Valiance

Myriad Reality

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*Groans*
Fine. I’ll do it myself when this wears off.

@Artifact

Maybe I can be convinced when I have time to take the briefing on world politics right now. But I’ve wasted enough time here.
*Waves as I turn my back and head through the portal*
Mess with anything you shouldn’t and you’ll have more trouble than you’d ever ask for.

Myriad Reality

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While you’re at it, watch out for that guy. His stupid sword is the only reason he’s ranked above me. I want to see him torn down.

@Artifact

I’m not attacking anyone. Honestly, I don’t care who wins that silly little war. I don’t know what any of you stand for. I’m just minimizing losses. If he wants to come for me to stop me from doing that, then he’s going to have a problem.

Myriad Reality

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*Scowls*
I was also busy collapsing a dimension and managing a team, you know!

@Artifact

*Does the motion for you to calm down with my hand again*
No attack. I said you were a good bar.

Myriad Reality

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They don’t store any power themselves. Using it lets you boost your abilities far past your normal limits, but at the cost of exhausting yourself once you’ve used it all. Break it for all I care, but know that pretty much everyone has one.

@Artifact

Will keep it in mind. Though, if your ranks correspond to your combat abilities at all, I’m not worried about most of them. You were a good bar to measure from.

Myriad Reality

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*Tosses you a small disk with a button at its center*
Do whatever you want with this, I’m done using them. I would have gotten much further without it.

@Artifact

*Catches it*
The power boosting device you drained?

Myriad Reality

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...Hey, one thing before you go.

@Artifact

Mm?

Myriad Reality

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I’ll get the hand back. I lose fingers all the time—you get used to it.

@Artifact

I don’t think I’d want to.
…
*Walks away from the terminal and opens a portal*
Think about your plans. Tell me about them when I get back. Or disappear, it’s up to you. You’re not under any obligations.

Myriad Reality

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Who made this, then?

@Artifact

Not any one person. Not by a longshot.
*Displays of various locations of conflict as a result of this war become displayed on monitors across the center console, and I turn to face you*
Your hand going to grow back? Got any starfish in your blood?

Myriad Reality

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How do you make a computer “smart” to begin with?

@Artifact

It’s all beyond me. I don’t know anything about the inner workings.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*
Not by that name. I presume some kind of technological soul?

@Artifact

Traditionally, kinda. They’re really just extra smart computers, but Chickpea is a little closer to your description than most.
*Slides the new cylinder into the same slot as the old*