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Happy New Years, users.

I'll cut to the chase; the barrier we instilled a few months ago is decaying quickly and we're sorting through the new data as fast as we can. This barrier was originally designed to contain a rogue error. There are several of you who have taken care of this issue and from here we will handle the rest...thank you. The influx of data will help us decode our next steps.

As mentioned, we've spent December tracing several magical sources that are coming up in our readings. We're doing the best we can to trace Clarence--Mr. Vanderweele, and corral the effects he's altering in the city. I believe we're ready to tear down the firewall and begin exploring further. If our information is correct, we're really breaking the boundaries of the layers we've discovered lately! It's exciting, don't you think?

The only information I can offer is that we will need you to be strong no matter what happens. We believe things have changed outside of security measures we've set in place, though we will need more data to understand the best way to stabilize the city from his control. We understand if you cannot and do not wish to help, but please know we're doing everything we can.

Please take care.

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retr

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Yeah, you're gettin' it Think of it like a solar system. Normal people are like the sun, and we're somewhere around Mercury, but there could be all sorts of layers beyond us around Jupiter or Saturn that we don't even know about Maybe that's what Retrospec's lookin' for But Retrospec THEMSELVES...who knows if they're even in the solar system at all

How many more metaphors are you going to toss into this before this conversation is over?

No, that's not a challenge.

But yeah, I'm still following. Can't say having my soul at the whim of an eldritch corporation is ever how I wanted my life to go, but here we are

If you want I can do vague details like everyone else Your choice, Grumpy Can't say I enjoy it much either, but that's what we get for being otherworldly souls I guess

I mean, it's fine if you want to use a metaphor, but stick to just one! All of this is confusing enough without trying to equate radios and the solar system.

Although, I wonder, would that make Pluto the forbidden radio frequency, now that it's not a planet anymore...

Yeah, guess so. How dare we be born/get reincarnated/whatever. Ugh.

I was revising it! Sometimes genius takes time to form a complete comparison, gosh You seem to be doing just fine equating pluto with a radio frequency though, so I'll take your little complaint with a grain of salt PS it's a planet in spirit

"Genius," huh? Guess it doesn't take any time at all to swell up your ego, though...

Take it with all my salt that Pluto isn't a planet anymore. It'll always be a planet in my heart, too.

What's the point in being humble these days? Own your successes Man, I hear ya, though. They raise us with 'all planets are valid' and suddenly they take poor Pluto's membership away just cause he can't grab everything from his orbit

Because pride is a sin, or so they say.

You can't just raise us telling us there are nine planets and then just rip one away!

I'm fine with it.
It means Holst was right all along not to include Pluto in the Planets symphony.

[Sure it was written before pluto was even discovered, but still #priorities ]

Edited 2019-01-03 15:58 (UTC)

[Did this become a debate now? It became a debate.]

Pluto should be grandfathered in if anything! This Holst guy sounds like he needed some serious critique from one Crow Armbrust

Elliot, don't betray us with music like this

Also good luck time traveling to 1918 to critique him, Crow

Well I'm not betraying music, no matter how much I like you guys.

And you can't grandfather Pluto into the symphony, it'd ruin the whole piece!

Okay he's got us there, no way we can compete with music You don't know that, Elliot! What if you wrote it in there? Some kinda...justice for Pluto

Cold-blooded, Elliot... but I understand.

Also, according to wikipedia, people have written in Pluto. So make of that what you will I guess

I'm not doing that. If I wrote a symphony, I want it to be entirely my own.

Ah, wikipedia. Always coming through for us So what would it be about, Elliot? Speaking hypothetically What would you paint on your musical canvas?

I don't know yet.

It's a lot more complicated than writing a piece for violin or piano. You have so many different instruments and players to consider. I haven't thought what I'd want to say so loudly yet.

Edited 2019-01-04 01:45 (UTC)

Hey, well, that's all right. You have plenty of time to decide still.

I'm sure whatever you do have to say, when you get there, will be beautiful.

Well, new year, right? Maybe make that your resolution. Just to find something that you'd want to tell the whole world and put your name to it I don't know much about music but I can tell when someone's got a lot he wants to say

Aww Rean. Thanks, I'll try not to disappoint when I get there.

And...that's a good resolution. I'll give it some thought.
After I figure out how to play violin without causing magic to to happen anyway.

Were you playing your staff or a regular violin? I wonder if that effects things. Since the staff is magic and all

It would make sense, too. Not like you can channel music through a regular staff, right? Also, sidenote: still wanna see that in action

I was playing with my staff ... do you really think it'll make a difference?

You do?

I mean, I don't know for sure, but it seems like it's worth a shot, doesn't it?

Also, having seen it: it's pretty awesome, Elliot. Can't blame him for wanting to.

Think we can go to the metaverse to test that thing out? Worked pretty well for my guns and less police calls And see? Even Rean's praising your handiwork Let me live