Jane Squared - Part XX
anonymous
September 4 2015, 14:32:03 UTC
“I…,” Jane stammered. “I could want to wear that…eventually.”
“Well, when that day comes, I’ll be sure it’s washed and laundered.”
“What if you ruin it?”
“It’s a shirt. You’ve got like a gazillion credits.”
“That’s not the point!”
“Well, then what is the point? Do you want me to walk around the ship wearing the same clothes as you as well as your face? You know I’m kinda trying to establish my own identify here.”
Jane sighed heavily and deflated a bit. “Fine,” she conceded. She looked down the length of Abby’s legs again and asked, “Where did you get shorts? I don’t own shorts.”
“Oh, one of the girls in engineering.”
“Shepard Commander,” Legion interjected.
“Yes, Legion?”
“Would this platform be a true representation of you in every way?”
Jane hesitated a bit and then answered, “Physically, yes, for the most part. Why?”
“We find this interesting,” Legion replied, turning his headlight back onto Abby’s legs and feet. “These lower extensions are not how we had envisioned them to appear.”
Shepard narrowed her eyes at the Geth and ignored the guffaw that came out of Abby. “Legion, are you trying to tell me that you imagined what my legs and feet would look like without my armor on?”
Legion stopped what he was doing and looked back up at Shepard. “It would appear so.”
“May I ask why?”
Legion gazed at her, his flaps flaring and collapsing. “No data available.”
“No data-” Jane put her hands on her hips. “I’m not buying that again.”
“Oh, leave him alone, sis. Isn’t enough that everyone is in love with you. Do they all really have to confess it?”
Jane glared at her twin, unbalanced by the implications of Legion’s confession and Abby’s comment. She didn’t even want to decipher their meanings any further. She brought her attention back up to Abby’s face. “You look different.”
“You noticed.”
“Are you wearing makeup? And, did you do something different with your hair?”
“Yes and I lightened it,” Abby said, running her fingers through the strands. “And I’m also thinking of growing it out.”
Jane stared at her for a moment. Seeing this mirror image of herself all dolled up and painted, she wondered at the different turns in her life and how they had shaped her and how Abby was going to get a chance to experience something different. How Abby was someone different. As much as she had known that already, it still came as a welcomed revelation. Just as Legion had found himself amongst the consensus, Abby would find independence among her crew.
“It looks good,” Jane finally said, and she meant it.
RE: Jane Squared - Part XX
anonymous
September 8 2015, 12:40:29 UTC
Yay! I'm happy that there was more! I liked seeing Abby's uncertainty about who Garrus was interested in, that feels right. It will also be interesting to see a Shepard who gets all dolled up! Legion is the perfect choice.
“Well, when that day comes, I’ll be sure it’s washed and laundered.”
“What if you ruin it?”
“It’s a shirt. You’ve got like a gazillion credits.”
“That’s not the point!”
“Well, then what is the point? Do you want me to walk around the ship wearing the same clothes as you as well as your face? You know I’m kinda trying to establish my own identify here.”
Jane sighed heavily and deflated a bit. “Fine,” she conceded. She looked down the length of Abby’s legs again and asked, “Where did you get shorts? I don’t own shorts.”
“Oh, one of the girls in engineering.”
“Shepard Commander,” Legion interjected.
“Yes, Legion?”
“Would this platform be a true representation of you in every way?”
Jane hesitated a bit and then answered, “Physically, yes, for the most part. Why?”
“We find this interesting,” Legion replied, turning his headlight back onto Abby’s legs and feet. “These lower extensions are not how we had envisioned them to appear.”
Shepard narrowed her eyes at the Geth and ignored the guffaw that came out of Abby. “Legion, are you trying to tell me that you imagined what my legs and feet would look like without my armor on?”
Legion stopped what he was doing and looked back up at Shepard. “It would appear so.”
“May I ask why?”
Legion gazed at her, his flaps flaring and collapsing. “No data available.”
“No data-” Jane put her hands on her hips. “I’m not buying that again.”
“Oh, leave him alone, sis. Isn’t enough that everyone is in love with you. Do they all really have to confess it?”
Jane glared at her twin, unbalanced by the implications of Legion’s confession and Abby’s comment. She didn’t even want to decipher their meanings any further. She brought her attention back up to Abby’s face. “You look different.”
“You noticed.”
“Are you wearing makeup? And, did you do something different with your hair?”
“Yes and I lightened it,” Abby said, running her fingers through the strands. “And I’m also thinking of growing it out.”
Jane stared at her for a moment. Seeing this mirror image of herself all dolled up and painted, she wondered at the different turns in her life and how they had shaped her and how Abby was going to get a chance to experience something different. How Abby was someone different. As much as she had known that already, it still came as a welcomed revelation. Just as Legion had found himself amongst the consensus, Abby would find independence among her crew.
“It looks good,” Jane finally said, and she meant it.
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