A Memory Faded

[DarkTails]

Nova was now interested. These notes also proved another thing, the connections to the Order have an ulterior meaning other than defecting to them. The Commune..? I've encountered some of them.. a bunch of Cardimine sniffers, an insane bunch like the rest of them. But.. why is this stone.. speaking to me? I shouldn't have gone to Sader yet, how stupid of me! Nova knew Sader would only be going off the assumption of Hemlock and his people defecting to the Order, rather than waiting for a more clear picture, he didn't have anything else.

Nova scanned the room once more. Danger afoot..? "Operatives at the CO quarters door, hold anybody attempting to enter, and tell me once someone arrives, only I will provide clearance, I don't care if it's Sader, Jones or the President out there, hold them." Nova picked up the tattered book with the Eye of Ra. As she read the pages, her mind kept drifting back to the stone. It was alluring, it had her curiousity, yes, but now it had her attention. She wanted to know what it was, and where it came from. If it was a Nomad artifact, it had to be studied immediately. But Nova had no way to know right now, the Nomads were not her area of expertise.

No matter how much she tried, her thoughts drifted back to the stone, it would eventually become too much and she'd have the lab prepared to take it in for study. For now, she set the book down, and flipped back a couple pages in the notes for context on this 'Carthage'.