Multifarious

Myriad Reality

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*The world starts to shake as large chunks of the surrounding structures collapse and layers of reality violently peel away from each other*

@Etcetera

*Shields my face with one arm and watches*

Myriad Reality

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Are these pages safe to observe?

@Etcetera

You've already crossed a line, apparently. Best to avoid making things any worse just because we assume something is okay.
*Angles the book upward to hide the contents from your view more*

Myriad Reality

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One that makes it imperative that we escape this place.

@Etcetera

*Stands there for a moment, waiting for the discussion to continue before realizing*
... Oh, right.
*Sets the books down, taking one and showing it to Rythian*
The contents of the records here don't match what they are in the real one at all, and are borderline nonsensical.
*Flips a few pages and points at it*
I mean, do you really expect me to believe that this is the purpose of the physical manifestation of time?

Myriad Reality

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You’re permitted to remember that encounter?

@Etcetera

He just told me you weren't.

Myriad Reality

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It’s possible, but I fail to see how it would be useful to the simulation to do that. Perhaps to trap us in an infinite loop, but that can be circumvented by other measures.

@Etcetera

*Looks down*
An ancient presence significant to the Hidden Elements somehow has the means to show himself to us here?... I can't wait to ask Rythian to make sense of this for me.

Myriad Reality

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Unfortunately so.

@Etcetera

... Would the simulation conjure up something that elaborate?

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*
That is yet to be seen.

@Etcetera

Did some guy appear to you as well?

Myriad Reality

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...
*Waits uncomfortably long before moving*
...I see. That is unfortunate.

@Etcetera

*Looks to you quickly*
Are you alright?

Myriad Reality

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*Pauses*
It's been a pleasure...

@Etcetera

*I start moving again, looking around as though I believe something should be there*

Myriad Reality

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*Eyes where we entered from, suspiciously*

@Etcetera

...
*After a moment, I gasp and drop the books I'm holding, which, along with me, move more and more slowly very quickly before coming to a total halt. The books never even hit the ground, and my person freezes staring at a person slightly in the distance, standing in the dark*