genessia | Operation 27

[The video opens up with Gale in what looks like a hospital waiting room- in Nova City, judging by the appearance of the backdrop. He's got a serious face on, and the visible markings on his neck seem to be more of a greyish-blue than the vibrant blue they normally are. He pushes up his mini-glasses.]

This is Nova City Deputy Gale Reinhardt.

[That was an odd thing to say formally to the public for the first time, despite having the position for months.]

It's pretty obvious already that weird things are goin' on. Again. We got familiar faces turnin' into kids, but we've got other issues too. Some of you oughta remember that Attleton incident a couple years ago where tons of folks lost one of their senses. That's goin' around again. I don't know if it's directly connected to the whole "different age" thing, but a wreck happened in Nova City earlier due to a resident suddenly losing their sight for no discernible reason.

Don't ask me if it's connected to that egg warning someone broadcasted earlier. We can't confirm anything, so I couldn't tell ya what Genessia's up to this time. Regardless if they're connected or simply isolated incidents, exercise caution.

[He doesn't like this "making an announcement" stuff when it doesn't involve booze at his businesses, but after what happened to Faye, he wasn't going to wait to see if Garrus was going to do it.]

[Private Video - Nova Guardian Team]

... so are we still all in one piece, or am I the only one still in tact?

[What he of course means to ask is "Are we all okay or is the team compromised?" He's just hella cranky and is going to be pissed if he's the only one that's still an adult. Please let them all be sane.]

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[Karla frowns at the message. Gale sure seems upset, and it's understandable. She might as well see if she can lend assistance.]

Gale? Are you well?

[This is an unfamiliar face; alien but also obviously a young child. He's confused when the private video pops up on his device.]

Who is this?

There's also a disembodied voice describing my thoughts and actions.

[He pinches the bridge of his nose and lets out a sigh.]

Just wishin' I could get drunk right about now. I'll be fine.

[He's calmer than he was earlier, at least, but he's still pretty riled up. Those poor medics didn't deserve to put up with him.]

[Wait what the hell is tha-- oh goddammit. He leans his head back and audibly groans before looking back at the feed.]

Sorry, kid. Guess I selected to contact your device by accident.

[Except he knows he didn't. Great. One of the crew is a kid. Now he's dreading hearing about Garrus and Yang.]

[Normally, Gale would have a snarky remark about "needing to see a doctor for that" but with all the shit right now, he just... accepts it.]

Seriously?

Losing senses, random children and strange invisible narrators?

What the literal actual fuck, Genessia.

[ Switches to video. There's a voice of a child.]

oh,that weirdo turned on the video to prove my existence. Hi Gale nispa. My name's Cikapasi. It means when your penis gets a boner. I'm narrating a guy to gets a boner when he thinks of First Lieutenant Tsurumi, who's really freaky and scary and...

[ cuts off and switches back to text]
How long do annoyances like this usually last?

[If there was anything today that could nearly make him laugh, it was certainly that. He did have a slight smirk and let out the quietest laugh, so it was a good thing he was using text right now.]

Wow. So Genessia is doing something new.

Whenever it goes batshit for whatever reason, seems to range from anywhere between a few days to two weeks at the longest. A week's a good average to assume.

Losing senses..? That sounds so scary...

Do you think it would help if I picked up eggs and got them away from everyone? I'm already dead and don't have many senses...

This is Yang. I'm fine.

[Cranky about her gross, multi-colored hair, but it's not going to interfere with her work in any way.]

You need me to cover any of your shifts?

[If he's in the hospital, it's either because he got injured, or someone he cared about is down for a while.]

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Assumin' they're even the cause of everything, it probably wouldn't hurt. Knowin' this place, though, where one egg's taken away another two might appear.

[He sighs, rubbing his forehead.]

Be careful if ya do. Even if you don't have senses to affect, Genessia might find somethin' else to mess with on you.

Glad that's at least half of us in one piece. Just gotta hope we hear from the boss man then.

[Those colors do not suit Yang at all, but Gale knows better than to make a quip about it.]

I appreciate the offer, but our shifts are already gonna increase as it is. We're down Grievous. Guy's currently a... kid? I think.

[He wants to say screw his duties because of Faye right now, but he can't. He'll have to see about someone to stay with her.]

Well, I can try to help if you need anything. I'll just make sure David doesn't need me for anything before I do. Lea was turned into a child as well, so I don't know how that'll affect our Guardian team...

[And she hasn't heard from David or the other deputies, so hopefully they're unaffected?]

[Wise. Very wise. He will live another day.]

Seriously? Geez.

[What would that even look like...? At least it'll be easy to pick him out of a crowd, what with the whole four arms thing.]

I guess we're lucky to have only one of us that's been affected.

[Technically two, but Yang's ugly hair isn't going to impede her duties any.]

I mean it, though. Crime's not so bad now that most of the health nut gang's been rounded up, so if you need to take an extra hour or two off, I'll cover you.

[ This is why he's using text and trying to limit social interactions. ]

How often roughly does Genessia go batshit?

[Karla, you're too sweet. He manages to smile a bit before shaking his head.]

I appreciate it, but don't worry about it. Our team's short handed too, so I don't want to go takin' any resources from the Genessia team since one of ours turned into a squirt too.

[Though maybe the kid thing was one of the lesser evils. He hadn't found out about the possibility of personality splits again.]

You didn't get hit with anything, did you?

[Probably for the best.]

After being here two and a half years, I can safely say every month or every couple months it likes to pull something weird. Sometimes it's harmless, other times it's pretty serious.

Basically, be aware that something fucking absurd could happen at literally any time. This place doesn't pull any punches.

Yeah, no kiddin'. Hopefully Garrus didn't get hit with any of this weird shit. Bein' down Grievous is one thing, but having half the team compromised would be annoying.

[He has a hard time believing all of this was just caused by weird eggs, but after a bizarre mask made him think he was a prince for a while, he wouldn't be surprised if it was the eggs.

He was briefly distracted by a couple of nurses passing by down the hallway since he was impatiently waiting for the cue to get back to see Faye. When they walked out of sight, his brow furrowed, looking back at the feed.]

I don't want to, but I might take you up on a couple hours, at least. The one in the traffic collision earlier was my roommate. Since she's blind for however long, I gotta see what I can do about gettin' someone to look after her when she can go home so no one will have to cover for me.

[He can spend less time at his clubs no problem, but he's taking this whole "deputy" thing surprisingly more seriously than anyone would have initially thought - himself included - so he can't let himself take days off even if he'd want to.]

Well, I wouldn't say you'd be "taking" from us, since I am offering. Besides, I think it's important for the cities to support each other. Then again, it may not be so terrible this time. We've certainly seen worse...

[She shrugs slightly.]

Me? I don't think so...not that I can see, anyway. How about you?

Mm... Well. At least I can try to get rid of them. Having no senses is the worst. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

The loss of senses and age changing is serious.

This troublesome voice is pointing out how clothing of this time period better accentuate certain parts of a woman's body.

I'm considering spending some time in the Dream Docks before I lose my temper.

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