[IC] Myriad Reality

[Stratocracy]

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Who are you to say that? Give me my drink back. You won't earn that.

@Etcetera

I didn’t say it. I’m simply conveying what I’ve been told. You’re not the only you here, but you sure act like this is the truth you want*
*Takes a sip from it instead*

[Fractured]

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*follows*

@Spiritblitz

*Eventually, we reach a massive arm with a black sleeve, holding up the platform and suspending it*

[Spiritblitz]

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*Eventually, we reach a massive arm with a black sleeve, holding up the platform and suspending it*

@Fractured

*looks at the arm*

[Etcetera]

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I didn’t say it. I’m simply conveying what I’ve been told. You’re not the only you here, but you sure act like this is the truth you want*
*Takes a sip from it instead*

@Stratocracy

*The hot chocolate is rich and bold, but a little bit salty*
It is the truth. I'll make sure your sis dies down there, and your friend up there.

[Fractured]

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*looks at the arm*

@Spiritblitz

That's him. The bad one.

[Stratocracy]

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*The hot chocolate is rich and bold, but a little bit salty*
It is the truth. I'll make sure your sis dies down there, and your friend up there.

@Etcetera

I know you don’t care about the violence. But no one’s pain matters to you. Not even a little bit. At least, no one else’s.

[Etcetera]

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I know you don’t care about the violence. But no one’s pain matters to you. Not even a little bit. At least, no one else’s.

@Stratocracy

I don't feel pain. There's no such thing.

[Valiance]

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*Red mist coats my hand, recovering it completely*
You've lied since the beginning!
*Flings dust into your eyes and claws into your guts*

@Artifact

Not even once!
*Throws my forearm in front of my face and swipes my other arm across you, hurling you into the nearest tree in that direction*
Because if I ever were to lie about who I am, it would make me like them.

[Artifact]

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Not even once!
*Throws my forearm in front of my face and swipes my other arm across you, hurling you into the nearest tree in that direction*
Because if I ever were to lie about who I am, it would make me like them.

@Valiance

*Hits the tree and it collapses on top of me*
You always were! You lied to yourself and you lied to me!
*Picks up the tree and flings it base-first into you*

[Stratocracy]

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I don't feel pain. There's no such thing.

@Etcetera

If that were true, we wouldn’t be here.
*Leans forward*
You hurt so bad that your violence is a way of forcing people to end your pain the only way you believe is possible. But that’s just not it.

[Etcetera]

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If that were true, we wouldn’t be here.
*Leans forward*
You hurt so bad that your violence is a way of forcing people to end your pain the only way you believe is possible. But that’s just not it.

@Stratocracy

If I could die, they would have done it. This is my curse.

[Stratocracy]

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If I could die, they would have done it. This is my curse.

@Etcetera

A curse because it hurts.

[Etcetera]

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A curse because it hurts.

@Stratocracy

I wish it hurt. It's numb.

[Stratocracy]

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I wish it hurt. It's numb.

@Etcetera

Numbness isn’t absence of pain, you know. It just means you don’t feel it. But it’s still there.

[Etcetera]

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Numbness isn’t absence of pain, you know. It just means you don’t feel it. But it’s still there.

@Stratocracy

Word goop. Just go away if you won't make sense.

[Valiance]

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*Hits the tree and it collapses on top of me*
You always were! You lied to yourself and you lied to me!
*Picks up the tree and flings it base-first into you*

@Artifact

*Punches forward, splitting it like a log right down the middle and sending the halves parting away on either side of me*
I’ve had enough of the mind dragon’s trickery. I thought maybe it’d have a point to make. Nothing but deception, in an attempt to defend itself, by acting as if it knows more than it does.

[Artifact]

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*Punches forward, splitting it like a log right down the middle and sending the halves parting away on either side of me*
I’ve had enough of the mind dragon’s trickery. I thought maybe it’d have a point to make. Nothing but deception, in an attempt to defend itself, by acting as if it knows more than it does.

@Valiance

You clearly feel guilty about it!
*Flies at you with a speed that doesn't match my proportions*
But not about Ringo!

[Stratocracy]

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Word goop. Just go away if you won't make sense.

@Etcetera

What I’m saying is, that you’ve been soaked in the pain for so long that you’re convinced it’s no longer there. But the fact that it’s there is the whole reason you feel numb to begin with. But that is okay, because it can still go away.

[Etcetera]

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What I’m saying is, that you’ve been soaked in the pain for so long that you’re convinced it’s no longer there. But the fact that it’s there is the whole reason you feel numb to begin with. But that is okay, because it can still go away.

@Stratocracy

I wish there was pain. Pain would be great. Guilt, sad, all of those. I don't care.

[Stratocracy]

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I wish there was pain. Pain would be great. Guilt, sad, any of those. I don't care.

@Etcetera

Because you’ve had too much for too long. If I went and asked you when it all first started, I would bet the numbness hadn’t set in yet. None of that went away. You just got used to it, and you never deserved to have to.