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[recollecters]

Hey, Users! This month's wikihow is right over here. In other news, don't you just love our logo colors? Such a nice shade of blue. I'm pretty fond of it myself! You know, Janet has blue eyes. But then, I guess you guys don't know anyone with eyes that color anymore, right? Whoops. Anyway, see you next month! Well, some of you anyway. :) Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated As discussed on the monthly plot post the colors blue and green are now gray - except for the blue on the retrospec application logo and their building sign, although no NPC will be capable of seeing the color in these places. As stated in the plot post, NPCs will also seem to be completely unaware that the colors blue and green ever existed. Oops. 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. Last's month's application round characters are now capable of changing their profile pictures.

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[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa But is it really my narrative? Is everyone just so willing to accept this?
Hitori Togusa I keep urging people not to lose track of themselves, in the memories of someone else that you are seeing. Telling Dante and Cleo and Chloe, don't give in to this idea of being a fighter and going up against monsters.

Hitori Togusa So do I give in to that, myself?

[daemonized]

Ardyn Izunia Who else's would it be? Does it not /feel/ like yours?

[Which is, admittedly, not a fair question. But he doesn't know how else to word it -- all of his memories felt very much "his".]

Ardyn Izunia And that's for yourself to decide, isn't it?
Ardyn Izunia Why not take your own advice?

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa The idea that I'd worked in this city with Yamaguchi felt real. But now, so does this.
Hitori Togusa But if he wasn't from here, if I'm relying on Retrospec for my information? I cant just chase down the truth of the memory. Maybe if it didn't involve somebody else, I'd be better able to ignore it.

[daemonized]

Ardyn Izunia I haven't met anyone with the strength of will to ignore these memories completely. If you can manage that at all, Togusa, I would applaud you.
Ardyn Izunia The truth of the matter is, these memories are too compelling to ignore.
Ardyn Izunia Even if our curiosity leads to changes in ourselves that we don't want, we're drawn to them regardless.
Ardyn Izunia And in that, our reliance on Retrospec feels resolute.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa I. Thank you. I don't know if I can hack it, but I'll try.

Hitori Togusa Are you sure about that, though, haven't met anyone? Even looking in a mirror? The thought of magic, being able to heal the sick, it's too appealing? Or just too interesting to ignore?

[daemonized]

Ardyn Izunia "Interesting" isn't quite the right word, but you have the right idea.
Ardyn Izunia If these memories truly were from another me, then there's a large part of my very being that I'm not aware of.
Ardyn Izunia Perhaps it's true that I could live happily in ignorance from here on out, but the holes that remain unfilled taunt me from afar.

Ardyn Izunia Would you prefer to be oblivious, Togusa?

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa But it's not to do with you. That's my point. These aren't us.
Hitori Togusa I'd rather learn the truth of it. But I'd really rather that these things Retrospec is showing everyone weren't so painful. People can prepare for the probable things that are hurtful. Why are there teenagers with soldier training? Kids who know that they've fought monsters?
Hitori Togusa If you're right, and there's truth to what they're seeing? Then my larger cosmic question becomes Why the hell do times and places exist where these things are true?

[daemonized]

[And his question in return is simple enough.]

Ardyn Izunia How do you know that the lives that we're seeing don't belong to us?

[standalonehuman]

[OH, is Togusa cross about that question, but he will genuinely think about it before just blurting out his answer.]

Hitori Togusa The idea of the karma and spiritual energy of a previous life was never supposed to be taken so literally.
Hitori Togusa If you know what you've done in a previous life, maybe it would better inform how to improve in this life, but it's also too easy to start carrying the burdens and guilt of what was done in those lives. That's why we aren't supposed to know.

Hitori Togusa The magic that we're seeing, it's becoming a fact. Slowly, but it's there. Maybe these impossible worlds are true, then, too?

[daemonized]

Ardyn Izunia I suppose it's impossible to say with any real certainty.
Ardyn Izunia All I know is that I've seen the impossible happen several times ever since Retrospec became a constant in our lives.
Ardyn Izunia Therefore, I'm keeping my mind open to all manner of possibilities.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Thank you, then. For not letting me shut my eyes about what's going on just because it is personally affecting me.

[daemonized]

Ardyn Izunia Of course. You've really nothing to thank me for.
Ardyn Izunia And while it may be disconcerting on a personal level, the consolation I can provide is that we'll figure this out. One way or another.
Ardyn Izunia It may take some time, but we're all a very stubborn lot.