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"Needy, unable to cope" (<- you try coping with chronic pain)

"Comfort seeking" (<- you mean.. having a preference for not being in pain.. how criminal)

"Using or trying to obtain drugs on a long-term, chronic base" (<- do you understand what 'chronic pain' means.)

"Asking for pain med then returning to sleep."

"States he’s level 10 pain, but does not appear to be in pain (or ‘5= on appearance)." (<- it is well-known that chronic pain patients tend not to display pain in the same way as acute pain patients)

"Dramatic response to pain" (<- notice how this directly contradicts the comment above. you cannot win)

"Gets IV med, then leaves unit to smoke or walk around" (<- wow requiring medication and then going off to do something you needed pain meds to be able to do is so suspicious)

There's a bodyswap fic with Sonic and Metal Sonic that's been bouncing around my head since 2022 with this exact premise. Queue my unedited dumping below:

The twist is that Sonic's friends pretty quickly figure out that something is up, but they don't suspect that it's Metal that's taken Sonic's place in his body. Tails is weirded out that Sonic is now suggesting programming modifications for one of his inventions. Amy swears she actually just saw a blush on Sonic's face, which has never happened. They see this definitely-not-Sonic crying literal tears of joy over something as simple as a hug and homemade pie and they can't help but feel bad for the guy. So instead they hold an intervention, basically like "hey dude. you're not our sonic. like we don't want to hurt you, we actually want to help you! but you gotta give Sonic back"

Metal only barely manages to avoid spiraling and he's able to cover with some bullshit lie about being a ghost or something (hey don't make fun of him he doesn't have much to work with). So instead of the typical "liar revealed" plotline you have Metal stringing along the lie even further, trying to find a way to get out of Sonic's body whilst still not returning to his own.

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Random guy: No, sorry.

Danny: That's alright. Would you mind taking a flyer?

Random guy: Of course.

Danny moving to the next table over: Excuse me, have any of you seen this boy?

Barbara: Hmmm. Yes.

Danny: What?

Dick angrily: I've seen him too

Danny: When!? Where?! He's been missing for two weeks!

Barbara cautiously: How do you know this boy?

Danny glancing between them: I know I look suspicious. He's not my kid or anything. Jason is just my best customer. I don't know what the deal is at his house- nothing good, I suspect- but in Crime Alley, CPS is a death sentence, so I never called them to check. I know he's been having it rough since his mom passed. He used to come every day for a chili dog at my cart. Two weeks ago he suddenly stop coming around. He's missing.

Dick: Maybe he didn't want anymore chili dogs

Danny, shaking his head: That's what the police said, too, when I tried to file a missing person report, but I know the streets. Kids like Jason vanish all the time because no one is looking out for them. No one notices when they stop showing up. Jason came by every day, even when he didn't order anything, because he felt like I would notice if he vanished. And I did. He's gone.

Barbara: Hmmm. I saw the kid at the beginning of the month. I haven't seen him since.

Dick: Me too. It was at the public library. He was reading some books to younger kids dressed as a wizard.

Danny, disappointed: I see. That was the last time I saw him too. He got a dog after he finished Todler Tales on his way home. Will you take these flyers and call me if you remember anything else?

Barbara: Sure. I hope he's found soon.

Danny: Thank you. Me too. *Moves to next table* Excuse me, have you seen this boy?

Barbara watching him: Should we tell B?

Dick: That the kid he replaced me with has a worried dad? Nah, let them figure it out. He can be charged with kidnapping for all I care.

Barbara: Stop being so immature. The man is obviously worried out of his mind about Jay.

1. It fucking HURTS!!! Wherever the infection is will be red hot to the touch, and also be in extreme pain. My infection was in my left ankle and if I tapped my left foot on the ground, I would be crying in pain

2. They are not able of having in depth conversations. The infection messes with your head, even if it is far away from your brain. For me, I was so incredibly tired all the time. You could talk to me, but I felt like I was living in molasses the whole time. It was very, very hard for me to hold a conversation with anyone

3. The person is sick in EVERY WAY. I was throwing up constantly, I could barely keep food down, and anything I did eat made me feel sick afterwards. I was also so weak that getting myself into my kitchen from my bedroom would wind me. My apartment is less than 700 square feet. It is not a far distance between the 2

I get your attention? Anyway we all know that Iruma has the ability to dodge all attacks and danger. but I think what would be very Interesting would be having that ability fail him or for him to like lose it slightly. This would show how his time in the netherworld has healed a lot of the trauma of his past. His life isn’t in constant mortal danger anymore so he would logically become a bit rusty at dodging.