Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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I have nothing to hide.

@Tank O The Lake

Then I think we have an understanding. What exciting developments!

Myriad Reality

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Of course I'll be worse off.

*I flash a devilish sort of grin.*

I won't have the data then.

In all seriousness, I really have provided more than you think. My associate's gone ahead and secured blueprints for the facility, as well as a comprehensive list of security measures, access codes, guard shifts... really, if you time it right, this'll be about as complicated as a grocery run.

@Tank O The Lake

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It's not that I'm concerned so much about failure, this just... isn't something we normally do.

@Legend

It's for the better cause. Besides, I'm certain our new friend won't mind if we take a look at the data first, right?

Myriad Reality

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Nice. No real preference so just meeting new people works for me :)

@Chiliarchy

Feel free to jump into any post with @Dynamics or @Spiritblitz. They're in a cyber world right now (not the digiverse though).

Myriad Reality

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Ah. Yes, of course.

*Smiling, I procure what appears to be a tourist's map of Union from thin air and present it to Vector, pointing to a spot about three quarters of the way down, a few miles from the spaceport.*

We are here. There's free autocar service across the whole city; you flag them down like a taxi and program where you want to go. Failing that, the metro runs directly to the spaceport. At some point in the next four hours, you're going to want to visit Aunt Jane's Cafe on 300th and MLK and ask for Lucy. They'll have your ID papers ready; you won't get through the entrance checkpoints without them.

My associate's currently en-route to the spaceport; she'll be waiting for you past security. She'll take you from there.

@Tank O The Lake

Are we to expect much resistance up to that point?

Myriad Reality

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Excellent. I can have you and my associate on a suborbital flight in six hours, and in Hong Kong in eight. You'll need to be at the municipal spaceport in four. In the meantime...

*I reach into my pocket and retrieve a black and gold card.*

Enjoy yourselves. See the sights, live like kings. I'll pay the tab.

@Tank O The Lake

*Takes the card from you*
I assume we'll receive more logistic information from you shortly?

Myriad Reality

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The blacksite's underwater in order to shield it from cosmic radiation and nuclear fallout. Well, that and the moral ramifications of what's being done there. What they're working on, well...

*I nod.*

Genetic data, cybernetic tests, even some work into psionic waves, brain waves. Some of it they gained from experiments that'd make Doctor Mengele blush, but it's good data nonetheless. If you want to make humanity more interconnected, that's your first place to start.

@Tank O The Lake

*Taps my left-hand middle finger to my thumb a few times*
I think, my friend, that we have ourselves a deal.

Myriad Reality

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*Perks up at the word dispatch*
Killing anyone is off limits. That's against everything we stand for.

@Legend

*Lifts a hand*
I'm certain we can find an amicable way of preventing interference without resorting to utter violence, yes.

Myriad Reality

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Yes. Yes it is. The ascension of humanity by that power.

*I sigh, thinking.*

If I were to tell you that we have aligning goals, would you believe me? I think that we both value humanity, and we both have thoughts of what can be done to help them from their present sad state. If we were to cooperate, I think we could make something beautiful.

@Tank O The Lake

*Raises my eyebrows with a smile*
I had hoped you would say something like that. What do you have in mind?

Myriad Reality

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Intriguing.

*I look to the side.*

It would require... expertise. And likely, on some level, a modification of the very nature of entropy. Such is, unfortunately, rather beyond my grasp.

@Tank O The Lake

*Nods*
No doubt, one of the most difficult challenges mankind has faced. And that's part of our journey—uncovering the path to a utopia where death has lost its power.