Meta

Myriad Reality

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You're fine. But you do have a very small amount of time to explain why you have the ability to freeze them like that, because let me tell you, that doesn't look good for you from where I'm standing.

@GalaxyRaider

They're both backdoored. I think that's something you know already.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks around*
What... just happened?

@Server

You didn't miss much.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
No, I don't like hurting people. But when someone shows up demanding the fruits of your labor and can't get a story out of the,. you can understand that being just a little bit incredibly suspicious and provocative.

@GalaxyRaider

I would critique your methods—
*Bends backwards with my hands on my hips and pops my spine*
But what's done is done.

Myriad Reality

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Unfreeze them.

@GalaxyRaider

*Taps my fingers together, releasing the suspension*

Myriad Reality

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*Crosses my arms, not making any moves to go very far from you*

@GalaxyRaider

Did you just enjoy crushing me with stone? That was far too close.

Myriad Reality

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... Well go on. You clearly don't have all day.
*Motions you toward the collective rhomboids*

@GalaxyRaider

*They fly toward me, surrounding me with bands of data that link together into large, interweaving circles that stabilize the surrounding environment*
That... is good enough for now.
*Stands up, clearly at much more ease as the programs work on the corruptions within my body*

Myriad Reality

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*The pillars drop, releasing you**
Yes. Now you get it. Remember this favor, and consider how much I'm risking by trusting you.

@GalaxyRaider

*The spiral twists into my foot before being replaced with a burst of voxels, and restoring my ankle*
Yes, I get it. I won't lie to you.

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.