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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] retrospec2019-02-01 05:43 pm

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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
Retrspec Incorporated

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jurai: (36)

[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-19 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
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
breakingvoice: (i'm better off dead)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-19 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
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
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-19 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
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
breakingvoice: (let's all sing along)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-19 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
oh! you know eren?
jurai: (75)

[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-19 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah we're class


mates



YOU KNOW EREN?
breakingvoice: (don't you feel so much better?)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-19 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
mhm! we're, um, siblings, sort of?
not blood related but i call him my brother.
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-20 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
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
breakingvoice: (i'm better off dead)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-20 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
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?
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-23 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Couldn't agree more. We had our differences to start but..

Honestly, can't imagine life without him now


It was definitely Retrospec, even Eren's not THAT weird to eat everything that comes within grabbing distance. Glad he's better, for everyone's sake
breakingvoice: (i'll be all right)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-23 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah... my life would be a lot different if he weren't in it

i'm glad he's still here and we can all speak so highly of him
because he's definitely a giant nerd and i know he can see this :3
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-23 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh

Guess this is the part where we swap embarrassing stories about him, isn't it?
breakingvoice: (let's all sing along)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-23 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
i don't know if i have a lot of embarrassing stories about him...
i'm thinking back and he's mostly just been a very supportive friend who i care about very much

so what's the most embarrassing thing he's ever done in front of you :33
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-23 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? Because pretty much every study session there's something


I bought him Goldfish once and he counted out an exact serving size without taking his eyes off me, muttering something about calories
breakingvoice: (pretend it's all okay)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-23 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
well i guess i can't blame him for being concerned about calorie intake
i have more concerns about how the CSFII hasn't been administered in 14 years so the FDA is basing serving sizes on the amount of food we ate on average in 2005 and that absolutely can't be accurate anymore, not that it was accurate to begin with because most people 1) think the actual serving size is unrealistic (look at how many comedians make fun of it) and 2) don't even know that serving size is a federal thing and food manufacturers and restaurants and diet companies can just say whatever size they want is one portion of food and that will utterly ruin anyone who's trying to keep to any actual sort of diet

um, but that's something else entirely.
breakingvoice: (a little fucking louder)

2/2 sorry

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-23 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm sorry the CSFII hasn't been administered since 1998!!! i'm almost as old as the last time we figured out what a serving size was!!!!!
jurai: (57)

1/3 omg no you're totally fine!

[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-23 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
jurai: (57)

2/3

[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-23 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
jurai: (57)

3/3

[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-23 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, things suddenly became a lot more clear on how Eren and Lina get along so well. Other than Eren's weird charm, that is.]

What are you going to school for again?
breakingvoice: (gave it all that you've got)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-23 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
(*´ω`*)ゞ i'm a culinary student
i guess that's a little obvious now...
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-24 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Really now?

That's pretty cool...I bet you're a wiz in the kitchen, then
breakingvoice: (let's all sing along)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-24 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah!!!
i really like making food for people, actually
so if there's anything you're interested in trying i think i'd be glad to give it a spin
especially if it's not something you'd usually find around here
i was trying filipino cooking for a while because a lot of what i'm getting taught in school is very western and there's a whole WORLD of flavors available to me that i just need to learn to use properly
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-25 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Actually I have a different proposition

I'm kinda into making seafood myself, but other than some local recipes from Portland (the Maine version) and some of my own experimentation I'm kinda lacking a selection of recipes

The thing is: I get free fish as payment for helping out at a fish market, and I kinda wanna spice things up.

Think you could teach me some stuff?
breakingvoice: (let's hear it)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-25 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
oh.
my gosh.
yes???
i would LOVE to, oh my gosh, i love teaching other people to cook new dishes and i work with seafood a lot
i have so many things i could teach you!

heehee :3 i almost forgot what it felt like to be this excited about things
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[personal profile] jurai 2019-02-25 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Well well, that certainly makes this easy!

Let's see, I'm pretty good at working with lobster rolls and fishburgers, oh and baked salmon as a nice quickie, but a man's got to widen his palette

other than that

I am yours to teach, master
breakingvoice: (let's all sing along)

[personal profile] breakingvoice 2019-02-25 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
oh my gosh don't call me master

i'm a mistress :3
NO THAT'S A JOKE don't call me that either
i will absolutely teach you things. let me look through my recipes and then we can just find some time together, when retrospec isn't being, um.
retrospec.
and we can make some fish dishes!

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