#punching in

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I have just been informed of the existence of…m-preg? Weird.

I am aware of this occurring in seahorses but humans?

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Are you ok? You've been acting weird after you transcripted the tape.

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a̸͉̗̹̿y̷̘͉̦͑ú̴̲͈̎̍ḋ̵͖̩a̴͈̙͉͇͗m̷͇͓̩̪͑̾͑ẹ̵̗̈́̊͝ͅ.̸̩͕̀͊̀͘ ̸̦̆͛̇̓p̸͓͔̲͗̒̾͘o̴͖͚̺̾̌̍̚r̶͈̤̟̿̇́͝ ̴͓̖̊͐͜ͅf̴͎̗̽́ả̵̧̠̱͛̕v̴̪̺͎͌͑͜õ̶͙̝͚̓̈́͠r̵̜̄ ̶̢̩͝a̴̺̙̺͝ͅý̴̝͘ứ̶͍̩̂͝͝d̶̛͙̼̝̞͛͆̐a̴̫͚̩͉̓m̸̭̐͒̽͜ě̷̠͙͜.̷̧̲̺̥͗ ̵͈̟̟̅̂͌l̴̻̖̦̏̎̌̉͜a̶̟͇̻̬͂̍̕s̸̤͎̖̆͑ ̷͚̮̈́͒v̷̙̝̟̓̓ǫ̸̜͍͐̓̌̆ͅc̴̭̉̃e̸͕̅̽͗̂ͅs̸͎̟̳̮̋̄̓ ̸̧̠̟̜̆̊̆s̵̮͌̐͜͝î̵̳͖̹͂ǹ̴͚̥̝̓̀͜ ̴̢͚͕̙̀͝f̸͇̄̂ĩ̴͉̙̆͝n̷̡̙̉̾́.̶̩̈́́̂ ̷̛̯̞̐͘ͅë̸̳̟́͝s̸͇̤̙̀̅̈́t̶͉̹͉̏ó̵̜̳̾͂ỷ̸̜̙̠ͅ ̵͎͌̃c̸̢͖͋̂͒͗a̶̳͆͝ḿ̵̠̿̀͜ḅ̷̗̀̓͂i̴̺͇͚̰̒̊͊a̷̧̯̳̪̒͐n̶͍̿̿d̶̛̻̳̯̓̚ơ̴̧̥͋̌ ̸̧̲͓̙͊a̴̝̥͉̒́̐̕ ̴̭̠͓̓́͐̂h̸̝̗̊͠ĭ̶͚̝l̶̹̲͚̥̒̋̑ö̶̞̩́͘s̶̭͚͉̙̅̽̾̈́.̸̠̮̺̤̈̓͝

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Buddy. You have not received authorization for that investigation.

Do you think that I care, Procyon?

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Does DUMP have any jurisdiction over Closeknit? Why aren't they doing anything?

My team is not privy to that information, Allan.

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Transcript of the tape belonging to Maddie is as follows.

Maddie: I don't know how long I'll be able to record this for...Oh, I hope this works.

[indiscerinble chatter, presumably from the meeting] Closeknit Speaker: Welcome! Welcome everyone! So glad to see a few new faces in the crowd. We love to see such curious minds open to the truth.

[...]

Closeknit Member: Hi, you're new here right? Do you mind if I sit by you?

Maddie: Oh yeah, go ahead!

Closeknit Member: Thank god! I've had such a hard time finding someone to sit with. Everyone's already had their own groups for the longest time and I just seem to throw off the whole dynamic so I try to sit with the newcomers, but we haven't had many until recently. Maddie: Oh...well, I hope we can be friends.

[The audio is too distorted to understand for the next thirty minutes. I have tried to make out the words but it's almost like it got corrupted.]

[Transcript resumes at 34: 47]

Closeknit Speaker: -̴̗͚͔̐͋̉̎̽͌̐̓̏͘̕͘Ǫ̵͓͖͎͖̬̘̪̩̖̅͐̽̀̂͊̌̽͆̈́͗̊͠h̵̡̟̖̱͖̟̍̊͌̏̆̀̄̀̓̈͌̕ you'll get your answers soon enough. We just have to do a few bonding activities first.

Maddie: [laughs. I don't know if it is nervous or not.] Bonding activities?

Closeknit Speaker: Yes. We have a song to sing and then we'll hand out those dahlias and get the bouquets made up. Those are for the Inversion memorial that's coming up. Just a little something to give back to the community. Maddie: That seems nice. Closeknit Speaker: It is! Really helps to take the burden off of their minds with all the heaviness that comes with this season. [Something that sounds distinctly like a shade growls] Maddie: What was that? Closeknit Member: Nothing! Nothing at all! Let's go and make those bouquets, yeah?

[The audio has distorted again. Corruption of the file should not be possible. This is not a digital media. It appears to be undamaged. Magical tampering?]

[Transcript resumes at 52:33] Maddie: .̴̡̛̠̗͍̪͇͎͇̘̺̿̀͊͂̈̽͐͐͐̅̚̕̕.̷̞̤͈͗̐̋̇̅̕.̵̨̦̝̱̜̹̤̖͍̖̟̒w̸̡̻̳̠̜͇͚̌̾͑̍̈̀͊̂́͗͗̚̕̚͠ͅh̵͎̜̥̜̰̞͈͔̦̬̪͆̄̏a̴̡̧̛̤̲̹͖̞͖͖̯̞̘̰̝̽̿̐̅̈̃́̆̚̕͘͝͠͠t̶̢̛̳̪͕͙͙̲͙͔̅̂̀̽͆̂̏̏̉̚͜?̷̡̨̡̧̥͚̰̪̣̪̘͎́͛͘̚ What is that supposed to even mean? Where's Logi?

[Everything has distorted. It remains so for several minutes. Something that sounds like a shade is on the prowl.]

[Transcript resumes at 57:24] [Someone is singing. The words aren't clear, but mentions of Dahlia and a river can be made out. More people join in. Maddie's voice can be heard among them.]

...

[One voice becomes distinct. It does not originate from the tape recorder. It is in my head. It is in my head. Get it out. Please.]

[The threads are unraveling, fraying. It is all I can do to keep them knotted together. There is fear in this recording. I cannot transcribe it further.]

[Transcript ends at 58:13]