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shotgunhacks

You've reached Tali'zorah vas Normandy.

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shotgunhacks

Alright. I'll be here.

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calibrating

[And sure enough Garrus saunters right into the med-bay]

[Like a baws]

Hey.

From:

shotgunhacks

Hey.

[Tali's working on the innards of a console as he enters. She only looks up briefly at him before returning to her work.]

[Even with one word, it's not all that hard to tell she's been running herself ragged.]

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calibrating

[That earns a sigh from Garrus here as he eventually winds up beside her, oh-so-casually leaning against the console she's working on and just watching]

[and watching]

[aaannnd watching]

[until finally he sticks a hand out, deliberately blocking her from plugging in that one wire]

From:

shotgunhacks

[She fails to notice and tries to plug it in anyway, ending up just poking Garrus in the finger.]

[...]

[Wait, that wasn't supposed to happen.]

Garrus, what are you doing?

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calibrating

Just testing something out. Don't mind me.

From:

shotgunhacks

[Tali's sane enough at the moment to call Garrus on his BS, luckily.]

What are you getting at? This isn't helping.

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calibrating

I'm not getting at anything.

I was testing your reflexes.

By the way, you failed.

From:

shotgunhacks

...

[Dammit Garrus]

I'll just have to turn on the wires next time.

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calibrating

[SMIRKING MCSMIRK]

Or you can finish up and get some shut-eye.

From:

shotgunhacks

I said I'll get sleep once I'm done here.

From:

calibrating

And I'm saying 'being done here' means once you're done with this console and not with the whole med bay.

From:

shotgunhacks

I'm not going to be able to sleep if I don't get what I want to done...

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calibrating

I'll take care of what's left in the med bay once you've finished this console. It's got nothing to do with the drive core, so I won't screw it up.

From:

shotgunhacks

But-

[She wants to argue, but can't, knowing that Garrus can in fact handle this just fine.]

...[/sigh]

Alright, I'll go to bed after this.

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calibrating

Sounds good.

[Implied: Garrus will be making sure of that 8|]

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shotgunhacks

[Already she's thinking of escape plans. Is there any maintenance shaft that she can fit into that Garus can't...?]

[In the meantime she'll finish up the console. The medi-gel dispensers should be online once she's done.]

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calibrating

[If there's any maintenance shaft that can withstand the collective girth of their hips, it only exists in legends]

[Garrus doesn't babysit her while she works-- he knows that if anyone ever did that to him while he was in the battery, it'd drive him nuts. So he tinkers with a couple of other things in the room instead, keeping an eye out for any sign of her finishing.]

[When he does realize it, he taps her shoulder and jerks his head towards the door]

Ready?

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shotgunhacks

[Damn. He caught her just in time. The fatigue is finally starting to catch up with her, though. Actually following Garrus's advice sounded like a good idea, but she still doesn't want to.]

[Because that would bean Garrus was right, and she can't have that. Petty, yes, but petty is about as good as one can be after several days with minimal sleep.]

...Yeah.

[She closes the panel and stands up, pausing for a bit to try to find some delaying tactic.]

Can I make sure it works, first?

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calibrating

[Garrus here is completely unsuspecting to any delay tactic]

[gdit Tali]

Sure. Need me to do anything to help?

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shotgunhacks

Yes, go to the medi-gel dispenser and see if it works. I want to make sure I entered the pressure correctly.

[This might be where the problems start. In her tiredness, she may have entered something like 300 psi instead of, say, 30.]

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calibrating

All right. Just give me a sec.

[And poor, unwitting Garrus saunters on over to the dispenser, where he expects a vial of the stuff to pop out into his hand, all safe and warm]

[Nope]

[Instead he has a split second before he doubles over, feeling as though he's been kicked in the stomach]

[Which he kind of has]

From:

shotgunhacks

[Tali heard the impact before she saw what happened, but it was still far funnier than it had any right to be. Again, blame the lack of sleep.]

[So instead of closing the panels, she's doubled over as well, only laughing instead of being in pain.]