So, I've decided to make a little side-series next to TLoTC. It's about the humorous happenings in the lives of the characters around Destiny when the Trio's backs are turned, ranging from Amanda Holliday, to Zavala. (In other words... A - Z) Get ready to see stories about all your favorites! (Or you know, you can just request it!)
[b]Meet the Extras[/b]
[b]Eris Morn[/b]
Loves sweaters, coffee, and cats
Especially cats
Oversized turtleneck sweaters are a plus
Frappuccinos = favorite type of coffee
[b]Sweeper Bot[/b]
Calm
Cool
Collected
Always doing his duty, and never getting appreciated for it
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"AH!"
Eris Morn awoke with a scream, sitting up in her bed. Another nightmare about Crota...
She sighed, maneuvering her legs so that they rested on the side of her bed, as she rubbed her green eyes that oozed with some kind of black secretion... Standing up finally and stretching, she looked around her room. She felt like she was missing something... "Oh, right." Eris said to herself as she went into her closet to grab a beige oversized sweater. Putting it on, she grabbed her... [i]rock[/i], that lied on her desk. It was time to prepare for another day at the Tower...
After popping two toaster strudels into her toaster, Eris looked around for the remote to her television. "Where in the Light's name did I put it...?" She asked herself, lifting up the cushion of one of her couches. Hearing a meow, she set her cushion back in place and directed her attention to the source of the meow. Her cat. Getting on her knees to be at her cat's level, she started to talk to the feline.
"Fluffy," Eris began, "[i]Where[/i] did you put the remote?" Fluffy licked his paw nonchalantly, obviously having no idea what Eris was talking about...
"You're conspiring with someone aren't you?!" Eris said frantically. How could she trust anyone, if she couldn't trust her own cat?! "If you're working with the Hive-- OH MY--" Eris jumped up, running over to her toaster. "MY STRUDELS!" She frantically pressed the button to pop up the strudels, and out they popped. Burnt, hard, not flaky in the delicious way... "Why...?" Eris Morn whimpered. "Why must these things happen to me...?"
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Strudeless and grumpy, Eris Morn, now wearing her usual Tower attire, cradled her orb in both of her hands as she watched Guardians pass by her. Undoubtedly peeved that she couldn't have a proper breakfast.
"Hey Eris," a random Titan greeted as he approached her, "I just came by to turn in some bount--"
"HISSSSSSSSS!" Eris hissed with undisguised malice. The Titan jumped at Eris sudden hiss and raised his hands up defensively. "Okay, okay! I'm out!" The Titan said, slowly walking away, hands still raised.
Eris watched him walked away, frowning deeply, until an oh so familiar smell arouses her senses. "[i]Coffee[/i]?" Eris thought aloud, turning her head to look around for the source of that beautiful aroma. And not too far away, a Warlock was enjoying a cup of frothy pumpkin spice latte. Eris' frowned disappear, and a sinister grin morphed onto her face. She had to be sly, sneaky, and cool about this.
"Ho hum..." The Warlock said to himself as he read a data pad, taking another sip of his coffee. After setting down his cup, he felt an ominous aura behind him. Looking behind himself, he sees that it was Eris. Staring him down.
"GIVE IT!" Eris shouted maniacally as she held out one twitchy hand towards the Warlock.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The Warlock screamed as he made a break for it, arms flailing. Eris watched him flee, and then looked at the lone cup on the table. Picking it up, she took a deep breath of the coffee and sipped, giggling giddily afterwards.
"Heehee, I regret nothing~..."
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[B]SWEEPER BOT'S COMING SOON[/B]
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Sweeper bot LC-428 was manufactured in one of the last running factories in Old Russia. Before the fall at Twilight Gap he was created to clean up the detritus left by the fighters. Every day he diligently moved about the battlefield picking up shell casings and the occasional severed limb. Being a less than sentient bot, he was able to do this work without pondering the great losses that happened around him. One day he might clean up the severed head of a Fallen dreg, deposit it in the receptacle and move on to the next. The next day he would simply pick up tossed undergarments from the overheated humans after a battle. A simple line of code forever directing his actions: Clean up, everyday clean up. But then, in the heart of the battle for twilight gap, something happened. His programmer was making small adjustment to Sweep Bot's coding. The programmer simply sought to make Sweep Bot more useful for the humans as the Fallen pushed forward. The programmer was needed at the front lines, sent to fight with no knowledge of the workings of a firearm and having never killed anything before. The programmer put in one line of code for Sweep Bot. He didn't think much about at the time as he was more focused on his own possible demise on the front lines. The code he entered was: [spoiler]Move more quickly and with more intent upon keeping the battlefield clear[/spoiler] This would forever change the course of Sweep Bot's life. No longer did he simply need to sweep up the things he found. Now his directive made it possible for him to make his own choices in how to clear the battlefield. Then came the final fallen push toward the end of the battle. Sweep bot came upon a small group of human fighters taking a small break trying to catch their breath before the inevitable Fallen incursion. Sweep Bot noticed the human's rifles lying in a direct path from their position to a fall back zone. Under his new directive Sweep Bot set to work. He picked up all the rifles and began to carry them away to his receptacle (where he would deposit all things he labeled blocking the battlefield lines). As he walked away he heard the unmistakable gutteral call of the Fallen warmongers. He turned about to watch just in time to see the (now defenseless) humans ripped limb from limb but a giant shielded Reaver Captain. As the light faded from the final human's eyes, his gaze fell upon the red orbs of Sweep Bots ocular components. The horror in that gaze, the betrayal, the unasked "why?" was too much for Sweep Bot. He fell in a crumpled heap, the guns scattered about him. Fast forward to some time after the battle. Sweep Bot is awakened in the tower. A soft spoken, grey haired women stands before him. [quote]Hello little bot[/quote] she says [quote]I am Eva Levante. You will help me work in the tower. I simply need you to clean up some leaves and a few twigs in a corner of a hallway from the Tower main to the Speaker's section.[/quote] Eva brought Sweep Bot to this area, and left him with a kind smile. Sweep Bot looked in his hands and found his trusty sweeper (taken from his predecessor) and his receptacle nearby. As he moved forward toward the leaves and twigs the horrors flashed again through his simple mind. No longer can he sweep anything up. No longer can he bring himself to pick up anything for fear that it may be needed by someone whose life may become endangered. Now, Sweep Bot LC-428 spends day and night moving leaves from one small square of the tower floor, to the small square next to it. At first Eva tried to comfort him and help him. But she eventually found this to be too difficult and went back to selling overpriced useless emblems and ugly shaders. So Sweep Bot sweeps nothing, day in and day out [spoiler]always sweeping[/spoiler]