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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.

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[breakingvoice]

i can... try to find some way to ask them? i know they don't have a liaison with us anymore, but. maybe they can still read messages he gets?

i don't know. i hope they can.

[breakingvoice]

first off, i'm a convert and i don't entirely understand everything myself yet so i'm mostly just doing my best (shh don't tell anyone)

second i DO know the prayers, so if you'd like to be here for the lighting ceremony one (or more) night(s) then i'd be glad to have you! really, the important part is spreading the word of the miracle of Hanukkah, and if you want, i can explain it to you during one of the ceremonies, too.

THIRD... you're really cute in your work outfit.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa That's right. Sorry I forgot.
Hitori Togusa A couple of us like me and Koutarou and Mariko usually huddle up and do something in the days up to the holidays. We really felt like we needed it last year, since none of us have been able to contact our families. Koutarou's got a sister close enough, and they've been making an effort to reconnect, but that's it.

[jurai]

Uh huh

Any real adult knows that those movies are raged G for General Audiences

[jurai]

Name a time and place

By the swings after school?

[zerotohiro]

Like something's been totally removed or omitted. Names. Places. Some faces.
I remember talking to people in some of my memories but I don't know their names. And I remember hearing things, but certain words seem to drop out.
Does that make sense?

[zerotohiro]

Yeah, there's a lot of that going on but also a lot of it seems to be names even though that doesn't make any sense. I can guess based on clues, but it's weird that they're being omitted at all.

[maskreant]

at my house in the living room.

[ FORWARD ]

[maskreant]

i heard it can be a battlefield depending on who's participating. nice might be one side of the spectrum.

In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon", who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts. Krampus is one of the companions of Saint Nicholas in several regions including Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Northern Italy including South Tyrol, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The origin of the figure is unclear; some folklorists and anthropologists have postulated it as having pre-Christian origins.

in some of the games i play, Krampus steals your items.

[maskreant]

if i wanted to, then i would try something realistic for a higher success rate.

[maskreant]

only pull it out when you really want to kiss this one person.

then you're golden.

[flametheif40]

Would you pick hung over/drunk aliens or Retrospec?

[scythegun]

Our friendship's a bit on the strange side, isn't it?

[scythegun]

I really don't know why everyone was so annoyed by it. They were doing their best and it was cute!

[this just proves that jaeger's insane.]

[thesettingsun]

Would it be too much to ask if I could join you this year?

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Not at all. I know we'd all be glad to have you. Room for everyone, that's sort of the point of it, you know?

[fiddlestick]

Hehe, you definitely could!

Fingers crossed. I've been able to reach Auntie and Uncle back in Queens...so it should be okay unless something goes wrong this month.

[fiddlestick]

He remembers you again? oh, that's wonderful! Does that mean he's back on the app?

[thesettingsun]

No. Last month a ghost replaced me as his best friend.

[thisloveisjustice]

[rip zee]

We've spoken over the network, but I haven't met her in person

[thisloveisjustice]

Thanks. I will definitely let you know if anything comes up.

[fiddlestick]

Yeah. Bosuma had dark energy corruption a-plenty before we purified it.

[Fun times!]

Unless they found another way to make a replica staff...sure hope not though.
Right now, the best we can do is keep an eye out. Here's hoping the holidays go peacefully.

[fiddlestick]

Oh wow...sounds creepy.

Then again, we shouldn't have too much to fear from him, right?
We're not kids and we're....generally....pretty well behaved?

[You know, when we're not commit crime]

[fiddlestick]

Oh....

That's bad. Sorry.

[fiddlestick]

that's more than me...

Maybe next time you see her on the network, could you please ask?

If it's not too much trouble anyway.