[IC] Myriad Reality

[Etcetera]

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I... EH... AGAIN!

*Prism is restored a safe distance away under a protective barrier from Alioth's will*

SO WHAT WENT WRONG BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU THEN?

@Shadrack Nor

Wrong? Not a thing. He just can't tell me what to do.

[The Odeoron]

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Wrong? Not a thing. He just can't tell me what to do.

@Etcetera

WHO DO YOU THINK ALSO THINKS LIKE THAT THEN? *Alioth nudges you towards the bound Gemini* BECAUSE IF THIS BEING THAT CARES FOR YOUR WELL BEING CAN'T EVEN SUGGEST A PATH THAT IS LESS CHAOTIC, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST END UP LIKE HIM!

[Meta]

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*Takes a deep breath as the only sign of ES left is the conflagration he left behind*
Let’s go.

@Valiance

*Waits for Prism to warp away first, and then gleams with a twinkling light that, when it fades, returns myself back to the remains of the snowy planet*

[Valiance]

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*Waits for Prism to warp away first, and then gleams with a twinkling light that, when it fades, returns myself back to the remains of the snowy planet*

@Meta

*Nothing seems to impede us from leaving as I warp back the same way I took us all there*

[Meta]

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*Nothing seems to impede us from leaving as I warp back the same way I took us all there*

@Valiance

Rythian. I'm sorry about your people.

[Etcetera]

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WHO DO YOU THINK ALSO THINKS LIKE THAT THEN? *Alioth nudges you towards the bound Gemini* BECAUSE IF THIS BEING THAT CARES FOR YOUR WELL BEING CAN'T EVEN SUGGEST A PATH THAT IS LESS CHAOTIC, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST END UP LIKE HIM!

@Shadrack Nor

If it takes a new him to make him hate me, then I'll be a new him.

[Valiance]

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Rythian. I'm sorry about your people.

@Meta

*Remains stoic through distant eyes*
It was tough to watch. But, the outcome is just that things are now the way I thought they were. And even that is better than they actually were.

[Meta]

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*Remains stoic through distant eyes*
It was tough to watch. But, the outcome is just that things are now the way I thought they were. And even that is better than they actually were.

@Valiance

*Watches with a glean of compassion on my face*
You're right, and that's the best way to look at it all. But... it's okay for it to hurt.

[Valiance]

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*Watches with a glean of compassion on my face*
You're right, and that's the best way to look at it all. But... it's okay for it to hurt.

@Meta

It used to hurt.
*Loosens my mask over my face*
It felt like we could change things for a moment, but he’d already been there and had everything he wanted to do and say prepared. It was never in reach.

[Meta]

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It used to hurt.
*Loosens my mask over my face*
It felt like we could change things for a moment, but he’d already been there and had everything he wanted to do and say prepared. It was never in reach.

@Valiance

I can respect a man who has his own ideals. Even deadly ones, sometimes. But not one so needlessly cruel.

[Valiance]

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I can respect a man who has his own ideals. Even deadly ones, sometimes. But not one so needlessly cruel.

@Meta

We used to think he was small time. Just an obsessive freak from a Path world, or something of the like. It concerns me that anything he said might be true, and how much he might know and have experienced.

[Meta]

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We used to think he was small time. Just an obsessive freak from a Path world, or something of the like. It concerns me that anything he said might be true, and how much he might know and have experienced.

@Valiance

Do you think any of it was false?

[Valiance]

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Do you think any of it was false?

@Meta

He did things I’ve never seen him do before today, in just the little he actually did. I think there’s reason to reevaluate how I perceive him.

[Meta]

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He did things I’ve never seen him do before today, in just the little he actually did. I think there’s reason to reevaluate how I perceive him.

@Valiance

He's been a thorn in everyone's side for some time, right?

[Valiance]

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He's been a thorn in everyone's side for some time, right?

@Meta

Quite a while, yeah. You get that from context alone?

[Meta]

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Quite a while, yeah. You get that from context alone?

@Valiance

Context helps, but I get updates from family every now and then. Attaching names to faces takes time.

[Fractured]

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Hm? Ah, so you’ve been talking to her.
*Marches over to where you are*
Paperwork, eh? What’s the damage, you getting trespassed? Don’t worry, it’s probably not permanent. If it’s your first time and you say you’re sorry, she’ll probably give you a second chance.

@Stratocracy

Oh, I'm not, I'm—I'm actually applying for a job.

[Valiance]

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Context helps, but I get updates from family every now and then. Attaching names to faces takes time.

@Meta

I hope his harassment hasn’t extended to them with any degree of intensity.

[Meta]

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I hope his harassment hasn’t extended to them with any degree of intensity.

@Valiance

That's something I wish they'd be more open about. But trust takes a long time to build.

[The Odeoron]

*Alioth's ethereal form flickers, a ripple of amusement —or perhaps something more aggressive— passing through its radiant glow.*

A NEW HIM, YOU SAY? A FASCINATING CONCEPT. BUT TELL ME, MISTY, DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT GEMINI WOULD DESPISE A REFLECTION OF HIMSELF? OR MIGHT HE, PERHAPS, FIND A TWISTED SENSE OF PRIDE IN SEEING HIS OWN SPIRIT MIRRORED IN ANOTHER?

*His voice takes on a cautionary tone, a hint of warning underlying its gentle cadence.*

THE PATH OF VENGEANCE IS A TREACHEROUS ONE, MISTY. THOUGH RIGHT IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE SCALES, IT CONSUMES ALL WHO TREAD IT, LEAVING NAUGHT BUT ASHES AND REGRET. ESPECIALLY IF YOU START CONSUMING THOSE ONLY FEW WHO DID YOU NO WRONG BUT ONLY CARED FOR YOU! IS THAT TRULY THE LEGACY YOU WISH TO LEAVE BEHIND?

A sudden migraine hits you Misty and the best memories with Prism start surfacing

*Then Alioth pauses, its gaze shifting between Misty and the bound Gemini.*

*A sudden echoing voice crosses your mind Prism, first followed by an over the top sigh*

HOW ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU SURE YOU STILL WANT TO JOURNEY WITH HER ALONE? IS THERE ANY IMPULSE IN YOU AT ALL IN THE QUEST TO WORK THROUGH CHAOS THAT WOULD CALL FOR MORE STRENGTH THAN THIS? I WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU AND BENJAMIN HAS HIS PLACE IN AXIS 98...