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Penelope Raban
4/12 near Apprassage
So has Retrospec ever changed bodies in a positive way?
I woke up this morning, and I was in way better shape. Not that I was in bad shape before, but almost all my body fat is gone. I've got muscle definition and everything. It's like I went to bed and got 10 years worth of exercise all in one night.

I'm including this photo since I immediately put on an old cosplay, but don't want to subject you all to my scrawny self without warning.

Is this cheating at fitness?

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It's been some time since Retrospec has properly dropped some sort of identity crisis on us, though I suppose it's good to know that we're getting a bit more information out of them now than we were in the past; I'm in no way looking down on small favors and silver linings. Just the same, I wonder for the time being where that leaves us - I know I've asked a few of you about this in the past, and I'm sure that a fair amount of you have made your decisions regarding it since.

I suppose what I want to hear is your thoughts on these people you're receiving memories of, whether you consider them "you" or otherwise - do you still think of them as a separate person from yourself or do you consider them to be the same as "you", and why you've come to feel that way. I'm not going to argue for feeling one way or another on the matter, I'm just wondering how you've come to see these people that technically don't exist anymore.

Of course, if you reject this entire matter completely and just consider this to be an example of some corporate entity you hate ruining your life for no apparent reason, that's likewise fair.

I've formed my own views on this fairly recently; I tend to find it calming, having some sort of conclusion that I can accept as reasonably true for the time being. It's not always convenient, but it's calming.

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[Today's video with Penelope sitting in the little recording booth she has set up at home, looking bright eyed and bushy tailed as always. ]

Hello everyone.

I've got a something I want to bring up. It's about these nightmares don't seem to be going away. I know I cannot be the only one that's been having trouble sleeping, and I figured they'd faff off after a few days but apparently not and it's cutting into everyone's rest.

Last month, Retrospec gave me a temporary solution for it, and I thought it'd be fair to offer it over the network. It's just a way to get rest, and it won't do anything for the actual nightmares, but that's better than nothing.

Now, some of you are going to think I sound insane, but I'm one of the lucky Retrospec users that's also been given magical powers. I can cast spells. Actual for real magic spells. One of which is a sleep spell that puts you into a restful slumber basically as soon as I'm done casting it. I've been using it on myself and several people close to me that agreed to it for a few weeks now just to test for side effects, and there are none. I think the actual spell wears off after about an hour, but by then you're already asleep and it takes an outside stimulus to wake you up.

I have to be able to see you, and again it won't stop the nightmares. But, if you need help actually getting into Dreamland, please let me know. We can work out a schedule for me to play Sandman for you.

[She pauses, reaching to cut the video feed, and then stops.]

Also, an unrelated question. Are there any chemists or metallurgists on the network? I got something weird and I wanna know what it's made of.

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Hey everyone, Souji (in blue) and Dave (in red) here. I know that some of us don't want to remember the events of last month, especially not so soon, but it's important for us to share what we found or did while it's still fresh in our minds. So, this is a general discussion post for everything that happened in August.

to that end theres gonna be an in person meeting later on possibly with refreshments
were not above bribery here even if i am personally above fancy capital letters
but info that maybe shouldnt wait for then is that team space jam found a dead dude who had a thing that said according to a sphinx
the recolle project is a thing that is like reconstruction rather than reincarnation bringing back stuff thats ours

Essentially, the Recollé Project outlines this stuff as memories, items, and abilities. Rather than regaining things from a past life like reincarnation as Dave said, it's more like regaining things that were buried - to bring them forth to us.

There wasn't much else in the report asides from a map of the city, but the sphinx (it’s a long story but it appeared to have knowledge about the project) confirmed that this was true.

so anyway bring yourselves and possibly snacks to the sandiego foundation on saturday
we will try to make sure at least one person from every team from last months little whatever is around
newbies and oldbies should both come to revel in the glory of information
and like seasonally themed snacks maybe we will have pumpkin pie because i want some
last but not least and speaking of newbies theres one more thing to go over here

It's clear that Retrospec is going to continue adding new users to their app so Dave and I thought it was best that we created a guide to Retrospec for all the future newcomers (and old users too). We're going to type something up really soon but we wanted to ask what you'd like to see in the guide. Frequently asked questions answered, what we know so far about the Retrospec team, how to change your font into a really cool colour like ours, stuff like that.

nearly as cool anyway
you have to do some serious training and animal spirit sensing to get a color as cool as this
but yeah talk at you all later
or like soonish when you reply

( ooc: this is an ic discussion and info gathering post that is open to everyone, so feel free to jump into other threads and whatnot! this takes place alongside the in-person ic info gathering post which can be found here )

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Penelope Raban
6/24 near Apprassage

Hello everyone,

I've got a question for everyone. This is something I've been thinking about for a few weeks now, and I'd like to get your opinions on it, as well as possibly some advice.

I know a lot of us have been having those wild hallucinomemories lately, and whoever came up with that word is brilliant. And I know a lot of us have been struggling with them because some of them are outright terrifying. What I want to know is if you saw someone that you knew in your hallucinomemories doing something that scared you, or made you afraid, would that affect how you view them here in Recolle? Is this who they were, who they are, or who they will be again, basically. I know that's a pretty weird question, but I'm not really sure how I feel and it got pretty real for me recently.

Any thoughts are appreciated, seriously.

Cheers,

Pen.

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[For those who haven't seen Dante in a while, he looks a little bit different when the camera clicks on. What was once white-blond hair has now gone pure silver, and his eyes, rather than going gray with the rest of the blues and greens of the world, are still the bright shade of aqua they'd turned back in April. For all his sarcasm about how Jim missed and took the wrong color from him, Dante knows he looks almost identical to the boy he's been remembering these past few months.]

All right. I know I'm not the only one who's been getting weird memories and abilities recently, but what I want to talk about today is this.

[He holds his hand up in front of him, and in a swirl of dark shadows, Soul Eater appears for him to take hold of, also still blue in all the right places.]

Weapons. A lot of people have ended up with them recently. Some of you might have gotten them in the mail, some of you have found them. But one thing's the same--whenever you get it, you know that it's yours.

There are a lot of us that are getting memories back of fighting, too. I don't know how many of you have given it a try, but when I tried to fight the way I had in those memories... it all started coming back to me. How to fight, how to defend... all of it.

So now we've got a bunch of people with weapons they barely know how to use, and a lot of us with memories of fighting but no way to test it out without risking that someone's gonna get hurt.

[He lets go of the sword and Soul Eater disappears back into the shadows.]

Last month, Retrospec managed to take us by surprise. I don't think anyone was expecting to wake up six inches tall or have to fight off spiders or cicadas. But it could happen again. We don't know what their end game is and we don't know what they're gonna throw at us next. And who knows? Maybe next time we won't have to fight. But with how many of us are remembering that sort of thing... I think it'd be a good idea for people to learn how to defend themselves, just in case.

Which brings me to the point of all this: I've been working with a few people and we're putting together network-wide training sessions. Tatsuo Kihara has been able to get us space at the Utsuki Dojo in Tisse on Sundays, 6 PM to midnight. We'll have wooden weapons to practice with so that nobody has to worry about accidentally shanking someone, and that way if you don't know if you did any fighting in the past, you can give it a shot and see if you remember anything. Both Doctors Trevelyan and Sutcliffe have said they'll be there when they can just in case anybody does take a shot too hard.

We've been working on finding people to teach different weapon styles like swords or spears or throwing knives so that you can try out all kinds of different thing.s Some people have offered to teach self-defense too, so even if you don't want to learn to fight offensively, you can at least learn how to defend yourself.

Our first session's going to be this coming Sunday the 18th. I'll be there right at 6:00. Let me know if you have any questions.

[Dante out!

A little bit later, he'll also make a text post to make sure he gets anyone who might not have watched the video. It's mostly the same information, but at the top he'll post the quick and dirty:]

Dante Rantanen
6/13 near Birch Hills

Retrospec Weapons/Self-Defense Training Sessions
Utsuki Dojo in Tisse
Sundays starting June 18, 6 PM to midnight

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Ali Sobeck shared a photo.
7 June near Union Grocery.

hey, it's alison. long time reader, first time poster, etc.
everyone else gets pointy teeth and anime hair, and all i get is this rudimentary bow and arrow set. in the back seat of my car. i feel cheated and uneasy.
things of note:
the construction's solid if old-fashioned. ancient almost. looks like it's been through a lot of hunting or combat. well-cared for. it's been restringed recently. funny: the bowstring's stronger than any modern-day bow i've ever held. tbf, last time i tried to shoot a bow and arrow was in summer camp, and that was a disaster. i couldn't hit the broad side of a barn...
the metal pieces are strong too.
same metal pieces have been shaped for the arrow heads. dried blood still on one of those. spooky. weird thing about the design. the metal's been shaped and painted(?) in a way to resemble animal bone. does that make sense? as if it was deliberate. they don't match with the construction of the thing, but i don't know why.
just a feeling.
has anyone ever seen these symbols? did anyone else get some ancient weapon, or did i luck out?

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Penelope Raban shared a photo.
3/20 near Recolle University

Okay, has anyone ever seen anything like this before?

[ooc: image courtesy of Deviant Art]

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Dolores Wyatt shared a photo.
03/15 near Recolle University

Friends, Recollians, countrymen, lend me your ears: Beware the ides of march! In other words, today, the 15th of May. :) Today is the anniversary of the day the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by 23 of his colleagues. Really, though, it was Shakespeare that popularized phrases like "Et tu, Brute?", "Beware the Ides of March", and even the phrase "That's Greek to me".

Honestly, I'm a little superstitious, so I don't like to do anything too risky on the 15th. More than a few bad things have happened on this day in history, and in my own life.. when I was a little girl, I actually fell into the well behind my daddy's stable. It was raining harder than I'd ever seen and I was trying to make my way home. I was stuck for an hour or so. I swear I cried harder than the rain fell.

Do any of y'all have any sorts of superstitions like this? Or you can tell me how your day was today, I don't mind. Linking any Ides of March memes would be fun, too. :) 💕

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While you are not required to use any of the following codes while posting to the network, we have collected several that you are free to use if you so choose. As a reminder, the Retrospec network may be accessed from any internet-capable device and is accessible even when the internet cannot be accessed. Posts are visible to NPCs if they are shown them, though they cannot join the network and are incapable of noticing anything odd being discussed or shown. Posts may be private to groups, but anything that is private to one person only should be put in IC inboxes instead. Please remember to warn for content. You can find our Retrospec guide over here.

Codes can be found beneath the cut. Simply replace anything in CAPSLOCK with the requested information. Some codes modified from

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Dante Rantanen 6/13 near Birch Hills
Retrospec Weapons/Self-Defense Training Sessions Utsuki Dojo in Tisse Sundays starting June 18, 6 PM to midnight

Penelope Raban shared a photo. 3/20 near Recolle University
Okay, has anyone ever seen anything like this before?