FROM: Dr. Witosław Ostrowski, SU

Sorry, Vic, didn't mean to leave you hanging. The whole department's been running on too much coffee and too little sleep since it happened—can you blame us? He was one of ours.

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FROM: Karin Clarke, AC

This is a notice that Project JUNCTION ADVANCE will be receiving additional funding. A courier will arrive tomorrow with the paperwork. Please be prepared to set aside some time to complete these documents.

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FROM: William Moffat, D

Dr. Falkner, I am formally ordering your team to narrow its scope to safeguarding human beings suffused in STRANGE MATTER. This is an internal name for a form of extradimensional exotic matter; you'll be read into our classified projects and studies on the subject shortly.

Department Lead Dr. Purnell has already been notified, and you should have been allocated additional funds by Accounting. We'll also be providing additional headcount to support this change in direction. Please consult Dr. Purnell and your colleagues in the SM department with any questions.

If this leaves a bad taste in your mouth, I have it too. I want to make sure you know that this is not standard procedure for projects here. I don't make a habit of ordering experts around their fields.

Regretfully, the circumstances demand it. The evidence suggests that something took Dr. Davis and Agent Yero through STRANGE MATTER. We need to be able to follow them.

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FROM: Dr. Yumei Li, SM

It's the most obvious conclusion. We logged traces of it around the phone.

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FROM: Dr. Yumei Li, SM

Scratch that, it's not just the phone. Human Resources and Security narrowed down the intersection where Davis disappeared. There were traces there too. I'm transferring Napier to your team tomorrow.