Yes. War with the Third Party. They want to "free" us all by permanently killing us and taking the wings. It's like some cult or something -- so I hear.

The Shifts really run the gambit of strange. One time they were going to do something, but they messed up their Battledome so their fake video game monsters came to life. So to make up for that they gave us an amusement park and super spa hotel. Other times they do... such weird things. This last Halloween the moon decided to crush us. Literally. Ask anyone around, it was scary. And there were these weird masks everywhere.

[Tilts her head watching him coolly. So he didn't believe her. She was half-tempted to drag him off by the ear to meet someone who could prove her right. The one time she told the truth.... jeez.]