Memory

Myriad Reality

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*flips a page then looks at my hand*
Despite having a power nerf, it has done wonders with my stabilization efforts. Allows for a lower profile.

@Zealz

*Moves on to binding the next set of pages*
Not that you were lacking. You seem to well for yourself without any help from the System.

Myriad Reality

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*rests my head on one hand as I flip the page*
Despite the injuries you have sustained, I am glad everything worked out in the end.
*flips a page again*
That previous system was a chore to deal with, but it was a good lesson for my men.

@Zealz

*My shoulders relax at the comment*
Yes, doomsday finally avoided after untold cycles. Neither of us will miss it.

Myriad Reality

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*flips the the page*
You would be in much worse of state if you didn’t.
*glances at you*
It’s good to see you are better off than expected, I will say. I know it has been said to you before, but do try to rest as much as possible.
*turns my head to you*
Who knows how badly you’ve been hit in the head, some of the group find it the best target to hit.

@Zealz

I'm afraid I have no choice.
*Binds a set of papers together with a small cord*
I can't afford to accelerate my own healing. Even Rica risks crossing my backfire limit.

Myriad Reality

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*pokes my head and smiles when I find you, running my hands along one of the shelves and effortlessly removes a book as I stride past*
It seems my warning about Gajeel was taken into account, I’m glad. Though, I had a feeling you were already thinking up something to prepare against him.
*sits down next to you and opens the book, reading the contents within*

@Zealz

*Smiles as you enter*
I heeded your advice. As you can see—
*Lifts an arm*
It indeed cost me.

Myriad Reality

*walks around a library peeking corners, occasionally looking at the books as I pass them by*

@Zealz

*Sits at a desk deep in the chambers, studying documents and still badly injured from the previous conflict, splints just barely visible along my limbs except at the joints*

Myriad Reality

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No! You can't—

@Techspert

Old man: ...
*Whispers into the surrounding space beyond our tent*
Young boy: How are you going to touch him with the river's blessing?
Old man: Although the twelve of us are forbidden from harming him, we have a thread at our disposal.
Adult woman: And our most impactful options don't touch him at all.

Myriad Reality

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Wait!
*Breaks into a coughing fit*
By the sands, I won't be a problem for you. Just leave them all alone!

@Techspert

Old man: What could be more worthless than a covenant of sands? Begone!
*A riptide sweeps through the river and carries your boat away*

Myriad Reality

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*Coughs and chokes out a ragged word*
Wait—
*Flips my scythe upside down and pushes off of it against the boat to a standing position*
The river has spared me... your own ways don't allow you to reject that judgement.

@Techspert

Young woman: No, but you still lost the battle. And the blessing of the river does not touch those you care about.

Myriad Reality

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*Doesn't respond, instead gasping and shaking, trying to regain my composure*

@Techspert

Old woman: By the ways of water, you may leave. We don't expect to see you again.
Old man: Yet your troublesome motivations remain. We will address those in due course. You may prefer your fate had you perished in this river.

Myriad Reality

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*The thread dissolution stops when it reaches me, hanging by one arm on the scythe, frozen with the tip of my foot barely grazing the river’s surface*
...
*Scenes, moments, memories, and worlds flash across my pupils and irises all at once*

@Techspert

Young man: Brave.
Old man: Foolish.