012 ⌥ VIDEO. filtered away from the OUTER AUTHORITIES, if that's a thing.

[femshep]

[ Judging by the tired-of-this-shit look on Shepard's face, she's finally biting some kind of bullet when she shoves the back of her hair up and lifts the camera to see the back of her metal Outer Authorities collar. The hand pushing her hair aside lets go of it in favor of taking hold of the collar and trying to give it a wiggle. It doesn't budge, clearly fused to the back of her spine. ]

I want this thing the hell off me. If any of you med-tech types need a pet project, get in touch.

[ And that's it. The feed cuts off there. ]

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[Audio | Private, Secured Channel]

[nodavinci]

[The reply's a little tinny, as though it's filtered first through some sort of speaker system - almost like a hardsuit comm with the quality shifted a notch or two downward.]

We're a little busy preventing the destruction of the multiverse. But we might be able to fit you in next Tuesday.

[Video]

[kazeninaru]

[Here, have a staring and androgynous young woman. Seriously, the "woman" part is hard to tell. She has a slight accent, Japanese if Shep would recognize it.]

What the hell is that...?

[Yes, she's seen collars. No, she hasn't seen one that does that.]

[Video]

[damn_it_jim]

Oh good, I didn't have to actually hunt you down and sit on you.

[Bones and Shepard didn't exactly overlap. He's still heard stories.]

Colour me surprised but cautiously hopeful. The name's McCoy. Dr. Leonard McCoy. And if that thing's grafted to your spine, then don't wiggle it.

[Video]

[erranthero]

Kriff...

[She's HEARD of those things but...]

If that hurts, I can at least do something to numb a bit of the pain.

[cantcatchme]

That's...

That's one hell of a fashion don't, lady.

[Pietro's staring. A lot. Ouch.]

[video | filter]

[girlworthfighting]

I don't know who you are, I don't believe we've even met before but...what did you do?

[Her voice is sharp, and it may be clear she's consciously choosing to ignore pleasantries. Mulan knows what these collars are for; she wants to know who the hell this person is and what they tried to pull off to make this happen.]