Audacious

Myriad Reality

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*Pushes my hand against your face, but the same grid appears and repels it*
That must be it, then. Quarantine.

@Host

What can I do?

Myriad Reality

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*Stares at the yellow shapes until they shrink and disappear*
Looks like it. Are you sure you're authorized?

@Host

I don’t know what that would entail, but I would almost bet anything that I am not, actually.

Myriad Reality

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*Suddenly an emergency gate slams down on either side of us, alarms blaring*
What the—
*Takes a few steps back and bumps into you, but the same grid of hexagonal and pentagonal patterns materializes between us, cushioning the blow*

@Host

*Stumbles a step or two backwards anyways*
Please tell me that’s just because the security hates us…

Myriad Reality

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*Looks up in concern at a pair of scientists running down a shaft away from PaMDA*
Glad to do it. I just hope we're not too late...
*Turns a corner and takes off running up an uphill corridor, clearly moving toward a newer area of the facility based on the quality of the materials*

@Host

*Glances over my shoulder where the elevator stopped prior before turning and running after you*

Myriad Reality

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Yeah, it's a little surreal being back.
*Looks up at the now-descending elevator*
Isis can catch up with us. We need to get to PaMDA as fast as we can.

@Host

That's where I was trying to go. Lead the way, it'll definitely be easier with someone who knows where they're going by heart.

Myriad Reality

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I came straight here—it was the central base of operations on my world too. And luckily, I know where everything is.

@Host

If it's all as symmetrical as you say, that's scary.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*
I couldn't live with myself if I let him kill you, so... I followed you. Nobody knows him better than I do.

@Host

Followed us but got ahead of us?

Myriad Reality

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*Looks bewildered for a moment*
What do you mean the bad one?

@Host

Dark Dynamo is coming, if he isn't here already... Wait, why are you here?

Myriad Reality

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*Nearly runs into you while turning a corner*
B-huh? You're the intruder??

@Host

No!... Wait, maybe... Technically. But maybe not the bad one.

Myriad Reality

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*Through some of the windows that overlook PaMDA extended across the hazy blue abyss, knitted between the zig-zagging maintenance tunnels, you see the elevator reach the top; a few moments after it does, alarms start blaring in your section of the facility, announcing "intruder alert" over the intercom*

@Legend

*Lets out a quivered breath and raises my hand to hold the fob close to my chest, staring up at the elevator for a moment before turning and starting to run along the designated path*