Audacious

Myriad Reality

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What happened?

@Nimda

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And what was that?

@Galvanize

I thought it over. After meeting the guy and only receiving bad treatment from some of our own, I ended up deciding that either the info everyone had been taught for so long was either outdated, plain wrong, or worst case scenario, just not entirely true. I started arguing with people all the time about it, from my peers and students, to eventually my parents and teachers. For several years, I got into a lot of trouble for defending what I had believed in, but the scholar had never truly left. He kept coming back, offering us bits of forgotten history about the Elements and the things tied to them, which eventually changed the opinion of him from outright hate and resentment to reluctant toleration. At least with the government.

Myriad Reality

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That’s awful!!

@Nimda

It was. All the growing up hearing about how terrible the outside world must be, yet the worst I have ever been treated was definitely by my own people that day, and for a couple years following. But, maybe it was for the best, you know? Because in the end, it had the exact opposite effect to what I think they expected.

Myriad Reality

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Alright. So you met this guy—what happens next?

@Nimda

Right, right. We talked, then ended up parting ways there. Nothing too complicated, but like I said, apparently it was expected that I know better. A bunch of adults that were nice to me before immediately returned after he left and started harassing me and yelling at me. I don’t think I ever cried harder, on the way home that day.

Myriad Reality

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So your moon is either really close or you’re all really, really fast.

@Nimda

It’s not like, spectacularly close or anything. But speed isn’t as issue, yeah.

Myriad Reality

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How long does it take to get there? And did you run out of room on your planet?

@Nimda

A few minutes, give or take depending on how fast you are. And no, we didn’t. We just kinda branched out anyway.

Myriad Reality

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What if you mess something up along the way? Like if you pass out, do you just die?

@Nimda

You’d have to try to mess it up. Trust me. There are failsafes in place, just in case, but it’s pretty much never an issue.

Myriad Reality

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Without... without suffocating or something?

@Nimda

Yeah, that part is really easy. Hidden Element affinity comes packaged in with the more traditional elements too, and they’re much easier. Not hard to just bring some air with you.

Myriad Reality

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Teleport?

@Nimda

Rifts work. But we can also just go, too. Fly there individually. It’s a norm for us.

Myriad Reality

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And you shuttle back and forth?

@Nimda

Not really “shuttle”, no. No need for that.

Myriad Reality

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It’s different to me. The moon where I’m from can’t sustain life.

@Nimda

Ours couldn’t either, at one point. We just terraformed it. We haven’t bothered with the other two just because they’re so small.