Stabby

Myriad Reality

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Shinji: woah, what? What's going on? This is chaotic!

@souleaterfan320

Record End: Little time explain, I'll keep minimum.
Salvaged Kat parts, other self escaped, Amarathine Kat formed, this self infected but resistant and borrowing amaranthine power, calculated risk taken. Current self defined as Record End.

Myriad Reality

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I have no idea how ruthless she is, be careful!

@Revolutionary

Record: *Nods.* How durable is this place?

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*Frowns*
The other you was a lot nicer.

@Valiance

Record: How unfortunate.
*Manifests an orb and tosses it your way.*

Myriad Reality

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*Comes in through a door*
Resolved what, exactly?

@Valiance

Record: *Seeing you walk in, my eyebrows furrow and I gently place the parts I'm holding down before standing back up.*
You.

Myriad Reality

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*After a moment, an video projection of me appears on screen*
And it's as easy as that! You're a total stranger to me, so I'm mildly surprised that you helped me out, especially for no promise of a reward. I like you, Record. Who knows where I would be without you! Here in just a few moments I'll be ready to sever the connection entirely.

@Revolutionary

Record: No problem, as we would say. Helping others is something we enjoy to be frank, but do note that like before slight caution would be something I advise to keep around us, should you ever identify the others. It's in this way I hope to exchange a secret for a secret, to keep to our own odd sense of honor.
*With my right arm at my side and my left bent in front, I bow to the projection with the extra arm already gone. Straightening, I put a hand to my chin with furrowed brows.*
I can only hope my End self can help resolve the other side of this situation though, if they haven't terminated already.

Myriad Reality

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Pure Kat: Whatever you’re doing, I can’t see it. For better or worse, I only have my imagination... Anyway, just insert it into the computer uh... I don’t know how to direct you. One of the terminals in the wall should be near a slot for that, and it’ll give me control of what parts of my facility are still mine. I’ll get myself all fixed up then and we can get this sorted out from there.

@Valiance

Record: Alright.
*Closes my eyes and after a moment of rapid movement underneath my eyelids, I open them and walk over to a slot. After checking it over, I turn around and head to another. After about two more failed attempts, I locate the slot and plug the chip in.*

Myriad Reality

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Pure Kat: I don’t really guess I have any bargaining chips in my current predicament anyway... Glad he’s okay though.
*We emerge in a very platinum-heavy technological facility, in an open room with a few machines built into the infrastructure*
Are we there y- Ohh, nevermind. I feel it. We’re here. Among the
*My voice quivers like I am shuddering*
“Parts” you have here, find the red chip with “CO” on it. I need you to put it somewhere. Usually I don’t need to do this but I don’t have the means to use it myself right now.

@Valiance

Record: Understood. This might be momentarily disturbing, so I apologize.
*As I speak a new head and neck sprout from the base of my original neck, then another, and another. By the time I'm finished, there are several heads searching about the room, all connected back to me by unnatural, winding necks. Soon enough I find the chip and grab it, retracting the individual branches until I'm back to normal except for the extra arm holding the chip.*
What next?

Myriad Reality

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Pure Kat: *Shares the location with you*
I'm trusting you with this because I have no choice. Please don't turn and around and use that against me. No one is supposed to know about this.

@Valiance

Record: No promises, but know that we won't stoop low unless we're pushed to survival. The "we" of that statement is our secret, just as this "location" is yours.
*Closing my eyes, we fall back into dimensional space and soon exit it to arrive at the location.*
Mierno was still fighting last I saw him by the way.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks toward the fight with King*
Let's make sure everything finishes up smoothly.
*Disappears*

Pure Kat: Wait wait wait! You've gotta listen to me. The way we're connected is an ingrained part of who I am. It's a place, and we have to get there and stop it at the source. I don't know who you are but I have no choice but to trust you, do I? I can't feel anything, only hear and speak. Is anyone else around?

@Valiance

Record End: ... Crap. *Taking stock of the situation, I cancel the silver flames and absorb the rest of the flesh cube back into my body before taking a look at my form. Though thin lines of amaranthine run underneath my skin, its pace of encroachment doesn't look to be visible.* Yet another risk, but it needs to be taken.
*Tapping into the borrowed power of the encroaching amaranthine, I shift myself over to Shinji.*
Situation's changed, I can get us out of here, but consider me contaminated once we part ways. @souleaterfan320

Record: Call me Record, and state the closet coordinates to the location then. It sounds like time is critical.

Myriad Reality

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You could say that. They tried to sever me from the rest of her to prevent the full conversion, but they must not realize that we're still connected. Shouldn't be long before it's taken care of.
*Replacement parts appear around me, which slowly start self-assembling onto my body*

Pure Kat: Not only am I in pieces, but I'm losing control of everything! Did Mierno lose? Is everyone okay?

@Valiance

Record End: Quaint. Let's finish what was started then. My true self will be glad we won't remember this next part.
*Another me exits from the wall, drags themself into non-dimensional space, and finds their way to the previous other me to merge with them. Meanwhile, Silver flames of isolation start radiating from my walls, both inside and out, eroding everything it comes into contact with.*

Record: *Blinks after the merge is over and quickly bends down to pick your parts back up.*
Can you maintain your own consciousness right now? We need to cut the connection with your corrupted self, and I only know of one place where that's possible. I'll fill you in on the rest once this is sorted.

Myriad Reality

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Corrupted Kat: *Blinks asynchronously*
This manner of split consciousness doesn't work very well with the way I am.

Pure Kat: *My voice resonates from one of them, much more robotic sounding than I usually do*
W-w-w-wwwwhaaaat is happening?!?!

@Heroic

Record End: Interesting. I take it you're somehow still connected to your uncontaminated parts?

Record: I had to sever these parts of you from the corrupted section. Having left a Self-End behind, I am unsure of what the continued situation is with your corrupted parts.