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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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[beneathmoonlight]

I suppose the first one.

Missing blue would be terrible. It’s my favorite color.

[vitis]

why's it your favorite color?

[ ... admittedly sometimes hard to put a finger on as to what makes something a 'favorite,' but john's curious all the same. ]

[beneathmoonlight]

It’s the color of the sea and the sky. And it’s calming.

[vitis]

well, that reasoning's not so bad

we lost green and blue a while back
it wasn't great, but worse was that all people could complain about was oh noooo my beautiful blues eyes lost their color! :(((!!

[beneathmoonlight]

I can understand how that would be unsettling, but if they could still see, then it wouldn’t be too terrible, right?

[vitis]

right? that's what i thought
i don't know if you've really looked hard at blue eyes much, but once you're at a certain distance (as in, about three feet), it all just looks grayish anyway.
meanwhile, all the green from the trees, grass, fruits, vegetables, and a good chunk of our food, was gone
hell, it was hard to tell if some things were still good to eat or not

[beneathmoonlight]

True...

Oh no, I never thought of that! That would be dangerous as well as depressing. Eating spoiled food because you can’t see the color of it is terrible.

And nature is beautiful. It shouldn’t be colorless.

[vitis]

[ thank you for recognizing how absolutely horrendous this past occurrence was, atsushi ]

yeah
look at this picture i took of some produce at the time

[ witness ]

[beneathmoonlight]

None of that looks good at all!

I never realized how vital green was before, but now I’m grateful it still exists.

[vitis]

hey, that's one thing retrospec does for us
having the basics of life taken away, belatedly restoring normalcy
they're good at making people forget who's responsible in the first place

[beneathmoonlight]

I won’t deny that.

It feels like they’re losing control of the city.

[vitis]

can't say the city's ever seemed well managed since i got the app, frankly

Private

[beneathmoonlight]

That’s true.

I just want some normalcy in my life.

I can’t even sleep at night without worrying about randomly changing into a tiger.

private from here on out-

[vitis]

[ oh. ]

do you mean like, insomnia and nightmares and that sort of thing?
or you could really just change into a tiger while sleeping

[beneathmoonlight]

It seems like I can’t really control it yet, unless I’m in danger. Then the tiger comes to me.

I’ve woken up with my bed covered in white fur a few times.

[vitis]

[ ... not being in control like that is scary, yeah ]

it might not sound like much right now,
but yeah, you'll get the hang of that.

you think there's anything that can be done to help? because i can give whatever a shot, you know

[beneathmoonlight]

Really? You would?

That’s means a lot, John-san. Thank you.

I really don’t know what will help, though.

I’m too afraid of hurting someone to try transforming in front of them on purpose.

[vitis]

well, you don't have to be afraid of hurting me
on the flip side, the forest is good cover for that. if you don't mind help, and you're not uneasy by the idea, then it might be good to try there

[ he doesn't mean to come across as flippant; he knows that any fear that atsushi holds isn't unfounded. ]

this is about you, though, so
it's however you would want to approach it

[beneathmoonlight]

That actually sounds like a good idea.

I really hope that one day I can gain control of it.

I think I can do it, if you’re willing to help me.

Thank you, John-san.

[vitis]

no prob.
we probably have similar work hours, so just hit me up whenever