Meeting at the Citadel

[Kauket]

Revenant was not phased by the opening, but pained - pained in a way from the previous damage they suffered with their broken bond with the long lost Nomad - it was akin to an open port, trying to find a radio signal. It produced noise. Noise, noise, noise, within the mind. Upon the outside, she only offering a furrow of a tense brow in ponder, grimacing, now that the pain they feel has opened up a realisation to one of their theories may have been given a decent backing. A thought of a psychic realm, a form of destiny. Their initial thoughts regarding their kind were more burrowed in foundation more so than ever. It has been shown time and time again.

Resisting would be futile against the infinite, not against Melia, not against Ouroboros, especially not against Harbinger, who seemed grouchier than ever. There is no point in angering them any further. Afterall, rejecting their inquiry to visit in the first place would have entailed putting up a fight with an endless armada. She knew that, she vouched to the Directorate to let them visit as they will, or face the consequences. The memories of Toledo was still fresh within her mind, the endless armada of light. They witnessed it all before. It was all an inevitable loop to them. Fight, bounce back. Fight. Bounce back. There was no point to infinite conflict. Maybe there was such a thing as a destiny. The tension was disturbing. Thoughts came into their mind, trying to calculate the scenario, thoughts hastily racing through their head, intertwining with the loud disturbance,

"Argh. Did we do something wrong? Why is he annoyed? Why does he not trust his kin? Are we in their way? Is there something more they need? Are they still going to annihilate us? Are they stuck to their instincts? Why didn't Melia take the object of interest? Should we abandon this collection? Is this a test for both of us? Did Melia test us? What can we even do? They do not appear to like the freedom of trust. The Order - no, they do not know, improbable... Is Melia mad at me?! Why is that archive so loud? Calm. Calm. Be calm."

Remaining stoic upon the outside to retain professionality, she offered no resistance to his view points - however illogical they may be to underestimate his opposition, "As you will. "

The young Administrator remained still, quite shocked. He was staring at the monitor, watching the readings go hayhire. "I, uh, this is... Wow..."

There was an awkward moment of silence, allowing themselves to calm down from their panicked thoughts, before Revenant continued, noticing Audax was enthralled by the rapid readings racing onto the monitor - fascination ultimately stunning him, "Is... Is there anything else you require?" she stated before staring over to whoever may be within Nympth now, wih in a tremble of submission of pain, trying to show that they do not intend to stop them or prevent them from leaving. She stood out of their way, still holding her arms behind her back, still masking the pain as she clenched her fists out of view as an outlet.


"I've never felt this terrified before, such fear, such rage, such pure energy. Why has my control of my sense of self vanished?" thinking once more to themselves. They stopped, hearing the voice of Eris, perking up for a moment.

A moment later, the automated system picked up on the unknown energy reading, announcing on the tannoy echoing in the corridor. Revenant snapped out of her stance upon hearing the tannoy bell ring to life, to quickly snag out her personal device, tapping away like a marathon on it,

"Attention internal units. Blackout status recorded in Sector R-2XB3. Unknown surge detected. Potential outbreak in progress. Teams 44 to 7. Deploy and diagnose. Category: ... One. -... Attention, Alert nullified. Return to standard directives. All sectors report status: Green. "


She lowered it, placing it away with a subtle release of a sigh, watching them manipulate the crystal in silence. At least the automated AI didn't go haywire. It seemed it was reset by the power fluctation of the 'awakening'. There was not much to do but to watch in awe through the visage of affliction. And pray that they don't turn on them.

"Such beauty... Such a travesty that they are all that remains of the extinct ones."

Answering the query with unease, there was a certain guilt to their words as they did not know these chunks were more than they appeared - they were directly connected to those beings. An element of life to them. Feeling as they have sinned for possibly harming another sentient creature unknowningly,

"I - We ... am -... Sorry. Curiosity drives us. It is our nature to collect, to understand, and to protect. It is within our interests to prevent Humanity from obtaining your species legacy, as it will simply mean another cycle of careless destruction. We have witnessed it, even with mere debris: Liberty. Core. The Order... It is what the Ascension has willed us all to do upon embracement. We were unsure what to do with the remnants from the expedition. Polyhymnia made no mention of what to do. We simply just ... left it in archive until further instruction. There is not much to understand from entities that are inoperable to those less... psychically gifted."

Guilt and uncertainty were afloat. Mostly confusion. Did Melia know they were giving away components that were not junk? If it were so important, why did they leave it to the archives? Whatever the reason, they were all just happy its going back to them peacefully. Another extermination event was not within the interests of the augmented.

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