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[Have a very serious-looking Deckard, Haven. After his conversations with Barricade and Kagerou (and earlier, with Prima), he's . . . pretty sure he's figured out what's going on. Not the why, he's still working on that, but . . . "what" at least will help everyone better deal with those who have seemed to go "crazy".]

Citizens of Haven, my name is Deckard, with the Brave Police. I'm sure I don't have to tell anyone that we've had some massive changes in some of our populace in the past day or so. Just since that unusual storm, if I'm not mistaken.

[He's not sure if there's a correlation or not, but the timing is hard to ignore, and if nothing else offers a point of temporal reference. He's not mentioning the Pillar because, frankly, he's just not been here long enough to have really noticed/realized/known it WASN'T here before.]

I don't believe that anyone has gone crazy as some have been speculating. I think we're dealing with alternate versions of them, from other realities vastly different from the ones that those we knew came from. If I'm right, no amount of asking them to remember themselves will work, because those memories simply don't exist for them. They belong to another.

Those of you who have found yourselves here just in the past day or so . . . please be patient while we sort this out. If you are in need of assistance, all you have to do is ask. I can't promise we'll be able to help, but I'm sure whoever answers will at least do their best.

[LOCKED]

McCrane, Power Joe, please check in.

[PLEASE tell him /you/ guys are still "normal" at least!]

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I don't know...

Hmm. An investigation might be good. That thing definitely wasn't there before, so maybe there's something to it.

[Deckard nods.]

I've only been here for a few days, so correct me if I'm wrong . . . but we had a storm more severe than anyone's seen here before, there's a massive pillar connecting the Lambda to the ground that wasn't here before, there are suddenly a significant number of alternates here who seem to have only just arrived since both those occurrences . . . has anyone seen or heard from the, eh, "normal" versions of any of these people? It makes me wonder if they weren't outright switched out somehow.

Has anyone heard from the First-forged, for that matter? They rule this place, right? Wouldn't they have anything to say on this, or do they normally stay that far removed from what happens to us?

["Detective Deckard on a case" is definitely a go right now.]

No, that...that sounds about right.

When Ma- Megatron spoke over the Link, it didn't come off as a new ID. Do you think they really could have been switched out, though..?

[Blink.]

I haven't seen them, but usually they keep to themselves. I spoke to Prima a few days ago but...

[He frowns, absently fingering the edge of his sleeve that slightly obscures his glyph. Pausing, he pulls it up.]

...huh? That's...weird.

I don't know, but I think we can't ignore the possibility.

I spoke to Prima a few days ago too. He seemed distracted and deeply concerned about possible changes in the Lambda itself-...

Ventus? What is it?

Yeah, he was telling me that he felt like something was wrong, but then he wasn't really sure at the same time that he'd even felt it.

...my glyph- most recently it started glowing pretty brightly, but for some reason it doesn't seem as bright right now?

[Wait, your tattoo GLOWS?]

…maybe it has something to do with the chaos going on right now…?

[Yeah, he has NO clue.]

Maybe..? With everything else that's happening, it's my best guess... But what does it mean? -I wonder if something's happened to the Firstforged?

[Okay, /that/ is a disturbing thought. He frowns in concern.]

If the others are anything like Prima – at least the impression that I got – they're all pretty powerful. I'd hate to think something could have happened to them. But yes, I suppose we should try to contact them.

[Give him a minute while posts another, separate comm-vid.]

All right. I've left a message for Prima-sama. I'll let you know when I hear from him.

[When. Not if. Because the implications behind a failed "if" are . . . really not good.]

[He waits, as though expecting that Deckard would receive a response right away from Prima. Being that it had taken a while just to get one from him before things started going weird, Ventus doubts it though.

He nods when the robot reappears.]

Thanks. I appreciate it.