(Reddestiny92:
dekuton: That's how I always go about it, the more information there is for one event the more I'll find a reasonable way to spread it out. Instead of a long boring chapter explaining every little bit though cutting out the story and dialogue so it's there as a reference. Helps me know that peeps are reading and not just skipping over everything. I'm not the best but you know after a few years of finding readers skipping information only to get confused it's better spread out. As for the decisions by their parents more on that later, but it's definitely in the realm of putting more faith in his abilities than they should have. While Udina is playing the role of an asskisser with too much power.
Yeah I'm sure I'll use it more later when Wrex is set to appear again, I don't know, listening to Wrex I've seen that it is one of his 'favorite words' and when I played through citadel again I heard him use princess in place of it a few times insulting the clone's men and it's not just him we hear a lot of favorite words a lot. Though I promise there is always a reason to the madness my mind comes up with in stories. )
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The stick gets bigger
Grunt stood near the Mako Tali'zorah and Kal'reegar had come to see the new Shepard on board as the ship was in perfect working order at the moment. She had met a few Quarians along the way she liked how their suits looked and she hadn't been mistreated by any in the past. They were easy to talk to though. Garrus came down with Ashley and Solana, she had stopped in the medbay to make sure the doctor had received her information and met the rest of the squad there was extra space down here so Grunt reasoned she could stay there with him and a couple others.
He'd be lying if he said she hadn't just become the first human woman to interest him, he wondered what Aaron's issue was with her. Though Aaron was tight lipped about it only going to his quarters when asked about it.
"Hello Felicity we didn't get a chance to talk." Solana started as joined them.
"Officers, Chief." she said in greeting remembering the little she had read in the dossiers she had, most information was classified she didn't have much to read through.
"Eh that sounds so off, use our names."
"Speak for yourselves, humans have rules, the Skipper wants you to clean the bathrooms so hurry up."
She rolled her eyes, ignoring the fact that she got heated when not addressed properly when she was a lot more chill with Aaron.
"Well he can shove it that's not what I'm here for, I want to know about the mission that's too 'hush hush' for the public."
"That's classified."
"Why bring her on a ship in the middle of the mission everyone will be talking about if she's not allowed to know what it is?" Garrus asked.
"Makes about as much sense as your honorary Commander." Grunt said.
"Hey he earned that role."
"If you say so." Felicity said.
"Whole ships are being gutted and usually only a couple bits of 'remains' are left behind, they don't discriminate on who is attacked. The Alliance and Council can call it a good sign to get us all to work together but more importantly everyone is trying to find what everyone else is missing and we're all stuck at the same wall." Tali said ignoring the glare from Ashley.
Felicity frowned.
"The pirates are at it again then...what are they using the parts for?"
"Wait you know about this?" Ashley asked.
"I wasn't moved ship to ship just because I couldn't just wait in one spot it was dangerous where we were, there were ships found like that near the colonies I stayed on. I saw one it was one of the best ships of it's time there was a plenty to take, though they left most of the bodies of the crew there. I was twelve most of those remains had decayed when I saw them. Though all the bones...they weren't all human back then either." she explained.
"Why wasn't that reported?" Kal'reegar asked.
"I told Dr. Chakwas she was my chaperone during the time, she was the one who did the reports you can tell the Commander to use his clearance to get that information. If they left it alone I remember that it wasn't completely wiped clean there could still be some camera footage that Edi could pick up if that would help. Though it's been a while wouldn't get your hopes up on that."
"Well I'll talk to him." Ashley said, glad to get away from the aliens she didn't know if only for a moment.
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"Not a chance."
"Commander it's the best we can do with the trail gone cold." Garrus said.
Aaron shook his head stubbornly.
"Going on a goose chase isn't going to help."
"Well what lead do you have that does more, say we find another ship they aren't making mistakes now there is nothing for us to follow and more people are getting abducted." Liara said, worried about the many missing Asari.
"Look I'm in charge and I say we're fine as we are."
"Keelah...this is hopeless, fine ignore for no reason so we can float around and hope to find something." Tali said, a few minute conversation turned into an hour of arguing why he didn't want to go check out the crash site.
Though he did find the information and the ship was still there being used a memorial it hadn't been touched if there was anything worth getting it would still be there.
"I can't run off every time Felicity has something that concerns her."
She glared at him.
"Excuse me? This has nothing to do with what concerns me...it concerns all of us no leads on large groups of people being yanked into the darkness without a trace, everyone should give a fuck."
"Everyone should give a fuck what?"
She rolled her eyes.
"Sir."
"Right, just forget it."
"You know it's not just heresay, the report is there we have permission to go look and we can get there easily through the next relay, what's the harm?" Felicity asked.
"The harm is you're too soft, it's that slut all over again, and don't try and throw it in my face."
"Too soft because I thought the information might help? Fine whatever you say, and I wasn't but maybe you were already thinking about your mistake."
"We're getting off topic aren't we?" Miranda asked.
"Yeah but that tends to happen with him, I believe I was told by Admiral Hackett to challenge you because you could take it. Well how long are we just going to keep floating about while more get taken, what's the next step Commander?" Felicity said.
He sighed.
"Fine fine, we'll go and when there is nothing..."
"You can command the ship to head elsewhere like you've been doing." she said firmly.
The mission certainly hadn't just started for some of them. Garrus and Solana had joined him and some of the others a month ago. With few leads they some shore leave in the middle and now Aaron had reasoned they should at least start a search even though Hackett wasn't convinced there was enough to search for.
It was a shot in the dark though he presented his case well enough to be cleared for take off anyhow.
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"Commander."
Garrus sighed when he was ignored as Aaron was fuming.
"Shepard why are being so difficult, she already said she wasn't sure if we'd find anything but she's trying to help and she did. Is there any reason to be so hostile?"
He sighed.
"I have my reasons and they aren't up for chatter Vakarian."
"Fine..what was that about the...slut or whatever why so sensitive about it? She didn't even mention it."
He sighed, they stood in the cockpit Joker pretended he wasn't listening but Aaron knew better.
"I could see her blaming me for that woman's death in her eyes."
Garrus didn't mention that Felicity seemed to look anywhere other than him.
"What happened?"
"She was at this bar helping out one of the waitresses was a friend and needed her shift to be covered when she left she saw some of my handpicked soldiers going off with an Asari. Just as the cab took off she called me and asked me to check in with them, get them to turn back around ."
"And?"
"I didn't, I told her to mind her own business and ignored it though she kept calling because she couldn't reach them. Didn't have the clearance to be added to the channel."
"So?"
"She was an Ardat-Yakshi I don't know why the hell she wasn't already in a monastery but she killed all eight of them. There was a press black out so no one was put on edge hearing about one of those things roaming freely. They were in a cab she didn't know where they were going, I did but it was pointless to me at the time."
"...You ignored her concerns just because you were missing information and lost men who could be on your squad because of it? When the hell was this?"
He glared at him.
"Last week, and it doesn't matter I didn't know what it was she just told me why they needed to bring her back I hung up on her."
Garrus sighed heavily.
"So the only sensible Admiral directly connected to this didn't approve her coming because your parents wanted her safe, but because you don't listen? Because he questions your judgment, if she was docile enough right then and they had brought her back they could still..."
"Oh shut it Vakarian I know, it wasn't my fucking fault now drop it."
"Fine consider it dropped."
He stormed by him and Garrus frowned, Joker looked over.
"Seems to feel pretty guilty over something that wasn't his fault."
"No kidding."
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