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[recollecters]

mr. kaiyou asked about extra manpower. we can't really grant access to anyone other than we have now unless someone switches out, and i can't unlimit the people the doctor put on probation, but you can all consult with one another so long as you're in network areas although in some locations you may only be able to reach your actual team consultant if you were assigned one. or one another if you were not. i'd advise you to maybe try not to get put on probation on here but i can't really stop you if you do. so i'll just say that this is still being monitored and none of you are actually required to work with us, so. please allow the people who are trying to the time to do so. i did warn mr. kaiyou it's a possibility. Maurice Fitzwilliam Intern Retrspec Incorporated Please be advised monsters from the Bestiary can still be found around town. The convention center is still wrecked as well! Other damage can be found around town such as broken windows, some destroyed buildings, etc. Strangely, the monsters were courteous and left people's homes alone (for the most part.) Please note: this mingle is for Group One and Group Three members. Those of Group Two are still missing and time is still moving normally. This means they have been gone for one week as of today. Group One and Group Three members may continue to create their own posts and logs about the state of affairs, though this post is a good time to link up and discuss what's happening city-side. 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.

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[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Confirming that we're okay. Me, Koutarou, Yu, James, Noctis. We're all right. Everybody else, too, but those are the ones people had asked me about.
Hitori Togusa Retrospec has indicated it's possible to get the missing people back. Dante, Tatsuo, Juzo, everybody. And when we do that, it should take care of the monsters.
Hitori Togusa We're really looking at a 'push, all bets returned' situation here. We're going to have to wait on full answers until we've helped fix this. None of us are intending to just let what Retrospec has done so far just go. But. Get dragons to stop wandering the streets first.

[Sent privately to everyone Togusa had mentioned the addresses to:]
Hitori Togusa No dice. They've got backups. It was worth a shot.

[rygdea]

Fynn Izunia Fuck, they took Juzo and Tatsuo too?
Fynn Izunia I'll go to hell and back for our guys, Toga.
Fynn Izunia You know I will!

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa You and me both. Right when Tatsuo was talking about getting training to get qualified to carry, hunh? Bad timing.
Hitori Togusa We pieced it together from looking at who was on all the teams. Detectives Gabranth and Matsuoka are still here but didn't get a fun map marker like us.

[rygdea]

Fynn Izunia Of course "Mr. Buckethead" is useless---
Fynn Izunia Tell Gabranth to unlock the armory and find some usable weaponry.
Fynn Izunia My team is about to roll out.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa I tell him that, he'll start thinking you give a shit about him.
Hitori Togusa Watch yourself, stay in communication as you can.
Hitori Togusa I got warned we might be cut off. I don't think I'm going to be the exception this time.

[rygdea]

Fynn Izunia I DON'T F@##$ING CARE ABOUT HIM!
Fynn Izunia It's just that...he's gonna be on his own for awhile.
Fynn Izunia Things might get dangerous, you know? We're already missing so many people and the rest of the town are like sitting ducks.
Fynn Izunia ...just tell him I said "be careful", okay?

[openhanded]

so that's what happened...

[Sorey is not excited.]

don't worry, my team's cooperating. we're doing everything we can.
we don't know each other personally or anything but you're always here with good advice and a strategy.
thank you for that

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Oh! Hi. Uh, Officer Hitori Togusa. I've seen your name popping up from time to time, too.
Hitori Togusa Thank you. I figure we're in this together, and someone might be able to make better use of something I come across than I can.
Hitori Togusa I know a lot of us are mad and want answers, but I'm glad we're working together. Get them after our friends are back.

[openhanded]

I'm Sorey. nice to meet you!
I was going to ask you about something a while back but then I had to take care of some other things. when this is over, we should all get together and pool what we know.

no arguments here. people who don't even know about Retrospec are in danger, too. I can't just ignore that.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Nice to meet you, too.

[Oh, you poor soul, you know Dante, don't you? Nope. We're not touching that for right now.]

Hitori Togusa I'd be glad to. Although I suppose some of what I know is outdated now, since we learned what the QR codes were for.
Hitori Togusa Maybe it's too much to hope that finding things forced their hand to reveal it early?

[openhanded]

[He does. And even though Dante's a jackass, Sorey cares about him.]

powers, right? I got one too.

maybe, maybe not! I haven't been making trouble as much as you'd think. just talking to ghosts.
they gave me the ability, so I might as well use it.

[lostapprentice]

and how did they "indicate" that, exactly.

[Anything coming out of Retrospec is suspect, but he'd at least like to have some sort of source and get caught up with whatever the hell is happening.]

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Mr. Solo. Hadn't heard from you in a while.
Hitori Togusa A number of us were sent markers to certain points around the city. I was with a group that went into the basement of the Retrospec building.
Hitori Togusa They were light on the specific details, because apparently a number of Retrospec employees disappeared along with our friends. Including one of the people who knows how to make this stop. So it was hard for Mr. Fitzwilliam to explain what was going on.

[lostapprentice]

i was trying to ignore this nonsense for a while and clear my head. you can see how that went.

they can't even keep their own from getting involved in their disasters? how incompetent can they be?

[Ren almost wishes said employees would stay disappeared, but he would like for things to stop being "broken," for lack of a better word. Perhaps if just the one person returned and the rest of them stayed trapped wherever they were...]

it's not surprising they wouldn't want to reveal all of their secrets.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa I'd wait until I know what they were doing before I say they were incompetent. We're still going to work to get them back. We don't have the power to fix this without them.
Hitori Togusa I'm willing to believe that Retrospec had something planned, there were too many hints and specifics leading up to this. But I'm pretty sure this didn't go to their plan.

[lostapprentice]

well, if they wanted to throw their own to the wolves, then i suppose they did a fantastic job.

[Good job, Retrospec, on being a bunch of sociopathic dickwads.]

i understand the need to retrieve them, even if i hate it. try not to risk yourselves any more than necessary.

[Even that piece of garbage who's yelling at him for venting is worth more than even the most valuable "employee" of that horrid organization.]

[vendettastool]

I figured that they would have them. It would be too easy otherwise.

Are you going to be able to restock before the next push? It would be nice if they let you do a save but if not, try to hoard your resources and get creative.

[standalonehuman]

Even better. Gear upgrade, courtesy of Retrospec themselves.

Looks like we're going underwater, so it's good that they're outfitting us. There wasn't exactly an 'underwater combat' section of Academy training, though. And I got warned that other people are still going to be fine, but the specific power set I got might not work.

[vendettastool]

Double check the gear before you go marching into so you know where the switches and hookups are. Can't have you stuck when you need to shed something fast.

What set do you have again? I know you said teke but what else?

[standalonehuman]

Telepathy. Which is odd because apparently the guy Retrospec is telling me about, I got memories of using something like it. Annoying that what might be the MOST useful thing is going to get disrupted, I don't know how we're going to be able to stay in contact.

The other Retrospec employee mentioned. M. Mahoney, apparently a doctor, female. Don't know her specialty. We didn't get a chance to talk to her, but there's another name if you feel like another background check.

[vendettastool]

It can't work in water? Do you have access to mics of any kind?

I can try, but I don't know if I will get anywhere with it.

[megabond]

Augustine Sauveterre I'm just glad that you were able to found your friend.
Augustine Sauveterre But if what you're saying is true, then most of the users who didn't disappear are trying to help the employees get them back like my team.
Augustine Sauveterre Guess this latest incident is more troublesome than ever.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Hey. It's weird how things turned out, I think you're the only one I know on your team.
Hitori Togusa I sort of know Koutarou's cousin, but anyway.
Hitori Togusa We were at the Retrospec basement, where did you end up?

[megabond]

Augustine Sauveterre I can guess why.
Augustine Sauveterre At the catacombs below Recolle Graveyard.
Augustine Sauveterre But strangely, there is a bar and a library with a baby white dragon. And a different dragon than Modeste.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa I got thrown around by a robot, you got to play with a baby dragon.
Hitori Togusa Bar and a library. Everything the Retrospec employees would need to not have to go outside.
Hitori Togusa We found living quarters in the Retrospec Basement, but not for enough people. Did you see anything similar? Bedrooms, barracks?