The Odeoron

Myriad Reality

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Oh...
*Nudges a warty, round fruit to the side with my foot*
I'm sorry for you.

@Server

*Keeps on scanning the environment and looks to the fruit for a bit but keeps on following*

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That’s not something I’m unhappy with, as it stands. So don’t cry for me, we still have to finish looking at you.

@Magnanimity

Speaking of... Did you sensed anything at all up to this point Orthrus? Maybe i'm missing something here...

Myriad Reality

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*Chuckles*
Perhaps because I ended up jaded to the whole idea? I feel terrible though, to be in my position purely because of what I am gifted with rather than having any sort of desire. But trust me, our family has far more than its fair share of hubris spread about.

@Magnanimity

Root of all sin... or... er... let's just say that feeling is poison for literally anyone and anything... trust me... i'm dealing with hunting down a whole actual transcendent monster made out of just that... Hubris...

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Who relies on you? If you're responsible, then someone has to be depending on you doing this, right?

@Server

*Smiles at the question slightly*

Myriad Reality

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He doesn't care about you all the same?

@Server

*Keeps on listening*

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Not at all, actually. Being gifted in any way gives you an edge in that regard.

@Magnanimity

That's a deadbeat dad if i've ever heard of any... i'm sorry for any offence or for being so blunt...

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That’s one a of a few ways. Really, if you’re gifted at all though. In regard to being uniquely powerful, or exceptionally intelligent. Or talented in a way that’s able to be monetized.

@Magnanimity

*Carries on listening to the rest as i follow*

Myriad Reality

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There are a lot of us, and favor is not an infinite resource.

@Magnanimity

*Furrows my eyebrows* Ah...

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Favor? What does that mean for you?

@Server

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Having value in the eyes of our father. It's not exactly a ubiquitous thing.

@Magnanimity

*Sighs tense with slight disappointment at the motive but refuses to comment*

Myriad Reality

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*My eyes widen in surprise*
Really? You don't look much like a spaceman or an alien at all.

@Server

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It’s true. I suppose the more descriptive answer would be that I was born in Tainaron, but that really doesn’t mean much of anything. It’s not a planet or any place on any world.

@Magnanimity

*My eyes glint with space nerd giddiness as i keep on following you two*

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I’m one of the few who don’t need to be.

@Magnanimity

I used to be competitive... don't really have time for that anymore...

Myriad Reality

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*Stops to watch you do the second loop and then continues behind you*

@Magnanimity

*raises an eyebrow at Jade's enjoyment of the place* I don't know i think this might be therapeutic for her...

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Where are you from?

@Server

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Space.

@Magnanimity

*Grins boyishly* I KNEW it! Yup i approve!

Myriad Reality

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Kind of. It wouldn’t be wrong to call it that.

@Magnanimity

Unless Jade is also haunted... this place shouldn't have real spirits other than whatever the curse might throw at us...

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*Turns my head over to face you*
As long as you don’t wander away when I’m not looking.

@Magnanimity

And relax my man... even if you do get munched here so what? *Chuckles dorkly* You can re-join once you recovered back in reality for a bit

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Well, in that case let's make double sure to stick together.
*Doubles around a dried-out oak twice and continues walking forward through the thick brush, every now and then snagging on brambles*

@Server

*Follows focused*

Myriad Reality

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What do you mean? And those might be the gupperfish—they'll try to eat you if you move too much in the mud.

@Server

Interesting, but... huh... *Waves my hand in front of myself* It seems that this entire region of the world has that intrusive energy mixed in with the general aura, i wonder why it felt concentrated on those critters...

Ah... i meant how did you exit your universe...

Myriad Reality

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*The world itself seems to emanate unease, and in the mudfields, small creatures periodically plop into the dirt in our peripheral vision*
It's not, but I don't think many people from my world left the way I did. I was hoping Miss Sideslash could help me with my hunger.

@Server

How did you live if you don't mind me asking... and be warned, there's something off in the distance in the dirt that definitely does not ring like 'you' vibes... i might have spotted a lead here...

Myriad Reality

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*The flatlands seems mostly dead and empty, but with a sharp, subtle feeling that something is off*
I wouldn't say I'm much of an adventurer. I just needed a job, so I started working there. It's pretty simple.

@Server

Simple isn't the word i would use for a job opportunity in an in-betweens pocket dimension tavern that acts like a way-stop for multiversal travellers... unless your world finds that concept usual and common...

*Hones in my scan on the locations that seem to emanate this feeling trying to work up on honing in to any target at all*