You know when I started this, I didn't think I'd be writing log 100 ever, lol.

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Entry Log 100 - 00:22:12

"...and that's it for the semi-finals, Guardians! The finals will commence after a short 15 minute break!" Lord Saladin's booming voice comes over the speakers as the video flickers onto a bar screen, one of Cayde's regular hangouts. Said Exo is leaning into the booth of his lounge, glowing green drink in hand as his eyes finally slide away from the live video feed on the TV. He's got a few people around him, nameless faces that tend to slink around the bar. Right now they all look a bit frustrated as Cayde laughs and divides the pile of glimmer on the table in half, shoving half of it to a female Exo while he takes the rest.

"You win some, you lose some guys!" he teases, a wicked smile on his face. "Never should have bet against my team, you guys know them, it was a bad idea!" there's some grumbling from his words but they all shuffle off, apparently not interested in playing another round. "Aw, come on guys..."

A snort from off camera has both Cayde and the feed looking towards it. After a moment of focusing, a long time absent face appears. Shiro-4 has a raised brow plat directed at him, arms crossed lazily as he looks at his commander. "You know, I would think after being gone for three months you would have changed at least a little. Nope, same old Cayde," he deadpans, taking the few steps needed to sit to the side of his fellow Exo. The video widens then to get them both in view, and Cayde chuckles, shrugging.

"Hey why change something that's working just fine?" he replies taking a sip. "Been a while Shiro. How's the Reef treating you?"

"Ag," the brightly colored hunter blanches as a bartender drops a drink in front of him and he waits till they've wandered off to speak. "Don't get me wrong, I'm honored that I was chosen to help Variks clean out the last of the Fallen Wolves, but the Awoken there are so boring. Nothing like Cassy," he grumbled scratching his neck. Cayde just smirks.

"I did warn you," he pointed out. "How's Cassidy doing these days anyway?" Cayde hardly ever got the chance to catch up with one of his top scouts and friends. Shiro seems to understand that, and doesn't mind humoring him while they wait for things to get going again on the TV.

"She's good. Bashing and crashing on the front line like any titan," he jokes and the amusement on Cayde's face clearly shows that he still thinks it's funny that the Exo is dating a titan of all things. An awoken titan at that. Taking a swig of his drink he gives his leader a curious look right back. "Speaking of. She sent me a message a few days ago about something pretty interesting she saw. It involved a certain Exo Vanguard and his former star rookie walking around the shops holding hands." The smirk on his face rivals Cayde's and for once the Gunslinger seems at a loss for a comeback, shrugging his shoulders. He simply gives the younger Exo an even look.

"And?"

"And? And! Seriously?" Shiro exclaims and it might have gotten people's attention if the bar wasn't already noisy and if people weren't used to Cayde causing those kinds of reactions. He puts his free hand on the table. "Skylar had been pining endlessly for months while you acted like nothing was going on and the moment I leave for a while something happens? So what happened?"

"You sound like a gossiping old lady Shiro," Cayde teases, resting his elbows on the table. They stare at each other for a moment before he sighs and gives in to the exasperated look. "Things just… changed okay? After what happened with Crota and then Tevis… shit. I couldn't lose her too okay? I realized I was harping over things that meant nothing." He taps his fingers on his glass. "It just took me some time to sort things out."

"The Exo thing?" Shiro asks, cocking his head and Cayde shrugs again, suddenly finding interest in his glass. Shiro rolls his eyes. "Hey, we all have to come to terms with it at some point and yeah I'm sure it would bother some organics. But not all of them. Cassy doesn't mind and neither does Sky or half a dozen other mixed relationships I could name off." he raises his glass at Cayde and raises his brow plate again. "If you need any pointers, just say the word."

The Vanguard huffs, eyes glowing brighter for a moment. "I've got that covered thanks," he grumbles uneasily. "Even if I didn't - which I do - I'd have plenty of time. Skylar needs it, she's not… well she's not experienced as far as I know. Acts like it too." He smirks, and somehow the way his jaw curves makes it almost a tender expression. "...It's cute."

Shiro snickers, enjoying all of this way too much. "Well, that's not too uncommon really. Though it's not like she didn't have the options. Just never took them." He swirled his glass, thinking for a few moments before looking back at his friend. "I'm happy for you guys though. After I heard what happened with Tevis… I was worried." His tone softened, growing slightly sad. "It couldn't have been easily for her to see that, or for you to find out that way."

Hunters always seemed to know when one of their own had fallen.

"You don't need to worry about me," Cayde assured him, finishing off his drink and flagging the bartender for another. "I miss the guy sure but… well, we all know the risks." A staple statement from a leader, nothing more, and both Exos know it. They stay quiet for a few minutes then. Enough time ticking by on the clock for Cayde's new drink to arrive and for him to take a gulp. Then Shiro shifts and changes topics.

"Where is she right now anyway?" he asks and Cayde seems to be about to reply before the booming voice of the Iron Lord rings through the speakers again, the finals about to start. Cayde gestures to it, turning Shiro's attention, while Sundance shifts the camera back to the screen.

"She's there, actually," he states, and sure enough as the screen shows both teams all huddled up before the match, Skylar is spotted by way of her Tarantella chest plate. She's off to the side of the team, flanked by Z and Corvan. Noble, Haar, and Will are there too, all looking dashing in their Iron Banner gear. "Made it all the way to the finals this time."

"You're shitting me," Shiro mutters, surprised. "I didn't think Corvan would let her join them, or that she'd want to be on his team again." As he spoke the match started, the game type was Rift, and having three Hunters on the team was a gold mine verse only one on the other.

"Yeah well, Skylar made the effort to patch things up with him during the Dawning. She said she'd lost enough friends when I asked her. Corvan seems to have learned from his mistakes too. Besides, Skylar's one of the fastest hunters I know. They'd be stupid not to have her for Rift Ball." As if to prove that, on the screen Skylar blink stepped past a titan, Haar covering her with a shotgun as she picked up the glowing purple ball and darted off towards the goal. She was fast, Blink Stepping often to make sniping her nearly impossible. She had three enemies on her tail when she skidded into the area and just barely missed a throwing knife as she plunged it into the goal, decimating all three guardians. Saladin roars over the first goal in the game and things continued.

"Damn," Shiro started, whistling. "This will be a good match," he stated even as a Warlock face planted the Blade Dancer into the ground with a grenade. He made a sympathetic sound as her Ghost revived her and Cayde chuckled.

"Hey, no worries. They're just getting started. I'm sure they'll kick ass, I'd bet on it."

"...You have to say that, she's your girl," Shiro teased and there's a sound off screen that's clearly metal on metal smacking each other. "Ouch! Okay, okay, sorry!"

Cayde chuckles as does his Ghost as she floats back towards her partner, feed still on the match. "You're right though, she is my girl, and that's exactly why I know they're going to win. They don't call her The Phantom for nothing you know."

And sure enough, he was right.


I had wanted to put Shiro in sooner but I never found a good spot. I have to include him though, seeing as he's apparently gone missing in Destiny two.

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