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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

[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.

[caelestialis]

I know he - they, really, since it is rather unfair to put the blame on him for everything that's happened - has plans for us. I just want to know what they are exactly. QR codes and fire starting are two very different things.

[ ... ] I hope he doesn't give us QR codes that causes random fires to happen.

[true_noir]

Maybe one of these days he will tell us in detail ahead of time? Perhaps the others are more straightforward?

...or QR Codes to put out random fires in the city? That's a frightening thought. Maybe the only fire extinguishers in town will be in locked cases with Codes we need to scan to open them.

Why does that sound believable?

[caelestialis]

Maybe that's why he kicked Maurice off of posting duties for today. He would have been too honest with us.

I think it sounds believable because after all we've been through, we just got used to the unexpected I think. You can only go through these sort of adventures so many times before it starts to feel like an average weekday. [ creepy stalking photos and shrinking aside. ]

[true_noir]

Who knows? Maybe we will find out eventually.

Fight a giant centipede, and the idea that you'll put out fires with QR Codes is completely believable. Next, Godzilla will attack us and we have to fight it with objects hidden around town.

[caelestialis]

At the very least can the items be sensible or be whole so we don't have to puzzle out how to use them or put them back together? That's all I ask.

Honestly it almost feels like we're in a video game. A point-and-click adventure game due to how strange the thread of logic is.

[megabond]

To be honest, I feel they don't mix at all.

Although I do agree that Retrospec is planning something. I just hope it's not something dangerous than the shrinking incident.

[caelestialis]

What do you think they're going to do then? I was thinking that if we ended up using the QR codes, it would cause fire to spontaneously happen in random locations.

[ ainsley... ]

[megabond]

I know they can change the reality around us, but that theory might be a little too far-fetched, don't you think?

[caelestialis]

That's where you draw the line when it comes to what they won't do in order to fuck around with us? Really?

[megabond]

Look, you're right that I'm starting to grow frustrated by Retrospec, but I feel you need to calm down for a second.

Stressing about it won't help you think clearly of this situation.

[Although, in reality, he is also stressed out by Jim's last message, fearing the worst case scenario regarding this information.]

[caelestialis]

I'm going to ask you to not treat me like a child. I am not stressed nor do I personally believe that I need to calm down over anything.

It's just irritating to me that you think my idea is apparently too preposterous to believe. Especially when we've already been shrunk and had witness colours themselves be erased from history and seemingly reality. Not to mention Chocobos have replaced horses, certain types of fruits now do a dance whenever a pop song comes up, and etc etc.

[commandertoolbelt]

maybe we have to scan the qr codes to get the wikihow on starting a fire

[caelestialis]

My head is already hurting at that being an actual, possible answer for these shenanigans.

There's gotta be a way to get him away from posting duties. We need a break from.

[commandertoolbelt]

they’d have to be scannable first though and from what i’ve heard they’re not
so i guess we'll never learn that way

maybe if we petition janet she’ll let maurice take over

[caelestialis]

Huh. They aren't? What's the point of codes if they can't be scanned? I bet this is Jim's doing. It always seems to be.

I'm definitely behind the idea of meeting Maurice. Anyone for this matter. I just want proof that there are other people in this company and this isn't a demented one-man show despite what Jim is presenting us.

[commandertoolbelt]

for all i know there’s some puzzle to it that he’s laughing at us for not solving yet

when in doubt, blame jim

#LetMauricePost2k17
or janet, i’m not picky at this point
though i bet she’d get bombarded with questions on how she stand jim long enough to get engaged to the guy

[caelestialis]

Do you think she's actually engaged to him?

That poor woman. No wonder we've only seen him. She's been hiding from the idea of planning a wedding and everything.

[wordcarvings]

Maybe scanning the codes will set fire to the spots the codes are placed.

[caelestialis]

I don't know what's more terrifying.

That it could happen at all.

Or just realising that we may have given them too many ideas to play around with in the future.

[wordcarvings]

No idea. Maybe both are equally terrifying.

[caelestialis]

Definitely.

I'm just exhausted at the very thought of having to deal with whatever they have in store for us. I'm so glad summer is here. Teaching summer classes would be a welcomed respite from all of this.

[wordcarvings]

Hopefully it won't actually cause trouble but considering, it's not impossible.

Yeah, it seems like it would. We all could use some summer right now. Though it will not be the same this year thanks to all the gray.

[caelestialis]

I know. It's going to be so depressing going out for jogs more than usual for the rest of this summer. So much grey where greens or blues should be.

But I do want to be hopeful for the future. If some blues are coming back than maybe the rest will return too? Along with the other colours? Jim did mention we wanted blue back the most meaning if this, whatever 'this' is, keeps up than who knows? It'll be normal again.

[ normal as it can get, she means. ]