... i'm haunted by the lives that i have loved ...

[openhanded]

Surei Doushi 6/20 near Apprassage

Hi everyone. a lot has happened in the past few months and Retrospec seems to be pulling in more and more people. we don't have all the answers yet and it's pretty scary at times... to make things even weirder, there are multiple people who have encountered spirits in the woods like myself call them ghosts or specters -- whatever they are, they used to live here and they're agitated about something. I don't know what that is but I want to find out I'll be exploring a different area rumored to have spirits and other weird things happening there. someone suggested we work together so I'm opening this up to everyone. if you want to come, let me know and I'll give you the details privately. bring a flashlight and a camera if you have one. if we do run into them, the shades respond best to people who are friendly and polite. be courteous to your elders and all that's about it. if we find anything I'll be sure to let everyone know.

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Comments

[openhanded]

um...
people die because of all sorts of reasons, not just old age
it's not something you can feasibly control.
we don't know how these people died anyway.
I don't think we're in a place where we can make assumptions about anything

[crudest]

in the woods?
generally your options are probably
sickness, foul play, accidents
unless we're talking about some really ancient ghosts

i guess i can't give someone too much shit for catching the plague
but otherwise i don't see a point in being extra polite to a spirit

[openhanded]

if you're mean to them they won't be cooperative, plain and simple.
they recognized me from my first visit so I know they're cognizant of the way people treat them.
maybe you're the fearless type or someone who isn't superstitious, and I admire that, but it won't help us here
they've already told me something that no one else has brought up the entire time we've been looking at Retrospec
what else do they know that we don't?
besides, respecting the spirits is a basic tenet of every religion I can think of
you don't have to go out of your way, just being cordial to them ought to be enough. I'm not asking for offerings or incense or something

[crudest]

shock and awe you're not talking to a religious man
but alright i'll bite say you're not dreaming it all up
and you're being nice to them because they've supposedly got info

what's the plan for fact checking, captain?
how do you know that this info they gave you that's not on retrospec isn't bogus?
if i was a vengeful ghost i know i'd have fun pulling a couple pranks on bright eyed kids like you
do you trust them just cause they're invisible?

[openhanded]

[Lo and behold, these are good questions. And Sorey doesn't have the answers yet.]

you're right.
I can't discount that possibility.
the power I got only surfaced around two months ago when Retrospec really started messing with things
as I was telling someone earlier, ghosts might not exist and this could just be a purely Retrospec thing people are experiencing
every single thing I might've seen in my visions could be false. this whole world could be completely made up and controlled by the people behind all of this
but thinking that way isn't constructive. I'm going to keep looking for the truth.
that's why I'm taking witnesses and recording what we're seeing
it's why I'm going to keep looking in other places, and corroborate everything I learn with others

[crudest]

what
you're dodging the question
and that was a slippery slope if i've ever seen one
but i'm not your english professor

anyway

fine whatever
but at least make plans that this isn't some field trip for fun or a waste of time
unless you really like campfires and marshmallows
what i'm seeing is a bunch of teenagers raising their hands and saying "oh pick me pick me!"
which
fine and dandy for a camping trip

but if you're the only one who can hear voices what's the point
i don't know you from jim
your power could be seeing spirits
it could be attracting demons
we just don't know

though i guess the latter would at least be more fun to watch

[openhanded]

ah, I thought that was a rhetorical question!
I don't trust them entirely, but there's clearly something wrong here
I can't just ignore what's in front of me.

sorry about that -- there's been a lot of that destructive thinking thrown at me lately even if it wasn't on purpose
people have been talking about it on the network, even.
I have thought about seeing the spirits and what it could mean. I've thought about it a lot.
I'm still coming to terms with all this myself...

people go into old abandoned buildings all the time just to look around and take pictures
so I'm not too worried on that front
it's dark and creepy at night, and I expect that'll be excitement enough for some people.

anyway, you don't have to trust me or take anything I say at face value
I don't think there's anything I can do to prove I even have the power I'm talking about
all I can tell you is I'm not the only one who saw the spirits in the forest.

[crudest]

if you're not the only one who saw the spirits or will o wisps or whatever
then make sure you drag along the other people who did is all i'm saying

you can have your existential crisis
who am i, what am i, where am i
sort of thing on your own time
and my advice is not to put it on blast to people you don't know either
phone a friend, not a stranger

but you don't know me from jim either
so it's not like it matters to me

[openhanded]

that was the idea

I'm fine but thank you for your concern

I don't think Jim could be one of us anyway.
you ask a lot of really good questions, so thank you for that
it's obvious you're not apathetic to what's happening.

[crudest]

if someone's apathetic to what's happening they're probably stupid

but now i'm curious
you don't think jim walks among us?

[openhanded]

there's a lot of scary stuff going on, I don't blame people if they want to hide from it
but not caring a bit about what happens to those around you is...
something else.

[He's always cared about other people. Callous people don't seem like people at all.]

he doesn't strike me as the subtle type.
to be frank I don't think he could really keep quiet
he'd blow his own cover within a day

[crudest]

what if he's just pretending to be unsubtle
or
or janet's the brains of the operation
which i already believed
and she's the stealth one