I do not own Mass Effect or any of the associated contact. Jagher Shepard is my Shepard and Fayelle Shepard is my friend's Shepard. This is a collection of moments set throughout the games. They're rated for language and violence mostly.
Mass Effect: Moments.
A Moment of Itchy Teeth.
"How can your teeth itch?"
Jagher Shepard looked from Ashley Williams, the young Gunnery Chief they'd rescued from Eden Prime, to Kaidan, smiling slightly. The team was standing in front of a mass relay monument on the Presidium of the Citadel and Kaidan had just made some comment about how the statue made his teeth itch with the humming noise it was making. Still with the small smile on her lips, Shepard approached the edge of the walkway and leaned on the railing. The closer she got to the statue, the more intense the buzzing in her head became and her teeth did begin to rattle. The conversation continued on behind her, but she kept her green eyes on the statue.
The harder she focused, the more her teeth rattled.
She narrowed her eyes, wondering how they managed to decommission a relay. A statue wouldn't hum, but a relay with residual power might… But why would they keep an actual relay on the Citadel? Unless the humming wasn't coming from the statue at all.
"Commander?"
Jagher shook her head before turning to look at her team, who were both watching her with looks on their faces that hovered somewhere between confusion and concern. "I think you're right Alenko," she said. "There's something weird about this statue."
"I don't hear this humming," Ashley said. She moved closer to the statue.
"It's there, Williams." Shepard looked over her shoulder at the statue. "But I want to know why."
"Does it matter why it's humming?"
Jagher shrugged. It probably didn't matter, but it was still a curious thing. The commander gave a small sigh and rolled her shoulder. She started walking again, heading along the walkway towards the Citadel Tower. "Nowhere else in the Presidium is humming, and there isn't any sort of fountain mechanism or anything around the monument, so why would it be humming?" As she spoke, Shepard realized she was fishing for some explanation. She was nervous about meeting the Council and looking for a distraction.
"Are you okay Commander?" Kaidan asked.
Jagher looked sideways and found his dark eyes locked on her. She wanted to smile. She didn't, however. "I'm fine, Lieutenant. Just a little on edge about this meeting."
"Aren't we all?"
Shepard nodded absently at Williams then the trio fell into silence as they crossed the shining walkways. It was amazing how clean and beautiful the Presidium was, and Jagher tried to focus on the trees and the water and the gleaming pale metal instead of the tower looming over their path. She knew what was waiting up there; she could see the stern faces of the Council, salarian, asari and turian, and almost imagine what they were going to say to her. It was highly unlikely they would believe anything she said about Saren, even backed by the eyewitness reports from Eden Prime. He was a Spectre and she was just a human.
As they stepped into the elevator, Shepard sighed and ran her hands back over her dark hair.
The elevator doors closed and the car shot upwards.
Author's Note.
I don't really like this moment, but that line makes me laugh like an idiot for some reason.
Next Moment: A Moment With Stolen Glances.