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LISTEN UP. Retrospec can read this all they like, I don't care. their cameras were trained on me the entire time I combed through their office anyway. they INVITED me there. so here I am, putting my findings out here so that all users can access it. you can respond helpfully, or cower behind your phones in silence, and to what end? Retrospec already knows about your precious secrets. or have you gnats forgotten that already??

Akira Midousuji shared a photo.
3/8 near Apprassage

respond if you know any of the following names:
Dante Sparda
Irene Greenland
Machi Tobaye
Jyushimatsu Ono
Matt Miller

give me evidence that you know them, and we can talk more. don't waste my time with "OOOH I MET THEM ONCE"s if there's no substance. a single detail about their history will suffice as proof.

and since I expect the lot of you to share any information you find in the future, in this fashion... what the REST of you need to know is that I found files on these people in an unlocked room in the Retrospec building. apparently some of these people were once Retrospec users, but for some reason they're not anymore. (you can extend your gratitude to Dave for sorting through all of your nonsense to locate posts by these people.) these files documented their personal histories. DETAILED, by the way. are they accurate? that's what I'm trying to figure out.

ohhh right: the note pictured was clipped only to that file. make of this what you will.

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Going hand-in-hand with the new reality of physical alterations, "rewrite" could have connotations that are less than benevolent. After all, what exactly does that entail? And "starting from a clean slate" isn't much better. I'm sure you've noticed, but there seems to be a pandemic of people experiencing alien "hallucinations" or "memories". I wonder if this has anything to do with it.

I'm intimately aware of them. that's the only reason I'm willing to entertain such an absurd theory to begin with. they're too real to be mere hallucinations, but too out of place to be memories as we know them.

but? I think we should focus on the practical purpose these files might have for the company. so the tamer option, fitting with my "natural conclusion" outlined above, would be a simple, stalkerish obsession with Retrospec's users. the desire to know them, control them, have data on them at the ready for SOME reason. buuut if this really has something to do with "rewriting" something, something darker... then? what's the purpose of these files, besides the histories of former users?

Focusing on the more practical side? I shall remove my tinfoil hat, then, or at least find one two sizes smaller for your benefit.

[Joking aside...]

This question has already been tossed around at some point, but allow me to throw it out there again, to be trampled upon. Why us? We are a relatively small sample, compared to an entire city of potential users (an entire country, or even an entire world), but we were the ones chosen. What common factor do we all share? This is what I have difficulties wrapping my head around.

my natural, practical answer: convenience. random sample. if you want to ask "why are we chosen," you also would need to ask "why did Retrospec select a second group", or "why have some users been dropped". as far as I'm concerned, all we have in common is our location.

and if it's anything more complex than that... looks like we'll be waiting for answers, won't we?

Undoubtedly so. Which unfortunately seems to be a trend as of late. Being reactionary is hardly something that settles well with me, but given that there's little else to work with, it seems to be that the "wait and see" path is all that's open to us.

Ah, but perhaps that's only true because I've accepted it as a reality. You were proactive in your own way, combing through their offices. Maybe I'll borrow that spark of mischief from you, for my own sake.

ohh...? mischief? well, it goes without saying that waiting is only what you do when all available opportunities have been taken. our objective is figuring out for what purpose we're signed up with this app, and what its goals are with our forced "patronage". I look forward to seeing how your "mischief" pays off.. I should HOPE you won't disappoint.

We shall see, won't we? If such mischief is a success, I have no doubt you'll hear of it. Until then, let the brainstorming commence. We've an array of individuals who are just as like-minded, after all.