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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. This post is an overflow from the original post here. Feel free to either carry over threads from there or create entirely new ones.

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[elevelvetor]

the free ones aren't so

nevermind. their quality, frankly, is rather varied.
i recall oaktale and apocalypse online being decent, but ao's official servers don't run anymore, i believe. i'm not certain about oaktale.

[feistytrader]

You're really into MMOs, aren't you?
Are you into other video games too?

[elevelvetor]

not as much. i have played a few, but they often leave me feeling rather... dissatisfied, because they don't have what i require.
tetris is fun to pass the time with though.

[feistytrader]

What do you require out of a game?

[Immersion? Angry twelve year olds?]

[elevelvetor]

community.

[ so yes, angry twelve year olds. ]

i like watching people talk, and i enjoy exploring the world with those that enjoy the same activities as myself.
that is, roleplaying.

[feistytrader]

Well, I don't know about roleplaying, but there's a lot of community in other games, too.
You just have to play them with friends. My buddy Shouto invites me over all the time.
Although careful about Maria Party. It'll ruin friendships.
Arcades are great, too.

[elevelvetor]

that would require me having friends first?

[ ...she has friends online but they live outside of the city, more or less, she doesn't really have any here? she doesn't tend to make them? ]

[feistytrader]

[...Oh. Well.]

Hi. I'm Silver. Let's be friends.

You want to meet up at the hub tomorrow?

[This is a bit socially awkward, but he's a socially awkward person.]

[elevelvetor]

[ what, people don't just declare they don't have friends?? ...she's not really sure how she feels about being friends either, but she'll cross that bridge when she gets to it. ]

a pleasure, silver. i am elizabeth.
though, if we are at a secret meeting, you should refer to me as maloria.

[ ...she has a secret handshake and everything to go with it?? her and souji talked this out. ]

regardless, i don't believe i have plans for tomorrow
so yes, i suppose!

[feistytrader]

[...Maloria. He's absolutely not going to remember that.]

Nice to meet you. Meet you after school?

-> action

[elevelvetor]

[ please at least try?? ]

certainly.

[ ...and thus, the next day, elizabeth's at the hub after school. she looks a little out of place there, honestly—she's a little nicer dressed than one should be an arcade, and she keeps glancing up from her phone to give a quick glance around at the games and the people milling about. an eye for silver, as it were, even if she's busy retrospecing it up at the same time.

when she spots him (or, well, she is fairly certain it is him), she smiles and gives a small wave, tucking her phone into her bag. ]

Good afternoon... Gin... no, you introduced yourself differently than the app... Sylvester, was it? That doesn't sound quite right.

[ .............ah! ]

Silver. [ said like that's her final answer. she's got this, man. and—she takes a moment to size him up and laughs, cover her mouth. ] ...You're much taller in person.

[ silver's like 6", liz is roughly 5'5". ]

[feistytrader]

[They contrast pretty largely, don't they. She's nicely dressed and short, he's tall and in a hoodie. He puts a hand on the back of his head and slouches a little to try and bridge the difference.]

And you're Elizabeth, right?

[He's fairly certain that this doesn't count as a secret meeting, at least.]

Where would you like to start? I can point you to a couple of my favorites if you don't have a clue.

[This place is known for having some pretty cool retro games, but it's got an interesting variety as well. There's maria sisters and galactica, but there's also a ddr machine and a shooting game. Another one that stands out is marvel vs capcom, but the possibilities are endless.]

[elevelvetor]

[ hmmm. she gives another look around and heads towards the ddr machine—best to move quick, this drum's beating without anyone else's permission. ]

Perhaps this? Dancing has always been one of my favorite activities. [ it happens when she's in musicals, it's a lot of fun. ]

[feistytrader]

[...Well, that would have been his suggestion. DDR, truly the greatest of pastimes.]

You're on. Pick whatever song you want.

[He produces a handful of coins for her; he's not so cheap that he can't cover for someone he invited.]