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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.

Comments

[jurai]

Are we talking like

Fuzzy-squeaky-flappy-bats or I'm-gonna-hit-you-with-this-stick-of-titanium bats

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[scythegun]

The fuzzy kind! Though now that you've mentioned it, baseball bats made of mistletoe would be hilarious and I wouldn't put it past Retrospec.

[jurai]

Awwww Now THAT'S cute

Alas, all the missed opportunities to use 'RIGHT IN THE KISSER'...

[scythegun]

See, that's exactly why I could see them doing something like that! I'd be disappointed if our little friends from last year didn't make a return, though.

[jurai]

You get me, my man!

So did they just operate by normal mistletoe rules? If they perch above you, you do the lip lock?

[scythegun]

That's certainly what they wanted you to do! But if you don't, they just follow you around singing aggressively until you do. They kept at it all month!

[those poor bats...]

[jurai]

Whoa, talk about determined little buggers

The real MVPs of the holiday season

[scythegun]

They really are! If you gather enough together, some of them will even attempt to sing the percussion part of the song and that's a joy to listen to!

[it's terrible??? it's so terrible.]

[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.]

[scythegun]

Unfortunately, it wasn't quite bat-boxing, but I think if I'd gathered a few more they probably would've resorted to that!

[that's exactly it, it was the worst!!]

[jurai]

Sometimes gods realize when things can be too powerful

Well, tis the season, so who knows what'll be in store for us. Retrospec seems pretty good at thinking outside the box

[scythegun]

I'm sure they'll come up with something to torment us, they are very good at that! I'll complain a little less if they bring the bats back, though.

[jurai]

Who knows, maybe it'll be something even better than the bats

One can't set their limits when the horizon is endless, after all

[scythegun]

I'd certainly appreciate it if they managed to find something more amazing than the bats, but my hopes aren't high. I've been putting up with Retrospec for entirely too long to hope for anything better!

[jurai]

Yeah?

How long you been on this app anyway? I'm on month #2 so...you can say I'm at 'old newbie' stage

[scythegun]

You're adapting quickly, then! It took me quite some time to settle in.

I've been dealing with this for well over a year. It's been an experience...

[jurai]

Heh, I've been told they threw the big guns at me to start--that whole zombie apocalypse thing? My first day on the app

But damn...no wonder you sound so seasoned. All this is probably old hat to you

[scythegun]

Oh my, that certainly must have been a bit much to start with!

You're right, though; eventually you do get used to just about everything they can throw at you! I usually just end up comparing everything to that time I was dragged into the jungle for most of the month; nothing can quite top that in terms of terrible experiences.

[jurai]

Tell me about it, that's kinda how I've been taking the stuff after the zombie attack



Wait, what jungle. Did one spring up like the corn maze or something?

[IS THIS SUDDENLY JUMANJI]

[scythegun]

Oh no, thankfully not! Instead, a few of us were spirited away to a jungle somewhere and we had to survive on our own until we could find a dragon to fly us back here. It's a long story and the important thing is that it was terrible and we all nearly died quite a few times.