Taleeze
Creator
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Name: Taleeze Driana
Race: asari
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Post by Taleeze on Apr 8, 2015 15:13:17 GMT
Taleeze held a hand in front of her mouth to hide her laughing at Cali’s stories. “Oh Goddess, I don’t mean to be rude! No, I am happy I only had the short version, a quick introduction course for all the volunteers, no… proper bootcamp as you would think. They mainly needed us for our tech skills. I know a thing or two about guns and equipment, Makos, drones, tech armor, that sort of thing. That’s what us engineers were doing mostly so everyone else could concentrate on their work. But personel was short and we had to perform patrols as well, even more so when everyone was going to earth in the end!” she said that with a certain pride and sadness at the same time.
“So they saved us all the drill you mention. But as I said, my mate is a full time commando, she has been telling enough stories about her own training to fill volumes. In the last years she also has been training young recruits, I’ve heard enough to pitty them at times.” She laughed at that remark though. “Well, at least I wouldn’t want to go through one of her drills just for fun.” But then, she doubted Freh’ya could really pull all these harsh measures off on her, could she? “The only bit I see of her comrades is when they come over for a barbecue on the beach or something and they’re definitely taking their time with that.” She chuckled again.
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Calistaris
Adventurer
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Name: Calistaris Ardelion
Race: Turian
Occupation: Shadow Broker Wet Worker
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Post by Calistaris on Apr 8, 2015 21:19:50 GMT
"Really, I'd prefer if you laugh!" She coaxed with a light chuckle, slowly calming down herself with a few quiet giggles. "Yeah, you said your bondmate was a huntress? Any kind of declassified training stuff or maybe missions she went on you can tell me about?" She asked, finally taking an other smaller plate of food and began chewing on the sushi from there, covering her mouth when she spoke. "For instance, any demolition jobs during the Reaper War? Maybe blowing up something?" She asked, getting intrigued by the stories of battle training and fighting as she chewed on the dextro sushi rolls.
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Taleeze
Creator
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Name: Taleeze Driana
Race: asari
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Post by Taleeze on Apr 9, 2015 14:32:02 GMT
“I have no idea what could be interesting about their training, it’s pretty boring, just like any military training I suppose? I mean, if you’re not into that kind of thing?” Taleeze didn’t think excessive drills being a very funny pastime but the games they played to train team biotics…. “Hm, I suppose the biotic part’s different though, they play a lot of biotic games and constantly have challenges running. At least that’s what I know about it. You know, how to channel this or that ability better or how to get that extra centimeter out of a biotic dash.” She thought back to Nevos and playing ball on the beach for a second, then her mind drifted to the mountain retreat.
“She was educated in a college, a boarding house or monastery for huntresses if you wish. They for a strong bond there and she still has contact to the place, sometimes giving courses for the pupils there.” then her mind drifted to the war and the terrible terrible memories came back. Her face grew a bit darker. “During the war she was deployed to Thessia. We lost contact pretty soon, I was staying home and didn’t know what to do… part of why I joined the volunteers. Anyway, I suppose Thessia wasn’t making for any good war stories? It was pure horror and she never tells much and I leave her be about it. She was on earth at the end and stuck there for a while until the relays were operating again….” Now it got complicated. How would you tell a total stranger how your suicidal mate was trying to ruin her life on Omega or was contemplating to space herself… “…it really was a hard time for her after the war and we… lost contact for quite a while. But when we met again…” actually, when I dug her up from under a rock in a gutter on Omega… “… we decided that life’s too precious and we should cherish the time we had so we moved in together.”
“Sorry, if I am rambling and if this is not what you want to hear.” She took a sip and sighed. “Well, there’s a story though. Not too long ago she was part of a mission to bring a Matriarch from one cluster to another to receive some sort of medical treatment. It was more like a honorary guard thing and it was expected to be boring but the shuttle got shot down by pirates over a glacier and they had to fight through the ice only to find out that the pirates were holding the Matriarch hostage. I can’t tell you names or places but them arresting the leader of the gang was a huge blow for piracy operation in that area, they were using the Matriarchs credentials to get all kinds of intel about military ops and that was cut off then finally.” Her face had brightened again as she had distracting herself.
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Calistaris
Adventurer
[TI1]
Name: Calistaris Ardelion
Race: Turian
Occupation: Shadow Broker Wet Worker
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Post by Calistaris on Apr 9, 2015 21:14:22 GMT
Cali listened as Taleeze told what the basics of being a Huntress is like, Cali resting her chin on her hand as she listened. Cali noticed the discomfort as she talked about the war. "Sorry for bringing the war up, I can see it's not your favorite subject to talk about..." She apologized, scratching her shoulder.
"Heh, us cabals had a little fun with our biotics too! So Bacarius, who was tied with me on my team's most powerful biotic, and I constantly challenged each other. Sometimes it was simple stuff like 'catch the lamp before it hits you in the face' or 'brush your teeth with your biotics', y'know, silly stuff! But occasionally we'd always try to outshine each other. Like, one time we were doing reconnaissance on, uh..." Cali caught herself before saying something she may not be allowed to. "... An undisclosed location, we were testing how well we can focus our biotics. So there was this guy we were watching and we basically decided we were going to mess with him. So Bacarius started it off by occasionally tugging at the guy's pants like he was getting his credit chit stolen. So I stepped it up by pushing the guy over, picking up his jacket, stuff like that." She continued, starting to chuckle a little. "So Bacarius went all the way by taking control of the guy's hand making him punch himself repeatedly in the face!" She said, starting to chuckle a little more, shaking her head. "So, me being young and stupid, decided to take control of his other hand and start punching him in the face with it! So the poor guy had both his fists repeatedly punching himself in the face for absolutely no reason known to him!" She said, cracking up a bit. "Oh, I do feel kinda bad looking back on it now. But oh well." She said, shaking her head and checking the time once more.
"Well, I got time for one story of mine, if you care to listen?" She asked, still chuckling a little from her recalling the story.
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Taleeze
Creator
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Name: Taleeze Driana
Race: asari
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Post by Taleeze on Apr 10, 2015 12:25:08 GMT
Taleeze laughed at the story of Cali, all the bad gloom seemed to be gone. “Haha, that’s what asari kids get taught so intensely in school, ‘don’t play tricks on others like that!’…. I guess you cabals are even encouraged to, huh?” She crossed her legs and shifted a bit.
“Sure, I have time. My own stories involve fixing weirdly modified guns and figuring out how to fix omniblades to assault rifles… I don’t know. The best memories I have are about that little entertainment troupe me and some other volunteers with entertaining background had going. We were called ‘It’s a Blue Thing!’. I was known all over Cyone. There was an empty storage were we sat up a makeshift stage. We were doing mostly cabaret style stuff, you know, exotic dancers, standup comedy, music… We didn’t exactly have a license for alcohol but frankly, we catered the higher officers too and nobody cared since it seemed to raise morale a lot. One of our gals was at provisions distribution centre, so we were at the source!” she laughed, thinking back. “I still believe our best number was a conversation number with a salarian and an elcor. The salarian was played by a turian, the elcor by two asari in a makeshift suit. I was the butt end.” She laughed hard.
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Calistaris
Adventurer
[TI1]
Name: Calistaris Ardelion
Race: Turian
Occupation: Shadow Broker Wet Worker
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Post by Calistaris on Apr 10, 2015 21:49:48 GMT
Cali couldn't help but to laugh as well, snorting embarrassingly which caused her to laugh more. "I guess you were the butt of all the jokes, huh?" She said, chuckling at her own joke. "Ah, if there are any videos or anything, you'll have to share them with me some time!" She said, calming herself down.
"So my turn for a war story, let's see..." She said as she tried to think of what to talk about. "... Okay, so this is before the war. Back when I was a cabal, the mission before I defected in fact, my team and I had been reconning this mining facility that the Hierarchy had thought may have not been just a mining facility. Eventually we got the green light to go in and make things aren't awry. Bacarius, me, and a field medic went in stealthily." She said as she picked up an other piece of sushi and began chewing. "The majority inside were batarians with a few salarians, scientists mostly. It was an odd sight. As we sneaked deeper into the mines, we realized that a majority of the salarians weren't there on their on accord, but rather were being held as slaves. It fit the general memo, but scientists? In a mining facility? We knew for certain something wasn't right then." She continued, playing with the roll she had in between her talons. "Then we went deeper... It got dark, figuratively and literally. There were these... Tubes. Clear, with cyan liquid in them. And in some of these tubes were various kinds of clones... Turian, human, batarian, salarian, asari, even a few krogan... They were building an army, and a large one at that. I... Don't remember too much after that, besides waking up outside one of those tubes with Bacarius yelling... Something at me." She continued, scratching and fixing her arm in its socket. "I looked up and... Saw one of those tubes with someone that looked a lot like me in it... I was shocked, just wondering to myself. How fast can they make these... Things? How long was I out? Why was Bacarius screaming? It was all a lot to wake up to. Bacarius shot it, the tube. And it emptied quickly, followed by... Whatever was inside it falling to the floor and dissolving. It must not have been complete, I suppose. After a few moments I realized Bacarius was quickly handing me my equipment and garb, yelling at me to get going, how the place was about to blow. So that's what I did, I ran..." She said, taking a gulp of her own saliva and scratching a finger with her talon. "I remember looking back and seeing facility blow, and it blew sky high... I didn't realize it, but Bacarius wasn't with me when I escaped... I looked around and..." She continued, pausing and shaking her head. "Yeah, sorry. I know it's not really a happy tale, but it's what I remember the most clearly." She said, scratching her neck.
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Taleeze
Creator
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Name: Taleeze Driana
Race: asari
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Post by Taleeze on Apr 11, 2015 18:33:26 GMT
"Oh my Goddess, that's terrible!" replied Taleeze in shock. "I'm really sorry. Such stories most of the time have an unpleasant twist." Her face was a sad again now. "I would have liked to continue 'It's a Blue Thing' but it wouldn't be possible since most aren't with us anymore." She sighed heavily. "Only the butt end of the joke, huh?" she pointed at herself. "We can't change fate and time however. I went to great lengths to find my mate again, it was the one chance given to us and there was a meaning in all of this." The azure asari fished a small printed card from one of her pockets. "Listen, what about this? Should your... business ever bring you to Nevos, drop by and ask for me, okay?"
It said 'Starlight Casino. Galactic entertainment, gambling, shows, restaurant. Astella/Nevos'
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Calistaris
Adventurer
[TI1]
Name: Calistaris Ardelion
Race: Turian
Occupation: Shadow Broker Wet Worker
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Post by Calistaris on Apr 11, 2015 18:49:35 GMT
Cali looked down at the card at took it, examining it before moving it to her pocket and smiling. "I don't exactly have a business card, uh..." She said, quickly pulling up her omni-tool. "Here, let me transfer my contact info to you." She said, pulling it up and trying to send it over. "Oh, also, there may be a file titled 'C_A_S_B_2447' downloaded onto your omni-tool if you accept it, delete that." She said with a wink. Cali got up and handed her credit chit over to the man behind the counter, then faced Taleeze one more time. "And if you are ever on the Citadel, contact me. I'd be happy to give you a place to stay." She said, nodding a goodbye and started walking off. "See ya around!" She called back one last time, waving as well. Now time to deal with those pesky pre-flight marshals she thought to herself.
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