Sentient Worm

An Engineers Touch

An Engineers Touch

The three of them return to the Orbiter, and return to the Transference room, where Margulis freezes as there are three copies of them playing with a skipping rope. Anet's copy even mirrors her new look.

Taylor sighs and says, "Well, I guess we know why you were able to get such a good deal."

Margulis stares for a second until they vanish, "What? How? Ordis, how did those three get on the Orbiter?"

"Ordis has sensed zero visitors prior to your arrival."

Taylor touches Margulis gently, "Don't bother. They can't be sensed with technology. Any technology. You have just had your first encounter with what Tenno call 'The Man in the Wall'"

"What are they?"

Anet grouses, "Frustrating to analyse."

"They are beings, or maybe even aspects of a single being, that live in the void. Each and every one of us, Tenno that is, made a deal, or in your case were part of a deal, that granted us void powers."

Before they go to do their own things, Taylor grabs the other two, "What Anet did today must stay between the three of us. If even a whisper of our involvement gets out, every faction will be gunning for us. Ordis, that includes you too."

Margulis looks confused while Anet looks resigned, "Why would it be a problem?"

Anet explains, "Numerically, the Tenno are the smallest of the three main factions in the solar system. However, due to our individual power, along with the fact that we are mostly impartial mercenaries, that occasionally do 'charity' work for small groups and colonies that are in trouble with the Grineer, Corpus, or Infested. We are mostly left in peace, apart from the odd assassination contract. Those are usually only taken out on our members when a faction objects to their operations, or research, being set back by months or years. They don't go after our relay stations or orbiters, and we don't make an example of them. If they knew I could do that, they would join forces to eliminate or control us. That would simply be because we would go from being a group with very little in the way of direct military might, to being able to hop into the void and come out with a ship that out classes entire armadas. Then consider that both factions actively investigate and mine out the Orokin ships in the void. They do it because it offers scientific insights, what would they learn if they could control one of us. As it stands, just acknowledging that we've found and revived you is going to paint a target on our backs. After all, we, the Sentients were very through when we eliminated the Orokin, and if they had accepted my, our children, they would probably be in charge now."

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It takes a week before Margulis is finished with her modifications of the Mag Warframe. After that, Taylor and Anet have to figure out how to prevent Margulis ending transference while her Warframe isn't on the orbiter. Once they do, they kick her out of the Lander with a basic loadout of weapons and a mission to kill all the Grineer in a factory on Earth.

When she complains, their answer is "You are Tenno now. This is part of what Tenno do. We deal with the problems that other people can't." When she dies the first few times, they hold her and join to provide comfort and reassurance. When she finally gets frustrated, and her void powers manifest, they're there with advice and comfort. As she finally starts to see the life outside her Lab, they're with her and helping her.

On the other hand, they're also there when the only facility in the Dojo that gets any sort of positive comment is the Dry Dock.

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