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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 Temporary access levels have been revoked.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
Retr

spec Incorporated

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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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. ]

[... He can read between the lines here but you know what he's good at doing?]

Kind words from someone so confident herself!
Truly, I admire how honestly you can speak, particularly in consideration of others' feelings.
You certainly have a way about you, Miss Velveteen.

[ looking the other way?? ]

thank you.
though the last person who told me so managed to be far less patronizing than you are currently.

[being a bitch.]

If you perceive me as being patronizing whatsoever then perhaps it's a problem with you, because I never intended to come off as such.
All I mean is that your upbringing truly shines through in matters like this. Verbose and yet striking at the heart of things.

[ ....................... ]

my apologies, Akechi. i may have taken my teasing a bit far.
you were not that patronizing, really.

also, i am aware my family is full of these types and i am often no exception. i hope that you will help me keep such a thing in check going forward, seeing how you manage yourself so well.

Edited 2017-09-01 14:38 (UTC)

[what a snipefest. he feels a little bad about it since... she doesn't really deserve that sort of attitude, even if she reminded him of some of the less nice people in his life.]

... I'd like to apologize as well.
However annoyed I may have been at your attitude, I shouldn't have replied in such a way, nor followed it up like that.
Instead, I should have addressed you directly. I'll do so now.
Please don't patronize me. I very much appreciate your honesty, but I don't want it dressed up. I have no problem with accepting it plain.

[ ...he also does not deserve any part of this. ]

i really don't find you condescending that often, if it's any consolation.
though i'm not certain if that's simply because i'm used to it or because you're rarely so towards me.

[ ............. ]

regardless.
apology accepted, and i hope you accept mine in return.
i appreciate your company and hope this will not come between us.

I do. Your friendship

[.......]

Your friendship means a lot to me. I would hate to endanger it over something like this.

[ ............what does she do with this. ]

thank you.

[ ...????? YEAH? ]

[...........YEAH.

UM.

OKAY. NAVIGATE THE AWKWARD SENTIMENTALITY THE WAY YOU ALWAYS DO, GORO.]

What sort of color would you peg me as?
I'd kind of like to join in.

[ nshjakndhng ]

smooth transition, Akechi.
perhaps green?

I do my best. And green sounds like a good idea! It's refreshing.

[Okay!!! He'll try it.]

What do you think?

[ snrrk. ]

it depends on what you think, Akechi. do you like how it looks?

[he can see it isn't green. he is a fool. he has been bamboozled.

however.]

Yes, I quite like it. I think I may make it my go-to color from now on.

[ !!!!! ]

i certainly hope so.
truthfully, i've already decided i'll be permanently joining the color brigade... though perhaps with something a little less vibrant.
such as, i suppose, this? it looks darker.