Chapter 7 War, War never changes part 9

(Jason)
Seriously? The person you loved cut your throat? Hell, the last person I loved put me in a body cast.

(Miranda)
Last, and only one you ever loved, I hope, honey.

(Dormii)
Hey, she loved me back. She did it so I wouldn't get killed.

(Jason)
Hey, to each his own.
=A few minutes later, we entered the interior of Haven=

Lady's and gentlemen, welcome to Haven.

(Dormii)
Shiny.

(Jason)
Silver, I'm going to land us at the landing zone. Can you teleport us from inside the ship?

(Silver Light)
Certainly. I will wait for you to land.

(Jason)
Oh, by the way guys, fair waning: these teleporters? They make you feel like shit.

(Dormii)
Teleporters?? Niiiice.

(Jason)
heh, you say that now, just wait....

=The ship landed on the pad, and moments later, we were teleported to the control room=

(Miranda)
=When the teleporter finished, I threw up all over the floor=

(Dormii)
=i had collapsed to the ground after the teleport=
Ugh...careful, don't barf on me, kay?

(Miranda)
Sorry.

(Jason)
Hey, I warned you two.

(Silver Light)
=I floated down to greet the Inheritor, and the two humans with him=

Greetings. I am 376 Silver Light, monitor of Haven.

(Dormii)
Hi, I'm nauseous...ugh...

(Silver Light)
Hello. The nauseous effects of the teleporter are common for first timers, but they will soon pass. Also, the more you use it, the less powerful the effects become.

(Dormii)
Tell that to my stomach...

=i manage to get up to a standing position=

(Silver Light)
Hmm, curious. More humor. Or is it sarcasm? Either way, please, welcome to Haven.

(Jason)
Silver, my friend here is in need of some help. He.....needs a new arm. Did the Forerunners specialize in prosthetic's, or artificial arms?

(Silver Light)
Certainly. If you'd like, I could take you to the lab, and I may be a able to make a new arm for your friend.

(Dormii)
Whatever gets me an arm.

(Silver Light)
Very well. We will need to use the teleporter again.

(Jason)
Dormii, you go on. I'm gonna stick around here in the control room.

(Miranda)
I'll stay.

=I walked over to Jason=

(Dormii)
Oh, great, more teleporting. Let's get this over with...

(Jason)
Hey, trust me, it's all worth it.

(Silver Light)
Sending us to labs now.
=I activated the grid, and sent me and the human to the labs=

(Miranda)
You know, I almost feel worried for him.

(Jason)
Eh, he'll be fine.

(Dormii)
=this time i did throw up, although i guess it was more of a dry heave than barfing due to the little food i had left. Thankfully, the feeling left kinda quickly=
Ugh...

=i look around=
Nice place.

(Silver Light)
Thank you. I've done my best to keep things clean. Now, what type of arm are you looking for. Obviously something functional for day o day use, but is there anything else?

(Dormii)
Retractable blades in the forearm and no sense of touch.

(Silver Light)
No sense of touch, are you sure? The blades I can do, but do you really not want to feel?

(Jason)
=I was browsing through the files in the control room, mostly looking up technical stuff. Miranda stayed close=

(Miranda)
So, all this is yours?

(Jason)
Yup.

(Dormii)
It's not my true arm. It's shouldn't feel like one.

(Silver Light)
Very well. I have the arm made. Now, all I need to do is attach it. Please, lie on the table. I will have to sedate you for the procedure.

(Dormii)
=i lied down on the table and relaxed=

(Silver Light)
Good. The procedure will only take an hour.

=I lowered down a needle, and gave him the sedative=

Now, sleep.

(Dormii)
=i fell asleep. i dreamed of Jay again. So close, but just out of reach. i extended my out out, trying to reach her=

=He sighs=

I have not slept in a few days.

=He looks at the bed, shakes his head=

Have not been tired...

=He looks back to the pictures=

Hmm

=Jackal Raiding party enters the system=

(Dormii)
=the scene shifts to the planet we spent vacation on. We had just gotten out of the Pelican and were enjoying the beach=

I shake my head, pulling out of the daydream

Wait what...

=He fell asleep in his chair=
=Having a dream of his childhood=
=Another one of Lynn=

=He wakes up, he had stayed in his armor=
=He stands and walks out to the hall=
=Taking a seat=

Oh umm... Not really, not unless you're captain of this ship

Charmed I'm sure. Look I'll get right down to it. Would you mind if I made a few tweeks to your VR training system here?

(Dormii)
=i wake up on the table. The arm is...fixed? Put on? Implanted? I don't know what the right word for it would be. Either way, I have a new right arm. I'm in a medbay of sorts, I guess. It looks the room from before, but Silver Light isn't there. I sit up and flex my "fingers." They work fine, they move. They move independently. I flex my arm and it moves as I want it to=
Yes.

=it has a few...I'm going to say armor panels attached to the upper "muscle." They flex and twitch, almost in time to my movements. Each are on their own hinge, so by flex and twitch, i mean that they either move up or down, sticking out from my arm or flat against it. They kinda look like the head of a shovel. Two small metal poles attach to the heads on either side, at an angle=
Huh.

=i focus on my "forearm" and a blade comes out, similar in design to the last one, three blades. One as wide as three fingers, with two more on the sides attached at the "elbow," but extend past my wrist. Those two move in time with my movements, specifically my pointer and pinky fingers=

Just a few modifications to the system. Removing the space constrictions, including a few new designs, small things yanno

go ahead let me know when your done


=heads to the bridge=

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=Uni continues wandering the Trophaeum. Zantomee returns to the bridge of the Wrath with his upgraded armor, becoming ever more impatient at the lack of movement from the Human ships. The two Herac in the hanger of the Trophaeum had been starving. They had tried to call for aid, but there were no other of their kind to hear it. They crawled to the bottem, and starved to death. The eggs in the nest above them hatched shortly after. A thousand fist-sized spiders began crawling down the walls and eating the dead bodies of the two adults. Delta's campaign had been going well. 3 more worlds had fallen, 2 destroyed and one captured. Lori and the Kid were still awaiting Xazhi's return aboard the cloaked Eirav Wing=

You reckon this'll work?

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can't see why not

Go ahead then

(Dormii)
=i get up and swing my "arm" a bit. I can't feel anything from it. I smile at the bittersweet detail. I retract the blades abd watch the shovel-armor move=

=He turns his head to the right=
=Seeing something=
=About the size of a fist=

=Soon more join=

What...

=He stands and watches as they scitter towards him=

I never liked spiders.

=The tiny Herac ignor the human and continue onwards=

=He opens comms with any that are able to hear=

Yeah, It seems we have an arachnid problem.

=He bats one off of his leg=

=Some of the Herac spread out into the vents and other small places, some into the halls, some into rooms and other quarters.A few even head into the pool room. They ingor the Humans, though. After their long meal, their only interest was in finding a new home=

=The two Spartans notice a spiderling walking by=

"This place is seriously fucked up."

=Uni watches a small line of Spiderlings march past him=

Uni- Humans.... are so wierd....