First Gear - Voice
[Admittedly, the first part of her arrival does not go smoothly. It takes her more than ten minutes to leave the glowing platform, to look down at her hands and realize that they are hers. Her skin is so smooth and even; her fingers, five instead of three, feel stubby - too short. When she finally calms down enough to leave the oddly comforting glow of the platform, Tali spends several minutes studying the device that was dispensed to her, along with the dog tags. The device gets the most attention, naturally. She scans both with her omni-tool, somewhat surprised to see that the tags are more than they seem to be.]
[She turns the communicator over in her hands for a moment before she clicks the voice feed on. Now -- how does she address the public?]
--Hello.
[Yes, Tali, that's a brilliant start. She mentally chides herself and tries not to make the pause between her first words and her next ones too long and awkward.]
I will try not to ask any silly questions. I'm sure the pamphlet is going to explain everything, but --
[But whenever anything has gone wrong in the past, Shepard has been there. Just because she can't see Shepard does not mean that -- well. She shouldn't get ahead of herself.]
-- I'm afraid I'm just feeling a bit out of sorts. Has anyone else here experienced this? It's very distressing.
[Her whole body feels wrong. She takes a deep breath, trying to calm herself. Now is not the time for panic. Now is the time for control -- and this, speaking to the public -- it's something she can control.]
I am just ... looking for some answers.
[At least her voice still sounds the same - no longer filtered as it once was, but still gently accented, soft.]
[She turns the communicator over in her hands for a moment before she clicks the voice feed on. Now -- how does she address the public?]
--Hello.
[Yes, Tali, that's a brilliant start. She mentally chides herself and tries not to make the pause between her first words and her next ones too long and awkward.]
I will try not to ask any silly questions. I'm sure the pamphlet is going to explain everything, but --
[But whenever anything has gone wrong in the past, Shepard has been there. Just because she can't see Shepard does not mean that -- well. She shouldn't get ahead of herself.]
-- I'm afraid I'm just feeling a bit out of sorts. Has anyone else here experienced this? It's very distressing.
[Her whole body feels wrong. She takes a deep breath, trying to calm herself. Now is not the time for panic. Now is the time for control -- and this, speaking to the public -- it's something she can control.]
I am just ... looking for some answers.
[At least her voice still sounds the same - no longer filtered as it once was, but still gently accented, soft.]