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*Gives you two thumbs up*

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Can I trust anyone to safely climb on top of the ship, fire this bad boy into the storm, and maintain the non-Outside spacial connection to the ship as it goes through the storm, only allowing the tip of the bolt to touch the storm?
*Pokes the tip with my finger*
It’s not easy. Will definitely require a lot of precision and focus.

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You’re all warpers of reality to some extent, no? I’m gonna need one to handle this.
*Turns and faces you lot with the finished product, all kinds of small devices wrapped and otherwise secured to the bolt in the weapon*

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Can I trust anyone to safely climb on top of the ship, fire this bad boy into the storm, and maintain the non-Outside spacial connection to the ship as it goes through the storm, only allowing the tip of the bolt to touch the storm?
*Pokes the tip with my finger*
It’s not easy. Will definitely require a lot of precision and focus.

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I should be able to manipulate myself not to interact with anything in the storm! But if not, I can definitely protect that device with my powers.

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I can also perform this task. I would not underestimate Maddie, as her calculation power is incredible; in fact, both she and I together may be able to perform this task with a near-guarantee of success.

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*Points to Spirit*

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*Holds out the gun*
Then by all means. Just, whatever you do, do not fall. We’re not moving at a speed you all can’t handle by any means, but it never hurts to be careful. Stakes are high.

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*Holds out the gun*
Then by all means. Just, whatever you do, do not fall. We’re not moving at a speed you all can’t handle by any means, but it never hurts to be careful. Stakes are high.

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We will be sure to remain firmly fixed. *Takes the gun in my hands and steps into thin air with Maddie, both of us remaining perfectly steady* Which way to exit?

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*Points to the padder leading up to the hatch that had just dropped down a few moments ago*
You’ll have to do it from the top. I could open the rear cargo bay too but I don’t want to risk losing any equipment.

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-Maddie- Got it! *We rise smoothly through the hatch and come outside, keeping velocity with the ship*
-I’ll accelerate us with the ship and maintain the bolt and its link to the ship. Please prepare to make any steadying movements needed for either the device or our persons.
-Maddie- Got you!
-*We manoeuvre the device to the edge of the storm and fire it*

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That is perfect.
*Pulls up a series of displays onto the same large monitor in the passenger/cargo area and watches as they continue to return negative results*
But it doesn’t seem to matter much...

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-Ruby- Should they call her?

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No, not in what I included. It was a number of scanners, and I rigged it up to kind of cheat the unpredictability of getting readings in the storm. At least hopefully. The fact that results are returning at all is good, but-
*One singular reading changes to affirmative and I stop and look at it silently*

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-Ruby- *Leans over to look at it*

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The scans deny any signs of life being present, but-
*Points to the affirmative reading*
It reads the presence of consciousness.

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-Ruby- Whaaaat?
-I have room to temporarily house a consciousness, as both Spectre and Wraith have separated from me completely. I only offer this as an option if it becomes necessary.

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There’s a bit more to it than that, I feel. Assuming my readings have been entirely accurate until now, I believe I have a theory as to Violet’s fate.

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-Ruby- Has she become the storm??

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No no, nothing like that. I believe that the storm has torn her body to shreds and left no trace, but for some reason has trapped her very soul within. Perhaps a horrible fate, but should rescue be possible, a blessing in disguise. I’m not even sure a soul would survive traversal to an afterlife through the Outside, so she could have been doomed to nonexistence.

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-Ruby- How can we extract her soul?