homeless and waffling on everything

[opticshots]

Mundane,

Considering the amount of success you've had so far in deciding on any sort of time point to take me from or place to send me to, I'm not sure why you keep trying to jump into things. You can't even settle on how I ought to introduce myself, let alone anything else. Perhaps it would be best until you had a better plan, rather than--

And now you're using me as a source of procrastination. Well done.

I'll still be seeing you around, though, won't I?

Comments

[legionary]

Creator Tali'Zorah. Our player also has come across such issues with us.

If we see creator Tali'Zorah, we will acknowledge her presence.

[opticshots]

I guess that counts for something. You don't use my ship name, anyway.

[legionary]

Does creator Tali'Zorah request a change in what we address her as?

[opticshots]

I... No, Legion. I don't really care.

[dominion_war_graduate]

...You'd think they'd try to nail all that down before making a journal for you.

[opticshots]

That would make the most sense, but apparently mine doesn't work that way.

[dominion_war_graduate]

They can be strange like that. Well, character times can be malleable anyway. Mine is, like in a cross-fandom musebox thread going on. Actually, I know both muns involved would like other people from both fandoms, and since it's a musebox, it's pretty easy to get into.

It'd be a chance to practice one spot in time for you, at least!

[opticshots]

You and Shepard are getting into trouble, are you? Why am I not surprised? [Not so much the Starfleet guy, but definitely Shepard.]

Although... if you need anything shot or fixed, I wouldn't mind making an appearance. My mun is suddenly having extreme performance anxiety, but it's not as if she doesn't know both of our fandoms.

[dominion_war_graduate]

I'm told you'll be nearly apopleptic to look inside my own ship there, considering that the closest analogue to the Equinox's engines in your reality is called a mass relay.

[opticshots]

You have a different engines system in your reality? You sure know how to tempt a girl.

[dominion_war_graduate]

Actually, our ships are almost entirely different, despite filling the same roles as in your reality. An entire reality's worth of unexplroed technology and engineering, considering every Federation Starship has an up-to-date library of Starfleet academia on hand.

I'm Scottish by birth, anyway. Never you mind what people say about the French; it's the Scots who know how to tempt and woo.

[justliketheolddays]

I kinda have the same issue, Tali. Gotta be frank about that. Mine doesn't know jack about when and how and where she wants to pull me from. I mean, sure, we could go with after the Collector Base or after Rannoch, but she's conflicted (and starting over, apparently) and being a typical 'save everyone' human.

I wish she'd learn that you can't save everyone. Because you can try as hard as possible...and still, someone's gonna die. Like those Batarians. 300,000 of them. Yeah.

[opticshots]

Let the muns try. Better they try to save everyone then accidentally let more people than necessary die. Besides, then it makes things more depressing for us, even.

Then again, the right canonpoint seems like it could do the same thing. My options seem to be before my treason trial on the flotilla comes to a close, or some time around the suicide mission. Something about the third one being too sad, for her, but come on, those things are pretty darn depressing, too.

[justliketheolddays]

Mine's an effing cheater. Lost Kasumi once, but rather than doing it over, she hacked her in. Guess I can't fault her that. Facing down that almost human Reaper thing was horrible and...damn.

I could come from there, honestly. You, me, Garrus...fucking Reaper. Ngh.

[opticshots]

Ha, that thing. If there's a way to keep Kasumi around without having to face that twice, I definitely wouldn't blame your mun for taking it.

Have to say I don't think Garrus would be all that amused by the canon point choice. Perpetual mortal peril, more or less. But then again, the one I'm close to seems to be a little bit jealous of the fact I've been threading with you lately. For a big guy, he gets wussy about missing you sometimes, you know.

I need to darken these icons. Effing Photoshop :( They looked dark before upload.

[justliketheolddays]

Kasumi is hilarious, so yeah. Keeping her around is a positive.

Mm, Garrus. This mun of mine waffles around about him. There are moments when she's jamming that damned cabin door tight on the two of us, and then moments where she's cursing about you, and then God. Liara. [Just spreads her hands, giving up.]

Guess I love you all in my own way. I'd be long dead if it weren't for all of you. Joker, EDI....that damned Grunt, Mordin. Goddammit. I understand about the wussy shit. I know I--

I had issues seeing Vakarian go down in a puddle of blood. I had a shitton of issues. And would have been just as screwed up if it'd been you or Liara. Makes jack for sense.

curse you photoshop!!

[opticshots]

No, I understand, Shepard. My mun is the same way. Besides, we're... like your family, right? So spread the love and worry about the details as they actually come into being issues.

... This hilarious writer of mine wishes to have it known that she keeps saying polyamory is the answer. I'm not actually sure she gets the whole envirosuit thing.

Srs. :|

[justliketheolddays]

I'm leaning toward your writer's point of view, but yes. You guys? You're the only family I have left.

I got an answer about envirosuits. It's called being excessively careful and taking every precaution you can. And then misbehaving as much as possible.

[childhood_surgery]

I fail to see a problem with the simple formality of 'Admiral'.

[opticshots]

The basic issue with it is that my mundane is reluctant to play me that far along in my timeline. It would just be blasphemous.

[childhood_surgery]

So I see... In that case, you introduce yourself as protocol demands, Tali'Zora vas Normandy.

You have no more need to be concerned by chronology or forms of address, than your chosen conduit should be about conveying your verbal intonation.

[opticshots]

I suppose I still don't get the choice of Neema or Normandy, then.

I'll work on that intonation thing, Admiral. Thanks for the advice.

[childhood_surgery]

From our perspective, Tali, you were already named such before returning to the fleet - and you can blame Zaal'Koris for that. You, however, could not have known this...

Your translator really should be less fearful of representing you. You may not agree on certain... Strategic issues, but should you be in need of a new dwelling, I would not object to them sending you to my own.

[opticshots]

You have a point.

And... although we make no promises, I think we'd both in interested in an offer like that. Whereabouts are you located these days? Perhaps my mun would find it suits her tastes as well.

[childhood_surgery]

Somewhere not to my liking... You, however, would enjoy a more beneficial status than I, judging from what I'm told of it.

The one I (perhaps foolishly) elected to convey my voice is, however, considering the creation of somewhere new, catering to an even greater diversity of physical forms. That may be some way off, of course.