Eleanor Nightingale Dialogue
Eleanor Nightingale is a member of the Hex syndicate in Höllvania. She is a protoframe of the Nyx batch, and uses her psychic abilities to aid the group in intelligence, recon, and psychological warfare. In the Höllvania Central Mall, she sells Arcane enhancements and Techocyte Coda weapons. Like the other protoframes, she can only be interacted with after the Drifter completes The Hex quest.
Idle quotes
«The minds of this city are an orchestra. Its music, at first discordant, in time reveals dark harmonies… building to a violent crescendo. [sigh] How pretty it must have sounded, not so long ago.»
«Unconventionally beautiful though you may be, instrument of death, how joyful must be your singularity of purpose.»
«Less an armoury, more of a pet store, this place.»
«I've midwifed several weapons that may be of interest. They are quite keen to meet you.»
«Here we are, in a place as exotic as this, yet every night it's pizza.»
«I sense the enemy's gaze upon this place of refuge. Their hunger to annihilate it.»
«Arthur, a contagion of fear is taking hold in a remote sector, limbic systems lighting up like fireworks. We should sterilise the cause, lest terror spread.»
«Amir, this is your cooldown warning. Dopamine levels are good. Now is the time to work.»
«Aoi. I can guarantee that On-Lyne remain safe and well, despite appearances.»
«Quincy, I sense a wave of warmth and affection for you… from the people of this neighbourhood. What ever did you do?»
«Lettie, a small child nearby is suffering an infection. If you can spare the antibiotics I can lead you to her.»
Greeting the Drifter
(if the Drifter has just completed The Hex) «It seems Höllvania's midnight garden has taken a liking to me, and its fruits are death. This is my harvest and, just quietly, they're trilling with happiness. I think they know you and they will be fast friends.»
«My my. A thing of exquisite complexity, aren't we?»
«What's on your mind?»
«Welcome.»
«Oh. I was just thinking about you.»
«Well, well, well.»
«Here you come, all rough-and-tumble.»
«Interesting….»
«Penny for your thoughts.»
«Ah. Our resident enigma.»
«What can I do for you?»
«Pray tell, what entices you hence?»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «Hmm, delicious.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «Hello. To what do I owe the pleasure?»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «Hello, lovely.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «Always a pleasure.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «What you do still betters what is done.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «Oh, thank Sol. Tell me you've something interesting to brighten this day with.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «Ah. My hero.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «Mm. Talk to me.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «I know what you're thinking. I can practically hear it in your vesicles.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «Ever do you prove that one worth the possessing never can be. Where have you roamed, darlingheart?»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «Yes yes, business, it's all very important. What is equally important, and I think you would agree, is taking the time to distract oneself with anything but. So, let's attend to your little shopping list, after which… you know where to find me.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «Do go on. When you speak, sweet, I'd have you do it ever.»
Browsing offerings
«You've an eye for the uncanny. What do you think?»
«Shall we cause a spot of mischief?»
«I knew right away you'd be a good time.»
«Please, let's have some fun.»
«What do you say? A touch of the macabre?»
«You may of course touch the merchandise. Only, be aware, it has a tendency to, um, touch back.»
«Idle hands, darling.»
«Shall we?»
«I thought this would be right up your alley.»
«Pretty is as pretty does.»
«So. Your idea of a good time?»
Exiting wares after purchase
«Do you feel that? The way it nestles into you? You've made a friend this day.»
«Ta ta, little one.»
«Au revoir, sweet thing.»
«I am sure you'll do great things together.»
«Take good care of it, won't you?»
«I'm glad I could have brought the two of you together.»
«Farewell, little one.»
Exiting wares without purchase
«Oh come on. Just a little one?»
«You're no fun.»
«Very well. You'll find hand sanitiser just over there.»
«Shame. I think that one liked you.»
«Some relationships cannot be denied, Drifter.»
«Excuses, excuses.»
«I suppose Quincy might be interested.»
«We'll all be here when you come back.»
«Fortune favours the bold, sunshine.»
«Squeamish?»
«Boo.»
Bidding farewell
«Goodbye for now.»
«Arrivederci.»
«Au revoir.»
«Adios.»
«Do svidaniya.»
«Auf Wiedersehen.»
«Goodbye.»
«Ta ta.»
«'Til then.»
«Mm hmm.»
«See you.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «See you in your dreams.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «Let's do this again.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «Ah, parting is such sweet sorrow.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «It was lovely catching up.»
(if the Drifter is rank Pizza Party) «You know where I am.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «'If ever two were one, then surely we.' 'Til later, darlingheart.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «See you tonight.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «Later, lover.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «And I carry you still on my bloodstream's current.»
(if the Drifter is dating Eleanor) «Don't be late.»
Romance
Once the Drifter achieves a "Close" chemistry level with her, they may ask to date Eleanor, who may respond in various ways.
(asking to date Eleanor) [laughs] «Wait, are you serious?»
(if the Drifter confirms but is marked undateable) «I don't know what sort of monster-shagging bucket list item you were hoping to tick off, but I am not available.»
(if the Drifter confirms and this is their first time dating Eleanor) «Oh. My Gods. Okay. I am tripping on endorphins right now. Yes! Yes, I will. Yes.»
(if the Drifter confirms and they have dated Eleanor before) «Okay. I admit, I have missed being with you, but, um… just… let's learn from how it went before. Please?»
(if the Drifter says "Never mind" instead) «Right. Do they have 'dick moves' where you come from? Because that was one.»
(asking to break up with Eleanor) «Be very careful. Are you certain you want to do this?»
(if the Drifter confirms and this was their first time dating Eleanor) «Fine. Then there's nothing else to say.»
(if the Drifter confirms and they have dated Eleanor before) «Right. Joke's on me, I suppose. Becoming a bit of a tired old joke, though, don't you think?»
(if the Drifter says "Never mind" instead) «Well that's good, but I don't know why you'd say it if you didn't mean it, and please don't do it again.»
If the Drifter is dating Eleanor, she will appear in the backroom apartment, with another set of dialogue lines.
Idle quotes in the backroom
«Do you think Lotus will ever come here? Or would that be too weird?»
«I'm the biggest monster you ever took down.»
[sigh] «I can close my eyes and feel this city breathing. All her roughest stones are stained with lives and stories.»
«Fair warning. If you do ever die, I'm coming after you. Sol help me, I will march into the Hooded Woman's judgement hall and make her give you back.»
«I'd love to paint a mural of you out there in the streets. Drifter facing off against a bloody great Orowyrm.»
«Living like this, do you ever feel like we're teetering on the edge of something, but never… quite… going over?»
«We should check each other over for any new blemishes. Want me to do you first?»
«Oh Gods I just burped and tasted pigeon. How? That was MONTHS ago.»
«I could have lots of little babies! They'd probably eat me, though. Nah, you wouldn't want to come home to that.»
«There's a whole world beyond Höllvania's walls. I'll show you around, if we ever get out of here. You can laugh at our primitive ways.»
«We are living in parenthesis. Swimming round and round like goldfish in a great big bubble of Void.»
«You have a very attractive heat signature. Did you know that?»
[groans] «What are you doing that's so important?»
«Do you ever wonder how many laws we're breaking just by being together? Government laws, religious laws, laws of physics… [sigh] I love you.»
«Mmm. You are giving me inappropriate thoughts. I can share them if you'd like.»
«If it rains, I'm taking you up on the roof to dance in it. No arguments. Eleanor's rules.»
«Would you like me to steer your body around one day? Yes, I know it's not the same, but it would be fun. I'd get you in so much trouble.»
«We can go so deep in so many ways. All you have to do is tell me what you want.»
«If you don't pay attention to me I'm going to go and snog the Helminth.»
«This tongue has a mind of its own. I'm struggling to keep it in check over here.»
[groans] «I want to paint on myself.»
«Gonna glaze over for a bit. Okay? Amir needs me in his head.»
«Has Arthur been in here? There's little sword holes in the floor.»
«I would like to have the kind of fun with you that nobody has even imagined before, except maybe a medieval peasant on a bad mushroom trip.»
«I miss pubs. I don't suppose you've ever been in a pub. This palace isn't the same. Too new. Too… pizza.»
«I am most exquisitely bored.»
«Oh Gods. Sorry. The Techrot's trying to summon me again. Like an ex who just won't take the hint. I am taken. Move on.»
«I remember when I first touched your mind with mine. The first thing I saw. A memory of the night sky… and all the stars were in the wrong places. That's how far apart in time we were when we were born.»
«I didn't tidy up. Sorry. I have the housekeeping instincts of a feral cat. And a few others.»
«I used to love the old myths about mortals getting it on with gods and monsters. Now I get to live out my very own. Oh, for a bard to write it all down for us.»
Greeting the Drifter in the backroom
«Hiya.»
«Hey, lover.»
«Hey!»
«Mmm. Closer.»
«Hiiii.»
«Hello there.»
«Morning. Evening. Whatever it is.»
«How are we?»
«Hello.»
«What's up?»
“What’s on your mind?”
«I have seen some appallingly dark shit in people's minds. If I ever run out of here and just go screaming down the alleys, don't worry. Just wait patiently for me to come back. Because I always will.»
«Thinking about the Cathedral of the Luminaries. The architecture is so organic. All delicate plunging curves and stained-glass encrustations. It's like angelic Techrot.»
«I know you worry sometimes about whether you're broken inside. I can't tell you you're not – that is not my place. But I do know you are absolutely deserving of my love.»
«Did you want to heal me, or did you want me to make you as sick as I am? Even after all we've been through, I'm still not sure.»
«Why does a rancid dick like Viktor have to have such spectacular body art?»
«Sometimes I send my mind out into the city and find a child who's having bad dreams, and I eat the bad dreams all up. One of them left me his best knee scab as a thank-you present. Well, you did ask.»
«I miss my piercings. Casualty of our enhanced healing faculties, alas. I like hearing them rattle.»
«I wonder where she ended up, or if there's any of her left. We could have saved her, I think. We just didn't care enough. We thought she deserved what she got. Who were we to judge?»
«There was a time when driving a six-inch nail through my frontal lobes genuinely seemed like the best course of action. Then you showed up.»
«Love getting shot at while I'm saving someone's life and then having them spit on me 'cause I'm not a 'real Höllvanian'. Never gets old.»
“I’m glad we’re together.”
«Same here. Devils like us belong together. Cheers.»
«Gods. Tell me about it. I was this close to taking holy orders a few years ago.»
«I hope you can forgive me for barging my way into your brain that first time. I do not feel good about that.»
«Mmm. Me too. Did you have some kind of celebration in mind?»
«If you ever lose sight of the wonder you are, I will gladly be your mirror.»
«So, how about we take Kalymos for a walk, go hunt some Legacytes, then shower down together afterwards?»
«Some of the others are jealous of me, you know. In case you needed something to feel good and smug about.»
«Psh. You only love me for my prehensile tongue.»
«Well, why don't you get comfortable, and we can show our appreciation for one another properly?»
«I believe you. No mind-reading necessary.»
Bidding farewell in the backroom
«Bye!»
«Okay. Bye.»
«Oh, how the ghost of you clings.»
«Bye, now.»
«I'm only a wicked thought away.»
«Not forever, okay?»
«Don't make me come looking for you.»
«Cheerio, then.»
«Leaving so soon?»
«Lovers come, and lovers go.»
New Year’s Eve kiss
When the 1999 calendar finishes the autumn season and loops back around to winter, the Tenno will receive an inbox message from Eleanor if they are currently dating her.
Inbox message:
A New Year's invitationHello, my darling.
I wonder: how would you feel about spending a moment or two in one another's company around midnight tonight?
It's tradition, after all.
I promise not to be on my best behaviour.
Love always,
E. x
The video includes a cutscene of the Drifter and Eleanor alone on a balcony on New Year's Eve.
[Eleanor and the Drifter hold hands and look at each other tenderly. They lean in for a kiss, but Eleanor's Technocyte tongue suddenly bursts out of her mouth. The Drifter draws back, and Eleanor turns away, upset, and covers her mouth. The Drifter, resolved, takes Eleanor's head in their hands and leans in again. They kiss gently, then Eleanor smiles mischievously and kisses using her tongue. A dialogue line from Eleanor plays after the kiss.]
«I felt the living heat of you rising like incense, like the first fires ever to warm the Earth.»
«A hall of mirrors unfolding; two minds seeing through one another's awestruck eyes.»
«To be fully known. Accepted. Embraced. Desired. What more could I ever want?»
«You knew every intimate inch of me. I was enraptured, shameless as a she-wolf.»
«I felt your hunger for me and answered greedily. Our love was a savage and terrible thing.»
Gameplay dialogue
Eleanor provides mission control for the following missions:
- Legacyte Harvest (Köbinn West, Höllvania)
Like the other Hex members, Eleanor has unsubtitled dialogue lines during missions, which can be heard when fighting alongside her in a bounty, or if the Tenno is using Nyx with Eleanor's Gemini skin, or if someone in their squad is doing so.
- Eleanor Gemini dialogue
Other appearances
Eleanor has other dialogue elsewhere, and is mentioned by a number of other characters.
| Other dialogue in: | Depicted in: | Mentioned in or by: |
|---|---|---|
| Warframe: 1999 comic | The Hex animated prologue | 1999 ARG |
| Höllvania Central Mall demo | The Lotus Eaters (post-quest Kinepage messages) | |
| The Hex | Amir Beckett (and KIM conversations) | |
| Eleanor KIM conversations | Aoi Morohoshi (and KIM conversations) | |
| Hex KIM conversations | Arthur Nightingale (and KIM conversations) | |
| Lettie Garcia (and KIM conversations) | ||
| Quincy Isaacs (and KIM conversations) | ||
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