GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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And that is?

@Zeal

*The device’s light suddenly lights up a solid green*

Myriad Reality

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And both of us kept our sides of the deal. No bad blood.

@Meta

Not that promise. The one before. “If you cross us. If you run away. If you hurt them...” Ring a bell?
*The lights dim here in my lab as it enters a lockdown state, red lights flashing in a silent alarm*
How about what you said afterward? Or what you proceeded to do to them despite my pleas for you not to. Practically begging.

Myriad Reality

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Ah—
*Looks up*
Honestly, no.

@Meta

*Swallows*
I made a promise. A promise about what would happen following me sparing you, depending on a course of action you took.
*Taps the bottom of each key with my hands and they disappear*

Myriad Reality

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Well—
*Turns and raises a hand*
Ciao.

@Meta

… Do you remember what I told you? Before I gave you the Purge fragments, in the web.

Myriad Reality

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*Tosses the keys to you*
These can be used to remove the backdoor, or you can use it yourself for whatever reason you want.

@Meta

*Silently turns the keys over in my hands as the Darwin Box from earlier floats from around my back and circles them*

Myriad Reality

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Since you managed to talk that mysterious person into letting us go, I’ll even sweeten the deal for you.

@Meta

That so?

Myriad Reality

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So am I. As promised.
*A green and red key materializes in each hand*

@Meta

*Bends over and puts my hands on my knees from the sheer relief I exude*

Myriad Reality

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And that is?

@Zeal

*After we have definitively departed, the device I used to warp out enters some sort of standby mode, flashing a dim yellow light slowly. Upon further observation, the device appears to be flashing in morse code, with the message “Wait for signal.”*

Myriad Reality

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That was far too close.

@Meta

I’m sick of them. I’m ready to be done.

Myriad Reality

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For now, that's true.

@Meta

Alright then, let’s go.

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And that is?

@Zeal

*Turns to you*
Thank you for your understanding. At least starting at the point after you hit me really hard…
*Nods an awkward pause and steps on a button like the one that took us here and we disappear, warping to my own lab*