originally posted in:Destiny Fiction Producers
Thus I made a second card
just for fun, no salt
[spoiler]Ghost Fragment:
Taken 2
[A conversation between the Eris Morn and Paladin Devi Cassl]
Devi/ How do you have so much knowledge of this subject?
Eris/ A lifetime ago, I was a guardian. I was one with the gift of the Traveler. I went down into the pit. We thought that we could defeat Crota, but failed. I am the only survivor, and I have dedicated my time to knowing all I can about the Hive
Devi/ So you’re sure that Oryx really is the source of the chaos?
Eris/ More than sure. Positive.
Devi/ So shouldn’t you have an answer on how to stop the coming war?
Eris/ The Taken are mysterious. There appearance on Mars means Oryx is near. You merely guessed that Oryx was the head of this. Putting the pieces of the puzzle together, that Crota Son of Oryx is dead and his father comes for revenge. I know what the feeling of Oryx is. I have been touched by it. And I know that Oryx is governing this. The only way to kill the snake is to chop off the head. Sever the relationship between Oryx and his minions, and maybe the Taken will decay
Devi/ Thank you, your input will be taken seriously
Eris/ Gladly
[Devi returns to the Reef with the new information. She briefs the Queen on the Taken, and their relationship with Oryx. The Queen send Devi back to Mars, where she must capture a Taken alive for interrogation]
Devi and her Paladins captured a Taken Psion, in an attempt to translate it’s answer to English.
Devi/ Where is Oryx?
[redacted]
Devi/ Did you pick up that?
Zudan/ It doesn’t match any of the system’s languages in the database
Devi/ How’s that possible?
Zudan/ I don’t know. This system is filled with Hive and Cabal languages. We can decrypt both these languages. Try asking it something else
Devi/ Are you Cabal?
[redacted]
Zudan/ Ok, I picked something up this time. [pause]. Incredible!
Devi/ What?
Zudan/ The Psion said no, he’s not Cabal. Oryx has morphed his appearance, and it has also morphed it’s mind. The thing believes it’s a whole new race. Taken!
Devi/ Then let’s ask it the first question again
Zudan/ I don’t know if you got that feeling too, but rather than the translator telling us the answer; I felt it.
Devi/ I didn’t feel nothing
Zudan/ I think we should get a flesh sample. Run some blood tests. I think the Taken communicate more than speaking. I think rather than talking, the telepathically reach out to the target to speak. Everything they say is in one language we can comprehend!
Devi/ Are their communications all linked to each other? Is Oryx receiving this very conversation? And if he’s aware, can he spot our location?[/spoiler]
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I like how you speak of the connection between Oryx and his Taken. Really cool, man.
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