Memory

Myriad Reality

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The perks of being a sibling is that you get to have that mentality.

@Yatagarasu

If only it worked well enough that you'd take it seriously too. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who does.
*Extracts an intact spinal disc with several nerves still attached*

Myriad Reality

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That's why it's worth asking, but deciding that I know better than she does for how she should live is harmful regardless of the outcome.

*Turns my attention to the bit in my gloved hand, which is now the length of an earthworm. It shudders a little before I look back to Stella*

Parenting is a catch twenty two, unfortunately.

@Yatagarasu

Well, I do know better than she does so let me know when she turns you down.
*Picks up a strand of a digestive track and places it back before fishing for another piece*

Myriad Reality

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I don't want to be the reason any of you get hurt. And forcing the issue would be doing just that.

@Yatagarasu

Is it really that much better to hurt her in the long run? Or let her hurt herself in the short term?

Myriad Reality

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I can ask.

*Carefully takes off one glove to pull out a phone and record a message on it*

Would you be up for checking something? Long story short, we have tolerable guests who could use confirmation of something, and your eyes would be able to solve it if you're willing.

*Sends the file to Dawn's phone*

@Yatagarasu

C'mooooon, parent authority? At this point not getting better is her own fault.

Myriad Reality

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Is there any way to tell if this is the same Artemis I know?

@Legend

I mean, if you know some sort of event in your shared history that would have left a mark on her body and survived that explosion. Or—

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Then a full body restoration it is.

*Looks over at the metal square as the bit I cut out grows slightly before splitting into two*

Seems the soul-trap is working, that's good. We can strengthen it in a bit.

*Walks off to place one of the two pieces of Artemis into a machine that seems to be filled with water, then comes back*

If there's nothing we can salvage to speed things up, then it's just a waiting game.

*The piece I still have in my hand begins to visibly grow*

@Yatagarasu

Can you force Dawn to use her eyes and see if this is the same person this girl is looking for? It would be good for her.

Myriad Reality

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Then we'll proceed as we were, barring any world-shattering abnormalities.

*Carefully lifts Artemis's neck to cut a small section out of her spinal chord*

It'll take a little time to recreate organs from her own cells; I assume all of them need a full swap?

@Yatagarasu

I wouldn't trust any of them anymore.
*Pulls the glass down and stares the body up and down directly, my eyes shimmering*
Unless we run into some kind of complication, there's no point in salvaging anymore. This body is ruined.

Myriad Reality

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*Glances at Isis*

Not that it changes anything, but do you have any idea if that was always the case? Or do you think the original is the one you knew and this is a different one than you knew?

*To Stella*

If that's the case, this should be pretty simple. You mentioned liquefied organs, are any of them intact?

@Yatagarasu

Someone shoved a bunch of half-working organs from some other poor sap in here. Probably to try and save her, but using any sort of natural healing to get there is a tall order.
*Lifts a detached skin fragment*

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*Without changing the direction of my gaze, calls Artemis, only for the call to be unable to connect*
I don't know. I didn't know she had any clones.

@Legend

*Inspects the skin*
This clone wasn't born yesterday, if it means anything to you. It's several years old.

Myriad Reality

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What do you mean clone?

@Legend

Replicant. Copy. Duplicate. Anything but the original birthed creature.

Myriad Reality

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The guy put a self-destruct on a doomsday weapon? That seems counter-intuitive.

*Finishes the symbol and sets the square above Artemis' head on the table*

Stella, do you see anything that would imply her species? Don't want to use the wrong tool on accident.

*Puts on a pair of gloves and grabs a scalpel, as well as a pair of gloves for Stella*

@Yatagarasu

*Puffs one cheek and looks at the ceiling for a second before getting back to Artemis' corpse after putting on the gloves*
That's really more Dawn's area—
*Mumbles and pulls out a bone fragment connected to marrow*
if she could ever get a grip that is—Looks to be a variant of true humanoid. Generic class episilon.
*Holds the fragment in front of my magnifying glass*
And this one... definitely a clone.

Myriad Reality

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She—

@Legend

Blunt force trauma. Extensive degloving across patient's body. Organ liquidation. It looks like something between a pressure wave and a mechanical crushing injury.