Codify

Myriad Reality

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I get that now. But, you seem to care about doing the right thing here. I just want you to be assured that we're not opposed to peace. Roland and I, anyways.

@Magnanimity

Alright, then let's hope things turn out okay.

Myriad Reality

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We'll just see how things play out. We're not heartless, though. We just understand the risks.

@Magnanimity

I was never mad at you.

Myriad Reality

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Anything’s possible. I doubt they’re going to surrender the element of surprise they have. But Roland isn’t the type to forgo negotiations if the adversary shows a willingness to cooperate… Well, most of the time.

@Magnanimity

Hmm... That's something, at least.

Myriad Reality

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Seems like you have a grasp on it. Something vaguely similar if nothing else, with the right concepts.
*Shrugs*
My worldly experiences are very, very limited. Haven’t been out and about long, so I’ll take your word for it.

@Magnanimity

I can say that they're tough for normies to take out, but usually that's because they'd be affected too. If it's just dragons being affected, then it's not a huge deal. I'd still rather that they talk it out though.

Myriad Reality

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It looks like space? But unnervingly alive? It’s hard to explain. You feel it moreso than you see it.

@Magnanimity

Hmm. Probably not one of those but bigger, then. Sounds like an Old One. Those tend to be like that, and are relatively common in different universes. But one that only works on dragons? That's rarer.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t suppose I really know how to answer that. It’s cosmically large. Like, size of some of the largest sub-universal astral bodies that exist.

@Magnanimity

Annnnnnd, from a distance, it looks like...?

Myriad Reality

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Its sphere of influence seems to be realities large. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a problem, as I don’t think anything else dwells where it lives itself.

@Magnanimity

What does the thing actually look like, though? So far it sounds like an evolved Magala or Gaismagorm from certain worlds.

Myriad Reality

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Faering has been studying this thing for a long time. That’s what she came to believe.

@Magnanimity

Then the threat is... negligible if it's not around them?

Myriad Reality

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*The air in your immediate vicinities, within your wingspan, becomes pure, the snow disallowed through as if a transparent bubble formed around you*
I’m going to go ahead and set up personalized microspheres of O2 for the both of you. I’m not sure how resilient you’d be to this, but I don’t think you’d want to take chances if you knew…

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*Projects a 3D hologram view of Roland’s perspective of the environment to the space between us*
Not terribly sure. But its effects are species specific, I can say that much. One guess as to what species that is.

@Magnanimity

So it only affects other dragons?

Myriad Reality

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I don’t have much data on the thing, but induces incredibly malicious behavior in others beings. I don’t know if it’s intentional on its behalf or not, but its simply draconic in form. You’d be just as accurate if you described it as something you’d find in a cosmic horror story.
*Puts a finger on my chin*
I have some theories. I can let you keep tabs through seeing what I see, even, if you want.

@Magnanimity

Mmmm. A cognitohazard?
*Thinks for a moment*
Doubt it's that.
*Thinks for a moment again*
Probably... "madness"? Or is it more like a pheromone? Psi-waves?
Whelp, I can't think of anything that would be too much of a problem, though if it's intentional then I guess it'd deserve it. I'd appreciate a view of things, yeah.