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[recollecters]

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.

Comments

[lalliho]

you ask about the disco floor. the minotaur says that the disco floor was put in place before he was hired and that disco is dead so why make more trap disco rooms but at least he has a map of safe tiles and also he says he's going to punch you for breaching protocol

what would you like to talk to the minotaur about?

> change mind
> inventory
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Ask for map

[lalliho]

you ask for a map and the minotaur laughs meanly. he asks why he should do that and says he'll give it to you if you can defeat him


> keep talking
> fight minotaur
> exit right
> inventory
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Challenge the Minotaur to LFXIV PvP

[lalliho]

you challenge the minotaur to LFXIV pvp but he laughs again because he's not stupid enough to break the rule that he's going to break you for breaking. he punches you

> attempt dodge
> attempt attack
> exit right
> inventory
> request combat explanation
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Inventory

[lalliho]

[hold on he has to scroll through the messages to get the wording right]

you check your inventory. you currently have:
- office supplies
- a phone with a weird app
- a developing bruise

> attempt dodge
> attempt attack
> exit right
> inventory
> request combat explanation
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Discard bruise

[lalliho]

you discard the developing bruise which angers the minotaur again. he goes for another punch

> attempt dodge
> attempt attack
> exit right
> inventory
> request combat explanation
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Take Punch.


*Again, "take" as in "add to inventory."

[lalliho]

[what the fuck is happening]

somehow you add the punch to your inventory. the minotaur is confused but enraged and gets increased damage but decreased accuracy

> attempt dodge
> attempt attack
> exit right
> inventory
> request combat explanation
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Exit right

[lalliho]

the minotaur roars as you turn away from him and move through the door on the right and down the hall to the next room. in fleeing the battle, you drop one of your many pens from your pile of office supplies but you believe this is a fair trade for your life. through the door behind you, you hear loud footsteps approaching

> look
> exit back
> exit forward
> inventory
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

>Turn back
> Retrieve pen

[lalliho]

deciding your life isn't actually as valuable as a pen you have a handful of you turn back into the previous room to pick it up. you add the pen back into your inventory but are face to face with the minotaur once more. he is still really mad and since you almost ran into him his accuracy is just fine so he grabs you by the neck

> attempt to break grapple
> attempt attack
> inventory
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Stab the Minotaur in the eye with the pen

[lalliho]

you attempt to stab the minotaur in the eye with the pen you went back for like an idiot.

[Let's see, roll of the dice... A 13. Not terrible.]

even though you struggle to breathe you manage to stab the minotaur in the eye but aren't able to hold onto it when he roars in pain and drops you. going back for the pen seems to only have brought the two of you pain. you are now winded so you can't dodge good but he's distracted and isn't trying to punch you yet.

> attempt attack
> exit right
> inventory
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Retrieve pen

[lalliho]

it's still in the minotaur's eye are you sure

[compendiem]

Yes

[lalliho]

fine

you climb the minotaur and pull out the pen. it gets added to the inventory, but is no longer part of the office supplies because now it's a pen with minotaur eye. you took out his eye. he doesn't like that and grabs you again

> attempt to break grapple
> attempt attack
> exit right
> inventory
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Remove eye from pen
> Stab the Minotaur in the other eye with the pen

[lalliho]

are you discarding the eye or adding it to your inventory

you stab the minotaur in the other eye but this time it goes much deeper, [because this time he rolled a 19] making the regular office supplies pen into a pen with minotaur eye again. the minotaur cries blood dropping you and falling to all fours instead of standing. he stamps a foot to show he is about to charge

> attempt dodge
> attempt attack
> exit right
> inventory
> enter own prompt

[compendiem]

> Add both eyes to inventory
> Offer eyes in exchange for map

[lalliho]

[...He's weirdly happy that Minato didn't forget about the map. Still, gotta roll at disadvantage for the circumstances...!]

you add the minotaur eyes to your inventory and you offer to give the minotaur back his eyes in exchange for the map, but he's mad with pain. he charges catching you between his horns so you go through the door and now you're trapped on the hallway floor between his horns. he's bleeding all over you and punching your side

> attempt to break grapple
> attempt attack
> inventory
> enter own prompt