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Even though Bergen County, New Jersey, is just over the bridge from NYC, company policy forces a 26-year-old woman, married not even a year and a half and just starting to consider starting a family, to instead attend a regional training course in rural Somerset County, an area which she is unfamiliar with. Originally, she was supposed to be taking a coworker with her, but the coworker cancels. She misses her turn, and as she thinks, "should I have turned there?", she turns to look at the directions on the empty passenger seat. The steering wheel turns, and she swerves into the oncoming traffic lane, striking another car. The driver of the other car is killed, but the woman, though her car was totaled to the point that the owner of the auto body shop assumed that she couldn't have made it, escapes alive, though severely injured. However, to this day, she isn't certain if she was pregnant at the time and lost the baby in the accident, or if it was merely the trauma of the accident itself that caused her to miss her period.

In this timeline, I, born March 31, 1989, am that woman's firstborn child. But what if there's another timeline where a child was born to them in November of 1986? Would I still be born at all? I feel like the answer is no. Even using "regular" science, the ovulation process stops during pregnancy. My mother would've missed far more than just that one month if she had been pregnant, so it would've been a different egg that dropped in July of 1988--assuming my parents were even ready for a second child that soon; my only sibling wasn't born until 1993--and so the exact pairing of egg and sperm that created me would've never met up. Hell, even if there wasn't already a fetus there, the accident still delayed them starting a family. They've confirmed that much. My grandmother even told my mother at one point "you didn't survive to have a child. You survived to have that child." So as much as I want to at times dismiss this game as sci-fi mumbo jumbo, I can't deny this one.

Back to the game; Sean explains that by forcing Diana and Sigma into a crisis situation, he created an epigenetic change in their reproductive cells, and that's why their children were born with unique powers. Delta confirms this to be true. He asks D-Team if they remember what was on their wall. "When a curious hate oozes calamity". And rearranging the letters gets... "What you choose can materialize us." Our decisions will bring you to life. Carlos says he understands why Diana and Sigma had to go through that, but why the others? He reiterates that his motives are complex. Then Phi flips out on him. "FUCK YOU YOU OLD MAN!" She charges him. Sigma cries out at her not to, and Delta aims the shotgun, but Phi's flying kick lands, and Delta crashes into the wall, dropping the gun. Which, uh, I just remembered doesn't lower the danger at all because he's a mind hacker. Hell, it even landed right at Eric's feet. Though he is of course pointing it at Delta, saying it's over. Delta says Eric may be right. Phi tosses the brooch to Diana and tells her to put it in. She does, and the music box too. The box verifies the setting of the key items. Executing Force Quit Program. Ten minutes to explosion. Oh fuck you Delta! D-Team reacts incredulously, and Delta gives his best evil laugh. Eric demands an explanation, and Delta says it's exactly as the voice said. They've activated the self-destruct mechanism. Mira tells Sean to access the central computer, but Delta says it's too late; once the Force Quit Program has been activated, it can't be undone. But he'll tell them one good, no, two good things. First, he suggests checking behind the bar counter. C-Team reacts in shock, wondering why he'd do that...HE KILLED GAB! THAT BASTARD!
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