Artifact

Myriad Reality

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I suppose this thing will be a walking corpse itself. Not too out of character.

@Valiance

I'm not impressed by the stench of death. But unless it can kill us instantly, it makes for simple combat.

Myriad Reality

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*Plugs my nose with two fingers and speaks in half jest*
Guess you can’t expect a guy to clean up after himself?

@Valiance

*Grimaces*
Disgusting creatures.
*Kneels down to tear a blade of grass, and it crumbles under my touch*

Myriad Reality

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We’ll find out I suppose.

@Valiance

We hope, at least.
*When the gas dissipates, we stand at the base of a massive bone pile, surrounded by freshly-decaying grass and shrubs with remnants of noxious berries and the rotting corpses of their animal victims*

Myriad Reality

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Nothing as potentially overwhelming as the illusions here, yeah?

@Valiance

I don't suppose we'll know until we get there. With any luck, we're not still in its illusion.
*Fills the region with red mist*

Myriad Reality

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*Chuckles*
You’d have cleaned house. We tackling a third one?

@Valiance

Easy prey, the bone dragon.

Myriad Reality

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My point still stands. I’ve seen you at your lowest. You’re in a much better place now, in nearly every way. And as long as you continue to strive to be better, you should feel no shame in who you are.

@Valiance

...
*Smiles at the comment*
Never change, okay? Who knows where I'd be if someone else had challenged me back then?
*Rolls up the map and puts it away*

Myriad Reality

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And a purpose that truly belongs to yourself, and that has a noble cause to boot.

@Valiance

Eventually. I don’t like playing the pawn of that dragon god and wiping up these minions.

Myriad Reality

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It’s not worth feeling bad about. You’re in such a better place now than when you were fighting for that fake army. It shows.

@Valiance

There was a sense of purpose that came with it. But you’re right, better two people I can rely on than a thousand waiting to stab me in the back.

Myriad Reality

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To be absolutely blunt? I think I already have seen you at your lowest point. You’re not losing me that easily at this point.

@Valiance

*Pauses and looks up from the map, narrowing my eyes*
...I won’t contest that.
*Looks back down*

Myriad Reality

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There’s a good chance it was as simple, I’d say.

@Valiance

And as long as you don’t see me as a monster now, that’s good enough for me.
*Retrieves the map*