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[recollecters]

Status report from the field teams? Same for the rescue teams. We have people out in both locations and from where I'm sitting you guys are moving pretty fast. The layer itself isn't at a risk of collapsing just yet, but I don't really want to take a bunch of chances. Also my office has since been taken over by Whistler's Mother and I can't get her to leave, so it looks like I'm temporarily moving. Again. Anybody else having this problem? Report to me with anything you need. The map on my system's filling out as much as it can, but I feel like I'm missing pieces. Keep each other posted. Oh, and heads up? Looks like tech had one more batch of testers they were going to bring in, so...if you see anybody new? Try and get them up to speed. Zee Carlisle Hiring Manager Retrspec Incorporated Characters' display names are the same as whatever has been previously chosen and are permanently locked in! Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given, though you're free to hit up his individual inbox later. As a friendly reminder, you may also claim one of this month's freebie by submitting a thread from this mod post. This thread must be 10 comments from you and submitted before AC closes.

Comments

[thesettingsun]

There is probably a very good reason why I should not attempt to chase Whistler's Mother off with a scythe, please remind me what it is.

[dereban]

Because you don't want to look stupid chasing a painting all over the city like a scene from Tom and Jerry?

[ #helping ]

[fiddlestick]

Are you feeling better?

[standalonehuman]

If you damage the painting, Koutarou will cry.

[psykick]

Maybe because she's an extremely valuable painting that should be treated with respect? Even if she's not the kind of art you like, she still means something to a lot of people.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa I could use a little help in the layer, the factory (?) or whatever it was used for.
Hitori Togusa Two of the creatures there are partially cybernetic, as far as I can tell. I'm trying to salvage any parts from them that I can, but it's half disassembling a machine and half a dissection. Any help would be welcome.

[manufactured]

[...do you ever get the vague feeling that you're about to Regret volunteering information, because, like. same.]

I've been there, and I've seen at least one of the creatures you're talking about.

My past life has experience with things like it, for better or worse.

[keystaff]

New batch of testers? Oh! You mean more people getting the app? This is the last time more people will get it?

[psykick]

It does kind of read like that doesn't it? Maybe Zee means that the technicians were working on another group when they got their memories wiped?

[long_live_the_queen]

I'm following a magic wolf around in the snow, I think that's part of the full Magatus experience.

Also: the snow has stupid little monsters in it. Watch the snow drifts.

[motiv8]

Is there anything about that place that isn't just the worst?

un: ahmi okelani

[brushy]

I'm following a girl as we speak, too. Very sweet.

[motiv8]

One more batch of testers? Great... good thing I've been mostly keeping to the city this month, I can at least help out there if anyone looks too horribly lost.

Good luck to everyone down in Magatus. Stay safe, stay warm.

[godcards]

Thanks, I'll remember how helpful this was when I freeze to death.

un: BIG DECK ENERGY

[jurai]

About what you'd expect from a bunch of people who've been told to pack up and leave their homes with no notice

Been real fun

Love it

[The sarcasm could not be any more apparent.]

[godcards]

Then leave them there and let them deal with the consequences. They had their chance.

[godcards]

Yeah I used to move a lot more frequently than once or twice. You're not special. Not helpful, either, since you're incapable of offering any real help or better yet, doing the work yourself. Jackass. 🖕🏽🖕🏽

[thisloveisjustice]

So... there are a bunch of dogs in the parks, and they smell like paint. I think they're from the art museum.

I don't know much about art though, so I don't even know where to start putting them back.

[blondferret]

This might sound really dumb but, if it is paint from an art museum, could you catch them with canvas? Like the same type of material artists paint on?

[drydrown]

So how many people are nearly dead from the latest excursion to the frigid wasteland? Honestly, I don't see why we couldn't just leave it be, at least with regards to those that refuse to leave - it's hardly our fault they decided to stay in a place where even insects likely refuse to breed.

[psykick]

I just can't seem to warm up ever since I got back. I am sitting in a pile of blankets, and I still feel like I'm back up that mountain. Or in Antarctica.

[manufactured]

There's a facility up in the mountains, this..."factory" of sorts. We're not the first to find it but so far, it seems we're a bit more fortunate than the last batch, judging by the corpses outside. There's nothing identifying on any of them, but they did have a few viable supplies. Rope and ice axes and the like. They didn't come unprepared.

There are glyphs marked into the walls, along with what I presume to be a good amount of blood. My husband and I worked to find a fair amount of them; they speak of genetic experimentation - some sort of ancient beings claiming the world for themselves to create a superior breed of humans.

There were still-active/still-alive biomechanical creatures inhabiting the inner portion of the building; the one we encountered was easily the size of a building itself, several stories tall. Should you wish to examine either the creatures or the glyphs, be aware that any negativity the place draws up for you will be magnified and amplified until it's nearly unbearable; proceed with caution.

UN: Lily

[sleepingknight]

[Even if she's a fairy now, her icon's still a crinum dragon lady flower.]

I'm still alive, so that's a good start!

Also, does anyone have any hot tips for what to do when you meet someone you think you might have known in your past life??

[motiv8]

Well, you'd be better off asking Elliot or Crow what it's like from your side, but from the perspective of being the person they knew...

All of this is going to sound crazy no matter how you put it. It can't hurt to just be honest with them about the whole thing. If you were going to scare them off, I really don't think that should be the final straw.

[blondferret]

I mean, if you are having trouble getting people to leave, I could always magically move them out. I've had to resort to that on occasion when the people you've asked us to help evacuate become violent.

[invocate]

What in the world? You're out there trying to evacuate them to safety. Why would they get violent?

[asks the girl who went to the sixth layer, and went NOPE to the idea of going out to Magatus]

un: rinkas

[psykick]

How do you give a penguin to the zoo without them asking where you got it?
Because there's no way I'm going to be able to raise this little guy.

[lucky for her, the penguin will disappear on its own in a few days]

Re: un: rinkas

[blondferret]

Oh my gosh its cute!

If you're not going to keep it, you can say you ran into some illegal animal smugglers on the back roads of the forest and you manage to save the penguin. And you have reported them to the police. Then I can back up your story and say that since they can't be found in the city it is out of our jurisdiction and we have forwarded the case to the state. They will probably believe me since I am CSI and they're probably stupid enough to actually think I have such power to say and do such things.

In the meantime you might want to do some research on what to feed it. I had to do that when I got an owl.

It's kind of nice to see someone else got a bird from Retrospec.

[Bond with Derek over having an exotic bird Rinka!]