Inimical

Myriad Reality

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*The netting ejects from the wall and binds around Akora without restricting her movement, but absorbs impacts on her behalf*
On your right.
*Unholsters my blaster with the flick of a switch and shoots past both of you, and rather than the combatant, the shot hits the wall near the red barrier, leaving a white-hot rune on contact that glows with more intense light with every passing moment*

@System

*Ignores it, tossing the butt end of the broken gun up into the air, it glows a dim green but quickly becomes a violently bright green before exploding, hurling countless tiny bits of shrapnel into every point in the room and sticking corrosive elemental energy into everyone*

Myriad Reality

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It appears that the hidden element you lack is that of surprise.
*Spreads my fingers on one hand, the webbing stretched from fingertip to palm, and plucks at one of the threads, unleashing crescents of invisible cutting force that bend around Akora*

@System

*Narrows my gaze, the force visibly impacting a red barrier that only makes itself apparent on impact with the ranged attack, several feet from me*
I’m annoyed at all the interruptions to my goal here… But, so long as I walk away with a prize…
*The bayoneted half of my blade becomes enveloped in teal energy, effectively converting it from a broken rifle into a large battle axe made from raw power, which I turn and swing Akora’s way*

Myriad Reality

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*Tugs on the original webbing, now returned to my hand, erupting the passageway in devastating flame that wraps around Akora*

@System

*After a brief moment. The flames in the room swirl rapidly around and consolidate into a single point, floating above my palm*
I expected you lot to test your luck again. I didn’t expect you to be in such a rush to do it.

Myriad Reality

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*Launches forward, having kicked off the wall above the door and flies through the air toward the combatants*

@Valiance

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*The circuitry inches forward, tapping against the bands used to detect the opponents, then stretching itself into barely-visible fibers before grasping toward the other side of the chamber, now very similar to a spider’s web*

@System

*Trains a bayoneted rifle on Data as the path clears between myself and you after the stranger dodges*

Myriad Reality

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As the non-OP, he can correct me, but I think it's Phiaxes. It's a futuristic sci-fi style city with advanced tech.

@Memory

This. It’s an urban landscape that sprawls the entirety of a planet.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
I’ll make sure any future encounters are known.

@Server

*My eyes flit to the door for a moment, motioning you to leave*

Myriad Reality

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Then are we free to go?

@Server

Yes. But I strongly advise you to share anything you know about ES, and not hide it. He is incredibly dangerous.

Myriad Reality

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Neither of us want bad blood, and I have nothing useful to you. All of this is a distraction from the real threat.

@Server

Very easy to just say. But it seems the decision has made itself.

Myriad Reality

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If I were working with ES, we would have escaped together. This is an obvious trap to divert your attention to us.

@Server

ES is involved. I would argue, as you should seem to know, that nothing is obvious under that condition.
*Folds my hands behind my back*
And yet, Orthrus is adamant through all this that the best decision is to let things go.

Myriad Reality

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*Raises my eyebrows briefly when you walk in*

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What motive do I have to sabotage anything in your organization? I don't have any kind of stake or gain.

@Server

It’s never immediately obvious, is it? But you’re hiding something. Orthrus suspects it, and I know it.