[IC] Myriad Reality

[Valiance]

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A real planet? Is it barren now?

@System

It is. Nothing but a dust world.

[System]

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It is. Nothing but a dust world.

@Valiance

Why did Ridge select that planet in particular?

[Valiance]

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Why did Ridge select that planet in particular?

@System

Its size is virtually identical to the one the illusion was based on.

[System]

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Its size is virtually identical to the one the illusion was based on.

@Valiance

I see. Arbitrary otherwise?

[Valiance]

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I see. Arbitrary otherwise?

@System

It’s nothing significant.
*Waits for a moment*
If the concern is that the illusion is manifested over the real dead world, you don’t need to worry about that. It’s a graveyard he’s elected to respect and leave in peace. As have I.

[System]

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It’s nothing significant.
*Waits for a moment*
If the concern is that the illusion is manifested over the real dead world, you don’t need to worry about that. It’s a graveyard he’s elected to respect and leave in peace. As have I.

@Valiance

More so a curiosity than a concern. You’re free to do with your past as you please.

[Valiance]

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More so a curiosity than a concern. You’re free to do with your past as you please.

@System

Our past…
*Stands in silence for a moment, hesitant to express a thought before finally deciding to do so anyway*
I think you’ve triggered an idea.

[Zealz]

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So you’ve got a lot more, like… Smart repair systems going on under the hood?

@Unhinged

Yes, but that is pretty much it from what I know of. They don’t really get much work due to my durability and resilience.

[Unhinged]

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Yes, but that is pretty much it from what I know of. They don’t really get much work due to my durability and resilience.

@Zealz

So long as you’re sure they do work. Maybe you don’t get to use it often, but it might be like working out an underused muscle for you soon.

[System]

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Our past…
*Stands in silence for a moment, hesitant to express a thought before finally deciding to do so anyway*
I think you’ve triggered an idea.

@Valiance

*Raises an eyebrow*
Let’s hear what you’ve come up with.

[Valiance]

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*Raises an eyebrow*
Let’s hear what you’ve come up with.

@System

I don’t want to do it. But if Ridge was attacked by someone with a vested interest in his closeted, false world, then I wonder if they have ties to our world. The real one, the one that’s gone. If I go there, will I find them, or will it draw them out?

[System]

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I don’t want to do it. But if Ridge was attacked by someone with a vested interest in his closeted, false world, then I wonder if they have ties to our world. The real one, the one that’s gone. If I go there, will I find them, or will it draw them out?

@Valiance

Is there a reason they would live at or monitor your original home?

[Valiance]

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Is there a reason they would live at or monitor your original home?

@System

If they had interest in our home, it could be that they may keep tabs on it to see if we ever returned. Watching out for Ridge’s return would only be logical.

[System]

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If they had interest in our home, it could be that they may keep tabs on it to see if we ever returned. Watching out for Ridge’s return would only be logical.

@Valiance

What is that probability that they find issue with you personally? In other words, Ridge is not their only target.

[Valiance]

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What is that probability that they find issue with you personally? In other words, Ridge is not their only target.

@System

Once upon a time, I helped Revellyn escape persecution for the actions of Maelstrom. The very first outburst of such. We both ended up infamous outcasts up until the day the Tzarian people were wiped out and there was no one left to hate us.
*Adjusts the cloth over my face*
A perceived accomplice to a massacre would garner some resentment as well, I’m sure you’d agree.

[System]

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Once upon a time, I helped Revellyn escape persecution for the actions of Maelstrom. The very first outburst of such. We both ended up infamous outcasts up until the day the Tzarian people were wiped out and there was no one left to hate us.
*Adjusts the cloth over my face*
A perceived accomplice to a massacre would garner some resentment as well, I’m sure you’d agree.

@Valiance

*Nods*
Indeed. Then you, perhaps unfortunately, may be a valuable source of bait to draw out our target.

[Valiance]

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*Nods*
Indeed. Then you, perhaps unfortunately, may be a valuable source of bait to draw out our target.

@System

And now we’ve reached the same page.

[System]

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And now we’ve reached the same page.

@Valiance

They may see the trap coming. We would have to account for several unknowns.

[Valiance]

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They may see the trap coming. We would have to account for several unknowns.

@System

A lot of them. It could just as easily be a trap both ways.

[System]

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A lot of them. It could just as easily be a trap both ways.

@Valiance

I anticipate that your opponent would have done more to entice you to visit your original home if a trap were their intention.