Ignacious

Myriad Reality

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She was only ever an unfeeling collection of programs that hooked into my soul like a parasite. Data used me to give those ones and zeroes the appearance of a soul, but she was no more alive—
*Motions to Tempo and Rhythm*
—than either of these two are. And faced with that reality, it's no wonder it couldn't recover from that kind of error state.

@Meta

*has a concerned look after hearing everything then looks at Tempo and Rhythm with empathetic sorrow*

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Now what in the world do you mean "no more alive than them"? Just because you all lack flesh and blood doesn't make you unalive. You're people.

@GalaxyRaider

…

Myriad Reality

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*Without taking my gaze off the stranger*
No.

@GalaxyRaider

Oh.

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*Huffs*
Long story...

@Meta

That’s not a good deal.

Myriad Reality

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They don’t—belong to you.

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I need those programs.

@Meta

Why?

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A trade... I’ll trade you answers.
*Steadies on arm against my thigh, and holds up my index finger on my other hand, projecting a translucent rhomboid crawling through a rotation*

@Meta

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You can have them when we're done.

@GalaxyRaider

Oh,
*looks to Isaac*
is that a pretty reasonable trade?

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*

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*Takes the pause as an opportunity to focus on breathing, as voxels continue to stretch and warp around me*

@Meta

Do you need help?

Myriad Reality

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*Materializing in a matrix of voxels, hits the ground on my knees and elbows with an inelegant thud*
No... you need to stay here.
*Heaves between every word and strains to stand under the warping and twisting surrounding space, as if the net itself were rejecting my presence*

@Meta

*stares in bewilderment*

Myriad Reality

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But it could be later?

@Webmaster

That's what it usually implies...

Myriad Reality

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And you're sure it's not dangerous?

@Webmaster

Not now...

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Let me know if you need any help. Later, of course.

@GalaxyRaider

I will, thank you, Isaac.

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*They shoot a beacon upward from the center of the triangle, which blinks out in the net's skybox*

@Meta

Why did it stop?

Myriad Reality

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*The three iterations of Purge01 open a transmission channel between them, and very visibly connect in a triangle pattern*

@Meta

What is going on?

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But once you do, can you access it at any time?

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*Takes a step back*
Woah!

@Webmaster

I can always access my champion form, but this is a different version? maybe permanent? I have no idea anymore.

Myriad Reality

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Is it something you can access again?

@Webmaster

I am stuck with this until I lose enough energy.

Myriad Reality

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I'll leave it up to Cure, then. Long as you make it safe.

@GalaxyRaider

*nods*
It is in my best interest to do so.