Who: Cayde-6 (exorion) and his FIRETEAM || Cayde-6 (exorion) and team Rescue This Dumb Robot When: Backdated for Day 8 Where: IT'S IN THE FRAKKING SHIP What: Exploration & also Cayde has an accident
[ It doesn't offer anything else than that though; As far as The Last is concerned it's a perfectly acceptable answer as it lumbers on forward and turns down another hallway. This one though is almost entirely caved-in and filled, with no way to progress forward.
There is a sealed door though, and The Last lifts the hand which did not flash the Atlas Mark to it, the tip of one long finger sliding over the panel. It's dead and dulled, lacking power--but for some reason when The Last touches it, it springs to life and fills with power; there's a whoosh of air as the door slides open and leads to what is most definitely the most bare-bones room anyone's come across int he ship.
It's literally just a small, rectangular room with barely enough height for this guy to stand up in, but heck if it doesn't just wander its way inside anyway. ]
[Cayde sticks his head in first, squinting at the room as if it's gonna change or if he'll notice some traps laid out, but it just looks like a room. A really small, boring room. He follows The Last in after some hesitation, looking up at it as he does.]
So, what's this? Panic room? Secret exit? [He hushes his voice conspiratorially.] Armory?
Safe. [ Gosh Cayde it's like you don't trust the giant 8-foot table alien skeleton that almost blew you to bits or something. ]
Overseers do not watch here. Power stay.
[ And if Cayde's so inclined to look, oddly enough? Boney's words turn out to be true. His percentage isn't dropping anymore here and stays at a very even...whatever percentage he's at. Awesome! ]
Find Atlas, destroy. Long time ago, destroy planet. Kharas.
[ It moves back towards the front of the room, just past Cayde so that it has room to turn around and extend one arm out palm-side up. It's fingers curl, and with a brief twitch a holographic projection comes to life above it.
The image displayed is a sphere - a planet, Kharas. And from the two moons (one larger than the other, and so much closer to the planet than the other), it's obvious that Kharas is exactly where they are now. They have a name to put to it all. ]
[ And for that the planet paid the ultimate price, apparently. It's nothing but desert as far as they eye can see, and what little life survives on it still definitely isn't...well. It's kinda awful, let's be honest. ]
Overseers destroy Kharas, Atlas leave. Flee. Now only The Last.
[Sounds like the Darkness, and Cayde half wonders if it isn't the same thing. Like the Fallen attacking Earth to take the Traveller back, or the Taken seeking to destroy anything the Light has touched.]
[Cayde is quiet for a minute, staring at the display to try and figure out which question to ask first. If it's the only thing he could ask, what's the most pressing?]
[ That's a lot of words and questions, and The Last is already starting to grow tired of them. It's no fault of Cayde's mind you, it knows that other species have a natural inclination to be curious. They want to understand their surroundings and make sense of situations that...don't.
The Last's aren't though, and even doing this much talking is a draining social effort. There's too much to be done if The First have really woken and started moving.
The holographic screen flickers out of existence as The Last takes another slow, wheezed breath - only it's second ever since meeting Cayde, actually - and turns to move back to the doorway. ]
Find Atlas...find home. [ That should be sufficient. The Last turns once it reaches the doorway, its massive frame practically filling the hall from the other side. ]
Stay. Overseers will not see.
The First are coming.
[ And with no more than a tap to the panel on the outside of the room? The door slams shut, locking Cayde inside.
But don't worry, he'll be easy to find when the rescue party heads on down: it's left a giant glowing Atlas symbol on the door, and footprints in the sandy hall leading to Cayde's location.
[The first surprise Jess gets is that she doesn't hit the floor - like Cayde, she struggles a bit with righting herself, but eventually manages to get on her feet and start moving. The second surprise is that Cayde isn't crumpled on the floor somewhere, though she supposes the first surprise explains that, but it means the footprints are helpful.
The third surprise is the glowing Atlas symbol, which gets her to stop.]
[He thinks he heard his name, sounds like a familiar voice too, but he can't be sure through the wall. Is that what it meant by 'The First'? Are they the First?]
[He'll have to think about it later. In the meantime, Cayde bangs on the wall so Jess can hear he's alive and able.]
As soon as Jess hears the response, she jogs over to the doors.]
I'm gonna get you outta there.
[She wants to ask what the hell happened to him, but that will have to wait, for now, she's bracing her hands on the doors and pulling them apart with as much strength as she can muster. She manages to make a gap, but Cayde might want to lend a hand.]
[Yeah he's got it. The second he realises what Jess is doing he does the same from his side, slipping his hands in the gap so he can push from there, wasting no time getting through as soon as there's enough space.]
Hey-- [He seems happy to see her, but also:] You got any of those bug gems?
look starbucks is expensive and she's not made of money
[She releases the doors once Cayde is through, stepping back to get a better look at him to make sure he isn't hurt. With the way she slowed before hitting the bottom, she hadn't expected him to be hurt but... still, she worries. Cayde is good at getting himself into trouble.]
Yeah, here.
[It's nice having a backpack, even if the way she got it was a little weird, but right now it means she can dig out a small pearl for Cayde to use.
And now that she knows he isn't in immediate danger:]
[With that pearl crushed and his power back up to 100%, Cayde lets out a relieved sigh and starts walking back to the main... Lab? He's still not 100% sure. But he's presuming Jess came down the same way he did, so that's the place to go.]
Huge alien with a tiny skull.
[Yup.]
Oh, and gas. And turrets. Been a hell of a time, really.
[Cayde is right about which direction to go, and Jess starts to follow, stops in her tracks when he mentions aliens and gun turrets, before shaking herself and jogging to catch up.]
There's an alien down here?
[She's assuming he means "not one of our aliens" because otherwise it wouldn't be worth mentioning.]
[If there's someone here who knows more than they do, Jess would very much like to go find them, but she has a feeling that if it were possible, Cayde would have already suggested it.]
Are you good to climb? Clarke and Lance dropped a cable down to help us back up.
[He doesn't seem hurt, but she wants to check anyway.]
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[Because he would be Concerned if it was waiting for him specifically, to say the least.]
Why?
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[ It doesn't offer anything else than that though; As far as The Last is concerned it's a perfectly acceptable answer as it lumbers on forward and turns down another hallway. This one though is almost entirely caved-in and filled, with no way to progress forward.
There is a sealed door though, and The Last lifts the hand which did not flash the Atlas Mark to it, the tip of one long finger sliding over the panel. It's dead and dulled, lacking power--but for some reason when The Last touches it, it springs to life and fills with power; there's a whoosh of air as the door slides open and leads to what is most definitely the most bare-bones room anyone's come across int he ship.
It's literally just a small, rectangular room with barely enough height for this guy to stand up in, but heck if it doesn't just wander its way inside anyway. ]
Come.
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[Cayde sticks his head in first, squinting at the room as if it's gonna change or if he'll notice some traps laid out, but it just looks like a room. A really small, boring room. He follows The Last in after some hesitation, looking up at it as he does.]
So, what's this? Panic room? Secret exit? [He hushes his voice conspiratorially.] Armory?
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Overseers do not watch here. Power stay.
[ And if Cayde's so inclined to look, oddly enough? Boney's words turn out to be true. His percentage isn't dropping anymore here and stays at a very even...whatever percentage he's at. Awesome! ]
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[So it doesn't. That's good at least, but he can't just stay here at... 15% forever.]
What are the overseers?
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[ It moves back towards the front of the room, just past Cayde so that it has room to turn around and extend one arm out palm-side up. It's fingers curl, and with a brief twitch a holographic projection comes to life above it.
The image displayed is a sphere - a planet, Kharas. And from the two moons (one larger than the other, and so much closer to the planet than the other), it's obvious that Kharas is exactly where they are now. They have a name to put to it all. ]
Always hunt. Never stop for Atlas. Want destroy.
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Atlas... Wants to destroy planets? Is that what you're telling me? Or they want to destroy Atlas?
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[ And for that the planet paid the ultimate price, apparently. It's nothing but desert as far as they eye can see, and what little life survives on it still definitely isn't...well. It's kinda awful, let's be honest. ]
Overseers destroy Kharas, Atlas leave. Flee. Now only The Last.
[ A thoughtful pause ]
And The First.
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[Cayde is quiet for a minute, staring at the display to try and figure out which question to ask first. If it's the only thing he could ask, what's the most pressing?]
What-- Who? Who's the First?
[Wait, no.]
What is the Atlas?
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The Last's aren't though, and even doing this much talking is a draining social effort. There's too much to be done if The First have really woken and started moving.
The holographic screen flickers out of existence as The Last takes another slow, wheezed breath - only it's second ever since meeting Cayde, actually - and turns to move back to the doorway. ]
Find Atlas...find home. [ That should be sufficient. The Last turns once it reaches the doorway, its massive frame practically filling the hall from the other side. ]
Stay. Overseers will not see.
The First are coming.
[ And with no more than a tap to the panel on the outside of the room? The door slams shut, locking Cayde inside.
But don't worry, he'll be easy to find when the rescue party heads on down: it's left a giant glowing Atlas symbol on the door, and footprints in the sandy hall leading to Cayde's location.
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[TOO BAD SO SAD Cayde attempts to get to that door before it closes, but he's stuck here forever now. Thanks guy.]
[R U D E TBH.]
here comes the cavalry, 15 minutes late with starbucks
The third surprise is the glowing Atlas symbol, which gets her to stop.]
Cayde?
[This whole place is giving her the creeps.]
did you bring enough for cayde to have some tho
[He'll have to think about it later. In the meantime, Cayde bangs on the wall so Jess can hear he's alive and able.]
In here!
no he has to get his own
As soon as Jess hears the response, she jogs over to the doors.]
I'm gonna get you outta there.
[She wants to ask what the hell happened to him, but that will have to wait, for now, she's bracing her hands on the doors and pulling them apart with as much strength as she can muster. She manages to make a gap, but Cayde might want to lend a hand.]
wow rude jess
Hey-- [He seems happy to see her, but also:] You got any of those bug gems?
look starbucks is expensive and she's not made of money
Yeah, here.
[It's nice having a backpack, even if the way she got it was a little weird, but right now it means she can dig out a small pearl for Cayde to use.
And now that she knows he isn't in immediate danger:]
The hell happened to you?
this poor robot suffers so much
Huge alien with a tiny skull.
[Yup.]
Oh, and gas. And turrets. Been a hell of a time, really.
and who's fault is that
There's an alien down here?
[She's assuming he means "not one of our aliens" because otherwise it wouldn't be worth mentioning.]
i'm gonna blame inui
[He glances at Jess and shrugs a shoulder.] It's a long story, I'll explain when we get out of here.
i mean. fair.
Are you good to climb? Clarke and Lance dropped a cable down to help us back up.
[He doesn't seem hurt, but she wants to check anyway.]
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[Let's get out of here let's go]