[IC] Myriad Reality

[Spiritblitz]

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*Closes my eyes for a few seconds in thought before lurching them open*
That’s Sam.

@System

*blinks*
Who?

[System]

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*blinks*
Who?

@Spiritblitz

One of the domesticated viruses in the lab’s farm. He had lost his helmet’s mark thanks to a mutation, so they painted on a new one. A red one.

[Spiritblitz]

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One of the domesticated viruses in the lab’s farm. He had lost his helmet’s mark thanks to a mutation, so they painted on a new one. A red one.

@System

Oh. So these did come your mother’s lab?

[System]

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Oh. So these did come your mother’s lab?

@Spiritblitz

I don’t know if mom did any work on Sam’s project, but she did love the farm. Cure, we have to figure out a way to save him!

[Spiritblitz]

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I don’t know if mom did any work on Sam’s project, but she did love the farm. Cure, we have to figure out a way to save him!

@System

Save him?

[System]

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Save him?

@Spiritblitz

I... I don’t think I have it in me to delete Sam. He’s not evil. Whatever transformed him into this is evil.

[Spiritblitz]

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I... I don’t think I have it in me to delete Sam. He’s not evil. Whatever transformed him into this is evil.

@System

*has a concerned look and turns to Sam, taking a deep breath and exhales slowly*

[System]

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*has a concerned look and turns to Sam, taking a deep breath and exhales slowly*

@Spiritblitz

You fix stuff like this, right?
*Takes a close step toward you*
Are you able to help Sam?

[GalaxyRaider]

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*The monitor has a working power source, but rusted buttons*
I actually like taking you places, goofball.

@Techspert

Well, then I'd be famous when we travel.
*Simply tries to power it on*

[Valiance]

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*you hear a loud grunt echo and the earth begins to shake as multiple boulders rain down on you*

@Galvanize

*Looks up and shields myself as the boulders fall, eventually fully enveloping me*

[Galvanize]

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*Looks up and shields myself as the boulders fall, eventually fully enveloping me*

@Valiance

*the earth continues to shake and you hear a loud, slow swoosh*

[Spiritblitz]

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You fix stuff like this, right?
*Takes a close step toward you*
Are you able to help Sam?

@System

*looks a bit shocked and turns to Sam again. Staring intently then sighs, stances up with a determined expression*
It’s my duty to help, as such I will find a way. My kin are able to rewrite data to normal states. Here it may prove difficult, but it’s not impossible.

[Techspert]

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Well, then I'd be famous when we travel.
*Simply tries to power it on*

@GalaxyRaider

*The monitor sputters to life and pulls up detailed system diagnostics, reporting normal levels of all physical components, with marginally elevated activity across other machines and high activity on the satellite beacon*

[System]

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*looks a bit shocked and turns to Sam again. Staring intently then sighs, stances up with a determined expression*
It’s my duty to help, as such I will find a way. My kin are able to rewrite data to normal states. Here it may prove difficult, but it’s not impossible.

@Spiritblitz

What do we need to do?

[Spiritblitz]

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What do we need to do?

@System

I do wish to warn you, if it does not work…I will end his suffering.
*my thrusters begin to charge up*
But it won’t come to that! First, we have to weaken him. Otherwise I won’t be able to break down the corrupted data that is mutating him.

[System]

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I do wish to warn you, if it does not work…I will end his suffering.
*my thrusters begin to charge up*
But it won’t come to that! First, we have to weaken him. Otherwise I won’t be able to break down the corrupted data that is mutating him.

@Spiritblitz

*Catches your eye with a hurt expression for a moment, but then turns to Sam*
Getting through that wall of armor is going to be the hardest part of this. And if he can swing that scythe as quickly as the last virus, getting close might not be an option.

[Spiritblitz]

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*Catches your eye with a hurt expression for a moment, but then turns to Sam*
Getting through that wall of armor is going to be the hardest part of this. And if he can swing that scythe as quickly as the last virus, getting close might not be an option.

@System

I will distract him and be up front. And piercing damage may be too risky to for the objective of weakening him. So breaking him down through blunt or blast damage would be our best bet.
*My body begins to morph again*
CQModeEngage!
*I am enveloped in data and my body changes*

[GalaxyRaider]

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*The monitor sputters to life and pulls up detailed system diagnostics, reporting normal levels of all physical components, with marginally elevated activity across other machines and high activity on the satellite beacon*

@Techspert

*Points to that spike*
There's our next spike. There' a lot of communication, either coming in or going out. Probably the former. Also all assuming the satellite is for communication like I would expect.
*Tries to find somewhere in the systems more detailed info on the satellite beacon activity*

[System]

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I will distract him and be up front. And piercing damage may be too risky to for the objective of weakening him. So breaking him down through blunt or blast damage would be our best bet.
*My body begins to morph again*
CQModeEngage!
*I am enveloped in data and my body changes*

@Spiritblitz

*A new panel of logging messages runs across your vision, ending with the text string “Secondary Style Change Detected: Null → Breaker”*
Good thinking! If we weaken that shield enough, I might be able to glitch through it.

[Techspert]

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*Points to that spike*
There's our next spike. There' a lot of communication, either coming in or going out. Probably the former. Also all assuming the satellite is for communication like I would expect.
*Tries to find somewhere in the systems more detailed info on the satellite beacon activity*

@GalaxyRaider

It should be an emergency-use connection. That’s the same one they use to set off the alarm in case anything is malfunctioning.
*The detailed view shows the beacon periodically polling a body in space with long blips between each connection; red-zone power spikes in the beacon’s grid zone line up with each outgoing communication channel*