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[switchcircuit]

[Red isn't shy, but she doesn't like making a spectacle of herself unless it's a concert. Even still she's having a bit of a problem finding what she needs and so hopefully there is either a techie out there or a musician or a mix of the two.

Her smiling face appears on the feed with a wave of one hand (why yes, her nails are freshly painted just as bright red as her hair, thanks for noticing!)]

Hello, World.

I'm looking for a synthesizer board and cannot find one for sell. Is there anyone here who might be able to custom build one for me? What's it called on your worlds I can only guess.

[She thinks a moment, eyes cast to the side before looking to the TAB again.]

It's a board with programmable buttons that play the recorded sound to the beat you set. You can play back the samples and create music. I hope someone out there knows what I'm talking about!

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[switchcircuit]

Now you'll have to explain that! What does your identity have to do with being political? Why shouldn't you be welcome in any social circles?

[She's genuinely curious! Hopefully the questions aren't impertinent.]

[beautifulspaceraptor]

[ Oooohhh, dear. How does he put this delicately? ]

The stripes on my face indicate my heritage. It's a practice done by a majority of my species' cultures. The main political party governing most of our space is known as the Hierarchy and I am- not Hierarchy. In fact, the colony I come from has had a long history of conforming poorly to their laws. An outlaw colony. A mercenary colony, essentially. One with a lot of ties to the Hierarchy's main opposition: the Separatists.

It's... a complicated and messy history that spans the entirety of our species' space-faring history.

[switchcircuit]

[Red is happy to listen to the story. In fact she leans her elbow on the table she's sitting at, chin in her palm, eyes attentive on the TAB display. She's settled in to listen for as long as he wants to talk.

When he takes a space of breath, Red sits up straight again.]

It sounds like it could be dangerous. Did you encounter humanoids like me in your space-faring?

Also is it weird or inappropriate for me to say I think your stripes are really neat?

[beautifulspaceraptor]

Ah, Humanity was well established by the time I got off my home rock.

Human-Turian relations started off pretty rocky though, if I'm being honest. About thirty years back, Humanity entered the intergalactic scene, activating an ancient piece of technology. An act that was outlawed long before by the Council, a multi-planetary body responsible for maintaining law and order for a lot of species in the milky way. It was outlawed because the last time this tech was activated, it nearly brought the apocalypse with it in the form of a new, aggressive alien species.

So, humanity commits a big no-no and the Hierarchy, the Council's main military support, went over to investigate, found the humans, assumed the worst. Which resulted in a short and brutal fight known as the 'First Contact War' or 'The Relay 314 Incident'. Depending on who you're asking.

[ Which is why his mentor is so murderously prejudiced against all of humanity.

Anyways, enjoy that info-dump, Red. ]

That's not inappropriate at all! In fact, considering the five hours I spend every few months re-painting all of this, I personally quite appreciate the compliment.