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[gofortheoptics]

This is a request that if any other members of the Normandy crew have shown up here, they let me know. I'd like to know how many of us there are to work with.

[Not that she's the leading type, but it -- seems like it's going to be necessary, at least until Shepard shows up. She just has to have faith that Shepard will show up.]

[She clears her throat. She should probably say something to the rest of the people here, too.]

If any of you missed it, some of the remaining members of this ship's crew are answering questions here.

[Not that it's very informative. Still.]

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[notquitekalish]

And yet they're leaving so much unanswered.

[She smiles because it's nice to see non-humans]

I'm Sikozu. You are...?

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[gofortheoptics]

They say it's because they don't know.

[That might be partly true, but she doesn't think it's completely so. People, in her experience, rarely tell the public the full story.]

Tali'zorah. Tali, if you'd rather.

[notquitekalish]

Humans are rarely forthcoming with necessary answers. They stubbornly believe they can do everything themselves. I doubt those two are any different.

Tali. I've never seen that sort of suit before.

[gofortheoptics]

It seems that people are being brought here from different universes, so that's not all that surprising.

I'm quarian, if that sounds familiar at all.

[She doesn't look familiar, though, so she doubts the opposite will yield any different results.]

[notquitekalish]

Or so we're to assume.

[She clearly has never heard of the species, but it doesn't bother her]

I'm afraid I have not. Do your people use names?

[gofortheoptics]

We do. The first is given by the parents, the middle designates an adult or a child, and the last designates the ship they consider home.

[notquitekalish]

These ships become important enough that you name yourselves for them. Seems like a waste of energy to call something like that home.

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[goingsilent.livejournal.com]

You'd think they'd go after Shep before any of the rest of us, but I haven't run across anyone else so far. I'll keep my eyes open.

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[gofortheoptics]

My thoughts exactly. I don't know what use they have for the rest of us without Shepard, really.

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[goingsilent.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not as if we don't have our own uses. But it is a strange group to collect, no matter how you look at it.

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[gofortheoptics]

Some of the others here, though -- they seem young by human standards to be working on a space ship.

[Working as a quarian child -- after a certain age -- was fully part of the culture of the whole being more important than the individual, however.]

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[goingsilent.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know the proud tradition of human child labour is still alive somewhere in the multiverse. By which I mean, it's terrible, and I hope they find someone to look after the kids.

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[gofortheoptics]

It's my understanding that so far, the people who seem to run this place aren't going to put them to work. There's that, at least.

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[scopedrop.livejournal.com]

-- They don't seem to be very helpful.

Good to know you're here, Tali. [ uhhh ] Well, I'm sure you'd rather be back on the Normandy, but. You get my point.

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[gofortheoptics]

[Oh, if a smile could be obvious through her mask.]

Better together than alone, even if it isn't all of us.

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[scopedrop.livejournal.com]

[ It's okay, Turian smiles look weird. But he's doing it anyway. ]

Now it's just a matter of getting by before Shepard gets here.

[ 'CAUSE HE WILL. DEFINITELY. UTMOST FAITH. ]

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[gofortheoptics]

I hope he isn't too late. All the action will start without him.

[She certainly believes action is going to happen, and probably sooner than later.]

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[scopedrop.livejournal.com]

We all know how much he hates that.

[ You'll never be better than Commander Shepard. He can do anythiiiing. ]

What do you make of all of this, so far?

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[gofortheoptics]

I don't like it. You know how well our experiences with mostly-empty space vessels go.

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[jedimindkink.livejournal.com]

[ Oh my. ]

That's rather an interesting... [ Hm. ] Well, my first choice in words was "getup", which on second thought seems a touch rude, though I can't quite think of what an alternative would be.

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[gofortheoptics]

Her lack of amusement is only slightly obvious.]

Enviro-suit. Bio-suit.

...suit. Take your pick.

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[jedimindkink.livejournal.com]

Enviro-suit, I see. [ Well, not really, but he's still rather painfully curious. At least it means that he will do his best to be a reasonable individual and not try being antagonistic. ] From that name, I take it this environment is not entirely suitable for you?

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[gofortheoptics]

[Not the most intelligent of people, apparently -- at least when it comes to politeness.]

Not many are these days. It's a -- long story.

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[jedimindkink.livejournal.com]

Ah, I didn't mean to pry. [ Oxford offers her a pleasant smile. ] This ship has made me realise how terribly dull my own world is, and thus has made me entirely too nosy.

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[gofortheoptics]

Sometimes I wish that my life was duller than it has gotten. You should be happy to be so lucky.