Work Text:
ACCESS: RESTRICTED
DECRYPTION KEY: 7HMGY8V981$IKO-006
REP#: 213-ATHENAEUM-DERELICT-MESSAGING
AGENT(S): AUN-326
SUBJ: VIP#1316 AND ERI-223 INTERACTIONS - PREPARATIONS - VOICE MESSAGE EXCHANGE
[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
[VOICE MESSAGE 12-77-29.11-80-33]
Ok so I'm between matches so this is super quick but what if when I'm done for the night I come get you from Luna and we go see this Neomuna city Osiris is hangin’ out in? I bet they have fantastic food. We'd have to take your Tomb ship and go through the Ascendant plane though, because it's far. Wanna do that tonight? Let me know. I'll check back when this next match is done.
[VOICE MESSAGE 13-78-30.11-80-33]
Not tonight. We should let Osiris know we are thinking of coming and, while going through the Ascendent plane would be faster, the effort for such a journey would be exhausting to me and I would likely need to rest for several days. If there is an actual, non-criminal-activity-related reason for you to get there that quickly I am willing to entertain it, but I would greatly prefer it if we simply traveled normally, even if it takes considerably longer.
[VOICE MESSAGE 13-78-30.12-81-34]
More time with you? Hell yeah. By my math a jump ship might take us three days each way, but it'd be squishy as hell with two people crammed into one, and two separately is no fun. Derelict would take a week each way but we'd have all the comforts of home and we'd both be able to keep at our normal work over comms. If we spend a week there, that'd be three weeks away from Luna, though. You ok with that? And no, there ain't no criminal activity reasonings behind this. I'm a law abiding citizen.
[VOICE MESSAGE 14-79-31.12-81-34]
And you pay your taxes, yes, I know. Three weeks is a long time but if you could help me set up a holoprojector at my station in Sanctuary so I can have a presence there while I am away, I think that would be acceptable. We would also need to tell Ikora where we were going.
[VOICE MESSAGE 14-79-31.13-82-35]
I figured Rayray would need to know if we're both disappearing for any length of time. Hate it, but you're right. She’ll wanna know why. It ain't weird for the Vanguard's Hive and Darkness expert, and her uh... associate, to take a field trip out to study the biggest Darkness artifact in the system, right?
[VOICE MESSAGE 15-80-32.13-82-35]
You're considerably more than my associate. The majority of the protective artifacts and containment devices for Darkness the Guardian has wielded with my guidance have been built by you. You are as much an expert as I am. And yes, that was the reason I was assuming. Why? Is there another reason? Are you trying to use me as a cover story for something else?
[VOICE MESSAGE 15-80-32.14-83-36]
Considerably more than your associate? Now you’re making me blush. Our uh… ‘association’ aside, experts go on center stage and get all the heat. They get credit for things to their names and people go looking for them. With my past, it's better I not be known or found or have a name. You know me. I stick to the shadows. And besides, this way anyone that tries messing with our Darkness expert is getting a bullet right between the eyes from this here shadow, not that they wouldn't get a bullet between the eyes from you first. You're a great shot, Three-Eyes, but it's always helpful to have someone you trust on overwatch. As for why I wanna go to Neomuna, no you ain’t a cover story. I wouldn’t use you for that. I have plenty of cover stories that are far less three-eyed and obvious, plus I don’t want ya ever catchin’ heat for something I done. This is all above board. Trust. More of an exploratory venture, if you will. I wanna see what’s out there and maybe get to know some folks before they hear other people’s opinions about me. Call it uh... brand management.
[VOICE MESSAGE 16-81-33.14-83-36]
You are deeply paranoid and care for me intensely. I would be hard pressed to find someone better at watching over me from the shadows than you. And because you care for me intensely I trust you will not use this expedition to do anything to damage my trust in you, no matter how financially lucrative it might be for you, or how much you might need to pay your taxes to cover for it. I have sent a message to Osiris and one to Ikora. I've also asked her if the Vanguard has a holoprojector to spare. If she has one, are you interested in helping me set it up tonight?
[VOICE MESSAGE 16-81-33.15-84-37]
Hell yeah. Even if she don’t, I can probably come up with something from parts on here somewhere. I'll bring dinner. Ever had jambalaya?
[VOICE MESSAGE 17-82-34.15-84-37]
That does not sound like food.
[VOICE MESSAGE 17-82-34.16-85-38]
Oh it's food alright. You're gonna love this.