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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

[true_noir]

I have no idea. I only know one other who got one, so I can't tell you what was in common between us. I suspect it's utterly random.

[complementing]

hmm

two people isn't that big of a sample size to determine a pattern from so I guess we'll have to see if more people get these surveys

I'm definitely voting for getting blue back, though

[true_noir]

I got two copies, and voted for both blue and green. It seems like a good use of the votes right now. I'm learning to deal with apples smiling at me.

[complementing]

yeah smiling apples is pretty much negligible compared to losing two entire colors

did you get it in the mail, or was it like some of the things from Retrospec and just in a place that you suddenly noticed it?

[true_noir]

That and they do still taste normal. I just have to slice them up so that they stop moving.

I received it on the app. Right around the beginning of the month. Two surveys that asked what I wanted back, both by Jim. It was strange, so I asked around some.

[complementing]

still makes me feel bad to do it...

hm! I hope I can get the survey eventually, just to see for myself what it is

even if I think they're incredibly stupid for taking away colors only to offer to fix it again for us,
if there's a way we can get it back, we might as well try

I've seen plenty of gray by now

[true_noir]

I am well past the point where I find the gray themes to be suited to my mood, so we agree on wanting to see this finished soon. And I can't really argue that everything about this is stupid. There is no reason that they should do it at all, and offering to return it piece by piece is equally dumb.

And don't worry. I am almost 100% certain the fruit doesn't feel a thing. Creepy as that sounds.

[complementing]

I guess we'll never understand how reality changing overlords think, but I'm pretty okay with that

[true_noir]

I care less about how they think, and more about how to stop them from fooling with our world. But we may be forced to understand him better eventually.

[complementing]

probably huh, it's the only way we can put up any defense

it reminds me of how the other Minako fought, memorizing so many enemy weaknesses in order to be able to exploit them in the middle of battle

though understanding them might prove really difficult, if our progress is anything to judge by щ(ºДºщ)

[true_noir]

Fighting with her head instead of simply power? I'm impressed. With the sort of power I was thinking she had, I would have assumed she took a more frontal assault.

It has grown slowly. It's more of a question of getting past certain thresholds I think.

[complementing]

well she's not a very good tank

but she's really good at DPS

[true_noir]

I have absolutely no idea what you just said, Minako. What do tanks have to do with anything? You don't look like a tank.

[complementing]

in video games, a tank character is a character with high HP and attack power

DPS is usually the person throwing out spells, and I think that's what the other Minako was

[true_noir]

Uhm, what is HP?

[Minako, this one understood pac man after two hours of play. HP v Mana and Stamina regeneration discussions might make her head pop a little.]

No, wait, I think I might understand. Is the Tank the one who protects the DPS from being hurt while they hurt others? I've seen a few fantasy shows where that is common. The valiant knight and the pretty witch, that sort of thing?

[complementing]

yes something like that!

HP is health points or hit points, btw

tanks have high health so they're able to take a lot of hits or attract the enemy's attention to them while other team members like the DPS hitter will attack from a ways away

the other Minako could take a hit, don't get me wrong

she just wasn't the tank

[true_noir]

[She had to think about this for a second. Ok, she had it in her mind enough to be able to understand, but the language was harder to understand.]

So, where does the sneaky one who stabs someone in the back fall into that equation? You have the knight standing in front of you, protecting you, you hitting someone from far away. Surely there should be a spot for someone sneaking up behind the bad while the two of you distract them.

[complementing]

that's the rouge or the thief

...I think Koromaru had that role on our team

[true_noir]

So, your dog is the thief? I have to admit that's a bit unusual, but I've also seen him fight. I probably would fall into more that category too, wouldn't I?

[complementing]

yeah exactly! You're both light on your feet and use small weapons

[true_noir]

Not to mention sneaky, apparently I'm very sneaky.

[complementing]

I won't argue with that!

[true_noir]

It has its merits. In any case, give me a call if you need anything, Minako.