#warframe hidden messages

[microraptorreactor]

So, If I die,

Which I must do,

Can it shine down here with you?

hey guess who got bored with the notepad! here's my WF OC Shale, she's literally just the Mirage from hidden messages but five years ago I decided to flesh out that mirage and now she's close enough.

Done with a random pencil, a fountain pen, and a gel pen. Why did I do this.

[leolithe]

Lotus' dialogue in Hidden Messages (the quest to build Mirage) is really interesting cuz the first time I listened to them, I thought she was reciting someone else's memories during the Old War (her "I'm not sure I want to know what happens next" line). But now I'm convinced: This quest is much more interesting if it's about Lotus remembering her forgotten memories. It makes her sound like she's having a certified Lesbian moment with a sentient Mirage.

[Transcript:

I see the Sentients crashing down on her, dying in overwhelming numbers. Now she's out of energy. I'm telling her to go but she's laughing, tearing their heads off as they swarm.

It's dark. I see the glow of restraints around the Warframe. I'm trying to surge the revive system but I can't, I'm too far away. A great, faceted eye watches her.

I tell her I won't lose her. That I have another ship on its way. She is smiling because she knows I am lying.

I see the eyes open and the heat blinds me. I hear her comforting me, telling me not to despair as the Warframe disintegrates and I lose her, forever.]

You see it... right? The familiarity they share?? How can the Lotus tell when Mirage is smiling? How can Mirage tell that Lotus is lying? Why does Lotus panic so hard? Lotus is supposed to be a mission leader and handler, why does Mirage take the time to soothe her?

All of this can be hand waved away by Hidden Messages being an old quest but IDGAF. Your Honor she FUCKED that frame.

[gaogaigar-the-king]

I wish you would write a fic where...

Warframe meets Among Us

An interesting concept, hmm...

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They were just a small merchant vessel. Making their way across the Solar Rails, peddling wares from one settlement to the next among the stars, desperately trying to scrape by enough credits just to keep their ship in one piece and their supplies stocked comfortably.

Random minor systems going wrong was nothing new. Shit, it was even joked about amongst the crew. The ship was old and she had certainly seen better years in her lifetime. They made sure all maintenance of essential systems was kept on top of - Nobody wanted to lose life support in the middle of space, after all - but if the lights in one section of the ship went out? Well, who gave a damn, they all had torches anyway.

Such simple failures were the norm that at first nobody took notice of them.

"Lighting on Deck B2 is out again." A tired crewman told the Systems Engineer.

She heaved a sigh, turning in her seat on the bridge. "Send Seph to fix it, and tell him to do a proper damned job this time."

The crewman shook his head. "Seph never turned up for his duty shift and nobody can contact him."

That was a bigger cause for alarm. The ship was already understaffed, several of the crew had taken ill and needed to be left behind at their last stop, dumping them into the care of local, better equipped medical facilities while the remaining members loaded up with cargo.

She turned to the Captain, and the old man didn't even wait for her to ask. "Go get it sorted." He ordered.

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A figure in the guise of a crewman's uniform stalked towards the belly of the ship. It was looking, sniffing, seeking something, easing it's way unheard and unseen through the hidden ducts and shafts of the ship.

Eventually though, it had to drop out from those. In an empty hall, it reformed itself into the shape of a man, filling itself out into the suit it wore and letting the uncomfortable garb reseal itself, perfectly obscuring the true nature of what was lurking beneath.

It paused, re-orienting it's senses for a moment, repositioning itself, before walking towards the heart of what powered the vessel.

It's goal was guarded by a single lone, exhausted human. The click-clack of it's heavy boots across the metal alerted the human to it's presence.

"Seph, your duty shift started three hours ago." There was a frustrastion and exhaustion in the woman's voice when she spoke.

It didn't answer. The human was in it's way, it couldn't complete it's objective when she was here... But she was alone. It would be easy to make her disappear, just as it had made Seph disappear. Better yet, the human was making it easier as she got up and strolled towards it.

"Well, you can enjoy the dressing down you'll get from-" Her words as she passed it were cut off in a flash as she was impaled from behind by an impossibly sharp appendage, spearing her through the gut and killing her almost instantly. As fast as it had come out, the appendage receded inside of the suit, returning to it's disguise. It looked down at the human, wetting it's long, pointed tongue across it's sharp teeth.

Good.

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"Is Ami not back yet?" The Captain settled back into his seat, some fresh water in hand. The Systems Engineer's seat had been vacant for the last few hours, and it was starting to become concerning.

"Not yet." The Nagivations Officer looked up from his console, tugging on the collar of his suit. "Does it feel warm in here to you as well?"

The Captain simply tapped a finger against his glass of water, earning a grunt of annoyance. "I would ask Ami to take a look, but." He gestured to the empty seat. Though after a moment, he did get up and walk to the console, scratching his white-haired beard as he read through the messages appearing across it. Multiple more minor systems were having hiccups. "We're going to be stuck in the next dock for a while with repairs."

"Thankfully we're close." The Navigations Officer muttered.

"Do we have enough fuel to push it faster?"

"We'll make it there and a little way beyond."

The Captain turned to his First Officer. "Increasing engine speed." She declared, since it was clear what the man was about to ask. He nodded, returning to his seat.

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The sound of the engines thrumming up with more power made the creature feel something akin to happy. It's schedule was being expidited. Things were coming together as planned, though sooner than expected. But that wasn't a problem. Things were still in alignment and, if it needed, it could cause delays.

Playing with minor malfunctions was fun, but it could do much more than that. And it had a purpose here.

The beating heart of the ship, the reactors powering her through the vastness of space. It stood on the walkway between them, breathing in deeply.

Soon. Soon.

It jumped from the walkway, landing on the side of one and twisting inhumanly so that it could climb, claws and other appendages tearing through the suit to give it grip, reaching the point where all four converged. There, it nested, breathing out deeply and letting it feel itself spreading outwards across the many pipes and wires.

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Alarms blared. Cascading multiple systems failure hit the deck, the ship rocking as explosions sounded across her hull and fires raged, suppression systems unable to stop them. Their routes to life capsules had long since been cut off. The Communications Officer was hard at work, sending out SOS in the hopes someone, anyone would save them. The Navigations Officer had his plate full with just trying to keep the ship moving.

"What in the name of Sol is happening?" The First Officer exclaimed, trying her damndest to resolve the errors as they were appearing, struggling to keep on top of the workload.

The Captain scanned his eyes across everything that was malfunctioning, things he knew to have been repaired and in full working order. He took of his hat, wiping his brow that was thick with sweat using a cloth from his pocket.

"We've been sabotaged." He stated calmly, making peace with reality. A somber silence filled the deck.

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The creature fed from the reactors, corrupting and consuming the vessel. The fires and explosions would kill the humans if they didn't choke out of life support first, but it was above such things, unharmed. Immune. Ready to convert the ship for it's own uses. Small, unnoticed, it would be perfect.

It had come here with purpose. It smiled.

Mission Complete.

[pinkgoblinshark]

Completed Jade Shadows the other night, my thoughts on the quest below (Warframe/Jade Shadows Spoilers below the cut)

I both liked and disliked this quest, leaning a bit more on the dislike side, unfortunately.

The babyframe is cute, and it was nice to see some more characterization for other characters (including Hunhow, of all people). However, I'm disappointed that very little of that went to Jade, the character the quest is named after!!!

Like, with only what the quest gave me, Jade struck me as a bit of a shallow character. She has very few spoken lines, and what lines she does have revolve around her relationship with Sorren or her baby. We don't know anything about who she was as a person and it all smells deeply of the "dead wife" trope. I've also seen people refer to this scenario as a fridging ("When a loved one is hurt, killed, maimed, assaulted, or otherwise traumatized in order to motivate another character or move their plot forward."), which seems like a more apt description of the scenario.

The bit about "what the quest gave me" is an important note, because prior to writing this post I looked around on Tumblr to see what other people were saying about this quest. It turns out there is more Jade lore (Jade's Promise), but it's hidden on the relays nearby Teshin. If I hadn't looked at Tumblr, it's possible I would not have learned any of this for weeks after completing Jade Shadows.

While I would have liked to know more about Jade apart from her baby/being a mom, I think Jade's Promise does a decent job of giving Jade more agency/a motive. Too bad there's not even an inbox message acknowledging where to find this additional lore in-game...

Also, with the game giving me a content warning before starting the quest, I was a bit disappointed in how tame the birthing scene was. This might be a me-issue, as I have kinda (?) complex views of pregnancy. To sum it all up: To me pregnancy is transformative, but the means by which it happens is not pretty. Your body is putting all of its resources into growing a new being, it's not uncommon to get sick, to have complications. Birth itself is bloody, gruesome, and can leave you changed or dead. With that in mind, imagine my surprise when Jade just wistfully disintegrates into a cloud of green dust. I felt like it would have been more poignant for there to have been a struggle to make her choice to undergo the process of birth more potent. I wanted to feel uncomfortable, but that may just be me.

Lastly, I saw some other folks express discomfort over the fact that the Operator, as opposed to the Drifter, was the one who helped with the birthing process. I also would have preferred if it was the Drifter who helped out. The Operator is just a child soldier what the hell would they know about being a midwife 😭

EDIT: I just made myself angrier because I realized Jade Shadows could have been more engaging if we:

Got to play as Jade/the Operator she mentions in Jade's Promise

Got to play through the events of Jade's Promise instead of having to read about them 😭😭😭😭😭

All of this wouldn't have to be exclude the events we witness through the Stalker but pleaaaaase.... ^^^^^

[lappeldudive]

(Note: Because something stops me from sending my 2599 word worth rant in this site I need to do it in parts. This is the part where I will be talking about Jade and Stalker/Sorren)

I really cannot belive that this is my first post on this blog. Like, sure I was thinking about starting a blog where I talked about my interests and made some lame jokes but. Oh god and above... This will be very long.

First things first, this is not an second account. This is my first and probably will be only account. I really didn't think that I would start using tumblr like that but this whole debate about Jade Shadows update was starting to get tiring for me. I had a lot of opinions I wished to voice and hogling peoples comments is and was not a great way to do this. This is not me explaning things about Jade shadow or blaming people this is rather than a rant about how people approach this quest and also some things I think needs to be mentioned. If my words "sounds" upsetting or annoyed to the people who might seems like I set my target on their face no. This is NOT that kind of rant. I will only use sentences that I see online people arguing about all of this. HERE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY PEOPLE BE TARGETEN BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DEFEND.

TW: Mentions of pregnancy, difficulties about pregnancy, some personal stuff that could be triggering for people, some upsetting view about Jade shadow for some people,mentions of trauma related topics about pregnancy and birth.

!!!!! Beware !!!!!

So here we go.

[JADE SHADOW SPOİLERS]

Welp. As for most of the community this was some unexpected event to play in my eyes. A Pregnant Warframe, Operator literally helping giving birth and such. Lots of people made lots of points about the whole quest. And I think most of them were right. Especially the ones about quest being too short so I won't get into these in here. But if you guys wanna know more about I will tell my opinions only about the Jade Shadows quest later. If we get something maybe like The Silver Groove most of the community would be much happy with the results.

But people, let me tell you something. In my and I know for a fact that in everyones eye most of the quest that only focuses of warframes are kind of... Weird? Not enough? Yeah we have some examples like Silver Groove or Octavia's anthem or Sand of Inaros Deadlock Protocol and others. But those quest wasn't only about warframes. They had stories that include a very specific Warframe that had somewhat important role in storyline. I'm talking about the quests like Hidden Message or Limbo's Theorem. This two is somewhat more closer Jade Shadow then the other examples and I think people who read this knows what to say about this. When something that Involves only Warframe and Warframe themselves mostly do not reach the expectation. And I think DE needs to take this as a lesson and try to get better about quest like these. Maybe after that things wouldn't be this chaotic after every warframe related quests. Also squeezing two warframes in a one little quest did make everything much weirder. Because while people trying to understand what Jade was we suddenly had Stalker/Sorren in our hands with a very complicated motives. Also because of how things changed in some newer quest I think people forget how Warframe explain it lore to us. Warframe as a game does not say things in straight forward you need to fetch information about lore from various places. In early game people learn about Valkry this way and until The New War there was a lot of mechanics that you need to use in order to get some info about characters (Like Cephalon Segments or Kuria). And some new added things also follows this thing (Like Citrine and Dante missions.). But there was a lot of change in quest wise. So seeing that kind of explation might cause some huge misundertanding. And even if it was the people who made these changes, it can be thought that the majority owes an apology on this issue. Since they played with their own fanbase.

Before going any deeper lets start to discuss my main problems with this quest. First thing first. Jade

For me Jade was a different aprroach to things. We see a mother who is down to do everything even though she does not have a blood related bond with her many child. Lotus has her flaws but as an caring mother figure she is very good. If this quest was a bit longer it would be very interesting to see Hunhow and Lotus guiding us would be amazing. But again, as for Jade. People tend to say her characterization is only about being a caring mother. Which I don't really agree on but because how quest portrayed her it is very easy to fall in that assumption. They did not do justice to her. She was lacking personality and screentime (a screentime not laying like a lifeless puppet but being in action) but was this sexist or a move just to make all of the Stalker's "redemption arc" better? No. Jade was suppose to be her own person. You can see this in flashbacks but somehow they decided to hide her reasonings behind giving birth to their kid. What important role did she played? That part was just a mess. But there's still a hope if DE notices this big loophole and decides making a actual quest about Jade herself. I think she is an interesting character. A mother, a person who creates life while being the embodiment of death. They could play with her personality and her own motives to create justified version of this quest. For her I don't have anything that I remember that I wished to say right now. If you have any questions or thought that I did not said about Jade you could write them in comments. I will try to say my opinion as good as possible about that.

And now as for Sorren/Stalker. I really don't have to say a lot about. Even though we got more information about him than Jade, he is still a character that will continue to be a mystery. It seemed a bit ridiculous to me that the newly added information added more questions to our previous ones instead of enlightening us, and that Stalker was more expressionless than in Second Dream, despite the "sad spouse trope" that was constantly tried to be introduced throughout the quest. Also why him and Hunhow somewhat seemed distant in this quest? It's not like they were all hughy wuggy before but they way Hunhow talked with him and how less we Heard from Hunhow who did all the speaking for Stalker in other quests seemed... kind of weird. Also I've noticed some people saying "Stalker Betrayed his Lords". Orokin is just a messed up empire of bastards. You've seen how Ballas not only played with us but also Erra and Natah. Or predicted but not fully canon Alad V who literally notorious for constantly changing sides. Orokin would do aynthing to gain their profit. Even though Stalker is a low class Orokin soldier it could be expected that he only wanted help from us. Quest may make it seem like he's given up on attacking us or something like that, but Stalker is still the same Stalker. But even though I've said that I do not get any parental vibe from Stalker. Just like Jade, I'm not sure if we can get any other information unless there is another quest or maybe a mission.

[tainted-well]

Warframe Story, Introduction

About a half a year ago I found this most useful post on r/Warframe: https://old.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/w14e47/warframe_story_campaign_guide_for_beginners_and/ Unfortunately after the Reddit blackout this post is not available anymore, so I decided to copy all the info (praise Unum it was saved in web.archive) and make some additions for players, who (like me) have already done some non-replayable quests. Quest names are highlighted in bold, my commentaries are marked with TW and highlighted in italic. Screenshots are also mine, from my early Warframe days.

Also I strongly advise you (if you are doing replays) to open your settings menu - social - creator mode. This mode hides some minor spoilers, unfortunately it can’t return some zones to their previous state.

Please note if you are replaying quests, sometimes initial and final quest messages aren’t send to your mail, so I suggest you look for them in warframe wiki quest transcripts.

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With Veilbreaker and Duviri on the way I thought it would be good to give the new players (and old ones that missed the stuff) a guide for story campaign. This guide focuses on making a cohesive story to go through on your way to The New War, as after that it’s much more cohesive by itself.

This isn't a story guide on the history of events but trying to make sense of what's in the game at with the state it's in as much as possible. There are some bad omissions in game atm, most of which concern Alad V and other events, and since other early game stuff was mostly in events, a lot of context and motivation is missing early game, which is another big hurdle for the beginner experience.

I will supplement missing info with videos or other stuff to make it more or less understandable. Some of these are made by me to supplement some other stuff. Huge thanks to Orokin Archives and people that recorded the intros for events in the videos.

DISCLAIMER: This guide is focusing primarily on story and not about getting loot. In fact, some of the guide pretty much is against getting some loot till the time needed (biggest notable thing is Deadlock Protocol being delayed a lot). The idea is to create a sense of progression and logic in the story. Feel free to do side objectives and farming at your leisure.

Several activities should be done only after “unlocking” it with the perquisite quest (Infested invasions, Nightmare missions, Grineer vs Corpus invasions, Void Fissure missions, Vey Hek assassinate, The Index).

Quests that are not affected by this list: Howl of the Kubrow (but recommended to do after Phobos once you can go to the Void), A Man of Few Words (just do it when you unlock Uranus), Hidden Messages, The Limbo Theorem, Sands of Inaros, The Silver Grove and Octavia's Anthem (but imo both should be done directly after the Second Dream), Mask of the Revenant, The Waverider (can be done after Heart of Deimos to make sense), The Jordas Precept (pretty much should be done about the time you unlock Eris).

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UPD. I’ve just got the permission of the post owner, u/DarthGiorgi, to repost its contents in my tumblr blog.

Links to all posts:

Warframe Story, Introduction

Warframe Story, Act I: Awakening

Warframe Story, Act II: Escalation

Warframe Story, Act III: Turmoil

Warframe Story, Act IV: Prelude to War

[aaurus]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 1. A screenshot of Warframe's in-game chat: firey-unit515: Look at my meat. (a showcase of an Excalibur build) LightZkra: shrimp are the roaches of the sea metaekim: (a showcase of a Gauss Prime build) runnoft: @BitPenguin12 must not be from the (the rest of the message is hidden) 2. A screenshot of firey-unit515's Excalibur that was showcased in the chat. It is unarmed, colored entirely in a meaty red, and its entire body is covered in a veiny texture reminiscent of ground beef. 3. A cropped section of the showcase screenshot, highlighting a "complete the look" sidebar that provides suggestions to add to the currently showcased appearance. The cropping specifically focuses on a color palette named "Fear." /END ID]

saw raw ground beef Excalibur in region chat today. i don't like it

[sir-contra]

so ya gonna tell me for a quest i gotta get all the mats for mirage

build mirage in real time

and not get a warframe slot given to me

is that what yer telling me

[thesilentinquisitor]

[The more I talk about my ideas on Discord, the more tempted I am to let it all loose and reboot Evren has the 100% more Sarkic, 100%-more inhuman and feral, 100% more Lovecraftian than she was. Unleash my dreams. Go stupid, go crazy.

I was talking about making the Weigher of Souls into something like an Eva or a Frame from Warframe - a semi-organic machine with flesh under the panelling, between all the wires and engine bits. When it gets damaged in battles and the armour comes off, it's basically a Tyranid ship with loads of eyes and mouths; fixing it involves taking panelling off and doing surgery on the flesh inside, which is also their life support and sewage treatment system. It's a psyker and sapient, so they communicate with it telepathically, giving it the ability to navigate the Warp by itself (and send messages as an Astropath Choir would). They get the biomass to clone new bodies for the Jackals from specially-grown parts.

Evren's body would be more of a disguise crafted to look like her old self. Her age and power, her dabbling in Sarkicism, has slowly warped her into something less human, something more like Ion or the Emperor. Her real body has to be hidden lest she terrify everyone and get driven out of the Imperium, even by her own nephews and brothers. The Emperor knows what she looks like, of course, but since she puts a human face on, he's willing to let it slide. For now.

She shapeshifts effortlessly, taking on dozens of different guises, and infiltrates the other Legions - and, later, Imperial Guard regiments and even Traitor Legions - as His eyes and ears on the ground. Most of the time she poses as a high-ranking Imperial noble, a diplomat, or a remembrancer. She has dozens of different masks to wear. Her true name isn't well-known outside of the Primarchs, to the point where many Astartes haven't heard of her. Some even believe that the IInd Legion had been purged and ceased to exist, alongside their Primarch. Which suits the Tomb Jackals just fine.

I'd make her less childish and more serious - and try damned harder to play her that way, as I've said so many times before lol - but playing the part of a light-hearted, immature person much like the Doctor does. Both as a way to relieve stress and to get people to underestimate her, and because 28,000 years of life has driven her more than slightly bonkers. But, like Curze, she's a mostly useful kind of bonkers and completely loyal to humanity/the Great Crusade, so the Emperor endures that, too. He gives her a few tools and toys she needs for her mission and sends her off with 13,000 Astartes he was planning to be rid of. As long as she does as she's told, he can excuse most of her... strangeness. And she always does as she's told.

Blah blah blah most of the other stuff would mostly be unchanged, except for trimming down the NPC list and neatening up the mess the Legion hierarchy has become. Add more science even as I add more horror. Make them more Foundation. Blah.]

[moss-sauce]

hey quick question. how the fuck do i go back in time to give the original mirage a hug

[choppahface]

Me and two clanmates plus one other clanmate who varied across the matches did vault runs on Orokin Derelict Extermination at least a dozen times earlier, mostly for rare mods, and also helped me out finally fighting Lephantis while one was taking a break and it was all a pretty good time

[kumoriyami-xiuzhen]

Hakuoki Hana no Shou Kazama After Story Translation

My attempt at translating the “Hakuoki Shinkai Hana no shou Stellaworth Early Reservation Bonus" Kazama Chikage Short story [ 薄桜鬼 真改 華ノ章 ステラワース早期予約特典　ブロマイド 風間千景 ] from Chinese to English

Actually finished this before the 2 SSL cross stories... but I’ve decided to pace my translation releases as to not needlessly torture myself. hardy har har. 

Anyway, enjoy this translation....

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Hakuoki Shinkai Hanashou Stellaworth Early Reservation Bonus Kazama Chikage Short Story

Translation by KumoriYami

In the Satsuma domain, which is located in the southern most part of Kyushu, a secluded mountain is home to the Kazama family that controls the Western Oni clans.

In the Kazama head residence, the identity of Kazama Chikage's wife Yukimura Chizuru who had arrived at the Kazama family/clan, was treated with the utmost of respect by the other Oni clans.

She had grown up as an ordinary girl so far, and for the first time she has been treated like this. She seemed a bit overwhelmed by this. (--> She seemed a bit overwhelmed by this as she had grown up as an ordinary girl and was being treated like this for the first time.)

Once the welcoming ceremony was held/completed, Kazama brought Chizuru to a room.

"Tonight you will rest here. You should be tired after travelling for so long."

He stopped a foot away from the door and spoke.  Chizuru looked anxious as she looked down.

".....Thank you very much for your feelings."

Her tone was very blunt. (Being in) An unfamiliar land, strange dwellings, strange oni.... obviously she (shouldn't be) used to this, but she was still very nervous about being in/(part of) the Kazama clan.

(Forget it, it's only a matter of time.)

As he thought of this, he opened the door.

"Ah..."

Once the room came into view, Chizuru could not help but scream.

There were two sets of covers in the room, ones meant to be used by couples together. [honestly I don’t know what this refers to]

Seeing this scene, Kazama snorted.

"What's the matter/what's going on/wtf? Currying favour like this?"

[(”是想拍馬屁嗎?” is the 2nd sentence here) I've just put down what came to mind.... though it apparently means are you trying to flatter me or someone for the sake of getting a favour done]

He had to blame the people responsible for preparing the room for this. Thinking about it, Kazama stepped into the room.

However, Chizuru still didn't move, remaining standing in front of the door.

"What's wrong?"

"Eh, that's..../ oh, that...."

She spoke hesitantly/nervously. Just looking at her, I could understand what she was thinking.

"I have said before, the "deed" will be done after the wedding. Have you forgotten?"

"I remember..."

"That being the case, you don't need to be so worried... or are you looking forward to it?"

"No, no one is looking forward to it!"

After Chizuru spoke, he shrugged his shoulders, heading into the(ir) room.

(Actually it's a needless worry. Forget it, doing anything (now?) will decrease/damage her value.)

Having said that, this girl could truly be determined in coming to Kazama's village. Kazama felt that this was a bit unexpected.

Before she met Kazama in Kyoto, she knew nothing about being an oni, or the fact that the Yukimura clan was wiped out by humans.

(I originally played around with the Shinsengumi as an excuse to get in touch/interact with them [says them](/her?))

While she was walked her own path, different from that of her twin brother, Chizuru did not lose herself.

Even though she was constantly informed of devastating news about the Shinsengumi, she shed tears and continued forward.

(While she looks like a weak girl, how much power is hidden within (her).... (even)I don't know... )

However before he noticed it, he was already captivated by the firmness in her eyes, and he could no longer look away.

"Um... Kazama-san, how long are you staying here?"

Kazama did not say that he was staying in the room, (causing) Chizuru to feel that he was very suspicious/wary and (she)hesitated as she asked.

"Do you want me to leave so soon? To actually to drive away the fiance away from the woman's room (/boudoir) (before marriage), truly a courteous/proper wife."

"I didn't mean that...! I only thought, with such a long journey, Kazama-san would be tired."

"....ha."

She was still the same as ever. Her words offered a sense of intimacy that made Kazama laugh.

Then he reached out and silently grabbed the girl's chin.

Chizuru was surprised and looked back at Kazama.

"In the future, you will be learning a lot of things as the wife of the leader of the Kazama clan. Since you have come here with me, you must be aware of that?"

His inquiry made Chizuru's expression become serious.

She closed her eyes for a moment, then nodded.

“....Yes, I am very aware of that/these things.”

Kazama was very pleased with her answer.

Then he wordlessly removed the hand that was holding Chizuru's chin.

"Tomorrow I will introduce you to the village/clan's other female oni. The preparation of congratulatory messages, wedding clothes and so on need to be asked about/addressed."

"O-okay!"

Although she responded enthusiastically/cheerfully, I'm afraid (that)/unfortunately she sounded uncertain/nervous.

".....Also,"

Kazama deliberately raised his voice, slightly narrowing his red eyes to look directly at Chizuru.

Upon seeing this, Chizuru's face grew stern in countenance, concentrating as she waited for his next words.

"It doesn't matter how you want to show respect to me, but "Kazama-san" cannot be used to address your husband. You will call be by my name directly from now on."

"Name... that is to say, Chikage-san?"

Chizuru spoke in an awkward/hesitant tone.

"...Ha."

"Why are you laughing? I said it as you wanted it— "

"I am just thinking that your consciousness as a wife was finally born/I am just thinking that you're finally conscious of how you're going to be a wife. You'll be doing this when you serve me in the future [-.- geez this guy. seriously it’s no wonder why harada didn’t like kazama’s behaviour lol]. That's all."

Once Kazama said this, he stood up and left the room.

"Really, why am i doing this..."

After, he heard words that sounded like a complaint from behind him. [?]

The conversation between the two soon to be newly weds was known only by the moon.

--fini--

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*sigh* i wanna play FE:Three Houses but i don’t have a nintendo switch or money for the game rn cuz of hakuoki lol...also Yamazaki’s short story is still at 40% since I felt like starting to translating that unknown live drama which so far meant me snipping subtitles off the video for a while....and in other news i hit mastery rank 27 in warframe... and the Star Trek Picard trailer from SDCC2019 WAS FUCKING AWESOME!

[orokinarchives]

Hallowed Nightmares

30 October 2015 ��� 02 November 2015

27 October 2016 – 01 November 2016

19 October 2018 – 01 November 2018

Mission

The mission takes place on Earth, on the Grineer Forest tileset, though thick orange fog will limit visibility considerably. During the mission, shields and health are each set to 100, unmodifiable by any means. Weapons, companions, gear, and warframe abilities are all disabled or removed for the mission. The Tenno are limited to unarmed attacks and damage from parkour abilities such as bullet jump and jump kick. Aura and exilus mods (including bullet jump mods such as Firewalker) will still have their effect.

The mission will have Infested enemies, which will be difficult to kill while unarmed. There are no objectives or waypoints marked. The Tenno must make their way to a locked door. The door is opened by placing two power cores in the slots on either side. There are two consoles on the same tile which will produce a power core when hacked. After the door is opened, a Jack O'Naut will be found on a large open tile. This creature resembles an Infested Juggernaut with a large jack-o-lantern for a head. The only way of damaging the Jack O'Naut is with the explosive objects scattered around the tile, resembling three jack-o-lanterns stacked on top of each other. When destroyed, they will create a fire hazard on the ground that will deal damage to the Jack O'Naut and other Infested. The Jack O'Naut can be baited into charging the explosive barrels, which will cause maximal damage. After the Jack O'Naut is dead, the Tenno can head to extraction.

Inbox message: Hallowed Nightmares: Sleeping?

We lost contact for a moment… were you sleeping? Nightmares? Perhaps this will help you overcome your fear.

—The Lotus

A second, slightly harder version of the Tactical Alert is available after completing the first. In 2015 this mission also contained 3 Grineer supply caches hidden around the map. These caches contained aura and nightmare mods. The caches did not reappear in later years.

Inbox message: Hallowed Nightmares: Your Fear

Tenno,

This badge shows you faced your fear and conquered your nightmares.

—The Lotus

In 2016 and 2018, a third timed mission was available after the first two, During the timed missions, the Tenno's score started at 1000 at the start of the mission, and gradually decreased by 1 each second. The Tenno had to complete the mission with a score of at least 666 to receive the reward, which means completing the mission in less than 5 minutes 34 seconds.

During 2015, the first mission rewarded an Orokin Catalyst blueprint, while the second mission rewarded a Stratos emblem. In 2016, the first mission rewarded an Orokin Catalyst blueprint, while the second mission rewarded a Day of the Dead sigil, and the timed mission rewarded an Orokin Reactor. In 2018, the first mission rewarded the Day of the Dead sigil, the second mission rewarded the Dread Day of the Dead skin, and the timed mission rewarded an Orokin Reactor. Although not advertised, each mission, including the timed mission, rewarded a Stratos emblem in 2018.

Hallowed Nightmares did not run in 2017, due to the release of the Plains of Eidolon. Operation: Plague Star took the place of the Halloween event.

[Navigation: Hub → Events → Tactical Alerts → Hallowed Nightmares]

[ask-those-teeny-tenno]

Hey, I just got into Warframe and I don't know how to get parts for other warframes.... Could you give me some advice? TuT

Scream at the bosses until all your required parts drop, then go scream at different planets so you can get parts for those parts, and then scream at your foundry when you find out that the parts for those parts are just one part short.

Warframe is a fun game :v

(Real talk tho, you get your parts from bosses for some frames, certain type of enemies in others, or missions, all the parts for other types of frames in certain quests (Limbo Theorem, Silver Grove, Hidden Messages), and other parts in certain game modes like open world bounties and Sanctuary Onslaught)

-worfrom

[tainted-well]

Warframe Story, Act III: Turmoil

TW: If you have already completed all quests and don’t want to dilute impressions from major story events, I suggest doing Act III in this order: 4, 5, 6 & 9, 10 before The Second Dream. It slightly alters the logical chain of events though.

1. The Second Dream. This is where the game story finally picks up the speed beyond us just playing space police in the origins system.

TW: You might already have noticed some strange symbols appearing on your screen at a random. Here is the explanation (look at Mysterious Loading Screen): https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Orokin_Language#Miscellaneous

2. Shadow Debt – again, an event. The story is important for the Acolyte background and story about how Alad called in his favour back from Second dream.

https://www.orokinarchives.com/operation-shadow-debt/

Alad’s message: https://youtu.be/johDLwvf57Y

Walkthrough: https://youtu.be/FqJ-7b9_rwM

3. The Silver Grove and Octavia’s Anthem – while not essential story wise, they make sense to be done in this spot.

TW: Both quests lack initial messages when replayed, so you’d have to refer to wiki transcripts.

4. Ambulas Reborn – essentially The quest of Pluto. Pluto has everything still in place but the intro video. GROFIT.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/AVbbOnGczWY?list=PL77Z7WRW-YK-v5laBuY7cyrBDkm0gSRkq

https://www.orokinarchives.com/operation-ambulas-reborn/

5. The Deadlock Protocol

I think this is the best moment to place this quest as doing it as early as Venus loses a lot of context of what makes this quest and Parvos important.

6. Divine Will – having absolutely had mucking enough of us interfering with his operations, Nef Anyo goes for the Tenno directly with his Razorback armada.

https://www.orokinarchives.com/divine-will/

Can be skipped tbf, just do the armada when possible.

7. The War Within. Once done go to Cetus and talk to the Quills.

8. The Glast Gambit – essentially, it’s the quest of Neptune. Watch Index tutorial in the codex and do the quest. Once it’s done, the index is open to be used (or you could just ignore that and just go for I before the quest)

9. Rathuum – essentially the quest of Sedna.

https://www.orokinarchives.com/operation-rathuum/

Gameplay wise, everything is still in the game but lacks the intro, mid quest accusation by Kela and ending. Reward for later isn’t in game unfortunately.

Intro: https://youtu.be/WSFXvoo_Zug

Mid: https://youtu.be/Nh6ZqJr8WSc?t=490

Ending: https://youtu.be/Nh6ZqJr8WSc?t=919

10. The Hidden Messages (can be done anytime after unlocking Sedna).

https://youtu.be/WAb0Xr_nwBo

11. Get to the void from Sedna and defeat Corrupted Vor there. After doing Mot Node you unlock Chains of Harrow.

12. Chains of Harrow.

13. TW: Mask of the Revenant (you’d have to be rank 2 with the Quills to get the quest). The quest is not replayable, so here is a YouTube walkthrough:

https://youtu.be/Qngx5uDCzwQ

14. Once done here comes the big challenge from me (optional but makes sense here story wise): defeat an Eidolon, then maybe try your hand at defeating all 3 eidolons. This should prepare you for what’s to come.

15. Apostasy Prologue happens.

After this, defeat Profit taker and Exploiter (those 2 are optional but again, makes sense story wise).

15.1 TW: If you haven’t done The Heart of Deimos quest yet, now it’s the time. The quest is not replayable, so here is the link to a playthrough:

https://youtu.be/0UrvqXEy2cs

16. The Sacrifice.

Links to all posts:

Warframe Story, Introduction

Warframe Story, Act I: Awakening

Warframe Story, Act II: Escalation

Warframe Story, Act III: Turmoil

Warframe Story, Act IV: Prelude to War

[heartslogos]

seas who could sing so deep and strong [54]

“Alpha?“ Chic says, shaking the unresponsive Oberon. “Wait a - he’s not even in here!”

Judge gapes - "You mean he left his frame? I thought - “

“That he’s like your Persephone and is super shy?” Chic says, “No. He doesn’t mind leaving his frame. In fact, that is the problem with Alpha.”

“One of several,” Punk says, “Alright, pack it up. We’ve got - I think - about five hours before nightfall and we lose all light. I’m not staying out here with Alpha on the loose at night. We’ve got to find him before nightfall.”

“What’s the problem with Alpha?” Judge asks as he hurries to help the other two tenno pack up their food. “Is he - not a good tenno fighter by himself? Is he in trouble?”

Chic and Punk laugh, shaking their heads as Punk mournfully tosses the cooked fish at their Kubrow and Kavats. Chic sighs and crams a large chunk of bread into her mouth.

“No. Alpha’s a great tenno fighter. In fact he’s probably the only person who could beat the Empress in a tenno fight,” Punk says. “That’s not the problem wit Alpha. The problem is that he’s terrifying and completely unaware of it. Like. He’s a good guy. Don’t get me wrong.  He’s  the absolute gentlest, sweetest, kindest, overall best person you could ever meet. You saw it earlier, right? He didn’t want to eat because he was worried if he ate one fish the cousins of Cetus wouldn’t have enough.”

“He stockpiles food supplies in hidden caves around Cetus and gives the people directions to find them. He keeps them regularly refilled,” Chic adds on. “Alpha is one hundred percent a wonderful and beautiful person. That is not the problem.”

“The problem with Alpha is that, for one thing, only one out of twenty words he thinks makes it out of his head,” Punk says. “So that creates some…unnerving situations. Again. Cousins. But he’s also quiet. Very quiet.”

“Did you know the Stalker doesn’t go for him anymore?” Chic says, handing Judge a jar of honey that he wraps in cloth and stows in one of the small sachets he has on his Mesa. “And Alpha’s very sad about it. He really wants a Dread. But apparently the Stalker came for him once and Alpha was so quiet that the Stalker couldn’t find him. Except that Alpha was waiting and following behind the Stalker the entire time and he said - Dread and the Stalker called it quits because. I mean. If you were the Stalker, or anyone, really, and you were looking for your target, and your target somehow managed to be directly behind you without setting you off the entire time and then just went and said dread to you, you’d leave, too.”

Judge isn’t sure if this is true or not. It sounds highly improbable. The Stalker manages to infiltrate Orbiters and get past Cephalons and the Lotus and everyone else. He doesn’t think that one single tenno would be able to scare the Stalker.

“Anyway, Alpha’s quiet. And he doesn’t realize that. So sometimes, at night, you’ll just. Listen. Let’s not talk about it. Punk shakes his head. “Let’s just. Not talk about it and hope we find him before nightfall.”

They do not find him before nightfall.

“Fuck,” Punk says, holding his hand out, blue flame in the palm of his hand as they look around. “How have we not found him? Pug, you’re supposed to be good at tracking.

Punk’s Kubrow, Pug, looks very dejected.

Chic’s hair is a violent, bright, saturated pink even at night and it’s hurting Judge’s eyes even more.

“Alpha?” Judge calls out, hearing nothing. He wonders if he should try whistling.

“Let’s leave his frame here, message the Empress, and go back to Cetus,” Chic says, “It’s too dark and I’m not ready to die.”

“There’s nothing on the plains that the three of us can’t handle,” Judge says. “And Alpha’s a good fighter, you said so.”

“No, listen. It’s not about that,” Punk frowns, “It’s. Look. If we waited for him to come back - and who knows when that would be - it’s. How do I even explain this? Alpha looks like a horror story. Have you ever heard of Slenderman? Or - he’s like an Orthos that’s got more Orthos for limbs. Or - or - or, that thing that humans used to use. The things the put outside their buildings of commerce to attract attention. They were like tubes and they waved around a lot.”

“What?”

“Anyway, he look like that. With glowing eyes. And a really chilling voice. I, for one, am not willing to just wait for that to happen upon me. You said you met him at night, right? But in his frame? I want you to imagine the terror you felt but multiply it by a thousand.”

“You’re exaggerating,” Judge says, rolling his eyes and turning to yell into the night, “Alpha! We’ve got your frame! Where are you?”

“He is not exaggerating,” Chic says, “Just hope you never face that fear head on.”

Judge turns around to tell Chic that they’re both being dramatic and freezes.

Above Punk and Chic, just on top of the rocks they were standing next to is a glow.

A glow.

Two glows.

One a deep gold and the other a bright white-blue. Both looking down on them like spotlights.

Judge’s throat closes and he feels the hair on the back of his neck raise.

Punk and Chic turn and immediately Punk grabs Judge’s arm, Judge grabs Chic’s, and Chic finishes by grabbing Punk as they lurch into each other.

Judge feels pressure build in his chest as the eyes slowly move, like a head tilting, and he hears through the night -

“Shhhh.”

Judge screams. There’s no shame in that. Judge screams. Punk screams. Chic screams.

They are all screaming and all of them discharge bursts of Void energy at once.

Judge’s snap’s out in a jagged magenta line, Punk’s billows out in clouds of blue flame, and Chic’s ripples over the ground in a wave of bright pink.

All of their void energy seems to just - slide away from the figure on the rocks.

The figure that stands.

And stands.

And stands.

Judge’s neck is craning back with how high the eyes have risen.

“Shhh,” The eyes repeat, and there’s a scuff of a shoe. The eyes slowly return to being level. “Afraid?”

“Yes,” Punk screams, voice an entire octave higher, “Void, yes, I’m afraid. What the hell, Alpha!”

Chic starts laughing hysterically, “You scared Hades so bad he’s gone white. Alpha! Seriously!”

“How many times have we told you? Warning!” Punk bursts out, pulling himself from Judge and Chic’s grip as he waves his arms. “Get down here.”

“Scuffed boot,” Alpha says. His voice is low, deeper than Judge’s heard on any other tenno, and very, very soft.

“You did that afterwards, though,” Punk groans as Alpha jumps off the rock, landing in a crouch before standing up again.

Judge gapes as he cranes his neck back. Alpha is tall. Probably just as tall as his warframe, if not taller. And thin. He does look like a bunch of Orthos that got stuck together.

“Shhh,” Alpha lifts a finger to his mouth. Up close, in the light of Chic’s hair and Punk’s flames, Judge can see that Alpha has two colored eyes. His left eye is gold and his right eye is light blue. And he has a very - closed face. His face looks…unchanging. A poker face, Maroo would call it. Like a warframe’s. It doesn’t change.

Alpha shushes them again and points over his shoulder. “Sleeping, now.”

“What is?” Punk asks, walking around the rocks to where Alpha had been crouched over earlier. “Oh, cool.”

Judge follows punk and sees a nest of sleeping kuakas, all huddled together.

“Were you with them all day?” Chic asks, baffled.

Alpha slowly shakes his head, gesturing for them to wait before he jogs off.

He returns moments later with his hands full of something. He tilts his hands out to them and shows an entire fistful of Ayatan stars and some sort of plant.

He holds his hands out towards them, gesturing for them to take them. The three of them hold out their hands as he pours the stars and the plant leaves and berries into their palms before jogging back to where he came from and coming back with another handful.

“Where did you - ?” Judge asks, baffled.

“Felt them,” Alpha says slowly, “Saw fisherwoman with the same.”

“Aw,” Chic says, “You wanted to spruce up our picnic lunch.”

Alpha nods.

“And the stars?” Judge asks.

Alpha shrugs, “Felt them, too.”

“Alpha can sense things in the ground,” Judge explains, “And he can feel minerals and stuff. Part of his focus or something. Told you. Nicest guy. Terrifying, but nice.”