"But Izzy only saw a flying paper crow, she ran to the sun and screamed into the wind. She was crying so deeply, dreaming of a father bird, breathing so slowly, freezing near a weeping willow...alone." Kwoon; Frozen Bird
4/26 - Room; Tuesday
Wow… eventful week. Didn't even get to write, I'll do a quick recap. Let's see, last I wrote was about the report Ikora has been wanting me to do and going out into the field instead… Which I must say, made Ikora rather touchy. She really wanted that research done; I wound up staying at the Tower once I returned to make up for the lost time, and lost a lot of sleep over the whole thing. The Vanguard had a lot of research for me to do and the Speaker wanted me to document my findings. Rarely got to go out into the field, is this what it is like for the Vanguards? How do they do it? I'm not even a Hunter, yet even I felt cooped up. Maybe that is why they can be testy sometimes. Oh well…
I went to an old "fairground" to see what I could recover, I wasn't feeling my best so I'm pretty sure I missed some things, a lot of things in fact. Ikora Ray wants me to go back there eventually to recover documents and artifacts for the Cryptarch; apparently there are lots of old items here that can help us recover older cultures and traditions. It doesn't help that I was also rather distracted… I met Ren there; she is this crow… or raven, not sure which she is yet. I am doing research on bird species of old and what they have since evolved into; trying to find out what she is. She has lovely black feathers, as dark as space, with a slight iridescence, gorgeous blue markings on her face and feet, almost the same exact color as my SRL shader, and these haunting, piercing white eyes which lack pupils, yet she is able to see just fine. I will have to figure out how she can see later. She also has this lovely fluffy black mane around her head that wraps down her chest, and these long tail feathers that curl at the tips; they somehow do not impede her ability to fly. Van and I decided to name her Ren after the area we found her in. She followed me all the way back to my room at the Tower, I think she means to stay. She loves to sit on my shoulder, Ghost is uneasy around her, not really sure why. I really enjoy her company, and I suppose it is rather fitting given the Warlock bond I choose to wear (Spirit of the Vulture), which is a bird. Ren has garnered the interest of Guardians around here, I'm not so sure she is welcome here at the Tower yet.
Then after all the excitement Ren caused at the Tower, I got sick. Wooo. I didn't have time for that though, I had too much to document for the Vanguards. Van wound up taking care of me while I got all the work done, and that brings my journal up to date finally, allowing me to talk about events from today.
I had to present my findings to the Vanguard today, which were well received. All that research from the past weeks all paid off. This was not the main portion of my research, while the Speaker is happy with what I presented, I myself feel that there is more to uncover. The main purpose of this presentation was just to gain approval for further research, which I now have to do. Van says it is just silly Warlock stuff to want to research. I don't share his belief, this is important. I have some very strange Rasputin transmissions which might prove useful in the future. We know far less about the Warmind and the Traveler than what we think we know. I will continue with my research and see what I can come up with. If these findings prove useful, maybe I can gain a new title. Only time will tell if I can pull that off, or uncover anything of importance.
Van and Mech needed my help in the field after my presentation, so I helped them, it was a lot of fun. They were just typical patrol missions but still a good breath of fresh air. I am still not feeling quite myself yet, but I helped them get through the Prison of Elders after the patrol missions anyways. Variks gave me a cool new ship for the trouble! Not sure if I will even use the ship, but it was still a nice gift. Well, guess that just about sums up the important things. I need to get some sleep, maybe then I won't feel so bad.
Signing off
-Krissa
[Again, I will rarely break character, but this is just to apologize for the lack of updates. As stated in my 'profile', we had a family emergency and my sister was in the hospital. Life is finally slowing down a bit so I'm able to get these out to you. Sorry for the shorter chapters, I published two of them to make up for it. I was trying to write during the chaos but it didn't work out. I have much longer chapters planned out and drafted out. I was planning on getting my Festival of the Lost chapters up before now, but those are still quite a few updates away; I apologize again for that. I'm working to get my update schedule lined back up but I'm so backed up that it probably won't be lined up the way I want until after the New Years. I have that many chapters already lined up. Haha. Anyways, back to being in character, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I'll try to figure out how to post images in here somehow.]