System

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs and then takes a real look at my immediate surroundings for the first time*

@GalaxyRaider

*The lab is surprisingly barren of equipment with a large frosted tube alongside one wall, and a system of pneumatic tubes navigating throughout the rest of the room and a few choice machines strewn throughout and bolted to the floor*

Myriad Reality

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I’ve never had to use one of these before in practice. I hope it’s good enough for Data, at least a little. Talk about throwing a project into the deep end.
*Takes a small red box from my pocket and lets it go floating into the air next to it, wirelessly pseudo-connecting to it and immediately starts rapidly processing the information provided to it and manipulating its own functionality with incredible malleability to what is being provided to it while I observe it for any errors*

@GalaxyRaider

*The terminal itself appears to default to a basic, slow, primitive protocol, and connects without issue*

Myriad Reality

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*Looks down at it and inspects information within it or connected to it to see what sort of input it is expecting, or what it is trying to output*

@GalaxyRaider

*The terminal reveals a horrific, disorganized directory of data, infrastructure controls, and every other system connected to and associated with the lab strewn about with no regard to order or criticality*

Myriad Reality

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Sure.
*As I walk in, applies a blanket effect that every piece of tech that actively tries to analyze my person from this point forward registers me as Data himself, but only when they attempt to and it isn't forced otherwise*

@GalaxyRaider

*The facility whirs to life, and a piece of technology extends toward you from the floor, exposing a singular port*

Myriad Reality

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...
*Forces power to surge through the emitters for a moment far beyond their standard load flow, frying them in an instant*

@GalaxyRaider

*The emitters turn off and the web becomes unstable, spreading both toward and away from you*

Myriad Reality

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This screams magic.
*Looks for a source*

@GalaxyRaider

*The web seems to be attached to emitters on the wall itself*

Myriad Reality

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No, I may be a digital creature, but I am from a completely different world.

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*follows*

@Ignacious

*A pale-gray web manifests over the main entryway*

Myriad Reality

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How did you get involved, anyway?

@GalaxyRaider

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That... could be useful.

@Meta

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Huh? Oh, sorry. Was thinking out loud .

@Ignacious

*Notices the lab's alerts from a distant location worlds away*
I should intervene on behalf of the facility, but... such actions would violate the prime directive.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods, then turns and stroll back into the chamber from which I came*
Whelp, be seeing you. Well, maybe not you, but…

@Melodious

*Chuckles*
The better me.

Myriad Reality

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By all means, cover all your bases. I don’t want it to seem like I’m faulting you. Just acknowledging the likelihood.

@Melodious

Certainly. I've been surprised before.