Prologue:
Laughter echoed through the corridors of the ship, as the female Turian concluded her Story. The human Male sitting beside her rested his arm on the couch behind them, seeing as they sat on the floor. A beer bottle filled his other Hand. Both were clearly drunk.
" And so this raw recruit, fresh off the transporter, just stares back into the eyes of the drill sergeant – and then just punches him, right between the eyes!".
While telling the story, she zealously used her hands and the bottle of dextro-beer in them to vividly illustrate the events of her story. The Human watched and listened, intrigued as much by her as by her story. "
And then what?", he inquired, laughing. " I'm assuming Turians don't take kindly to new recruits punching their superior officers?". He took another swig of beer.
"No." she laughed, "They most certainly don't." Her Mandibles fluttered into what the human recognized as a turian grin. "Now, normally, this would mean the head of the rookie. But, alas, in a chain of miraculous coincidences, no one of the present 20 soldiers witnessed anything. Bareface deserved it, tough.".
She took another swig of dextro-beer, while reclining into the couch behind them.
"Alright, next question.", the human announced. "First person you killed?"
"Aah, that's a good one..." the Turian murmured while she kept on drinking. "Let me think."
"What, can't remember your first Kill? Has it been so many that She can't remember her first?", the Human teased. In response, she punched his arm.
"Ouch! Alright, alright, don't kill me and then forget all about me, too."
Ignoring him, she began to speak: " My first kill probably was a batarian slaver we raided, maybe 1, 2 weeks after I finished Basic Training. He just ran towards us, gun blazing and everything. Too bad every shot of him missed. Mine didn't."
"Not bad!". He raised his bottle, now nearly empty, in acknowledgment.
" And you? Was it before or after you joined Cerberus?". If the Two had been sober, this topic would have caused some sort of awkward silence to come between them. Seeing as both were flat out drunk, none such thing happened.
"It was after, actually. After I left the Alliance and joined Cerberus, they put me in a squad with this complete idiot of a squad leader. Long story short, I shot him in the head."
Although the Female was drunk, it was obvious that this topic best be left to better days, so she dropped it.
"Okay, on to less serious topics!", she happily announced. " Most strange scene you walked into?"
"Oh, that is easy!". Taking a sip of beer, he began his Story.