[IC] Myriad Reality

[Host]

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Take a second and breathe. Just breathe.
*Starts to gradually make the area I isolated warmer*

@Audacious

*My breathing starts to slowly normalize*
W-whew...

[Audacious]

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*My breathing starts to slowly normalize*
W-whew...

@Host

*Leans forward and glances up and down your body while staying next to and supporting you*
Are you hurt at all?

[Host]

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*Leans forward and glances up and down your body while staying next to and supporting you*
Are you hurt at all?

@Audacious

*Speaks between exhales*
Oh yeah.
*Inhales*
Bad.

[Audacious]

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*Speaks between exhales*
Oh yeah.
*Inhales*
Bad.

@Host

Can you show me where?

[Host]

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Can you show me where?

@Audacious

*Motions to my ribs and sternum with a flinch*

[Audacious]

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*Motions to my ribs and sternum with a flinch*

@Host

*Looks, and frowns*
Broken?

[Host]

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*Looks, and frowns*
Broken?

@Audacious

*Nods and grits my teeth*
Very broken.

[Audacious]

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*Nods and grits my teeth*
Very broken.

@Host

I don’t think there’s anything I can do about that, unfortunately…
*Arbitrarily glances back to the door I came in from*

[Host]

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I don’t think there’s anything I can do about that, unfortunately…
*Arbitrarily glances back to the door I came in from*

@Audacious

Is... it over?
*Tries to look over as well, but the only thing that changes in the server room is the slowing whir of coolant as the temperature drops*

[Audacious]

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Is... it over?
*Tries to look over as well, but the only thing that changes in the server room is the slowing whir of coolant as the temperature drops*

@Host

*Shakes my head*
We’ve had a lot of setbacks…

[Host]

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*Shakes my head*
We’ve had a lot of setbacks…

@Audacious

*Clenches my eyes shut*
I'm sorry... I wish I didn't come to this nightmare.

[Audacious]

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*Clenches my eyes shut*
I'm sorry... I wish I didn't come to this nightmare.

@Host

It’s okay. Wanting to help is an admirable thing. We never could have guessed how bad it was.
*Adjusts you gently so you can sit against the wall*
How did you end up here?

[Host]

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It’s okay. Wanting to help is an admirable thing. We never could have guessed how bad it was.
*Adjusts you gently so you can sit against the wall*
How did you end up here?

@Audacious

*Points up to an emergency coolant suppression vent*
I figured... if I was going to end up dead, I would make sure I wasn't also warm.

[Audacious]

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*Points up to an emergency coolant suppression vent*
I figured... if I was going to end up dead, I would make sure I wasn't also warm.

@Host

Were you attacked by Isis?

[Host]

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Were you attacked by Isis?

@Audacious

*Nods*
Both of them. I barely escaped with my life.

[Audacious]

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*Nods*
Both of them. I barely escaped with my life.

@Host

We had one trying to fool us into thinking it was the real one, before we got separated. Do you know what their deal is? Where’d they come from?

[Host]

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We had one trying to fool us into thinking it was the real one, before we got separated. Do you know what their deal is? Where’d they come from?

@Audacious

I think they're sleeper agents... created to protect the lab during lockdown. But ever since the forcefield went down... everyone is an enemy.

[Audacious]

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I think they're sleeper agents... created to protect the lab during lockdown. But ever since the forcefield went down... everyone is an enemy.

@Host

Even the real Isis would be? Insane… Even that they would try and deceive us like that.

[Host]

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Even the real Isis would be? Insane… Even that they would try and deceive us like that.

@Audacious

Vi... are you sure you're sure you're sure that the real Isis is here at all?

[Audacious]

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Vi... are you sure you're sure you're sure that the real Isis is here at all?

@Host

We came here together. From the moment we left you the first time, we’be been together.