Note: These prompt fills have spoilers for Mass Effect 3. I'll keep them separate from the non-spoiler prompt fills and note the presence of spoilers in the chapter title.

Prompt: Training (ME3 demo spoilers)

Shepard followed Kaidan down the hall to a room labeled "R&D Storage." He put his hand on the reader and the door opened. She tilted her head quizzically and he explained, "Something to do after Horizon. Had to keep busy, you know."

She nodded and eyed the various boxes covetously. He rummaged in a cabinet and brought out a small box and handed it to her. Inside was what appeared to be an omni-tool. "What's this?"

"The latest and greatest. There's only a couple prototypes made so far. You have one in your hands, and I have another." He keyed in a command to his omni-tool and along with the standard interface it had a sword like extension. "The eggheads call it an omni-blade. Based on the same tech as my tactical shield." His omni-blade disappeared and he pulled out the piece of tech from the box and attached it to her wrist. It fit against her omni-tool like an engagement and a wedding ring on a woman's finger. "Hope you like it."

"You know just what every woman wants, don't you?"

"Every woman by the name of Shepard, at least."

Prompt: RTFM, Ma'am (ME3 demo Spoilers)

Her hand rested on one of Kaidan's, his other one flicking through the new toy's configuration screens on her omni-tool. As soon as he showed her this omni-blade, she wanted to try it out herself. She looked around the room, at the boxes stored there from the R&D folks and felt like a kid in a toy store. What other fun things were lurking around her?

He released her arm and it dropping to her side pulled her back to reality. She looked over at him and he was grinning. "Kid in a candy store?"

She nodded. "Now show me how to use this, soldier."

He made a fist and punched, the orange omni-blade covering his hand. "There's different motions available to trigger it. I chose one that isn't already taken by my biotic mnemonics. I did the same with yours, unless you picked up something new when I wasn't looking. I suggested to the eggheads to bring a vanguard biotic onto the team to investigate integrating it with biotics, but us biotics are thin on the ground..."

While he was talking, she had brought up the configuration menus up, trying to find the different trigger options. No such luck. She punched her right hand into her left in frustration. The orange omniblade appeared around her arm. "Damn, that's going to bruise, Kaidan."

He laughed. "Trying to change things already? RTFM, ma'am."

"No can do, Alenko. The manual is probably half written, and written badly."