[video]

[electroniccrane]

[The video shows a Japanese woman with very un-Japanese blue eyes, wearing what appears to be riot armor. In the background is a featureless wall, making it impossible to tell where on the station she is. Except for the color of her hair and eyes, she looks exactly like Major Kusanagi. Her voice sounds the same, as well; in fact, for those with the

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[bastione]

[ CONFUSED BY THIS ]

...Major?

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[electroniccrane]

[Not confused, 'cause she's figured out there's another one of her--which is not as surprising as it could be, given where she's from.]

Yes?

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[bastione]

...ah. For a moment I thought you had decided to discard your former face. You are a new arrival?

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[electroniccrane]

This one serves my purposes.

Yes, I'm new.

[audio]

[double_discs]

Spacial rift. Brought to Space Station: Sacrosanct. Chance of accidental return through use of teleportation systems below minimal. Other options for return to originating world currently unknown; in research. Original occupants of station deceased. Exact occurrences for this unknown; rumors are abundant. All current occupants brought here same way as described.

Inquiry: your designation. Major Motoko Kusanagi?

[He is well aware by your ID that you are a new resident. But...he's seen you on the network before. Another double?]

[audio] /frickin' notifs grumble mutter

[electroniccrane]

[Well, fine, audio. Be that way.]

Kusanagi. Yes.

[audio]

[double_discs]

[It's not like the helmet would be much of an improvement, User.]

Acknowledged. Duplicate User designation. Will designate logs as classification: Kusanagi 2 to keep separate.

[audio]

[electroniccrane]

[Pause. She doesn't like that in the slightest, but she's reviewed the public logs and anything she can hack into, and Rinzler doesn't seem like the type who'd respond to her more...autocratic tendencies.

So she just goes for flatly factual.]

I'm not a software release. "Prime" would be more accurate.

No Transmission.

[cmdr_renegade]

[Well, this is interesting. Shepard can't help but feel somewhat vindicated that someone else has an alternate of themselves present.

She's just going to watch the hell out of this post.]

No Transmission.

[electroniccrane]

[Lucky you, Sacrosanct! Twice the bitch for your money!]

No Transmission.

[cmdr_renegade]

[I'm pretty sure that having two Majors around is more like bitch2, rather than (bitch x 2)....but either way, that's a deal right there.]

audio, unhackable;

[standaloneshell]

[Well technically it's video, but only in the usual cybercomm fashion. Somewhere in the back of her brain she's not best pleased, but the curiosity is overpowering the desire to curse.]

Welcome to Sacrosanct. [so dry] May I presume you've been through the network archives?

audio, unhackable;

[electroniccrane]

['Sup, other self? Team up to make Batou's life hell y/n?]

Of course.

[Wouldn't you have done the same thing?]

audio, unhackable;

[standaloneshell]

[Y. Very, very Y.]

Unless you want to sleep in the barracks, there's a relatively safe location available that Batou and I have been using.

[See also: Shepard, the screwing over thereof. She casually transmits the location, and without pausing adds:]

Sniper at the fifth floor window.

[Motoko's not fond of Garrus either.]

audio, unhackable; /lets self into Normandy Haus, steals beer from fridge

[electroniccrane]

Noted.

[She was just going to hack the incredibly unsecure work credits system, but she'll keep it in mind.]

Sniper any good?

audio;

[cohesions]

[ Oh... For a second Legion wonders why the Major's phenotypes have been altered, but a quick check of the station shows her original network ID is still functioning.

Looks like the Shepard issue all over again. ]

You are another multiple.

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[electroniccrane]

Explain.

["Another" multiple?]

audio;

[cohesions]

[ It links the network IDs of both Shepards. ]

We are aware of one other set of 'doubles' on the station. Both individuals claim to be Commander-Shepard, possessing many of the same abilities, memories, and genetic markers.

Cause is unknown, but speculated to be the rift.

[audio]

[electroniccrane]

Parallel universes?

[Well, she's seen some anime.]