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Orin's encounter with the mysterious creature affected her heavily, and she began experiencing hallucinations that spoke to her in languages she did not understand. She attempted to continue both her relationship with Namqi and her search for Sjur's killer, but felt pulled in other directions and often felt a phantom hand around her throat. Orin thought it felt like there was somewhere and someone else she must be but was unable to voice those feelings or even feel horror over those feelings, but instead only felt lonely. As her condition worsened she found it difficult to separate dreams from reality and developed synesthesia focused on the number nine. She attempted to explain her condition to Gol, Namqi, and Mara, who all encouraged her to halt her search as it became clear that the [[Nine]] were involved and that she needed rest. Orin could not give up the hunt and continued searching for the tentacle-faced man, but also felt as though she was searching for herself.<ref name="ES">'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Activision Blizzard - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ecdysis#Synesthesia|Ecdysis - Synesthesia]]''</ref> | Orin's encounter with the mysterious creature affected her heavily, and she began experiencing hallucinations that spoke to her in languages she did not understand. She attempted to continue both her relationship with Namqi and her search for Sjur's killer, but felt pulled in other directions and often felt a phantom hand around her throat. Orin thought it felt like there was somewhere and someone else she must be but was unable to voice those feelings or even feel horror over those feelings, but instead only felt lonely. As her condition worsened she found it difficult to separate dreams from reality and developed synesthesia focused on the number nine. She attempted to explain her condition to Gol, Namqi, and Mara, who all encouraged her to halt her search as it became clear that the [[Nine]] were involved and that she needed rest. Orin could not give up the hunt and continued searching for the tentacle-faced man, but also felt as though she was searching for herself.<ref name="ES">'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Activision Blizzard - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ecdysis#Synesthesia|Ecdysis - Synesthesia]]''</ref> | ||
====Lost in Grief==== | |||
Orin's obsessive search for answers put her out of contact for months at a time. After returning to the Reef, she learned that Namqi had perished in an [[Aphelion]] attack and that no one had been able to reach her. She traveled to an Awoken outpost on [[324 Bamberga]] to view a transcript of Namqi's final words in which he professed his love for her. As Orin left the [[Gensym Scribes|Gensym]] lab, she was overwhelmed by grief and did not know what to do next. She met another Lightbearer who introduced themselves as Wu Ming and claimed to be an old friend of Namqi. Due to her grief and the mental toil her search for the Nine, Orin did not recognize Wu Ming as her old comrade Eli and found comfort in his presence in the absence of Namqi. They meet repeatedly, with Wu Ming questioning her about the Nine and what they could do. Unable to hold back, Orin told him everything she had learned of the Nine but also confessed her deepest fears and feelings. Wu Ming did the same, coming to see Orin as a kindred spirit, and confessed to her of his own fears and hatred of the Light as a burden he never asked for.<ref name="ES"/> | |||
After many conversations with Wu Ming, Orin was horrified to learn that he had lied about his friendship with Namqi and his identity. He was in fact a rogue known as the Drifter and had gone under many names, including Dredgen Hope as a member of the [[Shadows of Yor]]. Orin believed that he had manipulated and tricked her for his own gain, learning of his past and considering him little more than a scared con man and murderer. Blaming herself for revealing too much to the Drifter and that there was no way to mend her mistake, Orin fled from the Reef. However, her connection to the Light was soon severed along with every other Lightbearer's when the [[Red Legion]] invaded the Last City and trapped the Traveler in a [[Traveler Cage|cage]]. Terrified by the sudden schism from her Light, Orin was vulnerable when the Nine reached out and began manipulating her to seek them and declared to her that Orin was not her name.<ref name="ES"/> | |||
Orin sought out nine [[Ghosts]] who had gone beyond the Solar System and inquired after their findings. Receiving only a set of coordinates, she left them.<ref name="Long"/> She also found several "deep-orbit minds" in the midst of her search, although these may be the same Ghosts.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Sudden Death]]''</ref> | Orin sought out nine [[Ghosts]] who had gone beyond the Solar System and inquired after their findings. Receiving only a set of coordinates, she left them.<ref name="Long"/> She also found several "deep-orbit minds" in the midst of her search, although these may be the same Ghosts.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Sudden Death]]''</ref> | ||