[Honestly, he's still worried about the fact there's now pictures of a sixteen year old's ass??? His friend's ass? THAT CAN BE DUPLICATED? He hates Retrospec. A lot.]
Less because I want to and more because I have to.
[UGH, HE'S TRYING HIS BEST, CON.]
So maybe I wasn't kidding about the app. The one when you first got here. It belongs to a company called Retrospec that literally just appeared. They have a building in Tisse. I've been twice, and each time has been weird. The weirdest thing? We can't find anyone inside.
[Wait. Hold up. He's remembering Tim trying to show him something. If it hadn't been so weird he might have forgotten entirely, but it was such a weird prank to pull.
Shit.]
holy crap. you tried to show me and i thought you were messing with me. [If their positions had been reversed, that would have made him feel awful. Even knowing it wasn't really his fault doesn't do anything to stem the guilt that slams into him.]
You don't have to apologize. There's still a lot of people in the city who don't know what anyone is talking about. You show them the app, and their eyes are question marks. You ask them about the Retrospec building, and they look at you like you're crazy. I thought you just hadn't been connected to the network yet.
[STOP HE FEELS WEIRD INSIDE SEEING "BEST FRIEND"!!!!]
Possibly. You can get in the front pretty easily. There's no security, but also no employees. Not in the front anyway. The interior changes every so often. Other people said they saw an elevator that wasn't there the next time they went in. When I went the first time, there was tubing with something inside.
[There's a lull between responses, almost like he's thinking or (more likely) debating.]
They didn't seem to be electrified, so I touched one.
Fortunately, they weren't electrified. But they were something else. I can't explain it. Touching it affected the nervous system? Affected something. I ran out and left like a ten year old boy who went in there with me.
Yeah, fine. I talked to him afterward. He hadn't touched any of the tubing. We had to play mad libs to even get in the door. I tried to play alone and forge answers, but it knew. Safe to say, I hate Retrospec.
i thought u were being a nerd again but u mean actual madlibs don't u
the hell man, this is so seriously messed up. i mean if they're like actually hurting people someone has to stop them. this is like. [ok, no. This is getting too heavy to talk about.]
this is worse than rockstar obsessed aliens. at least the aliens had good taste
how about we both agree not to go without each other? i am definitely a better look out than a 10 year old. probably. and then you will be there to yell at me about touching things because that is a thing i will definitely do [so not much different than the 10 year old. needs more supervision tbh.]
Don't go without me. Don't go with anyone else either, but it's better if you go with someone period. I don't think Jim is a real person. I don't think the building is what it seems either.
[Somewhere in the multiverse there is a Tim who doesn't lie. This is not that Tim.]
ok, i'm just gonna say right now i'm probably gonna go, but i'll hit you up before i do. that honesty out of the way, what do you mean not a real person? like just some random other person pretending to be jim? is jim catfishing us?
i'm so glad that you've come to understand the value of my very pretty face. i think this is an important step in our friendship
Tim, are you serious? Why? What's the point? [If it was anyone else he'd be laughing in their face and calling them paranoid but...it's Tim. he always has reasons for thinking the way he does.]
That's what I'm trying to find out. It's just a hunch. There's no evidence. Yet. Legally, they are pretty much scot-free, Jim included. I'm worried about what they may do if we start calling them out. I don't trust they can get pictures of us in private so easily. That's toeing the line. I know you love yourself, Con, but don't ever tell me you're okay with having private photos of yourself waved in your face.
I tried to hack into their app a while back. Security was tighter than I anticipated. That means they're serious.
[It takes a few minutes and several aborted attempts at typing a response before he actually replies.]
this is really bad, isn't it? [He's not even a little bit okay with it, it's just a lot easier to deflect with humor than admit how freaked out he is.]
yeah ok but you better be being careful if you keep looking into it. idk if you realize how much time and work i put into breaking you into the role of my best friend. i refuse to start from scratch
it might be hard to get u over being starstruck every day when u realized how famous and talented i am, but it'd be worth it even if u r an overachieving nerd :)
who else is gonna appreciate all my wit and charm???
No one. I can't think of a single person. You'd be in wit and charm jail before you could even blink. I'm serious, though. The building could be dangerous, so try not to do anything stupid.
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Honestly wtf is continuity even
a lack of smth i should be use to loving comics for so long tbh
Less because I want to and more because I have to.
[UGH, HE'S TRYING HIS BEST, CON.]
So maybe I wasn't kidding about the app. The one when you first got here.
It belongs to a company called Retrospec that literally just appeared.
They have a building in Tisse. I've been twice, and each time has been weird.
The weirdest thing? We can't find anyone inside.
Right?
Shit.]
holy crap. you tried to show me and i thought you were messing with me. [If their positions had been reversed, that would have made him feel awful. Even knowing it wasn't really his fault doesn't do anything to stem the guilt that slams into him.]
dude, i'm sorry. that must have sucked
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You don't have to apologize.
There's still a lot of people in the city who don't know what anyone is talking about.
You show them the app, and their eyes are question marks.
You ask them about the Retrospec building, and they look at you like you're crazy.
I thought you just hadn't been connected to the network yet.
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So anyway u were saying this building is totally empty??? so what, it's a fake office?
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Possibly.
You can get in the front pretty easily. There's no security, but also no employees.
Not in the front anyway.
The interior changes every so often.
Other people said they saw an elevator that wasn't there the next time they went in.
When I went the first time, there was tubing with something inside.
[There's a lull between responses, almost like he's thinking or (more likely) debating.]
They didn't seem to be electrified, so I touched one.
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i am concerned that your sentence started out with 'didn't seem to be'
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Fortunately, they weren't electrified.
But they were something else. I can't explain it.
Touching it affected the nervous system? Affected something.
I ran out and left like a ten year old boy who went in there with me.
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shit. were u both ok?
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I talked to him afterward. He hadn't touched any of the tubing.
We had to play mad libs to even get in the door.
I tried to play alone and forge answers, but it knew.
Safe to say, I hate Retrospec.
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the hell man, this is so seriously messed up. i mean if they're like actually hurting people someone has to stop them. this is like. [ok, no. This is getting too heavy to talk about.]
this is worse than rockstar obsessed aliens. at least the aliens had good taste
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If you go to the Retrospec building in Tisse, don't touch anything, okay?
[Like telling a lion not to eat a zebra.]
Or at least tell me before you go so I'll know where to send the police to search for your body when you go missing.
We'll rule out alien abduction.
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Okay.
[His fingers may be a little crossed.]
Don't go without me.
Don't go with anyone else either, but it's better if you go with someone period.
I don't think Jim is a real person.
I don't think the building is what it seems either.
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ok, i'm just gonna say right now i'm probably gonna go, but i'll hit you up before i do. that honesty out of the way, what do you mean not a real person? like just some random other person pretending to be jim? is jim catfishing us?
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Let me know before you go so you don't get your face fried.
Then no one would come to any of your movies or concerts.
Jim catfishing us would be preferable to Jim not being a real boy.
That is, I think Jim is a program.
Everyone likes to bring up the fact he's trying to woo some lady on the team, but honestly, I think it's a facade.
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Tim, are you serious? Why? What's the point? [If it was anyone else he'd be laughing in their face and calling them paranoid but...it's Tim. he always has reasons for thinking the way he does.]
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It's just a hunch. There's no evidence. Yet.
Legally, they are pretty much scot-free, Jim included.
I'm worried about what they may do if we start calling them out.
I don't trust they can get pictures of us in private so easily. That's toeing the line.
I know you love yourself, Con, but don't ever tell me you're okay with having private photos of yourself waved in your face.
I tried to hack into their app a while back.
Security was tighter than I anticipated.
That means they're serious.
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this is really bad, isn't it? [He's not even a little bit okay with it, it's just a lot easier to deflect with humor than admit how freaked out he is.]
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We'll know if it gets worse.
The police are involved if it makes you feel better.
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STOP MAKING HIM GRIN LIKE AN IDIOT YOU'RE LUCKY HE'S ALONE]
But if something did happen, would you 50 First Dates me?
Until we were back to the same level of friendship.
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it might be hard to get u over being starstruck every day when u realized how famous and talented i am, but it'd be worth it even if u r an overachieving nerd :)
who else is gonna appreciate all my wit and charm???
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You'd be in wit and charm jail before you could even blink.
I'm serious, though.
The building could be dangerous, so try not to do anything stupid.
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