Host

Myriad Reality

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I can’t even fathom the idea of having to interact with him directly ever again! I can’t imagine us being in a world where my only option is to do that or die!
*Reaches up and holds the glowing shape in my cupped palm*
But if my only other choice is to roll over? Just accept it?
*Clenches my fist around the object, dispersing it into voxels that quickly fade away, and stares sternly into the now-empty space*
That’s the one thing I actually won’t ever do again. Not for him.

@Audacious

*Stares through the outburst with a mix of surprise and strange curiosity*
You have a personal vendetta. You and many others, but especially important to you.

Myriad Reality

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*Stares down into the light of a shape floating just in front of me and speaks plainly*
I don’t want to.

@Audacious

I don't think anyone wants to—

Myriad Reality

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…
*Does not respond*

@Audacious

*Blinks and raises an eyebrow*
Vi?

Myriad Reality

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I’d gladly put eggs in another basket, but I just don’t know of other options.

@Audacious

That's the trouble. Perhaps you could take on Dynamo yourself?

Myriad Reality

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Still hoping this all-important device we’re hunting down can fill in the gaps for us.

@Audacious

I would be concerned we're placing all our eggs into the same basket. But at least Zinnia can operate it in Isis' stead.

Myriad Reality

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That might be our best-case scenario, honestly.

@Audacious

At that point, the question is still how we find him. I don't have an answer to that quite yet.

Myriad Reality

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I’m thinking he could be stuck in a time, er, chamber, that messed up and is much slower on the inside, unlike the one we were in. So even if he is fine and could fix it, it will still take him forever to do in real-world time.

@Audacious

*Slowly nods*
...Yes. Yes, you just might be right about that. Good point.

Myriad Reality

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Well, there was that visual. But at the same time, the guide said you don't age. I'm not so sure. If that's true, along with what Zinnia is saying, that might have just been a scare tactic.

@Audacious

What do you have in mind? I don't follow.

Myriad Reality

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Maybe another time-manipulating space that got borked somehow, and now it's taking forever for him to get out?

@Audacious

If it's the same worst case as the last one, I'm sure there's no Dynamo left to save.

Myriad Reality

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Zinnia probably knows.

@Audacious

No doubt.
*Pinches the two points together that we left previously and ended up*
I hadn't anticipated a digital layer to this lab. Maybe that's where Dynamo is hiding.