Sort of. It was more like...it didn't occur to them to notice. They didn't have false memories of us being around, or anything like that. It was more just that for that month we were...inconsequential.
that's weird, but i guess it follows the trend i heard that when we get physical changes from retrospec, non-users eventually consider the changes normal it's as if the world is being recalibrate to accept all the weird stuff happening around us
but this really sucks you think it'll last the whole month? what about thanksgiving??
"Recalibrated" is an interesting way of putting it. Have you noticed the buildings that have been moving? And I've seen ones get destroyed and then put back together again with the push of a button...
Thanksgiving with no family. That's even more distressing...and for all we know, it might go beyond a month. Why couldn't it? That might mean Christmas with no outside contact, either.
the last few years it's just been me and my dad sometimes we'll visit more of his family, a big get-together kind of thing but i like the quiet ones better
We used to do bigger things when I was younger. Mom and Dad did a fair share of social events for their clients and associates, so those would often get rolled up in holidays, Thanksgiving or Christmas. We'd have the family dinner, too, though, so it was a little like getting to celebrate it more than once.
After they passed it was just me and my guardian, so Thanksgiving ended up being just us, too. And I suppose at some point it'll fall to me to start up the social events again, in my mother's footsteps, but I haven't yet.
It's nothing Retrospec didn't already have me reliving last month. ...That sounded more bitter than I intended it to. Really, it's all right. I don't go around broadcasting it, but it's not a secret, either.
I like planning social events, at least. I'm not quite as good at attending them, though.
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It was like this in August, too. When half of us disappeared? We got back and no one had even noticed we were gone, if they weren't on the app.
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they just thought... what, then?
that you were still around when you weren't?
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i heard that when we get physical changes from retrospec, non-users eventually consider the changes normal
it's as if the world is being recalibrate to accept all the weird stuff happening around us
but this really sucks
you think it'll last the whole month?
what about thanksgiving??
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Thanksgiving with no family. That's even more distressing...and for all we know, it might go beyond a month. Why couldn't it? That might mean Christmas with no outside contact, either.
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that and the button push
i don't even want to think about that
talk about depressing
not to mention if it continues on for that long, the city'll start to feel more like a prison than a home
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What do you usually do for Thanksgiving?
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sometimes we'll visit more of his family, a big get-together kind of thing
but i like the quiet ones better
you?
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After they passed it was just me and my guardian, so Thanksgiving ended up being just us, too. And I suppose at some point it'll fall to me to start up the social events again, in my mother's footsteps, but I haven't yet.
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i didn't mean to bring up something difficult
[He feels bad, whether or not it actually is difficult for her to type all of that out.]
you not looking forward to starting up all the social events again?
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I like planning social events, at least. I'm not quite as good at attending them, though.
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[A frown twists across his features, though it can't be seen through text. He makes a sorry attempt at levity.]
because you're always hounded by the most interesting man in the world?
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I had far more fun running away with you to go bowling.
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if that guy ever bothers you again, you'll give me another call right?
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it wasn't just a one time thing
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i'll always have my bike at ready