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[recollecters]

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Comments

[esperimental]

Ritsmew Cattynyanya what
Ritsmew Cattynyanya do some places do that
Ritsmew Cattynyanya how could they do that to the crepe

[ he's a sweets aficionado in secret micah is among semi-friends ]

[esperimental]

Ritsmew Cattynyanya Mm, well sometimes they remind me of home. I'm not used to shoes indoors yet. That might be it,
but this is your hometown as you've mentioned.
Ritsmew Cattynyanya It's alright, I'm not afraid of him, whoever he is. I think it's more like I was surprised than scared.
Ritsmew Cattynyanya Someone did ask if I was a troublemaker when I mentioned that though, ugh.

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen i'm not so sure about that
Nyante Cattailen i've seen enough letters go straight from the mail into the shredder without even a second glance
Nyante Cattailen digital at least leaves a trail to trace your steps if you need to
Nyante Cattailen i'm betting if we start sliding letters under doors one of us winds up crashing into a pile of them at some point

[Emphasis on crashing. He's learned the hard way that Retrospec will happily do that to somebody poking their nose where they shouldn't...]

[notyourutopian]

Well that certainly sounds impressive.

But it doesn't mean anything.

[notyourutopian]

They do movie trailers.
And big epic fight scenes.
I mostly listen to them to wake up in the morning.

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen a circus performer? that sounds like a story
Nyante Cattailen weird when a circus performer seems wilder than hallucinations
Nyante Cattailen i don't think i've asked before, what DO your visions involve?

It's a lovely place. Very confusing.

[notyourutopian]

Elliecat Or there's a camera in my TV for skype that they figured out how to turn on.

[notyourutopian]

Staying true to yourself is a nice plan.
I suspect we'd all like that.

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen only illegal if they can prove you did it with malicious intent

[Maybe. He's not entirely sure.]

Nyante Cattailen messing with our memories would probably be worse but good ducking luck proving that in a court of law
Nyante Cattailen especially when most of the court will think you're crazy if you try to use horses or now the fruit as an example to prove your claim

[notyourutopian]

Elliecat Giant robots? Not really.
Elliecat But little ones, sure.
Elliecat No one said it had to be to scale.

[darkinferno]

[ROLLS EYES.

...he would've done the same thing though, so, point to Pen.]

Nyante Cattailen thanks for that webster
Nyante Cattailen i'm not arguing that the eyes are crazy just saying that much as it passes me off it's still not the weirdest thing that's happened so far so hoping nothing happens beyond that is kind of a moot point
Nyante Cattailen *passes
Nyante Cattailen ...
Nyante Cattailen you know what i meant

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen i don't want them
Nyante Cattailen for one thing my parents are gonna freak when they see and i don't need that headache on top of everything else
Nyante Cattailen for two i'll put up with remembering stuff about this other me but i draw the line at having to deal with random physical changes as well
Nyante Cattailen i don't know for certain if it's related to retrospec even though that's the obvious conclusion
Nyante Cattailen but it's like they're trying to make us into someone else
Nyante Cattailen the contacts are a good idea though, i'll look into it
Nyante Cattailen maybe i can at least keep that shotshow from happening

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen you sure about that
Nyante Cattailen actually you know what no
Nyante Cattailen scratch that
Nyante Cattailen i'm not tempting retrospec to try and change me into their idea of a "dapper gentleman" next
Nyante Cattailen i'll take the language filter over that shut

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa They got tired of the video game systems spying on you, so the manufacturers just jumped straight to putting the camera in the TV?
Hitori Togusa Crossing that off my Christmas list.
Hitori Togusa Which is easier, because we know that Retrospec is spying on us through our phone cameras and microphones thanks to those videos that went up last month. If they had enough footage and voice samples to put those together?

[glacian]

Gentiana Illyria I see.
Gentiana Illyria This at least explain the "cat" mugs.

Gentiana Illyria Video games are bore.

[glacian]

Gentiana Illyria There's some success to be had through brute force.
Gentiana Illyria But in tense matters such as this---
Gentiana Illyria Force alone is not enough.
Gentiana Illyria Sometimes a more 'critical' eye is necessary rather than unbridled strength. I do believe you may have to do the same if you want to avoid losing yourself within your battle to find yourself.
Gentiana Illyria In a sense, you're actually living through a similar matter that plagued Holden but will you succumb to his same depression?

[glacian]

..."duck"?

[Oh no, she's terribly amused now.]

Not a fan of a well roasted duck, hm?

[scarlet_devil]

Émilie Écarlate Hardly a wide range of choice in places like those.

[true_noir]

My plan is to help you stay true to yourself as well, you know. I refuse to leave people I'm getting close to behind just because I am taking care of myself.

[true_noir]

BlakKat Not an especially interesting one, but they are curious people.
BlakKat Perhaps I will run off and become a famous knife thrower.
BlakKat That would be quite the tale.
BlakKat And my visions are just odd, simple things. I visit strange, exotic locations and speak with people.
BlakKat I have tea with girls that pull guns on me and kiss them in strange places.
BlakKat It's all disjointed and confusing.

[daemonized]

Nyardyn Mewzunia He certainly keeps busy, doesn't he? One wonders where he finds all the energy.
Nyardyn Mewzunia This may lead nowhere, of course, but there's no harm in the suggestion for now.
Nyardyn Mewzunia In the meanwhile, I wonder what other manner of odd things will be sent from Retrospec before we get any real answers?

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa The current winner is the young lady who got sent the smiling fruit before the rest of us were subjected to the change.
Hitori Togusa Who knows what's next? I'm afraid to even make a suggestion, because Retrospec will find away to surpass the most ridiculous thing I could come up with.

[daemonized]

Nyardyn Mewzunia Then I hope the trend continues and Retrospec sends the both of us absolutely nothing in the days to come.
Nyardyn Mewzunia Or at the very least, if they must send something, let it be benign and amusing.

[ardyn, forever tempting fate.]

[daemonized]

Nyardyn Mewzunia Has there been any correlation between what has been sent, and the "memories" that plague us, however?
Nyardyn Mewzunia If that's the case, then you need only hope that said memories are mundane and unexciting, and therefore you'll be sent nothing ridiculous at all.

Argh that Jack being like "Hey I got a sweet gun!" hasn't happened yet.

[standalonehuman]

[Togusa almost flat-out lies to Ardyn, when he remembers that one of the only other people who knows that Togusa has gotten anything is Ardyn's own brother so maybe he shouldn't outright lie, if Fynn could bust him so easily.]

Hitori Togusa I wouldn't know, because I've missed out on the fun of the hallucinomemories.
Hitori Togusa Only other example I can think of was a guy that got a cat plush in the mail, and he didn't remember anything about it.