Legend

Myriad Reality

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*Covers my nose again without slowing down*
Does that mean anything to you?

@Audacious

*Maintains the same grimace at the sight*
Other than what he was trying to write, no. I'm creeped out though.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods slowly, turning back to the path ahead*
We'll find out, I guess.

@Audacious

Lucky for us, a clone of me wouldn't be all that scary.
*As we walk down the trail disjoint from the path the scientist took, we come across the body of another high ranking scientist, slumped down in front of a smeared message written on the wall in blood, reading "SAVE SUPERWEA"*

Myriad Reality

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*Blinks a few times and looks up at you*
Any chance he experimented with cloning?

@Audacious

I don't think so. At this point, I don't know what's up or down.
*Runs the back of my wrist across my forehead*

Myriad Reality

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*With my arms at my side, turns one palm toward myself and stares down at it*

@Audacious

*Grimaces*
I—
*Just shakes my head*

Myriad Reality

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*Stops and cocks my head slightly to the side, then slowly turns to look at Isis, complete perplexion written across my face*

@Audacious

*Deadpan*
I have no earthly idea.

Myriad Reality

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*Points down the tunnel in the direction of the sound, glancing at you while raising an eyebrow inquisitively*

@Audacious

*After a conflicted glance, nods*
We've come too far to stop now. We need to reach the PaMDA terminal.

Myriad Reality

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*My brows scrunch together and I cover my mouth and nose with one hand, doing my best to look away from the bodies while staying alert*
I...

@Audacious

*A slow scraping noise echoes out of the descending tunnel*
This isn't real. This can't be real.

Myriad Reality

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*My head tilts up to look to the ceiling while we walk*
I get that more than you could know.

@Audacious

*At the next crossroads, one path dips deeper into the earth, while the other extends laterally back toward the canyon; at the crossroads, scientists' bodies lie in various states of dismemberment as if torn apart by wild beasts, including one torn in half vertically with no trace of the other side*

Myriad Reality

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There was a time when I felt that way. Years ago, at this point.

@Audacious

I'm there right now, to be real with you.
*The tunnel takes a sharp downward angle, declining rapidly in elevation*

Myriad Reality

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I'm not stopping now. Running from a scary monster down the hall feels pointless with these stakes.
*Marches forward at a sternly brisk pace*

@Audacious

*Follows and runs my hand against the stone wall*
Has home ever not felt like home anymore?