Token: (me2)
Shepard leaned back looking thru the dossier, a half eaten plate of food forgotten next to a slowly warming gin and tonic.
"So, Krogan mad scientist, check. Salarian doctor former STG, check. Convicted biotic, check. Vigilantly that specializes in small group tactics, Check. Thief, most famous, Check. And finally mercenary accepting a suicide mission, Check." She mutter out loud skimming thru the files.
"Hey Commander, what are you doing?" Joker voice called out of the speackers, distracted from her reading.
"Skimming thru the dossiers, are you listening to what I'm doing again?" She answers without looking up, instead reaching for her drink and sipping.
"No, well sort of, sounds like quite the team your building, but where's your token turian?" Joker asked, Shepard's head snapped up, instinctually looking at the ceiling.
"Do what?" she asked setting down her drink again.
"Well seems like we have the token Krogan, the token Salarian, a token solider, that Jacob by the way. A token mercenary, it's nice the krogan doesn't have to fill two parts. The token biotic, that's Jack. So all we need now is the token turian, token quarian, the token kid, and token ex cop. Personal I'm hopeing Tali joins us, so that marked off. And maybe that mercenary or your vigilantly is an ex cop, so that checked. So all we need is the token kid, and theturian." Joker's monolog had Shepard shaking her head, but it made since in a weird, joker kind of way.
"You forgot the token archaeologist and asari." she replied pointing out Liara.
"On no, how could I forget her?" Joker laugh and responded with mock horror. the two sat in friendly silences, finally Shepard broke it.
"I would like to find another turian but I would rather..." Shepard did not let that thought finish. Instead she picked up one of the dossiers.
"Five credits that the one called Archangel is a turian." Shepard replied looking thru it one more time.
"I'll take that bet, what make you think that it's a turian?"
"The squad dynamics, the hit and fade, the precision, all remind me of the way Garrus," her voice cracked, but she was able to get his name out at least. "Describe the way that the Cabals worked."
"You're going after archangel first?" Joker asked. Shepard snorted.
"Of course, I doubt a day or two will make that much difference to the doctor for finding a cure, it'll piss Tim and Miranda off. And," She rolled her shoulders, "I think it will be a nice warm-up."
"Causenothing ever goes right or easy."Joker replied.
"That right, Mr. Murphy is a bitch, and I would like to know what I did to him or his wife, Karma, to deserve this." Joker's laughter echoed over the speakers. And Shepard felt a little more of herself click in to place.