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[recollecters]

Greetings, Users. Our system may be experiencing some residual glitches from a recent network malfunction. Our technical team is working on getting these issues under control. Please direct any concerns in the meantime to the HR department at humanresources@retrospec.com. Our staff has furthermore noticed a significant increase in tags and trends for #aprilfools and #pranks. Keep on your toes and be certain to tag your best tricks for Retrospec™! 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. Any emails sent to the HR department will be returned with a failure to send notification, and will furthermore automatically be posted to the Retrospec network. Oops? Characters who have been in game for one month will find they can now change their profile pictures. Glitches will be in effect until the 15th and may include: -Usernames changing to a cat, dog, or bird pun. -The Retrospec application being changed into a neon color + animal theme of some variety. -Notifications going off at random and being unable to be turned off. -Various "special effects" crossing the screens when people comment. -Users having to beat a level of pac-man to access the application, and then being made to beat a new level every hour to keep using the application. -Thomas the Tank Engine memes being sent to users every hour for some reason. -Profile pictures being replaced by pictures of rabbits and easter eggs. -New creepy pasta stories appearing upon log-in, to be forwarded to someone before the app can continue to be used -Parental lock and auto-correct on cursing (i.e. fuck -> duck) -A parade of pixel Chocobos or dancing fruit scrolling across the screen after each comment posted

Comments

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō No cat would ever want to miss out on such a golden opportunity.
Mewbei Nyankōbō They do so love attention!

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking if only we were all such opportunists
Steven Squawking we've already got a few people in this city with cats on the brain. you think the app did this on purpose just for that?

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō Possibly... although it's hard to put such logic onto other things it's doing today.
Mewbei Nyankōbō I'm not opposed to playing Pacman but it's an odd choice for an application 'log in.'

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking hey, pac-man takes some skill. maybe they want us to exercise our brains and skills a little before we spend hours on mind-numbing social media. that almost sounds plausible

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō That would make a lot more sense than many of the other things they've done!
Mewbei Nyankōbō I can't lie, I rather enjoyed it.
Mewbei Nyankōbō Every time I log on I feel compelled to try and beat my score.

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking weirdly addictive right? I'm always a little disappointed when I open the app and I have to do something else besides play a round. what's your highest score anyway?

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō I can't remember the specific number... let me go and check.

[SOME TIME (and a few games) LATER...]

Mewbei Nyankōbō A little over 180,000? There's a lot of room for improvement.

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking that's a lot higher than I would have expected
Steven Squawking I take that back, maybe make it a little less addictive

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō I used to work in a tech company with a very competitive workforce.
Mewbei Nyankōbō Breaktimes were often spent trying to beat one another in games like this, so... plenty of practice.

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking all right,
I can see what you mean. I've only been getting better by playing on my downtime at the bar
Steven Squawking "used to"
though?

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō That was back in Japan, quite some time ago.
Mewbei Nyankōbō Here I work at the animal shelter and nowhere else. It's my full-time job now.

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking kind of a huge change don't you think? how long have you been at it?

[Not that it's actually Luke's business, but you know.]

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō It was, you're not wrong.

[Not a change he'd ever intended to make, either. That previous job had once defined his life, but. That had happened.]

Mewbei Nyankōbō Four, maybe five months? My experience meant I could handle many of the more, well, boring aspects of this job efficiently, which is probably why I got it.

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking somebody's gotta do it. some of us do really, really poorly in boring environments
Steven Squawking not that I know from personal experience or anything
Steven Squawking but you're happy aren't you? even with the boring parts

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō Yes, I think so.
Mewbei Nyankōbō This kind of work comes more naturally to me?
Mewbei Nyankōbō I can't say I am fully settled in this city yet, but it feels like I'm getting there.
Mewbei Nyankōbō Even with all the strangeness.

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking I wish I could say you'll get used to it but uh, the weirdness is new to some of us who've been here our whole lives
Steven Squawking otherwise it's a pretty okay place. kinda feels like it keeps growing somehow, but that's also pretty impossible
Steven Squawking but guess that's good to hear

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō Growing?
Mewbei Nyankōbō I never thought of that before but... you're right. Hmm.

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking I thought maybe I was losing my mind a little but I can't get it out of my head. city limits aren't expanding though so...who knows
Steven Squawking anyway man, good luck with the cats

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō Thank you; it#s appreciated.
Mewbei Nyankōbō I am sure their position as our overlords shall remain consistant, at least.