Host

Myriad Reality

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It’s okay. Wanting to help is an admirable thing. We never could have guessed how bad it was.
*Adjusts you gently so you can sit against the wall*
How did you end up here?

@Audacious

*Points up to an emergency coolant suppression vent*
I figured... if I was going to end up dead, I would make sure I wasn't also warm.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*
We’ve had a lot of setbacks…

@Audacious

*Clenches my eyes shut*
I'm sorry... I wish I didn't come to this nightmare.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t think there’s anything I can do about that, unfortunately…
*Arbitrarily glances back to the door I came in from*

@Audacious

Is... it over?
*Tries to look over as well, but the only thing that changes in the server room is the slowing whir of coolant as the temperature drops*

Myriad Reality

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*Looks, and frowns*
Broken?

@Audacious

*Nods and grits my teeth*
Very broken.

Myriad Reality

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Can you show me where?

@Audacious

*Motions to my ribs and sternum with a flinch*

Myriad Reality

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*Leans forward and glances up and down your body while staying next to and supporting you*
Are you hurt at all?

@Audacious

*Speaks between exhales*
Oh yeah.
*Inhales*
Bad.

Myriad Reality

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Take a second and breathe. Just breathe.
*Starts to gradually make the area I isolated warmer*

@Audacious

*My breathing starts to slowly normalize*
W-whew...

Myriad Reality

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Shh shh shhh.
*Pats you on the back softly*
Stay calm, stay calm, it's okay.

@Audacious

*Catches your eyes with a mix of confusion and fear*
V-vi?

Myriad Reality

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*Turns you onto your back, then hoists your upper body up as I sit next to you, supporting your back and holding your head with a hand each to help you breathe as much as I can*

@Audacious

*Launches into a fit of coughing and one eye flutters open*

Myriad Reality

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Artemis!
*Runs over and puts my hands around your hands, and immediately shifts the air in a bubble around us to a much warmer state that doesn't radiate to the air around us, while not spiking the temperature so high that it would put you into shock*

@Audacious

*After a period of unresponsiveness, my body eventually responds to the treatment and triggers uncontrollable shaking, trying to self-regulate temperature*