[IC] Myriad Reality

[souleaterfan320]

@Dynamics
Zero:
Alright.

*a small, singular nanite analyzes my cube*

[Dynamics]

@Dynamics
Alright.

*a small, singular nanite analyzes my cube*

@souleaterfan320

Allow me to demonstrate.
*Places my hand in my cube and my other hand in yours, causing a small screen on mine to display a series of digits and letters, while yours displays a different set*
Please, press the red button on the side of yours.

[souleaterfan320]

@Dynamics

Zero: *casually presses it*

[Dynamics]

@Dynamics

Zero: *casually presses it*

@souleaterfan320

*The text on mine changes*
And the last step.
*Presses a button on mine and the text on yours changes to match my own*
Verified.

[souleaterfan320]

@Dynamics

Zero:

*watches*

[Dynamics]

@Dynamics

Zero:

*watches*

@souleaterfan320

That is all.

[souleaterfan320]

@Dynamics

Zero:.... ok, what happened?

[Dynamics]

@Dynamics

Zero:.... ok, what happened?

@souleaterfan320

What happened just now is that it verified that the person in each cube matched. My cube scans a particular property that I would rather not reveal. It then hashes the data and encrypts it with my private key. Yours scanned a similar property, though with some holes just to make sure you wouldn't discover exactly what it scanned. Mine filled in those holes. Regardless, it had the same data. When you pressed the button, the data in your cube was hashed with the algorithm my cube sent over when I pressed the button. My cube then sent over the data that was hashed and encrypted with my private key. Your cube holds a public key that anyone would be free to read without any trouble. It used that public key to decrypt the data I sent over, though it was still hashed and unreadable. So because the data I sent, hashed, and locked matched the data you hashed after you unlocked the data I sent, you can verify that the data matched. It's the basic concept of a signature, though scaled to a more physical level. Your scanner is broken now, however, so it cannot be tampered with, and stores a copy of the original thing it scanned without the holes. My scanner still works. Do you see what I'm getting at?

[Dynamics]

@Dynamics

Zero:.... ok, what happened?

@souleaterfan320

I need to go, so I'll do a quick overview on why this helps. If I return here and I put my hand into mine and we both press the button and they don't match, one of two things happened. Either the machine I use isn't the original or the one who sticks his hand into here isn't me. Be careful of either scenario. This will prove that I am who I say I am when we make contact in the future and that nobody has tampered with either machine. I didn't scan the data on your machine until just now in order to prove that the information on it is legitimate. Thank you, and goodbye.
*A physical darkness surrounds me and I disappear*

[Balance]

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Oh?

@Legend

-Spirit- He is the opposite of me in many respects, remember. I am the Spirit of Help; his purpose is to see everything fail. To that end, he has reached a dilemma.

[Balance]

@Balance
It does, doesnt it? Huh. Regardless, I genuinely hope that isnt the case.

@souleaterfan320

-Ruby- I'm sure it isn't. If I know my history, this group has lots and lots of history with DarkSouls.

[Legend]

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-Spirit- He is the opposite of me in many respects, remember. I am the Spirit of Help; his purpose is to see everything fail. To that end, he has reached a dilemma.

@Balance

I am sure.

[Disdain]

<Snipped quote by Balance>

I am sure.

@Legend

He wants us to fail and our enemies to fail. This is tenable only if the villains fail first, and then us in some other way.
-Spectre- He aims to be malicious to both. We expect more attacks of this sort in the future.

[souleaterfan320]

@Dynamics
Zero:*stands there, looks to the box, then looks to where you were standing, shrugs, then dissapears, box in hand*

[souleaterfan320]

...

[Legend]

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He wants us to fail and our enemies to fail. This is tenable only if the villains fail first, and then us in some other way.
-Spectre- He aims to be malicious to both. We expect more attacks of this sort in the future.

@Disdain

What are valid protections?

[Efficacy]

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Was watching over Rythian for a while, until we figured out that that curse thing wore off for a while. Then, I've just been here and there. Doing a bit if this and a bit of that.

@Valiance

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Maybe she just stopped caring though, which would be nice.

@Valiance

@Disdain
@Spiritblitz
@Techspert
*a recording of this plays in the heads of everyone cursed* Hello, everybody! Just so you know, I did pause the effects of the curse I set on you for a while. I wanted to see how you'd all react, and you've been very reckless. Especially you, Spirit, getting tortured like that. I mean, come on. You all need to be at least twenty times more careful. But anyway, it's back. Have fun!

[whizzball1]

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@souleaterfan320

But anyway, yeah. Words make pain. Do you happen to know the words? Could you write them down?

[Legend]

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@Disdain
@Spiritblitz
@Techspert
*a recording of this plays in the heads of everyone cursed* Hello, everybody! Just so you know, I did pause the effects of the curse I set on you for a while. I wanted to see how you'd all react, and you've been very reckless. Especially you, Spirit, getting tortured like that. I mean, come on. You all need to be at least twenty times more careful. But anyway, it's back. Have fun!

@Efficacy

Hm.

[Disdain]

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What are valid protections?

@Legend

-Spectre- He can't seize the minds of anyone else the way he did ours, so no extra mental shielding is needed. He will likely attempt kidnapping--we've gathered that he wants to kill by destroying the soul, which takes him a while. He travels through shadow, but there is a distinctive rippling noise, seconds before he appears, so one can be prepared for his attacks.