Habitable Zone 2020 (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse)
I wonder if Justin ever dreamed of HZ's fate?
It's like an asylum and the doors are open but the inmates no longer have any sense of reality left or desire to be a part of the real world. They are literally more comfortable with their asylum hierarchy and familiar rituals.
It's a mystery, alright, but perhaps even more of a tragedy. "Flowers for Algernon" meets "The Sims - HZ Edition"