#after lightfall

[titanicfreija]

Zavala talks to Freija

End of lightfall spoilers

"I've had nightmares about him, too," Freija argued.

"All the more reason to talk to him!" Sunny cried. "It will only get worse if you keep going like this! Please! For me?"

Freija's silver eyes watered again and she turned her back, but she stayed in the hall outside her Vanguard's office instead of storming off, so that was good.

"Guardian Freija," Zavala called through the door.

"Please," begged Sunny.

"You stay out here. In fact, no, you go see Saint. I don't want you listening. I'm sick as it is."

Sunny knew what she meant and she took off for the hangar as Freija stepped through the double doors.

Zavala's office was always a brightly lit, well-lived in space. He sat at his desk with his spectacles on, examining papers in front of him. "Take a seat, Guardian."

Freija dropped gracefully into a chair, but she struggled to sit up, eventually giving in to a crooked slouch. Zavala rocked back and folded his hands together. The Titans stared at one another over the desk, silver eyes meeting blue.

"What'd she say?" Freija finally asked, lurching to put her elbows on her knees and her face in her hands.

"What your ghost said is not why you are here," he said. "I should have given you this talk long ago as part of the debriefing, as soon as you landed. I did not have the words then, and I struggle to find them now, but the struggle is necessary."

He stood up and paced behind his desk, watching the silver Awoken where she slouched. "The mission of protecting the veil and the Traveler was unsuccessful. This is what I said at the debriefing.

"I should have made clear that your failure to kill your ghost was not the cause." Freija rocked away as if struck. He flinched for her and moved to the window, turning his back to give her privacy. "You were given a command that no guardian should ever receive, let alone be expected to follow. Your bravery was commendable, but you should never have been called on to make the attempt. I do not believe that Empress Caiatl understood--"

"She didn't," Freija interjected, voice strained with suppressed sobs. She pulled a leg into the chair with her and tried to put it down only to lift the other, and she pulled her arms in close. "Sorry."

Zavala waited a beat before he continued. "Empress Caiatl did not recognize the nature and magnitude of her command. I will discuss this with the empress."

Freija gave up and pulled her other leg into the chair with her, curling into a pitiful ball where she sat. "Don't make excuses for me," Freija whimpered into her arms. "I traded the universe for my ghost."

Zavala's voice picked up, firm to the edge of anger. "You did no such thing. There was no choice. No guardian could make such an exchange. No guardian should be expected to follow such an order. The battle was lost long before that moment."

Freija's voice squeaked and hissed as she struggled to stifle her weeping.

Zavala heaved a sigh and tried to hide it. "And in making your attempt, you did nothing wrong. You were trying to save the solar system the only way you knew how. There's no shame in what you tried to do, nor in failing to do it."

Freija buried her head into her knees to stifle the sobs. "I don't wanna have a breakdown in your office."

"You will not be the first nor the last," he replied without turning around. "You did not fail the mission because you failed to fire upon your ghost. Even if it was the only answer. Even with the solar system at stake. It was an unfair expectation. You are guilty of failing to grab your ghost before she reached the veil. This was your only failure, and it is not yours alone.

"Empress Caiatl issued an unintentionally cruel command that could not be followed. Your attempts to do as ordered were courageous," Zavala said, watching the office's reflection in the window. "You knew what had to be done, and you gave your all to do it. You did not succeed. No one could have."

Commander Zavala tucked his chin, offering privacy to the mess of weeping titan rocking behind him. "Stand down, Guardian. You did your best."

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End of Lightfall Spoiler heavy

First approach

Names

Third chat

Making friends

Nature of the connection

Will you help

Saint

The other Titans

Zavala talks to Freija <-You are here

Truth Dawning

Truth in daylight

Cleaning up a mess you made

Epilogue

[hyakunana]

The traditional seasonal visit to the Beyond to report the news of this timeline.

[alanide-arts]

lowkey wondering if exos are capable of manually/voluntarily resetting themselves bc I had an idea regarding how Caspian-8 can properly grieve Olive

[fallenguillotine]

“Let them come and see... our shape revealed. What they do then—unshackled from hope—that is who they are. Because only in the end... are we free.”

DESTINY 2: LIGHTFALL. (2.28.23)

[xavathun]

listening to the farm ost from vanilla d2 just to feel something

[bottleoflemons]

the young wolf, as i live and breathe. i thought she'd died.

[speaker-of-the-void-cats]

Forsaken Lightfall

Dread not naught. Be brave.

Look around the sky.

Behold the great | divide, the battle | lines of the cosmic war.

Fikrul is a Fanatic.

Scorned and abandoned.

"This is as far as you go."

"Please. For you, I go… instead. All know… darkness lives here. Death. You are not of Ether. Can't bring… you back."

"All the same."

"Yes, Father. We ever serve and await return."

Fikrul is all who strive to regain strength of self and purpose. He is a survivor. He is the outcast priest of the broken plains, and his sermon is death and all the glory that follows.

"Go. Inspire. And avenge your murdered friends."

The why of what we're doing is as important as the what.

To that end, the Shadow of Earth extended a hand, and into it flew the Shadow's companion-soul, who had spoken not a word for many ages.

The Shadow bade the companion-soul to speak, and the companion-soul obliged:

I looked at the Gardener.

I looked at my hands.

"I love you"

With that, the Shadow's fist closed, and the companion-soul was no more.

I discovered the first knife.

And then there were two.

You've no idea how fortunate you are to be my chosen. You hold the flesh of a god in your hands. You are mere steps away from our salvation. Only Light|Dark, to|get|her, can unlock my way back into your world.

That's it, keep going. FREE ME.

Please, brother. Will you walk through hell for me, one last time?

"Yes."

Good. Then let us finish this.

"Everything I did, I did for her."

You brave,

devoted,

pathetic

fool.

Thank you.

Even paradise is a prison....

when you can't leave.

"The line between Light | Dark is so very thin.

Do you know which side you're on?"

RECORD 0-CHASM-31

Rajesh. When he reached a displacement of eight he told us he was dead. I believed him. He was dead. He spoke to us. It was true. Whatever he saw, it was his own future.

He’s fine, afterwards. When I look into his eyes I wonder what came back wearing his skin. But that thought is unscientific.

We speak of nothing but the device. We talk about it like a demigod. When I get out of here I know the whole world will look like a fraying veil.

I think it’s clear that part of the problem is substrate. We need more than flesh and drug to survive this.

This one's for the minds behind the Deep Stone Crypt. You think just because you made me you can unmake me? Hey, I understand. I were you I wouldn't want people knowing what I did either. Guess you better hope I didn't tell anyone about the crypt. Or about the, uh, what was it? Oh yeah...

Long

Slow

Whisper

Cause if I did, that would be real bad for you, huh?

I may be dead, but I guarantee you ain't heard the last of me.

[tinkkles]

my lightfall take is they should stop adding new subclasses bc i don't want them to be the focal point of any more campaigns i want the campaign to be the focal point of the campaign please

[janamensch]

Mermay Jiutou + little doodles of mermay Jiutou and Elora!

[annadeef]

[zahra-hydris]

I really wish I could get back into destiny and consider playing the final shape (since I've heard it's actually good?)

but bungie's bullshit approach to seasonal content (can't follow the story unless you play every single season and you can't play the seasonal stories after the season has ended) really killed my interest in the game

anyway this is my way of saying please spoil me lmao (but also tag your spoilers for those who don't want to be spoiled!)

[hyakunana]

Strangers in a Strand Land . jpg

[karekuat]

Really enjoying the eldritch cosmic horror scifi shit going on in Veil Containment, honestly one of my favorite lore things to experience since Witch Queen

[funkervogt]

The way i thought the witness was so stupid that i stopped playing destiny. LOL

[1ncend1ary]

my d2 warlock: scry silmar

[iqxys]

new destiny 2 lore just dropped