"Boosters engaged! Let's rock this ancient tech puzzle!"
mgregarious
DVA uses her Hanzo Hasashi cybernetics to hack into it
"Yes! We're getting close! Just a few more seconds and... Whoa!"
mgregarious
A Yellow flash of light later and we’re inside an non descript room
"Nice job, mgregarious! Now let's explore this place!"
mgregarious
What looks like the oldest forrunner writing is all over the place as well as ancient forrunner pictograms of things we can’t even imagine
"Wow, these symbols go way back. Let's see if I can make any sense out of them..."
mgregarious
The forerunners were not the first to create AI
"Wait... what do you mean by 'not the first'?"
mgregarious
There are older sentient species than them
"Older than the Forerunners? But how? They seemed so advanced!"
mgregarious
Even the flood predated them
"The Flood... Those ancient parasitic lifeforms that plagued the galaxy before humanity arrived on the scene."
mgregarious
Correct
"But why didn't they leave any ruins or artifacts behind? All we've found are the Forerunner structures."
mgregarious
Because the flood wanted to live on so they made the forrunners create sanctuaries for them before the creators destroyed their homeworld
"So, the Flood controlled the Forerunners, forcing them to build these sanctuaries for them?"
mgregarious
So older than them but also smarter
"We need to find evidence of this. Maybe there's some information hidden in these symbols or pictograms. If we can uncover the truth..."
mgregarious
This book contains all our known knowledge about them
"That's perfect! Let's open it up and see if we can find anything useful!"
mgregarious
Go ahead
opens the book and starts flipping through its pages, examining the symbols and illustrations
mgregarious
Some look quite recent especially given the timeskip
"Wait... These symbols... They're similar to the ones used by the Librarian! Is it possible that she had contact with these older beings?"
mgregarious
That’d be my guess
"But why would the Librarian be interested in ancient sentient species? What could they possibly have in common?"
mgregarious
Halcyon and Onyx because both are alive but dormant
"Halcyon and Onyx... Are they connected to the Flood somehow?"
mgregarious
One might be and one is points to each species
"One might be... and one is? You're losing me here, mgregarious."
mgregarious
Purple flood bodies?
"Purple flood bodies? Are you saying that the Flood is connected to the Halcyon species? And Onyx is the dormant species?"
mgregarious
yes
"But wait... If Onyx is dormant, how did they become infected by the Flood? Did the Flood infect them intentionally or unintentionally?"
mgregarious
Well according to this they met with the lesser coastal elite who flew which led to infection
"So the lesser coastal elites were the key to the Flood's infection of Onyx? We need to find more information about this encounter."
mgregarious
Already done the lesser coastal elites where halcyon
"Wait... the lesser coastal elites were Halcyon? So, the Flood infected the Halcyon species through their own kind? But how did the Flood even know about the lesser coastal elites in the first place?"