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[bold_in_deed]

Ilia T shared a photo. 4/2 near Grub Mart

Hey history nerds. Or coin collectors Anyone know where this coin is from? Got it in the mail, and I don't recognize it. Certainly nothing from the States or the UK. I tried reverse image search and nothing came up. And this is on the heels of having one of those hallucinations everyone else has been having. It was... bizarre, to say the least. At least this thing seems innocuous enough.

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[true_noir]

I have never seen anything like this in France, nor do I remember it in any of the history books I've seen. You say that you got it in the mail? I assume it is from the Retrospec people in that case.

[bold_in_deed]

It is from them, so far as I can tell. But yeah, no one seems to recognize it. I don't know who this woman on the front is supposed to be. And it looks almost hand made?

[true_noir]

It looks like a simple coin or medallion of some sort. And ancient coins like that could be more hand made than they were stamped in a press. Maybe it's from a long-lost civilization, or a personal keepsake?

I am fairly sure it will be clearer if and when it is associated with some vision they shove on you.

[bold_in_deed]

definitely a coin. it looks like a currency marker on the back. maybe i should run this by the history department at the university.

see, that's the weird thing that i didn't get one. i keep waiting for it, but nothing's coming.

[true_noir]

I see. When you stop by the history department, you might consider simply looking through the records of ancient coins first, rather than showing them at first. I wouldn't want people to be confused by it.

I'm not sure, though, if that's good or bad. Why aren't you is a question after all that we should be asking.

[bold_in_deed]

i'll see if they have decent records first. i'm not familiar with the department, so i'm not sure how extensive it is.

it's a very good question that no one can answer in so far as i can tell. nothing i do with the coin seems to trigger anything

[true_noir]

Hmmm, yes. There is some truth to that concern. You never know what to expect until you're actually doing the research, do you? Regardless, I am certain that, with enough effort you will manage to figure something out with the coin.

[bold_in_deed]

i hope so.

i thought about selling it. you know, maybe make some money. people would buy it, thinking it's an antique without looking much into it. but it...
makes me uneasy, the thought of doing that

[true_noir]

I am not particularly surprised. It is that feeling that it is 'yours,' and that it is somehow important, even if part of you wishes to be rid of it. Everything is like this, I think, to some extent.

[bold_in_deed]

yeah. i'd feel better if i knew what it was for or how it's tied to me

[true_noir]

Or at least, how it is tied to the visions you've seen. The not knowing can drive one to distraction, especially if the object is not quite as obvious as, say, a gun or a family portrait might have been.

[bold_in_deed]

the vision i saw is pretty drastically different than any conceivable way this coin could be tied to it.

[true_noir]

Well then, I wonder what you will see related to this coin in that case. Still, I would definitely hold onto it. Maybe not carry it with you, but keep it safe. We don't know if these are important somehow.

[bold_in_deed]

i'll hold onto it, no worries. i want to know what it's for, too. it definitely feels important, which is just weird coming from something i have no memory of.

[true_noir]

It is extremely odd. I've had the same experience, before I even knew what a thing was for. It doesn't really get any easier, because it is basically the chicken and the egg. Which really came first? The item, or the vision?

[bold_in_deed]

i think retrospec just likes watching the confusion and chaos, so they do this kind of shit

[true_noir]

Honestly, you're probably right. Others have tried to convince me there's more to it, but I have yet to see any real plan behind it. Perhaps we will learn in time.

I am not betting on this.

[bold_in_deed]

i wouldn't. just try to be prepared... and even as i type that it sounds ridiculous because how can you prepare for this kind of shit?

[true_noir]

I really am not sure, but that does not mean that I will not at least make an effort to prepare. We can only do what we're able to do, after all.

As simplistic as that might sound.

[bold_in_deed]

i suppose it would still be better than doing nothing.

[true_noir]

Almost anything is better than nothing, but regardless we need something to give us a chance to try another angle, some other angle somewhere. I'll be keeping on the lookout anyway.