Audacious

Myriad Reality

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No feats, like the others?
*The digital space distorts for a moment, opening into a spacious environment of blue lines of light connecting floating micro-labs on spotless orange and white disks and physics-defying displays of nature like streams moving uphill*

@Host

He did things, of course. But then he’d talk to the people too. And he was a likable guy.
*Stares along the environment as it manifests in front of me*
Did we trigger that?

Myriad Reality

Tick tock, time's running out for the cast of three to escape before the shield goes down.

@Dynamics

I thought the shield was already down?

Myriad Reality

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A legacy? What did he do to gain that kind of respect?
*Circles you, standing outside the shapes*
You don't strike me as the type to want that kind of attention.

@Host

He was just good with people. And they loved hearing what he had to say.
*Stops and looks at Zinnia*
And you’re right, I’m absolutely not.

Myriad Reality

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A popularity contest, you mean. Are you well known?

@Host

I’d say so, even though I hate it. People know Dad has a family. Aaron has a legacy he left behind too, since he was always the one of the three of us who had all the charisma.
*Continues to walks in slow circle around the same cluster*
Isaac and I always dealt with being in their shadows, but honestly, people learned and started to love his name too, after he helped out with Nemid…
*Shakes my head after visibly getting lost in thought for a moment*

Myriad Reality

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I see.
*Darts my eyes between the shapes*
I don't know much about the IA. What is it like? Is everyone like that?

@Host

There’s a large subculture around people with superhuman abilities, because the IA is so expansive that they’re common enough to cause a real positive impact in society, but rare enough that actually seeing one feels like it’ll never happen. Living legends, to most. So, people have their favorites, as you’d expect. And their least favorites.

Myriad Reality

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And you don't cut those sources out of your life? That part confuses me.

@Host

I ignore the culture of the IA for that reason. It’s where most of that exists.
*Walks in a slow circle around a cluster of floating shapes*
But, thoughts like that are contagious. And they stick with you, hard.

Myriad Reality

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What makes you keep those sorts of relationships around?

@Host

It’s not relationships I have. It’s lingering opinions of having family who everyone knows. Dad’s a… Big name in a lot of places, even if he really doesn’t indulge in any kind of celebrity spotlight. We hear a lot of speculation about “What if his kids were as selfless as him” kind of talk, just for existing.

Myriad Reality

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But it shows you can, if the time calls for it. So why do they complain?

@Host

That’s it. That’s just it. Guess I just don’t do it enough, for others’ liking.

Myriad Reality

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In effect, no?

@Host

Right now, yeah. But I don’t get actively involved like this hardly ever.

Myriad Reality

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*Glances to the left, then to the right without moving my head*
That is what you're doing right now.

@Host

What? Fighting a bad person?