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[recollecters]

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 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.

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[psykick]

Waaaasn't really worried about actually dying, but now I kind of am? Thanks?

Thanks, but I'm good.

[and you're kind of terrible at being reassuring right now Derek, so not really selling yourself well]

[blondferret]

Sorry...

Didn't pick up you were just worried about the memory.

[psykick]

i mean, i know some people on the network have died and been revived, but that wasn't from their memories, was it?

[blondferret]

I'm not sure tbh. I never really bothered asking any of them the circumstance.

[psykick]

[again, not comforting Derek]

i don't know if i'd want to anyway

[blondferret]

[Since when has Derek EVER been good at comforting people?]

Well it's not a normal thing to ask now is it? "Hey, how did you come back from the dead?" Even I have more tact than that thank goodness.

[psykick]

Indeed. Not a normal question. But nothing about what's happening to us is exactly normal either.

[blondferret]

Still, that's no reason to ask someone how they came back to life. People tend to have sensitive feelings in this city.

[Which he has found out first hand.]

[psykick]

People tend to have sensitive feelings in general, Derek.

[blondferret]

It never hurts to gain a bit more spine.

[psykick]

Nor does it hurt to show a bit more empathy.

[blondferret]

The more empathy a person gives, the more the general population wants and demands. There needs to be a limit or people will take advantage of your good nature.

[psykick]

You're rather suspicious of others, aren't you?

[blondferret]

I work in the Crime Lab ok! I bet you can't even imagine that crazy ass stories that come across my desk.

[psykick]

IDK, there was this real crimes tv special last week. Pretty grisly stuff.

There's a healthy level of suspicious, and then there's the level where it starts interfering with your ability to form relationships with people.

[blondferret]

Have you ever watched Contagion? Watch it, and see how much you change how often you wash your hands. Same idea.

[psykick]

I have actually. But eventually you go back to your normal hand washing habits provided you weren't a complete slob in the first place.

[blondferret]

You've had yet to have someone close to you stab you in the back have you?

[psykick]

Who stabbed you in yours?

[that would be a no]

[blondferret]

An ex girlfriend, an ex best friend, and oh... various people on Retrospec. Most of them not on the network anymore, so I don't have to worry about them seeing this.

[psykick]

Ex-girlfriend? Ouch.

What happened?

[Private]

[blondferret]

[He wasn't expecting that response. Not at all.]

You want to know about my ex and what happened? Really?

Re: [Private]

[psykick]

Why not? It clearly had a really deep impact on you if it's affecting your ability to trust other people.

Re: [Private]

[blondferret]

Well lets see....

I met her when I was 19, in college. WE dated for 6 years or so until I got the app. I was mostly over a lot of personal issues she waited around for me to deal with. We promised to always be together. I had a ring and everything. She was someone I could trust. But when I got the app, I became the person who couldn't be trusted. I couldn't tell her the truth, and lying to her about what was really going on with my life (Retrospec shit) tore me up. It pushed us apart because eventually she noticed I wasn't acting normal.

After 4 month on the app, we broke up. She left me and took up a job in LA. Then a few months after that my roommate moved out and took a job in New York. Anyone I was close to before the app left me in less than a year. I was homeless (I couldn't make rent) and I ended up bouncing from place to place for a while until I could save up enough money (which part of that came from a bag of wizard money i got from retrospec).

Like... six years. She couldn't wait a bit longer? Probably not. She had waited long enough for me. She deserved better. That is why I didn't feel like I deserved to fight for her anymore. I just... let her go.

Re: [Private]

[psykick]

Wow. That really sucks. I'm sorry you had to go through all that.

Do you still talk to either of them?