This strikes him as incredibly odd. He hasn't ridden an elevator since... well, since Shepard died. It was weird how they all seemed to completely disappear from the galaxy in the span of only two years. Kinda like standard-issue auto-cooling firearms, come to think of it. Whatever happened to those?
He blinks and becomes aware of Shepard and Tali standing beside him. They're covered in gore and flecks of electric-blue cybernetics, guns glowing warm through his scanner. The air shimmers around them and then sparks -- their shields have finished recharging.
You're in the Cerberus base above Mnemosyne, his brain helpfully supplies.
He looks around. Oh. Okay. Yeah, this is familiar. He remembers this now -- the heavy, oppressive air bearing down on them, the unnatural silence, the nigh endless hordes of husks and abominations screaming towards them to rip them limb from limb. That would explain the current state of their armor. The only thing that's wrong is that there wasn't an elevator there. Huh.
Something suddenly occurs to him. "Hey, Commander. We're going to be gone for a while on this mission. Aren't you worried about the crew members drinking all your beer?" he asks.
"Not to worry. Guess what I had installed on the Normandy," Shepard replies, shaking her head. Blue glitter -- the last remains of some poor researcher -- slowly falls from her hair like snow. It's pretty. In a really morbid sort of way.
A husk rips open the top of the elevator and drops down with a heavy thud. Its mouth works in a horrifying parody of speaking, and a dead, digitized voice buzzes out. "What did you get installed?" it asks, rushing towards Tali with its arms outstretched.
Tali casually raises her shotgun and blasts the thing in the head. Its head explodes in a cloud of grey and blue.
Shepard raises her omni-tool and calls up a holographic model of the Normandy. She narrows the view to the crew's living quarters, down in the mess hall, and points to a seemingly innocuous section of the bulkhead. Garrus leans forward for a better look -- it seems the same as the rest of the ship, but... what's that on the wall and underneath the refridgerator?
Garrus lets out a long breath when it finally hits him. "A secret revolving wall," he says, incredibly impressed. "Dude, you're a genius. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dHaOwC_4No)"
He and Shepard bump fists like bros, then turn and bump fists with Tali.
Another husk drops from the ceiling. Shepard puts her pistol up to its temple and shoots it in the head. After a moment's consideration, she bends down and bumps fists with it, too.
Elevator music begins to play. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAcIGhh5Yo)
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This strikes him as incredibly odd. He hasn't ridden an elevator since... well, since Shepard died. It was weird how they all seemed to completely disappear from the galaxy in the span of only two years. Kinda like standard-issue auto-cooling firearms, come to think of it. Whatever happened to those?
He blinks and becomes aware of Shepard and Tali standing beside him. They're covered in gore and flecks of electric-blue cybernetics, guns glowing warm through his scanner. The air shimmers around them and then sparks -- their shields have finished recharging.
You're in the Cerberus base above Mnemosyne, his brain helpfully supplies.
He looks around. Oh. Okay. Yeah, this is familiar. He remembers this now -- the heavy, oppressive air bearing down on them, the unnatural silence, the nigh endless hordes of husks and abominations screaming towards them to rip them limb from limb. That would explain the current state of their armor. The only thing that's wrong is that there wasn't an elevator there. Huh.
Something suddenly occurs to him. "Hey, Commander. We're going to be gone for a while on this mission. Aren't you worried about the crew members drinking all your beer?" he asks.
"Not to worry. Guess what I had installed on the Normandy," Shepard replies, shaking her head. Blue glitter -- the last remains of some poor researcher -- slowly falls from her hair like snow. It's pretty. In a really morbid sort of way.
A husk rips open the top of the elevator and drops down with a heavy thud. Its mouth works in a horrifying parody of speaking, and a dead, digitized voice buzzes out. "What did you get installed?" it asks, rushing towards Tali with its arms outstretched.
Tali casually raises her shotgun and blasts the thing in the head. Its head explodes in a cloud of grey and blue.
Shepard raises her omni-tool and calls up a holographic model of the Normandy. She narrows the view to the crew's living quarters, down in the mess hall, and points to a seemingly innocuous section of the bulkhead. Garrus leans forward for a better look -- it seems the same as the rest of the ship, but... what's that on the wall and underneath the refridgerator?
Garrus lets out a long breath when it finally hits him. "A secret revolving wall," he says, incredibly impressed. "Dude, you're a genius. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dHaOwC_4No)"
He and Shepard bump fists like bros, then turn and bump fists with Tali.
Another husk drops from the ceiling. Shepard puts her pistol up to its temple and shoots it in the head. After a moment's consideration, she bends down and bumps fists with it, too.
Elevator music begins to play. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAcIGhh5Yo)