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Hello Users,

Please be advised that the temporal-spatial storm has now passed. Temporary access levels have been revoked. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please also be advised that as the storm has passed, work has resumed on certain other issues.

You have my sincere thanks for your assistance.

Thank you,

Janet Halloway
Human Resources
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As of this post, the city has completely returned to normal; damage has been fixed, monsters are gone, and NPCs now believe that monsters are definitely not normal but don't seem to remember them having been a thing. Oops? All weapons and powers gained in their various locations / as QR codes are now gone, additionally. Group 1 locations can no longer be accessed.

Retrospec NPCs will not be reachable past this point! As mentioned to various members of group one, the Director does not approve of Retrospec's team speaking with its users, so NPC interaction will drop back down to what it originally was at this time. Doing research for these people will also net zero results.

City-based NPCs will now remember members of group two! They will simply be under the belief that group two members were on vacation/had a family emergency/etc. No consequences will come from them being away at their jobs or school or anything else!

Furthermore:

-Horses are now regarded as valid mythological creatures! So you get mildly less strange looks for talking about them.
-Photographs and text, online and off, now have the color blue again!
-Visual video media (online, in theaters, etc) now has the color green once again! This does not include text yet.
-There has been a new list of karaoke songs added to the city of Recollé! These songs can now be found in karaoke bars and machines all across the city and even can be sold on CDs for your own karaoke parties.
-The Crow's Nest now has locations across the world, including a brand new location right in the heart of Recollé! After August's plot wraps up, be sure to grab a bite to eat and say hi to Kenny Crow.
-Finally, the ocean has been restored! It's still gray, however. Keep working together to buy back world changes.

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.

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Well.

That raises some questions, I think, in regards to... a few things on my plate.

[like the gun. the gun!!! the fucking silenced pistol. why. why.

-- no he doesn't want to know he has a feeling like he doesn't want to know, honestly.]

Thank you for a summary of the information you received, Miss Velveteen. Though I feel it must have been hard to process then as it is now.

[ SORRY, AKECHI. ]

it was
not my pleasure, exactly, and it was no trouble, but i felt it necessary.
even if we end up having an information sharing party in the future and it may have been better to share there.

[ ...she wasn't going to say anything, but Dave mentioned things, and then when she sat down to type stuff it came out and—

she has discovered she is not quite as good at holding soul-crushing information in as she is, say, personal matters. thus NO WORD ON PROCESSING... HAHA... ha. ]

Edited 2017-08-26 02:58 (UTC)

[...]

A detective strives to find the truth, no matter how hard or grim it is. It's important that we look into these matters with a grain of salt, however, and see how things connect if at all.
It isn't enough to take things at face value.

[and he certainly doesn't want to, frankly speaking... there's a lot to process and unpack.]

At the same time, there's nothing wrong with leaving things as they are for the moment and focusing our attention elsewhere. For instance, seeing if there's anything else that has been normalized/given back to us once more. I believe it'll be important to keep a running list of things we've lost versus things we've gained, just... for our own sakes, maybe.
Though mostly for something to do.

it would seem our agency has quite the case to take on, doesn't it?

[ ... ]

i believe you're right though.
for now, it may be better to simply set this aside as best we can and merely take it in parts, concentrating on other things to let our minds unwind.
nothing good comes of losing yourself in a case. isn't that right?
i distinctly remember many a fictional character's fall from grace involving an obsession or two.

[No doubt... what a troubling case, one he's not sure he wants to solve. It sets him on edge.]

That's correct, Madame President.
I'll look into our apartment, by the way, the status of and if we need to... find a new one, as it were. It'll be alright if so, though I'm wondering if there really will be such a perfect one with university starting so soon.
... So much for a vacation...

i'm certain you'll be able to find something.
barring that, you do have two roommates who can also help you look.

[ remember that bit about not handling everything yourself

yeah ]

[oh

right.]

Of course. Six eyes are better than two, after all.
Just make sure you take time to unwind before you decide to look.

[... The implication here is that Goro's absolutely not going to wait long to look again, probably will start immediately if necessary, but that's just... how he personally copes.]

By the way, did Kiki stay with you? I woke to find Watson had flown the coop.

[ we all cope in different ways but also please sit down, goro. ]

unfortunately, she hadn't.
it was incredibly disappointing, to be honest...
i was rather fond of her, and we had grown very close.

[but if he does he'll start thinking about the implications of his memories and how natural it is to shoot and gun and. a lot of things.]

... Do you want to come with me to the shelter? We can look at the animals and see if they'll allow us to play with them for a bit.
Perhaps you'll find your soulmate in one of them.

[ look. same. ]

that would be nice.
perhaps tomorrow?

Tomorrow is perfect. I'm using all of today to relax, after all, from my... out of city photoshoot that I apparently had.

[It's what his family agrees he's been doing. Wow, he cannot wait to see the pictures that develop out from that.]

is that the reason for your disappearance...
mine was "visiting relatives". i forgot that there are several birthdays in August in my extended family...
my uncle asked me how they were.
i told him "the usual" and he laughed.

What we did ended up being much more exciting than anything of the sort, huh.
That reminds me.
Your texts are a little alarming, Miss Velveteen.
Particularly in regards to certain notes.

[like her APPARENT ENGAGEMENT.]

are they?
please remind me of what i sent, exactly.

The ice cream peddler wants to marry you.
I saw your being a hare (and your text whilst in animal form was rather cute, I'd like to inform you) and

we can talk about the llama-man tomorrow. I'll gather my thoughts on it and give you them then, if you'd still like them.
I did see the inventive way your group managed to escape that room though. I'm rather impressed by the innovation and willingness of participation in turning one's hand into stringy cheese, as horrifying as that is in retro
in hindsight.

[ ah yes. the maybe-engagement. was that really so troubling, goro. ]

please do.
and yes, it was quite creative. Emil and Dave were wonderful...
it made me bite my tongue on any laughs i may have over the uselessness of "turning oneself into dairy products" as a power.

[yes.]

All that aside, Miss Velveteen...
Did you enjoy yourself?

[ she's older than you (by a few months) she can make her own decisions... ]

for the most part.
i would have preferred to be here, obviously, but the company i ended up keeping was lovely.
ah!
i met some of your groupmates when we returned here as well, by the way.
i'm certainly glad you found your people.

My people...
While their company was
interesting and enjoyable to a point
I'm not entirely sure I could consider them such.

["i don't try to be condescending" he'll say. but he is.]

it's that sort of attitude that helped you fit in with them, evidently.

What sort of attitude?

being extremely condescending.

[Excuse Me.]

I am not condescending.
I just think there is more... suitable company to call my people.

[he's condescending.]

do you think i'm condescending
i don't try to be but i'm aware i can come off as such at times
it was a word that paired well with some of the
rougher people that i knew.

[ oh...... she made him go to full-on lowercase........... ]

not at all!
but i do know some people who consider you to be,
and one of your groupmates told me you were "extremely so."

to me, you simply feel as if you have fairly high standards, as compared to other people, half of which you yourself may not even reach, yet you pride yourself on them regardless.
and you're very confident in them and yourself despite that as well.

[ he's condescending. ]

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