Late last night, residents in the downtown grid reported a wave of temporal distortion following what authorities now confirm was the activation of an unlicensed portal generator. Time in the affected area reportedly slowed, looped, and in some cases reversed—causing widespread confusion and minor injuries as reality flickered unpredictably.
Corporate authorities traced the origin of the surge to a maintenance hub once used by the defunct Nexarch Quantum Transport Division. Investigators found remnants of a first-generation portal prototype, long believed lost. Experts suspect it may be linked to Matt Sargent or to rogue engineers operating under the resistance’s umbrella.
Cleanup crews have deployed phase stabilizers, but temporal drift pockets continue to disrupt street-level navigation. Citizens are advised to avoid intersections near 9th and Vortex until the field dissipates.
