Destiny 2 - Transcript of a Mycelial Conversation

TYPE: H.E.L.M. INTERNAL SURVEILLANCE REPORT

DESCRIPTION: Conversation between persons of interest

PARTIES: Three [3]. One [1] Guardian-type, Class Hunter, designate Eris Morn [EM]; One [1] Guardian-type, Class Warlock, designate Wahei Ohr [WO]; One [1] Nightmare-type [u.1]

ASSOCIATIONS: Calus; Crown of Sorrow; Darkness; Egregore; Haruspex; Leviathan (Cabal Ship); Morn, Eris (ERI-223); Nightmares; Ohr, Wahei (POI #0247); Pyramid (Lunar); Scryer; Traitor's Die; Umbranomicon; Witness

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Destiny 2 - Transcript of a Haunted Conversation

TYPE: VANGUARD SURVEILLANCE REPORT

DESCRIPTION: Conversation between persons of interest

PARTIES: Three [3]. One [1] Cabal-type, designate Emperor Calus [CAL] (VIP #3801); One [1] Guardian-type, Class Warlock, designate Wahei Ohr [WO]; One [1] Nightmare-type [u.1]

ASSOCIATIONS: Calus; Crown of Sorrow; Darkness; Haruspex; Leviathan (Cabal Ship); Nightmares; Ohr, Wahei (POI #0247); Pyramid (Lunar); Savathûn; Scorn; Scryer; Witness

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Destiny 2 - Account of an Exorcism

"Wahei?" Vizier's voice interrupted her reverie as the Awoken Warlock looked up from the Traitor's Die and the cat's cradle she'd fashioned from her rosary. Wahei Ohr blinked eyes that felt raw, dry, as they would do after an unblinking, unseeing stare into probability, and the maddening tangle she kept seeing.

As she came back to awareness, the Ghost went on, "There's an incoming message from Queen Mara via the H.E.L.M."

I need to pace myself. Morgan was right, I need to sleep more frequently. Wahei pinched the bridge of her nose as she closed her eyes and let them rest a bit. "Put it through."

The comm crackled and then the Sovereign of the Awoken's voice came through. "Guardian Ohr," she began. "The time is at hand."

Now she looked up. "The exorcism?" The ritual was at the center of the tangle in the skein...

"The beacons shine bright, and the Ley Lines are set in place," Mara Sov agreed. "My Techeuns are prepared to perform the ritual that will separate Savathûn from her worm. Although she claims she will help us in our fight against the Black Fleet and the Entity that commands it," and the Queen's sneer could be heard in her voice, "she cannot be trusted."

Wahei looked down at her journal. The two open pages were covered in automatic writing scrawl, overlapping and looping, but after decades of practice, she knew how to decipher her own handwriting, even in this state. The visions she'd glimpsed through the veil, the probabilities she'd scryed, as disjointed as she could perceive them. So many had been around this very event. "Seems like we've been waiting for ages," she muttered, "and yet this feels too soon..." I need more time to see the way through. "The things that she could tell us, even with the lies woven through them--"

"You have coaxed enough information from her for my purposes," Mara Sov interrupted. Wahei frowned. You, perhaps. But there are other players on the board, O Sovereign of the Awoken. As the Warlock ruminated, the Queen was still speaking of the danger that Xivu Arath posed, concluding with, "You once swore to aid me in my plans. I call on you once more, Guardian Ohr."

Wahei sighed to herself. "I'll gather my team and head for the Dreaming City." The Queen closed connection as the Voidwalker looked down at the circle that she'd drawn around herself. Runes and markings lined the perimeter, with several nodes containing artifacts she'd hoped would help focus her visions, including the components she'd pried out of Magda-9's forecasting device-- a piece of Reef Amethyst, a Splinter of Darkness, and a Shard of the Traveler. Placed in front of her had been the Wayfinder's Compass, which glimmered in a way that only someone familiar with paracausal energies might have detected.

She collected these all and slipped them into a pocket on her satchel, then began to slowly wipe the chalk markings of the circle off the cold stone floor. Vizier watched her. "What did you see this time?" the Ghost asked quietly.

Wahei looked up and out of the entrance of the cave where she'd holed up, the shape of the Pyramid sitting ominously on the horizon, through the haze of a distant snowstorm. Again and again, details change, but the outcome seems to be the same. How do I stop the ritual from failing?

"Constants and variables," she sighed.

Destiny 2 - Seeking Foresight

Wahei : warlock : kingslayer : seeker of insight

1 : the Ley Lines converge : the worm gods roar : for the Reef : Light against Darkness : the Rachis falls : a Techeun sniped : the ritual fails--

2 : Saint has doubts : the War God smiles : the Reef defiant : I see you : the shield breaks : the Queen crushed : the ritual fails--

3 : the Hive pours forth : hold this line to the last soldier : I see you : we're being overrun : an ogre bellows : a Queen Taken : the ritual fails--

4 : the ritual holds : I see you : there's too many of them : break against my shield : Light ascendant : risen from bones : the ritual fails--

5 : I see you : none shall enter : swarm and scorn and blight : snipers duel : hammer against rage : a blighted detonation : the ritual fails--

6 : I see you : hold this line : I see you : none shall enter : I see you : reach through the veil and twist : I see you--

7 : I see you : searching through the twisting lines : seeking a path to victory : there is a way past failure : all those roads lead to me : and it is majestic : majestic--

Wahei : voidwalker : shadebinder : Haruspex 

Destiny 2 - Transcript of a Tribunal

TYPE: Transcription

DESCRIPTION: Vanguard Tribunal 3647.59

CASE #: TRIB-3647-59-POI-0480 (Magda-9)

PARTIES: Twelve [12]; One [1] Guardian-type, Class Titan, designate Commander Zavala [CZ]; One [1] Guardian-type, Class Hunter, designate Shiro-4 [S4]; One [1] Human-type, designate Sarielle Shu [SS]; One [1] Human-type, designate Valentin Anders [VA]; One [1] Human-type, designate Deputy Commander Hammon [DCH]; One [1] Eliksni-type, designate Eido [EID]; One [1] Psion-type, designate Tsacsii [TSA]; One [1] Awoken-type, designate Zahid Pan [ZP]; One [1] Guardian-type, Class Warlock, designate Magda-9 [M9]; One [1] Guardian-type, Class Warlock, designate Ikora Rey [IR]; One [1] Exo-type, designate Elsie Bray [EB]; One [1] Guardian-type, Class Warlock, designate Wahei Ohr [WO]

ASSOCIATIONS: Black Fleet; Bray, Clovis I; Bray, Elisabeth [AKA Bray, Elsie; Stranger, Exo]; Clarity Control; Clovis Bray (corporation); Consensus; Crota; Crow, The [AKA Sov, Uldren]; Darkness; Eliksni; Endless Night; Eventide; Forge Star, The [AKA 2082 Volantis]; FOTC [AKA Civic Defense]; Great Disaster; Hive; House of Light; Last City; Light; Lux Ruinas; Mahal, Aunor; Namrask [AKA Akileuks]; Ohr, Wahei; Praxic Order; Reef; Sacred Splicers; Shadows of Salvation; Shadows of Yor; Stasis; Tribunal; Vergift, Dredgen [AKA Versenne, Magdalene; Magda-9]; Vex; WoS; Xivu Arath

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Destiny 2 - Shadowfall III (END)

Elsie Bray led the way through the manufactory complex. "I've been down here before," the Exo Stranger told the rest of the team. "I know some of the places that Versenne might be located."

"No need." Jinju, Ana Bray's Ghost, piped in. "Looks like Vizier left some nav markers for us. Plus, Wahei had said something about Vergift going down into the Vex caverns. I'll bet she had Vizier mark the route for us."

Shin Malphur kept his hand hovering over the butt of the Last Word on his hip. "From what you said, Vergift worked in this place in her first life. I'll bet she's got traps all over. So, eyes up, everyone."

Aunor Mahal kept her pulse rifle ready. "When we find her, I want her taken alive, Malphur." He shot her a look over his shoulder, but the Praxic Warlock met his gaze firmly. "I don't care about your own personal code, gunslinger. The Praxic Order still seeks to redeem those who stray from the Light."

The Man with the Golden Gun scoffed. "Didn't work out too well when you captured Teufel, did it?"

Aunor whirled on him, poking him in the chest. "We still have to give them the chance. How many Warlords changed their ways after taking the Iron Decree?"

"For every Shaxx, there were at least two Citans," Malphur retorted. "And redemption depends on the person thinking they did something wrong. Guarantee you Vergift doesn't think she's in the wrong."

Ana looked back at them. "Can we save the debate for later? We should be keeping an eye out for traps."

"Agreed," Elsie piped in. "I'm picking up some kind of strange signal in here." She looked at Aunor. "Same one we picked up earlier, before the Golem turned up. It's probably how Vergift is monitoring everything in here."

"Let's just hope that Ohr's sensible enough not to engage her before we get there," Malphur grunted.

Rega-7 barked out a laugh. "Wahei can be rash sometimes, but she's not that foolish."

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Destiny 2 - Shadowfall II

Versenne : engineer : Magda-9 : warlock : Vergift : armorer

1 : the City burns : an empty Sky : the Pyramid : your god has forsaken you : a Queen falls : a Queen rises : Darkness ascendant : salvation--

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The entrance to the Braytech manufactory had been cracked open some time long before, snow and ice crusting over many surfaces inside the vestibule. The power had been cut off in this part of the facility, with only a handful of flickering emergency lights providing illumination. Elsie Bray didn't need the lights to see, with her Exo eyes, but Aunor Mahal did not have the same advantage, so her Ghost had compiled out and was shining his light around. Here and there, disabled security frames stood wreathed in ice, and fallen Exos had collapsed against walls or counters.

"Bahaghari, can you detect Wahei?" Aunor asked, warily regarding the area.