my own no-reapers au where it's just anderson has adopted dan when she's still a shithead teenager off the streets instead of agreeing to send her to the alliance. and saren is there to be a sunday cartoon villain. and hijinks ensue. (drawn over the yakuza movie)
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@maltdrawings MERRY ASSORTED HOLIDAYS!!! :D I was your gifter this year for @masseffectholidaycheer. Harby did wonders this year for sure. I had such a joy looking at all the art you have of Dan and Garrus. Their passion is really heartwarming, and there’s always something very delicate when drawing original characters. We insert a lot of ourselves into our writing, and that of itself is so comforting… I adore the connection your Shepard shares with Garrus, and I hope that with the future as things ease up sometime soon, these two will continue dancing wherever they may be!
Because after all, there is no Shepard without Vakarian, :)
(So... I tried to write a fanfic with the story of Apso, I hope you’ll enjoy it :D I want to thank my bro @grayarothane, without him it would be impossible for me to translate my fic.)
Warning: I absolutely don’t respect the canon and the timeline of the Mass Effect universe.
It was Monday on the morning, and he had some time before going away from home. He was still trying to get used to the new flat. He had to move to the Citadel with his parents.
It was so different from Palaven, which was the planet where he grew up. It was difficult for him to get used to the changes, but he had to in order to integrate the Academy of the Alliance, the human army. He considered himself lucky to have been accepted even if he was a turian-human hybrid. Moreover he was the son of two war heroes.
On one side there was his Turian father Garrus Vakarian, senior officer of the turian army and who was likely to become the next primarch of Palaven, the highest rank of the turian hierarchy, and on the other side, there was his human father, Daniel Shepard, the most known human of the entire galaxy.
Apso stopped his deep thoughts, wished a good day to his dads and went away. Dan looked a bit anxious when he saw his son go, but Apso didn't notice it. On his way to the Academy Apso decided to pass through a longer way, but which gave a panoramic view over the Presidium. Even if nothing at the Citadel could remind him of Palaven, he liked the view over the Presidium, which had an atmosphere like on Earth, the planet where he was born.
Every year he visited Earth, but he didn't feel any strong connection to it. Yet the view helped him to forget his stress. It would be his first day in the Academy and he absolutely didn't know what to expect. The only thing he knew was that the headmaster, the only one to know about the identity of his parents would say nothing about this. Apso knew pertinently because of his mandibles, skin and hands it would be impossible to hide his turian side, but he wanted to avoid being seen as “the son of Shepard and Garrus”. He was 20 and couldn't allow himself to carry this burden on his shoulders.
He arrived at the Academy. In the hall everyone, without exception, stared strangely at him. He tried to reassure himself by thinking that it was due to the way he walked. The uniform designed for humans made him uncomfortable and it was difficult to walk normally. He went into the classroom and almost everyone gave him a dark look. There was a young man who did not. He was obviously looking at Apso, but contrary to the others, it was with a kindly curiosity. The teacher, a banal-looking man, asked Apso to introduce himself.
“Hi, my name is Apso. Nice to meet you.”
He hated having to talk in front of many people. Especially when the audience was staying distant like this. He sat next to the lonely guy, because he prefered shy people to hypocritical ones. The boy, whose name was yet unknown, tried to discreetly look at him.
The day started with a lesson about earthling military history. Apso liked history, but the lesson was about the First Contact War and made him feel out of place. If he had to be honest, he considered himself more turian than human. He was born on Earth but grew up in Palaven and during his childhood others regarded him as a normal turian. The Turian moral code allowed him to have a more or less “normal” childhood. He limitlessely respected turians and was proud to be one of them. But he also felt loyal to the Humans and the Alliance. He didn't have much of a choice.
At noon his neighbor timidly turned toward him: “Hum...Apso, right? This is the lunch break right now, do you want to eat with me?” Apso accepted with pleasure.
“By the way, what's your name? Apso asked on the way to the self-service restaurant.
-Oh, that's right that I didn't have the time to say you my name! I'm Scott Ryder. And I intend to go to the biotic section of the Alliance!
-The one supervised by Kaidan Alenko?
-Exactly! He's my role model! After all he's the second Human Spectre, right after Shepard. A lot of people people forget about his important role during the war against the Reapers, but he was on the Normandy with Shepard! But it's better if I don't start to talk about this, I could talk about him for hours. Scott said, shifty-eyed and blushing.
-Oh no I understand, I thought that he was pretty famous among humans, but it's true that he tends to be discreet according to what I understood.”
Apso was amused to see that Kaidan could have fans. Of course he deserved it, but Scott was right by saying that Kaidan was often forgotten due to Shepard's success. His father's reputation tended to outshine anyone else…
They arrived at the self-service restaurant. Everyone, except Scott, still stared at him with animosity. When Apso served himself, everyone was surprised to see that he had no problem to eat meals for humans. He and Scott sat at the back. The table was empty, and when people saw them they did their best to avoid them. Apso thought that was because of him and felt sad for Scott.
“Apso, don't you have problems to eat levo-amino food? Scott asked
-No, in fact I can eat levo-amino and dextro-amino meals. Whenever I eat meals that were cooked by the others I don't have to worry about anything, which is convenient.
-But you might have preferences, don't you?Scott asked with curiosity
-I like spicy meals, and the turian chocolate is the best.
-I see, I'm unable to eat anything spicy.
-I've heard that many humans are like this.
-That depends, but yeah. Haven't you met a lot of humans before?
-Not really, just my father and his friends. But he doesn't have a lot of human friends.”
Apso wanted to change subjects. It would be difficult for him to talk about his father's friends without saying that they all were war heroes who were trigger-happy, or had biotic powers fot some.
“Unrelated but the teacher didn't give me our timetable. Do you know what we have next?
-Shooting session, but the instructor is a pain in the ass. He's never satisfied of what we do. It's a good thing we can go home after that.”
Apso smiled a little as he thought about shooting. The lunch break was over. As soon as they left the table, four persons replaced them. Apso asked himself if everyone would continue to treat them like that.
There were around twenty students at the shooting session. The instructor was an old man. He wore an uniform and a kepi was hiding his eyes, yet we could feel his severity. He had a scar on the left cheek, which strengthened the feeling.
“ So rookies, let me tell you.” His voice was loud but he didn't need to scream. “Get yourselves a weapon from the gunsmith, then you shoot on the target. You'll pass in turns and when you're finished you can go home. Who wants to start?”
The students looked hesitant, they all knew about the instructor's reputation. Apso volunteered. The instructor stayed silent.
Apso went to the armorer and asked without hesitation:
“Do you have an M-3 Predator?
-Of course! Sounds like you're an expert!
-Just a bit.”
He preferred to stay humble, but he knew that as the son of soldiers he had good knowledge.
He got closer to the target. The students behind him mumbled. They might've be convinced that he didn't know how to shoot. The idea made him laugh.
Then he shot. Six sharp blows, which came one after another. They were perfect, which silenced everyone. Apso knew what he was doing, and he didn't expect the exercise to be that easy. He was accustomed to moving targets. He came closer to the instructor:
“-So? What do you think about it?
-Meh. That was hardly decent.”
Apso got over himself in order to stay calm. He didn't understand. How could the instructor say that? He was confused, tried to understand:
“I see, do you advice to give?
-I've nothing to add”. The instructor wasn't even looking at Apso.
Apso didn't insist. He understood. The instructor probably decided that he wasn't worthwhile. He gave the weapon back to the armorer, who looked sorry for him. Before leavinghe said goodbye to Scott, who seemed uncomfortable because of the situation.
On this way home, Apso thought that he should've expected this. Tensions between turians and humans had always existed, and even if they were allies some things couldn't be forgotten. Nevertheless,this situation suited him better than being seen as “the son of Shepard, savior of the galaxy”. Yes. He'd better be looked at the wrong way than be falsely appreciated.
When he arrived at home, he heard a voice:
“Hi Apso! Your dads aren't here so I served myself a drink.
-Uncle Wrex?!” Apso didn't expect to see his godfather Urdnot Wrex. He was the chief of the krogans, known and respected for helping to unite the krogans and cure the genophage.
“So, what about the Academy? Wrex asked, while laughing. Bet it's full of pyjaks!
-It's ok, their shooting exercises are really easy.
-Bwahaha! Like parents, like son!
-Not false.Apso answered , disturbed by the comparison.
-So, that was good to see you, but these assholes of the Council are waiting for me. See you next time and say hello to your parents for me!”
The next month passed really quickly. Apso continued to go to the Academy. Teachers' and students' attitudes didn't change. But Scott continued to talk to Apso. It was good for Apso to have a trustworthy friend at the Academy. He didn't talk about the situation to his parents. He didn't want to make them worry and was afraid that one of them would do something that could make people uncover the truth.
One day, at the end of his day at school, a krogan with a blue shell and a car on the left eye who was waiting for him.
“MORDIN!” Apso yelled . He hadn't seen his best friend for ages, and he was surprised and happy to see him.
“Hi Apso! I went to the Citadel for the day and I have some time, so let's enjoy this! How about we go and have a drink?
-Let's do this!”
Their friendly tradition was to meet each other at Chora's Den. This bar's reputation had been bad for many years. The only reason they liked it was because it marked the beginning of their parents' adventures.
“So Apso, how was your first month at the Academy?Mordin asked.
-Hum...it was good.Apso lied ,not looking at his best friend.
-Are you still not aware that you don't know how to lie?”
Apso knew it, but he hoped that Mordin would eventually give up. But his friend wanted the truth, and knew how to get it. Apso took a deep breath:
“There is racism, even from teachers, and particularly from the shooting instructor who can't stand my face but he can't say anything because of my results. It's difficult to be accepted despite my efforts but I managed to keep the identity of my parents secret. However I made a friend, Scott, he's the only one who doesn't reject me.
-I see, I imagine that you want to keep it a secret, but did you tell your friend?
-…
-You should tell him. And hit the morons who piss you off, even if you don't like it. So I have to go though, my father must be waiting for me.
Happy N7 Day!! I'm really happy that I was able to finish this piece in time. Dan and Jack on a lovely sushi date, ft. several of my friends' Shepards on dates of their own! I hope that aquarium holds up...
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