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[recollecters]

What's up, users! We've mostly fixed the technical problems we were having earlier (unless Danny missed something again) but you might want to wear green. Also, I'm supposed to make a vague and mysterious informational post here but that sounded boring so I made a video presentation instead! Watch on YouTube Cheers! Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated As of this post all apples, oranges, lemons, and limes have been replaced in-universe as the silly dancing fruits shown above. This means that as with Chocobos all NPCs will insist this is how things have always been and history/movies/etc will back them up. In honor of St. Patrick's Day characters will find a request from Retrospec to upload a picture of themselves to the network in which they are wearing something green. They will find themselves shocked lightly by their device if they try to use it without complying. Rude? A non-triggered memory regain can be earned through participation in this post in honor of Lucy's birthday the holiday with proof of a single thread with at least five comments from your character. If you plan to redeem this, please submit it to our regains page with the explanation of "March freebie". This must be submitted before April to be valid! Regardless of whether or not a character earns the freebie, all characters will find a gold coin with the Retrospec logo on one side and a Chocobo on the other. On the outside edge of the coin they will find "Jim, put a meaningful quote here. - Janet" engraved in a beautiful font. The Chocobo will morph into a horse should your character obtain the memory regain from the event; it will stay a Chocobo if your character does not obtain the memory regain. Please see our OOC information post HERE for some information and reminders - you can direct any questions about this post there! 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. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently.

Comments

[legne]

Somewhat, but - even if they are not comprehending - they still aren't yet deceased. So, it's more like...being buried alive, one supposes?

Just...horrible! [ Honestly the thought of it really creeps her out. Undead stuff isn't cool. ]

[sparsity]

can't you still name them
i mean we don't know if they rot anymore, right
eating them might be better either way

[legne]

Ranko Kanzaki it's fine it's not your fault
Ranko Kanzaki It was...my own. I was foolish to think I'd so easily escape the bolts of Zeus.

[spes_phthisica]

Soujirou Katsuki i feel the same about strawberries and lychee
Soujirou Katsuki i'm not sure how i could live without those
Soujirou Katsuki also i am suddenly really glad that most of my favorite candy doesnt actually have any real fruit in it at all
Soujirou Katsuki artificial flavors doesn't sound so bad now

[sparsity]

[ Micah's got his war face on for you, Morgan. ]

then you can leave it to me

[legne]

Ranko Kanzaki True, true. I see no reason why we cannot have the best of both worlds.
Ranko Kanzaki I am all in favor of more fantastic fiends, as long as they do not go replacing already beloved creatures.

[samuraisoul]

Jūbei Nankōbō I never thought I'd echo such a sentiment but I agree.
Jūbei Nankōbō These fruits might not even be truly 'alive' but...
Jūbei Nankōbō When you've witnessed them dancing so energetically to your partner's 'private concert' it's impossible to see them any other way.

[ghostories]

call me pussy queen and i will destroy every part of your body you didn't even know you had

[counteracts]

[And Morgan's got his face of faint concern for you, Micah...]

godspeed...

[He's not sure if he respects him or fears him. Both??]

not sure what they intended with all of this, but if it was to make people uneasy, not sure what they're gonna make of you

[momentaryspring]

FOR NOW.

I wonder what they're doing with all the photos and posts.

[doublesmall]

I swear to god if I hear the words 'chuuya balloons' again I won't stop at punching you next time

and I mean I was hoping to, I don't know, suddenly be one with the gravity or howthefuckever that shit happens to people in fiction but I guess there's a good reason that's fiction. lesson learned about hoping for anything good when it comes to the weird bullshit.

[rebellions]

[It's kind of tempting to do so (if only to tease her) but he's not entirely sure if it's worth the risk.]

riiiiiiight
i think i'll pass
in hindsight cat princess suits you better anyway

[He likes his body parts where they are, thank you very much.]

[sparsity]

i can't be more weird than the people who thought of this
i think

[ THIS IS A DANGEROUS GAME. ]

[legne]

Indeed. Though any budding exorcist would possibly find themselves exposed to a harsh punishment by the fruit felons themselves, Retrospec.

Therefore, let us take a moment to think of that brave soul and their sudden but inevitable doom.

[goen]

You don't feel bad at all...

Are you rethinking eating lemons and stuff?? They don't seem sentient so idk. Can't be much worse than eating meat?

[fashionable_yapping]

Nina Écarlate The thing's my horse, well, chocobo, acts just the same as before. It's really weird!!!
Nina Écarlate Though I'm glad she didn't stop being, well, her.

[tearable]

Hey! Far be it from me to shame you over such an intimate act... ;)

[professahhh]

[ JFC, Luke hadn't even considered the idea that he might turn into some other person, and that was a whole other can of existentially horrific worms. ]

Could you possibly... stop trying to reassure me? This is worse than when I'm talking to Ryoji...

[professahhh]

[ CONSIDER IT. ALL THE FLIES THEY COULD HAVE BEEN EATING UP UNTIL NOW ]

I don't know. Ryoji says it's magic.

Of course, magic doesn't exist, but... I'm having an awfully hard time coming up with an alternate explanation that doesn't involve mind control, and that sounds almost as rubbish.

[professahhh]

Well

at least I didn't eat much of those beforehand.

I suppose I'll try and think of it like cows and sheep. If it's in juice or pie, that's... not so bad, right? Just as long as you don't have to see where it comes from.

[ 8( ]

[madcuriosity]

Oh! Thank you very much, Mr. Sorey!

I would like that very much, Mr. Lee and Mr. David do what they can, but they're terribly busy. I'm a student at the private Catholic school! I'm in the first grade! Will you still be there when I get to high school?

[manolia]

See, that's what I was thinking - a dancing flower arrangement. If she's insane romantic enough to accept this sort of proposal, surely she could make it happen. Hopefully it doesn't sing too, though.

It even made me smile, in some sense - if you count grimacing and trying to figure out what I'm looking at as 'smiling.' It made me contort my face in a way vaguely similar to smiling.

[madcuriosity]

It's been a horrid month, Mr. Koutarou! First the virus, then the secrets and those dreadful people harassing everyone, and now we can't even enjoy certain fruits!

[manolia]

Exactly! Or some sort of light frequency based on their dance.

With everything I've seen since the hell-malware spawned on my phone, I wouldn't be surprised either. It's like a mass hallucination, but real. I hope it's real, at least - not for the sake of this world's stability, but for the sake of my sanity.

having been this person at one point in my life, i know how to play this exact type of person

[manolia]

[SUCKLING AT THE TEAT OF PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE]

I use Tomahawk, myself - I like the flexibility it gives me. Then again, I don't buy music from online stores for the most part. [See: what he doesn't have on CD, he downloads through dubiously legal means. Great!]

Then again, there's another music player I like that lets you use a Wiimote as an input device. [Why someone would want to do that, who knows - but the fact that you can do it is awesome!!]