17 Works by OrbAerials
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Prior to a Vanguard meeting, Caiatl agrees to let Ghost listen in on a Vanguard meeting. The meeting...does not go well. Ghost is not happy.
Over these years in exile, Ghost knows he’s become more fiery, jaded, even bold. Maybe his Guardian can’t manage up anger or even a bit of blame, but he can. He can carry enough anger for both of them, and he is more than willing.
Alternate summary: whole house mad
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- Part 11 of The Forsaken Exile
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The Empress understood. Against everything, she understood. They figured she would understand this, too.
(Wolf makes their way through the flagship one day, determined to make this one show of gratitude to Caiatl—Even as their nerves prick and hands try to shake their bones free of their skin under the weight of stares and instinct and guilt)Series
- Part 10 of The Forsaken Exile
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The Young Wolf decides to show Crow one of their favorite “hidey-holes”, as he calls them (and smiles as they object to it).
— A STORMJOY is a living cloud. When it passes over our continent, it lowers its feeding tentacles. On each tentacle are the BAIT STARS. Although light makes you happy, you must avoid it. You will be eaten. —
–Xi Ro, Books of SorrowSeries
- Part 12 of The Forsaken Exile
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Some weeks after finally convincing the Vanguard to let the Young Wolf back into the City, due largely to Empress Caiatl’s final input with the Commander, Crow decides to see if he can drag them into doing something other than sulk in lesser-known parts of the Tower and abandoned Hunter dens.
Hope they like plushies.
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- Part 9 of The Forsaken Exile
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//𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥?
The Leviathan. He didn’t want to be here, none of his fireteam wanted to be here. But, theoretically, they wouldn’t be here long—Just checking out a report of 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 exile’s activity; see what damage they left behind—but… something’s wrong.
Of course, with this one, something’s always wrong.
//𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺: 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺.
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- Part 6 of The Forsaken Exile
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Task Force 63’s base of operations is under siege by a large contingent of Horizon forces.
TF63 mostly consists of non-combat personnel. We need to move in fast or they’ll be completely overrun.
-TF27 Director𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝚂 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙲𝚄𝙴 𝚈𝙾𝚄.
𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝚂 𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝚄𝚁𝚈 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚂𝙴𝙲𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚂.Series
- Part 3 of some guy vs the horrors
- Part 1 of Trepanging
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Its the middle of a mission when Raven gets shot. 106 worries. (And their new team is thoroughly concerned.)
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- Part 2 of Trepanging
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Raven POV. Its a heavy rain outside and someone's missing. Guess Raven should go find it.
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- Part 3 of Trepanging
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The alarm is blaring. It’s all he can think about.
Or, I broke a Corpus AI after killing everyone else and left him there bc I felt bad and he wasn't shooting at me. Here is that turned into a fic with some creative liberties and a healthy dose of Fear
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- Part 2 of some guy vs the horrors
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A chatterbox conspiracy theorist, a laid-back realist, and a potentially stir-crazy big game hunter take a walk on a haunted moon and, expectedly, get haunted—Just not in the way they thought.
Just when he thought it couldn't get worse than the smell of Soulfire, there's a new oppressive feeling in the air.
[sort of continuation (not really? just that trio returning) of chapter two of Bury Me Shallow, "A Look Into Some Hunter Gossip". could probably be read alone]
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- Part 8 of The Forsaken Exile
- Part 1 of some guy vs the horrors
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Rewrite: A Questionably Fortunate Encounter by OrbAerials
Fandoms: Destiny (Video Games)
01 May 2024
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Under pressure and request from both Osiris and Shin Malphur, Drifter seeks out the Young Wolf early in their exile. He's not sure he'd say it went well, but it certainly could've gone much, much worse. And hey; Shin was right, new friends are new friends.
Alternatively: Two rogue Guardians play horse plinko with each other before agreeing to an exchange of favors.
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- Part 3 of The Forsaken Exile
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// 𝘋𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?
They were supposed to be– No. Something’s wrong.
They’re supposed to be the last hope. The Light’s last argument against the Darkness.
This isn’t supposed to be happening.
// 𝘋𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬?
> In other words, Shin Malphur is in denial over his "end to last rites and final words" and drags Drifter down with him. Drifter really really doesn't want to be here nor interact with the Young Wolf, rather fresh into their exile. Shin says Win-Win, Drifter says Lose-Lose, and the Guardian is miserable in the background.Series
- Part 2 of The Forsaken Exile
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A new Lightbearer breathes his first panicked breaths, throwing the blanket off his resting place, and finds himself in a world that instead takes pity on him—Much to his displeasure.
But he’s been having strange dreams, and everyone warns him away from some strange… person? As more time goes on, and the warnings compound—he’s less and less sure of that notion, or if they even exist.
/Chapter 2 is set during Splicer, discussing Wolf and Crow's (and some others') positions
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- Part 1 of The Forsaken Exile
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The Young Wolf and the Hunter Vanguard had been very good friends, before the Prison. Cayde-6 had been left in a coma after the fight and losing his Ghost, and the last the Guardian had seen of him was the Queen’s Wrath hauling his unconscious form away from them, cursing them for trying to kill him.
They had seen him die, saw his eyes lose their glow. They had gathered up Sundance’s shell after Petra was gone and had swept up the leftover Scorn, and her shell pieces were about the only well taken-care-of thing on their ship…
It wasn't until Crow mentioned Cayde complaining about being stuck in the Tower “for his own safety” that the Guardian realized he had survived. Crow, however, neglected to ever mention the ‘reunion’ he had since been planning for them.
[Cayde POV]
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- Part 7 of The Forsaken Exile
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// 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦.
They’ve been like this for a while now. The Guardian gets hurt, Ghost scolds them, and they feel guilty for burdening him; for dragging him down with them, and being why he can never go home. They won’t listen when he says they’re his home.
// 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
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- Part 5 of The Forsaken Exile
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Warning A Replacement - In which an Exiled Hero is tracked down by their shiny new replacement.
Or, Crow tracks down The Young Wolf under Mara's request with the intent to focus their presumably anger-driven hunts towards more pressing threats to the City, post-reclaiming his memory from Savathun during Lost. This is the first time Crow gets close enough to the Guardian to hold a conversation, most other encounters being seeing one another from distances during Hunt, and marks the start of a series of Crow hunting down the Young Wolf with more and more accuracy to brute force his way inside their artificial walls.
Chapter two will be just little bits and pieces of some of the meetings after, mostly.
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- Part 4 of The Forsaken Exile
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The Drifter recalls a conversation he had with the Old Phoenix, and the... situation a certain former Hero has ended up in. He figures he might be able to squeeze some benefits out of it.
Alternatively: Two rogue Guardians play horse plinko with each other before agreeing to an exchange of favors. This takes place some time around when Season of The Drifter would've started in Canon.
[Rewritten under "Rewrite: A Questionably Fortunate Encounter" to be better in line with TFE and Canon lore/characterizations]