Valiance

Myriad Reality

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I don't imagine we're so lucky as to be able to track the source from this statue?

@Artifact

Where it came from? I mean, not beyond the fact that it came from that direction.
*Tilts my head toward the original path it intercepted us from*

Myriad Reality

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*The only reaction is the rippling of now-liquid gold*

@Artifact

I don't believe you.

Myriad Reality

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*The metal inside the statue ripples, but no longer increases in pressure*

@Artifact

*Shifts my fist's position slightly several more times, repeating the process until there is no reaction*

Myriad Reality

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*The gold becomes hyper-dense and grows hotter inside the container*

@Artifact

*Drops down next to the ball on the ground, plants my fist on its surface calmly, and unleashes a spear of kinetic force through its surface and impaling the dragon with the sheer directed energy*

Myriad Reality

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If you can kill it without touching it, do it.

@Artifact

*The ball begins to forcibly shrink around the dragon*
Understood.

Myriad Reality

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If Chickpea can keep up that barrier, I say let the drone flounder in there while we look.

@Artifact

Depends how hard it can fight back.

Myriad Reality

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*The gold spreads across the edges of the barrier, encasing itself*

@Artifact

What’s the goal here, are we going for the kill?

Myriad Reality

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*It screeches against the barrier, pressing with sustained force*
Hm. Impresive.
*In a clean motion as if practiced, slices off the wing at the base*

@Artifact

*Turns upward with its persistent momentum, using it as a driving force to flip over backwards and send the manifestation plummeting into the ground- the shockwave from this impact revealing that the bowl has fully enclosed itself from where the dragon entered and is now a full ball with it inside*

Myriad Reality

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*The corner of my wing that clipped the statue flakes with gold, which slowly spreads like gangrene across its surface*
Careful!
*The statue slams into you with tons of force*

@Artifact

*Holding my arms out in front of me, I point my palms in the direction I’m traveling as the dragon impacts a barrier in front of me as though slamming into a massive bowl I hold towards it, manifested by Chickpea and pushed by me. The kinetic impact sends a ripple across its now-visible surface*

Myriad Reality

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*A gold dragon statue flies down the street toward us, nearing the speed of sound, and I barely flit out of the way*

@Artifact

*Stays my course, accepting its approach like a game of chicken*