Audacious

Myriad Reality

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No clue how you keep track of all that. But I'm grateful for it!
*Turns around and gazes at a distant planet*

@Legend

You said you do think this place got shuffled?

Myriad Reality

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Aren't there, like, infinity particles everywhere? That's really amazing.

@Legend

You’re definitely closer to correct than you’re not, that’s for sure.

Myriad Reality

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You good over there?
*Nothing biological of note enough to gauge from this distance appears to remain, but the carbon coats the surface of smooth stones with flowing grooves much like those eroded by water*

@Legend

Just focused. It may look like I'm doing nothing, but every single time we jump into a totally new dimension, I have a whole sea of stuff to process coming in. I'm mentally built for it, is the best way to put it, but having a huge range of awareness about the identity and properties of every particle around takes a minute to take in, you know?

Myriad Reality

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*The asteroid itself seems to be made of igneous rocks, and the surrounding asteroids similarly lack complex structures, some of which house strange powdery mounds and others unusual formations of carbon in minuscule quantities*
Looks like the "they move around" hypothesis was right. Good thing we have other worlds we can still check.

@Legend

...
*Attempts to gauge if the carbon presence contains complex organic material, DNA or anything indicating life*

Myriad Reality

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*We land on a dark and stony asteroid field with a yellow sun shining in the distance*
Wo—oah!
*Catches my balance*
Guess your aim was a bit off?

@Legend

*Narrows my eyes and feels out the makeup of the asteroid and any space rocks in relatively close proximity*

Myriad Reality

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*Runs through, pulling the phone out of your hand when I do*

@Legend

*Sighs and speaks as I approach the gateway*
Your excitement is giving me bad vibes about all this, man...
*Steps through*

Myriad Reality

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*The signal seems to be an ordinary broadcast packet with no discernible information given the compression level*

@Legend

Hmm...
*Taps on my own phone a few times and then opens a portal next to you while I walk toward you, extending the hand holding your phone toward you*

Myriad Reality

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No, that's the problem.
*Most of the errors match the previous stations, but now with several that indicate more apparently recent issues associated with being unable to connect to other relay stations or return responses to layer 1*

@Legend

Hmm.
*Checks the successful signal we received to see if there was any particular message attached*

Myriad Reality

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Mhm! Please do, just don't hack my bank account.

@Legend

You rich?
*Scrolls down the list to see what all the unique error codes are, and tries to see if the notation specifies what caused each of the unique errors*

Myriad Reality

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Alright—
*Tosses you my phone again in a full-force overhand throw*
It's up on there!

@Legend

*Catches it with both hands, with the force yanking my arms back over my head slightly. I pull my own phone out and compare screens for a moment*
Do you mind if I glance through the logs myself too, real quick? I don't want to run into anything that might be a trap or anything like that.