[spoiler]This installment of Exotic History is made in part by ewokman23[/spoiler] Menendez and Illia made it back to the Last City's gates in a short time. They stored their sparrows and Daniel resumed guard duty, despite his 'daring' attempt to locate enemy Skiff. He stared out into the horizon as the sun mixed with the earth and gave birth to the star lit sky. He watched everything in its stillness for several hours until something caught his eye. It moved quickly and laid flat on the ground to avoid detection when not moving. It had four arms and an usual sack along its back that held circular objects that resembled charts and maps. Daniel's eyes widened as Geriksor managed to sneak his way all the way up to the wall. "What are you doing here?!..." He asked in a hushed whisper. Geriksor blinked, placed his hand on his chest and bowed slightly. "Yes yes I know you are greatful but you can't be here!..." Geriksor spoke in his language and pointed at the wall. "No!... You can't... Oh hell you can't even understand me...." "D... Daniel..." Said Geriksor. "Yes I'm Daniel, you are Geriksor." The Vandal looked plased with Daniel and clasped his hand firmly. "Yes yes..." Daniel looked up as a guard looked over the edge of the wall. He quickly brought Geriksor to the wall, where he couldn't be seen well. "Who goes there?" Asked the guard. "Ah just me, ah ha..." "Menendez? You losing your brains buddy?" "No just ah... just tired I guess." "So you talk in your sleep?... You need some friends..." The guard continued his walk. "Yea thanks..." Daniel looked back at Geriksor. "You can't be here, you could get caught." "Daniel.." Geriksor pointed at the wall then slowly brought his finger up it. "No." Daniel shook his head. "No no." Geriksor gave a soft growl of frustration. "Listen. You." He pointed at the Vandal. "Can't go." He waved his finger infront of him and shook his head. "In there." He pointed at the wall. Geriksor grumbled and spoke rapidly in his language. "Doesn't matter! You can't go, you will get caught for sure!" Geriksor gave a strange snort and paused. He pulled out a chart from his pack and unrolled it. It resembled the area around them, complete with the crash site and the city drawn as a large circle. Daniel blinked. "You. Draw?" He pointed at Geriksor and then at the map while gesturing that he was writing. Geriksor nodded. He pointed at the crash site and marked over it with an X with his finger. Daniel shook his head. "No too risky... they way get suspicious..." He looked around the map. "How about... here?..." He pointed at the cave that he knew was a large cave system and drew an X over it with his finger. Geriksor repeated the gesture. Daniel nodded. "Yes, we meet there." Geriksor took out a black piece of something and scratched the X over the cave. He clasped his chest and bowed. "Daniel." "Geriksor." Daniel nodded and held his hand out. Geriksor looked at him like he was stupid. "It's a hand shake." He took the Vandals hand slowly and placed it in him. "Hand shake." He made them shake hands. Geriksor looked at him and nodded. "Shack Hand." "Close enough..." Daniel smiled and placed his hand over his chest, giving a slight bow to the Vandal. Geriksor looked pleased and chattered in his language. He then quickly scurried off, heading towards the caves. Daniel watched him leave. He smiled and leaned back against the wall. He watched the horizon and continued his watch. Morning came and Illia once again took his post. She looked at him as he started to go back inside. "Well you look a little upbeat this morning." "Yea... I'm starting to get used to this." He gave a half smile. She gave a grin. "Glad you finally got with the program." He nodded and went inside. He dressed a bit more casually and went out aside exit with a sparrow. He raced his way to the cave system and pulled the sparrow just inside the cave. "Geriksor?" Daniel looked around him. "Geriksor?.." He heard scuttling above him as he looked. The Vandal was looking out of a hole near the top of the wall. It looked a bit annoyed until it saw who it was. "Daniel!" It hopped down and walked up to him. He started to do his greeting but paused and instead held out his hand. "Shack hand." Daniel laughed and shook his hand. "Hand shake." "Hand shake?... Hand... shake." The Vandal went over the phrase again and again. Daniel smiled and placed his hand on his chest and bowed slightly. Geriksor chattered in what seemed to be happiness and clasped Daniel by the shoulder. It pulled out its charts and showed Daniel. It was now easily more detailed and gave a very perfect view of the land. Daniel nodded and tapped the chart. "Map." "M... map?..." "Map." "Map." Geriksor tapped the chart. "Jertiks." "Jeratiks?..." The Vandal shook his head. "Jeer-ticks." "Jerticks?" Geriksor nodded. "Alright then... Let's see if we can get this to work." Daniel said with a sigh as they went over basic objects in each others language. Thank you all for tuning in! Since I really want this to be a Community thing I would really enjoy getting exotics from you guys and creating back stories for them! In order to do this all you have to do is create an exotic on my friends Exotic page (listed above) and in a spoiler have a hashtag, (#writemyexotichistory), I look their frequently so have a go! Please! And if your creativity is stiffled (or you just don't want to), give me your opinion on what to do for the next installment of Exotic History while I work out my next entry. Post your opinions in the comments below and if these don't suit your fancy there is always an ENTIRE list to browse and choose from so give it a go!! Until then stay within the Light Guardians and remember you don't have to be genetically modified or risen from the dead to be a hero. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/178530473/0/0 link to part 3 https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/200329823/0/0 link to part 5 https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/172152565/0/0/1 link to The Peace Monger