Magnanimity

Myriad Reality

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I can say that they're tough for normies to take out, but usually that's because they'd be affected too. If it's just dragons being affected, then it's not a huge deal. I'd still rather that they talk it out though.

@Codify

Anything’s possible. I doubt they’re going to surrender the element of surprise they have. But Roland isn’t the type to forgo negotiations if the adversary shows a willingness to cooperate… Well, most of the time.

Myriad Reality

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Hmm. Probably not one of those but bigger, then. Sounds like an Old One. Those tend to be like that, and are relatively common in different universes. But one that only works on dragons? That's rarer.

@Codify

Seems like you have a grasp on it. Something vaguely similar if nothing else, with the right concepts.
*Shrugs*
My worldly experiences are very, very limited. Haven’t been out and about long, so I’ll take your word for it.

Myriad Reality

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Annnnnnd, from a distance, it looks like...?

@Codify

It looks like space? But unnervingly alive? It’s hard to explain. You feel it moreso than you see it.

Myriad Reality

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What does the thing actually look like, though? So far it sounds like an evolved Magala or Gaismagorm from certain worlds.

@Codify

I don’t suppose I really know how to answer that. It’s cosmically large. Like, size of some of the largest sub-universal astral bodies that exist.

Myriad Reality

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Then the threat is... negligible if it's not around them?

@Codify

Its sphere of influence seems to be realities large. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a problem, as I don’t think anything else dwells where it lives itself.

Myriad Reality

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So it only affects other dragons?

@Codify

Faering has been studying this thing for a long time. That’s what she came to believe.

Myriad Reality

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*After studying the map, winces and points to our left, keeping my eyes shut for a few moments*
Next scale... that way.

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*The snowfall reads as comprised of nutrient-hyperdense animal cells, surrounded by tuffs of mold, and likely very harmful to inhale*

@Nimda

*The air in your immediate vicinities, within your wingspan, becomes pure, the snow disallowed through as if a transparent bubble formed around you*
I’m going to go ahead and set up personalized microspheres of O2 for the both of you. I’m not sure how resilient you’d be to this, but I don’t think you’d want to take chances if you knew…

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Mmmm. A cognitohazard?
*Thinks for a moment*
Doubt it's that.
*Thinks for a moment again*
Probably... "madness"? Or is it more like a pheromone? Psi-waves?
Whelp, I can't think of anything that would be too much of a problem, though if it's intentional then I guess it'd deserve it. I'd appreciate a view of things, yeah.

@Codify

*Projects a 3D hologram view of Roland’s perspective of the environment to the space between us*
Not terribly sure. But its effects are species specific, I can say that much. One guess as to what species that is.

Myriad Reality

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*Glances upward and squints at the precipitation*
Mm. Chickpea?

@Valiance

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If you were hungry before, I'm sure that problem has been fixed.
*Pulls the map back out as it begins to snow a fuzzy, warm powder*

@Nimda

*My voice resonates from vaguely in Roland’s direction*
Already on it!
*Analyzes the makeup of the snowfall*

Myriad Reality

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That's fine. It'd be nice to settle it without violence, and I think they're going to blow that chance, but if nothing else I should be able to get them out of whatever they get themselves into, if you need help with that.

@Codify

I don’t have much data on the thing, but induces incredibly malicious behavior in others beings. I don’t know if it’s intentional on its behalf or not, but its simply draconic in form. You’d be just as accurate if you described it as something you’d find in a cosmic horror story.
*Puts a finger on my chin*
I have some theories. I can let you keep tabs through seeing what I see, even, if you want.

Myriad Reality

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That seems unlikely, but I've met worse, so I guess I believe you.
*Sits cross-legged on the floor*
For the record, I'm sticking around only in case they get too badly in over their heads. A bit is to be expected, but it's hard to watch someone get killed, even if they're mean. That's the whole problem.

@Codify

Well, they’re not going to be here. In fact, they just left. But… If things do go badly, and you are really super very serious about helping, I have no problem arranging for you to be the cavalry-to-call. Get you to them.