Heavy rain continued to pour in the EDZ as a Hunter and his Ghost sought refuge in one of the abandoned apartment complexes. The rain came down hard and visibility was poor because of the weather.

Viper looks out the destroyed balcony window and sighs before speaking to his Ghost Aria, "Looks like we'll be here a while before we can resume our scouting mission." Aria scanning the complex for any signs of hostiles chimes in, "The Fallen will more than likely be gone by the time the weather clears up." The Hunter sighs again, "More than likely but it'd be stupid to go in with almost no visibility." Aria chuckles, "Afraid the rain will short-circuit you?" Viper scoffs, "Hardly."

Aria finishes her scan and hovers back to her Guardian, "Good news. Buildings clear." Viper nods while Aria continues, "So please explain to me why we're holding back on continuing the mission. You've fought in low visibility before like the Hive Catacombs on the Moon." Viper shakes his head, "Yeah because you're a glorfied nightlight in those situations. This is different Aria. Even with True Sight visibility of my surroundings is still poor and Fallen are much more adapt at handling rough weather compared to us. I might as well walk in with a target painted on my face."

Aria bounces around contemplating everything and then answers, "You got me there V. So what's the plan then?" Viper walks away from the balcony and walks inside to take a seat on an old and moldy looking but still intact couch, "We wait it out. The worst of this storm is about to start." Almost on cue thunder starts roaring in the distance. Aria gasps a little as lightning flashes, "I hate thunderstorms." Viper chuckles, "Yeah. I know you do. Might as well make the most of our time here though. Mind transmating my guitar?" Aria perks up and manifests an accoustic guitar beside Viper.

As her guardian picks up the instrument and tunes it she bounces happily and asks, "What are you playing today?" Viper still tuning and strumming the strings, "There's this one song that's been on my mind recently. Everytime I hear it in my head I can't help but feel a sense of familiarity with it." Aria looks a little confused, "Is it something from your past before I revived you?" Viper stops tuning and sits there for a second quiet almost hesistant to answer, "I'm not sure to be honest. Maybe this song will jumpstart something?" Aria floats closely to Viper, "Maybe. You know I'm always sorry right?" Viper chuckles, "I think you're the only ghost I know who feels bad that bringing me back to life also meant losing all my memories of my previous life."

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Viper begins playing the guitar as the rain continues to fall and the thunder occasionally roars in the background. The melody was slow and almost melancholy. The Guardian plucks each string gently as the notes appear in his mind.

Being an Exo was weird sometimes for Viper. Outwardly he had the appearance of a robot but he still walked, talked, and moved like a human being. His mind or rather his original mind was transfered into this mechanical body by the Clovis Bray facility. Viper wonders who he used to be sometimes.

Unlike Human or Awoken Guardians when Exo's are ressurected for the first time they sometimes have fragmented memories of their original life but the memories themselves are almost hazy hidden behind a thick unbreakbale fog. At best Viper feels a weird sense of nostalgia or deja vu around something he might've once known in his previous life. As he continues strumming the guitar he chuckles, "You know it's sad sometimes when I think about it." Aria looks at Viper confused, "What is?" she asks.

Viper continues playing, "Everytime I experience the Deep Stone Crypt. I see all the faces of everyone I've ever met. So many I recognize like you, Saint, Ikora, and Cayde. But at the same time...I see so many faces I don't know and for some reason...it hurts." As he strums he starts recalling one face in particular. She was beautiful. Almost as radiant and comparable to an angel. But as he tries to remember her features that fog hides it away again.

The thunder continues to roar in the background as Viper continues his song and something comes to him. He starts humming the melody as if trying to find words to go alongside the song. Aria floats in place listening intently, As Viper continued humming that face shroaded in fog keeps coming to mind.

In his mind as he continued to play and hum he could see the place Aria first ressurected him in. It was the music store where he held the very guitar he was playing with. He looked to see the store was in pristine condition and behind the counter was the girl shrouded in fog humming the same tune he was humming. He tried reaching out for her but could feel his body shaking as he reached out in his mind. She turned and for the briefest second he swore he could make out part of her face and saw her smile before she spoke, "Welcome back Viper...6 was it? Just browsing today or are you finally going to take the plunge and buy that Guitar you're always looking at?" The fog enveloped his mind again as he stopped playing. He chuckles and looks sullen.

He sighed deeply as the rain continued to pour in the back. Aria looks at her Guardian, "V?" He looks at her, "Yeah?" She floats closer, "What did you see?" Viper shakes his head in dissappointment. As soon as the memory came as he played his song just as quickly had it dissappeared from his mind as he stopped, "I don't remember." Aria flies around him, "Don't give up V. One day I'll help you remember who you were." Viper smiles and pats her, "Thanks for always being there for me Aria." Aria bounces, "I always got your back."