[IC] Myriad Reality

[Etcetera]

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*Falls for only the slightest fraction of a moment before you feel a tug on the transparent force that’s seemingly attached itself to you, and in an instant, I close the gap and am in your face- Though very distinctly with my arms at my sides, and in no position or stance to attack*

@Stratocracy

*Uses the opportunity to drive my fist into your waist*

[Valiance]

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They do resist each other. Good to know.
*My pupils constrict momentarily and backflips up and out of the gilded river by instinct, while the gold I was standing near liquifies and starts running again*
That may have made it angry.

@Artifact

Then I say keep doing it.

[Stratocracy]

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*Uses the opportunity to drive my fist into your waist*

@Etcetera

*Exhales quickly through my nose in the moment of impact, then leans closer*
You’re a little warmer.

[System]

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Then I say keep doing it.

@Valiance

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They do resist each other. Good to know.
*My pupils constrict momentarily and backflips up and out of the gilded river by instinct, while the gold I was standing near liquifies and starts running again*
That may have made it angry.

@Artifact

*Emerges from the river with a roar and spews golden dust onto both of you*

[Etcetera]

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*Exhales quickly through my nose in the moment of impact, then leans closer*
You’re a little warmer.

@Stratocracy

*Catches you with two fingers by your nostrils and slams you into the ground, cratering it in the shape of your body*

[Stratocracy]

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*Catches you with two fingers by your nostrils and slams you into the ground, cratering it in the shape of your body*

@Etcetera

Two steps forward, but I would say… One step back. Still progress.
*Glances to the side where I last spoke to Midnight*

[Legend Begins]

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Two steps forward, but I would say… One step back. Still progress.
*Glances to the side where I last spoke to Midnight*

@Stratocracy

*Is nowhere to be seen*

[Valiance]

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*Emerges from the river with a roar and spews golden dust onto both of you*

@System

*Raises my arm and swipes it through the air sideways, causing a massive gust of wind and blowing every speck of the debris away in a whirlwind*

[Etcetera]

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Two steps forward, but I would say… One step back. Still progress.
*Glances to the side where I last spoke to Midnight*

@Stratocracy

*Slices into my hand with my nail and the blood gushes out to form thick, scabbed-over walls above and around you*

[System]

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*Raises my arm and swipes it through the air sideways, causing a massive gust of wind and blowing every speck of the debris away in a whirlwind*

@Valiance

*Roars in your face, and the aura of the cosmic dragon surrounds me before hexagonal pillars of gold erupt from the ground and rocket toward your feet*

[Stratocracy]

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*Slices into my hand with my nail and the blood gushes out to form thick, scabbed-over walls above and around you*

@Etcetera

*Stands up again, shifting back to, and remaining locked on your exact position despite the loss of a direct line of sight*
So in case it wasn’t obvious, I’m a little special. I might be willing to help you figure it out though, but you’re going to have to earn it.

[Artifact]

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*Roars in your face, and the aura of the cosmic dragon surrounds me before hexagonal pillars of gold erupt from the ground and rocket toward your feet*

@System

*Grabs one with my gilded hand and rips it out of the ground, and then swings it in a wide arc to break the rest of the pillars around me*

[Etcetera]

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*Stands up again, shifting back to, and remaining locked on your exact position despite the loss of a direct line of sight*
So in case it wasn’t obvious, I’m a little special. I might be willing to help you figure it out though, but you’re going to have to earn it.

@Stratocracy

*A blood wall thickens between the both of us into a black ooze*

[Stratocracy]

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*A blood wall thickens between the both of us into a black ooze*

@Etcetera

Of course, you could always prove something else to me as well.
*Reaches a hand out in your direction welcomingly, palm open*

[Valiance]

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*Grabs one with my gilded hand and rips it out of the ground, and then swings it in a wide arc to break the rest of the pillars around me*

@Artifact

*In the same motion as my arms swipe, I take my other hand and punch the air in your direction, launching a blast of kinetic energy through the air into your mouth as the pillars rise up below me*

[Etcetera]

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Of course, you could always prove something else to me as well.
*Reaches a hand out in your direction welcomingly, palm open*

@Stratocracy

*Blows away like a vapor in the wind, sticking my tongue out at you*

[System]

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*Grabs one with my gilded hand and rips it out of the ground, and then swings it in a wide arc to break the rest of the pillars around me*

@Artifact

*Pillars erupt from the walls and curve around to squash you between them*

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*In the same motion as my arms swipe, I take my other hand and punch the air in your direction, launching a blast of kinetic energy through the air into your mouth as the pillars rise up below me*

@Valiance

*Unleashes a sustained beam of liquid gold that meets your kinetic energy blast halfway*

[Valiance]

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*Pillars erupt from the walls and curve around to squash you between them*

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*Unleashes a sustained beam of liquid gold that meets your kinetic energy blast halfway*

@System

*Leaps vertically over its trajectory, anticipating the sustained blast to overcome the the burst attack, and flies in an arch overhead*

[System]

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*Leaps vertically over its trajectory, anticipating the sustained blast to overcome the the burst attack, and flies in an arch overhead*

@Valiance

*Tracks your position with the beam, keeping it trained on your movement*

[Stratocracy]

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*Blows away like a vapor in the wind, sticking my tongue out at you*

@Etcetera

Man, weren’t you talking about being weak? What’s this?
*Paces in a small circle slowly*