Recruiting Ikora Rey

Three days passed since Game Night which almost everyone that wasn't on duty or occupied with something else attended. Thane was quite good thanks to the Drells being able to remember everything in their lives while Vincent played riskily but at the same time safe to the eyes of the newcomers to the game.

At the end of the day, Kasumi was leading before Miranda and Jack had to run back to their personal quarters naked thanks to Vincent who laughed seeing the run in embarrassment. Garrus and Tali got away harmlessly with the loss of some credits.

Titania didn't join them nor did Kaidan as they had a fancy dinner in her quarter while Tristan was accompanying Joker and EDI.

They reached Nirn thanks to the help of another Dreadnought carrying them there before returning to its previous position.

They landed in Bruma and Titania asks, "So who do we take with us to recruit the Ikora Rey you mentioned?"

"We go alone. The fewer people are involved the better since we are going to a place which location is only known to people studying there and former students," says Vincent as they passed the control together.

"You heard him. You all are on shore leave for today but be ready by tomorrow or we will leave you here," says Titania to her crew as Vincent takes the lead.

They walk for a while before Vincent opens a portal which they take when they appear on the edge of a cliff that leads into the ocean.

"Where are we exactly?" asks Titania a bit nervous as Vincent walked forwards.

"We are on Artaeum it is an island inside the Province of Summerset Isles. I won't disclose more than that since it isn't on a regular map and it should stay so because all the people here love their peace," says Vincent as Titania followed him when they find buildings in the distance after a short walk.

"Couldn't you just teleport near the city?" asks Titania as Vincent sighs.

"I could have done so but will you pay for the fine I will have to pay for breaking the law and remember credits aren't worth anything on Nirn," says Vincent as they were awaited by two members of the Psijic Order which were a male Altmer and female Breton.

"Welcome back, Vincent Highwind. We awaited your return and welcome to Artaeum for the first time, Titania Shepard," says the male Altmer welcoming them.

"It has been long, Vorion and Evarie," says Vincent to both as he asks, "Where can I find Ikora? I have an offer for her."

"She has closed herself inside her room with some rooms. Even your other Guardian friend Osiris can't enter her room and he tried, trust me," says Evarie as they guided them through the terrain of the Psijic Order.

They entered a building as many people were looking in their direction because of Vincent since he was the only mortal taught by Julianos. They soon reached the room in which Ikora lives and they find that it was full of seals which prevented anyone from entering.

"I can see that she became a Master when it comes to seals," says Vincent looking at all of them.

"Can you break through those seals?" asks Titania as Vincent was fascinated by Ikora's progress.

"I can but it will take me some time," says Vincent as he begins to take a closer look at the seals before he begins to work.

He unsealed the door after staring an hour at it when he opens it and says, "Ikora Rey, you shouldn't seal yourself away like that just because you don't want to be disturbed."

He takes one step into the room when he sees a naked Ikora who came out of her shower. They looked each other in the eyes before Vincent took a step back and closed the door immediately when he looked at Titania that gave him a questionary look.

"What is wrong, why did you close the door again after looking inside?" asks Titania as Vincent looked at her seriously.

"Let us give her five minutes before we enter her room," says Vincent as he should have knocked on the door before opening it.

He was now seeing the naked body of Ikora in front of his eyes when he thinks, 'I never knew that Ikora was that developed under her Warlock Armor.'

He looked at Titania who seemed to look at him angrily for delaying the encounter with Ikora while thinking, 'Ikora is immortal as am I as long as her ghost is alive. She would bypass my only rule of future marrying partners since she and Serana will live for eternity.'

Vincent continued to think about Ikora not being able to get the picture out of his head as he thought that Ikora would be a perfect partner to represent the Human Race which came from another Earth in another Galaxy.

In the meantime inside the room, Ikora was a bit embarrassed as she summoned Ophiuchus and looks at her ghost.

"You could have warned me," says Ikora as she seemed annoyed.

"You know that Vincent's Light is different than everyone else. And this place is full of many different Lights which makes it even harder for me to differentiate between everyone," says Ophiuchus defending himself.

"What do I do now?" asks Ikora as she doesn't know what to do since Vincent ran away after seeing her naked.

"Well, he is standing right behind the door with three other people," says Ophiuchus informing Ikora when Ikora realized something else.

"Wait! How did he pass through all the defensive mechanisms which I placed on the door?" asks Ikora as she looked at her ghost for an answer while she puts her warlocks uniform on.

"He was trained by a God. Remember that you went through this while being taught by the Psijic Order. He was one of the chosen mortals to be trained by Julianos himself," says Ophiuchus as he floated around Ikora as she adjusted her clothes when she hears a knocking on the door.

"Ikora, can we enter the room?" asks Vincent as Ikora looked at a mirror to see if she was presentable before turning to the door.

"You can come in," says Ikora as she looked at the door while Ophiuchus disappears again.

She looked at Vincent a bit angry before asking, "What do you want, Vincent? And who have you brought with you?"

"This is Titania Shepard, Commander of the Normandy SSV-2 and former Marine of the Alliance. She is on a mission which involves the Reapers and the Taken King, and she wants you on her team," says Vincent as he looked at her seriously as if nothing happened a moment ago.

Ikora was interested the moment Vincent mentioned the Taken King and asks, "What is that mission you are talking about?"

"The mission is a suicide mission. We want to see what is behind the Omega-4 Mass Relay which we assume is where the Collectors are hiding their Headquarters," says Titania as she explained the mission in more detail to Ikora who was confused when she looked at Vincent.

"What about the Taken King? It seems he isn't involved in this mission at all," says Ikora confused when Vincent smiles at her.

"The Taken King is at war with the Reapers and the Collectors are the slaves of the Reapers. The Taken King and the Collectors are fighting each other every time they meet and it won't be different when the Taken King finds out where they have their base," says Vincent as Ikora followed Vincent's thoughts and looked at him surprised.

"You want to hit two birds with one stone," says Ikora as Vincent snaps his fingers before pointing at her.

"Bingo, I want to use Titania's suicide mission to lure the Taken King to the Collector Base and destroy both at the same time," says Vincent with a cold smile as his eyes tell her everything.

His eyes were stone cold as her teachers told her before which meant Vincent entered War-Mode before they turned warm again before he looked at Titania who looked angry at him.

"When were you going to tell me about your plan?" asks Titania angry looking at Vincent.

"Before we started the mission," says Vincent as Titania only sighs before looking at him again.

"I really hope that your plan works since we will all die anyway if we fail against the Collectors so having a third party involved could boost our odds by a bit if they are concentrated on taking each other out," says Titania going along with it.

"So, Ikora Rey, are you going to join my crew to take down the Collectors and the Taken King as well?" asks Titania stretching her hand towards Ikora waiting for her response.

"I will but before that let Ophiuchus store all those books away. I need to study some anomalies while being on board of your ship," says Ikora as she takes Titania's hand before glaring at Vincent.

"Do you have a problem with Vincent?" asks Titania noticing the glare.

"No, not at all," says Ikora in a tone that said otherwise.

"How about we talk about that once we are on the Normandy," says Vincent trying to escape this situation.

He leaves the room followed by Titania while Ikora lets her ghost take care of the books before leaving the room when Vincent opens a portal and they find themselves on a mountain.

"Why do we always appear either on a mountain or a cliff instead of a normal place?" asks Titania annoyed about Vincent's choice of destination.

"Well, we can't teleport into the city since we would go against the law while teleporting out of it is quite legal. But we are in a historic place," says Ikora as she only read of it in books.

She was quite thrilled to be there as Titania looked at her confused when Vincent says, "This is the place in which the Blades kept Martin Septim safe and the place in which the First Meeting between all the Dragons of Tamriel and the Dragonking took place."

"Wait, are you saying I am standing on some holy ground like the one inside Bruma?" asks Titania a bit nervous not wanting to get into trouble because of Vincent.

"No, it is only a historic place which isn't that interesting since the Dragons burned it down when the Thalmor used it as an outpost towards Skyrim," says Vincent when he notices Ikora being completely into the place and he says, "Let us give her some time to enjoy this place before we return to Bruma."