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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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UN: Mysterious Heroine Q

[nachetanya]

Well, I do normally like to go home to visit my parents, but it feels like I've not been given the option to do that for months and months now! It's actually a little irritating! The highway north now just goes up into Magatus!

Maybe I'll skype everyone this year ♥

Buuuuuut in town . . . Hmm! Hmm, hmm! Red is my color, maybe I'll try out a Santa costume, just force the mood brighter!

un: Elliot Craig 🎻

[fiddlestick]

Yeah...Skyping might be the best idea. At least we should probably be able to do that THIS year...

A santa costume would look nice on you!

[nachetanya]

Oh! Thank you for saying so! I do think I could even pull off the whole "Santa Baby" thing if I wanted! ♥

I hope I can talk to mom and dad and the others back there

[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.

[breakingvoice]

oh my gosh you'd look SO GOOD in a cute little Santa outfit

[nachetanya]

You want one to be tight on me?! Why's it got to be little?!

[breakingvoice]

;)

it could be any size, you'd look cute in it no matter what

[nachetanya]

Awwww . . . I hope that got your ears a little red at least!

Speaking of me looking cute though! y/n on me seeing you for at least some of your Hanukkah nights? (well ones I'm not working)

[breakingvoice]

(don't worry, it definitely did)

yes! absolutely!!! of course we'll get to see each other, and if you're lucky maybe i'll come in while you're on the clock! i know the business suit has a lot of baggage tied to it, but i DO look pretty sharp in it...

[nachetanya]

Oh no, you're going to come in and be a high roller on a holy day?! That seems a little bit sinful!

But okay good! I wouldn't mind trying some of those treats too

[breakingvoice]

well, Hanukkah is a celebration and as long as i do it before sundown it's probably not TOO bad, but i also don't have a lot of money to just throw around, you know? maybe i just want to come in to see you all dressed up

oh, don't worry, you were going to get some no matter what ♥

un: THE DARK LORD MEOW

[maskreant]

skyping is what i usually do with my dad. reasonable connection when Retrospec isn't being weird.

are you going to carry a mistletoe with you, too?

[nachetanya]

MmmmMmmmMMmm maybe, but I'm not looking to kiss too many more people!

[maskreant]

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

then you're golden.

[burndownforwhat]

I feel the same way about our travel options.
Thank god for the internet in times like this. When it works.

[nachetanya]

The "when it works" is definitely a concern, right?

Magatus is so not where I wanna be this December.

[burndownforwhat]

Isn't it the perfect time of year to be visiting? I mean, I really enjoyed it when it was a lot warmer but I do miss skiing and snowboarding.

[nachetanya]

I just meant that the town my folks and family are in is north of town normally (was north of town normally?)

I guess it might be neat to see the mountains again

[burndownforwhat]

Oh. Right. It makes sense now but, uh, yeah it's kind of weird how we're basically cut off from the outside world a lot of the times. I couldn't explain it to my mom that it's one of the reasons I couldn't make Thanksgiving and - at this rate - not Christmas either.

I think so! I remember from the old brochures that they have an ice lodge and everything. Places like that make for the perfect winter retreat. Curling up by the fireplace on a soft rug, a mug of hot cocoa in your hands, wrapped up in soft clothes, all after a rousing day of hitting the slopes.

[nachetanya]

It *does* sound nice. I wonder how cold it is now the last time I was out thee (admittedly this last summer!) it had gotten pretty warm, actually... still snowy on the peaks, but warmer than I'd been told it would be. Hmmm... Actually! That sensual sales pitch almost makes me want to get a few friends together to make a trip of it.

Maybe.

I might lose the idea later in the month, probably depends on how much I'm running around doing holiday things and how much packages can go out now. Can they go out? I know I got some mail a while ago but the last two months have been a nightmare . . .

[burndownforwhat]

I'm down for another field trip, if others are. It's definitely more the winter wonderland kind of scene now, even down in the lowlands. I think the summer weather from last time was just another weird fluke of local geography.

[ Jen will be involved right up until road conditions make that trip impossible, anyway. ]

I don't know about actual mail. I haven't even gotten a card from Retrospec in a long while. Have you?

un; Kasen Kaneda

[liberal_arts]

My boyfriend is a designer. He could make up a custom Santa suit for you, if you'd like.

[nachetanya]

Does he function on the "artists need to eat too" system?

[liberal_arts]

Yes, but I can cover the fee if you're having trouble. Consider it my gift to you this year.

[fabrefactions]

Magatus certainly has the right atmosphere for this time of year, but it is a bit of a pain to get to.

... Would you hand out gifts as well? That would be very festive.