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[recollecters]

Welcome to Retrospec™, the last social media network you will ever need. You are one of the few selected to test this exciting new platform based on our cutting-edge algorithms. Less than two hundred invitations have gone out, and membership is not currently open to the public. However, we hope you will come to see how useful Retrospec™ is, given time. We have for your use a variety of features such as text, voice, video, and image posts. We encourage you to explore our many options. Anyway, now that the copypaste part is out of the way! Jim here, requesting you guys make your secret meetings a little more exciting. It's not like you're not trying with the whole "let's meet off the network!" dealio, but I have some serious concerns. For one thing, no secret handshakes or phrases? Not even dramatic meeting locations? The trying rating is about half a star if that. And I'm almost bored to tears with the whole back and forth about what's going on. Not bored enough to give you a cheat sheet, but still. I can't get myself taken off surveillance duty, so at least try to make it a little more exciting! You guys might like this wikihow. Later! Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated 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. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently. Characters who have been in game for more than one month will find they can change their profile pictures; newcomers are locked into their first choice. At various points throughout the day users will be sent images of themselves from behind, regardless of where they are. There doesn't seem to be any way to catch whoever might be taking and sending these, however, especially since being alone in a room doesn't seem to be a deterrent.

Comments

[manolia]

I'm not too much of a software guy, so could you run some diagnostics? I'm not sure it's the government so much as an independent corporation that has something to gain. Normally, I'd think the same as you, but there seems to be some stranger shit occurring.

My concern there is that we seem to be experiencing either a warping of reality or an extremely detailed common delusion. You mentioned you're getting your bearings. Do you remember fruit that, uh, don't have faces? Horses? Things that were there, but now seem to not be, and those around us have no concept otherwise? Not to mention those that claim they have hallucinations of memories they know they haven't experienced. Independently, I'd claim mental illness, but this many? It makes one paranoid.

God doesn't make mistakes (see: normal fruit, rather than the happy dancing ones that He surely had no hand in), but someone at Retrospec might have. I don't know if that's more or less terrifying than the idea that they know what they're doing.

[testgasm]

I mean, I'm working on it, but I haven't come up with anything yet. I can...keep everyone posted? If this is something we think is worth investigating.

Warpings of reality is decidedly above my pay grade, unfortunately. Are you saying all of that is set to start happening to me? Because I'd rather not, thanks.

[manolia]

I certainly think it's worth investigating. Probably others do as well. Once you get Retrospec, there's not much getting rid of it - not even via getting a new device entirely. It's as though it's linked to you.

Ahahaha, yeah, good luck with that, dude. It's like someone gave an incredibly sketchy startup a warp drive. (I can only imagine how many hours these people work, if they ever go home.)

[testgasm]

Right. That's only a little disconcerting.

[He's just gonna go...check that out real quick.]

What does Retrospec do, exactly? The company?

[manolia]

Social media and marketing, ostensibly. They have headquarters in Tisse, if you ever care to take a crack at talking to a live human being. Other than that, they're incredibly secretive, they never answer their messages, and they seem to interact with us only on their terms. Never ours.

[testgasm]

"Ostensibly".

Sounds about par for the course, really. Spent most of today trying to get through to customer service. Didn't happen, obviously.

[manolia]

Last time I tried to go to their headquarters in person, I had to fill out a couple mad libs before the door would open, if that gives you any indication of how "professional" this outfit is.

Anyway, welcome to the party; I don't believe I've seen you around before. But then again, Recolle's a big place.

[testgasm]

Figures. At least you tried, though?

Sorry, should have introduced myself. It's Wheatley.

[manolia]

Who needs introductions when it's all out there??

I'm Chibi Elhein, but if you feel more comfortable with last names, you can call me Elhein? Going to assume you don't go by Pendleton?

[lmao, pendleton]

[testgasm]

[LOOK]

I'll call you whatever you like. I do prefer my surname, though. Packs a bit more of a punch, I'd say.