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Hi, everyone.

My name's Richard Rider, I'm of Earth - Terra - twenty first century, and Nova Prime of the Nova Corps, originally of Xandar. And I work for Security here.

Anyway, just wanted to say, since I don't think I've seen anybody talking about it so far. If I'm speaking out of turn, sorry.

One can again enter the unlit corridors away from the inhabited areas of the ship. I say again, though that's not exactly been the case since I showed up here, but anyway.

Those corridors are dangerous. I know I, nor anyone, can actually stop people from going there, [ never mind that Rich is not very fine with the idea of fear controlling one's decisions ] but if you're a recent arrival, please look into the posts made about the recon missions. Look into what happened to Commander Shepard and one member of her team. Talk to people who've been here for a while about it.

Don't go in there blind. Even if you feel you're all alone here, or you're bored out of your mind - your life, and what might happen to you there, does matter. Try to keep as safe as you can.

Thanks for your attention. Nova Prime out.

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[Her voice is careful but the same dispassionate tone.]

I don't mind telling people. If they wish to avoid me because of them, it's better they know.

I deal in revenge. If people have enough hatred in their hearts they can summon me. I will make a deal with them to send the person they hate to Hell. However when they die they will also go to Hell.

[ Oh, come on, Universe. She's just a girl... ]

Ah.

Sounds like you're giving them a fair deal. Sometimes... some things can't ever get justice, and people only have revenge to turn to. If they need it so badly as to sacrifice themselves... sometimes, that revenge might be way too justified.

[ Beat. ]

Has anyone ever sent you after people who've fought you off?

Sometimes. Though revenge is a cycle.

[She has seen this way too many times. However she's more interested in that last bit.]

Fought me off? Someone tried once, he threw me around a room, but the client hadn't pulled the thread so it didn't matter. When they did, the boy went to Hell just as the rest of them do.

I've noticed.

[ Which is one of the reasons why he doesn't really engage in that. He can hold grudges, sort of, but he knows about letting go, too. ]

[ He breathes out, slowly. ]

That must be... hard, sometimes, I bet. Who made you do it?

I turned to revenge after I was killed. This is my punishment.

And because you did something somebody thought wrong, once, you are bound to do that... for how long?

[Now there is a pause. She almost seems more reluctant to talk about this then the whole, I've done terrible things part.]

It should have been till my debt was paid but now it will be forever..... I stepped in to stop my replacement from being sent to Hell after she broke the rules.

[ Rich watches her for a long moment through the video feed, his brows drawn down, but his eyes gentle. ]

You're a very brave person, you know that? What's been done to you isn't right, but you're not the one writing the rules, just somebody tied up by them.