Consequences

Speech - inner thoughts

'Speech' - talking inside of mind/telepathy

"Speech" - talking outloud 

Speech - narrator

As I walk with my relatively modest baggage, like I only have one set of clothes – the one I already wear, I remember my 'according to memo+holo' thought. Yeah, not even close. Should've guess, proto-me never even left Earth, so his memories of this. . . place all based on YouWatch videos. Yep, intergalactic network that shares cultural values of all races wears the most creative name. Not.

But, honestly. . . the Citadel can't even be really called a city. It's a f*bleep*ng country, if it was medieval time, word 'empire' would naturally come to my mind. It has 5 colossal . . . wings? Arms, legs, tentacles? Doesn't matter, on its every appendage lies a single city, which I presume can host an entire race and still have some place for . . . something hidden.

Yes, that one tiny thing kinda ruins the mood. Having a hard time to tame my suspicions here. As I move towards my destination, place called Lower Wards and yeah, I am as optimistic about its name as an amount of air outside of the Citadel. Anyway, as I move I see some kind of insect/goofy creature. Quick extranet search . . . apparently, they have the Keeper title. And now these greenies boosted my suspicious mood into full blown paranoia. They maintain this whole station, which is good,but at the same time they, and it has been proven, forbid any access attempt towards a majority of the Citadel. And no one even give a damn.

Yeah, I guess there are some scientists that try to scan and research them, but that only worsens the situation. If these creatures warrant enough effort to keep silence about them, either their value has to be high enough or the smart ones couldn't find anything about them. And in both scenarios, there is only one way Protheans could've built station complex enough for even its cleaning team to be so advanced. And that is someone help them from outside.

I guess, someone to them, like Protheans to us, could've left some info on development. Which let me assume that Protheans never built Citadel, and I'll even go further. Mass relays? Also not theirs. Maybe my leftover from first life paranoia still works and see triangles everywhere. Or maybe not. So I'll have to be vigilant anywhere here. Yeah, healthy outlook there, Chris. Please, let my theory just be some sort of paranoid delusion.

Well, nothing I can really do about it. Now, where is elev. . .

*3rd POV*

As a young black/purple haired man look around himself, as if in search of something, something manages to find him. Alien, wearing blue and black colored armor, and a visor on his eye, bumps into that person. Luckily, no one falls. When young man stabilized himself, the only thing he did was turning to the offender, while raising his right eyebrow, as if waiting for an explanation.

"Looking for trouble, human with weird hair?" – Alien said. Although his words could mean threat, his eyes were full of humor. Human, keeping his eyebrow position, added some deadpan to his glance. Pun was not appreciated.

"So, how long you will be admiring me? I mean, eternity is a definite possibility, but I don't swing that way." – amount of humor only increased. Deadpan, being the competitive one, followed right after.

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*5 minutes of intense staring contest later*

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"Look, pal, you starting to unnerve me. And I'm a C-Sec. So I'll just say I'm sorry for bumping, give you an advice about being attentive and flee where I was going before you eye-molested me. See you. . . never, I hope." – Alien was quite fast in his retreat.

*1st POV*

How can I explain my current mind state? Ah, yes, the classics. *throat clearing sound* Nani de f*bleep* just happened?!? Some dog-f*bleep*ed-by-hedgehog's son just bumped into me, tried to be funny, then he leaves, while giving me an advice about being attentive? I've been waiting for his explanation for a 5 minutes, and I am inattentive one? Also, my apt description was rude, that much I can acknowledge, but what the f*bleep* is that race? Nothing about it in my head, never saw it on extranet. And, yeah, extranet don't have 'Similar inquires' feature, with amount of data it holds makes sense. Still, why de/Chris didn't have any info about them? Oh well, its Googling time.

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Oh, yes, makes sense. A guy with military-daddy issues doesn't know about military-based race. What a surprise. Not.

Anyway, these 'turians' apparently have the greatest war power among other races. Heh, First Contact war says otherwise. Basically a draw with 'sticks against guns', I'm kinda proud of my people. Or, well, 1/3 of my existence is proud, details, am I right? Also, that reminds me one fact I read about Quarians. they're considered to have the biggest ship armada, so they could be stronger than turians. Guess I'll see.

Moreover, he mentioned C-Sec. A title, maybe? 'Sec' part is security, obviously, so 'C' stands for Citadel, I presume. That weirdo was actually a cop? If all 'servants of justice' are like him, I give this station a year, tops, before someone raids it. Oh, paranoia, long time no see, wanted a little longer though. I guess I raised a flag?

Doesn't matter, still have work to do. Literally. Wait a minute, did that guy place those arrows, or I do have attention problem? I want to say it's the first, but . . . Nope, not gonna think about it, just walk inside big metal box, outside of which there is no oxygen. I hope they're fast, at least.

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So, even speaking with inside voice, I can curse myself. *tired sigh* F*bleep*.

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That was fun, music inside was fun, view outside was fun, elevator itself was fun. *sound of unnaturally big smile* Got to admit, though, view is breathtaking. Wait, do people actually use elevator as some sort of sightseeing tour? Nah. Although, it could be used as a really bad, but working place for meditation. By the way, note to the near future, try Meditation skill.

And so I'd arrived to Lower Wards, well, fitting name, I guess. Can't say it looks poor, but the heaven/earth metaphor is usable here. I've been sent to a criminal district, haven't I? My dad is a marine, and he has connection to this place. I guess you're not so 'rules-to-a-dot', daddy.

Wait, that arrow says 'C-Sec'. Which means, it can't be some shady part of Citadel. I mean, no one would be dumb enough to actually do something illegal when local police are right behind the corner.

"Oi, newbie boy, transfer all your credits to me, or there'll be new hole inside your head" As I stare at the new addition to my view, an overdesigned tube with something looking too similar to a bullet for it to be a coincidence, there is only one question in my mind: Was I transferred to some comedy show, or my luck is actually that bad?

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Ok, it's been 10 seconds already, he is shaking, that can't be good. And I get a feeling that his eyes will just run on their own, they're just twitching so much. Plus, I'm pretty sure he said something, couple times. So, I don't have a lot of time to think. I can't get shot, body without a new hole after being shot will draw attention, either through his screams 'Monster!!!' or through the station itself. Yep, paranoia still here and don't plan to leave.

 Can't rely on my stats to beat his gun out of his hand, maybe my stats are low for that, don't want to risk. Void sight could help, but right now it's a wild card. I don't know if he'll know about being Void-perved upon, have no idea what kind of info I'll receive. So no useful intel for now.

And my time is running out, just as my options. Well, I do have one card that is as wild as my sight, but at least the usage is somewhat known. Okay, mental deep breath, focus, and. . . Glare.

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Wow, not even a second later he just ran off. Damn, that's a powerful one. Makes me suspic . . .F*bleepety-bleep-of-bleeping-bleeple*. *sound of internal soul-piercing screams. Literally* My head, my arms and legs, my . . . me hurts. Can't think. Need to sit. Cover on my left. Need to go there.

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*half an hour later*

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Okay, I'm better right now, still hurts, but subdued. As I can think clearer than before, what actually happened? When I used my glare on Miri, the feeling of glare was almost the same, but no side effect. Now, I do the same, and not only simple human, maybe even below average, just run away, when a divine being cowered before, but I felt like he shot at every single part of my body at the same time. Maybe that place was stabilizing me, or something. Don't have a single clue.

[CHA parameter skill use detected, wish to learn?]

And here is my clue. Well, no reason to decline. 'Yes, I wish to learn'

[Acknowledged. Skill 'Intent' created. 1 slot consumed]

[Intent

Level: 1

Attribute: CHA

Description: User's ability to project his soul on to something existing in reality, both living and non-living]

Okay, unexpected analysis-time. Evidently, I have limited amount of 'slots', which are used when I acquire a skill. Skills have connection to stats, question is, how many skills can one attribute hold. Although upon receiving the skill, CHA didn't change, so the stat progression is unknown for now. Level 1 means I can upgrade my skills, but this one will be a bunch. I want to say somewhat a different word, but I don't want to bring upon myself something else, my everything still hurts.

And, I know what happened, at least. My soul is too weak compared to my body. Miri's room, or maybe even Miri herself, acted as a power source that boosted my soul. In theory, at least. Don't have it now, so it will hurt. No pain, no gain, or so they say. *sigh*

Well, I'll be here for a while, so might as well ponder on stats meaning. First STR, strength obviously. Normally it would affect melee damage, carry weight and HP, somewhat. My Gamer don't have any of those, so stats will differ from norm. Hmm, strength, in reality more strength, more weight you can lift. Maybe, it affects maximum force output in a single moment? Need tests to figure it out.

CON, constitution I'm sure. I think it's connected with body capability to cope with physical stress. Like, soreness from training, amount of damage dealt to it, will decrease as stat increase. Same as with strength, need tests.

AGI, agility. Speed? Not exactly, too specific. Agility often associated with body control. So, could the answer be that simple? Eh, will test it.

WIS, wisdom. Start with reality example, I guess. Wisdom – is experience, in simple terms. So it's a cultivated ability to choose your actions. In another way of saying, wisdom is person's capability to utilize his knowledge. More testing.

INT, intelligence. Ok, back to Gamer. There INT is responsible for mana capacity. I don't have any, so not my case. If we consider WIS ability to choose what to do based on person's knowledge, maybe INT is said knowledge? So, INT represents amount of info inside my brain? I start to really dislike 'test' word.

CTR, either counter or control. Both actually do not make sense. Counter doesn't sound like a stat, too specialized. Control doesn't mean body or mind. Could be soul, but soul control sound more like a skill. Intent could actually be it. No tests for this one, don't even have an idea for its usage.

PER, perception. Maybe more of this stat will affect my Void sight. And it has pretty easy meaning, my ability to see, hear, taste, touch the reality. Nothing to even add, no tests needed. I like this stat.

CHA was already tested more than enough, so I have good idea of what it is.

And luck . . . nope, not a single clue. On one hand, I met some rude comedian-wannabe, suffered through mental torture by the elevator, met the robber and I'm still recuperating from wining in an eye contest. On the other hand, I met a cop, a friendly one, learned about a new race, saw pretty good view, learned about one stat, gained new skill and understood somewhat the situation in my place of living. So, can't say it was either good or bad luck. Maybe luck means frequency of encounters? And still no new test, can't exactly test something as mysterious as luck.

And here I am, lying on the floor, basically hiding from anyone who could harm me. Even after over analyzing my system I still hadn't fully recovered. That's some backlash. Need to figure if I could restrain my stare a bit. Nonetheless, I think I'll lay low for some time, literally. Don't need to stress my soul even more.

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Serenity_Blades here. So as my guardian angel suggested to me, i've been contemlating my work's timeline. Still not everything is done, but more than was before. Uploads would be slow, 'cause i want to stockpile at least 1 arc. Thanks to your words. Serenity_Blades, going to sheath.