006- Accidental Broadcast [video]

[renegadedriving]

[Today's broadcast is brought to you by Shepard's D-Terminal... But she's not on the screen. Nor is Monodramon. Instead, it's shaky footage taken from eye level, and it very rapidly becomes apparent that it's battle footage. From Shepard's helmet.]

[Of the first 7 and a half minutes of this. (Spoilers for the end of Mass Effect 2! Those who don't want to watch all 7 minutes can get the gist from the first thirty seconds and a quick glance at 6:10.)]

[Why? Well. Shepard figured out how to transfer files from her helmet's eyepiece to her D-Terminal, and determined that clip dangerously classified and disturbing enough to flat up delete, rather than risk anyone stumbling upon it.]

[And Monodramon has just broadcast it to the entire network by mistake.]

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[velveteenmage]

[Waver seemed unnerved by the recording, but to his credit it didn't seem to be horribly scarring him.]

[Believe it or not, he's seen a little worse.]

Er...Shepard? What exactly was that? You're okay, right?

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[renegadedriving]

[They're a delay before Shepard replies to any of the responses to this video, and when she does, there's barely contained frustration in her voice, and Monodramon is nowhere to be seen.]

That was a--

[She sighs heavily.]

It's battle footage from home. Monodramon thought it would be a good idea to broadcast the file I had flagged for deletion to the whole network.

[She's glaring at something off screen, which is almost certainly her partner.]

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[headup_stickontheice]

[Cam's feed doesn't turn on automatically. He just watches, becoming more and more disturbed. This was the kind of place Miss Shepard came from? He doesn't understand much of what's going on. He doesn't understand...anything, really. But he understands the guns, the battle, the human lives they're talking about, and he sits there, silent, watching.

And then he turns on his feed. Attempting to be passive, calm, not look disturbed. He hopes it works.] Miss...Shepard, uh. I-I think, you-- ...Can you hear me, I think something...broadcast, that you didn't want to...

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[renegadedriving]

[Shepard is in a bit of a rage, but it kinda... melts, when she hears Cam's voice. Fuck. She traumatized her kid.]

That was-- That was Monodramon. Messing with my D-Terminal.

[Awkward Pause, tm.]

How much did you see?

[unknowing_user]

[Well this makes being hunted by computer programs and dealing with a psycho dictator with his dad's face seem really not as bad.]

Well you won the worst life award so far with that.

[renegadedriving]

[Shepard looks incredibly grumpy when she appears on the screen. Meet the face behind the voice!]

Well, somebody had to kill the damn thing. I feel the same way about my digimon right now.

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[greatwork]

What in the name of a thousand shitting devils was that?

[voice]

[renegadedriving]

A Reaper. We're fighting them at home.

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[bigsoftie]

[It's the first time Leatherhead finds himself more horrified than angered. The sight of the thing brings back memories, memories that already set off his anger, making himself shake and trying to calm himself down.]

Traang...

[Video]

[renegadedriving]

[. . . Is that a word or a name or what, she's a little worried she broke you, Leatherhead.]

What was that?

[superfan]

I... I had no idea a Reaper built like that was even possible.

[ Conrad is simultaneously horrified and amazed. ]

[renegadedriving]

[Shit. She forgot there is a civilian from home on the network.]

We didn't either, before we got there.

[What angle to use here?]

This is a classified information leak, Conrad. I'm going to need to trust you to keep this information secret when we get home.

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[doesnotgetit]

[... What. The. Hell.]

... Wow. And here I thought the Jabberwock and Berserker were intimidating to fight...

[She's muttering it, more to herself, but her words are definitely audible.]

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[renegadedriving]

[Well, you've successfully distracted her from wanting to murder her digimon. She caught the word 'Jabberwock' and, believe it or not, she does know the origin of that word.]

Alice in Wonderland..?

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[watchesoverthem]

[She has seen Darkness and the monsters it can create. Whatever this thing was, whatever created it, it came from someplace truly dark.]

How horrible...

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[renegadedriving]

[Shepard nods solemnly.]

You can say that again. I'd intended to delete that video, to keep people from having to see it.

[whitefeather]

[Joshua's contemt to allow the recording to merely be background noise, until a certain word is mentioned. That gets his attention, and he watches - taking in the alien surroundings, the human/reaper hybrid, and the violence with a cold stare. He's most interested in the Harbringer of course, and his head tilts slightly at his words. And he appears to be disinterested in the rest. It's hardly as if humans with the sentiment of Cerberus are a new thing. Even if the setting's different, humans are humans.]

...My, my. You're just as tough as you act.
Nice hardware, by the way.

[renegadedriving]

[Well. This is certainly the weirdest reply yet.]

Thank... you?

[. . .]

What the hell goes on in your world that you're this calm about this?

[Video]

[robotfightclub]

[OH. OKAY. That was certainly...a thing.]

Everything okay over there?

[Video]

[renegadedriving]

[Well, at least Arcee is an adult. Less traumatized children is good.]

Yeah. That was... two months ago.

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[neverputincharge]

Whoa.

Uh, you alright there?

[Video]

[renegadedriving]

[This is the worst way to meet new people since the sex ed post.]

I am, although my digimon might not be.

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[chemistryinmotion]

[ Well. That was definitely worse than anything he's ever encountered in his entire career as a hero. The worst thing he can think of is Blockbuster, and even he wasn't really... disturbing, just really big and ugly. This thing is. Or was. He's assuming Shepard killed the damn thing.

He swallows hard before he speaks, eyes wide from being a combination of disturbed and impressed. He then attempts to make light of the situation despite the fact that... yeah. Wow. That was nightmare fuel right there. ]

... Wow. And I call myself a superhero.

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[renegadedriving]

[Oh. Well. Hi Wally. Guess this puts a new spin on why she didn't want you running off after monsters, huh?]

Not a superhero, kid. Just a soldier.

[badluckbabe]

Yeesh.

Glad we didn't all get sucked into YOUR world.

[renegadedriving]

[Well, now she feels like she has to be at least a little defensive.]

Most of it's not like that.

[illusionsofgodhood]

My, what a disturbing sight.

[Not that he really seems all that disturbed by it.]

[renegadedriving]

At least it's dead.

[. . . This one, at least.]

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[third_wheel]

[Watching... watching... then GIANT ROBOT MADE OUT OF HUMANS STARTS TO MOVE AND DAICHI SCREAMS AND TOSSES THE D-TERMINAL ACROSS THE ROOM.

...Leormon sees this and instinctively attacks the device, chewing on it and sparking with electricity]

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[renegadedriving]

[awrognawr?!]

Shit, are you okay?

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[hardworkingprince]

[The Prince watches the video, and though he cannot say that he knows what is going on at all other than bad things, there are two things that stick with him above all else: one, this lady is very impressive! Like Jumboman! And, secondly...]

My, that "Reaper" is very big! It would take over a thirty meter katamari to roll it up!

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[renegadedriving]

[. . . ?!]

What's a katamari?

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[gallowshumor]

[ Aaaand it's this guy again. If it's any consolation, he's not laughing madly this time. Just a little smile, looking amused and intrigued but not the least bit disturbed. ]

Goodness, what a strange thing to call a "reaper". Is killing them a habit of yours, milady Commander?

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[renegadedriving]

[. . . Eh, he's improving.]

It's starting to seem like it is.

[Two in 5 years.]

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[risette_truestory]

[ Rise had always wanted to see what people's worlds were like in their eyes. It just all seemed so strange. Some people said that Earth didn't exist anymore ... and she just couldn't see it ...

... an it looked like she was getting her wish.

This was amazing. She always thought Shep was amazing and nice before, now she was a lot more amazing than she imagined. ]

Wow! Wh-what--- what was that?!

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[renegadedriving]

[Dammit, more kids who saw this.]

It's a reaper. A particularly disgusting one.

[myfedorarocks]

I must admit, I've seen some insane things, but I've never seen a massive abominable horror before.

I take it you didn't intend to broadcast that?

[renegadedriving]

[She groans.]

Absolutely not. Looks like I can't trust my digimon with my stuff anymore.