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[solazz]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...
Oh.
Why does everyone want to shout my name nowadays...

It's a fun name to shout!

Also, congratulations on the new family member, Jones.  Premature births are not uncommon, but I'd worry, too if I were you.   I hope everything turns out alright.

[RiptideX1090]

mikethor007 wrote...

Lividity Jones wrote...
I'm fine.

My cousin had a baby and it was rushed to the ICU.

It came early and the baby is very weak.

They say she'll be fine, but I worry.

Best wishes.

Indeed. Should be okay though.

Heh... true story.

I was a month early... spent two weeks near death, as did my mother, and was delivered by someone who had previously murdered a baby.

Right... I don't know how that helps...

[Titanium Man]

.[quote]Lividity Jones wrote...
I'm fine.
My cousin had a baby and it was rushed to the ICU.
It came early and the baby is very weak.
They say she'll be fine, but I worry.

Hope everything works out all right, man.

[uhdnrt]

mikethor007 wrote...

uhdnrt wrote...

Runescapeguy9 wrote...
UHD part 2 por favor.

Part 2 does not exist right now, due to my mood. It's in the blog though, if you really need to read it (link in sig).

Dark side of the Wards?

No.  When I write more for that, I can't be in the mood I am in right now.  I don't want it to go the way of Reckoning.

[Titanium Man]

RiptideX1090 wrote...
Indeed. Should be okay though.

Heh... true story.

I was a month early... spent two weeks near death, as did my mother, and was delivered by someone who had previously murdered a baby.

Right... I don't know how that helps...

You're not helping, Rip. 

[solazz]

RiptideX1090 wrote...
Indeed. Should be okay though.

Heh... true story.

I was a month early... spent two weeks near death, as did my mother, and was delivered by someone who had previously murdered a baby.

Right... I don't know how that helps...

Funny thing about me is I was born a couple weeks late.  Don't hear much about late births, hehe.

[Lividity Jones]

Thank you for your concern. I know she'll be fine, I just worry about these things.

Anyway, I dug this up from way back when.


*Shepard, Tali, and Garrus stand together on the platform as it floats through the Collector Base, sliding fresh thermal clips into their weapons. Shepard smiles.*

Shepard: Just like old times.

Tali: No.

*Shepard looks back towards her, Tali meeting his gaze through her visor.*

Tali: Better than old times.

Modifié par Lividity Jones, 24 juillet 2010 - 01:15 .

[solazz]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...

solazz wrote...
It's a fun name to shout!

Hm. It appears my joke wasn't very easily recognizable...
Oh well.
*hug snip*

I am not afraid to admit that whatever joke you made went straight over my head.

[uhdnrt]

Repostan! of something cheerier. Liv, if you still have some of the wedding reaction stuff, I could use a pic me up from the spiral of bad I find myself in.
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Protectors
Inspired by Titanium Man
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"Damn it has been a long day," Shepard grumbled to himself as he waited for the decontamination suite to finish leading to his cabin. As he entered, he was struck by the quiet. It was an unusual, and unwelcome change. Not unexpected though.

I miss my girls, he thought to himself as he looked over at his desk. On it sat two pictures. One was of he and Tali, napping. It had been taken by Kaiden on a mission back on the first Normandy. The second picture made him smile widely.

It was of he and Tali in a clean room in the Migrant Fleet. They were huddled around a small, clear bed and bubble unit. Inside was a young quarian girl. She was sleeping in the picture, but he and Tali looked so happy.

The child wasn't theirs, of course. When the Normandy's crew had gotten word of a series of experiments that Cerberus had been performing on quarians and turians, they had rushed to put a stop to it. It seemed the experiment was to find a way to make biotics out of both races - especially since both races had such a notoriously low rate of viable biotics.

That was only part of Cerberus' plan, of course. Once they could perfect it, they had planned on using the same program with humans. The notes Shepard had found seemed to indicate that if the project could get a 30% success rate amongst turians and quarians, then the system would be over 90% for humans.

But the time the team got there, the experiment was already active. They managed to shut it down, but three of the subjects had already given birth - two turians and one quarian. Though the turian Hierarchy picked up the turian mothers and their children, there was no one for the quarian.

The quarian that Cerberus violated had died during childbirth. Only the child had lived. Nearly a year old, the child was slightly malnourished, definitely attention deprived, but otherwise healthy. Just very, very alone. Cerberus had not even given the child a name, just a number.

Shepard smiled. Tali had not needed to convince him. A shouting match with the admiralty board later, he and Tali had become responsible for the child. If she showed signs of biotics he had argued that his own biotics, as well as that of Miranda, Jacob, and Jack, would be the best instructors for the child.

That had been five years ago. Their daughter, Ashi'Zorah nar Normandy (he and Tali had not been formally bonded when the child was brought to the Normandy), was a regular handful. Named after their good friend Ashley Williams, she earned the name early and often. Not a biotic, at least not yet, she was just a normal, inquisitive child. She was a bright spot on the Normandy, that had even managed to get Subject Zero wrapped around one of her little fingers.

And he missed them. Tali and Ashi were making their quarterly visit to the Migrant Fleet for a couple of weeks, so the little girl could spend some time with children her own age. Sadly, there was little to no rest for the Normandy. The reapers had not yet arrived, and Shepard was busier than ever making sure the coalition he had put together would stay together long enough to stop their mutual enemy.

At least now he had proof it would be soon. Their most recent mission was to one of the small geth outposts on the edge of the galaxy. The geth had placed them there strategically to watch for the old machines. It had paid off.

One battle, a destroyed space station, and another dead Reaper later, and Shepard had his proof that the Reapers were nearly here. The Normandy, with the assistance of the geth and a reckless mission to board a Reaper had seen to that. And now, Shepard was just bone weary. As tired as he was, even as he sat down on his bed he was activating his omnitool.

A few moments later, and a real time image appeared. Tali was looking back at him, her eyes shining.

"Hey beautiful," he said tiredly.

"Hello Captain," she replied, letting her accent show through thickly. "We've missed you."

He smiled. "I've missed both of you too. How's our little girl?"

"She's the joy of the pod," Tali answered, her eyes soft and pleased. "Everyone here loves her." Each visit, Tali and Shepard had opted to take her to a different liveship so Ashi could be exposed to as many different quarians as possible.

Tali smiled and tilted her head. "Will you be back soon?"

"On our way to the fleet now," he responded. "I can't wait to see you."

Tali nodded eagerly. "I look forward to it as well Captain," she said seductively. "And you'll be in time. Just in time."

"Oh?"

"Yes, it is time for her to receive her first suit," Tali said nervously. "Thanks to living on the Normandy her immune system is stronger than most quarians, but she will still need it. It's a little early, but the Fleet's doctor's think she is ready."

Shepard nodded sadly. "At least she will be able to take it off occasionally on the Normandy though," he added after a moment. "That's something, at least."

The engineer agreed, equally sad. "I had hoped Rannoch would be ready, but we are just barely able to get power to the facilities for food and fabrication. It will still be years before we can safely remove our suits here."

"Well, I'll be there in two days. Now where is our little girl?"

"Ashi! Your father wants to say hello!" Tali called, looking to the left of her screen. The commander could hear the tell-tale sounds of pattering feet and laughed as Tali was nearly tackled away from the screen.

"Papa!" The young girl called out as she smiled adoringly at her father. Shepard was wearing an answering grin. "Ashi misses you!"

"I miss you too, Princess," he replied, his voice warm. "I'll get to see you soon too!"

Ashi nodded, then her smile dropped. "Mama says I'll have a suit soon, just like her," she said slowly.

"That's right. You're getting so big, pretty soon you'll be as pretty as your mother." The little girl smiled hugely, but, returned quickly to her worry.

"But Mama always has to wear her suit, unless it's special, right?"

The commander nodded. "That's right Ashi. It's not safe to take the suit off except when it is for special occasions." The little girl nodded. She then turned her big eyes fully on him.

"But why doesn't Papa have to wear one?"

Shepard closed his eyes and winced. He had been dreading this question. Finally, he opened them. Ashi was gazing at him, worriedly, but with absolute trust in her eyes. Trust that he would make everything ok. Tali was looking at him as well, sympathy and grief in her eyes.

"Well Princess," he started. "You know how you have to be very, very careful in your bubble? That you can get sick if it gets broken?" The young quarian nodded at him. He paused. What was he going to tell her?

It hit him in a flash. "That's because you and mama and all quarians are very special. Your mother has told you about quarians, hasn't she? About how you can get sick?" Again the child nodded.

"Well, humans don't get sick the same way quarians do. So it isn't as dangerous to be out of a suit."

The little girl frowned. "But that's not fair!"

"No, it isn't," Tali said as she held the girl close. "One day, we might not need the suits all the time. But until then, they keep us safe."

"And nothing is more important to me than both of you being safe Ashi," Shepard finished. "I love you both too much to do anything to let you get too sick."

His little girl smiled and nodded. She clearly didn't fully understand, but looked satisfied with his answer. The commander listened for the next twenty minutes as Ashi told him about the new friends she was making, and all the ice people she was meeting. She was beyond exited to get to see 'Grandma Raan', who had taken the time to drop by. As eager as he was to listen to the stories, he could feel his exhaustion getting the better of him.

Shepard yawned. "Ok both of you. Papa's had a long, long day, and needs his beauty sleep if he wants to look half as nice as Mama when he gets there."

Ashi beamed at her father. "Ok Papa! G'night. Love you!" Shepard responded in kind, and she climbed down and ran off to play. Tali watched her leave, then turned back to the screen.

"That was good, what you said about our suits and immune systems," she said, a smile in her voice.

"I just don't want her to worry. I want her to know, all the time, that she is loved and that she is special," Shepard replied with a sigh.

"Oh, she does," Tali said with a laugh. "She doesn't stop talking about how nice and kind her Papa is, and how he lets her sit in the cockpit with him as the ship flies."

He rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Well, she likes it," he said defensively. Tali laughed.

"You are such a softy, John," she said as her laughter trailed off. She did thoroughly enjoy how embarrassed the Hero of the Citadel was at the moment.

"It is one of the things I love about you," she added after a moment. "Soft, kind, gentle. You'll drop what you are doing if you can for her." The commander could hear a hiccup from his lover; she was fighting tears from an old pain. "It's everything I always wanted out of a father."

"Tali..."

She waved away his sympathy. "It's ok John. I told you a long time ago; I did get better - you. I got you, and you have never let me down. You never will."

He held his free hand to his heart, then brought it up to the screen. She returned the gesture. Then he spoke, softly, "I love you Tali. You and our little girl."

"Always, right?" She asked, her tears finally falling softly.

"Every day," Shepard responded with a nod. "Good night love." They waved to each other as the connection terminated.

He stood and went back to his terminal. He pulled up the data they had recovered, and began studying it. New data on the strengths, and weaknesses of the Reapers, as well as a starting estimation of how many they could expect.

"Every day," he whispered to himself as he worked. He was determined to ensure he would have every chance to give both of his girls the longest Always he absolutely could.
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[mikethor007]

uhdnrt wrote...

mikethor007 wrote...

uhdnrt wrote...

Runescapeguy9 wrote...
UHD part 2 por favor.

Part 2 does not exist right now, due to my mood. It's in the blog though, if you really need to read it (link in sig).

Dark side of the Wards?

No.  When I write more for that, I can't be in the mood I am in right now.  I don't want it to go the way of Reckoning.

Self Control, hmm? Good, good.

[RiptideX1090]

Jones, you go through the music yet?

[Lividity Jones]

uhdnrt wrote...

Repostan! of something cheerier. Liv, if you still have some of the wedding reaction stuff, I could use a pic me up from the spiral of bad I find myself in.

-MANLY****INGTEARSnsip-

Sure. Repostan!


Zaeed: I was never really good with this sort of thing, so I'll keep it short. I always did like weddings, though. Takes me back... I remember this job I was on, a few others and myself. We were hired as bodyguards for this asari matriarch's wedding. She was getting hitched to this bigtime turian diplomat. Can't really remember his name... Seemed like it was going to be an easy job, right up until theis krogan battlemaster charges in and interrupts the ceremony. Apparently he had been having an affair with the asari and was demanding the turian fight a duel. He refused. That's when things got bad. Two dozen krogan armed to the teeth burst in and just start firing at everything that moves. I was the only one who was hired who got out in one piece. Anyway... You two have the best godddamn luck I've ever seen. Best wishes.

Tali:

Shepard:

Modifié par Lividity Jones, 24 juillet 2010 - 01:18 .

[Lividity Jones]

RiptideX1090 wrote...

Jones, you go through the music yet?

I did.

I think you nailed it on most of them.

I'm home now, so I'm combing through my library to see if I can find anything worth suggesting.

[uhdnrt]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...

uhdnrt wrote...

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Quick pick about your sig. Is it not supposed to be 'Malcolm'?

Dammmnitall.  Fixed.  Thanks for he catch.

[Titanium Man]

uhdnrt wrote...

Repostan! of something cheerier. Liv, if you still have some of the wedding reaction stuff, I could use a pic me up from the spiral of bad I find myself in.

-MANLY****INGTEARSnsip-

I'm glad I can inspire something so...MAGNIFICENT.

[Lividity Jones]

Repostan mutha****ah!


Garrus: Alright, alright, I guess I kind of have to do this. Bear with me folks. I won't take too long.

*Garrus sighs as he takes out a piece of crumpled paper, looking it over before tossing it to the side.*

Garrus: Y'know, I had something written for this, but no. I want to be honest. I'm happy for you two. Really. I feel like I got to watch something this special really grow over time. Also, can I just say that I saw this coming?

*Garrus pauses for laughter.*

Garrus: Really though, you two are the best friends I've ever had. I can't be more happy for you. Best wishes for you both.

Modifié par Lividity Jones, 24 juillet 2010 - 01:23 .

[RiptideX1090]

Lividity Jones wrote...

RiptideX1090 wrote...

Jones, you go through the music yet?

I did.

I think you nailed it on most of them.

I'm home now, so I'm combing through my library to see if I can find anything worth suggesting.

Epic awesome sauce.

[Hicrodonma]

I love Zaeed's pre-wedding speech.

[FsDxRAGE]

*enters*

[uhdnrt]

Titanium Man wrote...

[I'm glad I can inspire something so...MAGNIFICENT.

In accident, no less.

[Lividity Jones]

*Kasumi clears her throat, adjusting the dress she agreed to wear.*

Kasumi: Wow... A lot of people here... Anyway, I just wanted to say how happy I am for you two. I remember I met Tali on my first day aboard the Normandy and I couldn't help but notice that this girl... She was stir-crazy!

*Light laughter is heard as Tali blushes under her visor.*

Kasumi: Seriously! He was all she would talk about. You two really have something special here. Take care of each other. Good luck.

Modifié par Lividity Jones, 24 juillet 2010 - 01:31 .

[Lividity Jones]

Kolyat: My father couldn't be here today. His illness has gotten much worse. He sent me with his best wishes for both of you. He regrets he couldn't be here to tell you himself. He sends you all his prayers.

Modifié par Lividity Jones, 24 juillet 2010 - 01:32 .