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UNKNOWN ON THE FREQUENCY

V4.5-ALL

[SCENE — CATTO WEATHER RESEARCH FACILITY] [sound design: coastal bunker, radar sweeps, monitors humming, radio static] [LAIZER BEAM - FEMALE, CALM WEATHER RADIO OPERATOR] I know this aircraft. I know every system. Every modification. Every signal it should send. [pause] But the tracking data says Laizer-Air is airborne. [sound cue: computer processing] The timestamp is current. The flight path is current. The telemetry is current. [pause] Not a recorded flight. Not a delayed signal. Not a radar echo. [sound cue: radio transmission begins] Catto Weather calling unknown aircraft. Identify. [VERSE 1 — DUCATI] [DUCATI - MALE, STEADY, CONFIDENT] Catto Weather. This is Ducati. We're flying Laizer-Air. The storm has reduced our visibility. Our visual feeds are unreliable. But the aircraft systems are working. We're following instruments. Following the data. Following the path. [CHORUS — ALL] Through the static Through the storm The signal carries on No eyes can see No map is clear But the path is still moving on [VERSE 2 — LAIZER] [LAIZER BEAM] The aircraft is transmitting exactly as designed. Altitude. Atmospheric readings. Ocean scans. Signal distortion. Every piece of data I needed... [pause] was coming from the one place I couldn't reach. Laizer-Air is above the storm. My station is watching from the coast. Together... we can finally see the pattern. [VERSE 3 — DUCATI] [DUCATI] We can't see the whole storm. The clouds hide the horizon. The signals break apart. But the instruments are showing us something. Three systems. Moving together. Not random. Not separate. [BRIDGE — JACQUES] [sound design: emergency broadcast override] [JACQUES - MALE, BRAZEN, CALM] This is Catto Weather emergency broadcast. Lyra-9 classification update. All stations continue observation. The storm is not behaving as a single weather system. Three converging events. One unknown interaction. [FINAL CHORUS — ALL] Through the static Through the storm The signal carries on Above the waves Beyond the clouds The search continues on [OUTRO] [sound design: radar pulse, ocean wind, aircraft engines] [LAIZER BEAM] Laizer-Air... [pause] Bring me the missing data. [sound cue: radio static]