[IC] Myriad Reality

[Artifact]

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*Stares at the insects for a moment*
Tch… Bugs.
*Takes in the rest of the sights, turning slowly in a full circle as I do*
Is this what they did?

@Valiance

It is. As long as we stay down here, they won’t reach us.

[Heroic]

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[Valiance]

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It is. As long as we stay down here, they won’t reach us.

@Artifact

I suppose the ultimate question is, why? What motivated this level of destruction?

[Legend]

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* jumps slightly and I create another circler that I turn like a knob, decreasing the volume*

@Extra

*Snickers*
Down down bottom of the sea we’re going mind link exploration danger is down the mind link bottom of the sea may be difficult the bottom of the sea—

[Artifact]

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I suppose the ultimate question is, why? What motivated this level of destruction?

@Valiance

They’ve been driven into frenzy by this universe. I’d like to know how they got here in the first place.

[Extra]

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*Snickers*
Down down bottom of the sea we’re going mind link exploration danger is down the mind link bottom of the sea may be difficult the bottom of the sea—

@Legend

*sinks really fast*

[Valiance]

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They’ve been driven into frenzy by this universe. I’d like to know how they got here in the first place.

@Artifact

You don't know either, then?

[Legend]

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*sinks really fast*

@Extra

*Hits the bottom*
Danger creatures bottom of the sea creatures that rake flesh off of your bones the sea treasure the creatures that bones the water the speaking creatures tear into—
*A horde of shrimplikes surround us from all sides*

[Artifact]

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You don't know either, then?

@Valiance

*Shakes my head*
Everything in this universe is the same as it is when I discovered it.

[Valiance]

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*Shakes my head*
Everything in this universe is the same as it is when I discovered it.

@Artifact

Mm. And is this chaos the reason you became a general? Or something further?

[Artifact]

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Mm. And is this chaos the reason you became a general? Or something further?

@Valiance

No, I have a real reason. This planet is a symptom of a much bigger disease.
*Points to the orange planet in the sky, which itself is bounded to several more via the same nebulous material*
It only gets worse from here. And they’re all connected.

[Valiance]

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No, I have a real reason. This planet is a symptom of a much bigger disease.
*Points to the orange planet in the sky, which itself is bounded to several more via the same nebulous material*
It only gets worse from here. And they’re all connected.

@Artifact

It is bizarre. Is it a someone, or a something?

[Artifact]

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It is bizarre. Is it a someone, or a something?

@Valiance

Both. These planets here and in the distance aren’t actually planets at all. They’re scales.

[Extra]

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*Hits the bottom*
Danger creatures bottom of the sea creatures that rake flesh off of your bones the sea treasure the creatures that bones the water the speaking creatures tear into—
*A horde of shrimplikes surround us from all sides*

@Legend

Aww they are cute!

[Legend]

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Aww they are cute!

@Extra

Danger don’t let them touch danger bottom of the danger stupid these creatures danger they’ll bite spell—
*The animals close in and bite onto anything they can find*

[Valiance]

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Both. These planets here and in the distance aren’t actually planets at all. They’re scales.

@Artifact

Scales of?…

[Artifact]

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Scales of?…

@Valiance

It has many names, but I’ll call it the Formless Dragon. You may even recognize a piece of its soul.

[Valiance]

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It has many names, but I’ll call it the Formless Dragon. You may even recognize a piece of its soul.

@Artifact

Recognize part of its soul, huh? Couldn’t imagine how I would.

[Artifact]

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Recognize part of its soul, huh? Couldn’t imagine how I would.

@Valiance

You fought a small piece of it, there at the end. This creature has been asleep for— forever, as far as I know. But someday it might wake up.

[Valiance]

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You fought a small piece of it, there at the end. This creature has been asleep for— forever, as far as I know. But someday it might wake up.

@Artifact

And what makes it a dragon? If it is formless, it seems much more like some sort of Eldritch Entity or something.