to all:

[thearchangel]

This is probably going to sound strange, or, hell maybe it sounds stupid but bear with me. I'm not someone who's used to having any sort of... abilities. Frankly, it's not common for my people in general.

So when you use these abilities here. Is it normal to feel starved afterward? Like you could inhale an entire week's worth of rations.


If not, I'm going to start getting concerned. Feels weird enough not having an allergic reaction every time someone offers a protein bar, but this is definitely new. Little more concerning than that.

Comments

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯?

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 – 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦? 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘐’𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺.

[thearchangel]

It's not rude - and I'm not. Not sure which location you're from, but if you're ever around the Cadens area, I'm hard to miss.

Some people don't have much of a choice. Not all of us are able to be sideline support.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘩! 𝘖𝘩𝘩𝘩. [ Aka: The text version of Hilda putting two and two together. ] 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥?

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮...𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦?

[thearchangel]

Yeah, probably. Unless there's another turian wandering around here and no one told me.

So yeah - that's what we are.

We were fighting a war, back home. Yeah. We had to fight.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?

𝘖𝘩. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. [ There's a brief pause. ] 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸?

[thearchangel]

Haven't really figured that one out yet. Makes it easier for people to find me, at least.

Sorry to hear that, too. But, no. I don't mind.

I'm not sure I've got one. Seems like pretty standard war crap from where I stand. One people gets mad at another, launches an assault, the other retaliates. Be nice if people resorted to something other than mass attacks, but, who ever gets that lucky?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯?

[thearchangel]

Hah, I'll keep that in mind when I'm uh. Literally standing out.

[That's a 'I'm hecking tall' joke. Which would probably be better in person.]

No one ever gets that lucky. It's just a fact of life.

I'm not totally sure. Unless 'magically repelling projectiles' is a thing.

[theidlemaiden]

[ It'll be even better when he realizes how hecking short Hilda is. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵!

[thearchangel]

"more sparkly"?

I'm not sure that's in my skillset.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯!

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 "𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥"? 𝘖𝘳 "𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘦" 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.

[thearchangel]

Missile bane?

That definitely sounds like a shield - a shield out of some kind of vid, though.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘥?

[thearchangel]

It sounds different, that's for sure.

Oh right. Short for "video". Stories told in moving pictures.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘏𝘶𝘩. 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴? 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯.