Zanderlux here and I have two announcements.
1. I'm getting rid of the 3k word limit, I thought It would make uploading easier but it didn't. I know why too. It's not about the amount I write that slows me down, It's just my mood that does, so out goes the limit. let me be clear, this means the chapters can be anywhere from 2k long, to anything I feel appropriate for the chapter.
2. I've seen the reviews that said my grammar needed work a few months ago. I tried improving on my own but I still got the same messages. I tried again and still got the same message, I tried from double checking my work to downloading a grammar program. Still, I got the same problem. So now I am officially looking for a beta reader. I am already asking around and here's hoping that my pesky grammar issues are resolved. Do expect me to go back to past chapter to improve their grammer as well.
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Chapter 8- Meeting the locals
Hexus sat on a crate in the middle of the remains of a burning white fang camp. His gear felt light on him and his body wasn't fatigued by the constant combat it was put through. A benefit of having a warframe body is limitless stamina and superhuman physical abilities, allowing him to fight beyond biological limitations. Still, he was tired mentally, the stain of repeating the same task for little benefit makes him feel dulled. Back in the sentient war, he was the one outmatched. Forced to take a hit and run strategy against the adapting machines. It tested him to his limits but deep in him, he enjoyed the struggle, the pain, the fear of death, it all made him love the excitement of battle. It was the only time his stoic nature was replaced with excitement.
As for what was his current mission, he was clearing white fang military camps that were off the grid. They've stuck twenty of them the past three days. The camps being off the grid allow them to clear them up without anyone noticing and if any did, there would be no evidence it was them. He did not know what worth these camps had but they were defended with a lot well made of traps and white fang snipers. Which means there important and need to be secret but cannot be spare the manpower of a garrison. Still, the missions were simple for him, the traps and snipers didn't slow him down. He normally could avoid any pitfalls or wire traps and these snipers needed to pack a lot more firepower to be a threat. Once he was inside, he'd create a landing zone and order in the Dax execution squad with low guardians acting as back up. After that, it was just a mop-up operation. It really wasn't noteworthy due to the one-sided battle. The orokin troops had every advantage in the battle and the white fangs strategies that relayed one guerilla tactics. The white fang fighters were effectively in a barrel when found.
Hexus drew one of his two skana's primes and saw the edge of it was covered in faunus blood and it was dulling. Still sharp enough to cut through flesh and fabric but if it was a Grineer rebel or sentient and it would just ping off. The weapon would need to be sharpened when he got home but for now, it was good for another mission. Same goes for his ammo reserves. He stood up and moved to find the commanding officer. he'd ping on his comms but they were told to keep their comms quite in case of any spy's. Pointless in a primitive world like this but the war made paranoid veterans a common sight these days.
He followed the working troopers who were moving the bodies into a pile. He observed them as he walked by. Two guardians sluggishly carried whole bodies over their back and any severed limbs were left to the kubrows to find and carry to the pile, the odd smack was applied to the beast whenever they were caught chewing on one of them. There were the odd bodies left in parts to large to be missed and the guardians had to drag them to the pile in pairs, normally leaking fluids from the chard wounds and staining the human guardians. The dax, on the other hand, was preparing the vials of acid purpose made to clean up any scenes of their attack. He saw the guardians give quick rude gestures at their betters when they thought to look elsewhere. Of course, it was just tension between classes and wouldn't lead to anything violent. Hexus was proven wrong in his thinking when he saw one of them try bumping into one of the dax as he dragged a bisected body. It ended with him giving one exaggerated pulled and then him falling on his rear when the dax dodged. The laughter of his fellows filled the air and turned to see the dax warrior staring daggers into him. The man screamed his grievances towards his comrades and slowly drag himself up.
Hexus moved to offer a hand. The guardian seems surprised at the gesture. The Dax just sneered at Hexus and walked away. When the Low guardian saw that, he let out a deep throated laugh.
"Stars Damn! Boy, you have a hella of a talent there. I would kill to be able to annoy a dax with my presences alone." The older sounding man said as he accepted his hand. "Thanks for the kindness boy."
Hexus did not do it out of kindness but out of social convection and the hopes he will build loyalty. Still, he nodded. He expected to be a quick interaction and then he would leave for his commander. He was stopped by an extension of their conversation.
"Names Luq Xuwe and someone who owes you twice." The now named Luq confused Hexus.
The tenno tensed at the lack of memory. He had no idea who Luq was and what else he did for him. He had no idea what to say as well. The tenno stood there quite, looking at Luq for an uncomfortable amount of time. The guardian looked at him for a second and then gave a smirk. "Don't remember huh. I understand. We didn't really talk."
The Hexus body relieved tension from his proxy body without him knowing he built some up in the first place. Luq was able to notice the Tenno's sudden relief and laughed again. "I see you, ain't-a talkative person. Well, I just wanna say thanks for saving my wrinkly old ass from the those wolve things. If you're ever hungry then come on by. I'm the regiment's chief and can cook anything that had a pulse." He told him this while he removed his faceplate to reveal an old friendly looking face with a fluffy white beard.
Hexus found his offer pointless. His stomach was blown away months ago and his warframe can't eat. Still, he needed to thank the man anyways due to social conventions. "Thank you for the offer, I'll consider it." He told the man in a deep soft voice. He knew that he won't be able to recognize his age by voice alone but he preferred to be safe.
"No thank you. Remember I still owe you." He punctuated his statement with a finger. "Well see you around, uh... Sorry I didn't catch your name."
The tenno could tell him he couldn't because of some made up reason. He'd prefer it that way too. He never made a connection outside the tenno order and making any outside of it felt… uncomfortable. He tilted his head forward in an apologetic form. "I cannot say, protocol dictates against it."
Luq nodded in understanding. "I get ya. Those dax guys are strict. Just know that grunt like us understand being under oppressive leadership."
Hexus didn't show any sign of reaction. He just nodded and waved goodbye. As he walked away he thought about what he said. The Dax were his superior officers and he fell under their command. They just told him his orders and he obeyed, that wasn't oppressive, was it? He always saw them as pragmatic and putting emotions to the side to serve Miss Luxior. They just did there duty. He'll let it unfold naturally when he meditated.
[Newly built Orokin city]
Yang eye's were in a permanent state of dilation. They had stayed like that due to the grandeur of the orokin buildings. She met her tour guide or whatever then they were dumped in the middle of their gold plated room, on their golden plated beds with their golden fabric sheets. It was all quite shiny to her and she felt like a billionaire when she slept on a bed that cost more than her whole house three times over. Though the shine was murder on her eye's and she couldn't escape it. Everything in the golden city glowed to the point where she couldn't tell the difference between day and night. Okay, she was exaggerating on everything being made from gold but she wasn't far off from the truth. Everything here looked so expensive to the point that even Weiss felt uneasy breaking anything by accident. Yang just laid on her impossibly comfortable bed with its unbelievably soft sheets and wondered. Her thoughts bounced off every surface of her head to think of anything here with any sort of flaw. The food they had was better she ever had and the people they sent them were very talented in their jobs. She never knew there was a right way to mop the floors but the janitors they had were the very best. It all made her unnerved.
While the perfect everything would make anyone drool she was more into the simpler things in life. The beat of sweet you get when she loses herself in the clubs dancing, the wind passing through her hair as she rides bumblebee, and the sting on your fist when you hit something really hard. The things you can experience is what makes her love adventuring. What makes her want to be a huntress. Material things just didn't compare.
She sat up and saw Blake was still in her regular clothes instead of her sleeping robe. Yang could smell some fun off her friend. The blond brawler slowly and quietly moved to spook her friend. She was a few inches away before she met the golden eyes of Blake. This startled Yang and made her fall back on her butt.
"What are you doing?" Blake asked annoyed.
Yang gave the faunus with an attitude a big ol grin. "Just wondering where your heading." Yang said getting up.
Blake looked outside the wall window. Out there you could see their room tower over the forest outside. The green leaves of the forest were obscured by the darkness of the night and gave some relief from the constant glow of the city. Blake looked out and her face slowly regained some freedom of the lights. Yang did note that Blake's eyes were more dilated that seem normal.
"I just wanna take in the culture." Blake said ominously.
Yang knew she had the right feeling. "Great I'll join."
Blakes open her pie hole to disagree but was interrupted by Ruby. "Oh, my Cats! Can I come too, I wanna see if they have any gun stores. Oh, who am I kidding? These are super advance cultural space people. Of course, they have a gun shop somewhere." Rwby hyperventilated.
Blake wanted to diffuse this now before it was too late. Then she saw Weiss head and activated the sliding doors. "Since you're all going I might as well join you. Come on, we need to get back before it becomes too late." The heiress announced.
Blake only moaned in annoyance.
[Hallways of the orokin Skyscraper]
Weiss walked alongside her team to find a map or something to guide them, so far all they found was hallways and golden double doors. It took them a solid forty minute to find an elevator and get to the main floor. They step out into the room that was filled with unknown consoles and no one in sight. Still everything in the room was just a spectacle to look at and every corner was crafted with the love of the laborers. It brought her to wonder how did they build all of this in a matter of weeks. This was a heaven for the best of the world and it would take a buffoon to not appreciate such luxury. That's why when her teammate Yang put on some sunglasses and made a half-witted remark, that made the heiress facepalm.
"Boy! These guys put gold on everything, they make the rich of the world look like bums in comparison." Yang quipped.
Ruby elbowed Weiss. "Hey, if you want any advice on how to be poor, then ask your bestie, I'll make sure you don't look jealous in front of our hosts." Ruby said with enthusiasm.
Weiss sighed in exasperation. "My attitude towards the Orokins sophisticated taste in design is one of inspiration and praise but I am not jealous." Weiss words were polite until the last part. Leaving her teammates giving her looks but not producing further.
"Anyways, weren't supposed to find a shopping center." the heiress said.
The three girls knew they were forgetting something. This city was huge and there was only they know nothing about the layout, they forgot about that when they got lost. They could find someone from the city and ask but no one was in sight. The could try finding a vantage point but they'd need to get out first. The four of them had to find something and split up looking around the building. They wanted to find something to help them, a console or button, something that they can interact with. Blake moved to any important looking machine to probe it. Weiss used a skilled eye to spot anything of use but made sure to not touch anything. Ruby and Yang touched everything they could with enthusiasm, making little noises that irritated Weiss to no end, her anger slowly boiled until she exploded.
"Can you dolts cut that out! You're touching things you don't understand. What happens if you touch something that turns you into a liquid or digitalizes your mind!" Weiss said in an attempt to chastise her teammates.
Yang gave Weiss a look of indifference. "Why would they place dangerous machines like that, where anyone could stumble into them and anyways, how are we supposed to find out how something works without turning it on."
Ruby spoke next. "Yeah and really Weiss, Digitalising minds? You've have been watching Digital monsters like I asked you." Ruby said with enthusiasm. She had many childhood memories and one of them was the Sunday mornings where the Tv would air Cartoons for the mornings. The one where a bunch of kids is sent to a digital world and given monsters to fight evil was so sweet. She just loved the fact they could bond with the living weapons and command them to destroy those they fought!… The mess up thought of creating living slave weapons aside, she hopes to bond with her new bestie by getting her into it."
Weiss stammered. "Okay, number one, we don't know, maybe they weren't expecting a bunch of children to run around their base touching everything they see. Number two, all of their technology is unknown and advance, they could do things that we can't even imagine. Number three, Ruby I will never watch those dumb kiddy shows." A soft whimper was let out by their youngest member. Weiss continued. "I believe this was idiotic from the beginning and suggest finding one of their helper cast."
They never did as Blake called out that she found a map. Weiss was flustered but eventually accepted the situation and moved to join her team. They have found Blake working on a small console attached to a thin pole and that was attached to a circle with energy pulsating off it. All of it was of course decorated with the same Orokin elegant/fluid design that everything in the city was given.
Ruby step forward inquisitively. "What is it?"
Blake started tapping the controls with a slight understanding of it. "I don't know but the words on it is written in both Remnants languages and Orokin dialect." The three girls looked over Blake's shoulder. The secret Faunus continued.
"It has the name of locations on it," Blake said as she scrolled through subjective names, such as Akina Gates, Umnia Mess hall or Taknia dorms. "I think this can guide us or at least show us a map somehow." Blake told her team.
Weiss wanted to speak but Ruby decided to take a team leader decision. "Blake, find us a place where we could buy guns and/maybe souvenirs." Ruby said in her normal perky demeanor.
Weiss objected but Blake found a name that sounded like a good place to start. Dorlalow merchants guild. She presses the name and expected to find a hologram or some sort of drone to guide them. Instead, the entire room changed to one filled with bargaining voices and vehicles filled with unknown alien merchandise. At first, they just believed it was a hologram room, but as the people gave them stares and may new exotic smells were discovered. They realized that they were teleported.
Yang didn't hesitate to voice her opinion. "Sweet ride but I like bumblebee better." She said in a joking tone.
"This is amazing. Imagine if we could use this technology to eliminate any dangers in traveling. My father's company can safely transport his merchandise." Weiss whispered to herself, forgetting about her past grievances for the moment.
Rwby wondered if they sold teleporting guns. If not, she wondered if she could convince them to make one. She hopes they could, as her understanding of the technology was nonexistent but knew enough to know that it would be a weapon that would ignore armor entirely and one shot any grim they found.
Blake, on the other hand, was freaking out internally. It was due to her faunus traits. Instincts were going off into overdrive and a sense of paranoia soon made her incredibly jumpy. Blakes minds were going a million miles a minute as the combination of sounds and sudden teleportation was overwhelming her. A hand landed on her shoulder and she jumped with a hiss. Blake was stone still at the sight of her friend Yang face of surprise.
"Yo, Blakey. Are you alright there?" Yang asked concerned.
The faunus checks were flustered red. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said embarrassed.
Yang smiled and finally took in her surroundings as they were. The place did look like a busy marketplace but from what she saw from the new feeds, it didn't seem like the orokin style to build chaotic trading hubs. The people around her also didn't look the part of the rich and powerful like she expected to find. They were mismatched in uniform and the buildings deviated from the gold and ivory to a more earthy wooden village. The people didn't move elegantly but either swaggered with confidence or stomped along with exhausted from a day's work. She smiled at her realization. This was the area where the people hang out. These must be the ones who worked with their hands and sweated through the day. Their faces did show it. They all had the same wrinkled, same tan, same dirty uniform, same proportions, same facial features… Her observation made her blink, they all did look similar, no they all looked exactly the same. Yangs eyes darted face to face and found the motherload of all twins. She moved away from her group to find more similar faces. Unknowingly she was separating from her group as she followed her gut.
"Come on guys! Let's check out their gun stores first!" Ruby said punching a fist into the air.
Weiss shook her head in disagreement. "We need to spend our time wisely." She immediately pointed towards a stand holding majestically flowing fabrics and beautiful dresses. "I believe that establishment has what we need.
Blake didn't say anything, her eye was locked on a water tank. She absorbed the aquatic life elegantly move within the tank. They bodies slim but muscular, making them look... very appetizing.
Yang was already gone from the group when they all came to her. The next few moments were spent frantically trying to find their missing fourth member. Weiss did find the blond brawler when intermingling amongst tall bulky men wearing simple form-fitting jumpsuit covered in dust and mud. She was eyeing the wicked looking peice of machinery. Team Rwb reunited with their Y and joined in. Ruby was the first to speak to her sister.
"So… Yang, why did you ditch us like that." Her sister asked worriedly.
"Hmm, oh! Didn't notice leaving. Anyways, check out these guys." Yang said pointing towards the large men.
The group saw as the massive men gather around the machinery the seem to be cruder than regular Orokin tech but also a but more recognizable. It looked like drilling machine made out of think and heavy looking metals. Still, the rest of Yangs team wondered what was so special. They were answered when they saw a group of three of the muscular men lift the elephant-sized machine. they held it for the time it took for a fourth member to crawl underneath and start torching something for a solid five minutes. He quickly rolled off and the three men let the tank-sized machine drop with a loud crash.
Weiss gasped. "But the reports said that the orokin didn't use aura."
"Dumb humans, Grineer strong, We use master given strength to work." Said a stoney voice.
Everyone looked for the voice of origin and saw the first man as a possible candidate. Ruby saw a man twice the size of Yang loom over them. "Umm hi?" The large man didn't say anything. Blake caught Ruby's attention.
"I think this is him." Blake told her, she was pointing at a man with the same features as the one Ruby spoke too.
"Not me, him." The double said to the girls.
The whole of team Ruby turned to see another double of the man, but this one seems older. The rest they saw was still young looking grunt men. This one, on the other hand, was scared, potted with liver spots and had a crude looking mechanical prosthetic limb.
Weiss step forward. "Then is that machine lighter than it looks. I have heard that the orokin use an alloy named oxium. It's supposed to be tougher than harden steel but be lighter than air." Weiss asked confidently of her theory.
The Older larger man gave the ice queen a stare that was meant to insult Weiss'sintelligences. "Eh? No idiot, we lift it with hands. Masters wouldn't waste good roks. Machine don't need good roks. Just needs strong shell."
Yang wanted to step in and defend her teammate but Weiss lost her composure. "You have to have superhuman strength to lift it. If you don't use arua, how?"
"Masters made us strong. To work hard. Brothers are the same." The old clone answered.
It clicked for the faunus. The news the orokin leader did report using gene breed clones. It was something she wanted to investigate when she got to the city. Blake steps forward. "You're clones, breed with great strength and put to work upon birth?" Blake saw the signs when she first saw the old clone. She knew something was wrong. These orokin have technology that can move mountains and defy the laws of the universe. Yet still, they had to create slave with souls.
"Yes, we serve." The clone grunts out as a response.
Blake wondered if they knew. "Don't you want freedom? To find some sort of life for yourselves?"
Weiss butted in worry. "Blake, I don't think this is appropriate." She whispered harshly.
Blake ignored her. "Well." She asked towards the clone.
The clone stood there for a few seconds, pondering the question. "Grineer are Stong. Tenno stronger, Masters control tenno. Masters strong, we follow strongest." The clone explained simply.
Blake stepped back planting a hand on her face. She felt sorry for these men. Weiss step in to pull blake back. She was stopped by Yang who shook her head. Weiss had her gut in knots, she didn't want a relationship with such powerful being to sour but… She knew that there was a limit and making people and owning them was definitely over it.
"They lost the war, didn't they? That's why they are here. That would mean the Tenno are not the strongest. It would mean you have a chance to find your own way." Blake explained.
The Grineer knew he made a mistake, regardless of his intelligence. He had to find a way out or he'll be visited by The tenno and be returned to the void. His eyes darted from girl to girl. Each one of them expecting an answer. He started to sweat and frustration soon set in. The Grineer face contorted into an angry visage and lashed out verbally. "Stupid human! Go! Don't belong here!"
Blake wanted to argue, she wanted to make this man see reason but she felt a pull on her arm. She turned to see Weiss. "Look, blake. I understand that you want to convince him but we need to learn more before we continue. Arguing without knowing all the details is just begging for a fight to break out." She said with sincerity.
Blake head dip with a clenched fist at her side, frustration boiling deep in her. It was a little difficult hearing that from Weiss but she was right. She relented and walked away. Ruby moved to follow her teammate and the others followed behind.
The older Grineer moved to a secluded area and looked to see if anyone followed. When he felt secure that he was alone, he activated his comm. He spoke in his native tongue. It was far more fluent as he was no more restricted with the simple words he had to learn from the Remnant dictionary. "Hey, boss. We have a problem…" A few seconds past as the unknown person spoke to the clone. "Yes, tell the other boss. They'll be a problem.
[Vale's slums district- Abandon warehouse]
Neo flicked through her scroll as the meeting played out, it was her job after Tourchwick was turned into a potato. It was all that red-heads fault, using some sort of brain trauma weapon, at least it's treatable. A few more days and her boss can his job again and she could go backing doing what she does best. Her sense kicked in and she leaned away from a thrown vase.
"You told us to kidnap that alien woman, that it would be easy and that they wouldn't expect surprise attack! But they did and now every camp outside the cities are going dark! What do you have to say!?" Adam hisses out with venom on his lips.
Neo watched the white fang leader rant for the past twenty minutes. He was going on and on about the retaliation the orokin were reaping against his type. Honestly, she didn't care but he was eating up important hours of her time that she could be doing anything else. She sighed and whip out a handkerchief to clean off the drool of Touchwick.
Cinder fall on the other had was collect but titering in exploding at the faunus. "We achieved what we wanted and more." She said in her best seductive voice.
Adams eyes weren't visible but if they could be seen, they'll be twitching. "I don't take the deaths of my followers lightly. So tell me human, what did we achieve." Adam said still livid at the arrogance of the human in front of him.
Cinder started pacing, her movements were slow planed and predatory. "Originally all we wanted was a hostage and to create some tension between the newcomers and the kingdoms. That way this new element could be another distraction, we learn what we could use from them." She explained slowly.
Adam wasn't amused by the joke of an explanation. "I know that. Neither of which worked."
Cinder lip tugged a bit at the edge. "Apologies, I was a bit too assuming of your debriefing." Adam visibly tense and he unknowingly gripped the handle of his sword. "See we did achieve both in spades. From the transmission we've intercepted, the Atlas military seems to be quite tense at the moment."
The faunus head titled. "Why?" He said in a demanding voice."
Cinders pacing stopped. "One of the bodyguards made an interesting threat. He claims that they could destroy the world with ease. Or at least they can end civilization by simply throwing a fragment of our moon towards us."
Adam mind made the connection and plans started to form. "You want them to kill the humans for us, but how do you plan to do it without killing the faunus as well?" He said forgetting his anger for a spell.
Cinder resume her pacing. "We just need these orokin to commit to this world and then they must declare war on the kingdoms."
Adam felt unsatisfied with that idea. "Do they even have the strength to challenge all four kingdoms and why would they. Most importantly of all, what are you planning on doing if they win? They'll be dead set on wiping the faunus out when they are done" Adam scrutinize.
"From what we've seen, all they have ample power to wipe out the cities with their spacecraft alone. They'll want to as well, why waste manpower on wiping out the pest that acted so barbaric towards them. As for the orokin when they become a problem. We have a few plans set in motion." Cinder said with a smile.
"Mind filling me in?" Adam asked inquisitively.
"Mr. Tartus, What do you think about Atlas space program." Cinder asked Adam with a like teacher would ask a student.
"It's a joke and a source of amusement for all faunus kind." Adam answer with a bit of humor in his voice.
Cinder chuckled a little. "It is just that until these Orokin arrived. Now Atlas is funneling money into the program and has a spacecraft capable that's been notified of being volatile but capable of reaching the moon. We're going to take that ship, fly it undetected, take the Orokin ship without them noticing after they decimated the kingdom and do the same to them." Cinder punctuated.
"That sound idiotic." Adam told Cinder at her face.
The woman composure nearly broke at that moment. "We have a few… tricks ready to counter these orokins advance technology."
To say Adam didn't trust this human in front of him was an understatement. He was expecting her to turn the tables and betray him at a moments notice. That's if they even had these tricks to fight these orokin. Still, they have shown in the past that their trick is everything they promised. He gritted his teeth and spoke.
"Fine, I'll continue this partnership." He said storming out. Of course, he had plans of his own and the less that woman knows the better.
When the door slammed behind Adam, neo jump from her seat, with Tourchwicks head being dragged with her. Cinder let out a tired sigh and looked at the ice cream haired girl. "I hope you've written all that down. We wouldn't want your boss to awake in the dark and have me explain, now would we." Cider told Neo as she created a ball of fire to punctuate her point.
Neo gave a simple salute as her answer and Cinder walked out. Neo slumped back on her couch and stared at the lump of Tourchwick. She smiled as he started twitching a finger.
[Deep in the depths of the void]
A thin, small, figure dance in the thick fog of chaos that is the void. It's from was abstract but solid in the changing landscape and everything it touches spasm with unrestricted furry. It darted from place to place in an elegant leap as it moved. It was searching for something it didn't know it was looking for but instincts were driving it forward. It started with a simple pulse, a familiar one but with no memory of it. It searches and searches for it and for every undefine form of time, it felt closer. It pulses again and it showed that it was wrong. It was still the same distance as it some abstract time ago. Still, it pressed on and again it failed. This process repeated itself many more times until the poor Oro felt defeated. It was going to give in and try again later but something stopped it.
A voice, similar to its own but distorted spoke out in a hundred different directions. "Kiddo, over here!"
It was confused but did as the voice said. The voice spoke out again but more focus. It followed it and it heard it again in the same manner. The voice left a breadcrumb trail and it found it. A simple beacon, laden with information of some unknown origin. It reached out its mind and data surged from the beacon. In less than nothing, it was all place in its mind.
The Operators mind returned to its meditating body. It slammed into her and her eyes flung open. Her cross-legged position collapsed and she ended up on her back. With a big grin, she gave an order. "Ordis, get the Clan to meet at the dojo. Tell them were hunting down some signal and I have no idea what it is."
