GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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*The spiral twists into my foot before being replaced with a burst of voxels, and restoring my ankle*
Yes, I get it. I won't lie to you.

@Meta

... Well go on. You clearly don't have all day.
*Motions you toward the collective rhomboids*

Myriad Reality

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*The ground below us starts to twist into a slow, wide spiral*
I don't have to be your enemy.

@Meta

*The pillars drop, releasing you**
Yes. Now you get it. Remember this favor, and consider how much I'm risking by trusting you.

Myriad Reality

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*The distortions around me grow more intense and both refraction and distorted voxels seem to leech toward me from the surrounding infrastructure*
To stabilize. Rest of the story... too long.

@Meta

*Stands squarely in front of you, inches from your face*
If you cross us. If you run away. If you hurt them. You'll wish for more than just stability for the rest of your days. You got it? Help us help you, hurt us...
*Raises an eyebrow, leaving the rest of the message unspoken*

Myriad Reality

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*Strained*
Get rid of me... you'll never fix them.

@Meta

I gathered as much.
*Looks down at your hands and has the pillars expand to envelop them*
No funny business. I'm not a bad person, but you do not want to be the reason my day gets worse. You want the programs, sure, but why do you need to have them and for us not to have them? Are you hiding something from us?

Myriad Reality

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It's all I have.

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I hate making enemies...
*Swipes my thumb across my index finger and both Tempo and Rhythm freeze in place, replaced with washed out versions interrupted by a horizontal line of distortion that runs vertically up their form every few seconds*

@Meta

*Furrows my brow at the sight of them*
You're gonna hate me more.
*Pillars erupt from the ground on all four sides of you diagonally, impacting your torso and pinning you in place*

Myriad Reality

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You saw what happened to the others. I need it now.

@Meta

You're clearly desperate. Could be telling us whatever we want to hear.

Myriad Reality

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I can give you your solutions... after I have those programs.

@Meta

Uh huh. And you know what I have to ask when you say that.

Myriad Reality

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Why?

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Oh,
*looks to Isaac*
is that a pretty reasonable trade?

@Ignacious

*Without taking my gaze off the stranger*
No.

Myriad Reality

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A trade... I’ll trade you answers.
*Steadies on arm against my thigh, and holds up my index finger on my other hand, projecting a translucent rhomboid crawling through a rotation*

@Meta

How about solutions? I'm not about to give up the only lead I have to fix people I care about for just answers, because a stranger shows up and demands what we've worked to find.

Myriad Reality

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They don’t—belong to you.

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I need those programs.

@Meta

You can have them when we're done.