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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] retrospec2017-11-01 05:49 pm

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hey. first matter of business is that you won't be getting items in the mail any longer. i'll send you tickets if i get something and you can ignore it if you want or pick it up from the mailbox. it's your choice. if you ignore it whatever it is stays in storage. the original thought was that you would like your things back, but since that isn't always the case this seems like the easiest way to avoid problems.

i'll be upfront and say that you shouldn't try to put anything in the mailbox that doesn't go there. you can put in items registered in our system but anything else will trigger the failsafes. while these failsafes aren't lethal or anything, they're designed to be about as much of a pain as it would be for me to sort out that kind of thing. so that's your warning to maybe avoid triggering them?

please do not attempt to destroy the mailbox. it took me a while to set up. it's over by the building. you'll recognize it because it is blue. instructions on how to use it will come with any tickets i mail out. if you have an item you want stored which is in our systems, go over and put it in. if you want one unstored, it'll give it back. easy as pie. no one else can pull your stuff or store it; it's locked to specific users with specific items.

by the way, this isn't going to be working fully until the third. i'll be sending out tickets anyway though, so just keep tabs on them.

can't do anything about physical changes without knocking your souls out of alignment, which is technician work anyway, and also would kind of kill you. joanne will address that in a second.

Maurice Fitzwilliam
Mail Department
Retrspec Incorporated

Hello! Like Maurice said, the physical changes are a result of your souls being as they are! What the mind forgets, the soul remembers. As long as you're you, you will become more "you" physically. It's a little like an echo coming back? I'm trying to be understandable, but the actual explanation is way more technical, sorry! That said, the only way to "stop" that kind of thing would be to let your soul dissipate, which is possible but 1) would kill you! and 2) would definitely be a thing I don't want to do because of point 1 and 3) is entirely against the company directives anyway. Maurice doesn't think saying this will help much, but I don't see any reason to not! Well, actually what he said was that people always need a target and he doesn't mind us being one, but he's a gloomy dork so he doesn't get a say. My great-grandmother liked people who were honest, not people who sighed and didn't bother to say things!!

Also, I did try to explain unreality effects earlier when I spoke to some of you, but I don't think I was as clear as I could have been. At least, I'm not sure how to say things clearly and still be allowed to say them, but! There is something that causes unreality on the whole that I can't really say much about. But it was very connected to what destroyed all those poor worlds. We can't do much about that, but sometimes we can snag a few souls from those places, so we do, because we can. Not everyone liked that, you know, but what's the point of saving only yourself from the dark? Anyway, they had that argument way before I was ever born, but even if they'd had it when I was alive, this would definitely be my answer.

We do manage to stabilize things sometimes. I'm afraid I need to let you know that some of it we're going to have to let go. The changes might be a little confusing, but it shouldn't be dangerous. We're going to be moving some resources into better defenses against that kind of huge storm. Please don't worry too much if some things move around or shrink! It's a lot to maintain, you know?

I'm sorry that we can't be more exact. This month shouldn't be more than residual effects from what we're doing, though. So it won't be any uncontrolled unreality. Mostly! For the record, we don't really control what those effects are! I can't really address everyone but I know that came up a lot last time?

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retrspec Incorporated

As of this post, clothing and personal items have now regained the color blue! This includes all items your character had in their AU plus any regains your character has obtained. However, this does not include physical features.

As a reminder, this month's freebie regain can be earned with one thread on this post with five consecutive comments from you with a new character. We define "new character" as any of the incoming new characters from the application round regardless of TDM tags or any in-game character who your character has not threaded with. Once you have those five comments you may turn in the regain request as usual with "November Freebie" as the explanation (and the thread link).

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.
storytelleroftime: (bro you fucking serious)

[personal profile] storytelleroftime 2017-11-02 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
...Fair enough. But there's only so many times Retrospec can post a semi-foreboding post before you stop putting effort into commentating on it.
unenvied: (exasperated ♔ ii.)

[personal profile] unenvied 2017-11-02 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. It seems we're both "new" to this app and have quite the experience ahead of us, if testimonials from others are anything to go by.

[personal profile] compendiem 2017-11-02 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. I'll be online.
bitemefightme: (yea but)

[personal profile] bitemefightme 2017-11-02 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
I've tanked until noon a few times since then.

[Look, running on no sleep eventually catches up to you, no matter how much you don't want it to.]

This morning seemed better, though. None of that nightmare bullshit.

Did you get your jacket fixed alright? Do I need to kick Retrospec's ass so they cover your bill.
sketchythief: (pic#11812076)

[personal profile] sketchythief 2017-11-02 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
yeah i wish it was like that too... i didnt mind "remembering" things because they were only just slightly weird things until last month, then i feel like everything just blew up

i feel like dissociating ourselves with the memories is a bit unhealthy but i think a firm belief in staying who we are will keep us grounded! you know, as ourselves

i mean... i sure dont feel anything like my other self despite everything so far

i believe in you ٩(●ᴗ●)۶
notbunaga: (Default)

[personal profile] notbunaga 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
oh i remember august alright
it mightve literally been september 1st when i left? i cant remember too clearly though

id say heres to hoping november gives everyone a break but i dont think there are any brakes on this ride
doublesmall: (where are we?)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
none of this 'past life' stuff or whatever it is, no
coinflipped: (19)

[personal profile] coinflipped 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah whatever...

[Watch one of his first memories be remembering Magilou...]
scythegun: (REALIZE ⇝ estelle's the princess?)

[personal profile] scythegun 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Close! "Looking a gift horse in the mouth" is the phrase you were looking for!

And I do agree with you, I'll take this over the very unhelpful and often condescending messages we were getting before. It's nice to have some idea of what sort of craziness we're in for.
frostythehitman: (to find myself again)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
well isn't that just lucky for them

i call bull
this isn't just happening at random someone's at fault for this
and they're relying on us just making excuses for them
destiny_key: (lol whut)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
um
idk
i dont know that they meant that part literally
fiddlestick: (so unsure)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I...don't know.
Probably not?
I'm curious about my other life, sure
But my life now is here.
maidhem: (fail)

[personal profile] maidhem 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I know, but my kale chips and my smoothies look so sad I can't take it much longer.
notyourutopian: (Frustrated)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing!
Not a bloody thing you can do.
If you get a new phone it shows up on that one.
And if you stop using a phone it shows up on your computer.
Or your tv
Or
I don't know.
Your toaster?

There's no getting away from it.
Edited 2017-11-02 01:55 (UTC)
twostringsonebow: (11 an empty glass)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Brown eyes are not overrated, they're hardly the star of any romantic literature.
It's always green or blue, green or blue.
And please don't say so, I can't imagine I'd look good with anything but...
judgementkazzy: (強烈な)

[personal profile] judgementkazzy 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, pretty much.

Though if you want confirmation on it being real, there's this:
Yesterday, you probably thought horses were fake.
wherethewildthingsare: (DIRK HARDPEC)

[personal profile] wherethewildthingsare 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
That's like saying jaywalking and arson are the same cause both are crimes.

Sticking a living thing in a weird box is a bit bigger than opening a barred door.
kabloom: (pic#11579733)

[personal profile] kabloom 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
You don't think people will actually do that, do you?
It really doesn't seem like a risk that's worth taking.
embearass: tumblr: garbagebird (BREAD IS SO VERSATILE)

[personal profile] embearass 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Really? There's no way to delete the app?
chessking: (pic#11622567)

[personal profile] chessking 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
so. like. stoic boy and genki girl trope?

and well I personally would have appreciated the warning last month instead of this month but I guess we have to take what we can get
drydrown: is that a fucking fencepost (NERVES ♡ okay but who does that)

[personal profile] drydrown 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Excuse me if I'm not certain how one can just eliminate a color by way of social media.
creatability: (Easy Smile)

[personal profile] creatability 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think it is because I've seen enough weirdness lately to believe it's real.

You will too.
unenvied: (exasperated ♔ ii.)

[personal profile] unenvied 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
... Forgive the presumption, but that still makes it sound like you intend to test it or hope that someone else does.

[personal profile] compendiem 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Is that a mile long course of hopscotch, or something different?
skald: (kahdeksankymmentäneljä)

[personal profile] skald 2017-11-02 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Okay but

I don't want to sound super paranoid but you know how we get stuff from our hallucinomemories

What if the germs can come too and they're just waiting in the mailbox to infect someone or something like that

I don't think cute stickers can help with that!