User:Flia/The War Within script

WIP. I will attempt to post this in the mainspace once I am done with it.

Letter with the quest
Urgent situation on Lua Tenno, Something has happened on Lua and my Sentries have become unresponsive. I need you to investigate immediately. -The Lotus

Intro cinematic
Worm: I'm afraid, sister. Your Continuity grows near. Elder: Hush, worm. Let the beasts do their work. Worm: But the dreamers have awakened. They will come for us. Elder: Yes, they will... like the answer to a prayer.

Mission 1
[Starts straight after cinematic, so need to test if this is the pre-mission talk, but seems like it.]

Lotus: Tenno, Are you alright? Your Somatics output seems high. Operator: I... just... nodded of. It's nothing. Lotus: Good. Deploy a Warframe to Lua. My sentires have gone silent. We may have an intrusion. Operator: On it.

[On mission start]

Lotus: It was here Margulis put you into the dream, tried to heal you... tried to give you the strength to tame the Void within you. In a way, this is where you, where all Tenno, were born. Operator: But we weren't born here, were we? Lotus: No. When the Zaramin [sic] was found adrift, the Orokin did everything they could to erase their mistakes. Transit recordings, personnel logs... everything was wiped out. The only thing they kept was... you. Lotus: I'm detecting an unknown signature further ahead. Find out who it is and what they're doing.

[Upon spotting Teshin]

Operator: I just saw the intruder... moving fast. I think it's Teshin. Lotus: Teshin? What is he doing here? It looks like he's heading yo a Reservoir. Follow him.

[While following]

Teshin: Leave now. This doesn't concern you, child. Operator: Don't call me that. What are you doing here?

[Cinematic at the Reservoir]

Elderqueen?: Bring them to me. Operator: What was that? Teshin: The Queens. Operator: Queens?! The Grineer Queens? Tell me what-- Teshin: I am warning you. You think you're safe behind this metal, but you're not. Not in the ways that matter here. Behind this, you're still just a child -- Operator: Stop saying that. Teshin: Follow me again, Tenno, and you will answer to my sword.

Lotus: I thought the Queens were just an invention of Grineer command. No one has ever seen them in the flesh. Operator: I have a feeling Teshin has. Can you track him? Lotus: Not with Specters masking him. But Tenno, we don't know anything about the Queens. Maybe Teshing alone should-- Operator: No. Teshin's not going to tell me what I can and cannot do. I'll take out his Specters so you can track him.

[After capturing the specter]

Lotus: I have a lock on his route. Exfiltrate when you're ready.

Mission 2
Lotus: Teshin is trying to mask his location from us, but I have pinpointed a suspicious signal for you to investigate. Find him, we nee answers.

[On mission start]

Lotus: All my scans for Teshin have converged on this location. Find him. Operator: Why hasn't he reached out to us? If he is pursuing the Queens, we can help him. Lotus: Pride or shame, he does seem to have some connection to them. Stay on the trail. Finding the Queens could give us a tactical advantage against the Grineer. Operator: Understood.

[On spotting the specter]

Operator: I've picked up the trail again. Lotus: That's not Teshin, it's another one of his Specters. He's trying to shake us off the trail. Capture that Specter, we can use it to find the real Teshin.

[On capture]

Lotus: Well done. Return to your ship, I will alert you when I've decrypted this Specter's control signature.

Mission 3
Lotus: Teshin's Specter points to what should be an unpopulated asteroid field, but deep scans show the presence of a security-matrix. Someone is trying to hide something, I need you to find out what. Prepare your Archwing.

[On mission start]

Lotus: Something is hiding in this asteroid field but before you can investigate you need to disable the security matrix. Ordis, are you certain this is the best angle of approach? Ordis: Well, outside this corridor lie burst scanners, severe radiation, proximity mines, GRINEER DEATH BEAMS so yes, Ordis recommends staying within the shipping corridor.

Ordis: Operator, watch that transport ahead. The scanner is only able to scan one side at a time. You can use that to your advantage. Lotus: You heard Ordis. Keep the transport between yourself and the beams. Do not let them touch you.

[After 3rd scanner]

Ordis: Another scanner, to the right of the ship.

[After ?4th? scanner]

They're going to scan the top of the transport, get below it.

Lotus: Nicely done. They still haven't seen you.

Ordis: You're clear.

Ordis: This is the last scanner. [unsubtitled "Aaah" in the beginning.]

Ordis: Yes. Might I say that was smooth, Operator. Lotus: You're through. Land at the checkpoint.

[Check is separate trigger from previous or not]

Lotus: This checkpoint is the central hub of the security matrix. Shut it down so Ordis can fly you in undetected.

[On starting defense]

Lotus: They're coming for you. Don't let them abort the shutdown.

[On finishing]

Ordis: Ordis no longer detects any security. Lotus: Good, but we can't take any chances, silence the remaining Grineer.

[On exterminating everyone]

Lotus: You are in the clear. Keep moving.

[On seeing the Fortress]

Operator: Are you seeing this?! Lotus: [static] It must be the Queens' Fortress. Operator: Are those Fomorian engines mounted on an asteroid? No wonder we've never been able to find it. It's always moving. Lotus: [static] Excellent, Tenno. Now get out of there. We'll need to analyze the intel you've gathered before our next move. Operator: Negative. I'm heading in for a closer look. Lotus: [static] There is a lot of Transference distortion in this area. I recommend we abort this mission and wait for Teshin to reach out.

Boarding the Kuva Fortress will restrict mission access. Commit?
 * Yes
 * No
 * Operator: Fine. I'll head back to the Orbiter, but the base won't be here for long.

Mission 4
[Liset - you can only see it if you chose to delay boarding the fortress. Otherwise, it loads the next mission without putting you into Liset]

Ordis: Operator, if you must enter the Queens' Fortress, you'll need to hurry, it could disappear at any moment.

Kuva Fortress
[Upon spotting the first defenses?]

Operator: Massively fortified. The Queens have to be here. I'm going to infiltrate the base. Lotus: ... [static] Operator: Lotus, are you receiving me?

[Past the elevator]

Queens: We're so glad you came. Operator: Lotus? If you can hear me, something's tampering with the Transference stream. I'm going to locate the source.

Queens: We have a gift for you.

[Cinematic at the throne room]

Operator: I know this place. Operator: Teshin?! Teshin: You shouldn't have come here. You've ruined us both. Elderqueen: Well done, Teshin Dax. Operator: Teshin Dax... you're with them? Teshin: I have come, as you commanded, my Queens. Worm: And this is your offering? My sister needs the orphan child, not it's [sic] Infested puppet. Teshin: The child? For what purpose? Wormqueen: [laughs] To eat it, of course! Elderqueen: Hush worm! Do not question your Lords, Teshin Dax. Bring me the orphan. Bring me my Yuvan. Operator: ENOUGH! Worm: [gasp] How rude! Elderqueen: Oh, it's not their fault, worm. Mommy and Daddy weren't around long enough to tech them any manners. [laugh] We will have to. Operator: Ordis! What is this?! Ordis: A Transference surge, Operator! You're losing your Warframe connection! Elderqueen: You have some idea that you're invincible, don't you? Nestled away in that mad Cephalon's crib- Elderqueen: But you belong to me now. For you see, child, we conceived of these ugly, metal cysts. Ordis: Operator! Cut the link! Operator: I... I can't! Elderqueen: We gave you your precious gifts. And now, just as easily, we take them all away! Ordis: CUT THE LINK! Transference overload in 5... 4... 3...

Back to Liset
[Cinematic at the Transference chamber]

Ordis: Great job, Ordis. Ship Cephalon? More like Ship Fail-bot. When the Operator needed you most you -- Operator: [interrupting] Ordis, enough. Ordis: Operator?! By stars! Don't do that to me. I am sorry I do not know what happened. Please, command me to self-destruct. Let me start it for you... commencing self-destruct in 5--4--3--2-- Operator: Stop... uh... what's with the music? Ordis: Isn't it great? I can lead you through some breathing exercises... Operator: Just.. [sic] just turn it off! Get the Transference power back on, okay? I lost my Warframe. [Falcon doesn't say the first "just", idk about other voices.] Ordis: I've been trying. You may need to do your uh... Tenno thing again. Re-energize it, you know, with your... Void stuff!

[check the triggers for all this stuff]

Operator: I-I can't. It's... gone. Ordis: What? Gone? Are you sure? How will you command the Warframes if your-- Conditions satisfied. Engaging Purge Precept. Operator: Purge? Purge what?! Ordis?! What the hell?! Ordis: You no longer possess Transference. You no longer command the Warframes. You no longer are the Operator. You must be purged from this vessel. Ordis: Non-operator, I'm sorry to inconvenience you, but I'm going to decompress the ship now. Ordis: Former Operator, Ordis cannot keep missing like this! Get out of here before I Purge you. Ordis: You are not the Operator. You will be purged. Ordis: Exterminate! Exterminate the non-Operator.

Ordis: Operator! Cut the link... cut the link!

Start of The Mountain Pass
[Nothing subbed here, though the howling wind brings some words I can't discern.]

[Cinematic at the campfire]

Operator: Ugh... What happened to you? Teshin: They gave up. Operator: You... you betrayed me, you Infested piece of-- Teshin: Yes, do it. Teshin: As I thought. The hard way, then. Operator: So [pause] the great Teshin is just a dog... fetching the Queen's stick wherever she throws it. Teshin: I warned you. Now you're trapped inside this place with the Queens burrowing in. Now I am forced to undo what Margulis did, to open the gates... and make you suffer.

Teshin: Margulis lied to you, a lie of omission. She did not cure the Zariman children - she erased them. My only hope is that truth still lingers inside you, buried within your mind. The power and the misery... of the Void.

Teshin: The Ayatan Sculptures are perpetually in motion, monuments of Orokin Continuity... immortality. But this one is halted and aging, needing you, as the Queens do. Will you give in to them? Or will you face the coil?

Loading screen
[Cinematic]

Operator: I remember... Queen: Mother takes your hand and says there's been an accident. But don't worry, angel, you're safe with me. Her eyes are distant, unfocused... Operator: She's lying.

Teshin: Beware, the ravenous Golden Maw. [check this, didn't get the sub] Operator: Why does it have to be ravenous?

Teshin: The Queen burrows into your mind just as the creature worms beneath your feet. With each step, you will discover what Margulis took from you. With each step, pain awaits you.

Operator: I can't even remember her face.

[On acquiring Void Blast?] Teshin: Your past has weathered Margulis' manipulation. It lurks here, your only hope of surviving the Queens.

Teshin: Destroy this barrier and go deeper into your past. Operator: Sounds great, Teshin.

[Cinematic]

Operator: The air was acrid and still. Queen: The biomes had been sabotaged. The food stocks dwindled. Paranoia gripped your father's mind. What was it he said - as he stared out into the starless black? Operator: Something's out there, kiddo... watching us.

Operator: The whole ship went insane.

[On acquiring Void Dash]

Teshin: You exist on the fold between two worlds. The world we know, of blood and steel, and the world that watches and dreams, the Void. Charge across the fold as you once did.

Operator: Incredible. And I was kicking myself for not bringing a rope.

[Cinematic]

Operator: I smell... smoke. Queen: Fires rage on the lower decks. Blood shimmers in the fitful light. Hunting parties roam the ship. But there is singing and laughter and play... for all the children have come together. Their minds, somehow unbent. You wipe away your tears, thinking- Operator: This is my family now.

Operator: They tore her apart.

[On acquiring Void Mode]

Teshin: The Queen is nearly through. She knows what you did, giving her resolve. Now, you must master the fold. Walk upon its edge, concealing your movement within the shadows you create. Operator: Shadows I create. Another Teshin metaphor, right?

[Cinematic]

Operator: I can hear them... Queen: The grownups are howling at the door... drowning mad in the Void ocean but you... you are at ease swimming within the depths! You remember then how the howling stopped - they had broken through.
 * I held out hope
 * They had lost their minds - Operator: They had lost their minds. I didn't blame them. We build [sic] a makeshift prison.
 * They were nothing but animals

[On acquiring Transference]

Teshin: Your repressed power has returned, fused with your Tenno abilities, amplifying them. You've outgrown the cradle. Now your Transference is innate. Control this Orokin beasts and escape this prison. Operator: Control them? Like a Warframe?

Loading screen
Teshin: Know this Tenno, that I am a Dax. A soldier of a lost era, the last of my kind. By Orokin hands we Dax were given great power, great strength... but an even greater weakness. To obey their command. To never defy the Kuva, the Scepter, the symbols of their dominion. No Dax can ever raise steel against an Orokin. Only you can do that.

Teshin: A Yuvan theater, long abandoned. In ages past, I would have stood guard as the young and exotic were paraded through the mountain pass and marched by the viewing pane. They'd barter here, the Orokin. Withering and coughing- as they prepared for their Continuity. Operator: She doesn't want me dead. Teshin: No. The Queen doesn't want to kill you. She wants to become you. To burrow through your mind corrupting it with despair until only she remains.

[Cinematic]

Queen: No crew aboard, only the children... only the parricidal monsters they had become. The endless Void, the gazing abyss, the bottomless ocean of horror... it coiled itself around your tender heart.
 * I hated it
 * I controlled it - Operator: I controlled it.
 * I embraced it

Ordis: Cut the link! [CHECK] Ordis: CUT THE LINK! Transference overload in 5...4...3...2... 1

Loading screen
[Cinematic]

Ordis: Operator? Is that... is that 'you'? Your brain activity flat-lined for a moment there... Can you speak? By stars, the Operator's mind is destroyed?!! Operator: I... I'm fine. Just... just don't play any music. I need to think. Ordis: Music? ...Operator you are not making sense! The Transference surge must have affected you as well. Try to rest while I begin repairs. Ordis: Hmm... this is odd. The circuits are dead but I'm detecting Transference energy... coming from... coming from you?!

[Void Blast]

Ordis: Careful Operator, you'll damage the ship... damage me!

[Void Dash]

Ordis: Amazing. How are you doing this? It is slightly terrifying if I'm honest.

[Void Mode]

Ordis: Operator, my sensors have gone dark. Where are you? Ordis: Oh. There you are! Impressive. Very useful. Ordis is a little afraid right now.

[Void Beam]

Ordis: Operator, you'll breach the hull! Please restrain yourself.

[Cinematic]

Ordis: Have you lost your mind? Operator: No. But I've lost my Warframe... and Teshin... what if the Queens know that he helped me escape? I have to go back. Ordis: Impossible! Just as you thought, the base has moved again. We don't know where it is. There's no way back. Operator: My Warframe. It's still there. Ordis: Haven't you been listening? The Transference system is fried! Operator: I don't need it anymore.

[Upon using Transference]

Ordis: Operator, where are you going? Don't leave meeeeee...

Loading screen
[Cinematic]

Elderqueen: What did you do, Dax? What did you do?! How did a child reject the Continuity? Teshin: Forgive me, my Queens. Elderqueen: We hold the Scepter! We command you. We are-- Wormqueen: Sister! The dreamer's come for us! Teshin: Tenno, no! After everything you've endured to escape, why did you come back? Operator: I came back for you. Elderqueen: Stupid child. You don't give up, do you? But coming here in the flesh? That was a big mistake. Guards! Kills this Warframe and bring me my new skin!

[Didn't get the subs for those battle hints, check later]

Teshin: The guardians protect the braids, the braids protect the Queen. Teshin: Remember the mountain. Remember your new strength. Teshin: Tenno! This is one fight your Warframe cannot win. Teshin: You stunned the guardian. Dash to strike from within the Void. Teshin: They're vulnerable! Attack.

[Hinttext on repeat]

Teshin: The red braids shield her. Destroy them! Queen: Shut up you insolent Dax!

[Trigger?]

Queen: Guards! Kill this Tenno!

[Trigger?]

Queen: Long enough have I lived in this ugly Grineer bodies. I need new flesh... I deserve new flesh! Yours! Guards! Kills this Warframe and bring me my new skin!

[Trigger?]

Queen: By my Prokin blood, I command you, Teshin Dax, to kill this Tenno. Teshin: No, I cannot. Queen: You must. By your oath eternal.

[Trigger?] Teshin: That child I met on the mountain will surely die here. Operator: That child is gone.

[Didn't get subs either] Teshin: I can show you no mercy. Show me none in return. Teshin: Yes! From the moment I began training you I anticipated this moment. Teshin: Ugh, you must not stop. Ugh, defeat me, I cannot go on.

Queen: We are Orokin! We created you! We are your Golden Lords! Queen: Come out, come out, little demon. Teshin: Without her Sceptre [sic], she is powerless. Break her shields and use your dash to steal it. Queen: You'll pay for that.

Queen: Show yourself you little coward.

[Cinematic]

Queen: What are you waiting for, Dax? Teshin: A chance to kill you... and now I finally have it. Shall I, Tenno?
 * Let her rot
 * I will do it -
 * Operator: No. I will do it.
 * Queen: No! NO! AHHH
 * Kill her

[after] Teshin: The Worm has rallied the troops. Get to your ship. I'll divert them. Go! Lotus: Tenno? Tenno? I've been trying to get through. Are you... alright? Your Transference stream seems different, stronger. Operator: We have neutralized the Queens. Teshin... Teshin helped me. I'm heading to extraction now. Lotus: The Queens... they cut me off... I should have been there for you. I'll signal Ordis to pick you up right away.

[Check if this is even unique] Wormqueen: Where do you think you're going <...> Wormqueen: <...> Get that thing! <...>

Ordis: Thank the stars you're safe Operator! I forbid you to leave the Orbiter like that again, it's just too much for an old Cephalon like me.

Loading screen
Ordis: You rescued your Warframe! What a relief. But... Ordis wonders, are you still able to walk the ship as... yourself?

Ordis: Impressive! Just think of the possibilities! You can help me clean up that Infested door! Lotus: A mother wants to shield her child from the evils of the world. Margulis didn't lie to you. She protected you. Operator: But isn't it better I know the truth? Wouldn't you want to know? Teshin said-- Lotus: Teshin thinks he knows better. Maybe he does? Maybe you needed to know to survive the Queens. But you are changed now. Operator: That's what you have to say? That I'm 'changed'? Lotus: What you did. You didn't have a choice. Tenno, you were only just a-- Operator: Don't. Don't do that. Don't make excuses for me. Ordis: What's this? An Old War beacon? How exciting, Operator. You will want to investigate this... Oh. I'm sorry... did I interrupt?

Return to the Mountain Pass
[Cinematic at the summit]

Teshin: You don't know what to do with it. Operator: Tell me. Teshin: Hmm... Some believe the Kuva within is the blood of the Orokin Ancestors. An elixir of power... of immortality. Others believe it to be a poison, a corrupting oil that brings madness and evil. Operator: What do you believe? Teshin: I believe them both. But for you, Tenno, perhaps this Kuva is just a symbol. That what you choose to do will define you more than anything. Teshin: The world weighs more heavily on you now. Try not to lose yourself, Tenno.
 * Destroy
 * Control - ???: Don't forget, kiddo... you're nothing without me.
 * Consume

THE WAR WITHIN

Postquest letter
A child no longer On icy mountaintop a child, cold and scared met an old man, the prisoner of a poison oath. For the child, a frozen death would have been a peaceful end. Instead, they fought on and found a fire within themselves, a way to light the path ahead.

The old man was a traitor. He deserved death, but the child was wise and merciful, and freed him from his burden. With that, the child left the cradle behind and they became more than a Tenno, they became themselves.

Tenno, if you can find a way to forgive this old man's deception, to trust him again, then he will be forever be [sic] in your service.

Teshin Dax