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retrospec2019-02-01 05:43 pm
recollecters) wrote in retrospec2019-02-01 05:43 pm
Entry tags:
- ! mod retrospec,
- bungou to alchemist: osamu dazai,
- dc super hero girls: kara zor-el,
- drakengard 3: two,
- fate: shinji matou,
- harry potter: draco malfoy,
- magi: alibaba saluja,
- marvel 616: bucky barnes,
- resident evil: albert wesker,
- sword art online: yuuki konno,
- tob: artorius collbrande,
- tob: shigure rangetsu,
- tov: alexander von cumore,
- tov: yeager
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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 sort of wish I was getting these memories faster so I know what actually happened there, especially with Al-Tharman in the picture.
It's a spell, Alladin said those words and lots of fireballs came out of his staff. Not exactly sure if I really expected anything to come out of it. But it seems like there is a loose connection between Arabic and when someone in my world says something for magic.
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And is your brother even on the app? Or anyone else from your original world, for that matter?
A few people from mine were at one point, but now there's only two of us left... meaning that it's going be extremely difficult to get memories back any faster than we already are, though we both certainly remember... enough.
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As far as I know, no one from my world came here, your the closest one I came across so far. When I saw your Ka monster, I remembered what my Djinn looked like.
Enough? Like, main points of the story and know what your magic's limits enough?
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And yeah, like that, though as I was telling you earlier, some details still haven't come back to me even with help from my world... and probably never will, since my other self apparently could only remember so much of his previous life, too.
[ It's one big conundrum for him and he hates it, to be honest. ]
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[Al is actually really nervous putting that name in the app, because of a supposed crime connection he shared with his dad that police constantly harassed him for. Also, he is trying to say it super casually but it is something that usually an emotional hot button for him.]
So, other you also had limits on his own memories? That has got to suck. But like you said, you got the important bits though and can make choices from there at least.
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...yeah, no point in holding your breath if they've gone this long without bothering to try and contact you.
...and it does. It's bad enough being an orphan in this life without being told that you're never going to remember the names and the faces of the people that you had called family in another life, too, but... seeing where the other mes ultimately ended up and not wanting the same fate no matter what Retrospec wants for us is what keeps me going, I guess.
[ Fear. The word he's looking for is fear, but he's not going to say that, and certainly not on the network. It's a lot to even talk about his childhood as much as he had, but at least people like Al and Malik get it -- they've been through what he's been through and aren't going to try to tell him that everything will be okay when it's not. ]
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We don't have to be them, we have our own lives here.
No matter how many other memories I get, how many other lifetimes that is just that.
Another lifetime.
I'm not some fucking hero that saves the world, or a country or whatever other shit Alibaba did.
I'm just a guy that remembers another time and happened to get magic from it.
What I do here, is all me. The app might fuck with me, fuck with my new family or fuck with friends I'm trying to make.
But I've come too far, worked too hard to be anything else other than what I put into it.
Fuck anyone else that says otherwise.
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The app does keep things interesting I will give them that, better then a completely dull life studying, worrying about the next test and car payments as your biggest concerns.
Actually met someone in October, when we tried to kill each other, now she is kinda a close friend of mine.
So, not all bad.
Messed up beyond belief, but not all bad.
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That was actually one of the few Retrospec fuck-ups I've enjoyed... being a vampire for a month was cool even if finding new victims to feed on was a little more challenging for a vampire than it was for some of the other monsters.
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I never did run into her again, but MAN that fight was fun!
She shot fireballs, teleported and threw things with her mind...and she claimed it was all science!
Being a close ranged fighter you can imagine the predicament, but since she was using fire, that gave me an edge for attrition.
Enjoyed being a vampire? Did you have a crypt?
[ooc: That was actually a fun thread, one that just dropped when the fight started :( </small}
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And no, but as someone with an interest in the occult, being a vampire did allow me to be in my element, even though not being able to go outside for very long was... mildly inconvenient.
[ "Mildly" because Bakhura hates touching grass and only leaves the house if he must or if he's invited somewhere by the people he's closest to. ]
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Ah, so then. How much of your occult knowledge helped in being a good vampire?
Actually, what kind of vampire were you? I ran into zombies galore, demons, a ghost, a werewolf and a robot arm. No vampires.
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As far as knowing what the exact type of vampire I was goes, however, not so much since my traits seemed to be a mish-mash of different vampire folklore, most of which were European in origin from what I was able to tell.
It does kind of make me wonder how exactly the infection was created in the first place, to be as unspecific as it was... is Retrospec breeding vampires now too or something?
And that's an awfully strange choice of words even for a figure of speech... could it be that demons are your type? Or do you just like a person that can put up a good fight?
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Sure, she was hot but come on, how the hell would that work?!
I like that she can fight of course, cause I mean, come on, it was just plain freaking fun like one girl I met in summer and ended up tackling her for a game we were playing.
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HONEST TO G-D THERE WAS NOTHING DIRTY GOING ON!
MAYBE ILLEGAL BUT NOTHING DIRTY!
[Do you want a shovel for that hole your digging yourself into?]
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And even if this were anywhere else, human beings have been frolicking with demons for thousands of years... what's one more in the haystack? Don't tell me you've never seen movies like Liquid Form.
You know, the human-monster romance?
[ Today on "Things About Bakhura that No One Wanted to Know..." ]
I was laughing for an hour after reading :)
Ummm, what?
People have...rolled around with demons before? and there are movies about it?
Nothing against them, but, that doesn't sound like it ends well.
I'M GLAD thank u for putting up with my gross gremlin son
But with how many awards the movie I was talking about won last year, that's obviously not going to stop some people from continuing to do just that.
[ He's not excluding himself from that equation and i'm Sorry TM. ]
In fact, that's the sole purpose of some demons.
You kidding? This is awesome
1/3 demons I met wanted my soul
1/3 wanted to kill me
1/3 insisted he was innocent but, yeah, like I was going to fall for THAT act a second time, he probably wanted my soul.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against having a go at a non-human, there is a flying mermaid in my memories that I would LOVE to have a nice swim with, but given their tendency to wanna kill me, I'm not exactly raring to go with a demon.
[Sounds legit...but, your not denying that your finding those same girls attractive though...even the "mermaid" you think killed you.]
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[ Himself included, though he's not about to divulge that just yet.
Besides, he can't steal souls in Recolle -- at least, not yet, and probably never because that's Retrospec's dominion. Al is perfectly... safe... around Bakhura... ]
But you'd be surprised by how many people are into that.
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I would be on board too if I didn't already know that train's one and only stop is hell.
["Safe" is a relative term. We are talking about a guy who set himself on fire, without knowing 100% that was "safe"]
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Easy enough to say when you know you're not already well on your way there.
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What makes you think I'm headed toward the pearly gates?
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[ No, Bakhura, that's just you.
Only you do the go big or go home thing. ]
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