Who ; Thane Krios & YOU.
What ; So just where the heck has the drell been for the past several days? Old habits die hard.
Where ; For Thane, the ventilation shafts of the city. You? You pick.
When ; Friday, all day, EVERYDAY.
Warning(s) ; None.
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i could make, like, a big nest in here, fo' serious. )
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Something in or around the utilities room of the Garden Zone he was traipsing through set the machine off. It didn't know what exactly pinged it's sensors, only that it was organic and somewhere in the shafts. Curiosity overpowered it, and speaking of old habits, so did the drive to stalk, to find.
Standing perfectly still in the middle of the ventilation chamber save for it's slow turning head, it started it's search.
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Killing is something of an art -- and he himself, a master of it.
However, what he does not expect is to be tracked by an A.I.
There's a pause in Thane's movement. Back pressed up against the wall, his dark eyes peer out towards the man whose head turns slowly towards the chamber.
It's so subtle that it could be a mere coincidence. Or it may not be. Thane has no intentions of killing at the moment unless pursued, so he makes no action.
Besides, he's aware of his own instincts; right now, the threat of this unknown is inconclusive.
Slowly, Thane progresses with the utmost patience, but glances occasionally to the man.
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Subtly also not a trait commonly possessed by killing machines who's only "subtle" ability was to just look human, the Terminator made use of what little time it had to go into pursuit mode by finding the vent grate...and ripping it off it's bare hands. Tossing it aside, the machine followed what little it could pick up. The organic in the vents knew how to conceal itself, this only made the Terminator progressively more and more curious.
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Not important to him. What's important is whether or not this man is going to kill Thane or not.
The drell cannot escape fast enough from what he can tell. He'll either have to distract him, or kill him.
It's a hard, narrow path, but Thane situates himself so that his sniper rifle is aimed as he presses himself against the wall.
Waiting.
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Except he drops into the next set of vents and there is someone else there. An alien guy. Or a mutant, or something. Terry freezes and stares for a second before crawling back up the vertical shaft he's just dropped from, just sticking his head around the corner instead. Considering the numbers and types of people here already, he probably should have expected this to happen sooner or later. Hopefully this thing isn't hostile.
"Whoops, sorry. Didn't know this was occupied."
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A brow is raised slightly, but at the very least, Thane does not appear to be offended.
"Rest assured, this is hardly my permanent address," he muses faintly. "If you require space, by all means. I will not be in your way."
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Not that he's not lurking too, but still.
"Just doing a little exploring. You know, seeing what there is to see." And seeing as the alien thing hasn't tried to blast a hole in him or eat his face or something (and even if it were going to, it's not like there's much room to move around or run away in here anyway), he figures he can drop down again. Which he does. "Taking it that you're not from here, either?"
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However, it seems that it's not a particularly original idea. Fortunately, it appears this man has no violent methods in mind at the moment.
"No. To be quite honest, I've never heard of this place until I was taken here." It's quite irritating. The crew are probably long gone by now due to the Collectors. Dr. Chakwas and the rest... very unfortunate. They were not unpleasant and they were faithful to Shepard.
"Learned anything new with this perspective?" Socializing is... odd for Thane. But he sees no reason to not converse the man with the bat symbol on his chest.
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He's been following the tubing for some time now, like a traveler follows a river. He's not sure what he's looking for, but did notice that most of it didn't have any security feeds like he'd expected.
He hears a noise.
Curiously he approaches the vent and knocks on it, unsure of what to expect.
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Clearly, he must work better on his skills. If he has the time.
For now, after hearing the knock, the drell knocks back with a small level of humor.
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A thought occurs to him.
"Are you stuck?"
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Another A.I., then? How interesting that this place permits so many. Perhaps it is nothing at all like the Citadel. Ever since confronting the geth, the Council and Alliance alike were rather hesitant towards robots in general.
"Not in the least, but thank you for asking. You detected me?"
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