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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

[true_noir]

fried fish with fried potatoes? I may like very little that Britain has done, but I will at least yield that this and Shakespeare justify the existence of that island.

[alienates]

Isn't that just fries then?
You literally just described fries.

[true_noir]

I believe that these are closer to what Americans call "Steak Fries," but yes. Chips are the British's name for fries. They serve them with vinegar and salt.

Were you not aware of this?

[alienates]

Considering I just asked you about it...
No. I was not aware of this.

[true_noir]

Fair. But, now you know I suppose. The british are strange, and let us just leave it at that. Fish and Fries is not such a horrible meal, now is it?

[alienates]

Probably not?
Granted aren't you French? Of course you'd talk shit about the British.

[true_noir]

One of the singular greatest joys of a French girl's life is to mock a British man's short-comings and the limitations of their pretty little crown. If I'm feeling really petty, I remind them that their royal line originally descended from our angry castaways in Normandy.

[alienates]

You say, "really petty," as if everything you listed beforehand wasn't petty as fuck.

[true_noir]

Yes, but it is quite a bit more petty, wouldn't you agree? That is the important part.

[alienates]

If you really want it to sting you should take a jab at something more personal.
For all you know they don't care about the monarchy so it wouldn't insult them that much.

[true_noir]

A brit, not care about the monarchy? Oh my, you must not know many British people. They obsess over their kings and queens, and their adorable little dogs that look like fat sausages with jackals' faces.

[alienates]

I'm just saying it's possible.
Americans get the stereotype of being super patriotic and chanting USA and all of that, but there are plenty of people who don't actually care.
Also what the fuck kind of dog are you even talking about???
Wiener dogs????

[true_noir]

corgies. The queen owns them, and is quite famous for liking them. They look like squat, fat sausages with cute little jackle faces and well groomed fur. have a look at one sometime.

[alienates]

Oh
No I know what they are I just had no idea they had that high prestige over there.
Probably because I do not care about what happens in England.

[true_noir]

Ah, we have to care about them more. It is a rivalry of sorts, after all. Though much more the one-sided variety I want to say. I do not think the British think as much about us.

[alienates]

Hmmm
Maybe you should see other people?
Or other countries.

[true_noir]

I'm rather happy seeing the lovely people in America. It's been enjoyable so far. And Britain is so far away that I only have to think about them when someone puts on a play.

[alienates]

Do you actually plan on staying here permanently or are you going to go back to France??
I'm assuming the latter since you said your family and your girlfriend are over there.

[true_noir]

The plan is for them to move over here eventually and to build a new life in this place, actually. The land of new opportunities and such.

[alienates]

So you're scoping the place out first.

[true_noir]

Well, I have been in town for several years and acquired American citizenship, so I think we are a little past the scouting period, Karkat, but yes. That was the original intent in coming here, that and to learn English in America as part of a student visa program.

[alienates]

Hey it can take a while to scout a new country.
Why is it taking them so long to come here though??

[true_noir]

Financial. For my mother, this is more of a retirement plan. Her current situation is just fine, financially, but very lonely. So, I am getting a home and hopefully a business worked up first. My girlfriend is in the midst of college education in France and has limited finances, so this is more of a plan for once I have completed my own degree and started into business.

[alienates]

Woooow
How....... adult.

[true_noir]

I am still capable of being young and having fun, but moving to another question does make you ask the adult questions a bit sooner. What, did you think my life was full of strange visions, relationship questions and barging into your home at night for tea?