Unhinged

Myriad Reality

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*Glances outside*
As for myself, heuristics may take a long time to complete.

@Etcetera

Uh, how long?

Myriad Reality

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*You travel to the grounds unhindered*

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We should also verify for ourselves.

@Etcetera

*Comes back*
I think we're just in reality.

Myriad Reality

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Precisely. While that still leaves the question of why the room failed to generate, it would confirm the nature of this reality.

@Etcetera

If that's the case, then I'll be right back!
*Opens a rift and leaps through it, attempting to head to Rythian's Studying Grounds*

Myriad Reality

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*The wall collapses, and the next room appears to be a duplicate of the previous ones, with different patterns aligning the walls*

@Etcetera

*Blinks and looks at you*

Myriad Reality

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*Follows, small wrinkles of light trailing me*

@Etcetera

*Cuts my way into the next room with a swift x-shaped slash with both my hands*

Myriad Reality

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If it's a simulation, that would likely be its expectation. If it shut down, then we would be able to proceed as normal.

@Etcetera

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One exception, anyway. Feel free to try it though, Zoey.

@Multifarious

Let's do it!
*Heads over to the edge of the room*

Myriad Reality

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Unless it shut down the system entirely, that would be correct.

@Etcetera

What if we go into the next area?

Myriad Reality

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*Taps the metal of my chin*
This is true... We're rather starved for resources.

@Etcetera

What's outside? Is this a simulated version of your facility, or some other kind of place?

Myriad Reality

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*As soon as you both enter the room, the darkness converts into a stark white and fades until an apparently inactive simulation chamber is left*

@Etcetera

What's it trying to do with this?

Myriad Reality

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*Quickly disappears from sight completely*

@Etcetera

Nowhere to go but forward!
*Follows after Data*