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Myriad Reality

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You? You can’t have anything to do with this.

@Valiance

Oy, you think you can give me a rundown of the story so far? And whether this road ends in a fight?

Myriad Reality

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I’m not hiding anything from anyone. That act ended not terribly long ago.
*Crosses my arms*
Though I do refuse to call myself what seems to have caught on this time around, I’m sure everyone knows who I am. It’s genuinely a terrible name.

@Galaxy Raider

The one who destroyed this world, right? It’s written all over your face.

Myriad Reality

Okay, thanks! One more thing, I can use any fictional character or OC, right? The character I was going to use is from the Mega Man X games, btw.

@RoadkilBanana

We prefer OCs, and recommend you mix up any established characters to fit the lore if you decide to use someone from in-universe.

Who were you thinking about? I’m a Battle Network fanatic myself.

Ok. Now that my schedule is more open, I’m finally ready to jump in. Here goes…

@Phase

Awesome! Give me a bit and I’ll jump in. Just delayed a bit because I’m on vacation.

Myriad Reality

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You've been around long enough. I feel like you should tell me?
*Glances downward at my own body*
Oh, sorry. You can ignore the getup. I'm running on an incredibly tight schedule now, because of this. I hadn't changed after also attending a big party.
*Puts my hand on my chin in not-so-deep thought*
It was a costume party.

@Galaxy Raider

You know, somehow I get a smidgen of an impression that you aren’t being entirely forthright with me. So who are you really?

Myriad Reality

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Your timing truly couldn't be worse. I had to leave a family dinner for this occasion, just so you know.

@Galaxy Raider

*Squints*
Hold on, I recognize you. Aren’t we all on the same side, here?

Myriad Reality

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*Narrows my eyes and speaks calmly as I slowly turn around and take in the now-changing environment*
No... No they are not.
*The flame wall in front of us calmly narrows in front of us from either side until it forms more of a focused pillar of flame jetting into the sky from beneath the earth, while the wisps from the cracks in the ground elsewhere begin to bend and coalesce to the pillar as well*

@Valiance

*Picks myself up and gazes at the sky*
So which of the two traps do you think this one is?

Myriad Reality

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*The casting of intense light down into the crevices partially reveals more earth, but it also meets resistance in the form of the darkness itself being the actual color of a steadily burning black flame beneath in the ground, emitting no light and previously camouflaged by the darkness above it*
While I really don't like the idea of disturbing the grounds of a graveyard...
*The flames suddenly surge in opposition to the light touching it, flaring up and quickly exploding up out of the ground into a massive wall of dark fire as a reaction*

@Valiance

*Lurches back and lands on my butt, looking up at the intense wall of blackened flame in front of me*
Woah! I’ve seen a lot of fires, and they’re not supposed to do that.

Myriad Reality

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That would be very appreciated, if the world could do us that favor.
*Even the larger ones are pretty tight with barely enough space to fit an arm into, and they get too dark to see at a point very near the surface*

@Valiance

Do you want me to try opening one of these up?
*Gets on my knees and sticks my face close to one of the larger chasms, and light floods the fissure*

Myriad Reality

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Always is, I'd say.

@Valiance

Well that’s just absolutely pleasant. Hope our collective luck is up there.
*Walks to the edge of one of the larger crevices and peers inside*

Myriad Reality

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Maelstrom- and Ridge of course- are both the sort that could conjure up just about anything they'd want on a whim. A true reality manipulator. So it is quite literally impossible to rule anything out.

@Valiance

Any chance they left gifts of their own, unrelated to your friend?