retrospec

My name is Sakichi Niijima. This message is addressed to those of us still in Recollé.

Valentine's Day is approaching. Many of you had plans with members of the expeditionary teams that are no longer feasible, but all is not lost. I and Chiyo Matsuoka intend to deliver any parcels addressed to those expeditionary members, provided they are entrusted to us by February 14th. The Post Office is continuing its hold on all out-of-town mail, so do not send any of your gifts through traditional mailing methods.

Please reply if you have a letter or parcel you would like delivered, and we will arrange for a pick-up.

p.s. hi this is chiyo matsuoka!
like sakichi said we're going to do our best so valentine's day will be a little bit happier for everyone!
you have our word that we'll try our best to get gifts to where you want them!
if you're in a group that's out of the city i'm happy to do the reverse too!
paypal me at [insert some cute flower email here] if you have anything specific in mind!

[ something like a few hour later, an edit: ]

JOANNE SAID SHE WOULD HELP❣❣❣❣❣

(( OOC: This is an IC sister post to Ara's OOC Valentine's Gift Meme! If you respond to the OOC post with a gift your character would not be able to personally deliver, it may be assumed that Sakichi/Chiyo/Joanne helped make the delivery happen. All entrusted gifts will find their way to their intended recipients on Valentine's.

Unless addressed directly, responses will come from either Sakichi or Chiyo. ))

ohrlyeh

i have a question

is "you look like you go to hot topic" considered a compliment or an insult?

i've had this said to me before a few times but i woke up today with my eye color changed and now even more people are telling me this

i do not know hot topic's reputation enough to know if i want to be associated with it. please help

thebeastwithout

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Today on the hot mess that is Retrospec, somebody's either fallen asleep on their keyboard or allowed their cat to play with the computer for too long, 'cause there's a solid string of this for about a minute straight.]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Garfield Logan added 3 new photos - in Huntington Avenue, Recollé
2 mins

[The first photo is a blurry image of Gar screaming, with only his head and upper chest visible. Something long and twisty is visible at the edge of the frame.

The second is a slightly less blurry image of a... realistic-looking octopus tentacle, for some reason.

The last is an image of Gar's bare chest underneath a ripped shirt, which no one ever really wanted to see, but we're all being traumatized today so just go with it. Everything looks normal up until the part where his shoulder attaches to the octopus tentacle in the previous picture.

It's kinda gross.]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

frostythehitman

SURVEY
does anybody remember recolle existing at all in whatever world you're remembering stuff from
bc i havent met anyone who does so far
even when people remember plenty of places that do exist like towns in japan or countries and cities in europe
i haven't seen anyone who remembers recolle yet
if anyone does remember it speak up now
if no one does then it must mean....something
idk what

other than that
if anyone wants to go looking for the tunnels that we found in august don't bother
i just tried them and they're basically gone
like they never even existed
can't even find the entrances to them
the same might happen to the new ones too after a while
so if you want to go looking in them do it sooner rather than later

EDIT 1/23/18: if any rich people are willing to donate a gopro to livestream the subway tunnels
hmu
we're trying to find out what happens when they close up next too

doublesmall

Hey, Retrospec.

I'll get right to the point here: as a few of you know, I died near the end of last year. Obviously it didn't stick, but I've been trying to figure out why-- and I think we've finally gotten somewhere on that point.

Full disclosure, some of this is edited, but you can't blame me for not wanting to plaster personal info all over this app, all right? I'm still giving you guys the important parts here. Skip the rest of this if you don't want to know.

( an ic read-more goes here! )

optimistical

If Retrospec gives you an item that you suspect is a murder weapon, what do you do with it? Should it be turned into the police or do you just keep it somewhere...? And what if you accidentally already got your fingerprints all over it...?

... hypothetically asking.

lesinset

how many people have memories that span centuries
i mean outside the obvs
but like
there was a memory in ye olde fishing village
somewhere in asia or something
then there was a memory in victorian opium den in like england
then there was a graveyard thing ten years ago where a guy danced a bunch of zombies
to life or something and it was stupid weird
and now
france
wwii
and ss officers

oh
apparently ss officers tasted good
or at least my past self thought they did
who knew

but point is
how many people remember centuries of life
its important

prometheanflame

One year ago, my dream was the travel the world. I don't know when that will be possible again, but when we are able to leave, I want to visit every location on my wishlist.

I've only traveled to Egypt to see my relatives, so tell me about the places you have been. What is the culture like? Where are the best attractions? What about the food?

nachetanya

1) If you could turn into an animal what sort of animal would you prefer. They can be made up or some animals that you've seen in your new memories!

2) Would you be offended if the memories you've gotten were from an animal?

3) Would that be different if the animal talked?

[ . . . Look she just wants to prove a point. Or maybe she's just weird who the hell knows. ]

maidofmistakes

help

my eyes are glowing and i can see through walls

i don't even know if i'm posting this right because I CAN SEE THROUGH THE COMPUTER and looking at parts and boxes and circuits on a card thingy is cool i guess but i can see through the monitor too so i can't see where i'm typing!!

i think retrospec gave me x-ray vision which is cooler than turning into a puddle or any of those other weird powers i was worried about BUT HELP

what do i do??????????

ossifragant

right
so apparently retrospec is either fucking with me, or I ate something last night that disagreed with me, because I suddenly got a picture in my head and couldn't get it out

it was of a guy who was half bear
except he couldn't be a normal freak of nature that was half bear, he had to be an upside down bear man

he was somehow attached to the bottom half of a bear facing upside down?

like I said, I'm pretty sure I'm being fucked with

recollecters

( retrospec post )

fairhands

So, suppose that you end up receiving a suit in the mail from Retrospec. What do you even do with something like this?

I mean, it's a a very handsome and well-tailored suit, but it looks a little too vintage to be able to pass off as a business suit or something of the like.

drydrown

You know, this may be a slightly inane question, but since apparently I'm being made to deal with the local social media conspiracy firsthand, this is hardly the stupidest thing I'm going to decide to do. At least, as far as the rest of you lot tend to tell it.

So! While we're all here and blundering our way through this holiday season – does anyone have any idea what the ratio is here for "people remembering reasonably normal lives" set against "people whose past lives were apparently some sort of weird genre-fiction mess"? If you want to describe your particular brand of genre-fiction mess, do feel free, but it's not required.

Asking for a friend, obviously. ♡

frostythehitman

hey retrospec
i got another message for you this time

( there's a drawing in here (taken from a video) )

if anyone knows retrospec's mailing address lmk
because i got a ton of medical bills from this thing for them to pay off
or maybe i'll just send it to them through their mailbox again

originallutece

Rosalind Lutece shared a photo.
11/10 near Viea Village

Well. Unless someone else has gotten an entire house from Retrospec, I rather think I win. In bragging rights, if nothing else.

[There's a pause, and then Rosalind adds a few photos: these ones, specifically, that I'll link so I don't spam yall. also ETA: there's no wires or pipes and certainly no giant machine in the midst of all this; it's just an ordinary house. ...with a giant hole in the second floor.]

That being said: points off for the giant gaping hole in the second floor.

godcards

Well, I'm stuck inside, so tell me: is Retrospec doing anything noteworthy? Is it raining fire or flooding toxic waste into the streets yet? And before anyone jumps down my throat about reading the post... No, I didn't, because this computer is so old it can hardly load anything. Even the usual stupid underhanded bullshit that company does would be a more interesting read about than staring at a wall for hours.

The concept of 'free time' here is a joke when it's the same thing every single day. Monotony and restrictions that keep you from doing much of anything because it could be considered 'dangerous'... so, entertain me. I'm bored. I have a couple hours to kill. At least tell me if there's some world-changing disaster going on that's going to make my life even MORE difficult while I'm in here...

creatability

[It's early in the evening when a network post goes up. Rather than voice or video, she's sending out text for reasons which will become obvious as people read.]

I know this probably isn't the place for it, but something's happened to my uncle, Matt Murdock. Retrospec gave him some sort of ability and it seems to be affecting his senses.

He seems to be hearing things, and smelling things, and it's making him incredibly sensitive to just about everything. I do not know what to do.

He needs help but I don't think that the hospital can do anything but make it worse. I've already given him earplugs but I want to help him more! Does anyone have any advice, or experience with anything like this at all?

Also, to anyone that he works with? Please don't expect him to come in to work until he's gotten a handle on this. I don't think he can leave the house without being in horrible pain.

[OOC: A log from Matt is located here Additionally, replies may come from Matt or Mary.]

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002 - Octopus's Garden In the Shade

flickers lights on and off welcome to hell!! welcome to hell!! welcome to hell!!

so, about that death business

TEXT ♞ IT WASN'T ME, MA

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pretend i posted this on 11/16, i'm just impatient

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