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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

[liberal_arts]

I did have a reason, but your tone and body language suggested you didn't care for it, and only saw our relationships as professional anyways!

[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

[liberal_arts]

I did not!



At least

it hadn't been my intention to give that impression.

[frostythehitman]

well
you did

[ so there, how do you like THEM apples.

this is barely a rebuttal, but dammit, he's sticking to his guns that this is Kasen's fuckup, not his. ]

[liberal_arts]

You were so ready to leave it at that, however. I had thought we'd bonded beyond that over the year plus we've known each other.

[frostythehitman]

so you expected me to fight you on it?
what do you think this is
some kind of little house on the prairie melodrama?
it's not my fault you were a dumbass

[liberal_arts]

But why should I have keeping anything when you clearly had no interest in it?

[frostythehitman]

whatever
this is so stupid

[liberal_arts]

See? That's what I mean! When you respond like that, it makes it sound like you don't care!

[frostythehitman]

i have like five minutes left on this computer for the rest of the month and i'm not about to spend them fighting about this!

[liberal_arts]

That's


honestly fair. [ He lets out a long sigh, taking a few deep breaths before typing again. ]

I apologize for making it seem like all I cared about was your music.

[frostythehitman]

thanks

[ then, after a few minutes lull: ]

sorry for sounding like a jerk

[liberal_arts]

[ ... ]

I'm just glad you're alright.

[frostythehitman]

were you really that worried
you know it takes a lot more than a monster gang prison fight pileon to knock me out

[liberal_arts]

You say that as if you've ever been in a remotely similar situation to know.

[frostythehitman]

i have actually
or at least past me has

[liberal_arts]

[ ... ]

You know, considering what I know of your other self, I shouldn't be surprised.

[frostythehitman]

yeah you really shouldn't
the most surprising thing is that between retrospec and jail
they managed to do a pretty good impression of other-me's prison cage match death battles

[liberal_arts]

Prison

cage match

death battles?!

[frostythehitman]

yeah
the guards liked to make the inmates fight
they'd set up matches between us in this like courtyard pit area and then let everyone else watch from above
sometimes they gave us weapons to make it more interesting i guess
compared to that last month wasn't actually so bad
at least it wasn't like a one on one thing where i had to fight
i just couldn't do it very well if i needed to

[liberal_arts]

The more I learn about your previous self, the more baffled I am at trying to assemble any kind of coherent life for them. They've lived such a bizarre existence.

[frostythehitman]

yeah well i think superpowers and superheroes and coming back from the dead as someone different all kind of make everything else bizarre by default
other-me was doomed from the start

[liberal_arts]

Despite all of that, people still seem to react like me being a sword is the strangest thing they've ever heard.

[frostythehitman]

i mean
BEING a sword is still pretty weird
does this mean you're going to literally just slowly morph into one eventually

[liberal_arts]

Now, I haven't remembered enough to be absolutely certain, but I'm pretty sure that's not how it works.