A Survey...

[megabond]

Hello there! I'm conducting an unofficial survey regarding Retrospec. It's not mandatory, but considering the strange events we've been experiencing, it would be wise for me to know how many users are affected to this. The survey is down below and it is okay if you don't fill out the form below.

1. When did you first obtain the Retrospec app?

2. Did you try to uninstall this app?

3. Have you tried showing this app to anyone other than the users?

4. Have you receive a package from Retrospec?

5. Did you experience a strange event related to this app?

6. Have you met some Retrospec users in person?

I can't tell you the reasons for putting up this survey, but if you want, you can just reply to me about your experiences in this app without filling out the survey form above me.

Thank you in advance!

Comments

[standalonehuman]

The site went live on January the 31st with an original user base of 101 people. The March 1st update added approximately an additional 60 users, but it's harder to tell the exact number now just by observation. Some people are keeping quieter. Your results should have just one of those two dates.

If someone has left the city, they seem to have disappeared off this site. So the total user number is less than 161. I've attempted to contact my former colleague, Officer Amicia, who left Recolle for personal reasons, but either he no longer has access, or was removed from the site.

[true_noir]

1. January 31, I think?

2. Several times, and bought a new phone since it was time to renew. It was already downloaded.

3. Yes, they can't see it.

4. Yes, a fork.

5. Horses are now birds, fruit dances, and I have seen strange visions, so yes.

6. Several

Are you trying to keep a record of all of this information, to pool resources?

[madcuriosity]

1. Just this month when Mr. Lee gave me a phone.

2. Yes, I thought it was a virus!

3. No, I hadn't thought to. My phone is always off during school.

4. No, I don't think so?

5. A strange event? In what way?

6. I have! They've been very nice!

[accordance]

Will you be publishing the results? Perhaps as a proportion of users who have experienced a strange event and those who have not?

[megabond]

Yes. It also might help to others who are also investigating these strange events just like me. The more people, the better.

[megabond]

I joined the site during launch in January, so I'm one of the original users.

Did you talked to Amicia before he left?

[megabond]

[As he expected, she also saw some visions and received some packages, but...]

A fork? You mean a kitchen utensil?

[megabond]

Events that are out of the ordinary in this city. Everyone in Retrospec experienced them once or twice now.

You haven't noticed until now?

[true_noir]

A fondue fork to be exact. I saw it later in a vision. It is a memento of sorts of someone I have seen in those visions.

[megabond]

[Now he gets it... As for the visions, he wonders something about it.]

I see. For now, I got a brown watch as my package from Retrospec and a small stone I found by the park, but I haven't seen any visions about it so far.

[true_noir]

I also found a cloak I have seen in visions, inside of my closet with my own coat missing. But the fork was mailed to me. It seems there are small, subtle differences in people's experiences.

[standalonehuman]

Not about what was happening with Retrospec, no.

[frostythehitman]

Why the secrecy about the survey? Isn't that scientifically illegal? Don't you have to disclose what all surveys and experiments are for, or else it's unethical?

[megabond]

Huh? You mean your coat was replaced by a cloak for no reason?

It's just like when I found my stone back then.

[megabond]

Well, is Officer Amicia isn't one of those users, correct?

[standalonehuman]

He was one of the original users. But when he moved away from the city? I think he also got removed from the site. Trying to message his account gets nothing. We'd know for sure if Retrospec would publish a full user list. I've been trying to keep up on my own.

[megabond]

This is not an experiment. This is just a way for everyone to know how many of us were affected by the events connected to this app.

Besides, telling you my reasons might get me in trouble with the administrators of this app.

[megabond]

[Removed from the site when he moved away? That can't be a coincidence.]

Did you try to contact him through his phone or other social media sites?

[true_noir]

Other than the fact that the cloak feels more and more like it is mine? It appeared to be missing and replaced by it yes. I cannot tell you how anyone got in to do it, or if that happened at all. Perhaps I just misplaced my coat?

Unlikely, but possible.

[megabond]

This is strange...

But now that you've mentioned it, I remember from one of my visions that I was wearing that same exact watch, only it is different.

[He only saw it because he recalled that he wore a lab coat with his sleeves rolled up in his vision.]

[standalonehuman]

He'll answer his phone, no problem. I just wasn't about to bother him because his reasons for moving were pretty personal. Not going to disturb him until he's ready to talk to people.

[true_noir]

I can assure you that there is no difference between the feel of this cloak now and how it felt in the visions. It is identical to that one in every way, so much so that I am certain it is the same cloak.

[megabond]

[While he's worried that he will get the same low call quality, he is relieved that he cared for his partner's privacy.]

I see. Well, this is a first time I heard of someone being removed from the site. Thank you for your input.

By the way, you're also investigating this app, correct?

[megabond]

I know. But what I mean is that in my vision, I saw the watch had a clock. But the main difference between that and my watch right now is that it doesn't have a mounting for a stone like I have right now.

I can't tell why, but I'm guessing it might took place before the watched was modified.

[standalonehuman]

Not in any official capacity.

[There are VOLUMES of unspoken words there, but until the various officers who have gotten dragged into this can gather up something more substantial, they can't make a case out of it yet.]