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Posting from this network, you'd probably assume I got my job back. Hey users. For those of you who're new, my name is Zee. Sorry to say it, but you've been pulled into the Retrospec project now. Not sure what that is? Get someone else to explain it to you, there're plenty of people who've been around for way longer than deserved.

So…you'd probably assume I got my job back, and I kind of did. I kind of did, but there's a funny little thing about Retrospec and memories. Let me tell you a brief story.

Once upon a time, there were the four founders who came to this planet, founded the city of Recollé and started the Retrospec project. Yeah. Another planet. They're technically aliens, I might technically be an alien, some of YOU might be aliens, it's hard to say. So anyway you have the four founders: Spinnato, Cavendish, Mahoney and Vanderweele. These four created an ideal project to protect life on other planets, offer inhabitants a safe haven to recover from tragic events of their world that were being destroyed (as planets are wont to do) and "regrow" the place you once called home. The problem is that the four of them weren't entirely in agreement on what sort of people should be "worthy" of being saved, or who should be able to become part of the Retrospec project to preserve their souls and recreate what was lost. Souls are a tricky thing. I should know, given I think mine was floating around in the endless abyss for a few months while my body regenerated.

There was such a controversy amongst the founders that one of them, Vanderweele, ended up wiping out an entire family line. There are relatives left from the Spinnato family. Cavendish and Mahoney decided to spearhead the project themselves and sentenced Vanderweele to life in solitary confinement. Once that happened, they began changing how the project was one. They hired some of their own family members. They changed and became the "new" Retrospec.

Vanderweele's not dead though. And as a master of illusion, you can guess where this story is going. I'm not going to do this vague and hiding bullshit that the company's fond of: Vanderweele is out there and meddling with the affairs of this city to overthrow and regain control of the project. All of these weird storms that are happening, the things that mess with your soul? That's Vanderweele's work.

So why am I telling you this?

…Vanderweele got to Retrospec. A lot of you asked if Retrospec knew I was alive again and at the time I didn't know if they did or not, so when I got back to this layer (thank you, by the way. All of you.), I went to headquarters. Everyone inside doesn't even seem to remember that they were working on the project. I don't know WHAT he did, but their memories…everything's scrambled. The entire tech department resigned and I'm not sure if Maurice thinks he's working in a normal mailroom or what. They're almost on the same layer that you guys are before you wake up. Or that's how it seems anyway.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like it's just you and me.

We need to start moving and putting a stop to this to fix everything. I'm not saying you have to. If you want to sit this one out, fine, but I have a feeling most of you want to do something about this. Bring people back to themselves. That kind of thing. You're all pretty stubborn from what I've noticed and that's the good thing.

There are some things I need to check. I'm learning how everything works here and I'm trying to understand all of their notes, not to mention I need to retrieve a few things and wait for a field agent but you'll hear from me soon. I have an idea, but these things take time.

Stick together. Talk to each other. Keep focused.

Oh. I guess also I should mention I moved offices? I'll be staying at headquarters for a while but my remote office is easier to access. Head to the public library, you should be set to get past the scanners on the back of the building and the door will appear for you. I'll be reachable by text, too.

Good luck. Be in touch soon.

Zee Carlisle
Hiring Manager
Retr

spec Incorporated

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i did kind of like the technique we used last month
we might have to use that on him if you wanted to practice it more or something

Right? We made a surprisingly good team, despite things getting a little heated Heh, get it But if Vanderwheele's gonna make us get off our asses to kick his, then I could use all the practice I can get

i pulled a sword out of a stone in the woods
i wasn't using it because i'm not great at it and i like my fists better, but
if you know anything about swords on top of guns then maybe we could try that?

You just found some sword all on its own in the woods? Are you like some King Arthur of the modern era? [Jokes aside, Crow thinks this over a moment. He doesn't REMEMBER any sword training yet, but there is something distinctly tugging at the sides of his brain about it. He'll be silent for a moment longer, sorry Lina]

yep! i'm queen of england now
pip pip
you can refer to me by whatever title you choose

[Thank you so much for your patience--regain life...]

[While Lina's playing off his words about the sword in the forest, Crow's eyes are moving just past the feed on his phone, staring off into space for quite some time before he snaps back to reality.

...]

Damn I did I did use a sword

[We'll get back to Lord Supreme Arthur in a moment.]

oh!
did i just help you remember it?
i don't get my memories back like that but i sort of know what it looks like once people i'm talking to get spacey and act surprised all of a sudden

Heh, I think you did! It was like...I was suddenly transported to another place, and all I could see was my hand holding this blade It was really weird too, kinda like a double sword? With a handle in the center

yeah that definitely sounds right!
it sounds like a pretty cool sword, honestly
mine is just a big triangle of metal and i'm still a lot better with fighting with my fists

who knew fighting with a sword would be hard? :O

"Big triangle of metal" is about the best way to describe a sword if I ever heard one And right? You'd think it'd be pretty easy but...there's a whole science around not cutting your limbs off Who knew

oh i'm not worried about cutting my limbs off but i did think it was kind of like

okay, this is very heavy and very sharp
so if i swing it like a baseball bat it'll work, right

i was incorrect (╯•﹏•╰)
if shuji hadn't been there i'd be in serious trouble right now

Oh man Sounds like q u i t e the ordeal Everything's okay now though? No unresolved casualties?

nope! the only casualties are the monsters that drank ink for sustenance!
or, um, whatever it was they did...

anyway
i'm sure we have training classes for that sort of thing
i'm actually pretty sure we do? i've seen it advertised on the network but i think we're all a little too busy lately to actually take part in it...

i hope that except for the memory glitching you talked about, everything's going okay with you!!! you did a lot of good work last month and you deserve to have good things happen.

Aw man, look at you, making me blush like a schoolgirl~ My memory seems to be right as rain now, so there's that. But I think you should be getting some of the pats on the back for tacklin' that fire when you really could've just stepped back So here's my best proud parent impression: 'THAT'S MY GIRL'

oh my gosh ｡(*^▽^*)ゞ
i just did what anybody would've done!!!
or should've done
it's always been hard for me to sit back and let bad things happen
especially when i'm finally strong enough to actually help! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و

not to brag but you DID see my muscles, right

"What anyone would've done" don't be so modest! It's still a huge step, and hey, sometimes we need a crisis to help us take it You're damn right I did though, talk about inspiration to get my own guns workin' that well for me

heehee
i'll agree with that, though, sometimes we don't know what we're capable of until we don't have a choice but to act
and then we surprise ourselves with what we can do
i'm usually terrified of fire, not to get too honest here or anything, but... well, it's true!
when i said i didn't do well with it, it was for, um.

well let's just say Two doesn't have a lot of fond memories of fire

Ah, like a spur of the moment kind of deal Sounds like something out of an anime, but honestly, I can't say it hasn't happened to me before. I've had to stomach some surprisingly gross things in the past month and Whoo boy. That was a test of my will

well i can't say you didn't grab my interest!
but only if you're okay to actually talk about it
i have a strong stomach to go along with the strong rest of me

Oh don't worry, I'm a paramedic-in-training so it's more like a fond memory at this point I had to pull aluminum cans and notebooks out of my friends throat He ate them. Like the spiral and everything

oh! you know eren?

Yeah we're class mates YOU KNOW EREN?

mhm! we're, um, siblings, sort of?
not blood related but i call him my brother.

Small world and getting smaller Yeah, we're in the same field of study and he's engaged to one of my besties A good guy. Little out there. But a good guy

one of the best guys i know!
he's helped me out a lot and i'm really glad i'm meeting other people outside my family who know him

even if i kind of wish it were for better reasons than that time when he couldn't stop eating things...
was that a retrospec thing? did you figure it out?