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I'll keep this short and to the point to give you guys time to strategize, catch up, all of that.

Congrats on your Magatus missions. Looks like everything's been cleared out as best as we can, but the region's been evacuated thanks to a couple of factors.

The new problem is we just added a bunch of people to city limits.

I've got some good news and some bad news.

Bad news: need some people out in Pesgare to do some deepdiving and recovery. It doesn't look like there's anything out there that'll kill you, but I need something from down there to stabilize Recollé itself.

Good news: got the subway working. Did you know it was just about coding? That's a little crazy to me and okay, I might have found out on accident, but…whatever was blocking exits from the city was just a false creation.

It means getting out of here and checking out the progress outside. The trains will be ready for departure in about a week, I'll get some maps drawn up and everything. I could really use some of you on location scouting.

Finally…who knows about machinery? We've got a problem we should probably look into, but keeping track of that eye's a huge pain in the ass.

Discuss, get in touch with me, prepare. You know the drill.

Zee Carlisle
Hiring Manager
Retr

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You were removed and then readded later? I'm so sorry. That sounds like it would have been very difficult to get adjusted to all of this again.

Oh, trust me. It's terrible. ♡ But, you know. Misery loves company and all - you find some people who hate it just as much as you do and eventually get used to it.

Thanks for the words of warning, I suppose...

Are you worried about what this post is discussing or is this more or less normal by now?

The subway trains he's talking about go to other worlds, or at least they used to; that's the part that's new to me. It's only reason to be concerned if you're on them. Are you planning to be on them?

Other worlds... This gets more complex by the minute, it seems.

No, I don't have any reason to be on them. I am curious, but I'm sure plenty of people will explore those. I hope they'll be okay.

God, it's so weird to be talking to someone with sense.

I hate to ask, but is that really that strange?

Well, last month Mr. Carlisle tried to spur us all to go exploring a frozen hellscape for him, and everyone just...went. Without much question.

[...]

But what about school and jobs? Surely it was difficult to arrange such a thing on short notice?

[?????????]

We're still expected to show up, of course, but you would be surprised what people on the network are willing to believe with regards to why you're absent for a while.

I see... I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

This whole thing is going to take quite some time to get used to, I suppose. It still feels like a dream. A dream I unfortunately cannot wake up from.

[well that's a little melodramatic but overall not wrong]

It'll stop feeling surreal after a while. Most people either get angry or become resigned, depending on temperament.

[he's not even a vampire yet.....]

I see. It certainly does seem that way from what I've seen so far.

It's just the way of things, I suppose.