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[recollecters]

Hello, everyone! As you've probably noticed, we've been having a few problems - I mentioned earlier that something got knocked out of balance, and we had to recalibrate, but in a few days we should be able to drop the emergency measures. Please be aware that there is an incoming storm, class four. General orders for that kind of thing are to report to management for any known threats and follow instructions, but so far what's known is "that might be a little annoying" and "hope it isn't". Theoretically it'll probably be related to the holiday, I think, because a large group of souls focused through the needle of a pin on one thing can sort of shape a thing around them. That's sort of a really inaccurate way to put it on the technical side of things, but I think it's the easiest way to understand it! At any rate, we'll know more once we're in the thick of things. Please take care as usual; resources aren't exactly what some of you seem to think they are, and we had to expend rather more than usual in the past month or so to keep things with a few of you steady. Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated Per the mod plotting post, you may use this post to obtain one of this month's freebies! This month's freebie can be earned by turning in a thread on this post that has 5 or more consecutive comments from you with someone new. We define someone new as someone new to the game, or simply someone your character has never tagged before. 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

[compendiem]

Major holidays, maybe? ...National dog day is in August.

[evidentiary]

It seems to be mostly western holidays.

[compendiem]

National dog day isn't a western holiday? It should be.

[evidentiary]

I'm not sure it's one of the "big" ones?

[compendiem]

Again, it should be. Why isn't it...?

[evidentiary]

The bigger holidays tend to be ones you can celebrate with family or as a couple, in obvious ways, I suppose?

[compendiem]

Dogs are family.

[evidentiary]

Forgive me, I should have specified human family members.

[compendiem]

That's not fair... I guess that's understandable though. Humans generally live longer. There's more time to deepen affection to the point where you want to celebrate with them.

[evidentiary]

It's also what society generally culturally dictates, right or wrong.

[compendiem]

Society's tough. There are plenty of people in this city who like dogs, though? Maybe it can take root here, and influence the storms. It's the year of the dog, anyways.

[evidentiary]

Not untrue, though I admit it seems most people here prefer cats?

[compendiem]

Weird. Why?

[evidentiary]

I really couldn't say, but some are almost militant about it.

[compendiem]

Militant.....

[evidentiary]

I mean they seem very determined indeed.

[compendiem]

I want to doubt, but I also work in a cat themed cafe, so I have no room to speak.

[evidentiary]

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