[IC] Myriad Reality

[Multifarious]

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Surely there could be some form of reasonable negotiation.

@Etcetera

It’s an ancient system. Checks and balances are in place not because of the will of any one person. They are fundamentally part of nature, built into the way the world works. The people you see exerting the Lost Will of Nature are not doing it by their own volition or decisions, it’s reality’s way of presenting itself to us to correct anything it deems as corrupted or incorrect.

[Etcetera]

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It’s an ancient system. Checks and balances are in place not because of the will of any one person. They are fundamentally part of nature, built into the way the world works. The people you see exerting the Lost Will of Nature are not doing it by their own volition or decisions, it’s reality’s way of presenting itself to us to correct anything it deems as corrupted or incorrect.

@Multifarious

This appears to be a rather arbitrary force of nature. Most systems with that level of depth possess some degree of intelligence.

[Multifarious]

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This appears to be a rather arbitrary force of nature. Most systems with that level of depth possess some degree of intelligence.

@Etcetera

There is truth in that. Maybe the time will come for you to learn more deeply of that, depending on how things go, because there is one more thing that I need to tell you.

[Etcetera]

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There is truth in that. Maybe the time will come for you to learn more deeply of that, depending on how things go, because there is one more thing that I need to tell you.

@Multifarious

Hm?

[Multifarious]

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Hm?

@Etcetera

Someone else must have had access to your lab. Intimate access. Because I was informed that the total number of entities that now roam Existence with this forbidden knowledge due to what happened today is two.
*Points at you*
Not just one.

[Etcetera]

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Someone else must have had access to your lab. Intimate access. Because I was informed that the total number of entities that now roam Existence with this forbidden knowledge due to what happened today is two.
*Points at you*
Not just one.

@Multifarious

They would have had to access the system between the time that we entered the fourth chamber and the time we entered the control room. That’s a very slim margin of time.

[Multifarious]

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They would have had to access the system between the time that we entered the fourth chamber and the time we entered the control room. That’s a very slim margin of time.

@Etcetera

No one else you know or work with could be responsible?

[Etcetera]

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No one else you know or work with could be responsible?

@Multifarious

Unless it’s suggesting that the information is present on the system itself.

[Multifarious]

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Unless it’s suggesting that the information is present on the system itself.

@Etcetera

No, it’s explicitly an actual being. Someone with sentience and intelligence.

[Etcetera]

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No, it’s explicitly an actual being. Someone with sentience and intelligence.

@Multifarious

That second individual claimed to have access to my lab. Could it have been her?

[Multifarious]

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That second individual claimed to have access to my lab. Could it have been her?

@Etcetera

There’s a chance. I have a feeling it’ll be tough to find her to find out.

[Etcetera]

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There’s a chance. I have a feeling it’ll be tough to find her to find out.

@Multifarious

She offered to do business with you. Perhaps that could be a lead?

[Multifarious]

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She offered to do business with you. Perhaps that could be a lead?

@Etcetera

Mystical businesspeople like that rub me the wrong way... I definitely was planning on never having more than that brief interaction again.

[Etcetera]

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Mystical businesspeople like that rub me the wrong way... I definitely was planning on never having more than that brief interaction again.

@Multifarious

Is there some other possibility?

[Multifarious]

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Is there some other possibility?

@Etcetera

Not one that’s immediately obvious. You’re sure it can’t be someone you know?

[Etcetera]

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Not one that’s immediately obvious. You’re sure it can’t be someone you know?

@Multifarious

I would have avoiding breaking into the lab entirely if I could have asked someone else for access.

[Multifarious]

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I would have avoiding breaking into the lab entirely if I could have asked someone else for access.

@Etcetera

Well...
*Finally dusts the combat debris off myself*
You, Zoey, me and this mystery person are all bonded in ensuring the information is quelled. So it’s in our best interest to find them and make sure they’re on the same page as us. Until then, maybe it’s best that you keep what you know up here.
*Taps my head*
For the time being.

[Etcetera]

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Well...
*Finally dusts the combat debris off myself*
You, Zoey, me and this mystery person are all bonded in ensuring the information is quelled. So it’s in our best interest to find them and make sure they’re on the same page as us. Until then, maybe it’s best that you keep what you know up here.
*Taps my head*
For the time being.

@Multifarious

Out of curiosity, what would have happened if the information were to rapidly spread?

[Multifarious]

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Out of curiosity, what would have happened if the information were to rapidly spread?

@Etcetera

This kind of mercy that you found? It’s not normal. For whatever reason, the three of us were bonded in this quest of sorts in place of you being doomed to death for something you really had no control over. Other people would not get the same mercy.

[Etcetera]

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This kind of mercy that you found? It’s not normal. For whatever reason, the three of us were bonded in this quest of sorts in place of you being doomed to death for something you really had no control over. Other people would not get the same mercy.

@Multifarious

I see. Did I bring up my distaste for infohazards?