[Video/Action] 1st Sortie

[primeddreams]

"Ordis, report." There was no response. "Ordis?" Still nothing. The only thing she could hear was the strange humanoid hologram informing her that she had been kidnapped. Though, fortunately, it didn't seem to be Alad V's doing this time. People would get a brief flash of a metal, eyeless face with a large crest before the device was quickly hung up. She didn't really want to give her presence away in a new world but- well what was done was done.

The Tenno of Naramon stepped out of the bay, device in hand, the necklace wrapped several times around one wrist. Her primed Nyx had been modeled into the Nemesis pattern and was decorated with gold and the twisted bones of Sentients along with a two pronged cape. Next to her head hovered a blue orb-shaped robot with two 'feet' dangling down below it. Armed with a shotgun, some sort of side arm, and a sword, she stopped, lowering herself a little bit as she looked out across the oddly primitive city that she was now facing. "At least transference is holding. But where am I? It doesn't look like the void..." Talking to oneself was a bad habit but it was one she had picked up a long time ago and she wasn't about to stop.

She tapped one clawed finger against her sidearm several times before tenatively straightening up. There was only one thing to do to get to the bottom of this and it would be better to not accidentally shoot someone helpful in the face.

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[wardreamer]

With nowhere else to really go, the other Tenno had not gone far from the bay after his initial exploration. When he spotted a Nyx coming out of the bay he was originally rather relieved to see a familiar sight. The armor, however was something that took him aback. Almost as if this Tenno had ripped parts off Stalker in the middle of a fight and fashioned it onto their own frame.

He approached slowly, trying to appear as non threatening as possible, he waves. "Hello? I see you're stuck here too..."

[primeddreams]

Nyx, to her credit, only tensed when she was addressed, her hand touching the handle of her Euphona Prime but not drawing it. She did relax when she saw Volt, approaching the warframe and giving a small bow.

Upon closer inspection it was clear that this was a highly decorated warframe. Between the inscribed 12 in her stratios emblem to the glowing emblem marking her a veteran of the trials on the other. Not to mention the prisma crystals decorating her cape and sentinel.

"Greetings Tenno. I was half expecting to see Alad V and Zanuka. I'm glad to see I was wrong."

[scarlet_devil]

If she's in the area after dark, what looks like a child with bat wings will fly by... before pausing and glancing at her with mild interest.

[primeddreams]

She certainly was. Nyx was sitting, or floating, cross legged and meditating under a tree. She didn't look up at the vampire though the sentinel hovering next to her turned to stare. It had a green glow in the center like an eye, tracking the little vampire's movements.

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[k2so]

[Those are some very nice weapons, Kay can appreciate the craftsmanship. He also can appreciate the view of what it seems to be another droid.]

My best guess is that you are now in Genessia city, everyone wakes up in the bay. So...hello?

[primeddreams]

The Tenno paused and had to answer the device again. She had been right. It was some kind of primitive communicator. She was mildly surprised to have a robot contacting her. Not because it was anything new but because it looked neither orokin nor corpus in design. That, and it was actually being nice to her.

The eyeless metal face stared at the screen before replaying with a cautious, "Hello. Yes I just exited one of those pods." The voice was feminine and younger sounding than one would expect from a space ninja.

[scarlet_devil]

Well, clearly a newcomer... but kind of occupied for the moment.

[primeddreams]

Nyx didn't move. She didn't speak. She just remained there. The little sentinel did not stop tracking Remilia's movements though. Though it wasn't clear if it was due to her movement or because she was flying or simply because she was the only one in its line of sight.

[wardreamer]

Messing with Volt's color scheme was something that helped pass the time while trying to make sense of the latest mystery he's unearthed. However, upon closer examination, he had to say he was impressed. True he had a few primed weapons and two primed frames but none were nearly as ornate as this Nyx Prime. Of course the Stratios emblem illustrated the difference between them. This was a far more experienced Tenno than he was.

"I'm glad you were wrong as well." He did not have fond memories of his encounters with Alad V. "Though you won't find any sign of Corpus or Grineer here, and there's no infestation I can find. It's oddly... peaceful here."

[scarlet_devil]

"What's this?" Remilia muttered, landing nearby, curious about the little floating robot...

[primeddreams]

Nyx smoothly slid her hands forward and down as the vampire landed, her feet touching the ground. She looked to the vampire, the metal plate that served as the face lacking any sort of distinguishable features...

"May I help you?" The voice was curt but non hostile. The little robot was still watching Remilia.

[primeddreams]

"That's... unusual." Her tone had shifted slightly, opening and closing her hands several times restlessly. "If it is so peaceful why were we sent here?" A good question. And it was one she intended to find the answer to if she could. Though that was a more daunting task than she could know at this time.

She took another look around the city before shaking her head. Though she didn't voice what she was thinking just yet. "Are there any others? The Tenno, I mean. The Orokin?" A pause. "... The Lotus?"

[scarlet_devil]

"I am simply curious. You do stand out, after all." Remilia is of course being friendly. Still, she assumes Nyx is a robot herself at first.

[primeddreams]

Though she didn't smell like a robot. No oil or anything like it.

"I see. I have only met one other tenno like myself. I suppose this warframe is a rather unusual sight."

[k2so]

[She might find more modern tech in Nova, thought the communicator it's one of a kind.]

Then you must be very confused, everyone is upon arriving. I was mostly annoyed.

I'm K2SO.

[primeddreams]

Confused was an understatement. But introductions. That she could do.

She gave a small nod to the robot on the other end of the device. "I am a Tenno. In service to the Lotus and following the path of Naramon." And apparently she didn't have a name.

There was a pause. "... Might I ask... You are autonomous, correct?"

[wardreamer]

Volt shakes his head. "No. No traces of any of them. As far as I can tell, we're the only Tenno here, and I've been out of contact with The Lotus since coming here myself." He's actually rather glad that Volt doesn't have a face, otherwise he might let on just how devastating that was to actually say aloud. If he didn't say it, he could pretend it wasn't true after all.

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[primeddreams]

"... I see." A pause. "Wait. You had contact with-" She stopped herself. She had seen The Lotus leave herself. So how did... Either Volt had been here singificantly longer than she had, or there was some sort of space-time bending going on. And knowing the void, the latter wasn't out of the question.

"How long have you been here?" She didn't want to go too much into what happened just yet.

[k2so]

Ah That's...new. I haven't heard of Tennos before, you might be the first one here.

[It's time Kay to nod.]

That's right. I am my own person. For a wide definition of 'person'.

[primeddreams]

"I see..." The only autonomous robots she was familiar with were the sentient. And they wanted nothing more than to kill the Tenno.

"I'm afraid my experience with sentient artificial lifeforms is... Limited." To put it lightly. "You do not appear to be one of the Sentient though. Where did you come from?"

[k2so]

[Good thing she isn't in her world. There's plenty of sentient robots here that are very much not into killing.]

That's alright, I know we are not the norm on most universes. I was built on a planet called Vulpter but I was soon shipped away to a different destination. i traveled the galaxy since the day I was destroyed. And then I am here.

[wardreamer]

Volt cocked his head to the side for a moment. Had something happened to the Lotus? That would be... bad. Really bad. For everyone.

"Yes, I spoke with her not long before waking up here. I've only been here a few weeks. Has something happened while I was trapped here?"

[primeddreams]

But it had been longer than a few weeks...

"I see... Perhaps our trip through the void bent time as well as space." She shook her head.

There was a pause. "I'm sorry. I hate to be the one to inform you of this, but the Lotus has been missing for about three Earth months now. Taken by the Orokin named Balus. A great number of Tenno are currently looking for her."

"To find her though we must first focus on escaping this place. Or accept that the task has fallen to others."

[primeddreams]

"I see. You truly are from another world then. This planet and this star... I don't believe it is in the galaxy I'm familiar with." A long pause. "Then again, our attempts to colonize outside of our immediate solar system ended with disaster."

Mostly because of the sentient.

[wardreamer]

"Ballas!?" That name seemed to pop up every time he unearthed a new warframe. The botanist that helped Margulis with Titania certainly had a lot to say about him, and everything he could find pointed toward Ballas betraying Margulis.

Volt is stunned silent for quite some time. If Ballas got to the Lotus... well, that just spelled bad news for everyone, not to mention the army of angry children with super powers gunning for his head.

"I... three months now? This... this is bad... very bad... How could Ballas still be alive!?"

[primeddreams]

"It's not clear. The Orokin had great technology and were quite cunning. We will get her back. Rest assured." Nyx was remaining calm. Or at least appeared to be. It was fairly clear from how her warframe vented and crackled with blue energy that she was upset.

"For now we shall bide our time and explore our options. Panic and rash action will do very little good."

From her attitude it was fairly clear she hailed from the Naramon school. Or perhaps Vazarin or Zenurik.

[wardreamer]

Even as much of a pacifist as he was, he was still a blade of Madurai and retained some of those tendencies. Volt's grip on the Boltor tightened enough to make the material creak slightly.

"And while we wait, who knows what Ballas is doing to her. We need to act. Now."

There's a beat as Volt's shoulders fall slightly. "Of all the times... why did the void have to trap us here..."

[primeddreams]

"I don't like it any more than you. But we cannot help her if we are dead, can we?" Her tone was harsh. "Transference is maintained here but I cannot feel the pod around me or under me. We must know the next step before taking it." Definitely Naramon.

"Holster your gun and show me this place. I will assist in searching for a way to escape."

[k2so]

Either that or you are from the Unknown Territories. But even if that were the case, you would have heard of the Empire. Does it sound familiar?

[wardreamer]

He takes a deep breath, Volt's shoulders rising and falling slowly with it before sliding the boltor onto his back.

"You're right... Come on, I'll show you around, but there's little in valuable information in this place."

[scarlet_devil]

Not quite a being she's familiar with. Hmm...

"What exactly is a warframe?"

[primeddreams]

"It's the form you see me in now." She rolled her shoulders and straightened up, her joints locking. A moment later a person stepped... phased out of the armor. A girl in a green a grey suit with gilded trim and a glowing blue emblem on the left side of her chest. Her hair was straw blonde with green eyes and bizarre blue scar tissue smeared across her face.

"I suppose it is somewhat intimidating." She was over a foot shorter now if you counted the warframe's crest. She held out her hand to shake. "Hello. I'm the Tenno of Naramon." It sounded more like a title than a name. "And my warframe is Nyx."

[primeddreams]

"It does not. I'm sorry." She inclined her head slightly. "I don't think I'm from the same world. I hail from the Origin System. The Orokin were only first reaching out to colonize other stars when... a variety of disasters befell them.

[scarlet_devil]

"I'm not easily intimidated," Remilia replies confidently. "Hm, sounds almost like a title."

[primeddreams]

Well excuse her for trying to be polite. "Pardon. Most are off-put by the frame."

The second comment gave her pause though, the girl frowning a little in thought. "Well... I suppose it is. I don't have a name, or, rather I don't remember it. You may address me as 'Tenno' or as 'Nyx' if you desire."

[k2so]

Don't worry, it was a small chance. [He returns the head gesture.] That doesn't sounds familiar to me and I have an almost infinite number of data stored about our galaxy. Did the Orokin encounter stile races?