Massive Disaster 5-27C

“So…”  Zedd was once again thankful that he could control the polarization on his aviators, eyes rolling hard enough that it was a blessing they didn’t clatter out of his skull. It wasn’t his fault, really. He just couldn’t help it. Every time a certain Gunnery Chief opened her mouth, it was always something designed…

The sound of Anderson clearing his throat was enough to get the attention of both Shepard and Zedd both, the redhead standing at attention while brown eyes flicked over to the rockslide rumbling throughout the room. “…lozenge?” Anderson didn’t even bother flinching at the joke, the redhead to tha captain’s right narrowing green eyes Zedd’s…

The room hummed; eezo-based sanitizers a faint, constant rhythm just a razor’s edge from silence as it scrubbed the air and every major surface in the medbay of the SSV Normandy clean. Noise and filth scrubbed clean and clear, no different than the mass effect baths they’d passed through to get the grime and blood…

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Adele knelt beside an open med case, omnitool flickering through pre-test diagnostics, the cool midday sun catching in the short waves of her dark hair. “Alright, listen up, idiots.” She barely glanced up, voice smooth, measured, and unimpressed. “Since none of you ever think ahead, I’ll be the voice of reason. These suits might make…

Floor-to-ceiling windows caught New Abraham’s twin suns like a prism, geometric shadows dancing across mahogany furniture that every person in the office knew cost more than most colonists made in a decade. The kinetic barriers hummed at a frequency just below hearing, but they still buzzed like mosquitos to Zedd’s ears, something he regretted about…