video;

[nyx_it]

[The video clicks on to a turian face -- one who hasn't really made an appearance on the network so far. And, for anyone familiar with turian expressions... she looks annoyed. Exasperated. All of the above.]

Okay, so we've got a psychic, parasitic blob scooting around, dead men walking, security checkpoints, and fights over decontamination.

That sound about all, or am I missing some other catastrophe?

Either way, this is one hell of an introduction.

[And she thought the Nexus and its uprising was bad.]

Something tells me I'm going to hate asking, but where's an enterprising turian going to find a job with all this panic? If the briefing's right and that's what we're supposed to be doing around here.

Comments

video;

[ryderonthestorm]

Wait, we have to get jobs?

[ Yep, that's her takeaway from this. ]

video;

[nyx_it]

[She sort of stares. And then just. Shakes her head.]

Yeah, Ryder. We do. That's what the briefing said.



You didn't read it, did you?

video;

[ryderonthestorm]

I mean, of course... not? I'd just been kidnapped! Why would I listen to anything they told me!

video; private

[nyx_it]

Because some of it might be helpful.

[And then, swapping to a more private channel...]

Ryder. Saren Arterius is here. He's alive.

video; private

[ryderonthestorm]

[ Ryder pauses for a moment, her face going through a series of expressions ranging from who, to realization, and then utter bafflement. ]

You mean the Spectre who went crazy and led a geth army to attack the Citadel? Isn't he dead?

[ Of course, they should all be dead - everyone she knew of back in the Milky Way. ]

video; private

[nyx_it]

No, the other Saren Arterius. Who started a peace movement.

[In other words, yes, Rdyer, that Saren.]

If he's dead, he's sure talkative.

video; private

[ryderonthestorm]

Hey, I had a lot going on in my life, okay!

[ Half the Citadel getting destroyed was a pretty big deal though. ]

So... how is that even possible? I mean, that's an entire galaxy and six hundred years we traveled. Unless... we're all dead or something?

video; private

[nyx_it]

Easy, easy. I'm teasing you.

I don't know about you, but last I checked, I felt pretty alive.

video; private

[ryderonthestorm]

Speaking from experience, you do feel pretty alive, right up until you don't.

[ But that's not really a subject she wants to think too much about, now or ever. ]

What in the hell are we supposed to do with the Milky Way's biggest psychopath?

video; private

[nyx_it]

Yeah, let's not... talk about that experience for a second.

My first instinct is grab a sniper rifle and go to town.

video;

[ruffboi]

Oh, the job part's easy. Just ask around, and someone will need a toilet unclogged or something. Harder part is getting paid for it.

( voice )

[sleepdarts]

Perhaps mentioning your skills may endear them. You wouldn't be the only turian to find work here.

video;

[nyx_it]

Isn't that the point of working? Getting paid?

( voice )

[nyx_it]

Yeah. I noticed that.

[Unfortunately.]

I don't think I'd agree with either of them on what makes a decent job, though.

[ruffboi]

Huh. Yeah. I mean, mostly? I guess there's also the satisfaction of a job well done, but, nah, it's mainly the money. Hmm. So I guess what I meant is, it's very easy to find unpaid labor around here.

[nyx_it]

Yeah, money's kind of the reason I'm looking.

[There's a Pathfinder to look after. Whoops.]

video; private

[ryderonthestorm]

Mine, too. But something tells me it just wouldn't be that easy.

What are we even doing here? And where is here, if there are people from the Milky Way, people who should be dead?

Audio;

[beautifulspaceraptor]

There's Ingress travel jobs. Those usually pay a decent amount on top of your monthly stipend. Downside is a lack of consistent employ, increasing controversy and potential parasites, but you do get to set your own schedule for the most part.

[ Speak of the devil. He sounds somewhat amused. ]

If you could list your skills, that'd be a start. Savrou has about all the typical jobs you'd expect to find in a civilization. Hospitality, arts, business... In demand skills are, of course, science-leaning.

[sleepdarts]

Those are not the only jobs. What did you do before?

video; private

[nyx_it]

Why can't it ever be that easy?

Far as I can tell, just trying to get by until we find a way out of here. For the rest of it? No clue.

[nyx_it]

Found things people wanted, and shot the things they didn't.

Made connections, networked... did whatever had to be done to get what we needed.

[I'm a smuggler in other words.]

Audio;

[nyx_it]

[Oh look who it is, this asshole.]

So it's either risk said parasite or pretend I paid attention in science.

Sounds fun.

Ingress travel as in what?

[beautifulspaceraptor]

Waiting tables is a legitimate option.

[ And if he sounds a bit terse about it, it's mostly because he's keeping rude comments about Palavenian attitudes towards civilian sector jobs on mute here.

Not the time to be petty. ]

The Ingress, the tech that brought you here, opens to a couple of locations every month. Each location is classified according to whether or not they've been explored previously. Exploration categories tend to be the riskier leaning, but there are safer, explored worlds that you can earn pay from doing sample collection.

[nyx_it]

Yeah, sure. If they like getting the wrong food.

[Because she will do a lot of things, and do them well, but that isn't one of them.]

So it's mercenary work. In a way. [But hey, if people pay for samples, then...] Guessing they post up a list in their complex. Or over the TABs, huh?

[beautifulspaceraptor]

Hmm, Construction maybe? They're always hiring. Business admin? Or perhaps waste management then? Far less chances of accidentally poisoning customers and the pay is pretty good.

[ Okay, yeah, he couldn't resist that last one. ]

The TAB network is your best bet. Education and training for jobs are also very accessible here if there is something you're interested in getting into but don't have the skills for presently.