#chirraek

prompted by @phthalology, eons ago: "rebirth" with chirraek

 Eris and Toland look up from diagrams and maps and sheets of music: the beginnings of the Deathbringer. 

If they were a Destiny player, what activity playlist would they enjoy the most?

oni-42: probably crucible, mostly because I think she'd like the sillier modes and also has better reflexes than I do lmao

kostya: vanguard! he'd enjoy the variety of stuff it covers and it being collaborative

amita: crucible because they would likely be terrifying in it. or like. trials???

omen-5: this is funny because xe does not like the drifter at all but. gambit. gathering stuff and bringing it back and getting to shut down a team by just showing up and killing everyone? this would be fun for xem

Toland the Shattered's curiosity does not limit him to haunting and lecturing only Guardians from afar, much to general dismay.

Chirraek is decades-deep in the planning of Titan’s broods when the intruder drifts into their throne world, skimming over needle-thin boundaries and edges limned in bloated starlight. They allow this, because they are busy and if they stopped to chase out every would-be invader, they would never get anything done.

It is only when he shows no signs of hunting for secrets (not that there are many secrets to be found, they have pried loose too much knowledge from the eager and desperate tongues of acolytes to trust even this sliver of reality to be unassailable) that they turn their attention to him.

He is a spark of a mind, pinned to a death and defined in the dying. Sharp enough to navigate the layered edges of these spaces, and his death loops around him. Not untouchable, but troublesome if one isn’t skilled enough to unravel that woven process.

the high coven is a place of schemers. probably, there’s a scramble to tie up loose ends, to advance one’s position or take advantage of the chaos before xivu sweeps in. everyone scatters to pursue their own agendas first, and it is also very abruptly violent to those unfortunate enough to get underfoot. the youngest and the weakest will be eaten whole

most importantly, it’s so wasteful. so many long-laid plans, all now left to rot. the coven was always at odds with itself, like a complex mechanism of so many interlocking edges, and without savathun to direct it, it has dug in entirely

chirraek has no intention of fending off rivals for months for the chance that war will find them useful. they gather the scant few thralls and acolytes they can find in time, convince some knights and wizards who still owe them greatly in the coven’s great web of debts and favours, and -

they leave. they haven’t spent so much time specializing in the continued survival of their species to endure it all being thrown away

a more subdued hivey song, less murderous and more about the double bind they all live and struggle with. and of course, chirraek's job very literally is All About Numbers

Numbers - Great Northern

Beware of strength in numbers They play better than one A group of those who follow Can never reach the sun

I also wanted something a bit more aggressive-sounding, and this one actually suits their preferred tactics of dealing with other wizards

The Invisible Plan - Kidneythieves