Interception

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa 4/2 near Recolle Police Department

If you haven't met me before, this is Officer Hitori Togusa with the RPD. I have a request, for anyone comfortable sharing them. The photos that you're being sent? Could you keep an eye out for any kind of mirror or reflective surface anywhere in the shot? If you find them, could you send them along to me? We have software the might be able to find more in the shots than you'd be able to. In addition, anyone who would like to make privacy complaints, I can only beg you to do so. We do not have a formal investigation into Retrospec at this time, but that may change if enough citizens come forwards with complaints. If you can, I'd even ask you to try to file them with people NOT on the application. I want to see if they'll notice anything wrong at that point. Speaking of, there are a number of detectives, officers, and support personnel currently on the application, but rather than naming them outright, I'll leave it up to them to offer their services to the people of Recolle. I'm not sure who has a full case load right now and who doesn't. Thank you.

Comments

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa If it were me?
Hitori Togusa I'd want the opposite.
Hitori Togusa People suddenly getting magic powers and weapons for whatever reason? And I knew who they were before it happened?
Hitori Togusa I'd want to keep everybody else safe from them.

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard And that might actually be a reasonable response.
Chloe Bouchard Register and protect in case something went wrong, very policeman of you.
Chloe Bouchard Nothing about Jim suits that, though, does it?

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Register? Who said register? I didn't mean it that way
Hitori Togusa Oh, that's what they just did, didn't they? We are registered. Whether we want to be or not.
Hitori Togusa Jim or whoever, you sure that idea doesn't suit them?

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard Exactly my point, yes, and it's a bit like registering a hand gun isn't it?
Chloe Bouchard His behavior would say otherwise, but I could be wrong.
Chloe Bouchard He certainly likes to keep us guessing.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Wait, no, hang on, there's still some problems with this idea.
Hitori Togusa What about people like Officer Amicia? Gladio. Friend of mine. We know it's possible to leave the network, because he was here, and then when he moved away from the city, he left Retrospec.
Hitori Togusa Going theory is that he might not even remember this place now. Certainly wouldn't remember horses.
Hitori Togusa But if they wanted to register and keep an eye on him, they wouldn't have let him leave.

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard You have a point.
Chloe Bouchard I noticed that Ryoga was gone the other day, and I am comfortable sharing that he had incredible strength.
Chloe Bouchard If he doesn't have the power now, then I don't know what that means.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Ryoga? Darn, I liked that kid.
Hitori Togusa That suggests that the memories and abilities are coming from Retrospec, that they aren't something to do with us, and we're back on the idea that this is arbitrary.
Hitori Togusa What determines who gets to remember they were a samurai, and who learns they were a mass murderer?

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard And even if it does not mean it's coming from them, it means they're directly linked.
Chloe Bouchard And I do not know, though it seems tied to each person singularly.
Chloe Bouchard Shame about Ryoga, yes.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa We're back on that other conversation. That these are memories from an entirely different person. Past life or not.
Hitori Togusa The only thing we can know for sure is that Retrospec has more answers than they're sharing with us.

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard I think it's an almost unavoidable conversation, as unavoidable in truth as the fact that we do not actually know the answer.
Chloe Bouchard And I think the only way we truly can know is to take the answers for ourselves somehow.
Chloe Bouchard They will never give them to us willingly.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa And yet, on their end, Jim and his friends seem to be treating this almost like a game.
Hitori Togusa Information is there to be taken, if we're willing to jump through the right hoops.

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard Jim, at least, does.
Chloe Bouchard I am not yet convinced that the others do, as we have not really heard them speak much.
Chloe Bouchard And, if the coin is any indication, he does not take Janet seriously.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa You know. I saw that. "Jim, put something romantic here"?
Hitori Togusa You have to be willing to show some effort. Public stunts aren't enough, Jim.
Hitori Togusa I know some women prefer practicality? But that just comes off as lazy.

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard Yes, I think lazy describes his behavior very well.
Chloe Bouchard She, we have not seen more than the mention of her name, so we don't know what her personality is like.
Chloe Bouchard Not to mention if she was actually more helpful than he is.