Legend

Myriad Reality

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Just focused. It may look like I'm doing nothing, but every single time we jump into a totally new dimension, I have a whole sea of stuff to process coming in. I'm mentally built for it, is the best way to put it, but having a huge range of awareness about the identity and properties of every particle around takes a minute to take in, you know?

@Audacious

Aren't there, like, infinity particles everywhere? That's really amazing.

Myriad Reality

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*Attempts to gauge if the carbon presence contains complex organic material, DNA or anything indicating life*

@Audacious

You good over there?
*Nothing biological of note enough to gauge from this distance appears to remain, but the carbon coats the surface of smooth stones with flowing grooves much like those eroded by water*

Myriad Reality

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*Narrows my eyes and feels out the makeup of the asteroid and any space rocks in relatively close proximity*

@Audacious

*The asteroid itself seems to be made of igneous rocks, and the surrounding asteroids similarly lack complex structures, some of which house strange powdery mounds and others unusual formations of carbon in minuscule quantities*
Looks like the "they move around" hypothesis was right. Good thing we have other worlds we can still check.

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs and speaks as I approach the gateway*
Your excitement is giving me bad vibes about all this, man...
*Steps through*

@Audacious

*We land on a dark and stony asteroid field with a yellow sun shining in the distance*
Wo—oah!
*Catches my balance*
Guess your aim was a bit off?

Myriad Reality

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Hmm...
*Taps on my own phone a few times and then opens a portal next to you while I walk toward you, extending the hand holding your phone toward you*

@Audacious

*Runs through, pulling the phone out of your hand when I do*

Myriad Reality

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Hmm.
*Checks the successful signal we received to see if there was any particular message attached*

@Audacious

*The signal seems to be an ordinary broadcast packet with no discernible information given the compression level*

Myriad Reality

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You rich?
*Scrolls down the list to see what all the unique error codes are, and tries to see if the notation specifies what caused each of the unique errors*

@Audacious

No, that's the problem.
*Most of the errors match the previous stations, but now with several that indicate more apparently recent issues associated with being unable to connect to other relay stations or return responses to layer 1*

Myriad Reality

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*Catches it with both hands, with the force yanking my arms back over my head slightly. I pull my own phone out and compare screens for a moment*
Do you mind if I glance through the logs myself too, real quick? I don't want to run into anything that might be a trap or anything like that.

@Audacious

Mhm! Please do, just don't hack my bank account.

Myriad Reality

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Pretty good, I'd say. Also I feel like if I take that term and say it elsewhere, people would look at m funny.

@Audacious

Alright—
*Tosses you my phone again in a full-force overhand throw*
It's up on there!

Myriad Reality

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Ahhh... I eh... We- err...
*Clears my throat and coughs a couple times*
Mm.

@Audacious

*Grins*
Alright alright alright, how's your portal precision? We call it porpre in the 'biz.