Audacious

Myriad Reality

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*Stares, wide-eyed*
Uhhhh...
*Goes to a panel on the wall near the pool and hovers my phone next to it*
I can, er, turn up the temperature?

@Legend

*Sighs*
So can I.
*Takes a deep breath, placing my hand on the wall near us, feeling for electron flow to pinpoint where power is flowing to the energy fields from*

Myriad Reality

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Oh yeah, weirdest thing. It closed no problem the second time.

@Legend

Hopefully it was worth the trip. Can you help us get past this security jow that you’re here?
*Thumbs to the gates and barriers*

Myriad Reality

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*Catches up with you both*
Arte—huh? What is going on??

@Legend

Did you get the door sealed?

Myriad Reality

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*From across the chasm, one of the scientists frantically points at us and types a code into a wall panel, and the alarms blare an even more distressed tone while thick metal gates slowly start to descend at multiple checkpoints in the hall*
We need to move!

@Host

Okay, we’re getting destructive…
*Forces the material the gates in our path are made of to melt away from the center, opening a path for us to continue*
Let’s go!

Myriad Reality

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*The elevator nears the bottom of the chasm*
The elevator does a number of scans, which makes it slow. As long as my father remains obstructed, I don't think she has anything to worry about.

@Host

I hope that lasts long enough. The longer it takes…

Myriad Reality

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*Raps my fingers against my cheek, one at a time*
The only thing I can think of is adding you to the system by hand.
*Looks out over the hazy cross-crossing mesh of halls and girders, still buzzing with frantic scientists*
Isis is the only one who might have the right credentials.

@Host

I hope she’s not in trouble then…
*Looks back in the direction we came from*

Myriad Reality

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That...
*Frowns*
Makes things much more difficult.
*Pauses to think*
If we can't register you, we may be stuck. The system won't let you anywhere near the control room.

@Host

We can't be stuck. If we're stuck, we lose.

Myriad Reality

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*Blinks a handful of times with a confused expression, processing*
No registration, then?

@Host

Sounds like I can’t, unless you can register other materials for whatever reason.

Myriad Reality

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You... don't know? What does that mean?

@Host

I don’t have a normal human body. Anymore…
*Looks down*
It’s insane how often this ends up actually mattering, but my body’s not organic. It’s some kind of exotic material that was manifested around my soul when I… Well, when I died.

Myriad Reality

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I can try adding you to the system, but no promise it'll work. It needs some kind of DNA or genetic marker to register you.

@Host

I-
*Sighs*
I don’t actually even know if I have that.