Rhodes Island is in a dorm, they wondered why is a prison cell so luxurious. But their train of thought is disrupted as someone unlocks the door to their dorm. It was bishamo vauban prime, the last person they want to see right now. But most Rhodes Island members are willing to give him another chance
"I apologize for yesterday, I agree that it was an overreaction. But please understand that the earthlings aren't as durable as us orokins, let me rephrase that. Through the power of the void, orokins are immune to most diseases, but that doesn't mean the corpus, grineer, and earthlings are the same. And we can't just let an extraterrestrial infection plague the solar system, we already have the infestation occupying several moons" artyom explains
"I understand, but that's not the only reason you're visiting us here correct?" Saria guessed
"Correct, I'm actually here to study you all. So I recommend you to co-operate, I need 15 milliliters of your blood and some samples of your disease. I might be able to convince the higher-ups with a tech that blocks the disease from spreading"
"Blocks our infection from spreading? Not curing us entirely?" Blaze questions
"We will develop the cure for your disease but unfortunately we can't give you the cure unless you have no way to return to your original world. A nyx Warframe scanned your brain for memories and what she found was... Quite disturbing. The discrimination against the infected is quite bad, but I... We the orokins cannot interfere. If we do cure you and you returned to your original world you'll give the others the cure. That in itself is great but you have to think about the consequences, this "cure" will be a tool of war. Conflicting lifestyles as the ones infected now feel superior now that they have a safety net. The infected won't be seen as trash or subhuman by the government, instead, they will be seen as rivals and weapons of mass destruction. Not to mention how many governments are going to fight for the cure and make a profit from selling them. So unless we the orokins can't find a way to bring you home, we won't give you the cure, we'll only prevent it from spreading in our solar system"
"I... I see, we'll only make it worse if we return to our world with the cure... But are you sure there's no other way?" W asks
"Unfortunately no, now let's move on with the blood extraction". Rhodes Island was devastated, everything that they were fighting for will only leave the future generation to suffer as countries wage war on each other. Artyom didn't give them any time to think as he proceeds with the procedures and goes to the exit door, but before he left the dorm kal'tsit called out to him
"I apologize vauban but... I am curious about this world, can you explain this world to me?" Kal'tsit asked
"Of course, but first I have to transfer these samples to my lab, I'll come back here in a couple of hours" artyom stated. And so a couple of hours pass by and he came back to Rhodes Island's dorm. And kal'tsit picked a spot with a window
"So, might explain the history of this world?" Kal'tsit opened the conversation
So the Tenno explained the history of the origin system to the offworlder. everything, the Tenno origin, the orokin, the zariman. And kal'tsit was listening with curiosity
"That's quite the origin story, what about you? Were you born an orokin or were you from earth?" Kal'tsit asks
"Oh me? I used to be an earthling but I don't have an interesting background. Just know that I used to have a life before this. friends, and family, but all of them left, some left willingly and some didn't. and when I was dying in the streets I was found by an orokin, they must've thought that I have no future so they let me have a future by helping the solar system"
"And when I was injected with void energy, I became mad. Well, people will get insane when they first have contact with void energy, but I was different, I almost turned into a void angel" he explains further
"Care to elaborate Tenno?"
"Yes, you see, when people have contact with void energy without protection, they will become insane, it's the void's property, and if you didn't resist the void and control it you will become what's known as a void angel, your body will be twisted, and your mind will be broken. This is one of the tests a Tenno in training must pass to become a full orokin, and because we usually train people before they get the void injection the effect of the void's insanity is relatively low and thus void angel manifestation never happened... Until I came, I was the calmest of my generation, that's why I have the baruuk Warframe, and yet... I was the one that almost became a void angel" Artyom explains
"It was... Painful, your body felt like it was burning, the voices in my head were getting louder and louder, and the void was tempting me. And then... Silence. turns out the previous king ordered a nyx Warframe to calm me down, and the nyx also erased some of my memories because they found out that my childhood was the one that caused my manifestation, and now I don't have many memories of my childhood anymore" he explains further
"Do you wish you have your memories back?"
"Not in a million years, after the incident the previous king let me watch my memories before the incident and I don't regret taking that void injection," he says with laughter
"I have another question, Tenno. About you being the bishamo, do they just select the best of the best?"
"Sometimes yes, like our queen valkyr for example, she was chosen as the queen because she is compatible with the valkyr Warframe, mesa warframe, ember warframe, and the saryn Warframe, plus she is an expert in combat, making her a Tenno that can kill entire planets with ease. but most of the time you must distinguish yourself from every other Tenno, you need to be different than other Tenno and not just in strength alone"
"Then that raises the question of how did you become a bishamo?" Kal'tsit asks
"Well you see, about 13 years ago or when I was 20 years old I was dispatched to Neptune for a mission. It was to destroy a new corpus tech called the hyena pack, long story short I won the fight but I sustained heavy damage and it became worse because I lost contact with my ship and Homebase and my energy tank was empty, so essentially I was stuck behind enemy lines without Warframe energy, without ammo, and contact for 1 whole year. Everyone thought I was dead until I hijacked one of the corpus shipments to Pluto, after I hijacked it I immediately went to Lua, the orokins thought it was an attack and almost killed me but I established communication before they blasted me to pieces" he jokingly explains
"I see, thank you for sharing your time and explaining the history of your world"
"No problem kal'tsit, I'll update you when I find something interesting about your kind," he said as he left the dorm and headed into his lab
"Let's get this started," artyom said as he begin researching.
Days and days pass by and when he was researching kal'tsit's blood is when things started to get interesting.
"What is that? Is that... KUVA?!" Artyom said surprised. It was strange, why is kuva here? He hasn't even experimented with her blood. He checks her blood again and it's still there, and the purity of the kuva is interesting too, it's 100%. He rushed towards Rhodes dorm and shouts kal'tsit's name. She asks what was wrong and he started to question her
"Kal'tsit, kal'tsit, what's your age?" Vauban desperately asks
"Quite the rude question there tenno" kal'tsit states
"I'M BEING SERIOUS KAL'TSIT" vauban shouts
"... 10317 years old" kal'tsit answers and artyom was surprised, no wonder she can live that long. The kuva in her body gave her that long lifespan. Shocked by this revelation he rushed toward the golden castle and proceeds to tell the royalty what he found
"ATLAS, VALKYR, COME HERE. I HAVE NEWS" artyom shouts and soon the royalty emerges from another room and they looked very displeased.
"What. the. Hell. Do. You. Want?" Valkyr said as she activates her exalted claws. But they seem tired, they were sweating, artyom thought that they were just training but he smelled something weird from their body. He then realized that he just interrupted their private time. And he apologized, but there's no time for that, he needs to tell them about kal'tsit's blood
"I apologize for interrupting but I have some news, firstly the void seems to nullify the originium crystals so we might be able to use a small dose of void energy as one of the ingredients for the cure for their infection. And secondly... Kal'tsit has been confirmed to have kuva on her body and the purity is 100%"
The royals are in shock, why is there orokin influence on their world?
"That's impossible, our ancestors killed them all. Are you saying one escaped?" Valkyr asked
"I can't confirm nor deny that as of right now ma'am," artyom said
"And what do you think we should do tenno?" Atlas asked
"I recommend dispatching more people to help research and craft a spaceship for outer galaxy travel, if we can send the offworlders back we can surely send a tenno there too" vauban suggest and they agreed. Vauban was dismissed and he proceeds to head into his office again to research more about Rhodes and how he can prevent oripathy from spreading
A couple of weeks passed and the engineering team finally crafted the technology to prevent oripathy from spreading AND hide their exotic features. They called it the guardian shell, it's a force field that prevents any originium from spreading by capturing any originium in the force field, it also can hide their features by having a tiny portal on top and the bottom for the ears and tail, of course, the last part is dangerous, what happens if the portal malfunctioned? Well, it has a safety mechanism, the portal will spout their ears/tail and make them invisible instead. Vauban and the engineering team are very proud of it and artyom proceeds to go to Rhodes Island's dorm
"Hello Rhodes Island, I have great news!" He excitedly states
"What is it vauban? And you rarely visit us now, what happened?" Chiave asks
"You see, I and the engineering team made this". Artyom said as he showed the device that houses the guardian shell force field
"What is that? One of your gizmos again?" Flamebringer said
"Well yes, but this is one is different. It can get you out of this prison- I mean dorm and also visit earth without a problem" he said
"WHAT?" All of Rhodes Island said
"Yes, this device can stop originium from spreading AND hide your features. Now let's get onto it"
So the team equips the guardian shell and activated it, a force field appeared and it engages its cloaking mechanism, making it invisible to the naked eye. And Rhodes Islands are allowed to leave the dorm
"I apologize for the last month being... Undesirable. but Rhodes Island, welcome to the Origin system"
Artyom is heading to the castle once more under the command of Atlas prime. He stepped into the golden castle once more and met the king
"Bishamo vauban, at your service"
"Vauban, any progress on void rot?" The king asks
"Yes, it seems that void rot is caused by the lack of void energy when they are a child. The further the subject is exposed to void energy when they are a child will decrease the likelihood of void rot"
"Hmmm, we can't just open a rift or let a void storm happen near the earth, what do you think we should do?"
"I recommend we use more Tenno offspring rather than taking in a child with no destiny on new earth"
"YOU GUYS DID WHAT?!" Sevagoth said as she barged into the castle.
"Ah, sevagoth. Yeah, we take in children that have no hope on earth, vauban here is an example. He was dying in an alleyway when one of the previous bishamo found him"
"They'll be dead if we didn't interfere, and of course, we gave them a choice when they are of age, between fighting for us in space or becoming our spy on earth" artyom explains further
"Why was I not informed of this situation?" Sevagoth said angrily
"First, you never asked. Second, you're an offspring of a Tenno and was born here." Atlas prime said
"What about grendel And Garuda?"
"Grendel was born here, and Garuda was from earth. We took her when she was running away from the cops after she murdered her abusive family." Atlas prime states
"So you took in a criminal"
"She was 8 years old at the time, and don't blame me for this it was the previous king and previous bishamo that promoted her to bishamo, I wasn't even kinged when it happened"
"Ugh, whatever, you guys said that we'll be training Tenno offsprings rather than earthlings right?"
"Yes, OPERATION LUA REPOPULATION IS A GO!" Artyom jokingly shouts
"Back at the matters at hand, vauban I want you to monitor the offworlders. One of them requested a visit to earth, and I want you to monitor them. I will dispatch some mesa warfarmes to help you."
"Affirmative sir, when do they want to visit earth?"
"As soon as possible"
"Alright, can I also bring Garuda prime with me? I kinda miss going on missions with her"
"Sure, but you're monitoring her too, make a believable disguise like I don't know maybe you're her boyfriend. Now scram"
"I'll go notify Rhodes Island"
"And I'll go notify the mesa Warframes"
And so artyom notified Rhodes Island, he will take them to 3 spots today. A mall, an amusement park, and a festival. Artyom also notified Garuda prime and she gets ready to leave.
The woman behind Garuda prime has a loose screw, her dazzling long and straight crimson red hair and her slim body are perfectly encapsulating the deadly and elegant aura of Garuda prime as it tears its enemies to pieces.
"Garuda, hurry up we don't want the offworlders to wait"
*Chuckles* "call me by my real name when we're alone sweetie"
"Agalea, I know that we're disguised as a couple but that wasn't necessary"
"Aw, do you hate it?"
"Heh, quite the opposite. Speaking of which, are you free tonight?"
"Hmm, I don't know. Why?"
"I was thinking maybe we could go to dinner tonight, it's been quite a while since I'm free"
"Oh? Is little Archie asking me out on a date?"
"Is that a yes or a no?"
"It's a yes darling"
"Please stop flirting it hurts my eyeballs" sevagoth interrupts the two
"Ah, sevagoth, what's up?" Artyom said surprised
"The king wondered why you guys are taking so long, hurry up the king is waiting"
Garuda prime then quickly gets ready and the three Tenno are now on an orbiter on their way to meet with Rhodes Island for a briefing
"So... You guys are dating?" Sevagoth said breaking the silence in the ship
"Nope," both of them said
"Oh right, vauban is it true that one of the offworlders has kuva in their blood?" Garuda said shifting the conversation
"Hey don't change the topic!" Sevagoth shouts
"Correct, the queen is focusing all research on outer galaxy travel, working with the other research divisions is very fun," artyom said ignoring sevagoth
"You guys are ignoring me, unbelievable"
The three of them have arrived at the castle, they all introduce themselves and Garuda and sevagoth apologized for the inconvenience caused to Rhodes Island
"Alright Rhodes Island, today we will be going to 3 places. The theatre, and then we will go to an amusement park, and lastly, we will go to a night festival in the evening. There are two rules for you to follow in this expedition and the next, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES mate with the residence on earth, for a one-night stand or whatever, the guardian shell cannot shelter any... Thing that enters your body and that will infect the residents of earth. I usually don't care about someone else's sex life but your carelessness can doom the whole world. And secondly, don't tell anyone about the orokins and your kind, we've been hiding for 3 thousand years and I don't want us getting found out in my generation" artyom explains
"Alright, I'm outta here, I got a job in Jupiter. Take care everyone" sevagoth waved goodbye as she left with her orbiter.
The group then head into a railjack and they traveled to earth, Rhodes Island is in awe from the view of the empty space, the cold and dark abyss with the sun shining bright, and the view of the round earth. And their train of thought is interrupted once they entered the atmosphere. The heat of the railjack as it descends lower into earth burns them, but it was all worth it because what lies below the burning heat lies gorgeous mountains, the white snow that coated the peaks of the mountains sends chills down Rhodes Island's spine. Rhodes Island cherishes every second of it. But good things must come to an end as they arrived at their destination
Montana, U.S.A, 09:00 AM the year 2137
"Ah, sweet natural oxygen, my favorite" artyom said
"Why Montana? I thought you'd take us to somewhere a bit more modern" Garuda said
"Montana is one of the few places where it hasn't been plagued by corporate greed, and besides, there's a modern city right there," artyom said as he points north at a city filled with neon lights and skyscrapers.
"Ugh, my head is killing me. Where are we vauban?" Elysium asks as the rest of the Rhodes Island members come out of the railjack
"Ah antenna boy, thought you'd be tougher than that. Anyway, Rhodes Island, welcome to Montana" artyom said as he presents the view and Rhodes Island are stunned, what they saw was the beautiful Mountaintops with the white coat from before, a beautiful lake larger than the dosoles artificial ocean, and a city with skyscrapers that will put lungmen to shame.
A bus then approaches the group and stopped at where they are, the doors opened and 6 mesa Warframes come out of the bus, it was the mesa Warframes dispatched to help the bishamo. One wears the Devil ranger skin with blue and white colors, two uses the marlet skin with red and black colors and the other uses green and white, another one uses the graxx skin with the standard colors, and the other two uses the kudegra skin with one using a purple and yellow color and the other uses a brown and blue color.
"Hello there Vauban prime, I am codename Tresh, the assigned leader of this squad. It's an honor to work with the two of you" the one with the graxx skin said
"The honor is ours Tresh, I take it this is our ride to the city?" Artyom asked as he points to the bus
"Affirmative sir, we'll help you with surveillance and a bird's eye view with our archwing and K drives," Tresh said as the mesa Warframes activated their itzal archwing and activates its cloaking mechanism
"Neat, alrighty let's get going Rhodes Island, we have a whole day ahead of us," artyom said as Rhodes Island enters the bus.
On the bus Rhodes Island took a lot of pictures with the camera artyom gave to them, they entered the city and they all saw the massive screens and billboards full of advertisements. They all compare the city to lungmen, but one of them felt the view of the city is too familiar. It was the radiant knight nearl. She saw the greed of Kazimierz inside the city.
"Vauban, are all cities in this world like this?" Margaret asked
"Hm? Oh yes, most of them are like these. Neon lights, vulgar advertisements, and a lot of homeless people, not a good look I know but this city is relatively tame compared to other cities" he answered
"That's horrible, it feels all too familiar"
"Reminds you of home?"
"Yes, back in my country we held a competition every 3 years, it's called the Kazimierz major. It used to be an honorable competition, but now it's plagued with cheaters and corporate greed. Seeing a country fall into the hands of money is one thing, but a whole world? That's another thing"
"Yeah well there's not much we can do about it, we can't reveal ourselves. First king's orders"
When they arrived at the theatre, the screen shows a couple of movies that are airing
"I reserved some seats for you guys," Tresh said on a nearby rooftop
"Thanks, Tresh, damn we occupy 2 whole rows?" Artyom said surprised
"Rhodes Island, hope you don't mind this movie"
"What's it called?" Saria asks
"Let me see... Ah '2077', a movie based on a true story from 60 years ago. What a classic, thanks Tresh"
The group enters the theatre and Rhodes Island is dazzled by the interior, brown carpets with diamond patterns, and the theme of the theatre mirrors that of a victorian Noble's house and it's much cleaner than the vile dirty streets of the city.
"Alright what are we buying?" Artyom asked the rest
"I'll take the usual large popcorn and large soda" Garuda said
"Popcorn? You guys have them here? And what's a soda?" W asks with curiosity
"Yes, we do have popcorn and soda is... How do you explain it Garuda?"
"It's a drink that pops in your mouth, you should try it Little explosion, I quite like it" Garuda explains
"Hm, I'll try it. And don't call me 'little explosion'" W said in anger
"We'll get the same thing," kal'tsit said
"Alright 14 large sodas and popcorn coming right up" and artyom ordered their food while the rest are sitting at a nearby bench, people stared at Rhodes Island, their gaze filled with curiosity and confusion. After all their outfits are unique and different from the current trend. People wondered why are these strangers full of flesh in this world of cybernetic enchantments. And Rhodes Island is also curious about the technology needed to make cybernetic enchantments. But their thoughts are interrupted as Artyom called the group, it seems he can't carry 14 large sodas and popcorn and he needed help.
The group is now entering the theatre and picking their seats. As they wait for the movie to play they decided to taste their drinks and the word surprised is an understatement. Blaze, W, flamebringer, siege, and chiave like it. Saria, Thorns, Enciodes, and kal'tsit are confused with the flavor. Mudrock, nearl, and Elysium seem to not like it though.
"Hm? You guys seem to not like it, do you want me to change it?" Artyom said to the three
"That would be wonderful vauban," nearl said
"Alright what do you guys want? Coffee? Chocolate milk? Or ice tea?"
The radiant knight chose ice tea, Antenna boy chose hot coffee, and lastly, the former reunion leader chose chocolate milk. Artyom then rushed to the cashier and ordered their drinks.
Fortunately, they work fast and artyom was able to come back with the drinks before the movie started.
They all watched the movie with curiosity, watched their character develop, solve their conflicts, make tough decisions and get the ending they deserved. And they all come out of the theatre with satisfaction in their eyes.
"Good movie," artyom said
"Character development could be better but it's good enough" kal'tsit critiques
"Alright Tresh, anything happened in the last 3 hours?" Artyom asks the graxx
"Nothing sir, besides the usual gang fights and police chase"
"Don't mind them, our job is to take these guys on a tour"
"Copy that sir"
"Psst, hey Garuda, where can I get more of this 'soda'?" Blaze asks
"You can buy them from that vending machine right there," Garuda said as she points at a nearby vending machine across the street
"You do know how to operate it right?"
"Of course, we have them in our world, you put the coin in and you pick what you want"
"Great, here's the money" Garuda then gave blaze 50 dollars, because it seems like the others want it too
Blaze then crossed the street and buys 9 cans, and meanwhile, 5 dark figures lurked in an alleyway nearby her.
"What about her? She got some muscles so the boss will like her, no cybernetic enchantments too so it should be easy." One figure said
"We're not blind Dave, I don't think it's that easy though, she got some friends," another one said
"So what? They're civilians, without cybernetics too. What are they gonna do? Call the police? They're busy with the steamaris 5 blocks away" another one said defending the one called Dave
The other two agreed and with the majority vote done they proceed to scout blaze, one of them felt a nasty feeling, but he brushed it off as nothing but cowardice. Meanwhile, the mesa squad is lining up their shot straight to their head
"Sir, permission to engage," Tresh said
"Wait for a second, identity them please" artyom objects
"Just a second... Dave Solomon, Armich Schneider, Kolimon Armitzch, Herman Gritskur, and lastly Reiner Angelier. All of them are members of the Biologhouls sir"
"Infested pieces of shit, alright, one of you will find another Biologhouls member and make a bomb and you will explode the bomb in a nearby autonomous police station, and after the explosion, you will put him near the debris, Biologhouls hate robots so they'd think it's their fault and attack the gang, and the rest of you guys will fire when the bomb explodes to mask your gunfire, copy that?"
"Affirmative sir," the mesas said in unison and one of them ran off to find another Biologhouls member
"Something wrong vauban?" Blaze said
"Oh blaze you're back, it's nothing. 5 people are about to step on a lion's tail" artyom said reassuring blaze
"Oh... Alright, I'll be with the others if you need me" blaze said as she went to the rest of the group to hand them their drinks
"Bomb and subject are in place, ready to detonate," one of the mesas said
"We are ready here, on your mark vauban prime," Tresh said
"One... Two... Fire" and an explosion blasts everyone's ears and in the midst of it, 5 gunshots were masked.
"That'll teach them a lesson, alright everyone, let's get going"
Artyom and Garuda are calm and meanwhile, the rest of the group is shocked
"Hey uh, vauban? Was that your doing?" Flamebringer asks
"Hm? Yep that was one of the mesa Warframes, don't worry, they'll think its a gang attack and they're quite common. Now chop chop everyone we have tons to do~" Garuda said
Rhodes Island decided to ignore the explosion and enters the bus and the mesa Warframes follows too. The group is now traveling to their railjack again when saria asked artyom
"Vauban, may I have a word?"
"Oh hey saria, do you need anything?"
"Why did you cause an explosion back there?"
"That is because one of the 4 gangs occupying that city was about to kidnap blaze"
"But blaze can defend herself"
"You are correct, but we can't have our guest fight when we're supposed to have a vacation now can we?"
"I suppose so, but you said there are 4 gangs in that city, can you tell me more about them?"
"Ah, of course, you see there are 4 gangs that occupied most major cities, they can branch out because they're backed up by a big shot company and are working with the corrupt cops simultaneously, there's the steamaris which is a gang that wants the world to go back 200 years and use steam again. The Biologhouls aka the gang that almost kidnapped blaze is a gang that viewed cybernetic enchantments as trash and now you can see why they wanted to kidnap blaze, she doesn't have any cybernetics. And the third is the infamous Yakuza and they are the largest one because they occupy every city. And last but not least is the mechazords which as the name suggests, likes robots which makes them the enemy of the Biologhouls"
"I see, very interesting. Last question, how common are guns in this world?"
"Very common, in this day and age a pistol is almost mandatory to survive the streets"
"What? What do you guys use as ammunition then? You guys don't seem to have originium bullets"
"About 1 thousand years ago someone invented something we called 'gunpowder' and it's basically just a small explosive made with different chemicals"
"Curious, that's what we also use but originium is the main component used in making it"
"We might not be so different after all, oh look we have arrived"
Rhodes Island then enters the railjack while the bishamo and mesa squad attaches the bus to the railjack
"Hey big shots," one of the mesa said
"Yes?" Both bishamo said in unison
"So how does it feel? Being an elite Tenno and all that"
"Honestly pretty tiring, you work day in and day out, we might not participate in the field often but when we do we usually get sent to a very dangerous mission all alone," Artyom said
"And the amount of paperwork uggghh, just thinking about it makes me want to puke" Garuda adds
"that bad huh? Also I never actually saw queen valkyr being in the field, how great is she?"
"Last time she got sent to a field mission she obliterated an entire fomorian fleet AND the razorback armada at the same time"
"That is terrifying, you reckon she might get a deluxe skin?"
"Oh absolutely, it's just a matter of time till she has it"
"Ah~ I'm quite jealous of little valk, she gets the berserker kitty Warframe"
"You guys finished? Chiave started tinkering with the ship and it's starting to worry me" silverash said interrupting their conversation
"HE WHAT? STOP HIM!" Artyom said as he rushed inside the ship and interrupts the redhead Lupo
Author note: Heya sorry for the delay, i will TRY to update this story every week. also i tried to make a psycopathic flirtatious character and i dunno what i'm doing
also fun fact, the original name for the bishamo is "blade of the lotus", yes it sounds cooler and yes its a tennogen skin name. but someone already did that back in wattpad and i dont want to be accused of plagiarizing so i panicked and just picked the operator skin for the name so i'm sorry if all of a sudden someone called our protagonist as "blade" just let me know and i'll fix it
and i don't actually know if soda exists in terra so this might not be accurate... then again my world setting and the actual world of warframe is very different so yeah
i'll try to upload chapter 3 as fast as i could because there are some things in this chapter that hasn't been explained yet
now that i look at it, there are so many expositions in this chapter holy moly