Editing The Mall Cluster (section)

==History==
===Background===
The [[Fallen]] perpetrated a terrorist attack on a mall, starting a fire and locking people in. This led to four people triggering. Snag triggered after watching his store burn down, and failing to save a little girl.<ref>[[Interlude 4.a II]]</ref> Cradle triggered after realising all the effort that he had put into becoming a better person was for nothing.<ref>[[Interlude 12.f II]]</ref> Love Lost triggered upon watching her daughter being killed.<ref>[[Interlude 4.c II]]</ref> Precipice was a member of the Fallen, and triggered when he didn't take the option to save the people trapped inside due to manipulation from fellow Fallen [[Seir]], and the weight of his inaction hit him.<ref>[[Interlude 5.d II]]</ref>

Snag, Love Lost, and Cradle came together in order to get revenge on Rain and the Fallen.<ref name="P.4e3">17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  You’re clearly looking for info on multis.<br>of5: Yes<br>of5: I am.<br>17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  I can provide.<br>[...]<br>17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  You’re part of the new cluster from the mall.<br>of5: No comment.<br>[...]<br>17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  The one I talked to said there’s a woman, two boys, and him.  I’m going to assume you’re the one I’ve termed the runt.  The smallest, easiest target.<br>17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  The woman is gathering funds to hire mercenaries and come after you.  The one I talked to hired an information broker to find you.  Her name is Tattletale.  She’s good.  She has resources. including the mercenaries I just mentioned.  She’s also preoccupied for now.<br>17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  A favor from me to you.<br>17593Q183H17953R9713E714693:  That leaves you & the last one.  It sounds like all 3 are coordinating vs. you. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/glow-worm-p-4/ Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.4]]</ref><ref>[[Flare 2.5]]</ref><ref>[[Glare 3.4]]</ref>
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 It's just Rain being vague about dreamscape, cutting?
They also share an unconscious connection with each other which causes them to exchange information and details, though they have some control over this process.<ref name="3.4 e1" /-->

Several groups took notice of the groups trigger and creation.<ref name="P.4e3"/>

On the sixth day in the dream room, the members of the cluster finally understand permanence of their situation. Rain's regrets get ahead of him and he gifts tokens to Cradle. Cradle does not like it one bit.<ref name="12.fII"/>

Rain started making [[Chatroom group|friends]] of his own.

The trigger group started gathering allies to go after Rain.

Rain decided to come clean to his team.

===Early-[[Ward]]===
Still trying to get Rain. Recruiting villains and more to try and kill him.

Rain also tried recruiting people.

Cradle hires a [[master]]-cape by the name of [[Snaggletooth]], who can invade dreams, to try to intervene into nightly cluster meeting, but The Dreamscape tears interlopers projection into pieces and fries Snaggletooth's brain.<ref> It’s like an intense fight happened while the rest of us were off dreaming, and this person lost hard, Rain thought. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/13/shadow-interlude-5d/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5d II|Interlude 5d]]</ref><ref>Cradle tried using a power to throw a wrench into things once.  When I talked to March about it, she said that Cradle hired someone called Snaggletooth, a cape that invaded dreams.  The woman ended up brain dead.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/02/16/heavens-12-2/ Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.2]]</ref> To Rains dismay recalling [[Mama Mathers]] did not lead to the similar treatment.

Snag and Love Lost hire [[Hollow Point]] villains and [[The Undersiders]] and plan assault on [[the Fallen]] settlement.

Snag kills himself during the [[Mathers Compound Assault]] while marked by Rains blades. As the fight continues Cradle with the help of [[Operator Red]] captures and starts torturing Rain. [[Breakthrough]] arrives in a pinch. With great effort they manage to capture Cradle and recover Rain.

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
[[Colt]] joins the cluster as a bud from Love Lost.

Cradle betrays Love Lost and drains her and Colt.<ref name="I12eII"/> All three of them get imprisoned by [[The Wardens]].

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Cradle gets banished to another dimension. Colt takes on herself a role of a mediator during the dreams.<ref name="II16.10"/>

[[Teacher's Group]] started investigation into the cluster mechanics.<ref>[[Black 13.x]]</ref>

Rain offered Love Lost and Colt temporary freedom if they agreed to join the second [[Wardens]]' assault on [[Teacher]]'s Compound. They accepted the offer and assisted [[Breakthrough]] during the battle.

Rain, Love Lost and Colt were able to take down [[Mama Mathers]] and [[The Fallen]], that guarded [[Chevalier]]'s Wardens.<ref name="15.zII">[[Interlude 15.z II|Interlude 15.z]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
Breakthrough attempts to preempt [[Teacher]]'s shard manipulations and invades the Cluster's dreamscape,<ref name="II16.8"/> changing the room's appearance.<ref>The doors opened, and Rain was there, in the too-bright light, as people spilled forth.  Darlene, Aiden, me, Tristan, Byron’s comatose body, Sveta, Candy, Kenzie, Ashley, Tattletale, Colt, Love Lost, and Cradle.<br><br>Rain greeted us all with a desperate, mocking laughter.<br><br>And then, as though a light switch had been flicked, the scene was gone, and we were in the room, divided into fifteen sections, each haphazardly connected to the last. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/09/07/from-within-16-8/ Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.8]]</ref> They fail to fight the Grasping Self avatar,<ref name="II16.9">[[From Within 16.9]]</ref> but succeed at dispatching the vengeful Cradle, which takes care of his guardian.<ref name="II16.10">[[From Within 16.10]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Ten [[patrol]] officers with dormant [[Corona Pollentia]]s, including [[Gilpatrick]], were tinker-linked by [[Lookout]] to [[Rain]], allowing them to invade the dreamscape. Two of the officers were impersonated by [[Matryoshka]] and [[Bijou]].

[[Anguished Heart]]'s avatar killed three of the officers, but was stalled by Rain and [[Love Lost]], allowing others to escape.

Rain and [[Colt]] hack the power connection's inside [[The Firmament]], disconnecting newcomers from their cluster and [[Titan Skadi]] from [[Oberon]]'s network.<ref name="II19.c">[[Infrared 19.c]]</ref>