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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

[manolia]

I am better at puns, I'm sure. However, I can't change the fabric of reality (yet), which is a point in Jim's favor.

[manolia]

Murder implies the presence of a soul, which plants could never be counted to have (until maybe now). Do we, for example, call the use of antibacterial soap murder? No, because they don't have souls. Humans, and presumably other creatures in the universe, do.

But I digress. I'll leave that decision to God, I suppose.

It is nice to see you here! I recognize your name, from the approximately three seconds a year I spend in the humanities building. I have noticed that this hellish malware social media program tends young, which makes me a little nervous, but it's good to see someone closer in line with my age.

[esperimental]

I'm fascinated as to how they have faces, but they look more like scribbled on marks anyway. I should stop trying to make sense of things in this stupid city.

[ ............ ]

Have you tried already. That was fast.

[manolia]

That's... [err] a horrifying thought. Nobody else would remember, would they? :( I hope that doesn't happen.

They've been replacing individual details about others, though, which is very strange and begs the question: at what point do you truly become a different person? Obviously, dyeing your hair doesn't do it, but what about memories?

[counteracts]

[That's... a surprisingly good point.]

touché

I'm still wrapping my head around them being able to do this at all

[voidedmemory]

That is an interesting perspective! Very scientific, but I would not have expected anything less from someone who lectures in engineering.

[ As for himself, he left any faith behind long ago, but this is text, not face to face. He doesn't have to show the expression that just crossed his, at the mention of God. ]

I am told my name is easy to remember, but I have never been sure whether that was a good thing or not to be honest.

Some of the people who post on here worry me in many ways, but admittedly I am not very up to date on what younger people do these days so maybe it is just normal. It is certainly good to see older people around, though! It makes me feel less out of place, haha.

[tearable]

It's no problem. :)
I can't explain why your parents are acting this way, but I believe you and can see this thing as well.

You're not alone.

[voidedmemory]

[ He wouldn't want to crush anyone's dreams!! He'll keep it on the down low. ]

Or had an interesting view of kissing, maybe. Everyone's experiences are different so I would not want to judge too much!

It is a good thing that the flavours are unchanged aside from the faces. I would miss eating them very much if that had been the case. So it could have been worse I suppose! [ He likes things to stay the same, or at least similar. ]

[esperimental]

You could probably alter them again, though now the "normal" folk will find it unrealistic I imagine.

[ghostories]

ah! a woman after my heart
i'd tell you to stop but my stomach can't say no!

[ghostories]

you're right
imagine what would have happened if the fruits suddenly had teeth!
that's not a mouth i'd kiss

[ghostories]

i'm glad we see eye to eye, mister :)

[ Yuuko calls everyone else his age by their first names.

She obviously does this just to mess with him. ]

is everything okay on your end?

[burningblossoms]

Well, okay.
I'll just have to come get your apples in a bit then.
And I'll bring cobbler to school tomorrow.
Then we can also see if the fruit screams, huh? I hope it doesn't...

[ghostories]

replacing means taking one thing away and putting something else in its place.
that's not what's going on here
even if you had memories of a past life
you still have memories of your own, don't you?
whoever is doing this hasn't taken our own memories away yet
whether they plan to or not, it's too early to say...
but i hope it doesn't happen either

[ghostories]

i've already tortured them in my fruit dungeon
but we can cover their mouths and try it again!

[burningblossoms]

Oh my...
Such a naughty girl you are.

[sparsity]

i would be too if it wasn't right in front of me
there's no use in wasting energy wondering why or how though

[ At least not now. Point is, they're here. And much like chocobos, he doesn't see that changing. ]

[sparsity]

it'd be easier to not worry
no one's figured out the chocobos yet either

[ HE'D BE LOOKING YOU DIRECTLY IN THE EYE IF THIS WASN'T TEXT. ]

was i not supposed to?

[ is he kidding is he serious ]

[curseoclock]

it'll probably still be fine anyway so long as someone else prepares it?

so long as you don't think about it

[sharplydressed]

2+ months is a pretty strong pattern already that leans toward "this is going to be a common thing", but hopefully it won't get worse

like, at least the fruits don't scream or bleed when you cut them?

so i guess that's... something.

[furtherforward]

Akira Midousuji as if I have time to think about things like THAT. if I dedicated too much thought to it, I might bleed from my ears with the meaninglessness of it all.
Akira Midousuji with more tact? not in a public video about fruit?? that's basic.

[sharplydressed]

[The cynical part of him wants to say REALLY, ARE YOU SURE, I'M NOT SURE. ...But he'll refrain. For now.]

plus side, dancing fruits still aren't a very strong enemy at least

even if they did start screaming and bleeding when we cut them

[complementing]

Minako Arisato ...I hope Korochan will be okay at the apartment with these things Minako Arisato are you too busy to stop by the apartment to check on him?

[sharplydressed]

don't ask

[NOT YAMATO, FOR ONCE... Even he thought the tinhatting was a little too much but who's laughing now. ...None of them. None of them are because their fruit is dancing.]

anyway they clearly don't care about whether or not their name is plastered on the side of all this weird stuff, so i think they'd be more surprised if it seemed like we didn't tie the two of them together right?

[sharplydressed]

[WHY IS HE THIS WAY. He shouldn't be surprised, and yet he is... Just staring at this fruit butt (and the marginally disturbing wiggling half in the background) and Toshi's pleased expression, wondering where he went wrong in life to lead him to this exact moment.]

don't look so happy about it, at least!