Audacious

Myriad Reality

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Oh... you mean the city...

@Legend

I mean a lot of things. I just… They all mean well. It’s an unfortunate effect of how they operate, is all.

Myriad Reality

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What do you mean by picking them up?

@Legend

Stuff falls apart.
*Holds my hands out, motioning to our surroundings*
Can’t just be left this way.

Myriad Reality

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The planetary barrier works... at least. You said your family has the same problem?

@Legend

Big time. The process of picking up the pieces is… Not fun.

Myriad Reality

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*Quietly*
Yeah... Maybe it's the nature of science. Arrogance that blinds them. But I don't know, maybe that's too sentimental.

@Legend

It’s hard to say. All I know is it always makes things so hard.
*Straightens my posture and shakes my head*
I guess it’s not helpful to think about that now.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head, but just barely*
I—I wish I knew. Maybe it's something dad made for this kind of disaster?

@Legend

Hard to say.
*Crosses my arms as we walk*
You know, all these smart people with lots of power and influence in various ways talk a lot about minimizing points of failure, but the one point of failure they never seem to close is themselves. They design and plan so much around their own presence, and I don’t know if it’s because of paranoia or what, but when they are removed from the equation for any reason, everything falls apart without them. My dad does it, my brother does it. I’m getting the feeling this would be easier too, if that weren’t the case.

Myriad Reality

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*Maintains the same grimace at the sight*
Other than what he was trying to write, no. I'm creeped out though.

@Legend

Superweapon, maybe? Is there some sort of weapon they made to fight… Something pressing?

Myriad Reality

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Lucky for us, a clone of me wouldn't be all that scary.
*As we walk down the trail disjoint from the path the scientist took, we come across the body of another high ranking scientist, slumped down in front of a smeared message written on the wall in blood, reading "SAVE SUPERWEA"*

@Legend

*Covers my nose again without slowing down*
Does that mean anything to you?

Myriad Reality

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I don't think so. At this point, I don't know what's up or down.
*Runs the back of my wrist across my forehead*

@Legend

*Nods slowly, turning back to the path ahead*
We'll find out, I guess.

Myriad Reality

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*Grimaces*
I—
*Just shakes my head*

@Legend

*Blinks a few times and looks up at you*
Any chance he experimented with cloning?

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
You do the same. Get out of here and live.
*Hobbles off*

@Server

*With my arms at my side, turns one palm toward myself and stares down at it*