[IC] Myriad Reality

[Memory]

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Eulysthrah Eriusiell: I dunno, does it? It makes it simpler... though it is definitely the size of a solar system... heh! What do you make of it?

@Shadrack Nor

It’s enormous! That’s saying the least!

[Yatagarasu]

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...
*Shifts my gaze to my right*
All of those stories that Stella cares so much about, about you and mom... are all of them true?

@Techspert

Ah... Well, a lot of them are. She tends to embellish some of them, but... Most of them are at least somewhat true.

[Techspert]

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Ah... Well, a lot of them are. She tends to embellish some of them, but... Most of them are at least somewhat true.

@Yatagarasu

If you were the greatest in all the universes, or at least anywhere close to that—
*Returns my head back toward the sound of your voice*
Why do we still have problems? Why can’t Shion express herself? Why can’t I see? Why does Nox always lie? It just doesn’t make any sense.

[Yatagarasu]

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If you were the greatest in all the universes, or at least anywhere close to that—
*Returns my head back toward the sound of your voice*
Why do we still have problems? Why can’t Shion express herself? Why can’t I see? Why does Nox always lie? It just doesn’t make any sense.

@Techspert

I don't really think I was, at best I was strongest, not best. But that's not the point. Even the greatest people have flaws and problems. Nobody is free of them. I don't know why we have the ones we have, but I intend to do my best to help with them.

[Techspert]

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I don't really think I was, at best I was strongest, not best. But that's not the point. Even the greatest people have flaws and problems. Nobody is free of them. I don't know why we have the ones we have, but I intend to do my best to help with them.

@Yatagarasu

It’s all so confusing. Then is anybody going to hunt us someday? Are we all going to die no matter what?

[Valiance]

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*Scoffs*
Amped up by that abomination? I don’t expect any of them to be easy to take on.

@Artifact

What makes bone dragons such a joke, anyway?

[Artifact]

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What makes bone dragons such a joke, anyway?

@Valiance

Bone is not very durable, and undead usually possess but a fraction of their living counterparts’ strength. Simply put, have you ever felt threatened by an undead? Nor have I.

[Yatagarasu]

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It’s all so confusing. Then is anybody going to hunt us someday? Are we all going to die no matter what?

@Techspert

Maybe, but I'm not going to let that happen.

[Techspert]

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Maybe, but I'm not going to let that happen.

@Yatagarasu

I guess... I guess in the end, I don’t know what to do because I don’t know what it means to be a Cloud. Everyone else has it figured out, and I’m holding all of you back.

[Valiance]

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Bone is not very durable, and undead usually possess but a fraction of their living counterparts’ strength. Simply put, have you ever felt threatened by an undead? Nor have I.

@Artifact

Admittedly not a frequent experience I've had, to say the least. But sure, makes sense.

[Artifact]

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Admittedly not a frequent experience I've had, to say the least. But sure, makes sense.

@Valiance

As important is the element of strategy. I don’t trust precious metal or gem dragons to forego some underhanded trickery, I’d rather the mind dragon not possess the rest of our foes before we slay them, and we ought to prevent the bone dragon from resurrecting our previous opponents, if that is indeed within its capabilities.

[Valiance]

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As important is the element of strategy. I don’t trust precious metal or gem dragons to forego some underhanded trickery, I’d rather the mind dragon not possess the rest of our foes before we slay them, and we ought to prevent the bone dragon from resurrecting our previous opponents, if that is indeed within its capabilities.

@Artifact

You've thought it through, for sure. Sounds like as good of a plan as we can get.

[Artifact]

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You've thought it through, for sure. Sounds like as good of a plan as we can get.

@Valiance

Before we go, do you have any resistance to mental manipulation? I anticipate that these worlds are infected at this point with that creature’s influence.

[Yatagarasu]

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I guess... I guess in the end, I don’t know what to do because I don’t know what it means to be a Cloud. Everyone else has it figured out, and I’m holding all of you back.

@Techspert

Dawn, I don't think it means anything. That's just the name for our family. If you're a part of it, that's what matters, not that you hold up to some ideal of it. You don't need to meet any standards that anyone other than yourself has for you. As a parent, it's my job to give you the tools you need to be happy and to live up to the standards you set for yourself. That's all there is to it.

[Techspert]

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Dawn, I don't think it means anything. That's just the name for our family. If you're a part of it, that's what matters, not that you hold up to some ideal of it. You don't need to meet any standards that anyone other than yourself has for you. As a parent, it's my job to give you the tools you need to be happy and to live up to the standards you set for yourself. That's all there is to it.

@Yatagarasu

So what do I do?
*Sniffs*
How do I prove that I’m worth anything at all, even to myself?

[Valiance]

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Before we go, do you have any resistance to mental manipulation? I anticipate that these worlds are infected at this point with that creature’s influence.

@Artifact

I have resisted mind manipulators before. Where they scale to these things? I have no idea.

[Artifact]

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I have resisted mind manipulators before. Where they scale to these things? I have no idea.

@Valiance

If it takes over your mind, I'll ensure your death is swift and pain-free.
*Smiles impishly*

[Valiance]

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If it takes over your mind, I'll ensure your death is swift and pain-free.
*Smiles impishly*

@Artifact

*Blankly stares back for a moment*
You know, I think I will simply choose not to be mind controlled, and that will be that. Simple.

[Artifact]

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*Blankly stares back for a moment*
You know, I think I will simply choose not to be mind controlled, and that will be that. Simple.

@Valiance

I agree with your proposal. First comes the unknown unknown.
*Rolls up the map and stuffs it away before stepping outside*

[Multifarious]

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I agree with your proposal. First comes the unknown unknown.
*Rolls up the map and stuffs it away before stepping outside*

@Artifact

*Manifests in a wave of blue pixels, chanting to Roland with my arms raised*
Let’s go let’s go let’s go!