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Alexander von Cumore ([personal profile] drydrown) wrote in [community profile] retrospec2017-12-02 08:21 pm

002. Text // Put these thoughts to rest, I'm standing my ground

Well, as the usual godforsaken holiday struggle continues, it's obvious that we've gotten a fair few new people signed on to the network, and the usual incoherent shrieking thrown at them. Seeing as that last bit tends to help exactly no one, here's a rough rundown of what you should know, given by someone who won't even claim to have a complete picture but knows enough to have a basic idea of what's going on:


Retrospec and You!

1. Everyone here is from another world. Yes, even if you were born and raised in this city. Perhaps especially if you were born and raised in this city. Some of us came from the same worlds as others, but none of us came from here, whether "here" is Recolle itself or a different country. If you think you're from this world, congratulations! You aren't.

2. Our original worlds were destroyed by something called "unreality." No one knows what unreality is. I've just spared you a headache. You're welcome.

3. We were brought here by Retrospec to do...something. I've no idea what we're expected to actually do, other than play out some sort of insipid "surely your heart and soul will remember" melodrama that will supposedly bring our worlds back into existence.

4. As long as one soul still exists from a destroyed world, it can be recreated somehow. Which is why we're important. An entire world's fate rests on your shoulders. No pressure! ♡

5. You will probably begin remembering things from your past life in that destroyed world, whatever that entailed. Some of the memories will probably be terrible. Some of them will not be. Whatever the terrible:not terrible ratio actually is for you doesn't matter because the terrible ones will definitely outweigh the not-terrible ones in terms of what you feel about them simply because human bias is like that. You'll also recall all the feelings you had at the moment that the memories in question were made, in case this wasn't confusing enough already. These memories bear no implications toward you as a person, despite what everyone else here tries to insist.

6. If you were a mass murdering psychopath in your past life, please try to remember that mass murder is bad? It's remarkably easy to not murder people. Most people go their entire lives without doing it! This statement brought to you by ADA Alexander Cumore, who approved this message. ♡

7. Sometimes you will receive items, weapons, or changes to your person from Retrospec. Or so I've been told. I've received none of these things and as such have no idea what they're talking about, but I'll take their word for it.

8. The sky has always been blue, the trees have always been green, and horses actually exist and aren't some sort of cryptid even if they are inherently awful, terrifying creatures. Also monsters aren't commonplace occurrences, and apparently the fog in October was worse than we all realized, though I couldn't tell you how.

Congratulations, you're now officially caught up on everything you need to know about all of this, at least for the time being. ♡


With that out of the way, however - does anyone know if caffiene and the like still work, even if we can't taste the products? I'm not looking forward to consuming anything with no taste whatsoever, but I'd like to know that at the very least I won't be absolutely suffering through for the duration.
stressweets: I was so worried about how it could go wrong, I didn't even think about how it could go right. (073. triple threat)

[personal profile] stressweets 2017-12-03 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Please take back your words about horses.
stressweets: Just had the coolest adventure with the coolest pony ever. Came this close to blowing it because I got so wrapped up in how awesome she was, I almost forgot about how awesome I was. Good thing I didn't, 'cause it gave me a chance to show her how important it is to put your trust in somepony else. (013. daring don't)

[personal profile] stressweets 2017-12-03 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
They are not! Horses are very kind and gentle creatures! They even put animals such as rabbits to shame with their innocence.

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windowdressing: (let mine not be counted among them)

[personal profile] windowdressing 2017-12-03 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ christ how many hearts can this guy put in one post ]

The coffee I had earlier succeeded in getting rid of my caffeine headache despite tasting like a cup of hot water, so I'm assuming it works.

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truedetective: (08)

[personal profile] truedetective 2017-12-03 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
A fairly comprehensive explanation for being relatively short.
Well done.

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parodeity: vyco @ tumblr (WTF 🎧 stop that nonsense)

[personal profile] parodeity 2017-12-03 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
itd be nice if ppl paid particular attention to number 6

re 7 changes can be superpowers appearances or whatnot

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feistytrader: (okay then)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-12-03 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
You've definitely blown every attempt at explaining this stuff that I've made out of the water.

I have to ask though, did you have some kind of horse related incident in your childhood?

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kulam: (14)

[personal profile] kulam 2017-12-03 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
huh
this is a lot better than trying to connect the bits and pieces of information other people have been throwing at me
thanks

but what made the fog last october that bad aside from being thicker than the previous years

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runwaying: (pic#11824543)

[personal profile] runwaying 2017-12-03 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
This is much more helpful than anything I've seen so far, in all honesty, especially since the people that I already knew didn't seem to be very keen on offering whatever information there was.

So should I assume that someone who asked me "what the fuck are you doing here" is someone who... shared the same world as I did?

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thesettingsun: smile (from your cradle via trousseau)

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2017-12-03 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
7. I bleed ink now, and I could take a picture, but you'd probably rather just take my word for it, it's gross.

8. I'm not at liberty to talk about anyone else's fog-related issues, but I walked into the ocean without realizing that I was walking into the ocean and almost drowned without even having my head underwater, so it was pretty bad.

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onemillion: (☆ 15)

[personal profile] onemillion 2017-12-03 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, this was a lot bitchier than the version you gave him, um.]

I'm sure a lot of the new people will appreciate this rundown, but I do have to ask about point 6. Are there really people who have regained memories of being a mass murdering psychopath or is that just an exaggeration?

Also, caffeine does still work despite the lack of taste; I tested that out last night.

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odasaku: (8)

[personal profile] odasaku 2017-12-04 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
So basically everything I've known until this point is fake.

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blind_badass: (well crap)

[personal profile] blind_badass 2017-12-04 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's a good question. Finals are around the corner and I need to know if coffee will work.

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dulynoted: (pic#11897051)

#6 seems like a personal attack

[personal profile] dulynoted 2017-12-10 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for sharing. There are clearly details that have been omitted, but as a summary this is very helpful.

Can I ask come clarifying questions?

i choked on my soda

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