#ravoth

Trigger Warning: Child soldiers, child experiencing traumatic moments.

OOC: The final part of this fun little story bit. Hope you enjoy and feedback is always appreciated.

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The next thing I remember about Trilla was on Tau. It was after the deaths of Meridia and Lovara. She found me staring at a command table with a holographic projection of the Tau battlefields.

I blamed myself for their deaths...if we had been more prepared then they wouldn't have died. If we hadn't gone in underestimating the Anarch numbers they would have survived. I would still have two of my friends....

She told me I wasn't to blame for it. We had been betrayed by an Anarch spy or something like that...it didn't help with the weight that of the seven of us only two now remained. Me and Trilla against the Anarchs. I..felt alone and told her about it the best I could. She gave me something to cheer me up. An item that I can't picture...but I remember it was soft and helped with my pain for a time.

👁️ And what happened after that? Can you remember any further?

That is all I remember of that memory...there is a last one though...I don't want to..I don't want to picture it for very long..

👁️ Don't worry, we are here for you. If you don't want to discuss it that's fine.

It was on the railjack..the one gifted to us for the Vanguard to make use of during the Tau wars. It had been breached by the controlled Warframe abominations that were once piloted by the other members of the Vanguard....

They weren't adept at using them but the power was still there. Every time we tossed one out it clawed its way back in and began attacking anew. Eventually the five began to wear us down and we made a short retreat to the engine space.

Rovej was silent for a moment before gulping down the mental pain of the memory.

They launched themselves at us and a hull breach occurred. The void of space dragged my Valkyr towards it as three of them lunged at Trilla. The other two focussed on me. I tried to get to her but I wasn't strong enough and I was pulled into space alongside my two attackers. I tossed them aside as I tried to return to the ship.

I wasn't strong enough.

A mixture of void and fire sent me crashing down to Tau as I couldn't do anything but watch as Trilla's warframe was incinerated and the railjack swallowed by the void...

I failed her..I failed my friends..I failed everyone..

The Nyx protoframe extended an arm forward to hold Rovej's hand, as the operator shivered at the painful memory.

👁️ You did all you could...and that's okay..I know you would have wanted another solution another way to end it. I know what that's like...not to the extreme of space battles but I feel like I know it decently well. Please know this...you are none of those things. You are strong. You are anything but a failure.

You also paint Arthur's nails very well..

The change of topic at the end of her words made Rovej laugh slightly. The sheer absurdity of the topic switch helped with her message.

Thank you. But it doesn't change the fact that the memory brings me this pain.

👁️ Maybe not but it helps dull the pain.

You are right..

The operator looked at Eleanor's as he spoke, the protoframe spoke the truth but the pain of the memory still burned like a hot iron to his stomach.

Kalymos approached, resting on the back of the chair Rovej sat on. It was almost comical with how big the kavat was compared to it. Ignoring this, Kalymos nuzzled her head against the back of Rovej's own.

Decided to stretch this into three parts instead of 2, since that's how the writing turned out.

TW: parents attacking their children, children going through traumatic events, Zariman 10-0 incident.

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Trilla was by my side since the initial incident that gave me my void attunement. The Zariman.

Our parents worked in similar fields. Mine were in hydration. Hers worked in environmental control. We met properly at a dinner party where we discussed shared topics....topics I do not remember....or have had forgotten like I did the vanguard.

👁️ Try to remember the next thing you can about this Trilla. It might help open new memories.

Okay.. I'll try..

Rovej was silent for a few moments as he drifted through his memories. Memories that were painful, messy, happy and a few even relaxing danced past him as he ventured through his mind until he eventually settled on one. A painful and horrific memory.

It was on the Zariman again.... only after the failed void jump. I found her in an auditorium expecting to see her scared. We were at that time....the adults had gone feral and attacked us..my parents were not spared from this..

Trilla was calm..or quiet? I don't know but she was just staring at charred bodies...when she spoke to me she explained that she didn't mean to do it but her parents were at peace now..

After we found her she asked what I had done with my parents and if they were safe or like her's. I told her they had suffered the same insanity but we had locked them in one of the old classrooms to help them get better.

When we went down to see them they had..torn one another apart..I couldn't make them out amidst the mess..

The operator turned to Eleanor, after hearing silence for a short moment. He half expected laughter, as his mind was filled with dread brought out by recent events. But he didn't see that. He saw sadness.

👁️ I'm..I...Ravoth had told me you went through nightmares on that ship but...you were children..

Should I continue?

Ravoth flinched, as the Nyx protoframe lunged forward at him. Void power instinctively flared up into one of his hands as it happened but never did anything.

Eleanor wrapped her arms around Rovej in a tight hug.

👁️ I'm so sorry you had to go through that...we are here for you. Me, Arthur, Lettie, Aoi, everyone.. you won't go through things like that ever again.

Rovej didn't know how to react. He hadn't expected this or well anything so kind to be spring upon him so suddenly. Or for Eldore to leap at him to be so quick to give him a hug...

Thank you..

Kalymos' purring filled the air as the hairless Kavat walked by the two and rubbed against Rovej's leg.

👁️ Yes Kalymos. You're here to help too..

The hug loosened as Eleanor sat down again.

👁️ I'm sorry for springing that on you so suddenly. But the point still stands. We are doing our best to help people and that includes you. We won't let you go through that again.

Duviri is aflame! Get back here right away! The spider has returned and is filled with blazing fury! This one is different from the others. It is aflame with voidborne anger that has sent Lodun into a spiral once more! My knights have become naught but food caught in their blazing webs as food for her spawn. If the Flaming Spider is allowed to continue her rampage all of my courtiers may end up like Lodun!

Hurry back. IMMEDIATELY.

Sincerely,

His Eternally Glorious and Temporarily Panicking Majesty

GOOD MORNING HÖLLVANIA!

What a wonderful fall morning for you wonderful people to enjoy! Techrot is on the down lo so feel free to enjoy that fall season breeze. Heck, why not get yourself a slice of Big Bytes Pizza whilst you're at it? For a limited time, whilst the one and only Onlyne are in town, you can buy 1 Mega Bytes Pizza and get another ENTIRELY FOR FREE. WHAT A DEAL! 🍕🍕🍕

Also big news folks! Scaldra has ensured me that the area around the explosion last night has been firmly placed on lockdown while they investigate it to help out wherever they can. Do not worry folks Scaldra has us covered with every bit of safety we might need from all MANNER of Techrot and Hex terrors. So in the meantime why not just sit back and enjoy these sick tunes?

🗡️Aoi, turn that radio off. I don't wanna hear it right now.

[Radio music ceases]

🗡️Thank you. Now I can work properly. Anyone got eyes on the explosion site? I'm not buying Scaldra's words on that place just yet.

⚡nobuticangetoverthereasfastasyouneedifyouwant

🔫Nah m8, and Amir chill out bruv.

⚡UGH FINE

🎸We have a good look at the spot from the concert.

🎸👹Yesss we doo, should we investigate it?

🗡️If you can, yes. Anyone else?

👁️ I'm there already brother.

🗡️ Eleanor, you're in the field? You're meant to be on bedre- scratch that what do you see?

👁️ Investigating now

👁️ Oh. That's...not what I was expecting.

🧲 Well? Don't keep us waiting!

👁️ It's..a smaller Rav? He's wounded but it looks like he might have caused the explosion

Dark Refractory Dive 23

I have long wondered what had happened to my grandfather, seemingly unlike my operator counterpart, and his supposed death under 'cowardice'. He was a noble and wise man who spent his life in service to the Orokin empire. I remember the trips he would take my young self across the fields to see the packs of Kubrows on the surviving planes of earth or the radiant seas of Neptune. Good memories. Fond memories.

His mind broke amidst the blood stained stars of Tau, I had read. A traitor to the Orokin I was told. A soldier of the Grand Carnus who followed him into war and was broken by what he saw.

I know I am entrusted with helping him. Luminaries above I know it is what I must do but how can I help someone who laughed at the torment of a loyal man?

For a time I was happy to believe this because I did not know better. But today I saw something I cannot unsee. There in Roathe's memories I watched as he...

I watched as he stood by like a hungry predator as my grandfather, his soldier, was strapped to a table with binds and tormented by an infested virus. I had to watch for what felt like days as Roathe stood by and spectated a man who did so much on the battlefield being transformed into a devil of tau. One of the Uriel Warframes and he laughed at the sight.

I need rest. A lot of rest and some tea. Hopefully, closing this file heals the wound. Sealing it to never be reopened by me or anyone else.

Within the metal beast sat Viktor Vodanyoi. A smile ripe with hatred resting on his lips, as he watched Lettie struggle from behind a screen. He didn't intend to kill the abomination but maiming? Now that he was allowed to do.

A single shell of this new tank had eradicated their atomicycle, in a flash of toxic mist and sparks, now leaving them in a state where his Scaldra could take them in for study. That facf infuriated him. They were abominations. Filth. Not worth the glorious light of sol or the comforting glow of Lua that sat above them. So gracious in their gifts that even the filth of the Hex could rest beneath them. But no. Study? The Major had specifically requested them to be studied. Interrogated personally by her. But as much as it infuriated him, he would comply.

He clicked his fingers and another batch of Scaldra jumped out of the back of the tank. Large and bulky their suits were intended to face off against the techrot's worst and survive unscathed. A fitting shield for dealing with these..protoframes. Each held a peculiar device. Originally a creation of the heretic Entrati, now these bindings were blessed by both Lua and Sol to rid them of their creators filth.

The jailers approached with caution eager to subjugate this abomination and enforce the will of Scaldra further upon Höllvania.

One arm bound.

A leg.

The second leg.

Yet as the fourth binding was about to latch on and ensure the success of the capture, the unfortunate jailer reduced to a pair of legs.

Firearms all switched over to track this new assailant. Flashlights at their ends painting spots of white glow across them. What met them was mockery. A mutated Protoframe with the learning heads of five wolves. Marble white flesh etched with linings of gold and now stained with the blood of the Scaldra Jailer. Their upper half still held in the abomination's hand.

Gunfire lit up the street, mere seconds after, a dozen rifles firing onto the Warframe causing their shields to blink and shimmer as it tossed the remains at one soldier. An inhuman roar filled the night sky as the Voruna Prime leapt at another group setting them alight with fire, acid, and lightning in a single movement.

Half a dozen soldiers grabbed Lettie and frantically dragged the Protoframe towards the tank's behind, blasting gunfire behind them as they moved. In her injured state, the Protoframe attempted a lunge at one of their pistols grappling it faintly to fire into their feet. The shot rang out to those close by and one of the Scaldra instinctively shot into her leg with their rifle.

Typically this would not hurt a Protoframe. Their Warframe biology too ensures to suffer major pain from such a shot. Yet the shells fired from the newly upgraded tank seemed to counteract it with the strange runes inscribed onto its metal hide.

Lettie struggled to keep hold of the pistol and eventually dropped it as another Scaldra struck the woman with the stock of their firearm. Blood poured from her nose as she went limp.

A distance away from this the remaining Scaldra continued their assault of covering fire. Dispatching wave after wave of bullets into the Warframe in an attempt to slow it down and prevent it from reaching their captured target. A volley of grenades were tossed sending a synchronised cataclysm of toxic green eruptions to teat across the street.

When the mist cleared and Scaldra rifles scanned the area, there was no Warframe to be found. With it seemingly gone with the wind, most of guns lowered.

Carefully, they paced backwards towards their transports. Until eventually, all soldiers had lowered their weaponry.

Yet the tank's cannon did not.

Instead, it fired.

Rovej's Warframe was flung across the street followed by the disgusting screech of metal against metal as the shell connected with the invisible Warframe's flesh.

It hurt.

The shell's toxins infiltrated his wounds and contaminated them with a mixture of poisons both natural and not. Pain shot through him as if it were flame upon paper; laughter of an uncaring void god filled his mind. Mocking his weakness and rending old wounds to the front of the mind. The sensation was overwhelming and terrible. It felt as if he was about to crumble apart like an ancient statue.

But Rovej did not crumble.

Standing and rising in stuttering motions, the power of the void that wove control over the Warframe spurred it to continue forward. One motion after another the Voruna growled back to life, moving like a stop motion doll.

Scaldra command did not waste their moment however and, as the noxious gas began to clear, the tank's heart had begun to move it. Enormous tracks rolled and turned as the vehicle's engine let out a roar of its own as if to challenge him to catch it.

If it were to leave he would not know where they'd vanish off to. It had to end now.

He let Voruna's rage take a hold, as the Warframe leapt forward grappling onto the back of the mighty vehicle. Punching and scraping at the sliding doors he could feel the Warframe's hands heat up and splinter as he punched again and again into the Effervon-fuelled war machine. The sight was inglorious and messy but was ended as a Scaldra weapon punched a hole through the wounded metal sending Rovej flying backwards into a lamppost knocking it over near immediately.

For a moment Scaldra knew peace.

Then the lamp post skewered one of their number and cracked a hole into the loading mechanism of the cannon.

The doors Rovej had wrecked detached from their hinges as the vehicle went on carving an exit through the streets of Höllvania.

Topic: Heavily Injured but able to move.

Cause of Injury: New Pattern of Effervon Tank

Additional Information:

Victor is driving the tank.

It is in the northern quarter of Höllvania with high potential to move.

Talia has gone.

I think Rovej was tailing us but he vanished off somewhere.

I'm trying to get back to mall but I'm injured badly. Gonna need to rest a couple days maybe a week.