Just hints really... (Destiny)

by rhubarb, Monday, September 01, 2014, 21:53 (3556 days ago) @ GrimBrotherIII

She hadn't been concerned by the flying snowflake, his statement of her previous condition or his warning of the many things she would not understand. It was the three things she was very comfortable with that seemed to alarm others.

The knife. The strange alien's face had become very familiar with it before she knew it was in her hand. Her obvious prowess with the blade rendered her questions about how and why a matter for another time.

While the machine gun and shotgun were welcome and useful, they seemed crude and inelegant. Spraying lead in the general direction of a threat was not what she was used to, which lead to the obvious question: What was she used to?

The revolver. She smiled when she saw it. She let out a long whistle as she spun the cylinder and flicked the weapon sideways to lock it in place. It was a surgical instrument of death and she would wield it as such. Other residents of the tower regarded them akin to artillery, but she had been complimented by several veteran Guardians on patrol with a similar refrain. "It was as if you pointed your finger, and they were gone."

The spaceship? She was a little taken aback, thinking they were searching for a plane to escape in. The sensation of materializing into an unfamiliar cockpit in which you find yourself completely at ease was indescribable. The shipwright was unable to determine the origin of her shell or why essential exo-atmospheric systems were crudely patched in, as if an afterthought, and then rendered speechless when informed by the maintenance bot the pilot's seat was covered in an organic material from some unknown creature.