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It's been brought to my attention (again) that some of you are looking for compensation for the work you're doing. I'm open to that. So tell me, Retrospecters, what is it that you're looking for? Money? Answers? None of the above? I'm all ears.

The scouting project seems to be working out okay. I don't know if any of you have found a place that's really good to relocate or recover but maybe we should talk about that, too.

…finally, bit of a morality question for you.

What's the priority here, you think? Working on chasing Vanderweele down this rabbit hole of a wild goose chase (wow that is too many animal analogies), or memory recovery of the company itself? Both of them are about as convoluted as you think, but not impossible.

Wait, not finally. One more thing since someone brought it up: in case you haven't noticed yet, you might want to pay attention to the things you've managed to bring back because, and I hate to make it sounds real drastic, but the fate of the world kinda depends on it? Just a little. Welcome to your destiny, everybody.

Anyway discuss. I'm back in the office, so drop by if you need something.

Zee Carlisle
Hiring Manager
Retr

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What makes you think that? You don't have to tell me if it's too much. Just curious.

You definitely have the right idea. When in doubt, fighting to help people is probably the right answer. You're gonna do okay here.

I met someone here from my world, and she remembered something bad happened with a game called Sword Art Online. Not long after that, I remembered some creepy guy in a cloak announcing something similar. I don't know a lot of the details yet. I get the feeling I was there for a while. Maybe a week or two!

Thanks. I'm still a little nervous, but everyone has made me feel welcome despite all the craziness.

Sounds wild. Lucky for you we've put that whole "living in a simulation" theory to rest for the city itself. Probably. If you go back through the network and see us talking about him hacking us, I'm pretty sure that was just shorthand for his weird brand of reality-altering magic.

Either way, you got this. If you're here now, it's for a damn good reason.

Oh thank goodness. I remember reading about simulation theory at one point and one of the scientists pointed out there could be multiple levels and I... just don't need that level of brain break in my life.

I'm definitely a lot less scared about it all than when I first showed up. Hopefully, that confidence doesn't abandon me when I need it.

There's definitely multiple levels. I went down into another layer of... reality, I guess? We all have by now, I think. It's how we know that something's weird, and it's what happens when we get the app. Or... I don't know how it works exactly. I should ask Zee.

Anyway. Yeah. If you run out of confidence, I have enough to go around.

I'll get really confused if I end up going the route of a friend from my world. She actually looks like her in-game character now. And my version apparently looks like the character from my TV show.

...I don't know what's worse, that I typed all that or that it makes some kind of sense.

I'll have to remember that the next time things get extra weird.