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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

[thisloveisjustice]

okay is the hobo eye gazing comment supposed to be facetious, or is there really a hobo out there that still has blue eyes? seeing as other than a select few, no one has blue eyes anymore.

unless he's calling one of you lot with the mystical blue eyes a hobo.

which is entirely likely considering this is jim.

[true_noir]

Not likely. Almost certain. This is Jim we're talking about, after all.

[wherethewildthingsare]

You're gonna make me go to the woods, aren't you.

Goddammit.

[originallutece]

You don't have to.

[goen]

Feeling the blues for the blues? Don't feel like walking through the woods where evil flowers might get you? Gather round and join the...

!!! HOBO EYE GAZING PARTY !!!
(even though I'm not a hobo)

[ he's a hobo ]

The only admission fee is a bit of food to share. Let's have a good time! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
I hope you can make it, Jim! Even if Janet won't look at you, you're free to gaze into my eyes all you want. (･ᴗ･̥̥̥)

[parodeity]

im bringing nachos
other people bring not nacho foodstuffs so we have options kthnx

[flowrite]

I can't quite make fire (yet?), but I can make light and I'm working on sparks. Still practicing.

...although needing fire makes me wonder if they're cutting the power on us. If I have to live without caramel mochas it's not going to be pretty (ᗒᗩᗕ)

[true_noir]

They already did that once? So it's not outside of the realm of possibility. Definitely not outside of it. Maybe have a glow-stick handy just in case?

[stopbleeding]

fix my car jimenez. you ruined my mustang.

[doublesmall]

your what

how many vehicles do you HAVE

[mercurio]

everyone: go fund getting blue eyes back
give-us-back-our-cerulean-orbs
also the sky it's important
my pictures are all shitty now even the ones at night SUCK

thanks for nothing jim

[youraffection]

i think the sky is the most important tbh
and the water
like
its a dystopian nightmare outside

[burningblossoms]

Why do I get the feeling we're going to lose more colors soon? And more than...

[frisyr]

Do you think they'll let us do a trade?

Bring back blue, give them brown!

[vendettastool]

I'm calling it now: Jim is the worse NPC I've ever seen, and that includes the Arms Merchant of Sweet Home IV. At least that one would let me pick and chose the upgrades I want instead of just tossing things out at random.

[youraffection]

thats some serious shade

[gnasher]

"learn to start a fire?" that's the number one rule on those reality shows like survivor and naked and afraid.

apart from the stuff about spiders and bears.

[undergrowl]

Unless someone makes the mistake of going into the woods, we don't exactly have the same wilderness backdrop.

It sort of limits the things to set on fire. I can't say I trust anyone on this app to start fires in the city.

[vitis]

[ ... ] yeah i got nothing enlightening to add, it's all pretty cryptic as usual :)
maybe just be more careful about those woods.

but anyway, starting a fire's not too awful if you practice
if someone wants some tips on that, guess i'd be willing to help. that is, if you actually want to go along with what this guy says, haha.

[doublesmall]

is it really that hard to start a fire, though

kind of figured you just light something up. where does the practice factor in, here

[heiroglyphs]

Oh. Yeah. Start a fire.
Great idea! I'm pretty sure I know of one place I'd like to burn.
Give me my blue eyes back you insane bastard.

[true_noir]

I suppose that answers the question of whether people's eyes were fixed. Sorry to hear it.

[divine_braid]

Donald Maxwell Soooo... if I scan enough QR codes, does that mean they burn?

[prometheanflame]

Maybe we have to burn walls to reveal secret passages to reveal more QR codes.
It's a bizarre theory but nothing I'd be surprised by.

[megabond]

I guess that means that poll is a way to restore everything the way it should be.

But fire and QR codes? What are those Retrospec people are even thinking?!

[true_noir]

It would seem so. That, at least, narrows down its purpose. And, I honestly don't think any of us wants to know what they're thinking.

[admiringly]

i got a survey asking what i'd like to see return and chose blue
but

PETITION FOR A POLL TO REPLACE JIM HALLOWAY WITH MAURICE
OR ANYBODY ELSE
honestly a petition to just replace jim works too but

please respond with your name, +1, yes, jim's a big fat jerk, or anything else if you'd like to see anyone else but jim post on retrospec!

[frisyr]

+100000000

[mercurio]

besIDES
i think i got the starting a fire down just fine
what kinda vague threat is that... you gonna make it cold or something???

[heiroglyphs]

Prompto.
Please.
Do not tempt fate.
It's June, I don't want to be cold.

[frisyr]

What are you, my scout leader?

I think Janet left him a long time ago and being creepy and inventing imaginary friends is how he learned to cope. Maybe if we send him ice cream and a gym membership he can just GET OVER IT like a normal person!

[gnasher]

i don't want to share the gym with a guy like that. there's already the one guy with unwashed crocs in the weight room.

[starfruitfrog]

It's all well and good that you guys want us to start fires

[IT IS?!]

But please remember to remind people to take the necessary precautions and keep a bucket of water beside them at all times so the fire doesn't spread out of control. That goes for all of you, okay?

[judgementkazzy]

Ah, I don't think that's the problem...

[arahoushi]

based on this whole 'start a fire' thing i predict we're about to have an unseasonable cold snap. get your blankets kids

[botamochi]

with possibility of Recolle being drowned in fire from people attempting to burn down Retrospec HQ, we might not need to worry about unexpected cold weather.

i still don't want to deal with that. i'm not prepared for an early winter. at all.

[eyestitch]

🤔 i think this is like one of those logic puzzles...

🤔 let me see...

- 🤔 people don't like going into the forest
- 🤔 we're sposed to learn how to make a fire
- 🤔 the forest is totes spooky
- 🤔 wood is flammable

i think i solved half of the responses here! talk about a way to kill two birds with one stone lol. and um any other birds that don't get out, i guess

[potentite]

[Oh no it's period panties girl.]

Please dont set the forest ablaze miss.

[voideity]

id rather talk to maurice
i bet hes cute af
#giveusmaurice

[true_noir]

Anything to not have to deal with Jim again?

[accordance]

At least this partially solves one scientific mystery.

[ Old men don't say 'fuck you' but if he had the ability to say that, he might have. Politely. Like 'you gormless prat!!' or something.

But no. He's just too tired. ]

[insantafe]

And what would that be?

[sotenbori]

okay but did the map reading ever become useful to anyone else?
i ain't fucking proud of it, but i went into the woods without a map and got lost
(yes, i know, after all our colorful conversations -- i did punch a squirrel though and that was pretty dope but not the point)

this is the second time jim's brought up the QR codes
what if it really is important
but that's not even the interesting question as far as im concerned
cause why the fuck would jim want to help us
lets say ok he just wants to say i told you so
so bring up the QR codes once
but twice?
and now the fire thing?

i know we all hate jim but like
how is jim benefitting from giving us hints
what if we're reading jim wrong and hes just just passive aggressive because hes tired of getting a shitton of complains

[originallutece]

Did the squirrel insult you?

[Listen, she'll focus on the rest later, okay, she has to know.]

[commandertoolbelt]

if you're suggesting we set the retrospec building on fire then that can probably be arranged

[ amateur pyrotechnician reporting for duty?! someone stop him ]

[wordcarvings]

Please don't. It will likely get you into a lot of trouble.

[wordcarvings]

Now if they could return blue everywhere else and green as well... Looking at what should have a color that is not grey is making me feeling somewhat queasy. Going to many places is out of the question.

[heroforall]

Is anyone else worried about him mentioning the forest and making fire in the same update?

...Please don't set the forest on fire guys.

But maybe checking out the forest wouldn't be the worst idea? Maybe we can form groups, divide off sections of the forest for each group to explore. It could be like a field trip. Kind of.

And...I might have spent ten hours researching QR codes but I still have no idea what they have to do with anything.

[true_noir]

Actually, it is a good idea. I know that Minako will be doing an expedition very soon, with a few people. So, maybe you could help her out with that. I can't risk the flowers again, not after last time they whispered to me.