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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NEVER oh okay. :D
Thanks. Good to be out of there. No offense. And yeah. Always open. Whatcha need help with?
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its not really a help question. not for me, anyway. but i bet i could come up with some of those too if i tried
FROM: anders@cdc.org
i wanted to ask you about the statue
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Gotta go for the hard ones first. Ask the questions, but can't guarantee I've got any answers.
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i dont know if you heard already, but it moved. when blue was on our way back from our mission. not sure how many other people saw it, but i know for sure i did
FROM: anders@cdc.org
all i can tell is that its probably not magic. or, at least, not any magic im familiar with. which would count for something where im from, but not so much here
FROM: anders@cdc.org
what i really want to know is what its supposed to do. something tells me thats one that doesnt have an answer
FROM: anders@cdc.org
but you did say go for the hard ones first
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Moved. Didn't hear that. How did it move? Not the mechanics of it. Asking if it... I don't know. Turned its head, took a step, started trying to dance.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
And I don't know if you saw the message on the cuffs a few weeks back. But someone who says he eats things and learns from them said he got the impression it was meant to watch us.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
It's not the sanest theory ever. Then again. When is something sane around here?
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it was facing the wrong way. just for a second. when i looked it had moved, and when i looked again it was back to normal
FROM: anders@cdc.org
dancing would have been worse. dont give it ideas
FROM: anders@cdc.org
i dont know if i buy it, anyway. the cdc put our camp at the base of a statue thats designed to keep tabs on us? theres no way they picked it just as a landmark and then didnt look into it
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Just the head facing the wrong way, or the whole thing?
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Getting the idea that there's a lot of bureaucracy involved in the CDC. Wouldn't be surprised if some did want others watched. Could easily be a test.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
All of Ajna could be a test. We're a bunch of weaklings compared to the instructors. Why do they even need us here?
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i saw it from the jeep, and just for a second. i want to say it was the whole thing, but its head was the most obvious part
FROM: anders@cdc.org
there have to be others besides me who saw it
FROM: anders@cdc.org
youre saying you think the statue is cdc too?
FROM: anders@cdc.org
not disagreeing, it makes more sense than the alternative, but what sort of test would that even be? "see which ones catch on before it slaughters the whole camp"?
[That's not even really a joke.]
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More see who is paying attention. But they've got a connection to it. They put us at the base of it, protected it. That's not coincidence.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Asked Mothership about it. Didn't get a direct answer, but got enough to say they have something to do with it.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Really missing the clearance right about now.
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you can say that again. or a few more times, even. having it and losing it just makes it that much more obvious how much we arent being told
FROM: anders@cdc.org
not that it would do us much good with this. something tells me the statue ranks much higher than level 1
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Yeah, it wouldn't be enough clearance, but it'd feel a step more... secure, I guess. Stable. Less like we're toeing a line that we really shouldn't cross, yeah?
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Maybe somehow we can earn it back. Not gonna count on it, but wouldn't mind it.
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we dont even know why we lost it. id say were toeing a line no matter what we do. the fact that we had it and lost it just makes it worse
FROM: anders@cdc.org
doesnt mean we shouldnt do it, but still
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I know. Asked if I'd done something wrong, got told I hadn't. Asked if Dagger had seen that sort of a thing before, found out it's not rare, but it hasn't happened to a crew he's been on in a long time.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Without any sort of insight I don't know what can be done better.
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i think weve established that providing information isnt the cdcs strong suit
FROM: anders@cdc.org
but they picked you for a reason, the first time. those of us who were just volunteers cant say that. you probably have a better chance than any of us
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You know, that'd slipped my mind. I kept thinking about how everyone else seemed to have lieutenants and forgot I got picked by name. Still don't know why I didn't get one, though.
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if it makes you feel better, i still dont know why the rest of us got them. martin didnt know either. it wasnt like we were bursting with things to do, at the start
FROM: anders@cdc.org
i thought i was the only one at first. i was surprised when i found out others got them too
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I just want one. Don't even care if I don't have the work for them. I want one so I can look over at them and they straighten up with dread and ask what and then I can say 'nothing.' Over and over again.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Come to think of it, that's probably why I didn't get one.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
But damn, it would be fun.
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glad to hear your priorities are still in order. you were being very serious, i was starting to get concerned
FROM: anders@cdc.org
maybe dont lead with that the next time youre up for clearance though
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Yeah, staying serious for too long's dangerous for your health. Gotta mix it up. Crack a few jokes. Shoot a few mercs. Or, in your case, magic a few mercs.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
I'll be more careful if the topic comes up. Definitely not gonna say anything about wanting someone to send on silly errands.