Artifact

Myriad Reality

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The level of comfort you have would have made me bet you’d been able to do it in the past.

@Valiance

When I eat a dragon, their abilities come with the instincts to use them as well. If this was the cosmic dragon’s work, then it would’ve been much harder.

Myriad Reality

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Is this a power you had before you lost them?

@Valiance

*Frowns*
Those are lost forever. But... good riddance as far as I’m concerned. A dragon’s heart shouldn’t get to live on indefinitely anyway.

Myriad Reality

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Doesn’t match the aesthetic I’ve got going on.

@Valiance

I'm more interested in the other things it can do anyway, especially without the cosmic dragon's influence.

Myriad Reality

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Just don’t go infecting my place with your Midas touch is all I ask.

@Valiance

*Half-smiles*
You don't think you could use an ornate table?

Myriad Reality

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You make it look easy.

@Valiance

Once you've taken them, it is. I can't say it's not nice to have some flexibility again.

Myriad Reality

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*Allows myself to drop down and stand on solid ground*

@Valiance

*Each of the walls flashes with golden light in a circle pattern radiating from us, dropping them into the world in the moment they were initially captured—by the time the effect reached the end of the city, the residents’ watches have realigned*

Myriad Reality

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*Silently watches the city with my arms crossed, while my shoulder slump slightly*

@Valiance

*Runs my hand through the gilded street as if it were liquid, and the rest of the gold in the city with the exception of the hologram projections starts to melt and drip off its surfaces, running along the roads and into the four rivers*
As for what’s most important...

Myriad Reality

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I only half meant it.
*Turns away and looks out toward the city*

@Valiance

Time to give these people a second chance.
*This time bites into my own hand, and the black scales are replaced by thick golden bands that stretch across my body*

Myriad Reality

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If only I could take credit for that one.

@Valiance

*Sinks my teeth into the organ, tearing out a chunk and swallowing that bit in one go*
It's not about glory. It's about not letting it escape in death when every second counts.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks down at the river as you land, but before you are completely submerged, a series of spontaneous chain explosions relentlessly bombard the surface of the disturbed liquid, clearing the area with such force as to not let the liquid submerge you. I look upward into the sky after this happens for just a moment*

@Valiance

Nicely done!
*Lands onto its torso and rips into the dragon's chest, tearing out a slowing heart*