Been a bit, but wave 2 of our Mass Effect Destinations is finally complete! This continues to be the loveliest, most unbelievable commission from the always-wonderful @swaps55.
Thanks to whom these are also available for purchase! [rb][inprnt]
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they come back from Virmire
they do not all come back
the ship murmurs around him but the crew doesn't even whisper; heads down, jobs done, feet heavy as if to remind the deck they're still here.
he's doing his job, too, in the mess to be a shoulder if anyone wants to talk but he's alone right now as he sets a cup of his mother's tea to steep. Orange. Spice. the pale green tint lost to the black interior of the mug. but warm in his hands
after their report, Shepard had retreated to the small space under engineering that had been her bunk, before the Captain had handed over the cabin. he'd sat on the stairs turning over what she'd told him with her eyes like mercury and salt searing his bones.
the Bomb was the mission.
and no one life is more sacred went unsaid
and that was how she lived and that was how she'd die while he packed up the locker to send it on
her steps are light out of the lift and there's no ignoring the tone of her low voice, pitched to carry and as she passes, the conversations pick back up.
they've had their moment, her shadow reminds them, the mission goes on
moments later, Normandy is humming and the stars are streaking by
Serviceman Waaberi settles on the bench across from him, a fragrant bowl of some soup in hand and they give a nod even as they carry on a comm with Addison.
Kaidan swallows the bittersweet dregs
and comes back from Virmire
link requested by @korblez - who i blame for this wholly, btw
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idk if this has ever been said before but imagine in me3 if instead of kai leng it had been the one left behind on virmire. imagine if cerberus had gone to the ruins and collected their body as a future bargaining chip. except cerberus doesn't restore ash's/kaidan's memories so shep is the one left with the pain and guilt of their past friendship. shep is the one left with the agony of having to put down their old squad mate. of being the reason for their second death
or imagine in me3 with the citadel dlc that instead of shep's clone it had been the one left behind on virmire. of course they wouldn't have been able to go along with the stolen identity plot but just imagine the drama. ash/kaidan coming out of the shadows, memories in tact. "what did you think was gonna happen after you left me to die?" shep trying to save them as they're falling from the normandy because, despite everything, this was their squad mate. shep then having to watch them die all over again
imagine the virmire survivor reexperiencing the guilt of surviving tenfold. feeling as if they somehow stole the other's life. their possible happy ending. "that could've been me" "this could've been them" the other is going through this pain because of them whether the other realises it or not. and after watching the other die a second time, they're left feeling empty. somehow it's their fault
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One time I heard someone say they leave Kaidan on Virmire every time because he rolls his eyes whenever Shepard goes to talk to him and I’ve never been able to unsee it since
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Here's a surprise for N7 day that I worked very-very hard on in order to make it in time. Commissioned as always by the wonderful @swaps55 as the latest entry in our ME1 destinations series, it features beachy vibes and crabby crimes on sunny Virmire 🏝♥️ See any familiar quotes? 😁
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CONFESSION:
In my first playthrough of Virmire, I somehow didn't see the Mako. So I did the level on foot. It's was… quite the beach episode.
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