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scratchandplaster · 1 month

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Shepard, what would you do if Ben got injured or died?

Ben, what would you do if Shepherd got injured or died?

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Shepard's hesitation spoke volumes.

"I have to say, Sam, this is getting very dark for an article about rural life," he finally said and let his brows furrow in concern.

"Well, my readers want to see just that from your perspective; and since you and plenty of your - What shall I call them? Tentmates? - decide to bring their children up in this environment, people will be curious," they explained, still trying to settle down comfortably on the cot, "If I remember correctly, safety is a big part of your project's appeal."

Always staying in control, Shepard crossed his legs, earning a lone second to reflect. Whatever the young reporter was trying to get to needed to be swept aside before any rifts in his carefully veiled cover formed.

"Injury simply is a risk of physical labor, a part of life," he sighed, visibly irritated like this was a topic often debated, "Enough of us are equipped for first aid care and if that doesn't suffice, our good connections to a rural physician do."

"Would you consider hospital care?"

"Naturally."

"What about blood transfusions?" Sam wasn't even giving him the favor of acting discreetly anymore, a fact that clearly wore Shepard out.

"Does any of your research indicate that life-sustaining measures have no place in alternative lifestyles?"

"Not at all, but-"

"Then you understand that I'd do anything to guarantee the health and safety of everyone on my property," he stated clearly, "To never endanger a soul."

Nowadays, Shepard should have added in all fairness, but chose to swallow it down. He didn't owe them a single drop of insight.

"No parent wants to think about their child leaving the world early, so forgive me if I won't. I don't enjoy drowning myself in these scenarios. I hope I'm lucky enough to go first."

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"Died? W-w-what do you mean died? What kind of question is that?!"

Just a minute ago, Ben and the triplets had peacefully sculpted little shapes and animals on a picknick blanket, but now his shocked face blankly stared at Sam. They, in response, awkwardly raised their voice again:

"I mean accidents constantly happen and he's not getting younger anytime soon, so I am interested in what kind of process the deceased-"

"What would you do if-if-if your grandma got hit by a car, huh?" he yelled at their sour face in a sad attempt to act quick-witted, "Yeah, thought so!"

"Slow down, it was meant theoretically."

"You can theoretically go and fuck yourself!" A hissed insult couldn't hide the tears in his eyes.

Oh man. Sam knew exactly the kind of domino effect this would trigger as they noticed the kids' soft gasps.

"Mama, Ben said a bad word!" the first one yelled towards the flock of people near the campfire site.

"Shh, be quiet!" another sibling tried, as if to hide a terrible secret.

"You have to say a nice word now, to make it even!" the third insisted and plucked at Ben's sweater.

Ben didn't even waste a thought on that, instead turning his back to the source of his sorrow and quietly disfiguring his dough pyramid beyond recognition.

Birdie casually walked over from her station, honey-blonde braids pinned up firmly, and wordlessly hinted at Sam to follow her.

Caught with my hands in the cookie jar. Though a transgression also bore new possibilities for them: How does Mama Bear resolve conflicts and which punishments are utilized? Sam tried to ignore the tightness in their throat.

"I was just asking in general terms," they spoke first, trying to cut the tension between them.

"It's alright."

"If I expected him to react like that-"

"Hey, it’s alright," Birdie assured softly, "I think we both know that our Ben is a sensitive one."

Oh. It was a nice surprise that at least one of them didn't walk on eggshells around the golden boy. Sam huffed: "You can say that again."

"It's a good lesson in compassion for my three little monsters too," Birdie looked back over to the blanket where the kids comforted a sniffling Ben; tiny sticky hands rubbed down his back and showed him a salt dough octopus with too many arms. "It's okay to cry, we are here for you," one whispered, just as Ben had taught them many times before.

A sight that made Sam cringe: "This is really embarrassing for me, sorry."

She led them to one of the tables near the campfire, wooden slabs on thick legs, resistant to every weather condition. Flour was sprinkled all over it: dinner was only in a few hours still many were already busy preparing it. On most days, Sam was lucky to have the energy to throw spaghetti into a pot.

Maybe they could find themself a Birdie back home...

"Don't worry," she waved, "we would take care of him."

"Huh?" Sam was ripped from their thoughts.

"If something happened to Shepard. That's what you asked about, right?" she stated, to which they only nodded, "and should nothing hold him here anymore, we'd buy the land and help him settle down in a new support system. Maybe with his brother."

"Speaking of which-"

Birdie shook her head, wearing a sad smile and throwing a ball of dough from one hand to the other: "You are quite nosy, as you're hopefully aware of."

"How can I not be?"

"There sure are topics you don't like to share with strangers."

Sam had to surrender, but only for today: "That's fair."

A blob of fresh bread dough was emphatically pushed towards them.

"You can apologize later, and please try to keep the kids out of it," Birdie offered caringly, "I don't want to know what other words he learned during his sabbatical."

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#sam gets gently parented #tales of arcadia #shepard oc #parental death #injury #interview #thanks for the ask!#ask game

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zialinart · 2 years

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I have a drawing idea! Draw one of your oc couples and a mutual's oc couple all hanging out together! You know like a double date.

Oh yeah a fun idea ! I did my Saupi Shepard with @horsyunicorn 's Fiona and their date, Liara and Garrus of course

#mass effect #shepard oc #liara t'soni #garrus vakarian #sorry only had time for a quick sketch #well quick #it was really hard so maybe 30 minutes #can't do really better cause i'm reaaally not good with characters #so i try but i can't really finish cause everything looks wrong for me #but it forces me to practice so thanks !#that was fun #things

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nekrosmos · 11 months

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Made a cute new Shep ! Her name’s Keona (She/Her)

#mass effect #shepard #shepard oc #my oc #oc: keona #I just put a complexion mod and a haircut mod #and modified some colors with the save editor #took a while but I love how she looks #even thought she's still very different from how I draw her #she's supposed to be 40 yo too but hey that will do

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shittybundaskenyer · 7 months

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#mass effect #mass effect fanart #fan art #shakarian #commander shepard #female shepard #garrus vakarian #garrus x shepard #shepard x garrus #oc: senna shepard #back to my usual style #also a cool-toned color palette? in my art?#it's more likely than you think #i'm trying to build back my confidence in drawing with shep and garrus #they have me in a chokehold #i love them so much <33

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mosartandjunk · 1 month

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guess who's playing mass effect again

#my art #mass effect #shepard #femshep #fem shepard #garrus vakarian #shepard x garrus #shakarian #oc: phoebe shepard

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ozziyo · 5 months

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hi i'm joker welcome to jackass

#mass effect #commander shepard #femshep #liara t'soni #garrus vakarian #shiara #shakarian #jeff moreau #my art #my fanart #my ocs #shiarakarian #redraw #terra shepard #joker did this to terra and liara when they hooked up and he thought it was so funny he's done it at least once a year since buT UH OH!!#NOBODY EXPECTS THE TURIAN ADDITION!!!!!!!!!!!

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gray-thistleclan · 3 months

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Moon 33 (Part 1)

#clangen #warrior cats clangen #clan generator #warrior cats #warriors oc #gtc moons #SAID I GET IT DONE TODAY AND I DID #next part prolly on monday #im gonna go play shepards crossing 2 now

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margariemargarita · 17 days

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when do we do this?

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sashthesloth · 2 months

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Sometimes you spend 100 hours replaying a beloved character from a beloved game and end up spending another 25 or so ish hours making a character sheet so self indulgent ft. My beloved Shep who I put through the wringer the first time around in 2017 but hopefully gave an easier time on our second run.

#my art #mass effect #mass effect legendary edition #commander shepard #oc eris shepard #custom shepard #my ocs #the choices written on this character sheet were very much not the choices we did back in 2017.#I am told that my 2017 choices were very much in the minority #go ahead ask me what we did oh my god the horrors #consider my shock when I looked through the mass effect statistics infographic only to see that I was in a single digit percent of players

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starsandskies · 3 months

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Garrus and Jane for @fiannans <3

Thank you so much for commissioning me again! It’s always a real pleasure to work with you!

#garrus vakarian #shepard #femshep #commander shepard #shakarian #mass effect #mass effect fan art #starsandskiesart #friends’ ocs #<3 #lemons #ish

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bonksoundeffect · 6 months

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Not feeling the N7 this year so there won't be any new art, but here's some of my old faves

#fanart #mass effect #mass effect trilogy #n7 day #commander shepard #garrus vakarian #saren arterius #turian oc #florian nyrek #hadrian malheiros #desolas arterius

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scratchandplaster · 1 month

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Tales of Arcadia - Interactive

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So, now that this arc is over, I thought of how to go forward. I wanted to give Sam the chance, being a newcomer to the settlement and all, to have many interactions with the members. That's their main motivation after all - collecting content and hopefully revealing dirty secrets to share with the world.

But, because I'm lazy, I thought this could be a great opportunity for you guys to step into their place and become a journalist (even if it's just for an underfunded podcast) yourself.

Here is my idea: ask the different members of the settlement (Shepard, Ben, Birdie, Otis, Shawn, unknown member #24, whoever) any question you like and I'll write a drabble about it as if Sam is asking

In the end, it will be a collection of many interview snippets and not chapters like in the past, but I think this could be very fun for all of us!

#they can't talk to lukas sadly #a bit of canon reality has to be kept #but apart from that go wild #tales of arcadia #shepard oc #also very useful for worldbuilding purposes if you're interested

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commander-sarahs-art · 6 months

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Happy N7 Day 2023!!! This is the first time ive been able to draw Aspen for N7 Day! I’m gonna try and squeak in a Miranda too but yk gotta at least have one thing drawn!🤩💕

#Mass Effect #N7 Day #FemShep #Female Shepard #Commander Shepard #Aspen Shepard #My Art #My OC

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shittybundaskenyer · 6 months

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