Artifact

Myriad Reality

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Grief is a sickness. And if you attack more than just the cause, you’re bound to spread it.
…
The exact individuals who wronged you. Do you know what happened to them?

@Valiance

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*Kicks up a mound of moist soil*
Our village eventually rose up against the tyrant. Somehow they killed it. Feasted on the beast for days.
*Jabs a clawed thumb toward my chest*
And now I’m forced to carry it with me like a curse.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t. I don’t care about these people at all. But no one deserves the tragedies you’ve endured. Even if it’s at your own hands.

@Valiance

Your idealism will get you killed, you know.

Myriad Reality

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Taking someone innocent makes me no better than the people I’ve sworn my life to bringing to justice. And if we’re going to build you back up to what you used to be, or even better, then we’re going to do it better. Do it right.

@Valiance

I don’t realize why you care so much about a creature worth less than dirt. I’m doing the universe a favor here.

Myriad Reality

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Then I will be the picky one. And the “where” is hard to explain, but we’ll get to it after we’ve helped you.

@Valiance

Why do you care who it is?

Myriad Reality

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You aren't picky?

@Valiance

Not this time. Where’s that stop you want to make?

Myriad Reality

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Don’t get too banged up before we’re done. I’d like to make a stop of my own before we retire, and you’ll need to be in one piece.

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How much easier?

@Valiance

*From within the gate, rolling hills adorned with gems and precious metals fill the landscape in every direction, dotted with cities scattered on the horizon*
I may be worse off than when we met, but I don’t have a death wish yet. From here, we track down one of the residents and call it a day.

Myriad Reality

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No exaggeration, “machine-like”…

@Valiance

Yeah. And it only gets easier from here.

Myriad Reality

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*Rolls through the opening immediately afterward and faces the guardian through the crack*

@Valiance

*Sighs, wincing as I tap one of the burns*
Nice job out there. You just might live up to expectations.

Myriad Reality

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*Presses into it with my full body*
That’s it.

@Valiance

Well done!
*Yanks my arm out of the damaged core and bursts through the opening you make*

Myriad Reality

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I never wanted to kill it anyway.
*Flips to my feet, leans back and then lurches forward, gripping the gate and digging my fingers into the material*

@Valiance

*The gates creaks and gives, inch by inch*