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Cleo Ritter
5/24 near Recolle University
Good afternoon. For those who don't know me, my name is Cleo Ritter, and I am a rather recent addition to this Retrospec community. I have some questions, to those of you who have received the strange visions after being made a part of this. Specifically, if you're willing, I'd like to hear about those visions. I thought if we collaborate and make a list of what kinds of visions each person receives, we might be able to find a pattern as to who gets what, and perhaps piece together a more complete understanding of what is going on here. Thank you in advance for being willing to share this, and I hope this will prove useful.

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[She nods.]

I saw a boy whose arm had become some... red thing. I didn't know others could see it, though. And I've been made aware of Jim's... ah, romantic escapades.

[She hates that video. She hates that video so much.]

I'm glad I might have been useful with such theories. And I can at least say for certain that the world in my visions is not Earth.

Yeah. That's when things get weird. [He makes a face though.] Jim used to be the least of our problems and I liked him better when he was making shitty videos, but now we've gotta wonder if he's really a threat of some kind.

[But that's curious.] How are you sure they aren't from Earth?

They took place in a city made of steel. In the vision, the one whom the vision belonged to fought some manner of scaled monster near the edge of the city, showing it was high above the ocean. A flying steel city hardly sounds like Earth, to say nothing of the monster.

My other vision showed the owner of the vision to have claws and fur.

[Give him a second to stealth-glance over her and ensure that yeah, okay, no fur and no claws. This is the first time he's really heard about anywhere that sounds industrial like that, and yet not the first time he's heard about monsters. It may explain his slight lack of surprise.]

Interesting that you're sticking with the idea that the visions belong to someone else. You're positive in that?

[She holds up her hands.]

As I am human, and the owner of the visions is not, it seems logical.

Logical, sure, but then I'm finding myself curious what you think the deal is and why you're getting these particular visions then. [It's an interest to him to try and put together the pieces of everyone else's memories. It's a lot more useful than thinking about his own.]

I don't know. I have no understanding of the logic of any of Retrospec's actions.

Might be one of the things to look into. See if anyone else is receiving memories of someone else entirely. I think it's weird, personally, but maybe because I know who I am and know they're mine whether I want it or not. [A pause.] Then again, some people have changed since this started. But not really that drastically, I think.

[She shakes her head.]

It is my belief that all of these visions are of someone else entirely, not just mine. It may be someone you identify with, but this life in Recolle is our real life, not whatever fantasies Retrospec gives us.

And I agree with that. [But?] But let's say there are some parallels in this life and whatever fantasy life Retrospec's dreaming up for us. You think that's simply them preying on what they know about us and manipulating it into something more interesting? Or is there possibly real basis for all of this?

[A shrug.] Those are the kind of questions we're all circling around right now without a lot of answers to.

[She nods.]

If I had to guess, I would say so. The visions come after similar events, do they not? It is a trick of the mind. We do something notable, and then Retrospec uses the fact that we're thinking on it to supply a fantastic version of similar events.

[A slow nod.]

I was playing Mad Libs with my best friend trying to get into the Retrospec building and I remembered meeting her inside a dragon's cave. But I get your point. If you really think that's the route we should go with this I can't exactly dissuade you on it.

The 'similar event' would then be your friend, rather than the context. Do you disagree?

I disagree since the context of the memory itself and what we were doing don't match up. Thalia and I have been friends for a really, really long time. Knowing someone and meeting someone are two separate events. So. Why then? Why not?

Perhaps not. It is impossible to say just yet, but I think it is far too hasty to say these visions are proof of anything other than Retrospec is guilty of many, many crimes.

All a part of the grand mystery. [A lopsided grin.] Anyway, you're free to take as many notes from the board as you want. I keep it updated as much as I can with everything people tell me, and it's not like the bar's gonna go anywhere. You're welcome back whenever. I just wish I had better answers for you.

[She nods, gratefully.]

I may have to take you up on this... You have my gratitude. I need to know as much as possible of this.

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