#stonemask

IM THINKING it depends on WHEN, early on? perhaps. later? nope.

i think being a vampire would heal his paralysis BUT being able to walk again wasnt his ONLY goal, he also wanted to get to zero. which mostly had to do with what he considered karma. he believed jesus would reset his karma to zero, so would he believe the mask to do the same? if so, he'd probably do it, and use this reasoning to justify it.

ofc this would all have to be before they found out about the corpse and stuff, his obsession with the corpse would overshadow the mask regardless.

so, early on before the corpse was a huge factor, when johnny has gotten the drive to walk again, if he found the mask, with the right reasoning, he mightve used the stone mask tbh.

thats all assuming he KNOWS what the mask does too, its probably more likely if he doesnt know about its vampirism and some shmuck just told him itll heal him and shit.

ofc i doubt gyro would see it his way if he did, even if the stone mask technically solved all his problems. johnny wouldve gotten to zero and his legs back, at the cost of the race and gyro and the sun.