Artifact

Myriad Reality

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I wouldn't mind dropping the hammer down on a specific individual that warranted it. But what's special about the location?

@Valiance

These are angels, so it's more of a collective consciousness or robot than it is any specific creature.

Myriad Reality

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With living hosts, I imagine.

@Valiance

I know you have some kind of opposition to killing most of these things, which is why this location is so convenient.

Myriad Reality

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Did it go back?

@Valiance

No, but there are plenty more of its kind.

Myriad Reality

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I’m not opposed, if this is a move that’s planned out enough that we’re confident we’re solving the problem instead of accelerating the timer.

@Valiance

*Points to a region filled with golden light and marble pillars encrusted with red gems*
That's why we're visiting this land first. My second strongest dragon soul came from here.

Myriad Reality

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Relating to the thing we had a look at before, I assume?

@Valiance

*Nods*
We have to kill it. It'll cause untold destruction if we don't.

Myriad Reality

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*Glances down at it*
I guess we are. What am I looking at, here?

@Valiance

During our first—
*Coughs*
—encounter, I had spent decades working my way to where I was. I'm afraid I may not have that kind of time again, so this is our shortcut.

Myriad Reality

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I like to think that I’d be in a very different place in life if anything I’ve done was a fluke.

@Valiance

Then we can put that to the test.
*Sprawls a map out on the table, decorated with landscapes and biospheres, some adjacent and others separated by voids of varying lengths*

Myriad Reality

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*Warps into view in a burst of blue pixels, landing a few feet from the air onto the floor with a loud thud*
Almost perfect timing. You called?

@Valiance

*Glances up and nods*
I have a way that you can help me. If your skill really isn't a one-off, that is.

Myriad Reality

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He’s very capable! But you’ve seen him in action, so you’ve probably got a good enough idea.

@Magnanimity

More of an idea than I asked for...

Myriad Reality

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Oooh, a battle! I’ll have something ready for the road then.

@Magnanimity

If he’s as good as he says he is, it shouldn’t be much of a fight.