Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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Pfuh. You don’t even know?
*Grits my teeth*
I think it’s more important that you explain yourself.

@Multifarious

She's here for me. But that doesn't answer any real questions.

Myriad Reality

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*Stands in front of Data and assumes a defensive stance*

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You give an enemy some darkness and there’ll always be something lurking within.

@Multifarious

*Stands with my back to yours, preparing my weapons*
It certainly seems that way.

Myriad Reality

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*Doesn't turn back around*
Can't be too careful. Make sure the wipe is extra thorough. For your own sake.

@Multifarious

*Nods*
Don't worry. I can import modern infohazard quarantine procedures to guarantee our goal is accomplished.

Myriad Reality

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*My ears flatten and my eyes narrow as I turn back around to double check the status of Lenarol*

@Multifarious

*We appear to be the only ones in the void*
And now for the moment I've been looking forward to. Fourteen's Constant.
*Types at the terminal, several screens flashing sporadically before settling on a large blue number with progressively smaller decimal places, and a small set of equations beneath it*
Everything else can be wiped.

Myriad Reality

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*Raises an eyebrow, and I turn to follow you, stopping just behind you*

@Multifarious

The simulation doesn't have the resources to process that it's crashed quite yet. We're in the real world, but there are some artifacts of the crash remaining, namely the inability to see reality at the moment. The control center itself is exempt to that effect, meaning that we've successfully completed room five and have breached all of the lab's defenses.

Myriad Reality

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And here I thought I might have gotten to get the adrenaline pumping.

@Multifarious

I wouldn't jump to that conclusion quite yet.
*Walks toward the void and tears into a wall that doesn't appear to be there, revealing the image of the same central console, framed by ragged edges of darkness*

Myriad Reality

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*Intercepts them with blinding speed, catching each in one red-aura covered hand and holding them until the interactivity levels no longer allow it*

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That didn't take long at all.

@Multifarious

Fortunately the simulation thought to provide us a virtual interface of itself. Most machines dislike infinitely recursive procedures.
*The image of the room is stretched and pulled into the hypercube like a cloth*

Myriad Reality

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*Looks back to you momentarily, eyes widened as the flame around me is dispersed the moment it comes within a certain range*

@Multifarious

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*Two tendril-like prismatic bands lash out at your neck*

@Host

Done!
*The simulation routine begins, slowing down everything in the room to a crawl as a hypercube floats in its center, glowing with a mystical light that appears black; every moment, the number of facets inside the cube continues to increase and the room becomes less interactable at the same rate*

Myriad Reality

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None of us ever had to be here.
*Throws my hand out wide and casts the barrier energy such that it divides the entire room between us as well as the pellets*

@Multifarious

*Explodes violently, the flames consuming everything in sight*