Speak to self

Speak to Ghost


Joseph leans on a wall of a now cleared ruins, all the monsters, defeated. He hears a wagon in the distance as he sees Naofumi and his party. Joseph waves and points to some nearby trees, "Have Filo park there." Joseph said.

Minutes passed as they tried to figure something out, "Well, before we move again, we should scout for any areas we sneak past through." said Naofumi.

Joseph nods, "Kay, I'll keep watch in this area but in the meantime…" Joseph looks at Melty, "I got some information that you guys would love to hear. Naofumi, go and scout ahead, it's about to be dark. You should take that opportunity before they bring out the lanterns." Joseph said.

Naofumi nods, "Got it," he walks out of the ruins.

Joseph, Melty, Raphtalia and Filo sat down, Filo trying to comfort Melty.

Joseph takes a deep breath, "Well it's safe to say, your sister Myne is in the mix of this. She wants to kill you so she can be heir to the throne. But that's not all, it seems that the cult, 'Three Heroes Church' is playing a big role in this as well. Though there was no detail on why…" Joseph explained.

"The Three Heroes Church!? But why? Pope Balmus seemed so nice to Filo, Naofumi and I!" Raphtalia said.

"Well I guess the kindness died down. They're hunting down Melty." Joseph said. He looks at Filo and Raphtalia, "If we ever encounter Malty or any member of the Three Heroes Church and they ask for Melty, do not give her up." he said.

"Like I ever want to let those freaks get to Melty!" Filo said.

"Yeah, Melty is our friend, we'll make sure nothing will happen to her!" Raphtalia said.

Joseph smiles, "good." he looks at Melty, "I've always had a huge distaste of people with Royal blood, most of them are cruel and selfish." He stands up and walks to her. Melty closes her eyes, a bit scared of what will happen next. Joseph kneels down to reach eye level with her, "but you're not bad. Rest assured, your life will not be taken by the likes of your sister or anyone who tries to threaten your life. Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo and I will make sure of that." Joseph said. He stands up and summons Xeno. "Xeno, fetch my armory if you could."

"Got it, you gonna arm them up?" asked Xeno

"Well… possibly only Raphtalia." Joseph said. "Raphtalia if you could stand up please." Joseph said

"Uh sure," Raphtalia said.

"So, you're a swordswoman eh?" Joseph chuckles, "Well, it's your lucky night," a horizontal line of gun cabinets and sword stands materialize behind Joseph, "Over the past years, I've gone and collected some weaponry. You get to choose two swords and feel free to ask me anything." Joseph said.

Raphtalia was stunned by the many swords. "W-wow… I don't know what to say!" Raphtalia said she runs to the swords and checks them all out.

Raphtalia was looking at one sword that was big and long with the edge of the blades glow purple.

"Ah the Mythril Sabre. It has great offensive capability when it comes to magic. It boosts the user's magic power and it can also allow the user to use elemental damage only if the user casts an elemental spell on the sword. But, the only downside is that it is quite heavy, not for you I'm afraid." Joseph said.

"What about this one?" She points to Joseph's katana collection.

"Oh! Katanas! They are very light and agile!" Joseph said "these are one of my favorite kinds of swords!"

She grabs a katana, and unsheaths it, sparks of lighting emit from the blade.

"Ah, the Raikiri. It's a powerful katana, as you slice your opponent, they will also be shocked at the same time." Joseph said

She sheaths the Raikiri as she goes to the next sword, she picks up a rapier that also has a magnum cylinder as a guard.

"Oh I made that one, a replica from a student I taught. The Myrtenaster, though it uses a material that does not exist in your world, you can use these." he holds cartridges that contain Omolon liquid. "This liquid contains a special explosive payload. As you stab your opponent multiple times, you are able to place the liquid in or on your opponent and one powerful swipe will ignite the explosive liquid, making a large explosion." Joseph said.

Raphtalia continues to examine the sword, "these are sure cool…" Raphtalia said. She puts the Myrtenaster back and walks to one last sword. She picks up a sword and on the bottom of the handle was a magazine inserted in the handle.

"Ah, another homemade sword, inspired by a woman named Lighting. The blade is quite short but it also can be converted into a pistol. Hitting the magazine will fold the sword into a gun, and to convert it back to a sword is just a flick of your wrist." Joseph explained.

"Wow… these are really interesting swords! Unlike the ones that Naofumi gave me it's very basic." she clings onto her sword, not wanting to give it up.

Joseph noticed very quickly and understood how she felt. "Yeah, I get ya, so many sidearms to use that's better than this over-a-century old junk," he brandishes his M1911, "but I still use it to remember my family." Joseph said, "you don't need to use these, but… here's a sword that I used in the past, a sword made by an Iron Lord from my world." Joseph materializes the sword that Lord Saladin gave him as the first new generation of Iron Lords and passed it to Raphtalia.

She was astonished when she wielded it, a fiery glow emitting from the blade near the hilt, revealing the Iron Lord Axe symbol. "It's… amazing…" her eyes sparkle in awe. Raphtalia then sees a memory. She sees Joseph with Xeno as he wields the sword and behind him is a heavily armored man.

An echo of dialogue past her ears.

"It is yours, Young Wolf. You are the first of a new generation. Take your place as an Iron Lord." said the armored man with pride.

She steps back into reality as the sword starts to flame up but then quickly dies down. Raphtalia didn't say anything, she sheaths the sword and walks to Joseph. "Thank you Joseph! I really appreciate it!" she said.

Joseph smiles, "No need to thank me, the Young Wolf's Howl, will light your way ablaze." Joseph said.

...

Joseph summons Xeno so he can put the armory away and they wait for Naofumi's return. Joseph sits on a branch of a tree, waiting and guarding the area until Naofumi's safe return.

"So, any ideas on getting out?" Xeno asked

"No, you?" Joseph asked

"No…" Xeno said softly.

Joseph chuckles, "well, lets see what we do know. I can't use my powers to travel into another world, time has stopped for all of the worlds that I know, the cause of this new world was because of a large energy spike from a book and there are threats called the Wave of Catastrophe, which are repelled by the Cardinal Heroes…" Joseph said.

"You think we have to fulfill something?" Xeno asked.

"Fulfill something? Can you put more context into it?" Joseph asked.

"Well, maybe, if we are able to do something that helps this world, you think we are able to escape this world?" Xeno asked.

"If that's the case, what do we need to do to help this world?" Joseph asked.

"I don't know…" Xeno said.

"Yeah, me too… let's keep this in the back of our minds. In the meantime, oh, it looks like Naofumi is back." Joseph jumps back to the ground and walks to him, "any luck?" Joseph asked

"No, what about you, anyone came this way?" Naofumi asked.

Raphtalia and Joseph shook their heads, "No, when I was up on that tree, there's a lot of security all over the villages and towns, it'd be risky to enter any of them." Joseph said. He remembered that after interrogating and killing the captain, he dropped a rosary that had a sword, spear and bow forming a cross. "Oh yeah, Naofumi you should take a look at this." Joseph grabs the rosary out of his utility pouch and tosses is to him. "That's a rosary aint it?"

Naofumi takes a look at the rosary, "yes it is, it's from the three heroes church…" he said.

Joseph chuckles, "and let me guess, they only worship all heroes except you because you're the so-called 'Devil-of-the-Shield,'" Joseph sighs, "heh, you're more of a saint than a Devil to my eyes, so fuck em, never been heavy on religeon anyways." he said. "But, there's some news that you should hear."

"What is it?" Naofumi asked.

Joseph leans on the wagon, as he crosses his arms, "the 'Bitch' wants to kill Melty so she can have the throne to herself yeah, 'shocker' the Three Heroes Church is playing a role in this as well." he said. "But that's all I was able to get out of him, let's not trust anyone who has close ties with the Bitch and the church. Although, there's always got to be a mastermind in this kind of situation, but we don't even know who's the mastermind in all of this, any ideas Naofumi?" Joseph asked.

Naofumi "my best bet would be that king. Those knights you fought, are under the kings direct control. It'd be natural to assume he's in the middle of everything. If I'm right, those guys, there's nothing they'd love more than to frame the mythical Devil of the Shield for this whole thing." Naofumi said.

Melty stands up, "Father would never stoop something this low!" she said

Naofumi looks at Melty, "what makes you so sure, kid?" asked Naofumi.

Melty tries to defend her father but can't find ways to defend him, "because… because father is…"

"I don't know how you can stick up for him. That scumbag." Naofumi snarls as he walks away.

"But you're wrong…" Melty said

"How so?" Filo asked

Melty shakes her head, "your totally wrong! Why can't either of you understand!? We dont have time to fight each other! There are problems before us we need to solve together!" Melty pleads but Naofumi continues to walk away, "please! Talk with father one more time I beg you!"

Raphtalia takes a step forward, "Master Naofumi…"

Joseph sighs, "Just give it up Melty, he won't talk to Aultcray no matter how much you beg him to. He's not gonna do it, just accept it." Joseph said

Melty starts to sob, covering her face with her hands, "I can't… how will I ever face mother like this? I just can't do it!" she continues to cry as Filo tries to comfort her.

Joseph looks at the crying Melty and sighs, "oh boy…" he said. He walks to the tailgate of the wagon and puts down the tailgate of the wagon and puts his M1911 on the tailgate with tools, empty magazines, bullets and attachments. "Xeno, may I have some light?" Joseph asked

"On it," Xeno hovers over Joseph's head as he emits light from his eyes.

"What are you doing?" asked Raphtalia

"I'm gearing up, old school style." Joseph said as he loaded seven bullets in an empty magazine. "I miss this, now it's just materializing my magazines from my storage and picking up ammo from my dead foes. Doing this reminds me of my pre-guardian years." Joseph said.

"What's that?" Raphtalia asked as she pointed to the silencer.

"A silencer or suppressor up to your preference. This reduces the sound when a gun is fired, but not that much." Joseph finished filling up his magazines and start to put them in his ammo pouches. "With the situation we are in currently, I feel like going light will be a good approach. My sidearm of choice of course will be my M1911. We're most likely to survey areas, so a sniper will be useful, so maybe going classical with it and using the Kar98k." Joseph chuckles, "I remember this was my go-to gun in that shooter I played… heh, well in mid range engagements, a scout rifle will do the trick."

"Why not a pulse or an auto rifle?" asked Xeno

"Yeah I could but nah, this time, let's at least not kill them, with these precision based weaponry, we can hit their legs and they'll fall straight to the ground. I just hope that those soldiers help their wounded." Joseph said.

"Sounds great. So, what Scout Rifle are we going to use?" asked Xeno.

"The MIDA Multi-Tool, very versatile and very light." Joseph said.

"Alright, let me get your equipment all set." Xeno said. He scans the tailgate as Joseph's Kar98k and his MIDA Multi-Tool materializes on the tailgate.

Joseph holsters his M1911 onto his chest holster, grabs his MIDA Multi-Tool and places it on his back and holds his Kar98k. Joseph pulls back the bolt of the Kar and slots in the clip and pushes the bolt back in. Joseph held the Kar on one hand on the forestock. "Alright, I'm ready." Joseph said.

Joseph sees Naofumi return, Naofumi walks forward and stops next to Melty who's looking away from him.

"Listen, we're going to have to leave the country, so what'll you do?" Naofumi asked Melty.

"I'll return to the capitol somehow, I have to talk to father and-"

"Lousy idea." Naofumi interrupted

Joseph walks to Melty, "He has a point. The moment you are seen in the open or even at the castle gates, your sister and her goons will be waiting for you to kill you. Trust me on that." Joseph said.

"If' you were to change your mind and stay with us, I'll keep you safe." Naofumi starts to walk to the wagon, "I can promise you that, if nothing else."

Melty agrees with Naofumi's offer, "Alright." she said

"We'll leave before dawn, make sure you're ready." Naofumi said.

Raphtalia turns to Naofumi, "Master Naofumi, where will we be going this time?" she asked.

"Don't worry, I'll let you know." Naofumi said.

Joseph follows Naofumi, "hey, you should get some rest as well, cause if you keep up with that stern look on your face, I might as well call you Vegeta," Joseph chuckles.

Naofumi sits down on a rock and looks at Joseph, "I'm fine." he said.

"No, you really should. Better to be refreshed first thing before morning. I'll keep this place away from any intruders, I've had my rest when I was knocked unconscious from that pirate ship. You should get yours and if you continue to decline my offer," Joseph materializes his Sig Sauer M17 loaded with sleep rounds, "I'll just shoot you with this gun that has sleep bullets." he said.

Naofumi was slightly taken back and softly chuckled.

"Oh, did I hear laughter? I think I did." Joseph smirks at Naofumi, "So, you do have a soft side!" Joseph laughed.

Naofumi lightly chuckles, "whatever, fine I'll sleep." he said.

Joseph smiles, "good, sleep well friend." Joseph walks away as he goes to Raphtalia.

Raphtalia sees Joseph and waves, "hey Joseph," she said.

"Hey." Joseph said, "You should go sleep, good for the mind and body." he said.

"What about you Joseph?" asked Raphtalia

"I'll be making sure nothing interrupts your guys's beauty sleep. Don't worry, I got my fair share of rest." Joseph said.

"Alright, thanks Joseph! For the sword and helping us." Raphtalia said.

"No problem, g'night." Joseph said

Raphtalia waves, "Good night." she said.

Before Joseph could scout the area, he walked to where Melty and Filo are. The two were sitting down, Melty is still trying to get things together while Filo is still with her.

Joseph walks up to the two, "how are you kids holding up?" Joseph asked.

"We're doing fine, just tired." Filo said as she yawned.

"Well hope you two get some decent rest. I'll wake you guys up when the time comes." Joseph said.

"You're staying up?" Asked Melty.

"Yeah, wanna make sure you folks are safe when you guys sleep." Joseph said. "So sleep well you two, especially you Melty, you had it rough today."

"I will… thank you," Melty said.

Joseph nods and walks to a cliffside as he watches the moving lights on the ground.

"Despite those lights trying to hunt us down, it's quite the relaxing sight." Xeno said.

"Yeup… just like the headlights from the cars when viewing them from Makapu'u hike trail…" Joseph said

"Well, with everyone asleep, do you want to talk about what we do if we are unable to go back home?" asked Xeno.

Joseph looks up to the starry night sky, he thinks long and hard.

What should I do?

I don't want to stay here forever… but what if I have to?

Should I continue fighting for this world? Or should I retire?

Should I just give up?

For the first time ever since Cayde's death, Joseph felt the fear of being unable to do anything. But Joseph shakes his head, still determined to find the way out.

No, I cannot be thinking like this! I will help Naofumi! I will go home! Even if it takes me years!

Joseph opens his eyes, "We still find a way out. We will go back, we will find a way out because like I said before, we have unfinished business with the Darkness and Remnant, so we can't be thinkin like that! We shall stick with Naofumi because I have a feeling that our exit aligns with Naofumi's adventure." Joseph said

Xeno laughed, "well this is certainly a change of mood there Joseph, but you're right, I shouldn't be thinking like that… but it's scary, we have no knowledge on how we can go back. It's just that feeling of powerlessness is what I'm afraid of." Xeno said.

Joseph nods, "Yeah, but it's only natural to be feeling that way. We just have to accept it but we shouldn't give up because if we do, we are letting down our city, we're letting down Team RWBY and JNPR, and for me, I'm not only letting down myself but I'm letting down you, Lillie and our adoptive daughter Kiyoko and she had a rough and saddening past. If we quit now… heh, I shouldn't even call myself a parent or even a husband." Joseph said.

Joseph looks at the night-sky horizon and sighs, "and once we go home," Joseph holds out a fist, "we kick the Vex's ass in the Black Garden and we can rest for now." Joseph said.

Xeno chuckles, "Can't wait for one, this has been nonstop for you huh?" asked Xeno.

Joseph chuckles, "The ride never ends eh?" Joseph gave out a relaxed sigh, "Whew, this… is honestly what we needed, a talk between the two of us." Joseph looks at Xeno, "Y'know, you're the best Ghost I could ever ask for." Joseph said.

Xeno "Well, that's because I chose you!" Xeno chirped.

Joseph smiles and chuckled, "Damn right you did," Joseph said.

The two laughed as they enjoyed the moonlit horizon.


Alright, longer than expected, but I hope that's fine. I'm getting back into Destiny, been out of the game for 2 months only playing if any of my friends wanted to do raids or dungeons. Coming back to Destiny feels great, overwhelming and annoying.

Great, because I miss doing activities like Contact, Crucible, grinding for the weapons that you want and I guess the overall lore, not a loremaster like Byf or a friend I know, but I just love listening to Byf's lore videos.

Overwhelming because I missed two whole months, now Iron Banner is here, I missed the glowing armor from solstice and man, more quests to do, but nonetheless they are things that will keep me busy.

Annoying because the skill gap between the people I play against in Crucible, it's hard to catch up and whenever I go play with old friends, they like to boast on how much they got better gear and stuff. Whenever I go to a PS4 destiny community to help out others when I'm in the mood, I see so many demanding things, trials I can get, but KWTD or a post I saw once, riven sword cheese FG (Fallen Guillotine) with whirlwind, relentless strike perks are needed!, when I saw that I just shook my head. You don't need to have FG, even a basic sword can get the job done, the way I see it, it is hard for newcomers that go to these communities to enjoy the game with such demanding requirements. I enjoy helping newbies and those who are confused in raids, even dungeons, though it may get annoying overtime, I chose to help them and I try not to leave them, s'not right.

There was actually a time where this Korean guy was looking for help on Leviathan with his other friends, the only problem was that they spoke their native tongue, only the guy asking for help only knew a bit of english. I wanted to help when I saw other players join the party, they just snarked at them, saying hurtful things to them in english so they won't understand, or even just leaving without a say in the world. This is one thing I will always say to myself, I will never help a capital A Asshole, though I have friends who are like those kind of people but its compensated with their chill and friendly attitude. No one wanted to help the Korean Fireteam, except me and this British (Maybe, maybe not) dude and he was so chill and patient! The raid took all eight hours of my sleep, but we were able to do it and I felt it was WORTH every minute! I was proud at myself not abandoning them I was happy for them that they were able to kill Callus and even today, that Korean Guardian still request for my help, but there are times where I have to decline because of school but when I am in break or weekends, Hell to the fucken Yeah I'll help.

But that's all I am going to say, I enjoy Destiny and I can never escape Assholes that play this game, but that's fine, I will play with my friends and those who are in need of help.

My PS4 Username is Kaya_Alphas_808, if you play destiny 2 and are in need of help, WITH, the exception of trials or survival, (I SUCK AT COMPETITIVE CRUCIBLE!) I am more willing to help. But just gonna say this, I am a casual player who loves helping others and to fool around, so there are things I do and don't know so beware.

I hope you enjoy your Morning, Day or Night wherever you live!