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It ended in a test
It took a day or rather several hours according to Edi for them to be on their way to finding Saren, he'd been tracked to Irune. Edi was able to find and hack his bank records he bought a few things there it looked like someone had attempted to cover it up but they hadn't tried very hard. They were close enough to the next relay to get there there was no telling for certain what they would find but it was check there or continuing looking for ship remains just to remain behind the abductors.
Felicity saw Chloe through the window of the medbay passing through the kitchen she'd been cleaning giving the crew member usually in charge of it a break. The doctor still seemed a little upset, she walked in and tapped her on the shoulder Mordin was in the room though he seemed distracted by a new test.
"Oh Ms. Shepard, hello."
"Please, just Felicity like anyone else."
"Right...did you need something?"
"I was wondering if you were alright."
"Oh as alright as I can be."
"Want to talk?"
She turned her head and looked up at her.
"I was upset with you, then I realized I shouldn't be because it was my own fault...and finally accepting that there was little I could do about it no matter what."
Felicity raised an eyebrow.
"Okay you lost me..."
"When you were drunk, about as far as I thought you could go I asked you for a favor which I shouldn't have but I just didn't want to do it myself since I do care."
"What was the favor?"
She sighed.
"I wanted to know if Garrus was interested in human women, I asked you to flirt and what not with him a little just to see what happens. Now that I don't have any alcohol in my system saying that out loud makes it even worse."
"Strange sort of test. Interested in strange tests. I suppose that's what lead to drunken heavy petting." Mordin said.
Felicity smirked at him as she shook her head.
"So what, I gave him a kiss or something, and that was that...you know I still don't remember everything..."
"De'sari good for rushing back to work. Though with Drell and Human selective side effect."
"Side effect?" Felicity asked.
"Very minor, just takes a little longer to remember events that took place while intoxicated, sometimes good thing when you must focus only on what's ahead."
"Right, you see..I suggested pushing him against the wall first while he was distracted...Turians can be careful with lovers but still prefer things a little rougher here and there when they have to. That was bound to get his attention. I checked on you since you were outside the bar area at the point and you started to walk away but he pulled you back. Well you probably know the rest."
"Did not consider effect of alcohol on adult Turian male with person of preference on him. Honest mistake I suppose. Though with mark on her, accidental or not, natural reaction. I doubt he'll be looking elsewhere." Mordin said.
Felicity shook her head as Chloe sighed.
"Unfortunately."
"But you did say it was minor."
"Minor yes. This is because you can hide it while it heals. Not because means absolutely nothing. If there was no mark then it would mean nothing...many species are familiar with the more harmless one night stand. This was a bit higher than that. He should be able to read at least minor signs from you. If you're upset he'll know."
"Huh, well don't worry about it, he doesn't look at me like that when it fades he probably won't look back, see you guys."
Mordin only waved his attention back on the microscope in front of him.
"Simpler when hormones don't get in the way. Paperwork keeps it like that."
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Garrus looked up as Felicity came around the console and looked at him, there was no such overpowering connection but he had noticed when she started to come down on elevator.
"Something bothering you?"
"Not really bothering but I wondered if you remembered how we got together."
"Well you did come after me, after I'd been talking...well er slurring to Chloe, I pulled you back which now that I'm sober realize that may have been a bit harsh."
"She told you she cared about you?"
"No she was asking what I thought about human women because she wanted to spend some more personal time with me. Though at the time wasn't a question I could answer."
"Well she figured out a way around that, using me as bait."
He smirked, mandibles fluttering.
"You're kidding..."
"Oh yeah she sent me, and I guess what you did is harsh because you used me to show you weren't interested in her?"
"Now when you say it like that it's like you're judging me."
She shook her head.
"You're kind of a dick when you're drunk."
He chuckled.
"Well I never claimed to be any sort of drunken casanova."
She laughed and shook her head.
"Fair enough, though she was really disappointed, were you never interested in her?"
He shook his head.
"I have known her a few years, helped her out when she was attacked in her clinic when no other officer was doing anything for her. I don't really have issues but I like her the same way I like Tali, we get along and that's the end of it. However marks like that exist for getting to know the chosen mate we just don't hang around and wonder what if. " he explained.
She nodded in understanding.
"Sorry you got pulled in the middle of it though." he added.
"Eh it's ok at least I really have one of those 'memorable first times'."
He paused.
"That was the first time for you?"
"What? Not like I had time for this when I was training."
"I don't suppose I ruined you for human men hmm?"
She blushed thinking of when he had...emerged from the protective plates that covered him, she'd seen porn and was sure on average he ended up being a lot larger than the average human male. It would have hurt more had she not been drunk and freshly marked. For all she knew he probably had, though she laughed and moved back to the elevator not saying a word.
"Hey don't walk away from a man laughing when he asks you that, I still have an ego you know."
He smirked only hearing the sound growing, as if he could really be offended when he could tell she was teasing.
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