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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

[clear_eyes]

Maya, look. Certain things need to be sacrificed for the sake of science.

Fruit is really just one of the ways plants use to spread their seeds. All the faces and dancing add up to in the end is an appearance that makes us uncomfortable, because they resemble us enough to remind us of ourselves.

But it's really no more like a person than toast that's been burnt in a way that looks like it has the face of a religious figure on it.

[strongestheart]

you've thought hard about how to rationalize this, haven't you

[clear_eyes]

Nothing I've said is untrue, Maya.

[strongestheart]

that's what worries me

[clear_eyes]

Look, if they really had thoughts and feelings I wouldn't do it.

Is the fact they only look like they have faces that much of a dealbreaker?

[strongestheart]

If I brought you a live turkey to murder for Thanksgiving, could you do it?

[clear_eyes]

I don't really think that comparison works, Maya.

[strongestheart]

That isn't an answer. That's avoiding the question.

[clear_eyes]

No I wouldn't, because that's a totally different thing!

[strongestheart]

AVOIDING.

THE.

QUESTION.

[clear_eyes]

[... sigh]

No Maya.

I couldn't do it.

[strongestheart]

AH-HA!

Do you understand, now?!

[clear_eyes]

I understand why you think they're anywhere close to the same thing.

[strongestheart]

I'm glad we could come to an agreement, then.

[clear_eyes]

Maya, you're hard to debate with, you know that?

If you ever got into politics, you'd be really dangerous.

[strongestheart]

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaah.

I'm not good enough at telling lies THAT big.

[Just little ones.]

[clear_eyes]

Well, maybe you could be one of the ones that doesn't lie for a living.

[strongestheart]

That sounds fake.

[clear_eyes]

Be the change you want to be,
Maya.

[strongestheart]

I'll get right on that, and also get everyone to somehow agree with me in the process.

[clear_eyes]

Okay, so it may be easier said than done.

[strongestheart]

So no, that one's prooooooooooobably not for me. Most likely.

[clear_eyes]

I don't blame you in that regard then. Better to focus on something less self-compromising.

[strongestheart]

Still working on that, but.

Definitely.

[clear_eyes]

The good thing about that is that due to being on the bottom, "jobs that are less self compromising" is a long list.