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[recollecters]

hey. looks like you're all busy right now and joanne is down with a cold, so this probably doesn't have to be fancy. r&d doesn't report anything major for the next month so don't be dumbasses and make a problem of your own. don't fuck with the liaison, we're not replacing him. looks like there's some weird fucking stone at city hall now. enjoy that, i guess. pretty sure zee warned you about the stones, but if you broke it, that sucks and we don't know how to fucking fix it yet so good job, idiot. you might need to be a little proactive. r&d probably has something in mind, but good fucking luck getting a straight answer out of any of them but the kid. maybe they'll at least tell zee what they need, though. or if you're chill with the loss, whatever. that's about it. wait, right. joanne wanted to thank two of you for letting her help with holiday shit last month. thanks for not being assholes. the kid likes having stuff to do, i guess. and that's really it. later. Wendy Guo Security/Archivist Retrspec Incorporated 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. Additionally, the heart stones from February are still in effect! They will be in effect until 3/3 and will be addressed on the event log. Thanks!

Comments

[destiny_key]

so it looks like we might maybe get a break this month???
i mean i doubt it tbh
but a break would be nice

or at least something nice happening
like raining confetti

also tell joanne to get well soon!!!

[maidofmistakes]

I hope so. I was glad to help, but being gone so long... How do you guys manage it? I was terrified of getting caught out of school.

[promisedyou]

Wow. Thanks.

Anyway, unrelated to all that, can someone give me a theory for this: if you have two memories that contradict each other, what do you think the meaning to that is?

[darkinferno]

that one of them's fake

[He's very helpful.]

[broomdance]

hey thanks for not ruining my birthday month with weird storms or whatever

[blessmefather]

Oh that's right this is your birthday month isn't it? How old will you be this year?

[strayknight]

So all we have to deal with is the rock? Then this should be pretty easy.

After our unexpected vacations and not knowing when we would come home...

[beneathmoonlight]

I’m so glad to be back.

Where did you end up, Ritsu-kun?

[cardcaptured]

I've been out of the city for a month, but the storm they were implying before-- did it ever hit? I've heard things about the mayor missing, and chimeras, but nothing more aside from that.

On a different subject: has anyone who's come back from one of these trips experienced something... odd happening to their senses while they were over there? Like a heightened instinct or something along those lines? It's been persisting ever since I left, and I had thought it was just an effect of where we were, since someone else was dealing with it too, but...

[sketchythief]

i heard from a friend who stayed back that she was hit with a bunch of petals... a petal whirlwind

but thats as close as it got to a storm that i heard

[thebeastwithout]

hey so who's down for making problems this month

'cause guess what i remembered

no don't guess i wanna announce it I'M A SUPERHERO yeah that's right you heard me i'm the greatest i'm a F***ING TEEN SUPERHERO (i censored that cause i'm a hero now, see) and ALL MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE except i never had dreams about like, weird green hair but it's cool i can handle it

LET'S GO MAKE PROBLEMS i wanna go save people and explore and do awesome stuff

who got sent to the best place i'm in like this weird fairy forest it's kinda ok but i'm ready for something else now

[darkinferno]

you've already made enough problems, how many bottles of axe did you BRING

[Sorry, Gar, easy target!]

[notyourutopian]

Somehow the most positive post in a while comes from the one with the dirtiest mouth.
Hm.
So, I guess we're free to do what we want for a bit?
Anyone going to go back outside of the city now that we can?

[reaquila]

They've sworn so much that I don't feel like yelling anymore.

Sure, I've been dying to get out of the city for a bit.
Wouldn't mind taking a short trip.

Let's think of what to bring for the adventure. Food? Clothes? Anything else?

[liberal_arts]

I see you've given up on any pretenses of good customer service. At least Zee had a sense of humor.

When I get home I am doing nothing but resting for a whole damn week, I don't know about anyone else.

[strayknight]

I prefer them being honest...the fake customer service and then doing weird things was old.

[sivard]

Thank god for Wendy and her actually having good news.

Now let's hope nothing else decides it needs to break.

[coinflipped]

I'd like to know how any of this is good news...

[GUESS WHO'S BACK!]

[blessmefather]

That's it?
I would say I'm relieved.
Perhaps those missions people went on made a difference?

Or this is the calm before storm.
Let's hope that leprechauns don't begin popping up and pinching people.

[standalonehuman]

Last year we got shocked until we put up a picture of us with something green. Don't tempt them.

[beneathmoonlight]

I think that’s the first time I’ve ever read a post with that many curses...

My stone is still intact, but I’m kind of worried for the people who broke them...

Also, has anyone remembered anything...happy? I’m just curious. Most of my memories have been...not good.

[destiny_key]

my memories have been kind of a mix tbh???
some happy and some sad and some in between
so just like our current lives lol

also i forgot i had that stone lol
i put it in my pocket and left it there

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa It's almost strange to see one of these go up, now that we have someone to direct our questions to. I can just save it all for Zee.

Hitori Togusa Thank you, by the way, to the people who were back in the city, for getting the Chief back.

[vendettastool]

You're welcome. I guess.

Also we need to have a conversation or four.

[grumpei]

well that at least confirms that r&d is our best bet for getting information out of them
now all we need to do is find a way to interrogate one of them
easy for them to ignore us when its through an app but itd be a lot harder in person

also fucking stone?
please tell me thats for emphasis and not... yeah...

[kagepuro]

DISGUSTING OFFICER JUNPEI!!!

[wherethewildthingsare]

Anybody have any tips on dealing with a spouse who suddenly isn't on the network?

This isn't a great start to this month.

[goen]

Marcell's offline????
That's rough buddy (´･ω･`)

[ossifragant]

what exactly are we supposed to do with the stones, now?

I'd like to hope they're not going to be a permanent feature, that sounds like a good way to get screwed over

[floret]

Just keep holding on to them, I guess...
Forever...

[chaoticwhimsy]

GASP!

There are CHILDREN PRESENT you know!
You should watch your language!
Won't somebody please think of the children?!

[long_live_the_queen]

luna

[me_matey]

[blessmefather]

Yes? Homicide in the first degree.
First death on the moon a murder? Tragic.

[pronounces]

there are kids on this network, you know...! ∑(;°Д°)
for telling us something nice, you were awfully harsh about it...

[adoringpast]

hey
wendy saved our asses last year
she's got every right to say what she has in mind

[nachetanya]

Is there a way to fix the stones once they're a little damaged? Anyone worked that out yet?

[ NO... PARTICULAR... REASON SHE'S... ASKING... ]

[manufactured]

[...]

Do let me know, if you ever find out an answer to this.

[penalizing]

does this mean things are going to be normal-ish for a month???
because it's about time!!!
it might not last very long, but even a little normal is nice!!

also in the future joanne make more games!!!!!
that'd be more fun for holidays
and it's a thing to do too!!!

[sketchythief]

im so glad things are gonna be normal for a month

I MISSED A MONTH OF SCHOOL QAQ

i need to catch up on everything aaaaah...

im not sure what i would have done if i had to worry about things happening on top of that

[floret]

Jamie Doh I hope Ms. Wiseman feels better soon... but I'm not sure how to feel about the implication that she doesnt usually have things to do? I thought we were meant to have the impression that the Retrospec staff is always working hard and stretching resources trying to fix reality or something.

Jamie Doh More importantly, it's so good to be back under the sky and in the winter weather and in our homes. I never want to go underground again. (Or under a giant sky dome, either, I guess.)

Jamie Doh Also, surprisingly I was able to receive my MCAT results, even though I still can't contact my family at all.. (I don't want to criticize, but I think I'd rather hear that Retrospec is working hard to fix that, rather than the stone thing.).

[sketchythief]

i agree... i think it would be nice to hear if they were working on fixing the outside contact thing too

my emails are all getting lost

[parodeity]

is there any way we can strike snow from the list of things that exist
like remember how green and blue didnt exist
why isnt snow a thing on that list
lets get it taken away and then like
just collectively agree never to vote for it in a poll or anything
snow what snow weve never heard of it sir
we could live in warm happy determined ignorance forever
name me one good reason snow should exist wait there arent any

idek what the fuck they typed up there im just using this as a vehicle for this very important issue

[justfists]

That might cause its own list of problems... but I understand the sentiment.

[justfists]

I feel like it might have been pertinent to say something sooner. I got the sense that the stones were important... but I'm a little confused as to why we received them in the first place.

At any rate, I hope there's a status update soon on what, exactly, happened...?

[crudest]

depends on if you want an update from retrospec on what happened
or eye witness accounts from the people who were sent as soldiers and guinea pigs
everyone's probably bone tired from traveling
but yeah
probably soon

[insantafe]

Well now we're taking bets on how that stone at city hall's going to manage to screw us all over.

And what's this "loss" business supposed to mean?
I know that stone was connected to something, but the last I heard, breaking it didn't seem to do much.

[thebeastwithout]

what stone
i'm trapped in fairy forest aka first world of the rpg
what's going on at city hall

[saburai]

Are we stuck with these stones permanently, then? I suppose it's not the worst that could happen, but the longer we have them, the longer we risk them being damaged even inadvertently... among other things.

Then again, I wonder if the stone at city hall is related. It's probably a stretch, but... perhaps once we figure out what that is about, we'll be able to rid ourselves of these stones without suffering any ill-effects.

Does anyone have any ideas?

[spiritoso]

I don't really have any ideas, but I think that's possible. There's no way they aren't connected in some way.