A writer in (self) training

A collection of writings of a Creative Narrator in (self) training

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Excerpt from Blackwatch Fata Morgana Chp 35

I will admit, I do write fanfiction and I've been writing this particular fanfiction for quite some time for my Overwatch Original Character, Kallista.

Here is an excerpt from Chapter 35

“With the barrage of conspiracy theories forming against Overwatch the intel we would normally obtain through outside sources are consistently drying up and we are now being forced to rely on intel grained directly from our agents Blackwatch and Overwatch alike,”

Kallista sat quietly as she listened to one of the captains explain the situation she already knew was happening, Blackwatch had long had this in their sights with the caveat of the Cheshire cat unleashing a wave of damming and questionable information against Overwatch in an attempt to unveil Blackwatch to the world.

All of this being shoved in her face at this moment pushed her further the dark spiraling abyss that she felt in her gut that had made itself apparent when O’Deorain was added to the team.

She didn’t know if it was the doctor, the toll of deleting, tracking the origin of the conspiracy theories against the foundation, the signs of the double agent moving around again or the fact that Gabriel willingly told her that there was something wrong but didn’t want to tell her yet.

No attempts were made.

“We’re thankful for all of the assistance that our colleagues at Blackwatch have provided for both divisions as there seems to be a new enemy surfacing and through the losses suffered on the Blackwatch side we’ve been able to discover more about the entity...or the group called Null Sector,”

The captain turned to Gabriel, Gabriel nodded to Lyudmila who stood and began to speak.

“With our patrols and missions, we’ve encountered the entity or group called Null Sector where there were leftover signs of Talon. So far we have encountered mostly mechanical enemies with no regard for the life around it,” Lyudmila explained as she motioned towards the holographic image in the middle of the large conference table.

“Our engineers were able to do reverse engineering to provide a better photo of what the enemy would have looked like besides mangled parts,” Lyudmila added.

“Would they be considered Omnic?”

“Not from what we can tell, on the screen here you have the remains of one of the enemies. As you can see there is no ‘black box’ or any parts that would signify it being omnic,”

“Automated killing machines,” one of the senior officials commented.

“We don’t know what their purpose is but it can be surmised as sort of a clean-up crew for what seems to be Talon,” Lyudmila said.

“How did you reach that conclusion Lieutenant?” Another captain spoke up.

“Since the takedown of the Cheshire cat our intelligence department has kept a close eye on the entity called Null Sector and the data that was gathered,” Lyudmila turned to Kallista.

“My team and I have compiled reports, recon information, and sightings from the governments that were willing to allow access to their intel regarding Talon and Null Sector, from the first sighting to current time,” Kallista began. “With this information, we’ve discovered that the locations of where Talon was seen, there were sightings of Null Sector on the smaller scale. As of right now, Null Sector’s motive is unknown but it can be assumed they are collaborating with Talon,”

“And what data correlates that besides this information that you presented here?” a commander spoke up.

“The missing agents,” Kallista replied.

There was a tense pause in the room, each side had suffered losses of their agents.

“There have been a total of 16 MIAs, 28 abandonment of posts, and 56 casualties all of those….situations happened within the rings of where Talon and Null Sector have been found or seen,” Kallista began.

“And through the interrogations conducted by Overwatch and Commander Reyes, I am sure you are aware,” Lyudmila began.

“Talon and Null Sector have interrogated these agents using a new form of psychokinesis or mind-altering ability different from the drugs that we have seen in other parts of the world,” Gabriel spoke up

“With the controversy around Blackwatch, how are you able to function?”

“Very carefully,” Gabriel replied “We are still functioning with the resources we have,”

“We’ve been collaborating with the Overwatch Talon Strike Force and because the agent that was assigned had to take some medical leave, I’ve stepped in and taken their place in addition to other duties as assigned,”

“Blackwatch isn’t being stretched thin, is it? I understand that division is small by nature but to leave your Lieutenant and Intel Director in charge is a bit much,”

“We are very much capable of our job, Captain Artega,” Kallista said coldly to the man across from her.

The young-looking man locked yes with Kallista in a silent stare down.

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Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster Review

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD is a great way to experience the game for newcomers as well as die-hard SMT fans.

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Prinny 1&2 Exploded & Reloaded! Review

Prinny 1 & 2 Exploded & Reloaded brings over the unsuspecting, comedic relief NPC of the hit Disgaea series, the Prinny, into a new series

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The Character: Kallista Kaines Overwatch Stats

A bit more character development for my Overwatch character, Kallista Kaines. Below I tried to keep her stats as realistic as possible so that if she were to be a playable character it would be transferable to the standards that are already within the game.

Overwatch Stats

Class: Offense

Alignment: Former: Blackwatch |  Currently: Neutral

Difficulty: ★★★

Health: 200 Shields: 200

Primary Weapon: A modified Overwatch Photon gun, the gun has two types of bullets, photon energy or electricity.

Photon Bullets does normal damage of 25 dmps

Electricity Bullets does initial damage of 15 dmps, over 3s the lingering damage increases 5-10 dmpsMelee: The fingertips of her gloves emit an electric shock.

Abilities/Powers

Passive Skill: Digital Goddess: Additional Shields that regen

Anonymous: (Stealth) ANUBIS paired with the small generator on Kallista’s back gives her the ability to vanish completely. Her stealth mode lasts for 11s and has a cooldown of 10s.

ANUBIS GRASP: (blinding) The nodes in Kallista’s gloves creates a bright light that temporarily blinds anyone she comes into contact with for 5s. Cooldown is 5s

DDoS: (Hacking) An old method called Distributed Denial of Service that interrupts web service interrupts. The nodes in Kallista’s gloves allows her to hack anything in front of her rendering any technology and omnic dysfunctional or corrupted for 7s, cooldown is 5 seconds.

L33t skills: (Damage Boost) Kallista hacks into her own gun code, breaking its limits giving her unlimited electric bullets, faster blast discharge, automatic aiming for 10s

Special #1:G4m3Ov3R: Kallista hacks into the enemy targets shields and overloads them that causes damage to the target and drains the ability to use any specials or abilities. (Must have L33t Skills activated)

Special #2: Complete Takeover (Anubis takes over suit, overloading her shields and generates electric bubble unlimited electric bullets, damage boost)  The AI, ANUBIS, that is attached to her suit takes control of all of the systems in her suit in and gun and thus the small generator on her back causes an EMP burst around her as she moves about, gives her unlimited electrical ammo and boosts the damage of her gun for 8 seconds.

Strengths: Agility, Flexibility, Speed, Stealth

Weaknesses: Tanks, Wide ranged weapons

Latent Abilities: Increased hearing and strength.

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The Character: Kallista Kaines

The origin of the name Kallista Kaines comes a character I made back in 2015-2016? for the Overwatch universe.

Art Credits: (Left) daddy_bec (via twitter)

A woman of knowledge. A hacker. An innocent face with tricks up her sleeves. Kallista was forcibly recruited into Overwatch's Covert division, Blackwatch. She and her hacker group called the God Brigade were set to expose Overwatch by shining the light on Blackwatch but instead, Kallista found herself being integrated into the division and discovered what was slowly strangling the life out of the division and the Foundation.

A long time ago and on a different blog there were prompts for voice lines. Here are are those voice lines:

Character Name & Title: Kallista Camilla Kaines, Blackwatch Intelligence Director Class: Offense Country of Origin: Bristol,England Voice Description: soft, flowy, vibrato-rich, haughty British accent when she’s angry or annoyed

Attacking Enemy Ultimate: “Game Over!” “You’re Mine!”

Friendly Ultimate: “Incoming!” Ability 1: “I swear I’m not using hacks” Ability 2: “ Hacking faster than a speeding bullet” ---- Killing Enemy: “I would stay down if I were you” Killing Genji: “Eternal peace is in death,” Killing McCree: “Risk everything, fear nothing, have no regrets.”

Killing Reaper/Blackwatch Reyes: (Reaper) “So much has changed…” (Reyes) “The king has fallen...” Killing Soldier 76/Commander Morrison: “Have a seat. Jack,” (Morrison) “Have a seat Commander.” (says it firmly)

Killing Sombra: “She who has knowledge has power, right Sombra?” Killing Tracer: “A stitch in time saves nine” Killing Doomfist: “I should have dealt with you when I had the chance” Killing Widowmaker: “Au revoir,” Killing Bastion: “Sorry! No upgrades for your model!” Killing Hanzo: “Your shame and dishonor caught up to you,” Killing Junkrat: “Talk the hind legs off of a donkey will ya?”

Killing Mei: “Freeze don’t-- oh…” Killing D.Va: “Awww I cheated,” (sarcastically) Killing Orisa: “Seems like you need an upgrade,” Killing Roadhog: “That was kinda easy,” Killing Reinhardt: “Rest easy my friend” Killing Zarya: “Будь что будет - so be it” Killing Winston: “No hard feelings right?”

Killing Lucio: “Aww, I wanted an autograph,” (jokingly)

Killing Mercy: “I guess you weren’t much of a hero after all, huh doc?” Killing Symmetra: “A glitch in your plan, Vishkar,” Killing Ana: “It’s time for you to rest Captain…” Killing Zenyatta: “There is no peace in this world, not now,”

Teammates When a teammate gets an elimination: “C’mon, keeping it coming yeah?” When a teammate is on fire: “Congrats. Now keep doing it” Thanks: “Thanks” “Thanks mate!” When Mercy Damage Boosts them: “I’m not gonna be held responsible for what happens” Group up: “Get the hell over here,”

Hello: “Hey” “Huh? Oh, Hi”

I need healing!: “Help a girl out?” " A little healing? Please?" Interactions (write down a possible interaction your character can have with their teammates in spawn):

Mercy: Kallista I thought you were dead.

Kallista: That was the plan~

Mercy: Why?

Kallista: If I tell you, I have to kill you (sarcastically)

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Reaper: You’re supposed to be dead

Kallista: …there were complications with that

Reaper: We’ll talk later

Kallista: yeah

Reyes: You ready?

Kallista: of course.

Reyes: Try not to break everything. (referring to her ultimate

Kallista: No promises, heh

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BW Member: Where the hell have you been?

Kallista: Hiding?

BW Member: Why? We buried you!

Kallista: Technically you didn't but that's neither here or there.

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McCree: Look what the cat dragged in

Kallista: I’m offended.

McCree: Why?

Kallista: You’re still wearing the cowboy get up.

McCree: Don’t you give me that sass already

What they have to say about maps: Temple of Anubis: “Long time no see right Anubis?” Hollywood: “Ugh this place is still trashy as ever”

Route 66: “Think we’ll see a cowboy? Oh! A tumbleweed!” Kings Row: “Ah yes. Where everything started...London,” Ilios: “Blue skies smiling at me, nothin but blue skies from now on” Dorado: “Home…” Horizon Lunar Colony: “I never would have thought I would be in space...wait was that an alien!?” Volskaya Industries: “More cold...why…I’ve thought I’d never have to see this place again,” ---- Support Character Specific (Write down what your character would say while healing a certain character or what the Overwatch character would say while getting healed:

General: C’mon C’mon get your shit together (British accent)

McCree: What’dya know my guardian angel Kallista: AGAIN. I can’t keep saving you cowboy

To a BW member: Reyes trained us better than this.

To S76: Pull it together old man.

To Reaper: On your feet, that’s quite unsightly for you.

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The World of Blaze and Blaze 5: The Quickening

A couple of friends and I jokingly made a nearly impossible game to play and all became bosses. There were some world mechanics such as:

Limited inventory of 100 items, same items stack

Mandatory Quests - failure to do those said quests will prevent you from returning to said place.

Multiple endings and different cutscenes all based on the player's choices in dialogue

Random, sparse saves in dungeons. Only can save on overworld.

If you want to save in caves/dungeons you have to purchase your save points, they increase each time you purchase one

Here is my boss information:

Secret Boss; has four forms, new form = new weapon + increased speed; Will show up after 100% bestiary is completed, synthesis of each item, completion of the gauntlet of past bosses, and a secret item is needed - found in the beginning after defeating all of the bosses except for end game boss.

If Blaze 2: The Seraph is defeated before obtaining the secret item, a weaker ver of B2 will spawn; Will spawn in ruins of where the end boss takes place.

A character MC sees in every town, a friendly face but if you incomplete something or did something wrong important to the specific story arc, B5 will perma-kill a random character.

All forms absorb elementals + non-elementals are reflected back on the caster, magical weapons have no effect, normal weapons do half damage.

Theme: Latin track, violins, pianos and as the forms change music/vocals speed up, parts of the song skips until it becomes unsettling and demented sounded making it really hard to focus - Confuses the player, makes them think the final form is some kind of joke till the party gets wiped from an AOE ??

A familiar face in the crowd, a small, crooked smirk spreads across her lips when you speak to her. She seems to be a traveler of the sorts, you’ve seen her in the towns you and your companions traveled to but her small stature and claims she isn’t a adventurer leads you to believe she is just a simple traveler.

Her steely gray eyes tug at your memories, your heart and immediately you are nearly consumed with dread. Her grey eyes, cold, seemingly hollow, unrelenting but the smile on her lips was full of evil.

Her hallow eyes haunt your dreams the image of her soaked in blood over the body of your lifeless companion, there but not truly there. Again, the crooked smirk on her lips, hollow eyes staring back at you as your companions stand on the ruins of the fallen Seraph.

“Your god has truly forsaken you, shame,”

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Elegant Galestorm

I love Final Fantasy and a year ago I decided to pick up FFXIV again and fell into a black hole. The diversity in the various story drops for the game is nonetheless amazing. With the differences in the dialects of the characters, the locations, the art, the gameplay, it is amazing how beautifully the game comes together.

This is a bit of a fanfiction piece as it does use my created character in this piece, and this was also a bit of an experiment to develop my skills in writing different dialogue using the character Urianger.

This is an unfinished piece, but a good writing experiment.

She was a gale storm in battle felling her for those that threatened her friends and the world and yet elegantly and seemingly innocent when around others. She had many monikers that he found himself remembering since he was introduced to her-- the Warrior of Light, Crimson Beast, the Crimson Shadow, Miss Arceneaux, Nuelle Arceneaux, Nue, the Warrior of Darkness, a pitiful soul...

The woman collapsing after she felled the last Light Warden of the First left her in a broken state, a cracked and tainted soul. One after the other she felled the Light Wardens and after hundreds of years, she had returned the skies of the First back to the inky jewel-like speckled night sky but now the cursed light that plagued the First had returned.

It was because of her.

The immense struggle of felling the Light Wardens for a world she did not belong to, a world she knew naught of and soon became the very enemy she fought against. Her soul was tainted and had become a Light Warden.

Everything that happened up to this point was planned, the secrecy he swore to the man known as ‘the Crystal Exharch’.

A wish, a plea from a man that would not only save her, but the first and would end his own long life to do so.

His heart clenched when he watched Nuelle collapse to her knees, struggling to breathe, to control the taint, he wanted to reach out to her but needed to let the plan finish to save her, everything was done to save the First and her. But everything fell apart when he watched Nuelle collapse, and Emet-Selch’s sudden and unexpected action made her falter.

It was ruined with a single shot to the man who sought to end his own long-lived life and the sudden kidnapping of the Crystal Exarch.

He stood silently outside of her room wanting to reach out to her, wanting to do something to ease her pain, anything. Urianger stood frozen in place as his mind mulled over every option, every detail, every book he had come across about the Sin Eaters, aether, the First, anything.

It felt as if it was the same instance with Moenbryda.

"You can't stand out here forever, go to her,”

Urianger turned slightly in the direction of one of their white-haired companions, Alphinaud, and remained silent.

"You were there in her time of need, don't deny her that. She has taken on a much too heavy burden and we have naught done our parts to alleviate that burden," the young elezen teen began softly.

"How can thou face her when thou have committed heinous deceit?" Urianger began.

The elezen teen was silent as he stood near the older elezen man.

"Yes, I know you deceived us but the plan was sound and now moot. We have our new responsibilities and that is to save our friend before she can no longer help herself," Alphinaud said. "Go to her in her time of need,"

Alphinaud smiled with a nod of his head as he walked away from the man leaving him alone once again.

He knocked gently at the door and waited a moment, if she didn’t answer then he would leave and never mention it to her she was in fact supposed to be resting.

Just as he turned to leave the door cracked open he caught a glimpse of the woman’s tired guise.

“My apologies if I have disturbed your repose…” the man began. Silently the woman nodded and opened the door more, an invitation into her temporary residence in the First.

He nodded and entered, there was a soft click behind him as she gently closed the door behind him. He turned to face her, taking in her visage.

She was worn, exhausted, wan of her normal soft bronze tone, she was void of her normal crimson gear as it was neatly discarded on the bench and instead, she wore simple sleeping clothes.

An uneasy silence settled between the two, her gaze was focused off to the side in an attempt to avoid his golden gaze.

“Were you ever going to tell me?” Nuelle asked softly.

“I did wish to bid thee but i did promise…” Urianger began.

“What if I would have died?” Nuelle asked.

“I wouldst not alloweth’t” He replied.

“But I am dying now…” Nuelle looked up at the taller Elezen man. Her pale green eyes met his golden ones.

“I know that am and the Warrior of Light...the Warrior of Darkness to this world but I am not some all-powerful being, I can be felled just like our enemies,” Nuelle began as she started towards him.

Urianger felt himself tense as she approached and felt a wave of emptiness as she passed him, towards the large window. He slowly turned and watched her lean on the wall by the window, she was guarded, her arms wrapped around her herself, her tired gaze focused on the light tainted sky. He clenched his hands for a moment and quickly relaxed, tension buzzed in the seemingly shrinking room.

"Are thee angry?" Urianger asked knowing full well he would take any anger the woman had against him. Nuelle slowly looked towards the man and smiled gently.

"I won't give you the satisfaction of knowing how I feel," Nuelle replied, her smile still on her lips. Urianger closed his eyes for a moment before he cautiously walked over to her, her green eyes on him as he stood across from her.

"I don't understand," Urianger replied and took a step forward. "I knew everything and yet led everyone on,"

"And you had a plan, right?" Nuelle asked.

"Aye,"

“Of course you did, that’s who you are,” Nuelle sighed heavily.

Urianger stood silently as he watched the woman turn away from him, he could easily pick up the despondency in her voice, though she seemed relaxed he could see the tight press of her lips.

What could he do in this situation?

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Birth of Displacement: Alva La’Ciel

Many, many, years ago a couple of friends of mine got together and was working to make a small animation studio that included myself as one of the writers in the group.

Unfortunately, schedules and misunderstandings caused the group to go their separate ways, however this was one of the backstory pieces for the main antagonist of the story.

A ruthless woman by the name of Alva La'Ciel, this piece shows the how and why her ruthless nature came to be.

When writing this piece I used this song as inspiration:

The shrill skidding of thing metal clanging, colliding against one another reverberated through the lavishly decorated training hall within the La’Ciel estate. Two slender figures dressed in white fencing gear swiftly lunged, parried, and blocked the various attacks from one another. A man in a wheelchair and a young male teen stood next to each other and watched the deadly dance of the two fencers.

“Father…are your sure real rapiers was the best course for this match?” the teen asked.

“What is the purpose of training so diligently with toys to continue to use them?” the man replied.

“Elice hates us…and the means to do away with us is at her fingertips,” the teen commented.

“It is unfortunate is it not?” the man replied bluntly.

The teen stole a quick glance of the older man, his attention was focused on the two locked onto the two fencers and their perilous dance. He knew the risks of providing the two with real weapons.

It was a necessary risk, even if one of his own children were to be fatally injured.

“Affection is given when it is needed. Coddling is useless when it comes to the real world of Ce’Raez. The people do not use toys, they use what they have available to them even if it is another person,” The man began. “No one will stop them from advancing themselves to greatness even at the cost of lives.”

The teen sighed softly, rolling his eyes as he turned his attention back to his siblings.

“There are plentiful of lives on Ce’Raez and they all determined to break you down and defile you…take advantage of you,” the man continued.

“I have taken thousands of lives to be where I am today, and I would have taken more if needed. All of what you see here came from the blood of others, and I will cover my hands in the blood once more to keep what is mine,”

“Does that include family?” the teen asked.

“There was once a time when family was honorable…but even that too has been corrupted by power and greed. Family is worthless in this era. When you are of age…they will take advantage of your naivety and use you until you are of no use to them,” the dark-haired male replied.

“If you falter, they will catch you and shred you to pieces Dren,” the man replied as he glanced at the teen next to him.

“What about you father?” Dren asked.

“I am bestowing my gifts of knowledge to my children as a father should,” he replied.

“And mother?” Dren asked.

“…Helyn…my beautiful mistake…” he replied his voice dropping to almost a whisper.

Dren silently looked to his father, he knew that their mother was the man’s weakness even if she was no longer alive. Years ago his mother was killed in a raid protecting him and his sister from the previous government, before the bloody coup d’état.

Yanking him from his thoughts an abrupt shout pierced the room as one of the figures was kicked to the ground. Elice pointed her rapier at the smaller figure on the ground.

“Get up,” the taller figure hissed.

The smaller figure quickly stood up and readjusted themself before lunging for an attack. Elice quickly parried and aimed for the mask of the smaller figure, the smaller figure barely dodged but the deadly blade of the rapier pierced through the mask.

With a quick flick, the mask was yanked off of the smaller figure, revealing a young girl with short ebony hair and piercing green eyes. A small wound on her cheek bled cleanly down her cheek.

“And Alva?” Dren asked.

“Will rip you to shreds as well. You would do the same as well,” his father replied.

Alva knocked away Elice’s rapier and pointed hers at her, and Elice pointed hers as well. Once again, their swift deadly dance started again, more ferociously than before.

“You all have been treated a certain way for certain outcomes. The savage training that you all have endured, the blood, sweat, and tears were all necessary for your own protection,” the male replied.

“If not you shall rot at the bottom of the Katlyne river becoming fodder to the marine life,”

“Yes,” Dren replied as he watched Elice parry another one of Alva’s attacks. Alva suddenly kicked Elice’s knee causing her to stagger down, Alva lunged only to be knocked back by a punch to the face. Alva crumbled to the ground. Elice quickly threw down her mask and stood over Alva grabbing her collar and held her rapier, ready to strike.

“You worthless piece of shit,” Elice hissed.

“You should not speak of yourself in such a way, it is quite demeaning,” Alva replied firmly.

“You should have died with her,” Elice said as she gripped her rapier.

“Unfortunately for you, I didn’t,” Alva hissed.

“I will correct that mistake now—!“ Elice said void of the malice that filled her moments before as she lifted her rapier.

“Elice,”

Instantly Elice’s rapier froze in place as she looked down at Alva.

“You are finished,” her father’s voice rang firm through her ears.

“Yes…father,” Elice replied with hesitation as she continued to look down at Alva who looked defiantly up at her.

Growling, Elice impaled her rapier in the ground and shoved Alva into the marble floor. Elice glanced once more at Alva before exiting the training hall.

“Alva,”

As if being shaken from her thoughts Alva quickly scrambled to her feet and stood in front of the man, ignoring Dren next to him.

“If you intend on besting Elice act as so,” her father chided her.

“Y-Yes father,” Alva replied.

“Dren has already bested her and where does that leave you?” he asked.

“I apologize, father,” Alva replied and lowered her head in shame.

“If you continue to fail Alva…” her father’s voice dropped. Alva’s head shot up as she looked at the older man frightened by what would come out of his mouth,

“I will not be held accountable for your wellbeing and you will suffer on your own accord,”

“N-No father I will improve. I will defeat Dren and Elice,” Alva replied shaky determination in her voice.

“Defeat me? Sister, I think you’ve become quite big-headed,” Dren spoke up.

“Shut your mouth. You can speak to me when you are on your knees begging me for mercy,” Alva spat.

Dren merely shrugged, lifting his head in defiance against her.

“Says the one who has been saved by father more times than I can count,” Dren sneered.

Instantly Alva’s rapier was pointed directly at Dren’s face, unfazed by his younger sibling’s action, he stared her down.

“One more smart remark and I will run my rapier through your throat,” Alva hissed.

Dren smirked in response and looked directly into his sister’s eyes.

“She is true to her word as much as you Dren,” their father spoke up. Alva lowered her rapier at their father’s voice.

“Yes of course father. I as well intend to run my rapier through the useless twat before Elice does,” Dren replied as he continued to look at Alva.

“You will both die by my hand before a hit lands I promise you that,” Alva replied.

“You can promise all you want sister, but actions speak louder than words and you’ve been lacking on actions as of late dear sister,” Dren said sarcastically.

Alva’s hand trembled in fury as she tried to keep herself from lashing out at her brother so near to their father.

“Alva, calm yourself,” their father’s voice echoed through the hall snapping her from her infuriated state.

“Playing with your sister’s anger is not something that should be taken lightly Dren. If I was not here she would have struck you down,” he replied.

“Yes father,” Dren smirked.

“Your studies are due to begin soon. Go prepare,”

“Yes father,” the two teenagers said together, Alva turned away and began to exit the hall. Dren began to follow only to turn around and gave his father a questioning look.

“Do you require assistance father?” Dren asked,

“No. Go prepare for your studies. Your professor will arrive soon as he looked at his thick expensive pocket watch.

“Yes father,” Dren said and quickly disappeared through the cherry wood doors.

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Mass Effect 1 - Recruit the Ghost (Dialogue)

This is another break down of my side mission, we were also required to post the full breakdown of the dialogue within the side mission while keeping in a certain length.

Here is the dialogue & story description for my side mission - Recruit the Ghost

Dialogue:

Commander, thank you for your time. I'll keep this brief. A derelict outpost in the Calestron Rift on the moon of Sinmara is suddenly back online despite it being shut down and gutted. There have been sightings of pirates in the area. The outpost has been slated to be repurposed as a training center. Clear it out

[[Reply: Send me the coordinates|Paragon]]

· "Of course, send me the coordinates," Shepard replied and looked towards the galaxy map for the location of this outpost to appear. Despite the thought of going to Noveria in search of Matriarch Benezia.

· Their main mission, to find evidence of Saren's betrayal to the Council and to the Spectres but Shepard made sure to help the Alliance as much as possible without jeopardizing their mission from the Council.

· "Thank you, Shepard, your deeds for the Alliance will not go unnoticed, I can assure you," Hackett replied. "Hackett out."

[[Reply: Another cleanup request, Admiral?|Neutal]]

· "Another clean up mission Admiral? Spectres clean up bigger messes than this..." Shepard trailed off.

· "You are the strongest and quickest to deal with this issue and maybe make the vincinity a bit safer," Admiral Hackett replied gruffly.

· Though Shepard couldn't see the man's face they could picture the slight crinkle in the man's eye and pursed lip in order to keep themselves inline. Shepard knew that the man knew what their orders were from the council and yet continued to ask for favors.

· "I know that Spectres answer to the Council, but you are still human. You're still part of the Alliance Military and right now your assistance is being requested," Hackett stated firmly. "Hackett out"

[[Reply: Why do I need to do it for them?|Ren]]

· "Why do I need to do that for them? Don't they have something in their budget to do this sort of clean up? My time and mission is more important," Shepard scoffed at the man's request.

· "You are closer to the location and would be more efficient, I can assure you. Nor does the company have enough in their budget to deal with the pirates now," Admiral Hackett replied.

· Shepard crossed their arms annoyed that the man had contacted them to deal with this so-called problem, they were sure that whatever had made its home in this outpost could be dealt with effectively and efficiently by the company.

· "I know that Spectres answer to the Council, but you are still human. You're still part of the Alliance Military and right now your assistance is being requested," Hackett continued.

· "Fine, send the coordinates," Shepard sighed.

· "Glad to see you understand. Hackett out,"

[[To Sinmara]]

· "We don't know what to expect here, be on guard once we land and enter the outpost," Shepard began as they turned to their teammates for this mission. Garrus Vakarian and Kaidan Alenko.

· Upon arriving on the small moon, donning their helmets, Shepard and their team cautiously entered the suspected facility on the moon taking care of Kaidan's warning of signs of life in the area and possibly within the facility. Once in the facility Shepard and crew fought their way through the security forces shields, barriers and drones that had been enacted by someone within the facility.

[[Facility Dialogue]]]

· Traversing through the supposedly empty facility, Shepard and their team was discover that there terminals that were functioning as if they were had been used recently. Shepard orders Garrus to take a look at the terminal while they and Kaidan keep watch.

· "Commander, it looks like this terminal had been accessed recently...and from what I can tell you seem to be their interest," Garrus explained as the Turian examined the terminal.

· "Explain," Shepard began.

· "It shows here that they accessed your files from the citadel as well as files from the Military," Garrus explained and scoffed. "Either they are a super fan and or they have no understanding of privacy,"

· "So crazed military fan?" Kaidan commented.

· "I hope not, we nor do I have time for that," Shepard replied. "Let's move--"

· "Wait Shepard," Garrus began stopping Shepard in their tracks. "I recognize this signature...the only problem is I thought they were dead,"

· "What is it?" Shepard questioned.

· "There was a hacker by the name of Aion, known for giving C-Sec hell back in the day, it's strange to see them so far out," Garrus commented.

· "Maybe the moved on to something different?" Kaidan added.

· "Perhaps stalking Commander Shepard?" Garrus replied as he looked at his two teammates.

· "That's a problem for future me, we have a mission we need to focus on," Shepard silenced their teammates and continued towards the last room in the facility.

· Silently, Shepard motioned orders to Kaidan and Garrus treading carefully as they searched all the rooms in the facility until they reached the last room. As Shepard and their crew stood outside the last door, they looked to their commander for their next orders.

[[Open the Door]]

· Shepard nodded silently to both Garrus and Kaidan before opening the door. Immediately the two ducked into the room, weapons drawn ready to fire at the sight of an enemy. Shepard followed behind, eyes scanning the room and found no individual but there were signs of someone being there.

· "It's too quiet," Garrus commented.

· "Alenko, update," Shepard said as they stepped further into the room and towards the active terminal. Surprisingly, enough Shepard could tell that the terminal had just recently been activated.

· "There's a jamming signal nearby, I can no longer get a clear read," Kaidan replied.

· "We're sitting--''URK''!"

[[Check gear]]

· "Are we ready?" Shepard murmured as they looked to their team. As they made their way through the outpost there were signs of life not just the security system but life as in someone had been living in the outpost. There were repairs made to some of the gutted and damaged control panels and systems.

· "Check your gear to make sure you are ready," Shepard nodded as they checked their own gear. Once they knew that their team was ready to move, silently Shepard motioned orders to the Turian and man, Shepard nodded to both Garrus and Kaidan before opening the door. Immediately the two ducked into the room, weapons drawn ready to fire at the sight of an enemy. Shepard followed behind, eyes scanning the room and found no individual but there were signs of someone being there.

· "It's too quiet," Garrus commented.

· "Alenko, update," Shepard said as they stepped further into the room and towards the active terminal. Surprisingly enough Shepard could tell that the terminal had just recently been activated.

· "There's a jamming signal nearby, I can no longer get a clear read," Kaidan replied.

· "We're sitting--''URK''!"

[[Double check rooms again]]

· Shepard glanced at the door and motioned for his team back to the previous room.

· "I want one more sweep of this place before we head in," Shepard ordered.

· "We already cleared out most of it, I don't want to miss anything before we head in,"

· Garrus and Kaidan nodded.

· "Spread out,"

· In haste the rooms were searched again before the three regrouped and moved back towards the last room. Making eye contact with their team, Shepard nodded silently to both Garrus and Kaidan before opening the door. Immediately the two ducked into the room, weapons drawn ready to fire at the sight of an enemy. Shepard followed behind, eyes scanning the room and found no individual but there were signs of someone being there.

· "It's too quiet," Garrus commented.

· "Alenko, update," Shepard said as they stepped further into the room and towards the active terminal. Surprisingly, enough Shepard could tell that the terminal had just recently been activated.

· "There's a jamming signal nearby, I can no longer get a clear read," Kaidan replied.

· "We're sitting--''URK''!"

[[Encounter]]

· Shepard and Kaidan watched as the Turian suddenly fell to his knees, immediately Shepard stepped towards the Turian.

· “Garrus!” Kaidan began when a sudden figure materialized near the downed Turian.

· The figure dashed at Shepard—

[[Attempt to Fire Weapon]]

· Though the figure seemed fast Shepard shot off a round at the figure hoping to nick them, slow them down.

· The charged plasma shot whizzed past the figure and as they darted towards him.The figure dashed at Shepard before they had the chance to fire his gun. The figure kneed them in the stomach the forced of the biotics behind the knee sent Shepard back crashing into one of the terminals in the room.

· Throwing his overloaded gun to the ground Kaidan activated his biotics began to glow sending a biotic pulse in the direction of the figure, the figure began to glow also sending an biotic pulse, the two energies cancelled each other. The figured darted at Kaidan their fist glowing with biotics, Kaidan easily dodged and retaliated with a punch of his own. The figure, glowing pushed him back and roundhouse kicked. His barriers damped the damage he would have received from the kick but the force sent him crumbling to the floor.

· In an instant the figure was sitting on his chest with an energy blade hovering over his face. The figure leaned down and tapped his helmet; Kaidan felt soft curves of the figure on top of him.

[[Thow a punch]]

· Using their honed fighting skills from the grueling N7 training, Shepard dashed towards the figure throwing a punch. The figure ducked under the punch throwing their own punch. Reacting quickly to counter, Shepard threw another punch and quickly realized that the figure feinted and instead the figure kneed Shepard in the stomach then forced them back with a biotic push, they crashed painfully into one of the systems.

· Throwing his overloaded gun to the ground Kaidan activated his biotics began to glow sending a biotic pulse in the direction of the figure, the figure began to glow also sending an biotic pulse, the two energies cancelled each other. The figured darted at Kaidan their fist glowing with biotics, Kaidan easily dodged and retaliated with a punch of his own. The figure, glowing pushed him back and roundhouse kicked. His barriers damped the damage he would have received from the kick but the force sent him crumbling to the floor.

· In an instant the figure was sitting on his chest with an energy blade hovering over his face. The figure leaned down and tapped his helmet; Kaidan felt soft curves of the figure on top of him.

[[Use Biotics]]

· They moved too quickly for a gun, Shepard activated their biotics to throw off the assailant, throwing the overloaded gun to the ground. Though taking a direct hit from Shepard's biotics, they saw it be absorbed, cancelled as the assailant seemed to charge right through it.

· The figure kneed Shepard in the stomach with the force of their own unique biotics surrounding their attack, the force sends Shepard into the terminal, crumbling to their knees.

· Throwing his overloaded gun to the ground Kaidan activated his biotics began to glow sending a biotic pulse in the direction of the figure, the figure began to glow also sending a biotic pulse, the two energies cancelled each other. The figured darted at Kaidan their fist glowing with biotics, Kaidan easily dodged and retaliated with a punch of his own. The figure, glowing pushed him back and roundhouse kicked. His barriers damped the damage he would have received from the kick, but the force sent him crumbling to the floor.

o In an instant the figure was sitting on his chest with an energy blade hovering over his face. The figure leaned down and tapped his helmet; Kaidan felt soft curves of the figure on top of him.

[[A woman?]]

· “You’re a woman…” Kaidan panted.

· “I am a woman…and who are you?” The woman asked. The trained Sentinel hesitated as he stared at the woman through her darkened helmet.

· “The Alliance Military,” Kaidan replied cautiously as he knew he could use his biotics take her down.

· “The Alliance?” the woman repeated the omni-tool blade vanishing from his neck.

· Confused, Kaidan watched as the woman got to her feet and extended a hand for him to take. Wearily accepting her hand, she helped him to his feet he turned his attention to Shepard who had been stunned by the blow to their chest.

· “Sorry, didn't exactly give you a chance to announce yourself but when you work alone...you don't want to take too many chances," the woman said as she walked over to Garrus.

· “Who are you?” Kaidan asked watching the woman.

· “Alliance Military, is this my mission? ''No''? Should I be here? Probably not but here I am," the woman replied as she shook Garrus awake and to his feet.

· "Commander...you good?" Kaidan asked as he keep his attention on the woman to react in case things were to turn for the worst.

· “Do you need medigel?” Kaidan asked his two recovering teammates.

· “I’m fine…just jolted,” Garrus replied.

· “I’ll be fine,” Shepard grunted and turned their attention to the figure at the terminal. He glared daggers at the unknown and approached her.

· “Who the hell do you think you are?” Shepard shouted as they spun her around. She instantly smacked their hand away from her, a vibrant purple aura surrounding her hand and focused back on the terminal

· “Hands off,” the woman hissed. Shepard shook off the biotic tingle and continued to press for answers

· “Answer my question,” Shepard demanded.

· “Agent Milo of the Alliance. Sufficient?” the woman went back to operating the system.

[[Agent Milo]]

· “What are you doing here?” Shepard spun her back around. The woman sighed with irritation as Shepard continued to interrupt her work.

· “I came here because I was monitoring this outpost for this very thing," the woman known as Milo replied annoyed. "I thought you were the person I was looking for, but they are long gone...thanks to you,"

· “Why would Admiral Hackett asked me to come here if you are so called with the Alliance,” Shepard stated.

· "Admiral Hackett and my goals differ," Milo replied.

· Shepard narrowed their eyes at the woman

[[Pull gun on her - Renegade]]

· Shepard immediately pulls their pistol on the woman.

· "Stop what you're doing and back away from the terminal," Shepard said, Garrus and Kaidan both pulled their weapons on the woman.

· Milo sighed and turned to face Shepard, her hands up in surrender as she stepped away from the terminal.

· "Alright, alright, alright," Milo murmured

· "Alenko check her, Garrus check out this terminal," Shepard ordered.

· "On it,"

· Kaidan quickly patted down the woman for weapons and found no guns on the woman before he scanned her for her profile.

· "Dissiya Milo of the Alliance Military Tech Division, Human, Infiltrator class," Kaidan began to read.

· "Do they have my age, measurements, bio-ID in there too?" Dissiya quips, Kaidan scoffed.

· "She surprisingly checks out, Shepard," Kaidan commented.

· Shepard ignores Dissiya and focuses on Garrus at the terminal.

· "It looks like there was someone here using this facility to divert resources as well siphoning information from what looks like to be several military bases," Garrus explained.

· "Which bases? Alliance?" Shepard questioned and stole a glance at the silent woman.

· "Human, Turrian, Salarians, you name it," Garrus replied.

· "Who are they?" Shepard asked.

· "That is truly a good question Shepard," Garrus replied.

· "I'm after the person who calls themselves Aionthey are pretty slippery," Dissiya spoke up.

· "Why?"

· "Oh I dunno revenge maybe? A mission given to me by the Alliance? Could be one or the other, or both,"

· "Shepard, what do you want to do?"

[[Continue to press for answers - Neutral]]

· "Who is your Director? What are you looking for? ''Who'' were you looking for?" Shepard asked as they watched her fingers glide across the orange holographic keyboard.

· "Hmm...those are all good questions," Dissiya mused as she continued.

· "Answers,"

· The woman was silent for a moment before she spoke "Who I was looking for was the person that's refered to as AionWhat am I looking for? Well...them,"

· "Explain," Shepard pressed.

· "A wanted Hacker perhaps assassin? Human, maybe, maybe not, I'll have to get back to you on that,"

· "Commander, what do you want to do?" Kaidan asked.

[[What to do with her]]

· [[Recruit her]]

o "You've checked out the terminal and you've also checked me out as well, how about you--" Dissiya began

o "I still have more questions for you, you're coming with us," Shepard began and nodded to Kaidan.

o "Huh?" Dissiya tilted her head at the group.

o "You can debrief Admiral Hackett..." Shepard trailed off. "Unless you're not with the military as you claim,"

o "...Fine" Dissiya replied. "I mean you are a Spectre...there's not much I can do,"

o [[To the Normandy]]

· [[Drop off at Citadel]]

o "You've checked out the terminal and you've also checked me out as well, scared off my target..." Dissiya began "How about you help a lady out and give me a lift to the Citadel?"

o Annoyed at the turn of events, Shepard wanted nothing more to be done with this mission and head towards Noveria. Though her information did check out they wanted to be done with her.

o "We're leaving. If you're not ready by the time the Normandy arrives you are on your own,"

o "Great, you don't have to tell me twice," Dissiya nodded. [[To the Normandy]]

· [[Let her go]]

o "You've checked the terminal out, you've checked me out in more ways than one and scared off my target. What more do you want from me?" Dissiya questioned.

o "Nothing. You're free to leave," Shepard replied.

o "Oh? Just like that?" Dissiya replied. "Don't you want to know about why Aion was researching you?"

o "Commander are you sure?" Kaidan questioned.

o "She and whoever this Aion is the least of my concern, we've done what we've needed to, we're leaving,"

· [[Report back to the Normandy]]

o "Wait so let me get this straight..." Kaidan interjected "This...person or entity called Aion has been observing the Commander since they completed the N7 training and more?"

o "Correct," Dissiya replied. "In addition to murder, theft of intergalatic resources the list goes on,"

o "What does that have to do with me?" Shepard asked.

o "Sounds like some sort of crazed fan from the extranet," Ashley commented.

o ''Commander, Admiral Hackett is on COMM line 1''

o "Patch it through," Shepard replied.

o ''Commander Shepard. I assume there's good news about the facility''

o "There is and perhaps Agent Milo could enlighten you on the situation," Shepard began.

o "Admiral," Dissiya began

o Agent Milo. It's been sometime since the Alliance had heard from you. I hope you've been well'

o "As good as I can be, but during my pursuit I've run into Commander Shepard as it seems as if Aion has made the Commander their target," Dissiya explained.

o ''That's news to us and unfortunate.''

o "Why? Who is Aion?" Shepard questioned

o That is a good question. An enigma really, wanted for pretty much any and everything you could imagine. Agent Milo is actively working to apprehend them not only for the Alliance but for the Citadel. If you were to help apprehend them, you'll not only be helping the Citadel but also the Alliance, Shepard. I also believe Agent Milo would be a benefit to your team not only for Aion but also for your future missions as a Spectre.

o "I'll consider it," Shepard replied.

o Then I will leave that to you and Agent Milo to discuss. Shepard thank you for your assistance and good luck on your future missions. Milo don't give him too many problems. Hackett out.

o "I will do my best," Dissiya replied.

o "Joker, set a course to Noveria," Shepard called out to the pilot. "Everyone, dimissed,"

o Shepard watched as their teammates disperse and turned his attention to the woman still standing. Small in stature, short black hair with teal streak, grey eyes, possibly modified but Shepard didn't ask.

o "While you're apart of my crew you follow my orders, understood?" Shepard started.

o "Understood," Dissiya shrugged.

o "Tell me about this person called Aion,"

o ''End''

[[Citadel]]

· Commander, Admiral Hackett is on COMM line 1 (Joker)

· "Patch it through," Shepard replied.

· ''Commander Shepard. I assume there's good news about the facility''

· "There is and perhaps Agent Milo could enlighten you on the situation," Shepard began.

· "Admiral," Dissiya began

· ''Agent Milo. It's been sometime since the Alliance had heard from you. I hope you've been well''

· "As good as I can be, but during my pursuit I've run into Commander Shepard as it seems as if Aion has made the Commander their target," Dissiya explained.

· ''That's news to us and unfortunate.''

· Why? Who is Aion?" Shepard questioned

· ''That is a good question. An enigma really, wanted for pretty much any and everything you could imagine. Agent Milo is actively working to apprehend them not only for the Alliance but for the Citadel. If you were to help apprehend them, you'll not only be helping the Citadel but also the Alliance, Shepard. I also believe Agent Milo would be a benefit to your team not only for Aion but also for your future missions as a Spectre.''

· "I'll consider it," Shepard replied.

· ''Then I will leave that to you and Agent Milo to discuss. Shepard thank you for your assistance and good luck on your future missions. Hackett Out.''

· "Joker, set a course to the Citadel space," Shepard called out to the pilot. "Everyone, dimissed,"

· Shepard watched as their teammates disperse and turned his attention to the woman still standing. Small in stature, short black hair with teal streak, grey eyes, possibly modified but Shepard didn’t ask.

· “Thanks for the lfit, Shepard don’t be too surprised if our paths cross again,

· ‘’End’’

[[Report Back to the Normandy]]

· Didn't think I would hear that name again

· "So then you are aware of her?" Shepard asked

· I am aware of her, one of the best tech agents the Alliance has to offer and one of the rare ones to make it through N6 training. She has a knack for dealing with those who think they can hide in the shadows, so to speak.

· "A bounty hunter then,"

· No. Not like that but either way you don't have to worry about her, if you cross paths with her again, something is wrong. You have my thanks as well as the Alliance for helping with this issue. Hackett out.

· End

[kallithewriter]

Mass Effect 1 - Recruit the Ghost

A few months back I applied for a position that required me to use information from an already established universe to construct a side mission.

I chose Bioware's Mass Effect Universe as it is dear to my heart. Here is my outline for that side mission, it is a recruit mission for a character that doesn't exist.

Outline for Mass Effect 1 Side Mission: Ghost

This side quest mission is set early in Mass Effect, before Noveria and after Feros. The character added in this mission could be a long term recruited character or short term.

Admiral Hackett contacts Shepard requesting their assistance of a derelict Alliance Outpost on the moon called Sinmara in the Caleston Rift, Solveig System.

Mission Details:

Derelict Alliance Outpost has suddenly gone online, Hackett asks for assistance from Shepard to investigate, the outpost is due to be repurposed into a training facility. Originally this facility was secretly used further test the extremes of how much the human mind could handle, how much they could push their biotics. This is related to Dissiya’s backstory.

Pirates.

Characters involved specifically for this mission:

*Any characters could be chosen for this mission (Kaidan and Garrus were my specific go to party)

Commander Shepard

Kaidan Alenko

Garrus Vakarian

Purpose of this side quest/Mission

Additional character that could be recruited

Beginning of lore that would be woven into the Shadow Broker DLC

· Optional Character Recruitment:

o Dissiya Milo/Agent Milo

o Position in the Tech Division of the Alliance Military

o Drafted into the military at 18; military kid.

o Appearance: Black short bob, teal streak, grey eyes.

o Player will hear about her much later in the game; meets Shepard again right before Virmire.

o Otherwise she becomes an informant for Shepard in the future games

Initial Contact:

Commander, thank you for your time. I'll keep this brief. A derelict outpost in the Calestron Rift on the moon of Sinmara is suddenly back online despite it being shut down and gutted. There have been sightings of pirates in the area. The outpost has been slated to be repurposed as a training center. Clear it out.

Player will have three choices to chose from Paragon; Neutral; Renegade to respond to Admiral Hackett, will obtain mission after conversation.

· On Sinmara and in the facility, the facility shows signs of life, as well as a teammate (Kaidan) mentioning there are readings of life inside the facility before they set foot in the facility.

· Player has the option to moving forward, check gear or double-check the rooms for anything missing.

· As the player and team stepped into the last room in the facility the player has three choices to choose from – Fire weapon, throw a punch or use biotics – Choices trigger different responses but same results.

· Shep and team surprised it was a woman that surprised attacked them.

· Agent Dissiya Milo introduction – player has choice of: Pulling a gun on her (Renegade); Continue to press for answers (Neutral)

· Player has another set of choices – Recruit her; Drop off at Citadel; Let her go

Player Choices:

· Recruit – Player can recruit her to the team for a short/long term must be done before Virmire. On the Normandy, she removes her helmet as well as more information about herself:

o Optional Character Recruitment:

§ Dissiya Milo/Agent Milo

§ Position in the Tech Division of the Alliance Military

§ Drafted into the military at 18; military kid.

§ Appearance: Black short bob, teal streak, grey eyes.

· Return to Citadel – If player decides to return Agent Milo to the Citadel, they can encounter her again as she is making headway on her own Mission and be recruited before Virmire

· Let her go – Player will hear about her much later in the game; meets Shepard again right before Virmire.