Session

Myriad Reality

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Perhaps. But there are boundaries to what I do. I have never, and will never interfere with a world in its development up through the point when it has its first breach event, and I will never partially quell a problem and then guide their development as some god. Every society ought to develop in its own right, and it’s that philosophy that outlines both the line I draw for myself, and for these worlds.

@Nemeses

So what I'm trying to piece together now is, what do you get out of striking them down now?

Myriad Reality

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The Life Element? Perhaps its presence influences their nature to some degree, but in the end, that lies outside of where I interfere.

@Nemeses

But if you just remove that from the equation, then the problem solves itself, right? Plus, I don't understand everything you said, but it sounded like you were resetting this world. If you reset them now, we'll be standing right back here faster than if you let it play out.

Myriad Reality

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This isn’t the first time I’ve been through this, even here. A Phoenix World like this inevitably resets and rises again in a cycle. These people will be back. What looks like death now is impermanent, truly.

@Nemeses

Same as their life stuff? It seems to me that the source of the problem is that.

Myriad Reality

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The lack of the Life Element isn’t enough to change their ways.
*Pulls out an electronic device and tabs through it for a moment*
Let’s see… 337 years ago. That marks the date these people completed a classist genocide by excluding folks from using their elixir until they all aged and turned to dust. Only the wealthy, intelligent, or physically attractive were permitted to live and persist into the utopia they envisioned.
*Looks up at you while sliding the device back into my pocket*
The same people, and the same leadership that made that decision still live on this world now. The same populace that happily obliged. That sound like a society worth making an impression on other civilizations?

@Nemeses

Look, I wasn't summoned to this planet to make judgement calls about their character. They brought me here to treat sick people, and I made a promise that I'd find a cure. I think you've probably taught them their lesson at this point, and they'll learn to appreciate what it means to be alive. But killing them would be throwing away any chance they have of learning anything.

Myriad Reality

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Over the course of many universal cycles, some peoples rise up under repetitious circumstances and inevitably grow with corruption within. Sometimes obvious, sometimes underlying, but always harmful to the world at large when they inevitably expand. Once a civilization like this reaches the point of “breaching the multiverse”, as we can call it, I make a call. For the overall benefit to many less advanced, knowledgable or otherwise privileged worlds out there in grander Existence.

@Nemeses

Okay, well, did it play out like this before? They don't have their magic water anymore to live forever, so now they have to completely redo their way of life. That could change everything.

Myriad Reality

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You don’t approach an earthquake and ask it to save its chaos for another day.
*Lowers my crossed arms casually to my side*
I may alter course slightly if you truly believe you have perspective on these people to share that would change my mind.

@Nemeses

Well, first, why do you want to kill them at all?

Myriad Reality

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*Raises an eyebrow*
So your actions are more for saving your own skin, rather than any kind of belief that my perspective is wrong?

@Nemeses

I'll put it this way. If I had known this was a combat mission and I wasn't really sick of that cell, I'd have saved it for the pros. But now that I'm here, I've got a duty to protect these patients with everything I've got—
*Extends a cheeky thumbs up and flashes my teeth*
Because that's what doctors do!

Myriad Reality

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No. As full deluded as they were, they were right about one thing. This world is another to be judged, and I’m going to see it through.

@Nemeses

*Sighs*
I just wanted to get out of jail, man.

Myriad Reality

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Assuming they’re “my men” is a gross misjudgment. No matter what they tell you, they’re fanatics who abused their limited time left praising me when I was the one who delivered the same judgement to their world as they thought worth delivering here. Thinking good will was somehow achievable. I don’t do the “underling” thing.

@Nemeses

I told them that, word-for-word. Well, close enough. But we should be good then, right Raguel? No hard feelings from either side, and we can all go our separate ways?

Myriad Reality

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Essentially. On his way out the door, with whatever dwindling spirit he has left.

@Nemeses

You'd kill your own men? They practically worship you.