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Myriad Reality

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*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*

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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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?

@GalaxyRaider

*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.

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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Oh.

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That’s not a good deal.

@Ignacious

It's all I have.

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

@GalaxyRaider

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*

Myriad Reality

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

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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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.

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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Why?

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

@Ignacious

*Huffs*
Long story...

Myriad Reality

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You can have them when we're done.

@GalaxyRaider

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*

Myriad Reality

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*Calmly*
Why?

@GalaxyRaider

They don’t—belong to you.

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Do you need help?

@Ignacious

I need those programs.

Myriad Reality

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It could have—

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Who are you?

@Webmaster

*Shakes my head*

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*stares in bewilderment*

@Ignacious

*Takes the pause as an opportunity to focus on breathing, as voxels continue to stretch and warp around me*