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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

[spirithacker]

how old r u
ur pic looks like an adult 2 me??

[frostythehitman]

pfft no
i'm only an adult as far as the justice system is concerned
i'm 17

[spirithacker]

thats p old

[It seems old to a 9-year-old, at least.]

youd kno if adults were messing around w/ souls
cuz youd be supposed 2 mess w/ souls in like
a year

[frostythehitman]

no way
like they'd just give you full soul-messing control as soon as you turn 18
they probably do it gradually or smth
like making you take classes
and i probably forfeited my rights to it anyway
so i guess i'll never know if they do for real

[spirithacker]

youd b supposed to take classes in a year, close enough
anyway
if they had secret soul stuff somebody wouldve made a conspiracy theory page about it by now

[frostythehitman]

what makes you think they haven't

[ He can't go searching for one on the shitty Internet connection he has here, but he figures there's a website out there peddling this theory. There's a website for literally everything, and this doesn't even seem that far fetched of a conspiracy. ]

[spirithacker]

cuz i cant find 1 on google

[Obviously a small child is the most qualified to find a particular website on the vast reaches of the internet with a five second search.]

[frostythehitman]

that's because it's on the dark web

[ does james even understand what the dark web is? absolutely not. but he knows it exists. ]

[spirithacker]

thats just for selling drugs & hitmen & stuff

[On the other end of the spectrum, Shinji has a decent understanding of what the dark web is but believes very little is actually on it, so...]

[frostythehitman]

yeah and the internet is just a military communications tool
there's plenty more on the dark web than that

[spirithacker]

theres conspiracy sites on the regular net
why would you need the dark web

[frostythehitman]

it's the wrong crowd
you wouldn't just post about retrospec on the regular web would you?

[spirithacker]

nobodyd believe u
cuz of layers & whatever

[frostythehitman]

exactly
that's why other conspiracy sites go on the dark web
so they can find other dark web conspiracy people
just trust me on this
i'm older and wiser

[spirithacker]

u JUST SAID u werent a rl adult
u dont get it both ways!!

[frostythehitman]

i'm not
but i'm still older than you

[spirithacker]

im smart 4 my age
everybody says so