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[booksandbathtubs]

[Ratio appears on the screen, holding a letter in his hand before turning towards the camera.]

Good evening. I'm Dr. Veritas Ratio.

It seems I've been given an assignment by the Powers that Be of this city. They'd like me to investigate the power called "Umbra". In their letter, it's mentioned that this was possibly used by the Fractured during their recent engagement with the residents.

If anyone who participated in that fight is willing to provide me with any information for this research, please reach out here. If you would prefer a private channel, feel free to contact me here.

Also, this letter mentions something regarding the Nightglow flowers. If you have any experience with these, I would like to speak with you also.

And I'm sure someone will ask, whoever sent this didn't sign their letter.

[He ends the video after that, the feed cutting off.]

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[booksandbathtubs]

[Ratio is intrigued by the idea of this 'cyberdeck' and the abilities it grants Lucy. Sounded like something only a talented hacker (See, Silver Wolf) would be able to do from behind a keyboard.

He'd love to get his hands on one.]

Have you taken a look at the code? I'll take the raw, but I'm curious what you may have found.

[lunardreaming]

[ Lucy sends over 089182.txt, a paste of the small amount of code she'd managed to capture. ]

My best guess is that the Fractured were... being corrupted by a form of Bios gone bad. I've never seen corrupted code like this before, but when I was diving for it, I could sense its Bios. It felt oily.