high school martial artist yells at cloud

[momentaryspring]

You all acted like I was delusional for taking a picture of a creepy man in black, but WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY NOW?

Does the disappearance of an entire species from the public consciousness strike you as a bit odd? And I just spent a good thirty minutes stuck inside the most suspicious headquarters building imaginable!

I'm not saying I told you so, but I told you so.

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[momentaryspring]

There's a new building here, with the name of the company that made this very program on it. I wanted to give someone a piece of my mind, so I went in, but I was locked inside.

[strongestheart]

oh

oh good

this is good

this is fine

[sigh]

They were on the color changing necklace too, and then the GIANT CHICKENS, and now this...???

AND we can't really go to the police or anyone because it all disappears!

Like. I know I'm stating the obvious but what are we supposed to do about something like this? There's no way this is a GOOD thing, right?

[momentaryspring]

[ wait a second[ ] ]

Color changing necklace? I haven't heard about those.

[strongestheart]

They were tossing them out during the parade! So I kind of saw it right up front, but like. They had the Retrospec logo on it! And would change like a mood ring!

[momentaryspring]

Is that really all that exceptional? They sell mood rings at novelty stores...

[ he wasn't sure exactly how they worked in a chemistry sense, but they basically keyed off body heat, right? ]

[strongestheart]

How many of them are that big and hang off your neck? And still WORK?

...I'm gonna be honest. I don't think it was changing randomly.

[momentaryspring]

I've never seen one like the one you describe, it's true. So you're saying that these necklaces actually worked?

That is, they told you what your mood was?

[strongestheart]

Pretty sure! Like, I wasn't paying it much mind at the time, but the more I think about it... I've still got it, even. Just. Kind of afraid to put it on.

After... everything.

[momentaryspring]

That's probably for the best, then. Who knows what else it's going to do? Maybe there's even a tag or something in it.

[strongestheart]

If you want extra weird I tried to throw it in a trashcan on the way home after dealing with all that string and, uh...

Pretty sure it just. Came back to me.

[momentaryspring]

...Like a boomerang? Or like in cartoons where you turn around and it's suddenly there?

[strongestheart]

Like in cartoons!

I'm not sure which would be freakier but this adds points to the ghosts theory.

[momentaryspring]

That is creepy.

[ Ryoga would really prefer that this all be the work of some physical entity because ghosts? Really? Who you gonna call to take care of that? ]

Nothing else happened, did it? You're not seeing weird visions or almost getting hit by falling flowerpots, are you?

[strongestheart]

SUPER CREEPY.

[That question, though - that hits her a little closer than she was expecting. Because... yeah, weird visions have been a THING.]

No flower pots, but ... what kind of visions are we talking about?

[momentaryspring]

I don't know, er... like seeing people you don't know. or the past

[ THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MOVIES ]

[strongestheart]

Okay, I'm going to say something, and if I sound crazy, feel free to call the mental institute.

But what if I told you I saw people I know

Except they had brightly colored anime hair.

[She's not even going to mention the OTHER things she saw. Because that's TOO crazy.]

[momentaryspring]

Well... that doesn't sound too strange. They were people you know, after all...

But you saw this while you were awake?

[strongestheart]

But I've never known them all TOGETHER! And they sure don't have blue or purple hair.

And, I dunno. I felt like I sort of woke up after it, it was the middle of the night. Either it woke me up, or I woke up and it happened, or-- I thought it was just a dream, but it felt different than that!

[momentaryspring]

[ That sure SOUNDED like a dream, but... ]

What were you all doing? Did a creepy dead hand grab one of you while you were trying to run away?

[strongestheart]

Uh, n- no, nothing like that.

It was... a pillow fight... at a sleepover...

[momentaryspring]

How very odd. I believe you when you say it wasn't a dream, yet no easy explanation comes to mind.

Was there anything else that stood out to you?

[strongestheart]

In fairness, there's not exactly a good rational explanation for the chickens, either. Or the beads... or even the app...

Sigh.

But, uh. Yeah. I saw ... brightly colored cute little animals floating in the air. Which I realize, kind of makes me sound like I was drunk. (I wasn't.)

[momentaryspring]

What?! Why didn't you lead with that? That's way weirder than the hair colors!

[strongestheart]

Uh, feeling it out and seeing how crazy you thought I was...?

[momentaryspring]

Hmm. Well, under the circumstances I can't exactly toss aspersions at you.

For the record, though, I myself have not seen any flying animals recently that are not normally capable of flight.