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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. This post is the overflow for the post originally found here! Please feel free to make new toplevels or simply shift your threads over.

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[eyestitch]

[og]

yknow, i've been thinking a lot

and what i wanna know is: how would "past you" go about handling a situation like this, you adorable concerned citizens brigade? maybe we've been going about this ALL the wrong way, and we need to embrace the people inside us to turn this titanic around!

it's important to BE YOURSELF, right? maybe that's advice we just gotta take to heart!

[heiroglyphs]

Is "be yourself" really the best advice when half the city is in the middle of an existential crisis?
I don't know if anyone even knows who "they" are anymore.

[eyestitch]

🔔 that's what makes it EXACTLY the best kind of advice for right now!

if everybody was just a little kinder to the idea of the 'old them' then there would be AT LEAST 47.5% fewer existential crises!

maybe you should try it, too?

[rebellions]

by that logic we should be free to stay as we are
or are you gonna tell me that the current "us" aren't real or some shit?

[eyestitch]

nah, that's not my puzzle to solve!

but i figure if you refuse to deny the existence of one, you can't just give the big old heave-ho to the other!

[vitis]

oh, often
"past me" could really get shit done, so to speak! but might be a little too straightforward in this case

how bout you?

[eyestitch]

goodness knows there are no straightforward people involved with r*t*o*p*c! maybe that's just what they need a dosing of!

i'm sure i would have been way more laissez-faire about everything! she'd probably have way better blood pressure and WAY better skin! (which, considering mine is already perfect....) so i'm going to live by her example!

[frostythehitman]

past me would've probably found retrospec hq and made them undo everything they ever did in the past year
not like i've gotten anywhere trying that so far

[eyestitch]

have you seen the current state of the "retrospec hq" these days?

current you might be s-o-l on that one

unless past you really really loved waffles.

twogami

[eyestitch]

awwww, you're wrong! i'm definitely not trying to do that!

if its indisputable there must be some kinda proof! so what's your proof? huh?

[falsepretentious]

Or so you say.

And the proof is quite simple. There are my own personal memories, as well as my birth certificates and various official documents from throughout my life for more legitimate sources. They all prove that I've lived a life that is distinctly different from that which is remembered of my 'other' life. Thus, through living two entirely different lives, we are in fact entirely different people.

QED.

okita

[eyestitch]

attacking people with swords seems like a pretty quick way to resolve conflict! especially if they don't also have swords

i'm gonna regret asking this, but how is a guy dorito-shaped? sounds gross!

jamie

[eyestitch]

like duh! who else are you going to be!

just consider yourself lucky because technically you've got TWO 'yourselves.' you have so many options! S-U-P-E-R L-U-C-K-Y!

[floret]

I'm not sure "two" counts as "so many"...
But I guess it is 100% more than most people have.

yato

[eyestitch]

afaik like, everything that's ever happened to us would be way easier then! unless you wanna fight monsters and pilot superzords and play fisticuffs with trains in a non-destructive way! in which case, enjoy being dead, i guess!


and i think you're just catching my perfume! it's givenchy!

natalia

[eyestitch]

see! there's no way! i knew it way before you knew it yourself!

besides, nobody's not the right people until you're already done dating them!

[nachetanya]

oh that's a way to look at it!!

I'm not sure I disagree though... 🤔 So maybe that makes you someone who has special insight

snoozefest

[eyestitch]

uh

ok

hold on this is gonna take me a minute


maybe he was...a mannequin???

wow thanks

[compendiem]

Maybe he *was* a mannequin. There was a pervasive out of body experience in some of them. ...Or maybe that's just me seeing things through somebody else's eyes.

sunshine

[eyestitch]

aw geeze

you can't say things like that on a public forum! telling me to be a good girl...people will think we're into all kinds of weird stuff! ⛓💦

kiryu's little puppy

[eyestitch]

kind of a debbie downer there champ but i appreciate how honest you are!

weren't you trying 2 figure out if past you was a bad, bad man a while back?

must love dogs

[eyestitch]

i sure did!

i think it's your old man smilies. they make you sound like a wise wisdom dispenser of knowledge!

would you fight those souls with your fists?

problematic p4 protag

[eyestitch]

i'm starting to! if she wasn't important, she wouldn't have done so many things, right??

and i got some advice the other day that really stuck with me! you know, it's not fair to ignore who we are, in this life or the other one!

[liberal_arts]

As useful as the darkness was in experimenting with shading, I'm certain my other self would find this whole situation tacky and inelegant. His means of dealing with it would likely be more unpleasant, but I find it more and more difficult to disagree.

[lostapprentice]

that's oddly inspiring.

not that i intend to "embrace" him anytime soon, but if i can use his abilities for my own benefit, maybe his perspective could be useful.

[Mysterious Masked Past Self would just break down everything in his way, and Ren has to admit it's not a method he's opposed to.]