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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

un: Luna the Amazing

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Yeah she really did put that as her username and she has zero regrets.]

Well that sure doesn't sound good, huh?
I guess we're lost!
Boy I hope this doesn't turn into another wacky adventure.

...
Speaking of, is everyone done turning into creepy monsters and trying to touch me?
I'm getting real tired of sleeping with one eye open and listening to my dog growl every time anyone comes near me.
Also it was totally gross.

un: violent gestalt

[babysplice]

why tired

[chaoticwhimsy]

Beeeecause I basically haven't slept in weeks?!
My sister turned into some kind of gargoyle thing and people in town were goo monsters and kept trying to touch me!

[babysplice]

ok
but
why didnt you want them to touch you

[chaoticwhimsy]

Because they're made of goo?
Do you want to get touched by a melty goo person?!

[babysplice]

?
of course

[chaoticwhimsy]

Uh

Ew?

Why would you ever?

[babysplice]

a once in a lifetime sensation

[chaoticwhimsy]

Uh.

Well I guess that's technically true

But so is getting eaten by a shark or having your skin peeled off and nobody's gonna want to do that either!

[babysplice]

youre universalizing your own preferences
but more to the point
theres no extreme physical agony associated with getting touched by a slime person plus you probably wont die
so i dont think those are apt comparisons

kii-chan

[yakan]

so is that irony or for real

[chaoticwhimsy]

Which bit do you mean, hm?

[yakan]

hmmm how about both bits

[chaoticwhimsy]

Well the 'wacky adventures' bit was mostly sarcasm.
I mean, sometimes they're fun!
Mostly not.

The goo monster thing was obviously real.
Nobody likes goo monsters!

[yakan]

as long as we get to choose for ourself if we want to participate or not anything should be fine
somebody would probably always want to take part

as somsone who made good last month i wholeheartedly agree

[chaoticwhimsy]

I don't know.
They're not really all that big on permissions.
Or volunteers.

We do get voluntold a lot, though. Hah.

I managed to not turn into anything gross!

[yakan]

haha yeah theyre not
consent is bullshit basically in their eyes

congratulations to you for that

[chaoticwhimsy]

Sometimes I think they feel bad about it, at least.

Thank you.
It was a lot of work!

[yakan]

its people dependent id say

i can imagine considering those of us who did get turned into something were working hard to infect others

[promisedyou]

[ coming straight from Mio Sonozaki over here ]

Like, is anyone even surprised at this point? None of the posts as of late have been... "good".

Also, I think it's over?

[chaoticwhimsy]

Well, I mean, if you want to look at it that way, have they ever been good? Hehe.

It better be.
Seriously. Goo people are gross!

[promisedyou]

Not at all. But I feel like the earlier months have been easier for me than these later ones.

[chaoticwhimsy]

The last few months have been preeeetty wild, huh?
Like we all fell down a mine shaft and kept stepping on nails in the dark.

But it could still get better!
I mean.
If there's no goo monsters it's definitely better.

[promisedyou]

That sounds like jinxing waiting to happen.

[chaoticwhimsy]

Haha. Maybe!
I don't believe in jinxing things.
People do things, and those things work out
Or they don't.

Or things just happen, or they don't.
There's no such as fate.