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Apr 29, 2010 14:38

[Screen flicks on and off a few times, as if the power switch is being tested. After the third time, it stays on, but no video feed is going through ( Read more... )

rebecca chambers, riza hawkeye, mail "matt" jeevas

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[voice] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 00:27:03 UTC
I doubt your Shepard will ever get your message. As far as I can tell, the forge transmissions don't reach much outside the city. Not that there is much outside the city.

[pause]

Are you military? May I ask where you're from?

[A tiny, irrational part of her is hoping he'll say Amestris.]

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[voice] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 00:59:00 UTC
[Sounds dissapointed] Oh, I see. Well, if I know Shepard, she's probably scanning every planet in the galaxy to see if I turn up on one. Which means it might be a while if she ever comes.

I served when I was young, but then joined C-Sec. I travelled with an Alliance commander for a while after quitting, then became a viginante on Omega.

Are you with the Alliance?

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[voice] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 01:16:18 UTC
Oh. [It's clear words like "scanning planets" and C-Sec mean nothing to her.]

I've never heard of anything just called 'the alliance.'

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[voice] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 01:21:01 UTC
I take it you're not from my time either. [He obviously isn't used to thinking of this as being a different time than his. He's still not sure he believes it either]

They're the human military.

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[voice] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 01:26:20 UTC
When I left home, it was spring 1915. I don't know when it is here. It is disorienting. Everyone here seems to come from a different time.

The human military?

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[voice] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 01:33:06 UTC
Where I came from, it was 2185.

Yeah, in my time, humans and aliens coexist. I'm actually a turian. Here, I'll show you.

[Activates the video function so she can see what he looks like]

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[video] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 01:49:03 UTC
Hmm. I think that's the latest year I've heard.

[She blinks once when he turns on the video. He reminds her a little of the chimeras that allied themselves with the Colonel and Edward. Then she flicks the video on as well.]

Most people don't even believe in aliens where I come from. [She does not look at all afraid or even particularly shocked at his appearance. She does, however, look interested.]

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[video] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 01:56:39 UTC
[He is relieved that she isn't freaked out, especially given what year she says she's from]

I think that goes for a lot of species before they made First Contact. Humans are actually one of the newest races to discover space travel.

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[video] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 02:13:56 UTC
[musingly] Space travel?

What is it like where you come from?

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[video] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 02:31:15 UTC
Well, it has it's up and downs. There is some suffering everywhere, especially in places far from the Citadel. There's crime, slavers, and mercenaries out there. Even on the Citadel things aren't always peachy. That's why I became a vigilante, so I could do something without the red tape crap.

[Realizes how pessemistic he sounds]

But, there are good things too. Lots of the different aliens are nice, and now that Anderson is on the council things might change for the better.

(edited for spelling fail)

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[video] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 02:45:49 UTC
Mm. That doesn't sound all that different from where I come from. Life is life, I suppose, no matter where you're from.

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[video] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 03:02:10 UTC
Just the way the universe works, I guess. Just wish it were better, though. [sigh]

Though, life isn't all bad. Some of the best times of my life were aboard the Normandy, especially with Shepard.

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[video] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 03:12:13 UTC
True. All we can do is try to make it better.

Is Shepard your commander?

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[video] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 03:23:22 UTC
Yeah. [voice becomes wistful] I respect her more than anyone else in the galaxy. She taught me a few things, helped me become a better person.

[Looks down at his clawed hands, expression distant]

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[video] firebornfidelis April 30 2010, 03:30:31 UTC
[Oh, she knows that look, even though his features are different from hers she can recognize it. Has seen something like it on her own face. She smiles slightly, sadly and her voice drops low.]

I'm sorry you were taken away from her.

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[video] officer_garrus April 30 2010, 03:41:47 UTC
[Head snaps up to face the screen once more]

Well, if anyone can find us and get us off this world, it's her.

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