Artifact

Myriad Reality

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I hate to even call it an alter ego… But that’s the best thing to call it to make you understand. Maelstrom lives in my head, as an inseparable entity.

@Heroic

That's your excuse? It sounds to me like you haven't kept up and want an easy out.

Myriad Reality

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Maelstrom. That’s what I’ve been trying to say. To both of you.
*Winces, as though in pain*

@Heroic

What, the name of your curse? What do you suggest?

Myriad Reality

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You have to understand… Please understand. Maelstrom is not me. It’s a curse. A curse that’s made everything worse for as long as I’ve had memories.

@Heroic

*Grits my teeth*
Curse or not. Who's responsible for this, then?

Myriad Reality

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I watched helplessly as my own hands were used to take everything away!
*My watery eyes turn to tears*
Revellyn died, the last day Maelstrom got away… And I miss him, too.

@Heroic

*Flashes my gaze to the side, memories clouding my thoughts*
You're... not... you're not a victim! You did all this—
*Waves my hand across the misty storm*
And you think you can just get away from it?

Myriad Reality

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That’s what this is- what this was, to me.

@Heroic

You wiped out your home, and then replaced it with a flawless copy.
*Fire burns in my expression*
We are not the same.

Myriad Reality

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It attracted him for the same reason I even made it to begin with!
*Sighs, and another me speaks up from behind you*
If you had the ability, for even just a small part of yourself to live as though it had never lost anything, or anyone… Would you take that opportunity?

@Heroic

Well—
*Cranes my neck to look behind me without turning my body away from the original*
Well obviously I would! Who wouldn't want a life without regrets?

Myriad Reality

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It’s embarrassing… This place isn’t for anyone but me. I had no clue it was discovered.

@Heroic

You're telling me you just happened to build something you knew would attract your enemy and didn't intend to leverage it? What fools do you take us for?

Myriad Reality

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I am… So many things. But one thing I refuse to be, anymore, is… Revellyn.
*Says my own name with obvious disgust*

@Heroic

Why did you make this place and lure him here?

Myriad Reality

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To explain? I am not who he’s told you I am… mostly. Considering how long it’s been. There’s a lot he has no way of knowing.

@Heroic

Why should I believe his mortal enemy? Who do you say you are?

Myriad Reality

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*Recoils and puts my free hand on my jaw*
Please don’t be so irrational. I’m afraid I won’t get him to listen. I need you to.

@Heroic

What do you want?