Session

Myriad Reality

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*You receive no reaction, likely as the man was already at least largely unconscious*

@Crew

Alright Lynn, easy now...
*Finishes replacing his spiritual energies with natural energy equivalents, leaving the body in a stabler low-energy state like comatose*

Myriad Reality

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*Nothing happens in response yet*

@Crew

*One by one, the burning particles are exchanged with a particle from the planet's natural forces, and the burning components are joined to my own—any consciousness left of the man experiences the world closing in around him*

Myriad Reality

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*They match what you would expect from late-stage degradation due to the condition*
…

@Crew

*The ground below me rumbles like a low-magnitude earthquake, and its own natural energies visibly bulge from its surface in a flurry of smeared blues, greens, yellows, and other bold colors, encapsulating the man*

Myriad Reality

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*You get no response or reaction, verbally or physically, in any way*

@Crew

*Sets him on the ground and extracts his energies to check whether they match the rest of the population*
If you die because of me, die knowing I'm so sorry.
*Tears off my eyepatch, but this time, my entire body dissolves into particles and plunges into the ground below*

Myriad Reality

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*You hear no response as you eventually stumble into a man in bed who isn’t moving, and probably hasn't moved at all recently*

@Crew

Sorry, this is not up to code at all.
*Hoists him up on my shoulder and carries him downstairs*

Myriad Reality

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*You detect one, a stationary presence upstairs*

@Crew

Always patients with the elevation...
*Heads up as quickly as I can*
Medic!

Myriad Reality

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*Silence returns from the radio, and the house greets you with nothing but the eerie hum of abandoned appliances*

@Crew

*Attempts to sense any nearby lifeforces*

Myriad Reality

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Curtis: Don’t be so dramatic. The worst of this is over. We know the problem, we have plans. Just be fast- We’re close to passing the threshold where people start dying from this, if they haven’t already.

@Crew

Nothing wrong with a little dramatic flair to keep it real. See you on the other side.
*Clicks off the call and starts looking around the house I broke into*
It's never that easy.

Myriad Reality

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Curtis: I’ll give you until the sun comes over the horizon from the hospital. At that point, we’re finding you, pulling you, and doing things the risky way.

@Crew

Got it. Don't get yourself killed out there, general. You may be this world's last hope.

Myriad Reality

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Curtis: Not until now. But with the information you just dropped me? I’m leaning toward a hungry bug.

@Crew

That would make sense. One nearly took me out back there.
*Adjusts the radio*
I'm going to transmit the recording I made before and then try a few things. I'm going to be unreachable until it's over, but I'll report back. If you don't hear anything from me, it either went great or unspeakably bad.