[IC] Myriad Reality

[Etcetera]

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Yeah. That's why this place was picked, I think.

@whizzball1

So isolated.

[Stabby]

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Banter. These goons don't seem as goon-ish.

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-Ruby- That's cool. What did it entail to be so involved in new information about Existence and its dimensions?

@Balance

Well, it was mainly about jumping into a dimension and stopping villains that had the potential for dimension jumping from developing that far and learning about existence. The main way this was and it still is done is by having a limiter, what we were called, jump into the dimension a few years before the villain is born and, by following the laws of that world/dimension, play out the hero role to stop them. And after completing or cleaning up all of your assignments, your current cycle endeds.

[whizzball1]

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So isolated.

@Etcetera

I mean, we can teleport wherever we want.

[whizzball1]

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Well, it was mainly about jumping into a dimension and stopping villains that had the potential for dimension jumping from developing that far and learning about existence. The main way this was and it still is done is by having a limiter, what we were called, jump into the dimension a few years before the villain is born and, by following the laws of that world/dimension, play out the hero role to stop them. And after completing or cleaning up all of your assignments, your current cycle endeds.

@Stabby

That's super interesting, and useful. I can see how the Encyclopedia plays a part. What's a cycle, again?

[Balance]

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Nameless.

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Yoyo.

@Etcetera

I had that coming.

[Etcetera]

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I mean, we can teleport wherever we want.

@whizzball1

But nobody does.

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I had that coming.

@Balance

Had-it-coming dude.

[whizzball1]

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But nobody does.

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Had-it-coming dude.

@Etcetera

I mean, not everybody's here all the time, so I'm sure they do.

[Balance]

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But nobody does.

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Had-it-coming dude.

@Etcetera

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[Etcetera]

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I mean, not everybody's here all the time, so I'm sure they do.

@whizzball1

That's not what I meant.

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@Balance

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[whizzball1]

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That's not what I meant.

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@Etcetera

What did you mean, then?

[Etcetera]

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What did you mean, then?

@whizzball1

This is "the place" to hang. Nobody goes anywhere else to commune, even though they can.

[Stabby]

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That's super interesting, and useful. I can see how the Encyclopedia plays a part. What's a cycle, again?

@whizzball1

A cycle is a set of missions Limiters have to go through, both as training and as actual jobs we need to do. They generally start around the time of early existence and end somewhere in the far future. Most Limiters get a few millennia between cycles as a break and then they get sent back in time at the start of their next cycle. This is done because our employer's can't always tell when a villain will appear and as such a limiter can be waiting on a world for an incredible time while waiting for a villain.

[Etcetera]

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A cycle is a set of missions Limiters have to go through, both as training and as actual jobs we need to do. They generally start around the time of early existence and end somewhere in the far future. Most Limiters get a few millennia between cycles as a break and then they get sent back in time at the start of their next cycle. This is done because our employer's can't always tell when a villain will appear and as such a limiter can be waiting on a world for an incredible time waiting for a villain.

@Stabby

Wait, you kill them before they do anything wrong?

[whizzball1]

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This is "the place" to hang. Nobody goes anywhere else to commune, even though they can.

@Etcetera

That's true. I remember going out in Waternaux all the time.

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A cycle is a set of missions Limiters have to go through, both as training and as actual jobs we need to do. They generally start around the time of early existence and end somewhere in the far future. Most Limiters get a few millennia between cycles as a break and then they get sent back in time at the start of their next cycle. This is done because our employer's can't always tell when a villain will appear and as such a limiter can be waiting on a world for an incredible time while waiting for a villain.

@Stabby

That's an interesting job. I doubt it gets boring.

[Stabby]

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Wait, you kill them before they do anything wrong?

@Etcetera

Not at all. Mainly we try to impact their lives in ways that helps them from becoming villains in the first place, so in a sense we play a more non-traditional hero role. If that works, then we have successfully completed an assignment. If not then we play out the more traditional hero role and defeat them before things get out of hand. If possible, we even try to get rid of their source of power.

[Stabby]

@whizzball1

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That's true. I remember going out in Waternaux all the time.

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That's an interesting job. I doubt it gets boring.

@whizzball1

It doesn't get boring, but it does get repetitive. Thankfully Limiters only go through 3-4 cycles minimum. And at the end of their final cycle, Limiters are allowed to choose a villain they had to clean up and see if they can help them reform.

[whizzball1]

@whizzball1

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It doesn't get boring, but it does get repetitive. Thankfully Limiters only go through 3-4 cycles minimum. And at the end of their final cycle, Limiters are allowed to choose a villain they had to clean up and see if they can help them reform.

@Stabby

Have you done that yet?

[Etcetera]

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That's true. I remember going out in Waternaux all the time.

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That's an interesting job. I doubt it gets boring.

@whizzball1

Same.

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Not at all. Mainly we try to impact their lives in ways that helps them from becoming villains in the first place, so in a sense we play a more non-traditional hero role. If that works, then we have successfully completed an assignment. If not then we play out the more traditional hero role and defeat them before things get out of hand. If possible, we even try to get rid of their source of power.

@Stabby

Messing with time is a dangerous thing.

[Stabby]

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Have you done that yet?

@whizzball1

I have, and continue to do so. Most Limiters choose someone who was originally a kind person. In most cases the Limiter and the villain become best of friends, though it doesn't always work.

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Same.

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Messing with time is a dangerous thing.

@Etcetera

That's something that's drilled in a Limiter's head before and during their first cycle. It's also why Limiters aren't allowed to visit dimensions that they completed assignments in, or have any existence aware technology on them beyond an implant that we use to contact our employer's.

[Etcetera]

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I have, and continue to do so. Most Limiters choose someone who was originally a kind person. In most cases the Limiter and the villain become best of friends, though it doesn't always work.

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That's something that's drilled in a Limiter's head before and during their first cycle. It's also why Limiters aren't allowed to visit dimensions that they completed assignments in, or have any existence aware technology on them beyond an implant that we use to contact our employer's.

@Stabby

Who is your employer?