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April 30th, 2051

You awaken with a start as your Magifona's alarm goes off. There was a dream, you think as you rub your temples gently. It was…an unpleasant one, you believe, but you can't really remember what it was anymore. A bad sign?

Your bad sign is confirmed by the pillow that's hurled at you. "I'm trying to get some sleep here," you hear Morgan grumble. You turn your head towards the only other person in the barracks right now, who's tossing and turning in her bunk, before she gives up and sits up, staring out the window and into the starless horizon. It's still dark, and you glance down at your Magifona again. 4:57am, your phone says. Aside from the two of you, the room is empty; the others are probably out on night patrol.

After a while, the silence starts to overwhelm your senses, and you…