[IC] Myriad Reality

[System]

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Ohhh.

@Spiritblitz

Sorry, I guess that wouldn't be something your world would be similar to, huh?

[Spiritblitz]

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Sorry, I guess that wouldn't be something your world would be similar to, huh?

@System

No. Quite opposite.

[System]

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No. Quite opposite.

@Spiritblitz

I see. In our world, humans and navis coexist, but don't occupy the same space. The net exists independently of the real world.

[Spiritblitz]

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I see. In our world, humans and navis coexist, but don't occupy the same space. The net exists independently of the real world.

@System

We had humans coexist with us, but they started wars and attempted to use our kind. I believe I have mentioned this to you.

[System]

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We had humans coexist with us, but they started wars and attempted to use our kind. I believe I have mentioned this to you.

@Spiritblitz

You did. Our kind was designed to be used by humans.

[Spiritblitz]

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You did. Our kind was designed to be used by humans.

@System

Well, I think we are good to go, no? Oh! Uhm. How do you use chips again?

[System]

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Well, I think we are good to go, no? Oh! Uhm. How do you use chips again?

@Spiritblitz

You can summon them, like that physical one I gave you, or you can use voice control. But if you use them in battle, there are a couple rules to follow that can get a bit complex.

[Spiritblitz]

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You can summon them, like that physical one I gave you, or you can use voice control. But if you use them in battle, there are a couple rules to follow that can get a bit complex.

@System

And what’s that?

[System]

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And what’s that?

@Spiritblitz

Well...
*Increases my rate of speech*
If you look at your chips, each has a specific chip code that you can use to execute combos with other battlechips. You can only load chips with the same code into memory at any given moment, meaning that you'll need to flush their data before using chips with any other code. Alternatively, you may load as many chip duplicates at a time as you would like, irrespective of their chip code. However, chips without a code can be used in conjunction with any other code, except in the situation that you're using duplicate chips at once with different codes—that requires you to flush the current chips out of memory before using the codeless chip. Even with the previous stipulations in place, you are still bound by your memory limits when it comes to loading chips, meaning that you can reach a maximum, even when additional chips are still available to you. You also likely only have access to a select window of chips at a time, which is a product of differing speeds of memory access different functions. As a result, if you don't get the chip you're looking for, you may need to shuffle through memory until you discover it. But if you do that, you need to clear the chips available to you, possibly removing your potential to use them in combos. Reloading your entire chip deck takes a non-negligible amount of processing power as well. In addition, you are limited to a number of chips at a time due to the data structures in place capping out once the total number of chips has become too large. You can store alternative chip folders in slower memory, but they cannot be swapped in and out at will. You may also assign a subset of your memory to a "regular chip," which will always be loaded first in combat. However, some chips require too much memory to store and cannot be assigned as regular chips as a result.

[Armed Forces]

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*Hunches forward with my arms dangling*
Night is flashing and falls on top of...
*Charges toward you and swings the scythe at your neck*

@Fractured

*Leisurely dodges back, reading the attack well before its execution, and fires at your arm holding the scythe with superhuman precision and speed, unloading several dozen rounds in an instant*

[Fractured]

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*Leisurely dodges back, reading the attack well before its execution, and fires at your arm holding the scythe with superhuman precision and speed, unloading several dozen rounds in an instant*

@Armed Forces

*The shots blow my arm backward and knock several craters into my arm on contact*
Wha—

[Armed Forces]

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*The shots blow my arm backward and knock several craters into my arm on contact*
Wha—

@Fractured

*Finds the first crater I can and rams one of the devices into place*

[Fractured]

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*Finds the first crater I can and rams one of the devices into place*

@Armed Forces

*Screams*
STOP!
*Swings my other arm into you and knocks you into the wall*

[Armed Forces]

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*Screams*
STOP!
*Swings my other arm into you and knocks you into the wall*

@Fractured

Tch.
*Crashes into it on my back and slides down onto my feet*

[Fractured]

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Tch.
*Crashes into it on my back and slides down onto my feet*

@Armed Forces

*Swings a club of the black blood into your chest from a distance with enough force to break ribs*

[Armed Forces]

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*Swings a club of the black blood into your chest from a distance with enough force to break ribs*

@Fractured

*Ducks under the club, turns and fires into the club twice, then slashes the club in the exact location the bullets impacted with a knife, severing the weapon*

[Fractured]

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*Ducks under the club, turns and fires into the club twice, then slashes the club in the exact location the bullets impacted with a knife, severing the weapon*

@Armed Forces

*Looks past your shoulder for a moment*
You have no redemption!!
*Every drop in a splatter of black blood from behind you sharpens into spikes that impale you at high speeds*

[Armed Forces]

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*Looks past your shoulder for a moment*
You have no redemption!!
*Every drop in a splatter of black blood from behind you sharpens into spikes that impale you at high speeds*

@Fractured

*They impact my personal shield and launch me toward you, and I fire relentlessly at you as I do*

[Fractured]

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*They impact my personal shield and launch me toward you, and I fire relentlessly at you as I do*

@Armed Forces

*My blood splatters into wide disks on every shot as I howl wildly*

[Armed Forces]

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*My blood splatters into wide disks on every shot as I howl wildly*

@Fractured

*Slams you to the ground by your shoulder and forces a device into a leg wound*