Chapter 22
Day 11
"Alright Blue, today we are going to learn about the types of Siren but before that, I want a summary about our previous session."
"Okay." Maya started to open her notebook and track the notes with her finger. "We talked about Eridians right?"
"Yup." Red leaned at the blackboard.
"So Eridians….. uhhh.." As she tracked down her notes, she realized what she wanted. "Eridians are alien beings capable of being in multiple dimensions at will. Tall, thin and telepathic, Eridians are often associated as gods throughout many civilisations that have records about Eridians. As of now, Eridians are still a mystery from the place of origins, notable habitat, culture and many other things. There is a big correlation of Eridians and Border planets, though substantial proof is still to be found as there are millions of Border planets in the galaxy and the only planet that has definite correlation is Pandora and Nekerotafeyo."
Maya stopped and looked at Red, his reaction was closed eyes and a nod.
"Nice Blue, that's more like it." Red complimented.
"Thank you Searcher Red."
"Many scholars believe that the first Siren was not a woman but a man." Red took the chalk and started writing. "Remember the statue at Temple of Truth?"
"Yes, the Siren in the middle."
"That's the wife of the first Siren, Hewina. There is no statue of Sirenos as there's no record of its shape. Sirenos was said to be one of the most powerful Eridians to ever exist, in fact it was worshipped by many civilisations but with different names. There are many interpretations of how Sirenos met Hewina but it universally agreed that Sirenos found Hewina praying at one of his temples." Red glanced at Maya. "Despite how powerful Sirenos claimed to be, a woman's love manages to tame it."
"Wow." Maya was amazed.
"Since Hewina was just a normal human, for Sirenos to interact, it needed to become something that Hewina is familiar with. So Sirenos transformed itself into a man. During another day of praying, Hewina met a handsome man outside the temple that she meditated, wearing only rags to cover his body. They both interacted and fell in love.
Red turned to Maya. "What happened when two people fall in love?"
"They have babies?" Maya answered but has a pinch of doubt.
"Correct." Red turned to the blackboard and wrote again. "The progenitors were only two, that's where our topics starts.
"The two progenitors were twins and female, both were similar but not the same. The names were forgotten in time and various Sirens names were made to make it simple. Tiqa and Qati, Kila and Kili, you can research in your free time. The name is not important but their characteristic is. One had a mark on her left hand while the other did not. Two Siren types emerged, Siren Majoris and Siren Minoris."
"Majoris and Minoris..." Maya tried to understand.
"Siren Majoris are Sirens who clearly have special power from the start." Red pointed at Maya. "They don't need training, they can simply use their powers on demand without any trouble. Yes, deeper understanding of your powers needs more training but it is agreed that Siren Majoris are powerful on the onset."
Maya glanced at her Siren hand and nodded.
"While Siren Minoris are Sirens who have a weak trace of Siren power, requires far more training and time to even know and use it. To put it simply, Minoris are normal female humans who apparently have traces of Siren in their DNA. What Majoris has is power, what Minoris has is number. Through my research, I discovered that for every Majoris, there will be one hundred thousand Minoris."
"So how about that thing that people always say. There's always six Sirens at any given time. Is that true?"
"It's just a myth, Siren lives among us but we just don't know, even Searchers have a hard time to track. Whoever is a Siren is a descendant of Sirenos and Hewina automatically; I have yet to see a woman that has no connection with the two to have Siren powers. But other than that, everything is possible as we can neither confirm nor deny it."
"So does that mean that me and Lilith are related?" Maya inquired.
"For sure." Red nodded. "If we have a family tree, you should have at least one common ancestor."
"That's very interesting; I never knew it would be this magnificent."
"Okay, back to Majoris and Minoris." Red writes again. "So I told you about how to identify a Siren type. I want to tell you the rules or way of life about each type of Siren. Let's start with Minoris.
"Minoris are essentially normal human beings but with the potential to become a full fledge Siren Majoris. Now, how easily for a Minoris to become a Majoris depends on how strong the Siren lineage is in her blood. Throughout my journey as a Searcher, around 70% of Sirens chosen that I found are Minoris, not Majoris."
Maya raised her hand. "What is the way of a Minoris to be a Majoris?"
"Good question." Red turned to Maya. "One is proper training. Meaning that you meditate even more, finding what your power is and really utilize it. The only problem with Siren Minoris is that they usually themselves do not know that they are Siren to begin with. If they do know that they have Siren blood in them, then they need to discover what their power is and actually train it."
"So how does a Minoris discover her power?"
"Well how do you know about your powers Blue?"
"Well, I'm a Majoris right? So I kinda know ever since the beginning."
"But when did you actually realize your powers and actually use it? I know you have had your powers ever since the beginning but when was the time you actually have control over it?"
"Around ten I guess."
"And it's safe to say you were going through your puberty at the time." Red pointed out. "The power suddenly emerges like crazy right?"
"Well…" Maya tried to remember the time when she knew her powers. "You could say like that."
"Minoris Sirens go through the same process, time may vary, but at one point in their lifetime, a Minoris discover their powers out of nothing. Some at the age eighteen while the oldest is at ninety. Extreme cases were at their deathbed so we can only guess."
"So from what I'm getting, Minoris Sirens are sleeping Sirens." Maya concluded. "Unlike normal humans, they have the possibility to become a Siren like me?"
"Correct." Red said. "Good observation Blue. We see the fitter the Siren is, mentally, physically and spiritually, the higher the chance to unlock their powers."
"So a Minoris Siren can be a Majoris Siren, if the conditions are met."
"Yup. Other than that, they live similar lives to any normal human being. They marry, eat and get kids like normal people. Now write your notes."
Maya nodded and proceeded to write in her book. After a considerable moment, Maya reviewed it and confirmed that she was finished.
Maya looked at Red. "So how about Siren Majoris?"
"A Majoris has their power since birth. Minoris Sirens don't have Siren marks, Majoris Sirens do have it since birth. We see this many times that a Siren Majoris can harness her powers since childhood, the youngest that I have seen was six. Not only a Majoris have unprecedented powers, Majoris Sirens has a deeper connection towards Eridians and Eridians artefacts, for example an Eridium or a vault key. That's why there are some rumours that some Sirens married an Eridians, but since Eridians have been long gone, we don't know whether it's true or not."
"Nice…" Maya spoke.
"And here are the negatives." Red said. "One, A Siren Majoris can never have more than one child."
"What?" Maya was surprised.
"I think it's safe to say that you can only get one kid Blue. It keeps the Majoris numbers rather consistent throughout the years, that's why Sirens like you are kept in hiding, so much power but so little in numbers. It's really an unwritten rule, if you ask The Host, she would deny it. But honestly speaking, most Siren Majoris would get only one female child in their lifetime. There's, of course, many Siren Majoris who try to have a second one, but it seems it would prove fatal for the mother if not both of them."
Maya was shocked to hear the news and had nothing to comment.
"Number two, Maya, is matricide. Majoris Sirens have a considerable chance to kill their mothers. Some accidental, some cultural, I can't really say anything definite. One of the most notable Siren that kills her mother was Commandant Steele. So the fact she was an Atlas elite is no joke."
"Is there any explanation why such a thing happens to many Majoris Sirens?"
"Well you could say that a good amount of Sirens are psychopaths, so we could correlate that with the matricide issue. One source says that a Siren child can be too weak to live and the only remedy was to kill the mother so that she could steal her mother's energy. Records show that a Siren leader, another topic which is Siren hierarchy for another time, was killed by her daughter. The Siren society received it as normal but I think that depends on what society we speak of. It's more of a power issue rather than a personal issue."
"So there is a chance that my child wants to kill me?"
"I don't know. It's pretty normal for a normal person to want to kill their parents if their parents treat them badly, right? So why treat Siren differently. So treat your kid properly Blue and if she's weak, find a way."
"Noted." Maya really hoped that she would not forget such information.
"Lastly," Red looked at Maya and leaned at the blackboard. "Three, the more powers that a Majoris use, the shorter the life spans. I have found that there is a safe limit, daily mild use will not shorten your life but excessive explosive uses prove to be fatal."
"How excessive is excessive?" Maya asked.
"Well a good indicator is loss of breath; you use your powers so much that you just can't breathe. Another is prolonged soreness of the arm that stretches weeks. There are others signs such as numbness, headaches and such and such."
"What if I'm in a serious situation where I really need to use excessive amounts? What can I do to help myself?"
"Your body has adrenaline and the adrenaline can naturally stretch your powers to the limit. You also can train even more but the training is complex and that you have to refer to Searcher Kharkov. Last but not advisable, you can stretch it by using Eridium but death is imminent."
"How does Eridium enhances a Siren's capabilities?" Maya asked.
"The enhancement is just merely a reaction. The Eridium is used by Eridians, you, as a Siren, can harness it too. Research found that Eridium attacks the body system in a way that shocks the body. The body realizes the Eridium, tries to protect the body by using all the energy reserves and strengthening the body. Two possibilities would happen, one would be the Eridium would be gone and the body would be awfully exhausted. Two would be that the Eridium would just be too much that the reserve would be all but gone and the body would die the moment the Eridium flush out.
Then it was silent. Red pondered a bit on the floor and took a deep breath.
"I've seen many cases of Eridium usage but the worst was Angel." Red looked at Maya with concerned eyes. "Were you close to her?"
"The first and last time I met was BNK3R when we invaded her place. The only thing I could say about her was that she was a nice person." Maya asked with a soft tone. "What happened to her Red?"
"Since I worked with Hyperion, I manage to get access to many files." Red crossed his arm and looked down. "One of the files was an autopsy report about Angel. Of course, I'm a Searcher, I need to know about her. I don't know how to explain it to you but she's long dead from the inside. The only thing I could say about her condition after her death, to put it simply, she had cancer cells all over her body. From the brain, spinal cord, intestines, you name it."
"Can't believe her own father did it to her…" Maya sadly mentioned. "We disconnected the vault key from her and I think it was the right choice. Was it the right choice Red? Was there a chance?"
"There's always a chance to save a patient. I think that's what the late Alesia would think of, to which I cannot argue. But at the time, you could say that's the best choice." Red did not want to go into the morality of Maya's decision and focus on the subject. "Remember Maya, don't do Eridium. Once you get one hit and you will get hooked."
"Well after seeing Lilith, I really don't want to touch it."
"Good." Red clapped his hands. "Now, to the books that you will study for the whole day."