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forgivetheinsubordination) wrote2037-04-27 09:49 pm
forgivetheinsubordination) wrote2037-04-27 09:49 pm
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IC Contact - Consignment
vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
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[ 'Shepard wouldn't betray Garrus.' Noh-Varr learned very quickly that when the question is betrayal, there are never any absolutes. At one point in his life he knew, without the shadow of a doubt, that the Supreme Intelligence would never betray one of its own. Only it had. Norman Osborn had used and tricked him. Captain America had turned on him in his moment of weakness. He'd deserved it for his naivete.
How can he tell Garrus that he doesn't want to be a bridge, either? But that he would choose a thousand times over to be burnt than to take Garrus down with him.
He doesn't like talking about these stories. They raise too many painful truths he'd rather not consider. Instead, he turns his body in toward Garrus', tucking his head beneath the Turian's chin. Twined like this, he can't even bring himself to feel discomfort at the hard plating. The bed is soft enough and his body tired enough. ]
I'm already here, you big dork. [ Said with affection. It's hard not to be affectionate in the face of those cute, twitching mandibles. ] Where else would I go?
[ Predictably, he'll be asleep in moments. ]
How can he tell Garrus that he doesn't want to be a bridge, either? But that he would choose a thousand times over to be burnt than to take Garrus down with him.
He doesn't like talking about these stories. They raise too many painful truths he'd rather not consider. Instead, he turns his body in toward Garrus', tucking his head beneath the Turian's chin. Twined like this, he can't even bring himself to feel discomfort at the hard plating. The bed is soft enough and his body tired enough. ]
I'm already here, you big dork. [ Said with affection. It's hard not to be affectionate in the face of those cute, twitching mandibles. ] Where else would I go?
[ Predictably, he'll be asleep in moments. ]
[He knows Noh means it literally, but the question makes him happy anyway. Noh doesn't want to be somewhere else. Garrus is clearly not in the good books of the CDC or, possibly more importantly to the Kree, Warriorhead, and yet Noh's here, curling up with him, close and affectionate. There's trust here, and that's dangerous and frightening and Garrus can't summon up the energy to worry about it.
He shifts a little to get comfortable, trying not to scrape Noh in the process. They've been finding positions that work, at least.]
Nowhere, [is the answer Garrus finally gives his priority. He truly is into this man.] I... Goodnight, Noh-Varr. And thanks.
[He doesn't have to say it. But he wants to anyway, wants Noh to know he appreciates the listening and talking, almost as much as he likes the way Noh feels in his arms whenever he falls asleep.]
He shifts a little to get comfortable, trying not to scrape Noh in the process. They've been finding positions that work, at least.]
Nowhere, [is the answer Garrus finally gives his priority. He truly is into this man.] I... Goodnight, Noh-Varr. And thanks.
[He doesn't have to say it. But he wants to anyway, wants Noh to know he appreciates the listening and talking, almost as much as he likes the way Noh feels in his arms whenever he falls asleep.]
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
You couldn't have known. Say sorry when you've really done something wrong.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
If I know you, that's in about 10 minutes.
[Couldn't resist. OKAY, ragging on Garrus time is over, time for the burning question (one of them).]
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
OK - hiring dead people?
You couldn't have known. Say sorry when you've really done something wrong.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
If I know you, that's in about 10 minutes.
[Couldn't resist. OKAY, ragging on Garrus time is over, time for the burning question (one of them).]
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
OK - hiring dead people?
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up. I won't share my dextro brandy.
[Though considering he's in some trouble right now...]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
They do it semi-often, seems like. I listed who was here from our crew before. Two of the ones you haven't met are also dead. One of them by Leng. Seeing them, talking to them, that was a shock.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Not as much of a shock as running into Leng on Selena, though. When you help kill a guy, you figure he'll stay dead. But I guess death doesn't take as well with indoctrinated assholes.
[Saren had had trouble staying dead too, after Garrus shot him in the head.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
That brings me to something else. No telling when it happened, but Cerberus got indoctrinated from the head down. Leng's probably already dealing with some of it.
Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up. I won't share my dextro brandy.
[Though considering he's in some trouble right now...]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
They do it semi-often, seems like. I listed who was here from our crew before. Two of the ones you haven't met are also dead. One of them by Leng. Seeing them, talking to them, that was a shock.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Not as much of a shock as running into Leng on Selena, though. When you help kill a guy, you figure he'll stay dead. But I guess death doesn't take as well with indoctrinated assholes.
[Saren had had trouble staying dead too, after Garrus shot him in the head.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
That brings me to something else. No telling when it happened, but Cerberus got indoctrinated from the head down. Leng's probably already dealing with some of it.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
Hello, Garrus. It's Zuko, reporting in.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
Korra and I found some strange-looking fur on our patrols. We thought it might be related to whatever's out there.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
We asked some people who are supposed to be pretty good at researching things-- Hange Zoe from Orange, Edward Elric from Orange, and Mitsuru Kirijo from Blue, to help in any way they could in identifying the source.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
Long story short, we got nothing. Whatever this belongs to isn't in the CDC Bestiary.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
I know this probably isn't very helpful, but I figured you might like to know.
Hello, Garrus. It's Zuko, reporting in.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
Korra and I found some strange-looking fur on our patrols. We thought it might be related to whatever's out there.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
We asked some people who are supposed to be pretty good at researching things-- Hange Zoe from Orange, Edward Elric from Orange, and Mitsuru Kirijo from Blue, to help in any way they could in identifying the source.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
Long story short, we got nothing. Whatever this belongs to isn't in the CDC Bestiary.
FROM: zuko@cdc.org
I know this probably isn't very helpful, but I figured you might like to know.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
It's still helpful. Are they telling their leads, or do we need to pass it on to Orange and Blue as well as Red?
It's still helpful. Are they telling their leads, or do we need to pass it on to Orange and Blue as well as Red?
Edited 2014-12-17 20:57 (UTC)
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
What I eat, you can't. What you eat, I can't. If it gets mixed together, then nobody can eat it.
What I eat, you can't. What you eat, I can't. If it gets mixed together, then nobody can eat it.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
... Totally worth it anyway.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I remember when I thought some part of this whole thing would be straightforward. Do you have any idea how they're doing it?
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Indoctrinated - that's what happened to Saren, right? Sovereign had some kind of influence on him.
[That last text came after a relatively long pause for Tali. That was the time she spent staring at the blackglass in no small amount of horror.]
... Totally worth it anyway.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I remember when I thought some part of this whole thing would be straightforward. Do you have any idea how they're doing it?
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Indoctrinated - that's what happened to Saren, right? Sovereign had some kind of influence on him.
[That last text came after a relatively long pause for Tali. That was the time she spent staring at the blackglass in no small amount of horror.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Definitely. There any chance you've got the results in a file that can be attached? However they broke it down or analyzed it.
Definitely. There any chance you've got the results in a file that can be attached? However they broke it down or analyzed it.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Yeah. I mean, there's a chance everyone would be fine. But there's also enough of a chance of a bad allergic reaction that I don't wanna chance it.
Yeah. I mean, there's a chance everyone would be fine. But there's also enough of a chance of a bad allergic reaction that I don't wanna chance it.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
How they're doing time travel and possibly alternate dimensions? If I had a clue of that, I'd be the engineer on the Normandy.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Talk to Noh-Varr when you get the chance. He's on Orange. He's done dimensional travel, knows a lot about it. You might be able to grasp the parts I couldn't.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Though it doesn't all have to be that. They can bring people back from the dead. They just don't, most of the time.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Do you remember on Virmire, the salarians in the cell who weren't themselves anymore? They'd been indoctrinated. Saren too, to a lesser extent since he still could make some choices on his own.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
And Matriarch Benezia. Different levels of brainwashing and falling under control of the reapers. Some husks didn't die before they became husks, too.
How they're doing time travel and possibly alternate dimensions? If I had a clue of that, I'd be the engineer on the Normandy.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Talk to Noh-Varr when you get the chance. He's on Orange. He's done dimensional travel, knows a lot about it. You might be able to grasp the parts I couldn't.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Though it doesn't all have to be that. They can bring people back from the dead. They just don't, most of the time.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Do you remember on Virmire, the salarians in the cell who weren't themselves anymore? They'd been indoctrinated. Saren too, to a lesser extent since he still could make some choices on his own.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
And Matriarch Benezia. Different levels of brainwashing and falling under control of the reapers. Some husks didn't die before they became husks, too.
FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org
i guess thats a good point.
everything goes to hell one way or another anyway
[ It goes against everything she'd always thought she'd wanted—or needed. Someone cool and handsome, a genius ninja from the most prestigious family in Konoha. Even if Sasuke never cared about her, if she could only—
She could fix him, she'd told herself, and it would be an even more romantic love story. She would beat Sakura, even if the other half of her never wanted to hurt her best friend. Everything would end happily ever after, somehow.
Respect, loyalty, and trust—that had somehow never factored into her visions of her future life with Sasuke. Now, she doesn't know if it'll ever factor in. ]
FROM: yamanaka.ino@cdc.org
I don't
[ She stops. Wipes her eyes with the back of her wrist and breathes. ]
FROM: yamanaka.ino@cdc.org
I don't know.
I don't know how to stop.
FROM: yamanaka.ino@cdc.org
I don't know what to do.
She could fix him, she'd told herself, and it would be an even more romantic love story. She would beat Sakura, even if the other half of her never wanted to hurt her best friend. Everything would end happily ever after, somehow.
Respect, loyalty, and trust—that had somehow never factored into her visions of her future life with Sasuke. Now, she doesn't know if it'll ever factor in. ]
FROM: yamanaka.ino@cdc.org
I don't
[ She stops. Wipes her eyes with the back of her wrist and breathes. ]
FROM: yamanaka.ino@cdc.org
I don't know.
I don't know how to stop.
FROM: yamanaka.ino@cdc.org
I don't know what to do.
[Oh, Ino.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
You start by coming to the room. I'm here.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
You start by coming to the room. I'm here.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Don't worry. Missing meals when there's sufficient supplies isn't the way I work. Let me know if there's anything else you need.
Don't worry. Missing meals when there's sufficient supplies isn't the way I work. Let me know if there's anything else you need.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Sounds like something I'd want to hear - I'll talk to him sometime. He's a friend of yours?
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Is it anything like what Cerberus did with Shepard? I still don't know just how that happened, either.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I remember them. I remember it was a field emitted by Sovereign itself, but we destroyed Sovereign.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
It happened, didn't it? What Sovereign was talking about, the Reapers coming.
Sounds like something I'd want to hear - I'll talk to him sometime. He's a friend of yours?
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Is it anything like what Cerberus did with Shepard? I still don't know just how that happened, either.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I remember them. I remember it was a field emitted by Sovereign itself, but we destroyed Sovereign.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
It happened, didn't it? What Sovereign was talking about, the Reapers coming.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
He is. I'd count him as trustworthy.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Those aren't related. Shepard is definitely Shepard, and thankfully I'm sure that the project group that worked on her wasn't dealing with that particular issue.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
All reapers, dead or alive, and all pieces of them, give off that field. It only started getting discovered too late for it to be prevented. And there are too many people who think they're immune.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
The Reapers came. The collectors are former protheans, modified over millennia to mindlessly serve Reaper goals. We beat them back, then the Reapers try to come through a relay in batarian space.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
That gets stopped. A lot die for it, but less than would have died if the Reapers made it through then. Finally, about six, seven months after that, the Reapers show up.
He is. I'd count him as trustworthy.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Those aren't related. Shepard is definitely Shepard, and thankfully I'm sure that the project group that worked on her wasn't dealing with that particular issue.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
All reapers, dead or alive, and all pieces of them, give off that field. It only started getting discovered too late for it to be prevented. And there are too many people who think they're immune.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
The Reapers came. The collectors are former protheans, modified over millennia to mindlessly serve Reaper goals. We beat them back, then the Reapers try to come through a relay in batarian space.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
That gets stopped. A lot die for it, but less than would have died if the Reapers made it through then. Finally, about six, seven months after that, the Reapers show up.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Basically. Life's just finding what's good between trips to hell.
Basically. Life's just finding what's good between trips to hell.
Oh my god, you are not going to let that go.
[It's a short laugh, but a laugh nonetheless- and this is exactly why he likes Garrus. The guy's got a sense of humor along with his capability, and when they can get past the mutual awkwardness they sometimes have it's easy enough to go along with. Ryan leans in a little closer, enough to just lightly nudge at Garrus' head with his own in a gesture that's both teasing and affectionate.]
Just- be careful. Keep doing what you need to. And if you don't, I'm going to go enlist Noh-Varr to help me lecture you.
[Is he joking? Maybe.]
[It's a short laugh, but a laugh nonetheless- and this is exactly why he likes Garrus. The guy's got a sense of humor along with his capability, and when they can get past the mutual awkwardness they sometimes have it's easy enough to go along with. Ryan leans in a little closer, enough to just lightly nudge at Garrus' head with his own in a gesture that's both teasing and affectionate.]
Just- be careful. Keep doing what you need to. And if you don't, I'm going to go enlist Noh-Varr to help me lecture you.
[Is he joking? Maybe.]
[The message terrifies him at first, because he's not sure who might have died, who might have gotten past her group. But that would have more information, it would have to, and she's not even on shift. ...And then it hits him what she probably means, because he has too.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Black box?
[Please let her mean black box.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Black box?
[Please let her mean black box.]
Edited (random bracket) 2014-12-19 03:33 (UTC)
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