Revolutionary

Myriad Reality

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Flicker - Essentially forever, since we each have our own body. But at some point because of different experiences over time we'll become entirely separate individuals, even if we still share the same name. It's the whole reason why none of my previous instances or myself freak out over the situation, even though that's a common line of thought for when a person and their clone are confronted with each other.
- However in this case, the option of sharing resources until we each develop our own separate lives is easier said then done with the amount of 'stuff' I have at this point. It would also pose a security risk for some of my plans if either of us eventually gained a reason to go against the other. And that's not counting the whole social aspect of my life as well, even if it in theory is more flexible.
Flicker - Speaking of which, I still want to negotiate what things I'll still have available.

@Stabby

What are these things and stuff you keep mentioning? Are we talking about, like food?

Myriad Reality

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- Cool as it may sound, it comes with its own problems, especially in the case where I can't merge back into one person. This is because we then approach a place of conflict due to there being two of 'me' and only enough current available resources for one of our continued lives.
Flicker - Which is the problem with the current situation. *Holds up an arm, and the small lines of Amaranthine rise to the surface.* I'm yet unsure of if I'd be able to properly neutralize this infection and keep it from creating another me, so ridding myself of it and becoming a single person again isn't an option to resolving this.
- That detail in turn throws a wrench into the works because I'm too far along in my own plans for the previous contingency I thought up years ago to solve it perfectly.

@Stabby

I see... This is definitely a really rough problem to wrap my head around. How long can you stay like this?

Myriad Reality

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- Basically we're two instances of the same person, which really only ever occurs when the situation calls for life ending efforts, but those efforts are stopped by/for one reason or another.
Flicker - *Crosses my arms.* In my case, I was gonna suicide strategy in an attempt to get rid of Corrupted Kat, but I missed my chance. My continued self over here was created in the short instance beforehand so that I could live on.

@Stabby

That's... Actually pretty freakin' cool. Gotta say, I'm glad you didn't get the chance to go for the suicidal attack, too. There are better ways to handle it, and I promise I'll take care of it. She barely got any of the facility that powers us, so she should be much weaker than I am.

Myriad Reality

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- It sounds like it's a tricky thing to process.
Flicker - Speaking of tricky, how are we going to resolve this "duplication" of ours? *Points back and forth between me and my other self.* It's been a while since the last divergence, so I'm not sure our usual contingency plan is up to stuff. Heck, I'm having trouble thinking of an alternate name for myself.

@Stabby

Er, excuse me for not having any clue about anything you're saying. You two diverged from each other? Like mitosis or something?

Myriad Reality

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Myriad Reality

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- A case of over confidence?

@Stabby

Overconfidence in a friend, maybe... I still haven’t had time to work out my thoughts about it all.

Myriad Reality

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Both - *In unison.* How so?
*Looks at each other for a moment before the other self nods and original me keeps going.*
- I mean, what were your options at the time?

@Stabby

I could have done anything but throw out everything I had at once, trusting that it would be enough for him to fully take control of the situation.

Myriad Reality

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*Landing on the other side, you find yourself in an area of open, rolling plains. After a quick look around you see that there's two of me. The one holding the string looks over while the other closes the portals behind us.*
- Yea, that's kinda the point. With enough traffic, even the deepest footprints will fade.
Flicker - Good to see that you were able to resolve your situation. I got mine done as well. Kiiinda lost the two nodes to fire when they got burned with Shinji's temporary body though. *Scratches the back of my head nervously.
- Seriously? Those things take a while to create. Also it's only partially resolved on my end, corrupted Kat still lives.
Flicker - *Frowns.* Bugger.

@Stabby

Which is my problem too. I definitely plan to get it all ironed out.
*Crosses my arms*
Maybe I should have made some different choices...

Myriad Reality

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*You feel yourself shuffling between multiple portals until the string goes taunt and pulls you through.*

@Stabby

I can't help but feel like this is overly elaborate!

Myriad Reality

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I might take you up on that offer later then. More tricks for the travel bag are always useful. See ya on the flipside.
*I enter the portal, and after a few moments the string goes taunt.*

@Stabby

That's the queue!
*Hurries through*