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Glorious Shotgun Princess (ME/Exalted) Thread #2

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RadiantPhoenix said:
TED has only one because otherwise they'd backstab each other too much.
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yeah, that's a problem when you're the Meta-phyiscal Personification of being a giant double crossing dick.

You start to betray yourself.
 
SpacePaladin said:
I wonder, would Shepard's Exaltation make her dance better, or would it cause her awful dancing to be magnified?

"Such horrible magnificence. I yearn to look away, yet I dare not do so!"
- Black Mage, 8-Bit Theater.
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Phantom Conjuring Performance.

It lets Shepard turn her horrible dancing into Disney Musical Numbers.
 
Aleph said:
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And... this is an argument against what I said, how? Yes Autochan is dead, that still means he is no longer sick with robocanser, yes it's outside of him, because he is no longer sick with robocanser.

Yes things change, because people change them. That doesn't alter the fact in anyway that things change. And a lot of time has apparently been around for them to change within.

All I'm saying is maybe, just maybe, someone has changed something. Maybe his Dickishness tried out a scheme that ether succeeded or failed dramatically to such an extent that he needed to adjust his current MO. Maybe an Infernal went full Yozi evolution and became the mini Ebon Dragon, and now there are two of them running around. Hell we've already seen some foreshadowing with that with Mr. Sunshine in the scene that something is up with Eddy.

To deny it's a possibility is to deny that the state of the Yozi is mutable. And well… most of them do not quite match up to their original image.
 
The golden disc glows faintly, illuminating the interior of the small hut he has built for himself. They offered him mansions, towers, apartments and houses. But he built this small hut with his own hands. He is not a king, he insisted. He is a general, and he will not rule. He will train. He will teach.

She finds him sitting cross legged on the floor of the hut, next to the chair and table that are the only furnishings. This is not surprising; her memories of him tell her that this is how he has always been. Exaltation does not change a man; it simply lets them be who they can be.

She knocks on the side of the door, and he rolls his shoulders back. Turning to her, he opens his four glowing eyes. The rays of sunlight hover around the golden ring as it turns, providing the light for the normally unlit room. Vessae smiles, but his face remains stoic, stone.

She holds up the sealed box. "I brought food," she says, "You haven't eaten all day. You must be hungry."

"I am," he admits. She walks to him, sits across from him and opens the container. "What reports do you have?"

"Wong has been monitoring communications." His lips quirk up. He has a fondness for the human girl. "We're getting company. The Alliance is sending the Normandy to investigate Eden Prime."

He nods. "The Normandy. Why is this significant?"

She takes out a sandwich, unwrapping it. "It's commanding officer, Shepard. She is the Zenith."

Javik looks up from the box. "I see." His smile goes ever so slightly wider. "Then we should have something prepared to welcome them."
 
Well, there's really only one thing I can say. Javik, please don't kill her.
 
GreggHL said:
"Wong has been monitoring communications." His lips quirk up. He has a fondness for the human girl. "We're getting company. The Alliance is sending the Normandy to investigate Eden Prime."
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You need to clear up a bit that Javik isn't speaking at this point here, as the way it's currently worded makes it unclear who exactly is speaking.
 
Robo Jesus said:
You need to clear up a bit that Javik isn't speaking at this point here, as the way it's currently worded makes it unclear who exactly is speaking.
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"Wong has been monitoring communications." , she says. His lips quirk up. He has a fondness for the human girl. She continues, nonetheless. "We're getting company. The Alliance is sending the Normandy to investigate Eden Prime."
 
GreggHL said:
"Wong has been monitoring communications." , she says. His lips quirk up. He has a fondness for the human girl. She continues, nonetheless. "We're getting company. The Alliance is sending the Normandy to investigate Eden Prime."
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Much better.:)

If only most of the authors I point that sort of stuff out to would realize that most of the time it doesn't really take much to fix the problems being pointed out.:(
 
I hope that Javik does't assume that the past life experiences have overwhelmed Shepards mind and that he is dealing with Athame&co dickhead..because that will end in a lot of pain for Shepard.

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EMILY "I will Ram You At More Then Sufficient Velocity" WONG is being trained by Javík!!! OMG!!! :eek:
 
GhanjRho said:
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I didn't see any clue to suggest that; besides, Emily is still probably on the Citadel
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Here..
GreggHL said:
..snippet..

"I am," he admits. She walks to him, sits across from him and opens the container. "What reports do you have?"

"Wong has been monitoring communications." His lips quirk up. He has a fondness for the human girl. "We're getting company. The Alliance is sending the Normandy to investigate Eden Prime."

He nods. "The Normandy. Why is this significant?"

She takes out a sandwich, unwrapping it. "It's commanding officer, Shepard. She is the Zenith."

Javik looks up from the box. "I see." His smile goes ever so slightly wider. "Then we should have something prepared to welcome them."
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why is everyone but the dog upgraded to awesome here? And likely in the next update the dog accend and starts taking names and kicking ass.
 
Cyanios said:
why is everyone but the dog upgraded to awesome here? And likely in the next update the dog accend and starts taking names and kicking ass.
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Because it's COOL! That's why! :D:cool:
 
Cyanios said:
why is everyone but the dog upgraded to awesome here? And likely in the next update the dog accend and starts taking names and kicking ass.
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Tis part of the themes as an Exalted crossover. When exalts get involved, everything gets taken up a notch. I believe it has been compared to 'Hard Mode' before. You have fancier powers and better everythings, but now everything that you fight has similarly-fancier powers and better everythings.
 
That Shepard saved the Council and the Citadel helps, too.

Think of it this way; Udina deals with the politicial shitstorm that being a Space Opera Hero brings. Destroy ancient Prothean Ruins with a mining laser?

Udina has to field angry calls from research universities and whoever owned Therum.

Unleash the Rachni on the galaxy?

Udina has to explain that, no, Shepard is not a bioterrorist, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Expose that a major human corporation has been experimenting on colonists?

Explain that, no, the Systems Alliance does not endorse the actions of Exogeni and will take measures and sanctions against them.

Shepard systematically destroys every last bit of proof that she finds relating to the Reapers- not her faults- but this all gives him more and more headaches. Consider it- in ME2, you are working for a terrorist organization, waltz into the Citadel after 2 years of being dead- which a practical person would think 'Shepard faked their own death and ran off with Cerberus- and demanding your Spectre status back and demanding why the Council isn't taking seriously your claim that the highly advanced warship was from a race of machine gods which kill all the things.

Do the words political shitstorm mean anything to you?

Compare this to GSP- Shepard shows up 9 months after dying, having been on Alchera- apparently having made herself shelter among other things- and with Vasir vouching for her, having stolen half of Cerberus' resources and their second in command and a new Normandy. She is most definitely not working for Cerberus, has proof the Shadow Broker is working against the Council, and offers to find proof of the Reapers- by raiding the Broker's base.

So, the Council insists Udina tag along. Because if anyone is going to be practical in this situation, it's Udina.
 
One of the best things about the Star Trek Expanded Universe is the expansion of this Starfleet department called the Department of Temporal Investigations.

It's explained that these are people who investigate when people travel through time and fuck with history. They were started by Kirk when he was an admiral, because Kirk realized that his ship could, with a little tweaking, travel through time. So the DTI has archives shielded against temporal changes, investigates, and warehouses artifacts which allow convenient time travel. They work with their counterparts in the other major powers. They correspond with similar organizations in the future.

And they were going to nail Janeway's ass to the wall.

This is basically Udina's job. He deals with the consequences of you being the Shounen Space Hero for Great Justice.

Which takes away from his real job, which is being the Highest Ranking Human Ambassador in the fucking galaxy.
 
Canonically, Udina only becomes the Councillor in the months leading up to ME3, and that's because Anderson resigned. Otherwise, Udina was in the perfect position- Anderson was the face of Humanity on the council, while Udina was the one who made sure everything was working.

Udina is ambitious, cynical, underhanded, dickish, insensitive, pragmatic and jaded.

But he is also a reason that Humanity goes from a in-the-middle-of-nowhere newcomer to one of the major powers in the galaxy in less than thirty years. He is an absolutely relentless advocate for humanity, and all he does is for purely selfless reasons- to get humanity on the grand stage. To get them a seat on the Council. To make people in awe- both in admiration and fear- of mankind.

Udina is an Epic fucking bureaucrat. If he was a god and in Creation, he'd by the guy in the office right next to Chejop Kejak who keeps reminding him that maybe it's not a good idea to kill the reincarnating god kings of Creation.
 
Sucal said:
Only because half the gods the Sidereals managed to piss off decided to lend him so guards. Otherwise he'd be a shiny new daiklaive.
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Which is the point. When you work for Chejop Kejak, there are always people more pissed at your boss than you.

Which is also the thing about Udina. There are always people more pissed at people above him, and hence why he's so damn effective. No one pays attention to Udina.
 
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