Balance

Myriad Reality

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See you around, if I'm unfortunate enough.

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*Leaves*

@Intrepid

-Maddie- We'll save you yet. See you then!

Myriad Reality

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*Allows Rythian to exit*

@Techspert

-Maddie- What's the point of having Ruby and Soren in a simulation if you're not doing anything with them?

Myriad Reality

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Mm. No need.

@Techspert

-Maddie- Whatever you say!

Myriad Reality

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I'm sure.

@Techspert

-Maddie- Well, you can check if you want to! But I couldn't tell you where they were!

Myriad Reality

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Mm?

@Techspert

-Maddie- There's this big room that's supposed to have the stasis pods inside! It has a couple of our backups, so that's how I know that's it, but there are no stasis pods inside!

Myriad Reality

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*Says nothing*

@Techspert

-Maddie- They're gone!

Myriad Reality

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Myriad Reality

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Technically the layer would still be in the same physical space, but it doesn't really matter.

@Techspert

At that point she can simply move herself out of reach of the simulation. There must be an "out of reach" because there is a separate simulation for Ruby and Soren. If they both occupy the same physical space, then there must be a way to layer it, and therefore Maddie could find "the real world". If they do not occupy the same physical space, then there must be some place that is not covered by both, or she can simply find the reality of someone not in a simulation.

EDIT: In case you're worrying, note that Ruby and Soren can't actually get out the easy way Maddie did. They're not used to losing presence in a Page, and if that were to happen on such a large scale, they would be put through extreme rigours under reconstruction and would most likely be incapacitated for a good while.

Myriad Reality

"too complex for the simulation to emulate, thereby ejecting myself from the simulation"
This is a pretty big jump.

@Techspert

Her presence is no longer in the simulation at this point. Therefore she can reconstruct herself normally.

Myriad Reality

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So it'll be quick and significantly less painful.

@Techspert

-Maddie- Oh! Okay then! Well, let me just see if I can find them! *restricts my presence to only those layers that are too complex for the simulation to emulate, thereby ejecting myself from the simulation, but I leave a copy of myself inside so this cannot be noticed*