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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.

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[sketchythief]

no no, not at all! i think its been a little easier to deal with as time passes though when i suddenly remembered everything at once a while ago it was really disorienting

but youre right! some people might be physically turning back to how they were but it doesnt really change whats on the inside! the people they are right now

though... i guess its a bit easier said than done because i havent experienced any drastic changes to my body other than my hair changing

[sunnyspot]

I bet. Even just getting one memory is a huge deal that can change your way of thinking, so having everything slam you at once sounds like the worst wake-up call ever.

If it's okay to ask, do you look different in your memories? I'm guessing your hair is white, but it really seems more and more like every difference from our memory selves show up on us eventually.

[sketchythief]

oh um

about that

i heard that people get whatever hair color they had in their memories... which is fine i guess but i remembered a lot of stuff over the past several months (except last month)

and i only remember one memory where i had white hair

one!!!! Q_Q

[sunnyspot]

So your hair color changed in your memories too? I've never heard anyone say that before... I've only heard of getting unnatural hair and eye colors or things like tattoos.

It looks pure white and not like you're going grey, if it's any consolation...

[sketchythief]

i can count my blessings... yeah... a friend of mine said that white hair is elegant too but i cant pull off that kind of elegance ;_;

i didnt dye my hair in my memories either... it just kinda happened without me noticing

[sunnyspot]

I don't know if I'd call it elegant, but I don't think it looks bad on you at all. It's easier said than done, but if you can, try not to worry too much.

Do you think it could have been magic? I doubt anyone dyed your hair in your sleep.

[sketchythief]

i dont really have many memories of when my hair was white, so i cant really say. or maybe i do have a memory of when it happened but i didnt notice

... i wish i was a little more aware of my surroundings

[sunnyspot]

Um, then... Maybe you'll get more as time goes on?

Our memories seem a lot like puzzles sometimes, so maybe you'll get the missing piece sooner or later and everything will make more sense.

[sketchythief]

youre right... i tried keeping a notebook to make a timeline out of my memories but even after so long its still a mess :(

i wonder though... when we get memories back it always seems to be like a certain time period! like only remembering stuff when you were a teenager, or a young adult, or only the dramatic parts of your life

maybe this is how amnesiacs feel when they suddenly start remembering

[sunnyspot]

Yeah, I get that. I keep a notebook too, but even if I try to guess, I can only get a general idea of where things go.

It's strange, isn't it? I have one memory that I know is from the winter of my last year of middle school, but it was also one of the biggest turning points of my life. Outside of that, everything seems to be within the same two years or so. Have yours been all over the place?

No kidding... I'm *really* glad I don't have amnesia on top of this. Dealing with that would be a nightmare.

[sketchythief]

i had a memory of when i was a little kid but other than that i remember being a middle school student a lot

lots of things happened in middle school i guess

[sunnyspot]

Ugh, middle school is the worst for everyone. I don't even like thinking about my regular middle school memories.

Hopefully it wasn't so bad for you, but also, every middle schooler on the planet is awkward.

[sketchythief]

are they...?

[ There's a certain kind of obliviousness when you're a part of it. ]

personally i didnt think my own experiences were that bad, but ill take small blessings

maybe im just lucky for that thing [ and that thing only ]

[sunnyspot]

Maybe you were just a mature middle schooler... I'm glad they weren't too bad though. I'm pretty lucky that I keep remembering stuff from college, since I don't know if I could handle my middle school self.

You seem like you have a good head on your shoulders, so I'm not surprised.

[sketchythief]

i wouldnt want to remember the stuff i did when i was a lot younger either... it sounds really embarrassing /)_(\

but oh... thank you! my classmates say the exact opposite

[sunnyspot]

I don't know you as well as you classmates, but that's what it seems like to me. You're easy to talk to.