Quill didn't know what to say. "So... How much longer 'till we
arrive to atlantis?" Quill asked. He then took out his Camera to
check on it. "Damn it. It's busted."
"Oh, a few hours at most. I think. Time is fleeting in the eyes
of someone as old as me. Skye here should know, if she has
interacted with immortals in her life."
"Once. And she was an Elf, not an immortal." Skye corrected.
The Didact was listening through this via tha Mantle's Approach's
amplifiers. He made a fair enough face. He couldn't do much else
from there. I could always get one of the thruster packs and
jump out of the Approach... he dismissed the idea. He wasn't
exactly great at handling thruster packs at best and in this
storm... I think their craziness might've rubbed off on
me... he thought, getting up to fetch a thruster pack.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
'No, it just happens that you're worried about them. Either
that, or they really have rubbed off on you.' Galadriel said as
she appeared behind Didact with a shimmer of white. She had, oddly
enough, exchanged her usual white clothing in favor of a black
dress.
"One or the other." He commented, only slightly surprised by the
sudden appearance. He slipped the thruster pack over his shoulders.
"Enable autopilot. Follow my heat signiture." He told the AI.
"Affermative." The AI replied. He walked over to the open ramp an
looked into the storm below. "Wow. I am crazy. Reminds me of the
battle of... Oh nevermind." He prepared to jump.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
'Either way, I'm going to teleport there. Good luck braving the
storm, Didact.' Galadriel offhandedly replied, as she once
again vanished in a burst of white sparkles. She reappeared again
standing in the sky, using her magic to remain in the air.
'Skye.'
"Galadriel!" Skye said as she looked at the Elf.
"Into the eye of the storm." He said. And launched himself off the
edge of the ramp. "Enable adjustable wings and thrusters!" he
shouted. The pack obeyed. He pulled up just before he hit the
water. He used a few of his favourite Forerunner curses as his
armor got drenched and the storm started kicking him about. He used
a small radar on his HUD to follow the heat signitures of the
others in front of him.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Skye accidentally let Quill fall as she flew to hug Galadriel, and
thankfully Kym noticed and decided to summon some storm winds to
help him float around. Haphazardly.
"Alright, alright." Galadriel said, as she tried to get out from
Skye's hug. "You know I don't exactly enjoy physical
contact..."
"Sorry."
"Just try not to do anything foolish in front of the Valar...
Whenever they come."
The Didact got higher into the sky to keep himself from going
underneath the waves. A sudden change in wind propelled him forward
at high speed. "Dear Hierachs, I've had enough flying this month.
I'm a ground soldier. Please save anymore flying until next month.
So is that a yes?" He muttered the quick prayer.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
'I should probably help Didact before he gets blown into
smithereens or something...'
"Or you could explain to me what a Valar is." Kym offered,
as her eyes scanned briefly for Didact. "Anyways, you puny
little friend should survive the storm, if you ask me."
"That's... not very comforting, Kym. I think I'll go and get him."
Skye said, as she swooped down a bit and caught Didact, before her
wings opened and caught the air, causing her to rocket upwards, and
then she closed them again and dove to where Galadriel, Kym and
Quill was. Kinda for Quill. She stopped her rapid descent just in
time.
"Thanks." The Didact said. "Since when did you lift over 350 kg at
a time?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "And where the hell is this
goddess? She hasn't exactly made it a comfortable ride."
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
"I am Kym, goddess of the sea!" Kym said.
'Don't listen to her. She's actually a minor goddess of the sea
storms.' Galadriel told Didact. 'And I believe Nenya is
helping Skye carry you... But that is only a theory. We shall see
in time. It could also be your wings, for all I know.'
(You're frozen in cyro sleep, so your char is pretty much frozen in
time, in eternal sleep. We're following Kym to Atlantis.)
"So what are we going to do about the new girl?" Skye asked
Didact.
'What new girl?' Galadriel asked.
"The new girl who came crashing through the window." Skye
answered.
'What did you do to her?'
"We put her into cyro sleep."
'Wait here, all of you.' Galadriel told them as she
teleported to where Daphilla was, frozen in cyro sleep. She looked
around, and tapped a few buttons on the console, as Daphilla was
released. 'It seems poking around Didact's mind has been
useful.' Galadriel idly mused, looking at Daphilla.
"I am Galadriel, Lady of Light, Lady of the Golden Wood, Lady of
Lorien, and a dozen or so other titles I have no patience to
recount. Now stop acting so silly, I have questions you must
answer." Galadriel answered.
"Well-" he was cut of as a burst of static went over his helmet's
HUD, more or less blinding him. "Damn storm..." He muttered and
turned the HUD off. "Now I'm flying without heat signitures,
radars, radio or energy counters. I should've stayed in the damn
Approach. When do we get to Atlantis?" Didact asked.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.