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[recollecters]

Maurice was going to do this, but Maurice sucks so I sent him home before he could. Anyway, some of you may have noticed our new poll feature! We just don't have the time and resources to cater to all your "where is x item, what the fuck" complaints, so we had to streamline. The polls were the result of that! Coded them myself. I mean, Maurice did some of it, but I did most of it. So basically we're democratically crowd-sourcing what we're going to bother to fix for you! You can send thank you notes to the building, HR doesn't mind. So far it seems like you all care about the color blue most, so we fixed it! A little, anyway. I suggest a bracing walk through the woods if you particularly missed the color and don't feel like gazing deeply into a hobo's eyes. You've all been reading up on QR codes, right? You might also want to learn to start a fire. Just a tip. Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated As per the World Regains tracker, fruits and flowers that were once blue are once again blue. This includes the echo flowers in the Recollé woods! NPCs seem to be incapable of seeing this color still, however, and will not note any differences. The color does not seem capable of being transferred to anything else, either, and any attempts to do so will simply fade the color of the thing you were trying to use to do that. Furthermore, one thread of at least 10 comments from you from this post may be supplied for one untriggered memory by linking the thread and in explanation putting "June Freebie". This may only be claimed through the rest of June, and may not be claimed after the month ends. 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.

Comments

[thesettingsun]

I'm never going into the woods again, not even for blue, fuck off.

[feistytrader]

Right?
The woods are the worst.

[cattack]

A good idea.
I propose we learn to start a fire in Retrospec's building.

[prometheanflame]

It would be nice if we could start fires with our minds, wouldn't it?

[potentite]

This poll was rigged. Green is much better than blue.
Also maurice sounds more competent than you.
And would have voted green i bet.
Can we vote for maurice instead of a dunderhead like you?

[digthefuzz]

sounds like someone's green with envy

[originallutece]

If this ends with all the lighters and matches disappearing from the world I'm going to be quite cross. Related: ethanol still burns grey, not blue, if anyone was curious.

[caelestialis]

So they didn't even really fix the issue of blue being missing.

Charming. Good to see they're going the extra mile just for us.

[daemonized]

So we've a Maurice, now? Give the man a chance, Jim.

And perhaps you haven't noticed, but some of us are already quite good at starting fires.

[true_noir]

It would appear so. I have yet to hear from this one, so that makes four now.

[undergrowl]

I'd rather you just give me back my blue eyes, but it took less than an hour last month to figure out you're more interested in being creepy and useless than actually doing anything of value.

[wordcarvings]

It certainly does seem as if being useful is something he might not actually be interested in. Perhaps if he could step back and let someone else try things out for a while, something more positive might happen.

[darkinferno]

what if we want to personally hand-deliver our thank you notes, when do we get some face to face interaction between everybody working for retrospec



anyway, now our hints from jim are the qr codes, fire, and his threat of seeing "some" of us next month

the question is what do these three things have in common

[true_noir]

I think the last was a threat, but they do all have one thing in common. Jim. Let me know if you manage to hand-deliver him something. I would love to see your technique.

[parodeity]

are we being encouraged to take up pyromania or what
like i hope thats not it but thats the stupidest option i can come up with
so im like
maybe thats it
but like how do qr codes and fire even go together
theyre not exactly peanut butter and jelly
or green eggs and ham
*gray eggs and ham?

yo we should totally have a gazing into a hobos eyes party though
yato when are you gonna throw one of those

[goen]

You want one?! We can have one!
Everyone has to bring some food to share though, that's my price. (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑

[prometheanflame]

I've always wanted to learn how to start a fire in the woods. It might just be the perfect time for that.

[true_noir]

You know, until those flowers, I used to love those woods. Do please try not to destroy them if you do. There's a few nice parts.

[digthefuzz]

why do you need polls to tell if someone wants to have an actual color??
but anyway forget that!
i've already found a better solution
some thing are blue again, so with a little bit of brains,
and a little bit of a lot of stickiness,
now everything can be blue again!

feast your eyes on my patented blueberry hair gel!
🙏

[With that, Kurt attaches a selfie of himself grinning ridiculously.

Except that hair still seems to be gray, in addition to now looking messy and sticky.

He doesn't seem to take a look at his selfie before he goes on.]

read it and weep!
guess i 'blue' away the competition, huh? :P

[prometheanflame]

Blueberries are purple on the inside.

[Sorry kid]

[tire]

HEY YOU DIDNT GIVE US A WIKIHOW FOR THE FIRE THING!!!
WTF
U COULDVE BEEN HELPFUL FOR ONCE

[undergrowl]

What kind of wikihow would you even *want* for this kind of thing, Sawamura.

[erythristic]

i know you'll read this, mr. halloway, even if you don't reply. but things didn't need to be fixed before you decided to break them. it's unethical to cause the problems you then act like you're so benevolent for fixing them. if you'd like to read lovely thank you notes, you could start with a less patronizing tone.

this may be useless venting, but it does make one feel slightly better.

[originallutece]

I believe the problem lies in thinking he gives a damn about being unethical.

[notbunaga]

i think checking out the woods might be a good idea
it's likely there's not going to be anything there, but still
the last thing i want to hear from this asshole is "i told you so"

[destiny_key]

my cousin is putting together a group to explore the forest!!!
if youd like to ask her her name is minako arisato
or you can ask me and i can ask her for you lol

[caelestialis]

How on earth do QR codes and fire starting go hand-in-hand??

Don't tell me you have something else planned for us. Isn't the literal hostage of two colours not enough for you and the others??

[true_noir]

You already know the answer. Of course he has something planned for us. He's had something planned every month for the last several months.

[belligerentwarrior]

if any of you weasels take his blather as an excuse for arson, i will personally find you, stuff you in a sack, and hang you up in front of the rpd

or maybe at someone's pinata party i lose sleep for it

[originallutece]

That's emphatic. Are you always so vehement against crime, or is it arson in general that has you worked up?

[complementing]

why bother taking the color blue away just to fix it a month later???? What's the POINT?

also, thanks for covering me re: fire starting, Seth and I are more than happy to show you how we can start one

[notbunaga]

you up for a trip to the woods
there might not be anything there, but even if that's the case the walk'll do you good

[She did say she'd come on any investigating, last time.]

[seizedtheday]

So they can fix.... whatever they did.
It's good to know.


In the meantime, I think I might invest in a fire bucket.

[burningblossoms]

You and me both.

I don't like where this is headed.

[trivialization]

A guessing game, what fun.

New ice age? Dies the Fire?

Interesting that he says 'fixes' though.

[toushiro]

I'd guess a new ice age. Doesn't seem like they're above giving us that.

[standalonehuman]

Still home sick. No sending Izunias after me, I didn't leave the house. But, I almost thought I was imagining it at first.

Leaves are still grey, but they're kind of pretty like this.

[daemonized]

You know I can try to help you with that.

[You... being sick, he means. Togusa.]

[destiny_key]

whos maurice???

and also why do we need to know how to start a fire???

and i dont know why i keep asking questions when i know i wont get an answer

[skald]

We won't get an answer from them, but it's still a very good question to ask!! I don't know anything about firestarting!

[sivard]

I'm going to be honest, until we actually hear from Maurice, I'm going to assume he's fake.

You shouldn't make up people to blame your problems on.

[manufactured]

He does seem a bit conveniently-placed, doesn't he.

[notyourutopian]

Maurice.
So there are at least two of you.
Plus Janet the Body Pillow.
(No I don't believe she's real, Sorry Jimbo.)

Hm.
Why make a change only to let us change it back, though.
What's the point.

What are they trying to accomplish?
Building up good will with us would only work if they weren't the ones taking things away in the first place.
Ugh.

[true_noir]

Perhaps to make us feel that we're dependent upon them. In fact, I'm almost certain that's what it's really about. I suppose that this means the polls actually do 'matter' in the smallest degree.

[openhanded]

....... I was trying to tell Yato we SHOULDN'T be setting Retrospec on fire.
please don't make my job harder.

[complementing]

Jim makes it so easy to want to, though

[godcards]

Nice attitude. Have you finally realized that no one else likes you, not even your fake girlfriend?

Why bother to crowdsource the world changes when you should already know that everyone wants those stupid colors back? Taking your time and pretending to care isn't doing you any favors. No one in their right mind is going to send HR a note for fixing something you broke in the first place, you idiot.

[true_noir]

I'm starting to think this is all a chance for catharsis more than anything. That, or a chance for him to mock us. Take your pick.

[crushcard]

when you have an option to return blue, there should have at least been fine print stating that it would only be returned to two things, and two useless things at that

[true_noir]

Since the flowers at the shop are colored again, and the sky is not, I'm guessing they only fixed very small things...