outer_divide | 001◢ AUDIO; FRIDAY EVENING

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001◢ AUDIO; FRIDAY EVENING

[Shepard's spent some time poking around the ship before she tries to contact outside, because it's just plain weird to end up on an alien ship out of the blue, even for her.]

This is Commander Shepard of the SSV Normandy, Alliance Navy. I'm requesting any information available on the current status and location of my ship and crew. Last known location was the planet Mars in the Sol System, but something seems to have... gone wrong.

[which is the nicest way she can think of putting it.]

Barring any of that, I'd settle for my own location because even that seems like too much to ask from my hardsuit NAV.

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Location's halfway between "no" and "where".

[Beat.]

If your navigation system's reliant on any external network, you're not going to get an answer.

Great.

Is there a local navigation network I can reconfigure to, or do I need to find someone to draw me a map of this place?

You could configure this device to find your position relative to the network hub, but it's single-point. Most of the communication grid's been offline for - oh, I'd guess a century. At least.

So drawn map, then.

Better hope you learned cartography in school.

[And since he didn't actually reply for no other reason than to be annoying, he does send along text directions from the ship to the most critical locations - the Flop, the hospital, Edmund's depot.

Not a map, maybe, but it's better than nothing.]

I think I might've skipped that day.

[text directions what is this Oregon Trail. oh well, better than she had a second ago!]

Yeah, good luck with that, then.

[Don't be ridiculous. Oregon trail has more cows.]

Shepard?

[That's definitely Kaidan's voice on the comm, but there's something off about the timbre: should Kaidan, given recent history, really sound so excited to hear her, much less relieved?

Regardless of if he should, he certainly does, and is halfway into an urgent] Where did you go--[before the last known location sinks in. There's an audible huff of breath before he gathers himself.]

It's Kaidan. This is going to sound a little-- no, make that a lot-- crazy, but you're on a planet called Verdana, some unknown time in the future, and I'm not actually sure we're in our own galaxy.

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[you can practically hear the eyebrow raise at all that.]

Yeah, you're right. That does sound a lot crazy. But I guess since I just woke up in a pod with no memory of how I ended up in there, crazy's the flavor of the day.

So, uh, just how much crazy are you up for, at the moment?

[It's still an audio-only call, but the words are almost visibly paired with the habitual gesture of his hand at the back of his neck, fingers probing the edges of his implant site.]

Because... well, there's a lot more. Starting with the fact that you've been here before, I guess.

[There's a moment of silence before she speaks again]

I'm pretty sure I haven't been here before, Kaidan. Place seems pretty memorable, and I don't remember it.

Yeah, that's, uh, no guarantee.

[He actually sounds faintly apologetic about it.]

You'd be the third person I know of who's been here before, been returned to the pods, and then woken back up with no memory of being here before. So if anyone pings your comm and seems to know you, they might not actually be messing with you.

You know how nuts that sounds, right?

[She lets out a sigh]

So I'm guessing you've been -here for a while?

Intimately.

[Kaidan's sigh is soft and rueful, and all too aware of all those other L2s out there with their psychological complications.]

But yeah -- a little over two months now. Long enough to be able to give a halfway decent sitrep, although I'd, ah, recommend you don't ask for it over these comms.

Wasn't going to, but if we're going to have this conversation in person I might need directions.

How about I meet you halfway? If you're still on the ship, I can meet you there and give you the guided tour of the local post-apocalyptic ruins.

There's been a few packs of scavengers in close to the city and while I'm pretty sure you can handle 'em, they, uh, aren't exactly varren.

[Better to let Shepard see the dinosaurs rather than add on additional crazy at this point, apparently.]

Sounds like a plan. I've got text directions someone sent my way so hopefully I won't get turned around.

Wow, another one. Can't say I'm surprised.

[The white-haired teen looks bored. Probably because he is, or he wouldn't bother harassing random people on the network.]

You're nowhere near home, lady. Get used to it.

Thanks for the obvious statement.

Hey, I'm not gonna sugar-coat things. We're here, we're stuck. Enjoy.

Commander Shepard? [ Have a gravelly voice with a southern accent, sounding just a tad skeptical. ]

I thought you gone back to the ship.

[Good thing Kaidan told her about people possibly pinging her that she doesn't know, because she knows she doesn't recognize that voice]

I'm coming out of "the ship" right now. First time I've seen a ship like this, though.

Huh. You don't recall any of this place?

[ Because Eliot certainly remembered her. ]

Afraid not. And it certainly doesn't seem like the kind of place I'd forget.

You were here. Outta that ship, walkin' around, not too long ago. Couldn't have been more than two months.

Take it you don't remember me either?

Major Alenko filled me in on as much. It's a little hard to follow but, I've experienced stranger things I guess.

I'm afraid your voice isn't familiar though, no.

[ Considering being on another planet millenniums ahead of his timeframe already pretty much broke all of Eliot's rules on normal, anything could happen. Sure. ]

Name's Eliot Spencer. You were, well, before, one of the first people I met after wakin' up in this place.

Guess it's your turn now.

Unfortunately, there isn't any significant intel to provide, save we aren't anywhere near Earth or Mars, from what we can tell.

And I'm guessing all attempts to get back to where we're supposed to be have been unsuccessful?

To my knowledge. The only interstellar travel on this planet appears to be the ship, and it hasn't moved for years.

Yeah it looks pretty... grounded.

Have you had a chance to explore its interior?

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