Lewascan2

Myriad Reality

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*A tenuous silence passes, as I sip my teacup once more before gingerly setting it aside.*

Hm, and what's your stance on the idea of someone say trying to conquer all of reality?

*I look at you the red points in my eye sockets shining intensely at you, no through you.*

@Dark Cloud

*Well. That was a loaded fucking statement if I'd ever heard one. My impulse was to say "fuck that" and be done with it, but I was well aware of the precariousness of this situation. Right now, I felt akin to as I had back when I first truly understood the breadth of Lucifer's ability... while being in a one-on-one conversation with him. It was that feeling of knowing for an absolute fact how utterly outclassed you were in the face of a titan and being put in a position to either say what you thought they wanted to hear... or stick to your guns. I'd done the latter with Lucifer, and it had luckily worked out for me back then... But the scale here was incomprehensibly larger if this guy wasn't exaggerating. That aside, there was no telling if he could detect lies or not, either through an ability or simple experience. In that case... Fuck it.*

I'm... not exactly a fan, but then again, the sheer scale of such a thing... Quite frankly, I've only operated on a continental level before. I hope you understand that the idea of even planets being practically insignificant on a grand scale is difficult for me to wrap my head around... or have much of an educated opinion on when it comes to the idea of conquering, well... everything. Personally...

*I paused, before swallowing and forging ahead.*

I do believe in the right of the people to choose their own destiny, to choose their own leaders and government... no matter what that may be. I can understand that there are many cultures that are plainly evil on a grand scale and fit to be exterminated or subjugated and changed. I'd be hypocritical if I shunned the idea of utter annihilation, especially given that I have one definitive planetary annihilation personally to my name, but I will say it was also a fairly last resort thing. It was them or humanity, simple as that; I was just in the position to make the decision.

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*Glances upward, shrugs, and motions for you to carry on*

@Fractured

*After the skeleton's... threat? Proposal? After whatever that was, I wasn't quite so eager to be forthcoming as I was moments before. The girl seemed nice enough, but if she was freely associating with this being...*

It's just... something unique to me now... as far as I know. I hope you understand, but I just met you both. I'll be keeping whatever I can close to the chest for the time being.

Myriad Reality

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*A cup of tea appears in my skeletal hands resting beneath a saucer.*

People once lived here, planet death does that sometimes it's quite grim business.

*Casually sips, the tea noticeably it doesn't just spill through my rib cage and disappears who knows where.*

@Dark Cloud

*I couldn't help my expression smoothing out into dry flatness at both the statement and the obvious pun. I tried not to pay attention to whatever the hell was going on with the tea, as my voice came out equally dry.*

Oh, wonderful, for a second there, I was worried I was going to be three-for-three on having to foil world-ending plots. Turns out I'm just late to the party for once.

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This gives me Kill 6 billion demons vibes, is that a coincidence?

@yoshua171

I do believe the GM named that in the interest check as a specific comparison. XD

Myriad Reality

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I'm not from an Earth, nay son I'm from here where we sit.

@Dark Cloud

I see.

*My brow furrowed.*

Then... if you weren't referring to yourself... This place is pretty barren of, well, much -if any- ensouled individuals that I can tell. How often do you get visitors from Earth specifically? Am I just the latest?

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*Deadpans, glancing at the skeleton before returning my gaze to you with a sigh and shaking my head*
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*The question mark morphs into a clock winding backwards, before popping out of reality; I point at myself and make a zipping gesture across my lips, followed by a twist of my wrist at its completion—after the expression, I point at you and the question mark reappears*

@Fractured

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Oh by-the-by my good guest, my dear friend is mute.

@Dark Cloud

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*A victory bell ring echoes throughout the chamber*

@Fractured

*Honestly, this girl was the one that wouldn't talk here; I couldn't fathom what she was doing being the frustra- Oh. Realization dawned a moment before the skeleton finally spoke up. She couldn't talk. Well, that fucking sucked. As soon as I saw the clock her construct morphed into, I had a fair idea what she was referring to however.*

I see, that's unfortunate. As for what seems to have her curiosity piqued... You mean my eyes, right?

*I pointed briefly pointed at my green irises, where five black spokes like clock hands rotated steadily around each pupil.*

Myriad Reality

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*Rolls my eyes and sighs before reemphasizing the gesture, swirling the question mark once around your head before returning it to me*

@Fractured

*A frown overtook my features, as I had no real context for what she was getting at. Furrowing my brows, I considered what I did know. She'd gestured to my head with her little construct, which meant... She wasn't looking past me; she was looking at my brain... mind? What did that have to do wi-? I paused. My paranoia was... actually right for once?*

That poke was meant to do something, wasn't it?

Myriad Reality

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*Gazes at you, but instead of making eye contact, focuses on a spot just behind your eyes*
...
*Points at you and a cartoonish question mark materializes above my head*

@Fractured

*Markedly perplexed, I couldn't help turning my head to briefly glance behind me, just in case she was looking at someone else I also couldn't sense through the skeleton's spiritual deluge. Nothing popped up, so with a small frown, I raised a single brow at the girl and the... literal 2d question mark that manifested above her head, like she was some kind of silent Disney film character. Her gaze continued to look almost... past me, despite being quite focused on me specifically. I voiced my confusion.*

What is it?

Myriad Reality

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*Stands on the tips of my toes to poke you in the cheek twice, then skips toward Alna and does the same to him*

@Fractured

*Having been unable to avoid her without leaving my seat, I resisted the urge to flinch away violently from the girl, who was still walking upside-down and defying gravity quite nicely. Maybe it was just paranoia, but some of the nastiest powers I'd ever encountered relied on touch. Luckily, I was, as far as I knew, utterly immutable physically and mentally. If that was intended to cause some sort of change, it should wash off me like water on a duck's back... But again, paranoia. The skeleton certainly didn't seem bothered by her oddities, but then again, he was so powerful that she was probably as little of a threat to him as I was. I really had no reason to assume malice beyond being uncomfortable with my lack of control in this situation... I still performed a personal sensory self-diagnostic however, just in case.*

Myriad Reality

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*Waves in response, and walks behind you during your stride to the chair, remaining upside down and suspended by nothing, as if the level of the chandelier were the true floor for me*

@Fractured

*I raised a single brow at that, but my attention was -rather unintentionally granted- fairly dominated by the Presence sitting across from me. That said, simple politeness dictated I favor her with a small two-fingered wave of my own, still being careful not to move too quickly, lest I superheat the air. My gaze flicked back towards the skeleton, but even now, I was struggling to reach my senses out towards the quirky girl, trying to get a feel for her own energy even through the utter tsunami before me.*

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I know you also come from my favorite reality, Earth too.

*Tips top hat in greeting as you take a seat, an ornate cane in my other hand rests on the arm of the leather-bound upholstery of the seat.*

This is my dimension, I'm aware of everything in it.

@Dark Cloud

*Omniscience? Why was I even surprised at this point. Every time I finally became the big fish, I'd get thrown into a brand new pond where I was at the bottom again. Combine even just that power with his instantaneous conjuration, and this utter monster of a being could be considered the closest thing to utterly invincible that there was. If he didn't want you to reach him, you weren't reaching him. It didn't matter your size or numbers, his sheer sensory range meant he had the advantage every time... assuming his reaction and perception speeds were similarly up to par... and also his conjuration range for that matter.*

You're from an Earth? I wouldn't doubt it. I've been to two thus-far -well, maybe three if you count Cauldron's base, but that's beside the point. My original home and the last were two very different places on both a cultural and power level, so I have to say that, in hindsight, I'm not exactly shocked someone like you could exist.

Myriad Reality

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*Drops down in front of you, meeting your face with mine, hanging upside down from a chandelier*

@Fractured

*Despite Overclock being fully ramped up, I almost didn't notice the blue-haired girl dropping towards me until she was right on top of me, such was the absolutely stifling existence of the Presence and the ridiculous amount of immateria I was running across my own senses. That said, even though I only noticed her at the last possible second, even a second was a very long time in the face of my Overclock V5 senses, and it was fairly trivial to step back and put a meter or so between myself and her intended destination. I moved carefully and very much nowhere near my current maximum speed, as at this stage, it could be difficult to keep a safe hold on my own physics interacting with my surroundings. To say the least, considering my movement during Overclock V4 alone could make the air explode from simple friction, I had to move at a truly glacial pace to my own perception. The... rather odd -and objectively pretty- girl finished her movement, as my own resolved, and I couldn't help a fairly lame and confused response.*

Hi...?

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*Turns in an armchair resting by a fireplace set in a chamber full of musty tomes and dusty artifacts*
Welcome, and good day...Collin is it? Have a seat.
*An armchair opposite to me materializes.*

@Dark Cloud

*My eyes flicked towards the fireplace and the admittedly compelling decor, spying a figure I'd almost taken for a prop when I entered the room, were it not for the absolutely ludicrous energy they were casually emitting just by existing. A... skeleton... Okay, not the weirdest thing I'd ever seen, but now that I thought about it, it was honestly pretty up there. Top spot was still reserved for the sociopathic genocidal alien space whales though.*

So... you know who I am? You've certainly got me at a disadvantage.

*I eyed the conjured chair warily but strode over and carefully sat regardless, unwilling to needlessly offend the Presence. Combat-wise, things already weren't looking good for me. The chair had appeared effectively between one frame of reality and the next. Instantaneous conjuration alone could be a hard counter to me, depending on what the limits of his conjuration were.*

Myriad Reality

@Fractured Legitimately, it's not even patience or about being fast; honestly, I probably have less patience for smaller posts, ironically, because they feel stifling to my creative juices. I just legitimately have the ability to overwrite things completely by accident due to my quality obsession. Honestly, I think I managed to get that post out in like 30-40 minutes? And it only took that long because I was struggling with the RP first-person style. XD

This is basically nothing (and I'm really not kidding) compared to what I would pump out for a regular post in a different RP (assuming said post wasn't like a quick turn in combat style one, and even those can have comparable size to this). It's merely that I'm a very detail-oriented person. When I write, I'm playing the scene out in my head like a movie, and I vastly prefer to paint that scene as well as I can with words so that I can continue to build off of it into even more details. In turn, I love having the entire scene painted for me with sufficient details that I can have the character I'm writing properly react without missing anything.