Maribel Hearn Quest - ACT III - Part 5

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Stare again...

>It's a corner that gradually gets darker due to the position of the light source closest to it... There appears to be nothing out of the ordinary. Just a normal dimly lit corner.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Mrr..."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Mrr..."

>"You're going to kick yourself when you realize it..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>Consider just boundaries in general...
>Maybe the actual corner? Does that even count?

[R. P. Genocraft]

>...The boundary between the brighter and darker parts of the corner?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Consider just boundaries in general...
>Maybe the actual corner? Does that even count?

>You wonder if the corner counts as a boundary...
>Technically speaking, it could be the boundary between two walls...

>...The boundary between the brighter and darker parts of the corner?

>You wonder and focus on the change between light and dark in the corner.
>You see something different than before, it's less of a shimmer, but more of a dull pulse.
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[Neovereign]

"Hmm..."
>Focus more.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

"Hmm..."
>Focus more.

>The pulsation becomes a bit more well-defined.
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[Neovereign]

>More... Let our awareness shift to just this.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>More... Let our awareness shift to just this.

>The pulsations don't seem to change.
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[Neovereign]

>Try to open it, as we do with gaps...

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Try to open it, as we do with gaps...

>You attempt...
>You feel like you did something but you can't perceive it... Perhaps because basic sight depends on light and dark, and if you managed to make a gap on this boundary it would logically be a space where neither exist.

>Yukari chuckles a bit
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[Neovereign]

>"Tips, please?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Tips, please?"

>"Well, think about it. Certainly there's more than one way to manipulate a boundary other than tearing it apart or making a gap in it~"
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[Neovereign]

>Try to stretch it, like we considered a while back...

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Try to stretch it, like we considered a while back...

>lengthwise or widthwise?
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[Neovereign]

>Go for width.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Go for width.

>You attempt to tug on the boundary with your mind to stretch the boundary widthwise.
>You notice the gradient from light to dark begin to cover a wider area.
>"Whoa..." Renko comments.
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[Neovereign]

>How straining is it, compared to opening a gap?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>How straining is it, compared to opening a gap?

>It's about as draining as opening one initially, but it doesn't seem to have the constant cost of maintaining a gap.
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[Neovereign]

>Try further.
//I missed my chance to say Merry Christmas here  :ohdear:

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Try further.
//I missed my chance to say Merry Christmas here  :ohdear:

//lol
>You stretch the boundary even more, until it reaches the table, the light to dark gradient now covers a larger area of the room.
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[Neovereign]

>Return the boundary to normal.
>"Huh..."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Return the boundary to normal.
>"Huh..."

>You do so.
>Yukari chuckles.
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[Neovereign]

>"T-Tell me more."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"T-Tell me more."

>"You're not even going to experiment more on your own...?"
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[Neovereign]

>"Well if I threaten existence, I'll get punished. And I had only been doing tears up until you made an appearance."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Well if I threaten existence, I'll get punished. And I had only been doing tears up until you made an appearance."

>"But, tell me, Maribel Hearn, how can you expect to improve anything if you're afraid to take risks?"
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[Neovereign]

>"How can I improve anything if I don't have a place to start? You have to start a race before you can even lose it."
>"If I wanted to, say, open a gap that could go back in time a few milliseconds, I'd need to find out where to start. Do I start with a regular gap already open to two places? Do I try to open one with the thought of time instead of place? I'd just like a little nudge in how to start, since we don't have all the time in the world with the problems happening now..."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"How can I improve anything if I don't have a place to start? You have to start a race before you can even lose it."
>"If I wanted to, say, open a gap that could go back in time a few milliseconds, I'd need to find out where to start. Do I start with a regular gap already open to two places? Do I try to open one with the thought of time instead of place? I'd just like a little nudge in how to start, since we don't have all the time in the world with the problems happening now..."

>"Haven't I given you several places to start?"
>_