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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

[thesettingsun]

[Posting as Shuji Tsushima, because it worked for him before.]

Placing bets now, everyone who hoped Retrospec would stop screwing with our lives is going to find out that it doesn't actually help that much.

[promisedyou]

[ also posting as Mio Sonozaki, because of course she is: ]

Well, that sure is a post, isn't it? Also, can we just all forget about all of October? Because I'm ready to forget about it.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Great. So that's what that phasing out was.
Hitori Togusa Retrospec has lost us before. Zee mentioned that a few months back, in the dreamshares, Retrospec literally couldn't find us while we were asleep.
Hitori Togusa I don't know what that means for what's ahead, but this is reversable.

[spirithacker]

[Using the name he goes by for video game tournaments, Dark Knight Blue. Because you don't give your real name out on the internet!

...he hasn't realized that his real face is still going to show up. Oops.]

im guessing theyre not gonna read the comments this time

Derek Matthews

[blondferret]

Wait second... who is missing? And who is THEY?

Also, it doesn't seem like they realized they were being recorded. The lack of professional awareness is just... sad.

And lastly, for those who I interacted with as a ghost... sorry. I'll try to make it up to you in some way...

[spirithacker]

whats an october

[thisloveisjustice]

[Tatsuo is boring and lazy? So he's just going to show up as Tatsuo Kihara]

I just want to apologize to anyone I talked to last month who I was either really rude or aggressive with. Or if I infected you. Especially if I infected you. I'm sorry.

That being said, barring a repeat of last month, and in light of this rather concerning video, we will be having Weapons Practice this month. As we currently only have one healer available, we'll be meeting from 6pm to 9pm on Sundays instead of all the way to midnight. Location is the Utsuki Dojo in Tisse.

Please see my post here for more information about Weapons Practice.

[promisedyou]

Never heard of it.

[thesettingsun]

That's reassuring? I think. A little bit.

[scythegun]

[Finally he can change his name from his real one... He's free... All of his posts will have the name Jaeger, because who needs a last name.]

It's a little too early to say whether this is an improvement on last month or not, but let's see how things go. This is better than being threatened with certain doom again though, so I'd say things are looking up!

Speaking of last month, has everyone gone back to normal or are we still dealing with monsters out there?

[spirithacker]

obv theres only 11 months
duh

[strawberrypunch]

[His posts are under the name Tatsuma.]

Is everyone ok?

Even if we don't know each other others can check here for you too

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa It's the best I've got at this point?
Hitori Togusa And the best they've got. I wouldn't be surprised if that video was leaked by Joanne or Maurice themselves to try to reassure us.

[thesettingsun]

Nice display name.

[He's happy for you, Jaeger.]

I'm no more monstrous than I normally am, which is nice.

[thesettingsun]

Okay is a complicated concept, but I'm not hurt or in danger.

[frostythehitman]

[ His name appears as James Barnes. ]

word of advice
the red button means record
the camera looking icon means take a selfie
look before you tap next time

anyway someone give me the tl;dr on this
i can't listen to this and they weren't considerate enough to add subtitles

also idk who fixed the whole monster problem last month or how but thanks
i have legs again and i'm not at risk of getting eaten by every other person in here anymore

[thesettingsun]

Like 'we can't find them but if they can see this somehow then at least they'll know what's going on?'

As much as we ever know what's going on.

[fiddlestick]

[Posting his name as Elliot Craig 🎻 because he knows what he's about. ]

And here comes the monthly nerve-wracking entry. Are they saying they lost us...?

Oh, and if I ran into you last month while I was infected...I'm really sorry. For everything.

[spirithacker]

they dont know where we are
thats all i got out of it

[scythegun]

I'm curious about that too, honestly. I want to believe things will be better, but I doubt my luck is that good!

H²

[zerotohiro]

[To no one's surprise, all posts will be from H² and he may sorely regret this forever. Yes, H-squared.]

Am I the only one who kind of misses what I could do last month...? I almost wish I had more time with it.
Everything that happened was even more abnormal than usual wasn't it?
So what happens next?

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Yeah. Especially since they're somehow limited in what they are allowed to directly tell us? Making it look like an accident seems like a way to get around that.
Hitori Togusa They know we're still here. Their infrastructure is still up, and this is still their app we're using.

[thesettingsun]

You can't be sorry, I'm sorry.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa JAMES YOU'RE OK.

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[parodeity]

oh thank god i hated the number names
like jesus christ was i expected to memorize everyones actual names plus numbers
thats just flat out unfair

anyway
whats up with everyone else
this is kind of weird
id say even for us but nah
its about par for course for that

if things arent back to normal by next month im boycotting my birthday

ps im sorry to everyone i like
bit and shit last month
except john im not sorry i bit him he deserved it
but like yeah ill apologize to most of you all later

[ yes. yes, he did name himself dave medium dick energy strider. it's how you know it's really dave. ]