Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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*you see, as if you were to play a video backwards, the whole action sequence until she is back to her full self prior to her shooting herself, and now she just stands there confused and probably annoyed*

@Shadrack Nor

Are you sure you want to get in the way?

Myriad Reality

*Alioth's ethereal form flickers, a ripple of amusement —or perhaps something more aggressive— passing through its radiant glow.*

A NEW HIM, YOU SAY? A FASCINATING CONCEPT. BUT TELL ME, MISTY, DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT GEMINI WOULD DESPISE A REFLECTION OF HIMSELF? OR MIGHT HE, PERHAPS, FIND A TWISTED SENSE OF PRIDE IN SEEING HIS OWN SPIRIT MIRRORED IN ANOTHER?

*His voice takes on a cautionary tone, a hint of warning underlying its gentle cadence.*

THE PATH OF VENGEANCE IS A TREACHEROUS ONE, MISTY. THOUGH RIGHT IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE SCALES, IT CONSUMES ALL WHO TREAD IT, LEAVING NAUGHT BUT ASHES AND REGRET. ESPECIALLY IF YOU START CONSUMING THOSE ONLY FEW WHO DID YOU NO WRONG BUT ONLY CARED FOR YOU! IS THAT TRULY THE LEGACY YOU WISH TO LEAVE BEHIND?

A sudden migraine hits you Misty and the best memories with Prism start surfacing

*Then Alioth pauses, its gaze shifting between Misty and the bound Gemini.*

*A sudden echoing voice crosses your mind Prism, first followed by an over the top sigh*

HOW ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU SURE YOU STILL WANT TO JOURNEY WITH HER ALONE? IS THERE ANY IMPULSE IN YOU AT ALL IN THE QUEST TO WORK THROUGH CHAOS THAT WOULD CALL FOR MORE STRENGTH THAN THIS? I WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU AND BENJAMIN HAS HIS PLACE IN AXIS 98...

@Shadrack Nor

...
*In an act of sheer defiance, summons a gun from the aether and shoots myself in the head*

Myriad Reality

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WHO DO YOU THINK ALSO THINKS LIKE THAT THEN? *Alioth nudges you towards the bound Gemini* BECAUSE IF THIS BEING THAT CARES FOR YOUR WELL BEING CAN'T EVEN SUGGEST A PATH THAT IS LESS CHAOTIC, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST END UP LIKE HIM!

@Shadrack Nor

If it takes a new him to make him hate me, then I'll be a new him.

Myriad Reality

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I... EH... AGAIN!

*Prism is restored a safe distance away under a protective barrier from Alioth's will*

SO WHAT WENT WRONG BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU THEN?

@Shadrack Nor

Wrong? Not a thing. He just can't tell me what to do.

Myriad Reality

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*Alioth sighs audibly*

AGAIN THEN?

*Prism's head is restored*

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TRY TO BE CALMER ABOUT IT... DESPERATION WILL ONLY FUEL THE FIRE OF SUFFERING....

@Shadrack Nor

*Rolls my eyes in their sockets to look at him*
If you want to.
*Invisible threads pull tightly against his limbs until the forces pop him like a bloody balloon*

Myriad Reality

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*Nods at the assignment*
I understand. I'll do it.

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Misty... Misty, please, this isn't what's be—

@Memory

*Even here, as you stand within my domain of influence, your head slides cleanly off your shoulders, cut diagonally from above your ear to the base of your chin*

Myriad Reality

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I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR ENDEAVOR JUST AS MUCH AS I WANT PRISM TO REACH HIS FULL POTENTIAL AND BENJAMIN TO BRING ORDER TO THE TERRAN DOMINION... SO WHAT WOULD YOU ASK OF ME? I SHALL GIVE YOU ANYTHING THAT STANDS IN MY ABILITY, AND IF YOUR HEART ALIGNS WITH BALANCE, THE COSMIC KIND, THEN I WILL BE YOUR GUIDE, TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE DEEPER SECRETS OF REALITY...

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INDEED, BUT DO NOT FORGET PRISM, SHE WILL NEED YOU JUST AS MUCH AS YOU WILL NEED HER. ALL MUST MAKE THEIR OWN CHOISE, BUT DON'T LET THAT FRAIL LINE OF ORDER BE BROKEN BY THE CHAOS...

@Shadrack Nor

*Taps on my cheek, one finger at a time*
Hmmm... Bring him back to life.

Myriad Reality

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HMMM... YOU WANT TO MAKE HIM HATE YOU IS THAT RIGHT? MISTY? AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, THAT THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN ORDER TO RESTORE BALANCE?

*Alioth addresses exactly what you desire most, and almost gives you a feeling of justification for the way you are*

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CARRY ON CHILD... THIS IS GOOD...

@Shadrack Nor

I will.
*Looks up*
Now I know what he thinks of me. I made a new choice.

Myriad Reality

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AH... MISTY... YOUR FRIEND, THE ONE WHO YOU CARE ABOUT... LET'S SEE HERE...
As he says that Misty appears next to you, confused and awestruck, but there... and strangely she would feel she could talk to this being Alioth, but to you... still silent

THE GIRL WHO WOULD CHANGE WORLDS ACORDING TO WILL IS HERE, THE ONE WHO WAS MERCILESSLY EXPERIMENTED UPON BY A BEING OF IMBALANCE, ONE OF MY MANY ENEMIES... NOT ONE WHO WE SHOULD CONCERN OURSELVES WITH AS THEY ARE NO LONGER... WHAT YOU WOULD CALL 'LIVING' BUT LAY IN A PLACE WHERE ONLY MISTY AND I CAN ACESS... A COMPLICATED SITUATION, AND NOT A BALANCE SO EASILY RESTORED...

Alioth pondered settling the atmosphere with a genuine sense of strategizing and calculating when related to Misty's situation

Prism's Subconscious: *- Speaks to you things only you would know deeply but still related to the soul searching that is happening here, this is no mere clone, but an avatar of your innermost being -*

@Shadrack Nor

...
*Chooses to remain silent, taking in the situation from every vantage point*

Myriad Reality

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*Shrugs as I'm being torn apart*
If you take it too literally, you'll lose your spark of imagination. Maybe you'll figure shit out some day, but I won't hold my breath.

@Threads of Fate

*Takes a deep, stuttering breath*
One day, you'll say those three magic words. That day will be so sweet.
*A force like wind tears away at the surrounding environment, pulling in four different directions and compressing the area into a quickly-shrinking sphere, which grows smaller and smaller until it fits between my thumb and index finger, leaving me falling into the void ocean below*
See you next time~
*Pinches my fingers together, snuffing out the sphere*