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04/01 near Recolle

You know, I was starting to feel a little left out of everyone else having strange hallucinations about things they never think they did, but then I received a photograph. The note stated it was me in the photo, but as you can tell, that's a little difficult to tell, and I've no idea who that girl is, either; it's not me as a child, that is for sure. More curious is the date says '1970' - that's before I was born. It didn't trigger any kind of hallucination either, so perhaps it was delivered to the wrong place? If it is someone else's, I would be happy to forward it to your address if necessary. Otherwise, I think it may be going in a box. It's kind of creepy.

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Perhaps, but the damage looks like it's on the picture itself - this is an actual photo and not like a photocopy. Like it got smudged in development or something? It may be worth looking into to see who the girl might be, or where it's at, though. It almost looks like some kind of old, overgrown manor with what looks like vines on the windows in the background?

... Except I get the most ominous feeling looking at it, and I'm not sure why.

It seems to be a thing with people whenever they get something that seems innocuous. Though to be fair with its condition and the circumstances, this photo does seem more unsettling than most things I've seen others receive.

I had the same feeling about an item, truth be told. A feeling of bittersweet nostalgia whenever I looked at it. Then I had a vision related to the thing. Maybe the same thing could happen to you, somehow?

Me as well. I've been noticing the posts people make, even if I don't have the time to respond to them all. I wonder if it's some sort of omen, though I wonder what a smudged face could mean.

Or if it's just a mean-spirited prank, I suppose. RetroSpec hasn't particularly shown to be entirely mature in their ideas.

[But that brings up the second part. Hmmm...]

I don't really feel nostalgia, though. Truth be told, I'm confused, and a little worried about it if it is supposed to be me. I mean, I suppose it wouldn't be the most terribly difficult thing in the world to find an old photo of a Japanese woman with my general build and hair style, so it could just be something like that. But I've not had any of those... hallucinations yet. I'm starting to think I never will, either.

This has been quite an elaborate prank for the company to pull of if that's the case. And for what purpose? Nothing points to them trying to make a profit or getting something out of us. At least things that make sense.

If I can be honest- Honestly? I'm unsure if you're lucky or not to not be having these visions yet. A part of me feels like we're discovering something while another part of me recoils at it. It feels staggering, the idea that your life may not be what you think it is. Sometimes I wonder if we should be trying to peer into the looking glass, find out what's going on.

But if it is meant to be some kind of purposeful thing that we are meant to see, then why are some people not experiencing it? I've seen at least one or two other people who haven't experienced a thing.

It's curious. It's why I've made the comment that I am starting to feel like I'm part of some kind of control group while everyone else is subjected to strange things.

A control group?

Huh. I never thought of that being a possibility with us. Wouldn't the control be the rest of the city then since they seem okay with everything going on? The horses and the fruits? The memories and the items? But I wouldn't put it pass them to do that among us. They've done almost everything else.

If the point is that you are supposed to experience these hallucinations, then why would they have people aware of other changes, but never have the hallucinations if not for a control group?

Or at least maybe a different sort of test group than everyone else is in.

That's sort of what it feels like, at least.

That's a good point.

It sounds like you put a lot of thought into this! I wish I was just as diligent when it came to all of this plotting and reasoning things out. It often feels like we're being kept in the dark and they, whoever 'they' are, have no intentions of letting us see the end of the tunnel.

I just work for a family that's very into science and medicine. It's sort of natural my thought process goes in that particular direction, but I guess my own life experiences have colored that, as well. I read a lot of fiction.

But it does all seem like a huge conspiracy, even if I don't usually buy into that kind of hysteria. There's usually a logical explanation, but... there's no logical explanation for a lot of what has been happening.

Maybe there is and we're just unable to see it yet? Like how some diseases and diagnoses aren't realised yet because they're so rare and difficult to realise.

With a bit of luck and help from the others, we can figure out what's going on here. Hopefully.

This is true. A little embarrassing to think I might actually be being swept into it, but... perhaps it's for the best all of us back off a little.

There's enough good minds here, I think, that we can figure something out.

Even if it does turn out to be something truly absurd.

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