vas Nedas - nowhere. I'd be like an exile. No ship, nothing.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
vas Neheda
[There is notably nothing more than the base fact of the second name. Shepard can pick up all of the problems with that one without Tali putting it in writing for certain people to quite possibly see.]
[Tali doesn't deserve either of those. She tries them out loud - Tali vas Nedas, Tali vas Neheda - and both taste sour behind her teeth. But what doesn't? There had been a bitter taste to even the glow in the dark paint down on Macha. Like a bullet fired into space: there's nothing inert about anything here.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
vas Neheda then. If you're changing it to keep from implicating the Fleet, might as well make sure the people who deserve the responsibility get it
hey, maybe as soon as she gets over herself and he realises she's not a lesbian
[She didn't know which one she'd expected Shepard to go with. At this point, she's tried going over the pros and cons of them both, only to run into such a black hole where the pros should be that everything else gets sucked into it.]
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Yeah. That's what Niko said - putting their name on what they're making us do. I don't know if Garrus would understand that, though.
[And considering the conversation she had with Garrus - the mess she made of that conversation, the parts she still holds to and the ones she regrets - she wouldn't be surprised if he misconstrued it completely.]
I'd appreciate that...but I don't know if it would help much. I said some things to him the night after the punishments. I didn't mean all of it, but this is going to make it look like I did.
[It'll make it look like she's rolling over, giving up completely - bending over backwards to please an organisation that will torture its people as it makes them commit atrocities on other species.]
because she has one rose and two beautiful blahblahblah the bachelor jokes
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day 125 in the wee, wee hours of the morning
Hey, Shepard? I think I need your advice about something.
please tell me this isn't about getting niko bellic's shirt off
Sure. Shoot
heavens, no!... that already happened
vas Neema. The ship name.
I can't keep it anymore. And I don't have that many options for changing it.
yeah but like really off not just a flash of tit
Is there a reason you can't keep it?
LMFAO ...yeah, totally off. that happened too.
I'm not really crew of the Neema anymore. I'm probably never going to be again.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
And I don't want the ship's name on what we're doing here. As long as I've got that name, it feels like the fleet's involved and it's not.
[She's not going to be so melodramatic as to say she feels like it taints the name... but she kind of feels like it.]
then what the heck's the problem did you insult his abs or something
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Alright
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
So what's on the table
!!! no, she was very appreciative tyvm
vas Nedas - nowhere. I'd be like an exile. No ship, nothing.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
vas Neheda
[There is notably nothing more than the base fact of the second name. Shepard can pick up all of the problems with that one without Tali putting it in writing for certain people to quite possibly see.]
so get a booster shot and a ticket to bone town
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
vas Neheda then. If you're changing it to keep from implicating the Fleet, might as well make sure the people who deserve the responsibility get it
hey, maybe as soon as she gets over herself and he realises she's not a lesbian
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Yeah. That's what Niko said - putting their name on what they're making us do.
I don't know if Garrus would understand that, though.
[And considering the conversation she had with Garrus - the mess she made of that conversation, the parts she still holds to and the ones she regrets - she wouldn't be surprised if he misconstrued it completely.]
wait she's not [sound of heart breaking]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I can talk to Garrus about it if you want someone to
Why can't she have both?
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I'd appreciate that...but I don't know if it would help much. I said some things to him the night after the punishments. I didn't mean all of it, but this is going to make it look like I did.
[It'll make it look like she's rolling over, giving up completely - bending over backwards to please an organisation that will torture its people as it makes them commit atrocities on other species.]
because she has one rose and two beautiful blahblahblah the bachelor jokes
Sounds like it couldn't hurt
now i wish I'd seen the bachelor to understand this
It's definitely better than him finding out by looking at my new email.
omg you're missing out on a cultural touchstone. cultural garbage heap?? something
You want me to get a jump on him soon or hold off?
[Less about Garrus, more about her. If Tali needed more time to sort things through, Shepard doesn't want to be too quick on the draw.]
it seems like exactly the kind of trash i love tbh
Soon. I don't even want to see the name anymore. I'm going to contact Warriorhead in a few hours.
[A few hours to think, maybe get some broken sleep, then get it over with.]
i was going to link you to a video but my housemate said I needed to stop
I'll take care of it
[Which is all that needs to be said, really. But. But--]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
This is bullshit. I'm sorry
what noooo
Thanks, Shepard.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I'm still... I don't want to do this. I don't want to lose the fleet.
But
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Czo1N--ZCo ????
It sounds like you're doing this to preserve it. That's not loss to me
omg yes. YES.
Yeah. That doesn't stop me feeling like it right now.
I'll get over it, honest. I'll just need a while.
im so glad i could share this trash w/u
Let me know if you need anything
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
There's a great VR room on the ship if you feel like punching a couple of mercs in the face
i've discovered something truly wonderful
That actually sounds like a great idea.
FROM:vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
And not that I'd specifically try to punch you in the face, but I'm still holding you to those hand-to-hand lessons.
[...from...ages ago...]
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Yeah see not actually convincing when you follow one with the other but I'll give you a pass this time
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I'll work on the convincing thing. It can't be that hard.