Legend

Myriad Reality

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Nothing major, at least on the surface. You good?

@Audacious

This solar system looks too close to my home.

Myriad Reality

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*Stares in the same direction as you, seeing if I can spot anything*

@Audacious

Sorry, um, what did you find?

Myriad Reality

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You said you do think this place got shuffled?

@Audacious

I... don't...
*Stares at the planets*

Myriad Reality

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You’re definitely closer to correct than you’re not, that’s for sure.

@Audacious

No clue how you keep track of all that. But I'm grateful for it!
*Turns around and gazes at a distant planet*

Myriad Reality

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Just focused. It may look like I'm doing nothing, but every single time we jump into a totally new dimension, I have a whole sea of stuff to process coming in. I'm mentally built for it, is the best way to put it, but having a huge range of awareness about the identity and properties of every particle around takes a minute to take in, you know?

@Audacious

Aren't there, like, infinity particles everywhere? That's really amazing.

Myriad Reality

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*Attempts to gauge if the carbon presence contains complex organic material, DNA or anything indicating life*

@Audacious

You good over there?
*Nothing biological of note enough to gauge from this distance appears to remain, but the carbon coats the surface of smooth stones with flowing grooves much like those eroded by water*

Myriad Reality

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*Narrows my eyes and feels out the makeup of the asteroid and any space rocks in relatively close proximity*

@Audacious

*The asteroid itself seems to be made of igneous rocks, and the surrounding asteroids similarly lack complex structures, some of which house strange powdery mounds and others unusual formations of carbon in minuscule quantities*
Looks like the "they move around" hypothesis was right. Good thing we have other worlds we can still check.

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs and speaks as I approach the gateway*
Your excitement is giving me bad vibes about all this, man...
*Steps through*

@Audacious

*We land on a dark and stony asteroid field with a yellow sun shining in the distance*
Wo—oah!
*Catches my balance*
Guess your aim was a bit off?

Myriad Reality

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Hmm...
*Taps on my own phone a few times and then opens a portal next to you while I walk toward you, extending the hand holding your phone toward you*

@Audacious

*Runs through, pulling the phone out of your hand when I do*

Myriad Reality

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Hmm.
*Checks the successful signal we received to see if there was any particular message attached*

@Audacious

*The signal seems to be an ordinary broadcast packet with no discernible information given the compression level*