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 There were many potential starting point for the Rifts, most of which righted themselves in time, without halting the spread of the Rifts in other dimensions. They included a Rift-making machine built by a “bull-guy”, dangerous chemical manipulations by a juvenile [[space behemoth]] called [[Fyargathaaark865blububurgh$1gkzo]], and reckless time-travelling by a [[The Doctor|man with a bowtie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') The spread of the Rifts was accelerated by the activities of a sort of interdimensional sect called the [[Consistency Imperium]], who were manipulated by the mad alchemist [[Mandragora-257]]. Mandragora also built a [[Mandragora's Machine|Machine]] designed to be activated once the damage to the [[Multiverse]] had become critical, to complete the work of destroying it altogether. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'')
-=== Effects ===
+=== Early occurrences ===
-Some Rifts connected dimensions. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'') Starting on April 29th, 2019, [[Prime Universe|Prime]] [[Earth#In the Prime Universe|Earth]] time, one Rift connected the headquarters of the [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]] on the Prime Earth to the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. This allowed the Fish, who, at the time, did not yet possess an interdimensional mode of transport of their own, to cross over as they pleased and cause mischief in the Cupid Homeworld. Although the Crew's [[Department of Rifts]] attempted to deal with this, they could not close the Rift permanently, but only temporarily. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'')
+Some Rifts connected dimensions. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'') Starting on April 29th, 2019, [[Prime Universe|Prime]] [[Earth#In the Prime Universe|Earth]] time, one Rift connected the headquarters of the [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]] on the Prime Earth to the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. This allowed the Fish, who, at the time, did not yet possess an interdimensional mode of transport of their own, to cross over as they pleased and cause mischief in the Cupid Homeworld. Although the Crew's [[Department of Rifts]] attempted to deal with this, they could not close the Rift permanently, but only temporarily. The [[Blue Feather]] were assigned to guard it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'')
-However, a Rift could also hinder the functioning of normal dimensional transports; after too large a Rift appeared in the Cupid Homeworld, it began to block [[Fog Ship]] dematerialisation, sealing off the Cupids in their own Homeworld. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'')
+One [[Dimension (The Mad Cupid of the Euclidean Plane)|small, anomalous dimension]] became a kind of nexus point for Rifts to connect to. Because the presence of many Rifts in one place accelerated the creation of new ones, [[complete dimensional collapse]] became a concern. One of the Rifts connected to the home dimension of an [[Old man (The Mad Cupid of the Euclidean Plane)|ordinary old man]], who fell through accidentally. In the hub dimension, he found an abandoned cabin containing books on dimensional science, and began building [[Prism]]s to contain as many Rifts as he could. He also learned how to create a set of four special Prisms that could be used to stabilise the dimension and prevent any more Rifts from appearing there, but it would need two people to implement.
+At least one Rift also appeared in the [[Euclidean Plane]], “doubling up” a natural ravine such that the actual Rift hovered halfway down the “real” crevice. An [[Octaser]] once fell through that Rift and into the hub dimension, where they attacked the old man. Viewing the intruder as a threat, the old man captured them and sent them back out through another Rift. “Two moons” later, [[Tracker-764]] chased the [[Pulsaton]] [[Doki Dick]] through that same Rift. While Doki Dick fled through another Rift, Tracker stayed with the old man and helped him implement the four-Prisms ritual to stabilise the dimension and avert the catastrophic destruction that could have ensued. At the last moment, Doki Dick returned to this dimension by chance after going through six portals in a row, but quickly escaped again. After saying his goodbyes, Tracker left through a random Rift, as did the old man. As luck would have it, the portal selected by the old man ended up connecting to the Rift in the Cupid Homeworld, much to the surprise of Blue Feather operatives [[Larrikin-1029]] and [[Dandy-432]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mad Cupid of the Euclidean Plane (short story)|The Mad Cupid of the Euclidean Plane]]'')
+=== Lockdown in the Homeworld ===
+A Rift could also hinder the functioning of normal dimensional transports; after too large a Rift appeared in the Cupid Homeworld, it began to block [[Fog Ship]] dematerialisation, sealing off the Cupids in their own Homeworld. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'')
 The Rifts caused some universes to unravel and, at any rate, made travel between them more difficult. As a result, many versions of [[Jenny Everywhere]] temporarily lost the ability to [[shifting|shift]] and to tap into each other's knowledge, lest they go mad or fall out of reality completely; many more of Jenny's selves died than had in living memory. [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|One version]] of Jenny who had retained the ability to shift investigated the Rifts' origins and discovered that they seemed to be caused by the activities of a sort of interdimensional sect called the [[Consistency Imperium]]: wherever they went, Rifts appeared or worsened. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'')