I commissioned @lonicera-caprifolium a few weeks ago, and this lovely masterpiece is the result! They are awesome to work with, and their art is simply stunning.
This is a birthmas present for @gaysparkler featuring her Mass Effect OC and mine, Dalila Shepard and Xavia Hale respectively. Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, best friend, I love you so much <3
Okay, I wrote this really quickly because it’s officially @aveline-the-dragon-slayer‘s birthday today and I wanted to get them something!! So a post ME3 short fic, featuring Dalila Shepard, Xavia Hale (their OC whom I love very much), Liara T’Soni and their daughter Heidi. I hope you like it, AJ!!! <3 <3 <3
Everyone forgot about birthdays while Dalila and Xavia were recovering. Dalila had just recuperated her ability to speak, and Xavia was now able to walk around a bit, with some medical help. When Xavia’s birthday came up, she was not expecting anything to happen. Technically, she had not even given that information to her girlfriends. However, she had noticed that since Dalila could talk, she asked what day it was, as if she kept forgetting it—or she was preparing something, making sure she did not sleep past the day she was awaiting.
On the day she knew it was her birthday, Liara walked in with their daughter in her arms, her great green eyes scanning the room and the people in it, a party hat on her head. Liara was wearing a matching one, and so was Dalila—although without the string around her neck to avoid damaging restoring tissues.
“Wh—what’s going on,” Xavia said, not even as a question.
Heidi reached out for Xavia to hold her. Liara stepped closer to her bed, and while passing their daughter to her, pressed a kiss to the top of Xavia’s head.
“Happy birthday, dear,” she said. Dalila echoed the wishes in a rougher voice, but a smile just as bright. Xavia stared at them all, with their dumb party hats and could not hold back her tears.
“I told you she’d cry,” Dalila said.
“Oh, don’t be smug now, darling,” Liara replied. “It’s hardly the time.”
Heidi wiped the tears on Xavia’s cheeks with small, adorable blue hands. “How did you even know it was my birthday?” she asked.
“I’m still a Spectre,” Dalila said. “I managed to get access to your file for…an important mission. I know it’s not much, but it’s hard to organize anything when we’re both in the same room pretty much all the time.”
Xavia laughed through her tears, “It’s perfect.”
The door opened, revealing Frieder and Kaidan coming through, wearing the same party hats, and respectively holding a cake and small gift bags.
“Kaidan had to pull a few strings to get this in,” Frieder said, referring to the cake, “but I knew they’d make an exception for Spectre Hale’s birthday.”
“He said ‘pull a few strings,’ but I really just had to ask to the reception… Really no big deal,” Kaidan added, lightly jabbing his husband in the ribs.
Xavia could not wipe the smile of her face. So many birthdays before—most of them, really—had gone unnoticed or flat-out ignored, but the most important people in her life decided to throw her a birthday party although no one was really in shape to celebrate anything. For once, she was speechless. She hid her face behind Heidi’s head, covered it in kisses.
“Aw,” Dalila reached for Liara’s hand. “Look honey, she doesn’t know what to say.”
“I just—” Xavia sharply inhaled. “Love you all so much.”
I was tagged by @shepard-adaar to talk about my OC in-depth! Thank you so much 💕
I tag @aveline-the-dragon-slayer, @jawsandbones and @commvnder-shepard, only if you want to, of course :)
I don’t have a good picture for her, but here’s Dalila Shepard x)
BASICS
Full Name: Dalila Jenell Shepard
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian
Family: Frieder Shepard (brother), Xavia Hale and Liara (girlfriends wives) and her crew. Eventually four kids :3
Pronouns: She/her
OTHER
Birthplace: Mindoir in the Attican Traverse
Job(s): Commander of the Normandy, Spectre, professional piano player (before the Batarians attacked her colony)
Phobias: Losing a limb, not being able to protect her family
Guilty Pleasures: Bad reality TV, cheesy detective novels, getting piercings
Hobbies: Piano (she was supposed to become a pianist before her family and community was killed and she was recruited by the Alliance), reading, sparring with James or Xavia while listening to classical music
MORALS
Morality Alignment: Lawful/neutral good
Sins/Bad Qualities: When something happens outside of her control, she can become irrationally angry. Losing Thessia was especially hard.
Virtues/Good Qualities: Merciful (but not with Kai Leng), Will Never Stop Working until her job is done, loves her family/crew more than anything else
THIS OR THAT
Introvert/Extrovert: Introverted
Organized/Disorganized: Organized
Close-Minded/Open-Minded: Open-minded
Calm/Anxious/Restless: VERY anxious
Disagreeable/Agreeable/In-Between: In-between. She listens to the Council and her superiors, but she can get pretty angry at them, especially when no one believes her about the Reapers
Cautious/Reckless/In-Between: In-between again. She can take very impulsive decisions that put herself in danger. She tends to prioritize her squadmates’ safety before her own
Patient/Impatient: Patient, but has her limits (like with the Council)
Outspoken/Reserved: Outspoken
Leader/Follower/Flexible: Leader
Empathetic/Unempathetic: Very empathetic
Optimistic/Pessimistic/Realist: Realist
Traditional/Modern/In-Between: Modern
Hard-Working/Lazy/Unmotivated: She never stops working, so I’ll say hard-working
Just a little drabble with my oc, Xavia, and @gaysparkler's oc, Dalila for oc week
According to the clock hanging on the wall, Xavia and Dalila had exactly 53 minutes of sleep when their new baby, Anderson, began crying for the third time that night. Xavia did her best to hold in her groan when she realized that it was her turn to check on him.
They adopted Anderson only three weeks ago, and it had been a hell of a ride since. None of their daughters had been this unruly when they were babies—and Xavia, Dalila, and Liara took care of them from the womb and on, unlike their son—and Xavia just hoped that Anderson was an outlier and none of their future children would be as merciless as him. Xavia just wanted one full hour of sleep, was that too much to ask?
“It’s your turn,” Dalila murmured, and Xavia sighed.
“I know, I’m getting up, just give me a second,” Xavia said. Oh, she didn’t want to leave the comfort of their bed…
“When did Liara say she would be back? Anderson is kicking our butts with just the two of us here,” Xavia whined. That was probably another reason she thought Anderson was so much worse than their other children: Liara had been gone for almost two weeks on Shadow Broker business, and their usual three mom rotation had been cut down to two. Now, not only did Xavia and Dalila have to manage three school-age children on their own, there was also a screaming baby with absolutely no idea what being awake and quiet was like. Xavia didn’t think she could last another two weeks and still maintain her sanity.
“Um, she should be back in a day or two, I think?” Dalila said, sleep still thick in her voice. “You’re right, though. We may have saved the galaxy from the Reapers, but we are no match for Anderson Hale T'Soni Shepard.”
Xavia chuckled. “I don’t think the Crucible can help us with him.”
Dalila murmured something else, but it was too quiet for Xavia to understand, meaning Dalila was already almost back to sleep. Xavia only briefly wished it were her before she ripped the covers off herself and sat up. She quickly wiped the rest of the sleep from her eyes, then summoned all the willpower she had and slid off the bed and onto the cold, hardwood floor below. She walked down the hall of their apartment—after their third daughter, the three parents decided to move into a bigger house elsewhere on the Citadel, and Freider, Kaidan, and their two daughters lived in the old apartment Captain Anderson gave Dalila.
Xavia opened the door to the nursery, and she picked up the still-screaming baby. Singing and rocking him was usually enough to put Anderson back to sleep after fifteen minutes or so, but once he was laid back in his crib, he would immediately begin crying again, which would mean another fifteen minutes of singing and rocking. It took Xavia nearly an hour to get him to fall asleep then stay gods there be that Anderson would sleep through however many hours there were left in the night.
Xavia nearly passed out walking back down the hallway, and the happiness and relief she felt to be back under the covers of their bed was beyond her own comprehension. She could write sonnets about the joys of laying under a nice, heavy duvet, warmth radiating off of one of her wives as they slept next to her. Oh, what a relief it was!
Her joyous inner ramblings were only increased in intensity as Dalila turned and Xavia was able to bask in the wonders of her wife’s face. Dalila smiled sleepily, and Xavia grinned back.
“So, he’s finally down, then?” Dalila asked, and Xavia nodded. “Ah, yet another battle we can count as a win.”
“For now, at least,” Xavia said. Dalila chuckled, then she closed the space between the two of them and kissed Xavia chastely on the lips. When she pulled back, they were both smiling like idiots, despite how tired they both were.
“We’ve already done this three times, we can do it a fourth,” Dalila said. Xavia leaned in for a kiss again, this time significantly less chaste as she held Dalila’s face in her hands.
“And a fifth, and a sixth…” Xavia said between kisses.
“Hmmm, we’ll see,” Dalila laughed, though it was muffled by Xavia’s mouth. “We’ll have that discussion after Anderson can walk. I’m not having another set of kids just a year apart, and I’m sure Liara will agree.”
They pulled back again, though this time for good. They said goodnight for the fourth time that night as they snuggled together, eventually falling asleep in each other’s arms.
Twenty-two minutes and forty-five seconds later, Anderson began crying again.
After a long wait, here it is!! Xavia Hale belongs to @aveline-the-dragon-slayer, Dalila is my canon Commander, and they are in a polyamorous relationship with Liara. Here’s some Shadow Broker angst from ME2 ;)
Xavia helped Dalila up after her fall, watching Liararunning to catch Tela Vasir. Dalila was clearly in pain, but Liara had not evenlooked behind her to make sure that she was all right. Xavia looked at hergirlfriend, who nodded at her signaling that she was fine, before chasing Vasiras well, Garrus not far behind them. They reached a balcony, just in time tosee Vasir escape in a stolen car and Liara still shooting at the vehicle. MoreBroker agents arrived but taking them down was not a problem. When everythinghad calmed down, Xavia decided to confront Liara.
“What’s wrong with you?” she shouted. “Dalila fell fromabout three stories and you don’t even stop?”
“She’s been through worse; a fall was not going to killher!” Liara argued. “Vasir was our target, and she ran away.”
“She’s your girlfriend, ourgirlfriend! You didn’t see her in two years and you barely acknowledged her!”
“I didn’t see you much in the past two years either, Xavia,”Liara replied, cold and hurtful.
Dalila put her hand on Xavia’s shoulder. “Let’s not forgetwho our enemy is,” she said. “I’m sorry Vasir ran away, Liara. And I’m sorrythat our reunion had to be this way.”
“We don’t have time for this. We need to go after Vasir,then find Feron. And kill anyone who tries to stop us.”
“That’s it?” Xavia asked. There was still frustration in hervoice.
“That’s it,” Liara confirmed. She walked to get a car withoutlooking back at Xavia or Dalila.
Once Vasir was dead, Liara rushed to go back to the Normandyto find the Shadow Broker’s lair and find her friend Feron, again withoutmaking sure her girlfriends were not injured. Xavia got tired of it. Shegrabbed Liara’s wrist and turned her around.
“Would you stop for a second?” Xavia insisted. “We’ll bejumping several lightyears, there’s time to talk.”
“About what?” Liara hissed.
“About us!”
“Xavia, listen. I’m glad you and Dalila are here, I truly am—”
“You’re worried you might have terminals you need me tohack?” Xavia fought back.
“That’s not fair! Dalila died, and you left me alone togrieve!”
“I came back,” Dalila interjected. “And I found Xavia.”
“It’s not that easy!” Liara looked away, tears in her eyes. “Youcan’t just come back and have two years of mourning and heartbreak suddenly vanish.I—I can’t do this. Let’s find Feron and we can discuss this after.”
“Fine,” Xavia unhappily conceded. She took Dalila’s hand inhers and pulled her ahead of Liara to reach the Normandy before. Their heartsstung; the initial glee from finding Liara again gone to an unpleasant andbitter disappointment to the person she was now.
“Xavia…” Dalila started.
“We have to get you checked out by Chakwas,” Xaviainterrupted. Dalila lowered her head in understanding and dropped the subject.She would have to keep a close watch on Xavia to make sure that she would notreach for a tequila bottle once she was alone. That conversation with Liara hitthem both harder than they thought it would. Dalila hoped that they would makeit better once they found Feron and everything settled down.
Summary: Xavia has one of the best ideas in the history of the galaxy to make mandatory shore leave a bit more fun for her girlfriends.
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Dalila Shepard belongs to @gaysparkler !
Xavia, Dalila, and Liara sat in the living room of their apartment on the Citadel that Anderson gave Dalila. They were on mandatory shore leave, and Liara and Xavia all but forbad Dalila from leaving the house except for “fun missions,” as Xavia called it. To make it fair, Dalila said that if the other two women didn’t leave the house, then she wouldn’t either. In other words, now that Dalila couldn’t do any work for the Alliance or Council, Liara couldn’t do any work as the Shadow Broker, and Xavia couldn’t go to the Armax Arsenal Arena, they were all three at a loss for what to do.
Dalila and Liara ended up on their datapads secretly working on assignments, but Xavia lay on the couch, bored as hell. She could go work out in the spare bed room on the equipment Anderson left, but after beating James’s ass the other day by 10 over his record, Xavia’s arms were still too sore for something as strenuous as that. They weren’t too sore for the Armax Arena, of course, but somebody wouldn’t let her leave the house to do that. So, Xavia was left to her own devices and imagination. Luckily, she had a very good imagination and a very nostalgic memory.
“The floor is lava,” Xavia whispered, before sitting up. Dalila didn’t even spare Xavia a glance.
“Hmm?” she asked, still scrolling through messages on her datapad.
She repeated. “The. Floor. Is. Lava.”
Liara, now, glanced up at her lover. “What does that mean?”
“It’s a game human children play,” Dalila answered, looking like she was caught between amusement and disappointment. “I haven’t played that game since I was six.”
“Neither have I,” Xavia responded, standing up on the couch now, “but what can I say? The floor has a tendency to become molten, no matter how old the people in the room are.”
“I really need to finish this report, Xavia,” Liara said. She, too, seemed like she couldn’t decide if she wanted to join in or tell Xavia to sit down. “It’s really important.”
“You know what else is really important? Shore leave. Destressing. Though usually everything around you being hot and dangerous usually isn’t a good thing, it is in this situation.”
“There’s a slight problem with that,” Dalila said, looking at her prosthetic leg. “I can’t exactly move like I used to.”
Xavia smiled sympathetically at her girlfriend. “Well, maybe the lava will give you a handicap? Oh, wait! Can you use your biotics?”
Dalila stared at Xavia, then raised an eyebrow. “You want me to use my biotics—which would have basically been considered a superpower a hundred years ago—so I can play ‘the floor is lava’ with you, a thirty-six year old woman, in the apartment our old captain gave us, in the middle of a war?”
Xavia deadpanned. “Yes.”
“Is this really that important to you?”
“Yes.”
Dalila rolled her eyes and put her datapad on the coffee table. “Sometimes, Xavia, sometimes,” she chuckled, standing up on her seat. It was a simple one, basically just a soft table, so she had no problem standing on it. “I’ll go along with this for like twenty minutes, but then I need to get back to what I was working on.”
“We’ll see if you still want to stop in twenty minutes,” Xavia replied, smirking. Dalila rolled her eyes again before she half-jumped, half-stumbled onto the coffee table, then did it again to land on the sofa between Xavia and the still-sitting Liara. Xavia gave her lover a kiss, then the two humans look at the asari.
“How is lava supposed to be fun?” Liara asked, still not convinced.
“It’s not fun, exactly, but humans try to make light of things that scare them,” Xavia said. “And usually, it ends up becoming a kid’s thing. It’s kind of fucked up, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable of a game. Or destressing.”
Liara sighed. “Fine. Hopefully it makes more sense in practice than it does in theory.”
“It really doesn’t,” Dalila commented.
“Yes!” Xavia exclaimed, ignoring Dalila. She reached a hand down to help Liara up, almost knocking Dalila over in the process. Once they were all standing on the couch, Liara looked around.
“So, what now?” she asked.
“Well,” Xavia, too, glanced around the room. They were going to have a bit of difficulty going from place to place with how long the hallway was, but surely they would think of something when they got to that point.
“Now we just… see how much of the house we can get to without falling into the lava,” she continued. To start, Xavia jumped from the couch onto the coffee table, then from the coffee table to the chair Dalila was sitting on before. Once she landed successfully on the chair, she looked back at her lovers and smiled triumphantly. Liara chuckled and Dalila smiled back, both shaking their heads at Xavia. Xavia realized something: unlike Dalila and Liara, she was rubbish at leading people in a practical setting like the military, but she could lead her two girlfriends in having fun. She could lead the leaders. She had so much power.
Liara hesitated, but finally, she jumped across the lava covered floor and landed on the coffee table. Her graceful landing made her grin, and she continued on the same path as Xavia, landing on the table-chair. Now, it was time for Dalila to make her move.
“Can you fit another person on that seat?” Dalila asked, raising an eyebrow. Her concern made sense, but Xavia wasn’t a quitter.
“Of course!” she responded, not even giving the question a second thought. “We can fit, it’ll just be a bit tight. We can do this.”
“Xavia Hale, if I fall into the lava because we can’t fit on that chair, I’m holding you personally responsible,” Dalila said.
Xavia laughed. “We can do it if you believe we can, Dalila. Just believe.”
Dalila shook her head, then made her way onto the coffee table. It was still far from graceful, but Dalila hadn’t used her biotics yet, which was a good sign.
Once she landed, Dalila took a deep breath, then leapt onto the chair. Xavia and Liara almost fell back, but they were able to catch themselves before it was too late.
“See! We did it!” Xavia exclaimed, smiling. The three exchanged high fives all around, then they all simultaneously realized their mistake.
They were surrounded by stairs and meters of no furniture.
“So, what now, Xavia?” Liara asked. There was a hint of “I told you we shouldn’t play this game” in her voice, and Xavia didn’t like it.
“We scoot,” she replied. Dalila and Liara looked at Xavia. “What! Do you guys have a better idea? I say we scoot until we reach the stairs, then go from there.”
“Really?” Dalila asked. “How can we wing it up stairs?”
Xavia looked around again. “Oh! The fireplace!” she said victoriously. “We can climb on top of the edge of the fireplace, scoot across very carefully, and then go from there onto the couch in the room with the bar.”
“Well, it’s worth a shot,” Liara said, shrugging.
Xavia went first again, placing her leg on the fireplace ledge, then slowly angling herself and putting more weight on her leg. She gripped the edge of the shelf with all the books and movie albums, then quickly swung her other leg over to join the first. Once successful, of course Xavia had to make a “ha ha!” sound before beginning the long trek around the ledge.
“Don’t fall,” Dalila teased, and Xavia would have flipped her off if she didn’t need both her hands to ensure she didn’t fall in the lava. Instead, she made a mocking “haha” sound, and continued easing her way across.
Once she reached the pile of wood, Dalila climbed onto the fireplace as well. It took her a minute to get solid footing, but she still didn’t use her biotics. Xavia was already on the couch in the other room when Liara joined Dalila, but she smiled when she heard her girlfriends laughing when Liara almost fell.
It took a bit of time, but eventually, all three women were on the couch in the room next to where they began. Dalila and Liara were truly having fun now, and the happiness and ease on their faces was something Xavia saw far too little. It had her grinning like an idiot right along with them.
“So, to the bar?” Dalila asked.
“To the bar!” Xavia shouted, pointing towards the bar.
This time, however, Dalila went first. She stood on the arm of the couch, then very cautiously reached her leg across to the bar table. It took a moment to get her prosthetic leg in a steady position, especially with how hard it was for her to bend it, but once she got a nice grip, she jumped off the sofa with her other foot and landed a bit wobbly on the table. She made it, though, and glanced back happily at her two lovers. She was about to continue onto the bar against the wall, but she stopped.
“How are we supposed to get up the stairs?” she asked, looking at Xavia and Liara.
They exchanged glances. Good question. “Can you make it to the railing?” Xavia asked, unsure. It would definitely be a stretch to make it around the wall, but that was their best option.
“I could try,” Dalila said, though she looked skeptical. She continued onto the other part of the bar, anyway, and prepared herself for the attempt.
While Dalila tested her reach and flexibility, Xavia followed behind her and made it from the couch to the bar. Liara opted to wait until at least one of them made it to the stairs before she followed, but she had quite the dirty look on her face as she watched Xavia sit on her knees on the bar, her ass pointed at Liara, and Dalila right next to her, trying to wiggle across the wall and land safely on the railing without falling to her death.
“My eyes are up here,” Xavia joked, and Liara blushed. “You can’t see Dalila’s eyes, but I’m pretty sure they are nowhere near where you’re checking out.”
“Forgive me, but the two of you are hotter than the lava currently threatening our lives,” Liara winked, and Xavia nearly fell off the bar.
“Hot,” Dalila said, as she disappeared behind the wall. “And while my two useless girlfriends were flirting like teenagers, I managed to do the impossible. With the help of my biotics, sure, but it was still impossible.”
“Great job!” Xavia told her. “And don’t pretend you don’t like listening to your two useless girlfriends flirt.”
“You’re right, I do,” Dalila sighed, lost in thought for a moment. Eventually, she continued. “But it’s your turn now, Xavia, so remember: be careful.”
Xavia sighed. “Now I’m going to fall into the lava just because you said that.” Xavia crossed the gap between the front and back of the bar, and then she began the peerless journey from the bar to the stairs, one that little attempt and even fewer ever survive (probably). This could make or break her career (definitely not), and failure could cost her life (not at all). This, this right here, would be one of the toughest things she would ever do in her life, maybe even the toughest. Everything and everyone depended on her making it across this wall and onto the railing, unscathed.
It was now or never.
The hardest part for Xavia, admittedly, was the fact she could barely use her arms because of how sore they were. That was her fault, and she was paying the price tenfold. Thankfully, her legs were still in pique physical condition, and they were able to do their job to their full extend, even pick up the slack a bit from what her arms were too weak to do. She definitely didn’t regret those fitness training classes during her time with the Alliance.
Once one of her feet were firmly sitting on the middle railing, Xavia swung her other leg over. She struggled to find the railing then steady herself, but she managed. She knew Dalila was close by because she could hear her snicker lovingly at Xavia’s struggles, as a good girlfriend should while the other dangles meters upon meters of lava. It’s actually recommended by most doctors.
“You almost got it,” Liara said, also amused by Xavia’s troubles. Liara was on the bar now, too, waiting for Xavia to either perish or make it across the railing. Xavia hoped she would be as victorious on the next part as she was every time before.
Now, she just had to bring her chest and arms over the side of the wall and join her legs. Her arms were threatening to give out any minute, so she had to do it fast, jerkily sliding her body along the wall. It couldn’t have looked pleasant and it absolutely wasn’t, but finally, Xavia was completely on the stair railing.
“I did it!” Xavia shouted, looking with glee at Dalila. The other woman chuckled, and they high-fived again. They scooted a bit up the railing so Liara would have room to join them.
Liara struggled a bit, too, but not nearly as much as Xavia. It was practically perfect. Too perfect. Xavia had known Liara for three years, and over time, the asari became less and less against cheating. Xavia eyed Liara skeptically.
“Wow, we all made it to the railing, and only Dalila used her biotics. Which is completely understandable because she only has one leg. But you and me, Liara? We have two legs, so we didn’t use our biotics. Not that I can use biotics. But if I could, I still wouldn’t have used it to make it across.”
“Yes, either you didn’t use biotics, or you just used them quite poorly,” Liara laughed.
“Well, you didn’t use yours either, and you did pretty well,” Xavia added.
Liara raised her eyebrow, smiling. “You’re right, I didn’t need to.”
Xavia rolled her eyes. “Of course you didn’t. You’re just that impressive.”
“You’re right, I am. But you are too, just not at jumping.” She smirked. “And Dalila is impressive with her biotics.”
“Thank you, dear,” Dalila said.
With Xavia now shamed and complimented after trying to call out Liara, the three of them focused on climbing the stair railing.
“Wait,” Liara began as they reached the halfway point, “why is the lava up the stairs, too? Does it manage to hit every step on the way down? Is the source of the lava up here somewhere? If there’s only a limited supply and it all flows downstairs, then shouldn’t it be safe up here after it has time to cool off and harden into rock? I know I haven’t studied lava much, but how would it be possible?”
“How would the floor be able to spontaneously transform into lava?” Xavia asked as she continued to climb the railing. “It doesn’t make sense. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow—the flow of the lava, in this case.” Xavia chuckled at her own stupid joke that wasn’t funny nor really a joke.
“Well, if we went with the flow of the lava, then we would be going downstairs,” Dalila reminded her.
“Sometimes, you just have to go against the flow of the lava,” Xavia corrected.
They reached the top of the stairs, and they were presented with another dilemma: they couldn’t go anywhere from there. They could inch across the wood paneling to their left, but they would be stuck again at the end of the hall. Xavia looked around, but she couldn’t find an answer to their problem.
“Maybe I could sacrifice myself?” Xavia asked. “We could go along the wood paneling, then at the end of the hall, I could give my life and you guys can use my body to cross into the bedroom.”
“That seems…a bit excessive, don’t you think?” Dalila said.
“Well, do you have any better ideas?” Xavia retorted.
“Does the rug count as floor or furniture?” Liara asked, pointing to the big shag rug in the middle of the loft by the paintings and sculptures.
“I mean, it could be considered furniture, but we can’t really go anywhere from there, can we?” Xavia questioned, looking at Liara.
“Well, after a death defying stunt like the one we just pulled,” Dalila began, picking up on what Liara was saying, “we could probably use a little break. Maybe…celebrate that we all lived.”
It finally clicked in Xavia’s brain. “Oh, right,” she said, smirking. “You’re right. We should celebrate our victory. Too bad we didn’t grab a bottle of wine while we were at the bar, though.”
Dalila chuckled. “I think we’ll manage just fine without it.”
They continued walking along the rail on the stairs, switching to the right side so they could reach the rug. They could hardly keep their hands off each other, though, and all three of them almost fell off the railing at least once.
Once they reached the rug, they settled down together, and they began their celebrations.
Xavia decided “the floor is lava” was the best idea she could have had.
FORCAS, LUDWIG, MADISA, FRIEDER, AND DALILA FOR THE OCS THING (I would say do all of them but you have like 10 ocs and I don't want to make you do that long of a post all at once x))
The number of OCs I have is really becoming a problem… But thank you for always leaving an ask x) This is a really long post, so I put it under the cut!
Forcas TrevelyanFull Name: Forcas Athalos TrevelyanGender and Sexuality: Male, gayPronouns: He/himEthnicity/Species: Free Marcher, humanBirthplace and Birthdate: Ostwick, 3rd day of Solace, 9:15 DragonGuilty Pleasures: Spa dayPhobias: Heights, losing those he lovesWhat They Would Be Famous For: His beardWhat They Would Get Arrested For: Well, he did run away to join the army when he was 16, so he could get arrested to be brought home, with his family…OC You Ship Them With: @aveline-the-dragon-slayer, do you think he and Jaras would get along?OC Most Likely To Murder Them: I feel like Samael would have little patience with him at first, Forcas being an Andrastian and all…Favorite Movie/Book Genre: ROMANCELeast Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: Love trianglesTalents and/or Powers: Not really… He can easily wield any type of sword/ax?Why Someone Might Love Them: Forcas is very free with his affections, so if he likes you, you’ll know. He’s very friendly and open-minded.Why Someone Might Hate Them: He can be slow to learn things, which could annoy some… He’s also very stubborn about certain matters.How They Change: Throughout his time with the Inquisition, he learns how to be a leader. He was never one, and was never meant to be one. His family intended to send him to the Chantry to become a Templar, then he was a soldier in the army, just a follower. He becomes more mature.Why You Love Them: He’s just so sweet. Big guy with big scary eyebrows, but he just wants to hug everyone and he’s Doing His Best.
Ludwig CouslandFull Name: Ludwig Emeric CouslandGender and Sexuality: Male, pansexualPronouns: He/himEthnicity/Species: Fereldan, humanBirthplace and Birthdate: Ferelden, somewhere in 9:12Guilty Pleasures: Reading in a quiet corner, sparring with FergusPhobias: Being rejected (just because he’s mute, for example)What They Would Be Famous For: Stopping the Blight, teaching sign language throughout FereldenWhat They Would Get Arrested For: Being a Warden? x)OC You Ship Them With: None yet ;-;OC Most Likely To Murder Them: I can’t think of a reason why one of my OCs would kill him x) They’re not the killing type (except Samael, on certain occasions)Favorite Movie/Book Genre: Mystery, thrillerLeast Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: Turns out the villain is good and is redeemed Talents and/or Powers: He’s very good at teaching sign language.Why Someone Might Love Them: He’s charismatic and just a nice person in general (I’m sorry, he’s not developed yet, I don’t know him ;-;)Why Someone Might Hate Them: He can brag about his life as a noble and missing the luxuries of his previous life. He never thought he would be thrown in the life he has now.How They Change: He eventually accepts his new role as a Warden and matures a lot. He’s only like 19 at the beginning, after all. Why You Love Them: He’s mute and I think that will be very fun to write!! He’s also Doing His Best.
Mandisa TrevelyanFull Name: Mandisa Isabelle TrevelyanGender and Sexuality: Female, lesbianPronouns: She/herEthnicity/Species: Free Marcher, humanBirthplace and Birthdate: Ostwick, 9th day of Kingsway, 9:18 DragonGuilty Pleasures: Playing Wicked GracePhobias: Losing controlWhat They Would Be Famous For: Her magical abilitiesWhat They Would Get Arrested For: Her magical abilities OC You Ship Them With: @aveline-the-dragon-slayer‘s Miri Lavellan x)OC Most Likely To Murder Them: Forcas, if he was a Templar and if she was in a Circle. She lost control of her magic at one point, didn’t turn out well.Favorite Movie/Book Genre: AdventureLeast Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: Cliffhangers Talents and/or Powers: She’s a Dreamer sooooWhy Someone Might Love Them: She’s funny and likes to make jokesWhy Someone Might Hate Them: She might come across like she doesn’t care about her title (but she does, she just doesn’t let anyone see it)How They Change: She learns to trust people more, something that was difficult to do after a life spent in a Circle.Why You Love Them: She’s just so great. I love her and Josie together.
Frieder ShepardFull Name: Frieder ShepardGender and Sexuality: Male, gayPronouns: He/himEthnicity/Species: German, humanBirthplace and Birthdate: Leipzig (Germany), April 11th, 2154 (December 27th, 2150 in the AU I have with @aveline-the-dragon-slayer)Guilty Pleasures: Playing chess, getting tattoos, painting/drawingPhobias: Abandonment What They Would Be Famous For: Being Commander Shepard’s brother (yes that’s the AU), stopping the ReapersWhat They Would Get Arrested For: Being part of a gangOC You Ship Them With: I’m sorry, Frieder goes only with Kaidan x)OC Most Likely To Murder Them: Xavia HaleFavorite Movie/Book Genre: Mmm, romanceLeast Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: UNREQUITED LOVETalents and/or Powers: Vv powerful bioticWhy Someone Might Love Them: Despite his rocky path, Frieder is a good person. He gives mercy to those deserving. When he gets to know his crew, he opens up and his true personality can shine through.Why Someone Might Hate Them: He can lose his patience very fast and snap at people when they don’t necessarily deserve it. How They Change: He was very angry before. With Dalila and Kaidan, he becomes a better person (and develops coping mechanisms)Why You Love Them: He is such a gay mess, and he has so much love to give.
Dalila ShepardFull Name: Dalila Jenell ShepardGender and Sexuality: Female, pansexualPronouns: She/herEthnicity/Species: From the Mindoir colony, humanBirthplace and Birthdate: Mindoir, April 11th, 2154Guilty Pleasures: Playing piano, reading, listening to classical music while training with James/XaviaPhobias: Drowning What They Would Be Famous For: Being Commander Shepard, stopping the Reapers What They Would Get Arrested For: The whole Arrival DLC in Mass Effect 2 x)OC You Ship Them With: XAVIA HALE, @aveline-the-dragon-slayer‘s OCOC Most Likely To Murder Them: Also Xavia Hale (more like a playful threat)Favorite Movie/Book Genre: She doesn’t have much time to read, but she loves old science-fiction novels from the 20th-21st century.Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: The long lost twin makes a comeback (ironic cause she has a long lost brother)Talents and/or Powers: As Frieder, she is a very powerful bioticWhy Someone Might Love Them: She never gives up on people. She tries to find anything good to those she meets.Why Someone Might Hate Them: She has made a few questionable decisions during missions. Her tendency to offer redemption to others is not always liked.How They Change: It becomes harder to get her to talk about what’s going on in her head. The war took a toll on her, and she progressively closes more. Liara and Xavia have to give her space and let her decide when she’s ready to talk.Why You Love Them: She’s my first Mass Effect OC and I just love her so much ;-; She wants everyone to be safe, to the point where she endangers herself to make sure that the others make it.
That took me like an hour, wow x) It was great though, thanks!!
