[spoiler]This interesting storyline is made in part by Major Fluffball (MindOfTheUndying)[/spoiler] The sound of the obnoxious alarm barely phased Ivan as he slapped his side table swiftly out of reflex. The alarm cut off as he blinked and opened his eyes. He saw a bright pink eye looking dead at him and directly in his face. It giggled slightly as he made a face. "Morning Daddy!" His Ghost, Natalia, said it her usual cheery voice that was only for him. He gave a half smile. "Morning sweet pea." He patted Natalia's shell gently and sat up. "Did you sleep well?" "Until the alarm woke me yes..." "Well you have to go to work! It's the first day!" Natalia swirled her shell happily. He smiled. "Yea yea I know..." He rubbed his neck. "Big duty working for the famous Crux/Lomar." "I heard from my friend that it was a really big deal! They were amazing a few years ago with there tribute to Titans! It was the ah... the ah... Gh.. ghall...." She stumbled over the word. "Ghallyhorn?" "Yes! The G... ha... That one!" Ivan laughed and stood up. He walked into the bathroom. "Would you help me by getting my stuff ready?" "Yes Daddy!" She swirled around in excitement as she gathered his papers and other things she needed. Ivan quickly got ready and threw on simple clothes just at Natalia finished. "Done!" She said happily. Ivan willed his armor on. "Did you get the report?" "Uh huh!" "Recommendation Letter?" "Yep!" "The lucky trinket?" She paused and looked around. "Ah..." She zoomed over and opened a drawer. "Found it!" She used her beam to lift up a tiny heart locket with a small hook that attatched to her shell like a necklace which she promptly did. He smiled at her and gathered his things. "Alright. Let's go." He walked out the door into the crampt space of the Towers living area and proceeded to the Hanger. *** Their trip was rather short as his ship arrived just outside the Crux/Lomar developmental/test facility in the harsh winters of the Siberian half of the Cosmodrome. They landed on the pad and powered down as they slowly descended into the depths of the earth. Natalia looked out the cockpit window in both awe and fear as the snowy outside world closed out of view as massive steel plates covered their view. "You nervous Natalia?" "A little... I've never been underground before..." "Well you know what to do when it gets to bad." She nodded and tried to be brave. The darkness soon ended as they came into a lit hanger area. There ship was ferried through several rows before being sent into its own station and clamped into place. The green light for saftey was on and Ivan felt his body lighten slightly and then heavier again as they teleported out of the ship. Natalia looked around in wonder as the Frames went to and fro each ship to check on each one. One Frame can up and looked at them. "Ivan Romanowski?" It's voice was more articulate and human than most but not quit to the level of Exo. "That be me." The Frame ran some algorithms. "Excellent. Mr. Crux and/or Lomar are excited that you get to join the team. They are busy at the moment and are sorry they cannot greet you in person." "Its alright. It's an honor to be here." "Glad to hear. I will take you to your office area and you can begin tinkering to your hearts content." The Frame turned and walked down a hallway near the ship. Ivan followed and they were lead to a simple mud room. Several Frames came and scanned Ivan several times before their lights flashed green. The Frame leading the way carried on down a now carpeted walkway which lead past chambers of testing weapons, loud booms, and people shooting at things. Natalia shied away from the windows and stayed next to Ivan's side. They were soon lead to an area resembling cubicles but they were bigger and each had a workbench and tools about them. Ivan was led to an empty one in the middle of the complex. It had the same workbench but little to no tools and a chair. The Frame took his letter and report. "Thank you and if you require assistance, just scream and someone will be around to kill it or set out the fire." The Frame giggled oddly. "Have fun and please follow saftey protocol." It turned and walked away. Ivan paused for a second then shook his head and sat in the chair. A screen popped up on the workbench. It had several templates of various weapons types, a 'Build From Scratch' option and various other things. Ivan drummed his fingers on it. "Well... big day indeed..." "Something wrong Daddy?" "No... I just don't have any idea what to do..." "Why don't you make a cool shotgun! Or or a giant rocket launcher! Or a pink sidearm!" "Pink?" "It will look cute! It will be fluffy and soft and shoot really really fast, like pew pew pew!" Ivan shook his head and laughed a bit. "I doubt Mr. Crux or Mr. Lomar would appreciate that. "Well I'm sure someone would like it!" "Maybe so." Ivan tapped the screen. A 3-D template of a sniper rifle popped up. He looked at it and turned it several different ways. "A sniper?" "Yea. Why not?" "That's going to be tough..." "Then we will make it good." "Yea! Oh! How about a red one!" "A red sniper?" "Yep!!" Natalia tapped the screen and the color changed to red. "Then we can do.. this and this and this..." Soon the sniper became shorter, given arc abilities and sleeker. "Tada!" "Wow... you are great! You do my job better than I..." He paused and looked at the weapon. Memories slowly flooded in as he tried to piece together where he knew this gun from. "Daddy?... You ok?..." Ivan pulled up the keyboard and typed in a name. It came out in a Russian text but was soon translated to English, 'Spear of the Red Lightning'. "I know this gun..." Said Ivan thoughtfully as he stared at the screen. "I don't know... I don't know it..." Natalia said innocently. Ivan turned the model around and began to change it slightly refining the details that were lost in translation as his late memory soon came back. Thank you all for tuning in! Since I really want this to be a Community thing (and it has been!), your exotics can now be up for grabs in order for me to write about their history! In order to do this all you have to do is create an exotic on my friends Exotic page (listed in the comments below) and in a spoiler have a hashtag, (#writemyexotichistory) and place it in your main thread. I look their frequently so have a go! And if your creativity is stiffled, give me your opinion on what to do for the next installment of Exotic History while I keep up with my to do list. Post your opinions in the comments below and if this story don't suit your fancy there is always an ENTIRE list to browse in my friends exotic post, so pick one and tell me! Until then stay within the Light Guardians, unless there is no Light to cower behind. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/174771700/0/0 link to part 2 https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/172164045/0/0/1 link to Spear of the Red Lightning