Crew

Myriad Reality

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Again, just looking at ways out if we get stuck. To be fair, neither of us planned to be in this situation.

@Server

Part of why I was seeking a partner for this op was for backup in the event something unexpected happened. And while I was expecting that to mean something more adrenaline-pumping, I definitely don’t regret it. Sorry for dragging you into this, but I’m glad I’m not alone.
*Presses a button to the elevator*

Myriad Reality

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We could use that to write out a message to them... adding to the phantasmic feel.

@Server

Is that best, though? I really don’t want to be caught in here if it can be avoided. The heads of the Cerberus family can be a bit unforgiving.

Myriad Reality

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...I'll go ahead and say it. It's like we're ghosts.

@Server

That’s exactly what it is. To people, anyway. To random objects, doesn’t seem that way.
*Nudges a pen on the receptionist’s desk, rolling it across*

Myriad Reality

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*Taps against the cosmic wall*
I’ve never seen anything like this.

@Server

I’d be more concerned if you had.
*A humanoid wisp walks through you, as though leaving the building. They stop for a second when they do, turning their head to stare at you with tense body language for just a moment before shaking their head and disappearing into the void, the door closing behind them.*

Myriad Reality

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Can you send a message to anyone outside to let them know what’s going on?

@Server

Something tells me that would be too easy.
*Pulls out a thin, clear device that seems to be pretty much entirely just a screen*
…
Yeah, was too easy. Nothing’s getting out.

Myriad Reality

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Whatever this is, it’s not interfering with my data.

@Server

I imagine that’s a good thing, then.
*The lobby’s lights flicker, and almost seem to dim a bit, but nothing that happens generates any sound unless we are the source*
Question is, do we wait for an attack, or try to seek them out?

Myriad Reality

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...
*Holds out my arm and experimentally attempts to load the data for a cannon weapon*

@Server

*It loads without issue*

Myriad Reality

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I'm completely in the dark when it comes to metaphysical effects like whatever this is.

@Server

We can work through this together. And if it’s any consolation, with these being targeted attacks on IA organizations… The killer probably only wants one of us.

Myriad Reality

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I may be out of my league, here...

@Server

Don’t lose your head. We don’t know anything yet.

Myriad Reality

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*Walks to the front of the room and inspects the wall of cosmos*

@Server

*It appears exactly as it did from a distance, as though peering into the night sky with no light pollution. It emits no sound either, and neither does anything else in the building when it should.*
I at least get the idea this is some kind of effect and not actually destroying anything or hurting anyone.
*Goes and stands in front of the reception desk, looking down at a black wisp in the shape of humanoid figure where the receptionist would be, then looks around at the rest of the lobby, taking in the dead silence*