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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] retrospec2017-12-02 06:27 pm

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1) don't be dumb. my name isn't a pun on wendigo. i'm not a wendigo. i'm a humanoid from aht.
2) i can probably kill you more efficiently than a wendigo anyway? what the fuck do they even do?
3) i don't care about the other inane bullshit enough to comment.

ok, the number list thing is boring as fuck. moving on. the kids talked about grabbing souls and them being knocked out of alignment last time. i'm allowed to pick one damn thing to clarify here within a bullshit rulebook, so let's clear up this: it's not like anyone is picking and choosing which to grab. one soul looks pretty much like another, you know? i've been waiting a pretty long time to see if any will be from my homeworld.

none of you are.

not like they're trying to grab anyone in particular. but if you were wondering about "why" it's "because you were fucking there". think of it like a band of traveling hoarders. they see remnants of a world in a mess of shards and pick them up before the shards disappear. i was a shard, but i still had my body. i also happened to not be on aht when it met its end.

they don't stay put. pieces and bits of whatever. they travel, and some of them are already here, because you are. so i stick around because maybe eventually someone they pull out of the dark might be someone i knew.

but yeah, no one gives a single fuck about worth. that's the mystical how do you choose me or this other person i remember who deserves it more answer: you happened to be there, and they weren't. or they haven't been yet. you're welcome.

Wendy Guo
Security/Archivist
Retrspec Incorporated

Hi! Just so you know, we've re-stabilized green! Although I see some alerts on my screen so that's not great, something else got knocked out? I have to go figure out what.

But as a tip, unreality functions on a lot of loopholes. Try carrying some words around or thinking outside of the box if you get into a pinch, okay?

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retrspec Incorporated

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windeity: (CALM ♫ a pleasant boy)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-12-15 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a slightly nervous laugh since yeah, kind of already have it.]

Maybe. It's hard to say what people will get if they don't remember yet. [It's fine, he knows it looks weird.] I think...it really depends on how you look at it. Some of the stuff I've been getting back is really exciting but some of it is just a little weird. What would you consider cool? Besides flying and superstrength? What if it was something almost...lowkey?
thebeastwithout: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2017-12-16 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[He turns a bit red -- then his eyes flicker away and he laughs. The seriousness in his tone vanishes.]

...Yeah, I guess that's a dumb question.

Anything's cool! Lowkey is fine. Maybe I'll get the power to know what the right question is on multiple choice tests. That'd probably be even more useful than flight, huh?

I dunno.

...Something that'll help.
windeity: (PEEK ♫ over arms)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-12-17 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
What? Ah, jeez. No dude, it's not a dumb question. It's not like any of us were prepared for any of this stuff and I've asked a lot of stupid questions, too. If you end up with anything you can make it work and use it to help. The thing is...everybody has to work together here.

A friend of mine got a power back that I think she's sometimes afraid to use. But it can still be a good thing if she uses it for good. Whether you get flight or super-strength or something kind of goofy like growing your nails super-fast, it'll be an advantage once you think about it.

All of us started out as normal. You'll probably be fine if you end up with anything.
thebeastwithout: (Uh)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2017-12-17 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh -- I wasn't thinking about...

[He cuts himself off, realizing that he's about to sound super selfish.]

Yeah, that's fair. Wait, so -- what are we supposed to do about all of this? Are there like, people we're supposed to be fighting with these new memories and powers and stuff...? Do we just kind of sit around and wait for stuff to happen to us?

There needs to be an instruction booklet that comes with this thing...

[He shakes his phone.]
windeity: (CURIOUS ♫ hm?)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-12-18 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Let him believe everyone wants to be helpful, sorry about him, Gar.]

Yeah, a few people are thinking we might need a newbie guide or something. It's not always people we're fighting, but monsters have been known to show up in the city and outside of the city, too. Dragons and demons and stuff like that. Sometimes people, too. [October was a mess.] I think there's like a fight club run by somebody on the network that helps people train? It helps to be prepared since we never really get a huge warning as to what's going to show up.
thebeastwithout: (Uh)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2017-12-19 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Dragons and demons and stuff?

[He could exclaim for the a hundredth time that this was unbelievable, but at this point, John could tell him that the town was actually made of butterscotch pudding and he was a pudding golem and he'd have to believe it.]

Huh.

I'm down for that. Dragons are great. I like dragons. What happens to the monsters after?
windeity: (CALM ♫ and listening)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-12-19 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh huh. The dragon was actually a guy? It was a weird situation all around. [He twirls a hand in a circular motion in the air.] There was this huge fog that took over the town every night for a solid month. It's when all of the monsters would come out. But once the fog disappeared the monsters took off, too.

I'm not sure they're permanently gone but they're gone for now. The other monsters from before were sucked through portals. [...he laughs almost in disbelief.] You could learn all kinds of stories from people on the app and they all sound pretty ridiculous. But it's all true.
thebeastwithout: (Pace)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2017-12-20 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
...OK, I have a new theory.

[Gar holds up a finger.]

It's drugs.

They're pipin' in drugs into our water and this is a government conspiracy to see how far they can mess with us before we get permanently screwed up. Everything you've ever seen is fake.

Joke's on them, I only drink coke.
windeity: (CROWN ♫ heavy is the head)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-12-20 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[A raise of an eyebrow.]

You have definitely outsmarted them. But you still shower don't you? Drug vapors are still drugs. [Stop this.]
thebeastwithout: (Uh)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2017-12-20 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[A pause.]

OK, new plan! I'm not gonna show --

[nnoooooooOOOOOOOOO the universe itself rears back in disgust at the thought of a teenaged boy refusing to shower and a sharp gust of wind results in the light crackle of a tree branch that cuts Gar off

He blinks and seems to realize how cold and dark it is for the first time, having been mesmerized by the Flying Man.]


Oh -- geez, I think my parents are gonna notice I'm gone. I've gotta get back...

Hey, thanks a lot, man. Sorry I dragged you out here to play show and tell or whatever.
windeity: (THINKING ♫ thoughts)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-12-20 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[And it's only when Gar says that that John seems to notice.]

Yeah, I should go, too. I told my roommate I'd be back a little bit ago but he'll deal. It's totally fine though, I do not mind in the slightest! If you need anything else or like...whatever, you can always reach me on the network? They have that direct message set-up so it's pretty easy. You good or do you need a ride somewhere?

[#responsibility]
thebeastwithout: (Grin)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2017-12-20 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... Yeah, thanks, Flyguy!

[He grins. He may be congratulating himself on the not very clever nickname.]

This was awesome! It was way better than spending my night on my dumb homework. ...I'll be OK, it's not that far and it will be way more suspicious if a car pulls up in front of my house now.

I'll catch ya later.
windeity: (GRIN ♫ windsock)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-12-20 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good to me, dude. Take it easy! [And since Gar seems to be able to take care of himself (and John doesn't seem to care about the nickname, it's better than some others) he turns to return to his car and thus they split.]