Hello! These will be very short chapters, so I'll keep this short.
I'd been toying with an Ardat Yakshi OC for a while, so when I needed to write a short story for University, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to flesh her out.
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The datapad lies in a torn-up apartment. Looking around, you would never guess it was the home of a killer. An Asari. Well, the blue humanoids did do a lot with their four or so hundred years of youth. Not that their Matriarchs cared. Omega was a hollowed out asteroid. A former mining complex overrun with the lowlifes of the galaxy; the best place for a killer to hide. Not that the shattered shelving and the bed, bent and warped, give the impression of safety. The Justicar had gotten here first. Bloody tentacle-haired Asari. And she even left a datapad for you. It's probably just another warning; but on the off-chance it isn't... You might as well see what it says.
"I am not a monster!"
Those aren't the words of a self-righteous religious warrior. "I'm not! I... It wasn't my fault!" The girl in the recording is young; can't be past her twenties. Well, human twenties. For an Asari, she was probably a couple of hundred years old.
"How could I know!? It's not my fault!" Sighing, you close the datapad. You don't need her justifications. You just need to find her before the Justicar. You will find your sister's killer; but the datapad will have clues. Grimacing, you open the next video.
"I... I'm an Ardat-Yakshi. I think that's what we're called. I… When Asari mate, our minds… bond with our partner. We share sensations, feelings… It's supposed to be beautiful. That's what Mother said." She laughs bitterly. "Not me. When I mate... I think mother said my nervous system overpowers the other person's. She said something about brain haemorrhaging. I don't know! All I know is that people die when I sleep with them! And it feels good! Why does it feel good!? It shouldn't feel good!"
The girl in the image... she's crying? Why is she crying!? She has no right to cry! Not after what she's done!
"I... I'm going to run. Mother said Ardat-Yakshi can only live in solitude, and she found a Justicar! I… Justicars have a code, you see, and if an Ardat-Yakshi won't hide in a monastery, they kill her! I can't live in a monastery! I can't just hide from the world! I just… I can't! It's not my fault!"
The video ends. She didn't even mention your sister. She decided her whole future there and then! And the girl she murdered wasn't even worth mentioning! You leave the apartment, heading back to your ship. Your job at Citadel Security was going to have to wait for you a little longer.