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[recollecters]

[ At 9PM on the 1st, all phones or Retrospec-enabled devices will show flickering screens, until a static-filled image appears. It seems to be a security camera shot, in black and white from a high angle, of a simple computer room. Inside is Joanne Wiseman who many of the users may recognize - she looks young, blonde curls loose around her shoulders, and she also looks tired still. A young man who looks only slightly older than her comes in. He's dark-haired with a sweater and glasses, but a white labcoat that matches hers as well. Maurice comes over to stand nearby, watching the screen Joanne is looking at. Neither of them seem to realize they're being recorded. Joanne looks up, and speaks first. ] Did R and D know anything? [ Maurice shakes his head, says: ] No. They can't track them down either - it's almost as if... [ Joanne: ] They have to be somewhere. [ Maurice: ] Jim's trying to figure it out. You know we don't have anyone better at...ah, "creative" solutions? [ Joanne: ] No, I know, just...what if their souls are just, just - [ Maurice: ] I don't think they're gone. I mean - well, they're gone, but I don't think they're gone? You remember August, the one before last. They're, uh, pretty tough? [ Joanne: ] We're usually able to at least try to help them when we can, though! [ Maurice: ] Jo - look, we're doing everything we can. We'll find them. [ Joanne: ] Before they do? [ Maurice: ] Right. I mean...we have to, don't we? [ They both look worried. Before they do was said with a certain inflection - and hey, Retrospec. It looks like the employees have lost track of you for the month. How do you feel about that one? ] As of this post, character usernames are back to being their own names - or rather, characters will be prompted to put in their name as a boot screen loads. Now's your chance to change your preferred name, Retrospecters - but it appears whatever you put in will be locked in as your choice. Hope you didn't put in something ridiculous! 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. As a friendly reminder, you may also claim one of this month's freebie by submitting a thread from this mod post. This thread must be 10 comments from you and submitted before AC closes.

Comments

[windeity]

have you heard about those murders that were going on over the summer? it's been a scary thing to think about.
but a little while ago, joanne confirmed that whoever murdered zee was someone on this network.
so far we haven't figured out who.

[windeity]

it can't hurt. and if we go together the likelihood of something terrible happening is, like, halved.
i'd rather check and find nothing than not bother and miss something big.

[windeity]

seems like a huge waste to have an entire building and then they turn it into a waffle house.
not that i don't like the waffle house.
but a dummy being set up for that long seems very...weird.

[akatatai]

That's pretty deep
As expected of a real creative mind!

[akatatai]

I like it! But the most important question now is:
How DO you like your eggs?

[akatatai]

Just the boxes? And we couldn't install the right scripts or fonts or whatever?
That's even worse than the numbers!

[akatatai]

I wouldn't expect anything else from you, Yusuke
But if you had to come up with one for yourself, what would you choose?
(And you can't say your online handle! That's the mistake I almost made)

[floret]

That's what I was thinking, at least!
But I don't know. Do you think it would be unethical?

[scythegun]

Are you really going to tell me to stop? I think you like hearing it sometimes~!

[scythegun]

The word you're probably looking for is "schadenfreude"! It certainly wouldn't surprise me at all, and we aren't usually hurt enough to really call it sadism, I suppose.

[frostythehitman]

gee thanks for supporting me putting my foot in my mouth

[scythegun]

I have a lot of questions about how they could lose us and about how things will go once they have found us... but I doubt we'll get any answers then either. You're right though, the only thing we can do now is wait and see how things go.

[floret]

OH
So
In my past life, I actually was from the afterlife already? Like, originally.
And nobody there had physical bodies...
And I guess I
regained
not having that.

Anyway now non-Retrospec people can't see or hear me or anything, but Retrospec people can somewhat! So... at least there's that.

[godcards]

Retrospec is weird.

[frostythehitman]

idk about anyone else but i still don't trust them
i just don't think they're actively trying to screw us over anymore
like you said
they're just bumbling around not actually able to do much of anything

but sure okay
die mad about it

[floret]

[ but he was also genuinely curious about what it means for a deck of cards to be "big" ]

That's fine for the dealer, but you need to think about the other players, too. I've got pretty small hands, you know? I'm not saying I'd hate playing with a giant deck (of cards), but wouldn't it look kind of ridiculous?

[frostythehitman]

what are you even talking about
i know what you said don't try and turn it around on me now
you said there's no reason to keep visiting me if i'm not making music anymore
YOU'RE the one who only cared as far as professional crap goes

[babysplice]

premature ejaculation

[frostythehitman]

why would it be painful
mostly it just looked and felt really stupid
i'm lucky i figured out how to get back in before anyone noticed i was technically escaped

and of course i know how to cook eggs what kind of question even is that

[ he's not LYING here, per se, but he....doesn't exactly know for sure if he knows how to cook eggs or not either. i mean, how hard can it be??? ]

[frostythehitman]

well
DID you eat anyone?

[babysplice]

sure
but it's you
who's missing

[babysplice]

?
isnt that what clochette means

[babysplice]

ok
but
why didnt you want them to touch you

[babysplice]

what else is there to do
at the cemetery

[jurai]

[Look up pun in the dictionary you lost confused grim reaper]

Well, we're not talking clown-sized or anything if that's what you mean

But it

You know...I kind of want to try your other idea now

Imagine a 104 card deck