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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

We're gonna file this under 'posts that will be ironic after a few regains'

[standalonehuman]

That's why people are so sure that they're memories, not just dreams. They're triggered by something? Like a song on the radio reminding you of some time back in high school you've forgotten?

Then how can they be offering something like that as a prize? Pretty sure if somebody had cracked the problem of imperfect human recall and could get you to remember something at will, we'd have heard about it.

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[daemonized]

Not even that. All it takes is a word, or a gesture. For instance, I was entertaining a conversation about being caught in the snow, and later I remembered being on a train with a blizzard swirling all around.

[Ardyn seems to have reached the point where he doesn't mind mentioning these memories in a vague manner, even on a public forum.]

That's the question, isn't it? Perhaps it works both ways. Maybe there's a "key", and maybe some memories are delegated to being triggered.

[standalonehuman]

I'm no expert on memory, but, fun question: do we know anybody who is?

I'm looking back over some of my school notes, and did we do this in your class or somebody else's? There's a discussion of supposed false memory implantation in witnesses. You can get them to state things that they originally believed were not true if you ask enough leading questions, especially if you're coming from a place of authority. Children witnesses are especially susceptible. They just start agreeing with you after a while.

That specific model isn't exactly what we're seeing here. Everybody's pretty confident that what they're seeing is true, even if it seems impossible?

[daemonized]

It seems impossible, and by all accounts it should be. But in my case I know what I experienced must have been real. I'm certain in a way I can't explain.

Of course, that's hardly proof either. But if these are false memories, then they're effortlessly and suddenly implanted. No leading questions, no consistent or constant power of suggestion. Quite frankly, it's mind-boggling.