Another mission accomplished and another decoration appended to his file, Nihlus walked into the Dark Star with a satisfied smile and an appetite a bit of “normal life” before he was off to the next deadly assignment. He went directly to the bar and ordered a Supernova. It was still early in the evening and the club was comfortably populated by mostly sober men and women of all species, shapes and sizes. Far from empty, but not yet crowded.
He scanned the space for promising faces, sweeping the dance-floor, than the booths lining the far walls, and sure enough, he soon found a woman eyeing him. She was alone, human, pleasing to look at. Resting one elbow on the bar, he beamed at her over the sparkling drink, and she beamed back. Dark hair, dark eyes, a round face and nice, full lips.
Liara’s life flashed in front of her. Before, she had thought that no more than a convenient phrase. Something polite to say while avoiding the generally uncomfortable subject of regrets.
Daylight, reddened by the pyre, faded quickly as they descended into the mine. Nihlus kept a wary eye on Shepard. She was pulled taut. He could see it in the way she jumped at every sound, hear it in her dry voice and her clipped, monosyllabic responses. If it were anyone else, he’d write it off as edginess before a fight. But he had seen her prepare for deployment on Eden Prime. Shepard was the type to feel the pressure after a mission, not before.
Most turians seen in Mass Effect games wear the facial markings of their home colonies. The custom was established during the so-called Unification War, which was fought 2500 years before the events in the games, and I have a theory of how it’s observed today.
Most turians seen in Mass Effect games wear the facial markings of their home colonies. Like so:
Garrus Vakarian
Adrien Victus
Lorik Qui’in
This custom was established during the so-called Unification War, which started and ended some 2500 years before the events in the games. This is the Codex entry on the Unification War:
