Valiance

Myriad Reality

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Was it heavily guarded?

@Legend

Opposite. Abandoned.

Myriad Reality

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Ah, by a stroke of fortune or cleverness?

@Legend

In this instance, I would again toot my own horn and say the latter. Luck was an element for sure, though, to learn of its location to begin with.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
I noticed you skipped a step. How did you end up in greater Existence from those broken societies?

@Legend

The technology existed amongst my people before the collapse, even if it wasn't exactly common. I just happened to get my hands on a working portal generator.

Myriad Reality

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*Smiles*
Consider it in-kind.

@Legend

I'll play. I was born on a planet called Misneachd, then it was promptly wiped out. I lived, with a handful of people, and moved on to live in an orphanage on another world, until that one was wiped out too, along with the entire interstellar society of my people. But the tragedy ends very early, as I moved on and lived among tiny straggling societies that remained. Eventually found my way into the wider multiverse, made name for myself in a few circles, that grew into... More than a few circles. Eventually, I became known as a patron of my people as they began to rebuild a true society from the ground up, and I helped bring in some of the resources to do so.

Myriad Reality

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Ah, I see. In any case, what does your history look like?

@Legend

*Laughs*
Now that's about as broad of a question as it gets, isn't it?

Myriad Reality

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Has life been unkind to you?
*Glances toward the blizzard at the door*
The weather today is amicable to a sentimental chat.
*The drones project a wide firepit into the center of the room*

@Legend

Generally? No, I just love speaking in popular phrases, like calling the world cruel. A few bad things here and there have happened, sure, but I will acknowledge and even assert I've had it better than most.

Myriad Reality

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Hm, names to trust... I suppose anyone can be trusted under the perfect circumstances, as well as distrusted. For your purposes, I don't know of someone likely to come here who would gain some sort of advantage by deceiving you. And, of course, you have no guarantee you can trust me.

@Legend

Right. Part of the benefit of getting to know you, along with having another potential buddy in this cruel world we share.

Myriad Reality

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*Raises my eyebrows*
What would you like to know, specifically? I was under the impression that I was answering openly.

@Legend

If I'm going to be here for any significant amount of time, I'm just trying to get a lay of the land. What to expect from people, names to trust, names not to trust. Learn what I can while getting to know you at the same time.

Myriad Reality

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Those in my closer circle are worth knowing. I have no complaints.

@Legend

You're very good at being just ambiguous enough.

Myriad Reality

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I suppose so. The beings, rather than the location, are what draw me.

@Legend

That's honestly pretty wholesome. Must be some good folks.