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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

[devoid]

it'd probably be hard to dual wield scythes
oh yeah have you actually used it to fight?

[thesettingsun]

A few times. Could be worse, but I still say it's impractical.

[devoid]

seems like it
but it's kind of cool that you've gotten to fight with it
it looks like it'd be really heavy and unwieldy

[thesettingsun]

When I got it I couldn't lift it more than an inch off the ground. I don't recommend trying to pick it up at all if there's even the slightest chance you'll throw your back out.

[devoid]

that's definitely something to keep in mind
but you can swing it around now?

[thesettingsun]

More than I could before. I'm in better shape these days.

[Retrospec is to thank for a lot of that, but still.]

[devoid]

congratulations
oh and thanks for all the info
this whole thing still sounds really bizarre but i guess that's just how things are now

[thesettingsun]

No problem. Confused by the weirdness is now your standard state of being, the least I can do is try to explain some stuff.

[devoid]

it's good of you thanks
do you get a lot of confused new people showing up frequently?

[thesettingsun]

We get a bunch of them about every two months.

[devoid]

well i guess they're consistent
sounds like kind of a pain to deal with though
especially when it falls on april fools
maybe they'll think twice about doing it on the first next year

[thesettingsun]

People think it's a joke no matter what month they get the app, it doesn't change much.

[devoid]

it must get frustrating to have to try to convince people all this is real every couple of months

[thesettingsun]

You have no idea how frustrating it gets.

[devoid]

you sound like you've witnessed some pretty stubborn people
i kind of feel like i should apologize

[thesettingsun]

That's alright. Actually, I feel like I should thank you for being willing to listen.

[devoid]

i figure it can't hurt
and if you guys are all playing some kind of prank on us new people well then at least you had your fun
but since there are so many of you trying to tell me the same thing it doesn't seem like a prank

[thesettingsun]

You could never get us all to cooperate long enough to pull off a prank. If there's anything Retrospec has in common with a normal social network, it's the level of drama.

[devoid]

well it sounds like i won't be bored any time soon
which is probably the only good thing that can be said about all of this

[thesettingsun]

That and meeting some interesting people you wouldn't normally interact with. Otherwise it's awful.

[devoid]

oh that's true
there's a wide variety of people on retrospec huh...

[thesettingsun]

All kinds of suffering people in your very own city.