Magnanimity

Myriad Reality

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*Pulls up the map*
We need to turn a quarter right, and once we get there, straight down.
*The creature hits the ground and continues its hopping pattern as if nothing happened*

@Nimda

What are we doing exactly once we’re there?

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Alright, then let's hope things turn out okay.

@Codify

I have faith.

Myriad Reality

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I was never mad at you.

@Codify

I get that now. But, you seem to care about doing the right thing here. I just want you to be assured that we're not opposed to peace. Roland and I, anyways.

Myriad Reality

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Hmm... That's something, at least.

@Codify

We'll just see how things play out. We're not heartless, though. We just understand the risks.

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.