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thecapitol2013-05-11 01:31 pm
earthborn) wrote in thecapitol2013-05-11 01:31 pm
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[Open] Not The Absence, But The Ability To Cope
Who| Shepard and Anyone Else who might come across her
What| Shep wanders around the capitol a bit, getting her bearings
Where| Random street locations (choose your own)
When| The day of her arrival
Warnings/Notes| Possibly language
This was, surprisingly, the absolutely strangest thing that had ever happened to Shepard. Blood sport, she'd had that, in both its clean, relatively safe, publicly sanctioned form and otherwise. Opulence like this could be found on any one of a dozen Asari worlds, and plenty of places on the Presidium as well. Even kidnapping, so far as this experience went, was...not entirely outside of her experiences. But all at once?
All it needed was a clone imposter, and it would officially make her day.
Damn, but if it wasn't surreal, and she had to stop and stare, looking up at the glittering high-rises and all the careless, meandering people. It was as if war had never come here. No Reapers, no hardship. Not six hours ago, to her mind, they'd hit Earth running and had been fighting uphill against Reaper abominations ever since, and then—
And then suddenly; this.
The skies were blue. There was the smell of lilacs in the air. Nobody was screaming. It made no sense, despite the explanation, and there was no way to recover from the whiplash of moving in one day from the grim end of the world, to the Capitol of civilization and indulgence. Even if it came with that familiar undercurrent of wrongness. Shit.
"Shit," she muttered, looking across an open expense of grass that divided a skyscraper from a cheerful little restaurant, watching a pair of clearly-involved teenages walking hand in hand. They were almost alien, the way they dressed, the ease with which they moved, living without fear. But it was peaceful. Happy.
It was the strangest thing that had ever happened to her.
What| Shep wanders around the capitol a bit, getting her bearings
Where| Random street locations (choose your own)
When| The day of her arrival
Warnings/Notes| Possibly language
This was, surprisingly, the absolutely strangest thing that had ever happened to Shepard. Blood sport, she'd had that, in both its clean, relatively safe, publicly sanctioned form and otherwise. Opulence like this could be found on any one of a dozen Asari worlds, and plenty of places on the Presidium as well. Even kidnapping, so far as this experience went, was...not entirely outside of her experiences. But all at once?
All it needed was a clone imposter, and it would officially make her day.
Damn, but if it wasn't surreal, and she had to stop and stare, looking up at the glittering high-rises and all the careless, meandering people. It was as if war had never come here. No Reapers, no hardship. Not six hours ago, to her mind, they'd hit Earth running and had been fighting uphill against Reaper abominations ever since, and then—
And then suddenly; this.
The skies were blue. There was the smell of lilacs in the air. Nobody was screaming. It made no sense, despite the explanation, and there was no way to recover from the whiplash of moving in one day from the grim end of the world, to the Capitol of civilization and indulgence. Even if it came with that familiar undercurrent of wrongness. Shit.
"Shit," she muttered, looking across an open expense of grass that divided a skyscraper from a cheerful little restaurant, watching a pair of clearly-involved teenages walking hand in hand. They were almost alien, the way they dressed, the ease with which they moved, living without fear. But it was peaceful. Happy.
It was the strangest thing that had ever happened to her.
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Extremely clever -- at least here the bloodlust was more containable, hidden better. There was no outright death warrant signed upon their entry, because they made escape seem possible. Celes wasn't sure which one she preferred, but she almost (almost) missed Naegi and his ruthless optimism). . .
No. There was no time to think of that; she put it out of her mind.
"My name is Celestia Ludenberg," she smiled, folding her hands under her chin. "It's a pleasure to meet you. My real name can be overbearing so please, just call me Celes. What's your name?"
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Because Shepard sure as hell isn't. She might be forced into this, might have to fight in the arena, but she will never call herself by that title, if she can avoid it.
"Can I help you, miss Ludenberg?"
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"I was just looking around. ...I haven't been in a large, open space like this in quite some time." There was no harm in letting at least one truth slip out. The fabrication of lies was, after all, based mostly on the truth.