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[recollecters]

Welcome back, users. Looks like we were able to bring you back online and tracked again...here's hoping the layers are settled now, but the readings are off the chart. We're doing our best to stabilize the city for December while we track some of the magical sources we're picking up. It may take us some time though, so please bear with us! We may be working through the holidays, too, if this keeps up. But it's okay. You opened the doors and new routes for us to check. Stay positive, users. December is a special time of the year. What's your favorite holiday tradition? You'd be surprised how thoughts shape things here. Please take care. Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated Characters' display names are the same as whatever they chose last month and are permanently locked in! Newbies may pick a new name for their first use on Retrospec, but whatever they pick will also become permanent. 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

[jurai]

I've got a copy of it if you wanted to borrow

I've seen it a million times, so I can forgo it this one time

un: dave medium dick energy strider

[parodeity]

im just ignoring like all of this to point out that in only two more days i will be free from the shackledom of teenagerhood
finally an Adult
lets all have a moment of silent fear for that reality
sure i pay bills and shit but now my chronological age concurs with my activities
granted like what the fuck does 20 do really beyond make you not a teen
you still cant legally drink
not that any of us illegally drink right
yeah
that sounds legit

anyway i formally request a dinosaur thnx for listening

[thisloveisjustice]

Oh yeah! Thanks Elliot. I know we've got a list of the known employees around here somewhere. I better go dig it out.

[thesettingsun]

That's true but I can't judge you on anything else because I like you too much.

Except for the bats. Judging you on those.

[godcards]

I thought nice people did this kind of thing all year.

Maybe that is the magic of Christmas that all those movies talk about.

[jurai]

First of all

Yours is perfect don't change a thing


Second

Whatcha got. I'm listening

[thesettingsun]

12 Days of Christmas goes on forever anyway, it won't be that much more maddening than usual.

[fiddlestick]

Ohhh, okay, that makes more sense!

So Eve is kinda like Valentine's day?

[scythegun]

How cruel! I've never done anything to deserve such treatment!

[yakan]

lots of verses on that one you can get a lot of time out of that one

[jurai]

Your heart grew three sizes before my eyes. Truly a Christmas miracle

..

I wish I knew to be honest

Pops and I could never get em right. Brownies, cookies...nothin'

[thesettingsun]

I've got a dinosaur picture book, you want that?

[scythegun]

[un: Jaeger]

Oh, did some of the ghosts have information like that? I was a bit busy last month, so I didn't end up talking to many of them...

Do you know if there was only one successful case like this, or was this person just the only one they recruited?

[cardcaptured]

You heard about it too? I thought it was just a legend that originated in Respatrum. I didn't think the other regions knew about it as well.

[Because he certainly didn't remember Elliot from his group, that's for sure!]

Someone had brought up the idea that maybe it was a man named... Vander-something who wanted it. We don't know who tried to get the replica made, and if he even owned a staff, but if he's trying to get revenge on Retrospec, it'd make sense for him to go after it. Maybe the vision we all saw was a message, though? Or some sort of premonition to what's going on.

I mean, everything's been a little unsteady since then, after all.

[flametheif40]

I think it was something to do with "Physics in every day life"...

I had an assignment to watch a movie and point out what was wrong with it from a physics point of view.

No idea what was his deal.

[thesettingsun]

But last time you couldn't shitpost with your username! That's totally different.

[godcards]

You are rather adamant yourself, coming up to a stranger to preach your ideals.

I suppose you're the kind of person who believes that if you try hard enough, you can make a change... force others to see it your way, so long as you're righteous. Well, others might appreciate your noble attempts, but all I want is to have a not entirely shitty birthday this year. Yet even small requests like that go unheard by Retrospec as some stupid magical disaster invades town and we're all left picking up the pieces. They're the ones that need to make a change. Once they start putting more good into the world, then maybe I'll be able to trust them at all.

[jurai]

Heh, well you can't blame me for assuming you're the type of guy to hide it

Either way, I'll make sure you get a little somethin' from ol' Crow

[breakingvoice]

i still can't believe that's happening
i'm GLAD it is but i can't believe it

[beastenderblood]

U make a compelling point, shitposts do change the game substantially. What a wonderful new world we've entered.

[fiddlestick]

I might take you up on that if it's necessary.

I don't wanna rob you of your tradition though.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa The Magic of Christmas thing is when people who don't normally celebrate find some reason to celebrate.
Hitori Togusa In the movies, it spontaneously happens. But in real life, some people can only get into the season if they're looking for a reason to.

[godcards]

I really hope you don't.

[thesettingsun]

Almost exactly like it. Couples exchange gifts, the nice restaurants have been booked ages in advance, that sort of thing. Honestly it's more like Valentine's Day than actual Valentine's Day is in Japan.

[jurai]

So what it SOUNDS like you're saying is that the bats beat-box

Bat-box

[It sounds like it'd be terrible. Like a group of 5 year old choir kids who haven't learned volume control yet.]