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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.
notyourutopian: (Harumph.)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hm.
So they're saying we're souls stolen from worlds before they die.
So that's insane.

But let's say it's not just for argument's sake.
If those worlds are dead.
And we're their...survivors?
Then in a way this is the only world that actually matters, right?
loudmouths: (🌟 they said they'd call)

[personal profile] loudmouths 2017-11-02 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
that's the logic i'm going with for now. because the alternative is... what?

if we're gonna say that we were other people in a past life, that's one thing. but if we're supposed to return to being those people, what's the point? what if there's no one else from our supposed "original home" left? we're just supposed to walk around carrying these memories and essentially suffer in some kinda limbo state?

and the alternative to this is just... dying? either way, it's not a great situation.
notyourutopian: Do not take! (Just moving along.)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Hm.
I hadn't thought of that.
There's no one else with memories like mine or anyone I recognize.
So
If we assume they're telling the truth...

Does that mean I'm the only 'survivor' from wherever they stole my soul?
Why only one person from that place
But
Half a dozen from a different one?
loudmouths: (🌟 fool me once shame on you)

[personal profile] loudmouths 2017-11-02 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
...the thing of it is, my memories do have a few people in them that used to use the retrospec app but... something happened and they don't even remember having it anymore.

so how would they explain that? were they actually in that "other world" with me, or were they not? or were they people that were "rejecting" the whole thing and...


[ ...well shit, that's put an unpleasant thought in his head. ]

sorry. that's probably a little dark. i do think it's possible that there are probably people in your memories out there somewhere, but... it really does make it a bit too complicated if you sit down and think about it.

only thing i can really say for sure is that there are new people getting the app all the time, so it might just be a matter of waiting it out to see if any of em are people from your memories, y'know? but if they never come, then yeah, i'd... probably draw the same conclusions that you did, honestly.

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standalonehuman: (TogusaPonder2)

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2017-11-02 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'd agree with you, there. If it's a choice between this world and the supposed 'other worlds' then, I'm biased towards this one being more important.

But remember that stuff we found last month? Retrospec thinks they can save those worlds somehow.
notyourutopian: (Holding it in.)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Trying not to think about that.
Because let's say they are
And they somehow do fix these dead worlds

What happens to us?
standalonehuman: (TogusaWait)

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2017-11-02 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Optimistic answer: the other-Togusa and other-Eleanor fuck off back to their restored worlds and we get our lives back.

Pessimistic answer: Retrospec's end game doesn't involve us.

I'm leaning towards the optimistic answer, just from a philosophical perspective, it doesn't make sense for us to stop existing. We're still unique individuals, no matter what Retrospec has done. But I won't ignore evidence that proves me wrong.

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me_matey: (which way the pressure lies)

[personal profile] me_matey 2017-11-02 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
that cant be the whole story cuz theres no way some of the folks i seen in my memories would kick the bucket that easily
notyourutopian: Do not take! (Distant and considering.)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Probably don't get a choice if you're entire world dies.
me_matey: (keep hope alive)

[personal profile] me_matey 2017-11-02 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
thats only i u believe that crank

i aint gonna count out my pirate fam like that

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belligerentwarrior: (How's this make us lucky?)

[personal profile] belligerentwarrior 2017-11-02 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
they keep using the word "reconstruction" like they're just going to build a new one and ship us back. don't know what that changes.
notyourutopian: Do not take! (If I could kill you with my mind...)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...no.
They're not sending me anywhere.
belligerentwarrior: (I'm great you're great everyone's great)

[personal profile] belligerentwarrior 2017-11-02 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
agreed. not liking what i'm seeing from their advertisements.

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eyestitch: (☺ vingt-et-un)

[personal profile] eyestitch 2017-11-02 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
wendy said she was the only one left from her place

and she was pretty torn up about it actually so i guess she might know more than most of us do.

I don't really care about ne of those other worlds but they might try something like telling us it's OUR job to save the ones that got busted
notyourutopian: (Hmm.)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Which one is Wendy?

Maybe. I mean. they can try.
I don't really care if the one I'm 'remembering' stays dead.
It's an awful place.
eyestitch: (☺ douze)

[personal profile] eyestitch 2017-11-03 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
the cute one! she works security.

i think a lot of ppl agree with you. sabe places we have no attachment to AND that suck? like please.

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parodeity: starrypier @ tumblr (GLANCE 🎧 what's up?)

[personal profile] parodeity 2017-11-02 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
i think mostly people are worried about the people they remember
who arent survivors
notyourutopian: (No that's stupid.)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh right
Some people come from worlds that aren't dumpster fires don't they.
parodeity: averyniceprince @ tumblr (CATS 🎧 fucking cats man)

[personal profile] parodeity 2017-11-02 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
even ppl from dumpster fire worlds sometimes have things they miss probably

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windeity: (GAZE ♫ thoughtful)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-11-02 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
getting philosophical?
i have kind of wondered that too.
i mean. there is a lot to remember but in the end what are they really doing this for if this is the world that matters?
and i guess the better question is how are they saving souls?
notyourutopian: (Heh heh heh.)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Just looking for ways their argument could be less ridiculous.

Someone said that they are trying to 'fix' the dead worlds somehow.
And as for saving souls
I don't know
Maybe they hired Jewel.


[Who will saaaaave your soul?]
windeity: (GRIN ♫ casual)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-11-02 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
i think that is actually pretty smart!
all of their information sounds crazy, sure, but at the same time there has to be a logicalish part to it.

how do you fix a dead world? the only way to do that would be to bring them back to life wouldn't it?
hahaha. i know you are kidding but at this rate? i think i could buy it.

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commandertoolbelt: (thinking too much)

[personal profile] commandertoolbelt 2017-11-02 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
that’s what i’m saying
even if we are the survivors of some other worlds we’ve been living here our whole lives
in this life anyway
so what does that other life even matter anymore
why bother to "reconstruct" us at all
especially if they’re already gone
what's the point
notyourutopian: (Old School)

[personal profile] notyourutopian 2017-11-02 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't any idea, really.
I mean, maybe this was the best 'saving' they could do.
Though really

They probably should've asked us if we wanted other souls shoved inside us.

Except everyone would've probably said no.
commandertoolbelt: (I try very hard to be annoying)

[personal profile] commandertoolbelt 2017-11-02 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
is it other souls, or are they saying we ARE the ones they saved?
i guess it doesn’t matter though
retrospec always had boundary issues

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