Balance

Myriad Reality

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*The eyes look around before they emerge from the shadows as a figure with brown hair that flows down to their waist, wearing a full tailcoat tuxedo with a cane and a top-hat. The pebble doesn't react.*

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??? - heh, the night is as beautiful as ever.

@Stabby

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Myriad Reality

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*I'm just sleeping, with the wolf sleeping next to me.*

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*Nothing happens.*

@Stabby

*The owl melts into a lightly glowing pebble that tracks danger*

Myriad Reality

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*The first set of eyes resume watching the room.*

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*The wolf falls asleep as well.*

@Stabby

*Watches, unseen*
*Elsewhere* Aha! A digital library. Harmony, harmony, harmony... tell me about change. This planet's change. Collect the facts and the opinions, and piece together the narrative. Show me the order in the chaos. *The salamander turns into a gloved hand that taps a screen once, infusing it with magic* Thanks very much.

Myriad Reality

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*The first set of eyes look at the second set of eyes.*

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*I stay asleep. The shadow wolf makes its way up to the floor I'm on and lays down next to me.*

@Stabby

*The eyes stare, unblinking, and eventually shut without re-opening*

Myriad Reality

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*The wolf trots off, heading in my general direction.*

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*I climb up into the upper levels of the building and, after finding a safe spot, return to normal, clearly exhausted.*
Well, I guess it's time to rest. *Falls asleep as a set of eyes appear in the shadows.*

@Stabby

*Another set of eyes appear*

Myriad Reality

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*The wolf is there in my place with it's eyes turned yellow.* My fool says that she wouldn't mind.

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*Carefully makes my way back towards Soren, checking the camp from a distance as I pass it by.*

@Stabby

Perfect. I'm going to take a gander at this city, see if I can find anything about the history of this planet. Tell her she can just give me a shout, and I'll be here. *Splits into a hundred salamanders that scatter; some develop helicopter blades and fly up into the sky*

Myriad Reality

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I deal with that on a daily basis, given how tall and unstable some of these buildings are, so I guess I'm fine with that.

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*The eyes continue watching.*

@Stabby

Awesome. Well, I am here to catalogue this place, so it'll be a few days—and a few world-hopping portals—before I leave. Want to see everything?

Myriad Reality

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Depends, how fast is the speedpost? And what timezone does everyone tend to fall around?

@SgtEasy

EST, unfortunately. At best we post about once every 3-5 minutes.

Myriad Reality

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That sounds interesting... but is there a catch?
*The wolf turns to shadows that sink into my body again.*

@Stabby

Risk of death, I guess. There's a lot of powered people out there, both evil and good. But there's also a huge potential for growth. Spending time unchained to any one universe cultivates the kind of power one doesn't think one has.

Myriad Reality

@Stabby

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What if I could take you everywhere?

@Balance