[IC] Myriad Reality

[System]

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Man, it's more complex than it looks.
*Cycles through every system I have access to at the moment to unfreeze what I can, then cycles through again to unfreeze anything with the new liberties given by what is previously unfrozen*

@GalaxyRaider

*One layer breaks from the terminal at a time, until you have access to a restricted console with the ability to copy any file you have permission to read and an empty directory*

[GalaxyRaider]

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*One layer breaks from the terminal at a time, until you have access to a restricted console with the ability to copy any file you have permission to read and an empty directory*

@System

*Copies the podium itself over into the new directory, including the terminal*

[Vacare]

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That makes for an easy target. We can suffocate it.

@Nimda

Michael: If it were that easy, I'd have done it myself. However, that black stuff it's left behind covers that place. It's like a spiderweb of gunk that saps away your life.

Well... That does complicate things. We'll have to lure the beast out...

[System]

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*Copies the podium itself over into the new directory, including the terminal*

@GalaxyRaider

Snatches a brushlike creature out of the air before it can reach you*
How's it coming?

[Nimda]

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Michael: If it were that easy, I'd have done it myself. However, that black stuff it's left behind covers that place. It's like a spiderweb of gunk that saps away your life.

Well... That does complicate things. We'll have to lure the beast out...

@Vacare

Lily: Any idea how it's doing that?
-I don't like that look on your face...

[GalaxyRaider]

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*Snatches a brushlike creature out of the air before it can reach you*
How's it coming?

@System

Oh, you know. Treating stuff that feels like the real world like any old file and feeling weird about it. Standard stuff.
*Attempts to access the copy of the terminal*

[System]

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Oh, you know. Treating stuff that feels like the real world like any old file and feeling weird about it. Standard stuff.
*Attempts to access the copy of the terminal*

@GalaxyRaider

New for you?
*As soon as you execute the copy, a terminal window materializes in front of you*

[souleaterfan320]

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*One of my clones already stands behind the fleet, observing their movements*

@Legend Begins

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*Floats through, arms outstretched in a welcoming manner*
Welcome, soldierfolk!

@Inimical

*stares dumbfoundedly at the display*

Who the hell does she think she is? Wierd. Maybe I can talk our way out of this.

*clicks on the comms button*

This is Commander Harlock of the 4th EDB Cosmic Fleet. We are of the understanding that you are of Amaranthine. If this is true, then we know what you're capable of. Let's talk this out. No need for things to get messy.

[GalaxyRaider]

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New for you?
*As soon as you execute the copy, a terminal window materializes in front of you*

@System

*Looks to you and motions to the terminal in a 'ta-da' sort of fashion*
If I had this level of control in my world then things would be way easier.

[Vacare]

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Lily: Any idea how it's doing that?
-I don't like that look on your face...

@Nimda

The prevailing theory that I have is that its miasma... A sort of heavy aura that affects one heavily with negative emotions. My guess is that the bear uses this gunk as a way to project that miasma to weaken its prey and eventually consume its life force to sustain its form.

Eve: In other words, it's a danger to everything around it and it'll be hard to do battle with alone. You need several people of incredible strength to kill it.

[Inimical]

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*stares dumbfoundedly at the display*

Who the hell does she think she is? Wierd. Maybe I can talk our way out of this.

*clicks on the comms button*

This is Commander Harlock of the 4th EDB Cosmic Fleet. We are of the understanding that you are of Amaranthine. If this is true, then we know what you're capable of. Let's talk this out. No need for things to get messy.

@souleaterfan320

Well, Commander Harlock, it is my understanding that you have been given the deal we offer to all, correct? Feel free to tell me if I am wrong, though, but here you are.

[System]

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*Looks to you and motions to the terminal in a 'ta-da' sort of fashion*
If I had this level of control in my world then things would be way easier.

@GalaxyRaider

Good!
*A guardian statue materializes on one side of us, while a large polyhedron appears next to it*
Usually we don't get this kind of access either.
*A keyboard manifests in front of us*

[Nimda]

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The prevailing theory that I have is that its miasma... A sort of heavy aura that affects one heavily with negative emotions. My guess is that the bear uses this gunk as a way to project that miasma to weaken its prey and eventually consume its life force to sustain its form.

Eve: In other words, it's a danger to everything around it and it'll be hard to do battle with alone. You need several people of incredible strength to kill it.

@Vacare

If we go for a direct confrontation.

[GalaxyRaider]

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Good!
*A guardian statue materializes on one side of us, while a large polyhedron appears next to it*
Usually we don't get this kind of access either.
*A keyboard manifests in front of us*

@System

Right. So what did you want to do with this again?

[Legend Begins]

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*stares dumbfoundedly at the display*

Who the hell does she think she is? Wierd. Maybe I can talk our way out of this.

*clicks on the comms button*

This is Commander Harlock of the 4th EDB Cosmic Fleet. We are of the understanding that you are of Amaranthine. If this is true, then we know what you're capable of. Let's talk this out. No need for things to get messy.

@souleaterfan320

*A copy of myself appears on the back of each ship*

[System]

<Snipped quote by System>

Right. So what did you want to do with this again?

@GalaxyRaider

*A second keyboard is generated in front of you*
Let's find all of the viruses and take them out or freeze them solid.

[souleaterfan320]

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Well, Commander Harlock, it is my understanding that you have been given the deal we offer to all, correct? Feel free to tell me if I am wrong, though, but here you are.

@Inimical

*my voice cracks with an almost seething anger*
Your deal got a minimum of 30,000 soldiers and many more civilians KILLED. But these soldiers weren't with me that day. Just let them go.... you can have me.

Hux: Harlock, what the HELL do you think you're doing?!?

Harlock: *shushes Hux silently with the wave of a finger*

[souleaterfan320]

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*A copy of myself appears on the back of each ship*

@Legend Begins

*each copy of you appears on my radar*

[GalaxyRaider]

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*A second keyboard is generated in front of you*
Let's find all of the viruses and take them out or freeze them solid.

@System

*Cracks my fingers*
Let's do it then. I'll opt for freezing, if it's all the same to you.

[Legend Begins]

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*each copy of you appears on my radar*

@souleaterfan320

*More blips rapidly fill the radar until it's nothing but gleaming light*