Balance

Myriad Reality

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I am a servant. That is the only name I go by.

@Etcetera

Well, servant, I hope you're treated well by your benefactors.

Myriad Reality

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Do you maim them instead?

@Fractured

Incapacitation by one method or another. I'll maim if they're deliberately aligned with a sadistic cause, which usually only happens with the high-up supers I'll tango with.

Myriad Reality

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*Takes a metal plate out of my cloak with the information inscribed into it*
You can summon me or one of my counterparts with this.

@Etcetera

By what name can I call you?

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I see. That sounds like a lot of violence.

@Fractured

I'm into it. *Shrugs* I try not to kill in warzones unless death was already high probability.

Myriad Reality

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Who do you fight?

@Fractured

Depends. Sometimes we fall right in the middle of a save-the-world story, and I help the heroes, or test them. That's rare, though. Other times, I'll spar in big-name rings, or hang out with elite forces in a war.

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My benefactors can acquire territory in whatever arrangement you find most advantageous.

@Etcetera

How do I contact you or your benefactors? I'm not sure if I want this quite yet.

Myriad Reality

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I don't fully understand your question.

@Etcetera

Is there a particular placement of territories that would be worth asking your friends to arrange? Or is it simply the size of a clump of territories that has the advantage you're talking about?

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Do you fight often?

@Fractured

Yeah, pretty regularly. Ruby and I go to lots of different universes, and it's part of our routine to spend some time teasing out the affairs of different planets and nations. If any of my powers fit the magic or tech of the place we go, I like to get involved in the action.

Myriad Reality

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Doesn't that defeat the point of shape-shifting?

@Fractured

Maybe it does. I use it for my fighting style, not to sneak around.

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Correct.

@Etcetera

Are there particular shapes it's worth doing in?

Myriad Reality

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Most all biological things can be altered, can't they?

@Fractured

*Peers at my hands* Probably. I don't know what it is, or whether it's biological or not. But when I shape-shift, whatever's equivalent to my hands is green, too.

Myriad Reality

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In some cases.

@Etcetera

So you're saying there's a psychological advantage gained by guarding a medium-sized territory against enemies that are actually seeking to gain control of Existence.

Myriad Reality

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I'm sure there's a cure for that.

@Fractured

*Shrugs* Illusions work, I guess. Next time I'm going to go home I'll ask my sister to put me on one. *Pokes the back of my hand with the tip of my knife and it clinks* Can't hide that, though.

Myriad Reality

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I wasn't aware that this was ubiquitous among Tier Fours. I've never done that, anyway.

@Fractured

Eh, it was easy for me. *Holds up my dark green hands* Didn't expect this to happen, though. It's spreading, and I think I'm going to go all green eventually.