[IC] Myriad Reality

[Valiance]

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Do you have any better ideas?

@Nimda

Absolutely not. Hitting things hard is what I do best.

[Nimda]

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Absolutely not. Hitting things hard is what I do best.

@Valiance

Then it sounds like we have a plan. I’ve seen you fight—I’m not worried at all about our odds.

[Valiance]

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Then it sounds like we have a plan. I’ve seen you fight—I’m not worried at all about our odds.

@Nimda

*Stands silent for a moment, then nods in acknowledgement*

[Unhinged]

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*Holds my hands up and to the side*
I’m just reclaiming lost property. Home, you say?

@GalaxyRaider

You tell me where else in the world there's still a structure with functioning power and facilities. Maybe I'll move.

[GalaxyRaider]

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You tell me where else in the world there's still a structure with functioning power and facilities. Maybe I'll move.

@Unhinged

*Says nothing for a long moment, then turns around slowly to face you*
Have you... Been stuck here?

[Unhinged]

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*Says nothing for a long moment, then turns around slowly to face you*
Have you... Been stuck here?

@GalaxyRaider

*Frowns*
I don't know how to leave.

[GalaxyRaider]

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*Frowns*
I don't know how to leave.

@Unhinged

... Nemid's influence on you is entirely gone.

[Unhinged]

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... Nemid's influence on you is entirely gone.

@GalaxyRaider

Everything is gone. Him, his influence, my home, my- family.
*Glances to the floor and lowers my weapon slowly*

[GalaxyRaider]

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Everything is gone. Him, his influence, my home, my- family.
*Glances to the floor and lowers my weapon slowly*

@Unhinged

*Raises an eyebrow in concern*

[Unhinged]

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*Raises an eyebrow in concern*

@GalaxyRaider

Wherever I belonged, whoever I knew before. It doesn't exist anymore. I have no place.
*Attaches my gun to my hip*
I know you disabled the gun. I can't stop you. If you came to reclaim what belongs to you, just do it.
*Walks away*

[Nimda]

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*Stands silent for a moment, then nods in acknowledgement*

@Valiance

*Stands above a mass of the creatures*
We need to go down right here.

[Spiritblitz]

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*Looks back at you, inches from the sand*
...It’s inevitable.

@Techspert

…
*stares at you for a moment with concern and follows you*

[Techspert]

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…
*stares at you for a moment with concern and follows you*

@Spiritblitz

*We immediately exit to a real riverbank at sunset, trickling softly in a silent valley*

[Valiance]

<Snipped quote by Valiance>

*Stands above a mass of the creatures*
We need to go down right here.

@Nimda

As in through them?

[Nimda]

<Snipped quote by Nimda>

As in through them?

@Valiance

If they don’t get out of the way, we do.

[Spiritblitz]

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*We immediately exit to a real riverbank at sunset, trickling softly in a silent valley*

@Techspert

*inspects the surroundings*

[Techspert]

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*inspects the surroundings*

@Spiritblitz

*A deer-like creature drinks from the stream in the distance, and a butterfly swoops into a nearby forest across the brook*
We’re early.
*Checks my pocket watch, lacquered blue*

[Spiritblitz]

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*A deer-like creature drinks from the stream in the distance, and a butterfly swoops into a nearby forest across the brook*
We’re early.
*Checks my pocket watch, lacquered blue*

@Techspert

From what my brother told me, silence in places like this means there is something nearby. Something dangerous.

[Techspert]

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From what my brother told me, silence in places like this means there is something nearby. Something dangerous.

@Spiritblitz

He’s right.
*A shape shimmers next to the edge of the forest*
You’re untrained, but you’re going to pick up something new. I hope you learn quickly.