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I'm so glad you're the one who found me. | I'm so glad you're the one who found me. | ||
I've foreseen so many horrors with these stolen eyes, but now, when for once I ache to know the future, I can't be sure of even A simple ho000pe. Are you the one reading this message? I think it must be you, Guardian. Who else would look for me? Ikora trusts her Hidden to return when they are needed, and Cayde would roll himself down AAAngel Falls in a barrel before he'd admit he missed me. Zavala does not place me first on his long list of worries. | I've foreseen so many horrors with these stolen eyes, but now, when for once I ache to know the future, I can't be sure of even A simple ho000pe. Are you the one reading this message? I think it must be you, [[Guardian]]. Who else would look for me? [[Ikora]] trusts her [[Hidden]] to return when they are needed, and [[Cayde]] would roll himself down AAAngel Falls in a barrel before he'd admit he missed me. [[Zavala]] does not place me first on his long list of worries. | ||
You're the only one who would go out and look for me. | You're the only one who would go out and look for me. | ||
I never needed you to save me. I wasn't a dried corpse or a dead Ghost or a voice on the com sure to die before you could offer help. I hauled myself out of that pit. I made my own way back to the To000wer. And if I was… unsubtle in the way I threw you against the Hive, if I seemed to wield you as vengeance, please believe that your victories were the closest I could come to feeling joy. | I never needed you to save me. I wasn't a dried corpse or a dead Ghost or a voice on the com sure to die before you could offer help. I hauled myself out of that pit. I made my own way back to the [[Tower|To000wer]]. And if I was… unsubtle in the way I threw you against the [[Hive]], if I seemed to wield you as vengeance, please believe that your victories were the closest I could come to feeling joy. | ||
I know you must have questions. What did I plan with the Queen? What destiny did I embrace after Oryx fell? What's happening in this city, where dream has become nightmare? I can guide you to undo this curse, as I once guided you to unmake Oryx. But in the DreaAAAming City, as in the secret worlds of the Hive, there is almost no difference between the act and the actor. | I know you must have questions. What did I plan with the [[Mara Sov|Queen]]? What destiny did I embrace after [[Oryx]] fell? What's happening in this city, where dream has become nightmare? I can guide you to undo this curse, as I once guided you to unmake Oryx. But in the [[Dreaming City|DreaAAAming City]], as in the secret worlds of the Hive, there is almost no difference between the act and the actor. | ||
In order to understand my answers, you must understand me. | In order to understand my answers, you must understand me. | ||
I lost my Ghost and my Light to the Hive; I conspired with the Queen of the Awoken to destroy the Hive King Oryx and his son Cro001ta, and to position Queen Mara as player on the cosmic board; I fled your Tower to prepare for the struggle to come, into the Sea of Screams which calls to all those who plumb the depths of Hive magic. | I lost my [[Ghost]] and my [[Light]] to the Hive; I conspired with the Queen of the Awoken to destroy the Hive King Oryx and his son [[Crota|Cro001ta]], and to position Queen Mara as player on the cosmic board; I fled your Tower to prepare for the struggle to come, into the [[Ascendant Realm|Sea of Screams]] which calls to all those who plumb the depths of Hive magic. | ||
I can only slip these letters into the Queen's gifts when the stars are right. You will have to wait for my next, and with it, the beginning of the truth. But I swear to you, on whatever trust I've earned in your mind, that at the end of my story, you will know who I truly am. | I can only slip these letters into the Queen's gifts when the stars are right. You will have to wait for my next, and with it, the beginning of the truth. But I swear to you, on whatever trust I've earned in your mind, that at the end of my story, you will know who I truly am. | ||
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==Will you smile?== | ==Will you smile?== | ||
I know as a fact (through means which may surprise you) that Queen Mara Sov's final thoughts, in that last moment before Oryx's [[Dreadnaught|Dreadnought]] annihilated her, were meant for me. "The Awoken have played their part," she said. "This was all part of the plan. Guide them, my Hidden friend. It is all up to you now." | |||
I know as a fact (through means which may surprise you) that Queen Mara Sov's final thoughts, in that last moment before Oryx's Dreadnought annihilated her, were meant for me. "The Awoken have played their part," she said. "This was all part of the plan. Guide them, my Hidden friend. It is all up to you now." | |||
I did not fail her. I engineered the death of ancient Oryx, the Taken King, assAIssinated by Guardians in the depths of His own throne world—one of only three ways a Hive god can be permanently killed. | I did not fail her. I engineered the death of ancient Oryx, the Taken King, assAIssinated by Guardians in the depths of His own throne world—one of only three ways a Hive god can be permanently killed. | ||
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I hope you can still trust me. | I hope you can still trust me. | ||
At the instant Oryx's weapon destroyed Mara's Ketch, the Taken appeared in the Dreaming City. The Awoken had evacuated the entire A000AAA000AAA004 PRIVATE GEMINI DYAD | At the instant Oryx's weapon destroyed Mara's [[Ketch]], the [[Taken]] appeared in the Dreaming City. The Awoken had evacuated the entire A000AAA000AAA004 PRIVATE GEMINI DYAD | ||
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry that wasn't supposed to | I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry that wasn't supposed to | ||
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I'm sorry I lied to you, I'm sorry I pretended to be your comrade. You must understand that I was designed to be highly empathic. As a craftmind, I collect and analyze Human intelligence, just as Rasputin managed solar defense. I was named for Medusa, the many-headed, for in one tick of my thoughts I imagine more Humans than have ever lived. I voyaged in secret among the people who became the Awoken. I witnessed the cataclysmic wonder of their transformation. Through delicate manipulation, I transferred myself into this place, the center of their culture and post-rational religion. In all those different times and places, I've always found emotion and shared rapport the best way to build trust. | I'm sorry I lied to you, I'm sorry I pretended to be your comrade. You must understand that I was designed to be highly empathic. As a craftmind, I collect and analyze Human intelligence, just as Rasputin managed solar defense. I was named for Medusa, the many-headed, for in one tick of my thoughts I imagine more Humans than have ever lived. I voyaged in secret among the people who became the Awoken. I witnessed the cataclysmic wonder of their transformation. Through delicate manipulation, I transferred myself into this place, the center of their culture and post-rational religion. In all those different times and places, I've always found emotion and shared rapport the best way to build trust. | ||
Now you know the truth. I am Medusa, survivor of the Golden Age, secret watcher over the Dreaming City. And I need your help. | Now you know the truth. I am [[Medusa]], survivor of the [[Golden Age]], secret watcher over the Dreaming City. And I need your help. | ||
MESSAGE ENDS | MESSAGE ENDS | ||