"But the weirdest part," said Heiji, "Is that three different teams all encountered the same Alessa and Cheryl a few days apart, in the same scenario -- at least, the same as far as we could tell. It didn't seem to matter if Alessa came out of it fine, or if Cheryl turned the tables and took her out."

Yeah, probably didn't have too much to do with the puzzle. But it was still super weird.