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Post by Alan Haskayne on May 7, 2012 0:46:19 GMT -5
Eluam put his hand out to Garrus and said "Garrus Vakarian, Eluam Ran'perah, Batarian External Forces. Pleasure to meet you." he tilted his head to the left to indicate he truly did admire him, or at least admired his ability to kill. He then gestured to Tela and said "That is Tela, Turian Hierarchy, Auxiliary Units." then gestured over his shoulder and said "We are here on the behalf of Cerbarus, along with Veetor'Xan, and Jack Barrowman, Quarian Special Tactics and Research Fleet, and N6 respectively." he seemed very very well informed, the Hegemony did devote a fair amount of money to spies, but more came from a captured STG spy he found on Omega. He then shrugged and added "We are here to stop the abduction of Humans from their colonies."
Veetor looked at the ground and quietly said "Humans look Quarian, but with those." and pointed to Garret's ear, and then tilted his head "Have you ever seen a Quarian without their mask on, I mean if you haven't, I could set up a clean room and take a picture for you." he shook his head and said "No, when I saw it through this recording it was speaking through a live Asari."
Veetor pressed one more button and a voice came over the comms "This is Eluam, what is it." Veetor quickly said "Can you put Orina on?" then looked at Jack and said "I was just turning on the comms and cutting through jamming." Joker looked at the controls and asked "Did you install a bug?" Veetor quickly said "Nnnno." though he was a really bad liar.
Eluam held out an communicator to Orina and said "It is your Quarian boyfriend."
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Post by Edenecho on May 7, 2012 1:40:39 GMT -5
Garrus shook Eluam's hand,"Pleasure to meet you, too, Eluam," He said, sitting on the edge of the couch and placing his sniper rifle so that one end was touching the ground and his hands were on the other, like he does in Mass Effect 2( I think). He looked at Tela, then at the others, then back at Eluam. "I know you work with Jack. Otherwise I wouldn't have let you up here," He said,"And even if you did make it up here, I would have tried to kill you, rather then let you help." He nodded,"I'm always willing to help out an old friend," He said, referring to Jack.
"And different legs and hands," Garret said,"I find it strange that Turians, Quarians, Batarians and Salarians all have similar three-fingered hands. I think Volus do, too." He then shook his head,"No, I haven't. And I don't really care all that much.I kind of like the mystery of having no clue what Quarians look like." He tilted his head slightly,"Well, I think on Noveria it was either talking through a dead Asari, or a nearly dead one." He hoped Veetor didn't ask questions about how he knew that.
Jack nodded to Veetor, then looked at Joker when Veetor lied. He wondered how big of a deal it would be if Veetor had installed a bug. He was on their side after all.
Orinia took the communicator and snapped,"He's not my boyfriend," Before speaking into the comm,"What is it, Veetor?"
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Post by Alan Haskayne on May 7, 2012 1:53:24 GMT -5
Eluam nodded and said "You are well informed." then nodded and said "We should get back to the ship then, if you already know what is going on."
Veetor nodded and said "Well I meant like our heads." he tilted his head and said "Batarians have five fingers, like you. Volus have very different hands. But 4 races have 3, and 3 races have 5, so I don't see what is so weird, we are almost matched." he shrugged and said "Well uh, I guess that is fine too. I hope Orina wants to see a Quari-." his voice slowly got quieter as he spoke until he got too quiet to hear. He tilted his head at the last thing and asked "Should I ask?"
Veetor jumped at Orina's voice and said "Uh I was just checking on you, uh, do you want me to like bring a shuttle out or something to pick you up?"
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Post by Edenecho on May 7, 2012 2:02:38 GMT -5
"I have to be well aware of what's going on. I do have every major merc group after me," Garrus said, then nodded,"Alright. Lead the way."
Garret nodded, then raised an eyebrow. Not that it could be seen, though."They do? Huh, I guess that's right. They do have three fingers, but you're right, they're a lot different. I wonder why it's either 5 or 3, never 4. Or at least not that I can think of, anyway." He just kind of stared at Veetor when he spoke and slowly got quieter. "No," He replied in a rather snappy way.
"We can handle it. Thanks though," Orinia said to Veetor. She gently shook Tela as she spoke, trying to see if she could get her to wake up.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on May 7, 2012 2:11:46 GMT -5
Eluam moved to quickly show Garrus to the ship and commented on how badass it was to kill so many Batarians.
Veetor thought and said "Don't the Krogan have four, I am not sure but I thought I heard that." he shrugged to the other questions and said "This is why I like to work with AI, not as many variables." he kind of just backed up and said "Ok, I don't have to know."
Veetor nodded, not that it mattered, and said "Ok, please be safe." he then cut the comms, and sighed muttering to himself "Please Ancestors, allow Orina to come back safely, not just today, but every day. Keelah se'lei."
Tela rolled over on the couch and said "Not now Victus, I'm sleeping." and went right back to sleep. Eluam shook his head and picked Tela up as if it was nothing and asked "Shall we?" and lead the way back toward the ship.
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Post by Edenecho on May 7, 2012 2:19:23 GMT -5
"I think the Krogan have three," Garret said. He was fairly sure, but not positive. He remembered working with a Krogan, and wondered where he was now. He also wondered where Liara had got to, and his heart skipped a beat just thinking about her. He sighed quietly, wondering what she would think of him now. He didn't really have a response to anything else, other then frowning slightly (Which could only be seen in his eyes) when Veetor backed up.
"I'll be fine," Orinia said, rolling her eyes slightly,"It's not like I was born yesterday," She added jokingly. She thought it was sweet that he worried about her, but kind of annoying and unnecessary at the same time.
"Victus?" Orinia asked in bewilderment. She know who he was, she was just wondering how Tela knew him. She figured she probably didn't want to know. She nodded to Eluam, then headed out, followed by Garrus.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on May 7, 2012 2:29:58 GMT -5
Veetor shrugged and said "The Flotila is not allowed to enter the Krogan DMZ, so we don't have much contact with them. I bet your right." Veetor oddly thought of Orina while he thought of Liara, but kinda making his heart skip a beat. He didn't really notice his frown in his eyes, he wasn't good with social skills, and the fact his whole species wore masks.
Veetor didn't respond to Orina, having cut the comms.
Tela muttered "Oh Victus." as she continued to sleep, in a way that showed exactly how she knew Victus, or at least how she would like to. Eluam kind of held her away from his body when she did that, and muttered "If she was Batarian."
After a while they got back to the ship and Veetor was standing there and looking around, and said "Orina, your ok." in a relieved way. Eluam set Tela down on the deck and said "Not your boyfriend, right." in a sarcastic way, kinda poking fun at Veetor's clear attraction.
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Post by Edenecho on May 28, 2012 23:21:50 GMT -5
Orinia raised an eyebrow at Tela,"That is kind of disturbing," She said, shaking her head. She then looked at Eluam,"How come I've never seen a girl Batarian?" She asked as they walked back to the ship. Garrus just walked quietly.
Orinia rolled her eyes at Veetor, and said,"Of course I'm fine, stop acting like I can't take care of myself," though she didn't say it in a completely mean way. She shot Eluam a glare,"Why does everyone assume he's my boyfriend just because he's nice to me?" She asked, sounding really annoyed.
Jack was waiting for them to get back, as well, and looked surprised when Garrus walked in. "Garrus!" He said happily, shaking Garrus' hand. "It's good to see you," Garrus replied. Jack looked down at Tela and asked,"What happened to her?"
When the others came back, and Garrus came in, Garret just stood in a corner, watching. He wanted to go say Hi to Garrus, but he didn't want anyone to know that he knew who Garrus was.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on May 29, 2012 4:04:12 GMT -5
Eluam looked at Orinia and nodded to her saying it was disturbing, he thought it was very weird. He tilted his head at her and said "Well how many times have you been in Hegemony space? I doubt once given our strict control on travel. Most of us don't travel beyond it, besides me I doubt you have seen anything but the criminal underclass of the Batarians. I mean it isn't like we are sexist, it is just that not many Batarians leave anyway."
Veetor frowned under his mask and said "I was just worried, I know you can take care of your self, b-but I j-j-just c-couldn't live with m-myself if s-something happened to y-y-you." he seemed and was quite embarrassed, he started rubbing his hands together making tiny clink noises as the metal hit other parts. Eluam tilted his head slightly in a superior way and rolled all four of his eyes "Well because if you aren't dating than it is only because he doesn't have the stomach to ask you out, look at him." Veetor looked pretty feeble when Eluam said that.
Mordin appeared from wherever he was before and looked at Tela and said "Asari is stable, just knocked out, likely exhaustion, just give her time air, maybe happy thoughts." he glanced at Veetor and said "You have fever, you will need rest, perhaps near engine, however lack of noise may make it hard to sleep, Flotila in bad repair, will get used to it." he glanced at Jack and said "Will need to set up clean room for Veetor, use of cargo area would be optimal." he then looked at Orinia and said "Need help likely, moving boxes, better if Dextro does it, for his sake." and gestured to Veetor.
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Post by Edenecho on May 29, 2012 14:49:37 GMT -5
"I've never been there, I just thought that a female would leave at some point or other," Orinia said, shrugging. "I guess most, if not all, Batarians that I've seen have been some sort of criminal type or other, other then you. As far as I know, anyway," She said the last part jokingly.
"Well, nothing's going to happen to me, so you don't have to worry about it," She said, rolling her eyes where he couldn't see it and muttered,"Geez." She then narrowed her eyes at how Eluam acted superior. She didn't like that, and Jack didn't seem to either, based on how he also narrowed his eyes. "I could ask him out, you know," She said, "It's not like boys are the only ones who can ask people out."
Jack looked at Tela, then Mordin, just as Orinia said,"I think she's taken care of the happy thoughts part." Jack raised an eyebrow and said,"We should probably find a better place for her then on the floor in the middle of the room." He nodded to Mordin, then looked at Orinia,"You go help clean out a room. I'll see if I can figure out where we need to go next," He said. Orinia nodded and looked at Mordin,"So, what room an I supposed to be clearing out?"
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Post by Alan Haskayne on May 29, 2012 16:02:45 GMT -5
Eluam shrugged back "I'm sure some have, I mean maybe you just have bad luck with seeing them. I mean before you I never saw a female Turian." he rolled his top eyes and said "Yeah, so not a good representation of Batarian society, and a lot of Batarian females try to marry for power, place in society is very important to us. I mean some become military to get more power, that is what I did." he looked insulted at the very idea of him being a criminal, but didn't saying.
Veetor rubbed his hands together still and said "W-well I w-was j-just concerned. I'm sorry." he wasn't sure why he was sorry, but it sounded right to say. He liked her, but was just a coward about asking her to be his girlfriend, and probably wouldn't ever ask her out like that. Eluam shook his head slightly and said "He is superior to you socially, it isn't that he is male, just social class. That is Batarian culture anyway, not sure how you guys do it out here, not exactly I looked up when I left my home colony."
Mordin looked at Orinia and said "Good, important to patent health, helps recovery, lowers blood pressure." he looked at Jack and quickly said "Well you may put her on my table, then she may be more comfortable there." he nodded quickly and gestured for Orinia and Veetor to follow him and explained "The port cargo bay needs to be cleaned out, then we can decontaminate it for him, to insure I can properly treat him." Veetor shook his head and said "I'm fine, you don't have to make Orinia work." he then coughed and some mucous hit the front of his visor, and Mordin said "Incorrect, you currently have what humans call the flu, likely from when you changed your suit." Veetor sighed and coughed more, putting one hand over his mask as if covering his mouth.
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Post by Edenecho on Aug 10, 2012 17:51:28 GMT -5
"Maybe it's because less females want to be involved in fighting, so that's why people like us see them less," Orinia replied. "I became a soldier because I like fighting," She said, with a hint of distaste in her voice, but it was hard to tell if it was toward him or not.
Orinia seemed like she wasn't quite sure why he was apologizing, either, and just said nothing. To what Eluam said, she said,"I don't care about who's superior, or how things like that are 'supposed' to work, for that matter," She snapped,"Which also means that I don't give a damn if in you culture you're higher rank then me, I'm not going to show you respect unless I think you deserve it."
Jack nodded, then picked up Tela, then said, "Actually, I have a more comfortable place for her," Then took her to his room and put her on the bed, figuring she'd be more comfortable there the on Mordin's table. Orinia looked kind of annoyed when Veetor said that Mordin didn't have to make her work. "No one 'makes' me do anything," She replied, though she was mostly annoyed because he kind of sounded like he thought she wouldn't want to work because he was a girl. That's how she took it, anyway. Once they reached the port cargo bay, she started cleaning it out.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Aug 11, 2012 1:11:44 GMT -5
Eluam rolled all four of his eyes and said "Fine then, if you don't obey societies rules than answer a question, how do you feel about the Quarian over there?" he crossed his arms and said "Gods, you are just as bad as the humans, you don't care about society like good Batarians, Turians, and Hell even Quarians, we all know our place in society, but you pretend that we are all equal, that is like a sickness."
Mordin nodded, quickly saying "Very good, comfort important, nessiary for patient recovery." Veetor just coughed more and said" Figure... of... speech." between coughs. Trying to stay calm, because he didn't want Orina to work because it made him feel bad to make anyone do things for him, no matter the gender or class. He watched her as she carried things out, and every time he got up to help he had a coughing attack and had to sit down again. Mordin paced back and forth saying things like "No no, Quarian, can't use that. No no, dextro amino acids, impossible, impossible." you know usual Mordin stuff.
After everything was cleared out Mordin used his Omni tool to seal the door behind the trio of them, putting a face mask over himself and indicating Orina should do the same. A robotic voice said "Decontamination in progress." but it wasn't the AI just a VI. Mordin then said "Air filtered, clean, Veetor, can you remove your face mask?" he seemed hesitant, but slowly put his hands to his head and started to take off his mask, showing a near perfect copy of a human, but with a lack of human ears and glowing eyes. He smiled shyly at Orina and said "Hi." then wiped his nose with his gloved hand.
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Post by Edenecho on Aug 11, 2012 1:22:07 GMT -5
"That," Orinia said,"Is none of your business." She tapped her foot and looked bored,"You think I care?" She asked, since he sounded like he was trying to insult her or something. She laughed a completely humorless laugh,"I don't think everyone is equal," She replied,"I just think that people who think they're better then others are lesser."
Orinia worked tirelessly to clean out the room, and even when she was done, she didn't seem tired. She put on a mask, even if the only one she had was a medical one and didn't fit her very well at all, due to her being Turian. Since her mask didn't fit her well, she stayed away from Veetor. She watched as he took of his face mask. She tilted her head slightly,"I didn't expect you to look so human," She said.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Aug 11, 2012 2:00:38 GMT -5
Eluam shook his head slightly and said "Fine, why don't I stay out of your business and you stay stay out of mine. I dislike your politics as well, so I see no reason for us to continued to converse."
Veetor smiled at Orina and said "Believe me, we didn't expect those people to look so Quarian, we were here first remember." he parted his pitch black hair so it didn't cover one of his eyes, hoping Orina liked him right now. He slowly sighed and started removing various parts of his suit, smiling at Orina like someone in love as he did. As he finished he removed his helmet, arm protection, gloves, boots, and leggings below the knee.
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