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Ch2. The orbiter, "enter sicvis"
He awoke once more, a strange feeling washing over him as he stood. A slight vertigo for a moment as if he had been swimming before hand "gnnnn... Teshin?... wh-what happened" he saw no one at first but the response to his question confirmed he was still under observation.
"You've been reawakened Tenno. Can you remember what it is you are? What you were once feared for? Why even your lotus abhors your very existence?" The question was something irrelevant surely, he'd come to expect it now, it this lotus thing. The mentioning of it for some reason brought him both comfort yet a great duress, like knowing you should run but without knowing why.
"Enough with the riddles old man..." he grumbled standing to find himself face to face with 'her' again. The metal oddity once bound to the ceiling now standing in front of him of its own volition. It stood eerily still, as though it couldn't move more rather than wouldn't. The same odd sentience clearly felt as he reached to grasp the sword he'd noticed somehow he dropped. "Wh-what is this thing."
"You've slept longer than anticipated it seems... you can't even remember your warframe can you?" And now he finally made his appearance. Stepping out from behind a collapsed pillar he'd apparently been hiding behind.
"War... frame?" He couldn't help the dumbstruck stare. The word was familiar yet new at the same time. "What's that?"
"So we will have to do things the hard way. Such a pity." A quick flick of the wrist and he launched the disk like weapon he carried above them. "You will need to endure more it seems, before you can reclaim yourself..." whatever he'd done caused the floor to open like some form of trap door, and downward he tumbled into the dark below the strange metal creature he seemed to question wrongly following suit in ever present silence.
The impact should've been worse. Would have been worse, if he hadn't managed to grab onto the metallic creature last minute. It's crimson flesh shocking him into awareness as it sprung to life and managed to land on its feet with a heavy slam as they found the ground "gnnn?" What?!" It still didn't move now. Even as it held his by comparison minuscule form aloft. "Th-thanks... c-can I get down now?" This thing didn't seem to register speech it's faceless mirror finish on its obvious helmet simply staring in silence as he finally pried himself loose. "A warframe huh?... does that mean it's a machine?... sure doesn't look like one..."
"Operator. Operator is that you?" A rather static like tone of voice seemed to beacon him into the dark with curios tones. "My stars it really is you" vague feminine tones both familiar and slightly annoying if he were honest, assaulted his ears. "You d-don't remember me do you... operator it's me... sicvis... oh dear... it seems cryosleep has diluted your memory... allow me to set a waypoint... oh... wait... you can't see it... I'm so sorry! Here simply follow my voice, I should be able to guide you to the orbiter from here... I think"
"Sicvis?" The name seemed somewhat familiar though he felt reluctant for a moment to leave his still silently still savior behind.
"Once we reach the orbiter I'll retrieve your warframe for you operator, please don't worry" the jovial voice was somewhat endearing almost as much as it was irritating. The choice to follow being left at a moot point as he shook his head trying to jog his memory by more mundane methods as he trailed into the dark chasm, "I apologize operator I'm currently unable to commence a full extraction due to damages to the hull on the orbiter, repairs are underway immediately though it will take some time. In the mean time we can catch up! It's been soooooo lonely without you operator. I was worried you'd never wake up. I've been patient though. We've been docked now for... hm... error... memory cycle update required... I can't seem to recall a specific time. I assure you this isn't a major issue... I've simply... misplaced the time." The longer she talked the more painfully clear it became that this wasn't a person that spoke but a machine, something that only served to slow his pace further as his feet now felt like they were slowly turning into concrete with the lack of motivation. "You must be confused I'm sure. You've been asleep for so long sicvis almost forgot what your biometrics felt like."
"m-my what?" Now he felt uncomfortable "wait you can f-feel me?"
"Well not physically no, I'm a cephalon operator we don't have pain receptors or neurological senses of any kind. It was merely an attempt to convey small conversation. I'm sorry if you'd like I can run a reprimand program for you, here allow me." Suddenly her voice shifted like whatever she'd been talking through had malfunctioned "sicvis you useless piece of garbage! Never insult the operator with such trivialities again!" And as if nothing had happened she was back to her old vocalizations again "ow... that actually hurt my feelings a little... hmm... my apologies operator it won't happen again please forgive sicvis."
"Ummm...okaaaay... w-well where am I?" He scanned the dark in vain until somewhere in front of him a soft light made its presence known. A door, but to what?
"The orbiter is right here operator. Allow me to open the docking hatch." As his eyes adjusted he saw what appeared to be a room on the other side of the once blinding light "please come in operator, I'll get repairs underway on the foundry and transference amplifier immediately. By the way the -weird as hell- strange sword, you requested to be examined has shown no signs of degradation as of the moment. It should not interfere with the inherent abilities of your warframe though further testing is suggested."
"Woah slow down... new to this remember?" He tried to catch the oddities attention gently but gentle was something she apparently didn't understand.
"Oh no I'm sorry operator I didn't mean to rush you. Shall I run another reprimand program? Perhaps I should commence the self destruct sequence?" It was clear he was going to have a long day ahead of him with this one.
"No no! Just slow down..." he hastily took a step back as the alarms that had started going off died down quickly.
"Yes operator." She was odd but for some reason seemed to hold in in high esteem "if you wouldn't mind operator I need to run a complete scan on you for medical analysis, please come to the navigation hub at your earliest convenience."
"Alright but where is it?" He deadpanned noting the machine girls lack of attention span.
"Oh yes take the ramp to the right" she chimed innocently "sicvis will commence medical scans immediately"