[IC] Myriad Reality

[souleaterfan320]

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*Enhances my sniper rifle and blows your head off*

@Source

*it dissolves before it reaches me*

*rockets toward you*

[souleaterfan320]

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I’m best in the speed department.

@Host

Ah, so a physical course would be best for you.

[Host]

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Ah, so a physical course would be best for you.

@souleaterfan320

That would probably be the way to go.

[System]

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*it dissolves before it reaches me*

*rockets toward you*

@souleaterfan320

*Intercepts your movement and throws you into the ground*

[souleaterfan320]

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*Intercepts your movement and throws you into the ground*

@System

* launches toward you, slicign through you with my scythe*

[System]

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* launches toward you, slicign through you with my scythe*

@souleaterfan320

*It hits one of my after images that recoils and fades away, while the me behind it grabs you by the throat and chokes you*

[souleaterfan320]

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*It hits one of my after images that recoils and fades away, while the me behind it grabs you by the throat and chokes you*

@System

*kicks you in the side with dimension crushing force*

[System]

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*kicks you in the side with dimension crushing force*

@souleaterfan320

*The image of me is knocked back and fades away as the me behind it crushes your neck*

[Heroic]

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Choosing a vital organ is too mainstream.

@Meta

So you do it just to be different, gotcha.

[Valiance]

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* holds it in my hand*
It's just a small energy cell that can change how much is used depending on the shape. But right now I am just playing with it.

@Blabbo

A little dynamic battery? That's pretty cool.

[Meta]

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So you do it just to be different, gotcha.

@Heroic

Now you're getting it.

[Revolutionary]

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- Thanks.
Flicker - I can do that with some things, but others would take a while to get back to a similar level of progress. It would be like, ummmm, losing access to the internet when half the things you do require it.
- Fairly accurate. So what things do you want to discuss or negotiate?
Flicker - Well, I know you're not gonna just kick me out of the base until I can work towards making my own, so that's not a real concern. The main things I'm worried about are contacts, locations, and housing in the long term. Because it's either you end up moving Kate and those we care about to new locations, or I willingly/unwillingly erase that information from my memories. Losing direct access to them will suck, but I can't say for certain that this infection of mine won't have me turn on you and them in future circumstances.
- Riiiiight, that. Ummmmmm... Key locations like main housing and otherwise will probably need to change on my end, but you will probably only need to forget about the alternative locations. We'll keep in touch with the delta contact, but you'll need to figure out another title name by then. I ain't giving up the name Flicker.
Flicker - *Groans.* But I don't wanna give it up eeeeither.

@Stabby

Glimmer, Shimmer, Sparkle and Twinkle would be optimal replacement names that wouldn't surrender the meaning... Er, by my estimation, of course.

[Heroic]

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Now you're getting it.

@Meta

Doing what isn't mainstream because it's mainstream is, believe it or not, mainstream.

[Meta]

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Doing what isn't mainstream because it's mainstream is, believe it or not, mainstream.

@Heroic

Not when you do it like I do.

[Blabbo]

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A little dynamic battery? That's pretty cool.

@Valiance

It’s fun to mess with when I am bored. And completely safe.

[Stabby]

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Glimmer, Shimmer, Sparkle and Twinkle would be optimal replacement names that wouldn't surrender the meaning... Er, by my estimation, of course.

@Revolutionary

- True, but personally there's a bit more meaning to it on my end than that of its more obvious definition.
Flicker - Plus, those all sound a bit too girly for my tastes. Thanks for the ideas though, reminds me that I should think about word variety for this process. Hmmm.... Something different from Flicker-Fall.
*Looks down and puts a hand to my chin.*
Kinda want to go a darker thematic route with this new title name, given the whole 'infected' status of mine. Flicker itself has a bit of implied persistence/resistance, so something of a similar tangent might fit. I'm definitely keeping the second half of this the same tho.
- Keeping the impending impact connotations, I like it.

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*Inhales deeply, savoring the sweet night air for a bit before pausing*

Hmm... I smell Thai food...

*Sniffs the air again*

Yup, that's definitely Thai, and nearby too.

*I take one final drag from the cigarette hanging from my lips before putting it out and flicking the butt into the nearest trashcan, my hands sliding into the pockets of my coat just as it lands. Blowing out a cloud of sickly smelling smoke, I stride down the street in search of my favorite delicacy*

[Meta]

*Replies to a notification on my phone*

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*Continues walking until reaching a small alleyway running between two buildings off to my left, out of which spills a near constant stream of pedestrians, some of whom are carrying plates of food, among other odds and ends*

Looks like this is it.

*Heads down the alleyway and through the tightly packed crowd, the stalls of various vendors lining either side of the path. Jostling my way deeper, I finally arrive at the source of the smell, a small yet bustling table with bowls of ingredients laid neatly across its surface. Meanwhile an older looking woman was busy working alongside a similarly aged gentleman, each of them preparing meals with inhuman speed. I could see these being ferried to waiting customers by a young woman, most likely in her mid-twenties, as I approached*

Could I get one beef Pad Thai to go please? Oh, and with extra hoisin sauce if you don't mind.

*I flash her a friendly smile as I fish my wallet from my pocket*

"Of course! That'll be $7.95."

*I count out the appropriate amount and hand it over to her, after which she passes me a receipt, which I take*

"It should be ready in about ten minutes."

*I give her a slight nod as I step away, quickly shifting my attention down to the receipt and the number it contained as I made my way over to an as of yet unoccupied metal bench to wait*

Ticket ten...

*Sighs*

Even here my destiny manages to find me...

[Meta]

*Finishes another root beer*