Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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*Removes my hand, leaving a luminescent green palm print on the wall. From this point, the wall begins to corrode away with quickly increasing speed*

@Multifarious

*On the other side of the wall is a cylindrical computer with a screen that wraps around the center of the complex, a model of the lab chambers lit blue with five flashing red*

Myriad Reality

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*Walks to the other end of the room*
I see.
*Places my palm flat against the wall*

@Multifarious

I'm also skeptical, for that matter.

Myriad Reality

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You believe so?

@Multifarious

I have marginally lower confidence than I did in room three's failure to manifest.

Myriad Reality

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A more convenient one, then.

@Multifarious

Mhm.
*Inspects the walls*
This simulation appears to have failed, similar to room three.

Myriad Reality

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Surprised you had no back door.
...
You went in first last time. It's only fair.
*Precariously steps through the hole, avoiding the electrical wires*

@Multifarious

In a sense, this is the backdoor.
*Follows behind you, and bands of color-warping ribbons stream across the room*
It won't recognize me without more biological signatures.
*Several of the patterns on the walls are consumed by a puff of smoke and the ribbons turn monochrome, fall onto the ground, and fade away*

Myriad Reality

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Five was the easiest possible? Geez.
*Walks up to the hole into the next room*

@Multifarious

Unfortunately.
*The wiring on the walls flash, sparking and fizzling out*

Myriad Reality

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Why’d you even make this many rooms? Redundancy?

@Multifarious

These are all testing chambers that were running different experiments at one point in time. It happens that the fastest path to the control room that avoids other security systems takes us through five.

Myriad Reality

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Prepared for the absolute unknown? Absolutely.

@Multifarious

Very well.
*Tears down the wall, exposing another room full of technicolor wall wiring*

Myriad Reality

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Any reason to believe it’s gonna suck the most?

@Multifarious

They should be independent, but I've cast aside assumptions for now.
*Breaks through the wall*
Are you prepared?

Myriad Reality

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I say we keep moving. On that note, we can’t really wait on her to wake up.
*Leans over and touches her, causing her to disappear in a quick, black flash*

@Multifarious

Alright. I suppose she knows where to find us.
*Raps the back of my hand against the wall adjacent to us*
It may be redundant information, but this should be the final room.