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FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Thats pretty handy.
[ So she's stronger than an average human. Not that he didn't think so before, but maybe she's even stronger than an elf? But there are things he's more curious about first. ]
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Theres some other parts I dont understand. Is it all right if I ask about them???
Thats pretty handy.
[ So she's stronger than an average human. Not that he didn't think so before, but maybe she's even stronger than an elf? But there are things he's more curious about first. ]
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Theres some other parts I dont understand. Is it all right if I ask about them???
[ Under different circumstances, he might've smiled at the fire phrase. ]
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Ok
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Why did you work for an extremist group?? Did it have some thing to do with that guy you told me not to talk to??
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Did you really kill 300000 people???
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Ok
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Why did you work for an extremist group?? Did it have some thing to do with that guy you told me not to talk to??
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Did you really kill 300000 people???
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
It's complicated.
[Not an answer, she knows. Maybe a warning then.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
You read the last where it says I died, right? The group I worked with, Cerberus, brought me back. At the time they were the only people interested in going after a bigger threat. It was work with them or do nothing.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
And yes. Leng worked for them.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
And yes. I did.
It's complicated.
[Not an answer, she knows. Maybe a warning then.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
You read the last where it says I died, right? The group I worked with, Cerberus, brought me back. At the time they were the only people interested in going after a bigger threat. It was work with them or do nothing.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
And yes. Leng worked for them.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
And yes. I did.
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
You died?? It said you were KIA
But I dont know what that means. It means you died??
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
So you worked with them because they brought you back??
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Why did you get to lead again after that??
You died?? It said you were KIA
But I dont know what that means. It means you died??
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
So you worked with them because they brought you back??
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Why did you get to lead again after that??
I can tell. [He touches two fingers to his temple, the closest he can reasonably come to an explanation that might make sense.] That there's something... off, magic that doesn't belong there. Not anything specific. I only knew what to expect because another recruit brought something similar to me first.
[This is also not technically a lie.]
[This is also not technically a lie.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
We'll have a better idea once they roll out some of the demolition gear. Keep an eye open for CTDS and transceivers. On Ajna we have to rig up that system a few weeks before demo.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
The officers have served elsewhere but everyone in the crew is fresh. But we transfer a lot of people out so either something happens between point a and b or no one wants to slum it with us.
[As if the transfers have any option where they go and when.]
We'll have a better idea once they roll out some of the demolition gear. Keep an eye open for CTDS and transceivers. On Ajna we have to rig up that system a few weeks before demo.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
The officers have served elsewhere but everyone in the crew is fresh. But we transfer a lot of people out so either something happens between point a and b or no one wants to slum it with us.
[As if the transfers have any option where they go and when.]
[She drums her fingers across her thigh, but if she has any doubts or reservations about what Anders is saying, it isn't really for him. There's a beat, brief, and then she shifts off the edge of the bed - satisfied for the moment, apparently. Or at least certain she won't get much else out of him.]
I'll let you know if I have problems. [She flicks her attention around the rover, then back to him.] Do you need anything?
[Not technically a thank you.]
I'll let you know if I have problems. [She flicks her attention around the rover, then back to him.] Do you need anything?
[Not technically a thank you.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
KIA = "killed in action".
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I worked for them because they were going to give me the tools I needed to get something important done. In a perfect world it wouldn't be necessary.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Killing those people saved more.
[Which is the stripped down half truth version of the events that scorched the life out of Bahak - because the real answer is at least in part 'there was no one left.']
KIA = "killed in action".
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I worked for them because they were going to give me the tools I needed to get something important done. In a perfect world it wouldn't be necessary.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Killing those people saved more.
[Which is the stripped down half truth version of the events that scorched the life out of Bahak - because the real answer is at least in part 'there was no one left.']
[ He reads over the message several times before replying. There is really only one connection he can make with it. ]
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
That sounds just like the work we are doing now.
No wonder the CDC recruited you.
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
What was the some thing important?? Your freebie?
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
That sounds just like the work we are doing now.
No wonder the CDC recruited you.
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
What was the some thing important?? Your freebie?
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
At home we're in the middle of a losing war against something that wants to wipe out every evolved form of life in the galaxy.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
When the CDC sent someone to talk to me, I volunteered.
[Cut and dry, though it's not something she just gives away.]
At home we're in the middle of a losing war against something that wants to wipe out every evolved form of life in the galaxy.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
When the CDC sent someone to talk to me, I volunteered.
[Cut and dry, though it's not something she just gives away.]
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Oh
That sounds worse than what the CDC is doing.
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Did you ask the CDC to help you win the war???
Oh
That sounds worse than what the CDC is doing.
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Did you ask the CDC to help you win the war???
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Thats real noble of you.
All I want is to have my dragon back.
Thats real noble of you.
All I want is to have my dragon back.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
You-know-who has spoken with you about training, yeah? He said he would. Apparently he's afraid of training from a turian. I just think it's a good thing he landed on Orange and not Green.
You-know-who has spoken with you about training, yeah? He said he would. Apparently he's afraid of training from a turian. I just think it's a good thing he landed on Orange and not Green.
[This exchange has already gone smoother than he expected it would. A thank you is a small price to pay.]
That's all. This is what I'm here for. [Or, well, what he's decided he's here for. He tilts his head toward the entrance of the rover, an indication that she can leave.] Maker willing, you won't need to be back for a while.
That's all. This is what I'm here for. [Or, well, what he's decided he's here for. He tilts his head toward the entrance of the rover, an indication that she can leave.] Maker willing, you won't need to be back for a while.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
CTDS and transceivers, got it. How difficult are they to rig?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
So it's possible that someone recruited right before the rescue mission was simply transferred to another crew? Why would working with us be considered 'slumming it?'
CTDS and transceivers, got it. How difficult are they to rig?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
So it's possible that someone recruited right before the rescue mission was simply transferred to another crew? Why would working with us be considered 'slumming it?'
Fingers crossed.
[And she's rocking forward, leading past with her shoulders. She's almost a solid five strides out for the hatch before she hesitates - turns. One more question, though this one has nothing to do with the magic or dreams or how screwed Corvo Attano is and everything to do with the knee jerk evasion she'd had to push down to answer his message in the first place.]
Has Dagger talked to you? Recently?
[And she's rocking forward, leading past with her shoulders. She's almost a solid five strides out for the hatch before she hesitates - turns. One more question, though this one has nothing to do with the magic or dreams or how screwed Corvo Attano is and everything to do with the knee jerk evasion she'd had to push down to answer his message in the first place.]
Has Dagger talked to you? Recently?
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
Unselfish then.
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
You never answered why you got to lead again after you worked with the extremists.
Unselfish then.
FROM: khezek.jasper@cdc.org
You never answered why you got to lead again after you worked with the extremists.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Not technically difficult but time consuming. And if something gets put together wrong they apparently blow up.
[Luckily no one has first hand experience with that one.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
That's right. We see a lot of people on recruitment missions but they don't always end up with us. re: slumming it - rumor is the Captain isn't liked by someone(s) in the brass. I get the sense the Neheda is a career killer commission.
[Literally, knowing the CDC's sense of humor. Who didn't know of a rumor of a captain who'd done something someone hadn't really liked and gotten a crap detail running patrol on mining colonies until they got bored enough to retire?]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What's your story Alomar?
Not technically difficult but time consuming. And if something gets put together wrong they apparently blow up.
[Luckily no one has first hand experience with that one.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
That's right. We see a lot of people on recruitment missions but they don't always end up with us. re: slumming it - rumor is the Captain isn't liked by someone(s) in the brass. I get the sense the Neheda is a career killer commission.
[Literally, knowing the CDC's sense of humor. Who didn't know of a rumor of a captain who'd done something someone hadn't really liked and gotten a crap detail running patrol on mining colonies until they got bored enough to retire?]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What's your story Alomar?
[He was already turning away to do something else. Her voice catches him off guard, and there's a knit in his brow when he looks back at her.]
Dagger? No, not for months. We aren't exactly what you would call chatty. [a beat. Slowly:] Why?
Dagger? No, not for months. We aren't exactly what you would call chatty. [a beat. Slowly:] Why?
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Hard to keep saying someone's crazy when the thing they've been talking about comes out of the sky.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I'd faced the enemy before and managed to get on a ship that could do the job. Right place, right time.
Hard to keep saying someone's crazy when the thing they've been talking about comes out of the sky.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I'd faced the enemy before and managed to get on a ship that could do the job. Right place, right time.
[If there'd been any urge to go with 'No reason, just curious' she's already thrown that option out the window by asking. Doesn't consider it.]
When the ship was compromised - Dagger made it very clear that working with me would be dangerous for other people. Like decapitation dangerous. [Her attention is fixed, sharp, shoulders square. Hence the lack of follow up, she wants to say, but screw it; explaining herself isn't really why she's saying any of this to him.] I didn't mean to put you in that position.
[But intention counted for approximately jack shit much of anywhere, least of all here. She punctuates the thought with an absent drop of one shoulder that isn't really a shrug and isn't really anything else.]
Thought you should know.
When the ship was compromised - Dagger made it very clear that working with me would be dangerous for other people. Like decapitation dangerous. [Her attention is fixed, sharp, shoulders square. Hence the lack of follow up, she wants to say, but screw it; explaining herself isn't really why she's saying any of this to him.] I didn't mean to put you in that position.
[But intention counted for approximately jack shit much of anywhere, least of all here. She punctuates the thought with an absent drop of one shoulder that isn't really a shrug and isn't really anything else.]
Thought you should know.
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