In Destiny 2, Bungie launched a strange lore event on Tuesday evening: Texts around Cayde-6 and Petra Venj are being published. They seem to be flirting with each other.
Strange tweet: Shortly after the launch trailer for Forsaken was released, Bungie surprised everyone with a curious tweet.
In the tweet, Bungie simply wrote:
“GAMMA//TWO//TWO//YELLOW//RUBICON
High Priority Message—Outbound—5560 Amytis
PETRA VENJ EYES ONLY//AMETHYST PROTOCOL”
A story about Cayde-6 and Petra Venj
If you follow the link in the tweet, you arrive at a message from Cayde-6 addressed to Petra Venj on the Bungie site. The message is said to be for Petra’s eyes only, as stated in the subject.
What does the message say? It is a “satisfaction survey,” where Petra is to answer how thoroughly Cayde and his six compadres captured the barons. The response options are:
- With unbelievable perfection
- Hymns are already being written about their triumph
- So thoroughly that I finally want to admit that I’m in love with you, you hot metal man
“But seriously,” Cayde writes afterwards. “You’ve got more problems than just eight barons. And according to Mansanas’ current report, a splinter group of the Red Legion has set its sights on turning the Reef into a nice vacation spot.”
Cayde then suggests that he would like to come out to the Reef again and do some patrols. After all, he is always looking for a reason to get out of the Tower.
What’s the point of all this? Bungie likely wants to tell us that Cayde-6 and Petra had a good relationship – and at least got along well. It sounds like Cayde-6 and Petra are flirting with each other.
From previous trailers for Forsaken, it is known that Petra will help the Guardians avenge Cayde’s death. In this “lore event,” the storyline will likely explain why Petra will support the Guardians.
Is there more to come? Yes, Bungie’s DeeJ tweeted that this is an event that will unfold throughout the day. Cozmo confirmed that this is “just” web lore. Nothing will happen in the game itself; you are only allowed to read a few texts.
Response from Petra
Meanwhile, the second step of this event has arrived. Petra replied: “You must be missing me, right? If you’re looking for another excuse to dodge your Vanguard duties, I’m in.”
Additionally, there are a few cryptic sentences included in this message: “Free orbital Kelvin radiation under latent atmospheric envelope of a binomial traverse. New orbital translation reacts under frontal impact. Venusian orbit normal. Interim latency suggests Yttrium.”
There will likely be several more lore texts over the next few hours. You can keep an eye on this on the official Bungie site.
Update: In a third message, Cayde reaches out to Ikora and Zavala. He informs them that he is going back to the Reef and will stay with his old friend Petra for a few days to help her.
