[IC] Myriad Reality

[Multifarious]

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The simulation doesn't have the resources to process that it's crashed quite yet. We're in the real world, but there are some artifacts of the crash remaining, namely the inability to see reality at the moment. The control center itself is exempt to that effect, meaning that we've successfully completed room five and have breached all of the lab's defenses.

@Etcetera

*My ears flatten and my eyes narrow as I turn back around to double check the status of Lenarol*

[Etcetera]

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*My ears flatten and my eyes narrow as I turn back around to double check the status of Lenarol*

@Multifarious

*We appear to be the only ones in the void*
And now for the moment I've been looking forward to. Fourteen's Constant.
*Types at the terminal, several screens flashing sporadically before settling on a large blue number with progressively smaller decimal places, and a small set of equations beneath it*
Everything else can be wiped.

[Multifarious]

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*We appear to be the only ones in the void*
And now for the moment I've been looking forward to. Fourteen's Constant.
*Types at the terminal, several screens flashing sporadically before settling on a large blue number with progressively smaller decimal places, and a small set of equations beneath it*
Everything else can be wiped.

@Etcetera

*Doesn't turn back around*
Can't be too careful. Make sure the wipe is extra thorough. For your own sake.

[Etcetera]

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*Doesn't turn back around*
Can't be too careful. Make sure the wipe is extra thorough. For your own sake.

@Multifarious

*Nods*
Don't worry. I can import modern infohazard quarantine procedures to guarantee our goal is accomplished.

[Webmaster]

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*Doesn't turn back around*
Can't be too careful. Make sure the wipe is extra thorough. For your own sake.

@Multifarious

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*Nods*
Don't worry. I can import modern infohazard quarantine procedures to guarantee our goal is accomplished.

@Etcetera

*Through clenched teeth, invisible in the darkness*
Why. Won't. You. Just. Lose?

[Multifarious]

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*Through clenched teeth, invisible in the darkness*
Why. Won't. You. Just. Lose?

@Webmaster

*Stands in front of Data and assumes a defensive stance*

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*Nods*
Don't worry. I can import modern infohazard quarantine procedures to guarantee our goal is accomplished.

@Etcetera

You give an enemy some darkness and there’ll always be something lurking within.

[Etcetera]

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*Stands in front of Data and assumes a defensive stance*

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You give an enemy some darkness and there’ll always be something lurking within.

@Multifarious

*Stands with my back to yours, preparing my weapons*
It certainly seems that way.

[Webmaster]

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*Stands in front of Data and assumes a defensive stance*

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You give an enemy some darkness and there’ll always be something lurking within.

@Multifarious

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*Stands with my back to yours, preparing my weapons*
It certainly seems that way.

@Etcetera

Forget the darkness.
*Flips a switch on the console, initializing a reboot*
The two of you have ruined everything!

[Multifarious]

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Forget the darkness.
*Flips a switch on the console, initializing a reboot*
The two of you have ruined everything!

@Webmaster

I don’t care. If Zoey doesn’t wake up from whatever happened to her, you’re gonna be sorry.
*Shadow with a flaming effect materializes into a scimitar shape in my hand*

[Webmaster]

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I don’t care. If Zoey doesn’t wake up from whatever happened to her, you’re gonna be sorry.
*Shadow with a flaming effect materializes into a scimitar shape in my hand*

@Multifarious

*A twinge of doubt flashes across my face*
What happened to who?

[Multifarious]

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*A twinge of doubt flashes across my face*
What happened to who?

@Webmaster

Pfuh. You don’t even know?
*Grits my teeth*
I think it’s more important that you explain yourself.

[Etcetera]

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Pfuh. You don’t even know?
*Grits my teeth*
I think it’s more important that you explain yourself.

@Multifarious

She's here for me. But that doesn't answer any real questions.

[Webmaster]

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Pfuh. You don’t even know?
*Grits my teeth*
I think it’s more important that you explain yourself.

@Multifarious

This is between me and Data. Why are you helping him? You could have left; you still can! I don't want to see anyone else get hurt.

[Multifarious]

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She's here for me. But that doesn't answer any real questions.

@Etcetera

Of course. I don’t think she’d come here if she were after me or Zoey.

[Webmaster]

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Of course. I don’t think she’d come here if she were after me or Zoey.

@Multifarious

Is she going to be okay?

[Multifarious]

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This is between me and Data. Why are you helping him? You could have left; you still can! I don't want to see anyone else get hurt.

@Webmaster

I saw this as a harmless adventure for a little benefit to science from the start. It evolved into a lot more than that, and I felt obligated to see it through. Still do.

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Is she going to be okay?

@Webmaster

I won’t know until I go back to her and check. In the meantime, what’s your beef with Data?

[Webmaster]

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I saw this as a harmless adventure for a little benefit to science from the start. It evolved into a lot more than that, and I felt obligated to see it through. Still do.

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I won’t know until I go back to her and check. In the meantime, what’s your beef with Data?

@Multifarious

He's a monster. You don't realize the creature you're helping.
*Punches a button on a remote control and the machine springs to life, casting the image of a barren, moonlike landscape over that of the lab through several reality projectors surrounding the upper half of the control panel*

[Multifarious]

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He's a monster. You don't realize the creature you're helping.
*Punches a button on a remote control and the machine springs to life, casting the image of a barren, moonlike landscape over that of the lab through several reality projectors surrounding the upper half of the control panel*

@Webmaster

I’ve got more friends that I trust more than some stranger on the topic of his integrity, sorry.

[Etcetera]

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He's a monster. You don't realize the creature you're helping.
*Punches a button on a remote control and the machine springs to life, casting the image of a barren, moonlike landscape over that of the lab through several reality projectors surrounding the upper half of the control panel*

@Webmaster

More importantly, how did you access this deprecated lab and defeat my security measures?