Meet the Sniper

[dont_ingest]

[On a rooftop near you, a tall gangly alien is lining up shots on the zombies in the distance. Between bursts of fire, he's seems to be talking to someone. Or. Trying to talk to someone, anyway.]

Shepard do you read? Shepard, do you-shit, I've got nothing but static. This is going to be fun. Cutting communications is never a good sign.

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[itsahotwar]

[Well THAT'S interesting. Watches him snipe from the ground for a bit before heading up to the roof, and is surprised enough to break silence when she gets a closer look at him.]

-Ah.

[dont_ingest]

[pops a heat sink]

You a resident?

[itsahotwar]

...

As much as you are, given that we're currently residing in a prison camp.

[dont_ingest]

The day gets better and better.

[itsahotwar]

That's a nice rifle you've got, though. And you're not doing too badly for yourself, either.

[dont_ingest]

M-92 Mantis. It's gotten me outta a lot of scrapes.

[itsahotwar]

I am unfortunately unfamiliar with the model. But perhaps that's to be expected, given this place. I'm unfamiliar with... your model, as well. Not to be rude.

[dont_ingest]

I don't get your meaning.

[itsahotwar]

I mean you're not human. What are you?

[dont_ingest]

You've never seen a turian before?

[itsahotwar]

No. Look, you're clearly new, so just this once I'll provide you with some information. This place is a prison than pulls from all worlds and, I'm given to understand, universes and times as well. It is apparently inescapable despite the best efforts of everyone present, many of whom are extraordinarily - or in fact impossibly - well-equipped to try.

And your rifle is more than a little overkill for the zombies. Of course, that's nice sometimes.

[dont_ingest]

Right, that sounds perfectly sane.

[itsahotwar]

You're free to waste your time and your bullets until you believe me. But you won't find any other "turians" here. At least not that I've seen.

[dont_ingest]

I wasn't expecting any on a human colony.

[itsahotwar]

Colony? Oh, no, this is Earth. The very heartland of America, or something like that.

[dont_ingest]

That's impossible! We were thousands of lightyears away from Earth!