Mass Effect: Inspiration
Normandy's Crew
Disclaimer: I do not own Mass Effect
Tanil sat in her office. It was awkwardly quiet, but it felt good to be working again. Already, she had lined up meetings throughout the entire week with the crew of the Normandy SR1. The ship was destroyed so it was her responsibility to get everyone new assignments, though, as for the nonhuman crew members, she was tasked with giving them "compensation". Compensation normally could have been something nice and simple, but these were aliens. The crew was a team; they all worked for the Alliance, and unfortunately it was Tanil's job to nicely say: get the hell out, to all the aliens. The compensation had to be something big; something important that would give the Alliance better face.
Everything was in order; everything was perfect compensations for each alien crew member. Thanks to the help from Kandros, she decided what to do for the turian as well as the krogan. All she needed to do was inform them and to see if they would accept it. Once the crew member accepted the compensation, it took one click, one email, and more paperwork to ensure everything went through smoothly.
Tanil stared at her office door, drumming her fingers together and smiling. Working was good, kept her mind going, kept her in the mode. She had equally spaced out human crew members throughout the entire week while putting one alien each day to spice things up. The human crew members were easy, five crew members a day, all it took was paperwork and informing them of their new assignment. Easy. She had dealt with all the humans for today but now, now it was time to deal with aliens. Tanil glanced at her terminal, up next… Urdnot Wrex?
The door probably would have busted open if it wasn't for the fact that the door had automatically opened before getting hit, bending the edges of the door. Tanil's eyes widened, now understanding why people shouted "krogan charging".
"What do you want human?" Wrex demanded, the doors trying to close, but failing due to the damage.
Tanil instantly regained herself, shoving a data pad across the desk. "Thank you for your service to the Alliance and the Council. As thanks, I'm sending first aid supplies to Tuchunka to help you with reforming the krogan clans. I agree with your ideals and I want to help by giving you supplies. I hear krogans like shot guns, I can get you a real nice one." She hurriedly said, she felt like she was talking too fast, but she always naturally kept herself at a speed that people could actually hear and understand what she was saying. Either way, Wrex was stunned, and he angrily picked up the data pad.
"You can supply all this?"
Tanil quickly nodded. "It's no cure for the genophage, but it's the best I can do for you and your people, Wrex." She said. "I'll do it right now; you can fly back to Tuchunka with the cargo." Wrex seemed even more confused, of course he couldn't complain.
"Fine. Thanks human." Wrex started to leave.
"Wait!" Tanil shouted, making Wrex turn back around. "Be honest with me." Tanil leaned forward, resting her elbows on her desk. "Would a pair of testes be a better present?"
Tanil rubbed her head; the door was fixed at least since the events of yesterday. Of course, the door was even worse off after Wrex had left, because he had charged out.
Tanil smiled, remembering Wrex's expression. The best way to find out facial expressions and body language was by shocking the hell out of them like she did yesterday. Call it… research, if you will, and it was damn fun. Tanil glanced at her terminal, glancing at her next appointment that was visible on her screen. So, it was the quarian, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya was up next. Unfortunately there wasn't much benefit when popping a weird question since Tanil couldn't see any expressions through the mask. Nevertheless, it would still be entertaining to see how the quarian would react. Tanil smiled, plus she had no idea how Tali would react, much less a quarian.
The door hissed open, enter the quarian. Tanil smiled, leaning back in her chair with her hands together. "Thank you for coming, Tali'Zorah, this will be quick. My name is Commander Reynolds and it is my job to thank you for your service to the Alliance and the Council. It is also my job to give you any compensation," Tanil leaned over the desk. "I can get you at least some geth tech that we salvaged after the attack on the Citadel, as well as a one way trip back to the Flotilla, back home. I understand this is the end of your Pilgrimage; maybe coming home with some helpful geth tech will make you look good."
"Geth tech?" Tali asked.
Tanil nodded, "Not to worry. It's perfectly safe. I checked the tech myself, it'll help your people; I'm sure. It's the best compensation I can give you, considering." Tanil said, standing up. "Hopefully it'll be enough to help, at least a little bit."
"Thank you, Commander. This is more than I could ask for from the Alliance." Tali said, Tanil held up a hand to stop her.
"Please, the Alliance does what it can to help its image towards aliens. This isn't much to help your people; I'm only trying my best to compensate you for all your work with Commander Shepard. I only wish I could have done something more." Tanil said, lowering her hand. "That is all. I can arrange your transport right now, I'm sure your family is waiting for you."
Tali nodded. "Thank you for this Commander." She said, turning to leave with her data pad in hand.
"Please, a moment if you would, before you leave." Tanil called, making Tali turn back around. "I wanted to ask you a quick question." Tanil shifted her back, feeling a satisfying crack as she quickly thought up an adequate question. "How do quarians have sex if they're in an environmental suit?"
Tali was silent for a moment, until she took a seat in front of the desk. "Well, you see, we usually take antibiotics for a couple of days to prepare ourselves."
Tanil quickly glanced through her terminal, frantically looking through all the data before pulling up her next appointment. The asari, Dr. Liara T'soni was the next alien prey to enter Tanil's office. Tanil happily rubbed her palms together, after such a sudden reaction from Tali yesterday; she was excited to see how an asari would react to questioning. Tanil closed down everything on her terminal before sitting back and quickly thinking up an appropriate question to shock the hell out of Dr. T'soni. Something sex related usually always did it, might as well stick to that. Though with an asari, it was interesting because they mated with any species as well as any gender. Tanil lurched forward, snapping her fingers together, excellent; she had a good question to ask the doctor.
The door hissed open, why didn't people knock? Tanil shook her head, it didn't matter, her eyes locked on the asari who had entered the office. She had to admit, with the right asari, Tanil could easily imagine herself in bed with one, even if she was straight. Tanil resisted the urge to smile, there was just something about them, oh right, the mind binding thing.
Tanil stood up. "Dr. T'soni, my name is Commander Tanil Reynolds. Thank you for coming, I'll be brief." She said, motioning to the chair. "Would you like to take a seat?"
"Yes, thank you." Liara took the seat, she seemed nervous, that was to be expected since she had no idea why she was here in the first place.
Tanil sat down as well. "No need to be nervous, doctor. I'm a representative of the Alliance and the Council, my job is to thank you for your service as well as provide you with compensation for your help." She said, seeing Liara instantly relax, she was young, for an asari of course, Tanil thought to herself, recalling the personnel file on Liara's age. Tanil grabbed a data pad next to her terminal and handed it over to Liara, who leaned forward and grabbed it. "It isn't much, but it's an opportunity. I noticed that you're a prothean scientist, an aspiring career, but I'd like to suggest something else."
Tanil glanced at her terminal and opened up a few windows. "Do you know what an information broker is? It's a person who can acquire information for clients, for a price. It's a good career choice, subtle, and a new chance, a new life." Tanil explained, scanning through the information on the terminal. "I know it's hard, being a prothean scientist has probably been your life's pursuit. Just hear me out, there are many rich potential clients out there, all of whom are looking for little details of the protheans, trust me, they like eating that shit up. You'll have good money, and any information you stumble upon can greatly help the Alliance as well as the Council." She continued, scanning through Shepard's report about the reapers, better not bring that up. "Who knows when we might need information in the future; it'll come in hand in the long run. You'll be doing yourself a lot of good by becoming an information broker."
Liara looked sad, almost at the verge of tears, of course she had almost nothing left; during the time she helped Commander Shepard, her mother had died, and now Shepard was gone, that must be hard. "I wouldn't even know where to start." Liara finally said.
Tanil smiled, "Well, that's where I come in." she explained, motioning to the data pad Liara had in her hand. "Illium, it's the best place for a budding information broker to start off at. I can arrange transport for you, as well as start you off with some good clients. It'll be easy, I'll get you a good place to start off, and you'll naturally take it into your own hands afterwards. I think you'll be a natural at it, once you get your feet in place." Tanil said. "I can arrange a transport for you as soon as possible if you like the idea."
Liara looked like she was thinking, that was good, she was actually considering the idea. "You'll do fine, Liara." Tanil said, helping Liara develop some confidence. "It'll give you a clean slate."
"I would never expect the Alliance to give this as… compensation?" Liara noted.
Tanil nodded, "Normally no, but your prothean knowledge really helped Commander Shepard in the long run, you deserve something like this. It's the best I can do for you too." She said, opening up another window on her terminal. "Just say the word or you can take a night to consider it."
"I'll consider it. Thank you, Commander Reynolds." Liara got up from her seat and began to leave, perfect.
"A moment, if you will, Dr. T'soni." Liara turned back around, looking at Tanil curiously, who now had a smile on her face. "I just want to ask you one quick question." Tanil leaned against her desk, resting her elbows on the desk… once again. "Different species, would you go for a penis or a vagina?"
"Oh goddess…."
"Yeah I know, but seriously now, would you pick a female or a male of a different species?" Tanil asked again.
Tanil held her head in her hand, smiling and laughing to herself. Asking such an absurd question of an asari was too entertaining. Tanil chuckled, remembering yesterday as she glanced at her terminal. The last person to deal with was the turian, and that was simple enough. If it wasn't for Kandros's help, she would have no idea what to do, but now she knew what to do for compensation.
The door hissed open and Garrus Vakarian entered, a turian, Tanil raised an eyebrow, and quite a stud. Tanil stood up, of course formalities, she had to remember that. "Garrus Vakarian, thank you for coming. My name is Commander Tanil Reynolds; I hear you're pretty good with a sniper rifle." She said, extending her hand, which Garrus took and shook.
"Who told you that?"
"Oraka, Kandros Oraka, you may have heard of him. Please, have a seat so we can get started, I'll try and make this brief." Tanil said, taking a seat while Garrus took his. "I'm here representing the Alliance as well as the Council, we hope to thank you for your services to both and it is my job to give you compensations as a way of thanking you for your help." She explained, grabbing a data pad sitting on the desk. "I understand you used to work for C-Sec, don't worry, I won't arrange you being with them again, but I have an idea for something better." She handed Garrus the data pad. "Something that'll result in more action."
"What is this?"
Tanil leaned forward, resting her elbows on the desk. "A tactical team. There's a lot of good that can be down out there, a lot more then C-Sec could ever do on the Citadel. It's only a suggestion for you, go out there and do some real good, take down gangs and stuff, make sure justice is served. First part, I'd suggest Omega, it's the biggest place that needs a lot of help. Assemble a team, I'll provide all the necessary supplies and you'll be out there, kicking it to the man." Tanil explained, watching Garrus look through the data pad.
"This is… interesting." Garrus said, Tanil smiled slightly, so Kandros was right.
"You can think about it, or I can arrange everything now. Either way, you have to pick the team, I have a few suggestions, but ultimately, I'm supplying all the ammo, and shipping you to Omega to do some real good." Tanil finished, leaning back in her chair. "Make a decision, and let me know if you'll accept this… opportunity. You'll do some real good out there, Garrus, some justice needs to be taken out in the Terminus, and I think you're the man to do it."
"I'll think about it." Garrus said, lowering the data pad. "But it does sound promising." He got up from his chair, Tanil smiled, quickly devising the perfect question to pop. "Thank you for the suggestion, Commander."
Tanil leaned forward again, still smiling. "A moment before you go, Vakarian. I have one crucial question I want to ask you." She asked, Garrus turned around and stared, boy was this going to be a nice one. "Can I see your penis?"
"I should go."