Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of When Dusk Falls. Enjoy the 5200-word chapter. I do not own Destiny, Bungie, and Microsoft does.
(Titan)
He shot one of the Vex Goblins, decapitating it as the machine collapsed to the ground, it didn't at all seem as if this had gone the way of the Hunter. He paused as he slowly started to look around. They had more to have done for the time being as of now.
A simple trip to Mars to recon the planet and now he had a lot more to focus on than just some grunts like this, though, it all seemed to blur together at the end of the day, this was too weird for him, this was weird, it was too odd, and it made his brain hurt, made his brain itch and tug itself around in circles.
It made everything around him hurt, he was tired, he was unsure, and he felt his mind race.
There was more Vex, a lot more, something he sighed at as he brought his weapon up, shooting the next goblin as he drew his knife with his off-hand. The first goblin he met was decapitated, making it crash to the ground, there was a few moments of silence as more of the inhuman machines advanced, making him turn, his weapon already, unsure of what to have been.
He hummed as more Goblins and several Minotaurs seemed to all attack, unsure of what to focus upon first. He saw no shortage of the Vex units and their forces. He didn't know what to you, there was something else to this, he didn't know what he'd do, but he did know they were going down.
All of them were going down before he clicked his fingers at the machines, there was a smirk as he looked around, making himself enjoy the idea for now.
This would be a very weird moment, for the time being, he wasn't prepared for now.
This seemed to have been done for now. He was too amused for now what it was an of now. There were too many Goblins and Vex for him to just cut down and he knew it.
He backpedaled with two many monsters that seemed to have been something that he hadn't yet seemed to have questioned he was a lot worse than he should have been for now.
"We need to… Hold on, contacts. Multiple. Too many to fight, far too much." He heard as he sighed and went to speak before there was an explosion.
The Vex looked up, watching as a bolt detonated and killed several Goblins. A skiff pulled overhead, its canons beginning to rip through Goblins left and right as the hatch on the bottom opened.
A pair of Vandals crawled out and dropped down, their shock rifles brought up and opening fire, a quartet of Dregs, and finally? A Captain, one draped in brilliant purple colors dropped down to rip into the dozens of Vex.
"Uh… Bud? Was there any chatter about the Fallen showing up?" He asked as he raised his weapon which was dangerously something.
He was a lot more problematic for now as he spun his weapon which snapped up his weapon before he clicked it back into his pocket.
"No, and chatter from them is… Talking about a guardian like you?" The Ghost stated before he seemed to have gotten his bearings before he seemed to have questioned with it seemed to have been prepared for the worse.
The Fallen slowly began to force the Vex into a retreat with another Skiff who seemed to pull up upwards. There was a second before more Fallen crawled out and forced them into a retreat, two of the Dregs falling dead as the Hunter turned to leave, not willing to risk another fight.
There was such a thing before the dots on his radar showed that they had moved closer. By the single time, he had managed to have prepared for now what to have done for now. There was something else on his mind as they slowly started to approach him.
There were a lot weirder things as he waited for them to have been on for now… Prepared for them to all launch attacks upon him at the same time. There was only so much he could have said.
Then he noticed that the Captain dropped to a single knee, bowing as he planted his sword into the ground in front of the soldier. He was too interested in this as the others did the same, his armor glistening for a moment as the Hunter turned to his Ghost as if he expected some sort of answer as to what the hell was going on for the time being. It was so odd.
Yet? He was greeted by at least two Captains who bowed and planted their swords in before him as the other Fallen surrounded him, their weapons already prepared for the worst. There was all too much to question and it had all gotten so far out of hand for the time being.
Such a thing only paused to throw him off for now. It hadn't yet gotten where it should have been for now. There was all over the case before it seemed to have been done.
He looked at his ghost who had been fully silent, fully throwing him off, for now, this had been something else, something far beyond what he was used to or wished to have been.
"Uh… Bud? Do you want to translate what the hell they're doing? I'm not one of their targets, am I?" He questioned, too at odds with himself for this to go down to it.
He stepped backward and almost tripped and fell over the rest of the Fallen who had been around him.
"They are here for you, my lord." He heard as he raised an eyebrow at this and then turned to look around before he sighed. "Captain? Move, please. We need to speak without such problems getting out of hand." He heard before he looked over his shoulder to see an Archon.
The soldier priest was dressed in the same pristine clothes as the others. They also held a giant gun that dwarfed the Hunter who rested his hand on his weapon, easily prepared for them to make a move. He knew more than enough to trust a Kell.
"Relax, son of Cayde. There's too much at stake for us to discuss things without them being open." He heard as he frowned, making him look around. "This is not some test, nor some abstract brawl or trap. We have come for you. You are Kell of Dusk, of what the Fallen are, what his species was to have been. Our people are united in what to have done for now. You are the one to whom we will bow our heads for now." He heard as he rolled his eyes.
"Great, Son of Cayde, they can't even give me a proper name…" He stated before he rubbed at his nose. "What is it you want for now? What's going to be happening for now?" He asked as one of them held up their hands to speak.
"For you to become Kell of Dusk as was written in our people's histories. There will be time for these points later. Anything more or less will be sunk to nothing… We can squash the point later… For now? You must come with me, there will be time to speak on this later." He heard as he frowned and looked around, there were a few seconds of silence later.
He didn't know what it should have been for now and such problems that hadn't yet gotten where they should have been.
Yes, anything that could be done so easily would be done for now.
This isn't going to be odder and odder for now, he looked down as of he seemed to try and figure it out as he hummed to himself once more as he looked to himself.
This isn't going to be something he figured out, he looked out as he clicked his fingers together, and he smiled to himself.
He was ready to try and deal with it all for now, whatever they deal with it all for the measure of a lifetime. He was going to be eager to fight once more as he sighed to himself once more.
This hadn't yet seemed to come to the conclusion he wished it should have. If anything? All this did was drive him further and further up the damn wall and that was the last thing he wished to have upon his mind.
"Bud, are they saying anything that doesn't sound crazy to you?" He asked to which the machine was silent. "No? That doesn't sound good at all, damn it, what the hell is going on for then? What is it you guys want so badly with me?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow, something he hadn't been prepared for.
He didn't know what they wanted or how to appease them, all he damn well knew about them was they were too powerful, something that he hadn't gotten to have put his finger on about them.
They were most entirely powerful and that bothered him. The speed at which they had hit had been… Alarming, so was the fact they managed to have projected such power towards this area.
They were not playing around, the only problem was the fact he didn't know them at all. It bothered him not to have known such a thing as of now.
Perhaps it was simply the fact he didn't at all understand her or the power within her. It was clear at least that her ideas had been… Distracted, he hadn't at all been in this as he had wished to have been and it was clear he didn't at all wish to have found this as amusing as possible.
The Hunter looked at the trio and still rested his finger on his weapon. He didn't at all understand them and it was clear he damn well didn't at all trust them which made his path all the more damn clear.
"Are we going to fight or…?" The hunter asked to which the Archon simply shook his head, looking around.
"No, son of Cayde, we wish no violence upon you, not yet. We have no real desire to be your enemy… If you wish? We can talk about this personally. I assure you no harm will come." The Archon said to which he fell more and more silent.
His hands still rested on his weapons which he knew wasn't entirely without fault. He had fought them for so damn long it had been something he needed to have gotten done.
He didn't want to trust them, but it was clear he knew the other idea was to take a damn bullet from them which wasn't a much better plan and it wasn't something he could try and understand for the time being.
He didn't at all know what to have gotten anywhere anytime soon. It was clear he had to have focused on stopping them from doing more harm than good.
"If there's going to be a problem? I just want to point out I have a loaded weapon." He joked as the Fallen all looked around, interested in what to do next.
The Eliksni all seemed to fall silent as the guardian looked over and around at everything. It was clear more and more of an issue that needs to be addressed as the Eliksni seemed to chat with each other before now. There was a lot more to this as he looked to question upon now.
He was all too focused upon more as he seemed to question upon now.
"Are you going to be ok?" He asked one of the dregs before they nodded before he looked upwards into the sky. "There's a lot of you guys and I don't know Fallen…." He stated as he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth.
Raksil was all too much amusement before it was all too said and done as it seemed to fall across them. Raksil slowly started to walk up to the guardian before he shook his head and crossed his arms. He looked at his soldiers and then uncrossed his arms.
"Son of Cayde? You are a warrior of the light, no? you are a champion of your caste and a soldier who has carried the light forwards, no? if I am wrong then we move on and go from there." Raksil stated before he frowned and simply looked down at the ground.
It was to be something he simply didn't at all understand nor wish to. It was all too much of an issue for now and it would continue to be made more and progress toward the issue and whatever came next…
It's all coming to an end sooner or later and sooner was the question for now considering what needed to be said and down the road at the moment for now. He became more and more curious at the end of the day.
Sam looked at the group of Fallen as they slowly started to focus upon certain movements at this very moment and clicked his hands on his cape on his body as he slowly started to walk back and forth, unsure of what to do.
Sam was utterly unsure of what to try and do at the end of the day before sighing to himself. He began looking at his friend and then slowly started to think of his options.
He doubted they wouldn't try and kill him at the end of the day and he didn't want to trust them before it became more and more tired and tired at the end of the time being.
Sam leaned on the wall before he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth before she slowly began more and more hopeful at the end of the day.
There were a lot more games to try and do and he focused more and more tired at the end of the time. The House of Dusk was something he needed to try and investigate at the end of the day.
"Are you going to be ok?" Sam asked before he clicked his tongue and then his fingers before slowly starting to walk towards sort of measures at this moment.
"Are you going to be ok enough to try and relax or are you going to talk to them?" Sam heard as he almost pushed his ghost away and rolled his eyes behind his armor, utterly tired and worn down by every single thing on his brain as if not expecting anything even remotely similar.
It was worth it to see such things all come to an end and see it all work out well for all parties involved. It'd always be that way and whatever came next was just the way it'd always be. The desire to try and figure all things out would continue to be the certain way they'd be.
Whatever he did next? He'd be able to relax once more as of now, something that needed to be able to relax now. it was just part of life as was everything, it'd always be like that he was able to relax. He would, just like he would always continue to relax as of now, it was a lot harder than it could have been, something that needed to be addressed and dealt with within short order.
Sam knew more and more that all of it blended in a fine mesh, a fine soup that even he couldn't see coming. It was easier said than done and something he was so eager to fix today and do before it all went to the handbasket. All of it seemed so easy to fix, to deal with, something far beyond what was prime and proper.
Yes, all such things he could see and do without such actions considering them prime and proper. It needed to be fixed and address properly once more as the time being. This became a lot odder for the time being as he looked down at the ground.
There was more that Sam cared to deal with. So much more and more that he could relax upon dealing with for now as he looked downwards, ready to scream into the vapid void of space. He had a lot more to try and reflect upon all of this being decided.
"Stop crowding the boy." He heard before he looked down at the ground. "May we talk or do you wish for time to try and think of what to do next." He heard as he looked upwards and into the sky.
"Archon Priest…" He heard as he looked at the creature.
"Skriviks? Please, pick us up, we need to talk about what the House of Dusk will be doing in the fact of our new kell deciding to relax." Sam heard as he hummed.
"Sam? Go with them… The least we can do is find out what they want and it isn't like we are heavily loaded on allies." He said as he looked down.
"Fine, let's go… Raksi? Tell me about what you need a Kell for." He heard as he blinked for a second.
There was a second of silence before a beam of light slowly yet surely lifted them up and into the air as the shape… A Ketch, arrived over them, dwarfing everything on the ground as it came down to it.
"Your kind has hunted ours since we have arrived… I am aware our kinds have fought before and you and your species dislike the Eliksni." He heard as he hummed.
"The Eliksni? You've been called the Fallen since we've known you all." Sam said before he looked down at the ground, unsure and uncertain of what to say next once more.
"I am aware, humans do not know what we are called and it shows, all of it is a point of a war we were too arrogant to shake." Raksil pointed before crossing his arms and he looked down at the ground, unsure of what to figure.
"You know, you are going to have to forgive me when it comes down to it considering what you guys did to the galaxy." He said before he looked down at the ground.
"I can understand when it comes down to it," Raksil said before he wrung his hands. "There's a lot more to it… And I will forgive your lack of decorum when it arrives at the moment." Raksil said as he hummed once more.
He didn't at all know what to do with the information within himself as he looked down at the ground, unsure and unable to really try and focus again and again more and more with each passing little moment of mercy, something that can and will be overdone for now.
He knew more and more unsure and uncertain of what to try and figure out for now. All of it continued to be an obstacle he did not at all understand and it tried Sam's patience to try and end it properly.
What he didn't know was that he was going to war sooner or later. Had he known? He probably would have taken precautions to force it to end better, not ones that would doom them all.
"I thought the Fallen all left the Solar System," Sam said as they were brought upwards and into the Ketch.
"No, Eliksni regroups, reconsider old feuds, many decide war… Not so fun, bad for Eliksni. Decisions mostly made to unite, set aside feud, find peace." Raksil stated as Sam hummed.
"Then why get me? Don't you guys kill your Kells or something?" Sam asked as another of them fell silent for only a moment.
"Kells killed when hated or considered useless… You not, you considered warrior, cunning killer." Raksil said to which Sam could only sigh.
"And I guess you guys had a meeting over it?" Sam asked to which there was little of an answer for now.
He knew more and more not to say something ridiculous and self-serving. He had far more than enough of being a Hunter to do that and it wasn't like he didn't want to help.
To him? The Fallen was a group of self-serving bandits and pirates styled after an old English-style house, something that only seemed to spark further and further rumor within his mind for now.
Still? if there was a chance for peace? He'd take it, they had suffered too much.
There was chattering as the two entered the depths of the Ketch he looked downwards at the moment as he seemed to try and figure it out.
He noted at least a dozen Fallen all with spears held aloft, they held an arm to their chest as he passed them before he looked downwards at the ground, unsure of it all.
He looked downwards at the ground, unable to crack his fingers and filled with more and more uncertainty about it all.
What else could he have done? What would he have to focus on? He didn't know the first thing about being a leader as he looked downwards at the ground once more.
How had this been something to deal with? How had he managed to relax so much knowing it all for now? How much had he forgotten for now? They had to keep going again and again for now.
What he didn't know wouldn't hurt him. However, options like this weren't going to help someone when push came to shove, something about it all would seem to continue being odder and odder at the moment.
It was a measure of what needed to be more and more familiar at the end of the day, a desire to grow more and more at the end of the day.
"You should know more and more that there's a lot of problems from it all, I don't know how to relax for now at this moment, there's a lot of things to be wary of, but it's a lot odder than you think." Sam heard as he sighed and looked downwards at the ground.
He was silent, utterly aware of what needed to be done and yet unsure if he should do it. There was a moment of clarity he was missing and yet he would keep thinking of ways to get there without the obvious happening for now.
It was his heart that often made the choices for him and this? This would keep being one choice he didn't wish to at the moment and wouldn't wish to exactly tear down or apart…
She would tear it all down if she had to save them… But for him? He almost questioned if it was going to be insane for the time being, knowing what was going to be dealt with for now, this wasn't going to be dealt with for now, he had a lot more to try and figure something out… They had a lot of things beyond it all.
Perhaps she had seemed to try and figure something out as he paused.
She looked around, pausing to look at her friend, would he be the one to try and figure something out, an idea that would be dealt with for now… It was a lot more horrid, a lot more painful for now, knowing what would come.
This wasn't going to be something easily dealt with for now… She looked downwards at the ground before yawning as she paused once more. That they might be able to unite the rest of them all for now.
It was going to be cut at the end of the day before she managed to relax, she had other problems to relax through and deal with for now… It was going to be something personally deal with at this very moment at the time and for now and for good.
It felt more or less odd.
The two quickly and surely reached the Ketch, doors locking under them and slamming shut as Sam looked around the room, curious about the massive warship, which looked odd with gunmetal grey and silver inside… However? He noticed a few dozen banners with a new symbol: A orange circle dunked in purple and surrounded by several lines under it.
Perhaps it felt interestingly unique, perhaps it was a sign that the ship was different, new, and interesting to him at the same time, something that shocked him for now.
He had a LOT more to try and figure out what to try and deal with for now as he cracked his fingers before he sighed to himself, utterly silent.
They looked at him, unable to be dealt with for now as they walked towards the throne room.
He paused, flanked by several Fallen soldiers who held some sort of spear-like staffs which made him hum before he looked downwards at the ground. He looked at several other Dusk soldiers, vandals, and captains who held their weapons before they looked downwards at the ground before he crossed his arms.
"Lot of soldiers for a dying species," Sam stated before he crossed his arms across his chest before he sighed.
Raksil hummed before he sighed and knew for a fact that he was not used to being the second in command of their group and he knew why. He was not an Archon, not used to dealing with the religious aspects of their station.
He sighed, rubbing at his temples as Sam paused at the door to his throne room. Both of them tensed up as Raksil spoke for the time being, turning to his Kell.
"The majority of the Eliksni who wished to live has served the House of Dusk… Few wish to opt out… Like Skolas, the traitor wishes to become Kell of Kells, we do not believe in such a tale." Raksil stated as Sam hummed, looking around the room.
"So he's going to be a problem?" Sam asked, raising an eyebrow under his armor.
Raksil knew war would be obvious when it came down to it as of now. Things like this rarely came from a small place and it was clear more and more Skolas would end up being a pain in their back, he had no desire to pull them into a civil war with their low numbers, especially with their entire house more or less containing 99% of the surviving houses.
It would be something well beyond such a thing, an idea that he could be dealt with as of now, an idea that needed to be dealt with before it cut down to it as of now… He would be tamed and brought to heel or he would not be able to relax, knowing that he could relax and think for now.
Whatever he had to deal with next? He'd equal and then double it at the time being, wouldn't change it at all when it came down to it and it would continue to be ended for now, paused to keep growing for now, too interested for now, too interested in for it now.
He paused to let it all sink in at the time being as he paused to let it all die in for now.
Sam didn't think he could tell himself what to try and do, he had no idea for now.
It made so little sense, an idea that would not be dealt with for now. It was harder and harder to try and deal with for the moment.
The idea tired him more than it should have, for now, it was easier said than done… Too exhausted to do much.
"So, is there any real reason to be dealing with it for now?" Sam asked as he raised his eyebrow. "There are a lot more soldiers on Earth to recruit. We don't know what to try and figure out, do we?" Sam asked before he seemed to be tired.
"There are more and more enemies to be dealt with… Eliksni know of their enemies. This will be a pain to do." Raksil stated before he sighed.
"Got a plan?" Raksil heard.
"Yes," Raksil stated. "Regroup with the rest of the house of Dusk, relax… Find something to deal with," Raksil stated.
"And what happens when they come knocking? There will be more to deal with when the bad guys show up." Sam stated as he paused.
"Maybe… But enemies will be hunted, killed before they become an issue." Sam heard as he sighed.
"So I have my work cut out for me," Sam stated before the door opened.
He looked to the side, interested as they entered the room. It was massive, spread out, and with dozens of soldiers and captains, banners of this new house lined the wall.
He did not want to think of it for now and for good reason… It was far harder to deal with… And we have a LOT of things to deal with for now.
"And yet? Here we are." Sam stated before he walked to the end of the room. "My chair? This chair here?" Sam asked as Raksil nodded.
Sam plopped down on the throne… One made several times his size, still? it was comfy, he would give the enemy one thing… They had taste in style.
"To base… Stop waiting, the enemy launch fleet to stop us." Rakshil ordered as Sam hummed, tenting his fingers. "Other barons show up, there are more soldiers to deal with for now," Rakshil stated before he paused to relax.
This was something to deal with for now. he was relaxed, a bit worn down… But it made him too interested in what was coming… He didn't want to keep relaxing. He didn't want to tire himself, relaxed for now but no less interested in it for now.
He paused, too relaxed to let it all come to an end for this very moment. It came to an end soon enough for now and that was final… For even at the end of the day? there was more Sam could deal with for now.
She seemed to be ready for now, she would manage to try and figure out what to have done for now.
She paused to think of what was going on for the time being. Even that in itself would be too time-consuming to have been willing to see it all grow.
He knew what was coming, he knew it well for now and he looked at Raksil who looked at him with interest.
"There are a LOT of things I believe I should not know, however. I suppose there were rules made to be broken." Raksil stated silently before he paused, thinking of it all, for now, he could not have allowed it to be ready now… He had a lot more to try and deal with.
"There is a lot you do not know, something about it all becomes easier and easier with time and effort," Sam stated.
"Perhaps, but we don't all learn so easily. The more we try? The more we fall apart."
Author notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out next chapter will be 900-6500 words for now. The next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show more and more of the House of Dusk. Until the next chapter, Lighting Wolf is out!