Zeal

Myriad Reality

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It’s just a dead body. Even if something happened to it, it would just upset my brother.
*Runs my hand along the surface of the crystal*
It’s a real thing—I usually spend more of my time in people’s dreams than in the real world. Your daughter may not travel much further beyond her own dreams, though.

@Fractured

Mmm. Well, I hope you give her a chance. She may surprise you, cause she certainly does with all of us.

Myriad Reality

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Beyond afraid. He'd trade the whole world to keep me around.
*Smiles and faces you as well*
I'm probably a little naïve. But you seem like a good person.

@Fractured

I try to be.
*looks at the crystal then back at you*
Well, know that is place and me know about it will not be told to anyone. And is that dream maiden stuff real too?

Myriad Reality

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There’s a happy side to the story though. If my brother hadn’t relived however many years trying to save me, I wouldn’t be here today. It’s because he dedicated so much of himself to keeping me alive that I managed to live on, in some way.

@Fractured

*smiles slightly*
It makes sense then that he hasn’t mentioned you. He’s too afraid to lose you again.
*turns to you*
So why bring me here? Do you trust me that much?

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
He tried really hard. Apparently I was destined to die no matter how hard he tried.

@Fractured

…
*looks down then back at the crystal*

Myriad Reality

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I was really angry when I first found this place. We had a huge fight over it. But I know he did it with a good heart, especially since he had to go through a whole lot that I have no way to remember.

@Fractured

I have lived countless lives, and even after unlocking all of their memories, reliving them… loss of one whom you love has alway been painful… it never got easier…
*looks at you*
I can also understand the great lengths that we will take to prevent their deaths.

Myriad Reality

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I was born with a fatal heart disorder. Incurable. Time Line took it really hard. Mom and dad never told him, but I always knew growing up that it would take me someday.

@Fractured

*my face becomes somber as I look at you*
What do you think of your situation now?
*looks at the crystal again*

Myriad Reality

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*Giggles to myself*
Something, yes. I happen to be very dead.

@Fractured

If you don’t mind me asking, what happened? Judging from your reaction, you seem to have had a lot of time to accept your situation.

Myriad Reality

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*Her skin is a pale olive and her hair looks freshly brushed*
There I am. The real me.

@Fractured

*stares at her for a moment*
I can see why Time Line and Spirit get along well.
*turns to you*
You’re in a stasis, aren’t you? Something happened, so your brother made this.

Myriad Reality

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*Inside the crystal is a teenage girl with caramel brown hair, lying face up with her arms to her sides and her eyes closed*

@Fractured

*takes in a deep breath through my nose and exhales shortly as I stare at it, I take a close look to examine the girl*

Myriad Reality

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*Looks both directions before veering a sharp left*
My brother built it. I was actually really mad when I first found out.
*We exit much like we entered, stepping into a perfectly symmetrical 20-sided room with a rectangular, diamond cut crystal in the center about the same size as me, and as clear as glass*

@Fractured

Your brother built it… huh?
*looks at the crystal*
And you were mad? I wonder why…
*steps towards the crystal*