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[recollecters]

[Hello Retrospec. There's a new post showing up on the network from a name some of you might not recognize, though plenty of you may. Seems like someone got demoted recently given he's posting directly from another account instead of the official Retrospec one. The username, Z.C. appears attached and the photo sure is a picture of this guy. Surprise…? One may think the former liaison would have something important to say, but:]

Male, 29, back from the dead and also a long stint trapped somewhere I couldn't reach you guys. AMA.

[That's it. That's the post. It seems as though Mr. Carlisle still isn't back in the city of Recollé, but at least he can field questions and chat. Perhaps he'll even be able to answer a few questions about things that are occurring here...]

Comments

[maidofmistakes]

You made it?

[recollecters]

Sort of. I'm still kind of stuck if you can believe that.
But I was dead until about...October? That sounds about right.

[hauntedsavior]

Holy shit?

[she's not getting inappropriately high anymore so this has got to be real, probably.]

If this is an illusion I swear to god I am gonna double kill Vanderweele. You're for real back? Why couldn't the techs get you?

[recollecters]

Holy shit.
I almost wish it was an illusion because at least I could get back to my illusionary office but nah, here we are.
I don't think the techs knew what to do with me, and after a while I must've dropped out of their radar because they haven't contacted me yet or anything.

un: yiu li-na

[invocate]

Zee! You're back!

Thank you for letting us borrow Bandian again! It was so good to see him.

[recollecters]

Temporarily! I'm like half-back, but it's good to hear from you, Li-Na :)

[Look at that, she even gets an emote.]

I thought you guys might take better care of all of them than I can. He's behaving himself?

[standalonehuman]

Zee! I knew it. I was hoping you'd be okay, after James came back. I'm so sorry I wasn't on it sooner.

This is really important. Do you have a german shepherd?

[recollecters]

You did everything you could from what I've figured. I've been pretty out of the loop since August but uh. I kind of know how that one ended...
I do. Why's that part important?

[servileness]

[ ... ]

I'm not sure if welcome back is the accurate thing to say here, but your reappearance does bring to mind some questions.

Excuse my manners for getting to the point, but how long have you been back from the dead, and where are you trapped?

[recollecters]

Clover, Clover, Clover...
Not long enough, and if I had to guess it's one of the layers nobody's explored yet because it took me this long to get through to anybody.
It's been a few months, but I'm pretty sure I was dead for a few months.

[frostythehitman]

what the hell zee
when did you come back from the dead
where the hell were you
and when are you getting back to recolle



wait are you really 29

[recollecters]

Nice to hear from you too, Barnes.
Time's passing weird here. October, if I had to guess, and I'm trying to get back as fast as I can but it's a little harder down here.
...how old did you THINK I was?

[spirithacker]

can we come see u
i promised id hug u like 5 times

[He did not promise that many, but if he says he did then that makes it less embarrassing when he does, inevitably, hug Zee like five times.]

[recollecters]

[Shinji wtf don't do this to him?? Now he just feels Bad.]

You know I'd say yes if I thought it was possible, Shinji, but I'm still trying to figure out how to get back.
As soon as I do though, you know my office is open.

[fiddlestick]

Zee! It really is you!

[SO HAPPY.]

Are you feeling okay?

[recollecters]

Elliot! Thank god you're still here.

[Thanks to some backreading when he can, he's getting the impression a lot of people he's monitored and spoken with before have fallen off of the app and that sucks? This sucks.]

I'm not sure, truthfully. I'm still trying to figure out if I'm really sentient or not but I'm mostly fine.

[maskreant]

you’re my favorite.

[recollecters]

Hi Akira.
Shouldn't I be saying that to you, considering?

[Considering Akira fucking died but still managed to be part of the team that stopped the residential serial killer.]

[belligerentwarrior]

well that's a face we all thought long gone.

somewhere you couldn't reach us huh? you win a nice vacation to unreality?

[recollecters]

Oh yeah, real lovely out here where I spent a few weeks not being able to see what's right in front of my face before realizing I was inside something's mouth. It's been a blast.
Hanging in there, Freya?

[mincingminuet]

Oh shit!
You're alive!

[recollecters]

That was my reaction when I woke up, too.
Hey Pen. Taking care of yourself?

un: ellen jaguar

[usurpers]

I knew you weren’t gone.

[recollecters]

I'm flattered. I'm not quite back yet either, but definitely not gone.
...why are you Ellen Jaguar?

[Then again it's still easy enough to figure out who this is, so.]

[manufactured]

The return is always a bit unpleasant, from what I remember and what I've experienced. I'm not heartless enough to not want to think that hopefully it was at least slightly less so for you.

Enjoying your return to the land of the living? Literally and figuratively.

[recollecters]

The fact that there're memories and experiences you have concerns me, but thank you. It's been. Something.
I would enjoy it more if I could get back to the city but that's been proving to be a little more complicated than I thought. Can't say it's any worse than being dead though.
How are things, Mr. Wesker?

are you tired of mini's characters

[thesettingsun]

I wasn't going to say anything, because everyone pretty much has the situation covered and 'did you ever get the message I left on your phone after dying' seems like a dumb question, considering the circumstances, but then I saw that Wesker didn't include him getting married in his update on his life so now I have to tell you.

Vanderweele's the one responsible for people losing network access? It isn't Retrospec, or some vague unreality thing?

no never

[recollecters]

I'm sorry, did you just say Wesker got married? To who?
I'm thinking it's likely Vanderweele's fault, yes. He's the one who knows the true innerworkings of the company since he helped create it.
What was the message anyway, Shuji? I'm curious.

un: violent gestalt

[babysplice]

what is it like

[recollecters]

[I appreciate her username.]

Dying, or coming back from dying?
Both of those are very different things.

[blondferret]

[Has Derek every talked to Zee... like ever? He can't recall, but it's not going to stop him from eventually messaging him and being, quite straight forward about it.]

You're alive... how?

[Derek is feeling quit conflicted over whether he is happy or annoyed that Zee is back. Yay, he's not dead, but... DUDE! A kid went to jail for your death!]

[recollecters]

[He can at least appreciate the fact that Derek cuts to the chase.]

I assume something triggered on its own to bring me back because I was definitely dead for a while.
Hey, Derek. Doing well?

[It's partially out of politeness and partially because yeah, yeah, he knows. This is Weird.]