[IC] Myriad Reality

[Valiance]

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*Steps by your side*

@Memory

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*Huddles up*

@Meta

*The invisible dome surrounding us begins to fill with darkness around its perimeter as though it were a flowing liquid before suddenly disappearing in a snap, revealing an all new surrounding for us. Though clearly once an urban landscape, any semblance of buildings have entirely collapsed, lying either shattered entirely as debris across the ground, or as partially intact structures that have fallen sideways. The sky itself is a dull, depressing gray, though ignited by a reddish tinge over the edge of the horizon as though distant fires roar in all directions. There are a number of humanoid statues littered about in a manner of different poses, all of which seem to be people either depicted in moments of desperation or fear, and the ground itself seems to leak wisps of a black spectral smoke every several dozen feet or so between cracks of shattered earth*
...

[Zealz]

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I imagine that’s true when the sparks are literal. For the record, I’m not hoping for literal sparks.
*Smiles in amusement at you before turning to where Zoey is currently zipping around*
Zoey! Get over here!

@Unhinged

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Huh?
*Glances over and skates to a stop in front of you both^
Oh hello, strangers.

@Heroic

Did you really forget about us?

[Heroic]

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Did you really forget about us?

@Zealz

Forget about who?

[Zealz]

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Forget about who?

@Heroic

Us!

[Unhinged]

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Forget about who?

@Heroic

*Knocks you on head with only mild force*

[Heroic]

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Us!

@Zealz

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*Knocks you on head with only mild force*

@Unhinged

Ouch!
*Rubs my head*
I think I remember now...

[Memory]

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*The invisible dome surrounding us begins to fill with darkness around its perimeter as though it were a flowing liquid before suddenly disappearing in a snap, revealing an all new surrounding for us. Though clearly once an urban landscape, any semblance of buildings have entirely collapsed, lying either shattered entirely as debris across the ground, or as partially intact structures that have fallen sideways. The sky itself is a dull, depressing gray, though ignited by a reddish tinge over the edge of the horizon as though distant fires roar in all directions. There are a number of humanoid statues littered about in a manner of different poses, all of which seem to be people either depicted in moments of desperation or fear, and the ground itself seems to leak wisps of a black spectral smoke every several dozen feet or so between cracks of shattered earth*
...

@Valiance

I’m... this is awful.

[Valiance]

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I’m... this is awful.

@Memory

I had never come back before... I really didn't have a grasp on how terrible it was as a kid.

[Zealz]

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Ouch!
*Rubs my head*
I think I remember now...

@Heroic

*grabs you and starts shaking you*
Zoey! Don’t let them take you over!! We’ve only been here for a little bit! It’s me Charlotte!!

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*Knocks you on head with only mild force*

@Unhinged

I know how to get her to remember!
*lets go of her and goes to grab my arm in attempt to rip my arm off again*

[Meta]

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*The invisible dome surrounding us begins to fill with darkness around its perimeter as though it were a flowing liquid before suddenly disappearing in a snap, revealing an all new surrounding for us. Though clearly once an urban landscape, any semblance of buildings have entirely collapsed, lying either shattered entirely as debris across the ground, or as partially intact structures that have fallen sideways. The sky itself is a dull, depressing gray, though ignited by a reddish tinge over the edge of the horizon as though distant fires roar in all directions. There are a number of humanoid statues littered about in a manner of different poses, all of which seem to be people either depicted in moments of desperation or fear, and the ground itself seems to leak wisps of a black spectral smoke every several dozen feet or so between cracks of shattered earth*
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@Valiance

*Takes a handful of the broken soil and allows it to run through my fingers in morbid appreciation of its macabre beauty*

[Memory]

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I had never come back before... I really didn't have a grasp on how terrible it was as a kid.

@Valiance

You haven’t been back at all since that day?

[Valiance]

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You haven’t been back at all since that day?

@Memory

Maelstrom did what he did, and when all was said and done, there was nothing to come back to. And neither of us had any desire to come back ever again, since this is where it all ended.

[Heroic]

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*grabs you and starts shaking you*
Zoey! Don’t let them take you over!! We’ve only been here for a little bit! It’s me Charlotte!!

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I know how to get her to remember!
*lets go of her and goes to grab my arm in attempt to rip my arm off again*

@Zealz

Nonononoooo!
*Flails forward and grabs your arms to wrestle them from each other*
It was only a joke!

[Unhinged]

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*grabs you and starts shaking you*
Zoey! Don’t let them take you over!! We’ve only been here for a little bit! It’s me Charlotte!!

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I know how to get her to remember!
*lets go of her and goes to grab my arm in attempt to rip my arm off again*

@Zealz

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Nonononoooo!
*Flails forward and grabs your arms to wrestle them from each other*
It was only a joke!

@Heroic

*Slowly covers my eyes with one hand, looks down, and sighs*

[Memory]

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Maelstrom did what he did, and when all was said and done, there was nothing to come back to. And neither of us had any desire to come back ever again, since this is where it all ended.

@Valiance

Wow... And you want to scout the whole planet?

[souleaterfan320]

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*Sprints, but with an unusual rhythm of my pace*
I thought we were shooting, not running!

@Source

No offense, but if that thing is bigger than us, what good is small arms fire going to do? We need to conserve our ammo as much as possoble anyways. Only fire if you know itll buy us precious time. We'fe almost there to my friend, just keep running!

*a beast barrels around the corner, slaming into the wall before sprinting right at us, moving a fair speed faster than us. The beast's frame was quite large, with its stance being quadripedal. Its fangs look artificial, as if replaced, as well as several parts of its face amd body. It snarls at you, pummeling through objects on its way toward us*

What the hell...?

[Valiance]

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Wow... And you want to scout the whole planet?

@Memory

Not unreasonable, unless doing that is reasonable to you. I imagine that anything we might be interested in should be made apparent with a more limited search.

[Yatagarasu]

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*Sighs and starts scribbling notes down in my orange, black-accented journal*
I know this is a test. I'm gonna pass it like usual.

@Legend

*Smiles*
That's one way to look at it, good luck.

[Memory]

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Not unreasonable, unless doing that is reasonable to you. I imagine that anything we might be interested in should be made apparent with a more limited search.

@Valiance

We can start local and branch wider if we need to.

[Zealz]

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Nonononoooo!
*Flails forward and grabs your arms to wrestle them from each other*
It was only a joke!

@Heroic

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*Slowly covers my eyes with one hand, looks down, and sighs*

@Unhinged

Ah, you remember! Good. Thought I lost you.