Techspert

Myriad Reality

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I think so.

@Spiritblitz

Time is a direction, just like your attacks.
*Marks two perpendicular lines in the ground such that your path is perfectly along the diagonal*
You went forward in time along this line, along with forward in position. Does that make sense?

Myriad Reality

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Okay
*gets in a stance then bursts into a sprint, throwing a punch*

@Spiritblitz

*Steps back and sideways out of your line of attack*
And from here, there’s nothing you can do to hit me given your current constraints, right?

Myriad Reality

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I thought you were gonna show me something. I wasn’t gonna immediately shoot.

@Spiritblitz

I just want you to try to hit me.

Myriad Reality

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*holsters it*

@Spiritblitz

The point is to learn something, not to actually shoot me in the face.

Myriad Reality

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*pulls out my handcannon and points it at you*

@Spiritblitz

Hand-to-hand. We’ll get to firearms.

Myriad Reality

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Fair enough.

@Spiritblitz

For our purposes here, the visualization doesn’t make much of a difference. I want you to strike me, but only by moving in a straight line. Once you select a direction, you’re bound to it, forward and back.

Myriad Reality

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But it is still. Trees don't move.

@Spiritblitz

They grow in both directions.

Myriad Reality

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The tree?

@Spiritblitz

Just another discipline of many. The tree is much more connected to life as it moves throughout time.

Myriad Reality

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Because of the river?

@Spiritblitz

Because fundamentally, manipulating time is manipulating the river. Out here, there’s nothing to change. I consider that a weakness of the river model compared to the desert or the tree.

Myriad Reality

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She would like that.
*stretches*
Well, snack time is over.
*crumbles up the wrapper and puts it in a pocket*

@Spiritblitz

Thank you for not polluting the river.
*Clears my throat*
Time works strangely in all of its manifestations. There is no manipulation here, for one.