{"id":100553,"date":"2019-09-20T17:44:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BungieNet_ContentItem_48153"},"modified":"2019-09-20T17:44:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:44:40","slug":"shadowkeep-narrative-preview-chapter-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/20\/shadowkeep-narrative-preview-chapter-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadowkeep Narrative Preview – Chapter Five"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s been a long while since I\u2019ve been to the Tower. Much has changed. I pray my departure hasn\u2019t created an irreparable fracture. <\/p>\n

Ikora\u2026 you must forgive me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll tell her what I\u2019ve uncovered\u2014where I\u2019ve been. She\u2019ll see the meaning behind my actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I heard your ship was approaching, I didn\u2019t believe it. Yet here you stand. It\u2019s good to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIkora, my absence was necessary. What I have learned, discovered… Danger lurks closer than you realize. You must trust me. We\u2019ve stood too long ignorant of the cataclysm brewing before us. If we do not act, we face yet another Collapse.  We must attend to that which the Hive have unearthed down below the lunar surface\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEris. Breathe.\u201d <\/p>\n

Her words bring a fleeting rush of relief.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know  about the Hive, as well as their recently erected Keep .\u201d<\/p>\n

A Keep ? They mobilize. It\u2019s far worse than I knew.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you will come with me, Ikora.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cEris, you\u2019ve barely had a moment to rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must let me show you the truth. Then you will understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have responsibilities here. A lot has transpired in your absence. We\u2019re still recovering from our\u2026 losses.\u201d<\/p>\n

What lies behind pales in comparison to what we face ahead.<\/p>\n

But I won\u2019t fight with her. Not again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I will go alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEris…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this I cannot negotiate.\u201d<\/p>\n

I can see Ikora measure her options. She does not seek an argument either.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least allow me to help you mount an adequate response to a threat that, mind you, we don\u2019t fully understand. Let the Vanguard support you.\u201d<\/p>\n

That will take time. Always time. The one element we don\u2019t have the luxury of.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you\u2019ll be gone before they can mobilize, won\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all do what we must.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPromise you\u2019ll stay in communication with me. I don\u2019t want this to be like last time.\u201d<\/p>\n

I nod to Ikora. Always the beacon of benevolence.<\/p>\n

She deserves more than I can offer. My calling is not here. There is still work to be done. One last stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her concern is palpable. It reassures me, oddly. The wound between us can heal. If we live long enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cEris\u2026 This thing you\u2019re willing to risk everything for\u2026 What is it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI warned of a storm. Can\u2019t you hear the thunder?\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a long while since I\u2019ve been to the Tower. Much has changed. I pray my departure hasn\u2019t created an irreparable fracture.  Ikora\u2026 you must forgive me. I\u2019ll tell her what I\u2019ve uncovered\u2014where I\u2019ve been. She\u2019ll see the meaning behind my actions. \u201cWhen I heard your ship was approaching, I didn\u2019t believe it. Yet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bungie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}