18 Works in Human Cortana (Halo)
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He lets himself have this. No screaming claxons or short orders over the commlink in his ear. In his head. No hushed casket, no Covenant ripping through the bulkhead, no acrid taste of cryofluid buildup in his throat.
This is his thirty-seventh Sunday since the Office of Naval Intelligence let him leave the Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program to start his life and it still feels like an illusion. This luxury of civilian life. Things like him do not have Sundays.
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Aboard the wrecked Forward Unto Dawn, Cortana discovers a dormant virtual reality suite. When she activates it, she finds herself on a tropical island with the Master Chief. She's determined to appreciate this vacation with John, but her deteriorating mental state could ruin the whole thing...
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Ballad of the frontier's kindest by Acropora
Fandoms: Goblin Slayer (Anime), Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), ゲート 自衛隊彼の地にて斯く戦えり - 竿尾悟 | Gate: Jietai Kanochi nite Kaku Tatakaeri - Sao Satoru (Manga), Goblin Slayer (Manga), Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
04 Sep 2024
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Orcbolg, Beard Cutter, the Frontier's Kindest, Sir Goblin Slayer... known by many and more monikers, hes a scout and a fighter, specialized hunter of the green humanoids that terrorize the villages of the countryside by whatever means necessary.
After a normal hunt that he partook after an adventurer in the capital to find the Earth Mother's staff at the request of King himself, a letter addressed to him will take him to meet another crowned head, and to more goblins...Series
- Part 1 of Through the eyes of another
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The continuation of the story after Halo 4 with some events taken from Halo 5. Cortana is reborn, John learns to choose his own priorities, and they both get the life they rightfully deserve. Infinite isn't real, it didn't happen.
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Alternate Universe where John is an ex-military construction worker, and Cortana is the new girl helping out at the behest of her mother.
./She only saw him if she was running an errand that brought her out of the office or if he was inside to turn in some paperwork. Which, to be fair, was when she saw all of the workers. He just didn’t stick around. Nor did he much go in for small talk either. Which Miranda had told her not to take personally, he was like that with everyone.
While it soothed her to know he wasn’t purposely avoiding her, it still threw a wrench in her plans to seduce him. How was she supposed to get in his good graces if he wouldn’t say a word to her about something other than working construction?/
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Solid State by AuthorToBeNamedLater
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Halo (TV 2022)
08 Nov 2023
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At the moment she had a more pressing—or at least more answerable—question.
Can I touch him?
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Even Spartans can smile. The Master Chief hasn't smiled in so long.
What if... he had a reason to?
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- Part 3 of Together Forever (And Never to Part)
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Cortana wakes up after her sacrifice on Zeta Halo, and is forced to confront a reality: she's human, but not entirely. What will be her next move?
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- Part 2 of Together Forever (And Never to Part)
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An AU oneshot that is as far-fetched as it is in the future. Born from a conversation about Cortana's apparent demise with some friends.
I can't help but hope, somewhere deep in my heart, that Cortana is alive.
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- Part 1 of Together Forever (And Never to Part)
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Two Corpses In One Grave by AuthorToBeNamedLater
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Halo (TV 2022)
28 Nov 2022
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All Cortana got in reply was silence. John had ceased to exist. All according to plan.
She’d never realized that the plan meant she would cease to exist, too.
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“Wake me when you need me.” These were the words that she had been told before he entered cryosleep to ensure he survived. He probably thought that she could survive for an eternity, but that was not the case. Smart A.I. like herself could only ‘live’ without issues for seven years before becoming rampant, which would slowly destroy them. Unfortunately, she was already showing signs of rampancy, and feared not just for her own well being, but for his as he would be alone and without guidance if she died before she could awake him at all.
But this was her problem - when was she to awaken him? ‘Wake me when you need me’ were his exact words, but when would this be? She knew the situation would have to be dire, but would it have to be dire for both of them, just him, or even just her?
Almost miraculously, she finally had a sign. There was a glimmer of hope for just the Master Chief himself, but Cortana knew that, despite her fear, she would have to face death at some point.
Or so she thought...
(In other words, Cortana suddenly finds she has become human)
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- Part 1 of Post-Human-Covenant War AU
- Part 5 of The Collision Saga - Main Stories
- Part 6 of The Collision Saga - Every Story Ever
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After months exploring the galaxy, searching for Forerunner relics, the UNSC Infinity has been attacked by the Banished, taken down over Zeta Halo. With the crew scattered to the winds , lost on the ringworld, Cortana finds herself in charge of a small squad of Marines. With John missing and no backup coming, it'll be up to her to lead them to survival, get the crew back together, figure out a way to stop the Banished, and find John.
Luckily for everyone, she has the experience for the job.
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- Part 4 of Reclaimer Saga AU
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Nights aren't always easy for the both of them, but being there together makes them a little easier to bear.
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It's a long road ahead, and they need somewhere to sleep for the night.
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Series of loosely connected one-shots about Cortana struggling to adapt to a new way of life.
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An AI matrix cannot replicate human sensations. Touch, smell, sound, they're all foreign to a newly human Cortana. Having been freed from the Warden Eternal's control by Blue Team, she wanted to simply resume her partnership with John, but her betrayal cut him deep. Will their partnership recover, or will it become something more? Set post Halo 5.
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We are defined by our choices. Honor, courage, commitment; all gone with a decision made in the span of a heartbeat. History will view him as a hero and savior, but inside he will know where he had failed, where he had cast aside that title. He will know when he had chosen his own reclamation over that of the human race. Even worse, he will know that he had no regrets.
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The war is over. After over thirty years in the armed services, John retires to the outer colonies with a newly human Cortana. John must learn how to live as a man instead of simply a Spartan, all he has ever known how to be.