[IC] Myriad Reality

[Legend Begins]

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*Steps partially behind the nearest tree and watches*

@Magnanimity

*Eventually reaches you, and the flare still hasn't gone off*
...Misfire?

[Magnanimity]

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*Eventually reaches you, and the flare still hasn't gone off*
...Misfire?

@Legend Begins

Wait…

[Legend Begins]

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Wait…

@Magnanimity

*One by one, spindly mechanical legs pop out of the device and it crawls deeper into the vehicle*

[Magnanimity]

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*One by one, spindly mechanical legs pop out of the device and it crawls deeper into the vehicle*

@Legend Begins

*Looks at you*

[Legend Begins]

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*Looks at you*

@Magnanimity

The mushrooms in this forest must be toxic. I'm seeing things.

[Magnanimity]

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The mushrooms in this forest must be toxic. I'm seeing things.

@Legend Begins

Yeah. The dude who had gizmos out the wazoo definitely didn’t just give us a walking gadget like we saw all over the city.

[Legend Begins]

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Yeah. The dude who had gizmos out the wazoo definitely didn’t just give us a walking gadget like we saw all over the city.

@Magnanimity

*After a high-pitched whirring noise, the branch splits down the center*
Are you being sarcastic? It's hard to tell sometimes.

[Magnanimity]

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*After a high-pitched whirring noise, the branch splits down the center*
Are you being sarcastic? It's hard to tell sometimes.

@Legend Begins

A little bit.
*Steps out from behind the tree again*
Did that guy actually give us something totally different than he said?

[Legend Begins]

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A little bit.
*Steps out from behind the tree again*
Did that guy actually give us something totally different than he said?

@Magnanimity

It seems that way.
*The device steps out onto the now-fallen branch and turns back into its condensed form*
Do you think it was on purpose?

[Magnanimity]

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It seems that way.
*The device steps out onto the now-fallen branch and turns back into its condensed form*
Do you think it was on purpose?

@Legend Begins

Hard to say.
*Walks back up to the car and does a lap around it, glancing it up and down before stopping and squatting next to the little robot*
I’m a fan of it being non-flammable though.

[Legend Begins]

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Hard to say.
*Walks back up to the car and does a lap around it, glancing it up and down before stopping and squatting next to the little robot*
I’m a fan of it being non-flammable though.

@Magnanimity

*The car seems to be scratched and dinged by the branch, but otherwise in good condition while the robot appears identical to the flare from before*
Should we go back and ask?

[Magnanimity]

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*The car seems to be scratched and dinged by the branch, but otherwise in good condition while the robot appears identical to the flare from before*
Should we go back and ask?

@Legend Begins

I… Maybe later if you want. It might still also be a flare?

[Legend Begins]

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I… Maybe later if you want. It might still also be a flare?

@Magnanimity

*Shrugs*
Let's have Blue look at it and figure everything out from there.

[Magnanimity]

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*Shrugs*
Let's have Blue look at it and figure everything out from there.

@Legend Begins

Maybe it’s spying on us.

[Legend Begins]

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Maybe it’s spying on us.

@Magnanimity

Do you think that nice merchant would do something like that?
*Gets inside and starts the car*

[Shadrack Nor]

Location: Planet Mars, 56th century, Terran dominion, City New Eden, Athens region, Mount Olympus basin, Neon Highs night club.

Bartender! Another round for me and the lady, would ya? Yeah, the same damn thing. What's that? Martian moonshine? Don't insult my intelligence, pal. This here's good ol' American whiskey, and it tastes damn good on this dustbowl of a planet.

*Winks at the dame beside me, her eyes sparkling with a mixture of amusement and admiration. She seems to eye my physique, although marginally perturbed by the clash between my outfit and the saloon*

Been here six months, and these Martian bartenders still can't mix a proper drink. They got all these fancy gadgets and gizmos, but they can't replicate the simple pleasure of a good whiskey on the rocks. Reminds me of those Commies back in the day, always trying to overcomplicate things.

*Takes a swig from the drink, savoring the familiar burn.. This bar ain't half bad, though. Neon lights, chrome accents, even got a jukebox playing some decent tunes. It's like a little slice of home on this red rock.*

[Magnanimity]

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Do you think that nice merchant would do something like that?
*Gets inside and starts the car*

@Legend Begins

I don’t know anything, man.
*Picks it up and then gets back in the car with everything in tow*

[Legend Begins]

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I don’t know anything, man.
*Picks it up and then gets back in the car with everything in tow*

@Magnanimity

*Starts back up and successfully moves through the forest until we start to near the clearing*

[Magnanimity]

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*Starts back up and successfully moves through the forest until we start to near the clearing*

@Legend Begins

*Sighs and slouches slightly in my seat*
Thank goodness…

[Path]

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Are we going now?

@Nimda

Are you prepared? It seems it be a large dungeon that may take some time within.