Chapter 30 of TotPH is out!
It’s late. One doesn’t even need to look at the clock in the upper corner of the feed as it turns on to know that. The Vanguard room is all but empty, side lights are turned off or on low and through the huge back windows the moon looks huge in the sky, just passed half a waxing cycle. Everyone is gone, even the Frames, leaving the three lone leaders to stand in utter silence around the table, the open comms channel buzzing with stadic.
Ikora and Zavala share a look, worry and dread passing between them as they look to their sharpshooter. Cayde doesn’t move, simply staring at the small comms device on the table as it buzzes, hands planted hard around it to keep himself upright. He's clearly waiting for something to happen, but from the look on the other’s faces, he’s been doing that for quite a while now.
Another long minute passes on the clock before with agonizingly slow movements, the Exo lifts one hand and shuts off the open channel, leaving the room in stark, haunting silence that almost makes it seem too loud. This room is never quiet, except now, but it remains that way for a long while as the timer ticks up.
“Maybe it’s just a bad area,” Ikora begins, but Cayde shakes his head to stop her, drawing his hands back to stand straight, his bright eyes dimmed slightly.