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-- Ah, here we go.

[ The video feed flickers into view, any of you unfamiliar with aliens might be in for a shocking sight, because there's one looking right at you, and his voice sounds strange, too, like there's a much lower voice speaking at the same time, like there's some strange melding of the two. Garrus leans back slightly, nods towards the camera of the device mounted on his wrist, a brief, simple greeting, and turians don't exactly smile, but there's still something of it in his expression, his head slightly tipped to the side. The view's maybe bobbing slightly, as if he's on the move -- and he is, fresh from the medbay and heading up towards what he thinks is his assigned quarters, but hell if he knows. This ship seems massive. ]

The Moira, right? [ A low whistle. ] Fancy. Still learning my way around, but this place sure does know how to spoil a turian. Can't say I've seen any tech like this before, but I'm suitably impressed, even with all the flickering lights.

Not happy. But impressed. [ A pause, a dry kind of laugh. ] Just might want to send a maintenance crew around though.

The name's Garrus Vakarian, and if you've never heard of me, you're maybe-almost-definitely missing out. [ His tone is jovial enough to be clear that he's mostly joking rather than being unbearably cocky, but, well. Mostly. ] Maybe you've heard of other things though. Palaven? The Citadel? Sound familiar at all -- how about a show of hands?

-- And if anyone can direct me to the mess, I'm positively dying to find out if there's any food here that won't kill me.

[ HE SURE HOPES THERE IS ]

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[petridish]

[A very short video: A redheaded woman in an N7 dress and tags, raising her hand with a faint smile.

[And then a switch to text, where it's easier to lie convincingly:]

It's good to see you, Garrus. I've got a map/positioning system app on the MID to get you to the mess, where Tali and Nihlus assure me there's dextro food, even if it's not particularly good.

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[ The N7 insignia catches his attention -- he knows it, the same designation as Shepard even if the person is unfamiliar, from the human Systems Alliance, special forces. The switch to text confuses him a little, but he thinks nothing of it, and he's a little more distracted by the mention of Tali.

And Nihlus. Nihlus? ]

Good to know I'm in good company, here.

Are you a friend of Shepard's? [ Someone from the Alliance, presumably. ]

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[beautifulspaceraptor]

[ Nihlus finds himself cupping the side of his face about halfway through listening to Garrus' introduction.

Spirits knows these Palavanian boys weren't usually his type, but he's getting kind of charmed. The guy's sure grown since the last time Nihlus had seen him skulking around after getting his mandibles lectured off by Pallin. ]

The food won't kill you, but your taste buds might die a little inside.

[ Hello, Vakarian, think you're up to talking with a dead man? ]

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[ Speak of the devil.

At first it's just the sight of another turian that immediately catches his attention, a familiar turian voice, a sense of relief -- he's already had his fair share of humans oggling at him, and really, that does get tiresome. He hears what he's saying, maybe smirks a little, starts to maybe open his mouth to say something, and.

Then who he's looking at actually hits him. ]

-- Nihlus?

[ He's grown and gotten his face half blown off, but you're looking much more alive than he thought you were. ]

[foodsofmypeople]

Garrus? Thank god for a familiar face. I thought I was the only one brought here.

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[ More people he knows! It's a damn reunion around here, and he coming out of the Ingress he'd thought he might be on his own. ]

This ship got you here too, huh?

Might as well bring the whole crew. [ Maybe everyone actually is here. He won't be surprised, at this point. ] Good to see you too, Alenko.

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[devilofohara]

[Video feed of a young human girl. She appears to be setting on some kind of hospital bed.]

You're a... Turan, right?

[She's pretty sure that's what Nihlus said he was. There was only ever just Nihlus, though, so the name of his species never came up that often.]

I don't know what Nihlus eats, but he's one too and he hasn't died yet.

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[ He's visibly a little put off when she says Turan, but well, you're a tiny human. He can't get mad at a tiny human. Probably an honest mistake, besides. ]

Turian. I'm turian. [ A pause, and a bit of a dry laugh. ] Funny you would say that.

[ Because Nihlus has, in fact, died. Far as Garrus knows, anyway. ]

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[sketchycharacter]

[Oh, hey. An alien. Couple months ago, that would have freaked him out a lot; currently, Nate finds it only mildly weird.]

Anywhere can be a mess if you try hard and don't clean up after yourself, but the food's all right here. You kind of missed the opportunity to eat in proper facilities, though. Or to visit the bar.

[One of these is a bigger tragedy.]

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It's less about the quality and more about catering to those of the non-human persuasion, but by the sound of it, I'm apparently covered.

More or less. [ Doesn't sound like the dextro food's any good. :/ A sigh, but a tip of his head, his mandibles flaring in something that Nate might be able to read as a turian equivalent of a smirk. ] Pity about the bar, though.

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—Pun aside, why would food kill you, exactly?

[ No one can be that allergic to food, right? ...Right? He'll ask about the severe-looking greyscale excema going on later. Maybe. ]

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Dying might be -- a bit of an exaggeration. [ NOT EXACTLY IMPOSSIBLE, MIND, but, you know. Maybe he was being dramatic. ] All the same, levo foods just don't tend to agree with turians.

[ And he won't clarify or explain in the hope that maybe you're one of those people who knows what that is. He sure has met a lot of people who don't know what he is today, though. ]

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[Oh, look, it's your friendly neighborhood assassin!]

Garrus.

We need to talk. In person, preferably.

[Small-talk is for squares.]

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Well, well. [ A smile, a tip of his head in greeting. ] It is a reunion party.

[ Curious that this not-Shepard-woman mentioned Tali and Nihlus but not you. ]

I'm on Nomo deck. [ In other words, yes. In person talking's probably a good idea. ]

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vakarian.

[ hello again, garrus. ]

i forgot to ask you something

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At your service, Agent Maine.

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[keelahselai]

[It took her a long moment of thinking about it before deciding to put the video feed on. He's going to see her maskless eventually anyway, might as well make it now.]

Don't worry, it won't kill you. Unless blandness is fatal.

[Not that she has to deal with it - as soon as she realised the medics on board could do something to let her be gastronomically ambidextrous, as it were, you'd better believe she went for it. But she'll maybe leave that to a later time to explain to him.]

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[ Garrus doesn't recognize the face, of course, but the voice -- he'd know that anywhere. So far this place is apparently full of surprises, but this is -- a pleasant one. ]

-- Tali. [ A brief pause, and Garrus relaxes noticeably, mandibles lifting in the closest approximation turians have to a smile. ] Good to see another familiar face, of sorts.

[ Just a light comment about it, but he won't ask or linger too much. Surely Tali would elaborate on her own if she wanted to. ]

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[taselikeabee]

Could always be worse than just flickering lights.

[ so, so much worse. but it still makes him a little uneasy. but honestly the reason why he's popping in? interest. Turian, huh? well Bee hasn't seen anything like it. ]

I haven't heard of those places, but the universe is pretty vast. At the very least, they should have something you can eat. No promises for me though.

[ ha ha. energon. :| ]

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[ UHH OKAY

As mildly irritated as Garrus might be to the reactions he's gotten from humans on board the ship so far, he's still a little wide-eyed at the sight of. A robot? Certainly something mechanical. It takes Garrus a few moments to recover from his surprise, clearing his throat not at all subtly. ]

-- Yes. Well. Just my lucky day.

Why wouldn't there be any food for you on the ship? [ Why do you even eat food, he doesn't say. ]

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Fucking knew it. Val owes me a twenty.

[ re: aliens, okay. valarie told him they didn't exist and andyr told him he's full of shit, and he was right, so val can kiss his ass and give him money. anyway, outburst aside, getting to the actual point of this. he's maybe sort of kind of enjoying space now, thanks garrus ]

What're we supposed to have heard about you? And I can show you the mess hall. [ probably. if he doesn't get lost again. ]

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Just generally my name and sizable reputation. I did save the galaxy, after all. [ A pause, deadpan enough, before those mandibles life in a bit of a laugh. ] Well, maybe with a little help.

I think I've got someone to show me a way. You make a bet with a friend of yours?

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[ shepard looks at the responses and despite her initial reaction of immediately wanting to say hello, she waits. until she's sure nihlus or the other shepard has had a chance to explain things because she's not sure she can explain it herself. and though she's hoping this is garrus from her universe, she's bracing herself for the worst. ]

Here I thought we'd gotten you some better armor already.
- Shepard

[ she signs it because the MID calls her "jean" and if he's not from her universe, well. it skips over the awkward "who are you again?" questions. ]

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[ The MID says "Jean" but the message says Shepard, and Garrus is maybe a little wary of that since there was already someone else who'd claimed to be Shepard, as little sense as that made. Given who else is here, though, surely Shepard has to be somewhere on board this ship. ]

Ah, but this one has some authentic battle damage from one of my finest moments.

I think it adds to my bad-boy charm.

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My name is Niko Bellic. Do you remember me?

Because if not, then I think I met a different you before.

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I don't think we've met, no.

-- A different me, huh?

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[mylawn]

If this is what impresses you, I'd hate to see what doesn't.

[there's nothing impressive about being KIDNAPPED]

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[ there's something a little impressive about weird transdimensional tech okay ]

We could've been kidnapped onto a volus ship or something, see, that would be terrible.

Not that this is good. But it is an impressive piece of technology.

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[divagated]

[Seeing someone that wasn't human come across her MID is something Ahsoka didn't think she'd get so excited about. She knew she wasn't the only "alien" around, but she didn't really know them. Everyone she had really come into contact with was human, and while she didn't mind them, it was just nice to have a change in pace.]

Considering Palaven and the Citadel mean nothing to me, I'm guessing Coruscant and the Republic mean nothing to you?

[there might have been a slight hope that he would be from the same galaxy, but she's never seen a race like his. Not that really meant anything. The galaxy was huge, after all.]

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[ Huh. That's definitely someone nonhuman, and not of a species he recognizes. Outside Council space? Or from -- a different universe altogether, more likely, yes. That's an option. He needs to remember that, now that he's here. ]

Never heard of them, so I guess we have that much in common.

Different universes. [ Shaking his head slightly, his mandibles lifting in something of a smile, sympathetic. ] What a thing.