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[fiddlestick]

Well, this is pretty nerve-wracking, but I finally uploaded some music I composed. It's just four songs, between college and everything happening in Retrospec, I've been, well, pretty busy this year. But I hope to compose more soon!

Anyway... you can listen to them here. Please enjoy them.

And in less good news ... I had a rather troubling conversation with a ghost...

According to him, our Earth isn't what it seems. Apparently, while Recolle's real and stable, the rest of the world is actually a recreation of other Earths. It was made to be a centralized hub for planets across the galaxy that were destroyed, and Recolle's essentially the capital. It was all formed and balanced from the soul energy being generated by this city and the people here, and it's not exactly stable.

Good news, all the people outside of Recolle in this world are real, so it's not like our lives were fake. But bad news, if anything should happen to Recolle, the rest of the world would disintegrate. So...no pressure?

Oh, and has anyone heard anything about a river of souls beneath Recolle? A friend heard about it from another ghost, but we don't know much.

Sorry for all the troubling news. This isn't how I expected this post to go.

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[jurai]

[Well, Crow's glad to see the information did get out to the network, at least. Although what Elliot's learned on his own has proven to be just as worrying.

He'll dive into that in a minute. Important things first.]

Oh hey, you finally did it

You mentioned doing something like this sooner or later

Good for you

[Needless to say, Crow's one of your biggest fans.]

[fiddlestick]

[Aw yeah, seeing a positive comment about it makes him feel a little better. ]

Aha, yeah! Thanks!

Though really it's thanks to Eren.

I tried to chicken out several times but he forced me to go through with it.

[EREN IS SITTING RIGHT NEARBY]

[standalonehuman]

Check with Tatsuma. A few people have found that river of souls before, through the subway. It's there, but Retrospec didn't know about it. I had to tell Zee about it.

[fiddlestick]

Tatsuma? Okay, I've talked to him before...I'll try asking about it.

Wait, Retrospec didn't know? How is that possible? I thought they knew way more about this city than we do.

[thisloveisjustice]

I don't know too much about it myself, but I've seen it.

Back in February when some people went off to the four regions for the first time, the Mayor and a bunch of other important city officials were kidnapped. When we finally found them, we had to cross the river.

Hands would reach out and grab you if you got too close. And if you fell in, you forget things. It wasn't permanent at least, as the guy who fell in remembered who he was once we got out of there. It was a trip to say the least.

We got to it through the subway, but the tunnel was gone when I went back afterwards.

[fiddlestick]

You have? Wow.

I think I remember hearing something about the Mayor being kidnapped, but I was in Bosuma when it happened. That all...sounds really creepy.

Did he forget everything? Or just his memories from his other life?

[blessmefather]

[ ... ]

It's better than some of the proposed theories about our lives and our world.

[ He's trying to go for the glass half full side, helps it's his nephew writing. ]

I'm glad, this means Mary and the rest of the family is really out there living their lives. With some people waking up with mismatched memories and all the trouble contacting people out of the city I was starting to worry.

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, it is...

I was a little worried about that too, so it's nice to know the people are real. Not sure what to make about everything else being a recreation, but... I can deal with that better than the people back home not being real.

[concasse]

[Seeing as Sanji is a ball of sunshine who does not give a shit about anyone outside of this city so let it fuckin disintegrate, uh...

Just gonna focus on the music.]

nice job

second one's my favorite, a little jazzy

[fiddlestick]

Really? Thank you!

That was the first one I wrote when I moved to Recolle. I was getting more familiar with jazz at the time, so I guess it rubbed off!

[tarotcards]

[ yeah how about we just ignore all the heavy duty stuff and go with the more lighthearted things? that's what souji needs :') ]

Your songs are pretty good. How much for a CD?

[fiddlestick]

Really? Thank you Souji!

I don't have a CD Album ready just yet, need more songs for that, but I have the songs on itunes and google play for 99 cents?

[usurpers]

[ when ur fiancé be sitting right next to u to post that shit like



well, maybe that’s what it feels like with eren around regardless of his actual size, especially when he’s here to help you just (aggressive gesture) do it!! make!! your dreams!! come true!! with all the problems with ghosts happening, eren’s probably been spending a little more time here rather than his own home. why? a ghost named ellen took it. she took his home, his place, his job, his non-app family— he only had the keys to his car that she left behind before eren could question her during a prison visit to james.

he’s calmed down from the crazed mess he’s been the past few days, essentially. being around people who do see you was a start to fix whatever was the problem. eren’s sitting on the floor, legs extended with a few notebooks in his lap, one opened to jot some things down. they’re all retrospec related, the others full and puffing our with extra paper. he’s got his phone lit up and open to the network on his other leg, and with a smile while finished his writing: ]

You have buyers.

[ 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 ]

[fiddlestick]

[WHAT IS THAT IMAGE SDFLKJDSKJSKJFD

Elliot for sure has been worried about this Ellen ghost replacing Eren in his life. Elliot hasn't really experienced something like that yet - either luck or because who wants to try to fake his playing? Still, he's happy to let Eren stay with him as long as he needs. It wasn't a question.

Besides, it was thanks to Eren all of this happened. He tried to chicken out at least twice, but Eren stopped him]

Aha...yeah. Mostly friends, but it's still really nice!

[hauhra]

Planets that were destroyed?

Does that mean that there was some truth to my aliens theory after all, then?

[ a theory that he only just came up with last month and only discussed with like, one person, but look. if he's actually right, he'll be floored. ]

[fiddlestick]

Um, maybe?

What alien theory?

un: Jamie Doh

[floret]

The songs are lovely!

and

well.

I guess that explains some things, at least.
So this world has only existed as long as Recollé has?

[fiddlestick]

Oh! Thank you!

Yeah...it seems that way.
Really hard to imagine that.

[fabrefactions]

[ Immediately focusing on the important things: ]

You did it!

It feels like it has been a long time coming, but I'm glad you have finally released your music to the world.

[fiddlestick]

Hehe, I did it!

Thanks Yusuke. It's really nerve-wracking, but also exciting? People seem to like it too!

[echoing_sutras]

i was in such a good mood listenin to ur music and then u had to go and say all that

[fiddlestick]

Oh, sorry. I know it's not really an ideal combination, but I just found out that info and it felt important to share.

[royaldifficulties]

These are lovely, Elliot. And you have hard on them, as well.

As to the news, is that why we can't leave the city? Or was that not shared?

[fiddlestick]

Aw, thank you Bart. That means a lot.

I don't know, actually. He didn't mention anything about that.

[oniipeach]

Do you have any idea if the ghost you talked with seemed recent or... from a different time? The one who spoke to me thought that the planets of the people here still existed, but I think the ghost's clothes were from ... fifty? sixty? years ago. So things may have changed since then.

[fiddlestick]

Oh well...I guess his clothes did seem a bit on the older side? I couldn't place when, I'm not a fashion expert...and he could've been a hipster for all I know.

Sorry, I know that's not helpful...

[devilsadvocato]

Any plans to upload those recordings to itunes to earn some money off that gift of yours?

[fiddlestick]

Oh, I did! I have them on itunes and google play for 99 cents each.

[hauntedsavior]

Well, the songs are great and I'm gonna be kicking you as much money as I can for them, but the rest of that is...

I mean. What I'm getting (among all this other stuff) is that if we're here now, it's because we were literally born to be here, right now, in this moment. And that we need to make sure the city stays safe, because if anything happens to it, the world disappears.

Consider the stakes fuckin' raised.

[fiddlestick]

Oh, thank you! I'm grateful for the support.

Yeah...that's a good thing to take away from it. We're meant to help protect this city and entire world....along with restore everything else.

Noooo pressure, right?