first headache; video

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[There is a dude on screens, already dressed in some of the usual Abax fare and looking cheesed off]This is Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko of the Systems Alliance speaking, more recently of the Normandy based out of Coruscant. Any information on what this place is or why I'm here would be appreciated

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[hatespolitics]

Kaidan.

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[hatespolitics]

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[hatespolitics]

[...Clearing throat] Where the hell are you?

4/done for now

[hatespolitics]

...And what is this Staff Commander bit?

[1183_geth]

There are no known inhabited worlds with the designation 'Coruscant' logged in our records, Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko. Please specify.

[hardheading]

[Frowning] Legion? [a beat] Do you have a designation for this place?

[1183_geth]

Toe tags upon entry in the morgue read 'Welcome to Abax'.

[hardheading]

[Rubbing his forehead. Is that a migraine? He thinks it might be a migraine] I meant with a little more generality. Country, planet, system?

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[need_a_hand]

[He sees that convo (well hears) with Ashley. Thank god, finally. someone who remembered or knew.]

I was beginning to believe Ashley and I would be the only ones from Revan's clutches.

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[hardheading]

[Reading between the lines yeeeeeeeeeah] You mean there are people here who aren't?

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[need_a_hand]

Many, including those you may recognize from Coruscant. [He sighs] It is complicated, yet another place with few answers to go with the many questions.

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[hardheading]

Yeah, Ash has been filling me in. Doesn't look like Revan is behind it at this point, though.

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[goodfor6things]

You're in Abax, serah. Likely worlds away from your... Normandy, or Coruscant. [The names roll off her tongue awkwardly, like they're foreign to her. Which they are. :'D] Beyond that, I'm not really sure. I don't think anyone is, really.

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[Blinking] Bethany? [And then the rest of the words kick in and he sighs, rubbing his forehead] I guess you don't remember me either, huh?

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[goodfor6things]

[Her eyes widen when he gets her name right, and she opens her mouth to ask how he knows her - but then she remembers her conversation Ashley, and understanding of this strange man's situation sinks in. Another person who knows her from space, yippee.

She nods slowly, sighing.] Another one? No, I'm afraid not. Sorry.

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[He offers her an apologetic smile] I'm sorry. I guess this has to be pretty strange, people showing up thinking they know you. In any case, it's nice to meet you again.

[Voice]

[missedtwoyears]

[Sorry, no video today, because the hell is she going to let anyone see her white-faced and shaking with shock.

Undead turian Spectres are one thing, seeing someone she'd once considered a friend but had left to die is entirely another.]

Kaidan?

[There's a brief pause, during which she manages to stuff her guilt and shock down into the nifty compartmentalized lockbox full of Shit With Which She Cannot Deal Right Now. When she speaks again, her voice is all clipped calm.]The only identifying information we have for this place is that it's called Abax. The accessible area is small, and appears to be patterned after an early 20th century Earth city both in size and contents. There hasn't been a sunrise documented in the two weeks for which we have archive records, and you'll see for yourself once you step outside that the stars aren't in any configuration that's familiar to any known sector of the galaxy

[Voice]

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Shepard? [He can't see her, but he'd recognise that voice anywhere. There's something to her tone that clues him into the fact that this isn't his Shepard, though. Or at least not one who remembers him from Coruscant. He listens quietly as she brings up to date]

Sounds like the usual headache in the making. I've spoken to Ash and Legion, has anyone else from your crew been dragged in?

[He pauses, debating leaving Shepard to brood over whatever his presence has inspired. Except he's never been the sort of thing to just leave unanswered questions hanging around] I'm guessing by the tone to your voice that you weren't exactly expecting me to pop up here.

[Voice]

[missedtwoyears]

Yeah. It's Shepard. And that's a serious understatement.

[She exhales shortly, and continues on as though ignoring the presence of giant neon pachyderms will somehow render them nonexistant.]

Tali's been caught up in this, too. And if you recognize Legion, you must have met Mordin. [The unspoken "somehow" is almost audible.] He's holed up in the hospital.

[There's a pause, not insignificant, as though she's debating whether or not - or how - to part with the last piece of pertinent information.]

Saren's here.

[Voice]

[hardheading]

[He's silent while he tries to think of how to word this. It's disconcerting, talking to someone who sounds exactly like his ex-lover, but fery likely isn't. He's not sure how the dynamic is going to work here] Virmire, huh? [It's not great, but it's not awful either]

Yeah, I - I met them both a few months ago. I've been somewhere else, not our own universe. Most of the crew you picked up after - when you came back, they were there. Had a chance to meet them, work under you again. Or at least, a Commander Shepard. [Another pause. What to say?] Do you know? About the fact that there are apparently a hundred or so different variations of you floating about?

[Wait. wait, what. Why would you even, nameless kidnapping gods?] Saren? Is he still indoctrinated?