A super short Warframe fic about what I imagine happens to Tenno with new frames.
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The first time was always the hardest.
The operator leaned back into the seat of the Transference chamber, letting his eyes drift shut as the pod closed around him and enveloped him in that weighted darkness, sending his consciousness hurtling into the newly crafted frame before him.
Valkyr.
Despite being a foundry-created copy, centuries removed from the original, the echo of her pain and anguish flooded his mind, igniting his fury and making him grit his teeth, faintly aware of the sensation from his new vantage point. Her screams - screams torn from a voice with no mouth as Alad V sliced and peeled the hybrid techno-organic skin from her body - grew louder and louder, his blood boiling, his mind overwhelmed, he couldn't take any more, he couldn't-
The world became a blur around him as he was thrown from the Transference pod. He let out a hiss as a bloom of pain spread across his cheekbone, the cool metal of the Orbiter floor unforgiving against his softer human skin. He had to try again.
He lifted himself to his feet with a groan, straightening his suit before he returned to the pod. Before leaning back and letting it close, he took a breath. Then another. And another. He continued, breathing deeper and more evenly with each one. His mind calm and empty, he rested back in his seat, eyes closed well before the chamber had started to close around him.
After letting the rush of the initial connection wash over him, he reached out tentatively, a gentle hand brushing the shell of her memory. Their minds connected in an instant - hers, fragmented, torn, and feral after being skinned alive, and his, still only a child of sixteen with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
The ghost of Valkyr calmed, letting his solemn, assured nature take control of the body they now occupied. Her echo faded with a sigh, the artificial copy now just that - an empty shell. Just a frame to be piloted.
He flexed her vicious claws, disoriented at her greater height. Stretching her long, supple limbs, he crouched, leaping clear into the next chamber of his Orbiter. Landing lightly, he shook her head, amazed at the agility of his new form. He stood, rolled her shoulders, and padded to the navigation console. Kneeling, he took in the system map before him, watching the next mission node blink at him for a moment in apprehension.
A few minutes passed before the silence was broken. "Operator?" Ordis began, "Are you alright?"
He shook the frame's horned head before replying, his voice emanating from her mouthless face as though from a speaker, "Yes, I'm alright. Just got a bit lost in thought. I'm ready when you are," he sighed.
Ordis replied in his usual peppy tone, "I am always ready, Operator!" and directed the Orbiter toward Neptune.
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i really hate the way the "boobs vs butt" thing got broken down into this implicit idea that butt is the nobler stance. it's really stupid. personally im a woman guy. [realizes how that sounds] [purses my lips in thought] [nods confidently] im a woman guy
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working with kids and one of them says “you know you eat 8 spiders a night on average right?” and another goes “no no no those statistics are actually skewed by people who like eat spiders recreationally for fun and stuff” and my head snapped up like a fucking sleeper agent
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oh!! I painted this guy but I didn't realize who it was (the ref photo was scattered to the winds etc). <3 (screenshot from my IG bc I took the original pic on my phone and I'm too tired to go get it)
24 likes, 0 comments - gabbu_art on May 6, 2026: "A fun kitty from a couple of months back! (Reference in the second slide.) Color matching
at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you
at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.
at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly
at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.
at some point in your life you will be adding a small pasta to a soup and you will think "that is not enough small pasta." this is the devil talking. the pasta will absorb the stock and expand. this is how you end up with a soup that is a solid mass of soggy ditalini.
At some point in your life you will be adding garlic to a dish and you will think "that is not enough garlic." These are angels speaking. They are correct. Add more garlic.
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