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I have a theory.

Draco is going to wear the upcoming dragon frame.

Draco's name was created after the dragon frame had been announced.

The reason Draco keeps his appearance hidden is because Kal can't describe the dragon frame, as not even its name has been released yet.

After U16, Draco will grandly remove his disguise and reveal that he's wearing the dragon frame.

Since we don't know what the dragon frame's official name will be, it would be absolutely hilarious if the frame's official name was Draco. That would probably mess up the story a bit.

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Kalenath

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I have a theory.

Draco is going to wear the upcoming dragon frame.

Draco's name was created after the dragon frame had been announced.

The reason Draco keeps his appearance hidden is because Kal can't describe the dragon frame, as not even its name has been released yet.

After U16, Draco will grandly remove his disguise and reveal that he's wearing the dragon frame.

Since we don't know what the dragon frame's official name will be, it would be absolutely hilarious if the frame's official name was Draco. That would probably mess up the story a bit.

 

Mwahahahahahahahahaha!

 

It... is... working!

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I have a theory.

Draco is going to wear the upcoming dragon frame.

Draco's name was created after the dragon frame had been announced.

The reason Draco keeps his appearance hidden is because Kal can't describe the dragon frame, as not even its name has been released yet.

After U16, Draco will grandly remove his disguise and reveal that he's wearing the dragon frame.

Since we don't know what the dragon frame's official name will be, it would be absolutely hilarious if the frame's official name was Draco. That would probably mess up the story a bit.

Not a theory bro.

Didn't he actually state this?

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Possibilities

 

Jesse's resolve was crumbling. Both from the increasing pressure on her mind and from Mei's increasingly impassioned pleas.

 

"Please." Mei begged as the power broke yet another barrier in Jesse's mind and hit one behind it. Jesse had lost count she had erected. Fifteen? Sixteen? More? She didn't know. Nothing hurt. Indeed, the warmth that surrounded Jesse felt kind and gentle. But she could not trust that. She could not. Mei was crying as she held Jesse. "Jesse, please! Just let me give it back! Then I will leave and you will never see me again. I swear it!"

 

"Can't... trust..." Jesse grated out through clenched teeth.

 

"I..." Mei slumped and the power that was constricting around Jesse... faded. "I know. Oh, dear god I know..." She was sobbing as she held Jesse who did not dare move for fear of cracking her barriers. "I have fallen so far. I have lost so much. I have done... so many awful things. But I draw the line here!" She snapped. "I will not hurt you!"

 

"L...liar..." Jesse snarled out as she erected yet another barrier.

 

"I am not lying to you, Jesse." Mei said softly. "And I will prove it." She retreated to the edge of the bed and sighed. "I surrender." Jesse was shocked almost into dropping the line of code she was working on. Almost. She looked to the side and spoke evenly. "You trained her well."

 

"I did not." Olim stepped out of the wall, his Frost Prime warframe lined with golden code, golden mace in hand. It was held ready and Mei sighed as she knelt. "I merely added polish."

 

"I see. So... this was all to track me." The red Trinity shook her head. "Cyberlancer Jesse. Do with me as you will. I was trying to return what I took." Mei said sadly. "No more."

 

"Master..." Jesse said softly as she raised a hand. Instead of answering her unspoken query, a line of code flew from Olim's hand to touch her. It was him. There was simply no way anyone could fake such. Jesse relaxed, but not fully. She rose from the bed, a golden set of nunchaku appearing in her hand. She nodded to the elder Cyberlancer. "She surrendered."

 

"Well... Okay." Olim nodded to the Trinity. "Why?" He demanded as he stepped closer. Jesse moved to stand beside him, a step back and to the side as was proper. "Why do this to Jesse?"

 

"If the Oracles had done the faked brainwashing, it would have been immediately obvious that it was superficial. They really take their vows of non-violence seriously. All but Janet who would never hurt Jesse if she had any choice at all." Mei said in a monotone. "If Stalker had done it, Jesse would have resisted and he lacks the patience to do it gently. It would have likely killed her." Jesse stared at the Trinity and Mei nodded. "As bad as what I did was... Stalker thought the Oracles did it and they thought he had done it. The Oracles were too busy talking around the truth and Stalker was too busy threatening them to think clearly." She shrugged. "I did not want to hurt you. I tried so hard not to hurt you. As bad as I am... I have limits. I am not a kinslayer."

 

"Who are you?" Olim demanded severely. "There is no Mei matching your description in the databanks."

 

"I cannot say." Mei said quietly. "Do with me what you will. I did not wish to harm Jesse." She shook her head. "The offer was good... but..." She shrugged. "I have limits."

 

"Offer?" Olim and Jesse both exclaimed. Jesse froze. Olim smothered a chuckle and waved for her to relax. He spoke again, his tone moderating. "Whose offer?"

 

"Mine." Olim and Jesse both went still as Janet appeared in the virtual room. "Mei was and is a lost soul. She wouldn't hurt you, Jesse. And she can be very discrete."

 

"Mom?" Jesse said, stunned. Then her face hardened. "Code." She demanded. Janet smiled and spoke a codeword that she had trained her children with in case of imposters pretending to be her. Jesse jerked and then relaxed. "What the hell?" Jesse demanded.

 

"When you started your adventures, Jesse..." Janet said quietly. "I had a horrible vision. Of you being dragged into darkness screaming." Jesse nodded, she knew that. "I hurt myself and my body was put to sleep. But my mind...wandered. Through space and time, my mind wandered.  I could never see what happened to you. Or who did it to you. But I saw a lot of other things." Her virtual form stepped up to Mei and laid a hand on the kneeling Tenno's head. "Mei...not your fault."

 

"I almost had him, Oracle." Mei said in a monotone. "If he had been just a few more minutes... I would have had him."

 

"You are hunting Stalker..." Olim said slowly. Mei nodded. "Why?"

 

"Because he is hunting me." Mei replied softly. Olim and Jesse both froze. "I can't...quite remember all of the reasons why. But he has hunted me through the ages. I have killed him a few times, he has killed me a few times.  It doesn't last. We had to get you clear before we tried to grab his energy, Jesse. We had to." Mei said softly. "If you had been there... vulnerable... it would have pulled you in."

 

"Wait..." Olim raised a hand. "You are working with her..." He nodded to Janet who nodded back. "And... you were trying to trap Stalker?" Janet nodded again.

 

"He is one of the few I know of who could -and would- do what I saw happen to Jesse." Janet slumped a bit. "I couldn't see him any more than I can see most Tenno in my visions. They are not clear when I or my loved ones am personally involved. Not without help I am denied anyway."

 

"I don't want him trapped..." Mei's tone was savage. "I want him gone. I didn't do it! And he blames me anyway!"

 

"Do what?" Olim asked, his tone speculative.

 

"Olim..." Janet frowned. "You do not want an answer for that." Olim stared at her and she shook her head ."You do not." This was not Jesse's mom speaking. This was the Oracle.

 

"Oracle..." Olim sighed deeply and holstered his mace. "Is Jesse in danger now?"

 

"Not from Mei or the Oracles." Janet said quietly. "Stalker may or may not come after her. The visions are divided evenly on that. If so..." She snorted. "I bet Karl and company will argue with him a bit." Mei jerked at the name 'Karl', Jesse noted. A glance at Olim showed he has seen it too. "Mei..." Her voice was gentle now as she move her hand to the Trinity's shoulder. "Now is as good a time as any."

 

"I am scared, Oracle Janet." Mei said softly. "I was... it was... So long ago. We were different people." Olim looked at Jesse who shrugged. She had no idea.

 

"Mom...?" Jesse said slowly. "What...?"

 

"Something long overdue." Janet said with a sad smile. "Karl sent a team of his people to the coordinates you traced?" She asked Olim who nodded. "You both need to be awake when they return with Mei."

 

"Why?" Olim asked, his tone cautious.

 

"To save her life."

 

***

 

Jesse woke on the couch. Olim had hold of her hand and gave it a squeeze as the restraints unlocked. The tubes had already retracted.

 

"Do you have any idea why he would kill her?" Jesse asked quietly as she sat up. Janet had vanished after her cryptic pronouncement and Mei hadn't provided any further information. Indeed, it seemed as if the Tenno woman had shut down completely. Or was resigned to her fate.

 

"I have...suspicions." Olim replied as he held out a hand to help her rise. She took it. Her legs were wobbling. "We better get this done quick. You need real rest."

 

"That was very draining." Jesse agreed with a sigh. "Serene did this for months... me? I couldn't even do it for hours."

 

"Serene was fully trained, very experienced and very good at what she did." Olim countered easily as he led her from the room. "Not to mention scary as hell."

 

"Yeah, I got that." Jesse said with a smile as her gait smoothed and Olim released her. She gave herself a shake and followed as he started off. Raven came out of a small room nearby and joined them. "Raven." Jesse acknowledged her mentor.

 

"Trace was successful." Raven said without preamble. "A ship was detected and Karl sent a team to 'acquire' whoever is inside."

 

"She will surrender without a fight." Jesse said calmly. Raven looked at her funny and Jesse nodded. "Things got...a little weird."

 

"A 'little'?" Raven asked with a scowl as Olim covered up a laugh with an unconvincing cough. Raven looked at the Frost Prime and he shrugged. Raven shook her head. "You okay, Jesse?"

 

"Tired. Confused." Jesse said with a sigh. "Things... are very confusing right now. But Olim and I need to be there when she is brought in."

 

"She." Raven said slowly. "You... know who it is."

 

"Sort of." Jesse replied, her face twisting into a grimace. "It was very odd. She wasn't hurting me. I got the feeling she could have. But she chose not to."

 

"Jesse..." Raven groaned. "She did hurt you. She tried to brainwash you."

 

"No, she didn't." Jesse countered. "She faked it to get me out of the Enclave." Raven stopped in mid-step and stared at her. "How would everyone react?" Jesse asked reasonably. "If I was hurt?"

 

"Like they did." Raven mused, looking at Olim who nodded.

 

"We need more information." Olim said with a sigh. "And right now, the only source is the woman we talked to in Jesse's mind. She called herself Mei, but Riana cannot find any data on a Tenno named Mei who wears a Trinity warframe."

 

"No one I know." Raven said after a moment. "Jesse?"

 

"She was working for mom." Jesse said quietly and Raven shook her head, dumbfounded. "Trying to keep whatever Mom saw from happening. I do not know where Mom found her, but she acted... scared when she heard Karl's name."

 

"Scared I can understand." Raven winced dramatically. "He is not happy at the moment. Draco is not helping matters." Jesse shook her head.

 

"I better... tell him myself." Jesse said with a wince of her own. Raven smiled at her and nodded.

 

"He did not like being barred from the room." Raven replied. Jesse slumped and Raven smiled again. "He understood, mind you. But he did not like it."

 

"I am betting he did not go far." Jesse said with a gulp. Raven shook her head and inclined it to one side. Sure enough, a door was open and a shadow slid out of it. "Draco. I am all right." Jesse said as the shadow stepped up to her, scrutinizing her closely. "I am all right." She repeated.

 

"I know that Olim is the grandmaster." Draco said with a growl. "And I know I would not have been any help. But I did not like it. Do not like it. You are my responsibility, Jesse."

 

"I know that." Jesse dared greatly and held out a hand to him. He did not move and she laid it where an arm would be on a human. She felt bio-armor under her fingers and she gave it a squeeze. "You... surprised me." She admitted as she retracted her hand. "I expected you to argue more."

 

"Wouldn't have done any good. What did you find out?" Draco asked.

 

"Mom either hired or got the services of a Tenno some other way. She did it to help her figure out what she had seen." Jesse said quietly. "The Tenno's name is Mei and she wears a Trinity warframe. She is the one who faked my brainwashing in the Enclave. To get you all to evacuate me quickly. Mom knew that Stalker was coming. They were trying to trap him. It didn't work as they had planned." Draco grunted and Jesse continued. "Mom thought that Stalker was a high probability of whoever it was who was going to hurt me."

 

"Definitely a strong possibility." Draco mused. "Nikis said he is a kinslayer." Disgust warred with hate in the depths of his tone.

 

"He is." Olim snapped, his own tone angry. "He is also a coward. I have fought him a few times and he flees."

 

"Begging your pardon, Grandmaster..." Draco said with a small laugh. "I don't want to fight you either. You cheat."

 

"Well, duh." Olim said with a laugh that Jesse and Raven shared. "If you are not cheating, you are not trying hard enough." Draco chuckled at that too. "Anyway... the woman surrendered to Jesse."

 

"To Jesse?" Draco said, his tone confused. "No offense intended... but... Why to you?" He asked Jesse who shook her head.

 

"I am not sure." Jesse admitted. "She didn't hurt me. I got the feeling she could have. That she could have blown through my barriers if she had been willing to hurt me. She wasn't."

 

"Jesse..." Olim said with a sigh.

 

"I know it could be a trick." Jesse agreed. "But... she was crying, Olim. She was begging me to take the code back. Not to make her hurt me."

 

"The code fragment." Draco said quietly. "You have it?" Olim nodded. "Has it been altered?"

 

"Not sure. I will need time to check and no..." Olim said to Jesse who has stiffened. "You do not touch it until I am sure. That may take days." Jesse nodded, albeit a bit reluctantly.

 

"Better safe than sorry." Jesse said with a sigh. "I have had enough people mess with my head already, thank you very much." The sheer weariness in her voice had all three of the others nodding. She yawned and shook her head.

 

"You need rest, Jesse." Raven said quietly. "Real rest."

 

"Yes." Jesse fought another yawn and smiled a bit grimly. "But there is something I -we-..." She nodded to Olim who returned it. "...need to do first."

 

"Jesse..." Raven frowned.

 

"Raven." Jesse said quietly. "Mom asked me to make sure Karl did not kill Mei."

 

"What?" Raven demanded. "I get that she was involved. That she is involved in you being hurt. That she pulled your mind to her and talked to you. But... Why would he kill her?"

 

"I don't know."Jesse said. She looked at Olim who shook his head and then she looked at Draco. "Draco?"

 

"What little I know about Karl says that he is a Tenno of honor." Draco said slowly. "He wouldn't kill someone without cause."

 

"So... he must have cause." Jesse said for everyone. "Or mom thinks he has cause. Or she thinks he will think he has cause.. Or..." She shook her head. "This is getting confusing." She smiled, but Raven was frowning. "Raven?"

 

"There is only one type of Tenno that Karl would kill without hesitation." Raven said slowly. Olim stiffened and Raven nodded. "A renegade."

 

"But all of the renegades are dead." Olim protested. "I saw him kill Nicholas." The Cyberlancer winced. "Not... my best day." He shook his head. "All of them are dead except Lis and Luc. Lis is no longer renegade. She redeemed herself and she will be in the ICU for some time. Luc... is resisting rehabilitation. He will be... a prisoner for a while." Olim sounded sad. "Probably a long while."

 

"Were there other renegades?" Jesse asked.

 

"There were... opposition groups." Raven said with a gulp. "Political groups who disagreed with the policies of the Orokin. I was in one of them. We were loyal, but we did not agree with all of what they did. We were not large, but we had a loud voice."

 

"There is a great deal of difference between an opposition party member and a renegade, Raven." Olim said with sigh. "You never slaughtered humans because you could."

 

"No, we never did that." Raven agreed. "We made noise. Made a mess occasionally, but no violence."

 

"Okay." Jesse said with a gulp. "So... Karl probably knows this Mei person. We need to be there. Where are they bringing her in?" She looked at Draco who shrugged.

 

"I do not see how it is our problem." Draco was not arguing, more curious.

 

"Mom doesn't generally do things without reason." Jesse said quietly. "And she asked me to keep Mei alive. So..." She shook her head. " I want no conflict with Karl. So we need to talk to him." Draco gave a heaving sigh and then nodded. Jesse smiled but then froze as he held something out to her.

 

"The clan leader offered these." Draco said quietly. "I argued, but he said you should have the chance to see them." Jesse stared at the two sticks in his hand. They were short and made of metal. She reached out to take them and her breath left her body in a whoosh as she saw they were joined by a chain. And what a chain... A grandmaster had made these.

 

"This is..." Jesse swallowed hard. "I..." She held the nunchaku out in a ready stance and they felt natural in her hands. "I am honored, but... I shouldn't until I am cleared by Olim and the docs." She held the weapon back out to Draco but he shook his head.

 

"Keep them." Draco said with a grunt. "We hope you won't need them."

 

Jesse did not argue as he started off. She, Olim and Raven followed. Jesse could not figure out how to sheathe them until Raven patted her hip. Jesse laid the sticks to her side and her eyes went huge as they stuck there. Quick to her hands if needed but out of the way.

 

Draco led them into an elevator and remained silent as it rose. It opened to a larger room where Karl stood, a silent white statue.

 

"Karl Sensei..." Jesse bowed formally and touched the nunchaku. "These... I am not worthy of them."

 

"You will be." Karl said with a smile in his voice that faded. "You need to be here." It wasn't a question.

 

"You heard." Jesse said quietly and then kicked herself mentally. Of course he had access to the surveillance feeds.

 

"I do not kill without cause, Jesse." Karl said with a sigh. "If your mom thinks I have cause, then..."

 

He went still as a door nearby opened. An Excalibur Prime and a Saryn were escorting a female Tenno who wore no warframe into the room. Her hands were bound. Everything stopped as Karl's Hek simply appeared in his hands. The Rhino's voice... was a terrible thing.

 

"You!"

 

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Question. is this Mei related to ANY characters who have appeared prior to this? i feel i had to ask given your history

 

Yes. She and Karl... have a history. One she doesn't entirely remember, but it IS enough to terrify her.

 

Nicholas' evil was not blatant at first. Indeed, for a long time, no one noticed his eccentricities amidst the horrors of the Old War.

 

This is the only way for her to heal though. Provided of course she survives Karl's wrath.

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Go ahead, it was just a quick photoshop. Do mind that the background is from DeviantArt (http://zeus154.deviantart.com/art/Warframe-Wallpaper-412220521)

 

And for a bit of fun, try translating the Tenno, Corpus and Grineer script

 

In response...

 

'Thank you'

 

'Yes, I am'

 

and

 

'Sure... I think...' (but I don't want the Board to have a cut)

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Were Karl and Mei romantically involved maybe?

is this a "you cheated on me with Olim" kind of thing?

 

I highly doubt that, Balthazar.  Karl had Serene and his Bushido code, remember?  That, and Lis was quietly in love with him.  I don't think you could pack anymore romantic drama into Karl's backstory without turning this into a harem anime.

 

Which, as anyone can see, it is definitely not.

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I highly doubt that, Balthazar.  Karl had Serene and his Bushido code, remember?  That, and Lis was quietly in love with him.  I don't think you could pack anymore romantic drama into Karl's backstory without turning this into a harem anime.

 

Which, as anyone can see, it is definitely not.

 

sorry, due to schedules I can only really stay up to date with 1 story at a time, which just so happens to be the current story, I haven't had much time to start from the beginning yet (really want to)

So i didn't know about Karl's hectic love life

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