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[recollecters]

Don't bother the techs. Seriously, don't. I'm not entirely sure what's going on but all I'm getting is that it's the equivalent of being hacked and someone who knows layer theory better than we do is out there screwing things up and tampering with the project. I don't have a really good update for you guys, but bear with us. Please? Zee Carlisle Hiring Manager 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 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.

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[cardcaptured]

[... yeah, okay, that question plus their recent conversation is going to give him an INCREDIBLY large concern, and he's going to follow Leon's idea and make this private as well.]

... Mio.

Where are you right now?

[Because she left their place pretty promptly, which in itself was a bit alarming, but now this...]

[promisedyou]

You don't need to know.

[cardcaptured]

I do need to know.

This isn't a question you need to be asking Retrospec. If you're not feeling well, you need to go to a doctor, or at least be someplace where you're safe.

[promisedyou]

I am safe.

I cannot go to a doctor for this.

[cardcaptured]

You have to. Hallucinations aren't normal. It's a sign something isn't right, and


Even if it's not what it could be, you still need to get help. Or be with people who know what's going on, anyway.

[promisedyou]

And say what? They're not going to believe a single word I say.

I don't even know if I have them or not. I can deal with this myself. I have to.

[cardcaptured]

You don't have to tell them the details of the disease you told me about, but you could at least let them know you're beginning to see things. That's the sort of thing psychiatrists deal with, and they could prescribe you with some sort of medication to help.

[Or like... he assumes that's what they'd do, anyway. This is so out of his depth right now that he's not quite sure what to suggest.]

You don't have to deal with this on your own. I don't know what 'Shion's' circumstances were in that other life, but I'm sure they're not the same here. There's people here who want to help you.

[promisedyou]

I really appreciate it. But I don't know if I can trust them. It's difficult to, even if I want to.

I don't... want to hurt anybody.

[cardcaptured]

You don't have to. If we get this treated now, when we know what it is and before it gets any worse, we can possibly stop it.

I'm positive there's doctors on Retrospec too. Minako had told me about them when I first got the app, and I'm sure if anyone will understand weird things you got back out of the blue, it would be them.

... please, Mio. I'm worried about you.

[And if he's saying that without the tsun, you know it's serious business]

[promisedyou]

How do we know that there even is a cure? It's a foreign disease from who knows where, after all!

[cardcaptured]

[Leave it to Mio to say the fear that had been lurking at the back of his mind, the one he hadn't wanted to mention lest he upset her further. No, it's possible there might not be a cure for the disease, especially given it's nature. But...]

... we don't. But there could be things out there that could suppress the symptoms, possibly, until something is figured out.

[Even he knows it's a reach, but he doesn't know what else to say]

We won't know unless we try.

cw death mentions

[promisedyou]

[She's quiet for a long time and doesn't actually answer immediately. It's almost enough to sound alarming, but that's only because of what she's thinking. The person who told her about the illness in the first place. And the person who had attempted to force her to take a syringe. They were the same person, so could it be--

But then why did she die like that?]

That may be true.

But I'm scared that all the searching will mean nothing in the end.

[cardcaptured]

[She's quiet for so long that Xiaolang assumes she moved on from the conversation, and sets the phone aside to try to focus on his schoolwork. So when the text notif chimes not too long after, he can't help but be a little relieved. At least she's listening to some of what he has to say.]

Doing nothing is going to result in the same thing, too. If we try looking for a solution, and nothing turns up, we at least know we did what we could about it.

[promisedyou]

If there's no cure, that's going to be a problem.

[A huge problem, in fact.]