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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

[fabrefactions]

It doesn't feel like it's been a year, but at the same time it feels longer.

Everyone is essentially sharing the experience, so we can all lean on each other for support. That makes things a little easier.

[psykick]

That.... does make me feel a little better about this. That I can just talk to all of you and you'll know what I mean.

Because I tried to show the app to Julia earlier and she thought I was showing her a cat video on YT.

[fabrefactions]

Yes... there are a number of people I know who were once on the app and aren't anymore. They lose their memories of the app when that happens, same as people who don't have it not knowing anything about it.

[psykick]

That's kind of scary! Are they okay after they forget about the app?

[fabrefactions]

Yes! I still see a number of friends who were on the app and have now gone. My best friend was on the app for a while, and when she was removed from it somehow it didn't change our friendship. She just forgot some of the more app related things that had happened.

[psykick]

Oh. Okay, that's better than what I was thinking. I'd be really sad if I became friends with someone and then they just forgot about me.

[fabrefactions]

I wouldn't worry about that. They remember the friendship. As far as I can tell it's just the circumstances of the app that become blurry.

In a way, it can be relieving to know they are avoiding some of the things happening on the app. Or... well. Those lines have been blurring a bit recently, but none of them seemed too overly stressed by it.

[psykick]

That's a relief.

I think I'm a little glad my mother won't notice any of this strange stuff.

[fabrefactions]

Yes... I won't deny that my own mother has been inadvertently wrapped up in certain things along with other people not involved in the app.

But it has been rare, and she has been safe.

[psykick]

How often does it happen? Things like last month, I mean. Portals and ghosts and strange houses?

[fabrefactions]

Not so much, in the beginning. Rarely.
But I feel like strange happenings have been occurring more frequently as of late.

[psykick]

Would you say the degree of weirdness has increased as well?

[fabrefactions]

Yes. A number of things happened this year that people not n the app noticed, which hadn't happened before.

[psykick]

Hmmmm. That's a little concerning. I'll have to keep an eye on the people I know who don't have the app then.

[fabrefactions]

Try not to worry too much about it. Otherwise you'll never stop worrying.

[psykick]

Yeah, you're probably right. Worrying doesn't accomplish much.

[fabrefactions]

It's... easy to say. But it is easier to help and protect them if you aren't wearing yourself out worrying all the time.