[IC] Myriad Reality

[Stabby]

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*The eyes stare, unblinking, and eventually shut without re-opening*

@Balance

*The first set of eyes resume watching the room.*

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*Everything remains silent*

@Webmaster

*The wolf falls asleep as well.*

[Webmaster]

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*The first set of eyes resume watching the room.*

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*The wolf falls asleep as well.*

@Stabby

*A small pebble rolls across the room*

[Stabby]

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*A small pebble rolls across the room*

@Webmaster

*The eyes watch it.*

[Webmaster]

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*The eyes watch it.*

@Stabby

*It stops*

[Stabby]

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*It stops*

@Webmaster

*The eyes watch the rest of the room.*

[Balance]

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*The first set of eyes resume watching the room.*

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*The wolf falls asleep as well.*

@Stabby

*Watches, unseen*
*Elsewhere* Aha! A digital library. Harmony, harmony, harmony... tell me about change. This planet's change. Collect the facts and the opinions, and piece together the narrative. Show me the order in the chaos. *The salamander turns into a gloved hand that taps a screen once, infusing it with magic* Thanks very much.

[Webmaster]

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*The eyes watch the rest of the room.*

@Stabby

*A leaf blows*

[Stabby]

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*Watches, unseen*
*Elsewhere* Aha! A digital library. Harmony, harmony, harmony... tell me about change. This planet's change. Collect the facts and the opinions, and piece together the narrative. Show me the order in the chaos. *The salamander turns into a gloved hand that taps a screen once, infusing it with magic* Thanks very much.

@Balance

*I'm just sleeping, with the wolf sleeping next to me.*

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*A leaf blows*

@Webmaster

*Nothing happens.*

[Balance]

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*I'm just sleeping, with the wolf sleeping next to me.*

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*Nothing happens.*

@Stabby

*The owl melts into a lightly glowing pebble that tracks danger*

[Webmaster]

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*I'm just sleeping, with the wolf sleeping next to me.*

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*Nothing happens.*

@Stabby

*An angry coyote howls in the distance*

[Stabby]

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*The owl melts into a lightly glowing pebble that tracks danger*

@Balance

*The eyes look around before they emerge from the shadows as a figure with brown hair that flows down to their waist, wearing a full tailcoat tuxedo with a cane and a top-hat. The pebble doesn't react.*

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*An angry coyote howls in the distance*

@Webmaster

??? - heh, the night is as beautiful as ever.

[Balance]

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*The eyes look around before they emerge from the shadows as a figure with brown hair that flows down to their waist, wearing a full tailcoat tuxedo with a cane and a top-hat. The pebble doesn't react.*

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??? - heh, the night is as beautiful as ever.

@Stabby

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[Webmaster]

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*The eyes look around before they emerge from the shadows as a figure with brown hair that flows down to their waist, wearing a full tailcoat tuxedo with a cane and a top-hat. The pebble doesn't react.*

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??? - heh, the night is as beautiful as ever.

@Stabby

*The coyote stops*

[Stabby]

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@Balance

*They move over to one of the remaining window sills, and after testing, sit on it, looking out on what can be seen of the city. With the moonlight hitting them, it becomes obvious that they're a full grown woman.*

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*The coyote stops*

@Webmaster

??? - And yet, it's also as lonely as ever, with things sleeping it away in what they consider relative safety.

[Webmaster]

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*They move over to one of the remaining window sills, and after testing, sit on it, looking out on what can be seen of the city. With the moonlight hitting them, it becomes obvious that they're a full grown woman.*

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??? - And yet, it's also as lonely as ever, with things sleeping it away in what they consider relative safety.

@Stabby

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[Balance]

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*They move over to one of the remaining window sills, and after testing, sit on it, looking out on what can be seen of the city. With the moonlight hitting them, it becomes obvious that they're a full grown woman.*

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??? - And yet, it's also as lonely as ever, with things sleeping it away in what they consider relative safety.

@Stabby

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*Elsewhere* Wow. What a tale. I'll have to see how civilisation is doing at its best here, huh? Good thing I have time.

[Stabby]

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@Webmaster

*Spends a few more moments on the window sill before getting up and walking back into the shadows.*

??? - When they do awake to it however, they often fear it, ironic though it may be... oh well.

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*Elsewhere* Wow. What a tale. I'll have to see how civilisation is doing at its best here, huh? Good thing I have time.

@Balance

*The shadow figure stays silent now that it's slipped back into the shadows, and the rest of the night passes.*

[Webmaster]

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*Spends a few more moments on the window sill before getting up and walking back into the shadows.*

??? - When they do awake to it however, they often fear it, ironic though it may be... oh well.

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*The shadow figure stays silent now that it's slipped back into the shadows, and the rest of the night passes.*

@Stabby

*Out of place sounds are heard periodically*

[Balance]

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*Spends a few more moments on the window sill before getting up and walking back into the shadows.*

??? - When they do awake to it however, they often fear it, ironic though it may be... oh well.

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*The shadow figure stays silent now that it's slipped back into the shadows, and the rest of the night passes.*

@Stabby

*Comes back eventually, whole*

[Stabby]

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*Out of place sounds are heard periodically*

@Webmaster

*Nothing investigates them, though as the sun rises I wake to it, groggy as I look around.*
What was that?

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*Comes back eventually, whole*

@Balance

*Doesn't notice, still half asleep.*