@PARKOUR

[webdesigned]

so, uh, hypothetically if someone worked at the paper and had access to a lot of old files and i mean a LOT OF OLD FILES and was going to go dig a little deeper, what should they look for

because there's a LOT to look through. they've got piles upon piles of stuff for 1961. i'm guessing that this place has been stuck on repeat for awhile.

a lot of it seems mundane but i dunno, i gotta kinda rifle fast, you know? so, anyone got ideas? things i should look for?

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@FALCOGRICE

[grice]

[ this might be something he just remembers after needing to write it down for mister bat, but: ]

Drug trafficking
Child abductions
Echo Park children
Inland Empire
Dale Harding, Twenty-four years old

It sounded important. It was inside the police office.

[webdesigned]

( whymst is this child asking him about such horrific crimes??? his heart... ok focus parker, focus!!! )

wait, why 24? dale harding is def older than 24, right?

most of the excess is from this year. 1961. but i can dig and see if i can find anything on that too. are all of these things related or just suggestions

[grice]

I don’t actually know. Sorry, Peter. But I do know they’re all related to one case that happened a while ago?

It’s stranger if it’s only been 1961 here. Even at school, there’re things missing when it comes to the years.

[webdesigned]

no, it's okay. i appreciate the ideas, i'm at a loss here. there's things for other years here, so i'll take a look and see what i can find.

but 1961 is the weird year. there's... like, so much. more than they can properly house. and all the stories are more or less fluff pieces.

@kiara, text

[thotsandprayers]

Curious that it'd all be sitting around when it draws attention to how odd things are.

[Not an idea of what to look into, but she'd think they'd hide that stuff better.]

[webdesigned]

i mean, it wasn't just sitting around, exactly

there's a guy trying to run interference. it was pretty clear i wasn't really supposed to go in the records room

[thotsandprayers]

Still strange it would be kept onsite at all.

I would suggest checking for the names of important townspeople. The chief, the mayor. Most likely there will be a lot that's irrelevant, but those are the names I'd expect to be associated with anything interesting.

[ourworldnow]

sex, drugs, rock and roll?

[webdesigned]

cool suggestions, but i was thinking less rolling stones and more practical into getting out of here is all

[ourworldnow]

think they'd have to accept there's a problem to start writing about it.

the sex part could be fun blackmail tho

@natr

[latrodectus]

Birth annoucements. Obituaries.

[webdesigned]

yeah, okay. i'll do some digging on those... good ideas

( kinda somber ideas, but, could be useful information in there. )

come to think i haven't seen much like that in the digging i've done so far. however hypocritical it is for ME to say this but uh, they're a little on the disorganized side

[latrodectus]

Big stories are easy to fake. Little stories, nearby stories, are harder.

And if there aren't any of those, that says something too.

[ She doesn't have any immediate ideas about the disorganization. She is not a real housewife. ]

un:monalisa

[monalisasmile]

Still digging around wherever you can, hm? I hope you're staying careful~ ♥

[She's learned to text hearts. On this low-grade piece of tech. Heaven help us all.]

I've been taking what chances I can at the library too, mainly to find any evidence of where and when we really are. City planning, development, and all that. For the newspapers, you should probably focus more on the people and major events. I've seen several good suggestions along those lines already.

[webdesigned]

oh, uh... just a little, you know? nothing bad, i promise. and i am. yeah. definitely.

( because sneaking into a guarded room at his place of work is DEFINITELY careful. )

have you found anything interesting there? you don't think we're really where they say we are?

[monalisasmile]

Given what we do know... how can we be sure Santa Rosita ever even existed before we arrived? Even most of the other residents could have been taken here the same way we were. Why 1961? And how long has it been 1961?

Nothing here seems obviously out of place for the time period and location. But it feels like it's missing something, like too perfect a recreation. Still, even that doesn't necessarily lead to any conclusion. It's both fascinating, and frustrating.

@lilmonix3

[peninhand]

Recurring names and recurring patterns.

Big events that would help us are likely to have been erased or hidden, so the little details that don't stand out are where you have chances of finding something.

[webdesigned]

i'll try, re: recurring stuff. i gotta take in as much as i can in a short amount of time, they've got a guy on the door and he's never gone long

and there's a lot to dig through. i wonder if it'd be easier to go backward. this is the year that's weird, right? maybe there's some hint of why before 1961

[peninhand]

This year is looping, right?

So maybe if you go from 1960 forward, you'll stumble upon the very first loop, the one that started it all.

@erwinsmith

[13thcommander]

I see everyone else has had excellent ideas. Would you like an assistant to help you find some of these things?

[webdesigned]

yeah, i'm glad i asked. it's kind of like analysis paralysis when i'm in there, so knowing what to look for will hopefully help

and i would, but uh, i'm not sure how i could manage it. the storage rooms are at the paper, and behind a guard, so bringing in someone new might set off the alarms so to speak

[13thcommander]

Perhaps the paper is in need of another photographer, who would have permission to join you?

@claude

[bowfaire]

The newspaper too? The school has a lot of yearbooks from the same year.

How about the mayor and everyone? Are they the same people every time?

[webdesigned]

the mayor and the chief seem consistent but that's a good suggestion. i'll look for common names and see if any stick out

what are the yearbooks like? same people over and over again?

[bowfaire]

More or less. Some things are different here and there but it's basically the same year.

I can always look again if you want me to check something, though.