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[recollecters]

You know, I think some April Fool's pranks are okay! Like the silly ones they do on websites or the really good natured kind. But I am LESS okay with someone changing the ENTIRE layout of our entire building and giving us treasure maps to go around it which for the record my brother-in-law did and it's a pain!! There's some weird effects coming in from outside this planet at the moment, although they'll mostly miss the city itself. There'll be a localized temporal storm, but it shouldn't be more than a mild irritation. It looks like it's just going to yank some things around and send them on through. I think Maurice is going to call out sick that day, or if I were him I definitely would. Hey, I kind of want a four-leaf clover. I know that's more last month than this month, but still. If you find one, pass it along. Also, I want to do a cutesy April Fools thing, so don't get too mad! Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated For the remainder of the day all users will have their userpic replaced with a picture of them dressed as their favorite animal. It's pretty harmless as far as pranks go, and it will change back either at midnight or after trying to change the picture twice, prompting an "Are you sure?" message but no further ill effects. 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

[mincingminuet]

Uh.
This actually isn't an April fool's prank.

[tailchasing]

are you sure?? it looks sort of like a cheap dressed down myspace reskin or something

like the interns got bored and tired of being unpaid so they changed the whole thing to what they wanted

but mostly i was talking about the building. like how do you immediately rebuild a building so even people who work there don't know how to get around anymore??

seems a lot for like one day's prank

[mincingminuet]

I'm absolutely, completely certain it's not a prank.

And they changed it because they can? One thing you'll learn quick is that Retrospec can do things that sound nonsensical.

[tailchasing]

i mean i guess if you've got a bunch of money and heavy equipment laying around you can

it's not practical but sure why not

anyway, like what?? now i'm curious

[mincingminuet]

Making the color blue disappear for months.
Shrinking us to 6 inches.
Giving deadly weapons out to high schoolers.

[tailchasing]

the whole color blue?

that was a movie, try not to watch them before you go to bed

... are they still giving them out??? asking for a friend

[mincingminuet]

I'm serious.

Do you want visual proof of weird shit going on?

Here's a link. There's videos linked to this.

[tailchasing]

[Bless the little monkey, though, he actually reads the entire thing and watches the videos. That... reads like the spliced scripts of five different movies from three different writers who had no idea where they wanted the plot to go. Needs some work.] huh.

[mincingminuet]

Yeah.
I'm not an actor, and it's not fake.

[tailchasing]

that's the kind of disclaimer they put in front of ambulance chaser lawyer commercials, you know

but wait so like we're some sort of weird chosen few people to...... something something destroyed worlds???

AWESOME

they should just say that from the start!!

[mincingminuet]

I mean, i agree but they sort of want to play coy with it for some reason.

it's annoying.

[tailchasing]

i guess it's good some people compiled something like that, then

thanks for sharing it!

[mincingminuet]

That's literally what it's there for.

It's also not something to take lightly. see the section about the storm in august?
And now they're talking about a new storm this month.

This isn't a game. So please be careful.

[tailchasing]

well yeah

i read about that, too, but i appreciate you worrying about me

you stay safe, too! hate to see a cute girl get hurt!

[When in doubt or not quite fully processing complete and total world shifts: default to flirting.]

[mincingminuet]

You're sweet, kid.

But I'll be fine.

I've been on the app for a year, and I'm one of those that was given deadly weapons.

Actually all those videos of fighting? Are me.

[tailchasing]

ohhh??

i guess the animal ears on these profile pictures make it sorta hard to recognize anyone

[mincingminuet]

yep.

And the videos were first person. Thanks gopro.

[tailchasing]

you should get a sponsorship from them

fighting off unreal horrors (???) could be good advertising. they're always looking for new extreme sports

them and the energy drink companies

[mincingminuet]

My channel has plenty of sponsors, tbh.

It's fine.

Also it's kind of hard to get in touch with companies not based in town anymore.

[tailchasing]

channel?? ohhh you're on youtube??

why not?

[mincingminuet]

I am.

And because for whatever reason emails don't go out, neither does regular mail.

[tailchasing]

i could've sworn i

....... no maybe that was a while back. i have no idea anymore.

is it something to do with this unreality thing??

[mincingminuet]

Yes. Sort of.

It's really complicated though. You might want to actually contact Zee, the representative from the company. he'll explain it better than I can.

[tailchasing]

Here