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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.

Comments

[megabond]

45?! I'm just relieved that Togusa and May were not one of the missing people.

[Especially that he already talked to them before this list was released.]

But if I had to guess, the portals are somehow responsible for their disappearance?

[invocate]

That I was able to find. It is possible I missed some. There are over 150 active accounts, including the offline ones. After a while the names start to swim.

Portals? Like the ones that dumped some of us out on the beach?

[megabond]

I see. And I guess the ones who are banished from the app are safe as well?

Yes. It was a rough landing when it spew me out of it, but I did manage to meet one of my friends to stop her recklessness.

[He just hopes that May is recovering from her loss of her beloved ship.]

[invocate]

Are they? We do not know where they are and we do not know how to bring them home.

I thought I might have seen Mari there, but then the sea was being swallowed and I lost sight of her.

[megabond]

From what I know, my friend, Ainsley moved away after her sudden banishment and before the convention.

As for that person I've mentioned, she managed to contact me afterwards. At least I know she's not one of the missing users.

[invocate]

Wait. When you say 'banished' do you mean the accounts listed as 'user does not exist'?

[she's so new she hasn't yet experienced a friend getting wiped]

[megabond]

Yes. I don't know why she was banished, but I know her memories regarding Retrospec were somehow wiped from her.

[invocate]

All those people have had their memories removed?!

[megabond]

I thought it was an exaggeration. But when I talked to Ainsley before she moved away, she told me not only that horses and the color green and blue doesn't exist, but she also doesn't remember her other worldly memories.

[invocate]

So even if we remember how things are supposed to be, there is a chance we could forget all over again? That is scary!

[megabond]

I think so.

Which means there might be a random chance either one of us could lose our memories about the app and the other worldly memories like Ainsley and the other banished users.

[invocate]

And there is no way to guard against this,
even though we know it might happen?

[megabond]

I'm afraid so.

But until that time, I'll try to contribute by learning more about the app before it's my time to be banished.

[invocate]

That is a somewhat depressing way to view things, that it is inevitable we will all forget in the end.
Then what is the point of all this?

[megabond]

That I'm still finding a theory behind it.

But if this mess is over, there might be a slim chance that the people behind Retrospec will explain everything.

[invocate]

After all this trouble,
it would be rude of them not to!

[megabond]

I agree.

Until then, let me know if there's new information for your team.

[invocate]

Of course. Did you get assigned a mission?

[megabond]

Yes. We were supposed to resolve some "reality twists" on our end.

What about your team?

[invocate]

Reality twists? What does that mean?

I was not assigned to a team.

[megabond]

I don't know, but it may have something to do with the missing users.

Then does that mean you're working solo then?

[invocate]

I am going to put a group together to find information at the library.

[megabond]

I see. If I can guess, then that means you called in to help the Retrospec employees to fix this mess then.

Well, while you at it, can you explain everything about what you found in those books after this mess is completely finished?

[invocate]

It is more I want to help those of us who are trying to fix whatever this is.

But yes, I will compile what I find for everyone else to read.

[megabond]

That is good to hear.

I hope you can find anything to answer these conflicting phenomenon very soon.