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Beyond Light: Europa Awaits (This is also a Short Story)
5 years ago
Welcome to WhiteFoxofSimi's Update and life Journal.
First and foremost a small update about the going ons in my world. I have a new job, it's gonna leave me with little time to game and what have you, however I'll at least be able to earn money and gain experience to hopefully start working at places that fit more to what I am about (hopefully).
I was SUPER hyped about the live event for Destiny 2 and it was a wonderful way to end the season. Watching the light of our Guardians do something of that scale... it was different which brings me to the story below and I do hope ya'll enjoy!
Date: Unkown Time: 0900 Hours Location: Last City
GiGi: It had been... a shock. We all felt it. The Darkness clawing its way towards us... toward Earth. The Traveler calling and pulling all Fireteams, ALL Guardians back to the Last City... Warlocks... Titans... even us Hunters who left after our wonderful and spirited mentor was taken so suddenly from us. We were here to protect the people... little did we know we were also protecting life on more than JUST Earth. Those ships... the Pyramids had been standing like Black Monuments of Reckoning since a little over a year ago back when we first found that one... sitting within Luna, our Moon. The changes we saw to the planets... the death (?) of Rasputin, a Golden Age Warmind, even causing the Cabal Emperor to flee us to some reaches unknown. I took Hiu along with me as well as an Exo friend we'd made along the way, we just call him Arcem with how many times he's been Rebooted (the Titan has a one track mind but he does his job damn well, really pulls things together with Hiu an I), but... we stood there watching as wave of light pulsed off of the Traveler. Felt the warmth flood our bodies like that first time when we were brought back... well, I remember that in this world. You'd think someone like me who can trek across the dimensions of Video Games would be used to... spawning into a dead body once in a while only to get pulled back from the brink. Nah, that stuff either hurts or it feels really jarring.
Anyway, we stood by shoulder to shoulder looking up at that large orb in the sky. The one thing that gave us these powers to do good, to protect those around us, to inspire the people to not only fight, protect and rejoice! But to grow, show thanks and teach that even those without light are just as important and strong as those who do. Because in the end we all were without the light at one time or another, but we all can attain that light and beyond if we try. It was calling to us. Everyone stunned and feeling wave after wave wash over us.
'It's pretty you know? Weird an wavy, but pretty.' Arcem didn't have a way with words but that was kinda what he said, Hiu just gave a smile and thumbs up... but when our Ghosts spoke up... saying that the last time this happened it was when the World ended... that they weren't afraid, not at all... they were. We all were in some small way. The thoughts going through my head from the Journal I'd recovered in secret off on one of my little hunts along with a... Shard... from one of these damn pyramids. At times it was silent, unnerving. Then it'd be pulsing a calm, in waves. Then came the code, it was talking to us. I did some digging around, talked with other Hunters, Titans, Warlocks and tried to... find a little bit more out about this stupid chunk of metal. But so far... it's not JUST a chunk of metal. The Journal even revealed that there was more to it, and I was finding so many connections to it within... and then I found out everything about Clovis Bray. Several of the Warlocks I'd worked with hard gone really hard onto the codes and journal entries I'd shared and boy did they come back with all sorts of stuff. Stuff... I really didn't like. So I soon shared it with Arcem an Hiu. Ana, or Anastasia, was definitely more than human but... she did have a sister and someone I had met before. Elizabeth... The Stranger... an Exo from some long forgotten time, and who has been missing for quite some time. Clovis even tried to end her life... not just to save her at first but when she'd tried to be more than what her Adoptive Father wanted her to be... especially when she found out about how Vex were a part of the process for Exo's. But that wasn't the half of it, and now all signs are showing us where to go but first we gotta deal with this thing going on in the Last City. These pulses are getting stronger... I can... see... the light... coming right off me... it's so bright... I-... reco-ing-...pulse-...crackling Eris!? What do-interference-healing!! The Traveler-Transmission Ends: Connection Lost
Time: 2300 Hours, 14 hours after incident
GiGi: Okay... that was... RIGHT! The Traveler healed itself, a little bit, and it pushed back The Darkness once more! We... did lose contact with Mars, Io, Titan and Mercury but... I saw that coming. Brother Vance is probably dead if he decided to stay, honestly that fanatic would worry too much about Osiris's teaching especially if it were between losing his texts or his life. Ana... I don't know if she got off Mars before that happened. Sloan stayed behind and definitely is either still out there fighting... I do hope she is at least. Asher... even for how estranged and eccentric as he was I did like the guy, he was more direct in his approach even though he would like to think his ramblings were more... technical. Hope he was alright, honestly we were just starting to get along. My Fireteams that I usually pair up with have all gone dark after that wave... Trace was in a panic, trying to raise someone on comms until I told him to pipe down and let me think. I swear he really is way too uptight and needs to be more like Hiu's Ghost...
"What are we going to do, GiGi?" The little light said, with a shudder in his voice. "The Darkness... it came back, it tried to end the world again. Where do we turn now?"
"I've got a hunch, and you're not gonna like it." I said picking up the dusty journal and tossing it down on the table. "The Answers are on Europa, or more questions to answer... or even..."
"Don't say it..."
"A way to fight Fire... with Fire."
Trace sighed heavily, he hated that... even if I was right. "Guardian, you know that the Light has yet to steer us wrong yet. Why even consider this?"
"Do we really have any other choice!? Trace... buddy... You saw what almost just happened, you saw what happened to all those places, to the people left there. I'm getting REALLY tired of running and hiding... especially when the hiding and running isn't to a surprise ambush I setup. This won't end things, not by a long shot... but it's a start... and right now, we gotta hope that with Europa... we find something beneath all that ice. Or I'm gonna die again and again to keep trying."
Trace's little eye darted around, trying to search for an alternative answer, some other truth or whisper from an unseen voice... he finally caved and gave a bob as if to nod. "Okay... You still need my help. We're still in this together... Partner."
"I wouldn't go or be anywhere else without you." I smirked as he circled around my head before disappearing inside my backpack. "But let's rest now... we got a few hours before we launch. I got the ship set for autopilot."
"Good... you know... there are perks of being in your backpack." He chuckled. "I get to learn new things about the world, and you."
"Thanks Trace... like Cayde always told us..."
~Eye's up Guardian.
I was SUPER hyped about the live event for Destiny 2 and it was a wonderful way to end the season. Watching the light of our Guardians do something of that scale... it was different which brings me to the story below and I do hope ya'll enjoy!
Date: Unkown Time: 0900 Hours Location: Last City
GiGi: It had been... a shock. We all felt it. The Darkness clawing its way towards us... toward Earth. The Traveler calling and pulling all Fireteams, ALL Guardians back to the Last City... Warlocks... Titans... even us Hunters who left after our wonderful and spirited mentor was taken so suddenly from us. We were here to protect the people... little did we know we were also protecting life on more than JUST Earth. Those ships... the Pyramids had been standing like Black Monuments of Reckoning since a little over a year ago back when we first found that one... sitting within Luna, our Moon. The changes we saw to the planets... the death (?) of Rasputin, a Golden Age Warmind, even causing the Cabal Emperor to flee us to some reaches unknown. I took Hiu along with me as well as an Exo friend we'd made along the way, we just call him Arcem with how many times he's been Rebooted (the Titan has a one track mind but he does his job damn well, really pulls things together with Hiu an I), but... we stood there watching as wave of light pulsed off of the Traveler. Felt the warmth flood our bodies like that first time when we were brought back... well, I remember that in this world. You'd think someone like me who can trek across the dimensions of Video Games would be used to... spawning into a dead body once in a while only to get pulled back from the brink. Nah, that stuff either hurts or it feels really jarring.
Anyway, we stood by shoulder to shoulder looking up at that large orb in the sky. The one thing that gave us these powers to do good, to protect those around us, to inspire the people to not only fight, protect and rejoice! But to grow, show thanks and teach that even those without light are just as important and strong as those who do. Because in the end we all were without the light at one time or another, but we all can attain that light and beyond if we try. It was calling to us. Everyone stunned and feeling wave after wave wash over us.
'It's pretty you know? Weird an wavy, but pretty.' Arcem didn't have a way with words but that was kinda what he said, Hiu just gave a smile and thumbs up... but when our Ghosts spoke up... saying that the last time this happened it was when the World ended... that they weren't afraid, not at all... they were. We all were in some small way. The thoughts going through my head from the Journal I'd recovered in secret off on one of my little hunts along with a... Shard... from one of these damn pyramids. At times it was silent, unnerving. Then it'd be pulsing a calm, in waves. Then came the code, it was talking to us. I did some digging around, talked with other Hunters, Titans, Warlocks and tried to... find a little bit more out about this stupid chunk of metal. But so far... it's not JUST a chunk of metal. The Journal even revealed that there was more to it, and I was finding so many connections to it within... and then I found out everything about Clovis Bray. Several of the Warlocks I'd worked with hard gone really hard onto the codes and journal entries I'd shared and boy did they come back with all sorts of stuff. Stuff... I really didn't like. So I soon shared it with Arcem an Hiu. Ana, or Anastasia, was definitely more than human but... she did have a sister and someone I had met before. Elizabeth... The Stranger... an Exo from some long forgotten time, and who has been missing for quite some time. Clovis even tried to end her life... not just to save her at first but when she'd tried to be more than what her Adoptive Father wanted her to be... especially when she found out about how Vex were a part of the process for Exo's. But that wasn't the half of it, and now all signs are showing us where to go but first we gotta deal with this thing going on in the Last City. These pulses are getting stronger... I can... see... the light... coming right off me... it's so bright... I-... reco-ing-...pulse-...crackling Eris!? What do-interference-healing!! The Traveler-Transmission Ends: Connection Lost
Time: 2300 Hours, 14 hours after incident
GiGi: Okay... that was... RIGHT! The Traveler healed itself, a little bit, and it pushed back The Darkness once more! We... did lose contact with Mars, Io, Titan and Mercury but... I saw that coming. Brother Vance is probably dead if he decided to stay, honestly that fanatic would worry too much about Osiris's teaching especially if it were between losing his texts or his life. Ana... I don't know if she got off Mars before that happened. Sloan stayed behind and definitely is either still out there fighting... I do hope she is at least. Asher... even for how estranged and eccentric as he was I did like the guy, he was more direct in his approach even though he would like to think his ramblings were more... technical. Hope he was alright, honestly we were just starting to get along. My Fireteams that I usually pair up with have all gone dark after that wave... Trace was in a panic, trying to raise someone on comms until I told him to pipe down and let me think. I swear he really is way too uptight and needs to be more like Hiu's Ghost...
"What are we going to do, GiGi?" The little light said, with a shudder in his voice. "The Darkness... it came back, it tried to end the world again. Where do we turn now?"
"I've got a hunch, and you're not gonna like it." I said picking up the dusty journal and tossing it down on the table. "The Answers are on Europa, or more questions to answer... or even..."
"Don't say it..."
"A way to fight Fire... with Fire."
Trace sighed heavily, he hated that... even if I was right. "Guardian, you know that the Light has yet to steer us wrong yet. Why even consider this?"
"Do we really have any other choice!? Trace... buddy... You saw what almost just happened, you saw what happened to all those places, to the people left there. I'm getting REALLY tired of running and hiding... especially when the hiding and running isn't to a surprise ambush I setup. This won't end things, not by a long shot... but it's a start... and right now, we gotta hope that with Europa... we find something beneath all that ice. Or I'm gonna die again and again to keep trying."
Trace's little eye darted around, trying to search for an alternative answer, some other truth or whisper from an unseen voice... he finally caved and gave a bob as if to nod. "Okay... You still need my help. We're still in this together... Partner."
"I wouldn't go or be anywhere else without you." I smirked as he circled around my head before disappearing inside my backpack. "But let's rest now... we got a few hours before we launch. I got the ship set for autopilot."
"Good... you know... there are perks of being in your backpack." He chuckled. "I get to learn new things about the world, and you."
"Thanks Trace... like Cayde always told us..."
~Eye's up Guardian.
