Legend

Myriad Reality

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*Peeks down at you from the now somewhat near hole in the ceiling, to which we are gradually ascending*
Make no more attempts at touching the controls.

@Abominations

*Looks upward*
We’re in a time crunch. Would you make your case quickly?

Myriad Reality

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You're telling me. I'm a living battery.
*The tablet responds to your touch, and the monitor on the screen shows where on the tablet inputs are detected*

@Audacious

I understand your struggle completely.
*A series of capacitive mechanical joints spindle out from my palm and tap at the screen rapidly, navigating the interfaces*

Myriad Reality

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*A small handheld screen with a mirrored display pops out, not held by anything once ejected and falling to the floor*

@Audacious

*Frowns*
This is a poor user experience.
*Picks up and inspects the remote display*

Myriad Reality

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*Wires don't lead anywhere, but on the console you find a button and a slot where something is stored*

@Audacious

*Hits the button and opens the slot*

Myriad Reality

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*The screen does not respond to touch*

@Audacious

*Traces the wires again, searching for inputs*

Myriad Reality

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Sooo will it let you stop it?

@Audacious

That’s an open question.
*Taps experimentally at the screen to test its reactions*

Myriad Reality

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*There are 12 total characters represented, and the change increments and pattern indicate a countdown in a base 12 number system*

@Audacious

These are numbers, and they’re counting down. It’s possible that the device is going to launch some kind of offensive.

Myriad Reality

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*Arches my back, leaning as far as I can without letting go of the pylons*
Uhh, no. No I can’t.

@Audacious

I see. Very well.
*Plucks a device out of my eye and leaves it suspended, directed at the screen, and begins a linguistic pattern analysis of the character structure, order, and frequency*

Myriad Reality

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It doesn’t sound like practical design to put the place where you work in the barrel of the gun!
*Nothing new appears to be around except for the notification on the window with the changing text*

@Audacious

Are you able to read this?

Myriad Reality

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I don’t think it works like a gun… Um, but I’m starting to have my doubts.

@Audacious

*Looks around the room for new devices*
I don’t want to chance that notion.