[IC] Myriad Reality

[Etcetera]

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Well, yes. But the machine isn't giving us a lot to work with at the moment.

@Multifarious

*Taps the metal of my chin*
This is true... We're rather starved for resources.

[Unhinged]

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*Taps the metal of my chin*
This is true... We're rather starved for resources.

@Etcetera

What's outside? Is this a simulated version of your facility, or some other kind of place?

[Etcetera]

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What's outside? Is this a simulated version of your facility, or some other kind of place?

@Unhinged

*Looks outside of the holes we broke into the walls*
It appears to accurately simulate the mountain outside of the lab.

[Multifarious]

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*Looks outside of the holes we broke into the walls*
It appears to accurately simulate the mountain outside of the lab.

@Etcetera

... If it did decide to put us in a real reality instead of a simulated one, and the real reality it chose is exactly where we were, are we considered trapped by its influence still?

[Etcetera]

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... If it did decide to put us in a real reality instead of a simulated one, and the real reality it chose is exactly where we were, are we considered trapped by its influence still?

@Multifarious

*Looks up for a moment*
...Excellent question. My hunch is that its projection would have to exclude this room if it were projecting us into reality.

[Multifarious]

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*Looks up for a moment*
...Excellent question. My hunch is that its projection would have to exclude this room if it were projecting us into reality.

@Etcetera

Assuming that you're right, then this is definitely not real.

[Etcetera]

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Assuming that you're right, then this is definitely not real.

@Multifarious

Unless it shut down the system entirely, that would be correct.

[Unhinged]

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Unless it shut down the system entirely, that would be correct.

@Etcetera

What if we go into the next area?

[Etcetera]

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What if we go into the next area?

@Unhinged

If it's a simulation, that would likely be its expectation. If it shut down, then we would be able to proceed as normal.

[Multifarious]

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If it's a simulation, that would likely be its expectation. If it shut down, then we would be able to proceed as normal.

@Etcetera

One exception, anyway. Feel free to try it though, Zoey.

[Unhinged]

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If it's a simulation, that would likely be its expectation. If it shut down, then we would be able to proceed as normal.

@Etcetera

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One exception, anyway. Feel free to try it though, Zoey.

@Multifarious

Let's do it!
*Heads over to the edge of the room*

[Etcetera]

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Let's do it!
*Heads over to the edge of the room*

@Unhinged

*Follows, small wrinkles of light trailing me*

[Unhinged]

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*Follows, small wrinkles of light trailing me*

@Etcetera

*Cuts my way into the next room with a swift x-shaped slash with both my hands*

[Etcetera]

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*Cuts my way into the next room with a swift x-shaped slash with both my hands*

@Unhinged

*The wall collapses, and the next room appears to be a duplicate of the previous ones, with different patterns aligning the walls*

[Unhinged]

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*The wall collapses, and the next room appears to be a duplicate of the previous ones, with different patterns aligning the walls*

@Etcetera

*Blinks and looks at you*

[Etcetera]

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*Blinks and looks at you*

@Unhinged

If this is reality, then it worked.

[Multifarious]

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If this is reality, then it worked.

@Etcetera

We still need to make sure it is, somehow. I think.

[Etcetera]

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We still need to make sure it is, somehow. I think.

@Multifarious

The system shouldn't be capable of generating outside of its ambit of information. If we each go somewhere it has no reference point of, then we should be able to ascertain whether this truly is reality.

[Multifarious]

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The system shouldn't be capable of generating outside of its ambit of information. If we each go somewhere it has no reference point of, then we should be able to ascertain whether this truly is reality.

@Etcetera

We aren’t contained within a certain sphere of reality? So we could really try and go just about anywhere?

[Etcetera]

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We aren’t contained within a certain sphere of reality? So we could really try and go just about anywhere?

@Multifarious

*Nods*
When the device is active, it is either projecting or generating. There is no standard containment procedure, since its security features are simply an adaptation of its main directive.