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[ Hey guys, you like disgruntled teenagers? Because here's one right now! Sitting in the med-bay, wearing a hospital gown, and looking equal parts frustrated and confused. ]

So uh.

I feel like I've done this before.

[ A pause, as he glances to the side in thought. Before finally: ]

Am I stuck in a time loop? Because if I am, and no one else has caught it yet, I'm calling supervillain shenanigans.

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[Garrus just nods. Makes about as much sense as anything else around here.]

Seems like an accident waiting to happen, but alright.

You don't know the half of it.

[ ... Why did he say that. He shouldn't have said that. He doesn't want to have to explain that. ]

I take it there's a story there?

[ GOD DAMN IT ]

Um, so... the haunting, kind of... started... with our portal. Kind of.

I mean, it got worse from there, to the point where even turning it off does nothing, but.

Yeah.

Your parents aren't big on safety measures, are they?

[Just a wild guess, here ...]

... Uh...

[ Yeah he has no idea how to defend that. ]

Edited 2017-10-20 19:34 (UTC)

Just the impression I was getting.

[Garrus shrugs.]

Not that I'm really in any position to judge anyone on that front, of course.

[He tilts his head slightly, showing off the weathered patch of scar and burn tissue that covers about half of the right side of his face.]

[ God, Danny didn't even notice that. How did he not notice that? ]

What happened?

Edited 2017-10-20 21:57 (UTC)

[He just doesn't know what a turian face is SUPPOSED to look like so that seemed normal until attention was drawn to it.]

Anti-personnel rocket got just a little bit too close. [Said casually. Like that was just a thing that happened.] I'd spent a few months making life hard for a bunch of mercenary outfits, and eventually they got tired of my crap.

[ Oh my god.

Garrus is an action movie star. ]

Anti-personnel rocket. [ A beat. ] As in, a literal anti person rocket. A rocket that is designed to make a person go away.

... You took that to the face.

[ Garrus do you realize how cool you are right now? ]

Edited 2017-10-21 16:34 (UTC)

Closer to a foot and a half away from the face, but that close it doesn't make too much of a difference.

[He has some idea. Despite Omega being one of the darker chapters in his life, he does still have a certain amount of pride in the things that he was able to accomplish. There are a lot of things he'd go back and change, but it's hard not to feel just a little bit impressive when you can honestly say that an army of mercenaries and gunship weren't enough to get the job done.

[And also to be eternally grateful for kinetic barriers and back-up who really knew what they were doing.]

I dunno if you realize this, but you might actually be the coolest person on this team right now.

Like, I think you need to know that.

[Garrus blinks, because that's the furthest reaction from what he's used to, and chuckles. He almost seems a little bashful as he shakes his head and looks down for a moment.]

Thanks, but, ah ... if that's the case I don't think you've met too many of the other people on the team.

You took a rocket. To the face.

And Shepard shrugged off re-entry.

[He pauses.]

Well, not exactly. She actually died, but death didn't seem to do much more than piss her off.

[Not that he's, you know, biased or anything.]

... Who's Shepard?

Also, when you say dead, I'm guessing like... not actual dead? Because how the heck do you come back from that?

Remember the woman from a few minutes ago? Redhead, human, sarcastically expressing surprise at the fact that I'm an alien ...?

[Yeah, that would be her.]

Beats the hell out of me. All I know is that apparently it comes with a four billion credit price tag and about two years of work.

... I have so many questions, and I don't even know where to start.

[ Is she his girlfriend? Can humans and aliens do the thing? Is she an android? Is she a cyborg? Is she also an action movie star? Does she lead a secret group of aliens and humans that work together to fight evil?

You know. Important questions. ]

[He shrugs, gesturing for Danny to just start whenever.]

Alright, I'm gonna get this one out of the way first.

Is Shepard your girlfriend?

What? No, I ... no.

[He denies it just a little too quickly before his voice evens out. The little chuckle at the end might not help his case too much either.]

Shepard's probably the best friend I've got and we've been through a hell of a lot together, but, ah ... no.

[Yet that seems to be the question everyone has for him.]

And technically my commanding officer, though ... honestly I'm not sure how official that is any more.

[The chain of command has gotten a bit fouled up in a few places ...]

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[ There's something strangely familiar about Garrus' reaction, but he honestly can't place it. Like, it's at the tip of his tongue, but... no, he can't imagine why this feels familiar.

~~Not like he constantly has to say "she's not my girlfriend" to people when they ask about Sam.~~ ]

Could've fooled me, but whatever.

Okay, so then. Since she apparently came back from the dead, is she like... I dunno, a cyborg? I mean, you can't tell me she came back completely normal. You don't get four billion whatevers worth of money dumped into you without coming back as a like, a cool super robot.

The short answer is yes. From what I understand she got put back together with a lot of cloned parts and a lot of cybernetic enhancements. Where one starts and the other ends ...? I've got no idea. Not really my business.

[He's not sure he'd really want to know, anyway.]

As for normal ... well, depends what you define as normal. Her powers here are more or less things she could already do back home.

[ Oh wait, hang on. ]

And what powers are that?

[ Wait, wait, wait. ]

Actually, hang on, what powers do you have?

Edited 2017-10-28 18:35 (UTC)

Me, I'm just good with a gun. Shepard's biotic. [a beat.] Which, I realize, probably requires some explanation.

Basically she can alter the mass of an object down to the atomic level. Sounds boring, but if you get creative you can do a lot with it.

[Damn near anything, really.]

Edited 2017-10-28 18:38 (UTC)

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