Heh, I go away 15 minutes to eat and a whole bunch of people already apparently read it. Thanks guys.
Luxure wrote...
Thank you. I enjoyed the time I've spent reading it. Great stuff, and I hope you're willing to make some more.
Edit: I felt even better when Naomi used her biotics, I'm an Adept person so **** yeah!
Thanks. Yes, my current plan is to do at least a few different short stories sprinkled through the whole game and, later, the series. Although I don't know how I'm going to handle ME2 yet given that Liara isn't a crew member.
And yeah, I love biotics. My "canon" femshep was Vanguard/Adept/Adept across the three games and since I'm using her as the basis for this, biotics.

Chaosbrain wrote...
Just finished reading.. I LOVE it! [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/w00t.png[/smilie]
The way you describe the uncertainty of Liara is very amusing and nice to read. Also your Shepard is kinda badass [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/lol.png[/smilie]
Credit for Liara has to go largely to BioWare. Thats the kind of Liara that they conjured up in my mind with the first game, with her gradually becoming more confident and assertive through the series.
My Shepard is pure Paragon, but viciously loyal and protective of people she cares about as well as holding a particular distaste for the whole "human first" thing. In summary: she's an emotional and passionate person who cares deeply. So it was a totally natural progression of the story for her.

Kilshrek wrote...
Totally
channelling Mal Reynolds, if I don't miss my guess? Short and sweet, I
love it. It's a great break in my reading, and I need one. I also need
to write some 2000 words of my own. Only in a much drier fashion. Goddess help me.
MOAR!
Not deliberate but on reflection maybe a little.

I do love Firefly. Honestly though its just how I've always seen my Shepard.
Good luck with your writing! And I'll have more as soon as I'm able. I DO actually already have a scene planned out in my head for either the next one I do or the one after that that I think could be incredibly touching. Although I'm going to have to be very careful how I fit it in. I just have to work out where I fit it in now and to actually get it written down along with the rest of the short story that goes around it.
Tyranniac wrote...
That was really great! Fit in well with the story if you ask me. Do write more!
Only thing I can think of (and yes, this is silly) is that alarm clocks seem to be holographic in ME [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/lol.png[/smilie]
Thanks. Part of the reason this took so long was because I wasn't writing ANYTHING until I'd actually re-played the section where I was putting the story in. And even having done that I was constantly replaying youtube videos checking for inconsistencies with the rest of it.
As for the alarm clock, she knocked the holographic projector off the table. Or maybe she's just a traditionalist. Hell I don't know I didn't even actually think about that one. I'm claiming creative freedom unless you really think its a big problem.
JadeDragonMTR wrote...
That's very cute!! More please!
Appreciate it. More stories like this will be added as I mentioned above. The cuteness is entirely down to how Liara acts in the first game. I'd actually forgotten how formal, nervous, socially uncomfortable and vulnerable she came across when you first meet her. Its really quite sweet.

Lizardviking wrote...
I liked it! [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/grin.png[/smilie]
Thanks for reading. Hopefully things will get even better as I get back into writing stuff (again, not written anything creative in oh...far too long now).
Xenmir wrote...
I agree completely! Very cute. You captured their personalities in ME1 very well. [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/joyful.png[/smilie]
Thanks. I wrote the entire thing with personality first and foremost in mind. Its very important to me that I get it right so I appreciate that a lot.
Arcataye wrote...
It was great!
Liara talks much when she's nervous, and Shepard just goes "No.", great part.
Shepard
seems like a badass, but that's just good! The guard incident was
nicely done, I could see the biotics with my eyes (good imagination and
sleepiness does wonders).
Please, do link more if you do write.
I'm glad you liked it. As above the personalities were really important to me so I was studying the interactions and conversations quite intently when replaying to get the personalities and relationship each has at this point just right. I'd like to think I've got their essences down quite well.
As far as my Shep goes, I mentioned above her personality. Pure paragon at heart, but passionate and emotional and she's had her head turned by this beautiful asari scientist who just walked into her life. I tried to give just enough description to the biotics to make it visual without overpowering the story I was telling, so I'm pleased you think it was well done.
Of course I'll link more if (or more likely WHEN) I get more done.
Bloodhowl5429 wrote...
That was great, loved your Shepards character.
Seen as you asked for some feedback there are only two things that I felt could have been a bit different.
The
first is that in the second line Naomi doesn’t really need her last
name stated after her first as it becomes clear who Liara is talking to
in the next line.
The second is that during the excellent
verbal beat down of the marine I was so hoping that Shepard was going to
take a sip of coffee and leave him standing in an awkward silence,
while she glared at him. Although I just reread that part and realised
that she put the cup down. [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/sad.png[/smilie]
Still would have been cool though.
Again was great, hope you do some more.
Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad there were no glaring issues.
Fair point on the little minor detail. I'm not sure whether or not I want to leave that in but thank you for point it out.
I like your style on the coffee idea, however I think my Shepard is a little too passionate for that. Nobody upsets her Liara!

More will be produced with time. Though I'm deliberately not going to be putting up stuff until I've replayed the section of game that I'm putting it in. Its crucial to me to get the characters right which means first-hand study.
fat slug wrote...
Final reason made me smile, really shows her "soft" side.
Thank you. Like I said before my Shepard is an emotional and passionate person and it was important to me to show she wasn't just one-dimensional.
Phew. Got through all the feedback. Thanks guys. I really appreciate it, keep it coming. As long as I don't just miss it I read it all and plan to reply to it all individually as best I can. If you haven't read it yet then I'd really appreciate it if you do and provide feedback.