Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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So we'll see if the computer knows where she is.
*Leaps backward into a portal that opens directly in front of you, headed for the base*

@Multifarious

*Nods*
I'll see you shortly.
*The portal warps you to an empty base*

Myriad Reality

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Where did Zoey get sent? No one would know but me.

@Multifarious

I think I'm starting to follow.

Myriad Reality

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*Taps my chin, and speaks to Data and not you*
We just gave ourselves a pretty simple tool to test if this is reality, I think.

@Multifarious

What do you have in mind?

Myriad Reality

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*Steps around the central computer*
Correct you are, my dear. These old systems weren't built with the level of rigor that I'm quite used to.

@Host

*Eyes you up and down*

Myriad Reality

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*Removes my hand, leaving a luminescent green palm print on the wall. From this point, the wall begins to corrode away with quickly increasing speed*

@Multifarious

*On the other side of the wall is a cylindrical computer with a screen that wraps around the center of the complex, a model of the lab chambers lit blue with five flashing red*

Myriad Reality

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*Walks to the other end of the room*
I see.
*Places my palm flat against the wall*

@Multifarious

I'm also skeptical, for that matter.

Myriad Reality

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You believe so?

@Multifarious

I have marginally lower confidence than I did in room three's failure to manifest.

Myriad Reality

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A more convenient one, then.

@Multifarious

Mhm.
*Inspects the walls*
This simulation appears to have failed, similar to room three.

Myriad Reality

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Surprised you had no back door.
...
You went in first last time. It's only fair.
*Precariously steps through the hole, avoiding the electrical wires*

@Multifarious

In a sense, this is the backdoor.
*Follows behind you, and bands of color-warping ribbons stream across the room*
It won't recognize me without more biological signatures.
*Several of the patterns on the walls are consumed by a puff of smoke and the ribbons turn monochrome, fall onto the ground, and fade away*

Myriad Reality

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Five was the easiest possible? Geez.
*Walks up to the hole into the next room*

@Multifarious

Unfortunately.
*The wiring on the walls flash, sparking and fizzling out*