8/22 un: j.shepard

[safeguarder]

A few things.

First, I need to know if there are any non-humans in this place. If my crew is here, I have to find them. If you're on my crew...you better be alive.

Second, does the name "reaper" or "collector" mean anything to anyone?

...

Third, I need to find a towel, stat. I feel like I just got dragged out of the damn ocean.

[last but definitely not least...]

I think I'm a little too old to be still in school and I think someone's screwing around with my head, can I get an explanation on this shit sooner rather than later? I don't like it.

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[safeguarder]

[Shepard smiles briefly, and then raises her eyebrow when she hears the sniffle. that's something that's not quite normal to hear...

she takes the towel now, starting to dry her hair again before she speaks.]

Was that a sniffle I just heard? Don't tell me you're that you're that choked up about me...

[it's. mostly a joke.]

[unimmune]

N-No, I mean-- yes, but it's not-- [dammit stop stuttering!!]

I have a cold. When I found myself here, I didn't have my suit on, so... As I'm sure you can imagine, I haven't felt the greatest since. But I'm getting better. [At least there was medicine readily available.]

...But I did miss you.

[safeguarder]

[...........................Shepard just sighs. of course it'd be something like that. she slows down in drying herself off, taking another look at Tali as if to see if there's anything wrong with her.

Hm...

She looked fine, otherwise.]

But you're okay, right? There's at least medicine here, I hope?

[she'd go tear this whole place apart if not tbh]

...I'd say I missed you too, but it hadn't been that long since I've seen you. Are you by yourself here?

[unimmune]

Yes! Yes, there's medicine here. Not what we have back home, but it seems to be helping. [Tali doesn't feel completely miserable anymore, but she's definitely still having some fevers.]

I'm the only one of our crew here so far. It's been a little over a week now. [She pauses briefly before she continues.] What's the last thing you remember? From back home? [She's learned about different worlds and times by now, so she knows Shepard might not remember the same things she did. She just hopes Shepard hasn't forgotten how much they mean to each other. But it's probably better to rip the bandaid and clear the air, for both of their sakes.]

[safeguarder]

[Shepard just sighs in some sort of relief -- maybe it wasn't all bad right now, if Tali was able to get some help.]

A little bit is better than nothing.

[she blinks a little bit when Tali asks about her memories, and she rubs the back of her head. it's kind of annoying that it's so weird right now, but...]

We had just destroyed the Collector base, and I told the Illusive Man to kiss my ass, basically. Why?

[unimmune]

My thoughts exactly. [She wasn't getting worse so that was a good sign, right?]

Because, people arrive here from different times and places. Alternate realities, completely different versions of the universe. I-- wanted to make sure we were on the same page. [And from a time where they acknowledged their feelings for each other.]

[safeguarder]

[...oh.

she blinks for a moment, realizing what that might entail. that's troubling enough to hear honestly, so now she's thinking too.

hm.]

Then...what do you remember, Tali?

[unimmune]

Don't worry, that's what I remember too. [Trust her, Tali would've been a lot more panicked if Shepard remembered something entirely different. That doesn't stop her from wringing her hands though, the same way she always does when she's nervous.]

I was scared you wouldn't remember...us. [To be honest, she still can't believe she's the one Shepard would choose to care about like that. But from the moment she learned that people could come from the same planet and remember different things, there was that fear in the back of her head that Shepard might not even know who she was when they saw each other again.]

[safeguarder]

[Shepard lets out a long sigh when Tali replies, relieved that they at least seemed to remember the same thing. she hadn't really known how to react if it was something else.]

I remember. You don't have to worry about that.

[phew.]

At least you don't have to waste your breath trying to get me to remember, huh?

[unimmune]

[Tali really didn't know how she would have reacted, either. She had built up the possibility in her mind, to prepare herself, but now there's just relief that she doesn't have to go through any of those scenarios.]

If you really want to hear all about my people and the Flotilla again, you could always fake it. [At least she's able to cut a joke again.]

Did anyone else catch you up? About this place?

[safeguarder]

I think I'm good.

[that'd be a Lot.]

I've gotten a little bit here and there. If you have anything at all to add, now's the time to do it.

[unimmune]

That's what I thought.

[Honestly, she's had to explain her culture so many times to people here, she's a bit tired of it herself.]

I'm sure you've heard the basics: we're trapped in this school, with no way out and no idea how we got here. The school is closed for the summer, so there's no classes at the moment. We sleep...wherever we can find a spot, and currently the only food is the vending machine. Which isn't dextro-amino, by the way, but apparently I can tolerate the food here? Which is great. There's a weird, dark void that appears in a negative version of the school when someone dies-- which is more often than I'd care to admit.

Oh, and when I found myself here? I didn't have my suit. Which explains my current cold. Did I miss anything?