Audacious

Myriad Reality

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*It seems to be a wide broadcast without a specific point of entry, but emerging from a distinct other universe*

@Legend

*Attempts to isolate this distinction to give any inclination as to where it lies by analyzing the manner it emerged as best I can*

Myriad Reality

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I think we found one? Let's try to trace it!

@Legend

Where did it enter from?
*Leaps upward and along its path, scanning the air as I go for a fresh entry point into this dimension*

Myriad Reality

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Nnnnope, nothin'.
*Suddenly an incoming signal hammers both devices at the current level of sensitivity*

@Legend

*Snaps my gaze to the air following the trajectory the photons arrived from*

Myriad Reality

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*The device picks up on the small fluctuations but lacks any solid tie to another station*

@Legend

*Motions to the areas of distortion*
Does yours give you anything over here?

Myriad Reality

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Yeah, like on the scanner your dad gave you.
*Little more than residual distortions remain on the asteroid from the last pulse it received*

@Legend

I can try that too. I don’t mess with electrons all that much, but a little boost can’t hurt.
*Tries boosting the potency of the scanner with as much as I think the device can handle*

Myriad Reality

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I thought your power was energy amplification or something.

@Legend

Kind of. Wait, are you saying to amplify the signal? I thought you were talking about amplifying the spacial tears… Nevermind. I can try to amplify the signal’s strength, maybe- No, wait a minute.
*Lowers my phone and looks up and down the equipment, squinting as I filter through the noise of the light rays and other stray radiation to see if I can feel the photons from radio signal emissions or anything of the like*

Myriad Reality

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Yeah. Maybe we can amplify them somehow? I don't know, just spitballing.

@Legend

I don’t know how to do anything like that.

Myriad Reality

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*Turns on Artemis' device in tandem and waves it around in my hands*
Mmmmmm... nothing too terribly strong.

@Legend

It doesn’t seem that way. I’m afraid to just assume it’s not there and miss it though.

Myriad Reality

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*Shrugs*
As far as I get it, all of them are sending signals to other random stations. I don't know why or how that does anything. But maybe it means it's as common as we need it to be.

@Legend

It has to source from somewhere, right? If the signals being sent out were always random then I feel like that doesn’t really… Achieve the goal, right? The end of the line, on one end or the other, would have to be your home.
*Holds my phone out in front of me, aiming it at and angling it toward the manmade bits in the crater*

Myriad Reality

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*Raises the machine above my head with both hands*
Victory is ours!

@Legend

*Raises a fist over my own head to match*
Let’s gooo!
*Turns around toward the crater and pecks at my phone*
I was trying to see if Dad had any options for signal tracking. Either I’m just really dumb, or we’re gonna have to comb the area carefully for minor rifts. I think the good news would be that since these are holes in space that I can only assume are opened regularly if they exist, that the tears should stay fresh for longer? I think?
*Walks around the crater, in particular near the derelict equipment*
It’s all just me assuming things. I don’t actually know how this stuff works in practice.