Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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She failed and didn’t even know it. But she died believing she won. Not the way I wanted it to go, but perhaps the next best way.
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*Turns to look at you*
Perhaps.

@Multifarious

I felt as if I had owed that to her. Somehow.

Myriad Reality

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@Multifarious

*Reattaches my arm and sits next to you*
...Thank you.

Myriad Reality

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*Clenches my fist and grunts before jumping to my feet and grabbing you with a glowing pink hand, the energy of life flowing from me to you*

@Multifarious

*Shoves the mass of debris and metal off of me and climbs out from under the ground*

Myriad Reality

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*The same force causes your sword to freeze mid-swing, and a large chunk of metal shields me from the ribbons of energy*

@Webmaster

*Flexes my grip on the sword, experimentally, the blade unmoving*
Singularity, I—

Myriad Reality

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*Looks between the ball and you before clenching my fist toward you in a panic, causing the ground below you to crack beneath your weight and a non-magnetic entity pulling Data between me and the beam*

@Webmaster

*Swings the sword toward you, prismatic bands radiating from its light*

Myriad Reality

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*As soon as I break through the spikes, I travel along a rail of magnetic points that dynamically weave through the pellets, increasing the strength of the field that holds you down every second*

@Webmaster

*Rockets into you with the same speed and hits you with the flat of my blade, sending you cratering into the ground*

Myriad Reality

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Do what you have to. I’ve got questions after this is over; my words to her were not a bluff.

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*Clenches my fists and holds my arms closer to my center of mass, and I drop from the sky like a rock, landing in front of you and kicking up massive amounts of dirt and debris into the air. With my hand perfectly straight, I strike my fingers directly into your throat*

@Multifarious

Understood.

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*You experience a sudden and severe repulsive force when you near me, blowing you into another field that crashes you into the ground*

@Webmaster

*Swings my blade at you, generating two spiked cones that erupt from the ground at opposite angles, pinning you between them*

Myriad Reality

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I think it’s your responsibility, after everything I’ve learned. But I wouldn’t be justified just quitting.
*Crosses my arms while still staring down at her*
You are the one she wants dead. You don’t think she has something prepared to catch you off guard?

@Multifarious

I don’t think her hatred is well-placed. But I agree with your reasoning; she likely prepared for my presence alone.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks back down at her*

@Multifarious

Do you want me to handle it? You’ve done more than your share.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks back up to confirm that the magnetar has collapsed and to check on Data*

@Multifarious

*Nods*
Without the neutron star, I doubt she has much strength remaining. With the reality projection systems back under my control, she won’t be going far.