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Junpei asks how Akane knew Carlos could SHIFT, and she cites what Carlos said about being able to see which paths Death lies down. We get the Reverie Syndrome infodump again...but this time, Akane suggests that Reverie Syndrome is in fact what happens when a person can't stop receiving information from the morphogenetic field and receives too much, or when they can't stop jumping between histories. Junpei says that that means she's like them, and Akane says that in a way, yes, but the power is running rampant in her, and if she could find some way to control the ability, she might be able to overcome Reverie Syndrome. Carlos says that, starting with the fire that killed his parents in which he saved Maria, he's always been able to hear the voices of the endangered people even though he shouldn't be able to. Akane then suggests that rather than actually playing the AB game, they should just SHIFT to another history, even though at this point it's highly likely they'll both choose Ally. They'll be able to do it...if they find their lives in danger. Then she decides to turn the reactor into a bomb. Carlos asks where they need to SHIFT to, but Akane says that if they'd thought it out in advance, the danger would be lessened. Junpei says to jump to the same history he does. Which one, the others ask? One where they didn't get all ones on the dice rolls. Holy crap, I knew I saw a locked piece beyond the bad ending, but... Carlos says that Junpei's insane, that they'll just get themselves killed. Akane says she trusts Junpei, and Carlos says that if they die, he's going to kill him. "Ambidex" complete. Sure enough, the only choice is to go back into the rec room fragment. It starts out just like every other time they were about to get killed, but then there's a flash of light and the ones from the Ambidex timeline come in. Junpei knocks Akane down, and has Carlos put her in the fireplace. His plan is to have the two of them shield Akane from the bullets, then SHIFT to yet another timeline before they die. Akane is to follow once she's heard all of the X-Passes. He chose this timeline because there are already five people dead in it. With his and Carlos's, there will be seven. And then they jump to the history where they rolled all ones.

EYE...KILL...FOOL...MOON...FATE...SAVE...DOLL. I think we've seen all of these before.Akane breaks down crying, saying Junpei's horrible, but she admits she should go now. And she shifts. Still no choice but to go to that fragment, this time on the all-ones side. Akane's still pissed at Junpei. What if the SHIFT hadn't worked? Akane comes right out and says that Junpei is the one she cares about the most. He takes out a ring...odd, I've seen that before. But where? Well, at any rate, it's on Akane's left ring finger now. Oh, no, wait, it's the right. Junpei screwed up. What a doof. Well, he made Akane laugh so I guess that works. He says they'll move it to the correct side once they escape. Akane says that normally when you SHIFT, you forget the memories from the previous timeline, but she's used to it so she remembers. Junpei and Carlos remember too, though. Akane says it might be the resonance effect, because they have more SHIFTers, and says that the overall number of SHIFTers in the world is increasing. Then the bit about the upcoming loss of 6 billion lives, and that the rise could be the world adapting. Junpei wonders if everyone signing up for Dcom was part of Zero's plan, and Carlos suggests that Zero needed them to SHIFT. Akane picks SAVE to tell them, but...it doesn't work. Neither does DOLL. The voice cuts in and says that X-Passes are set to their respective histories, and X-Passes from alternate timelines are not applicable. As I figured based on the fact that they aren't even consistent between timelines. Junpei flips out, expectedly. And Junpei seems to be suggesting he wants to kill himself to let the others out. He races off and finds...Dark Q? No, there is seriously a red-eyed palette swap of Q here.
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