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[recollecters]

Hello and happy new year! A lot of poll results came in from R&D and we've almost fixed taste all the way. Horses are almost fixed, too. We've been working pretty much non-stop around the holidays to stabilize everything, so I hope this works! Just so you guys know, while we were working on fixing the original problems we received some alerts of residual effects outside of our usual domain. Don't worry though! Remember what I said a while ago? We're still moving more resources around into better defenses to protect the city from huge storms like last summer. We'll be taking care of that really soon and isolating the unknown problem. I wish I could tell you more, but we're all working overtime here to finish the final stages of a big project. No matter what happens you guys should be safe while we finish up, so just stay calm, okay? Don't get too reckless! Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated As of this post taste tier 4 has been icly regained; tier 5 will go into effect on Saturday, January 6th at 9pm EST and taste will be fully restored! Per the mod plotting post, you may use this post to obtain this month's freebie! This month's freebie can be earned by turning in a thread on this post that has 10 or more consecutive comments from you. 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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[floret]

Let's watch horror movies! When they get too gross or scary, we'll turn them off!

[ascatic]

Of course.

Do you like popcorn, with butter and salt? And do you drink soda, I suppose that would be more fitting than coffee or tea...

[floret]

I do like popcorn with butter and salt!
And I'm happy to drink soda, but there's really nothing wrong with drinking coffee or tea during a movie, either. I think some movie theaters nowadays even have cafes inside.

[ascatic]

Maybe there is something a little nostalgic about that combination for me, but tea would be nice.

Tea is always nice.

But your coffee would be nicer, I think.

[floret]

[ !

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I didn't know you even liked my coffee.

[ascatic]

Yours, I like.

I am happy to drink yours. It... tastes better.

[floret]

So all these years of being a barista were actually worthwhile . . .
You know, back then I was seriously considering applying to work at the frozen yogurt shop instead. I guess now I can finally stop wondering whether I really made the right decision.

[ascatic]

I may be biased, but you definitely made the right decision. The shop would not have the diverse selections, nor a masterful hand to make them. However, I would be amiss if I did not also say your personality and your presence do not add even more than those things.

Either way...

Simply put, I do not want to break the coffee machine again through a healthy tap to its side.

[floret]

Oh
Um
I'm not really sure how to say this . . .
That makes me really happy, and I'm very grateful for how things have turned out, too!
And I'm so glad that I'm able to contribute in some small way to the success of the business, whether it's by expanding the revenue model or by
Mm
Participating in the ambience?
And, um
I just feel really fortunate to be part of it. With you. And everyone. And it's definitely the best job I've ever had, although I guess I only had the one before it, but it was at two different locations, so. And I'm really only as masterful as anyone who's been doing this for a while . . . Like, I'm not hand-selecting and roasting the beans or anything, so
Um
I'm just glad!

[ AND ALSO HE HAS NO IDEA HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS DEGREE OF PRAISE AND AFFIRMATION, and for a couple minutes he was wondering how he should ask whether this was going to be, like, a date or something, but now he's wondering if instead of that he should ask whether they are in love??? Or also whether Leon is maybe just his dad now? Even though the two possibilities are mutually exclusive. Probably. And it's not like he'd be disappointed if neither were the case. And so forth.

Anyway there are some feelings being feeled!! ]

/tears up... what a good bean jamie is

[ascatic]

Haha! Well. I am glad you are glad.

I want everyone who puts time, energy, and effort to reap the same rewards that I do. Because in the end, it is not just about me. It is about all who enter through the doors and are looking for some solace, a warm drink, maybe a cookie...

You do a lot, so I must thank you.

[ HE'S JUST BEING POLITE oh god don't let... he's too old for this idk ]

[floret]

I do?

[ yeah when Jamie figures that out, he'll be pretty relieved....... (not because he can't appreciate the charms of handsome ossans, but because the ethics of dating your boss are murky at best

and he already has a dad, also) ]

[ascatic]

Outside of your responsibilities at the store, as long as you represent yourself well in all things... then I will always thank you.

[ :thinking:

murky at best, scandalous at worst, and in either scenario? kind of flattering mixed with a lowkey amount of dread ]

[floret]

I really don't know about "all things". . . But I do know that you're a very magnanimous person!

[ He wonders whether Leon knows he smokes pot???? (Like not ON THE JOB OBVIOUSLY but)

The bestselling ethical trilogy that began in Fifty Shades of Murk and continued in Fifty Shades Scandalouser now concludes with the thousand-page epic, Fifty Shades of Dreadful Flattery. Rated T for Teen. ]

Um
By the way. I've kind of just been asking you about a bunch of inane things, but about Retrospec . . .
Are you, you know
Good?
I mean, not morally or whatever. I mean, how are you?

[ascatic]

[ he... look, he's a wise ol' cat. he smells things. it doesn't bother him as long as he keeps it out of his shop???

would buy a few of those books for the shelves, dohoho ]

I am... fine.
For now.
I suppose that things could be better or worse, but to see what others have been seeing after some time?
It is odd to live in a world, to have lived in another world, but also for others to not understand it.

The oddest feeling.

But I am glad I am not alone.

[floret]

I am, too.
Glad I'm not alone.
Well, glad neither of us is. Or any of us.

It seems like almost everyone I talk to is managing to handle it pretty well, though . . .
all things considered.

[ Better than he did, at least. But he's definitely completely sure he's fine now. ]

[ascatic]

I cannot imagine what it might have been like, to be the first one who realized they were and were not who they thought they were.

That is... terrifying. On many levels.

However: I do not know how I will fare. Perhaps the memories will grow stronger? More offensive and pervasive? It is a mystery. So, I will hope for your support...

[floret]

I think it'd be easier to handle if we could just get back in touch with people in the outside world.

Or maybe it wouldn't matter. I don't know.

I'll support you however I can.