[IC] Myriad Reality

[Fractured]

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*Plants another large device of the same kind on the wall at the opposite end of the room, and after finishing, steps back and activates them. They shield themselves, and fire two hollow beams of energy that grow wider as they approach the middle of the room, and when they meet, they trap you in the middle, encapsulating you*

@Armed Forces

*The black blood presses against the sides of the cage*

[Armed Forces]

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*The black blood presses against the sides of the cage*

@Fractured

I dunno how strong this stuff is. Data, you got anything to further help me reinforce this?
*Drops a perfectly round device into the machine on the wall, and it launches it into the encapsulated area through the hollow point in the middle of where the energy is projected, releasing knockout gas into the enclosed area*

[Source]

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I dunno how strong this stuff is. Data, you got anything to further help me reinforce this?
*Drops a perfectly round device into the machine on the wall, and it launches it into the encapsulated area through the hollow point in the middle of where the energy is projected, releasing knockout gas into the enclosed area*

@Armed Forces

*Holds out my hands, adding strength*
I do not know how much this substance can increase in strength.

[Fractured]

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I dunno how strong this stuff is. Data, you got anything to further help me reinforce this?
*Drops a perfectly round device into the machine on the wall, and it launches it into the encapsulated area through the hollow point in the middle of where the energy is projected, releasing knockout gas into the enclosed area*

@Armed Forces

*It has no effect and the force increases*

[Armed Forces]

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*Holds out my hands, adding strength*
I do not know how much this substance can increase in strength.

@Source

Well, either we have to find a way to move her somewhere more permanently safe, or we have to render her unconscious somehow. Someone like you has to have a research facility where you can hold things for study like this, right?
*Slides another device into the mounted machine, and this one locks in place where the previous bomb was ejected, emitting hardlight lasers that put immense pressure on everything inside in order to make moving more difficult*

[Source]

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Well, either we have to find a way to move her somewhere more permanently safe, or we have to render her unconscious somehow. Someone like you has to have a research facility where you can hold things for study like this, right?
*Slides another device into the mounted machine, and this one locks in place where the previous bomb was ejected, emitting hardlight lasers that put immense pressure on everything inside in order to make moving more difficult*

@Armed Forces

Several. The incapacitation issue is my primary concern.

[Armed Forces]

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Several. The incapacitation issue is my primary concern.

@Source

Is that a necessity? Can’t forcefully warp or otherwise trick her into one?

[Source]

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Is that a necessity? Can’t forcefully warp or otherwise trick her into one?

@Armed Forces

Warping is an option, yes. I possess a containment field.

[Armed Forces]

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Warping is an option, yes. I possess a containment field.

@Source

Let’s do that then. Incapacitation may be more impractical.

[Fractured]

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Let’s do that then. Incapacitation may be more impractical.

@Armed Forces

*Increases the force against the containment until it becomes unstable*

[Armed Forces]

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*Increases the force against the containment until it becomes unstable*

@Fractured

Whatever is gonna happen, needs to happen soon, before it gets much harder.
*Taps the screen on my device and both machines on either end begin to whir and shake violently, going into overdrive to fight back and buy more time*

[Source]

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Whatever is gonna happen, needs to happen soon, before it gets much harder.
*Taps the screen on my device and both machines on either end begin to whir and shake violently, going into overdrive to fight back and buy more time*

@Armed Forces

I'll have to teleport the entire space. Is that all right?

[Armed Forces]

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I'll have to teleport the entire space. Is that all right?

@Source

Do it.

[Source]

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Do it.

@Armed Forces

*Everything in the room is teleported to my lab*

[Armed Forces]

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*Everything in the room is teleported to my lab*

@Source

*Takes a step back to get a second and quickly acknowledge new surroundings*

[Source]

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*Takes a step back to get a second and quickly acknowledge new surroundings*

@Armed Forces

*Surrounding us are sleek white pieces of machinery speckled with charts, papers, and writing instruments—near us are various chambers, including a containment unit now housing Elizabeth*

[Armed Forces]

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*Surrounding us are sleek white pieces of machinery speckled with charts, papers, and writing instruments—near us are various chambers, including a containment unit now housing Elizabeth*

@Source

*Exhales deeply*
Thanks. Without you that might have taken a lot longer.

[Source]

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*Exhales deeply*
Thanks. Without you that might have taken a lot longer.

@Armed Forces

I would say the same to you.

[Armed Forces]

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I would say the same to you.

@Source

Maybe so. Excellent work, regardless. Her having tunnel vision and almost entirely ignoring me helped, but I think it also gives us some idea of what’s going on. Whatever is there maliciously forcing this amnesia, and coming out and using her as host to attack, is clearly targeting at least some of the beings she used to recognize... But that’s only initial speculation on my part.

[Source]

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Maybe so. Excellent work, regardless. Her having tunnel vision and almost entirely ignoring me helped, but I think it also gives us some idea of what’s going on. Whatever is there maliciously forcing this amnesia, and coming out and using her as host to attack, is clearly targeting at least some of the beings she used to recognize... But that’s only initial speculation on my part.

@Armed Forces

Yes, I agree with your analysis completely. I question whether a similar reaction would occur had another she recognized come in my place.