Garrus Vakarian (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
forgivetheinsubordination) wrote2037-04-27 09:49 pm
forgivetheinsubordination) wrote2037-04-27 09:49 pm
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vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
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I don't.
[It hadn't been a distant thing. The rumble had been here, under their feet.]
I think there might be other stampedes to come, but this was local. This was just a quake.
[He glances up at the mountains, wondering if there's something going on up there, if they're needing to brace for a volcano. Garrus has no idea. He's not an expert when it comes to life on planets.]
You can relax.
[It hadn't been a distant thing. The rumble had been here, under their feet.]
I think there might be other stampedes to come, but this was local. This was just a quake.
[He glances up at the mountains, wondering if there's something going on up there, if they're needing to brace for a volcano. Garrus has no idea. He's not an expert when it comes to life on planets.]
You can relax.
[...]
FROM: bellic.niko@cdc.org
FROM: bellic.niko@cdc.org
I want to see this blade, so sure.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
That's a yes, but it's not a where.
That's a yes, but it's not a where.
FROM: bellic.niko@cdc.org
Near some of the old building materials, east side of camp. We can get a good head start.
[He's there not too much later, an armload of branches under his arm. Some of them are dryer, some of them are green and recently cut. Like Garrus had said, he doesn't care about the neraki's trees.]
Hey, Niko. How's the search going?
Hey, Niko. How's the search going?
FROM: athos@cdc.org
I have not. But I am not convinced he would give me an honest answer.
FROM: athos@cdc.org
Do you believe it would help?
I have not. But I am not convinced he would give me an honest answer.
FROM: athos@cdc.org
Do you believe it would help?
[ He pauses, listening to what Garrus says and then following where he looks over to. But he does relax, some, his shoulders noticeably falling. ]
Okay... I guess we're just going to be sitting around and waiting for the next thing to happen. [ He nearly goes to rub at his arms, but stops himself to just touching the untouched skin, and then lowering them back down to hide sides. ]
Okay... I guess we're just going to be sitting around and waiting for the next thing to happen. [ He nearly goes to rub at his arms, but stops himself to just touching the untouched skin, and then lowering them back down to hide sides. ]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
He might not give you an answer. But he wouldn't lie. At least you'll have tried.
He might not give you an answer. But he wouldn't lie. At least you'll have tried.
There doesn't have to be any sitting around.
[Garrus' voice is friendly as he straightens.]
There's plenty to do. Gathering sticks for making fires or crossbow bolts, uh. I was gonna suggest felling trees, but that could make you more of a target for the natives. Don't do that.
[There's a beat.]
If you know Green, does that mean you have a... I forget what they're called. Companion animal fighter thing?
[Garrus' voice is friendly as he straightens.]
There's plenty to do. Gathering sticks for making fires or crossbow bolts, uh. I was gonna suggest felling trees, but that could make you more of a target for the natives. Don't do that.
[There's a beat.]
If you know Green, does that mean you have a... I forget what they're called. Companion animal fighter thing?
[ Don't fell trees. Okay. ]
Uh-- yeah. A pokémon, right? [ He's going to guess that's what they mean. ] He's in his pokéball right now. He was moving around a lot, so I wanted him to get some rest.
Uh-- yeah. A pokémon, right? [ He's going to guess that's what they mean. ] He's in his pokéball right now. He was moving around a lot, so I wanted him to get some rest.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
A lot happened. One of my students died, the squad thing happened, realized I was letting time and people slip through my fingers.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Anyone can be transferred at any time. He wants to work on it with me, and I want that chance.
A lot happened. One of my students died, the squad thing happened, realized I was letting time and people slip through my fingers.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Anyone can be transferred at any time. He wants to work on it with me, and I want that chance.
[She shoves him a little with her arm, gently, and steps back a bit. She reaches up to rub her eyes, then... and remembers at the last second she shouldn't be touching them. Tutting, screwing up her face as the trickle of tears tickles her skin, she drops her hand.
And then she gapes at Garrus. Well done, Vakarian. You've silenced Tali.] Keelah, I didn't.
[No, she totally did. She can kind of believe it, and her face darkens in a flush.] I don't deserve to live that down.
[And there are still tears shining on her face and she's sniffling every now and then like a child... but she's managing to smile through it, a little. Life goes on. It will go on.] I'm kind of... glad to hear that. It's good to know that I'm still... still me after everything.
[The sentence ends on a slightly upward lilt, a request for some kind of affirmation, though she's not sure if she wants confirmation or just some kind of understanding.] Normandy impressions and all.
And then she gapes at Garrus. Well done, Vakarian. You've silenced Tali.] Keelah, I didn't.
[No, she totally did. She can kind of believe it, and her face darkens in a flush.] I don't deserve to live that down.
[And there are still tears shining on her face and she's sniffling every now and then like a child... but she's managing to smile through it, a little. Life goes on. It will go on.] I'm kind of... glad to hear that. It's good to know that I'm still... still me after everything.
[The sentence ends on a slightly upward lilt, a request for some kind of affirmation, though she's not sure if she wants confirmation or just some kind of understanding.] Normandy impressions and all.
Pokemon. Yeah, that was the word.
[He keeps jokingly calling it a pet or an animal to Green, but he doesn't know this boy well enough to start teasing yet. Later he can poke fun.]
Two fire-breathing dogs will definitely be better than one.
[He keeps jokingly calling it a pet or an animal to Green, but he doesn't know this boy well enough to start teasing yet. Later he can poke fun.]
Two fire-breathing dogs will definitely be better than one.
[ Dog? He's quick to correct that. ] No, he isn't an arcanine. He's a charizard.
[ There's only a small pause, since he knows he's going to have to explain. ]
He's still a fire type, but he's a flying type too. He's... he looks like a dragon, or so everyone says. [ Enough for him to remember, anyway. ] Do...you know what a dragon is?
[ There's only a small pause, since he knows he's going to have to explain. ]
He's still a fire type, but he's a flying type too. He's... he looks like a dragon, or so everyone says. [ Enough for him to remember, anyway. ] Do...you know what a dragon is?
[His mandibles flare out a little when she starts smiling and flushing. The blow is still there, but it's softened.]
It only happened a few days before I got here, but I think it's burned into my mind for the rest of time. Just like Wrex, Grunt, and Zaeed taking shots at the bar. Firing shots, not drinking them.
[A beat.]
Grunt's another krogan, as you could probably guess. Zaeed's a human merc. Took some time to grow on me, but he's not bad. And don't worry. Grunt got more drunk than you did.
It only happened a few days before I got here, but I think it's burned into my mind for the rest of time. Just like Wrex, Grunt, and Zaeed taking shots at the bar. Firing shots, not drinking them.
[A beat.]
Grunt's another krogan, as you could probably guess. Zaeed's a human merc. Took some time to grow on me, but he's not bad. And don't worry. Grunt got more drunk than you did.
[Garrus blinks.]
Your world has two sorts of fire breathing pokemon running around it? And yeah, I know what a dragon is.
[Okay, maybe Red's got to have some survival skills despite his size. Anyone who makes it on a world that has multiple things like that isn't as vulnerable as the earlier fall indicated.]
So flying fire. And your people have survived.
Your world has two sorts of fire breathing pokemon running around it? And yeah, I know what a dragon is.
[Okay, maybe Red's got to have some survival skills despite his size. Anyone who makes it on a world that has multiple things like that isn't as vulnerable as the earlier fall indicated.]
So flying fire. And your people have survived.
Yeah...? [ His people? He doesn't quite understand that, and it makes him wonder for a moment before he decides to go on. ] But there's more than just two fire types; that's just the two me and Green have here.
He's probably got more somewhere, but... since I dropped down the first time, I only had Charizard with me. All my gear was missing too.
He's probably got more somewhere, but... since I dropped down the first time, I only had Charizard with me. All my gear was missing too.
He's got more somewhere?
[Garrus isn't quite sure he's following, though Green had spoken about a team before. Maybe Garrus should have asked more questions about that.]
How many things, pokemon, that can use fire do you guys have running around your world?
[And how has your city not burned down yet?]
[Garrus isn't quite sure he's following, though Green had spoken about a team before. Maybe Garrus should have asked more questions about that.]
How many things, pokemon, that can use fire do you guys have running around your world?
[And how has your city not burned down yet?]
[ He's squinting here briefly, because Garrus is asking him to put a number on something so big. ]
I don't know. There's all kinds in the wild. [ Mm. He's tilting his head, he's trying to think. ] You've got charmanders, growlithes... I've seen a lot of growlithes and vulpixes, actually. There's pontya too... and then you've got the flareons that eevees evolve into if you give them a fire stone.
[ Wow, you're really making him go through his pokédex--and don't think he's stopped just yet, he's bringing up a hand and tapping it with his forefinger. ]
Oh, and then... there's magmars. They're not too popular in the wild, but they're another fire type pokémon. [ He stops with his hands. ] And then you've got Charizard's line. They're all fire types.
We've got other types of pokémon too. They're not all just fire types.
I don't know. There's all kinds in the wild. [ Mm. He's tilting his head, he's trying to think. ] You've got charmanders, growlithes... I've seen a lot of growlithes and vulpixes, actually. There's pontya too... and then you've got the flareons that eevees evolve into if you give them a fire stone.
[ Wow, you're really making him go through his pokédex--and don't think he's stopped just yet, he's bringing up a hand and tapping it with his forefinger. ]
Oh, and then... there's magmars. They're not too popular in the wild, but they're another fire type pokémon. [ He stops with his hands. ] And then you've got Charizard's line. They're all fire types.
We've got other types of pokémon too. They're not all just fire types.
[That's multiple types of things running around setting fire all over their world. Garrus has seriously underestimated the survival abilities Green and now Red bring to the table, clearly. And there's not just things that can set thing on fire, either.]
Had no idea there were that many pokemon. You coordinate and train multiples, then? At once? Because you said 'only' Charizard.
[And it clearly takes a lot of focus and work, as Green hadn't been sure about additional training for things to do alongside the pokemon.]
Had no idea there were that many pokemon. You coordinate and train multiples, then? At once? Because you said 'only' Charizard.
[And it clearly takes a lot of focus and work, as Green hadn't been sure about additional training for things to do alongside the pokemon.]
Mm, right. [ A nod. ] Actually, me and Green have been working on an encyclopaedia for his grandfather and catching all the pokémon for it.
[ ... ] Or, well... we were, anyway.
[ ... ] Or, well... we were, anyway.
[They go up against these things without abilities? Come to think about it, he never did ask how Green wound up working with Arcanine. He's kinda impressed.]
Were? What happened?
[There's obviously a story there.]
Were? What happened?
[There's obviously a story there.]
[ Red motions around with a hand ] This happened, this and the CDC. We can't continue it if we're not in the right place.
[ It wasn't a very interesting story. ]
[ It wasn't a very interesting story. ]
It is going fine. [He had refocused the anger of the previous day into the current project, but had not refocused the current hangover into anything productive so he's working away with a tight squint under his heavy brow and wishing for all the world for a pair of sunglasses.]
[But the world is a horrible, cruel place and has never liked Niko Bellic, and so the he can't tell the light to fuck off.]
Got some people willing to help. Corvo is probably pretty good for it.
[But the world is a horrible, cruel place and has never liked Niko Bellic, and so the he can't tell the light to fuck off.]
Got some people willing to help. Corvo is probably pretty good for it.
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