System

Myriad Reality

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It wouldn’t be impossible. But if that were the case, there’s never really a cold trail, if you know what I mean.

@Valiance

Does Ridge have many enemies?

Myriad Reality

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I don’t even know if it happened, let alone suspect anyone. But it’s not a good sign when I can’t find him in the place he can typically be found when he disappears to be alone.

@Valiance

Do you think Maelstrom has something to do with it?

Myriad Reality

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Deja vu here. But Ridge has utterly disappeared and I fear he was attacked by someone.

@Valiance

Do you have potential culprits?

Myriad Reality

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I’ve been largely off the grid for a while now. Planned to be that way for a while still, and I suppose this is just another reason to do so.

@Valiance

For what reason?

Myriad Reality

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For what reason?

@Valiance

Few know where it is. Eliminating one of those few removes quite a bit of information from the pool. Learning about its location adds additional risk of that location being compromised. Once its knowledgebase further deteriorates, I foresee that it will rebalance that risk and attempt to capture her.

Myriad Reality

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I’ll need to be careful about trying to reach her directly then as well.

@Valiance

It will attempt to monitor you for that very reason. Although given today’s events, it may have deemed attacking you a greater value than discovering the location of Ilouro.

Myriad Reality

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I suppose that depends on how long it’s been since she went. She’s usually there for anywhere between a week to a month at a time.

@Valiance

Once it tracks her location, she’ll be in danger. We may be operating on a time limit.

Myriad Reality

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Mm. Well, I don’t think it has a path forward in its current objective without its hands on me at least. It’ll end up stuck, or attempting a Plan B.

@Valiance

What are the odds that Akora leaves Ilouro in the intervening time?

Myriad Reality

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It certainly has to be the easier of the two.

@Valiance

It's likely the more pleasant of the two options, depending on the conditions that we choose to meet. Fortunately, its behavior should be rather predictable. It ought to behave as I would, given variation introduced by both the prime directive and its deteriorating memoryscape. But the further it deteriorates, the narrower its focus toward the prime directive.

Myriad Reality

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Does it need taken out?

@Valiance

*Holds my palm under my chin in thought*
I'd rather harvest the reserves it's draining, but barring that option, it needs to be exterminated. However, that task is difficult.