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. ]

Comments

[Video]

[kazeninaru]

Ah?

[Haruka looks curious, but at the same time has a kind of wry understanding to her voice.]

Why? Did you treat them as we did when we came back from the other times?

[Video]

[femshep]

I can only assume. [ Well, no. She treated them like she would've when they came back from the other times. She, the recipient of this fucking biotics-inhibiting armor-blocking piece of shit. ]

[Video]

[kazeninaru]

A number of us tried to attack, heh. We assumed we were under attack, so many of them coming up on us at once. But they knew some of our names, and just... wanted us to go through decontaminating.

[It had been unpleasant, but at least not a firefight, in the end.]

[Video]

[femshep]

And the others, they just... fell right into place here?

[Video]

[kazeninaru]

I think they are... nicer than I am.

[There's just a little chuckle there.]

But most of the others never got killed by them, either, so there is that, too.

[Video]

[femshep]

Killed. Locked up. Tortured. Technologically altered.

[ She lists half-casually, because clearly all of that's just entirely excusable anymore. ]

[Video]

[kazeninaru]

Yes, that too.

[Haruka eyes her across the connection.]

Have you had any luck with other people who can help you take that off?

[Video]

[femshep]

I think I found my guy. A 'McCoy'?

[ Maybe you've heard of him. ]

[Video]

[kazeninaru]

[She has indeed, and she nods in satisfaction.]

Ah, good. I like that one. We understand each other, a bit. He'll help you out.