[IC] Myriad Reality

[Zeal]

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Gajeel, I really don't think this is going to work. If he's going to be here, you'll immediately be exposed as a fraud. Why the extra steps?

@Meta

Confusion, split the people. Its not just terrorizing, its breaking them apart on their own.

[Legend]

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...
*Laughs*
Oh, I thought it was going to be way weirder than that. Well, um, it’s just generally this uncomfortable feeling in your torso area-
*Circles my stomach with my finger*
Or at least, it starts that way. It can eventually start to hurt if it goes on long enough, and it can make you feel weak. If you’ve ever directly felt what it’s like to be low on power or energy, then I’m sure it’s largely the same thing.

@Intrepid

We don't directly perceive those kinds of things; they're values to us. So it's like pain?

[Meta]

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Confusion, split the people. Its not just terrorizing, its breaking them apart on their own.

@Zeal

I thought you preferred direct solutions.

[Intrepid]

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We don't directly perceive those kinds of things; they're values to us. So it's like pain?

@Legend

Hmm. Well, that’s the best way I can describe it. Imagine a feeling of relative strength or weakness being related to those values. The more you eat, the higher the numbers, and if it gets too high or too low, it causes you to feel pain or discomfort until it’s corrected. The more extremely it deviates from that happy medium, the worse you feel.

[Zeal]

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I thought you preferred direct solutions.

@Meta

I do, but I want to make sure you are in better place than I am.

[Legend]

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Hmm. Well, that’s the best way I can describe it. Imagine a feeling of relative strength or weakness being related to those values. The more you eat, the higher the numbers, and if it gets too high or too low, it causes you to feel pain or discomfort until it’s corrected. The more extremely it deviates from that happy medium, the worse you feel.

@Intrepid

I do understand what it is and how it works, but the perception of that feeling is what's never been all that clear to me.

[Meta]

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I do, but I want to make sure you are in better place than I am.

@Zeal

I am more than capable of holding my own.

[Intrepid]

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I do understand what it is and how it works, but the perception of that feeling is what's never been all that clear to me.

@Legend

Well, that’s exactly it. You’ve felt pain and discomfort before, yeah?

[Legend]

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Well, that’s exactly it. You’ve felt pain and discomfort before, yeah?

@Intrepid

Definitely. I don't know if they're exactly the same as what you perceive, but I have some kind of equivalence.

[Intrepid]

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Definitely. I don't know if they're exactly the same as what you perceive, but I have some kind of equivalence.

@Legend

Then it might be the closest I can get you to understanding.

[Zeal]

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I am more than capable of holding my own.

@Meta

Then this should be no problem.

[Legend]

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Then it might be the closest I can get you to understanding.

@Intrepid

I imagine being sleepy is similar?

[Meta]

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Then this should be no problem.

@Zeal

*Ponders for a moment*
You are some manipulator, Gajeel.

[Zeal]

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*Ponders for a moment*
You are some manipulator, Gajeel.

@Meta

*smiles widely*
Ghehehe! Thank you.

[Intrepid]

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I imagine being sleepy is similar?

@Legend

No, not at all. Instead of pain or weakness, imagine that if you didn’t sleep in intervals that your body needs, your ability to process things slowly gets worse and worse, and in general your body eventually hits a point where it can just start doing less and less in all regards. Also you get this really really strong urge to sleep the more you go without it, to the point it’s very difficult to control when you go long enough. Sleeping involuntarily is a thing that happens.

[Meta]

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*smiles widely*
Ghehehe! Thank you.

@Zeal

When does the event start?

[Legend]

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No, not at all. Instead of pain or weakness, imagine that if you didn’t sleep in intervals that your body needs, your ability to process things slowly gets worse and worse, and in general your body eventually hits a point where it can just start doing less and less in all regards. Also you get this really really strong urge to sleep the more you go without it, to the point it’s very difficult to control when you go long enough. Sleeping involuntarily is a thing that happens.

@Intrepid

That sounds like some kind of torture. Why do humans brag about it?

[Zeal]

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When does the event start?

@Meta

In a few hours, but when we set the stage, it will begin shortly. There are many people already inside.
*a scouter like device slowly appears on my face*
Almost full to be exact.

[Intrepid]

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That sounds like some kind of torture. Why do humans brag about it?

@Legend

Indulging in it feels rewarding. It’s very refreshing to be tired, sleep well, and wake up feeling recharged.

[Legend]

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Indulging in it feels rewarding. It’s very refreshing to be tired, sleep well, and wake up feeling recharged.

@Intrepid

*Stares ahead for several seconds and then blinks*
...I'm sorry, I do not understand. Is it like drugs?