001 [AUDIO] DAY 15 - MORNING

[biobitching]

[HERE have the sound of someone who woke up outside and immediately jumped to conclusions. Her voice is ragged, panic just barely contained under the raaaage.]

This some kind of a fucking joke, Shepard? Or did your pal the Illusive Man put you up to this? [The slightest of pauses, and then:] Should’ve fucking known…

Is that it? Think I’m going to

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[voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

Eheh? You think some Shepard is behind this?

[Yeah, the splattering brains against the wall part really didn't bother her as much as it should have.]

I think you have to worry more about fucking monsters and ghosts here more though, rather than being experimented on, heeheeheehee...

[voice]

[biobitching]

Sorry, was I supposed to give a fuck? I expected shitty lies, but not the giggling freak brigade.

[voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

[She's a little offended, but she's been called worse.]

You can believe me or not, but that's the deal.

[voice]

[biobitching]

I didn't sign up for any of this shit.

[Pause.]

And who the hell are you?

Re: [voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

None of us did -- heheh -- but it's not too bad, once you get used to it. Other than the ghosts.

I was called both Laughing Beauty and Laughing Octopus. Doesn't matter which name you choose.

Yourself?

[voice]

[biobitching]

...Name's Jack.

[to be honest Jack doesn't know which to comment on first, ghosts or the wtf name.]

You choose that yourself, or did your parents just hate your guts? [<-- ALL THE TACT]

[voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

Jack? [But it sounds like a woman...ah, best not to assume anything with just audio on.]

The military chose it. Hahaha...I'm not really fond of it myself, but that's hardly the worst name I've been called.

[voice]

[biobitching]

Military, huh? [She's wary, but also a little amused.] No wonder. Military types can't name things for shit.

You with Alliance? Blue Suns? You don't sound like Eclipse, but I guess mercs can't be too choosy about who they hire these days.

[voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

Haha -- the funny thing is that there's even worse names than mine. I'm just glad that I wasn't Dirty Duck!

[She pauses in confusion over Jack's line of questioning though.]

I was assigned to work with Pieuvre Armement, under the mother company of Outer Heaven. Haha...I've never heard of any of those, sorry.

[voice]

[biobitching]

You're joking. [More laughter, which is starting to get on Jack's nerves.] Or not. You start with the creepy giggler routine before or after you got the name?

[Definitely a pause on this end too; Jack running through the long mental list of all the different authorities she's gotten on the wrong side of over the years. Nothing clicks.]

Doesn't sound like anyone I've tangled with. [heh] Guess it's your lucky day.

[voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

[She goes into SUCH A HESITANT PAUSE, but eventually answers with a sort of regretful tone.] ...before.

My lucky day? Heehee? [With the slightest bit of humor:] As long as you don't fuck with me, I guess it's your lucky day too.

[voice]

[biobitching]

[She mistakes regret for weakness, but Jack is generally The Most Insensitive and Tactless, so!] That's just fucking sad.

You're lucky I don't hold a grudge. [OHAY IS THAT A CHALLENGE SHE HEARS? Or maybe Jack's just spoiling for a fight... yeah that's more likely. There's a hint of a dark grin in her voice.] Maybe I should.

[voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

[She didn't really want to go into the deeper meaning of it, so she just focused on the challenge.

Because really, it had been a good while, since she had a good fight against a human. She did always laugh best, in the middle of a battle.

On the other hand, she didn't know what kind of skills she had yet. Hmm...what would be the best way to approach this?]

Grudge against what? Haha -- which group were you with anyway?

[voice]

[biobitching]

Could be anything. Arson, assault, murder. I ran with pirates, criminals, thieves, always on the wrong side of the law. Even joined a cult. Military got involved, more than once.

Sure we could find something in there for me to hold a grudge about.

[voice]

[deceptive_lulz]

Heehee... [Again, she hesitated, as she really didn't like expanding on anything from her past, outside from the fact that she did work as a soldier. The circumstances were complicated though.] ...it wasn't by choice that I worked with them. Haha -- they gave me a mission and I did it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Anyway, if you weren't in South America, I doubt we would have crossed paths. Hahaha -- not unless you were aligned with a certain man.

[voice]

[biobitching]

[It's okay, Jack isn't interested in prying. If anything, she sounds vaguely surprised, as if whatever she was expecting, it wasn't this.]

You did merc work planetside?