Fuck. Listen to me, Alex. Agree to it. Agree to virtually anything Zane says, because he knows much more about probably anything that's going to happen than any of us do.
I think I might know what the phase is. It seems to be an event in which it appears that the rules of reality begin to break down, usually resulting into something quite unpleasant, to say the least. In the interest of further understanding the Distortions, which I think is the same thing as phasing, I need you to answer a few questions.
Have you ever heard of Lune? Are you familiar with the classpects, such as Scribe, which you apparently are? Do you have any weapons on you, or any skill in using any kind of weapons? What about making traps? What is the scope of the evident supernatural events you're experiencing?
My apologies for the barrage of questions, but we've observed several others under similar circumstances; your friends, in fact. None of them have sustained any wounds in the time we've observed them, except maybe KnWa, but for all except JeTh and his friend, Ivan, the situation doesn't look advantageous; CaHa's in particular. Sorry for using their usernames, but I'm not sure how familiar you are with their actual names.
Finally, please, ask Zane about Lune if you don't know about it already. Also, ask about the Scribe, since that's one of the Classpects we're unfamiliar with. This information could be extremely helpful in dealings with attempting to keep you and your friends safe and unharmed, but I doubt Zane will tell you much.