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diana of themyscira ([personal profile] mythically) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu2014-01-18 10:29 am

i ✪ video

( diana is seated at one of the consoles in a café when the video feed begins. it seems she’s already gone a bit native—there’s a kedan-style cloak draped around her shoulders, apparently all she needs to keep warm. still, the glint of gold from her armor is perfectly visible, as is the tiara set amongst her dark curls. she’s making no pretense of who she is, should anyone be able to recognize her.

she lifts a hand in simple greeting, smiling. she’s perfectly calm, though anyone who knows her well can probably sense just a bit of tension in the set of her shoulders, the way her eyes are focused.
)

There’s many of you here that I know. And many more that I do not.

My name is Diana, and while I’m newly arrived I believe I’ve gotten most of the basics of the situation. It seems you’ve all been busy, recently.

( there’s nothing mocking about her words, and her smile is genuine and honest. she pauses, for a moment, as though to give her audience a breather. then, she continues— )

I’m sure there’s a lot to be done, and I’m willing to offer my assistance to anyone who should need it. But first, I would like to be better acquainted with all of you. If we’ve met before, I’m sure you’ll come and say hello. And if we haven’t, it’s never too soon for introductions.

( both before and after this broadcast and subsequent conversations, diana will be flying over the same café. in effect, she’s using herself as a beacon. feel free to run into her in person if you’d prefer. )
cmdreffingshepard: (that's interesting)

[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-19 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
This place is pretty different from everything I know, that's for sure.

[She studies the woman across the feed for a moment.]

I take it you're not human, then, since you talked about the "Man's World". Or is that an impertinent question to ask?
cmdreffingshepard: (arch look)

[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
So you're an all-female race?

[Gosh you're just like the asari! Except you're not blue.]
cmdreffingshepard: (um what?)

[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-20 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting. There's a mono-gendered species in my world, though they... don't look so human.
cmdreffingshepard: (that's interesting)

[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-20 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, they're called asari. They look mostly human, except for the blue skin and instead of hair they have, erm... [Shepard sort of reaches up and touches the top of her head as she grasps for some way to describe it.] I think it's something like cartilage? Some people think it looks like tentacles, but that's not what it is.

Anyway, they're extremely long-lived, and they don't reproduce sexually, from what I understand. I'm no xenobiologist, though.
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[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-22 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well, they still can have sex. [Snort.]

I don't think all the kinks are ever worked out. The best you can hope for is... amicable relations, I guess.

But I probably shouldn't talk - in my world, humanity introduced itself to the rest of the galaxy by almost starting a war.
Edited 2014-01-22 02:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-23 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
We call it a war. But most of the rest of the galaxy doesn't see it that way.

[She shrugs.] Every species, every culture, is unique. It's our diversity that makes us so strong - in my world, anyway.
cmdreffingshepard: (um what?)

[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-23 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
I would hope, anyway. But there will always be some with a superiority complex.

[Like the Reapers. If they even count.]
cmdreffingshepard: (that's interesting)

[personal profile] cmdreffingshepard 2014-01-24 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Or worse. The fools are the easy ones to deal with.