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Shit!
I guess I was an idiot about telling him that Roland and the gang arriving soon. Noone should know about the Vault Hunters arriving other then Jack, or as he is currently known as, John, and his daughter Angel.
I can definitely feel the presence of Angel watching me through something in the nearby area. Although I can't identify which. I had secretly programmed my gear over the years to give me a subtle sign when Angel was watching.
While I may be friends with Angel, I wasn't a fool. As of now she is still enslaved to Jack with the control collar, hence she must obey all his orders if given.
That's the whole reason I had Lyra created, so that if Jack gave a forced command, Lyra can protect and defend me from a enslaved Angel trying to hack into my gear.
Well yes, Lyra was created via Angel's help. I myself had given Lyra a level of Autonomy to act on herself, while dangerous, it was a calculated risk. I did also have a secret counter measure as a last resort, since activating it would and could fatally harm me, but with all my enhancements I should barely survive.
And in time I'll only get stronger hence the risk factor will decrease.
As for Lyra, she was given the right to rewrite her code to prevent being hacked into.
I did make sure to cuddle and suck up to her every chance I had to show she was valued and loved by me as a equal partner, and that she and I were like family, at least that relationship bridge is formed to incur trust.
My own personal Echo is monitored by Lyra at all times so she is able to lock Angel out, at least temporary for now, but as Angel grows older and becomes more capable with her powers she would become a threat.
Afterall, she is just a 13 year old child as of the events of the first game.
If Angel ever wanted to get into my year's systems, she would always have to request me via a normal Echo call.
There are Loopholes in the Siren Control Collar. One of which is that she can do whatever she wants, so long as she carries out her father's orders. Anything else is free game.
For example, John might have said specifically to "inform me about any rumours of females with blue Tattoos with possible Siren powers." Or even regarding the Vault Hunters John had pre researched and planned for them accordingly. As for me, I am new to the game board. I also never told Angel where I went when I departed Aurix-9.
Some of the orders I know that he told Angel are these:
1 - Any reports about females with blue Tattoos...
Or...
1 - Any of the six Sirens...
2 - Anything about the Vault Key and its current locations
3 - Repeat what he says to the Vault Hunters throughout their journey
4 - Gain their Trust
5 - Trick them at New Haven so he can attack it with Wilheim
6 - Lowers Sanctuary shields
7 - Charge the Vault Key
8 - Look for potential Vault Hunter candidates
There are more, but the idea is more or less understood. I don't go into specifics since I dont actually know what he told her as the actual order itself. But this much can be assumed as what the abridged version of the missive he gave her was.
The second Loophole in the Siren Control Collar is that it can be resisted through sheer power and will.
When Lilith was captured by Jack, he ordered her to kill the Vault Hunters, but she was able to resist it for a few moments and teleport them away.
As for Angel, she had been able to resist it multiple times by the time of Borderlands 2.
After the mission 'The Man Who Would Be Jack', Jack restrains Angel and possibly orders her not to help them anymore.
However, she was still able to resist and help the Vault Hunters. Especially at the Bio-Scan door that leads to Control Core Angel.
This was possibly thanks to all the Eridium coursing through her body, thus it was also empowering her PhaseShift ability to control technology and allowed her to bypass the Siren Control Collar to some extent, but not completely resist it as she was still forced to obey the order to charge the Vault Key. That is why she still insisted on the Vault Hunters kill her.
However, Angel is not that powerful yet Hyperion is unable to mine any Eridium if it hasn't emerged yet. Thus she can't be empowered by it to resist the Collar.
Luckily it seems a high chance she is alone right now and was just monitoring Fyrestone in preparation for the Vault Hunters arrival.
That would mean they will be arriving in a few hours.
In an Echo Log in-game, its revealed that John arrives only moments before the Bus talk and instructed Angel to repeat his words to the Vault Hunters almost immediately as he walked in.
Thus John/Jack can't be observing him with Angel.
Thank God for that. I'm not ready to face a Mega Corporation like Hyperion yet, nor a very powerful Siren that is being controlled by a future genocidal maniac.
I'll deal with Angel later.
Fuck, I just remembered something else...
The Seer...
The Seer is an Eridian Guardian that was the Final Boss of the Borderlands 3: Director's Cut DLC.
In the game, The Seer wasn't too hard to fight.
However...
The Seer is just as Omnipresent as Angel is.
The Seer is also very powerful in its abilities.
More so then any other Vault Guradians or entities that the Players encountered throughout the entire Borderlands franchise.
In first place it is The Destroyer naturally. The Destroyer is a massive, intergalactic menace being from another dimension, sealed within the Great Vault, capable of devouring stars,entire planets and civilizations.
And then in second place is The Seer.
Third place is God Queen Tyreen/Tyreen the Destroyer and/or Nyriad and any PhaseLeech Siren user.
4th - The Warrior served as the Vanguard against The Destroyer. The Warrior is a biological Eridian superweapon lying dormant on Pandora, acting as the planet's guardian. It resides within a Vault in the northern reaches of the planet, and can be controlled through the use of the Vault Key.
5th - The Traveller is a kaiju sized teleporting golem that was dormant in its Vault, but it required Gortys to unlock the said vault.
6th - Gythian is a Cthulhu-based vault monster that's been mostly dead for many years, but whose heart still lives and influences the inhabitants of the planet Xylourgos.
7th - The Serpent was the vault monster of Nekrotafeyo, slain many years ago by Typhon DeLeon and his wife Leda and only encountered as a corpse by the modern vault hunters. (Should be stronger then Graveward, Rqmpager and Sentinal.)
8th - The Empyrean Sentinel was sealed within a vault on Pandora's moon, Elpis, protecting ancient and future knowledge about The Warrior. It is an ancient, colossal humanoid with a multi-faced head created by the Eridians.
9th - The Graveward is a monster that laid dormant within a vault near the Jakobs estate on Eden-6. Like the rest of Eden-6, the Graveward has a swampy and verdant appearance.
10th - The Rampager is a large and wild beast that was sealed within a vault underneath the Apollyon Transit Station on Promethea.
(A/n MC is not aware of Tales of Borderlands 2 or Borderlands 4. Without spoiling, final boss of Borderlands 4 will be 6th place after The Traveller placement. The Watcher might be on the same level as the last boss of Borderlands 4 given the quotes stated by The Watcher)
This list naturally only included Sirens and Vault Monsters. However, The Seer is a Guardian and not a Vault Monster or Siren.
Nothing about The Seer is known, other then its objective and some abilities. Sure ig isn't powerful as a being individually. But it's abilities make it a threat, just like Angel's PhaseShift power.
It's revealed in Director's Cut DLC that The Seer was responsible for helping the Vault Hunters to counter the Calypso Twins plans a certain number of times.
But then, it changed sides and began helping the Capyso Twins in secret as it had always done.
Why it does this is never known. But what it was trumying to do was...
The Seer wants to open The Great Vailt and free The Destroyer.
This had confused so many people and had opened a massive discussion in the community at one point.
The Seer was a Eridian Guardian like any other, albeit a stronger one like The Watcher.
All Eridian Guardians were created by the Eridiqns to keep the Eridian Vaults safe and guarded, especially any Vault related to opening The Great Vault.
So why us The Seer wanting to go against and defy the orders if its creators.
This may only be revealed in Borderlands 4, but now I will never know since I got reincarnated here now.
The Seer was the second most powerful entity I my books, since it has a form of Time Manipulation or Future Foresight.
Just as The Seer said to the Player and ava. "When the Key vannished, so too did the Future". This could mean that The Seer can only see and change the course of afuture events so long as the Vault Key exists. But when Lilith used PhaseWalk on Elpis, she "Shattered" the future.
The Seer also has other abilities like Mind Control, Telepathy, Possession, Fate Manipulation, Destiny Manipulation, Domain Manipulation, Projectile Attacks, Teleportation, Dimensional control, Electricity Manipulation, Shadow Manipulation, Blindness inducement, Invisibility.
It was able to trap a Siren (Ava) and cause her phase in and out of existence constantly and was able to trap her in another dimension. Only with the Vault Hunters help was she able to escape.
Also it could control any being in the Galaxy, but it acnnit control Sirens since they are unique in a multitude of ways and possess free will.
As for me, The Seer might have the potential to control me, that is a terrifying prospect as I would be at its mercy. Though maybe because I have been in contact with Angel, a Siren, I may have gained a passive blessing of sorts from her that makes me immune enough to resist being controlled?
The Vault Hunters in Borderlands 3 had fought against The Seer, so why couldn't it just control Fl4k, Moze and Flynt to fight against Amara and Ava? Because maybe in proximity or dirext contact with a Siren could give a pseudo-passive to resist mind and fate control?
That also reminds me. The Seer probably already knows of my existence since my rebirth into this Universe.
That'll be a pain to deal with. I will need to get stronger as quickly as I can and eliminate The Seer before it can begin to plot against me anymore then it already has.
My thoughts were interrupted by Claptrap once again.
"...Hello? Claptrap to Stranger?"
I shook my head as I remembered that Angel was watching. Maybe even The Seer as well. I'll deal with that problem later, it's not like The Seer will get the balls to do anything about it anytime soon. It's just chilling on Nekrotafeyo doing who knows what.
"Yes. Don't mind me I was distracted momentarily. My name is...Ghost." I replied to his earlier inquiry of my name.
"That your real name orrrr..." He nervously asked.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...okay~ ...hey, you want to be friends?"
...
I really wanted to kill Claptrap when he said that. My pride couldn't handle this, nor could my Brain cells.
After that awkward moment, we chattered for a while and I threatened him that if he talks unnecessarily to me then I will memory wipe Claptrap.
Claptrap understood obediently.
He asks me why and when was I here, since Claptrap never knew of my being in Fyrestone this whole time.
I said I arrived a week ago (one Earth month ago) and was just staying here at the abandoned Fyrestone Motel since Fyrestone was frequently overrun by Bandits during their raids.
I got bored at some point so I ended up making a card game i liked. Gwent from The Witcher series. I had every set and card, and had played with Claptrap to pass the time.
Claptrap wasn't all that bad...but I still dislike him.
*Time skip - few hours*
I make my way to to my rooftop as usual while sniping Bandit Runners occasionally from time to time with my modular assault rifle, that can enter a precision mode, basically becoming a sniper rifle when needed.
I could shoot the unprotected driver right in the head, everytime. Even as they were driving at max speeds.
As I was on the rooftop once more aiming down the sights, I could hear an unfamiliar sound, and the sound was well timed with the prediction countdown i have on my HUD.
It was Marcus' Bus, and it had just pulled up alongside the road.
Roland and the others got off the Bus and watched as Marcus left.
"It's finally time." I said to myself as i observed them from my vantage point.