something abt your destiny oc?
I ended up going with something after oni’s ghost, miraj, finds her! tfw ur both kind of assholes
“Are you even listening?”
Oni turned, and the Ghost – or was it just Ghost? – was right inher face, hovering at eye level. There was something about his shell,the way his optic focused on her, that gave the impression of asuspiciously squinting eye.
“Sorry,” she said. “I was just... remembering.” She knewshe’d been here before, but the air had changed since then. Onceshe’d realized that, she had to stand there and breathe it in,taste it.
Well. Let the sensors inside her mouth analyze it. Thinking too hardabout the mechanics behind her body was never a good idea. Sheremembered that much.
That made Ghost draw back. “...I guess being brought back like thisis a lot to take in. Not that I would know, obviously, but... you dolook pretty outdated –”
“What?” The way he said it made her sound like some kindof rustbucket, but that much time couldn’t have passed.
The squint returned, though more critical than suspicious now. “Yeah,that camo pattern you’ve got – no Exo’s been going out withthat for... a century, at least. Makes you look like a target – atacky target.” He drifted closer. “Not that it’s yourfault, of course, since you were dead but. I just thought you shouldknow. You really might want to get yourself fixed up once we’reback, just so you’re not a walking embarrassment.” Her eyesflared, but he just kept talking. Even if he had brought herback to life, surely that didn’t mean she couldn’t just swat himout of the air?
“Not that anyone cares about you right now, but I’m aGhost with a reputation to uphold, especially now that I’ve foundyou –”
“You really fucking think,” she began, ready to tear right backinto him, and then something in the easy way he’d been going on,all the little conspiratorial looks he was shooting her, made sense.“...You’re winding me up.”
He bobbed in the air. “That’s right!” he said, soundingdelighted. “I had to make sure you were paying attention thistime.”
Oni’s lips twitched. “By being an asshole.”
“Being helpful and concerned wasn’t doing it.” Ghost floatedcloser, hovering over her shoulder. “What matters is that itworked. Now if you can pay attention to me and walk at the same time,we’ll have a good start.”
“I could do that. Or instead, I could throw you like a....”The retort hadn’t been great to begin with, on account of havingbeen dead just a while ago, and there was a hole in the middle of it,the word evaporating as she reached for it. In the brief, expectantsilence, she felt clumsy and wrong-footed.
Luckily, Ghost seemed like quite the talker. “Do that, and yourchances of surviving drop... oh, a thousand percent. They’re prettylow already. There’s Guardians who never make it to the City, whatwith....” He helpfully rattled off a list of things likely to killher, but Oni was no longer listening. In her memory something dulland not quite painful lurched to the surface.
The City. She’d been there before. Something bad had happenedthere, or near it, or on the way... she couldn’t be sure, but thedread remained.
“It’ll be fine,” she said. “I know the way.”
