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Myriad Reality

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Not necessarily. But her user info was the only one who accessed the experiment data at all, on top of all the info about the specifics of the work being wiped.

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I'm not stopping short now, because I'm unfortunately not done.

@GalaxyRaider

So are you saying that the mom we saw was her corrupted version, like Sam’s?

Myriad Reality

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What does this mean?

@Ignacious

I think it means it wasn’t able to get rid of corruption and couldn’t restore what was there originally.

Myriad Reality

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*Takes a deep breath*
Right now, we're assuming "Purge01" is an experiment, and underscore-zero-one, two, three, and four are test subjects, right? We know it was tested on viruses at least, and we know... What we learned about Melody. If we just assume for a second that, if this Purge01 is a restorative program of sorts with some flaws, what if Melody wasn't just a researcher, but is one of the test subjects?
*Pauses here to gauge the room*

@GalaxyRaider

I... don’t think that’s a bad guess. Did any of the documents point to her being a part of this?

Myriad Reality

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*looks at both of them*

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Do they do that alot?

@Ignacious

Huh?

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You have to. I mean it. I hate keeping secrets- that will just slow us down. If I end up wrong, then we can forget about it when it's over and move on. But with all possibilities on the table, you have to promise.

@GalaxyRaider

Sure, I promise I won’t hate you.

Myriad Reality

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You all have to promise not to hate me for even thinking it. I'm serious.
*Looks at Rhythm when I say this as well*

@GalaxyRaider

Now you’ve made me nervous.

Myriad Reality

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I... Have maybe the craziest theory even imaginable. A theory I hate, and it makes me afraid to share it.

@GalaxyRaider

Well... I guess, let’s hear it.

Myriad Reality

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*nods*
Of course.
*smiles back*

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*looks around*

@Ignacious

*Several of the windows contain raw data associated with the program, but a few display detailed error strings, such as “failed to void foreign data attribute,” “foreign data regeneration exceeds purge rate,” and “no approximation of original function behavior available, exiting...”*

Myriad Reality

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*nods*
That’s what I am trying to work towards…

@Ignacious

Well, there’s one new opportunity.
*Pushes the next “Yes” button, summoning an array of windows around us color coded and displaying abundant auxiliary data about Purge01_02’s operation*

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*My gaze wanders to the floor in thought, and I frown*
Hm...

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*Puts an arm around Rhythm's shoulder*
It's alright. We're all trying to work through this together. Same team, yeah?

@GalaxyRaider

Any ideas?

Myriad Reality

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I’m not trying to replace-look, I don’t know much of what is going on. I don’t understand a lot of your world but I know I have the capacity to fix it. But if your mom did make a save state of some sort she may have had a reason. And it also caused problems for Sam as well.

@Ignacious

Sam ended up okay in the end. I’m confident Mom will too.

Myriad Reality

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The nomenclature is weird though. Four subjects of the same experiment?

@GalaxyRaider

That would be my guess. We ran into a couple other mutated viruses when looking for Mom. Maybe Purge01 is what set them off?