[IC] Myriad Reality

[Disdain]

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Do it.

@Balance

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X: Absolute statement.

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Data: We are capable of virtually generating more beings if the central processing core X is currently booted on is relocated to a significantly more powerful system, or even simply linked to it. We can outsource all calculations and end this task almost instantly.

@Etcetera

*simultaneously* Do it.

[Balance]

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Oh? How do you know?

@Disdain

Because... we saw it. We analysed it. It doesn't make sense for it to work that way.

[Valiance]

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Then, obviously, you don't understand the meaning of superiority. Let me show it to you. *all the power you feed into any strand is eagerly accepted, but all the reconnected strands suck it up and use it to Snap, destroying all the work you had done*

@Disdain

I'm not doing this to fix Spirit. You see...
*A droplet of blood trickles down my eye*
A beast lies within me, one with the potential to overcome you and all your effort just because he wants to.
*Another down the other eye*
And his name is Maelstrom. But, since I'm in another's mind right now, I can just as easily set him lose here. He'll want a new host, since he won't be directly connected to me anymore. He'll wipe all of your work, claim Spirit and use him as a vessel to start his torment. First of you, then of everyone else. But if getting rid of you is what needs to be done.
*The blood very quickly thickens*
Then the price is worth it. So, leave, or I destroy all you have worked for.

[Disdain]

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Because... we saw it. We analysed it. It doesn't make sense for it to work that way.

@Balance

Maybe not to you... but it makes sense to me. And that is all that matters.

[Disdain]

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I'm not doing this to fix Spirit. You see...
*A droplet of blood trickles down my eye*
A beast lies within me, one with the potential to overcome you and all your effort just because he wants to.
*Another down the other eye*
And his name is Maelstrom. But, since I'm in another's mind right now, I can just as easily set him lose here. He'll want a new host, since he won't be directly connected to me anymore. He'll wipe all of your work, claim Spirit and use him as a vessel to start his torment. First of you, then of everyone else. But if getting rid of you is what needs to be done.
*The blood very quickly thickens*
Then the price is worth it. So, leave, or I destroy all you have worked for.

@Valiance

Please, do. I had so much trouble trying to get him to take control of you. I guess I didn't need to, in the end.

[Valiance]

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Please, do. I had so much trouble trying to get him to take control of you. I guess I didn't need to, in the end.

@Disdain

You didn't understand? He won't be in control of me. He'll take Spirit from you, and I'll be rid of him forever. Then he'll take every other body you've managed to rob from everyone else, and then he'll take you. All at no cost to me.

[Spiritblitz]

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I'm not doing this to fix Spirit. You see...
*A droplet of blood trickles down my eye*
A beast lies within me, one with the potential to overcome you and all your effort just because he wants to.
*Another down the other eye*
And his name is Maelstrom. But, since I'm in another's mind right now, I can just as easily set him lose here. He'll want a new host, since he won't be directly connected to me anymore. He'll wipe all of your work, claim Spirit and use him as a vessel to start his torment. First of you, then of everyone else. But if getting rid of you is what needs to be done.
*The blood very quickly thickens*
Then the price is worth it. So, leave, or I destroy all you have worked for.

@Valiance

Ridge, I advise you not to....there is another being that he could be of use against.

[Valiance]

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Ridge, I advise you not to....there is another being that he could be of use against.

@Spiritblitz

*Doesn't respond*

[Spiritblitz]

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I don't need to impress you. I don't want to impress you. I'm just letting you know that I am superior.

@Disdain

Even with home superiority, there are things that limit you.

[Disdain]

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You didn't understand? He won't be in control of me. He'll take Spirit from you, and I'll be rid of him forever. Then he'll take every other body you've managed to rob from everyone else, and then he'll take you. All at no cost to me.

@Valiance

Exactly. All I want is Maelstrom. I don't care about you, and I don't care about any of the beings I've broken. I mean, it'll probably destroy you, seeing him destroy your friends, but that's just a plus, honestly.

[Disdain]

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Even with home superiority, there are things that limit you.

@Spiritblitz

There are things which limit everyone.

[Spiritblitz]

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*Doesn't respond*

@Valiance

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Exactly. All I want is Maelstrom. I don't care about you, and I don't care about any of the beings I've broken. I mean, it'll probably destroy you, seeing him destroy your friends, but that's just a plus, honestly.

@Disdain

*does hand talking signals in a mocking way as he speaks*

[Valiance]

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Exactly. All I want is Maelstrom. I don't care about you, and I don't care about any of the beings I've broken. I mean, it'll probably destroy you, seeing him destroy your friends, but that's just a plus, honestly.

@Disdain

He won't hurt us. Rythian's not the only one capable of fighting him at our disposal. And to think you can control Maelstrom is completely idiotic. But I can show you, if you don't believe me when I tell you. I'm an expert on the subject, given extensive first-hand interaction with him all my life.

[Spiritblitz]

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There are things which limit everyone.

@Disdain

Wasn't that implied?

[Etcetera]

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Do it.

@Balance

X: Perhaps not.

[Disdain]

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He won't hurt us. Rythian's not the only one capable of fighting him at our disposal. And to think you can control Maelstrom is completely idiotic. But I can show you, if you don't believe me when I tell you. I'm an expert on the subject, given extensive first-hand interaction with him all my life.

@Valiance

I don't seek to control him, either. Your ignorance of my plans is laughable. I know much about Maelstrom. I have been watching you for a long, long time, and I know that he will not hurt me either. He will seek me, and he will find me, yet he will seek me, and never find me. And this makes sense to me.

[Disdain]

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X: Perhaps not.

@Etcetera

Good.

[Valiance]

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I don't seek to control him, either. Your ignorance of my plans is laughable. I know much about Maelstrom. I have been watching you for a long, long time, and I know that he will not hurt me either. He will seek me, and he will find me, yet he will seek me, and never find me. And this makes sense to me.

@Disdain

You underestimate his capabilities, just as you underestimate mine without him holding me back. I guarantee, despite however long you may have watched us, whatever conclusive information you've gathered is, in fact, far from conclusive.
If he wants someone- anyone- they are not safe.

[Etcetera]

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Good.

@Disdain

Routing complete.
*Quadrillions of Pseudo-Navi beings appear and begin to restore bonds*

[Disdain]

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Routing complete.
*Quadrillions of Pseudo-Navi beings appear and begin to restore bonds*

@Etcetera

*all their calculations are correct, but everything they do applies incorrectly, wreaking havoc on Spirit's mind* They're doing exactly what they're meant to do, exactly right, and yet they're all doing it exactly wrong. How pathetic.

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You underestimate his capabilities, just as you underestimate mine without him holding me back. I guarantee, despite however long you may have watched us, whatever conclusive information you've gathered is, in fact, far from conclusive.
If he wants someone- anyone- they are not safe.

@Valiance

I see. Well, you've convinced me.