[IC] Myriad Reality

[Techspert]

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You'll forgive my skepticism at that claim, though even if you are that doesn't make things any better. Many people have come to me for their own purposes, be those concealed by lies or delivered bluntly, and none of them have been affairs I've wanted to become wrapped up in.

@Caldizar

Fortunately, you have the opportunity to not be involved.

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Fortunately, you have the opportunity to not be involved.

@Techspert

I've always had that option, even with fate's nagging in the meantime.

*Pauses*

Now a better question would be, why should I get involved? What prevents this from being like every other time, and you like every other supplicant?

[Techspert]

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I've always had that option, even with fate's nagging in the meantime.

*Pauses*

Now a better question would be, why should I get involved? What prevents this from being like every other time, and you like every other supplicant?

@Caldizar

I'd rather you not.

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I'd rather you not.

@Techspert

*Reaches into my jacket to pull out another cigarette followed by a lighter*

Then I won't.

*Placing the filter between my lips, I light the other end, flicking the lighter shut and stuffing it back into my jacket*

Now, I'm sure you have somewhere else to be...

[Techspert]

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*Reaches into my jacket to pull out another cigarette followed by a lighter*

Then I stay.

*Placing the filter between my lips, I light the other end, flicking the lighter shut and stuffing it back into my jacket*

Now, I'm sure you have somewhere else to be...

@Caldizar

I do. I hope you'll stick to your words today.

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I do. I hope you'll stick to your words today.

@Techspert

I've been doing that for ages, I think I can do it for longer yet.

[Techspert]

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I've been doing that for ages, I think I can do it for longer yet.

@Caldizar

Very well.
*Looks upward at the hawk returning*
I wish you the best.

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Very well.
*Looks upward at the hawk returning*
I wish you the best.

@Techspert

Thanks.

*Pushes myself off of the bus stop, casting a sideways glance at you as I move to continue my walk down the street*

Try not to get into too much trouble out there. I'd really hate to have to leave another Verse behind.

[Techspert]

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Thanks.

*Pushes myself off of the bus stop, casting a sideways glance at you as I move to continue my walk down the street*

Try not to get into too much trouble out there. I'd really hate to have to leave another Verse behind.

@Caldizar

Likewise.
*Walks away from the bus stop and into another alley*

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Likewise.
*Walks away from the bus stop and into another alley*

@Techspert

*Makes my way down the street, taking out an old smartphone as I do. Fiddling with it a bit, I continue to weave my way through the oncoming crowds*

[Heroic]

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Not when you do it like I do.

@Meta

Which is also what the anti-mainstreamers think.

[Revolutionary]

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- 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.

@Stabby

So you want to keep "Fall"?

[Valiance]

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Well, you can make it not safe if you wanted, but that kind of thinking works for anything.

@Blabbo

I see... Say, you hungry?

[Meta]

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Which is also what the anti-mainstreamers think.

@Heroic

I can share beliefs with groups I'm not a part of.

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*Eventually reaching a large apartment complex, I head inside and up to my respective floor. Unlocking the door to my pad, I step inside as it swings shut behind me, eager on a shower and some much needed rest*

[Dark Cloud]

*Paces in midair as my bones clack and clatter*

What to do...

[Heroic]

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I can share beliefs with groups I'm not a part of.

@Meta

It is a belief and not a group.

[Meta]

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It is a belief and not a group.

@Heroic

"Anti-mainstreamers" is by nature a group.

[Dark Cloud]

*Shoves hands in suit pockets with a sigh*

Let's see I haven't visited the neighboring dimensions in an eon at least yet the General said they controlled the surrounding territory...Puzzling indeed!

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*Having showered and changed, I make my way back to my bedroom, when the sound of something falling nearby catches my attention*

What the-

*Turns, only to find a simple gold band lying on the floor, one that sends a wave of previously buried emotions surging back through my being. The strongest of these being shame*

How selfish can I be...

*Moves over to the ring and picks it up*

To have left such a good thing behind?

*Clenching my hand tightly, the band pressing into flesh, I summon the same clothes I was wearing before as I make my way back outside*

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