It took a while for him to convince me. Convince me that it was fine with Clan regulations to walk around without a warframe in the dojo. Rhino was like a big brother, but he never told me his name or showed me the real him. Most warframes have a Tenno operating them so it was clear that he was nearby using transference to control the Rhino frame.
He had been in the clan a while as well, or so ive heard, and just as he said everyone accepted a new recruit with open arms. I had left my Oberon frame on my orbiter. The dojo wasnt like others. They had given each person rooms, which were really clamps where you could hook your obiter to the wall, making dorm room like quarters.
If you weren't here for an extended period of time there was a docking yard, copied just like the ones the relays have. My friend Rhino had an alert to go to Ceres so in turn i was left alone on the dojo. He had told me to stay and since he was one of the few i trusted here i listened and stayed put... for a few minutes. I had never been in a dojo before. The walls were coloured finely. Not my taste but not bad in any way, in my opinion autumn brown matched with the silver metal. The halls echoed with the sweet harmonies of the Octavia frames that gathered in the main hall. Everyone crowded around them so it was clear i intended to avoid them.
I had stood out, while other Tenno were there to show off their newly obtained frames and colours, i was there in my Koppra suit. It was nice to have the hood open. Unlike the warframes who have enhanced resistances to the elements i could feel the cold air. The soothing feeling of it brush against my face while i walked. it was something i never really got to experience before, having been cryosleep.. that and i dont want to mention the cold blizzard ordis dropped me in earlier. Lotus had given me a gift when she realized my vision was blurred, The orokin creation, glasses.
I walked out of the main hall, happy to because the crowd of people around the Octavia had noticed a boy walking through the dojo. I know all they wanted was to greet the new recruit but i dont do well with crowds, i hate how crowded the relays are. I hesitated at the doorway though, because i realized a familiar face. Valkyr. She wasnt like the other Tenno, despite all her troubled past she still stands strong and proud. A beacon of the Tenno will in my opinion, and a role model to me. I had met her on an alert earlier, she saved me more times then i could have counted
I had just gotten out of cryosleep so a change in transference was hard to get used to. I had tried to go on missions again and again, thinking she could teach me new ways to increase my transference capabilities. She ignored me until i sent a video message to her
ship cephalon, showing my actual face and not my warframes. After i did she sent back saying she'd "Think about it." After that i ended up seeing her more where i would be. Away on the other side of crowds in relays on my trip to Chephalon Suda or to see my friend Clem. Hes always fun to talk with.
Other times were on alerts where she'd end up being there already... but its just a coincidence. I gave her a soft wave which was returned with her turning away and disappearing into the crowd. I realized she was probably busy and kept walking, passing the many doors that led to research labs. However my nose caught the scent of incense, making me turn and follow it. It lead to a room with red wood arches and water ponds with floating candles.
My eyes were too busy taking in all the flickering flames that danced behind the white paper sheets that i didnt realize i was walking right towards another warframe.
I did realize by the time i had walked face first into her back, an Ivara frame hanging from a dashwire between the arches. "Ah, a child walks into the dojo." She said as she looked down, the lens of her helmet zooming
into on my face, remembering each detail. i stuttered my words, not expecting a conversation. "Dont worry, young tenno. I dont bite. Are you the new recruit that the Warden had sent the message about?"
All i did was nod. "Do you not speak? Didnt the Lotus teach you to be polite?" She asked as she slide off the wire, hanging upside down by just one leg, now face level with me.
it took me a second to gather words "Y-yes. I do speak. I just.. havent been this close to an Ivara frame.." She chuckled and nodded, her colours green and white, fitting the frog nickname shes usually given.
"It is a hassle to get one. Most people dont want to search for them." I nodded and stepped back before asking a question "Do you usually come here? The garden.. i mean." She nodded
the question stirring an interest in her. "I come here while others are running the obstacle course to try and beat my record. i wait until they're done before setting it even higher."
"An.. obstacle course?" I asked confused, not knowing they had a course for such. "If you are telling me you havent been on it yet i might just have to take you mys-"
She paused, opening her personal screen to her inbox. I wasnt quick enough to read the words flipped around but i did make out the name at the top "Valkyr." I went to ask but before i could she quickly jumped from the wire and bowed, raising her hand for a shake. "Im sorry, i have urgent matters to attend to so i must be off."
I didnt know she wanted a shake so i just gently high fived it to which she walked off with a giggle and a hushed "Adorable." Ordis spoke to me through the comms in my suit, "I should find some old war data on social interactions for you operator." I nodded "Id appreciate that orids. THe knowledge would be benefit me it seems." With that i made my way further into the dojo. However I was too stubborn to realize the fact i was hopelessly lost.
That was until i realize it was much much late into the night by the automated voice of the Warden, the Clans leader,'s cephalon stating it was near midnight. I had somehow made my way to the docking area of the dojo, only a few ships still hooked to the platforms. The reason i went this way were some of the doors were locked, which i thought was a bit strange but i didnt think much of it.
I walked across the platform, not knowing all this time while i walked my hips swayed softly from side to side. Lotus herself had almost mistaken me for a female when she first saw me in the flesh. Even though being a boy i never thought much of it, for it didnt do me any wrong. It didnt help all of the clothing i had to chose from clung to my skin, showing the soft curves my body had.
I was too caught up in thought i didnt realize i was walking towards another locked door. I did realize inches from it and sighed, gently brushing my hand against the cold metal. "Why are all the doors lo-" At that moment my heart stopped with a fright as an arrow landed hard against the wall, spraying out a green smoke which made my vision go fuzzy and my body weak. My body quickly fell and the last things i saw were claws catching me before i hit the ground.
