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[darkinferno]

so a lot of people have been talking about receiving packages in the mail from retrospec lately. we've had fruit, stuffed animals, various accessories... but i want to know more about the other things people have been getting. the weird changes that don't make sense

like anya suddenly being fluent in russian or yin's eyes changing color

how many of you guys have had stuff like THAT happen so far? what sort of changes are we seeing here?

people have been getting these flashes over the past month and a half, and now some people are turning up with these random physical changes or abilities they definitely didn't have the day before. i wanna know if there are just a couple people who've experienced this or if it's more common than we think


on a somewhat related note, who here knows anything about swordfighting? i think i want to try something

Comments

[commandertoolbelt]

who in their right mind would trust you with a sword

[darkinferno]

way to miss the entire point of the post here leo

besides if you can be trusted with fireworks i think i can be trusted with a sword

[twelfthspark]

+1

Something you're not telling us, Dante~? Who do you have to duel 🍿🗡🗡

[openhanded]

I've only gotten the flashbacks and a present but I apparently look the same as I did back... then???

I've been taking swordfighting classes for years and years now. what do you need?

[darkinferno]

you look the same now as you did back then? how do you know that

you live like five doors down or something right? are you at home

[daemonized]

You want to "try something" with a sharp blade that you have no experience with.

[He knows where this came from, of course, but really, Dante?]

If you lose a finger or two in the process of this mysterious "something", I still expect for you to turn in your work in time. Just so you're aware.

[darkinferno]

why does everybody think i'm going to either gut myself or someone else here i know how to be careful

besides i'm sure i could get a doctor's note to let me off the hook

[me_matey]

i can probs bench a small car, hows that for different?

[darkinferno]

and i'm guessing you COULDN'T do that before, right? because yeah, that'd definitely count as different

pretty handy too

[ghostories]

my eyes changed color too!
i think i could really pull this vampire look off

[darkinferno]

huh, really? what color are they now?

have you noticed any other changes or is it just the eyes

[heiroglyphs]

I've been fencing since I was eight?

[darkinferno]

that definitely counts

do you think we could meet up somewhere to give this a try?

[redarm]

hope you get stabbed.

[darkinferno]

duly noted and then stricken from the record

try to add a little substance next time

[chiseler]

aw dante, if you just wanted a stabbing you could have asked me
but seriously. fencer for years, man. if you want we can go a few rounds but why don't you tell me what you're up to first

and then we can talk about the weird retrospec bullshit going on. annabeth and I have been doing some research on it too

[darkinferno]

yeah well with you i'm never sure if you're gonna take me literally or not

but how about we do it this way: i'd be up for going a few rounds, but i'll tell you the details in person. i don't want my shit spread all over the network if i can avoid it

talking about things sounds like a good plan too, we might be able to put some pieces together between all of us

[true_noir]

I do not think that it was retrospec specifically, but I have had a little change. I believe that I got rather intoxicated on mardi gras and dyed my hair the color I recalled it being in my visions. Perhaps that does not count, though, no?

[Except, while she did get shit-faced drunk on Mardi Gras, she hadn't dyed her hair. She was just not remembering properly that evening, and in a few weeks, when there weren't black roots, there'd be a whole other conversation coming.]

[darkinferno]

i don't think so. the changes i'm interested in are the ones where people are waking up with different hair or eye colors, or like the girl up there who now has some sort of superhuman strength

what color was your hair in your visions? how tough do you think it would've been to get it that color while drunk?

[longwei2go]

glad i could end up a poster child for fucked up physical mutations
my dads going to flip out when he comes back to town

[darkinferno]

sorry yin you just happened to be the last person to mention your eyes changing color

we could always get you some blue contacts but i don't know how observant your dad is or if it'd help

[megabond]

So far, I got two of those visions so far as well a watch from my package. But so far, there are no changes to my appearance so far.

But then again, I agree that this is completely strange to have anyone have their appearances changed overnight.

[darkinferno]

so you've had two flashes and gotten a watch, but no changes otherwise

got it

[godcards]

The more people talk about "strange happenings" the faker it seems. Most people are probably lying about it so they can post and get attention too.

As for Retrospec... why anyone would accept gifts from them is beyond me, and incredibly stupid.

[darkinferno]

you can believe whatever you want. when it starts happening to you it'll be hard to disagree with

[Will it happen to him? Dante's got no clue. But he doesn't have time for this whole disbelieving thing right now. He's trying to collect information, not run an introductory class here.]

as for the gifts i don't know. i got one but i don't know why i ended up with it, since it said it was from "yuri's angels." he was supposed to tell me if he ever found anything out about it but i'm pretty sure he's too petty to actually tell me

[judicatus]

[ gabranth had originally intended to just keep an eye on the responses here, not actually make any kind of response himself...... until. ]

Where and why exactly do you plan on getting yourself a sword?

[ add him to the list of Folks Who Do Not Trust Dante With A Dangerous Weapon !!! ]

[darkinferno]

i'm gonna go out to the woods and become a lumberjack, obviously

[standalonehuman]

When I was at the University, there was a Kendo club, not exactly a University Club, because they practice nearby, but sort of the University club by proxy because the vast majority of their students are college students.

Not a skill I ever picked up, but a group of people from the Japanese Student Union did.

[darkinferno]

so just to verify, was this at the university here in recollé? if so i might pay their kendo club a visit to see what i can learn

[sharplydressed]

i'm in the changing eye color club!

also showers of petals sometimes just appear around me now ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

[HE'S HAD A STRUGGLE OF A MONTH. Retrospec just decided to gently bully him like three times in one day...]

[darkinferno]

showers of petals

right

and how long has that been going on

[Consider him successfully sidetracked here! Because the idea of a random shower of flower petals falling around him is. Uh. Certainly a thing.

(Please don't let that trigger a flash, please don't let that trigger a flash...)]

[tokencanadian]

Swordplay? Like fencing or... swashbuckling?
I'd kind of like to know if you're planning on swinging a claymore around someday.

[darkinferno]

[He has to check and see what a claymore actually is first...]

right now i'm not planning on anything, i'm just trying to test a theory

normally i'd say i've got better things to do with my life than swing around a sword pretending i'm some hero of the ages or something moronic like that but i guess today at least i'm that idiot

but if this doesn't work out like i'm thinking it will then no, no chance of that happening