Techspert

Myriad Reality

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*slaps a barrel into the hand-cannon and it whirrs loudly*
I will rip you later, how do we take him down?

@Spiritblitz

We don’t.
*Lurches for your arm again and sprints toward the source of the footsteps*
This is a much bigger problem.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t work for no time doohickey!
*pokes you*
And I don’t even use powers cause I locked them away! If anything I was just really good at reading that guy and a bunch of adrenaline was pumped into me!

@Spiritblitz

You—
*Is cut off by a fresh gust of wind, this one chilly, and blows across the sand to reveal a set of footprints leading toward us from the desert*
...

Myriad Reality

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Wait, you what??!!!!
*steps towards you*
So it was chasing you!!?? And you are blaming me?

@Spiritblitz

Administrators should be ready to handle the time reapers!
*Looks into the horizon*
This was coming for you sooner or later, the way you were using those powers.

Myriad Reality

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Wha-Now I am?! That’s your fault!!

@Spiritblitz

You led me there! Had it been someone else, we’d have been able to destroy that thing!

Myriad Reality

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That was the reaper? He looks different and less goofy than I remember.
*turns around and places my hand on my chin as I finish my sentence*

@Spiritblitz

Different kind. And now that you’re in its sights, it could easily target you too.

Myriad Reality

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Of what?

@Spiritblitz

Of time! You, me, that reaper—
*The winds begin to pick up again, blowing sand against our sides*
All of us are, or were administrators of time.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t know, unless you were talking about the insane flow state I was in. It was like everything slowed down I saw movement like they were really fast camera shutters. It was colorful for some reason. I’ve been in a really focused state but I guess I was close to brink of death.

@Spiritblitz

Okay great; we’re starting from scratch.
*Extends my arms to either side*
You have entered the sands of time, a desert connected to everything that has been, is, might be, or could have been. The only reason you’re able to come here at all is because you’re an administrator.

Myriad Reality

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What are you talking about?

@Spiritblitz

*Steps out of the sandstorm and into an open desert, which seems to extend infinitely in every direction, canopied by an endless blue sky despite no sun in sight*
We don’t have a lot of time. What do you know and what are you seeing for the first time?

Myriad Reality

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*follows*
What circle?

@Spiritblitz

Look, you have a choice to make.
*Takes a sharp left into the dark sandstorm*
I can drop you off in your own time, you can stop administrating whatever it is you’re messing with, and you can forget this chapter ever opened. I suggest it, even.
*Turns quickly and takes a right*
But what you can’t do is continue on with whatever it is you’re doing without understanding what kinds of forces you’ve tapped into!

Myriad Reality

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What are you talking about?! I was just gonna kill that man and be on my way!
*frowns*
Are you gaslighting me? So help me if you are.

@Spiritblitz

No! There are forces at play far beyond your circle.
*Picks a direction seemingly at random and continues running*