u/VioletTheSnapper

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It's the highest in my account switcher which also currently doesn't have Red in it at all now stop using this as a distraction.

It's a direct comparison between people, not work, and saying that one author is literally a better person than the other.

When has this ever been the case?

I'm afraid I have no idea. But now that you mention it, I did see some ships jump into this dimension earlier.

It's not the rock I'm worried about. It's that I was using it as a marker to so I wouldn't forget where something I actually needed was. And now trying to remember is going to make this a long day...

Not long later, a peculiar woman in a tattered lab coat comes near the spot where the Crystal once rested, carrying a shovel. She looks around, lost, confused

Didn't there use to be a glowing rock right here..?

Have you tried turning it off and back on?

Perhaps...

You need a new THR-Core don't you? I suppose there's nothing wrong with just making one right now, being a need and all.

From what I understand they're useless outside the GRID. It's like they're connected to this dimension in some way. You're not looking to become a permanent resident of this place are you?

Farewell.

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So... you have any objections to me inheriting this thing?

My intentions are only scientific in nature.

...that just makes me sound like some imperial scientist looking for new exploits, doesn't it...

But it's not the RING I'm trying to pick apart. The ability to create something from nothing is helpful for someone who can't afford a proper lab.

That's odd, I've never had anything like that happen to me.

Could it be interference from this dimension itself?

I'm not exactly an aerospace engineer, but I've worked on a THROBBEN reactor for a building before, which isn't that different in concept really. Did you bring spare THR Cores?

Yeah. I did.

Soooo do you think you could help another wanderer get her hands on one then?

Yeah, did... it's a long story that everyone dies at the end of. I've... mostly gotten over it by now. Even if my financial situation hasn't. I've been a jobless bum ever since.

I take it your superiors like to micromanage you while breathing down your neck like mine did?

W- you have a RING?

^{Not as predictable as his last instance. This one seems sentient in fact. He's not even aware of any history of Green's...}

So what's your story? The parts you can remember, it must be interesting if it stuck with you, and if that Ring was involved in any of it.

She doesn't seem to notice you said anything. Her focus is instead affixed on the ethereal one

I never thought I'd see this one again. You were one of the more predictable of the false Snappers. I guess I could never predict when and where the metaverse decides it'll have some more use for you.

In the direction he pointed, a female humanoid is approaching in a far less flashy manner

Doors all throughout are being opened over time. There's a brief struggle with the door you locked up, followed by a sigh before moving on to another. Whoever is intruding seems unaware of your presence

Doors downstairs creak and croak

A figure below on the grounds the window

it's moving closer...

That O'Donovan creep. He made me work for him, and made me wear... this. Then he sent the entire ISG to the mountain, and I'm not really sure what happened there, but they're all gone now. He had me working in some kind of tower and it crumbled to the ground. He dragged me back here then Boone killed him... I think.

I, uh, can't use my arms right now. You'll have to do that for me.

Even if I did, my hands are kind of tied behind my back right now. Do you mind, you know, untying me?

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