Multifarious

Myriad Reality

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*Through clenched teeth, invisible in the darkness*
Why. Won't. You. Just. Lose?

@Webmaster

*Stands in front of Data and assumes a defensive stance*

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*Nods*
Don't worry. I can import modern infohazard quarantine procedures to guarantee our goal is accomplished.

@Etcetera

You give an enemy some darkness and there’ll always be something lurking within.

Myriad Reality

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*We appear to be the only ones in the void*
And now for the moment I've been looking forward to. Fourteen's Constant.
*Types at the terminal, several screens flashing sporadically before settling on a large blue number with progressively smaller decimal places, and a small set of equations beneath it*
Everything else can be wiped.

@Etcetera

*Doesn't turn back around*
Can't be too careful. Make sure the wipe is extra thorough. For your own sake.

Myriad Reality

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The simulation doesn't have the resources to process that it's crashed quite yet. We're in the real world, but there are some artifacts of the crash remaining, namely the inability to see reality at the moment. The control center itself is exempt to that effect, meaning that we've successfully completed room five and have breached all of the lab's defenses.

@Etcetera

*My ears flatten and my eyes narrow as I turn back around to double check the status of Lenarol*

Myriad Reality

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I wouldn't jump to that conclusion quite yet.
*Walks toward the void and tears into a wall that doesn't appear to be there, revealing the image of the same central console, framed by ragged edges of darkness*

@Etcetera

*Raises an eyebrow, and I turn to follow you, stopping just behind you*

Myriad Reality

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Fortunately the simulation thought to provide us a virtual interface of itself. Most machines dislike infinitely recursive procedures.
*The image of the room is stretched and pulled into the hypercube like a cloth*

@Etcetera

And here I thought I might have gotten to get the adrenaline pumping.

Myriad Reality

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*Two tendril-like prismatic bands lash out at your neck*

@Host

*Intercepts them with blinding speed, catching each in one red-aura covered hand and holding them until the interactivity levels no longer allow it*

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Done!
*The simulation routine begins, slowing down everything in the room to a crawl as a hypercube floats in its center, glowing with a mystical light that appears black; every moment, the number of facets inside the cube continues to increase and the room becomes less interactable at the same rate*

@Etcetera

That didn't take long at all.

Myriad Reality

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*Explodes violently, the flames consuming everything in sight*

@Etcetera

*Looks back to you momentarily, eyes widened as the flame around me is dispersed the moment it comes within a certain range*

Myriad Reality

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*A half-dome of the same pellets appear around you, causing reality to fishbowl around them*
This would be a fascinating moment to say goodbye.

@Host

None of us ever had to be here.
*Throws my hand out wide and casts the barrier energy such that it divides the entire room between us as well as the pellets*

Myriad Reality

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*A prismatic barrier meets it halfway, and repels it toward you, and the thousands of lights shoot downward through you both*

@Host

*The barrier laid overtop the light reflects the beams directly back into the ceiling, and I simply hold up an arm and nullify the attack reflected back at me effortlessly*

Myriad Reality

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*Looks up and appears taken aback before I grab onto you*
You're going to have to trust me.

@Etcetera

I don’t suppose waiting to see if this works is too much of a waste of time, should you be fake.

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*Thousands of points of light spawn above you, each rapidly shifting through a myriad of colors*

@Host

*Glances upward for a moment, then back to you. A blanket of the red energy barrier forms point blank over the light between it and us, and thrust my hand open-palmed in your direction, sending a swift streak of vibrant green your way*