Rezo'Faldo hears the bed creak and a pair of feet land on the soft material around the mattress, his short nap with both Roakta and Kul has ended. He blinks several times quickly as he looks towards the source of the noise and sees Kul's glorious ass in view as she stands up on the floor and stretches her arms above and over her head, clearing her throat.
"Ahem. Oooohhh what time is it?" Kul asked to herself before yawning quietly, she turned her head to Rezo and saw him staring at her big butt. She raised a brow when the Prophet looked up at her face.
"Uuummm… Sleep well Kul?" Rezo asked before he felt a hug at his side. The San'shyuum realized that Roakta is still asleep, snoring through her nostrils. Kul looks at the Jiralhanae woman with a mildly amused face.
"Pretty well, your Holiness; except for the Chieftain's snoring…" The Spec Ops Sangheili answered as she turns her head to where she assumes the bathroom. Rezo gave a quiet chuckle, hoping Roa wouldn't wake up all the sudden.
"I need a shower, my Prophet, may I use your bathroom please?" Kul asked as she picks up her bodysuit in her four-digit hands.
"Of course, you don't need my permission to do so." He answered, and he tilts his head off his pillow but soon feels Roakta squeeze him tight as if he was a teddy bear. A squeak of discomfort came from his now shut mouth. Kul giggled at her lover before turning her head and heading to his blueish green bathroom. She tapped a control panel next to door allowing herself in and locked the door behind her.
The San'shyuum smiled before feeling Roakta' lick the back of his head pretty roughly. The Jiralhanae was all over him, her legs crossed around his own, holding him by Rezo's left shoulder and hip simultaneously. Her large right breast was laying on top of his chest, while the other is squishing against his right arm. The Junior Minister looked down and couldn't help but chuckle as he sees her pinkish nipple nearly touching his darkish brown nipple. The Jiralhanae's sharp fangs then rubbed against the San'shyuum's cheekbone, causing Rezo to look up at the sleeping female Brute on top of him. Two small cracks ran under her closed eyes. Her chocolate colored hair still combed back in a dreadlock bun, though Rezo sees a few loose strands that escaped and rest over her face.
Rezo had to wake her up somehow; he tried whispering "Roa, wake up!" to her but to no avail. He shuffled his hand underneath her body and wanted to pat her back to wake Roakta up, but instead, he only slapped her big ass. The Brute woman stopped snoring and opens her eyes for a few seconds.
"Roa, can you wake up?" Rezo asked his Jiralhanae lover, Roa's purple-tinted eyes looked at Rezo, she was still tired somewhat.
"Mmmmhhh… Hey Rezo…" Roakta mumbled as she slightly raised her head off the San'shyuum's skull and proceeded to yawn, her maw opened up widely as a faint whining noise came from her mouth, her tongue extending out and curling back in her muzzle like a dog. She blinked a few times before loosening her grip on the Junior Minister before she could let go, she looks at her breast on top of Rezo's chest, their teats very close to each other.
"Heh… Our nipples are almost touching, funny huh?" The Brute girl remarked which causes Rezo to look down and blush red.
"Yeah… pretty funny, I guess!" He stumbled as he stared at his chest, Roakta hummed as she lets go of Rezo before slowly getting up and above the San'shyuum, her paws resting beside his long neck and her knees stayed beside both his hips. The Jiralhanae chuckled as her large, heavy breasts slightly above Rezo's chest, the San'shyuum breathed heavily as Roa lowered herself down and let her tits press against his chest, the very faint blue veins hides beneath her grey skin.
"Like that, your Holiness?" The Chieftain asked as she rocks her chest up and down, letting her soft boobs move like water balloons on top of Rezo's pecs. The San'shyuum eyes widen with a cheeky smile on his face, Roa will take that as a yes. The Jiralhanae felt something rub up against her right inner thigh. She lifted her leg like a dog and looked down, seeing his long erection raising slowly. The Jiralhanae chuckled when she set her leg back down and looked at the Junior Minister.
All of a sudden, they both hear a buzzing-like ring near the bed. Roa instinctively bared her teeth at the source, but soon realized it was a clock-like device at the side of the bed, Rezo as well looked at it in curiosity.
"Roakta, can you get off and let me check it out?" The San'shyuum politely asked, the Chieftain hummed in concern for her Prophet but soon lay down at his side with a hand on the side of her head. The San'shyuum gets off the bed and investigates the clock and sees it wasn't an alarm, but a call!
"Oh dear…" He had no choice but to answer; he pressed a yellow button beside the time display to reply.
"Hello?" What Rezo asked he is then surprised by an old but loud voice yelling at him.
"Rezo'Faldo, what in the Lekgolo pits are you doing!?" The San'shyuum fell on his naked butt on the soft material underneath him, and he quickly got up as soon as possible.
"Father! I was ummm… Lounging in my room, that's all!" He lied to his supposed father; the older male seemed displeased by the answer.
"Of course you were. You always took the time to slack off when you can! I received a message from a Fleet Master. He was informed that The Parasite had survived Halo's destruction from one of your assistance. Why have you not told him yourself and instead lay down on your bed all day!?" The angered voice told Rezo.
The San'shyuum held his head with an anxious look on his face. He stuttered a bit as he tried to recollect his recent memories.
"W-well, I w-was-"
"ANSWER ME!" The booming voice screamed which causes Rezo to flinch, and the Junior Minister gulped as he couldn't help but let his voice crack.
"I had a panic attack! When I heard about The Flood, I panic, my other assistance helped me calm down, okay!" The young Prophet yelled in fear. Rezo was on the verge of crying as he hoped his father would be less cruel this time. The Jiralhanae heard all of it, and she stared at Rezo with intense worry. If the Chieftain were to intervene, the Junior Minister would have a lot of explaining to do. A heavy sigh came from the speaker of the clock.
"Well shit, knew this would happen… Rezo, you must go back to your duties. Control your emotions. Do NOT fail me this time…" The intimidating voice told Rezo before barely audible static cuts his father off. The Junior Minister held his head low and set the clock's communications off before slapping his palms against his face.
Roakta frowned as she hears her Prophet lover crying softly. She sits up, reached out to Rezo calmly and held him close to her. The San'shyuum wrapped his long arms over her shoulders and cries onto her bosom. Roa slowly stroked his back to calm him down.
"Ssshhhh… It's okay, I'm here, your Holiness…" The Brute calmly whispered into Rezo's ear as she rubbed his back in a circular motion. She rests her chin on top of his bald head and hums a slow and sweet tune to him. Rezo eventually calmed down when as he lets go of Roa and looks up at her.
"Sorry, Roakta. I let myself out of control again…" He feebly said before straightening up and looks directly into her face, Roa smiled still looking down at him, barely seeing a few tear streaks around her cleavage.
"No need to apologize, we all feel emotional." She proceeds to kiss the top of his head and hums the sweet tune again. The San'shyuum gets off of Roa and sits next to her, still listening to the song.
"Thank you… The tune's ummmm… Sweet to hear!" He praised his Brute lover after thinking a good complement. The Jiralhanae Chieftain giggled as she stretches her arms over her head and lets them plop down on her thick thighs, causing a loud slap.
"You're welcome, your Holiness! That was a song my mother used to sing to me when I was a pup. She used it to calm my siblings and me down when we started fighting, or we wanted attention." Roakta said as she gets off the bed and gets her undersuit in her large hands.
"Wow… Wished my mom helped me…" He mumbled as he sits up off the bed and sees his discarded jet black robes. He'll get another pair of black robes out of his closet. Roakta's head springs up all of a sudden.
"Oh! You know that reminds me of something my father did when I wasn't even a decade old. Want to hear it Rezo?" The Jiralhanae asked with a big smile on her face. The Prophet shrugged and said, "Of course." As he walks to the closet and checks which pair of robes to wear, the Jiralhanae cleared her throat as she begins to speak looking away. Unknown to them, Kul got out of the bathroom drying her head off with a towel with her skinsuit on her.
"Okay! It was a bright and sunny day back on my home planet of Dalmox, my two of my brothers and one of my sisters were playing in the mud…" Roakta started her tale as a child as she takes averts her eyes away from Rezo as she pulls her bodysuit over her hips. Kul looks towards Rezo with a raised eyebrow as he takes a pair of robes off the hangers. She taps his shoulder and starts to whisper to him.
"Your holiness… Why were you crying before?" The Sangheili asked in a soft tone only he can hear. The Prophet swerved his head towards her as he searches for the sleeves without looking.
"Oh that… That was my father he was pretty upset with me." Rezo said with a hint of sadness and uncomfortableness in his voice. Kul crosses her arms and slightly lowers her head.
"I see… I… I assume you talked with Roakta after right?" Kul asked, the San'shyuum looked back at Roa and heard something about a hippo-like animal and a gravity hammer? Anyway, he turns his attention back to Kul and nods.
"Yeah, she helped me calm down…" Rezo then proceeds to take his robes over his head and lets them fall naturally over his body. Kul sighed and rubbed the back of her head. The Prophet turned his head, concerned about her just by looking at her body language.
"Kul? Is there something on your mind?" The Spec Ops Elite blinked a bit and turned her head away and Sees Roakta is still talking about her story, mentioning a gravity hammer's handle was bent after hitting some animal.
"It's nothing, don't worry." She answered, not calling Rezo by the 'Your Holiness' title she and Roa would usually say to him. Speaking of Roa, the Jiralhanae finishes off her story she was talking about from when she was a pup.
"That's why my gravity hammer has a curved handle. I should show it to you some…" The Brute woman paused when she turned her head to Kul behind Rezo. The Prophet notices Roakta has stopped talking and looked at her.
"Time… Hey there, Split-Lip." Those were the only words the Jiralhanae could mutter before going to Kul, Rezo just forgot his undergarments and quickly got them on while the two females looked at going near other. The Jiralhanae rests her large hands below her waist while the Sangheili crosses her arms casually puffing her chest up proudly.
"Rest easy Jiralhanae?" The Elite woman asked while raising her left heel, judging the Brute female towering her. Roa gave a little chuckle while rolling her shoulders back.
"Slept perfectly, sorry that I snored a little louder than usual.~" The female Brute teased before turning her head slightly to the left and winking at the eight-foot one Sangheili for a split moment. The Sangheili's two right mandibles formed themselves to her species equivalent of a sneer. Rezo turned around after struggling to get his undergarments on with his robes still on. His eyes widen a bit as he felt the two women might tussle in his room. The young San'shyuum man didn't know what to do besides nervously sweating a little bit, smile in a vain attempt to ease the two, and awkwardly reach his hands outward and onto both of their thighs.
"Ummm… Can you two stop fighting? We have to get back to work. You guys know that my dad will kill me…" The San'shyuum couldn't think of a professional way to word himself. Kul felt her Prophet's gentle palm on her pretty thick thigh; her face resets to a neutral state and sighs.
"We'll continue this later, Jir'a'ul…" Kul spitefully said before deflating her chest and patted Rezo's shoulder; she gave a barely noticeable smile at the Prophet.
"Go ahead without us, my Prophet. I will follow soon." The Elite Spec Ops than heads to her pile of armor near the circular bed and searches through to find which armor piece belongs to her and where it would go. Roakta gave a sound that Rezo could only describe as an annoyance but respect for Kul, the Brute turns her head to the San'shyuum and gestures him to take his gravity belt and headpieces on quickly.
"For once, I agree with the Split-Lip. You have to return to your holy duties, we'll follow soon." She urged her Prophet before kissing the top of his head and going to get her stuff back on, though she wouldn't like to be near Kul while doing so.
The San'shyuum blushed red around his cheeks. Rezo turned his attention to get his gravity belt and crown pieces on himself before heading off to the bridge of the CCS Battlecruiser. It felt odd to be walking himself alone by himself after the threesome with the two alien women.
"Focus Rezo! You have to get back to your job now; they'll come back to meet with you again! I hope…" The Junior Minister thought to himself after thinking on Roakta and Kul, duty first, then he'll meet those two again in due time.
After a few minutes of traveling, he finally got inside the throne room; he then sees a few Sangheili and Kig-yar Operators along with a Huragok doing maintenance on the bridge. The Junior Minister than looks to the Sangheili Shipmaster watching over a hologram of the same Human colony from a couple of hours ago, This is incredibly strange to him.
"Hello, Shipmaster." He timidly said while stepping forward to the male Sangheili. The Shipmaster turned his head to the right slowly, striding around in a circle. The Sangheili wore a golden armor set similar to a Zealot with a cape-like cloth on his left shoulder.
"Greetings your Holiness, pleasant to meet you in person. I am Cutan Zunomee, Shipmaster of The Order of Ancestors." The proud Sangheili male said while balling his left hand in a fist and resting it on his right breastplate.
"Rezo'Faldo, Junior Minister." The San'shyuum said while nervously bowing his head in respect for the Shipmaster. He stands up straight and rubs the back of his head, feeling nervous with meeting Cutan. The tall Sangheili turned his attention to the Human Colony.
"Well Junior Minister, we have received word that this Human planet is their homeworld according to The Prophet of Regret's capital ship, Solemn Penance. It was not know how he found them, but they found something else when Hierarch's ship went into slipspace, a second Halo Ring." Cutan explained with his monotone voice, which hides a bit of joy when the new ring was then discovered. Rezo raised his head some as he heard the news, this had to be a joke.
"A second ring? Really?" He couldn't believe his ear holes above his lobes on the side of his head. He held his wrists in both disbelief and curiosity. The Shipmaster nodded as he looks to the ship operator.
"Send us to our new destination at once, and we will join the many fleets around High Charity!" Cutan commanded the operators to set sail to the second Halo ring. The ship operators followed his orders like the Order of Ancestors prepares for the slipspace jump.
The San'shyuum couldn't help but feel worrisome for both Kul and Roakta… If there is another flood outbreak on that ring, He couldn't help but imagine what trauma could be held there. His semi-incoherent thoughts stopped when he heard the original door open behind him; he turns around and sees Kul and Roakta walking side by side with their Spec Ops and Chieftain armor respectively. Both women stayed a few feet away from each other; the Sangheili kept a plasma sword on her right hip with a plasma rifle on her left, Roakta crosses her arms with a curved hilted gravity hammer on her back along with a spiker on her right thigh.
"Kul, Roa!" Rezo'Faldo couldn't hold onto his giddiness for long as he somewhat jogs to them and tries to hug them, only to catch himself when he realized Cutan is still around. He had to return to a noble posture and look at the two women with an average face.
"Sorry about that, glad to see you two again." The Junior Minister said as crosses his arms around his back. Kul hummed in amusement while placing her knuckle on her hip, Roa, on the other hand, laughed at Rezo trying to act like a noble Hierarch.
"Bhahaha, ohhh… Glad to see you again, your Holiness!~" The female Jiralhanae chuckled before clearing her throat and looks to the Shipmaster. Kul looked up to Cutan as well; once she realized who he was, she raised her head high and took her helmet off.
"Tis an honor your Holiness. Apologies for my unprofessional actions." She said before taking one knee and bowing her head down in respect. Roa turned her attention to Kul Geta, just figuring out why she's doing it and brings a knee as well begrudgingly.
"My apologies as well, my Prophet. It will not happen again" Roakta said with a slightly annoyed tone. The San'shyuum nods and gestures his hand to know they can stand now.
"I understand, Chieftain." He said before turning to the Shipmaster's direction, crossing his arms behind his back in an attempt to impress Cutan. The Shipmaster gave a respectful nod right before giving the two females a stern look with their, or what seems apparent to him, disrespect for the young Prophet.
"Shall I show you both of our new destination?" Cutan asked the two women, right before he sniffed the air around them and noticed something strange; the young San'shyuum's scent covered them both…
"Oh of course Shipmaster." Kul calmly replied while taking a fist to her chest and bends forward in respect. Roakta lays her forearm underneath her chest and bows as well; her violet eyes turned Kul's Amber pupils, the two women have a very short stand-off with glares alone. Cutan cleared his throat and still looked down at the two with disappointment with their behavior.
"Bring up the Holy Ring." The Shipmaster order before one of the Sangheili engineers brought up the hologram of the holy ring. The two women gasp in awe as they see the second Halo Ring before their eyes. Rezo walked behind them both and watched the Sacred Ring slowly but surely spinning in place. Cutan looked at the three and noticed how close Rezo is to the female aliens, clearly knowing their relationship by their scents marked on each person.
"The Holy Ring shall be the new beacon of The Great Journey!" The Shipmaster proudly claimed while putting his arms behind his back. He goes towards Rezo and places a hand on his shoulder.
"Junior Minister, it would be best if you go to your throne room, an honor guard will escort you there at once!" Cutan said while leading the San'shyuum to the door, gently gripping his shoulder.
"Wait, what about Kul and Roakta?" He asked looking back at the two females. The shipmaster gave a reassuring pat on the shoulder. Roa and Kul looked back at the young Prophet, worried about Rezo themselves.
"Don't worry about them; I'll make sure those two will behave your Holiness." Cutan Zunomee stated, saying the word "Behave" in a way that feels… Contrary to Rezo, the San'shyuum couldn't just leave that hanging at all! Roakta couldn't help but to scowl at the male Sangheili she felt this would mean something terrible is about to happen.
"Hold on, are you sure?" He asked when he went to the door, opening it, but not yet exiting out of the bridge. Cutan tighten a bit as he sees the Junior Minister was standing his ground, he took a hand behind his back and made a deep grumble noise. Kul faces the hologram, shutting her eyes as she feels Cutan didn't want to answer that at all; however The female Sangheili had to keep her body language from becoming vulnerable.
"Yes, now go before your father asks me about why you're not in the throne room." The tall, light brown Elite said while turning his back to Rezo'Faldo, wishing him good luck with a hint of pity and moves to the hologram of the ring. The young Prophet slumped his shoulders when he heard Cutan say something about his father, when did he talk to him? Before or after his father-
"Your Holiness, we must go." An Honor Guard interrupted Rezo's train of thought abruptly. The Junior Minister looks at the guard standing by the other side of the door. The Prophet nodded and looked back at both Kul and Roakta one last time before heading off to his throne room.
The Shipmaster turns his head to the left slightly, beckoning Kul and Roa to come near him. Roakta made a barely audible growl before heading to the Shipmaster, Kul did the same tilting her head away from both the male Elite and female Brute, but barely. Cutan turned his body and stepped close enough for the two women for them to hear what he has to say and only them.
"I feel it's would be best if you two were to go on the surface of the Holy Ring as soon as you can. The little orgy you had with the Junior Minister seemingly distracted the both of you from your mission along with his as well. I will contact you both when the time is necessary to be on the Holy Ring, shall I repeat myself?" Throughout Cutan's exposition, Kul's amber eyes widen as the secret between her, Roa, and Rezo was now discovered by the Shipmaster's keen sense of smell. Roa lowered her head to the left, baring her teeth in anger; no! Not here, she'll be accused of disrespecting authority, and when she's alone, she'll take her anger out on something unimportant.
"Of course not, Shipmaster, It is no problem to us" Kul stated, trying her best to keep a straight face, but her amber eyes gave out her true feelings with the pupils tiny like the tip of a needle. Cutan lowered his eyes at the female of his species; he was disappointed that she let her emotions show through her pupils, however, he understood why Kul was acting this way.
"I see, The mission will take some time to commence, don't work yourself up over what I discovered between the two of you." Cutan reassured the female Elite to calm herself, in more ways than one; or the at least an attempt to. Kul blinked a few times before her pupils become normal again. Roa closed her eyes and tightened her fist, trying not to release her anger out yet. Cutan notices the Brute woman's hand balled up, Roakta has been here too much.
"You both are dismissed." The male Elite said while crossing his arms behind his back and turning away from the two women. Kul bowed in respect before she could turn around and head to the door; the Elite woman could hear Roakta's heavy footsteps following her soon after, louder than usual. The female Jiralhanae's anger was ready to boil over, her nostrils flared up, fangs gritting through her open lips, and a vein showing itself on the right side of her forehead. Both Roakta and Kul Geta exit out of the bridge of the ship, walking towards the nearest supply room, or at least that what Kul was doing.
The Sangheili could hear Roakta's footsteps become louder and more frequent after a few moments, the Elite woman turned around to brace herself with her energy daggers armed; but instead of the Jiralhanae attempting to pulverize the Elite, she merely walked past Kul. The Brute woman didn't even notice Kul's energy daggers activated at all. The Jiralhanae gave a very frustrated sigh before turning around to face her Sangheili rival.
"Put those puny things away! Let me talk to you, split-lip!" The angry Brute Chieftain barked with her fists clenched and tusks gleaming in the somewhat bright light of the hallway. Kul scowled at Roa before obliging and turns off her energy daggers.
"And what do you have in mind, beast? Do you want to waste my time?" She spat at the Brute female, planting her hands on her ample hips. The Jiralhanae growled and got closer to Kul, looking down at her Elite opponent.
"You know what I have in mind Sangheili, how I was humiliated not so long ago!" Roakta growled as she gives a very tight grip around Kul's left bicep, inching her muzzle towards Kul's four mandibles. Both females growled at each other with Roa at biting distance around the Sangheili's face.
"You were humiliated, ha! I felt nothing for worry as I would have been demoted at best, or downright deported from the army at worst; thankfully my-" Before Kul could finish her monologue, Roakta turned to the nearest wall and slammed Kul against it. The Jiralhanae was not having any of Kul's little speech.
"I don't give two shits about how you felt. The thing that's important is our aftermath scent with the Holiness! With Rezo!" Roakta claimed as she moved her head away from Kul's face but still kept her pinned to the wall. The Sangheili grumbled as the two know how Cutan knew their secret.
"Of course… He marked us both as his mates and Cutan noticed…" Kul could only state the realization. Roa rolled her eyes and closed her mouth.
"And you know how we could prevent another thing like that right?" The Brute Chieftain said as the Spec Ops Elite looked up at Roakta in anger, her four digit hand turning into a fist. If Kul could, she would slit the Brute woman's throat in an instant without hesitation. Well… That's almost true.
"You better not say it!" Kul warned while putting her arm up and gave a soft jab at Roakta's abdomen, just below her large breasts. Roakta hummed in amusement at Kul's reactive impulse. The two women stared at each other with intense hate towards one another, both knowing that one could potentially die on the Holy Ring, and the survivor could forever be Rezo's lover. But both couldn't help but think about how their San'shyuum lover could react to the other's death; it could break both his and their hearts, for different reasons. Speaking of the San'shyuum!
After some time walking to the Throne Room of the CCS Battlecruiser, Rezo'Faldo entered the room while the Honor Guard stayed behind and locked the door behind Rezo. The Junior Minister looks around to see a lone Sangheili Minor working on a console, trying to hide his eyes.
"Hello there!" He said while walking to the floating chair with a hologram showing the outside of the ship, with many forms of Covenant craft of varying sizes float near the Halo Ring protecting the mobile colony of High Charity. The male Sangheili turned his head to Rezo, his eyes still hidden under his helmet.
"Greetings your Holiness." The male Sangheili said while turning his head back to the device he held in his hands, tapping on a pair of buttons, checking for the latest updates from the Shipmaster. Rezo tilted his head at the Sangheili to see his eyes and what the minor is typing. The San'shyuum couldn't see the Elite's eyes, but he did see a few words in the Sangheili language; while Rezo can't pronounce these words, he did know what they meant.
"Junior Minister is here…. His father should contact him soon." The San'shyuum's eyes widen like dinner plates as he sees the minor mentioning his dad. Is this going to be a lecture like not long ago?! He couldn't just break down again, not now! He has to be strong for Roakta, for Kul! He looked away from the Minor's datapad to not make himself worry as much.
It's not working. Rezo silently hyperventilates on the spot, scared about his father yelling at him for losing control of his emotions, but then, He remembered humming Roakta's humming. A sweet little melody that the Jiralhanae's mother used to sing to her when she was a child. Then he remembered about Kul hugging him from behind, worried about his well being. He even felt like she had problems with her parents as well. Whatever is the case, he'll talk to her soon, and they'll have a better understanding with each other, as well as Roakta. His thoughts should give enough confidence to him!
He stopped with his panic attack and looked up forward ready to see his father again. He hears the minor types on the console and Rezo prepared himself for the hologram appear in front of him.
"Hope your meeting goes well, your Holiness." Said the Elite Minor still keeping his eyes from the sight of the Junior Minister. Rezo could barely hear a sniffing sound from the Sangheili as if the Minor knew something about the San'shyuum. Focus Rezo! You have to speak to your father, don't focus on the Elite Minor!
He suddenly sees the hologram of his father, Kret, quickly appearing before the Junior Minister. The elder San'shyuum was sitting in a floating chair, that has some resemblance to the thrones of the Hierarchs without the same level of detail, or energy cannons built into them, especially that. Colors were hard to describe since the hologram was a lightish blue.
"Ah, Rezo, good to see you, my son! I hoped you listen to the Shipmaster's lecture!" Said the older San'shyuum male questioned his child as he interlocked his fingers and resting his elbows on the armrests of the floating throne, a smug smile was visible on the right side of his cheek. The Junior Minister could easily tell something was off about his father's smile.
"I did father, the news the Shipmaster brought to my attention… It made me glad!" Rezo said as he crossed his arms rather lazily, his hands dangling down by his elbows. His father chuckled as they both knew about the halo ring.
"It makes me glad as well, Rezo. Finally, the Great Journey shall commence!" Praised Kret, raising his arms in the sky; while the Junior Minister nods. Rezo did find his father's arm-raising too goofy for his preference, oh well. Hopefully, their conversation will be quick.
"Yes indeed, father. So is this why you contacted me?" Rezo asked as he slowly places his right hand on the corresponding side of his face and leans on the armrest. The San'shyuum's father lets his arms land into his lap, giving his son a stern look. The Junior Minister slightly sunk into his seat as he feels his dad's judgemental look.
"One of the reasons, yes. Another is about your two new friends." Spoke Kret with his fingers interlocking with each other. Rezo's eyes widen as he feels threatened by his own father's second sentence, knowing that this means bad news.
"W-what about them?" Rezo asked feeling nervous as this could mean he'll never see Roakta or Kul again; Rezo had to stay calm now for them, he can't just let his father's aggressive attitude get the better of him.
"I heard from the shipmaster that you are acted like you know those two females like they were your childhood friends. What did you three do exactly?" Kret leaned forward with a hand underneath his chin, covered in those fleshy loose skin balls, more so than Rezo. The younger San'shyuum gulped and lowered his head down in both guilt and anxiety.
"Well, the three of us meet around here, where I had my… Ummm… Breakdown."
"From that Human right?" Questioned Kret as he slowly strokes the lobes underneath his chin, brows narrowing in annoyance. Rezo nodded while taking his hand behind his head and rubs the back of it nervously. Both knew about what happened with the Human Scientist, who is either dead or in the space ship's holding cells; but what wasn't explained at all about what happened after.
"That, so what did one of the females do in order you to calm down, hm?" Kret said as he lets go of the lobes underneath his chin and rests his hand on the console of his chair, typing a few commands on it. The younger of the Prophet's looked to his father's side and looked at it fiddling with whatever buttons are on it.
"The Jiralhanae, Roakta, held me close to her while I cried…" He said, still looking at his father's hand, worried about what those buttons will do. Kret nodded his head as he brings up a hologram from the console, showing a video player.
"I see… Continue…" Kret tapped the console of his chair as a large triangle appears in the middle of it with three smaller triangles going in a counter-clockwise motion. The younger San'shyuum stared at the video in worry with his eyebrows turning upwards. Kret took note of his son's face and hummed in curiosity.
"Well? Do you have anything to say?" The old San'shyuum asked as he started to lose his patience. Rezo heavily breathed as he tried not to focus on the video player of what he thinks to be surveillance footage.
"She told me… That I needed to relax a bit, and once the Sangheili came in she escorted me to the map room…" He politely said, still focusing on the video player in front of his father. Kret notices this and taps his console again.
"Ah, I see. Then what?" Kret asked while taking his fist underneath his chin, waiting for the video to play out. Rezo gulped as he sees a little bar at the bottom, signifying that it's near complete.
"Then the elite… S-she-" He tried to, but Kret interrupted his son with a finger pointing at him.
"Did she seduce you along with that female Jiralhanae?" Sternly questioned, simultaneously, the video finishes loading and instead of surveillance footage like Rezo though initially, it's a recording of The Prophet of Truth's speech, saying the assassination of Regret has caused a switching of the guard, from the Elite's to the Brutes.
"So… This is why you panicked Rezo? I thought you knew this was The Hierarch's speech?" Kret said as his brows narrowed towards his son. Rezo froze in place as he stares at the video, he shut his mouth hard and nodded slightly, trying to fight back any tears.
"You tried to lie to me, in reality, the females told you about this, "Privilege" that I didn't tell you before…" Kret said as he strokes his lobes again. Rezo gulped and answered his father with his voice cracking.
"Yes… And I accepted it." He mumbled while looking down, preparing himself for a scolding.
"Rezo'Faldo. You should have known better than to mingle with lesser species! Do you have any idea how much you ruined our pure bloodline!?" Shouted the father, his fist clenched as he stares down at his weeping son.
"But father… I loved them so much; they did more than mate with me… They comforted me when I needed it the most…" He said while Kret rolled his eyes.
"Idiot. You think that they loved you, but you are just thrusting your viewpoint unto them." Kret said while looking at the recording of Truth. He sighed as he closes the video and rests his chin underneath his resting hands.
"Listen, the Shipmaster has ordered those two to get on The Holy Ring. They'll be there soon, and I doubt either would survive… So suck it up, and I can find you a healthy female for you, and she will be the same kind as us. Understand?" Kret said while he gets ready to deactivate the hologram at his part. Rezo's tears slowly streamed down as he couldn't talk back at his father at this time. He'll have to lie to his father now and pray from Kul's and Roakta's safety.
"Yes, I understand father…" The Junior Minister blankly stated as he looks up to Kret who gives a smug face.
"Thank you for finally getting it, Rezo. Your mother would be proud of you, well if she didn't leave us…" He said right before turning off the hologram and Rezo is now left alone.
The San'shyuum man lowered his head down and started bawling his eyes out, with his father's cold attitude. The only thing he could hope for is Roakta and Kul to come back and let them both take him away from his verbally abusive father. But for now, he'll look to the window of the throne room and stare at The Halo, waiting for whatever shall come.