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[recollecters]

Hello! You know, when I was a kid I always wanted to get horseback lessons? I never got those, but I did learn to code, so that's pretty cool. Anyway! We've been working on horses a little, although mostly it seems like we'll be pouring hours into taste, which seems to be a result of the outside destabilization? Balancing spinning tops is always kind of a headache. I hope some of you found those loopholes! There's some of those bats in here, too, and I've been carrying things around to fend them off all week. Some people keep herding them into heavily populated areas in the building, though. What a pain! Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated As of this post taste tier 1 has been icly regained; it includes grains. Also as of this post, horses are now recognized in fictional books, games and movies. This is extended to merchandise as well such as the world-equivalent of My Little Pony. 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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[thole]

Oh? What sorts of foods have we regained specifically then that you've noted so far? Does anyone have a list going?

I have just had my first cheese sandwich since it was taken away from us and I must say, even without being able to taste the cheese, it was quite good. Perhaps there is hope for us yet after all.

[falsepretentious]

There's plain cereal, rice and pasta minus sauce to name a few. I haven't noticed any list yet, but should any be compiled, I can be sure to send it to you.

Good. There is indeed hope if we can still find pleasure in our food at a time like this!

[thole]

Ah, yes. So it sounds like the base to a lot of dishes will have flavor, but not the pieces that make their tastes really stand out.

No dairy products have recovered yet alas, so keeping it simple by merely adding butter or cheese does not do much to add to the difference either. Though I suppose one could always continue to experiment. You never know when the next tier of flavors might appear.

I wonder what it should be, however. If there is any rhyme or reason to it.

[falsepretentious]

That sounds accurate. It's better than nothing, at the very least.

I know that I will be sampling different types of food on a semi-regular basis to check for tastes, or for memories of tastes. We have to keep pressing forward!

If you mean to the restoration of our senses, then the closest thing to logic they seem to be following are the results of polls that are sent out, to determine what they should focus on restoring foremost. A good many people must have missed taste dearly...

[thole]

So it would seem! They've been working on green for some time now, as I understand it, but as soon as taste went out, it was all hands on deck as they say.

It makes sense, though. Taste certainly is more immediately important than horses.

Though it does make me wonder why, if green and blue had disappeared at the same time, why the push for blue first instead of green. Not that there was that much of a difference between the time that they were restored, but one certainly did come first.

[falsepretentious]

It's understandable. Living without a color or two is far different than living without one of your five senses.

I suppose that, in the grand scheme of things, blue is the color that was prioritized over green. It makes sense when considering how much the sky and water are generally valued. At least, that's the logic that stands out to me.

[thole]

I suppose you're right. We were reminded of the wrongness of it every time we looked up at the sky. For green it was different, more subtle.

Those of us with green eyes are certainly glad to have it back at last, but I can see how it may not have been a priority for all, comparatively.

The sense of taste on the other hand. While we may not need it in order to survive anymore, there is even more a sense of wrongness to eating without it than to living without colors. Which is perhaps why it has already been restored as much as it has?

I wonder how long it will take to return completely.

[falsepretentious]

There is an extraordinarily strong sense of wrongness to it all. Even if it's not essential to survival, the sense of taste is a key part of enjoying one's life. Good food can be a constant comfort when one is faced with hardships.

...As for how long? We can't know for sure. The colors took a number of months to return. It could be the same for taste, though the restoration of bread could be a hopeful note that it may be restored sooner than we think.

[thole]

Yes, I was thinking that. With how quickly bread was returned to us, we might have other flavors -- or tastes, perhaps is a better way of putting it -- returned to us sooner than we realize.

In the meanwhile we will simply have to make do with what we have been given thus far. And hope for the best.

[falsepretentious]

That sounds like a correct assessment of the situation and preferred course of action. Well said.

Until now, I hadn't noticed that the app had you in its clutches as well. I hope that your experiences since then have not been hard on you.

[thole]

Not so very hard, no. I became aware of Retrospec just in September, which means, as I understand it, that I missed out on quite a lot of excitement as it happens.

The worst of it was in October, with the fog. A dreadful business, that was. I hope that Retrospec has not been too rough on you yourself as well? The present situation we find ourselves in aside, of course.

[falsepretentious]

I see. So it's about as long as I've had it as well. The fog certainly was unpleasant, and those memories have been something to deal with, but beyond that, I suppose that I've been faring well enough.

[thole]

I could have done without the wolves chasing me through the mist, attacking my friends for being anywhere close to me anywhere near me outside, yes.

Ah yes, the memories are something else as well. I will admit, none of them seem to make a bit of sense to me. All bits and pieces I've yet to be able to string together in any semblance of sense. I don't suppose you are doing any better?

[falsepretentious]

Wolves? I'm sorry you've had to deal with that. It sounds much more dangerous than even the clown I had to deal with.

That's an understandable reaction to receiving many of these memories without any context. As for me, I believe that I've been able to put together most of the details of my other life with the aid of some others, though some confusing holes remain.