Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa & E1Alpha)
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				Title: <strong>Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>23-10-2013, 05:25:30</strong>
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				Zoe was fresh out of the academy, still young and enthusiastic, and excited. Very excited. She'd hardly slept the night before, but then of course when her alarm went off in the morning she'd only wanted to keep sleeping. Several gallons of coffee later and she was raring to go, though she kept having to go to the bathroom.<br><br>She'd graduated the academy near the top of her class, impressing nearly all of her teachers and instructors with her intelligence and instincts, her speed and reflexes. Zoe hadn't thought going into this that she had found her calling. She had merely been doing what seemed sensible. Her father was private security, working for a company that specialized in colonial security. They'd moved around a bit, but always in small colonies that never saw much in the way of action. When she'd turned sixteen she'd gotten a part time job with her father's company, helping out. It had seemed like good work, so when she'd finished school and left home for the Citadel, C-Sec had been the soundest choice to go with. They needed people after having a large portion of their force wiped out in the Battle of the Citadel, and she'd needed work. Mutually beneficial, she'd thought at the time.<br><br>Now though here she was, reporting to C-Sec head quarters to be assigned a partner and get to work. She stood still and alert as Captain Bailey looked over her paper work, his buzzed blonde head bent down a little. He said nothing until he set the data pad down and looked up at her. “Crawford huh?” He asked, turning to his computer and typing a few things. <br><br>“Yes, sir,” Zoe answered, she was a pretty young woman, not movie star gorgeous, but she never seemed to have a hard time catching an eye or two when she went out. Her black hair was thick and straight, and usually fell to brush her shoulders, but was currently pulled back in a low pony tail. Her skin was a healthy bronzed tone, and her eyes were a cool gray-blue, observant and intelligent. Built more like an athlete than a bomb shell, she had sleek curves, not overly pronounced, but impossible to miss. <br><br>After a moment of silence, Bailey turned back to her and stood, data pad under his arm, “Come on then, I'll show you to your new partner.” He said, walking past her and out of his office. Zoe was on his heels, following him to the bull pen, where everything was a flurry of activity. Phones were ringing, people were shouting to one another, some one knocked a pile of data pads off their desk with a loud clatter. Definitely a little chaotic. “It's not usually this bad,” Bailey told her, “But things have been a little hectic since the Battle. Lost a lot of good officers. Been struggling to find our stride again ever since.”<br><br>Zoe nodded in understanding, and glanced over to see an Asari she'd been with in the academy, the two exchanging smiles and quick waves. Looking around, she spotted a few other people she recognized as well. It seemed like there were rookies everywhere.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>23-10-2013, 07:40:35</strong>
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				"Bang!"<br><br>A heated projectile pierced straight through one of the human shaped targets, striking it in the knee, a definite crippling shot. With a loud click, the red hot thermal clip launched out of the side of the pistol, as a three-fingered hand soon brought up a replacement for it, slipping it into the gun, before locking it into place with another click.<br><br>It had been a few months since Therius was last in the C-Sec head quarters. The battle of the Citadel had left the turian pretty unstable to say the least. Were it not for his reputation, he would have been relieved of duty a long time ago. But he was still a good cop, although his methods had become a bit more questionable. Finally, when he opened fire upon a criminal that he had been hunting for days in public, with plenty of civilians around, there was no way around it. It was officially decided that Therius should take some leave from C-Sec and collect himself.<br><br>Now he was back, but to say he was happy would be a grave lie. He did want to get back to his job, but after the battle, C-Sec was desperate to hire more and new manpower. Turians and Salarians were hired ofcourse, which was fine in his book. Turians were always the best cops, and Salarians were pretty handy when it mattered. What didn't sink in well with him, was the fact that they also started to hire humans in mass. Humans of all things! He would have even prefered to get more hanar in the ranks. Sure, the so-called hero of the citadel, Shepard, was also a human, but he was a Spectre. Not C-Sec. Therius would never have to work with him. Now, with his last partner dead during the battle. The chance rises that he'll be paired with a human. He hated it.<br><br>"Bang! Bang!"<br><br>One shot clipped the side of the target, while the other just completely missed. He felt the frustration was getting to him, his mandibles twitching a bit in annoyance as he brought his hand up to bone-colored face, running his fingers along the dark yellow markings there. "C'mon, Therius... Focus." He said to himself, taking a deep breath as he brought his pistol back up to eyeheight, his vibrant green eyes locked onto his target. Maybe things weren't going to be too bad. If he was lucky, perhaps he'd get paired with a smart Asari. Could give him someone to enjoy a good drink with after the job. Or maybe a Salarian, helping him solve some cases a bit faster so he can take some more time off now and then. Part of him told him he wouldn't be so lucky to get another Turian as a partner. He just hoped that Bailey wasn't going to nail him down with a human.<br><br>He blinked when he realized he had been too busy just thinking to himself, and not even properly aiming at the targets. Grunting, he shook his head and focused his eyes onto the three targets before him, taking a slow deep breath. "Weapons are drawn. Three M-3 Predators. Shot until overheating: Fifteen. Decent accuracy. Low recoil." He muttered to himself, imagining a situation before him. "No shots fired. Criminals need to be brought in questioning. Take down before response can be given." He continued, taking a deep breath, before he let off three quick shots, one hitting a target in the right shoulder, the other right below the knee, and the last once more in the right shoulder. "Target one and three unable to fire weapons, currently crippled in pain. They ain't going anywhere. Focus can be maintained on target two. Crippled so he can't get away, but not disarmed. Keep him under shot until he surrenders."<br>He then promptly pulled his gun up again. "Target two makes an attempt at hostility. Target one attempts to go for his weapon with his left hand. Prioritise."<br>He then let out two more shots, clipping the center target between neck and shoulder, hitting the other in the left arm, after which he lowered his gun.<br><br>After taking a deep breath, he summarized: "Target one. Both hands disabled. Unable to get up and get away. Target two. Crippled by kneeshot. Main hand disabled. Unable to get up. Target three. Main hand disabled. Example shown by target one and two lead to an easy surrender. All three criminals disabled and ready to be brought in for questioning." His mandibles twitched a bit again as he finished his line, nodding firmly as he ejected the red hot thermal clip again, as it bounced and rolled along the ground, replacing it with a new one.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>23-10-2013, 19:35:53</strong>
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				Zoe followed Bailey to one of the many pairs of double desks, teach pair pushed so that they were facing one another and together, but there was no one sitting at the one that showed some sign of life. The other was completely empty except a computer sitting on top of it. On the other desk, a small plaque read 'Therius Kaven'. Bailey gave a sigh and caught a passing Salarian by the arm, “Dallem, where's Kaven?” He asked. <br><br>The Salarian blinked huge eyes and glanced at the empty desk, then at Zoe, then looked at Bailey, she could see the gears working in his brain. “He's at the shooting range,” He answered before walking away when Bailey let his arm go. <br><br>Bailey looked at the young woman at his side and nodded his head, “Come on,” and walked off, Zoe on his heels. They left the bull pen and walked down a&nbsp; long hall way, passing offices and interrogation rooms and other officers. It was a busy place for sure, Zoe was excited to get started. Finally they reached near the end of the long hall way and walked through a door with a sign over it reading 'Shooting Range'. The rapport of gun fire was immediate, but muffled, thanks to initially stepping into a small room that was made of bullet proof and sound-reducing material, one side was glass along the upper half, allowing you to see out into the range. Zoe saw only one person, a Turian, who had just started shooting. <br><br>She watched for a moment, but when he finished shooting, Bailey handed her a pair of head phones and ushered her through a door that lead into the main part of the shooting range, heading for the Turian she guesses was Therius. In the past, officers would have been required to put on bullet proof vests when entering the shooting range, but these days, C-Sec uniforms had the bullet proof quality made into them. Protection for the ears against the sound of gunfire though was still standard procedure, so Zoe kept hers ready just in case Therius started shooting again. Without them though, she was able to hear as he summarized his work on the targets, listening closely.<br><br>Bailey called out as they neared though, “Kaven!” To make sure the Turian knew they were coming, stopping nearby and gesturing towards the girl just behind him, “Therius Kaven, meet Zoe Crawford, Crawford, Kaven,” he said quickly before he looked back to Therius, a slight frown creasing his features, “Crawford is going to be your new partner.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>23-10-2013, 20:00:57</strong>
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				Just as Therius was about to raise his gun back to eye-level, a all too familiar voice rang out behind him, lowering his gun again as he turned to Bailey, nodding at him in greeting, speaking up in his cold, flanged tone as usual. "Captain." As he pulled the head phones on his own head off, he blinked his vibrant green eyes once more. The turian had a dark beige carapace, with dark yellow markings spreading from one cheek to another, coloring his nose completely in the process as the markings were finished up with some fang-like shapes draping down until right above his mandibles and mouth. He also had a V-shaped marking on the crest that made up his forehead. His skin was a light beige shade, providing a bit of contrast against his carapace. One could guess him to be a little over six feet tall. His current armor was the standard C-Sec uniform. Noticable however was that Therius had a device that would stretch from the side of his head, along the back, to the other side, which currently hung around his neck. It could be recognisable that this was some sort of visor. The pistol in his hand seemed to be a rather heavy one, the M-9 Carnifex, steaming still from the last few shots. For the rest, Therius seemed to share physiologiy similar to most Turian males, his armor not allowed much more to be compeltely distinguishible.<br><br>He didn't even seem to spare the girl a glance, his eyes locked onto Bailey. As much as Therius disliked humans, he couldn't help but feel some odd respect for Bailey. Probably had something to do with ranks, or atleast that's what he kept on telling himself.<br><br>However, when Bailey suddenly introduced the human girl behind him, Therius couldn't just ignore her anymore, his bright green eyes locking onto the girl now as he eyed her over real quick. New recruit. Of that he was certain. Zoe didn't seem like she had been out in the field yet, so either, she was chained to deskjobs, or she was new, and given the current situation of C-Sec, Therius was inclined to believe the latter.<br><br>"That's great, captain." He spoke up with very noticable cynicism. "But what's it to m-..." That was when Bailey popped it to him. Therius was immediatly silenced as he set his eyes upon the girl, narrowing them as he looked at her. His eyes scanned over the girl, taking in her appearance, features and attitude without a word.<br>Finally, after a few seconds, he turned away towards the targets again. "I don't need her." He coldly replied, raising his gun up again as he aimed at the targets, though refrained from shooting for now, simply taking his time to aim.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>23-10-2013, 22:37:10</strong>
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				Zoe stood aside as Bailey introduced the two of them to one another, and she could tell almost immediately that Therius didn't think much of her. She held back a sigh, having expected as much. Despite being born in space, she'd honestly had little in the way of exposure to alien races. She'd grown up mostly on small human colonies along the edges of Alliance Space, and then later they'd ended up on colonies out in the traverse, which were even more remote. In general, whether they were in Council space or not, the humans on such small colonies tended to be a little paranoid about aliens. Not quite xenophobic, but they were sharply aware of the animosity most other races felt towards humans, and in response, tended to be a little defensive.<br><br>She didn't share a lot of that paranoia, her father having been raised on Elysium, which had had a rather high percentage of aliens mixed into the primarily human population, but growing up around more closed minded individuals, Zoe was perhaps a little more defensive about perceived prejudice than she liked to admit. Obviously she had no problem with aliens, in academy she'd made fast friends with other recruits of all races, but she was still perhaps a little more sensitive about animosity from aliens than from humans.<br><br>Zoe saw the Turians apparent lack of interest in her turn to distaste though when Bailey informed him that they were to be partners, and she frowned slightly when he simply said he didn't need her. Bailey though, didn't remain silent, “Like hell you don't. You need a partner, and whether you like it or not, she's it,” He growled at Therius, “You're not going to be allowed back out into the field until you have a partner. So it's either accept her or continue sitting at your desk doing paper work and shooting paper targets.” The human's jaw set stubborn and he glared a little at Therius, honestly not in the mood to deal with pig-headed Turians. He had enough on his plate as it was.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>23-10-2013, 23:42:35</strong>
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				As Therius had expected, Bailey wasn't really planning to let this slide. As much as he wanted to just walk away from this and tell Bailey he's not working with a human rookie, he couldn't handle another day of nothing but paperwork. Out pure frustration, he let out three quickfire shots, each of them digging into the heads of the target dummies, grunting. He didn't even put the headphones on for it, the sound of the gunfire still ringing somewhat, but he was used to it, so it took only a few seconds to fade.<br><br>Finally, he pushed himself up straight, glaring over at Bailey, before looking at the girl, his mandibles twitching annoyed as he turned to the table against the wall behind him, ejecting the heated thermal clip and replacing it, before laying his pistol down, next to his Viper sniper rifle, which he patted once, before turning to the two again. "Always playing the game like a bastard, eh Captain?" He muttered under his breath, as he reached for one of the smaller caliber pistols laying on the table, loading a fresh thermal clip into it, before pressing a button on the side removing the three well-used targets and replacing them with new ones. Fllipping the gun up in the air, he caught it by the barrel, turning to Zoe as he walked towards the shooting range.<br><br>"Alright. I ain't got much choice. But I hope she's qualified." And without a warning, he tossed the gun her direction, before nudging his head to the targets. "And I want to see proof of some of those qualifications. Can't have her aim cost me an eye, now can I?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>24-10-2013, 01:23:41</strong>
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				Bailey slapped his headphones on just as he saw Therius' finger tighten on the trigger, it took Zoe a moment longer, getting the full force of the first shot in her ears, but the other two were muffled, allowing her a moment to recover. Her ears were still ringing a little when she pulled the headphones off with a frown. She'd grown up around firearms, so it was nothing new, but it'd still been a dick move in her opinion. She just looked back at the Turian though when he galred at her a little before he walked away.<br><br>The Captain frowned at Therius' back when he spoke, “I hate to with assholes like you around,” Bailey answered, though there was a touch of humor to his tone. <br><br>Zoe glanced at the ruined targets as they slid away to be replaced by new ones, but then looked back to Therius as returned and spoke. When he tossed the gun to her she caught easily, checked it's clip and made sure the safety was still on, and looked back to the Turian. She didn't say anything though, putting her headphones back on and walking to one of the shooting stations. Bailey tried to conceal a smile, he knew something Therius didn't. He'd seen her records from the academy, and Zoe had been the best shot in her class.<br><br>She'd been handling guns since she was a kid, and as she raised the pistol, she flipped the safety off and aimed, firing three quick shots, each one striking the dummies in their right knee. But to prove a point she fired off one last shot, hitting the center of the middle dummy's head. She ejected the thermal clip and turned, walking back to the two men, handing the gun to Therius, holding the still warm barrel in her head to offer him the grip. “If you lose an eye, it's because I want you to,” She told him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>24-10-2013, 01:34:49</strong>
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				Therius had to admit it surprised him that the girl managed to actually catch the gun. As she lined up her weapon for her first shot, Therius crossed his arms. "Time to see another black eye because of reco-..." He was cut short as three quick shots followed out, hitting their marks perfectly, leaving Therius simply blinking rather astounded. The way she handled that gun, she managed to match his own results, maybe even better. And that wasn't something he was happy with.<br><br>As she held out the pistol towards him, the turian narrowed his eyes as he looked down at it, before grasping the handle and tugging the gun out of her hand. "Noted." He simply responded to her comment as he walked over to the table again and put the pistol down on it, before taking his headphones off and placing the headpiece for his visor back in place, though he didn't activate it yet.<br><br>With that done, he turned around to the two, sighing. "Fine, Bailey. You win. I just hope she's as good in the field as she is here. Otherwise she'll be the one handling paperwork next." He grunted, sighing as he promptly walked out of the shooting range, sliding his pistol into place, aswell as his sniper rifle. If there was one thing many people knew about Therius', it's that he despised being outranked in any kind of shooting contest. He was always proud of his cool and exact shots, but to see a simple rookie match those. It really pissed him off. But it seemed he was going to be stuck with her anyways.<br><br>Sighing, he'd wait until Bailey and the girl had parted ways, before he'd turn his attention to Zoe again, speaking out without looking at her. "I suppose you've got some talent... for a human. But don't think this makes us anymore friends than we were before you brought in here." He glanced over at her quickly, before setting his sights out across the long hallway leading to the shooting range.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>24-10-2013, 08:17:06</strong>
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				Zoe and Bailey exchanged glances as Therius walked to return the pistol to it's spot, Bailey only just managing to repress a grin. He knew he shouldn't find this so amusing, he knew how competitive Therius could be, but it was pretty damn funny to watch him have to eat his words. Usually he had every right to be arrogant, he was a good cop, and a really good shot, but Zoe seemed just as good as him. It would be interesting, no doubt, to watch the two of them. He just hoped they didn't end up trying to kill one another.<br><br>He managed to straighten his face out when Therius turned back to them, nodding a little, “I'll leave that up to you, you're the senior officer. She knows what you say goes, but that also means you're responsible for her, don't forget that.” If she got hurt, that was on Therius, if she did something wrong, that was on him too, it was the price he paid being as experienced as he was. Bailey looked at Zoe, brows raised a little, “Good luck.” And then he left, leaving the Turian and human to get acquainted.<br><br>Zoe looked at her new partner when he spoke once Bailey was gone, frowning slightly, but not saying anything in return, only rolling her eyes a touch. She followed him out, and after he, grudgingly, gave her a quick tour of the station, they were heading to the garage. Therius was eager to get out and onto the street it seemed, even if it meant having a rookie human in tow. They'd talked little, no more than they had to, Therius didn't seem interested in conversation, and Zoe didn't want to push her luck. She might not be particularly out to be best friends with her new partner (mostly because he definitely didn't seem very friendly towards her), she didn't exactly want them to hate one another either. They at least needed to have some sort of professional respect, they were going to have to depend on one another if the shit hit the fan after all.<br><br>They got to the cruiser that was now technically theirs, and Zoe climbed into the passenger seat, trying to hide the thrill of excitement that ran through her. She was going out on her first patrol! She only wished her partner wasn't such a stick in the mud. Zoe was an enthusiastic person, energetic and lively, it was going to get old, having to suppress that just so she didn't get on Therius' overly sensitive nerves. “So what's a usual route like?” she asked him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>24-10-2013, 12:39:44</strong>
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				Atleast Therius felt relieved that the human didn't really try to desperately get contact with him as they walked down to the C-Sec skycar lot.<br><br>Stepping into the car, Therius closed the large window as the dashboard lit up. Moving his hand over the holographic panel, he started up the car and had it lift off slowly, before it hovered out of the skycar lot and slipped neatly in line with the other traffic. Bailey's words still rang in the back of his head. He was responsible for her actions? Great. Maybe he should put her on a leash just in case. He snapped out of his thought pattern as Zoe popped her question, to which Therius sighed. "Well, as you can see, there isn't much to be seen when driving a skycar. We're heading over to the wards. Usually a walk through the markets and some of the lower parts, near the clubs will get us to putting some potential vandals in their place. Occasionally, you'll get a Volus that comes crying because he believes someone stole something from him. Or you got a krogan making a mess again. Nothing special, just the usual. If you're lucky, we come across some smugglers, but I doubt it." He spoke, as he took a sharp turn to leave the main traffic.<br><br>"The citadel is pretty meek to be honest. Until the Geth invasion, nothing ever happened here. Damn synthetics..." He grunted, staring ahead of him a moment, in complete silence. He couldn't place it. A little girl like this, no matter how talented she might be, had to replace his best friend? Bullshit. There's no way a human could do that.<br><br>After a few more minutes of driving, the two would finally arrive at the Lennius Wards. As usual, a large market was ongoing there, with Volus, Salarian and Turian merchants being the prime salesmen. The Lennius Wards were one of the lucky areas, not as badly damaged during the Geth attack. But this meant that, with security being upped at the more damaged areas, more criminals diverted their attention here.<br>Closing the car after he got out,&nbsp; Therius stepped out into the market, looking around a bit as he acknowledged a number of glances coming out towards him, or more precisely, to his uniform. "C'mon. Crawford, right?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>24-10-2013, 22:16:34</strong>
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				Zoe nodded a little as he pointed out that you could see much driving around in a skycar, so they would be going to the wards to walk the markets and streets. Sounded like a pretty average beat to her then. Some part of her wanted a little action, but her more sensible side told her it was probably best that the day just go smooth with no real excitement so she could get the hang of things. She looked out the window as he spoke of mostly using their presence to deter crime, and that nothing special usually happened. He called the Citadel meek, mentioning the Geth attack as the first thing of any real excitement to have happened in some time.<br><br>She glanced at him when he fell silent for a moment, wondering what he was thinking about, if he was thinking about the Geth and the damage they had done. She wondered about his last partner. She knew a lot of C-Sec agents had been killed in the attack. It'd been so sudden, Geth pouring into the Presidium through the device that everyone had thought was merely a statue of a Mass Relay. Zoe looked away, knowing better than to ask. Therius didn't seem inclined to just have a normal conversation with her, she doubted he wanted to talk to her about something as potentially painful as losing his last partner to the synthetics. It made her hold back a sigh though, knowing she was probably being compared to his last partner. <br><br>They arrived at the Lennius Wards and got out. Zoe looked around a little, surprised by how active this Ward was, but it looked to have very minimal damage done to it. With so many other Wards shut down, it would make sense that this one got a lot of the extra traffic. The merchants were probably loving it. And the criminals probably were too. She glanced at Therius when he spoke, nodding, “Yeah,” she confirmed, glancing around, “And Kaven, yeah?” She followed him into the crowd, trying not to look a nervous or excited rookie.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>24-10-2013, 23:05:10</strong>
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				As she requested confirmation on his name, he gave a single nod, before he began to walk over to the actual market grounds. The bartering and yelling of merchants seemed to have shoved the Citadel back into the middle ages. With this many people around, merchants were giving it their all to get the extra attention. Some using various VIs and other advertisement tools to lure more eyes over to them, before they began showing off merchandise at severely undercutting prices.<br><br>Therius simply glanced about as the two walked onwards, occasionally glancing at his new partner from the corner of his eyes. After a few more seconds of silence, Therius finally spoke up again. "The way you handled that gun. A pistol is your weapon of choice?" He still didn't like Bailey putting him up with a human rookie that instantly outshined his shooting skills, but wether he liked it or not, she was going to be his partner if he wanted to get away from that damn desk. He figured he might aswell talk about the one thing that still interested him: Firearms. "Do you prefer a good rate of fire? Or slower but heavier firepower?" He was however, talking without sparing the girl a glance, his eyes constantly rushing around the area.<br><br>Their conversation would be cut short as Therius suddenly made a 90 degrees turn and marched over to a market stall, his hand rushing forward to grasp the wrist of a human male, startling both him and the shopkeeper who was busy dealing with other customers. "C-Sec. If you hand over your earnings from today's hunt, I will let you leave with a simple warning." The man blinked, obviously caught off guard, before complying as he pulled out a couple of datachips and placed them back on the counter, after which Therius glared at him. "All earnings." The man blinked, shaking his head. "I-I don't have any-..." Therius then turned his head towards Zoe. "Crawford. Contact HQ, tell them we've got someone who would enjoy spending the night in a cell."<br>That was enough to make the guy snap. "Alright! Alright!" After that, he pulled out a few more, before sighing as Therius let go. "Now scram. I've got better things to do than deal with pickpockets." He narrowed his eyes at the man again, his mandibles twitching a bit to underline his statement. As the man promptly took his leave, Therius nodded over to the salarian vendor, before turning to Zoe again and walking past her as they continued on their patrol. "I take it that's something you've been taught aswell in the academy?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 00:30:17</strong>
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				Zoe imagined the commerce department on the Citadel was having a field day trying to regulate the merchants and stores with all this chaos. She could imagine just about every department on the Citadel was going a little crazy with the work load, not just Security. It was going to take time for things to settle back down but until then, life was going to be a little hectic for everyone on the Citadel. Zoe had only managed to find housing because she'd been accepted to the Academy. Otherwise, it was impossible to move onto the Citadel right now with how much of the Wards (some of which were almost purely residential) had been damaged. It had made a lot of people homeless so housing was at a high demand. <br><br>She was pulled from her musings when Therius spoke of her shooting ability, glancing at him but continuing to look around. She was trying to remember her training, trying to be alert, to pay attention to detail, to the people around her. It was a little overwhelming though, the place was very crowded. So she nodded, continuing to scan their surroundings. “Yeah, I can handle an assault rifle fine, and I'm a good shot with a sniper rifle, but I like pistols best,” she told him. His next question was met with a ready answer, “Heavier fire power, you don't need a bunch of bullets if you know where to put them.” Zoe had worked a long time on perfecting the art of precision accuracy, and she was still no where near as good some people. All it took though was one well-placed bullet to take some one down. Unless they were Krogan. Then it took several well-placed bullets.<br><br>Zoe was pulled from her thoughts though when her partner suddenly turned, making her have to trot a little catch up, seeing him grab the wrist of a human male. She watched the exchange with a mixture of curiosity and apprehension, though she gave a curt nod when she was told to contact HQ, moving to do so, though she was pretty sure it was a bluff. Best to still play along. So she just dropped her wrist when the thief agreed to cooperate, frowning a little as she watched the thief scurry off. She hesitated a bit before following Therius, catching his next question. “My father is former military, private security now, I've been handling fire arms since I was a kid,” she told him.<br><br>“Why did you let that thief go? We should have taken him in,” She spoke up, frowning at him. He'd basically just let that guy get away with a crime. Yeah he'd scared him a bit but he'd just go right back to doing it. Zoe knew they should have arrested him and taken him in. Therius had complained about there not being much to do, but seemed like he didn't consider petty crimes as worthy of his attention, Zoe didn't get that, all crimes should be handled.<br><br>Then both their omni-tools lit up, a text message scrolling across them, informing the two officers that a silent alarm was going off in a shop two blocks away.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 00:54:51</strong>
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				Just as Therius was about to further comment on Zoe's question, his omni-tool came to life with a soft buzz, informing them of the silent alarm. Narrowing his eyes, Therius peered around, before turning to Zoe again. "As much as I'd love to shove your judgement towards my action back in your face, it seems that will have to be for later." And with that, he reached for his pistol, pulling it up and ready as he began to ran, calling out into the crowd. "C-Sec! Out of the way!" It was a simple line that immediatly caused a passage to open up before the duo.<br><br>While running, Therius checked his pistol to see if it was still loaded, nodding to himself as he rushed forward, before pulling to a skidding stop at the corner, right by the shop that the silent alarm belonged to. Raising his hand, he gesuted Zoe to stop aswell, just in case. Peering around, Therius blinked. There were two skycars parked outside, one being a C-Sec patrol car. "Hmm... Seems like we aren't the only ones he-..." Suddenly, three shots rang out from the shop, in quick succession. Blinking, Therius moved away from the corner and towards the shop. "Cover me." He said as he opened up the door with a harsh shoulder slam, aiming his gun out into the room. "C-Sec! Drop your weapons!" He called out, before blinking as he looked at the scene inside, which had been turned into a big mess, with broken glass and just an overal trashed feel to the place.<br><br>Another turian, wearing C-Sec armor stood there, a smoking pistol in his hand, as he turned around to look at Therius. His carapace was a boney white, with his skin being a dark gray. His dark, purple eyes gazed at his two colleagues. Behind him laid a human, looking like a citizen, besides for the mask he wore, and the gun in his hand. However, blood trailed down along the wall to his body, indicating he had been shot and killed.<br>Suddenly, the turian spoke up. "Ah, Kaven. If only you had arrived a bit sooner, maybe this could have been avoided." He gestured at the body behind him.<br>Therius narrowed his eyes, before lowering his gun as he stood up. "He's the criminal?" The other turian nodded, putting his gun away. "Yeah... Expect him to be... Pulled a gun on me and shot at me. I'm lucky the shot grazed along my armor, but he didn't have any choice but to kill him." Therius glanced at the scorch mark on the other turian's armor, indicating a gunshot had just barely missed him there.<br><br>THe white turian blinked however, as his eyes turned to the girl with Therius. "Ah. You must be Kaven's new partner." He then walked past Therius, extending his hand to the girl. "I don't think we've met. Officer Korus Atrakan."<br><br>As the turian sought to introduce himself to the new girl, Therius walked into the shop, peering at the corpse of the criminal, aswell as another corpse, just barely hidden behind the counter, presumably belonging to the shopkeeper. An Asari. His mandibles twitched about in thought, throwing a quick glance over his shoulder at Korus, before he pushed himself up and further looked around the crime scene.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 08:22:00</strong>
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				Zoe frowned at Therius' words. She hadn't been judging! Well, perhaps a little, but she'd been asking a question as well. Was he going to belittle her every time she asked a question? How was she supposed to learn anything? Sure she could just watch him, but that would take her forever, and Zoe was a surprisingly ambitious young woman. He was right though, now wasn't the time for it, so instead she followed him quickly, frowning as he drew his pistol, which was also against regulations, in the middle of the crowd and started cutting his way through. She simply followed in his wake, managing to keep up.<br><br>They reached the building indicated by their omni tools, only then did Zoe pull out her own pistol, stopping when Therius gestured for her to. She blinked when he said they weren't the only ones here, about to ask him what he meant, since she wasn't able to look around the building like him, but instinctively ducked down a bit when there was the sound of three shots fired from within the shop. She gave a curt nod when he told her to cover him, pressing herself against the wall by the door, weapon ready, and when he busted through she was right behind him, sweeping all the corners she could see with her gun and her eyes, just as she'd been trained. <br><br>They were greeted though by what appeared to be another C-Sec agent. Zoe cast an unsure glance at Therius, but lowered her weapon when he did, but hesitated to put it away, finally doing so as the two spoke to one another. She looked at the new comer though when he spoke to her, taking the hand he offered her, shaking it, “Zoe Crawford.” She answered, glancing at Therius as he moved away to look around. She looked back to Korus, “And yes, I'm Kaven's new partner.” <br><br>Her blue-gray eyes glanced at the body behind the other officer, and switched her mind off the subject of death. She'd seen a couple dead bodies before, on a great occasion, the colonies she and her father had lived on would be attacked. Some one almost always died, either a civilian, a pirate, or one of the security team. Zoe could handle death, she'd never had to kill anyone before though. She was silently glad that she hadn't been the one to have to shoot the man, even if it was in self defense. “What happened?” She asked, looking back to Korus.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 10:25:22</strong>
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				"Well... My condolences then." He said to Zoe as she confirmed she was THerius' partner, proving a wink with that statement aswell. Therius simply ignored that statement as he looked around, peering outside at the two cars, scratching his chin. <br>Korus smiled calmly, looking around as Zoe popped her question, before speaking up. "I don't really know myself, when I got here, the shopkeeper was already dead. Stabbed by an omni-blade, probably his." He gestured to the corpse. "He freaked out when he saw me come in, weapon drawn and pulled a gun out of nowhere and let out a single shot. If I hadn't shot him then, I might not have gotten so lucky next time." He peered around, scratching his chin.<br><br>Therius suddenly spoke up. "That other skycar is the criminal's, right?" Korus pulled up his shoulder. "It hasn't really been parked in place neatly, so I assume so, yes. No use checking the car, though, it seems locked and the window are tinted." Korus quickly followed up, looking around the scene just like Therius was, but he seemed to be looking more specific. Finally, he spoke up again. "Unless you've got any other questions, miss Crawford, I think I'll already head off to HQ and report. Don't bother with this place anymore. I've already checked. There isn't much else for us to find here. Could you do me a favor, though and close this off as a crime scene?" Once he was done, he would take his leave unless Zoe had more questions.<br><br>Therius continued looking around, not even seeming to acknowledge Korus leaving as he once more walked to the corpse and pulled out his omni-tool, scanning the man over.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 19:15:09</strong>
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				Zoe tried to suppress a laugh and a smile at Korus offering his condolences to her being Therius' partner. Well, at least he was an asshole to everyone it seemed, not just her. She sobered up though when Korus answered her question, giving her a very... bare bones account of what had happened. She tried not to frown up at him. For an officer, he sure didn't give very good statements. She didn't say anything though, being brand new she didn't really want to go around stepping on people's toes, besides, they could get a written statement later, which would be a lot better for their report.<br><br>She looked at Therius when he asked about the other sky car, moving to the window to look out at it, parked behind the squad car. That made her frown, a few gears in her head turning, but she didn't say anything right then. Zoe looked back to Korus when he excused himself, “No, no more questions right now, but you know we'll need your statement back at the station later.” She told him before he left, watching him leave and looking around a little. The place was a mess, had all this happened between Korus and the burglar or before he had arrived? Between the burglar and the shop owner? She walked over and looked at him, they wouldn't know how much of a struggle he'd put up before being killed till the coroner looked him over. He didn't look very beat up though.<br><br>Next she looked at the burglar, who definitely looked worse for wear. He looked like some one had used him to break all the things in the store. Zoe frowned, looking at Therius, “Anything on him?” she asked curiously.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 19:35:27</strong>
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				Korus brought his hand up dismissively at Zoe. "Don't worry. I'll be sure to file a full report on the place once I get to HQ. You two just worry about closing things up. I know how much Therius hates paperwork, and I don't want to have a new girl immediatly have to bother with a full report like this. Consider it a welcoming gift from my part, Miss Crawford." And with that, he was off.<br><br>When Zoe turned her attention to the burglar, Therius had just finished his scan, looking over the preliminary data he found. "The burglar? Not much from initial scans. Looks like a lowlife that tries to take advantage of the current state of society. I'll need run the data though once we get back to the HQ." He then glanced over to the dead asari, narrowing his eyes as he pushed himself up and walked over to her, checking her body over, narrowing his eyes as he indeed found an incision made by a blade, right in the side of the woman's ribcage. Looks believable to have been killed by an omni-blade.<br>He then pushed himself up again, gazing around the store, his mandibls vibrating slightly with a drawn-out 'Hmm'. "Odd... It's true this wound if caused by something like an omni-blade... But I don't think lowlifes like him can afford that... Looks like he's part of a bigger plot..."<br><br>"There's some other things that bother me, though... First of all..." He turned to Zoe. "You noticed the position of the skycars?" He spoke up, before began to walk over to the wall against which the burglar was sitting, noticing two large stains of blood, trailing down to the body. Tapping his chin, Therius then kneeled down besides the body and began to feel it over, running his hands along its pockets and jacket, before he found something and pulled forth a gun, stashed away away in the burglar's jacket. Narrowing his eyes, he began to examine the gun like a mistrusting volus merchant would began to check over new merchandise.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 19:57:31</strong>
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				Zoe frowned a little at Korus offering to file the report, but not wanting to close down the scene, or even stick around for forensics to arrive. He'd have to hear what they said to write a full report. She supposed he could just wait for their official report but most officers liked to stick around, ask questions, see things for themselves. He just seemed eager to get out of here. She looked at Therius as he finished the scan and basically told her he hadn't gotten much back on the burglar, her mouth pulled to the side slightly in thought and her hands on her hips, looking down at the dead man. <br><br>She followed him to look at the shop owner, finding the incision Korus had mentioned. Though she wondered how he'd seen it if it took Therius a moment to find it by hand and they had gotten here supposedly just as he shot the Burglar. She hadn't seen him check the shopkeeper over. Zoe listened to the Turian muse aloud about the the oddity of the shopkeeper's death. That while it did look like she had been stabbed with an omni blade, most low life burglars couldn't afford an attachment like that. Which meant that he wasn't just some low life burglar. In Zoe's mind, she added <em>'or he wasn't the one that killed her</em>', but she wasn't ready to say that or really think it with any sort of serious thought, because the implications were too far out there for her right now.<br><br>Zoe looked back to her partner though when he spoke again, mentioning other things that bothered him about the scene. She gave a slight nod when Therius mentioned the sky cars, “The burglar's car is parked behind Korus' squad car, which means Korus was here first, unless he backed in.” She saw him pull the gun out of the burglar's jacket, frowning, “I thought Korus said he pulled a weapon on him, what's it still doing in his pocket?” She asked, glancing around the store again, a different picture of how things happened starting to form in her mind.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 20:32:41</strong>
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				Therius nodded at Zoe's explanation about the skycars, seeming to be spot on the same thing he was thinking. Inspecting the gun further, before holding it as he pulled the gun back and ejected the thermal round in it, which was its normal, dull colors. "Not only did he still have his gun in his jacket..." He spoke as he looked at the clip. "The thermal clip is cold. Unused. He didn't fire his gun even once." He narrowed his eyes, grabbing the thermal clip again as he slipped it back into the pistol, before putting it back in the man's jacket. "Odd... But then again... After that Geth attack, I don't easily get surprised by these kinds of things." He then pushed himself up again, looking around once more, before sighing. "Let's just close off the scene for now and leave it to the forensics. If Korus will take care of the report, there's no need to do double work." Atleast Korus didn't seem to lie about Therius hating paperwork.<br><br>After a few minutes, the two would have been able to set up a proper perimeter around the scene, shortly after which the forensics team arrived. As they got to work, however, Therius took his distance. "Crawford. You gonna stick around to hear more from them? Because I don't have a need for it." Regardless of her answer, he began to walk away again, back towards the market they originally were at. Korus was a well-respected colleague of his, and someone who joined the academy at the same time as Therius. The two got along fairly well for what little contact they had.<br><br>Wether he was with his partner or alone, Therius simply leaned back against a wall, peering over the market area calmly, though the strange circumstances of the crimescene still bugged him. He'd definatly have to have a closer look at this later on.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>25-10-2013, 22:34:43</strong>
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				Zoe frowned as she watched her partner examine the gun, finding it hadn't even been fired. She wanted to argue though when he said they should just close off the scene and leave it for forensics. Things weren't adding up, and she knew he saw it too, so why was he just asking like everything was fine and there was nothing to worry about? She kept frowning, but kept her opinion to herself. He didn't seem interested in hearing it, and she really did want to try and get along with him. Even if he didn't want to get along with her. So she helped him mark off the perimeter and wait till forensics arrived. She paused to watch them start to work the scene, but Therius made it clear he wasn't going to stick around. So Zoe sighed and followed after him.<br><br>The rest of the day had been rather uneventful, as had the next day, which had been partially spent out on their route, but some had also been spent getting Zoe acquainted with the station a little more. She could tell Therius kind of hated having to teach her anything, he no doubt thought it demeaning, but he did it anyway. Part of her was wondering if she should maybe request a different partner. Therius obviously didn't want her, she'd already seen the Asari she'd gone to academy with, Narani, and her partner, a Salarian, working together, and they seemed to be getting on just fine. It wouldn't look good for her to ask for a different partner so soon though, so she'd just wait. Maybe Therius would get used to her, start to accept her, it would just take a little longer. Zoe tried to remind herself that you tended to appreciate things better when you have to work for them anyway.<br><br>Today they weren't on street rotation though, so after their usual routine, she and Therius ended up in the shooting range. She was pretty sure the Turian was wanting to try and best her, maybe thinking she'd just been having a lucky day before. Zoe wasn't about to let him beat her though. Some small part of her thought maybe she should, if only for the sake of maybe smoothing things out a little, but she was a competitive person, and she wasn't about to let Therius think he was better than her when he wasn't. “So how long have you been on the force?” She asked him as she reloaded the thermal clip on her assault rifle, deciding to work with that a bit today, she didn't need any work with her pistol after all.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>26-10-2013, 09:57:47</strong>
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				Although Therius still wasn't fond of his new partner, her suggestion to head to the shooting definatly hit the spot with him, eagerly agreeing, even if just for showing that he's the better shot.<br>As Zoe was practicing with her assault rifle, Therius was back at the workbench inside the shooting range, working on his snipe rifle as he was replacing the scope with a larger, more complex one. When her question popped during a pause in her gunfire, Therius glanced over his shoulder at the girl, narrowing his eyes. "Long enough to know the difference between a real criminal and pathetic poor sod that's trying to make a living." He coldly said, referencing back to two days ago where Zoe was questioning him about letting the pickpocketer go.<br><br>After reattaching the first part of his new scope, he continued. "I am your senior officer, in case you have forgotten. If I let someone who commited a crime go, don't you agree I would have a decent reason for it? Survival is an instinct of every living creature, not just the criminals that deserve a round in the knee." He had a small pause in his talk as he began screwing the next part of his scope in place. "If we were to arrest and detain every petty criminal that tries to make a living without hurting anyone, then more than half of the wards' population would be in a cell pretty soon. I don't think that's really something to go for, is it?" He spoke, as he began adding the final part of the scope in place, before holding his gun up as he peered at it closely.<br><br>Nodding satisfied at his work, he turned around again, marching over to the shooting range itself as he pressed a button to make three targets appear on the far end of the wall, at a range only a sniper rifle could hit, though it still seemed tricky then. Bringing his scope up to his eye, he closed the other, unlocking the safety, as he suddenly changed subject, twisting something on his scope, as if he was zooming in and out. "Tell me, Crawford... Do you know the&nbsp; main advantage and disadvantage that the Viper sniper rifle has over other rifle such as the Widow?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>26-10-2013, 21:05:59</strong>
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				Zoe rolled her eyes with a soft, disapproving <em>'tsk'</em> at her partner's answer, which wasn't an answer to her question at all but a chance to try and make her look stupid. Or uncaring, or inexperienced or whatever else he was trying to do. She frowned, a soft, simmering distaste welling up in her chest as he lectured her. “I asked you a valid question in the Wards, are you going to lecture me every time I ask you a question?” She said, trying very hard not to just snap at him. “I see what you're saying, but as you said, you're the senior officer here, by how many years I don't know. I'm just a rookie, my training says a crime is a crime, even the smallest ones should be punished,” she raised her rifle, aimed, and shot, her bullet going an inch or two too high, so she adjusted her aim and fired again, hitting it dead on this time, right where the target's heart would be, if he weren't made of paper and plastic. An instantly fatal shot.<br><br>“But by letting them go, aren't you just encouraging the behavior? Stealing does hurt people, how do you know the person he stole from isn't in a much better position than him?” She asked, “He could be feeding his family, or a drug habit. That doesn't help anyone, especially him.” Zoe just thought Therius thought himself too important to bother with such petty crimes, but she wasn't going to say that out loud. She aimed again and fired, striking the target low in the leg, crippling him. She switched tactics, aiming on the target to her left, firing several shots in rapid succession, hitting it in each limb with impressive accuracy.<br><br>Zoe paused though when Therius brought up some targets at a distance only suitable for his sniper rifle. She set her rifle aside and leaned against her console, arms crossed as her blue-gray eyes watched him zoom in and out, adjusting his scope. “No, I don't,” She told him honestly. Sniper rifles weren't her forte, she was a good shot with them, but they weren't her weapon of choice. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>27-10-2013, 01:23:03</strong>
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				Therius smirked, patiently taking aim, switching his scope from target to target rapidly. "Most high caliber sniper rifles like the Widow discharge so much heat that only a single shot per thermal clip can be afforded... Thus making a sniper rely on an aim, shoot and duck technique, leaving himself vulnerablle. With a Viper however..." He steadied his hands, as he seemed to hold his breath now, his mandibles twitching slightly, before he let out one deafening shot, moving his gun to the side and letting out another, and another. It wasn't until that last shot had fired that he once more began to breath, lowering his rifle as he pushed himself up and flicked a switch on the panel, causing the targets to be carried to the front, showing three clean, dead-on headshots. "With a Viper, the thermal clip can take a few more shots in rapid succession, with much less recoil, allowing the sniper to take out target after target without leaving himself completely vulnerable.<br><br>He then turned to the workbench, walking over to it as he ejected the thermal clip, before laying his gun down. "And about your opinion on my judgement. If you want to go ahead and arrest every single person for a every petty crime they commit, be my guest. It's not like C-Sec has more important things to deal with." His words were dripping with cynicism as he expertly began to clean the muzzle of his sniper rifle with a rag. "Prioritise, Crawford. It's a key skill you should get yourself accustomed to."<br><br>He then turned around to look at the targets Zoe was using. "Something else, though... You seem pretty confident in your own firing skills... But shooting at motionless dummies is one thing... Shooting live, moving targets is an entirely other. If you're so good with that pistol and rifle, how about you prove it to me at the Armax Arena?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>27-10-2013, 09:23:56</strong>
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				Zoe listened as Therius explained the difference between a Viper rifle and most other sniper rifles, her brows raising a little when he demonstrated for her, just how different they were. She nodded a little, impressed, “I didn't know that...” Well she had her new favorite sniper rifle at least. She watched him go back to the work bench, rolling her eyes at his back as he continued his little lecture. “You're such a pleasant guy, Zaven,” she sneered at him, “How do you manage it?” She picked her rifle back up, firing a few rounds, and maybe she imagined that they had Therius' face, maybe. Not that she'd ever tell him that. She really did want to try and get along with the Turian, but he made things difficult with his condescending attitude. Usually, Zoe was up beat and out going, easy to make friends, but Therius was putting her generally sociable personality to the test, that was for sure.<br><br>Part of her knew he was right, but it'd be easy to take if he wasn't such an asshole about it.<br><br>She looked back to her surly partner when he spoke of shooting dummies was easy, but moving targets were something else. She arched a brow at him, not sure what he meant till he mentioned the Arena. She smirked a little. “Alright Sunshine,” she nodded, “The Arena it is.” She put her rifle away, and went eagerly with Therius to Armax Arena, letting him pick the lay out, though the computer got to pick their opponents. In the locker room, Zoe got ready, equipping herself as well as having to use the armor that the Arena provided that helped with keeping track of vitals and other statistics.&nbsp; Zoe met back up with Therius in the field, equipped with her usual choice of pistol, assault rifle, and shot gun. She'd always felt this was a rather well-rounded selection. Pistols for accuracy, assault rifle for fire power, and shot gun for when things got up close and personal.<br><br>“So, gonna show me some super secret moves? Mr. Senior Officer?” She asked him, hands on her hips. Zoe had decided that getting snarky with Therius wouldn't get her anywhere but on the corner of 'headache' and 'frustration'. He obviously lacked much of a sense of humor though, so that seemed the best route to get on his nerves, or possibly get him to lighten up, though she doubted it. Zoe had no idea what had happened to him to make him such a stick in the mud, she wondered if he'd been like this even before the Geth attack.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>27-10-2013, 10:51:50</strong>
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				Therius decided it better to completely disregard her comment about him being a nice guy. A human wasn't worth his anger. He knew he should be making friendly with the human. Like it or not, they were partners now, but he just didn't feel he could trust her as his partner. That, and she was a rookie that was pretty full of herself. A recipe for disaster. Shaking his head, he decided against thinking about it further as she agreed to head to the arena, causing Therius to smirk... As far as was visible atleast.<br><br>When the two arrived in the arena, they seperated to go to different locker rooms. Therius however casually took his time. Being a frequent visitor to the arena, Therius had accumulated enough Armax credits to requisition a personal armor, tailored to his needs. The armor was blackish gray, with red details, aswell as small addittions added in key parts of his armor, making it look rather different from the others. Heading over to the workbench now, he put down each of his guns, nodding to himself as he began to finetune them. First he attached a long barrel to the Carnifex pistol, allowing his projectiles to strike with a bigger impact. Next, he brought up his M-9 Tempest SMG, his least favored weapon, and added a small targeting visor to it, nodding as he put the two guns away, one on each side of his hip. Finally, he brought up his Viper sniper rifle, smirking at his favored weapon, checking the thermal scope on top, before attaching an extra penetration module, allowing his projectiles to get more of the punch that the Viper lacked in comparison to other weapons. Nodding, he stored the rifle on his back, checking his omni-tool, before he actually took out a second omni-tool, though this didn't seem to have any of the proper capabilities that the first one had, safe for one single module on it. Smirking approvingly, he brought the half visor that was slung around his neck up to the back of his head, placing it on like a backwards headphone, before bringing up his primary omni-tool and engaging some options, a screen of light spreading before Therius' eyes as the visor came to life. The visor seemed to mark all kinds of info of the things Therius was looking at, obviously VI driven, as two targeting visors would appear on the visor, before Therius' eyes. "Back like the good old days..." He whispered to himself, before smirking as he turned around and marched to the elevator to take him to the arena.<br><br>As they arrived in the arena, Therius looked around as the arena had taken the shape of shuttle loading dock, with two large landings pads on the side, and some padways leading up to the main docking area. There were a large number of crates and some barricades in place. Plenty of cover. Therius nodded to himself as he now looked at Zoe, placing his hands in his side as he walked up to her. "Show? That's not my style... I know I'm doing it right, if neither you, nor the enemy knows where I am." He smirked, pulling out his pistol, peering around as the countdown for the battle was beginning. Therius glanced behind him at Zoe as he walked past her. "Try not to get killed..." And with that, his shields flickered a bit, before he began to dissipate, a tactical cloak spreading over Therius' body as he disappeared from view, while casually walking along the loading the dock.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>27-10-2013, 22:36:32</strong>
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				Zoe would think her partner considering her to be full of herself rather funny, something like the crow calling the kettle black, since he was about one of the most arrogant people she'd ever met. So she frowned at him when he said 'showing' wasn't his style, and that he didn't let his enemies, or her, know where he was, “How the hell are we supposed to work together then?” she asked him, tone exasperated. She was really getting sick of his shit, his blatant refusal to just try and get along with her, if only so they could do their fucking job. When he disappeared from sight, activating his tactical cloak, Zoe had to really concentrate not to just throw something, snatching her helmet off it's hook on her belt and shoving it onto her head, activating it's HUD and VI with her omni tool. Inside her visor, the VI came to life, and sure enough, couldn't pick up a trace of Therius, she'd be impressed if she didn't feel like throttling him.<br><br>She pulled out her M-6 Carnifex heavy pistol, the thing only head six shots, but was a complete beast and so far in working with it, she found she didn't need much more that six rounds if your aim was good enough. Her shotgun was a Krogan made M-300 Claymore, and could blow a hole in just about anything if you got close enough, and her assault rifle was an M-15 Vindicator, precise but still powerful. Zoe hoped Therius realized this was a training exercise designed specifically for C-Sec officers to encourage team work and dependence, but it didn't seem like he did. <br><br>The Arena's VI came over the comm, announcing that the simulation would begin soon. Zoe ducked into cover, checking her pistol and her surroundings a little before the count down began, and then finished. She waited a moment before she heard movement and checked carefully around the cover she was behind, seeing three Geth moving towards her in a V-formation. She frowned and ducked back into cover, “Zaven, got three on my six, heading south.” She fed him over the comm, before opening fire, getting one of the synthetics in what she assumed to be his face, making him stagger back and then erupt into a shower of gold pixels. The other two dove into cover, and she engaged them both from her cover.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>28-10-2013, 02:47:54</strong>
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				Moving into position as the VI counted down to the start of the round, Therius his rifle up to eyeheight, coming out of stealth as he had taken position behind a few crates, a bit more elevated. He however did place a round object with a dim bleeping light on it a bit further from him, being obviously identified as a small proximity charge. Taking slow, deep breaths, Therius gazed down his scope as the enemies began to materialize, blinking, as his mandibles twitched upon realizing who their opponents were. "Geth..." He whispered to himself. Moving from target to target, he kept a close eye on their movements, before peering at the geth moving over to Zoe's position.<br><br>Finally, when Zoe popped out to take out one the geth, Therius moved into action. "That's right... Focus on her..." He whispered, before he let out two quick shots, one hitting another geth in its flashlight head as it popped out to try and shoot Zoe, while the other shot seemed to punch right through the metal barricade the other was hiding behind, punching through its head easily. "I think that leaves zero, Crawford." Therius called out over the comm, adjusting his position a bit, as he let out another shot, immediatly taking down one of the geth that had reappeared now, leaving four more that slowly marched through the area, searching for the source of that killing blow. "Looks like we got four more, looks like they're splitting two on two, probably to comb out the area. I've got three more shots left. If you take them out, I'll cover you." Therius called out, his actual arrogant attitude seeming to slip away as he now took on a more commanding one.<br>While doing so, Therius flipped on the thermal vision of his scope, to allow his spot the geth's energy signals through the cover, keeping close track of the synthetics movements, though that became harder as they began to split up.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>28-10-2013, 08:27:01</strong>
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				Zoe saw the other two targets erupt in a shower of golden sparks, assuming correctly that it was the Turian taking them out. She heard him come over the comm a moment later to inform her that they had four more targets on the field, and that they looked to be splitting up two on two. “Roger,” she answered at his suggestion of a plan. She deferred to his more commanding tone, he was more suitable as a leader here than her, she was just glad he was trying to work with her rather than just trying to make her look bad or make himself look better. She wasn't in the mood for Therius to go on an ego trip. It was annoying enough having to deal with that kind of attitude in general, but the fact that it could hamper her career just made it even less tolerable. Being made to look bad would do nothing but hold her back.<br><br>She moved from her cover, staying low, before locating the first duo of Geth, sighting up and firing, getting another 'head' shot, the Geth's companion ducking into cover quickly. She wasn't sure of the location of the other two, but she knew they'd be heading her way now, so she rolled into a different location quickly. “Where are the other two?” She asked Therius in a low voice over her comm. Zoe popped up out of her cover quickly to shoot the one Geth again, but he moved last minute and she clipped him in the shoulder instead. She ducked back down as bullet sprayed her way. <br><br>Even though it was a simulation, it definitely got Zoe's blood pumping. You could tell your brain it wasn't real all you liked, but it still reacted to everything as if it was your life on the line. It was why C-Sec encouraged their officers to come to the Arena to train, it was definitely better than just straight target practice. There were also non lethal round training exercises involving having officers go against one another in teams, but they were rare, and with everyone working so much, it had fallen low as a priority. It was much easier for partners to just head to Arena when they had the time. Officers got one free round a week thanks to a deal between Armax and C-Sec, and she saw no reason not to take advantage of it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>28-10-2013, 10:25:14</strong>
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				Therius watched Zoe closely, while glancing at the other geth, just as he was about to fire at one of them, they walked into a position where he couldn't hit them. Though he was able to read their thermal signals, they were in no position to be shot now, causing Therius' mandibles to twitch rather annoyed. That was when another shot was fired, as Therius moved his view to the other pair of geth, as he could soon see only one more remaining. With Zoe moving into a different position, Therius quickly checked the location of the other geth. "They're incoming at 3 o'clock. Disengage fall back further. I cannot line up a shot from their current location." He then quickly launched something from his omnitool, as a circular, blinking device latched onto the ground, somewhere behind Zoe. "And stick to the left of the walkway. You'll see a light on the other side. Avoid it and lure the geth over it." Therius calmly spoke out.<br><br>When in combat, it didn't matter to him at all wether she was human or not. He still despised her, but right now prioritised getting through without breaking a sweat. Therius still had one question roaring through his mind, though: "Geth... Why did it have to be geth? Synthetics sons of bitches..." When he saw those first opponents, he was shocked, but that feeling was no replaced with anger. He was going to make sure those assholes didn't get the satisfaction of shooting Zoe. That he'd make sure of.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>30-10-2013, 08:49:52</strong>
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				Zoe heard the Turian's instructions over her comm, nodding, though he couldn't see that, so she added, “Roger,” and fired one last shot that the Geth she'd already engaged before she started backing up, keeping an eye out for the other two Geth and soon enough seeing the top of their heads over a half wall. She ducked behind some cover again, before popping up to fire a shot, and then another, drawing the attention of all three Geth. They returned fire and then so did she, killing another and then rolling out of cover, moving low and fast and sticking to the left side of the walk way just as Therius had told her, seeing the blinking light of the grenade he'd planted. <br><br>She got into cover on the other end of the walk way before she popped up to fire a shot, keeping the Geth coming towards her until finally one strayed too close to the grenade and it went off with a ear-shattering <em>boom</em>. Zoe ducked back into cover, head down, as the grenade blew the two Geth into pixels, and then stood when it cleared.<br><br>She ducked back down quickly though as a shot fired just past her. Zoe glanced up to see a flash of white and cursed under her breath. “Got two Hoppers about,” she informed Therius, before there was a deep whirring noise very close by and Zoe rolled just in time to avoid a strike from something. She kept moving, getting well out of the way, and peeked out of cover to see a massive Geth Destroyer heading at her with a shot gun raised. “And a fucking Destroyer!” She snarled. The things had a lot of shielding to them, and it was about twice her size. It was all a simulation, but it still had her heart racing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>05-11-2013, 22:20:31</strong>
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				Smirking, the turian remained as silent as usual when he saw the mine taking out the two geth, muttering to himself. "Therius: Four. Rookie: Three. I think I need to get more of a lead." That's when the new enemies appeared and Zoe called out how many there were. The destroyer was slow and lumbering, thus he wasn't worried about that. The hoppers were another problem, though.<br>Staying in position, Therius silently watched the two of them. Hoppers were a difficult target as their rapid movement made it difficult to fire at them. However, Therius knew from experience that Hoppers easily dodged gunfire, that they saw coming. They need to maintain their position to fire a shot, aswell. That was his saving grace. "Stick to cover and focus on the destroyer. Bring his shields down." He called out over the comm, before peered around the area.<br><br>Finally, he caught sight of one of the hoppers, tracking its movements as well as he could, until he held still to try and fire at Zoe, which was the moment that the gunshot went off and a sniper shot dug its way straight through the hoppers' flashlight head. "One down." He muttered, before began scanning around the room for his next target, following the same pattern to keep track of him. It took a few seconds, but finally, another gunshot rang out, as the second hopper burst into an explosion of pixels. He took this moment to eject his thermal clip and reload a new one, before setting his sights on the destroyer again. "Crawford. How are those shields coming along?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>06-11-2013, 07:23:46</strong>
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				Zoe let out a sigh at Therius' instructions, “Roger,” she muttered back, not liking that she was the one getting stuck with the Destroyer. She stayed in cover as long as she could, using her rifle now to fire round after round into the hulking Geth's shields. When he charged at her she retreated quickly, using her shot gun to blast two slugs into it as it tried to regain it's balance from smashing into a wall. She retreated again and got back into cover, switching back to her assault rifle to keep wearing down its shields. This was real fun alright. She heard somewhere in the Arena as Therius took out the two Hoppers, but wasn't able to get a read on where he was before she was having to retreat as the Destroyer charged her again.<br><br>Therius' voice came over her comm, asking her about the Destroyer's shields. She pulled out her shotgun and blasted it one last time, watching it's shields shimmer and then disappear. “Taken care of,” she told him before she backed up quickly and ducked back into cover.<br><br>((bit short, sorry :\ ))
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>06-11-2013, 08:06:52</strong>
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				With Zoe confirming that the shields were down, Therius aimed his rifle at the hulking behemoth, but didn't pull the trigger, smirking. "Let's make this flashy..." He then pulled his gun up and stowed it away as he pushed himself up and leaped out of his cover. Appearing somewhere above Zoe as he had taken cover on the high ground, his eyes locked onto the behemoth, until suddenly, the thrusters on Therius' suit kicked to life, launching him towards the Destroyer, as two omni-blades appeared out of thin air, one on each hand.<br>It happened it a flash, as Therius's first blade dug into the Destroyer's head as he came down upon him, with the other digging into its shoulder. He then moved his hands apart sideways, sliding open the synthetics head and shoulder as he dropped down and jumped back to be out of range of any explosion that might occur upon the Destroyer's death. Cracking his neck a moment, he watched as the Destroyer fell over and onto the ground, disappearing into a flock of pixelated sparkles, as the turian's omni-blades disappeared once more.<br><br>Finally, he turned around to Zoe, crossing his arms and smirking. "And that, is how you take care of geth."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>07-11-2013, 21:42:50</strong>
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				Zoe looked up as Therius appeared in the air over her head, thrusters engaging to launch him right into the Destroyer. He practically shredded the thing with his dual omni blades, and Zoe had to admit she was rather impressed, smirking as she stood from cover. She watched the Geth crumbled to the ground and then disappear into a blast of golden pixels. She just grinned at the Turian as he turned and crossed his arms, looking very pleased with himself as he spoke. “Yeah, because I didn't do anything,” she rolled her eyes, “Come on show off, time's up.” She told him, putting away her shot gun and walking off to head out of the arena.<br><br>There are a few things that just go together naturally, and having a drink after combat (even if it was just simulated), is one of them. So of course Zoe and Therius found themselves in the bar not too far from the Arena after their round. Zoe debated a moment, eyeing the unfamiliar drinks, before just ordering something that sounded appealing, and leaned against the bar, her weight on her arms as they rested on the counter top. “So you never answered my question earlier, how long have you been on the force?” She asked him as they waited for their drinks.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>07-11-2013, 23:51:06</strong>
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				Ordering a rather mild drink, Therius followed Zoe's example and made himself comfortable against the bar, taking a careful first sip and tasting the drink intently, obviously to make sure it wasn't going to kill him. Once he was sure it was a dextro-friendly drink, he swallowed, before glancing at Zoe as she popped a repeat of her previous question, to which Therius sighed annoyed. "Seeing as you won't stop asking until I give you an answer... I've been around for a few years... Joined up with C-Sec rather early. Always had this side of me that was forcing me to take some attempts at being more righteous. I failed my initial entry into the Turian Ghosts, so this was the next best thing I could come up with." <br><br>He then took another sip, smirking a bit, as far as smirking as visible on his face. "I have to admit, it feels good to kill geth. Especially when you've got bait around that'll line them up nicely for me to pop. One by one. Atleast you don't seem like one to get in the way when I'm doing my thing." His words were quite litteraly oozing with egocentrism as he took another sip.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>08-11-2013, 01:41:29</strong>
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				Zoe rolled her eyes at her partner's rather snide answer to her question, she was getting a little tired of his sour attitude bringing her mood down. She was a naturally friendly person, she made friends easily, and enjoyed being social, but Therius just made her want to keep to herself. She took her drink when it came, sipping at it experimentally, before deciding it tasted decently enough and giving a more definitive sip. Her drink was stronger than Therius, but the small woman had a surprisingly high alcohol tolerance, it came with a fondness to going to bars and clubs with her friends. She rather liked being social, going out and having a life, having fun. She definitely got the impression that Therius was not the sort to be into that though.<br><br>She decided silence was the best response to his answer, and she sipped at her drink some more, but looked back to him when he spoke. Zoe gave him a glare when he referred to her as 'bait', setting her glass down a little harder than she'd meant to and sloshing a little of her drink. Grabbing a napkin and cursing under her breath she wiped it up quickly, before she gave him a glare again, “Yeah, because I didn't do a damn thing,” She growled at him sarcastically, picking up her glass and taking a drink before setting it back down. “So how is this working for you? This arrogant asshole personality you've got going?” She asked him sarcastically.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>08-11-2013, 10:05:54</strong>
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				Ignoring her initial defensive statement, Therius took another drink, before Zoe commented about his attitude. Oh, how often he had heard that before. He almost expected her to pop that question, and as such, he found an appropriate answer. "Don't know. Why don't you ask that Destroyer?" He scoffed a bit mockingly as he took another sip, before placing his glass down. "Believe it or not, and as much as I hate it aswell, you're stuck with me. So deal with it." <br>Turning around as he emptied his drink, Therius tapped the bar to gesture for another glass. "I do things my way and I've changed them for anyone, so don't think you can make a difference there. Just be a good girl and do what I say until Bailey is smart enough to get us apart again. That way we'll all be happy enough to last through this." As his new drink came, he immediatly chugged down half of it, turning with his back to the bar again.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>08-11-2013, 20:33:07</strong>
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				Zoe frowned at the Turian and gave him a glare when he scoffed at her question and gave her some jerk of an answer. He was right though, she was stuck with him, for now. She didn't think she was going to last with him for long though not with his horrible attitude. She'd put up with him for as long as she had to, and not a second longer. She took a drink from her glass, frowning at Therius as he kept going on about him doing things his way and there was nothing she could do about it so be a good girl and stay out of his way until Bailey split them up.<br><br>Finishing her drink, she pushed her glass away a little and held up her hand when the bartender moved to get her a refill, shaking her head. She hopped down from her stool, “Yeah, and you didn't say how that's really working out for you. I bet you don't have a single friend,” she tossed some chits onto the counter, “Or a girlfriend, or a wife, or anyone who is even interested in you that isn't being paid to put up with your horrible company.” She included herself in this last category, she wouldn't be around him if it weren't her job to do so. “So you know what, you want to be miserable and alone, have at it, I'll put up with you as long as I have to, then I'm gone,” Zoe told him before she walked off, “See you in the morning.” Frowning she left the bar to head home, deciding she needed a drink with some one who wasn't a total jackass so she'd see what some of her friends were up to later. At least she had friends, unlike some one.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>08-11-2013, 20:49:33</strong>
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				When Zoe began providing Therius with an angered response, the turian just let her rage and continued sipping his drink, not even looking at the woman as she was speaking. It hardly even seemed like he was listening. When she finally turned to walk off, Therius called after her: "See you tomorrow, sunshine!" The sheer sadism behind that line was obvious as he chuckled while emptying his drink, turning to the bartender, who had an obvious look of 'What did you do wrong?', but Therius ignored it and slid his glass forward. "Fill 'er up."<br><br>He had to admit he quite liked the current setting. Zoe was pretty funny to anger, especially since she doesn't look like the angry type. If he was going to be stuck with a human, he might aswell enjoy it while he can.<br><br>The following morning, Therius was at the station pretty early, sitting on a bench just outside the door, having one leg resting on another, while leaning back casually, peering about the area. As usual, he was keeping close tabs on the time to see if she was going to arrive late or not. Whenever she did, he'd go ahead and rub it in her face eagerly. Not that he's gotten that chance yet.<br>There was something else on his mind, though. He had finally gotten his hands on the report about the murder from back in the wards. Safe to say he was troubled by some of his colleague's wording, and it didn't sit right with him. Planning their patrol route of today to go past the place again, he wanted to get a glimpse at the scene again. Just because of that, he felt in a mood to rub it in Zoe's face a little extra if she'd arrive late.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>08-11-2013, 22:26:12</strong>
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				Zoe generally wasn't an angry person, but Therius brought that out of her with his arrogant, rude personality. She'd left the bar and gone home to take a shower, that night going out with a few of her friends from the Academy, where she'd ranted and unloaded about her new partner. No one else could really say they had gotten so unlucky with who they were placed with, and Zoe wondered why she couldn't have gotten a partner who didn't make her want to punch him in the face every time he opened his mouth. Was that so much to ask for? She'd tried not to let him ruin her night too though, and spent most of it drinking and dancing.<br><br>The next morning she had a touch of a headache, not quite a hang over but if she'd drank anymore she'd be suffering from one. So she dragged herself out of bed, took a shower, and fixed some extra strong coffee, sliding into the station just on time. She hadn't put up her hair, leaving it loose to fall to her shoulders, but had a band around her wrist to put it up when she had a minute. She spotted Therius sitting outside and Zoe thought about saying something to him, but he looked even more annoyed than usual, so she just went inside, figuring if he had something to tell her he'd follow. <br><br>Inside she went to the bullpen, to their desks, drinking her coffee as she went. She grabbed the things she needed for the day and caught the eye of Tonas, one of her friends from the night before, a Salarian. He looked a little miserable, not surprising considering how much he'd drank the night before. Zoe chuckled at the look her gave her, one of mixed exhaustion and misery. “Don't smile at me like that Crawford,” he groaned, “This is your fault.”<br><br>“Hey I told you that drink was stronger than it tasted,” she shrugged, sipping her coffee, “You just need to work on not being such a light weight.”<br><br>“I'm a Salarian,” He frowned, “We're always light weight.”<br><br>Rolling her eyes at the lost humor she turned to go and find Therius so they could head out for the day.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>08-11-2013, 22:40:53</strong>
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				As he saw Zoe arrive, his eyes followed her, but his head didn't move, just watching her walk by and into the station. She knew they'd head out to patrol again today, so he saw no point in following her in. She'd come out again eventually.<br>When Zoe disappeared into the station, Therius opened up the dossier he had brought along, peering through the report, searching for specific details, muttering softly to himself. "... stabbed by omni-blade... three shots fired... no witnesses... unknown motive... criminal identity... unknown?" He blinked surprised. He might have been a lowlife thug, but it couldn't be that there were no records at all on him. It all smelled a bit too convenient. He was gonna have to ask Korus for some more details about it. Sadly enough, he knew that today was the one day in the week that Korus had off, so he wasn't around.<br><br>Just as he closed up the dossier again, the door to the stations slid open for Zoe as she came looking for Therius to head out. Without a word, Therius stood up as he saw her and walked over to a skycar, opening it up as he stepped inside, waiting for Zoe to step in, before closing it off and taking off.<br>Once they were safely underway, he sent the dossier from his omnitool to Zoe's. "Have a look. It's Korus' report. Don't know how you'll think about it, but it smells fishy."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>09-11-2013, 22:37:11</strong>
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				Zoe came back outside, seeing the Turian sitting in the same place he'd been sitting before. She was still irritated with him, but she didn't think that that would ever go away, she'd just have to try and not let it effect her job. She just followed as he stood and walked away without a word to her, rolling her eyes and sipping her coffee still. He was such a child. She climbed into the skycar and settled in, looking out the window and continuing to nurse her coffee, trying to just stay in a good mood. Zoe disliked having such a wet blanket around, she was a generally positive and up beat person, but Therius dragged her mood down like no one she had ever encountered before.<br><br>She looked up though when her omnitool beeped at her when it received the dossier Therius had sent, glancing at him as he told her it was Korus' report from the incident from the other day, and that it seemed off to him. Zoe siped her coffee as she read, a frown slowly creasing her features, looking at her partner when she was done, lowering her arm. “There's nothing there... it's like they just did half the investigation and didn't bother with the rest,” she frowned. Questions that should always be answered were mentioned, but not actually answered. It was just a bunch of 'I don't know's in an official format.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 00:17:29</strong>
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				"Exactly." He glanced out the skycar window as they were driving through an obvious detour to their destination. "The strangest part about it is that Korus is pretty well-known among C-Sec for being very thorough in his reports. He never seemed to miss a detail. Everything was always in place. Given that reputation, this report is a complete contradiction, especially since you and I both know there were things there that just didn't add up. There is no mention at all of those." As they drove back out onto the main route, Therius switched the car to autopilot as he pulled out his pistol and checked it over once, nodding before putting it away. "We're going back to that shop. I've planned today's patrol route to take us right by it. I want to see if there's anything else we can find."<br><br>He then nodded to himself as he switched off the autopilot again and left the main route as he set down the car in a skycar lot. Once the car was parked, he opened it up as he stepped out. They were a few blocks away from the shop where everything happened, and Therius was prepared for anything, as he hardly waited for Zoe as he began walking along the halls of the citadel, peering about to keep track of petty criminals where he could.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 01:02:47</strong>
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				Zoe listened to her partner talk about how out of character this was for the other Turian officer, how thorough he usually was, which made this report so very suspicious. Frowning, she drank some more of her coffee, nodding slightly when he told her that they were going back to the shop when they were on patrol to see if there was anything else they could find out. It was what she'd been hoping for since she'd read that report. Something wasn't right, and something in Zoe was telling her that they should look into it. She'd been hesitant to voice that though since Therius seemed the type to do the opposite of whatever she suggested, just to spite her.<br><br>When the skycar landed, she drained the last of her coffee and left the empty thermos in the cup holder, getting out of the skycar and following after her partner quickly. As always, he didn't wait for her, or ever seem to care if she followed. It was annoying, but so was most everything he did. She walked quickly to catch up with him and then fell in step beside him. When they reached the shop, it was still shut down, and marked off limits to the public with C-Sec barriers. An officer could get through easily, as the barriers recognized registered officers, but it also kept a log of who came and went. This bothered Zoe for some reason. Usually it wouldn't, but something was telling her that even though it seemed like C-Sec was just overlooking this incident, some one was probably keeping a close eye on it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 02:51:01</strong>
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				Hardly concerned with the possibility that someone was keeping an eye on the crime scene, Therius walked onwards, using his omnitool to unlock the door and stepping inside, where he just stood still and looked around, surprised. "What... the..." His eyes slowly scanned the interior of the shop, which was completely empty. No corpses, no furniture, even the bullet holes in the wall were gone. It was as if the incident and even the shop itself never existed.<br>Finally walking forward into the shop, Therius brought up his omni-tool scanning the area. "Okay... What the hell is going on?!" He sounded frustrated, snarling a bit as he turned back to Zoe. "There's nothing left, not even DNA samples. It's as if it never happened, and nothing ever was here. Ever."<br><br>Grunting annoyed, Therius was just about to head back outside the shop, when a sound behind the door in the back of the shop startled him, causing him to immediatly draw his pistol and aim it at the door, nudging his head at Zoe, signalling her to cover him as he marched to the door, leaning against its side, before opening it up as he jumped out in front of the door. "C-Sec! On the ground now!"<br>"Wait! Wait! Kaven! Don't shoot!" A high-pitched voice came out obviously a salarian, a male one. Narrowing his eyes, Therius grunted as he looked down at the salarian. "For goodness' sake, Terato. I almost put a round in your head. I told you to meet me over at the markets after we left this place. What the hell are you doing here?" As he said that, Therius was already holstering his gun.<br><br>"Okay, okay... Give me a second, Kaven... You nearly gave me a heart attack." After a few deep breaths, the salarian finally continued. "The reason I didn't want to stay out in the market is because I think I saw him... The guy that's been following me around for days..." Therius sighed annoyed as he crossed his arms. "This rambling again about a human wanting to kill you? I told you already. You've got C-Sec protection. I was told one of our best cops got put in charge of making sure you're safe." The salarian nodded a few times, scratching the back of his head. "Yeah, yeah, I know... But... I don't know... I havn't heard from him for a long time anymore... So I'm getting worried..." Therius sighed, flicking his hand over at the salarian. "You worry too much. I don't have time for this." And with that, he headed back into the shop, looking around once again to make sure he didn't miss anything.<br><br>The salarian looked quite beaten as Therius just turned his back to him, before he looked over at Zoe, rushing over to her. "Hey! You're his new partner, right? Can't you convince him to help me out? Oh, and I'm Terato, I've been an informant for C-Sec for quite a while now around there parts.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 03:06:06</strong>
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				Zoe followed the Turian inside, or tried to, having to pull up short as he stopped just inside the door, and his posture and voice gave away that he was startled by something. “What is it?” She asked curiously, trying to see around him, before he finally walked further in and Zoe was able to get inside. She blinked as she looked around, her brow pulling down almost immediately into a trouble frown as she looked about what used to be a shop. Now it was just an empty building, looking very much like it'd been abandoned for ages, not like it'd been a crime scene only a few days ago. It was like nothing had ever happened, like nothing was ever there. She glanced at Therius as he let out some of his frustration, looking at her and voicing her own observation. She didn't say anything, just looked around, frowning to herself.<br><br>Her head snapped up though at the sound near the back door, drawing her pistol and immediately looking at Therius, nodding when he motioned for her to cover him, following him to the back of the shop. When he jumped out into the door and some one said his name, his first name, she raised a brow, watching for a moment to make sure nothing was going on before she relaxed a little, realizing that Therius and the Salarian knew one another. She didn't put her pistol away until her partner did, listening to the two of them. Seemed the Salarian was an informant under C-Sec protection, but he didn't feel so safe anymore. Therius seemed to think he was just being paranoid though.<br><br>She glanced from the Turian to the Salarian, feeling a little sorry for him, but blinking when he spottd her and hurried over, speaking quickly and trying to appeal to her. She glanced at Therius and then looked back to Terato, “I'm sorry, he really doesn't listen to me either,” she said, shrugging her shoulders, not caring if he heard her, he knew it was true. “Why do you think some one is trying to kill you?”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 03:17:52</strong>
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				As Zoe stated that Therius didn't quite listen to her either, which was something the turian ignored quite eagerly (he had to admit he was content that she atleast got the message), the salarian dropped his shoulder with a disappointed "Oh...", before he looked up again as she popped her next question. "Well, I've been seeing this same human constantly hanging around... He was outside my apartment the past weeks, always just sitting on a bench there, or leaning against a tree. And at the market, I always saw him shifting between the masses, from one place to another. It's so strange. He wants me dead. It must be something I saw or tipped to C-Sec. But the last decent clue I've been able to bring in was two weeks ago!" The salarian's speech became more panicked as he continued on, before finally...<br><br>"Oh shut up, already!" Therius snapped at the salarian, grunting as he walked over. "You came with to me last week aswell, and when I asked you to describe that human's appearance to me, you said you didn't know, yet you're saying you keep on seeing him everywhere. You're not making sense. So tell me, do you NOW know what he looks like." The salarian blinked, stuttering as he searched for words. "Erm... Well... He had black hair... Erm... No, wait... brown... or was it blond? I... I don't know... I just know it was hi-..." Therius scoffed audibly. "Alright, enough! You're an unauthorized person on a crime scene. You're telling me you're being followed by someone, but you don't know what he looks like. Get out. Go home. Have a good drink. And sleep it off. If someone were following you, the C-Sec protection you got would already be on him. Now scram!"<br><br>And with that, the turian turned towards the door and took his leave again, seeing as there was nothing of remote interest to him here, leaving the salarian just standing there, worrying and muttering to himself about what to do now.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 03:51:12</strong>
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				Zoe frowned as the Salarian explained to her that he'd been followed for two weeks now by the same human, seeing him everywhere. She tried to feel sympathetic for him, but she'd have to agree with Therius that it sounded a little... far fetched. She wondered if he was maybe on some sort of drugs, but her partner snapped at him before she could really question him any further. He gave her more reason to doubt the accuracy of Terato's claims. If he couldn't even describe the guy who was following him, she wasn't sure he was really being followed. She knew that aliens often claimed that all humans looked alike, but surely it would be difficult to get blonde and black hair mixed up. <br><br>She look at Therius, then looked back to the Salarian, giving him a sympathetic look, sighing as the Turian left. “I'm sorry, I'll try to check with the officer who was assigned to you, alright?” She told him, trying to sound reassuring, before she left as well, having to jog a little catch up with Therius. She caught up with him, falling in step beside him again, giving him a few disapproving looks as they walked, but not saying anything. He wouldn't listen to anything she had to say, and she didn't feel like getting into a shouting match with him in public. Officers were supposed to project an air of professionalism, but she wanted to tell him he'd been a real jerk to Terato. She kept her opinion to herself, sighing a little and hoping the day went by quickly.<br><br>A few days passed, and she and Therius continued their tense relationship, getting one another's nerves, one of them occasionally getting fed up enough to snap at the other, starting an argument. It was getting really old really fast. Today was not one of their days for patrol, so they were stuck together at their desks, filling out the usual paper work and reports. Zoe sighed and stood, giving a bit of a stretch before she walked off to use the bathroom. On the way back she caught a snippet of conversation, “-fires on the two officers and they had to kill the poor bastard.” “Wow, that's crazy, and the guy was an informant?” She paused, listening, “Yeah, some Salarian, said he stopped reporting in about two weeks ago so they went to look for him.” <br><br>Zoe frowned, then put on her friendlier face, walking over, “What happened? I'm so bored doing paperwork, bit of gossip sounds way more interesting.”<br><br>The Turian and Asari were more than happy to relay her the latest news, and Zoe returned to her desk, sitting down and giving Therius a look, “Terato is dead,” She told him, her voice low.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 04:02:24</strong>
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				As usual when he had office duty, Therius kept himself busy with two things primarily: Polishing his pistol and drinking dextro-coffee. From the moment he sat down at the desk, up till now, the paperwork waiting for him to do hadn't even bunged, as was sort of usual with him. Occasionally, he'd look at Zoe working, considering the possibility of getting some work done for himself, but coincidently, that was often the time that he happened to go and fetch himself another cup of coffee. And by the time he arrived at his desk again, he had already forgotten about his intention to get to work.<br>As Zoe stood up and left, Therius' eyes followed her as she vanished into the restrooms, before he focused on the black, warm drink in his cup again. He'd probably have three more sips before he'd go for a refill again.<br><br>He hardly noticed Zoe had returned until she suddenly spoke up, causing Therius to blink at her, drinking the last of his coffee as he put the cup down and brought up a few window on his computer, bringing up the reports about Terato's death. "No suspects as of yet...? Huh... Maybe he wasn't paranoid without a reason after all... Odd..." He frowned, obviously troubled by this development. "Hmm... His safety was guaranteed by one of the top cops when I last heard... Let me see wh-..." His sentence was cut short as his eyes narrowed. "Crawford." He barked at her, gesturing the girl to come over as he pointed at the screen, where the file on Terato's protection request and confirmation was pulled up, noting the officer in charge of his safety being Korus Atrakan.<br>"And here I was just about to let that weird case with the shop rest... Something fishy is definatly going on here..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 04:15:57</strong>
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				Therius' methods of procrastination had not escaped her notice, she'd never seen some one so lazy before. It irked her a little, but she just did her job and kept her mouth shut, she'd found that that was just the best way to deal with him. Zoe was a little satisfied by the look on his face when she told him that the Salarian informant was dead. He'd been dismissive and callous to Terato, and it was a little amusing to see him proved wrong. Still though, he seemed as arrogant as ever, rolling her eyes as he barked at her and motioned her over, going around to his desk and leaning over to reading his screen, her brows raising, and looking at her partner. She gave a frown, then nodded, “Yeah, I'd have to say so.”<br><br>Zoe had tried to just do her work for the rest of the day, but she was agitated, thinking about Terato, and the other things that had happened, all pointing to something wrong going on within C-Sec. She couldn't figure out a link between any of them. Except Korus. What was he up to? And he obviously wasn't alone, cleaning up that crime scene would take some one higher up. She didn't know, but the next day she wasn't surprised when Therius told her that they were going to look at the crime scene where Terato was killed while they were on patrol. They found themselves near the dock warehouses, which was unusual in itself, what would some one as paranoid as Terato be doing out here? This was the kind of place people met when they didn't want to be seen.<br><br>The area was still marked off, and seemed deserted, but Zoe kept her hand near her pistol, feeling on edge.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 04:39:01</strong>
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				For this patrol specifically, Therius didn't seem to be wearing his usual C-Sec armor. He still had the C-Sec colors, but the armor looked modified. He also had his sniper rifle with him again. It was as if he was expecting trouble.<br>During the ride to the warehouses, Therius checked his pistol over atleast two times, aswell as often checking some info on his omnitool. "Mysterious robbery. Evidence vanishes. Terato dies. And Korus seems to be right in the center of it all. Damn it all." He was still frustrated about being wrong about Terato's claims. No matter how harsh he wanted to treat that annoying scaredy cat, he still felt that he failed his duty, and it was obvious.<br><br>When they finally arrived, Therius, for the first time ever, actually waited for Zoe to get out of the car. Having a bad feeling since the moment he woke up, he didn't feel it to be a good idea to get split up here.<br>The two would spend a good hour looking around the docks, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary, not even around Terato's crimescene. Again, the scene was cleaned up in such a way that it seemed like nothing had happened, and it was clearly pissing the turian off as he was marching his way to one of the loading docks, his pistol already drawn. "Stay sharp. Ever since we arrived, I've had that annoying feeling that someone is watching us." He was very on edge, as was proving by the fact that he almost shot a keeper earlier.<br><br>After a few moments of walking around the docks, a sudden sound rushed through the air, like something was launched, and a split second later, a missile hit struck right in between both Therius and Zoe, narrowly missing them both, but the impact sent Therius stumbing forward, almost toppling off of the dock as he turned around to look about, before he noticed he figure in dark armor, wielding a compact missile launcher. "Son of a... Take cover!" And with that, Therius leaped forward to take cover behind some metal containers, which trembled fiercely as a missile pounded into them, before Therius put his pistol away and reached for his sniper rifle. "Okay. You wanna play tag with me, you son of a bitch. Let's play tag." Extending the weapon, he waited until he could hear another missile being fired.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 04:51:57</strong>
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				Zoe stuck close to her partner, she'd brought along her shot gun as well, and was on edge the entire time they prowled the scene. She could tell that Therius was taking this personally now, after having ignored Terato's plea for help. It was good to see him actually care about something, that he maybe felt some measure of guilt or responsibility for the Salarian's death. She'd said nothing to him about, she knew better. She didn't ask him how he felt about it, and she certainly didn't imply that he should have listened to Terato, she was fairly sure his response would be less than pretty if she did that, instead she stay quiet and alert. When he spoke, she nodded, “Yeah, me too...” She agreed.<br><br>She was mostly caught off guard as the missile sailed over them, only missing them by a fraction in projectile terms. Zoe instinctively covered her head with her arms and stumbled forward, the shockwave from the blast nearly knocking her off her feet. She caught herself on some crates, and stared around, her ears ringing. She heard Therius shout at her, though he sounded like he was on the other side of a wall, and she rolled behind some shipping containers, covering her ears with her hands to guard them against further damage as the next missile struck. She had her pistol out when she stood back up, staying low, making sure the one wielding the missile launcher couldn't see her. Looking around though, she realized she'd been separated from Therius.<br><br>“Therius, where the hell are you?” She whispered into her comm, before she heard the rapport of gunfire and ducked just in time to dodge rifle fire, moving quickly into cover behind some crates. “Damn it, he's not alone,” She growled, not surprised.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 05:02:08</strong>
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				Therius snarled, ignoring Zoe's request over the comm for now as he heard another missile smash into the crates which was his signal to pop up, laying his rifle on the container as he peered through the scope, quickly spotting their assailant. He was reloading his missile launcher, excellent. Smirking, he was about to pull the trigger, when a burst gunfire nearly hit him, forcing him to abort his assault, cursing audibly as he slipped back into cover, grunting annoyed. "Where the fuck is he?! I'll blow his brains out!" He barked over the comm, before enabling his tactical camouflage, making it obvious this set of armor was similar to that he used in the Armex Arena, rushing out over cover under the guise of invincibility as he slid down into some more seclusive cover and once more began to line up his shot at the one with the rocket launcher, who remained oblivious of him having moved. "Just distract the guy with the rifle... This rocket asshole is going down first..." As he fired another rocket however, the impact shock was still enough for Therius' first shot to miss a clean kill and slice past the man's arm. Luckily, this meant that he was unable to fire rockets. Realligning his shot, he could take this kill. Just a bit longer...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 05:18:30</strong>
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				Therius didn't respond, and Zoe felt like screaming. Now of all times he decided to just keep his head shoved firmly up his own ass. Letting out a growl of frustration, she heard whoever had fired at her fire again, and judging by her partner's reaction, had nearly hit Therius instead. Then she heard a Turian cursing under his breath, and shouting out that the one had disappeared. Zoe couldn't believe it! That asshole had brought his tactical camouflage! And he hadn't even had the fucking decency to tell her. She couldn't believe how fucking arrogant he was! When he barked at her to keep the guy with the rifle distracted she let out another growl, “Oh fuck you Therius,” She snapped at him before popping out of cover to fire a few shots at the other Turian, who immediately disappeared. <br><br>They exachanged fire a bit, Zoe hearing another missile launch and explode behind her, and then she heard something directly behind her and turned, pistol up, firing a shot at a man who had managed to creep up behind her. Her shot clipped him, but he dove at her, knocking her pistol from her hand, his other hand clamping down around her neck. Zoe swung a punch, getting him in the stomach, and kicked, trying to aim between his legs, but he caught her foot by closing his thighs. He got both hands around her neck and they went down, Zoe struggling to get free of his grasp, choking for air. One hand was clawing at his helmet, trying to pull it off so she could get at his face, especially his eyes, the other was trying to get her shot gun out. Finally she managed to get it free, and fired a shot, but the man on top of her knocked the shotgun away just in time to sent the pellets flying harmlessly. The momentary lapse allowed her a moment to suck in a lungful of air before letting out a scream, “Therius!” And then both hands were clamped around her throat again, squeezing tightly. She struggled, wailing on the her assailant, but he was wearing armor and a helmet, making her fists fairly ineffective.<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 05:33:36</strong>
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				It was a clean kill. He was wounded, disarmed. There was no way he could mi-...<br><br><em>"Therius!"</em><br><br>The voice sounded over both the comm and in the air, and it sounded desperate. He had the rocket assailant in his sights, all he had to do was pull the trigger and he'd be a goner. Simple as that. Zoe would be able to handle herself. She was an annoying human anyways. Too stubborn to die.<br><br>... ... ...<br><br>Not more than two seconds had passed when suddenly a sound of metal being pierced and flesh ripping rang through the air. Combined with that was that the fact Zoe's assailant's weight would seem to be pushed aside by something, which soon revealed to be Therius, charging in with his suit thrusters, his omniblade dug deep into the other turian's side. Having knocked him away from Zoe, he was about to rush in to finish the job, but his gut feeling told him something else was wrong. And just as he turned around to look at his previous target, he saw the missile launcher once more loaded and firing, aimed directly at him, but the missile seemed to avert. It wouldn't hit Therius for sure, but it definatly would have been able to hit Zoe.<br><br>A second later, an explosion filled the impact area, singing the crates Zoe had been hiding behind, but neither Zoe nor Therius were there anymore, as he had used his jet suit to push himself forward, scooping up Zoe and using his jet to pull her out of harm's way enough, before throwing the two of them down, using his own body to shield her from the blast. His ears were ringing from the explosion, but as soon as he could, he tried pulling himself up, reaching for his pistol. But Zoe's assailant had just slipped into a skycar that was parked nearby, hovering over to pick up the turian with the missile launcher. They were both wounded and in no condition to fight, but Therius missed a chance to kill one of them, twice. Lowering his pistol, he simply gazed at the skycar soaring off.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 05:51:42</strong>
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				Zoe's vision began to black out around the edges, and she could almost feel herself withdrawing from her own body, unable to breath. Her own heartbeat filled her ears until it was all she could hear, pounding desperately, rushing through her veins at a frantic pace. Suddenly the hands were gone, but it took her a moment to realize that, laying on the ground, unmoving for a moment, gasping for breath and trying to regain her senses, trying to bring herself back from the black. She was only just barely aware of Therius grabbing her, propelling them to safety as yet another missile struck down where they had been. She felt her body rocked by the explosion, but was protected, she opened her eyes to Therius practically laying on top of her, shielding her from the blast. He got up, but their attackers were making a hasty get away.<br><br>Zoe sat up, coughing and still trying to get her lungs to stop burning, the skin on her neck was red and angry, already beginning to bruise a little. “What the <em>fuck</em> is wrong with you?!” She screamed at the Turian, managing to get to her feet, stumbling a little and catching herself on a stack of crates, glaring hatefully at Therius. “You almost got me killed!” She was still panting a little, but seemed to have caught her breath for the most part, though screaming at her partner wasn't really helping. “I'm sick of this! You're supposed to be my partner Therius! But all you care about is yourself!” She snarled at him, adrenaline still coursing her veins, angry and in pain and upset, all the frustration she'd felt in the last week of being his partner boiling over. “I can't fucking trust you! You just use me as god damn bait so you can get your fucking glory shot!”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 06:04:07</strong>
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				Therius sighed, putting his pistol away, before going to scoop his rifle from the ground as Zoe began to rage at him, sheathing the weapon on his back again as the turian crossed his arms, gazing into the distance where the skycar vanished. When Zoe was finally finished, he spoke up, calm as ever. "When you use live bait for a fish, you're not going to save the worm at the very end. You let it die, be swallowed by the fish you want to catch. Were I using you as a bait, then I would have let you die so I could kill him, and then shoot the other guy. I would not jump into a rocket for some bait." And with that, he just began walking back to the car without even looking at Zoe.<br>He had no idea what really happened back there, but all he knew was that everything he was thinking about was killing that guy, until Zoe called for his help. His memory of his intentions grows foggy then. Normally, he would have let Zoe deal with it. He wouldn't have given up the kill for her. WHy did he? It didn't make sense. He never truly cared about casualties when it came to delivering justice until now. Maybe he was just enjoying the thought of having a girl he bark down all the time. He'd open the skycar and sit down in it, but then left it open, waiting for when Zoe was going to get in.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 07:31:54</strong>
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				Zoe scowled at Therius, “Could have fooled me,” she muttered at his back, “Probably just don't want to be stuck behind a desk again.” She didn't really think that, but she was angry, and sore. And half deaf. So she followed after the Turian, rubbing her neck gently, frowning at the thought of how bruised it was going to be, she was going to have to get some Fast Heal on her way home. No matter what he said, none of it would have happened if he'd just stayed with her, she would have had some one to watch her back, which was what a partner was supposed to do. She got into the skycar, but refused to look at or speak to Therius on the way back to head quarters. She just rubbed at the soreness in her neck and brooded about how she had a partner who'd just leave her out in the open like that.<br><br>A few days passed, and Zoe's anger ebbed and faded away. She wasn't a very angry person in the first place, and she noticed a shift in Therius' behavior towards her. He wasn't so antagonistic, so much of an asshole, he still wasn't the friendliest guy she'd ever met, but she'd stopped being so snide, stopped trying to just goad her into a fight every other minute. She didn't know if he felt bad for leaving her out on her own and nearly getting her killed, or what, she knew he wouldn't talk to her about it, which just made it awkward for her that she wanted to thank him for saving her, even if it was his fault she was in that situation in the first place. She wasn't going to apologize for yelling at him though, he'd deserved that.<br><br>But her chance to some how break this awkward stand off came up pretty much by chance when Aiolani, one the Asari she'd gone to Academy with, invited her to go to Purgatory that night with a bunch of people from work. When Zoe mentioned bringing Therius, she received a dubious look, but Zoe tried to explain she was trying to get him to ease up, and the Asari sighed and wished her good luck. Everyone knew Therius was an asshole, she just hoped he didn't embarrass her. She didn't mention a word of it to Therius, who she knew would just tell her 'hell no' and refuse to go.<br><br>So instead, that night she showed up at his apartment, getting his address from his files, ringing his doorbell and waiting for him to answer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 07:46:43</strong>
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				Therius had spent the afternoon and early evening just at home, brooding over the usual things while working on his sniper rifle again. Wearing something much more casual than his C-Sec armor, which was something quite rare for him, he planned the rest of his evening just eating a dextro-pizza and getting some alcohol in his system. He couldn't wrap his mind around it, though. He put himself in harm's way to save Zoe, what the hell was he thinking. If she died, but he managed to take out those two, that would have been worth it... Wouldn't it? He utterly despised it, being uncertain.<br><br>Just as his mind was about to go berserk with assumptions and doubts, his doorbell rang. Blinking, he shook his head out of the clouds, cleaned his hands on a rag, before walking over to the door, turning on the display. "Yeah, hel-..." He then blinked as he looked at the screen. "The hell? Crawford? What are you doing here?" Though he still had his usual asshole tone and choice of words, his expression betrayed enough to say that he was really surprised, another something he hated.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 07:58:16</strong>
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				Zoe rolled her eyes as Therius' face popped up in the display screen on his door, “Just open the damn door.” She was dressed and ready to go, wearing a dress that was a deep but vibrant pink, streaks of sheer black fabric sewed interupting the more solid frabic, one going down between her breasts, another going diagonally across her back and around to the front of her hip down to her thigh, which was wear the dress stopped, definitely on the short side to show off toned, shapely legs. It only had one sleeve, a thick strap with a half sleeve of sheer material attached, over all putting her shoulders and upper chest on display. The bruising from her attack were mostly gone, thanks to the wonders of modern medicine, she'd only applied a little make up to cover up the last yellowing traces of them. She wore a few softly glowing bracelets around the wrist of her completely bare arm, and a pair of heels, as the only accessories, a clutch purse tucked under her arm.<br><br>When the door finally opened Zoe walked in, her black hair was well-groomed, and fell straight perfect into place, a pair of hoop earrings in her ear. She looked at Therius and cocked her head to the side, “Alright, go get ready, we're going out,” she told him, “Bunch of people from the precinct are heading to Purgatory tonight and you're going with me.” She made a shooing motion with her hand, “So go on, and hurry up.” Her tone held no room for argument, though she was obviously amused. “And don't try to refuse, because I'm not going anywhere unless you're with me.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 08:13:53</strong>
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				Grunting as he opened the door, he didn't even get the chance to put Zoe in her place for disturbing him at him, as she was already beginning to order him around, blinking. "Wait wait what?" He blinked, he wanted to object, but it seemed pretty obvious she wasn't intending to bunge. Sighing, Therius stepped aside. "Alright, alright. Get in." Once she'd be inside, he'd close the door and head over to his bedroom. "Just wait there, I'll put on something clean." And with that, the door slid shut.<br><br>Therius' apartment was nothing special at all. A small apartment that definatly wasn't the prettiest place around. Most noticable was how he had a makeshift weapons bench set up right in his living room, with his sniper rifle disassembled on top of it.<br>Inside his bedroom, Therius was switching into a gray and white outfit, going for something neutral but clean. His confusion just increased more however. He should have just slammed the door in Zoe's face when she told him to come along. Why didn't he? Shrugging, he left that worry behind him rapidly. He might aswell go along and drink Zoe under the table perhaps. As long as she didn't intend to drag him onto the dance floor, he was good.<br><br>After a few minutes, he came out again, sighing. "Alright, Crawford. Lead the way." Sighing, a large part of him wasn't looking forward to this, but he already said A, so now he had to say B.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 08:46:27</strong>
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				Zoe was surprised by how easy it was to get her partner to agree to go with her. She'd been expecting a major argument, so she stood with her hands on her hips, feeling pretty pleased with herself as she looked around his apartment. Definitely not much to it, and she shook her head at his make shift weapons bench, a bachelor pad for sure. At least it wasn't disgusting. She wondered if most Turian men were so clean, because human male bachelors certainly tended to be on the messy side. She looked up though when Therius reappeared and gave him a grin and looking him over, “Not bad Therius,” she said, giving him a wink, before she headed for the door, motioning for him to following, “Let's go then.”<br><br>She took them back outside his apartment building and grabbed a rapid transport for them, climbing in first and the door closing behind Therius once he got in. Zoe crossed her long legs at the knee as she sat next to Therius, “Place nice yeah?” She suggested him teasingly. She was mostly silent on their way there, the skycar parking on its own when they reached the nightclub, Zoe getting out after Therius. There was a bit of a line out front, with a Krogan body guard letting people in one by one. Zoe bypassed the line though, the Krogan lifting his head to peer at her. “Hey Krall,” she beamed and he nodded his head to her.<br><br>“Zoe,” he grumbled in the deep bass voice all Krogans possessed, “Who's this?”<br><br>“This is my partner, Therius,” She explained, motioning to the Turian.<br><br>Krall nodded his large head, and stepped aside, letting them through. Zoe was obviously a regular here. “We come here about once a week,” she told him, having to raise her voice over the loud, throbbing music that flood the air once they got through the doors, then went through another set. She went across the floor and up the first set of steps then left, to their usual table. There were six others there, Aolani and her Salarian partner, Dranen, two Turian partners, a female named Caelia and her older partner, Therron, and a human male, Gregory, with his Asari partner, Nalaenia. Zoe had gone to the academy with Aolani, Caelia, and Gregory, the rest were all more experienced offers. “Hey guys!” She called with a wave. <br><br>Everyone looked behind her, at Therius, a couple of them looking openly surprised, “Hey!” Aolani was the first to speak up, “Wow, you got him to come,” She laughed, “Hey Therius!” The rest of the table chimed in their own welcomes. "We already ordered drinks, didn't order yours though, or one for Therius," she told them.<br><br>"That's fine, we'll go grab some then," She told them, setting her clutch down on the table and looking at Therius, nodding her head towards the bar, "Come on." And set off.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 09:03:41</strong>
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				WHen they arrived at the club, Therius just maintained his cool for now, nodding in greeting to the krogan, before he listening to Zoe. "Once a week you say? I'm surprised I don't see you with a hangover more frequently."<br><br>With the two arriving at the table, Therius shrugged a bit at the greeting from the Asari, not saying much for returning it. This was a way too big crowd to his liking, so he definatly felt out of place. He was trying to recall why he even decided to tag along, but he was stuck now. Maybe Zoe would eventually get pissed off enough to let him go.<br><br>When Zoe suggested they get a drink, Therius silently followed. When they got to the bar, he finally decided to speak again. "Your strongest dextro-drink, please." Once that was ordered, he turned to Zoe again. "So... Why? For something like this, I'd think I'm the last person you want to ask along. So why did you do it?" THe way he was speaking, it almost sounded like he accused her of a crime and now wanted to know why she did it. He had to admit he was really surprised when Zoe decided to ask him for it, but he couldn't help but feel she had an ulterior motive for it. "What ARE you gaining out of dragging me here?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 09:17:53</strong>
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				Zoe leaned agaisnt the bar when they reached it, a few inches taller now with her heels. She was getting a few looks from the men around her, more than a few looks, and not just humans, but then they'd glance at Therius and decided against approaching her, that didn't stop them from looking though. “A bloody mary,” she ordered, “extra vodka.” She told the bartender, who nodded and Zoe looked back to Therius, “I don't show up with hangovers all the time because I can handle my liquor quite well thank you,” she told him with a proud nod of her head, “In fact, I bet I can out drink you.” She gave him a mischievous grin at that, her teeth flashing in the strobing lights.<br><br>At his question though she raised her brows at him, giving him a sly grin as he asked her why she'd brought him along, “Isn't it obvious? I plan on getting your drunk and taking advantage of you.” She joked, then busted out laughing for a moment, before she gave a shrug, still laughing a bit, “Because we're partner, we're supposed to bond aren't we? I mean, did you get along with your last partner?” She asked, he never spoke of his last partner, so she had no idea, “Or did you hate him as much as you hate me?” She added, arching a brow at him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 09:31:05</strong>
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				Therius blinked at the statement that she could drink him under the table. Okay, that he wasn't going to let slide. Not at all. To add some oil on the fire, she began to joke about why she brought him along. Just as he was about to butt with his own comment, she took it a wrong step and began about his last partner, earning her a rather angry glare. "That's none of your business. Got it?" He wanted to cut that subject short right then and there.<br>In order to try and get Zoe's thoughts off of it completely, he snickered. "So... You think you can drink me under the table? Our drinks might not be the same, but alcohol is alcohol. How about putting your money where you're mouth is?" He grinned, before glancing at the bartender. "Hey! Get us something strong that's safe for both dextros and aminos! I'm gonna have to teach a girl what it means to handle your liquor." He had only just arrived, and already Zoe challenged him to the one thing he wanted to kick her ass in, as two small shots arrived before them, very strong, almost like putting liquid nitrogen in your mouth, but it was one of the few very strong drinks dextros and aminos could both handle.<br><br>After quickly finishing his first drink, he smirked as he looked at Zoe. "Alright, Crawford. You like showing your skills against me. Let's see if you can match me here then, eh?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 09:51:22</strong>
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				Zoe sighed at her partner's, putting her hands up in a surrendering sort of gesture, “Alright, alright,” she told him, dropping the subject. She figured maybe it was a bit of a downer to bring up his dead partner anyway, she was trying to get him to lighten up after all, not depress him. She smirked when he switched the subject to her boast about being able to out drink him, laughing a little when he challenged her and ordered them a couple shots. She took her own drink, but didn't chug it down like he did with his own. Bloody maries were spicy, and she didn't feel like burning her mouth and throat just to show him up, she'd still be able to keep up with him anyway. She picked up the shot glass left for her, and lifted it to him a little, with a grin, “Cheers,” She told him, tipping the glass back, depositing the liquid right into her throat and downing it quickly.<br><br>The two of them had a few more shots, then ordered a round for their table before heading back, their own drinks in hand. Everyone down shots, some one else ordered another round, and Zoe drank her blood mary, ordered a different drink, did another shot. She kept tabs on how much Therius was drinking, always making sure she was matching him. She'd see who won this. Zoe had a very good buzz going after a while, and was having fun, joking and laughing with the other officers. For once she wasn't thinking about their weird series of events she and Therius had gotten themselves mixed up in. The song switched and Zoe let out a soft cry, “I love this song!” She beamed, not noticing how Gregory perked up, opening his mouth to ask her to dance when she hopped up out of her chair and grabbed Therius' arm, tugging at him, “Come <em>on</em>! Let's go dance!” She was energetic and lively, which was how she usually was when Therius wasn't dragging her mood down.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 10:05:22</strong>
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				Eagerly leading their little match-up, drink by drink, Therius' mind was beginning to go a bit adrift. This caused him to actually do something he never did in a long while: He was audibly laughing, and not to make fun of someone. Occasionally taking a moment to reorient himself a bit again, actually being surprised that Zoe indeed managed to keep up with him so far. His arrogant and cocky mood seemed to completely vanish as he began to lighten up, in more than one meaning of the word.<br>He hardly noticed it when Zoe became frantic about the song that started to play, about to take another sip, before he suddenly was dragged aside, but in a state where he couldn't really resist it, thus he stumbled up onto his feet, before he walked up behind Zoe. "What? Ah hell no! I don't do dancing! ... Shit..." He said all that, but the alcohol was just too much in his sytem to completely deny it. Once on the dancefloor, Therius felt awkward, sighing as he just started to awkwardly dance by shaking his arms and shoulders a bit. "Ugh... I feel like a salarian thrown in a pit of krogan..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 10:23:18</strong>
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				Zoe just laughed and completely ignore the Turian's protests about not dancing, not letting go of his hand, as she grabbed that once he stood up, and lead him onto the dance floor. The bass was pounding and rhythmic, and to Zoe completely exciting. She couldn't help but laugh a bit at Therius' awkward version of dancing, shaking her head at him, “No no, you have to use your hips,” she told him, grabbing him by his hips, moving them for him, in rhythm with the music, her sense of personal boundaries practically gone with the amount of alcohol in her system. “See? Like that!” She grinned, her own body seemed to move far more naturally to the music, moving fluidly and rhythmically. Zoe had always been a good dancer, but she got really good when she was a little drunk and lost all semblance of restraint.<br><br>She danced close to Therius, their bodies not quite touching, but the crowd around them forced them close. She'd let go of his hips, though she wasn't afraid to correct him every so often, occasionally giving him pointers, “Not bad! See, you can dance!” She teased, laughing. Zoe stopped mid laugh though as she felt some one grab her arm and pull her away from Therius, giving him a startled look before she disappeared between the backs of two Asari. <br><br>“Hey honey, why don't you dance with me instead?” Zoe made a disgusted face at the smell of alcohol and bad breath, finding the person on the other end of the arm that had grabbed her belonged to another Turian, “Not all us Turians are bad dancers.” He pulled her close, and Zoe tried to pull away, but his grip tightened painfully on her arm.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 16:04:43</strong>
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				He was just about to try and slip off of the dancefloor when Zoe grabbed onto his hips, forcing him into a better dancing pattern. "Hey!" He blinked, but ended up following her instructions anyways. While doing so, he peered down as his eyes moved up and down along Zoe's body, now first noticing why she had been drawing so much attention. She looked gorgeous while dancing. Actually, no, she looked gorgeous in general. Gorgeous and quite hot. Was she always like that? He couldn't recall.<br><br>That's when Zoe suddenly backed away and vanished into the crowd. "What the...?" Peering around the area where she vanished, he could finally see another turian holding onto Zoe, blinking surprised, before glaring. "Like hell!" He said to himself as he forced his way in between the two asari as he reached for the other turian's arm and tugged on it, turning the drunk bastard his way. "Hey! That's my human!" And with that, he shoved his head forward and sought to let his forehead smash into the other Turian's face, sending the man stumbling backwards and falling down, having obviously more alcohol in his system than Therius. Not even caring about the people around him, Therius just shoved the guy away like a krogan and grabbed his Zoe again, actually laying a hand on her waist, and one on her rear. "Screw him." He said, though he had no idea why he was refering to Zoe as his. He never acknowledged her as his partner, but now he sounded like she was more. Whatever the case, acting a bit more possessive, he actually pulled Zoe in against him, more precisely, their waists, gripping her rear rather firmly in the process.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 19:41:33</strong>
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				Zoe felt the Turian let go of her arm and she took a step back, seeing Therius turning the drunk Turian towards him, and proclaiming that she was his human before he headbutted the guy. Zoe blinked, surprised, and then let out out a laugh, not minding at all when Therius grabbed her back up and pulled her close, feeling his hands on her waist, but more surprisingly, one on her ass as well. She laughed a little again when her partner growled out and ended up being pulled up against him, feeling the hand on her rear gripping a little more firmly. She grinned, happily pressing into him as they kept dancing, her own hands on him, one on his waist and the other on his lower back. “Well, that was kind of sexy,” She grinned at him.<br><br>After a few more minutes of dancing though Zoe grabbed Therius by the hand on her waist and pulled him with her, “Come on, we need to drink more!” She announced, getting them back to the table, sitting down heavily and laughing a little. A few of the people at the table were now gone, though after a minute some one returned from the bathroom. Zoe ordered the four of them another round of shots, downing hers and slapping the glass back down on the table. Leaning back in her chair she gave her partner a grin, panting a little, “You always go Krogan over a pretty girl?” She teased, laughing and ordering a drink that would take longer than two seconds to down.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 19:51:48</strong>
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				With Zoe's comment on how sexy that was, Therius just grumbled. "Shut up, you."<br><br>After the two spent more time dancing, Therius found himself getting dragged along again as Zoe seemed eager to down some more shots into her system. Dropping down in his seat with an audily oomph, he blinked as Zoe suddenly ordered the next shot, glancing at her, before scoffing, grabbing his glass as he downed the next drink. Pounded the glass down onto the table with a sigh, he blinked at Zoe as she spoke up to him again. Before answering, he quickly ordered a similar drink aswell, before looking at her again. "Pfff... I go krogan when someone else tries to abuse my partner! I'm the only one allowed to do that!" It was obvious that Therius desperately tried to keep his reputation high but the drunken slur in his voice was not making it very convincing. "And what about you... You seem to be having the hots for turians... You're dragging me along, you go and dance with a random turian over there... Don't tell me you're gonna try to score a turian fuckbuddy tonight."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 20:03:23</strong>
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				Zoe just grinned and laughed a little, she was generally a pretty happy drunk, and flirty, and it tended to make her a little horny as well. She was starting to feel those effects, but was not quite so drunk as to let it get away from her. She'd learned the hard way to try and maintain control for as long as possible to prevent just making a complete fool of herself, these were her co workers after all. It was nothing new for any of them, how flirty she could be when drinking, a few of them were the same way, all of them joked around, though more often than not they couldn't remember the details the next day, which Zoe thought might be a good thing.<br><br>At his comment about her and Turians she laughed and shrugged, “Not my fault you scaly bastards find me so irresistible!” She teased, their drinks arriving and Zoe taking a long drink from hers. Her head was spinning a little when she finished and set the half gone drink aside, “But hey, you're a better dancer than you think you are! Under my tutelage of course.” Zoe laughed, her speech fairly slurred as well, voice raised over the music, “You know what they say about people who are good dancers though right?” It was mostly a rhetorical question, as she assumed he knew what she meant. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 20:19:36</strong>
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				Therius hardly ever got so drunk, and his reactions while drunk seemed to vary a lot. Sometimes he'd get aggresive or irritated at everything, sometimes he'd just fall asleep, or sometimes he just played into jokes unknowingly.<br>"Irresistible? Pfff! If you mean irresistible to piss off, then you're totally... right!" He chuckled at his own comment, even though he wasn't even sure why it was funny. And that led to him forgetting why he was even laughing, before looking over at the new drink, peering at Zoe empty half of hers already. When she set her glass down, he narrowed his eyes and mimicked her gesture, while hearing her ramble on about him dancing, her stroking her own ego and mentioning how him being a good dancer had to mean that-...<br><br>Splurting and choking followed as Therius obviously didn't expect that, glancing over at Zoe. "Wha- Ugh! What?" He looked at as if taken by shock. He wasn't sure, but given her current state, he could imagine what Zoe meant with her statement, blinking quite confused at her, before he grumbled a bit. "... You really are into turians it seems."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>10-11-2013, 21:08:52</strong>
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				This was definitely a little more drunk than Zoe usually got, but she was determined to not only prove she could drink just as well, if not better, than her partner, but also to get Therius to lighten up. And he had, a lot actually. He wasn't that bad to hang out with when he wasn't trying to be an asshole every five minutes. She rolled her eyes though at his joke, and how funny he thought it was. It was her turn to laugh though as he sputtered and choked on his drink, looking very amused. “Well, you're irresistible to embarrass,” she grinned at him, but laughed again when he grumbled at her, “You keep saying that. I think you're just hoping it's true.” She said, winking at Therius.<br><br>Soon enough though everyone decided it was about time to go, it was the early hours of the morning now, they were all thoroughly sloshed, and if they drank much more they'd just regret it. Thankfully Zoe and Therius didn't have a shift the next day, but Aolani and her partner did. They'd tried not to drink so much as everyone else because of that, but Zoe suspected they would still probably be pretty miserable. Taking off her heels so she wouldn't be stumbling too much, but still having to hold onto Therius a little as they walked outside, Zoe laughed to herself, “You're not bad, Therius,” She told him, drunkenly calling them up a rapid transport and having a bit of trouble getting in but managing to do so.<br><br>They stopped at her place first and Zoe leaned against Therius, “Walk a girl up to her apartment?” She asked him, laughing softly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>12-11-2013, 22:50:56</strong>
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				Therius wanted to think of some comment he could present her in reply, but the only thing that came forth was something that resembled drunk slorring. After a few attempts of trying to think of something good, he just sighed used the mother of all lines that one can use when he can't think of something good to say: "Fuck you." And with that, he took a big gulp from his drink, instantly downing it.<br><br>By the time most of the people started to already leave, Therius had completely forgotten why he even hated Zoe. Well, he wasn't sure anymore wether she looked like a human, an asari or a krogan anymore. Probably a combination. Yeah, that sounded very logical. Once he and Zoe decided to their leave aswell, Therius had trouble enough already to get himself up and off of his arse, but when he finally stood then, he felt a sudden weight tugging on his shoulder. Almost losing balance again, he blinked down at Zoe, who had no way to stand on her legs with help. As far as he didn't need help himself, he and Zoe stumbled their way out of Purgatory. WHen they got into the public transport, Therius eventually just shoved Zoe into the car, slipping in behind her, almost faceplanting into her lap. Or was it her chest? By the time he was sitting up again, he didn't remember anymore.<br><br>When they got to Zoe's apartment, Therius grunted&nbsp; as Zoe asked him to walk her to her apartment. "Uugh... Fiiiiiiine!" He complained like a kid, but eventually got his lazy ass out of the car again as he tried to support Zoe as much as he could to get her to her apartment. It wasn't until they reached the stairs that he realised what he was getting himself into. A hellish climb. Taking a deep breath, there was a single thought going through his head: Challenge accepted. And as such, he began to help Zoe up the stairs to her apartment, having no clue which one it was, he'd just keep on going up until Zoe told him they were there.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>12-11-2013, 23:52:08</strong>
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				Zoe stuck out her tongue at her partner when he whined like a baby about getting out of the car to help her up to her apartment. He did it anyway though and they made their way up the hell that was her stairs, up to the floor her apartment was on. She got them to her door, glad that this place used omni tool technology to unlock doors, as she seriously did not have the coordination to bother with keys right now. Her door unlocked and Zoe looked at Therius, “Come on, I don't feel like sleeping just yet but being drunk alone serious sucks, so you're stuck with me a bit longer.” She told him, grabbing the Turian's arm and pulling him inside with her. Her door slid shut behind them and locked itself. <br><br>The apartment was small, really about the same size as Therius' apartment, but laid out differently. It was also a touch bare, as she'd only been living there a couple months, and it was her first time out on her own so she didn't have much in the way of possessions. There was a couch, coffee table, and tv in the living room, a small table with just two chairs, and a kitchen where the set of counters separating it from the living room served as a bar, but with no stools set on the one side, it was just a set of counters. “Welcome to la casa de Zoe,” Zoe said, flinging her arms wide.<br><br>“Have a seat, I'm going to get out of these heels and this dress...” She said, “I'll fix us something to drink when I'm done. Find something on TV if you want.” Zoe walked toward one of the doors off to their left, unzipping the side of her dress and already starting to pull it off her shoulders before she finally slipped out of sight.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>13-11-2013, 00:02:04</strong>
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				Before Therius even had the chance to protest against Zoe's suggestion, he was already being dragged in, not having the strength to fight back in his current condition. Looking around, Therius hardly noticed any of the details in the room, except for two: The couch and tv. Just as Zoe offered THerius to take a seat, he was plomping down into the couch, grunting out as he leaned back, glancing over at Zoe as she suggested more drinks, calling after her. "Be sure that they're safe for me to-..." He blinked as he already saw Zoe mid-stripping before she even got into her room. "...drink..." Blinking a bit, he kept on looking at the door she vanished into, before shrugging as he brought up his omnitool to turn on her tv, flicking through the channel impatiently, unless he found some kind of late night comedy playing, featuring a vorcha, salarian and volus. "Bleh... Better than nothing..." He muttered out in a drunken fashion, occasionally throwing a glance behind him at the door Zoe vanished into, involuntarily wondering how she'd look naked, but too drunk to even care about changing his subject of thought.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>13-11-2013, 00:41:06</strong>
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				Zoey changed out of her dress, and into a tank top and a pair of shorts, cleaning the make up off her face for the most part, and went back into her living room, bare feet padding across the thin carpet of her apartment. “Comfortable?” She asked, able to walk easier now that she wasn't in three inch heels. She went to her kitchen, staring at the bottles lined against one wall on her counter top, trying to get the labels to not be so blurry so she could read them, she poured herself a glass of rum, and then poured Therius a glass of dextro whiskey left over from when she'd had a party when she was in the Academy. A couple of the guests had been Turians and she'd bought some dextro-safe drinks. They had sat unfinished since then.<br><br>Sitting heavily on her couch, she handed Therius his drink and sipped at her own, "Don't worry, it's dextro," she assured him, letting out a sigh as she laid her head back, turning so that her back was against the arm rest of the couch, her head resting back against it. She laid her legs against the Turian's lap, having no mind for personal boundaries at the moment, and she didn't feel like sitting up. She gave him a mischievous grin, knowing he wouldn't like it, and sipped her drink, “Going to have to drag you out with me more often.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>13-11-2013, 00:52:58</strong>
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				Blinking hardly unaware of what was going on, Therius looked up at Zoe, actually needing a moment to recognise her again, after thoughts of her naked flashed through his head. Taking his glass from her, he nodded at her in some form of thanks, taking a sip from the drink immediatly. "It better be... Else you'll be cleaning guts off of the floor here..." He slurred out, before he blinked as he looked down at the girl's legs. He felt like shoving them off and kicking her legs away, but his muscles just weren't responding, which made him decide to not give a damn tonight as he just leaned back again, peering at Zoe as she mentioned taking him out more often. "What? So ye have someone to drag you up the stairs...? Why don't ye get a boyfriend for that...? A krogan or something..." He snickered again at the obvious thought he was as funny as the comedians on tv, while in truth, both of them were absolute crap when it came to humor.<br><br>Glancing over at Zoe, he just peered her over. Come to think of it, he had never even seen what a naked human looks like, atleast a woman, and he couldn't help but wonder how their anatomy differed from a turian woman's. Without even realising it, his hand was already resting on her hip bone, squeezing it to confirm that she didn't have a hardened carapace there like turian women. "Pffff..." He could only usher. "You humans really are squishy, y'know... No capra... carara... cace... Bah! No hardened parts on you!" He said, stumbling over his own drunken slur.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>15-11-2013, 00:07:50</strong>
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				Zoe laughed into her drink at Therius' suggestion that she just get a boyfriend, “You sure you wouldn't get jealous?” She teased, slurring her speech, “I mean, I've heard Turians are kind of packed,” She said, glancing at his crotch suggestively, “But a Krogan would put you to shame wouldn't it?” She gave him a lewd grin and sipped her drink some more, chuckling under her breath. She looked at the tv, watching the show for a moment and not noticing him looking at her. So she jumped when his hand was squeezed her hip experimentally, looking down at his hand before she looked at him, brows raised in a sort of 'what the hell are you doing?' expression.<br><br>When he spoke though, she laughed, “What you want a girl with a carapace so you two can go banging against one another like two rocks?” She asked, shaking her head, “That's got to be uncomfortable.” Zoe finished her drink, and pulled her legs off Therius' lap, “Want some more?” she asked, holding out her hand. If he gave it to her, she poured them both some more to to drink, if not then just herself, before she returned to the couch, and deposited her legs back in his lap. They were long and the skin was a healthy bronze color, and though her skin was soft by comparison to a Turian's, under that they were hard muscle, the result of all her physical training. “How do you even know you wouldn't like a squishy girl huh? You ever tried one?” Zoe gave the Turian a sly grin, teeth flashing at him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>15-11-2013, 00:27:38</strong>
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				Upon the mention of a krogan packing more than him, Therius simply muttered. "But atleast I'm still potent..."<br><br>Before he could continue on the subject of carapaces, she offered him another drink, to which he simply nodded once and handed his glass over to her. While she walked over to pour them so more drinks, Therius caught himself looking at her go, blinking as he realized his eyes were glued onto the girl's rear, before he grunted and looked at the screen again. When he was offered his refilled drink, Therius took a moment to make sure he grabbed the right glass, as he was seeing three of them for a moment. When he finally had his glass, he felt the weight of Zoe's legs once more dropping into his lap, causing him to blink for a second, before shrugging as he took a sip.<br>When she began about having ever tried a squishy girl, he scoffed once. "Ofcourse I did, but Asari are known to be able to adapt properly.... Plus..." He then glanced at her with what one would assume to be a smirk. "... I have yet to see a human get anywhere as attractive as an asari." Obviously he was mocking or taunting Zoe right now, trying his best to toss the insult back at her, squeezing one of her legs unconsciously in the meantime.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>15-11-2013, 09:39:11</strong>
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				Zoe let out a loud scoff at her partner's words, and rolled her eyes, “Asari,” she muttered, “I don't get the big deal with them, I really don't. I think they like have some sort of mind control going on. Got all of you fooled into thinking they're so amazing.” She rolled her eyes again, “And what are you saying, hmm Mr. Therius? That I'm not as attractive as an Asari? Well you can just forget any chances you ever had with me then.” She laughed, nudging his side with her toes before she laid her leg back down, “Not that your scaly ass had any chance anyway.” She muttered into her drink, giving him a mischievous, challenging sort of grin. <br><br>Though now that she thought about it, and really looked at him, Therius wasn't half bad looking, she'd never really considered a Turian before. Their appearance took a little getting used to, but at the same time, there was something appealing about them. They had a predatory sort of attraction to them, something she didn't full understand herself, but liked. Or maybe she was just drunk and horny. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>15-11-2013, 09:46:44</strong>
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				Therius couldn't help but burst into laughter. "That! Right there! Hah!" He then smirked at Zoe. "You're jealous of the Asari's popularity, aren't you?" He was confident that was the case. He had heard a number of women complain about asari in the past, that they hogged all the men to themselves. Something that he found was so silly that it was laughable, seeing as many men cursed the asari aswell for hogging women. Taking another sip after Zoe taunted him, he smirked over at her, atleast as far as his face allows to show that. "It's not like you had much more chance... If you're fired up about it, why don't you prove me wrong... Though, you'd probably make a fool out of yourself if anything..." He snickered giving Zoe's thigh a squeeze as he didn't realise his free hand had been resting on it.<br><br>In truth, Therius wasn't that fired up about asari, but he was just looking for something to return some of Zoe's taunts, and that was the thing he could think of in his current state. To be fairly honest with himself, he knew he would head-over-heels if Zoe was a turian, with her personality and everything. But still, it had been a long time he had laughs with a human. So that had to mean something, though he was too drunk to even remotely care.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>17-11-2013, 03:37:45</strong>
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				Zoe glared at the Turian as he accused her of being jealous of the high demand on Asari lovers, “Hardly!” she scoffed, “Why would I be jealous? I don't want a bunch of perverts drooling over me and harassing me.” That was true, though she did also find it pretty annoying that every man in the universe was so eager to bone one of the blue-skinned aliens. She personally had never understood what was so attractive about them, but she knew a couple women did and were even married to Asari. It was strange, but to each their own, it didn't bother her, she just didn't find them personally appealing at all. She knew though that Therius was just trying to get under her skin, and took a long sip from her drink, trying to just ignore anything else he had to say.<br><br>She couldn't ignore him though when he practically challenged her to prove him wrong about not standing a chance against an Asari. Zoe's brows rose up about as high as they could go, and gave a scoffing laugh when he said she'd just make a fool out of herself. She was a little unsure what he was really trying to say, if he was just trying to get under her skin or if he meant it, but when he squeezed her thigh, her drunken mind readily responded to the signals she was getting from him. Zoe arched a brow at him, and sipped at her drink, smirking and giving his hand on her thigh a pointed look, “I think you're just trying to get me to have sex with you.” She told him with a sly grin spreading over lips. She set her drink aside on the coffee table and shifted so that she sat up on her knees, still on the couch, then moved to straddle Therius' lap, looking down at him a little since the position put her as slightly above him. “If you want that all you had to do was say so.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>18-11-2013, 20:47:15</strong>
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				As Zoe began to respond to his hand on her thigh at last, Therius for a moment was more distracted by his drink, sipping it as Zoe spoke up and moved into gear. Placing his drink down, Therius glanced aside. "What did ye sa-..." He was interupted by the girl suddenly crawling onto his lap, which left the turian blinking rather surprised. As if instintively, his eyes averted downwards, which got them staring straight into Zoe's chest. His eyes then finally moved up again as she continued her teasing talk. <br><br><em> “If you want that all you had to do was say so.”</em><br><br>Want what? Wait? What? What did she just say? Therius' slobbering mind was trying to make sense of it, trying to piece together everything Zoe had just said to him. However, his body didn't need any form of explanation as his hands were already resting on Zoe's hips, one of his thumbs actually digging beneath the edge of her pants already. It was about that time, that Therius' mind just decided to stop giving a damn, letting the turian's drunken hormones take over, resulting in him smiking up at the girl. "What makes you think you can even keep up with me? You're gonna need quite some flexibility... To keep up with my reach..." He grinned at her, as his hands finally began to move up underneath the girl's shirt, using his wrists to lift the fabric up slowly to try and uncover her chest.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 01:17:18</strong>
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				Zoe waited a moment for the Turian to process everything, she had a sneaking suspicion he was a little drunker than she was, though she was still pretty thoroughly inebriated. Her decision making skills were a little lacking, as were her inhibitions. She and Therius had been flirting all night, she was drunk and she was usually horny when she was drunk, and Therius had given her an opportunity, so she was taking it. Sober, she wouldn't have even been flirting with him, let alone coming onto him, sleeping with your partner was not only against the rules, it was a bad idea even if no one ever found out. She really wasn't think about that though, supremely distracted by his rough hands on her hips, feeling the tips of talons on his thumbs dipping beneath the waist band of her shorts. <br><br>She laughed when he smirked at her and spoke, “Well, that's one of the good things about being squishy,” she told him, “makes us very flexible.” Zoe let him push her tank top up, over her chest, which sported a pair of small but full breasts, soft and perky. She was over all a slim young woman, with pronounced but stream-lined curves. Large heavy breasts wouldn't suit her at all, the ones she had suited her perfectly, though she did occasionally wish they were a bit bigger. She was a woman after all. Her fingers gripped the fabric and pulled it off over her head, tossing it somewhere off to the side, not really paying attention as once it was gone her hands were working to undo Therius' top as well.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 02:43:30</strong>
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				"Does it now...? We'll see about that..." Therius snickered as his eyes dropped onto the perky chest before him, honestly not even caring about the size if he could. As Zoe began undoing his own top now, it would gradually open up to reveal his carapace of mixed beige and gray tones underneath it, but unlike his partner, didn't have many other features that really stood out aside from the general texture of his upper body, with groves and insets making up the shape of his carapace, with occasional places where his leathery skin was out in the open, mostly around the area where his ribs were, aswell as his shoulders.<br><br>His eyes finally moving up from her chest, Therius' body started to act on his own as he reached up with one hand and pulled Zoe down, pressing her lips down onto the hard texture of his own mouth, parting his jaws as his tongue came forward, seeking to slip in between Zoe's lips to have their wet muscles meet eachother and caress one another. His other hand reached over behind the human girl, aiming to grope her rear and squeeze onto her buttcheek firmly. Any morals or grudges he had against humans were currently tossed out the window, hardly even realising that Zoe was a human as he just tried to push the two of them further into the action.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 03:20:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe wondered if Turians even found breasts attractive, their own females didn't have them, and to be honest she'd never understood why human males were so obsessed with them either. She didn't pay that much mind though as she got his shirt undone, eyeing his carapace curiously, it was far more intricate than she had thought it would be, but didn't really have the time to look it over before he pulled her head down into a kiss, his lips parting to accept his tongue. She rubbed her own against it, sucked gently with her mouth, and felt his hands squeezing her ass. That made her chuckle low in her throat, amused.<br><br>She'd never had much in the way of a grudge against Turians, just Therius, but she wasn't thinking about that right now, in fact she really wasn't thinking at all, her hands running down his carapace, fingers probing here and there, curious if he was sensitive at all to touch. They seemed so hard and rough, she wouldn't be surprised if their sense of touch was lessened. Finally though her hands found the front of his pants, undoing them as she continued to kiss him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 07:42:51</strong>
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				While most of the touches on his carapace didn't seem to phase Therius, his skin could be felt reacting ever so slightly when she managed to touch in between the hardened parts of his carapace, causing a sharp breath every now and then as his grip on her head got a little firmer. Finally, he could feel Zoe's hands trace their way down to his pants, slowly undoing them, which would reveal yet more carapace, but also a slit in his leathery skin, which was already parted open slightly as a blue-tinted tip poked forth from it, indicating clearly this were merely a sheath hiding his member.<br><br>While his own pants were in the process of being removed, Therius's hand slid from the girl's rear, over her stomach and down between her legs, digging his hand underneath her pants as his fingers trailed down to find Zoe's netherlips, letting his rough fingers slide up and down along it, prodding against it teasingly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 09:38:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe got the Turian's pants undone, and pushed them down most of the way, though she had to leave the rest up to him, feeling his grip in her hair tighten. When his hand slid down under the waist band of her shorts, and down between her legs, she let out a soft noise into his mouth, her tongue still wrestling with his. His fingers were almost as rough as his carapace, and it was an odd sensation, though not unpleasant at all, if anything the added texture only made it feel better as he fingered her slit and prodded at her sex. <br><br>She pulled away though, having to really put some effort to do so with his grip. Zoe slipped out of his lap, standing in front of him instead, between his knees. Her hands ran down her sides and hips, fingers slipping under her shorts and underwear, her thumb catching them to push them down together over her hips until she just just wiggled a little and they fell to her feet, finally leaving her nude. Zoe gave Therius a bit of a wink and a step backwards, flashing him a mischievous grin. “Come on,” she nodded her head, to her right, stepping around his leg and heading for her bedroom, giving her a nice view of her backside.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 12:13:13</strong>
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				Blinking as Zoe pulled away from him Therius gave her an inquisiting look, before he blinked as she let her hands run down along her body, before her thumbs latched onto her pants and slowly nudged them down. Grinning as Zoe finally stripped herself down completely, feeling more of his blood pumping down into his lower body as she ushered him to follow. For once, the turian actually followed Zoe's order, smirking as he pushed himself up, his pants that were already pulled down most of the way dropping down to his ankles as he stepped out of them and felt himself wobbling a bit, the alcohol still clearly in effect.<br><br>Finally getting his bearing on again, he followed in Zoe's wake, walking into her bedroom after her. But once there, he didn't really hold back anymore as he stumbled up behind Zoe, throwing his arms around her body, placing one hand between her legs, and the other on top of one of her breast's, squeezing down on it firmly. Meanwhile, his other hand began rubbing Zoe's slit rather uncoordinated, as he tried to slide one of his thick fingers inside her. While doing so, Zoe could feel the soft, wet texture of Therius' blue-tinted appendage creeping out of its sheath, poking into her lower back. Standing up, Therius once more stood quite a bit taller than Zoe, though that was hardly a concern at this point.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 18:48:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe let out a surprised sound as Therius got his arms around her, surprised by the strength in him. She knew Turians were deceptively strong despite having a relatively wiry build, and she'd sparred with them plenty, but she'd forgotten a little, being slightly drunk. She shuddered though as his one hand went between her legs and the other groped one of her breasts, feeling something hot and slightly moist pressed against her back. She hazarded a guess that it was his cock, and half wished that he was in front of her, not behind her, as she was pretty curious as to what exactly that looked like, but as one of his fingers pushed through her entrance she couldn't entirely bring herself to turn around.<br><br>Instead she leaned back against him a little, the top of her head only just barely reaching his shoulder. She'd never really noticed just how much taller than her Therius was. “Hey just, be careful with those claws alright?” She told him breathlessly, not sure she was entirely comfortable with the thought of one of his clawed digits inside a very soft and vulnerable part of her body, but she wasn't going to complain until she had a reason to.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 21:11:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius couldn't help but smirk as Zoe leaned back against him and quickly popped her question, snickering in her ear. "Getting scared...? Don't worry. You're going to be craving my claws when I'm done with you..." And with that, he began to prod his thick middlefinger against the girl's slit, while squeezing onto her breasts teasingly, as she could feel the soft, wet feeling of his appendage slowly crawl up along her back as his erection snuck further out its sheath.<br>Leaning his head forward, he began to teasingly nibble onto the edge of Zoe's ear, as his finger finally found the entrance it had been looking for, slowly sliding up into her womanhood, careful not to hurt her with his aforementioned claws. Grinning, he whispered into her ear. "You want more... Don't you? You want to feel how it is to get fucked by a turian?" As he said that, his hips moved just a bit grinding his wet member back and forth along Zoe's lower back.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>19-11-2013, 23:57:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe scoffed softly as the Turian implied she was getting scared, but then assured her she'd be craving those claws when he was done with her. That made her give a mischievous smirk, “Oh yeah?” she asked breathlessly as his thick finger rubbed her slit, which was already slick with her juices, “Prove it.” She rubbed back against him, or well more to the point, against the erection that was pressing against her back, feeling it sticking to her skin lightly. She felt his teeth on her ear, nibbling, and made sure to keep her head still, though she shivered softly at the sensation.<br><br>A soft noise escaped her throat as his finger finally slid inside her, her entrance squeezing down on his digit excitedly, and Zoe couldn't remember the last time she'd felt so sensitive. His whisper was met with a glare, but her skin was hot, her chest rising and falling in quick breaths, and her hips were pushing into his hand eagerly, so it was hard to hide that she was pretty turned on. Still though, Zoe glared at him, and let out a frustrated noise before grudgingly answering him, “Yes.” Why wasn't she surprised that Therius was going to have a bit of an ego trip over this before he'd actually do anything?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>20-11-2013, 13:55:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Gladly..." He answered to the girl when she demanded that he prove to her that she'd be craving for his claws when the night is over.<br><br>As Zoe's body was eagerly giving in to his actions, Therius found a strange satisfaction in Zoe still biting off his words, even though she couldn't muster the strength to go against them. Determined to prove his earlier statement, Therius pushed his finger as far it could reach, searching for one sweet spot within Zoe's womanhood to truly push her over the edge. However, as was pumping his thick finger in and out of her, he'd almost seem to lift her up a bit whenever he pushed in, causing her back to rub all that much more against his growing manhood. Squeezing down onto the girl's breast firmly while pumping his hand into her, Therius began to slowly nudge her towards the bed, bit by bit.<br><br>His nibbling on the edge of her ear continued, though he'd occassionally switch to trailing his tongue along it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>20-11-2013, 19:17:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe let out a gasp as the finger inside her pushed in as far as it could go, making her shudder as it pressed over a sweet spot causing her to let out a low moan. He was pushing into her hard enough to actually lift her a little every time his finger entered her, making her grunt softly, moaning when he would push against that sweet spot inside her. Zoe could only pant and moan, gritting her teeth and her body writhing slightly. She could feel his cock rubbing against her back, and his mouth on her ear, nibbling and occasionally licking it. Eventually the front of her thighs bumped against the side of the bed, making her lose her balance a little, falling forward a bit but catching herself on her hands so that she ended up bent over the side of the bed. She looked over her shoulder at Therius, flashing him a wicked grin and pushing herself back into him a bit. A hand reached back, finding the base of his cock, stroking it for a moment, “So are you going to fuck me or is this thing just decorational?” She asked with an arch of a brow.<br><br>She'd probably never lose that sarcastic edge to her with him, but she didn't think he'd want her to anyway, just like how even though she thought he was a real jack ass at times, she wouldn't like it if he was nice all the damn time all of a sudden.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>20-11-2013, 19:34:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius would just plainly enjoying how the ever-so tough Zoe was moaning out in pleasure to his touches. When the girl lost balance and toppled forward, Therius' finger slid out of the girl's wet honeypot, as now, Therius was given a rather generous view of Zoe lower half, smirking at her. He then blinked in surprise as Zoe pushed herself back against Therius, a hand reaching around to caress the base of his sensitive cock, making Therius slip out a muffled grunt, as the girl started taunting him wether he was going to fuck her or not. "Oh, you're never gonna go back to humans after this." He smirked, throwing a teasing spank onto Zoe's rear, before he grabbed hold of her hips, aligning their bodies, before having one hand move over to grasp onto his cock, grinning as he began rubbing his wet, soft cockhead up and down along her nethers, making Therius slip out a very pleased 'Mmmm...' sound. Finally, he'd begin pressing forward, parting the human girl's pussylips to press into her slowly, letting his cockhead get envelopped in her first, before pushing down a bit more forcefully and faster as he sought to slip his entire length inside her, rooting himself inside her, as he kept still at that deepest point for a bit, stirring his hips to have his cock mill about inside her in a circular motion.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>20-11-2013, 20:18:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe let out a soft yelp when Therius' rough hand spanked her playfully, giving him a glare over her shoulder, though it was clear it wasn't genuine. His words made her smirk, “Want me to just keep coming back to you huh?” She teased, her hand rubbing and stroking his wet blue-tinted member. She gave it a curious look, arching her brow a little. It was definitely a little strange to see a blue cock, but she wasn't going to complain, he was an impressive size, so what did it matter if it was blue? She let him go though when Therius took her hips, adjusting her and lining their bodies up. She dropped herself down onto her elbows, putting her pussy on display for him, an easy target. She shivered as he rubbed his cockhead slid and rubbed against her wet slit, pushing back into him eagerly. She bit back a moan as he started pushing into her entrance, her teeth clamping down on her bottom lip and the muscles along her back rippling as they tensed and then relaxed.<br><br>She couldn't hold back the soft grunt that was forced out of her when he pushed into her though, filling her and rooting his cock in her hot, tight channel. Zoe closed her eyes as he stirred himself inside her, letting out a soft noise, pressing back into him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>20-11-2013, 20:31:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius grunted out as he felt the sensation of Zoe's tight channel wrapped firmly onto his length. He was trying to pain his mind to think of something teasing he could say to her, but with that soft, hot body of hers sucking him in as it was, he couldn't focus his thoughts enough to come up with a good remark. Finally, he gave up on trying to be a smartass, atleast for now and gripped the girl's hips more firmly as she pressed back against him, forcing his length to inch in deeper. Feeling his own blood pump through his pulsing, erect member, he pulled back out of the girl, until his cockhead was the only thing left inside, before suddenly pushing back inside her again, taking a very slow pace at first as he began fucking the girl he had been mocking ever since they met. Wether he liked it or not, that same girl proved to be very hot in more than one meaning. Grunting out softly as he began pumping in and out at a casual pace, Therius gripped onto the girl's waist firmly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>21-11-2013, 01:34:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe chuckled softly when the Turian didn't answer her, he was usually so quick to have a come back, but it seemed he was a little distracted. Understandable she supposed, considering as tempted as she was to point out the fact that he wasn't being a jack ass, she decided she'd much rather not talk right now. So she said nothing as his rough hands gripped her hips, and she could feel his throbbing cock pushing into her depths a little farther. She felt Therius withdraw, and had an inkling of what he was going to do, readying herself mentally, but she still let out low groaning moan when he pushed back into her. Her hands gripped the covers under her tightly and her head dropped down until her forehead was resting on the bed, her eyes closed. Zoe let out sighing moans every time he thrust into her, pressing back in time with his steady but casual pace. After a moment though she opened her eyes, and looked over her shoulder at him, giving Therius a sly, sarcastic grin, “This is supposed to make me never want anything but Turian dick?” She asked him, snorting softly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>22-11-2013, 11:38:43</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius frowned a bit at the sudden commentary, before he brought a smirk up. "Oh, you're already expecting the best part to happen? Seems humans really have the stamina of a fish then." To give his statement a bit more weight, he shoved his hips forward at the end of the sentence, smacking his hips against the girl's rear. Before continuing to slide back and forth inside her at a casual pace, though he was picking up speed gradually now. What was happening now was not just some hot, drunken sex to the turian, it was also turning into a competition of egos. To try and establish himself a bit more as the one in charge, he planted a teasing spank on the girl's rear as he pulled back, before plunging deep inside her again, his speed slowly picking up more and more as his hands gripped onto the girl's hips firmly. "Mmm... You're really loving it... Aren't ya? You're practically.. sucking me in..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>24-11-2013, 23:44:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe sneered at him a little when he implied that humans have no stamina, opening her mouth to argue but he pushed a sudden moan out of her when his hips shoved against hers, burying himself in her. “I don't lack stamina,” she panted, “I lack patience. There's a difference.” She could go all night if she wanted to, but she'd never been one to handle a slow build up very well, it drove her crazy. She jumped a bit though when he spanked her ass again, casting a playful glare over her shoulder at him before he plunged inside her, making Zoe's head drop and a low moan to echo out of her throat. She could feel Therius' rough hands gripping her, the tips of his claws digging into her skin a little, she just pushed back into his grip, meeting him eagerly. His words made her give a rough, breathless laugh, “Well,” she panted, “It has... been a while.” She smirked over her shoulder at him, refusing to give him an ounce of praise or submission. He'd have to work for that, she'd never been one to just roll over and submit.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>27-11-2013, 14:30:22</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius snickered out in between groans upon the human claiming that it was patience and not stamina she lacked. "Oh, we'll see about that..." He grinned, placing another spank on the girl's rear as he began to adjust his rhythm to thrust forward into her at the same moment as she bucked her hips back towards him, bucking his hips into her slightly faster, sending slapping noises from their lower bodies hitting one another echoing through the room. He then suddenly slowed down a little again as one of his hands let go of the girl, grinning. "Well... If it's been a while... Let's make sure we don't skip a thing..." He grunted out, before his now free hand moved over underneath Zoe's stomach, moving down towards her womanhood, before he'e press one of his claws against the girl's sensitive nub, beginning to rub about it in a circular motion, while slowly pushing in and out of her, precum already seeping out into the human's core.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>30-11-2013, 03:26:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe's hands gripped the bedding under her, fingers wrapping into the covers and panting heavily as his hips smacked into her ass, sending ripples from the impact through her tanned skin. The muscles along her back flexed, tightening every time he thrust into her, then relaxed when he withdrew, only to flex again as he'd pushed back into her. Moans echoed out of her throat and strands of her black hair clung to the skin of her neck and shoulders and face as she started to sweat. She looked over her shoulder at him though when he suddenly slowed down, glancing at his hand as he slid around her hip and over her stomach, down between her legs.<br><br>She knew what was coming, shivering in anticipation before she moaned at the contact of his finger rubbing over her clit. The sensation doubled with his thrusts made her back arch, every muscle tightening as she pressed into his hand and cock. Zoe's head dropped back to the bed again, pressing her forehead against the mattress, her knuckles going white from gripping the covers so tightly. “Oh god...” She groaned through gritted teeth, jaw clenched. Zoe was trying not to think, which was surprisingly easy given her drunken state coupled with the act of Therius fucking her slowly over her bed. It was still a little surreal though, maybe even a little weird, but not in a bad way.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>30-11-2013, 03:38:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Groaning out softly as he kept on a casual pace of humping, flicking his claw over the girl's clit repeatingly, Therius just gazed down at the human girl. Any logical sense was leaving him in that instant. All he wanted to do was make love to the girl before him, and as such he began picking up the pace once more, thrusting back and forth into the girl faster, while rubbing her clit rather vigorously, his mandibles vibrating as he let out of a pleasured groan.<br><br>"Ngh... Ah, hell..." He spoke up at last, as his hand moved away from the girl's clit, before he gripped onto her waist with both hands again, rapidly increasing the pace at which he pumped into the girl, slamming his hips into hers repeatingly with a rather loud smack. Whenever he pushed forward aswell, he'd always pull the girl's hips down onto his body harshly, ramming his cock back and forth in her, precum seeping out inside her. "Fuck yes... Take it!" He called out, increasing his pace yet again as his body slammed into Zoe's again and again. His member was noticably throbbing and pulsing inside her, his own orgasm being built up, waiting to be released.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>02-12-2013, 19:28:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe moaned and panted, her forehead against the bed and her eyes closed, black hair sticking to her flushed skin. When he started picking up the pace, rubbing her clit faster in the process, she began to writhe, not able to stay still, the muscles in her body alternately flexing and relaxing. She wasn't going to last long under this kind of attention, but the sharp build up of pressure and heat between her legs stopped when he pulled his hand away from her clit, making her open her eyes and start to turn her head to ask him what he was doing, but as she opened her mouth to voice her disappointment, he grabbed her hips and thrust into her hard, pulling her onto his rod. Her words turn into a sharp, surprised moan, and she lost the will to argue with him, her head dropping back down to the bed.<br><br>She braced herself on her elbows, being effectively pinned to the bed under the force of Therius' assault on her pussy. The sound of leathery skin on the softer skin of a human was different than she was used to, but good to hear none the less, and feel, her ass stinging from the contact. Her fists wrapped into the covers, knuckles white, and her teeth were clenched, his throats ripping loud, rough moans from her throat. Every time he thrust and pulled her down, he sent a shock wave of sensation rolling through her, and Zoe felt like her blood had been set on fire. “Oh god! Fuck me Therius!” she growled through gritted teeth in answer to his own words. She'd take whatever he gave her, her pussy clenching down on his cock every time it invaded her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>03-12-2013, 22:03:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Thrusting into the girl faster and faster, Therius' groans grew in volume aswell, his eyes closed as those last few words of Zoe's rang through his head. Gladly complying with her demand, he kept up the rapid pacing, burrying himself inside her repeatingly, using the mixture of the girl's moisture and his own precum to ease his movement and pump into her faster. "Ngh! Fuuuuuck! Here it... comes!" He spoke up, thrusting into the human girl a few more times, before showing himself deep inside her, movng his rod back and forth inside her deepest part for little more than an inch. While doing so, strings of hot, turian seed began pumping into the girl, pouring into her womb eagerly. His orgasm seemed to almost last for a full minute, probably about 50 seconds, indicating that it was a long time since he last had sex.<br><br>When his climax finally died down, he held stil a moment, his slowly shrinking rod still dug inside the girl. Panting and grunting softly, the turian let a tired smirk slip onto his face, for as much as it was actually visible. "Shit... That was... way too good..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>08-12-2013, 19:43:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Every time Therius thrust his cock into her, Zoe let out a loud, yelping moan, gripping the covers and pressing her forehead against the bed, trying to anchor herself a bit. He was going so fast after a bit though that she devolved into moaning with every breath, panting and writhing with her eyes squeezed shut. The constant friction of his member rubbing against the walls of her pussy coupled with the additional stimulus of the grip of his rough hands on her hips, pulling her into his thrusts, and his growls and groans, and the sound of his hips striking against hers, were all building her up and pushing her over the edge. When he growled out, and began practically slamming himself into her, Zoe gasped loudly, her pussy clenching down around his member, feeling him pulsing as he unloaded his seed into her. That did it and she let out a low, growling moan, her own body undulating as she was rocked by her orgasm.<br><br>He was still pouring semen into her when her climax subsided enough to allow her to finally form a coherent thought, still twitching every so often. Her skin was flushed and covered in a sheen of sweat, and the perky cheeks of her ass were red from his onslaught and her inner thighs were sore as well. Zoe was practically laying on the bed, too weak to hold herself up, panting heavily with Therius' cock still inside her. She swallowed, her mouth dry from panting and moaning so much, throat dry as well, and her eyes were closed, but she laughed a bit when Therius spoke, making a soft, agreeable noise. Gathering what was left of her strength she lifted herself, moving so that he slipped out of her, leaving her feeling a bit raw, but satisfied. Her inner thighs were slick with their juices, and she could only summon the strength to roll over onto her back, chest rising and falling as she continued to try and catch her breath.<br><br>Zoe finally sucked in a lung full of air then released it in a slow, calming sigh, opening one blue eye to peer at the Turian, looking him over. “Not bad Kaven,” She smirked at him, her short black hair a mess and her face still flushed, arms stretched out over her head.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>11-12-2013, 20:41:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When Zoe pulled herself off of his rod, Therius let out a short sigh, dropping through his knees a bit more as his blue flesh lost some more of its hardness, yet remained outside his sheath, standing out quite prominently thanks to its vibrant blue color. Were it not for the carapace coating his legs, his flesh would have been just as sore as hers. Nonetheless, his hips, and actually his entire body, felt tired. He could only blame it on the alcohol in his system, the adrenaline of the sex wearing off, and ofcourse, the actual effort put into the hot and steaming session the two just had. As he was panting, his mandibles twitched ever so slightly with ever exhale, yet he still felt his hormones rush through his veins, demanding of him to mate.<br><br>Finally, he peered over the human girl, who had managed to turn herself onto her back and was now gazing up at him in a rather blissful manner. Letting himself fall forward, he caught himself with his elbows as they dug into the bed, smirking down at Zoe. "Not bad, hm...? Well, I have to say you were more enjoyable than I'd expect aswell..." It was hard, even for Therius himself, to determine wether that was an insult or a compliment. But his mind couldn't stay focused on it long enough, as he soon pushed himself to the side, now laying down next to Zoe, gazing up at the ceiling as one arm laid over his chest, and other down next to him. "Well... Perhaps you humans can indeed keep up..." He smirked as his head turned aside to look at Zoe. "... Unless you're already at your limits..."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>12-12-2013, 18:41:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe looked over at the Turian as he collapsed down on the bed beside her on his elbows, she gave him a satisfied smirk at his words, deciding to take them as a compliment. Therius rolled over and she turned onto her side, ending up against the arm by his side, his rough bicep tucked between her perky breasts. She had her head laying down, eyes closed, she could fall asleep right then, and not care. His comments about humans made her chuckle softly, hearing the rustling movement as he turned his head, of course with her eyes closed she could only guess that's what he'd done, but she was pretty sure. However when he asked if she was already at her limits she opened her eyes, and gave him a playful glare. Zoe was tired, but no way she was going to let him imply she didn't have the same stamina as him. <br><br>She summoned up what energy she had left, and sat up, sitting beside Therius and looking down at him over her shoulder. “Yeah, you wish,” she laughed, before she moved and straddled him again, her sex, still slick and dripping from her own juices and his seed, pressed against his mostly flaccid member. Leaning down, Zoe nuzzled her way into the crook of his neck, her mouth finding the leathery skin and running her tongue along it, tasting the oddly metallic but salty quality of his sweat. Rocking her hips, against his, her pussy stroked his member, trying to stir it back to life, when she suddenly bit into his neck, a playful but still firm gesture. The backs of her thighs were aching, the skin feeling raw, but she found she was still hungry for him, that delicious pressure already beginning to build back up between her legs.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>17-12-2013, 20:43:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius blinked a bit surprised and confused as the girl pushed herself up again, his drunken, hazey mind trying to comprehend what was going, before he chuckled softly as Zoë made it clear she was up for another round, which he had to admit wasn't something to complain about. Quite the contrary.<br>As the human girl straddled over him again and began moving her own wet nethers up and down along his blue manhood, he let out a pleased sigh as his blood once more rushed to his sensitive rod, slowly stirring it to life once more as it was noticably growing thicker, longer and harder once more, going back to the same state that had Zoe eagerly bucking back against him. During it all however, he kept his hands down, simply watching the girl go to work. <br>When she dug into his neck, he eagerly tilted his head to the side, before he could feel her bite down on his leathery skin. Thanks to his thick skin, there was nothing of pain, only that teasing feeling that helped his body get worked up a little faster. "Mmm, what a naughty girl you are..." He snickered, before finally bringing up his hands, placing one of the back of Zoe's head, while letting the other caress down along her back and rest a hand on her waist, his member pulsing under the blood pumping into it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>08-01-2014, 00:04:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe was able to feel the cock tucked up against her sex growing larger and harder, he was still slick from their last time, as was she, and it helped to keep things from getting uncomfortable. Instead it was rather enjoyable. Her face flushed as he got hard enough for his shaft to end up rubbing against her clit when she leaned into him, his length sliding between her netherlips, making her moan under her breath. Her mouth was still against his neck, up closer to what she was pretty sure was his ear, still licking and biting at his leathery skin, it felt a bit odd, but not bad.<br><br>Her lips curled though when Therius spoke, chuckling against his skin, feeling his hands on her finally. “You're one to talk,” she murmured near his ear, shivering slightly as his hand trailed down her back. She could feel his member pulsing against her, and her own pulse throbbed in her depths as if answering it, hungry and needy. She made a thoughtful noise though and pulled away from his neck, leaning up to look down at him, short black hair hanging about her face. “You've probably never had your dick sucked have you?” Zoe grinned, “I wouldn't imagine a female Turian's mouth is anything you really want to be putting your cock. All those teeth.” She eyed his sharp teeth pointedly.<br><br>Her pussy pressed against him one last good time, letting out a moan as she all but ground her clit against his wet shaft, before she sat up, moving off him, and nodding her head. “Lay up there,” she grinned, gesturing towards the head of her bed, since they were more laying across it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>11-01-2014, 22:07:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius let out a long, deep groan as Zoe continued to rub her wet nethers up and down along his length, his hand moving down to lay on her rear and grope one of her cheeks. However, that's when the human girl pulled back, leaving the turian blinking confused as he peered aside at her, grinning. "Well... Safe to say I didn't want to risk trying it yet..." He smirked, before letting out shuddering sigh as he felt the human pressing her slick womanhood down onto his rod again, before she pulled back, smirking at her.<br><br>When she directed him to the bedhead, he smirked, and pulled himself up properly, laying back with his arms behind his head. His blue, hard rod stood up proudly, glistening with moist as he spread his legs a bit to lay comfortable. "Well then... Let's see if these blowjobs are as good as humans always claim... And let's see if you're any good at them." He smirked at Zoe as he said that, eyeing over the naked girl eagerly. Maybe he should demand this be her new way of dressing herself when they're on patrol. It would make it less boring for sure. The thought bounced around his mind, actually causing his cock to jerk up a bit by itself, making it appear like it was beckoning Zoe over.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>12-01-2014, 05:32:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe would definitely not be going to work naked, so unfortunately for Therius that would be staying a fantasy in his head. She couldn't help but pause and give him a exasperatedly amused look as he kicked back with his arms behind his head, looking very smug and pleased with himself, and she rolled her eyes at his attempt at challenging her. “Well considering you have no point of reference, how the hell would you know anyway?” She asked him, eyeing his cock and smirking when it twitched as if calling her over. She looked at the Turian, that smirk still playing on her face and maintaining eye contact as she got between his legs on her hands and knees. Zoe lowered herself, though her ass remained in the air, resting most of her weight on her elbow on the mattress, the other hand gripping the base of his rod, he was big, she'd give him that, and very blue.<br><br>Flipping her hair to one side, though she knew it wouldn't stay there, she held him at the angle she wanted, her fingers squeezing his shaft as her tongue slid out to run along the underside of his cock, tasting him experimentally. He certainly tasted different, and the texture was different than what she was used to, neither were unpleasant though, thankfully. Zoe glanced up at him curiously, gauging his reaction as her lips slid over the tip of his member, her tongue swirling around it while she sucked gently, a brow arched at him. Her hand stroked him a little while she was at it, but she was cautious with it all.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>12-01-2014, 11:10:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Therius couldn't help but chuckled as she questioned his challenge, grinning, atleast as far as that was visible. "Oh, but I do. I know how your pussy feels, so that'll be my reference." He snickered faintly, before his eyes followed Zoe as she moved herself down.<br>When she gripped the base of his cock however, Therius already let out a soft sigh, making it obvious that the fact that his cock was always in his sheath made it more sensitive than what you'd normally find. When her tongue began to run along the length of his shaft, he let out a shuddering groan, leaning his head back as his body was tensing up already. It was definatly a new experience, and one that he quite liked. Just as he started to get used to the sensation of feeling her tongue run along his member, he felt the girl's lips spread around the head of his cock, drawing a drawn-out groan from him as he was fighting the urge to not just buck into Zoe's mouth.<br><br>As she then began to suck his cockhead, her tongue lapping around it, while also jerking along his shaft. Therius' big shot altitude seemed to vanish as he groaned out, leaning back as he let the girl play with his rod. He wanted to try and think of a snide comment to make, but his pleasure-filled, drunken mind just couldn't even focus on what his name was anymore. Instead, his legs spread a bit further to give Zoe more room to work with.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>12-01-2014, 17:55:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe's suspicions that Turians were far more sensitive than humans seemed correct, which made her understand all the more why a male wouldn't want to go putting a very sensitive and important part of his anatomy in the mouth of a female, what with the razor sharp teeth and all. His reactions were pleasing and amusing to watch, Zoe enjoying a slight power trip as he seemed to be rendered speechless. She was enjoying this if only because Therius had run out of smart ass comments to make, which was pretty satisfying in and of itself. Her blue-gray eyes watch him closely, glittering at him with a mixture of self-assured amusement and lust. <br><br>Her tongue ran over his cock head one last time before she started taking more of him into her mouth, going down, backing off, then going back down a little further, working her way down his shaft, her hand still stroking the remaining length. Her mouth stroked him with her lips and and tongue, Zoe looking up at him when she could, her head bobbing over his lap. Her free hand was gripping his hip, and she pulled at him a little, encouraging him to move with the rhythm she'd set, which was still fairly slow as she worked towards taking as much of him in as she could. She knew she wasn't going to be able to take all of him, but Therius would just have to be happy with what he could get. Judging from his reactions, he didn't have a whole lot to complain about anyway.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>E1Alpha</strong> on <strong>21-01-2014, 01:55:54</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				With his head leaning back in bliss, Therius remained hardly aware of the girl's facial expressions and amusement in him surrendering to the feeling of being sucked off.<br>As she began to gradually work more and more of his shaft into her mouth, Therius couldn't hold it anymore and began to buck his hips up into the girl's mouth, unconsciously guided by the pace she was setting. His clawed fingers and toes were curling up occasionally, the new sensation seeming to almost completely numb the turian's mind as his rod was pulsing eagerly in response to the treatment. This was further proven by the small dab of precum that already began to coat the tip of his cockhead. Finally, the turian began to usher out something, though it took him a while to make it comprehensive: "F-fuck... Okay... This... does fe-... Fuuuck..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Partners We Shall Be (Atroxa &amp; E1Alpha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LtRipley</strong> on <strong>25-01-2014, 21:27:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Zoe's head bobbed up and down over the Turian's lap, her lips wrapped around the girth of his cock and her tongue continuously working along the sensitive underside. Every time she drew back until just the tip was still in her mouth, her tongue would flick and rub against it, tasting his pre cum. His gasped and struggling words only made her smirk in satisfaction, and she pushed her head back down, taking in as much of him as she could, the tapered tip of his member slipping into her throat a little. It tightened around him, and she kept it there for a moment, her tongue rubbing against the underside of his shaft, before she pulled back again, taking a deep breath since she'd been unable to breath with him in her throat.<br><br>She let out a low, pleased moan, and looked up at him before she pulled her mouth off of him. Her hand wrapped around his girth instead, stroking him tortuously slow, her grip light, barely there. “I'll keep going, but only if you promise to return the favor, when you're done,” Zoe murmured to him, her tongue running over the tip of his cock slowly, caressing it. She'd secretly wondered how talented Turians were with their long tongues for some time, but tonight especially the thought had stayed near the front of her mind. Zoe watched him with raised brows, parted lips hovering near the head of his cock as her tongue continued to brush against it.
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