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- ! mod retrospec,
- broken age: vella beastender tartine,
- elfen lied: kaede,
- emberverse: ignatius,
- fate: nobunaga oda,
- ffix: garnet,
- ffxii: gabranth,
- ffxii: penelo,
- ffxiii: oerba yun fang,
- ffxv: ardyn izunia,
- fire emblem: henry,
- ghost in the shell: togusa,
- guilty gear: may,
- gundam wing: duo maxwell,
- hello charlotte: charlotte wiltshire,
- homestuck: dave strider,
- homestuck: dirk strider,
- homestuck: jade harley,
- homestuck: karkat vantas,
- homestuck: roxy lalonde,
- ib: garry,
- id@lmaster: anastasia,
- id@lmaster: ranko kanzaki,
- islands of wakfu: chibi,
- jjba: joseph joestar,
- katekyo hitman reborn: hayato gokudera,
- keroro gunsou: keroro,
- kingdom hearts: larxene,
- kingdom hearts: riku,
- kingdom hearts: saix,
- kyou kara maou: gwendal von voltaire,
- lok: asami sato,
- lok: bolin,
- mahou sensei negima: evangeline mcdowell,
- marvel 616: bucky barnes,
- mob psycho 100: ritsu kageyama,
- mobile suit gundam ibo: mikazuki augus,
- mobile suit gundam ibo: orga itsuka,
- mobile suit gundam: char aznable,
- noir: chloe,
- noragami: yato,
- nozaki-kun: chiyo sakura,
- original: caelum dolorosa lunaire,
- original: lord light,
- original: momo,
- peacemaker kurogane: souji okita,
- persona 3: minako arisato,
- persona 3: ryoji mochizuki,
- persona 4: naoto shirogane,
- persona 4: souji seta,
- persona 4: yosuke hanamura,
- persona 4: yu narukami,
- persona 4: yukiko amagi,
- pjo: annabeth chase,
- pjo: leo valdez,
- pjo: luke castellan,
- pjo: thalia grace,
- pokemon: professor sycamore,
- professor layton: luke triton,
- ranma 1/2: ryoga hibiki,
- rwby: pyrrha nikos,
- rwby: weiss schnee,
- rwby: yang xiao long,
- saint young men: judas iscariot,
- samurai warriors: mitsuhide akechi,
- samurai warriors: motochika chosokabe,
- super paper mario: count bleck,
- tasogare otome x amnesia: yuuko kanoe,
- the amazing spiez: tony clark,
- tota: anise tatlin,
- touken ranbu: gokotai,
- touken ranbu: iwatooshi,
- touken ranbu: izuminokami kanesada,
- touken ranbu: kasen kanesada,
- touken ranbu: kashuu kiyomitsu,
- touken ranbu: mutsunokami yoshiyuki,
- touken ranbu: tsurumaru kuninaga,
- touken ranbu: yamato no kami yasusada,
- toz: mikleo,
- toz: sorey,
- transistor: red,
- undertale: frisk,
- voltron: keith,
- x-men evo: kurt wagner,
- yowamushi pedal: akira midousuji,
- yugioh: malik ishtar,
- yuri on ice: viktor nikiforov,
- yuri on ice: yuri plisetsky,
- yuri on ice: yuuri katsuki
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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! Cheers! Jim Halloway Research & Development Retr ![]() 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 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. |
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Hitori Togusa I was speaking to the fact that my phone just shocked me until I did what it told me to. That speaks to a bunch of jerk hackers who want to manipulate us like puppets.
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Viktor Nikiforov Like when they wouldn't let people out of their building
Viktor Nikiforov But what about the strands of beads and the chocobos and the fruit
Viktor Nikiforov ?
Viktor Nikiforov It's not just a hacker thing
Viktor Nikiforov Unless this world is a computer or we're robots ourselves
[ . . . This is getting strangely philosophical... ]
File under posts that will be ironic when he gets more regains back.
Hitori Togusa There's definitely something else going on, you can't just hack reality. Or even just people's perceptions of reality.
Hitori Togusa But whatever the real game is, we are the ones being targeted, we remember horses and the fruit. And the app is a nice way to keep tabs on all of us.
Hitori Togusa Who needs surveillance when we're telling the app everything that we're doing somewhat willingly?
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Viktor Nikiforov But I wonder about the reason
Viktor Nikiforov We may be the ones who remember things, but we got the app before things started changing
Viktor Nikiforov So are we being targeted for remembering, or being made to "remember?"
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Hitori Togusa Is there something inherently special about us, or are we just the people Retrospec randomly chose to protect from the changes that everyone else is experiencing?
Hitori Togusa That much, I don't know.
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Viktor Nikiforov I mean
Viktor Nikiforov Dancing fruit
[ A pause. ]
Viktor Nikiforov Anyway, even if you did know more about this, the app may not be the best place to talk about it 😉
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Hitori Togusa I think I have been close to calling you up soon, anyway.
[There are not many people in the city who are actually licensed private investigators, but Togusa isn't sure how much he wants to reveal, like Viktor said, over the app.]
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Viktor Nikiforov Sure, I'll drop by
Viktor Nikiforov Talking in person sounds like a plan
Okay to move to action here?
In a way, they're all in this together. He can't bring himself to tell people, even if they're civilians, that they're just supposed to do nothing about Retrospec.
So, he waits at his desk, with a few file folders, and, very curiously, a stack of recent tabloid magazines. He is flipping through one of those, but looking at it as intently as if he were looking through a case file.
Perfectly okay!
"Hi," he says casually once he gets there, and then he takes off his sunglasses to look at Togusa directly. Viktor's looks may not be the standard, but his gaze is sharp enough to make up for it. He holds out his hand for a handshake. "Togusa, right? I am Viktor Nikiforov."
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The magazines get dropped to the side. No sign of Viktor in them...or Togusa, or Gentiana, or Professor Izunia, either. Despite the fact that all of them were hounded by the press last month over the most trivial reasons.
"You came highly recommended by one of my superiors. We're in an odd situation, because without the support of the rest of the Department, we can't open a formal investigation. But those of us who are paying attention need a way to gather more information."
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Viktor plays it cool, and nods in understanding as he takes a seat and crosses his legs.
"Oh, we'll be happy to lend our help. That's what we're here for, Officer," he says with a smile. "But is there a reason why you can't have the support of the rest of the Department?"
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"Gabranth and Wolf have more freedom to investigate what they choose, but the rest of us have to keep walking the beat, doing what we're supposed to. They're only two men, and all of us are only six. We need help." There's been a quiet frustration building when he thinks about this, but Togusa has made his decision.
"What direction that help starts in? That's up to you, but I can certainly give my advice." Togusa is now up to one entirely full file folder, and a second one with a few pieces of paper in it. The problem and the benefit of a man who works primarily in hard copy.
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"Sure. Your advice will be very welcome. I have my own ideas, of course, and a few questions I'd like to ask you before I go, but why don't we start with what you think is relevant?"
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"But that building is a problem. Things are clearly going in and out of it, the inside keeps getting remodeled," photos taken of the lobby at various times. The first few shots show an elevator, the second group has some glass tubes of colored stones where the elevator was standing. "It's also the return address for the packages that have been going around the city, which we can now confirm have included weaponry." A print-out of a picture of some very advanced-looking guns, thank you, Professor Dawes, for outing yourself on that one.
Togusa pauses and taps that last picture. "He's not my problem. That's on Wolf to rein in." Togusa is incredibly reluctant to butt into Detective Wolf and his circle of people. "But everything keeps going back to that building and the fact that we can't verify if anyone is actually there."
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"Have you found any paper trails that may be related to Retrospec, if indirectly? Such as the name of the owner of the land where the Retrospec building was built, for example."
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"We also don't have the manpower or, again, no Departmental freedom to surveil the building. Even just watching the exterior to figure out when or where the employees come and leave, we don't have that."
Togusa shuts the folder again, but leaves it out to Viktor can look over anything again if he wants to. "So, I figured it was time to bring some other people in, and start figuring out what we can do off the clock, and what you wan to focus your energy on."
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"I've been looking into the patterns for the memories and skills we're supposedly remembering, but I haven't been able to make sense of it all yet," he admits with a sigh. "I work with a partner. We'll conduct a stakeout as soon as we can and see if we can find something." He closes his eyes before focusing on Togusa again. "I doubt it, though. From what I've seen, they're careful about the obvious, and it's the implications that they don't bother with."
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"I keep going back and forth on what I think we're going to get out of this. Either they've covered all their bases, and the mundane information isn't there. Or, in order to not cast suspicion on themselves from anyone who isn't a part of their game, all their paperwork and permits and things are in order." Togusa spreads his hands out in a shrug. "I've got to fall back on doing things as much by procedure as possible. At least then we can say that this information doesn't exist. Or that people aren't going in and out of that building."
"We can assist you two as much as possible, but, since it's not an official investigation, we'd have to help out on our off-hours, if that makes sense."
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He wonders briefly how the Retrospec staff might react to indirect provocation, and discards it quickly. They don't seem like the type to fall for things like this. They don't need to.
Viktor smiles wryly. "I'd bet on their paperwork and permits being in order. But even a name can help, as long as it's a real name." That's when his smile softens. "As for your support, we're used to working on our own, so we won't be asking too much from you, that much I can promise. But exchanging information should be beneficial for everyone, so let's keep in touch. If you like, we can meet up regularly to be sure."
oh crap I thought this posted
"That's the hope. That we can get a real name and tie it to a real person. However frequently you'd like to exchange information, I'm sure we can work around your schedule. The others that have been dragged into this were Detectives Gabranth and Wolf, Officers Izunia, Lou, Sakakura, and Desk Sergeant Furugawa." He doesn't think he's forgetting anyone. "Feel free to speak to any of them about your findings."
hahah it happens!
"OK, I'll keep that in mind. We can preemptively meet up one month from now, and be in touch to arrange a meeting via text if anything important comes up before then. By the way, you can find me at Dance!!! Studio during the day. It shouldn't be relevant, but Retrospec sometimes makes our phones act up, and who knows what might happen next?"
He puts his phone back in his pocket. "Now, for our fees. I assume you've heard about that from your superior as well?"
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Read: it's a good thing that Togusa was saving up for that wedding that never materialized and he didn't go on a spending spree afterwards. Because he is doing this without Departmental approval so he can't hit the city up for money like they normally would for sub-contracting (or whatever you would call this?). Desperate times, desperate measures, indeed. But he keeps his expression as neutral as he can. No need to make Viktor feel guilty about it.
aaand i'm back from my trip! sobs
"We'll make you a special discount. I'll have the particulars emailed to you. Or should I have that sent to someone else?"
It's all good!
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