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*Natural disasters begin to crop up throughout the globe as the natural energy reserves are depleted, only stifled by the pools draining to replace the damage done to the underlying forces of the planet itself*
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*In response to the depleting resource, the shimmering air at various points across the globe, in particular around surface Pools of Salubrity as well as major population centers, full-sized rifts manifest which themselves seem to eek out a low whir as they rest. The IA supersoldiers nearby take aim*