Okay:) Here´re the Choices from the last Chapter but before i show your this, please follow the next Link to a Poll about this Story http://social.biowar...92/polls/43393/ , hope your will be a part of this Poll.
1. 7 Days has passed since the Express Company was bought and the group was not only able to arrange itself with it, but has even succeeded in doing some smaller delivery jobs. After subtracting the upkeeps the group has a fund of 5.000 Credits. Elaine thinks about possibilities to expand the Company, but where will she invest? ( In the game it would be something like by the Normandy back then. The ‘Upgrade’ of your base can have certain effects, now or later, like it was the case by the Normandy and you can calculate with a certain degree of overcommitting, but about this I would think more properly.)
A – Elaine decides to buy simple Labor Mechs (3.000 Credits for each unit.) A.1. – Elaine decides to buy Security Mechs (9.000 Credits for each unit) B – Elaine invests the money to very short spot announcements in some areas of the Refugee District. (10.000 Credits) C – Kysaek invests the money in even more weapons and orders them by the Omega Market (value around 4.000 Credits) C.1. Kysaek invests the money to buy equipment instead of more weapons (like armor etc. 7.000 Credits.) D – the Asari invests the money in an increasing of the Security (doors, automatic weapons etc. 15.000 Credits) E – Elaine decides not to plow the money into the Express Company, but instead invest in a venture…. (add here whatever comes into your mind fitting to this:) (Win)
- A Joint Stock Corporation; the years ago bought up company Sirta Foundation, now Novel Sirta Foundation, lead by Rachèl Weinder; it promises fast profits thanks to countless research, above all for new investors (8.000 Credits) - The Blue Suns want to crush a pirate hideout, but this will not be cheap and they search for investors (10.000 Credits) - A turian Mine owner wants to quarry heavy metal on Fiax, but the circumstances on this planet make the profit margin difficult, but with enough money and the right equipment it could become a profitable business. (20.000 Credits, max of the indebtedness) - The partially reconstructed research station of the Asari on Hyetiana research for Biotic Amplifiers and the chances are pretty high that they are short before the breakthrough. (15.000 Credits) (Win)
2. After the Asari is ready with her arrangements there is still some time, but what will she do?
A – Elaine does a round around her company and looks after the others. Should she flirt with one or another woman? No/Yes with…. (only when yes, then insert a name here, who it should be) B – Kysaek remembers the Krogan from the market and it is time to tell him about the Omega Market (Win) C – Elaine thinks about the gangsters, wants to go to see them and wants to say them that they can get money, but not from her. D – Kysaek makes a round over the District, maybe there are problems which need to be solved or maybe assignments can be found.
3. The day of work comes to the end and the Asari is sitting in her office all alone….what will happen?
A – Kysaek searches in the Extranet about the newest information regarding herself and the chase B – She is absorbed in thoughts and thinks about her past C – Elaine decides to use the time and search for more customers (Win) D – the Asari tries to find hints about what the woman has talked about via the Extranet
Hello english Bioware Social, It has been some time since the last chapter was posted, but the reason was not that the story doesn’t continue ;-) In the german version there are already 35 Chapters and – believe it or not – more than 250.000 words (and that although not long ago the half of ME4 was crossed…not counting even ME5 and ME6 which come next ^^)
Why haven’t it continued here? Well our translator was not the reason, he has continued to post on Fanfiction.net ;-) The reason was…well I was disappointed a bit, after I have posted the poll few months and barely someone took part in it…I simply lost my motivation to post in the english Social….and here I assume naively that by the original high Clicking Rate on this Thread there is at least the one or another Reader….
Anyway. The Readers in the german Forum are excited, the more the story continues and the more it can be taken part in the decisions how Kysaek’s way continues…and when I hit the crap quite much, like it is said in german ;-) …and at the end these are not my words ^^ : Some Readers say that this story has at least the level of the books, even better than that…They say it feels like Mass Effect, like the Game Series…above all it reminds much on Mass Effect 1, although it has countless action parts ^^
But well enough swaggered…it will continue from here on again :-) I promise you it will be worth the while to use your time for this story :-)
PEGI 18
Act 3: The cards are being reshuffled Chapter 4: Moving forward
*The lights shine red, the eyes are focused and the heavy device moves slowly, while the metal begins to float in the air slowly and the colder air blows in the Hall, together with the backing Truck, which is driven by Kuren, who looks back. Beside her a bit chubbier Batarian is sitting in dumpy clothes, over which he wears an overall. He plays around the setting of the radio, but doesn't find a station, which is why he grumbles, but he lifts his head, when the Truck stops moving and lands in the Storage Bay, on which end Dios is standing with a huge-grown human. The right hand moves to her mouth and Dios shouts loudly: "Hey Kuren, when you fly like you did this Skytruck in the future, then I will be the only one allowed to sit on the wheel, slow Yahg!" She grins smugly, whereby Kuren puts on a grumbling face. Indeed she says nothing but the mien says everything.* "I'll show you!" *Nothing of this leaves the lips of the Salarian, who opens the door now, as well like the Batarian, who seems to be a bit ponderous.The fat man looks at the two women and says to Dios in a snorting manner.* "You should talk less, rickety rack, and work more." *Thereupon Dios responds.* "The clever woman works with her head not with the muscles." *She points thereby behind herself, where a quite battered looking Mech is waiting. "You were really able to put this unit together?" *Kuren asks and Dios nods with these words.* "Of course, Flying is not the only thing I can. I can build things as well...I am an all-rounder after all." *Thereby the Batarian looks at her, whereas the human flips the ramp of the truck down, pulling the Repulsor cart behind him.* (I bet you know lifting carts…the Repulsor cart is the modern equivalent of it. ) *The man turns around slowly with the Repulsor cart and shoves both arms of it beneath a box on the truck, before he pushes a button, whereupon both arms lift up a bit with the box on them. Then he turns around and pulls the cart with him.* "Our work is done; it is about time, that you move your a-ss." *the Batarian pants angrily to Dios, before he begins to move away slowly, but this the woman doesn't comment, instead she says only to the Mech.* "Unload the delivery." *and he beeps electronically, before he begins to move clicking. Kuren shakes her head saying.* "I'll make a break up in the chill-out room; maybe I'll see our boss." *Thereupon she begins to move, while Kuren still observes the Mech, which is making step by step, before it bends down to grab a smaller box. He gets up again, turns around and goes the ramp down again, sparking from to time lightly.*
*Everything of this gets observed from the office in the second floor with crossed arms: Elaine looks down at the big hall, which looks much cleaner than earlier after one week and is decorated with several marked areas; some bigger, some smaller, but apparently for transport goods, whereby most of them are empty. The Asari turns around to the window to sit in her big chair, before stretching herself relaxing, while she thinks.* "Everything goes swimmingly and these new clothes were more than necessary." *She grins thereby, before she moves with her hand over a crease on her red,long-sleeved shirt and then she grabs the table with both hands to pull herself closer, murmuring.* "Nhrrr where have I put this key for the shelf again…?" *She checks the table with her hands: Datapads are raised, the deactivated radio gets shoved away and much more. By coincidence she moves her hand over her dark violet cloth paints, which are held by a black belt and on which is held as well a black, partial skirt, and stops at the pocket only to pull it out.* "Ahh here it is." *Kysaek nods, before she moves the small, square structure over an area on her drawer, which beeps after it.* "Accepted." *Elaine opens it right away to fish out another Datapad, before the drawer gets closed already again with an audible clicking.Now Elaine begins to look at the Pad.* "After subtracting every expanses – also the two new employees and our own supplies – we have made a profit of 5.000 Credits." *she says quietly to herself, bobbing with one leg.*"But most of it was much footwork, although we have a Truck. In the long run we will not be able to keep this up with so few personnel without that it will cost more. Mhh mhh, but there are enough possibilities to raise the own profit even more and to expand the company…I believe.", is crossing her mind with some doubts, "I talk like I would understand something from business…but this is not the case; without the others I would be not able to achieve anything.", she sighs mentally and lowers her head, before she hears a knock followed by a murmuring: "Elaine?" She responds to it.* "Come in." *The door gets open instantly and Thais enters through the entrance. She also wears new clothes, whereby hers look very plain, similar to the Military ones: pants with straps, which hang down right now and a grey, sleeveless shirt. The left arm is hanging down relaxed at the side, the other is pressing against the hips, while the Asari looks at Kysaek.* "How is it looking?" *Thais asks and gets this answer from Elaine: "For only the first week, hit the deepest rock, we are sitting pretty good: 5.000 Credits profit." Sapto nods to this, before she adds: "That sounds good, but I didn't mean that." This statement confuses Elaine apparently. "What did you mean then?", leaves Kysaek, who bends more forward during this to put both arms on the table and allows her hands to interlock. "I meant how is it looking by you…are you well? You have worked the whole week without a break." *Sapto notes with a lightly worried undertone, but Elaine waves with her hand to stop. This gesture is accompanied by following sentence.* "I am fine; who does nothing, can't expect something." *Then she sits down in her chair again, tries seemingly to look relaxed.* "This philosophy I followed at the start as well, but I realized fast how self-destructive this path is; as well like the path, which is called fast and wasteful." *Thais explains, before she gets silent again. Elaine begins to speak, quietly.* "Since we know each other you drop hints over and over again, about your earlier ways of life, excesses, waste…do I get some day more than only hints?" *Thereupon the other Asari nods shortly, but this is followed by a serious.*"Everything has it time; the past as well….and I can give you only the advice that you should find a path between duty and yourself." *And smiling for a moment she adds.* "I get to work again; See you." *She turns around and opens the door, while Kysaek responds a short.* "See ya." *Thais closes the door, after leaving the room.Few minutes pass now and Kysaek sits calmly in her chair, turns around from left to right and bobs with her leg, thinking.* "Thais is a bit…odd; she wavers sometimes fast between serious and relaxed; above all when we talk about her past…maybe she was once a real **** and doesn't want that others learn from this?" *for a moment her thoughts stop, followed by a shaking of the head.* "That is not important right now; also not her advice to me. Get to work, Elaine. Think what you can do with this damned money." *During this thought she hammers her hands on the table, pulls herself closer again and activates her Terminal, before she types something on the keyboard.*
((For brushing up the memory))
*On the screen few pages open up, which get sorted by Kysaek one after another, before she begins to click on one by one. First she looks through a colorful page on which top is written.* "Fair Company" *in golden letters. Smirking lightly the Asari clicks first on the button.* "Information" *before she focuses her eyes on the small text to read it through.* "Welcome at the Fair Company! Here the customer is the king and that is not only an old wisdom, it is a fact! As owner and manager I can ensure you that I have known the suffering of the customer earlier as well, but I have never given up and stayed persistent. I fought for my right as a customer until I was awarded with a futile refund! Years of fighting for my right of return, good prices, kindness and expertise: all of this the Fair Company is offering you, when you buy into it even today!"The corner of the Asari's mouth puckers up even more and she can't suppress a weak laughter.* "If the company is only half as good, as funny this text is, then I will make my find for sure." *buzzes through her mind, while she continues to type on the keyboard by clicking on the next button.* "Equipment" *After few seconds a long list appears on the screen, which gets read by Kysaek, but she drop it very fast and breathes in deeply, closing her eyes.* "What are you doing there again, Elaine? Without rhyme or reason…do you know even what you can find here? You laugh about funny texts and your mind is completely unfocused….think, think about how your company should move up till to the Top?" *she scolds herself, flattens her hands and puts them on the table to take even more stock of herself.* "I can't forget either…until now we abide to the rules of the game, but in the transport business more money can be earned, if you break the rules. But is this the question, I should ask myself right now? No…no, I don't think so; before we can confront both Worlds, we need to gain a foothold in one of them. With other words: for now we stay in the legal one. "*she decides, but stays in her thinking, before she continues.* "I could look for more employees, but there for I need more customers first….for what more employees when there is no work? No, the current ones are enough…but I could reinforce them with Labor Mechs…yes, that would be an idea." *she bites in her lips.* "But is this necessary? I could keep this in mind, but what else I could do with the money?" *Kysaek asks herself, tapping on the table with one finger.* "In a week the first payment to the gangsters will be due and I still don't know, if I should pay them. Besides…we can't hide here forever until PGI or whoever comes to bang away our business. How can I prevent this? Security Mechs? More Weapons? Equipment? But that leads to nothing: for more weapons I need more men; more men and more weapons cost more money…no, there for is not the time still!" *she grumbles quietly and moves her hands over her hair cartilage, if she would rifle through them.* "Gnahhh am I so inept? More money, money…how the hell can I make more money with money?!" *she snorts quietly, but then stops her movement and rips open her eyes.* "Of course! Invest it in stock, researching, expeditions, companies! That it is! Let me look if I don't find something in there." *she nods again to herself, while she continues to type with her hands. Few times she clicks from page to page and follows the building up pages, until she reaches a page with this title after few minutes.* "CBC – Citadel Business Connection" *There she stops and clicks on it, seeming to be more serious a bit.* "About this I have heard already; something like a black board for the newest information about companies and investments….I bet that the Information Broker need to be quite cranky cause of this."*Kysaek grins, while the long list builds up slowly: Small Information boxes, which get observed by Kysaek.*
"The Novel Sirta Foundation promises rapidly growing profit; it has soared to one of the biggest companies of the galaxy within 35 years after the Sirta Foundation crashed shortly before the Reaper War and then was bought up by Rachèl Weinder. On every occasion new projects get started, what is appealing above all for new investors, who can buy the distributor kit for only 8.000 Credits!"
*Elaine mover her head here and there, while not thinking about the read part, but instead clicks on the next box.* "The Blue suns plan a bigger offensive against a gang of pirates, which make trouble at the border to the Aethon Cluster and cause big losses for many merchants from Irune with raids and scavenging. The Blue Suns were hired to get rid of this threat, but this demands a considerable preparation and investment from at least 10.000 Credits per head."
"10.000 for a gang of mercenaries? No, sir'ee! They get money for finishing off these Pirates, so they get financial help from there." *Elaine snorts angrily and clicks at the next advert, reading.* "Palaven Red Miner, a known company which owns countless mines and mining facilities in the galaxy plans to establish itself on Fiax: the planet which was known before the Reaper War for its heavy metal deposits and whose mining was awarded with subsidies by the Hierarchy, because the local planetary circumstances didn't make mining easy. Every investor with a basic capital of 20.000 Credits is welcome."
*The tongue of the Asari moves gently over her lips, while her jaws move here and there and she speaks quietly.* "Mhh with such a thing profit could be made, but the thing with the circumstances sounds quite hindering…Well let's keep this in mind and I look at the last box." She opens it after these words."Hyetiana, one of the researching worlds of the Asari Republics goes through a true Awakening. After the world was ravaged during the Reaper War, new build up research centers achieve true wonders, above all a new Biotic Amplifier is near completion. One would need the brain of a Pyjak not to invest here and as well in the future with a package of 15.000 Credits!"
"Ufff." *leaves mouth of Elaine, who looks like she would think hard.* "Wow, that sounds almost like the money would grow on trees on Hyetiana…mhpf, but maybe they want to bait with such statements only; nothing is true for 100 percent ever.", she sighs, while scrolling upwards another time to look at the information about the Hyetiana Biotic Research and the Mining Company. "Mhh I agree above all with these two, but both are more expensive our budget allows; indebtedness is the solution here…but what are few Credits as debts compared to the **** we are sitting in? Nothing! But where I invest the Credits? Hyetiana or Red Miner?" she asks herself, while clapping her palms together. Then she decides.* "Ah shucks! I believe that my people proof their ingenuity, otherwise I kick all of them in the a-ss with Biotic!" *She allows her fingers to spring over the keys and types and clicks page for page, before she draws her Identity Card from her pocket, squares her data, activates her modified Omni-Tool and closes the deal, followed by the insight.* "I did it…wow."
*The body falls back into the chair, the hands move over the face and stay there for a moment, while the Asari keeps the silence, relaxing more and more; after a short amount of time she crosses her arms in front of her belly and turns her chair to look at the work in her company: The tall man piles some smaller, identical boxes on top of each other; Dios on the other hand follows her Mech, which carries a bigger box, but it seems that it falls into its pieces every moment.*"The path between duty and relaxation…mhpf once relaxation meant party time, bed someone sometimes and drinking…few drugs maybe, but is a leader doing something like this?"*she says with a questioning mien and answers herself.* "Well, even Thais has drunken or something like this after a successful mission; so I think I…as the leader could do something like this as well." Elaine nods, before turning the chair back to the direction of the door and standing up slowly. She stretches herself extensively and long-drawn-out.* "Nhhhrrrrrrrrrrr I am sitting too much on my ass; maybe I should exercise a bit." *she grabs her Poncho during these words, grumbling.* "This ugly thing over the new clothes…I need to get something better for sure." *She puts it over head, before the headscarf follows; then she checks her pants pocket for a moment and senses the Identity Card in this way. She nods, opens the door of her office and passes the small cupboard on which a Predator Pistol is found, which is also taken during the passing.*
*While Elaine goes the stairs down, she attaches the pistol at her back of her belt and hides it with her Poncho, as well like her hands in the familiar way in her pants pockets. Kysaek goes along the corridor and meets on her way to the hall the Batarian, who says only.* "Boss." *and passes the Asari already, who has only nodded. Although there is not many personnel, the moving of the Repulsor Cart is heard from time to time in the hall, as well like the clicking of the Mech, which is still carrying boxes for Dios.* "Are you sure we can trust this thing?" *Kysaek asks with a lightly amused voice, whereupon Dios nods several times and answers in the usual fast way.* "My productivity has increased thanks to this unit by 150 percent." *But the Asari seems to be skeptical and murmurs.* "There was not so much work till now, so can we talk about such a thing already?" *while she eyeballs the clattering machine, and adds that's why.* "So, when this thing doesn't collapse soon, you can call me Blue Rosè in the future." She laughs quietly saying this and this leads to a strong rising of the labial angles of Dios.* "Every increase, no matter which period, is looking at it ongoing is still an increase and Blue Rosè? You should look out, because your name is Blue Rosè in the future." *the Salarian agrees with nodding of the head, but gets ditched one moment later from Elaine, who says only.* "I'll go stretch out my legs outside for a while; if something happens, beep to me via my Tool." *she yawns lightly during this and goes in the direction of the gatekeeper corridor, while Dios eyeballs her Mech, which sparks over and over again. The machine bends to put the box down, which was carried this time, whereby Kuren yells from the top.* "Sister, look!" *Thereupon Dios turns around for a moment and responds.* "What?" *This is followed by a loud clunk with a hissing sound and pointing finger of Kuren.* "That." *she says pointing at moving legs of the Mech, but without a torso, because this lies on the ground.* "With this your productivity has decreased to zero." *Kuren says gloating and Dios knees down to lift the piece of metal from the ground, murmuring quietly.* "I knew I shouldn't have taken the piece of the trash container." From the other direction she goes an extra mile, while Kysaek yells: "There goes Blue Rosè." *She laughs, before she opens the door and disappears in the gatekeeper corridor, which is not staffed. She leaves the building and breathes in deeply, while she enters the District.
((Now you can listen to . ) *Slowly she opens the box, pulls out a cigarette and puts it in her lips, while closing the box again to let it disappear in the rear pants pocket. She draws her lighter, tries it few times, before the fire ignites the tobacco and the Asari can take a deep drag, thinking.* "Since all this **** started, I smoke less….although the taste is so good…mhhhhh..." *she blows the first billow of smoke through her nostrils, while she looks around the streets.It looks even fuller than one week ago; in the meantime on each container another was put, in total three in a pile now.* "I feel almost like being in the lowest streets of Illium." *she murmurs and takes another drag, before she grabs the butt with her right hand to pull it out of her mouth and blows some smoke out. She stops with her eyes again and again at some 'homes', from which in the meantime some are used for sleeping, others for small shops, provided it can be called this way. The movement slows down a bit, when Kysaek sees several blue armors and the corresponding Logo of C-Sec, who is positioned in front of a Container, holding a crowd of people back. Although Elaine has lowered her head, she doesn't stop her curiosity to take a gander, but can't see much, except the entrance of the Container and the repeating words of various officers.* "Stay back.";"You interfere with our work even more."; "Keep a longer distance."; "We do everything what is in our might." *She has passed the gathering almost, but hears a sobbing. She follows the noise and lowers her look to see a female Batarian, who recites.* "The kids…why the kids? They can't harm anyone, but still it needs to be the kids…" *She is sitting in Indian Style on the ground, wears really dirty clothes and gets observed by Kysaek quite properly during this.The differences are quite obvious and simultaneously doesn't exist quite during the first observation, because like the men the women has these four eyes as well, but in general they are much smaller and more delicate; their skins are much lighter and the facial features are extremely taut, without the usual wrinkles or the hanging lappets together with a rounded head shape; at the end the female anatomy plays a role as well, like by other species.Almost Elaine is tempted to approach the woman, who is surrounded by some others, but she stops herself and moves forward few meters, before speaking to a Salarian, who stands at a corner.*
"Excuse me, but have you an idea, what is going on?" *she asks the man and gets this answer.* "Don't you know? You need to be new here. Mhh, yes, yes, yes, yes this it needs to be: you are new." *the Salarian repeats several times, while Elaine takes another drag from her cigarette and blows the smoke in another direction, before she puts the hand with the **** against her body to press right after it.* "Yes, I am new here and what is going on here now?" *The hand of the man points in the direction of C-Sec and he explains.* "For few months it happens over and over again: children in the Refugee Districts disappear. This case here is extraordinary bad, they tell."*A little bit shocked Kysaek continues to ask her questions.* "Children disappear? You mean they get kidnapped? Children don't disappear so simply." *The Salarian approves to this.* "Many think that, but no matter how good you seem to keep an eye on the children, some even say they disappear in front of their eyes. One minute they are there, then you turn around for few seconds and suddenly the child is vanished without a trace, like they would fall through the ground."*he allows his arm to lower again, whereupon Elaine shakes her head, saying.* "I bet everything I have that it needs to be a slaver; I mean…a District full with refugees, which bursts at the seams soon? Only a sign with the writing 'Paper or Plastic' is missing.", but then she bites on her lips and constricts her eyes murmuring.* "Sorry, that was tactless." *But the Salarian doesn't seem to have understood it, so he says.* "What you said?" *Elaine answers this with a wave.* "Forget about it…nice day still." *She puts the ****, which is burned out to the half already, back between her lips and takes a drag. She tries to suppress the emerging thoughts, but is not successful and sighs mentally: "Well hopefully that weren't the children I saw recently…I don't see them…what ****s kidnap children? Don't they suffer enough living at such a place? Woahhhh if I catch such guys once, I will rip off their guts and give it them to eat it, only to pull it out from their a-ss again and then I repeat it….narghhh…." *she rages and begins to tense up slowly, while her face is already quite tensed, which is why some people look at her confused, but also afraid. The Asari doesn't seem to notice this until she stops after some minutes and her eyes look up, staring at the roof of the district.* "Maybe I should have stayed with my a-ss in the office…Goddess, how such things can happen even?" *she moans for herself, before she lowers her head again to look forward with a relaxed mien.* "Why get angry about such a thing, Elaine? You can't do anything; Evil things happen; look at yourself…do that, what you wanted to do today: relax, stretch your legs a bit and…yess mh….simply running around would be a waste of time."*the Asari realizes and puts her right hand to the chin, while the cigarette dies down in the left slowly.* "I could use my time and try this kidnapping….gnarghh, no, no, no troubleshooter! Rather I would go to the gangsters and would say them a warm 'Lick my blue A-ss'. With this I would do the galaxy a favor." *Elaine flattens her hands and presses the air with the arms down only to correct herself.* "No Kysaek, that doesn't work…you can't think only about yourself: the others don't approve to this for sure, at least not in this way…but something needs to happen with these gangsters. Maybe I need more weapons from the Omega Market…yes…yes mhh…Omega, eh Omega Market!" *she snaps with her finger, when she remembers something.* "There was this Krogan at the market. I wanted to inform him when I find weapons and hey, I don't think he is ungrateful: Present a Krogan a weapon and he presents you his heart….I heard once." *she grins, while thinking about this line. Then she looks at her cigarette, which is burned out almost, takes a last drag and throws it on the ground carelessly. She tramples on it, before she gets going.
*Although it is 3 p.m. o'clock regarding the galactic Standard Time, Kysaek stands in front an almost free market space and for the first time has an almost free view at every stand: in total there are for sure around 20, but only with few customers or group gatherings. This makes it easier for the Asari and after few meters into the big courtyard she reaches the stand of the Krogan, whereby two additional Krogans are found in front of it chatting quite loud.* "Of course I have punched this guy and pressed the head inside the toilet!"; "Never!"; "Do you dare to call me a liar!?";"Who knows…"; "I tell ya: I have given the Elcor a knock at its head, grabbed his head and then pushed it down into the bowl. Their faces look like a-sses."; "Still better than Salarians with their little horns." *Then both begin to laugh, while Kysaek comes closer slowly. Ultimately she is in front of the stand and tries to look loosened, saying to herself.* "Krogans…don't take everything seriously what they say; you know they like to ruffle their feathers much…play along…" *Then the stand owner sees her and says throatily: "What is it, honey? Want to buy a fruit?" *and murmuring the other two add.* "So to her fruits, I wouldn't say no."; "Nahhhhh, her breasts are too flat; at least they can't be seen beneath her scrap cloak." *Kysaek stays calm and says to the owner.* "Forget already? I was here few days ago and asked for goods, which are hard to digest for others, but still lie good in the hand…"*she grins meaningful during this and the Krogan needs few moments to realize it and to hammer on the table.* "Of course I remember….sorry, honey, but thousands whir around here every day and you Asari look all the same." .*he claims, followed by another line of the Krogans: "Sweetie, when you search for something hard to be digested and which lies good in the hand…." *but they get interrupted instantly by Kysaek.* "Then I grasp it firmly." *she allows her hand to move to her back, seemingly to her butt, while she continues in a certain wicked undertone.* "Move my hands with the broad chunk…" *her lips shape a kissing mouth, before she looks around for a moment and jumps with her butt on the table, while the Krogans listen to her more than only properly.* "And allow it to shoot powerfully…" *she whispers, while hefting the rear part of her Poncho and everyone of the three can see, like the Asari puts her fingers around the grip of the pistol, before she allows the Poncho to sink back down. Her hand comes in the front again, while she winks cheeky and followed by a jubilant murmuring of the seller.* "Gal! You have really achieved it; I believe against this your guns are nothing, arhahahaha…" *The heads lower, but lift again fast with the predictable question of the Krogans.* "From where do you have this?" *This leads to another smirk of Kysaek, while she continues to sit on the table and bobs with her legs.* "Well, there is a certain market in the maintenance shafts; there everyone can get something…also big guns for you two." *she says, winking again.Then she shoves herself from the table followed by another question of a Krogan.* "Can you lead the way, honey?" *She looks at him and shakes her head. "No, I have still things to do, but it isn't really difficult and in emergency situations, punch yourself through the walls." *she laughs for a moment as well like the Krogans, while she points over her shoulder in the direction of the wall.* "A little bit further in this direction you can find a hatch, which lead to the shafts; it is hidden a bit by few pipes, which lead outside of the wall. If you are at the bottom of it and your face look at the ladder…" *she explains stretching her right arm.* "…follow the direction of your right arm. It can last a few minutes, because this road is bloody long. After some time you reach a crossing, where you go left. Follow this path for few minutes and you are there." *she finishes her explanation with these words and allows her arm to sink back again, while it gets followed by a satisfied grinning of the Krogans.The seller begins to speak.* "Gal that was really decent from you, but can you tell me, for what you need such goods?" *Kysaek responds to this question.* "Well, I have bought a while ago an express company in this district and sometimes there are crashes in such a business." *and she crosses her arms, while looking at the Krogan, who presses on this topic.* "You own the new express company?" *He looks interested at the Asari, who says only.* "That's the case, my express company." *she nods during this, before she adds.* "Why you ask?" Now she looks interested at the seller, while he moves with his hand over his scaly chin, seemingly thinking.* "Mhhr nhrrr a thought crosses my mind…." *but Elaine can't stop herself from commenting this: "Only one…?" *The Krogan laughs only fortunately.* "For now there are two actually, but let us look at the bigger one of them." *he makes a short break, before he continues.* "We could work together: you have the transporter, I have the goods. How this sounds for you?" *This gets replied by a reserved.* "Doesn't sound bad; you want to work for me?" *whereupon the Krogan shakes his head.* "Not quite; I thought more about sharing my profit with you…the question would be: how much you think is appropriate?" *he asks and Kysaek raises her hand with a raised finger for a moment, what should mean probably: one moment. She thinks about this for a while.* "Mhh an expansion of the assortment; then we have not only assignments to transport things from A to B, but also own goods to be transported…nhmhmh, but with these Krogans it could be hard, so it would be better I climb on the bandwagon with 50% and try it with a lightning strategy! He will start low, I come closer to his number more and more and when it goes as fast as I hope, we meet at 30%...yes, mhh, yesss, so I do it!"
*Now she returns to her conversation, coughing lightly.* "Okay…we can get a deal: I transport your goods, but there for and because I gave you the hint with the weapons, I expect 50%!" *she says seriously and harshly, what gets replied by the Krogan in the same way.* "50 percent?!" .*he hammers on the table again, "Pah, I give you 10 percent!" *but Kysaek shakes her head to this saying.* "40 percent." *and the Krogan counters with "20 percent!" *The right hand of the Asari points at the man and accentuates it with a.* "30%!" *but this is followed by a negation of the man, who had crossed his arms and now rips the apart over and over again.* "35 percent, higher I don't…-!" *he says, but can't finish the sentence, because Kysaek accepts it with her hand.* "Deal!" *She grins broadly even and the Krogan doesn't understand that the he has outbid the Asari the first seconds.* "Arghghhh damn you gal, you have the brass neck! ….Deal!" *he laughs throatily and lets go of Kysaek's hand, pointing right, "These two belong to me by the way; so when there is trouble…let me know." *the seller says, whereupon Elaine replies instantly: "There could be trouble soon…next week we should pay such a gangster gang; protection money you understand…"Serious the man nods and tells her.* "Yeah, I know this bunch; every stand on the market pays them…except us." *he grins and Kysaek presses here.*"And why they let you get off their backs? Because you are Krogans?" *But the Krogan shakes his head and explains.* "These Varren Clippings wanted to collect the money at this stand as well and send there for a human and a Salarian. We led them then to the edge of the district, where we threw the human over the railing and the Salarian we have chopped off his head parts, put it in a box and then sent it to the boss with a message."*Elaine tightens her eyes, asking: "Which was?" *The Krogan answers with a grin.* "Everything can be eaten of a Salarian, except these things; they are sickly…" *Kysaek goes a few steps back speaking slowly.* "You have devoured him?" During this she raises her hands, but the men shake their heads.* "Nuts, that was a krogan Bluff. Although he…" *he points to the side.* "…I thought about eating the Salarian, but then we have only chopped off the parts and have thrown them into a box." *This leads to laughter from Kysaek, who nods.* "Okay, guys, so we are partners from now on; come around to my company tomorrow simply and we wrap up everything there.", then she looks at her clock and completes the sentence with: "For me it gets time; I need to hit the road again. So see you." *This is followed by nodding of the three men, who look after the Asari, while she goes away more and more and disappears in the streets of the Container Canyons.* ((Now you can switch the music off again. )
*With a better mood and obviously more relaxed Elaine goes the road back to her company, where no remarkable new event has happened. The Asari passes the gatekeeper corridor, reaches the big Main Hall, where it got very quiet in the meantime and sees only Dios, who screws at the Mech. The Asari goes to her asking relaxed.* "Are you ready with the work already?" *Dios stands up thereupon and nods barely.* "Kuren and the Batarian bring away the last delivery from today right now…the tall one has gone home and I try to repair my Mech." *she shakes her head during these words, while Elaine eyeballs the Mech in the meanwhile: the legs stand there still, but the Torso seems to be burned out, what leads to Kysaek's conclusion.* "Was there fire here…?" *During this she looks at Dios skeptically, who raises her hands instantly.* "A controlled fire." *the woman confirms and gets cautioned by Kysaek immediately.* "Don't torch the building here or you can become Kuren's Sweat Wiper." But the female Salarian seems to be confused a bit and counters.* "I need to disappoint you, Boss: Salarians don't sweat." *She slaps on a victorious face, but this gets cropped instantly by Kysaek.* "Then I let you drive with the Batarian in the future, when you torch our company." *Elaine underlines this with pointing her finger at the Salarian, who keeps silent for a moment, before she says.* "If I would torch our company, there would be no work anymore; this involves the Batarian as well…" *The Asari bends her finger, takes breathe and wants to answer, but then blows the air out only, while lowering her hand again.* "I give up…" *she murmurs resigning and adds only.* "Please don't torch the company." *Then she slaps on Dios' shoulder, before passing her again in the direction of the passage, which leads to the stairs, which she climbs up stair for stair until she reaches her office door and opens it. Inside she undresses the Poncho and throws it in the next corner. The Asari throws herself in the chair as well and leans back much and puts her feet up. She allows her hands to dangle at her sides, but stretches them upwards after a while together with a*"Argggghhhhh the walk felt good, but there is still some time…but what should I begin doing with it, now where all daily deals are done and the last delivery is out? Mhpf not much time has passed since all this has started…in general, I ask myself how Jim is; hopefully the chubby guy has gotten out there. As well Dilèn,…hopefully she is safe on Thessia…and mother, …mother, I hope they spare you…but all this needs to be known already. Maybe it is time to go through the Extranet again; it could be that I am worth a million Credits already." *she laughs during this thought and tries to sort herself again.* "No, no, sometimes it is good to let some things alone; if there would be something important, we will learn from it in other ways as well…but important, important….these damn Mai doesn't leave my mind. If I believe her, we have been sold a pup on the Citadel; perhaps it would be a good advice to act preventive in this case and follow the whole thing up a bit." *she nods to herself, but then stops her thinking with the realization.* "No, I don't think we are ready for such a thing already….besides Thais, me….we fight and the others? I mean, now we have these Krogans, but who knows what they do when they learn about the truth about us…no Elaine, keep below the surface still; the time will come."Thereupon Kysaek sighs quietly, but then decides and murmurs during this.* "And so we are ready for this, we need more money and so on; so get to it Kysaek: more money, there for you need more customers!" *She leans forward, grabs with her hands her desk to pull herself closer with the chair. She activates her terminal again and looks at the building up page from earlier, which she clicks on again.* "That is the perfect page; if I don't make a find here, then I don't know either." *Kysaek states and types on the keyboard again, whereupon the list builds up again, a little bit longer than the last one. She opens the first thing on it and starts to read.*
"Cause of several breakdowns the company 'Pay and Deliver' searches for some drivers and independent transporters to accomplish its stints for the month, which they got from a wholesaler."
*Without wasting a thought Kysaek clicks at the next offer and starts reading again.* "Kassa Fabrications is searching for bold deliverers! The payment is extremely good, but not without a danger. Pilots for a tour to the Hades Nexus, which is cornered by 'Free Galaxy' right now, one-time-only are searched."
"Mhh extreme good sounds not bad, but one-time-only? No definitely no…with long-term missions more money can be earned and one lives longer probably."*she yawns full-throatily, while she supports her head with one hand. She clicks on the next offer.*
"Driver for a transport on the Citadel are needed; from Ward 1 to Ward 4. No questions, discretion is appropriated; everything what is needed to be known gets explained on site." The eyes of the Asari close over and over again, while she murmurs* "Sounds quite….profitable, but it doesn't seem to be something for the long-term…" *she yawns again and clicks at a new offer.*
"The Citadel Flight Company is searching for reliable companies, who can establish a transport route between their montage factory and the Landing Docks of the Outer wards. Payment and length of the assignment get negotiated after some trial orders, which get paid naturally." *The eyes don't recognize the last words, while the close over and over again, whereby the head moves down slowly together with the supporting hand until Kysaek lies with her cheek on the back of the second hand, breathing relaxed. She keeps silent – audible as well like mental – the eyes are closed and without noticing it, she sleeps off after few seconds and gets shined on with a light red light, which shimmers through a thin cloud roof and looks like a true picture of peace.*
((Alone for this soundtrack you'll give the text a good grade )) "The picture consists out of more and more things: the light mixes with the cloud roof, but gets through it still; it gets mirrored by the glasses of the big skyscrapers as well like from the big lake. Seemingly it is early evening, the streets and skyroads are full with Skycars, but the picture gets distant from all of this until it receded into this distance, so that an Asari can be seen with violet skin and a dark blue gown decorated with orange stripes and golden edges. It seems the woman looks at the offered picture, but turns around when she hears quiet steps, which echo through the interior of the house and it comes closer to the balcony she is found. *"Am home." *the obviously older Asari hears and follows the voice to which it belongs she enters the house and crosses her arms subtle.* "Where have you been so long? You know that your father doesn't like it a bit, when you come too late, Elaine." *she says with worried voice and gets looked at from Elaine, who replies a little bit annoyed.* "Father exaggerates it with his worry…" *but she gets interrupted instantly by the Asari.* "You know there are reasons, why your father is overprotective; alone that you were allowed to go to the party of Larea was a tremendous overcoming."*But Elaine waves it away.* "Mother, precisely I don't know the reasons…I know that something bad has happened a year ago and since then you act only like everywhere on Thessia would be something bad…danger here, danger there." *Kysaek says, but her mother redirects the topic again.* "You are too young to know about such things; I beg that you trust us in this case only." *she says in a calm voice, what Elaine responds with this question.* "Trust….so, so and why haven't you told me something about Larea? And don't say now 'what you mean'; you know exactly what I mean…" *She fails to upset her mother with her annoyed kind, while this one answers.* "Yes,we knew it; it is hard to keep a secret towards Matriarchs, but why do you ask now? Does it bother you? Do you hate Larea now?"*She gets a sharp said.* "No." *as an answer from Elaine, who jumps on the couch then.* "Larea is my best friend; even a disease doesn't change that…why Asari have such a narrow mind actually, when they are acting so open? I am a Pure-Blood as well, but it doesn't bother me…but what annoys me are these idiots, who call me Pure-Blood **** over and over again." *she talks more to herself than to her mother, who sits down beside the younger Asari and puts her hand on her shoulder and the other hand on Kysaek's knee.*"Our species learns….learning processes last very long most often and are rarely characterized with harmony; the Reaper War has shattered the worlds of many and now the old thinking needs to be unlearned." *she smiles during her words and points at Elaine.* "Also you with your kind of behaving contributes to this and maybe in 100 years the galaxy will look completely different already."*This calms down Elaine seemingly and she leans to the side against the chest of her mother, murmuring.* "100 years sound like a long time…and then I have still 1000 more to live; somehow it annoys to live so long…" *whereupon the mother nods gently saying.* "Sometimes it is the case; the longevity of the Asari can be a blessing, but also a curse. Some waste much time with silly things, although they could reach so much in 1000 years." *She moves with her left hand over Kysaek's face, while this one asks her.* "But before we leave the topic: when will you tell it to me? I mean, you act like I could disappear into Nothingness every time." *during this she grabs even more, crumpling the cloth of the gown of her mother, before she adds.* "And I am not so naïve, even when you believe this from a child…I see that father feels worse and worse and still you don't say a thing to me…"*With this statement she causes a silence of her mother, who needs few moments, before she replies.* "You don't need to worry; your father has a lot on his plate simply and is that's why exhausted. So the life of a Matriarch looks like: we have a big responsibility regarding our species and I hope, that you will follow our example one day.", she speaks in a hopeful voice and smiles simultaneously. She looks down at Elaine, whose mien looks a bit unsure, but still she says: "I will do my best…." *but in her mind many self-doubts fly around.* "Me, a Matriarch? Even in 1000 years not; when the time has come I will leave Thessia and then….let's see." *she decides, but gets interrupted in her train of thoughts by her mother with this question.* "Listen: tomorrow is the annual Day of Thanks; I hope you will accompany us there?" *Elaine gets upright again and looks at her mother, before she nods slowly, saying.* "I will; can I invite Larea and her parents to our table?" *Without hesitation she gets a nodding from her mother, followed by the words.* "Of course; we'll set a good example…these prejudices, this narrow-mindedness…tomorrow we will go another step on the path to unity of the Asari…."*This echoes now, repeats itself over and over again until the eyelids open slowly and the violet eyes stare to side at the blank wall of the office…*
And here´re the Choices from the last Chapter: Next Chapter will follow soon.
1. 7 Days has passed since the Express Company was bought and the group was not only able to arrange itself with it, but has even succeeded in doing some smaller delivery jobs. After subtracting the upkeeps the group has a fund of 5.000 Credits. Elaine thinks about possibilities to expand the Company, but where will she invest? ( In the game it would be something like by the Normandy back then. The ‘Upgrade’ of your base can have certain effects, now or later, like it was the case by the Normandy :-) and you can calculate with a certain degree of overcommitting, but about this I would think more properly.)
A – Elaine decides to buy simple Labor Mechs (3.000 Credits for each unit.) A.1. – Elaine decides to buy Security Mechs (9.000 Credits for each unit) B – Elaine invests the money to very short spot announcements in some areas of the Refugee District. (10.000 Credits) C – Kysaek invests the money in even more weapons and orders them by the Omega Market (value around 4.000 Credits) C.1. Kysaek invests the money to buy equipment instead of more weapons (like armor etc. 7.000 Credits.) D – the Asari invests the money in an increase of the Security (doors, automatic weapons etc. 15.000 Credits) E – Elaine decides not to plow the money into the Express Company, but instead invest in a venture…. (add here whatever comes into your mind fitting to this):
- A Joint Stock Corporation; the years ago bought up company Sirta Foundation, now Novel Sirta Foundation, lead by Rachèl Weinder; it promises fast profits thanks to countless research, above all for new investors (8.000 Credits)
- The Blue Suns want to crush a pirate hideout, but this will not be cheap and they search for investors (10.000 Credits)
- A turian Mine owner wants to quarry heavy metal on Fiax, but the circumstances on this planet make the profit margin difficult, but with enough money and the right equipment it could become a profitable business. (20.000 Credits, max of the indebtedness)
- The partially reconstructed Research Station of the Asari on Hyetiana researches Biotic Amplifiers and the chances are pretty high that they are short before the breakthrough. (15.000 Credits)(WIN)
2. After the Asari is ready with her arrangements there is still some time, but what will she do?
A – Elaine does a round around her company and looks after the others. Should she flirt with one or another woman? No/Yes with…. (only when yes, then insert a name here, who it should be) B – Kysaek remembers the Krogan from the market and it is time to tell him about the Omega Market(WIN) C – Elaine thinks about the gangsters, wants to go to see them and wants to say them that they can get money, but not from her. D – Kysaek makes a round over the District, maybe there are problems which need to be solved or maybe assignments can be found.
3. The day of work comes to the end and the Asari is sitting in her office all alone….what will happen? A – Kysaek searches in the Extranet about the newest information regarding herself and the chase B – She is absorbed in thoughts and thinks about her past C – Elaine decides to use the time and search for more customers(WIN) D – the Asari tries to find hints about what the woman has talked about via the Extranet
*The hands are grabbing each other, the arms lie loosened on the back; almost a military posture, which Kysaek is displaying, while she stands in her office and looks through the window down on the big storage hall. Most, marked areas are still not used, but there for on one of them are mountains of small boxes found. Almost one could believe that they are out of wood, cause of its oak brown color, but because of the reflection of the light it is obvious that it needs to be metal. In the background is heard over and over again an electronic beeping and the clicking of keys, which get typed on by broad fingers, which belong to a massive creature: the krogan fruit seller.*
"Ahaharhar if there is something I love more than weapons, then these are black figures…" *he laughs throatily and adds these words.* "I love you gal and I mean it." *Thereupon the Asari turns around slowly with a weak smirk on her lips.* "I haven't the hots for 400 year old men." *she counters and causes another laughter of the Krogan, who only replies.* "With age comes experience…isn't this something like the wine of the Asari? The older, the better, erhehehe…but okay then I love only these figures and you are only a nice accessory." *he grins broadly. He stands up, before he continues to speak.* "Give us still four weeks and we will be able to buy a ticket out of the Refugee District, but now I return to my Stand; these Vorcha I don't trust more than I can count." *he growls weakly, what Kysaek responds with.* "Prejudices, a krogan business man like you…if I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't believe it, because the only thing what a Krogan counts are the kills of his gun." *Both laugh that's why, before the man raises his hand.* "And don't forget: today is that day." *he grumbles and adds: "If this bunch comes, stay tough and if it needs to be beat their living daylights out."
*Kysaek nods to this, followed by these words.* "They will not see even one single Credit; you can count on that." *The Krogan opens the door thereupon, passes it and leaves the room then, followed by a closing door, what motivates Kysaek to turn back, observing the big storage hall once again and thinking.* "Four weeks and we can leave this stinking Refugee District? Well that would be something…on the Wards, even on the lower Levels above us it would be a sight better than in this district." *she taps with one finger on her arms, which are crossed, before she continues her mental monolog.* "I think it is also a good time to expand the business… now when we have our own goods, we can smuggle other goods between it, mhhhh I think I ask the others about this later or in the near future. But now I should better prepare for this bunch of criminals, as well like Thais and the others…we send them back to the hole they have come from…or switch them to our side?" *she asks mentally, but then continues thinking.* "Maybe they are so weak-kneed confronting the Krogans, that I can convince them or they are such a cheap scum, that they could be convinced with money, but then they would be very unreliable. And when we have bad luck, they appear with a dozen men here and then it gets ugly…then we will need to pay probably, but will they appear with a dozen? No, no surely not…otherwise they had done this with the Krogans as well, but I can brood as long as I want to: What happens we will see when they are here." *she nods at the end of her thoughts, turns around, switches off the screen of her Terminal and goes in the direction of the door. While passing she grabs her pistol from the small cupboard and activates the door-lock leaving the room, while attaching the pistol to her back.*
*On her way down she nods to the chubby Batarian, who greets the Asari with.* "G'day boss." *and passes her in the direction to the second floor, while Elaine goes to the first floor and goes along the corridor to the hall. Moments later another person comes towards her, a Turian, whose scaly skin is very white as well like it is looking more leathery than usual. He nods only to the Asari, while carrying a small box with both arms.* "Wow, for his age this man is quite up to the mark still." *crosses Kysaek's mind, before she grins a bit and enters the big hall. She looks left shortly: A transporting truck is in the Docking Bay; the side dampers are dismounted and at the open spot it gets belabored with an Omni-Tool with a Welding Upgrade, which belongs to Dios, who wears goggles, focusing on the open spot. Kysaek turns away after few seconds and looks around a bit and sees only the huge-grown human, but no one else.*
"Mhh the Doc is in the sickbay I bet, but where are Thais and Kuren? Would have been better to look after them, while being still in second floor…" she asks herself, but instantly shakes her head.* "Learned another thing Elaine….well let's stop by Doctor Azkar first." *she decides and turns right, going along the wall. After few meters she reaches the door to the sickbay, opens it and stops immediately after seeing Doctor Relis, together with Thais, who is not wearing her shirt right now and has an injection, before she looks at Kysaek with lightly constricted eyes, seemingly cause of weak pain…Relis takes the injector away from her arm carefully and takes a look above her shoulder, following Thais glance. She greets Kysaek with.* "Hello, Kysaek." *and turns away from Sapto, putting the injector on a table, while Thais tenses her arm up weakly and puts a scrap of cloth on the spot where she got the injection, whereby Kysaek can see the green veins there, but keeps silent for few moments, before she asks.* "Am I disturbing you?"
*She waits for an answer, looking at both alternating until Thais responds.* "No, you are not disturbing us; Doctor Azkar has given me an injection merely." *But this forces Elaine to press on this topic.* "Are you sick?" Instantly Thais shakes her head as an answer. "No, no, a small vaccination only; nothing else." *she says, grabbing her shirt to pull it over her head, while Doctor Relis keeps being silent and sorts her equipment seemingly. Elaine nods then gently, explaining Sapto.* "Good, but I hope you are up to the mark enough. Today is payday and I think these gangsters will drop any time." *Sapto looks at Elaine then, responding.* "Give me some minutes; I think this time we will still have." *Kysaek nods only and turns away, before she looks over her left shoulder, murmuring.* "Before I forget it…do you know where Kuren is? It would be better, if we emerge all together." *This leads to a smirk of Sapto.*"Kuren is in the front office; she said something about a quiet spot and a rest from Dios….but I think you let her there for now. Kuren, Dios, but also the Doctor here…they can handle a weapon, but at the end they are not much battle-tested." *the Asari explains slowly, while Kysaek seems to think about this. She looks straight forward, before she says.* "I trust your judgment; you know them better than me. Let's see if the Krogans wait at the entrance…follow me soon." *Then she leaves the room via the door, while Thais still says.* "We see us later." *before the door closes once again.*
*It lasts no five minutes until Elaine enters the gatekeeper corridor in which the two Krogans are waiting already: one in the middle of the corridor, the other leaning against a wall; dressed plainly, but there for a Shotgun in each one's hand – apparently the newer standard model- M-25 Katana.* "I see you are waiting full of beans already." *Elaine claims with a sharp tone. She gets the attention of both, whereby the leaning one responds.* "Should this be a joke? We are more than 2 months on this tin Station and for the first time we have weapons again! That is no thirst for action that is the krogan nature, wahahaha!" *he laughs throatily as well like the second one. Only Elaine keeps serious this time.* "Nice to hear that you are ready, but control yourself when the guys come; leave talking to me and look really frightening." *she orders the Krogans, whereby one nods mutely, while the other responds.* "We can't look frightening, but there for monstrous." *He slaps a grin with his yap, while reloading his shotgun. Thereupon Elaine only replies.* "Acceptable as well." while she looks at the entrance, putting her hands on her back.*
"These two give us a superb bonus; come only you stupid s-******." *she demands mentally. A moment later she gets reinforcement by Thais, who wears her pistol quite publically at her belt, while she begins to speak with Kysaek.* "So we will decline; have you thought what exactly you will do?" *The other Asari responds.*"I am still not really sure, although I have thought about it already…but at the end such a bunch understands only one language." *what leads to Sapto's next question.* "That means we'll kill them?" *Kysaek replies only with "Exactly." *before she adds.* "But wait for my signal." *she makes a break before she continues.* "When I say…trash doesn't belong here…then fire to a fare-thee-well." *she points backwards.* "Men, position yourself behind us; after all we don't want that too much of your monstrosity penetrates and kills them, before we had the chance to say something. Besides don't show your weapons so obviously!"*she orders, while she turns around lightly and points several times on the space behind both Asari. The Krogans take this position now, merge their shotguns once again and attach them at their belts at the back, before they cross simultaneously their arms.* "You are a natural, at least regarding dealing with Krogans; others would not put with such a kind of tone." *Thais adds for consideration and Elaine replies: "Not? Should I tell you what kind of tone is reigning in the Forces?" *But Thais still says how she sees this with these words.* "Forces are Forcers; looking at it this way we are civilians. A strict tone you can display, when you own the trust of your squad or when you don't care what they think about you…whereby this is are the methods of a true criminal." *she makes a break, before she adds.* "And these die pretty fast usually."
*Kysaek turns her head a bit; feeling addressed a bit and asks.* "So I am a criminal?" *She looks waiting at Thais, who instead looks straight forward, before she answers.* "No….not yet and I hope you will never be so Elaine; no one can survive alone. The only exception from this – and probably the only exception – is Aria T'Loak, around who many stories twine, but such personalities appear only every 1000 years probably, what – of course – shouldn't be an insult against you…only my way of looking at things."*Elaine looks irascible a bit and breathes in for an answer right now, but she hears the noise of beeping, which is coming from the entrance door, to which she looks then. The Asari raises her arm, activates her modified Omni-Tool, types on it a bit and few seconds later the door opens. A group of five persons is found there, immediately recognizable that these are the gangsters, led by the Scarface Turian, who goes inside the corridor as the first person, followed by a Salarian, two humans and a Batarian. All of them wear some fashionable clothes for District circumstances, whereby their colors are darker a bit.*
(( Some Backroundmusic [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1HuIggz-0[/url] )) "We are here, you are here, and the time has passed, but where is our money?" *the Turian asks in his usual rough pitch – it seems he doesn't register the Krogans the first moment. Every one of the criminals has his hand at the side at their jackets. It seems that they are ready to draw their weapons and aim them at the other group every moment, what Elaine comments with a.* "Are you really as stupid as you look like?" *while having her own hands on the back. The Turian continues to speak a bit harsher.* "It seems that here someone got a portion bravery into the blue ass….or was this something else?" *while looking actually at Kysaek's hips and also recognizing the Krogans during this appraising observation. Immediately he presses this topic.* "You two? What are you doing here?" *But the hulks keep silent iron, while on the other hand Elaine asks explaining.* "They are working for me; a problem with that Scarmug?" *It seems with this she brings the man out of his shell instantly, but he tries again to speak with the Krogans.*"Are you two deaf? Or so dense like apes? You are working for this b-itch? What has she given you? A lay for free in this stinking ****hole that she calls company?" *Thereupon Elaine shakes her head only, but begins to speak hardened.* "Somehow it is a bore slowly, but also annoying…everyone always says only blue a-ss, ****, s-ex for free, s-lut, I have something for your mouth, have you embraced Eternity and much more…" *here she makes a short break, in which moment she draws her pistol from her back and activates it to aim at the Turian. Kysaek's group follows their leader's example, as well like the gangster.* "Is everyone so uncreative, that they can only mention some sexual allusions?" *she asks visibly angry, as well like her next words.* "I'll tell you something…you want to have money? Then come here and get it!" *she demands, but the gangsters continue to aim only instead to say something. The leader growls quietly, while moving his eyes to the Krogans over and over again, what Elaine uses to remind him of the story of the Krogans and to combine it with another threat.* "How was it last time? Does your salarian friend be devoured as well, like the last one? And what is left gets in a transport box…this is a space disposal for free." *With this she causes nervousness visibly by the collectors: the Salarian trembles with his pistol and the humans look around the whole time. Only the leader tries to stay calm, although his panting betrays something else."I believe you have explained your position pretty well and I will tell it to our boss…maybe he turns a blind eye to you; we earn more than enough money already." *he suggests Elaine, who responds.* "That sounds reasonable…" *she nods, lowering her weapon as well like the enemies and the others of her group. But then she says boldly.* "You can deliver your boss this message: 'Tra-sh doesn't belong here.'" *She yanks up her weapon instantly and fires several times at the Turian, as well like Thais, who is aiming at the lines in the back. The Krogans take some steps forward, raise their shotguns and fire as long as their weapons are overheated and every enemy is riddle with bullets, who can't return the fire so fast: One after another collapses; fall on the sides, lean on the wall and slide down with torn open eyes. Everyone reloads their weapon, while Elaine goes forward slowly simultaneously, weapon still at the ready. She checks by tapping with her foot everyone of the men, but everyone seems to be clearly dead.* "We bring them out via the transport boxes. Find out where the delivery needs to go." *Elaine orders now and lowers her weapon to attach it at her back again. She turns away and looks to Thais for a moment, who returns the look, although her mien doesn't betray anything, but there for the one of Elaine all the more, as if she 'wanted' to say.* "I am Elaine Kysaek." *Of course she doesn't do this and passes Sapto wordless to go to the hall, while the Krogans follow her commands and go to the corpses, storing away their shotguns. Each of the two grabs a corpse at its foot and begin to pull it to the hall, whereas Thais doesn't do this, but instead follows Elaine, who is already in the next room.*
(( Change the Music )) "The door opens, while Thais tries to focus her glance at Elaine, who stands behind few boxes surrounded by the three new employees and Dios, Kuren and Doctor Relis in a semicircle.Decreasing her speed, but still moving closer to Elaine, Thais hears her words better and better.* "That's how it is looking. Every one of you knows that they were s-******, who hasn't earned it better; who terrorized this district and probably others as well. One needs to make such people clear unmistakable, on which side the bread is buttered, otherwise they take want they want to and you don't want for sure, that they take everything here away from us?" *She looks at everyone, seems doped – perhaps cause of the adrenaline in her body – and gets different answers.* "Well, we want to work here; we need the money."; "That was bunch of criminals anyway."; "They were criminals, but have you needed to shoot them?"; "Subjects get eliminated for maximal deterrent; We agree." *comes at the end from the Twins, again spoken at the same time. Then Elaine crosses her arms, before saying to everyone: "I know that you got scared now about your families, friends, whatever…but I am certainly not ungrateful and fork out a small bonus by the next wage, but provided you continue working here and keep silent about what happened." *Exactly in this moment the door opens, through which the two Krogans struggle, each pulling a corpse, while Elaine looks at each person one after another, seemingly waiting for an answer. But she keeps looking above all at the three employees than on Relis and the Twins, until she gets answer men by men.* "I do It."; "Money is money."; "When goes everything clean in the galaxy? I say nothing."
*Kysaek begins to smirk that's why, before a nod and these words follow.* "All-right; then get to work again, I'll do the same." *while pointing at the office in the second floor, before putting her body into motion. The gathering ends in every direction, whereby Thais begins to follow Elaine's path once again step by step. The eyes of Elaine move to the side indeed – as if she would look back – but the head doesn't follow the movement. She notices the pursuit of Thais, but doesn't say a word to her. Not before Kysaek opens the door to her office and is standing at her table, she turns around to lean against it and to look at Thais, crossing her arms again, when she finally asks in a light arrogant tone.* "What's up?" *The door closes behind Sapto, while she returns the same gesture – crossing her arms – and looks at her like a teacher, who is angry at her apprentice.* "Have you needed to do this? What have you from killing them except few problems more?" *she asks in the same way, while Kysaek counters.* "From where do you want to know this? Who says that we will have few more problems now?" Thais waves with her left hand for a moment, before she murmurs.* "Experience; from which I own plenty more than you Elaine." *Thereupon Elaine pushes her body away from the table, continuing to look at Thais and walking around the table to her chair, while she says.* "You do without a doubt, but still you made me the boss; said yourself that one becomes a good leader by experiencing it oneself…and now when I follow your advice finally, you think you have the right to give me a lecture?" *keeping her weak arrogant tone thereby and Thais seems to be more emotional than usual by her standards.* "I try to help you, but that works only when you allow it Kysaek." *she claims, pointing at Elaine, who sits down right now and puts her hands on the armrests, before she responds.* "That sounds more like you would dislike the fact, that I decided differently than you…was the whole talk about 'You are the leader now; I help you but you have bigger potential than you see till now but you will be able to use it…' nothing but hot air? Are you the kind that shows her true face not before it doesn't go the way you like?" *She claws her fingers inside the chair's armrests thereby, whereas Thais waves with her hands over and over again.* "I believe you are too emotional for something like this right now; a habit you should break better…" *Sapto grumbles and Elaine presses instantly.* "And when we talk about experience…if I remember correctly a certain Asari has agreed to me, when we gave our Identity Cards to the gang of swindlers…so much to 800 years; apparently they are worth the same like 27 years."
*She stares provoking thereby, however the addressed doesn't say a word and turns away, but her mien says much. She opens the door and leaves the room silently.* "What is the matter with her? Have I been wrong about a person once again? Does the fact that I gunned down the bunch stick in her craw so much? What has she done on Illium different? The criminals wanted to get the better of us and she gave the order to ice them even before this; if it goes this way, so damn where is the difference here? …because they wanted to retreat maybe? No, they have realized too late, that they were goners, but their threats earlier were obvious. Apparently Thais isn't like I have imagined her; no wonder she is so unapproachable when someone asks about her past…I bet she is like I thought: a lousy hypocrite, b-itch." *That and much more crosses Elaine's mind, while her fingers are still clawed inside the armrest firmly and the mien is looking contrite.* "Haven't I done good work till now? I mean…I know I am not alone, but who has found the express company, who has learned that we were deceived? Who has found the weapons market and who allied with the Krogans? I don't want to praise myself indeed, but for my beginnings it was quite good…" *she sighs quietly, murmuring a moment later.* "Thais can be impressed only probably when one earns 1 billion Credits a day or mhh…yeah, how? Maybe when being Shepard 2.0?" *For few seconds she is tongue-tied, blinks few times and raises her hands from the armrests, like she would say 'stop' to herself, but instead she says then for real: "Wait a moment…how the hell I have come up with this s-hit? Shepard 2.0? What I want from this a-sshole? That has tempted me back then to join the Forces and what happened then…Shepard 2.0, I have insulted myself right now." *she grumbles, while grabbing her forehead massaging it. She falls back into the chair and closes her eyes, keeping in the deep silence, which lasts very long.* ((Now you can switch the music off. )
*Moving no finger few hours pass after the action with the gangsters and although Elaine sits still with eyes closed, she doesn't sleep and keeps silent mentally as well. Her mood has calmed down in the meantime, the breathing is calm and besides the working noise from below nothing is heard; also when the Asari opens her violet eyes slowly, she keeps sitting in the silence. The hand at the armrest rises slowly and moves to her throat to clutch the medallion in which the picture of Kysaek's mother is found. A new thought crosses her mind.* "Is that what you have wished for me, mother? Big Changes I don't bring to pass: a business is established and a little bit money is earned; few criminals are shot down…I bet you haven't meant that back then. But what is lying ahead of me still? This whole crap here…I would like to go back better, live with you, fall in an agonizingly boring job and simply live my 1000 years, comfortably, without stress, without all this s-hit."*She kicks against her desk once to push herself backwards a bit. After the chair has rolled and hit the wall – only weakly – Kysaek stands up from her chair, takes the pistol from her back to put it on the table, before she flattens her hands and breathes in deeply.* "Maybe I was too snappy to Thais earlier; better I straighten that. After all she has saved my ass and that not only once." *Kysaek reminds herself, nodding to it. Her hands grab the waistband for a moment to pull the pants up a bit and the shirt down until both is tensed, before she circuits her table and wants to leave the office. The door opens and her eyes look down a bit, while the steps move her over the threshold and she crashes into someone and staggers back a bit. She lifts her head again only to see Thais, who seems to be surprised as well from this crash, whereby Elaine raises her arm pointing at Thais.* "To you I wanted to go right now." *what gets repeated by Sapto almost in the same way.* "To you I wanted to go as well right now." *but there for doesn't point at Elaine, who lowers her arm again.*
"I wanted to apologize." *leaves simultaneously both Asari's mouths, what leads to a light grin on both faces, while they continue the game almost like the Twins by saying again simultaneously.* "I was somehow upset… eh, don't repeat my…" *They begin to laugh for a while and can't finish their sentences, whereupon a mutual pointing at each other follows, accompanied with a.* "You go first."; "No, you go first."; "No you."; "No you." *Repeating it over and over again until Elaine grasps the nettle after few moments: she nods and waves to Sapto so that she comes closer.* "Let's talk inside." *she says and goes in followed by Thais and a closing door. While Thais begins to lean against the cupboard on the left side, Elaine seems to be restless a bit, moving her right hand over and over again over her face, swaying around like a startled hen and always looking at the other Asari briefly, who seems to be much calmer, showing the familiar strong aura. Finally Kysaek stops her moving and looks at Thais, before she begins to speak.* "I know you wanted to help me and want it still; and besides I haven't forgotten that you have saved my ass once and I would have died without you on the roof." *but then she stops, indicating with a pointer to Thais, that she can speak, what she does then.* "As well like I know, that everything is still new for you and you are even right, when you say, that I dislike it that you have decided something, which is against what I wanted, but…so it is simply. You decide and one can't make everyone happy about this…a lesson, which you have learned now, but if you care there for that your group is going well as their leader, they will be ready to forgive you for sure, if you decide against them." *Thais says and pushes herself away from the cupboard to go to Elaine. She does the familiar hand gesture: putting the hand on Kysaek's shoulder.* "Let us forget it and look forward."
*Thereupon Elaine nods mutely and Sapto continues speaking, while taking the hand from her shoulder.* "Good, there is another thing, which is why I wanted to talk with you." This leads to a quizzical mien on Elaine's face, followed by the words.* "What is it about?" *She goes slowly back to her table, before stopping there in a standing position and supporting herself by laying both hands on the table. The other Asari turns around a bit – she positions her front at the desk – activates her Omni-Tool and types on it. "There for that we are into this business for not whole 2 weeks, it is going pretty well. Not at all imagining how it will look like in a month." *Thais says and gets Elaine's approval.* "Yes, the Krogan said this as well. Still a month and we will be able to buy a ticket out of the Refugee District." *Sapto deactivates her Tool again thereupon, lowers her arm and moves her hands, while she continues to talk: "There he is right probably, but this would be taken a short-term view." *whereupon Elaine asks responding.* "What do you mean?" *and Sapto continues with these words.* "Well think: Say we will continue to have such good deals and can really buy a ticket out of here soon. Thereby we can't forget that we are still on the run; in such a situation it is only a matter of time until PGI get on to us. And this will not end nice for sure or said differently: it will end with an a new escape…hopefully."The Asari makes a short break in the middle of the sentence, before she continues.* "And because we would be uncovered then, all the work would have been a waste of the time, don't you think?" *Elaine replies this with a nod, while Thais begins to speak again: "Well to be able to prevent this we could use a little trick, which is quite simple: We will rank somebody first of the…" *she raises her arms, presses her long and forefinger together, before bending them few times.* "…'Management', who doesn't belong to our group and hopefully can continue also, when we are gone. In this way we could keep our company, besides still getting money from it and be honest: I don't believe that we will be able to succeed in doing such an escape once again or get the necessary financial resources for it."
*She closes her lips, which means that she has finished her explanation seemingly, whereas Elaine rubs over her chin with her hand, murmuring again and again.* "Mhh Mhh Mhhh." – seemingly thinking, while still looking at Thais.* "You could be right; starting all over again would be more than only annoying. Even more: that it works out so well now, doesn't mean that it will do everywhere else as well. At the end we do this only so that we have at least a cat's chance in hell against this damn company, but don't we end into danger, that when we appoint a dummy, he will keep everything for himself? Worse even, what is when we tell him our true identity and he runs instantly to the corresponding Authorities… then we will never be able to leave this place, over and out.", Elaine remarks, being quite serious once again, before she continues her open thinking.* "I mean: does this need to be soon? For sure we are able to postpone this a bit; what do you mean Thais?" *She continues to look at Sapto asking this and gets this answer.* "Possible…we could do it, postponing now. But think about this: the longer you wait, the earlier we can be uncovered and all the work would have been a waste of time…then it would be better to take the risk now, appoint someone and inform him about our circumstances…at least when he seems to be trustful."Kysaek turns around thereupon, a hand still at the chin, the other crossing the chest. She looks down at the big storage hall in which gets unloaded hardworking by the three employees. Dios and Kuren are at the gatekeeper corridor, raising their arms frequently and looking at each other: seemingly a typical argument between the Twins. The lips of Kysaek rise only thinking about this, while she closes her eyes for few moments and Sapto keeps standing silently at the background. Outside of Elaine's range of vision she grabs her left arm, pressing the spot, where she got the injection earlier with the fingers of her other hand. For a moment the green veins of the Asari stand out again, while she lets the spot go again, when Elaine turns around slowly again to look at Thais and nod at her.*
"You are right, it would be better when we provide for it, but on the fly I don't know who comes into question for this rank." *Elaine states, but Thais replies.* "Well that was to expect; I don't know anyone here as well... besides my acquaintance at the Control, but he drops out. Searching is the magic word here or maybe we know someone already? The Krogan makes a reasonable impression…well what is called reasonable by the Krogans, but apparently a man of the figures." *Kysaek nods indeed, but her mien looks skeptical.* "But that can backfire as well. Consider it once we say him who we are…he sees the bounty and that's it. It could be as well, that the business is running so good, that the money will disable his reasonable thinking and he shoves us out. Of course it can be that nothing from this happens: he is the Manager in name only, collects a bit additional money and everyone is happy, but to be honest I don't think he is a suitable candidate." *Elaine adds for consideration, while Sapto loosens up her stand a bit, putting her hand at her hip.* "Well Elaine you are the boss, you lead, we follow. I mean, after all you have found this company here, the weapons market, the Krogan, found out that these refugees has tricked us…for such a short time these are some remarkable achievements, so do what you think is right." *leaves Sapto's lips, whereby Elaine seems to be more crestfallen now, while returning back to the interior of her mind.* "I simply am not able to figure out Thais…can she read minds? That is almost like she could: she has repeated almost word for word, what I have thought about earlier…this woman." *she blinks few times in succession, while coming back to the situation of the outside world.* "Okay, then we take this in our hands: I will think about it more and maybe go for a stroll around the district or alternatively you think about someone; perhaps you will know someone, who knows…we are a Team after all." *the Asari explains followed by a agreeing nod from the other one.* "I will tell it the others, Kysaek and leave you alone again for now. Get in touch when you need something." *Kysaek raises her hand during these words, setting upright her thumb, while saying.* "So we will do it. See you later, Thais." *Thereupon Sapto raises her hand for a moment, turns around, opens the door and leaves the office, while the door closes behind her. On the other hand Elaine turns around to the window again, puts her hands on her hips and observes the picture below once again.*
(( Now you can switch on this )) *A little bit less than an hour passes in which Kysaek thinks about their situation still standing at the window.* "Is this really such a good idea? We know barely someone here and I can't think of someone who would fit: no one of the Krogans, I don't want to start with the employees even and otherwise there is no one. At the Omega Market I will make a find for sure, but before I make a slip Aria's men steal the company below my ass away, so no thanks. I could also address one of the thousands of refugees simply, but what should I say?" *she asks mentally, before she continues thinking.* "G'day at our company is accidently missing a manager, so do you want to have it? Ah you ask why? Well your references are extraordinary good…you live in trash and oh you don't know the ropes of figures? No, you even want to pinch stuff from us, that qualifies you even more!" *she shakes her head fiercely to shake off the idea.* "No, no better we drop that…but what remains then? Mhh there is still this Hanar, which showed me the way to the Omega Market; he seems to like to stretch the legal business sometimes, but maybe he belongs to the Omega guys? Can I know that? Scarcely, so he drops out of the possibilities." *she sighs quietly, while she continues to consider the possibilities.* "But who stays at the end? No one, what means that we should better continue to focus on our business for now and perhaps we will make a find in the next weeks…however Thais could be right: the longer we wait, the bigger the chance that everything was a waste of time." *she realizes once again, before she begins to speak quietly to herself.* "Now it comes down again, Elaine: don't disappoint the others, you are the boss! I mean you were gone under your own steam several times already without the others, but that wasn't something bad. Like you have found out thanks to the Salarian…that…wait a moment, could I…he, that…mhhh." *then she snaps with her finger, beginning to speak louder to herself.* "The Salarian! Nagh I need really to ask after names; it gets a bad habit to know the people, but don't know them at all!"
*Then she storms out thunderstruck, opens the door, but stops again to grab her head.* "Weapon!" *She turns around again, goes to her table and takes the weapon from there only to attach it at her back. The door has closed in the meantime and needs to be opened once again, whereupon Elaine wants to pass it, but stops again repeating the head gesture.* "Are you nuts, Elaine? With the weapon in broad daylight?" *she asks herself, before turning around again to go to the small cupboard, which is to her right side. Fast the Poncho is grabbed and pulled over her head, but she needs to open the door a third time.* "Damn these automatic doors; I like the ones, where you decide for yourself, if they should stay open or closed." *Kysaek grumbles and leaves the room this time, followed by a closing door. Very determined with an almost light Jogging gait (Shepard Style ) she moves downwards, goes along the corridor to the hall and passes from time to time her employees: first the Batarian, then the human and at the end the Turian without greeting any one of them. She has left the building very fast behind and finds herself again the Refugee District.*
((Now another switch of music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6zxsaLE_c )) "Once again the same game, Elaine: Find the needle in the haystack…" *crosses her mind and as well.* "From where do I know this line? That doesn't originate from the Asari… mhrrr, it needs to be this darn movies and books." *she nods to herself, hides her hands like usual beneath her Poncho in her pants pockets. Almost not imaginable, but still reality she detects that the district gets fuller and fuller while walking through the streets: no new containers piled on top of each other, but there for aplenty of sleeping bags or even tents at the edge of the street.* "I feel bad for the people indeed…but damn it, do they seal up their districts once?" *Kysaek thinks, before she shakes her head resigning, while she breaks her way through the crowd. Thereby an idea crosses her mind.* "Hey! Last time I met him by accident, in the second Level! Maybe he is up there again or at least his shelter!" *She grins lightly while moving forward, after she had this idea and praises herself mentally that's why.* "That is a good idea Elaine. You have this down the pat, if you want it only!" *She breaks through the crowd step by step, while being looked at from some as well like followed by, which is why she looks back and stops her walking.* "What the…what do all of them want from me?" *she thinks and considers.* "****! Have they recognized me?!" *Instantly she begins to go on much faster than before, but still followed by few people. She speeds up more and more as well like her pursuers until she stops at the courtyard to turn around. She puts her hand on her back, before she looks at the people – in the meantime ten in total – and murmurs to them haunted.* "What do you want? Want to have trouble?!" *She grabs the butt of her pistol in the meanwhile, continuing to stare at the bigger group until a female Turian steps forward with pressed together hands, like she would rub them against each other.* "You mean money." *she murmurs, what makes Kysaek more nervous visibly. She wants to draw her weapon already, when she hears the words of the turian woman.* "Ms. T'Veres, do you have a job for us?" *She stops immediately and takes her hand from her weapon, while she says lopping.* "Eh, what?" Her posture relaxes now quite obviously, while she gets a shower of pleading.* "Please give us a job!"; "Do you need someone else for your company?"; "I am strongly-built, I work until I collapse!"; "My children are hungry; please do you have a job for me?" *She listens to the pleading for a while, before she raises her hands flattening them in the front.* "Hey, hey everyone calm down, calm down…I barely understand a word, Silence!" *leaves her mouth louder than wanted to, whereupon everyone silences and Elaine can start with an answer.* "For now we don't need anyone; I would like to give you a job, but before we can hire more people the business needs to run better…what will take at least some weeks still. That's why it would be better, if you wait in front of our building, if you lie in wait for a job…" *She paralyzes mentally after saying this, thinking.* "That you haven't said for real…fast, get away from here!"
*Instantly she yanks around and runs in the direction of the lift, which opens right now. Only few people come out of it, while Kysaek is still pursued by the people. After entering the lift she immediately searches for the Level Buttons and pushes it. She looks like the door closes shortly before her pursuer reach her; whereupon Elaine catches a loud breathe: she got in the lift alone...fortunately.* "Uff that was close…they would have ripped off the clothes of my body certainly." *she murmurs, before she adds.* "They want a job…from me? That is saying something. It is good when the people know my company…well but as well bad: I bet it will not last long until greedy people like the gangsters will come, oh dear, oh dear…" *she shakes her head, while leaning against the wall of the lift and listening to the music, but which gets interrupted by a report.*
"After the newest estimations the Citadel will be flooded by more refugees than it can take. Anonymous reporters, who have stolen into the Districts, name these circumstances – quoting their statement – disastrous. Speaker of the Council took a stand to this after few hours and assured that the situation is under control, but many are dubious about their credibility, above all after the youngest events in the northern Council Space.
Like we reported the Consulate has broken away from the Citadel and is a governing itself independently now, although it is rumored for two years already, that the Councilors have no real influence on this part of the galaxy. In a direct interview which was given by presiding Consul Sha'ira – familiar to many by the name Consort – said that this step was unavoidable. She regrets breaking with the Council deeply, but assured still the fidelity to the Citadel Government and the bond to the remaining galaxy, however one needs to grow and strike out on his own and that applies for the Consulate as well, like she said."
"In the galaxy really much is broken in the moment. If I think how this looked back then…well, what means 'think', I have no idea. I was young and was interested in different things." *she grins shortly.* "Well what the hell everything will be fine again; I don't care anyway two figs about it." *she persuades herself, before leaving the lift, after it had reached the second level. She looks to the railing for a while, which is found opposite of her position in a certain distance. One moment she can see the whole first level, but also the arms of the Citadel.* "Well this can last long…the second level is not so big like the first, but still I think it will take few hours.",
*the Asari grumbles, before she continues going on in the same Jogging gait like earlier. This time she doesn't talk to anyone, but looks only at the faces. She moves in zigzag between various pillars, but then she hears a louder voice, which sounds fast simultaneously. She follows it. "Yes you as well; you could be the owner of an Upgrade for your Omni-Tool – modified only for you! This simple program for only 40 Credits increases the data handling of your Tool by 6 percent and decreases the delay during visual communicational transmissions by whole 4 percent!" *Kysaek leans against a pillar then to observe the speaker, looking quite satisfied thereby.*
"Finally a little bit luck; to be honest I was not motivated for another eternal rummaging." *she murmurs quietly, while she listens to the Salarian.* "Another offer and in limited quantity: Assistant VI equipped with the newest improvement update 1007.5: 200 Credits per unit; very helpful for business people, but also for normal citizens from the street! Manage your own issues, transactions; Never forget anything anymore and put your feet up." *during this he pulls apart his arms and continues to talk ten to the dozen, whereby the time passes rapidly and eventually no audience is found by him. This motivates Kysaek to press herself away from the pillar and to go to the man. She puts her hands on the counter, while being greeted by him.* "Ah I have noticed you earlier already; I bet you are interested…no hold a moment, I know you." *he nods.* "Yes, yesyesyes, we met some time ago. You were searching this gang of swindlers, on who you fell for as well like Me." *the Salarian explains and Elaine approves to this.* "So it is." *Then she gets a question from him.* "Well I hope you had a good life since then; what can I do for you?" *and Elaine replies raising her right hand along with her forefinger.* "You could do less for me, but there for I can do something for you!" *the Asari says.The Salarian crosses his arms, looking curious, while Elaine continues to speak.* "Only just, when I could admire your talent in selling, I believe even more, that you are exactly the right man for us!" *Thereupon the man asks.* "Man for what?" *Elaine lowers her hand again, before she coughs lightly.* "We need a man for figures; someone who knows what it means to manage a business." *she points over the railing roughly.* "For the express company in the first level." Before she can continue the Salarian interrupts her.* "Ah yes, yesyes I heard from you! You are Ms. T'Veres!" *what Kysaek approves with a nod.* "Exactly…and well, I am still very inexperienced regarding such a big business, that's why you crossed my mind. Seemingly you are a honest soul, additionally a business man like I could see now, so may I offer you the rank of the manager?" *she adds after her nod and awakens the interest of the man in this way, who presses disbelievingly.* "Are you serious?" *He gets an upwards pointing thumb from Kysaek with these words.* "Really serious." *she coughs lightly.* "Of course I remain being the owner, but as the manager you get naturally a fitting payment and a share from everything." *The Salarian puts his arms against his sides, lowering the head.* "Mhh, mhh a good offer yes, yes very good. But you will understand that I need some respite, yes?" *Kysaek replies.* "Of course. Come around simply when you have decided…eh, how is your name actually?" *whereupon the man answers.* "Leros, Leros Darab." *and Kysaek stretches out her hand as well like the Salarian to shake them.* "Well then, Leros Darab, I hope we hear from you soon." *leaves between her lips, as well like from the man's* "That I hope as well, Ms. T'Veres." *Thereupon the stroke of both ends; the Asari turns away, puts her hands beneath the Poncho – looking relaxed – and goes in the direction of the lift, humming something even a bit.* ((Now you can switch off the music again. )
*During all this deals, the trouble and the thing with the Salarian Kysaek has not noticed how quiet it got in the district in the meantime, but looks at her watch after this realization.* "11 p.m.? Holy ****…" *she lowers her hand again to look around at a big courtyard murmuring.* "I am tired not even a bit and the others sleep now for sure, nhpf." *During this she kicks the air with her foot and slides it over the ground – a pretty familiar gesture. She goes forward only very slowly now, observing the big courtyard the hands hidden in the pants pockets again. Her eyes stay from time to time at the few people, once standing, once sitting.* "Where am I going actually right now? Nothing is going on anymore… whereby I could visit the Club in this district, although…ach no, I am not motivated to do this…I'll go to the railing and look at the Citadel; yes that's it. For this I didn't take my time till now, although I am in the Heart of the galaxy." *she notices mentally, before strolling forward loosened along the edge of the market until she finally reaches the railing, stretches out her arms to grab the metal and to support herself there, while her eyes move along the offered picture: a gigantic construction.* ((You can switch on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ7GP0QgIow ))
*Gabbling this passes her lips.* "Simply awesome…this station…this city…ach the Citadel is simply awesome. So cruel the Reaper were, the Citadel is simply a wonder.", she admits quietly, sliding one of her arms over the parts of the city, the big buildings; she follows traffic streets, flying cars and much more. Then she keeps her eyes at one spot, which seems to come closer to the Citadel: a ship. The light of the sun reflects a bit and blinds Elaine in this way, who raises her hand using it as a visual cover. She begins to see first outlines of the elegant shape, which seems to be strangely familiar for Kysaek.* "Is this…?" *she stops short seeing now obviously the name 'Normandy SR', which is written in big white letters at the outer wall.*
*While the ship continues to come closer, it gets visible for Kysaek more and more. She begins to see the red stripe as well like the whole writing, which she reads for herself.* "Normandy SR-8" *and right behind is the logo of N7.* "And I thought already that the real Normandy was flying at Me." *she murmurs disappointed, while losing the sight of the ship slowly, when it disappears at one of the Docks further upwards. The head of the Asari lowers for a moment, while she wallows in her thinking.* "Back then the commercial, when I saw this ship, the original Normandy SR2, the image of Shepard, his pilot, the whole Crew…it was simply awesome. No matter who I asked, everyone had this feeling simply by looking at this Crew…to belong to the Normandy, to their Crew, to Commander Shepard." *she sighs nostalgic, while she continues to remember.* "Mother said there is one who described Shepard appropriate. In this book , Journeys with a Prothean' by Liara T'Soni and Javik, the Prothean, was mentioned the name 'Avatar of this Cycle'. Shepard should be everything what we stand for, stood for, will stand for; above all now when we live in the so called 'Eternal Cycle'. No matter what happens the Reaper are defeated and even when we all will die, there will be never a new Cycle; no repeating, but only the eternity…that's how Doctor T'Soni described it." *she smiles lightly, before stopping her remembering slowly. She pushes away from the railing, casts a last glance at the big Wards, the cities of the Citadel.* "Unbelievable…" she says and turns away to go.* ((Turn music off))
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"I'll go to bed now…will be sweet dreams, I bet." *she says, while she allows her arms to hang down loosened. She goes along the edge of the courtyard again, which thinned out even more now: almost no one is to be seen; also most of the tables are empty, which is why Elaine stays few seconds longer at the remaining tables. *Elaine is up the scratch pretty much looks at every pair at the tables as well like the standing groups, before looking forward again. Suddenly she stops – even more she goes few steps back – and looks back. She looks at a table with a Batarian sitting together with a human. Not even ten seconds pass until it clicks in her mind.*
((Another soundtrack: Time for a little bit action music. ) "Aren't this…?!" *she gets instantly louder.* "Hey you j-erks!" *she points at the two, who feel addressed immediately and seem to recognize Kysaek, whereby the man moans.* "Oh s-hit! Run away!" *Kysaek begins to run instantly and the poncho flutters wildly around, while the men get up rapidly and knock the table down, before they run away from Elaine, who gets interfered by the table* "I get you!" *the Asari roars catching the attention of the ones who are still on the road at this time of the day without a doubt, while the two run away from her. They run around every stand to slow down Kysaek with each curve, who does anything but not decreasing her speed, but there for makes bigger curves or slides with her butt on the tables of the stands.Sometimes she gets caught at an edge, which is why the fugitives win a greater distance.* "I get them, I get them! And when I have them, then I trash out every shred of blood of their bodies!" *During running and while she thinks, the Batarian grabs a big post and throws it at Kysaek. Elaine is able to jump over it by a narrow margin. The chasing around every stand and at the big courtyard ends when the two leave it and run in the corner, where the maintenance shaft to the Omega Market is found, but they don't use it, pass it simply further in the direction of the eastern wall, from where a free view at the Citadel is found, whereby the two turn into the accessible business street.*
*People fall down one after another cause of the swindler or Kysaek herself, who break a way through the crowd. The swindlers turn in the right street, which Kysaek has not set foot on back then. She grumbles "Oh ****, I'll lose sight of them!" *and tries to be even faster, turning around the corner, right before she looks after them with her violet eyes. First she doesn't find a thing, but then sees the bald head of the running Batarian.* "I'll get you!" *she yells, before preparing for a jump again and shimmering lightly thereby – she is engulfed in Biotic Energy. Her breathing is loud and sounds tired, but the training seems to pay off here again. Her muscles stick out lightly for a moment, while her eyes stay focused and she growls quietly.* "This damn Poncho, nargh screw it!" *Kysaek decides. She hefts her hands upwards shortly to throw the Poncho over her head and it flies in the crowd. The pistol at the back of her belt gets visible for everyone, but it seems no one notices it at all.A door opens to Kysaek's left side and the two disappear inside with a growing advance. Elaine shortens her way a bit, while she keeps running,before she climbs on a protrusion, which is at the wall – probably a seat – and jumps over it. She lands on her feet again, opens the door rapidly, over which the label.* "Storage" *shines, but what she doesn't notice. It gets darker a bit now, but still lightened; the paths are visible barely and shape a small labyrinth out of boxes, whereby Elaine tries again to see the two fugitives by looking around. She continues to do this until she hears a noise: a falling box. She follows it with her eyes and finds a ladder, on which they climb up.* "Run only, I beat the living daylights out of you!" *she yells loud, before going on again and adding.* "It seems we have left the public spaces, all the better." *She draws her pistol from her belt and begins to aim at the Batarian, but he disappears too fast on the next floor and Kysaek's running makes it additionally difficult, while she comes closer to a clicking, electronic beeping.* "You are not authorized to be located in this area." *is heard from a Mech, unarmed, but he raises a hand, while coming closer to Elaine. She growls, tenses up the free hand and fires a strong Warp at the Mech, which pushes him in a corner and separates the torso from the legs. Then she reaches the ladder and climbs up. From a crouch Kysaek yanks up, before she begins to run again, but she reaches the next railing pretty fast. From there she recognizes a very big storage hall, but however no trace of the two.*
((Switching of the music: The last one for this chapter )) "Damn hide and seek!" *the Asari pants with rage, while putting both hands on the pistol and following the barrel to look around again. Almost she doesn't see something suspicious; only an irregular sparkle at a corner, which is surrounded by big containers.* "Are these welders?" *she conceives, before jumping from the railing on a Container. She follows the path over a mountain of boxes and more containers instead taking the 'normal' path further below. The closer she comes the repeating flashing spot, the slower she gets. She bends her weapon with her arm – the weapon points upwards now – crouches down lightly and looks over the edge being hidden almost completely by the shadow: She sees really the two swindlers; the Batarian tries to open a door, the human moves his hand over the head and complains.* "****, have you seen how angry she was? Bite me, it was so clear that some day we would ****** at the wrong person's leg." *whereupon the Batarian growls.* "Shut up or do you want that she finds us?" *the man waves with his hand.* "Ach I don't care; this turian b-itch and her small Vorcha Slave have abandoned us anyway, when barely we capture a lot of booty." *Elaine attaches her weapon back at the belt, after she has heard these words. She gathers energy in her left hand and then throws a biotic orb at the human, yelling in the same time.* "Now you pay!" *She jumps down from the Container, catches the human unprepared, which is why he collapses one moment later, and then charges at the Batarian, who is still able to leave the crouching position, but is not able to do something against Kysaek's rush. He raises his hands for protection, but it is useless. The Asari punches him in the pit of the stomach, what forces him to bend forward. She grabs his head with her hands and presses it down, while the knee springs up; the peak hits exactly between the eyes of the man and he collapses a moment later. Thereupon the Asari turns around to the human, who holds his side, raising his hands and begging instantly.* "Wait, hey please wait!" *But he begs vainly and catches a direct punch at his nose, whereby some blood splatters from it and hits also Elaine's hand as well like parts of her clothes. She grabs the man at his collar as well like his arm and shoves him with much pressure to the door and let's his face hammer against it several times, while growling during this.* "You bring discredit to true victims; fork my damn cards out!" *She pulls the man back and tosses him with the back at the ground. Almost this situation could be compared to the one, where Elaine fought against the Turians: here as well the Batarian comes closer from behind and wants to axe her down, but this time she reacts; she turns around only just, intercepts the arm and stretches it with her hand, before she punches in the side of the man with her free fist, over and over again.*
"I'll bludgeon you to death; give me my cards!" *she yells, before directing the arm of the man further down, lets it go, but only to spring down with her elbow fast: a loud crack is heard, the arm breaks. Thereupon the Batarian goes down again, losing his consciousness seemingly. Panting loud and filled up completely with adrenaline the Asari turns around to the human, who huddles up in the corner, begging and explaining.* "We don't have the cards anymore; we have sold them for money!" *The arms are bended at the body, while Elaine runs at him slowly, panting still in rage.* "Then give me my fu-cking money!" *but the man shakes his head.* "I would love to do nothing else than that, but we have no money anymore! Our leader has stolen it and absconded with her Vorcha Slave! I swear it; I swear it by my life!" *For this he gets this remark from Elaine.* "Which I could take away every moment…" *she draws her pistol from the belt and aims it at the human, who continues to beg.* "No, no, please I'll never do such a s-hit again!" *Elaine replies very cold.* "Is that so? When I shoot you two, I'll play it safe…tell me where is my money." *Now she begins to target not his head, but there for the spot between his legs, while observing the trembling human with a face bathed in blood.* "I don't know, damn we don't know, otherwise we would be after her already, that is the truth! After we sold the identity cards for fabulous 400.000 Credits to such a gangster boss, we wanted to get away from the Citadel. Me and him there." *he points at the Batarian, while continuing to explain.* "We should go shopping for the group, while the others waited, but when we returned his friend, the other Batarian, was dead and the money gone, as well like the turian woman, but also her Vorcha Slave…since then we have not seen it again, please! More I don't know!" *he claims, while putting the hands together as if he would pray.The Asari continues to aim at him, her eyes are still focused and cold and her finger is put at the trigger. She begins to pull it back slowly, but then she stops. She relaxes her body and lowers the weapon, before she turns away, turning her head back a bit and saying seriously.* "If I find out that you lied, then the next time will be ugly… against that, this here would be nothing…" *She begins to move slowly and disappears in the shadow of the warehouse. She is gone now…*
Ah it continues; a side quest seems to be finished...I think it is time for a main quest again :-)I hope you enjoy the story So how do you like the story so far? Leave a review. So stay tuned till next time.
1. The days pass again; now Kysaek’s company has even own goods, which get delivered. But the deadline has been reached and the gangsters want to collect the protection money, but get scared after seeing the Krogans. They want to retreat, but now Elaine is in a key position, so what will happen? (Note: Without the Krogans this voting would look completely different )
A – Elaine let’s them go and threats them that they shouldn’t come here ever again. B – The Asari sends the boss a message, with words. B.1. – The Asari sends the boss a message, with corpses (WIN) C – Kysaek wants to turn the tables and demands a small award for letting them alive. D – Elaine tries a gambit: she tries to convince the debt collectors to work for her, with words. D.1. - Elaine tries a gambit: she tries to convince the debt collectors to work for her, with promises of money
2. After the affair with the gangsters is resolved – no matter how – Thais says that there could be a problem. The express company works well for the beginning, but if the group would be uncovered, everything would have been a waste of time. That’s why she gives Elaine the advice to appoint a dummy at the top position. How will Elaine decide?
A – The Asari agrees with Thais, but wants to keep the secret of the group towards the new person and tries to nominate a dummy, which is ...(insert someone here, who you have met in the Refugee Districts; let’s see who fits in there ;P)
......the Salarian, which recons Kysaek about the scammers (WIN)
A.1. – The Asari agrees with Thais and wants to share the secret of the group towards the new person and tries to nominate a dummy, which is ….(insert someone here, who you have met in the Refugee Districts; let’s see who fits in there ;P)
B – Elaine refuses to appoint a manager, because she fears the group can be betrayed C – Elaine agrees, but wants to postpone the matter still and instead wants to improve the status of the group first. She moves the business more in direction of the illegal world. D – Elaine refuses and wants to improve instead the status of the group first. She moves the business more in direction of the illegal world.
3. The day turns towards the “Night”, at least for the circumstances on the Citadel. Elaine is the only one not sleeping and wanders around in the district restless. By accident she meets two people, which belong to the gang of swindlers. Instantly both recognize the Asari and try to escape, so what will happen?
A – Elaine takes up the chase trying to catch them. When she catches them she decides to trash the two first and then get her money back. (WIN) A.1. – Elaine takes up the chase trying to catch them. When she catches them she decides to interrogate them first and then kill them. A.2. – Elaine takes up the chase trying to catch them. When she catches them she decides to interrogate them first and then let’s them go. B – Kysaek tries to shoot both during the chasing. C – Elaine follows both indeed, but gives them a long enough advance; instead she wants to follow them as long as both lead her maybe into the arms of the remaining group.
*Three finger of a slim hand type on the keys, but the head seems to look at two spots simultaneously, because the other hand types as well – apparently a text.* "Yes, yes, yesyesyes, excellent, the figures are really wonderful; nh mhmhmhmh, increase by over 70 percent in two weeks. Perhaps cause of the low figures and novelty, but more probable cause of planning and diligence." *the Salarian determines sitting in an office – seemingly Kysaek's. On the other side of the table a woman is standing with crossed arms and an apparently relaxed posture.* "That seems to sound good; what is the total of this? How big is the profit we made?" *the Asari asks looking at the man, who stops his activity in this moment, before folding his hands into each other and putting the arms on the table.* "After subtracting of all costs, plus your successful investment on the planet Hyetiana, which obtained the triple as return, we reach a profit of 44.500 Credits." *With these words he causes a smirk on Kysaek's face.* "That sounds good; what do you believe how our profits in two weeks will be?" she asks.* "Given that it keeps this way or even increases further, discounting the current profits, I guess our profit to 15 till 20.000 Credits.", Leros guesses, whereupon Elaine nods.* "Very good, very good…I knew you would do a great job, Leros." *she says while looking at the man, who replies on Kysaek's compliment: "You too, Ms. T'Veres; your preparatory work was remarkable and your investment clever; I am glad about this chance. For sure we will do much money in the future." *he promises convinced.Elaine reaches out her hand to his thereupon and they shake them.* "Same here, Mr. Darab. I will leave you here with the dealings and will not be here myself…relaxing a bit you see?" *leaves her mouth, while letting his hand go. The Salarian answers.* "Indeed; your collection of hours is surpassing. Feel free to go; I care about everything and will contact you if required." *The Asari turns away from the man now and leaves the office, before she begins to stretch a bit in the corridor. She moves on still a bit, before looking to the right.* "Mhh well the weapon can stay here today…" *she murmurs while looking over her shoulder to the third door, from which she has come right now,* "Now this room has its value: make money." *She smirks, loosens up a bit and goes the stairs down. During her walk along the corridor she looks around: to the storage beside the stairs, then to the door of the locker room and then straight forward again.* "In only two weeks such an increase; almost ten people work here now….it gets time slowly to get some people on board, who work really for me….but not in the conventional sense." *Elaine considers, but shakes her head then. She tightens her vest, wearing obviously clothes today, which can be called casual wear in white-blue color combination.* "Today no work Elaine; leave it to the others. Today relaxation is on the order of the day, so don't think much about such things." *she says to herself, while entering the big storage hall, which seems to be more lively now thanks to the many employees, but also thanks to the amount of goods. Big boxes, small boxes, indeed even one inactive YMIR-Mech are spread out on the spaces and behind Kysaek an employee leaves the cold room pulling the Repulsor Cart, on which a small pallet – seemingly meat – in red boxes is found. The hall is passed fast, while she moves through the gatekeeper corridor next, looking for a moment left to the window – the gatekeeper counter got occupied in the meanwhile from an Elcor, who murmurs.* "Friendly: Good day Ms. T'Veres." *Elaine nods to him and leaves the building then.*
(( I bet you are sick of hearing it, but in this way it was also in Mass Effect 1 to 3: ) *She has opened the door barely and has taken the first steps outside, there she gets mobbed by a small crowd – in total around 20 people – who begins to talk without a proper order, begging her.* "Ms. T'Veres are there new jobs for us?"; "I asked few days ago; I get the new post first."; "Please we are starving; can you give us something to eat?"; "Have you some Credits for me?"; "You need to have a job for me!"; "Don't hoard everything for yourself; give it the ones, who doesn't have anything!"; "Give us something!" *Frantic and desperate, confused and angry the yells and pleads hit Elaine, who raises her arms lightly, before trying to squeeze herself through the small crowd, saying over and over again.* "I am sorry, we have no jobs free right now; please let me through." *No matter what she does, she can't lose the crowd, which moves towards the Asari and surrounds her. A loud.* "Stand off!" *is heard, which Kysaek tries to see immediately: one officer of C-Sec, a Krogan, who comes through the crowd right now and gets – probably cause of his authority – enough space for this.* "Don't badger the woman; keep calm or you get arrested for indecent behavior." *he growls lightly and Elaine is able to free herself. She pants once, before saying to the officer.* "Thank you." *who responds.* "The Chief of this District said that an officer should be positioned close to this company. Here one can find jobs and with this money; something that barely someone in this district has, but you can go now." *And this exactly Elaine does. She jogs a bit to get some distance, but then begins to walk normal again, while her hands swing loosened at her side this time and not are hidden in her pants pockets. The picture has not changed much this time: the streets – at least every once in a while – and the container bays are overcrowded; even more they got quite dirty in the meantime. And additionally to this scattered C-Sec officers attend to it, about who Elaine thinks.* "Bet this is only keeping up appearances; as if these few could do something, when chaos breaks out here…ach stop, it has broken out already." *She waves away mentally and continues to go her way.Kysaek tries not to look at someone directly, although she is not able to do it always, because the conditions in this district took on a disastrous scale. Almost one could talk about a second Omega. Barely has she lifted her glance once, she sees various signs with requests for aid, pleading for food, Credits, clothes…everything is mentioned. She bites in her lower lip lightly while reading this.* "I should have been accustomed to this already actually, but every time I come through here, I am always horrified…or am I surprised?" *Elaine is brooding, before she gets caught with her eyes at a corner, where one Asari, a female human and Batarian are standing, wearing open clothing – if it can be called this way. Seeing her look all three come closer to Kysaek, smiling lovely.* "Is it allowed to be more than only looking?" *the human asks, followed by the Asari.* "A little bit relaxation and distraction from this stinking district?" *That motivates Elaine to consider this for real.* "Apparently p-rostitutes…I could…mhh no, since when I am paying for such things?" *and aloud she says.* "You all are really sweet indeed, but not my style…but…" *an idea crosses her mind.* "Maybe you know me: My name is Ashira T'Veres." *pointing randomly behind herself, before adding.* "I own the express company further behind." *The eyes of all three women follow the pointing, although they can't see anything of course, before they look at Kysaek again.* "Oh from this I've heard already." the batarian woman says, whereupon the other Asari asks: "And why are you asking us this, Ashira?" She gets to hear these words quietly said by Kysaek: "Well…you have your certain asserts…and, if there is no one else…I could help you maybe…more profit from selling your bodies…" 'She looks at the three women, before adding.* "Of course for a small portion of it, but I think then you will not need to stand in these dirty streets anymore; so what do you say?" *She keeps silent after that, looking at each of the woman one after another, while they seem to think about it with lifted, lowered looks or looks to the side until the human says.* "Yes…yes this sounds good." *This causes that the female Batarian joins this opinion.* "I accept the offer." *she says, while the Asari seems to consider it the longest. She sets her head upright again, answering.* "I will think about this." *whereupon Elaine raises her right hand, pointing the thumb up.* "All-right. Who wants to, drops in tomorrow; see ya."
*Smirking the Asari turns away, while brooding as well.* "And now you have worked again…well it wasn't difficult, so let it be." *She crosses her arms over her head, while going on along the street. Arriving in the big courtyard Elaine searches for a free seat, before sitting down at a completely empty table. She leans back, crosses her legs and allows her arms to swing loosened again, while she moves with her eyes around herself.* "I ask myself really, how it is looking at the top. If these Refugee Districts are so lively already, then I am curious on the normal Districts and boroughs of the Citadel." *she considers, before continuing with her questions.* "Mhh what am I doing actually…finally a little bit free time and I sit around, although I could do something else as well; for example to look inside this Club again…mhh Club, why haven't I changed the express company into a Club actually? That would have been well received I bet and from this I have at least some clue." *the Asari smirks, before deepening it.* "Then these free women in dishabille would be even better, but well at the express company they will be good as well…extraordinary goods after all." *Elaine laughs for herself.* "Back to topic…topic, mhh like these children, that is also a topic…last week again two children disappeared; scary, but somehow no one does something against it. For what is the C-Sec there or these super N7 soldiers? That is so s-hitty; Best would be to handle it yourself…but why 'would'? I could do, if I wanted to…and I want to do it also, so what is stopping me?" *she grumbles mentally, before finishing the sentence.* "Maybe I don't know where to begin with…I keep an eye on this; perhaps there will be more information regarding this soon….and then, yes then there will be trouble, for the kidnappers." *she nods, before starting to be silent completely and observing the offered picture in front of her.*
*Almost a whole half of an hour Kysaek rests; observes bargaining merchants, begging people, partially angry disputes, which get dissolved by the sparsely present C-Sec officers; listens to the conversations of the neighbor tables over and over again. As well like now: she listens to a conversation between a female Drell and a male Salika.* "Heard already?" *the Salika asks.* "No, what?" *the woman replies, before the man continues.* "Barely the Consulate has broken with the Citadel; Neo-Cerberus has begun to concentrate their attacks on it." *The Drell putts it off, before saying.* "That is only a rumor; the Citadel would never tolerate that. I think that is propaganda from the Consulate, so that the Citadel falls into disrepute even more." *But the Salika keeps skeptical.* "Well when I think about the comment of Arax Sorrn, I honestly believe that the Citadel simply doesn't care, if the Consulate is in danger or not. How has he said it? 'The Consulate belongs to a great number of the ones, who milk the situation of the galactic society. They hide behind assurances of fidelity and bond, but still secede, take what doesn't belong to them and allow moreover that a woman leads them, which was known to be unreliable earlier already and even more: in eyes of some she is even a prostitute.'." *He finishes his remark, while the Drell holds a hand in front of her mouth, before coughing lightly. "A politician who insults others as prostitute? Isn't that really foolish?" *But the Salika shakes his head, before saying.* "No…the wording is crucial…he said 'in the eyes of some she is even a prostitute' and not 'I assume that she is a prostitute'; in the political world a crucial difference." *Thereupon the Drell putts off.* "Talking but doing nothing; that are politicians for me."
*Visibly amused, but still not looking there directly, Elaine hears word by word, before losing her attention to the conversation and sighing quietly.* "I still don't know what I should do; on the long term here is nothing for me." *She stands up slowly then and stretches herself carefully, before murmuring.* "I go back to the company; better I'll kill time there, than here." *She yawns shortly, before leaving the courtyard on her way back to her company. Amazingly enough the streets have thinned out a bit, what allows Elaine a rapid progress, although she murmurs shortly.* "Is there food for free or where is everyone?" *She shrugs with her shoulders then and hides her hands in the pockets of her vest, before continuing her way. At the passage which leads to the Docking bay and is found left from the company, she realizes the reason for the partially empty streets.* "Not him again…" *she grumbles, while looking at the Batarian, who stands on this spot always and delivers his prophetic speeches.* "Yes you understand the language, the language I speak. Everyone of you know the visage of despair; as well like the people of Kar'shan you suffer for the sins of the ones, who are so bold as to rule over us all! I see it in your faces: every one of you regrets it. You want to help and you can as well!" *he yanks up his arms to his chest, clenching the fists.* "I know that many of you have nothing anymore, but you can help the people of Kar'shan and yourself on a different way! Follow the Call, follow the people of Kar'shan; go to Kar'shan, rebuild this world, the world which has saved the galaxy with its noble sacrifice! So allow my words to lead you, allow the Call lead you: Go to Kar'shan or regret!" *Kysaek moves her tongue inside her mouth, constricts her eyes and shakes her head, before passing the big gathering.* "Crazy i-diots, but the people are in such a despair, they believe probably what he is telling them…cheap workers for Kar'shan, materials or money, everything is fine.", *she says to herself, while coming closer to the door of her company slowly, in front of which indeed one C-Sec officer is standing: the Krogan from earlier. Elaine looks at him for a moment, whereby he doesn't notice the Asari really, who can enter her company this time without any problems, because no crowd is surrounding her. Like earlier the Elcor greets her, sitting behind the counter of the gatekeeper corridor, with.* "Friendly: Good afternoon Ms. T'Veres." *He gets a nod from Kysaek, before she disappears in the big hall already.*
((Switching of the music: )) *Elaine puts her arms at her hips, moving her jaw here and there.* "Mhh now I am here, but what will I do?" *the Asari thinks, tapping with her fingers on her hips, before she remembers Thais' words.* "Trust…one needs the trust of his people. With the right decisions it can be won or else lost, but with decisions only it can't be done already. Building up a relationship, to know his people, yes, yes…so it needs to be; that strengthens also the trust and loyalty…hopefully." *she adds, before letting her head move in circles. She looks for the others, but can see only Dios and Kuren, who are found at the Truck – seemingly working again. She gets into motion to the two and hears even from the distance the typical conversation of the Twins.* "No, no. If you allow the compensator to flow through the Secondary Guidance System, then we will lose two percent of the power." *Dios beefs and Kuren points at the machine.* "What is two percent? If we allow the compensator to flow via the Secondary conduction, we can allow the cooling flow via the Main conduction; that means permanently maximal speed without the danger of overheating and engine explosion!" *Kuren explains.* Dios.: "Who is interested in permanent maximal power? The numerous curves and tight passages doesn't allow this anyway, regarding you don't want to destroy the Truck!" Kuren.: "As long as I am sitting at the wheel this will not happen; you have an idea about flying no more than about the Tech." Dios: "Really?" Kuren: "Really." Dios: "Hypothesis, not provable." Kuren: "And what was with the burned down Mech?" Dios: "Bad material; no one could do something against that." Kuren: "Mhh nhnhnh as well like back then when the engines blew up and I said earlier 'No, don't put the conductions together' but you said then 'Bad material; no one could do something against that.'?" Dios: "The material was bad." Kuren: "You are bad!" Dios: "Your rating is always not precise or smart; after all you have allowed Jor to fly our toy, when she said later 'it flew directly at me'." Kuren: "Excuses; things which change the actual subject." Dios: "Regardless, the compensator will not be allowed to flow via the Main conduction; I go for the parts." *the female Salarian says firmly, turns around and goes away simply without that Kuren can respond something. Kysaek leans gently against the side of the Truck, looking at the going away Dios for a moment, before changing her look to Kuren.*
"Trouble?" *she asks to catch the attention of Kuren, who responds.* "Standard Procedures of highly contrived quarreling belong to our character; possible reasons for this are the dominance." *Elaine seems to be slow a bit, which is why she presses on this topic.* "Dominance? How do you mean that?" *the Asari says.* "Evolution, type of society of the Salarians, changes of the Salarian Society after the Reaper War, many factors…or else, how it is liked to be called: sibling quarrels." *the woman answers, which gets followed by Kysaek's hand, which gets put on her face.* "Why so inconvenient, if it goes short as well?" *she murmurs, while Kuren seems to be amused. She says then.* "Everything is defined, everything is shortened; take the words War or Love: small words with many meanings. Many factors, which can be known better in case of doubt." *Elaine takes her hand away from her face, stopping the explanation.* "Good I got it…but can you tell me, what I have asked myself for a while already, why are you here…" *she coughs lightly.* "So don't take it too literally; I mean with that, why are you traveling through the galaxy? One told me once that salarian women are extremely rare; normally the leader of their Clans, which are together the whole species." *Thereupon Kuren crosses her arms, observing Kysaek for a while, before she starts explaining.* "What you have heard is absolutely correct: female Salarians are extremely rare, but this is not necessarily dependent on Genetics or Evolution, but pure politics." *She gets interrupted by Elaine.* "Politics?" *She nods shortly, before she continues her explanation.* "So it is. Salarian women are something like a guarantor, a guarantor of Stability; not only between the Clans, also between men and women, almost like by the Krogans before the Reaper War. Even before they hatch, the Clans negotiate with each other for a long time: who can have how many women, what someone gets for this…like for example land, money, administrative bodies and even more."She gets to hear a meanwhile.* "Ah-ha." *while still continuing to talk.* "That is the reason why there are only few women…well one of the reasons. Another is that it is quite easy by the Salarians, to get male or female offspring. Because unfertilized eggs bear always male and fertilized female." *Elaine raises a finger then, saying.* "I thought Genetics are not the reason?" *and Kuren begins again.* "Yes like mentioned: many things are branched and so it is also affiliated with Genetics naturally, because fertilized eggs bear women and only the eggs are allowed to be fertilized which were negotiated in the Politics. You see, Ashira, it is down to Genetics indeed, but only because the Politics dictate the Genetic; so in the end it is inconclusively the Genetics and thanks to the Politics it is in average,that around twelve eggs, which get laid by a salarian woman every year, one female is allowed to hatch. And all this Politics: the hatching, the leading, Clans, additionally to this the missing sex drive and more.This reason for the low amount of female Salarians is contained in an ancient codex.", she finishes the explanation now, while Elaine has on the other hand a sagging face, accompanied by this thoughts.* "Salarian Sex Education…more information one wants to know." *She leaves her thinking then, saying.* "Okay but with this my initial question is not answered. When female Salarians are so important, when they are leaders and additionally to this so rare, how have you two come here? Here now, earlier on Illium." She crosses her arms looking quite relaxed and listening to Kuren's words.* "Well first we two are here, because in our clutch two eggs were fertilized." *whereupon Elaine sighs mentally, but continues to listen.* "But Dios and I could be called an exception. We have asked us always, why only the men are allowed to have the unburdened life and additionally to this the passion for flying came…have you seen a female pilot by the Salarians already?" *Kysaek comments this with a.* "No." *which is why this sentence of Kuren follows.* "See: salarian women should lead, lead, breed and lead; that is so boring and that is the reason why we are here." *A nod follows as well like another question from Kysaek.* "I see; then it is really the exception of the exception and you have nothing to do with Clan things?" *Kuren answers thereupon.* "Almost nothing: only once in the year we fly to Sur'Kesh….because we may like to follow our path, but still we are women and with this a good for negotiations…at least regarding our eggs." *Elaine constricts her eyes.* "Your eggs…?" *Elaine murmurs and Kuren nods.* "Of course; one time in the year we lay our eggs, which means…" *she can't finish the sentence, because she gets stopped by Kysaek.* "Never mind, never mind, I got it. I leave you better with your work again." *she raises her hand for a moment as well like Kuren.* "Yes a good idea."
*With a smoky head Kysaek gets a distance to Kuren slowly.* "Laying eggs…fortunately Asari don't lay eggs." *she shudders imagining that, while going in the direction of the sickbay. She enters it and sees Doctor Azkar standing in the corner, who doesn't seem to notice the Asari. Not before the door closes behind Kysaek the doctor sees Elaine over her shoulder. She greets her.* "Hello Kysaek." *whereupon Kysaek nods, murmuring.* "A good idea to say 'Kysaek', Doc?" *saying this she points behind herself to suggest something seemingly, but the doctor stays calm.* "The door is closed; no one is hearing it, so relax…I thought that this is your day off anyway? Why are you here?" *the Drell remarks, and Elaine replies.* "Yes it is so, but somehow I didn't find something in the district, which fascinated me; you could say restless." *Relis smirks for a moment and then turns around to bottle some phials seemingly. She puts them one after another in capsules – red one – probably Medi-gel.* "Yes Sapto told me about this. Nothing extraordinary, considering the circumstances. You bear responsibility from one moment to another, maybe feeling overwhelmed; you want to meet and stick to requirements, which exceed you easily. You work, work and work and forget completely that there are other things as well. If you want to, I can give you something; it stops the hormone release and regulates the Adrenaline…in short, it makes you calmer." *the woman explains, but Elaine shakes her head, murmuring.* "All right, but it is not necessarily…this is not one of this usual Doctor-Patient-things. I wanted to stop in by you and chat a bit." *She looks at Relis now, who turns around again, closing the capsules before and leans against the small cupboard behind herself.* "Well then let us talk?" *the woman says and Kysaek responds.* "Yes…you see me as a patient and talk to me accordingly; you are quite particular about your duties as the doctor, but how do you get around doing this? How have you become a doctor?" *She sits down on one of the few chairs of the sickbay, while observing the Drell, who does the same like the Asari and sits down on a chair.* "Well my qualification was executed in the course of the Compact, which we have agreed to with the Hanar…my ancestors did. Very long ago the Hanar rescued my species, when our planet was dying and there for we thank them until today; we live with them and help them. To such a thing belongs also a purpose." *she makes a short break, before continuing.* "In young years the skills of Drell children are evaluated and then the parents is suggested which path can be taken, suggesting being the operative word, not forced. But almost everyone takes this path out of respect and in respectable preservation of the Compact." *The Asari nods looking quite interested.* "I see, but quite a part of your skills and what your parents wanted, do you like to be a doctor and why are you not by the Hanar, if you went the path they suggested?" *leaves Elaine's lips. Relis replies slowly.* "Well….even when we go the paths and get educated from the Hanar, then there comes the time, where we get 'dismissed' from our obligation or we ask for the permission to do that. In this way it was by me, when I ask for it five years ago." *she draws a cigarette casually from her coat and puts it in her mouth, igniting it.* "And why have you asked for this…how old are you actually? " *Kysaek asks in between.* "43 years; with 18 my qualification was completed and I fulfilled me duty by the Hanar for 20 years, what was above all after the Reaper War an enormous task, not to mention from the qualification during the War. I thought as well I would do this my whole life, but this galaxy is huge and there are endless opportunities; so much that can change the life at a moment's notice, as well like by me." *She takes a drag, murmuring in passing.* "By the way it surprises me that you don't want to have a cigarette; the much work, the whole stress…normally one smokes more often then…but you have worked so much, that it seems you have forgotten the smoking completely and broken the habit this way.", the woman laughs for a while and Elaine hooks into it.* "Yes…it is right somehow, at least for the major part of it. But let us stick to the point: so what was this opportunity?" *Kysaek asks really curious, but Relis remains guarded over this, speaking.* "I met a woman who needed my help. She didn't belong to the Hanar and was no Drell, but she has reached the end of the line and there I realized that a true doctor helps everyone and not only certain persons on certain locations. With this wish I stepped for to one of the so-called Illuminated and he saw the wisdom of my words, gave me the permission and absolved me from my obligation." *She puts some ash in a cup, before putting the cigarette back into her mouth, whereupon Kysaek uses this break.* "Who was the woman and what was her condition?" *she asks, but Relis shakes her head.* "What are names…what was important is that she needed help and got it as well like it is negligible because the Doctor-Patient-relationship obligates me to keep it a secret, what you understand probably, Kysaek." *the Drell says it unequivocally. Elaine nods slowly, before trying to say something again, but then the door opens followed by a loud moaning.* "Doctor, Doctor we had a small incident with a box." *a man murmurs pointing at an arm of the female Turian, which is obviously broken.* "Well then give her to me." *Relis says and Kysaek stands up, nods to the Drell, but this one is pored over in her work completely, whereupon Kysaek leaves the room then, followed by a closing door.*
*After Kysaek has left the sickbay she begins to search for Thais, quite target-orientated: She looks in the front office, up in the chill-up room, in her office, the locker room then the cold storage, but can't make a find. She taps against her chin while brooding.* "Mhh if she makes a delivery; or maybe makes a break outside?" *Then she looks to the door opposite of the stairs.* "Maybe in the spare parts depot…but why?" *she says adding.* "Ach it doesn't hurt to check it." *She gets into motion then and opens the door. In the corner opposite of the door is standing the in the meanwhile bedizened workbench on which numerous parts lie, but at the first glance no one seems to be here. Step by step Elaine goes inside more and more to the other side, between the racks until she hears a shallow moaning; less happy, more painful. She follows the voice before stopping at a rack and looks through a free slit on the other side of the rack. A bended body and the face not recognizable, but the head part betrays obviously that it needs to be Thais, who supports herself with her hands on the knees, looking like she needs to vomit. Elaine keeps silent and observes the whole situation for a while. Not before the Asari straightens up again and seems to relax Elaine goes few steps back, yelling louder then.* "Thais are you here?" *She goes in the direction of the Asari during this, who replies on the yell.* "Ehm, yes…yesyes, am here, back here." *She stands up from her bended position, stretches her body and leans against the table on which she was sitting, looking at Kysaek, who is coming now around the corner of the rack. She greets her.* "Hello Kysaek." *as well like Elaine greets her.* "Hello Thais, what are you doing here?" *Thereupon Sapto answers soberly.* "Checking the stocks." *and adds this question.* "And what are you doing here? Didn't you want to take a day off today? Forgotten already what I have told you about the path between duty and yourself?" *Kysaek puts off gently.* "Ach I wanted to, but somehow I was unable to find any peace of mind in the District, so I thought 'Hey why not going back, if I dawdle away my time?' Here the idea crossed my mind that I could use my free time to learn more about you all…for my taste I learned too much from Kuren…" the Asari grumbles, while Thais begins to grin. "The eggs?" she asks and gets a knowing glance from Kysaek. "The eggs…" she says shortly."Well so it is ultimately. But Kuren and Dios are very reliable, although they don't look like that sometimes. But your idea was good, although it can look like work from your perspective, but I hope you have still some fun doing this…to know everyone better?", Thais inquires and Elaine nods slowly.* "Sure, but they are not the only ones." *she points at Sapto.* "You belong to them as well…but always when we talk you are very dissociated from me…how come?" *Elaine says asking, but adds also.* "And now not again 'Everyone has his story; some were changed through the War…'. I have heard this more than enough." *She looks at the other Asari waiting, while this one lowers her head.* "Exactly that I wanted to say again and I think for more details you are still not ready…we both are not ready. But allow me to say: my life was very colorful before the Reaper War.", the woman explains, but Kysaek doesn't look satisfied with this answer.* "Mhh colorful can mean many things; were you once a galaxy wide vocal talent or what?" *she murmurs in return.* "By the Goddess, no…" *Thais smirks, before raising her arm.* "Elaine I am sorry, but I need to do a delivery still, but we will have still more opportunities to talk, okay?" she says, whereby Kysaek nods only unwillingly, before speaking slowly.* "Okay, I can understand this. The work doesn't wait…but I am stubborn." *she winks to Thais, who laughs for a while, before she goes away then, abandoning Elaine in the corner, who taps on the ground with her foot, presses her lips together and thinks.* "Mhh Thais is still so repellent…even more, what has she done in here? It looked like someone would distort her legs or hammer a nail in her flesh…so much she has moaned." *She takes some steps during this thought with a much lowered head, so that she doesn't see the side of a rack and hits it. She can regain her composure, but the strike cause the roll of some parts on the rack, which fall clattering at the ground. "Argh, ow…" *she says, before directing her eyes down. She crouches down to put some parts up again, but then stops when she notices something: an injection capsule. She drops the other parts to clutch this capsule and picks it up, while standing up again.* "Empty." *Elaine realizes.* "But it looks exactly like recently when the Doctor gave her the injection." *she realizes also, before asking herself mentally.* "If Thais has a serious disease? Maybe she caught something on the Citadel." *Elaine nods, before sighing.* "And I hassle her…well in the next time I back off." *Kysaek decides for herself, before beginning to continue to pick up the parts to their rack again. At the end she puts her hands together.* "Okay the knowing better has cost some time…the rest of the day I stay in my office, put the feet up and listen to the radio." *the Asari decides and leaves the room.* ((Now the music can be switched off. )
*The day changes to the night and the Earth circles the Sun with the Citadel in her orbit. The life on the streets ran dry only to flare on other spots, followed by the traffic, the roaring crowds on the public spaces, crossing and docking ships, which swirl the blue fog, which engulfs the Citadel but as well the Earth. All of this passes by Elaine, who naps peacefully in her assigned Refugee Quarter together with the rest of the group. She still shares her bed with Thais, as well like the Twins share their bed and Relis sleeps on her cot. Hours pass, pass and pass, while everyone continues to sleep besides Elaine, who has woken up a while ago and bites on to a thought, don't getting peace anymore.* "We are on the Citadel for almost a month now and have reached quite a few things…but still we have not reached something at all. Some money in the pockets, but as wise as before….maybe, yes maybe it gets time to follow the advice of Mai and get to the bottom of everything." *Kysaek decides for herself.* "If PGI has allies here, then we will find a trace here as well or maybe even find proof that we are innocent? Well, what I care about a trace; I am more interested in finding something, which proves our innocence…and maybe a little bit revenge.", she smirks.* "Yes proof for our innocence; I don't care about everything else." *she yawns quietly.* "Okay…still a little bit sleeping and then I take Thais and we will keep our ears open." *she murmurs, closes her eyes after letting the thought go and sleeps for the next one or two hours.*
((The Break is over! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuhmRBz8F-s )) *Later after the sleeping the Asari lashes down her belt and shoves it through the slots of the pants, while Thais dresses her gown followed by the cap, which she shoves on her cartilage. Elaine wraps the cloth around her head and puts a Poncho over her Torso, what Thais comments with.* "Tell me: isn't this looking as ugly as the other?" *Elaine counters.* "Who cares about the outlook? It has its purpose…" *but Sapto replies.* "And from where do you have it? Bought on the market?" *and gets this answer from Kysaek.* "Yes." *Thais notes.* "I bet it is the same you have thrown away during your chase…and it was more expensive than earlier?" *Thereupon Elaine nods murmuring a.* "Twice as expensive." *but waves her hand to stop, while Thais grins and both attach their weapons: each one a pistol together with a Shuriken and everything well hidden beneath a Poncho and a gown.* "I have informed the others that we will be on the road and they should contact us only if the worst comes to worst." *Thais says and gets a nod from Kysaek, who orders then.* "Well then let's go." *She opens the door of the quarter and steps outside, followed by Sapto.* "Have you a concrete plan already?" Thais asks.* "Well we don't know for real if we will make a find…but I thought what does it harm us? Let us keep the ears open; maybe we will find something usable on the Citadel." *Elaine replies, before adding.* "And what would be better than to start in the 'Underworld'? Besides we can enter it without problems with our company passports and don't need to hide our weapons then; the ban on weapons applies only in the Refugee Districts to my knowledge." *The other Asari nods silently, while both go in the direction of the lift, enter it together with some others.*
"The Research facilities on Hyetiana report a new prototype of Biotic Amplifiers, which got completed few days ago. Shareholders appeared more than pleased as well like the research center itself, which promised even more breakthroughs as long as the investments stay equally high."
Rival BinHex seemed to be less pleased hearing these news and lost almost 40 Scores at the galactic Exchange, but could recover relatively fast after a press release of Chairwoman Valaen Dantius. She said: 'BinHex is well aware of the rivalry through the research facilities on Hyetiana, but Noveria will certainly not be inferior.' Besides Valaen commented that the Secret Project 17, which attends to innovative Mech-Tech, achieves good progress."
*Leaving the lift both Asari hit the road to the controls, which are found on the second floor of the Refugee District. The controls itself are another lift, however with some Security Mechs, as well like one C-Sec officer in front of it, who looks at Kysaek and Thais, saying.* "If you want to leave the District you need a permission, Department for Immigration; additionally to this your desired goal on the Citadel for checking of the availability." *Thereupon Elaine activates her Tool, taps on it as well like the officer on his. He receives the data of Elaine's Tool – the permission of an express company, permanent for the lower Sectors, temporary for the Wards and the Presidiums Ring.* "I have received your data; where do you want to go?" *the Turian asks and gets this answer from Elaine.* "Lower Sectors." *The man nods.* "Understood Ma'am; permission granted. You two are allowed to enter the lift." *And this is exactly what the Asari do: they enter it before the door closes again and the lift starts moving.* "That was quite easy." *Kysaek murmurs.* "The topic was only the Lower Sectors; without a delivery assignment we would have not been able to go anywhere else." *Thais responds and leaves as the first the lift after the short drive, followed by Elaine. Both Asari look around. *The differences to the Refugee District were obvious very fast, because the whole area was evocative of a town with many streets, instead of overcrowded warehouses with many Containers. But the crowd is there as well, but on the other hand there is barely grime, no visible beggars, here and there a patrol of Security Mechs or even real C-Sec officers; it seems like a complete different world.* "And what now?" *Sapto says putting her arms at her hips, while Elaine moves her head here and there.* "We could try it on the simplest way: we look for a famous Bar, go in and keep our ears open there and maybe ask around." *Elaine replies, while Thais adds.* "You are the boss. Let's go." *The two line up in the crowd on the street – are completely hidden – engulfed by blinking lights and advertisements. With their eyes they look for a Club or a bigger Bar, while still shoving their bodies through the big crowd, which comes towards them.* "Hey look ahead." *Elaine says pointing at a big signpost with the writing.* "Upper Dark Star…" *Thais follows the pointer and nods then.* "Yes let us try it there…better than nothing." *the Asari says and goes together with Elaine in the direction of the writing. Both enter a small room, probably a bar: many possibilities to sit, no dance floor for guests, pervaded by shallow music and additionally to this few Asari Dancers on few tables or special small platforms.*
((Let us switch the music again: %20%29%29%3Cbr/%3E][7url]%20%29%29%3Cbr/%3E )) "Here is no one…I have a crappy feeling about this." *Elaine grumbles drawing her pistol from her back and putting it at the ready as well like Thais, who has drawn her Shuriken. "You are right; something is not right here…but waiting for it, will not get us anywhere: We need to go.", she says, whereupon Kysaek nods, beginning to move forwards slowly, closely followed by the other Asari, who backs her up. "This stinks like trap." Sapto remarks still, while Elaine says: "But who? How? Do you think they have found us?" She looks forward, while listening to the words of Thais.* "Could be, but why so secretly? They could report us the Citadel Authorities and we would be finished." *She targets with her Shuriken every corner, pillar, possible hideouts over and over again, but no one is seen or heard except for Elaine.* "Perhaps they don't want to risk that we get arrested alive and let loose of all kind of special topics." *is heard from her mouth, before she stops hearing a quiet noise. She takes a hand from her pistol to raise it for Thais: She points forward at one corner.* "There is someone." *Elaine assumes and Thais gets into position, when the noise seems to come closer; apparently really fast, clicking, beeping.* "Hostile Subjects identified." *drones from a Security Mech in the colors of C-Sec. It gets its pistol at the ready, but gets shot down rapidly by a salvo, which comes from Kysaek as well like Thais.* "Damn it, C-Sec?" *Kysaek drones, but Thais shakes her head.* "The Mech was from C-Sec, but why should they put on a show? Above all we were by them five minutes ago….no, that doesn't fit…let us go on." *And that the two Asari do: they go on, examine their surroundings with their eyes and hear increased the clicking from metal legs, the squeaking of the electronics until bit by bit from every direction – left like right – a Mech after another appears accompanied by the usual phrases.* "Defeat and Execute enemy." *whereupon the Asari go into cover behind the pillars now, which are found at sidewalls.* "Now it gets serious, Elaine." *Thais says, clenches a fist and sends a Warp forward instantly: She hits the bull's eye against a Mech, but there are still three remaining and they start to fire at Sapto, who hides behind the pillar, murmuring.* "Security Mechs are simple: they don't search for cover and react only slowly. When we alternate with shooting, they will focus only one side, so that the other can start to fire. In this way we get rid of the problem quite fast." *These words are followed by Elaine's pistol, which shoves itself around the corner and aims at the outer Mech, before the few shots are given to shoot off the legs. The Mech collapses on the ground and is forced to crawl, but the attention changes to Elaine, what allows Thais to fire again with her Shuriken, with which she perforates the next Mech, which collapses as well. When only one Mech remains – together with the crawling one – Elaine leaves her cover, fires a Warp forward and tosses the Mech to the ground, which allows Thais to fire again: she hits both with her salvos and neutralizes them.* "Maybe our little questioning was enough to catch the attention of the wrong person." *Thais adds to the consideration and gets this answer from Elaine.* "Can be, but one day or another we needed to start with it. Now there is only one direction: forward!" *She reloads her pistol by pushing a new Thermal Clip inside, as well like her companion. The two continue to go the way and pass the destroyed Mechs, but reach quite fast a dead end, where all doors are bolted and no way leads further.* "And now?" *Sapto asks looking around.* "Good Question." *Kysaek responds looking around as well, before her eyes get caught at an opening door. She starts to aim there immediately, but nothing comes from there – apparently a lift.* "That way?" *Kysaek murmurs and gets the approval of Sapto.* "We have not a big of a choice." *Both enter the lift, followed by a closing door. They examine everything.* "I think that is a lift of C-Sec, which is not used by everyone…at least this logo implies that." *Elaine points at a Logo of C-Sec at the wall.* "Implies that…does this mean we land directly by them?" *comes from her partner, as well like.* "Like you said: there is only one direction, forward." *And the lift starts moving downwards, but only for few seconds before the door on the other side opens and leads the Asari in a weakly darkened big corridor.* "Great…we can see something barely." *Elaine realizes.* "Moment." *Thais says and grabs her shoulder, which shimmers lightly suddenly – apparently engulfed by a Tech Armor. She activates a light cone, grinning.* "That Kuren constructed for me some days ago." *Now also Kysaek smirks for a moment and signifies her with a movement of her head.* "Lead the way, Thais, I give you cover." *Kysaek says, while lining up behind Sapto, who enters the room as the first with her Tech-flashlight: it looks like similar to a maintenance shaft, whereby the roof is far above them and one can see after few meters, that there is another level. The way Thais and Elaine want to take, leads through a small bay, above which a control room is found. They come closer to it, but stop there.* "Elaine, I believe we should try to climb on the second level; this bay is obviously…a trap." *Thais adds to consideration, while moving her light cone around over and over again and waiting for Elaine's answer, who agrees to her.* "Would be better to climb up, you are right…" *Both look up, when some lights get on and enlighten the room a bit followed by this comment.* "I am sorry, but climbing up is not allowed; there for all this has cost me too much effort." *
((And again some music switching: )) "What the…?" leaves Elaine, whereas Thais murmurs.* "Goddess…" *Both look for the origin of the voice and can see a dark silhouette in the left control room. "I am no man of many words; you should better focus on your enemies, not on Me." *the voice says and let's walk the talk: on the opposite side of the bay more and more C-Sec Mechs come closer.* "Dangerous Subjects identified Elimination started." *they say and start firing instantly, what forces the Asari to search for cover, while they return fire.* "Who is that? What is going on here?" *Kysaek growls, while hitting a Mech in the head.* "I don't know, but he seems to know who we are." *Sapto replies, while creating a Stasis bubble at a mass accumulation of Mechs: all become incapable of acting, which is why the Asari can fire unimpeded. One after another gets shot down, before they need to reload their weapons.* "That was far from being the end." *is heard via intercom. Clicking is heard at the sides, left and right from both Asari: new Mechs.* "Off with you, Elaine!" *Thais says frantic and runs ahead followed by Elaine and shots of the Mechs. Both ran through the small bay now to the other side and take cover there.* "We repeat our game: I create a Stasis and then we gun them down." *Sapto says, whereupon Elaine nods only and waits until the Tactic gets repeated. The Mechs move in a crowd, while Thais catches all of them with a Stasis, before starting to fire together with Elaine. Again one after another gets shot down, whereby Elaine yells loud.* "I don't know who you are, but your plan is really stupid and your helpers even more!" *She reloads her pistol with a new clip and fires few times at the window of the control room, but that doesn't work at all. They hear the voice again.* "Then let us combine stupidity with strength." *Via a panel a small door opens directly behind the Asari – seemingly a chamber – in which an YMIR-Mech is found. It activates itself slowly, while the women yell in a startled up tone.* "Fast on the other side!" *Both ran through the bay again, while the Mech gets online.* "Systems activated, Target tracking…arwpp awrppppp…" *the right arm flips open, loads a weapon and begins a permanent barrage fire of its machine gun and nails the Asari down in their positions in this way, beeping over and over again.* "Arpp Arwwpp, tactical Systems preparing…" *It stops its fire with the machine gun and opens a hatch below the muzzle. Kysaek dares to look above her cover and sees like a missile flies at her, roaring.* "Oh ****…!" *she dives to the other side, where Thais is and escapes the explosion only by a narrow margin, which shreds the cover.* "With our light weaponry we have barely a chance against an YMIR-Mech.", Thais adds to consideration, but adds as well: "If I can focus on my Biotic, I can maybe smash his head, but there for the shields need to get offline!" *She looks to the closer coming Mech for a moment, which is still in the small bay and allows her eyes to look at the walls where cables are found everywhere. She looks back to Kysaek, saying.* "Maybe we have a chance...I distract him and you need to get behind him, Elaine." *That leads to a question of Kysaek.* "And then?" *Thais points in the direction of the Mech shortly.* "You need to protect yourself with a biotic Barrier and rip out a conduction to give the Mech an electric shock. Thanks to this his shields need to overload completely, yes maybe this toasts him completely, but if not I destroy his head and with this his control unit. When this has happened you need to take cover instantly, because these Mechs blow themselves up automatically." *Kysaek nods slowly and breathes in deeply several times, while looking at Sapto waiting, who nods then as well and begins to run. She fires a light Warp at the Mech, followed by few salvos of her Shuriken, whereby both things repel at the shields, but Thais catches the attention of the machine in this way.* "Target gets eliminated,…arwpp, arwpp." *It fires with its big machine gun, but doesn't hit Thais, who positions herself behind a new cover, what Kysaek uses now: she starts sprinting engulfed in a biotic Barrier. The Mech doesn't notice the Asari, who jumps over a railing and lands behind it, gathering more and more biotic energy in her hand.* "Goddess please don't let me die here now!" *she murmurs, while grabbing with both hands one cable a time at the wall, pulls at it as strong as she can, tensing up her muscles. She achieves to release the cable, whereupon it is sparking and a small lightning whizzes around. She turns around then and presses the electric end at the back of the Mech to energize it heavily: lightning move over his body, while he beeps loud.* "Shields broke down, activate Emergency Defensssssssseeeeeeee." *However it can't move, which is why Thais leaves her cover, tenses up her body – during which the gown floats – is engulfed in biotic energy, while concentrating a big amount of it in her right fist: She sends an extremely strong Warp at the Mech, which bursts its head, whereupon Elaine drops the cable. She turns around and runs away as fast as possible, looking around, while the Mech knees down, but there for a loud alarm signal is heard, in shorter becoming gaps.* "Beep, beep, beep, beep, beepbeepbeeeeeeeee…" *And an explosion is seen: the parts of the Mech fly in every direction as well like some flames and spread out in the room. The Mech is destroyed.*
(( Another switching of music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLOvSb56Vc )) "Yesssssss, we did it and now I show it you, you cowardly ****!" *Kysaek demands looking to the Control room, but the figure is gone. She aims with her pistol, turning around and searching everywhere as well like Thais, to who she says.* "It seems our unknown friend is a big coward…" *but gets interrupted.* "I am much, yes…" *the figure steps out of a small door at the side and gets targeted by the two Asari.* "I am a crook, fraud, pessimistic, Weapons and Drug Dealer, yes even sometimes a cheap thug…but…" *he presents himself in the light: a Turian with a Vindicator in the right hand, but he doesn't aim at the Asari, but there for has his arms spread out, like he would introduce himself.* ((His face and tattoo looks like this)) "…a coward I am not." *he finishes his sentence, but Kysaek replies instantly.* "How would you like the addition 'dead'?" *and gets the approval from Thais.* "Yes, the addition 'dead' would be adequate." *Both aim at the body of the Turian, who indeed wears clothes – quite elegant one could think – but also chest armor over it, but there for without arm protection or armor pants, but visibly engulfed in a Tech Armor.* "That would be very foolish…this attack was not personal: It was only business." *he says while lowering his arms again, but gets interrogated by Kysaek immediately.* "Who are you?" *Elaine murmurs angry.* "Tavis Ciran, profession Freelancer…could be said." *he answers followed by Thais' remark.* "Mercenary?" *She lowers her weapon slowly, but gets looked at uncomprehendingly by Kysaek, while the Turian speaks.* "No, no mercenary; let's stick to boringly normal criminal." *he nods, while adding.* "You don't need to introduce yourself, I know who you are…Elaine Kysaek and Thais Sapto, two walking checks, which everyone would like to lay his fingers on, together with your companions who wait in the express company." *Probably more puzzled than warily Kysaek lowers her weapon as well and both women relax a bit.* "From where do you know all this?" *Elaine is interested in and gets these words from the man.* "Well I can't claim that I am informed about everything, but I know that my…current Ex-Boss works together with PGI and they want to see you dead at all costs, but no one knows where you are…well no one except for me." *he remarks, what Kysaek comments snappy.* "Then we should gun you down only to play safe…after all you wanted to kill us…" *she points at the destroyed Mechs casually, but Tavis shakes his head.* "Nothing personal, nothing more than a test…but soon the Cleaning Commando of C-Sec will appear here and till then we should be gone." *he gets interrupted by both Asari.* "We?" *whereupon the man murmurs.* "From now on I work for you…Elaine Kysaek…the rest I explain more detailed when we are in the company." *He gets eyed skeptical by Kysaek.* "Why should we trust you…criminal?" *she says slowly. The Turian taps against his head.* "I knew and know everything about you; I could do much more than this little test here…I hope you realize that." *Tavis explains and for a short while it gets silent until Kysaek agrees.* "You are right…then let us go better…I am quite curious about your story…"
It's been a while since I have posted in the English BSN. One of the reasosn for this is that I ended my arrangement in the german BSN and have moved with the project to a new site http://forum.worldof...ect-Universe-de
That's why I have not cared much about the english part anymore, and will continue to do this in the BSN.
But if there are/were some keen readers, then you can read on in http://www.fanfictio...36424/Rabenkopf...there the story has progressed more as well and is close to the german version - at least almost ;-)
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) she moves downwards, goes along the corridor to the hall and passes from time to time her employees: first the Batarian, then the human and at the end the Turian without greeting any one of them. She has left the building very fast behind and finds herself again the Refugee District.*
