Ignacious

Myriad Reality

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I have no clue what it means, really. That's something we might never know.

@GalaxyRaider

*crosses my arms*
Oh okay, well
*moves my hand in a gesture for you to resume your thought*
Continue.

Myriad Reality

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*Takes a deep breath*
Right now, we're assuming "Purge01" is an experiment, and underscore-zero-one, two, three, and four are test subjects, right? We know it was tested on viruses at least, and we know... What we learned about Melody. If we just assume for a second that, if this Purge01 is a restorative program of sorts with some flaws, what if Melody wasn't just a researcher, but is one of the test subjects?
*Pauses here to gauge the room*

@GalaxyRaider

Does that mean she was attempting to un-virus herself?

Myriad Reality

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*Several of the windows contain raw data associated with the program, but a few display detailed error strings, such as “failed to void foreign data attribute,” “foreign data regeneration exceeds purge rate,” and “no approximation of original function behavior available, exiting...”*

@Webmaster

What does this mean?

Myriad Reality

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Moreso when they're aware of each other. But oh yeah.

@GalaxyRaider

Huh, weird.

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Huh?

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Sure, I promise I won’t hate you.

@Webmaster

*waves my hand dismissively while shaking my head*

Myriad Reality

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Now you’ve made me nervous.

@Webmaster

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Now you’ve made me nervous.

@Server

*looks at both of them*

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You all have to promise not to hate me for even thinking it. I'm serious.
*Looks at Rhythm when I say this as well*

@GalaxyRaider

Do they do that alot?

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*

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Stressful times. Just gotta remember we're in this for each other.
*Smiles*

@GalaxyRaider

*nods*
Of course.
*smiles back*

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Well, there’s one new opportunity.
*Pushes the next “Yes” button, summoning an array of windows around us color coded and displaying abundant auxiliary data about Purge01_02’s operation*

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Any ideas?

@Webmaster

*looks around*

Myriad Reality

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Sam ended up okay in the end. I’m confident Mom will too.

@Webmaster

*nods*
That’s what I am trying to work towards…

Myriad Reality

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*My gaze wanders to the floor in thought, and I frown*
Hm...

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*Puts an arm around Rhythm's shoulder*
It's alright. We're all trying to work through this together. Same team, yeah?

@GalaxyRaider

…
*rubs my arm*

Myriad Reality

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If your idea of “fixing the world” is just to back up to some kind of save, then you’re crazy. We’re not that replaceable.

@Server

I’m not trying to replace-look, I don’t know much of what is going on. I don’t understand a lot of your world but I know I have the capacity to fix it. But if your mom did make a save state of some sort she may have had a reason. And it also caused problems for Sam as well.

Myriad Reality

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*Clenches my hands*
That's not the same. You can't just... copy yourself and be the same person afterwards. There's no world where mom would ever do that.

@Server

Well yeah, you aren’t the same because what is saved is only up to that point…
*looks at Tempo and around where we are, sighing*
Look, I know your world is not whole right now, but trying to figure this out is what I am here for. My goal is to help put things back together as best as possible even if it is messy.