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Rikiya Oshiro opens up the aether on-boarding pdf and it reads like any other corporate on-boarding manual. not too different from the same devon co. on-boarding procedure rikiya was given upon being hired. however, it diverges the longer her scrolls through the document. there's mention of how their research is strictly confidential and transcends that of any hoenn authoritative figure. a brief explanation about their purpose: to explore the truth of what lies beyond the world. it seeps into the transcript the longer he reads it. only so much of it makes sense with what little context rikiya has. [break][break]

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Isra Nightingale veers off toward the green house lab and her tampering with the terminal brings the display to life. from a glance, she can surmise that they're researching the sustainability of growing crops in space. what lies before her is fruit that has been bred to be harvested multiple times. among them are some of the rarest species of fruit that the region has to offer.[break][break]

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Alexei Ivanov is much more forward with her approach and goes for the first thing in sight: the shards. the smaller pieces are easy to snatch up and she lines her pockets with the mysterious material. the terminal comes to life when she tries to discover what these shards are but all she gets is a few excerpts of various minerals found throughout the world. luckily, the moonstone is self explanatory.[break][break]

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without any further knowledge, Kazimir Wynter and @rosario hit a dead end. little do they know that the map is incorrect; Stormy Silph and cait alfric had visited a basement, which by the map's standards doesn't exist. whether the blueprint is outdated or forged incorrectly is unknown. however, the pokevenger doesn't call it quits. he examines the telescope for another clue and catches a glimpse of something coming out of the wormhole. his impeccable timing allows him to spot a faint pair of spheres materalize from the wormhole before teleporting away.[break][break][break]


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the odd phenomenons of the mossdeep space center comes to an end when the building loses power and the chaos outside grows wilder. eventually, the structure empties out and those that leave last find themselves armed with clues toward both an unsolved mystery and increasingly steeper cliffhangers. [break][break]