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Myriad Reality

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If we don’t turn this area into a deathtrap, then everywhere is one! It’s the best I could do... But rather than wait for everyone here to be killed, if it came to that, I suppose a resort could be to open it up for one last, true final stand. Maybe.

@GalaxyRaider

There’s also a reason I entered the death trap. Don’t change the borders now, especially given that Nemid is free again.

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*Appears from nearby*
Right, they just make them.

@Threads of Fate

On occasion. I assume you’ve come to aid us?

Myriad Reality

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No. Just gauging the resources I know you have, and that I have to judge the likelihood of backup.

@GalaxyRaider

Tier Five avoids sending its agents into death traps. Inadvertently or otherwise, you’ve created one.

Myriad Reality

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Is more Tier Five aid out of the question?

@GalaxyRaider

I don’t make that decision. Do you have a specific request?

Myriad Reality

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It had to be me...
*Shakes my head*
Okay. One of Tier Five’s best, and me. We got this.
*Continues to manipulate the machinery with unsteady hands*

@GalaxyRaider

*Places a hand on your back, drastically increasing the potency and ease of your ability*
I’ll delay as long as I can.

Myriad Reality

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Keeping it together has gotten harder the longer this has dragged on. The more people that... Have died in my place, considering me a priority.

@GalaxyRaider

Then they’ve decided that your knowledge and ability is worth more than their own lives and contributions. I would likely do the same. Take care not to waste that trust.

Myriad Reality

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Hope he has patience left to not be going all out then.
*Sniffs*
Fourth, I don’t know you pretty much at all. But you’re basically as much of a veteran as there is, right? How do you deal with the weight of this sort of thing?

@GalaxyRaider

*Looks up and meets your eyes for a moment*
I have a single point of focus. This mission, at all costs. I will give of myself and take from those around me anything required to succeed today.

Myriad Reality

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So long as we have one...
*Leans against the wall, breathing slightly irregularly*
What about taking hits indefinitely?

@GalaxyRaider

Plain attacks are simple. Complex abilities require intricate counter-maneuvers, which may increase the risk of backfire.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods, breathing in slowly, then exhaling deeply*
Okay. Play the long game, I suppose... Small trades do the same as big ones, but over more time, right? And we have the chance for more people to show up.

@GalaxyRaider

I can continue lower-scale attacks indefinitely. I can more easily add support by increasing the potency of our allies.

Myriad Reality

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I don't know exactly what that means, but the implications worry me. How long do you think we have?

@GalaxyRaider

Of my power? Two more attacks equivalent to the deprivation zone without cooldown before I begin to do more damage to myself than to Nemid.

Myriad Reality

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*Speaks nervously*
Are you it?... Not saying you’re not enough, but there were, well... More of us.

@GalaxyRaider

I can scan for others, but I would suggest not using my power unless necessary. I’ll approach the backfire limit soon.