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[recollecters]

What's up, users! We've mostly fixed the technical problems we were having earlier (unless Danny missed something again) but you might want to wear green. Also, I'm supposed to make a vague and mysterious informational post here but that sounded boring so I made a video presentation instead! Watch on YouTube Cheers! Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated As of this post all apples, oranges, lemons, and limes have been replaced in-universe as the silly dancing fruits shown above. This means that as with Chocobos all NPCs will insist this is how things have always been and history/movies/etc will back them up. In honor of St. Patrick's Day characters will find a request from Retrospec to upload a picture of themselves to the network in which they are wearing something green. They will find themselves shocked lightly by their device if they try to use it without complying. Rude? A non-triggered memory regain can be earned through participation in this post in honor of Lucy's birthday the holiday with proof of a single thread with at least five comments from your character. If you plan to redeem this, please submit it to our regains page with the explanation of "March freebie". This must be submitted before April to be valid! Regardless of whether or not a character earns the freebie, all characters will find a gold coin with the Retrospec logo on one side and a Chocobo on the other. On the outside edge of the coin they will find "Jim, put a meaningful quote here. - Janet" engraved in a beautiful font. The Chocobo will morph into a horse should your character obtain the memory regain from the event; it will stay a Chocobo if your character does not obtain the memory regain. Please see our OOC information post HERE for some information and reminders - you can direct any questions about this post there! Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently.

Comments

[megabond]

I can guess you saw the fruits...

[Unfortunately right now, he is also shocked at what he saw when he tried to get a snack from his apartment.]

[caelestialis]

It's kind of hard not to see them when your fridge for the classroom happens to be full of them.

I don't know what to do with them now. I certainly don't want the kids to be eating these. [ because what if the fruits try to eat them back?? there are so many scenarios in her head right now. ]

[megabond]

I could say the same.

[He also doesn't want to eat the fruits now that most of them have smiling faces plastered on them.]

At least they fixed the glitches on this app right now...

[caelestialis]

There is that. We can be confused as a group. It's a lot more fun at least.

[ and a lot less stressful since it was validating. very validating after being told, over and over again, that none of this was weird, ]

[megabond]

What do you mean? We're a group because of this app?

[Maybe you should elaborate on that, Ainsley.]

[caelestialis]

That's what I meant.

Because judging by all the other responses, we're definitely not alone.

[megabond]

You may have a point. This is more like a group gathering than a real social media app.

Also, I seemed to notice that there are no signs of users from other cities and countries...

[caelestialis]

There are some social media apps geared to specific locations and areas.

But I do wish there was a way to contact others from out of Recolle right now. Surely we're not alone in feeling like something strange is going on.

[megabond]

Now that you've mentioned it, there's also something strange regarding about communicating with others outside the city.

[caelestialis]

Hm? Was there something you noticed? Besides the fact they're not being bothered by Retrospec?

[ insulting the app you're currently using may not be the wisest of choices, ainsley. ]

[megabond]

It's about most of the phones' signal to outside calls, a young man named Akira discovered that he experienced troubles on contacting someone outside the city such as dropped calls and low call quality

I believed his story since I have the same problems as him when I tried to call my friends from Paris a month ago. Strangely, it all happened after Retrospec was launched.

I feel this is too much of a coincidence.

[caelestialis]

Wait.

You think they're doing this all on purpose then? The poor reception, the low quality connection- All of this to to make contacting with those outside the city difficult?

[ then it's probably best to not speak about that on their app but at this point-- ] What would they gain from that?

[megabond]

I don't know. But judging by all of this, I think it might try to isolate us.

[However, it's still a theory he made, so he doubt he can believe this.]

[caelestialis]

That's a creepy thought. I'd hate to be forced to watch all of Jim's videos every time he wants to impress Janet.

I mean it's sweet and all but Jim does need to tone it down a bit.

[ ainsley what are your priorities right now. ]

[megabond]

Jim? Janet?

[He then starts to wonder how many people did Ainsley met as of today. Of course, he was too busy to watch the video as he is still shocked about the fruits.]

[caelestialis]

The video! You haven't watched it yet?

[ since he's asking in the first place, that's probably a 'no' from him. ] Take a few minutes to watch it. And then take another few minutes to sink it.

It's something.

[megabond]

Not yet, but I'll check it right now.

[And he did. It only took him a few minutes to watch, but after he did, he was completely shocked and confused at what he sees.]

That's... an interesting marriage proposal... Was adding those strange fruits really necessary though?

[caelestialis]

If I had to take a stab in the dark? I would guess he was trying to make it a-peel-ing as possible to her if they were her favourite fruits!

[ someone take her account away. please. these puns must end. ]

[megabond]

[Another bad pun from Ainsley. Of course, he didn't groan or protest about it due to obvious reasons.]

Yeah, another reason why I think they have a twisted sense of humor.

[caelestialis]

You think so? I actually think this is kind of sweet, in a strange way? Jim had to do a lot of work considering how much editing he did.

[ did you see the amount of transitions that went down in that video?? he put his heart into it. ]

[megabond]

You got a point there. He must have loved Janet. Think she will get the message?

[caelestialis]

Hmmm. It's a toss up in my opinion. On one hand he did use a Queen song but his use of font may or may not be held against him. That's vital in any marriage. 😋

[megabond]

That's true. Not to mention he should try other images and footage rather than ones with those dancing fruits...

[caelestialis]

Why did he only use fruits and a Queen song for this video?

These are the hard hitting questions we need to ask the employees if we ever get into contact with them.

[megabond]

Good idea. Since going back to their headquarters to ask them might not be an option for us right now.