[IC] Myriad Reality

[Host]

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It’s just... I go to sleep, every night, nearly... And I dream... I have nightmares about losing someone else next. And I know, no matter the details of the situation, the cause is the same. And there is no fix for it.

@GalaxyRaider

Everyone has a choice, you know. If any of us wanted to, we could go to our home dimension, stay there, and pretend Existence is not and has never been a thing. Well, most of us anyway.

[GalaxyRaider]

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Everyone has a choice, you know. If any of us wanted to, we could go to our home dimension, stay there, and pretend Existence is not and has never been a thing.

@Host

In my ideal world, Rhythm... In my ideal world. But instead, now I’m spending my days wondering if Existence’s next strike against me has already happened. No one has found Dad or anyone else who’s gone, have they?

[Host]

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In my ideal world, Rhythm... In my ideal world. But instead, now I’m spending my days wondering if Existence’s next strike against me has already happened. No one has found Dad or anyone else who’s gone, have they?

@GalaxyRaider

You... didn't hear?

[GalaxyRaider]

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You... didn't hear?

@Host

Hear what?

[Host]

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Hear what?

@GalaxyRaider

It's possible that none of them are dead. Techi found that they're locked in some kind of alternate dimension thing created by Nemid's inferiors.

[GalaxyRaider]

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It's possible that none of them are dead. Techi found that they're locked in some kind of alternate dimension thing created by Nemid's inferiors.

@Host

That’s old news. Any updates? A lot can happen in that much time. Especially when their fates are all in the hands of someone who’d just as easily get on with them out of the way, and has proven himself to have the capacity to do that to... Countless people.

[Host]

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That’s old news. Any updates? A lot can happen in that much time. Especially when their fates are all in the hands of someone who’d just as easily get on with them out of the way, and has proven himself to have the capacity to do that to... Countless people.

@GalaxyRaider

No updates from me. I just made a backup.

[GalaxyRaider]

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No updates from me. I just made a backup.

@Host

*Sighs*
It’s hard to be optimistic. It goes against personal history. But I don’t have a choice, because I don’t know what I’d do if I had to go through that again. Sometimes I even catch myself preemptively convincing myself of the worst.

[Host]

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*Sighs*
It’s hard to be optimistic. It goes against personal history. But I don’t have a choice, because I don’t know what I’d do if I had to go through that again. Sometimes I even catch myself preemptively convincing myself of the worst.

@GalaxyRaider

Have you considered trying to "fast-forward" through time so you don't have to wait?

[GalaxyRaider]

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Have you considered trying to "fast-forward" through time so you don't have to wait?

@Host

... What?

[Host]

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... What?

@GalaxyRaider

Hypersleep or going into a dimension with an extremely slow rate of time flow. Someone can come and get you or you can set a timer.

[GalaxyRaider]

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Hypersleep or going into a dimension with an extremely slow rate of time flow.

@Host

No. I hate the thought of going away and coming back to learn that something happened years ago, and I wasn’t there.

[Host]

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No. I hate the thought of going away and coming back to learn that something happened years ago, and I wasn’t there.

@GalaxyRaider

Someone could just come and get you if something happens?

[GalaxyRaider]

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Someone could just come and get you if something happens?

@Host

But what if I could have done something, if I wasn’t such a coward?

[Host]

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But what if I could have done something, if I wasn’t such a coward?

@GalaxyRaider

Do you think of yourself as a coward?

[GalaxyRaider]

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Do you think of yourself as a coward?

@Host

*Looks down and away again, rubbing my arm*

[Host]

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*Looks down and away again, rubbing my arm*

@GalaxyRaider

You've made it clear that the danger aspect of Existence isn't for you. That's perfectly fine and you shouldn't be ashamed of it.

[GalaxyRaider]

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You've made it clear that the danger aspect of Existence isn't for you. That's perfectly fine and you shouldn't be ashamed of it.

@Host

I do hate it. And I hate power, especially mine. I’d feel better about it if I didn’t have it, but because I do, it’s just another layer to my guilt... Like, I could have been there and actually made a difference whenever someone I cared about was hurt. I could have atopped it from happening. But I hate that those situations happen to begin with.
*Leans against the wall and slumps down, so that I’m sitting against it*
It’s part of my mental conundrum.

[Host]

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I do hate it. And I hate power, especially mine. I’d feel better about it if I didn’t have it, but because I do, it’s just another layer to my guilt... Like, I could have been there and actually made a difference whenever someone I cared about was hurt. I could have atopped it from happening. But I hate that those situations happen to begin with.
*Leans against the wall and slumps down, so that I’m sitting against it*
It’s part of my mental conundrum.

@GalaxyRaider

*Sits down in front of you*
It's a part of you. And you're totally justified to dislike that part of yourself. You have no obligation to use it.

[GalaxyRaider]

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*Sits down in front of you*
It's a part of you. And you're totally justified to dislike that part of yourself. You have no obligation to use it.

@Host

Do I? Sometimes I don’t know. It’s like life teases me. “Oh, if you’d have just sucked it up and been there like you should have, you could’ve saved them!” I just... I hate it all. More than anything else.