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Has everyone's day been pleasant? I hope so. Isn't it kind of the city to refresh itself and shed all the work we put into it? It's such a nice view to wake up to after these past few weeks.

On the other hand, did anyone else receive a bright red surprise at midnight that didn't disappear after waking up today? If you have a new possibly anxiety-inducing timer that you can't remove, shall we have a pop quiz? Or a poll?

What are we counting down to?

A) the end of the month
B) the end of the world
C) the time until you find your soulmate
D) provide your own answer. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

(If anyone makes a Europe reference, you're dead to me. :) )

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I've been similarly lucky. There are surprisingly a greater number of understanding people on Retrospec than I expected, and I'm grateful for it. To be alone with your past... is heavy. Did you find it easier to talk to someone not from your past about terrible memories?

Your assessment is blunt, but I can't disagree. I doubt they'd be able to implement it, especially since we've experienced error after error lately.

it was easier, yes
i do want to tell the people from my past everything but i'm still not sure on how to approach the situation
despite convincing ourselves that we aren't the people we used to be, certain past transgressions can still affect a person to this day
especially when it involves severely hurting someone in some way
so having at least one person in this lifetime who can relate to you with something like that is greatly helpful in trying to cope in this fucked-up situation we're all in rn

but yeah, the app's been glitching so badly for a while now to the point where some posts just won't show anymore?
is there anything that we can do at this point
zee's been hard to contact too iirc

[ Haha. How many of them were reprehensible in their memories and want to be divorced from that? How sick is Retrospec? How sick is their random picking of souls?

How many of them are actually convinced that they're different? ]

It truly is fucked up in the grandest order. I haven't talked about it much with anyone I know from my memories. I've only told people who weren't connected, too. It makes it a lot more real if I talk with someone who has more context, but... that's cowardly thinking.

If... the people from your memories are as separate from that previous life as you are or as you want to be, then the only way to really move forward and past that is to talk about it. In theory, that's what would be ideal. Honesty and communication are usually lauded in situations like that, but it's easier said than done. That's why I usually choose to talk to someone who won't eventually remember what I remember.

If our liaison with Retrospec can't be reliably contacted, that limits our options. I suppose we can only wait out the timer with caution.

That's the safest option.

[ ...you know, this is the first time sena had seen her swear online and it's kind of a shocked compared with tsukasa that one time, but maybe that's just him not knowing much about the girl.

still. ]

i know a lot of people from my previous life who are also on the app so
yep, easier said than done
that said, i know we don't know much about each other
and that im not expecting you to reveal your sad backstory to me either bc god knows im not about to do the same thing
but knowing that there's at least another out there who's also going through shit like not being able to tell them anything for fear that it might trigger unwanted memories
it's really comforting
you're not alone in that sentiment for sure
i can attest to that, at least

[ Sometimes, there's no better word to encompass a situation than fuck. ]

You're flippant even when you're being sincere and serious. That's an observation and nothing else, to clarify.

Still, thank you. Usually, I wouldn't say this much, but I suppose something resonated. I do hope you can tell those people someday, and it'll be resolved peacefully.

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