rekindledtitan: (Some bright spark)
Blaze-37 ([personal profile] rekindledtitan) wrote2015-10-01 11:26 pm

Excerpt 002: Traveler's Rest

TYPE: Personal log

LOCATION: The Last City, Earth

PARTIES: Three [3]. One [1] Ghost-type, [1] Guardian-type, designate Blaze-37, Class Titan [[personal profile] rekindledtitan ], One [1] Unconfirmed, designate Willis, Verity [[personal profile] brave_heart_verity ]; [other parties redacted]


ASSOCIATIONS: Multiversal Nexus; Verity Willis; Earth; The City; Vanguard; Blaze-37; Glass-smiths


An Exo ought to be good at waiting. They're soldier and machine both, trained for stoicism and designed for tireless analysis. Blaze sometimes thinks she’s the only one built who ever gets bored. (Aside from Cayde, maybe, and he makes it sound like he's had a very long time to learn.)

Her patrol concluded without much incident, she paces back to the Forum, guns still dozing at her back and her Ghost zipping curiously from one side to the other ahead of her. It murmurs its observations to her in passing, and she responds gladly. A fight would be better, but she’ll take the idle chatter. Her memory is brimming with new half-processed data, even from one patrol in the Nexus – odd discussions heard and alien kitchens smelt, the weird spiky grass in the park crunching under her boots, so many- one hundred and forty-three new faces since the last trip, ninety-one human by visual-

But she isn’t one for dwelling on things. So she circles the Forum to take in the sights, cutting her route through the spot where she and Verity last spoke to make sure of spotting her friend.

brave_heart_verity: (I know!)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-01 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Verity doesn't keep them waiting long. She's at their meeting place by the time agreed-upon, nervously smoothing her hair. A strand that refuses to stay tucked in her braid is eventually tucked behind her ear and anchored by her glasses. She's taken the time to change into nicer clothes; if she's going to be meeting any of their superiors, she doesn't want to embarrass her friends, and she has neither awesome magic space armor like Samus or amazing fighting skills like also-Samus to recommend her. (She needs to stop comparing herself to Samus, she's going to give herself a complex doing that.) And those are thumb drives in her pocket, though she's still happy to see them.

When she spots her friends she gives a wave. "Hey, hope I'm not late."
brave_heart_verity: (observer)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-02 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ghost is just always on the go, isn't... he? she? Pronouns are so hard in these situations.

"Thanks. And yup, all set." She pulls the thumb drives from her pocket to offer them to Blaze. "Two copies, just in case."
brave_heart_verity: (shy smile)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-02 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"He" it is, then.

She does try to be prepared. The fact it's appreciated gets a smile. "You're welcome. Transmat? Is that like a teleporter?" She's a little nervous about the idea of her atoms being disassembled, but if Blaze and Ghost use it it must be safe. Right? It won't accidently leave behind her eyebrows or magic or anything?
brave_heart_verity: (surprised)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-02 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"A PINpo--" okay that was sudden "--int?"

She was not lying about that being disorienting. Verity will lean against a wall for a few minutes while the lights come on and Blaze does whatever piloty stuff is necessary. But she's already looking around for windows. If she's in space she wants to see it!

"You have your own ship? That's so cool."
brave_heart_verity: (interested)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-03 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ghost gets a thumbs-up when she's feeling better. It helps when gravity makes sense again. Is it obvious she hasn't spent much time in space? Because she really has very little idea what's going on, just that the floor is working again and that's really nice. That means she can move to lean against the back of Blaze's seat, wanting to admire the view without getting in the way.

"It's so beautiful..." of course, it's easy to say that when she doesn't know what it looks like on the ground. Words like 'dead zone' do diminish her enjoyment somewhat. "Near light speed? That must make these little jaunts around the solar system easier. Where's your city?"
brave_heart_verity: (thinking about it)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-03 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
She's fortunately always had a strong stomach.

"It's in there? That's quite a storm. Is it always like that?" She leans in a little to peer at what she can see of the clouds and the mountains. Ghost gets a grateful smile. "So thoughtful, thank you. I take it that means there's no place for me to buckle in."
brave_heart_verity: (squint)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-03 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then I'll trust you're a good pilot." She giggles at their banter. "I wish my vacuum could send dirt into the cold void of space. It'd be so much more convenient than replacing the bags."

She hums thoughtfully at the idea of a storm that keeps PINpoints out. It must be more than wind and rain. She wonders... maybe they'll tell her more about it when more people here trust her. The view helps make up for the need to wait. "Those are the Andes, right? Or. I mean they might not be called that anymore."
brave_heart_verity: (smirk)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-04 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would certainly beat the rocks at Tiffany's," she concedes with a smirk.

She doesn't fault them for the lack of explanations. She wouldn't go around telling strangers about how the defenses work either. It's a basic safety tactic, and that's why she intends to earn the right to ask.

The crashing thunder makes her wince. It's not her favorite thing in the world. But she isn't afraid of it--it seems to piss her off, actually. (She's got issues.) "I've never been to this part of the planet before, so I don't really know what they look like where I'm from. What do you call them now?"
brave_heart_verity: (shy smile)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-04 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
She doesn't mind the ride. It's kind of fun. And it's not that she doesn't see the appeal of a raging storm as a line of defense. It's just. Thunder gods. Her last encounter with one was not pleasant. When she notices Ghost looking at her she gives him a small smile. She's fine, just moody.

"Oh. What's the First Pillar? Tiffany's is a famous jewelry store, particularly well-known for its diamonds. Sorry. I guess diamonds aren't really forever." A beat. "The advertising slogan for diamonds is 'diamonds are forever', to try to guilt-pressure men into buying expensive gifts for their wives. Like a useless piece of bling is somehow better than a more practical gift because it won't wear out I guess?"
brave_heart_verity: (observer)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-04 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Setting things on fire is fun. So long as it isn't Loki.

"Ah, no. Not yet. Or if they have, they aren't on the market yet." Tony Stark might be hiding a whole diamond-growing factory somewhere; she wouldn't put it past him! (It would help explain how his daddy could give away all those bracelets.)

"That's both poetic and structurally sound. Impressive." She might be teasing just a bit, but mostly it's a sincere compliment.
brave_heart_verity: (interested)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-05 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
That's... good?

"I'm sure we'll get there. Would have." Sigh. She gives herself a little shake and then meets Blaze's amusement with her own. "I'm sure I will."

And boy does she. She takes in the view in near silence, although there is the occasional sound that reveals how impressed she is. She's seen beautiful cities before, she's lived in one, but something about the balance between the Traveler's sphere and the city below is breathtaking. Hopefully, they won't mind her taking her time to take it all in?
brave_heart_verity: (looking up)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-05 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's beautiful." Every city has its beauty and having known one for so long doesn't make her unable to appreciate others. Any flower in the heart of the desert is a precious thing, however small it may be. She has so many questions, but she bites her lip to keep from distracting Blaze while she's piloting. There will be time for questions later.

The tower is something of a surprise. She's used to military structures being, well, military: utilitarian and uncomfortable. But this is lovely, welcoming. It's a home, not just a place to store people, and it's doubly an honor to be invited to visit.

"Okay. That's convenient." Auto-parking cars would be so convenient. It must be doubly so for a spaceship.
brave_heart_verity: (listening)

[personal profile] brave_heart_verity 2015-10-06 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, that's easy. I keep them at the end of my legs." But landing is still not the easiest proposition, and there's a touch of wobbliness. It's hard to adjust human senses so quickly. When she can focus on it she watches the ship flying away. "That's yours?"

She wants to go enjoy the view. That railing is calling to her. But she knows she's supposed to go for medical testing first. The view will still be there afterward. "You sure it's okay for me to be around all these people before my medical tests?"

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