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[exaltedshepard]

[So, who's interested in bothering the redheaded woman lounging around at 3 possible places:

A) at the fountain, just biding her time, getting some nice, well-deserved fresh air after what she's been through,
B) walking through the streets, trying to familiarize herself with the entirety of the village, making sure she knows which is where, or
C) sitting in her community building room, making sure her armaments are in proper condition? If you come across this on your journal, you're liable to hear some complaints here and there -- something about where the hell she's going to find scraps of metal to use.

Pick wisely. :|]

Player Name: Taka
Are you new?: N
Character Name: Commander (Alia) Shepard
Character Fandom: Mass Effect

Comments

ffffuuu /quietly drags this muse out of the closet

[scopedandcalibrated]

[Shepard that's not how you work journals, silly. GARRUS KNOWS, HE CALIBRATED IT AS SOON AS HE GOT HERE.]

You never know how much you miss killing geth and Reapers until you could use one to replace a breastplate, do you?

[exaltedshepard]

[You calibrate everything, Garrus. Everything. No exceptions. :| No, wait, that sounds wrong. He'll be getting a response from her soon enough.]

Yeah, and it doesn't take too long to start missing that. The more dead Reapers, the better.

[scopedandcalibrated]

This is a bit of a downgrade. I'm sure the Malnosso are doing their best, but...well. Not much compares to a Reaper.

[exaltedshepard]

I'm sure there's something that could come close, at least.

[...Coming from Shepard, there has to be some measure of irony in that statement. Or a lot, depending on how Garrus takes it.]

[scopedandcalibrated]

[His mandibles flare in amusement.]

If it's out there, you'll find it, Shepard. And I'm sure we'll find some way to piss it off.

[exaltedshepard]

Or completely torch it like we did with Sovereign, whichever comes first. [...] But beyond that...has anyone else come around? [If Garrus and Mordin are here, then hopefully someone else is, too.]

[scopedandcalibrated]

Only Mordin and Legion - that I know of, anyway. Can't say I can imagine someone like Grunt or Jack using the journals, but I think half the town would know if they were here for more than two minutes. [...] It's good to have you with us, Shepard.

1/2

[risingshepard]

Heh. I've always got your back.

Somehow I can only see this going horribly horribly wrong, lol

[exaltedshepard]

Right now, though, I have a few questions that need answering.

I am okay with this

[scopedandcalibrated]

Shoot. [Figuratively speaking, of course.]

Now Garrus gets to know the *wonderful*, *wonderful* world of timefuck! :Db

[exaltedshepard]

Would this 'Legion' happen to be that geth I ran into outside the Battledome? The one with a gaping hole in its chest?

Who cares about that "time" guy, anyway? What a jerk.

[scopedandcalibrated]

[...damn.]

Hold that thought for a second. Shepard - what's the last thing you remember?

Indeed--he is thus ignored for the sake of causing these two headaches! :Db

[exaltedshepard]

Setting a course for the derelict. We just finished cleaning up the loose ends. Why?

[scopedandcalibrated]

[Well. Isn't that hilarious.]

Looks like you just missed him. We end up, ah...acquiring a geth-shaped souvenir on the derelict Reaper. Don't worry - he's on our side.

...

I guess there's a lot to catch up on, then.

[He'd read the guide here, which was seriously weird because it was put down on paper. He knew these memory things could happen in theory, but...to Shepard? Really?]

[exaltedshepard]

Sure sounds like it. Got enough time to spare for an explanation?

[Well, it happened, judging by how she's reacting to all this. Probably a good idea to start expecting anything in Luceti.]

[scopedandcalibrated]

Right. I'll give you the quick version. [The long one can wait until they're not broadcasting over the network and he learns how to use this old fashioned thing enough to filter it, sob.]

The whole crew was kidnapped by the Collectors while we were testing out the IFF. All of them except Joker, taken right out from under us. So we took the fight to them. Hit them them fast and hard at their base, got our people back. No casualties.

[Which brings us to the fun part.]

The Collectors...they were processing the human colonists to build some kind of Reaper. We blew it to hell. The base itself, though - the Illusive Man wanted to keep that as a personal trophy.

Think we need to get in touch sometime. Got an AIM address?

[exaltedshepard]

Pleasant. [Quite a bit of venom in her tone there...well, couldn't be helped; messing with her crew and trying to mold them into one of those abominations was a surefire way to get your ass handed to you.] Did we blow the base to hell, too?

Would be nice to know if I gave the Illusive Man the middle finger he deserved, while wrecking the Reapers' plans.

Sure! Catch me at throesofangels :Db Same username for plurk too, if you have one!

[scopedandcalibrated]

Weeell, let's just say that I doubt he could have been hung up on faster if we'd used FTL drives. [Smug satisfaction, right there.] But that's the whole story, Shepard. The base, the proto-Reaper...all gone. And we made it out of there alive.

[exaltedshepard]

[Welp, there's something to look forward to when she finally gets back to the Normandy and gets that IFF. She's already imagining the subtle frustration in the Illusive Jerkwad's voice, too.] So much for it being a suicide mission, huh?

[scopedandcalibrated]

Well, I'm sure we'll have more opportunities in the future. [Wry. So very wry.]