe... that is, like, wicked weird!

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[ghostly_stutter]

Liz.

[There's relief in hearing a familiar voice. Seeing a familiar face. Her friend.]

H-has this happened to you at all?

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[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz shakes her head, tucking some errant strands behind her ears.]

No way, like, nothing like it. Well, like, nothing outside of the one around my ankle. Are they, like, the same thing? I mean, the writing looks the same...

[She looks down from the journal, apparently examining her ankle and the writing that entwines it.]

[ghostly_stutter]

I-I don't know. Maybe.

I--I have a tattoo like that one, too.

[Only it was across her midriff.]

I was trying to decipher the writing, but it's too jumbled. Or maybe it's in another language. I can't tell.