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Investigate the supercomputer lab on B3. (99%)Elliot had come this far, he wasn't going to just run away now. "Ruby thought there was something in the supercomputer lab, maybe something to do with the disease. We should check it out."Sam grunted noncommittally. "Kinda feels like we're running towards danger instead of away from it, Blue. I don't want anything to do with whatever is doing this to me."He held up one hand, flexing his stiff fingers. Elliot looked away from that too: they almost seemed…-
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Get his word, then set him free 93%"Obviously we wouldn't leave you in there," Elliot approached the cage, studying its latches and locks. Getting this open wouldn't take much effort, so long as his fingers still worked. For how long that would be true... "We'd still like your word that you'll help us. If we open this, you answer our questions. You don't attack or run off. Promise?"The horse-creature stared up through the opening, huge eyes exasperated. "You shut down the Resonator and you're letting me…
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Let him join, flee into the mountains, 68%Elliot had his fair share of unpleasant drives. But few of those ever combined as many awful things together as their trip into the mountains. First, there were his fingers, getting stiffer and less useful by the minute. By the time they were winding back and forth through the mountains, he could only grip the wheel with simple pressure, and had to use the cruise control to keep his speed.But the others were in even worse shape, so he was the one at the wheel.His…
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Try to Salvage the Relationship (71%)Elliot hadn't gone out to rescue this girl, risking arrest and worse, only to give up on what they had together after the first sign of trouble. We're going to fix this. We just have to last until then.Things would get worse before they got better, but that was a problem for the future.Elliot lingered outside the shower for a few seconds, either talking himself into something very stupid, or psyching himself up to do something daring. Not that it would've been difficult…
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Find a way to get online and learn how the disease is spreading (52%)."We have to figure out what's happening past Granite Bluff. Just knowing our surroundings won't matter if the feds plan on stopping the spread with a nuclear option. But if that's off the table, that tells us something else about where it's safe to live."Way wobbled on two hooves, struggling to stay standing. She fell back a second later, so she didn't have to concentrate just to stay standing. "It's been long enough, the effects of this…
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"We have to learn what happened to us," she finished. "How these new bodies work. Powers, if we have them. Magic that the unicorns seem to have. Looks like almost all of us turned out this way. Ruby will, I could see the horn growing. Whatever's happening out there in the rest of the world—the more we can learn, the better we can survive.""I'll share everything I know," Peter declared. The keyboard glowed faintly just beneath his hooves. Though he sat with his 'hands' positioned directly above the keys,…
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Go with Peter to Learn Magic (75%)"Fine," Way eventually said. "But I don't care how long you were stuck in that cage without company; no being weird."He levitated something over his shoulder, floating it off the counter. At first she thought it might be a satchel, though the size was wrong. It fit him too well, and obviously they didn't have anything in the correct size. But then she realized: it was an old lunchbox with a strap, something she or her sister had used in their childhood."I got it. You need…
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Go for a walk (52%)Way loved being out in nature.There was something instantly stress-relieving about a trip into the woods, taking away your sight of any nearby building or piece of infrastructure. On a typical trip you might not encounter more than a handful of humans for hours—or if you were lucky, none at all.Granted, she didn't usually take those trips late at night, when her breath came in sharp gasps and her tail kept flicking angrily from side to side while she walked.The backyard was large and…
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Refusing someone who looked so friendly wasn't an easy thing for Way, but she did her best. There was something about this horse, something she'd not seen in anyone else she met so far. An effortless, casual kindness, remaining calm despite the grim outlook.If she could act like that more often, maybe her friends would trust her better. "I like the sound of... Wayfinder," she said, grinning nervously. "Maybe I'll use it.""That's great! I hope—" he glanced back down the hill, and his expression turned…
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Share with Nobody (43%)Wayfinder spent a few minutes agonizing over who to share her information with. Ruby was more reliable, and despite their falling out, she could still trust her in ways that Peter hadn't earned yet. On the other hand, Peter was the one who'd been teaching her magic the last week. If anyone deserved to share what she was learning, it was him.But if she brought them both, they'd butt heads—Peter did not get along very well with Ruby. I'll just read first, then tell them both what I…
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