Stratocracy

Myriad Reality

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You know, it's okay! This body is my fate, but my will is to get this job and do something about it. So I'm making the most of it.

@Fractured

*Smirks and raises the glass*
Now I will absolutely drink to that.
*Tips the glass up and downs the rest of the drink all in one gulp, planting the glass firmly back down on the bar*

Myriad Reality

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Absolutely! Mine is considered a sad fate, actually. There are others that mean you or your family are smiled upon.

@Fractured

That’s unfortunate.

Myriad Reality

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There are some things that can change or push it, but as far as any of us can tell it's mostly a loaded dice roll.

@Fractured

Are there any notable, like… “lucky” versus “unlucky” rolls?

Myriad Reality

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Um, I'm sorry. It's just how things are where I'm from, like how you probably picked your career after you matured.

@Fractured

Oh, nah, I didn’t mean it in any negative way. Stuff about how you grow is just usually something you’d attribute to genetics, which has predictable patterns and probabilities and stuff like that. Seems bizarre for it to be random.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*
At my core, I'm a monster. The type of monster we become is mostly random.

@Fractured

That’s bizarre, to say the least.

Myriad Reality

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Nope. Those came with becoming a wendigo.

@Fractured

Are “wendigos” not what you meant when you said “your kind”?
*Takes another sip*

Myriad Reality

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A natural part of my evolution. All of my kind get new features when they finally mature and their path is set.

@Fractured

But not all ribbon-arms?

Myriad Reality

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Right, they're not new-new, but newer than the rest of me.

@Fractured

Unnatural, then?

Myriad Reality

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Oh, uh, thanks! Those are new. Er.

@Fractured

Newer?

Myriad Reality

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*Pours the shaken mixture into a glass, straining out the ice and slides it to you with my hands*
Hope I got it right!

@Fractured

*Picks it up and swirls it ever so slightly around before taking a sip*
That… Is a martini. Well done. A-plus for the show being included with all the ribbon magic.