fresh alien meat

[unimmune]

WHO: OPEN
WHAT: Tali is new and very confused
WHEN: mid to late August
WHERE: VARIOUS




a:

[Tali's head was spinning. She had just walked out of the fourth floor stairwell, and then... Her mind blanked. What was she doing again? She couldn't for the life of her remember. She knew it was going to drive her crazy until she remembered where her train of thought went, but as her mind cleared, she realized a few things.

She had no idea where she was. But she did know. Somehow? It was a school, a human school, but how did she get here? They had just stopped the Collectors, and Shepard was planning on turning the Normandy in to the Alliance, so how....?

And why did she feel like she knew this place?

Secondly, she felt....hot. Not unusual, for one that lived her life in a suit, but as she looked down, ready to adjust the internal cooling, she gasped.

She wasn't in her suit. ]

Keelah! My suit!

[If you see an alien in a school uniform running around in a panic, please help her?]


b:

[After finally discovering her suit in her locker, Tali spent far too long thoroughly decontaminating in the shower private secret nurses shower bathroom, only to head straight to the nurse's office. There was no way she wasn't going to sick out of this. She needed to start antibiotics and immune boosters, immediately.

And, sure enough, if you come into the nurses office anytime the second half of the month, you'll probably see the strange looking suited alien there, sneezing behind her mask and sounding congested.]


c:

[surprise me! Tali can be found exploring the school, getting the hang of things, and awkwardly trying to figure out human food.]


[ooc: here's my permissions post with a little more info on her appearance! feel free to ask questions!]

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b

[silentabyss]

[In the nurse's office and unaware of Tali is a gremlin child— er, a perfectly nice young man, who is acting pretty suspicious. And by suspicious, it's very clear he's stealing gauze from the cabinets, that and other bottles, carefully checking the labels to see what they are.

The nurse is out during summer break and he knows it, but still, he doesn't want the other students to catch on and tell him to just talk to the nurse when she comes back, because the whole reason he's doing this is because he doesn't want to speak to people, dammit, he just wants to grab what he needs and leave. Noah's not the most sociable kid and he doesn't like to talk about his problems with most people, and the nurse is by the counsellor, and therefore they're in cahoots and that's his logic and he's stuck with it for the entire year so far.

No, he won't change his thought process. He gets about halfway to shoving a small bottle into his pockets and then hears a sneeze—]

What the—!

[—and practically jumps out of his skin as he whips around to see Tali. He doesn't recognize her and he hasn't seen anyone wearing a... a... whatever this suit-thing is, so his odd eyes reflect his utter bafflement first and foremost before he sort of just sinks against the desk nearby.]

...h...hello...?

a

[moraloutrage]

[This intense young man was just walking down the hallway when he's suddenly halted by the sight of some inhuman woman panicking.]

H-hello?! [He raises his hands in an attempt at a placating gesture.] Miss, please remain calm! You are wearing your school uniform, so all is well! [She already has the exact type of suit that any diligent student needs!]

[unimmune]

[This had been a good place to hide since the cold hit her. It was nice and quiet here. Tali had been resting her eyes while on the cot when the other person came in, so she didn't even realize there was someone there until they reacted to her sneeze. She sat up, holding her head for a moment as the headache pounded, before she glanced over at child.]

Hello? Sorry, did I scare you? [SHE DIDN'T MEAN TO, PROMISE. Also please note even her voice sounds rough and congested.

sniffles.]

[unimmune]

But that's exactly the problem!! [Sorry, she isn't meaning to yell at you, she just needs her suit!!!]

Have you seen an exo-suit anywhere? It has gold rings and purple swirls on the fabric? Please, I really need to find it.

[Just. Casually covering her face with one of her hands and staying a good distance away with her other hand stretched out in front of her. If it wasn't clear she was trying to keep her distance because of that, then....well, she'll just have to make it more clear.]

[moraloutrage]

[He's taken aback as she continues to shout! But as he listens to her and observes her mannerisms, the truth begins to dawn on him.]

Is- is this something you need for a health condition? I am so sorry! [Now he starts to get nervous! The last thing he wants is for someone's health to go critical, not when he can do something about it.]

I am afraid that I have not noticed anything bearing that description, but I will help you look for it! I promise!

[unimmune]

Yes! Without it, well-- let's hope a bad cold is all that happens. [She's never been out of her suit like this before so even she doesn't know what's going to happen. Thank the ancestors she still had antibiotics and immune boosters in her system from her alone time with Shepard.]

This is so bad. This is worse than bad. This is-- is it weird that I'd rather face a reaper right now that this?? [don't mind her, she's just anxiety rambling as she panics.]

[moraloutrage]

A bad cold?! That in itself is still quite bad! I will do everything that I can to ensure your continued health and safety, Miss?! [He starts moving frantically around the hallway in search of anything that could match her description! But no luck so far. Still, he has input on her choice of words.]

Also, that is quite strange indeed! You should not wish to face death itself over this current situation, as awful as it might be! [As the main reaper he's familiar with is a grim one...]

[unimmune]

And that's if I'm lucky. [She doesn't know who he is but he definitely has Spirit. And-- oh, there he goes, running off to search.]

I've faced two reapers and lived, so it's not certain death, but-- point taken. [She's just assuming he knows what she means by reapers from her world.

Okay, Tali. Deep breath. Focus. If you were an exo-suit, where would you be?]

Is there an armor lockup? Or-- or, keelah, what do you humans call it? A "locker room"? [Sorry, her knowledge of human culture is limited. Shepard always spent more time listening to her ramble then talking about her own culture. All she knows is from vids and that seemed to be where people stood around in towels and talked. Humans were strange.] Wait! This is a school, isn't it? Does it have lockers? Or some other storage area?

[moraloutrage]

Well, I shall hope that you are even luckier than you believe! [He's practically zipping around - although keeping himself from breaking into an all-out run, because a good student does not do that in the halls! He even checks waste bins for the suit in question.]

Two... reapers? I thought that there was only one Grim Reaper... and that it was just a metaphor of death! Have you defied death twice?! [He's starting to think that maybe she is really lucky!

At her questions, he pauses and looks back at her, somewhat confused as he processes the concepts she's throwing at him.]

...Ah... I am afraid that there is no 'armor lockup'. Nor a full-blown locker room, but there are lockers for every member of the student body down on the first floor! Do you think it might be in your locker? [He'd ask if she accidentally left it here, but it's really sounding like she's new here...]

[unimmune]

I've been lucky more times than I can count. Hopefully that luck will hold out. [Finding Shepard, stopping Saren, stopping the Collectors-- she's had a lot of luck. Or maybe Shepard was the one with the luck, and it just rubbed off on her. Either way, she really doesn't want to die of infection here in this weird school after all of that.]

No, that's-- [And now it clicks, he...didn't realize she meant the reapers she meant. Was he one of those deniers that refused to believe Shepard's warnings? Sorry, she doesn't know about people coming from alternate worlds yet.] I meant the big giant machines? Like the one that attacked the Citadel?

Let's try that. I...have a locker, don't I? [HOW DOES SHE KNOW THIS?? She puts a hand to her head, trying to understand why she has these vague memories of this place, but....her suit took priority. She could ask more questions later.]

a

[samuraiwomen]

...Are you okay?

[ Sara raises a hand as Tali zooms past her in a panic. Looking...pretty dusty. Forgive her for assuming but uh, grey skin and weird panicked demeanor is giving her an Assumption. ]

Are you from somewhere else?

[moraloutrage]

I certainly hope so! [Luck be a lady tonight!

As she tries to elaborate about her definition of reapers, Ishimaru just looks more confused.]

I am afraid that I am unfamiliar with such machines! And I also do not know "citadel" you refer to. This might only be something from your original home! [That does tend to be the explanation for unfamiliar and fantastical concepts he finds out about around here!]

Yes, every student in these halls should have one! Come this way, we do not have a moment to waste! [With that, he rushes to the nearest staircase!]

[unimmune]

What do you mean, my "original home"? My people haven't been to the homeworld in over two hundred years. And how do you not know about the Citadel? It's the center of galactic government! [Guess who didn't get the welcome packet?]

Then what are we waiting for? Let's go! [Fortunately for her, he is actually rushing and taking this seriously. It's honestly a relief. Some humans-- well, not all other species were as sympathetic to the quarians as Shepard. She was a unique human, for sure.]

[unimmune]

[Don't mind her, she's going to be looking around the hallways as she speaks, but she's paying attention! Well, mostly.] Yes--- I mean, no, I'm not okay. And yes, I'm from somewhere else. [Sorry, she's frazzled right now and trying to process what's happening.]

Am I on Earth? [She's always wanted to see Earth, from what Shepard had told her, but she doesn't remember how she got here, and she's a bit distracted over her missing suit.]

[moraloutrage]

Ah... I know of nothing about a galactic government where I come from. And I am sure that many others here will say the same! You see, people end up here from completely different worlds... Your "home" in this instance means the world or perhaps universe you originally lived in.

[He explains this while moving down the stairs at a brisk pace!]

[unimmune]

"Different worlds"? I-- [She was going to say she didn't understand, but she nearly tripped in her hurried paced down the stairs.]

Bosh'tet! How do you humans wear these ridiculous shoes?? [This whole uniform is extremely ridiculous, if she's honest. How are people supposed to learn in something so awkward and uncomfortable? As if her own suit isn't awkward and uncomfortable, but that's different. As least her suit didn't show this much skin.]

[moraloutrage]

[He was ready to confirm that yes, that was what he said! But he's sidetracked when she shifts the subject. He slows down and looks back at her to make sure she's alright. He doesn't understand one word, which kinda sounds like an expletive. But that can't be right! Surely she wouldn't swear within a school's hall.]

I do not understand, Miss! These shoes are perfectly normal. I have been wearing sucu footwear all my life! Are they truly so troubling for you?

[unimmune]

Maybe for you! My feet aren't exactly shaped like yours! [Tali's going to grumble and gripe as she fiddles with the shoes and hops down the stairs at the same time, but she's still moving at least. If it didn't mean walking barefooted, she'd absolutely rip them off entirely.]

Please tell me we don't have to go much further. [She says this, but somehow, a part of her just...knows. Why is that???]

[moraloutrage]

Ah, I apologize! I did not realize that your physiology was so different... [He really is dealing with someone who isn't human. But finding her suit is still the higher priority.]

Please let me know if you need any assistance! And do not worry, Miss. We are about halfway down the stairs. Just two stories left. If you made it this far, the rest should be simple!

[silentabyss]

[Oh, he's not about to be snapped at for stealing? Good great awesome. Let it be known that Noah doesn't usually act this way, he's usually a very sweet (if shy) kid who might (usually) start a fight somehow... usually by being too defensive or rude for no reason, but anyway.]

...no, it's fine — a-are you sick? A-are you going to be okay?

[He sets aside what he's holding for now, though he doesn't walk any closer, because he's... truth be told, he's never seen a suit like that before, and he doesn't know what it is or who's inside it or what's inside it. Everything in this school is already so goddamned weird, and Noah comes from a world without much technology, so...]

[samuraiwomen]

Er...most likely...?

[ There's oxygen and this is supposed to be Japan, but well, theres also a void. That can't possibly exist on the real actual earth. ]

Something like it anyway? I'm sorry, nobody really understands whats going on much. Ah well because, there are lots of people here from other places here!

[unimmune]

[Technically Tali had taken the cold medicine without permission, so it's not like she could say anything. She was as guilty as him.]

Yes, and I certainly hope so. [Cue another sniffle. She really wasn't sure how her body was going to react, she had never been out of her suit for as long as she had here. Actually, she had only really been out of her suit once before, and she had been prepping and taking medicine for a bit beforehand to prevent any issues.

Since that wasn't even that long ago, she's hoping those affects are what's keeping her from being a whole lot worse than she currently is.]

Do you need help finding something? I've looked through all the cabinets already, so I might be able to tell you where what you're looking for is.

[unimmune]

-- Sorry. I shouldn't shout. It's not your fault you didn't know. [Tali feels bad but she's just stressed!!!] I can't survive without my suit. A simple fever is enough to take my kind out. [She wrings her hands, feeling guilty, since he's been nothing but helpful so far.] I appreciate you trying to help me.

[She still has a million questions, and eventually she's going to circle back to that "different worlds" thing but she's halfway to her locker and she's just praying to all her ancestors as she picks up her pace again that it'll be there and she can get it back on before she catches something really bad.]

[unimmune]

"Most likely"? [Tali was about to ask her how she didn't know where this place was but...she had no idea where she was either.]

Are there any other quarians?? I need their help, I need-- [A new suit. A decontamination shower. Lots of antibiotics and immune boosters. She needed a lot of things. If there weren't any quarians here, then... Ancestors, help her.]

-- A lot of things. But they're my best chance at surviving.

[silentabyss]

[She sounds so sick, though. Noah visibly deflates, shoulders slumping. He doesn't know what he could possibly do about it, though. He's not a doctor, and these types of medicines aren't what they use on Elrios anyway, so...]

N...no, I found what I was looking for.

[He reaches back to grab one of the bottles he'd taken, holding it out for her to see. It's sleeping medication, because Noah, er... he doesn't sleep at night and someone told him to try taking it.]

Um... oh. I'm Noah. I-I don't think I've seen you before?

[Apparently their lockers are next to each other so they'll be running into each other a lot, probably!]