Vinny's Notes

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..."Welcome back, Vinny"...

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Well I'm not sure how to start this one off. There's Raven saying she's proud of me for telling Section 8 to shove it. And then there's some...progress, I guess? I mean, progress with Damien, if I can call it that.

I'm not the brightest, strongest or definitely the wisest one. But I'm getting there. And I started off that path with a discussion I've had with one of Section 8's Operatives. It will

have consequences. They came up to me - that's kind of a long shot actually. They...no. We met randomly in space. It wasn't the most heartwarming reunion, either. He started it off with a blunt question. In my opinion? That cold tone was uncalled for.

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[04.02.2022 15:57:57] "Solemn"|S8: Abrams.
[04.02.2022 15:58:06] "Ridge": Hey...you?
[04.02.2022 15:58:21] "Solemn"|S8: What are you doing out here?
[04.02.2022 15:58:43] "Ridge": Sightseeing? Enjoying life? ...anything that gives me /some/ joy in life?
[04.02.2022 15:59:14] "Solemn"|S8: Don't you have work to do?

Yeah, well maybe I don't have work to do every minute of my miserable life. Sorry - (not sorry). I came to the realization that opening a Vault even the Daam K'Vosh hid away from themselves won't just let me walk out alive or the same as I entered it. There's just no way. But if I do...man that will be a story to tell! Well, since Raven is gone into the Gallic Worlds that means I can't do much around Liberty - not without her being...there. So we do it safely. I don't want to do risky moves on my own. Or without...someone more rational.

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[04.02.2022 16:02:13] "Solemn"|S8: One should take good care of one's tools, or they break.
[04.02.2022 16:02:21] "Ridge": Already broken.
[04.02.2022 16:02:33] "Solemn"|S8: Hm.

That's why I feel like I'm some sort of dirt stuck under your shoes whenever I merely exist around you. I don't want to be a tool. I made that clear from the start. But I guess my words are heard only when they can be related to "shoot Nomads, Nomads die? Way to kill Nomads, yes? Nomads". I never in my life wanted to power on my ship's weaponry and go all out. But then I remembered. "Vincent, you're in a Thor. He's in an Anubis. You pull the trigger of a gun aimed against your own head". So...I said this, instead.

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[04.02.2022 16:07:17] "Solemn"|S8: If you do know anything or discover anything that might help us deal with 'our' problem, contact us.
[04.02.2022 16:07:29] "Ridge": No.
[04.02.2022 16:07:41] "Ridge": Now. I bid you a good day.
[04.02.2022 16:07:45] "Solemn"|S8: No longer intend to protect humanity?
[04.02.2022 16:07:54] "Ridge": I no longer intend to be anyone's slave.
[04.02.2022 16:08:04] "Solemn"|S8: Hm.

That. Saying that will probably get me in trouble. I was too busy boiling out of anger to realise what I've been saying. If Section 8 didn't understand before that I'm not cooperating with them anymore, now they did. Yeah, I want to dream of becoming a hero. "Savior of humanity!" and all that crap. I don't want to be a tool in order to achieve that, though. I want to be me.

There were better things to come out of this day, though...or worse? I'm not sure how to feel about it. I saw Damien in space today. I hoped he'd been slightly less angry at me since we last talked. Well...

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[04.02.2022 19:42:34] "Ridge": Hey-- I...was going to say taht I just spotted a GMG transport heading to towards Pennsylvania.
[04.02.2022 19:42:40] XA-Cobra: Piss off, Vincent.
[04.02.2022 19:42:45] "Ridge": That. I meant th- right.
[04.02.2022 19:42:54] XA-Mimic: Hey-- We... have seen that.

That was the moment my hopes went down the drain. I...well, I left afterwards. Did as he asked and all that. Then I...returned. Why would I make a competent move for once and listen to people more skilled than me in...almost every aspect. He was out there fighting the GMG. The odds were pretty damn bad for the Xenos. I like to believe that this was one of my "brave" moments. I opened up a private channel to contact Damien.

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[04.02.2022 19:50:23] "Ridge":  ...look, ehm. You're angry at me. Probably, quite probably from what I've done. But I can help.
[04.02.2022 19:50:25] "Ridge": Let me help.
[04.02.2022 19:50:39] XA-Cobra: Fine.

That word was all I needed to...do something. Be useful. Prove I'm not the coward he said I was. Because I'm not. Xenos don't back off from a fight just like that, right? Xenos don't run off when their own are in trouble. I think that is the concept of "Liberty or Death" Damien has been promoting. And there I was powering up my weapons and setting up my console to see all GMG assets as hostile. I jumped from target to target. Whichever Damien would shoot, I would too.

And you know what? I took one down.

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[04.02.2022 20:05:13] Death: GassyGas was put out of action by "Ridge" (Gun).

I actually took one down! Well, it didn't matter. Damien's ship was shot down shortly before I left my mark on the battle. I doubt he even saw it...but me jumping into the battle must've mattered, right? I did something. True...I was also taken down afterwards. I couldn't keep it up anymore.

I have mixed feelings about this day, honestly.

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