Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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You do need self verification, that's fair.

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*Sidesteps and severs the spire from the ground with my foot, and it launches toward you like a spear*

@Multifarious

*Rifles through another series of prompts, the screen rapidly flashing in and out before settling on a large teal number*

Myriad Reality

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Have you learned too much to falter to inexplicable violence? There's no reason to not make it easy on us at this point.
*Leaps back into the portal, this time returning to Data's lab*
This isn't real.

@Multifarious

*Nods*
Understood.
*Types away at the terminal*
I'll verify the results myself shortly.

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs and wipes my brow*
Thank goodness.
*A shard of ice freezes and materializes in my and as I stab it into her chest*

@Multifarious

*The wound rapidly heals*

Myriad Reality

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Things change. But that's enough stalling on your end.
*My walking stick glows with radiant banded energy*

@Host

*Immediately accesses the terminal and begins typing several directives to the system*

Myriad Reality

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Hm. Okay, clever.
*Disappears again, reappearing in a normal bedroom*

@Multifarious

*Zoey is asleep in the room*

Myriad Reality

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*Frowns*
Ah, well. Just like old times, eh?

@Host

I thought my systems were no longer of interest to you.

Myriad Reality

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So we'll see if the computer knows where she is.
*Leaps backward into a portal that opens directly in front of you, headed for the base*

@Multifarious

*Nods*
I'll see you shortly.
*The portal warps you to an empty base*

Myriad Reality

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Where did Zoey get sent? No one would know but me.

@Multifarious

I think I'm starting to follow.

Myriad Reality

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*Taps my chin, and speaks to Data and not you*
We just gave ourselves a pretty simple tool to test if this is reality, I think.

@Multifarious

What do you have in mind?

Myriad Reality

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*Steps around the central computer*
Correct you are, my dear. These old systems weren't built with the level of rigor that I'm quite used to.

@Host

*Eyes you up and down*