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Welcome to Retrospec™, the last social media network you will ever need. You are one of the few selected to test this exciting new platform based on our cutting-edge algorithms. Less than two hundred invitations have gone out, and membership is not currently open to the public. However, we hope you will come to see how useful Retrospec™ is, given time. We have for your use a variety of features such as text, voice, video, and image posts. We encourage you to explore our many options. Anyway, now that the copypaste part is out of the way! Jim here, requesting you guys make your secret meetings a little more exciting. It's not like you're not trying with the whole "let's meet off the network!" dealio, but I have some serious concerns. For one thing, no secret handshakes or phrases? Not even dramatic meeting locations? The trying rating is about half a star if that. And I'm almost bored to tears with the whole back and forth about what's going on. Not bored enough to give you a cheat sheet, but still. I can't get myself taken off surveillance duty, so at least try to make it a little more exciting! You guys might like this wikihow. Later! Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated 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. Characters who have been in game for more than one month will find they can change their profile pictures; newcomers are locked into their first choice. At various points throughout the day users will be sent images of themselves from behind, regardless of where they are. There doesn't seem to be any way to catch whoever might be taking and sending these, however, especially since being alone in a room doesn't seem to be a deterrent. This post is an overflow from the original post here. Feel free to either carry over threads from there or create entirely new ones.

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Kon

[clear_eyes]

[ooc - Continued from here.]

I don't think anyone here personally knows him. He's made posts before so I guess people are speaking familiarity to him because he's acting that way with us.

I guess Eustace works as well as anything.

I don't really know how else to explain it, though. Ever since this started, we've been getting memories and artifacts from people who aren't ourselves. As if they were some kind of past life. Just mentioning something similar to what happened in a memory can cause it, and the items arrive from the mail or are just, err, found. Sometimes a memory can be triggered by nothing in particular, though... they can come out of nowhere, it feels like.

[checkoutmyttk]

so it's official, he is now eustace

that's. that sounds crazy. u know that sounds crazy right? all of it but especially this memory stuff. i mean, past lives?? i hardly remember what i did a month ago let alone something like that

[clear_eyes]

I think I know how you must feel.
I felt similar when this first started happening. I was scared and didn't know what was happening.

But it's what's happening to us. I don't know if there's anyway to stop it either.

[checkoutmyttk]

it's a lot, you know? i don't know. there's obviously some seriously weird stuff happening here. [This memory stuff sounds insane though. He doesn't know how to take it. He hasn't had anything like that happen and even if he just got the app today, he doubts it will. Weird cameras is one thing, but this is too much to swallow, at least right now.]

you're not the only one who go some weird memory? it's happening to other people?

[clear_eyes]

I know it is. But I figured it would be better to be honest than not.

It's happened to multiple people, yes. Some people have even changed physically, as if they were turning into the people they used to be.

[checkoutmyttk]

still not sure if i believe it or at least believe it's gonna happen to me. but i mean, thanks. at least if something crazy weird does pop into my mind, i won't freak out AS much.

and hey you never know, maybe i was someone even cooler in another life. what's cooler than a rock star?

[clear_eyes]

Well, you might've been a billionaire? Or a wandering biker? Maybe a superhero?

But ah, you're a musician...?

[checkoutmyttk]

heh maybe. i could get behind the billionaire thing.

yeah, have you heard of me? i go by Conner. not to brag or anything but i'm pretty famous.

[clear_eyes]

Well, there are plenty of noteworthy musicians named Conner. Can you give me an example of your work?

[checkoutmyttk]

no i mean thats my stage name. it's also my real name but my real name has a last name attached and you know some artists do that but i liked the whole short thing ANYWAY u really haven't heard of me???

ok hold on can i link on this thing? Oh, here! [And he's just going to link one of his hit singles. It's similar in style and sound to the link so we're just gonna go with that.]

[clear_eyes]

Oh, you're THAT Conner. I've heard of you, yes!

[checkoutmyttk]

[EGO SOOTHED. It's not exactly uncommon to run into people who haven't heard of him because lots of people liked lots of different styles, but it's always a bolster to his confidence when people know him.]

i just moved back here a few months ago, i'm from Recolle originally! what a welcome back, right?

[clear_eyes]

I can imagine.

I'm pretty into music, but I think I only have one or two of your songs.
I'll have to work on changing that!

[checkoutmyttk]

i could totally send you some if you want. in thanks for all the info.

i think you're the first person on here not to act like i'm an idiot for not already knowing all of this stuff

[clear_eyes]

Eh? Are you sure?

[She feels bad considering she was just going to download them.]

And also, that's silly. You're new to this. Why would you know already?

[checkoutmyttk]

yeah, it's no big deal at all!

[It's okay Rachel, he loves giving his music out to chill people.]

i know, right? that's what i kept saying! but hey it all worked out, u were way more helpful anyway

[clear_eyes]

Well... okay. I feel like I should be honest though; I download most of the music I own.

[Nerves of steel, this one.]

Well, I'm glad I could help. Unfortunately, though, most social networks are pretty inhospitable places for new people. You have to persevere.

[checkoutmyttk]

doesn't everyone? [He should probably have stronger opinions about this but Conner isn't really about the bigger picture. Or you know, the details of the music industry. He has lots of money therefore it's fine?]

yeah, it's all good, takes more than a few jerks and some potentially life altering realizations to ruffle me! i mean it's not the first time someone's followed me around with a camera lol

[clear_eyes]

Okay. I just felt I should say something.

I think this is a bit more drastic than that, but... I'm glad you're able to take it in stride.

[checkoutmyttk]

no use panicking right? won't change anything and hey, most of my life is already public or whatever anyway. now i get to find out about an entirely different life no one else knows about. sounds pretty cool if you ask me

[It helps that text affords him the luxury of pretending to be okay when he is absolutely freaking out.]

[clear_eyes]

Well, one of my friends is a little famous, so I sort of understand that. I'll warn you though, this stuff can get kind of overwhelming.

[checkoutmyttk]

yeah? that makes sense i guess.

what was it like for you? when this all started i mean. unless it's too personal or something

[clear_eyes]

Honestly? I kind of lost my head Existential crisis and everything. People told me I was stressed out and that I needed to step away.

[checkoutmyttk]

sounds awful. no offense. did it get better?

[clear_eyes]

None taken. But yeah, I can deal with it better now.