Armed Forces

Myriad Reality

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It's got those!
*Looks up at the floor indicator when the elevator dings*
That was the lowest.

@Webmaster

*A few drones flutter down the hall from where we came toward us as we wait*
Well there you have it. You know, one horse is pretty strong in its own right.

Myriad Reality

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*Takes your hand to stand up, and then shakes away the spirals*
I think so. Remind me to make it seven and one quarter horsepower next time?

@Webmaster

Multiple modes might do the trick.
*Dusts off each of your shoulders, nods and approaches the elevator, calling it to our floor*

Myriad Reality

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*Lands upside down with my head stuck inside the handvac*
Mmm! Mm!
*Feels my hand around until I find the switch, turn off the device, and yank out my head; I rotate my head in a dizzied circle with spirals for irises*
Owwww...

@Webmaster

*Stands up straight from the wall I was knocked against, straightens my coat and walks toward you, holding out a hand*
Did you get ‘em?

Myriad Reality

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*Winks*
Clean it of ghosts. This baby has at least seven and a half horsepower.
*Holds my arms out in front of my and aims it at the elevator with my non-aiming eye shut, and when I flip the switch, the first blue button lights up while the device sucks enough air to send me barreling into you and toward the elevator*
AAAhhhhhhhHHHHH!

@Webmaster

*Steps to the side enough to not be swept away with you, but is still knocked aside by you hitting me and watches you soar to the end of the hall*

Myriad Reality

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*A cloud of opaque dust obscures exactly what I'm doing but from within the cloud comes grinding, ratcheting, and clinking sounds*
Okay, got it!
*Lifts a modified handvac, decked out with tacked-on tubes, wires, and buttons, and sporting a purple and gold colors cheme*

@Webmaster

Are you going to clean the whole place up as we go?

Myriad Reality

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Wait wait wait! I have another genius idea before we move on!
*Barges into a maintenance closet and starts digging through the materials*

@Webmaster

*Stops and stands in the doorway, holding it open with my weight*

Myriad Reality

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Yeahhhh...
*Shrugs*
Beats me! They would make for much much much scarier ghosts.

@Webmaster

We’ll have to keep that in mind, then.
*Rounds the corner, and the elevator I mentioned comes into view at the very end of the corridor*

Myriad Reality

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Um, are they allowed to? It depends on the type of ghost, huh?
*Puts the joint of my finger beneath my lower lip*
Hmmm... based on how close we are to the event in question... I'd say there's a pretty good shot that we're not haunted. We'd be super haunted.

@Webmaster

What about the theory about being haunted by your enemies?

Myriad Reality

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Or the bajillion people that are getting protested over!

@Webmaster

You think they’d wander from the cold out there into this facility as spirits?

Myriad Reality

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*Glances back and forth*
I think we never considered one of the most obvious possibilities. What if this place is haunted?

@Webmaster

How many people came here to bother you all that you took out? Could be the spirits of all your fallen enemies.