GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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*The hall is only wide enough for one of us to fit horizontally at a time, so I peek at the panel over your shoulder*
What're you looking at?

@Techspert

I’m not super sure. Just trying to glean info from anything I can.
*Approaches the terminal and tries to see what info it contains*

Myriad Reality

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*One hall moves toward a media control panel, and the other is a maintenance tunnel that loops back around to the other side of the screen in an arc*

@Techspert

I want to check this out too, Rhythm.
*Opens the door to the hall and moves toward the control panel*

Myriad Reality

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*The video stream gets corrupted but doesn't allow any interactivity*
These have pretty bad granularity. But I guess this tells us that they check every couple months.

@Techspert

Something like that.
*Glances down all the connecting hallways to this room*

Myriad Reality

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I don't mind all of it, but some philosophy feels like it was written just to say words.
*The displays appear to be reading normal for critical safety systems, but that CPU load has increased recently*

@Techspert

*Raises an eyebrow and tries to force the display to show its distribution of processing power*

Myriad Reality

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Really? Obviously it does?
*The room is pristine other than a thick layer of dust coating the floors and screens*

@Techspert

*Finally looks up at the displays to see if I can parse what they say*
It's a question about perception of reality and stuff. I dunno, that's why I called it lazy philosophy.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks up at the displays, absorbing the information*
It's not a joke? What point are they trying to make?

@Techspert

Can the tree make a sound if the sound is not perceived, or something like that.
*Walks around the room as you check the displays, making sure no one else is around*

Myriad Reality

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*Walks in after you, to an empty room hosting an analogue status-reporting system, along with a digital counterpart*
I never really understood that tree joke.

@Techspert

Not really a joke. Just a lazy philosophy question.

Myriad Reality

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Sounds like something your dad would've named.
*Pulls the handle and the door falls over backward*
Looks like subtle's out.

@Techspert

The alloy is, anyway. Not the raw metal.
*Looks down at the door then into the plant from where we stand*
Eh, if a tree falls in the forest and all that?
*Chuckles lightly*

Myriad Reality

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*Whistles*
What's that thing made of?

@Techspert

Calzintinium alloy. A creation right from Dad's mind.

Myriad Reality

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*The plant is full of antiquated security systems that get more hardened the closer they are to the reactors, which are nearly completely sealed by concrete and lead*

@Techspert

We should be fine right here at least. I've got us covered here at the entrance.
*Metal envelops my arm, as though part of my usual suit formed just over my arm. A blade with a purple neon light around its edge ejects from the wrist and I slash at the bolts, cleaving them cleanly and leaving the metal where contact is made singed and nearly molten*