Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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Satisfied?
*Arcs of plasma rip through you from the walls*

@Host

*Electricity buzzes between my hands and generates a set of plasma that deflects yours*

Myriad Reality

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I stabbed the Zoey I knew was fake and it didn’t trick the system. It learned not to be fooled by unpredictable violence.
*A yellow outline forms around my arm as I one-handedly deflect all the blades into the ground in a massive blur of a motion without moving from where I stand*
Who is this guy supposed to be?

@Multifarious

This is supposedly Lenarol. He was an information broker that once had a habit of attempting raids on my labs.

Myriad Reality

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*Rifles through another series of prompts, the screen rapidly flashing in and out before settling on a large teal number*

@Etcetera

...It's wrong.

Myriad Reality

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You do need self verification, that's fair.

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*Sidesteps and severs the spire from the ground with my foot, and it launches toward you like a spear*

@Multifarious

*Walks patiently behind you*

Myriad Reality

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You do need self verification, that's fair.

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*Sidesteps and severs the spire from the ground with my foot, and it launches toward you like a spear*

@Multifarious

*Rifles through another series of prompts, the screen rapidly flashing in and out before settling on a large teal number*

Myriad Reality

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Have you learned too much to falter to inexplicable violence? There's no reason to not make it easy on us at this point.
*Leaps back into the portal, this time returning to Data's lab*
This isn't real.

@Multifarious

*Nods*
Understood.
*Types away at the terminal*
I'll verify the results myself shortly.

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs and wipes my brow*
Thank goodness.
*A shard of ice freezes and materializes in my and as I stab it into her chest*

@Multifarious

*The wound rapidly heals*

Myriad Reality

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Things change. But that's enough stalling on your end.
*My walking stick glows with radiant banded energy*

@Host

*Immediately accesses the terminal and begins typing several directives to the system*

Myriad Reality

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Hm. Okay, clever.
*Disappears again, reappearing in a normal bedroom*

@Multifarious

*Zoey is asleep in the room*

Myriad Reality

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*Frowns*
Ah, well. Just like old times, eh?

@Host

I thought my systems were no longer of interest to you.