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It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm afraid things are really quite busy here, and unfortunately our liaison has been compromised. Well...so have a lot of people, actually.

Are you still yourself if you're not the self you were? It's the kind of conversation we've had a lot of times, around here. I've always only been myself, but if I woke up tomorrow as someone else, would I still be me even if I wasn't?

I think rather than worrying about that the best thing I can do is focus on trying to sort things out as best I can. I'm a little worried, actually, but I think I can manage to give everyone a shot even if I can't fix things on my own or even with everyone's help.

But you can help! Or at least I think it will help if you think about what it means to be "you". It's okay if that answer changes or doesn't. Just hold onto that concept and don't let it go. And maybe tell other people what you think it means? Not like I'm saying you have to talk about that. I think usually you all just talk about anything, and I think that is also a good way to hold onto who you are and who you want to be. Sometimes I think it'd be fun, all those parties or little plans. I've never spent much time outside of these walls, did you know?

I don't have time to really ramble, though. Those of you who know what I mean, we're doing our best. Those of you who don't, you do your best too. Pay attention to the things you tell yourself, and I'll try to fix what I can fix.

Please take care.

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retr

spec Incorporated

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She already yells a lot when I'm showering. I guess I could let her in and see what happens.

Maybe she thinks you're in trouble?
If you do that, I'd watch out for claws. I'm sure you already know that though.

Maybe. She's kind of protective of me.

It's kind of cute. I never thought it would happen.

Pets are awesome like that.

[ and, because this is Retrospec: ]

Was she one you picked up here, or did she come in the mail?

I picked her up. She was a stray that frequented a ramen shop. The owner wanted to someone to call Animal Control or something like that, so I took her before he did that.

Aww, that's really sweet of you! Good work!
I know the shelter here would have done their best to try and give her a new home, but it sounds like it worked out for you both in the end.

Yeah. Honestly, I took her at the spur of the moment, but I don't regret it.

You have pets?

I do.

Or, I did. He came in the mail but Retrospec took him back when I disappeared from the app for a while.
He's a corgi named Zwei. I don't have any pictures I can get to right now, but take my word for it, he's VERY handsome. And smart.

You were here in the app before????

Yes, I was. Last year when it was first showing up.
Or, at least, I haven't met anyone who had it any longer than that.
The last things I remember being aware of was back in September.
It's kind of a weird feeling.

[ the other memories that didn't line up with Jen's current history were also there, but that was a whole other story. there's already been one person who called out the differences between Jen and Yin but she's mostly set that aside for now. ]

So even when you're removed from the app you can come back. That's...

I'm not sure if it's great or not.

I hope you get your dog back, though.

Thanks. I do, too.

I can't speak for anyone else. But knowing what I know about this place, I would rather be aware of what's going on and able to react instead of going about my day pretending everything is normal.

Oh. I guess there are many people that think that way.

[ oda is not one of them ]

Last year I didn't think this way.
It was nice being able to actually talk to people about all the crazy happenings and them not look like me like I'm actually crazy.
I didn't think anything we did made an actual difference.
I'm still not 100% sure on that but, again, at least it's something.
I have my own future to look forward to. I'll do what I have to, to make it there.
The same goes for others, I'll bet.

I'm sorry. I just kind of vomited that out without warning. I didn't mean to get that serious.