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Sweet dreams are made of these...

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[You're in the Hall of Guardians. Cayde is at the table, pouring over a map of the Cosmodrome with his Ghost. If you pass by him or stand near him he'll comment, but unless you bring him specific items he'll keep it short and simple.]

[Some of the items around the room inlcude a glowing green orb, bookshelves with such antiquated titles as Treasure Island, and a few Crucible and Vanguard Marks lying about. The large windows at the back shows a gorgeous mountain vista, the sunlight waning into night. Small ship trails criss-cross in the sky and if you're lucky enough, you'll see a strange ship with green lights pass by.]

[ Well, this is certainly an odd location. There's just about nothing that Ino finds familiar, so at first, she's just walking slowly around the middle of the room, examining the banners hanging from the ceiling, before ...

Oh, right. There's someone here. Or at least, she's pretty sure there is? You look kind of like a robot, there, Cayde. ]

Um ... hello?

[He is a robot of some kind, actually. A once-human Exo. He glances her way and gives a little nod.]

Long day, Guardian?

[ "Guardian"? What is she supposed to be guardian of? Is she going to get in trouble for having no idea what she's supposed to be doing here? ]

Uh ... not exactly.

[ How does she put this delicately? ]

Where is this? ... Who are you?

Oh, wow, so you're that new. [He turns and leans an elbow against the table, ticking off points on his fingers as he makes them,]

I'm Cayde-6, your friendly neighborhood Hunter Vanguard, this here is the Hall of Gaurdians in the Tower on the edge of the Last City On Earth under protection of the Traveler ... where's your Ghost? They should be the one filling you in on all this. I'm no babysitter. Trust me, I'm terrible with kids. Never remember which way is up.

[What a big room! Wanda can't help but be impressed by its architecture. She looks all about the room, taking it all in. When her eyes fall on the figure standing over some sort of map, she approaches.]

[When she gets close enough to see that this stranger is not, well, human but a robot, she stops in her tracks. Its nothing personal Cayde; Wanda just hasn't had the best experience with robots in the past. She grows hesitant, unsure if she should bother trying to speak with him. She looks on-guard, ready to defend herself.]

[However, her thoughts turn to Vision strangely enough. She considers his origins, and her own initial perceptions of him and how wrong they turned out to be. She grits her teeth a little, knowing that she really should give this new robot the benefit of the doubt, but she still can't bring herself to fully lower her guard, not yet. She resumes her approach though. When she gets close enough, she speaks up, making her presence known.]

Hello.

[Cayde turns to look at her for a brief moment before looking back at the maps. Despite the obvious metal chassis, glowing eyes, freaking unicorn sensor sticking out of his forehead, his movements and speech patterns seem completely human.]

Yo.

[Well... that was rather... mundane. Wanda eyes Cayde, clearly unsure of whether or not that's it. Just "yo?" She raises her eyebrows and shakes her head in confusion.]

[She turns her attention away from Cayde, and towards the glowing green orb. In the center, there appeared to be a fragment of some kind of black rock. As Wanda walks toward the orb, she looks over at Cayde to see if he has any kind of reaction to her approaching the object.]

[He certainly sees her approaching the orb, and when she looks back at him, he scoffs.]

There goes Eris, leaving her creepy toys lying about.

[Dare you touch it?]

[Eris? Was he referring to Wanda? Well, he didn't seem to be stopping her, or even concerned about the possibility of touching the orb. So, Wanda reaches out her hand, palming the orb with her hand, but not actually lifting it. Instead, she just feels the smoothness of its texture.]

Here we go.

[Touching the orb causes it to fly through the air and settle on the holographic projector, triggering a memory.]

[Wanda steps back in shock as the orb whizzes suddenly from her hand, landing squarely in the middle of the table. Then the memory starts...]

[Wanda can tell what is being discussed is very serious, even life-threatening. She does not understand all the words though; "Dreadnaught," "Cabal," "Awoken," "Taken," and "Oryx" all these words are foreign to her. However, the last two... they send a certain chill of dread up her spine.]

[As the memory fades and Wanda finds herself back in the room, she takes a moment to adjust to everything that just played out before her. She then walks back towards Cayde, a more confused and curious expression on her face than before.]

These "taken..." what are they? And who is this "Oryx?"

[Well now, this is an interesting room. Unfamiliar, but not totally alien. because it's large and has a degree of openness, the Vision floats around rather than walking. For him the most intriguing part is the window, and he gazes out for a long time if not disturbed. Are those the Himalayas? They look familiar and yet not.]

[Cayde watches him with something of a lightly irritated air, and eventually he has to shift and mutter under his breath,]

Warlocks, you ah ... have interesting problems.

[Because who else would be floofing about than a Warlock.]

[Warlock, huh? Not something he's been called before, but...well, perhaps not entirely inaccurate. The Vision turns around and offers an apologetic smile.]

The view is truly remarkable here. [He nods at the maps on the table.] but it seems you have other competitors for your attention?

Heh, yeah. Hive don't break for no sunrise ... they should; they could use a little sun.

[Who? He peeks at the map, curious.]

Do you get much sun?

[There is a long-suffering sigh. You hear that? So much pain and anguish in that exhalation of breath. It's torture up here, it really is.]

Not nearly as much as I would like. They kind of got me tethered up here.

[Interesting. Very interesting.]

What would you do if you were not?

Oh, are you kidding? I'd be in the thick of it --

[He stabs his finger at the map,] Right here. There's an influx of Fallen and right now it's where I tell the other Guardians to go have some fun, but that's exactly where I want to be.

[He huffs and crosses his arms.] I wanna be where the fun is.

Ah. You are stuck in a desk job.

[That much he can understand, even if the rest is full of terms he's not used to hearing. He tilts his head to one side.]

How did that come to pass?

[He sighs, his tone a mix of humor and masked pain.]

It's all Andal's fault, really. If the dummy hadn't gotten himself killed I wouldn't have had reason to take on the Vanguard Dare. Well, you know, losing it is what got me here in the first place.

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unbearablynaive - 2015-10-28 22:55 (UTC) - Expand

[ Duke looks around the room, a little more absently.

He stops near the person, and peers at the map as well. Sorry, he doesn't talk that much either. ]

Hey how about you stand here and do my job? I'll go out there and do yours. Which is stand around.

I'm not certain you would like mine. [ Duke replies easily enough. Sorry, he likes maps and learning. ]

I've been a hermit for a while - seems like it would be more boring than this.

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