[IC] Myriad Reality

[Multifarious]

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I'm just glad you guys didn't end up killed out there.

@Etcetera

A true miracle to add to the pile. Another, being that Misty showed up just after you left, and was actually a great help.

[Etcetera]

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A true miracle to add to the pile. Another, being that Misty showed up just after you left, and was actually a great help.

@Multifarious

Wait, say that again? Our Misty?

[Intrepid]

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@Intrepid
Totally same.

@Balance

*Rubs the back of my head*
Definitely not my intention to cause you all so much grief at once.

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*Lets go*
Tell me the stories once you've settled into no longer being unalive.

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You too?

@Etcetera

It’s all so surreal. I’m still not sure I’ve even grasped the idea of being back, let alone like this.

[Etcetera]

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*Rubs the back of my head*
Definitely not my intention to cause you all so much grief at once.

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It’s all so surreal. I’m still not sure I’ve even grasped the idea of being back, let alone like this.

@Intrepid

Why? You look cool!

[Multifarious]

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Wait, say that again? Our Misty?

@Etcetera

The one and only. Roles reversed, I’d have the same reaction as you.

[Etcetera]

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The one and only. Roles reversed, I’d have the same reaction as you.

@Multifarious

And... you let her go?

[Intrepid]

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Why? You look cool!

@Etcetera

Well, you wake up and look in the mirror every day for over 25 years and you feel very strange when you suddenly see someone else standing there one day. I’m, like, literally a new person.

[Balance]

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And... you let her go?

@Etcetera

Angering her totally did not seem like a good idea at the time.

[Multifarious]

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And... you let her go?

@Etcetera

Under other circumstances, I assure you I’d have made more forceful attempts. But to do so then would have endangered Violet in her then-fragile state.

[Etcetera]

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Well, you wake up and look in the mirror every day for over 25 years and you feel very strange when you suddenly see someone else standing there one day. I’m, like, literally a new person.

@Intrepid

There's so much more than just your appearance, you know.

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Angering her totally did not seem like a good idea at the time.

@Balance

I'm sorry, but that was stupid.

[Etcetera]

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Under other circumstances, I assure you I’d have made more forceful attempts. But to do so then would have endangered Violet in her then-fragile state.

@Multifarious

And bringing her didn't?

[Intrepid]

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There's so much more than just your appearance, you know.

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I'm sorry, but that was stupid.

@Etcetera

Right. If more than just that was different, I wouldn’t be the same at all. It doesn’t make it less jarring though.

[Balance]

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*Rubs the back of my head*
Definitely not my intention to cause you all so much grief at once.

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It’s all so surreal. I’m still not sure I’ve even grasped the idea of being back, let alone like this.

@Intrepid

I grieved for like two seconds before I made everybody get up and find you. *Sticks out my tongue*

[Etcetera]

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Right. If more than just that was different, I wouldn’t be the same at all. It doesn’t make it less jarring though.

@Intrepid

No, I get you. Is there any weirdness to it? Stuff like new limbs or something?

[Multifarious]

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And bringing her didn't?

@Etcetera

Put briefly, no. She was in the most stable state I’d ever seen her, personally. At least before. I was getting hints of frustration as she talked with... Another member of the rescue party after we got back and didn’t want to antagonize.

[whizzball1]

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Train as much as you feel necessary, my friend. I will be doing no such thing. I’ve trained myself nearly all my life, and I should say that, gauging Nemid’s strength tells me that no amount of playing power catch up will get us there. We need a plan. We need to trick Nemid into a situation that massively tips the scale in our favor to the point that it’s, only then, possibly even. I’ve been working with some of the best minds on how to accomplish this, but there is still a lot of work to be done, and many phone calls to be made.
*Turns to Violet*
I know you hate my fighting spirit, but trust me on this. This isn’t a matter that any one person or group can handle. All of Existence might need to band together to fend off a threat greater than the sum of its parts, and I don’t intend to let your fate be repeated.
*Gives her one more hug*
I’ll talk with you again very soon, but I have to go. We are officially on the clock with this one.

@GalaxyRaider

I hope we can find a good way to bring all of Existence together for this plan. I’m sure you’re working hard on it, however.

[Etcetera]

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Put briefly, no. She was in the most stable state I’d ever seen her, personally. At least before. I was getting hints of frustration as she talked with... Another member of the rescue party after we got back and didn’t want to antagonize.

@Multifarious

*Whistles*
You must've lucked out unless something wacko happened over the past year.

[Intrepid]

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I grieved for like two seconds before I made everybody get up and find you. *Sticks out my tongue*

@Balance

I appreciate it. But that’s three seconds more grief than I’d ever have intentionally caused anyone.

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No, I get you. Is there any weirdness to it? Stuff like new limbs or something?

@Etcetera

No, no. For all intents and purposes, entirely human...oid. I think. It’s been like twenty minutes, and everything’s moved so fast.

[Etcetera]

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I appreciate it. But that’s three seconds more grief than I’d ever have intentionally caused anyone.

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No, no. For all intents and purposes, entirely human...oid. I think. It’s been like twenty minutes, and everything’s moved so fast.

@Intrepid

Twenty? Don't hang out here; go chill out and collect your thoughts or something.

[GalaxyRaider]

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I hope we can find a good way to bring all of Existence together for this plan. I’m sure you’re working hard on it, however.

@whizzball1

Hope is a powerful tool. I am hard at work, but the time for just hope has passed. It may not yet feel like it, but we’ve already entered the do-or-die stage of this one, my friend. Whatever we from here on out, has to work.