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Story Title: The Devil You Know

Story by Ladyamesindy

Art by Maxrev

Rating: Teen and Up

Tags: Mass Effect/WWII Crossover, crossover fic, Alternate Universe, Angst, Adventure, WWII typical situations, German Occupation of France, Game Level Violence, Field Medical Treatment, Blood mention (not graphic)

Relationship: Kaidan Alenko/Caleb Shepard

Characters: Kaidan Alenko, Liara T'Soni, Garrus Vakarian, Aria T'Loak, Major Coats, Abby Williams, Caleb Shepard

Setting: World War II - 1942 England and Occupied France

Summary:

Alchera was an unmitigated disaster for the Alliance and for Kaidan Alenko. Not only did they lose the prothean beacon data but Shepard as well. Seven months on, Kaidan is still trying to come to terms with it, both professionally and personally. But a rumor has surfaced at Alliance Command that Shepard still lives, and Spectre Alenko has been chosen to look into it. Deep behind enemy lines, Kaidan must make the decision if it's better to live with the loss or take a chance on the devil he knows.

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Finally, posting day has arrived!!! The Devil You Know is my story for Mass Effect Big Bang 2023 and is also a part of my Mass Effect/WWII series, Something Wicked This Way Comes.

This time around, I got to work with the fabulous @maxrev for the art and oh, man, did she ever deliver! THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAXX!!!!! Folks, she's knocked it out of the ballpark for me and I am so very grateful and delighted she chose my story to pair up with! Go check it out and please let her know how much you like her art, too!

Also HUGE THANK YOU to @shadoedseptmbr for betaing again for me this year! Your suggestions were perfect and you always make the story look so much better than the initial draft! You're the absolute BEST!

And a HUGE shoutout to @azzydarling and @mebigbang for putting this event on again! I have a blast each time I participate and this was one of the BEST!

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Name: Feitianius paradisi

Name Meaning: Paradise’s Feitian 

First Described: 2015

Described By: O’Connor et al. 

Classification: Dinosauria, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces, Enantiornithes

Feitianius is a recently described Opposite Bird from the Xiagou Formation of China, living in the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 124 to 120 million years ago. It is known from an incomplete skeleton on a slab, including some preservation of the feathers. It was a small bird, only known from the latter half of the skeleton, though it appears to have had long legs, long claws and extensive tail feathering. The tail was similar to that of modern birds that are sexually dimorphic indicating that the extensive tail feathers of Feitianius were probably used for display of some sort, probably for finding mates in its species. It probably also didn’t fly often, given that these extensive tail feathers would have quite literally got in the way of aerodynamic movement. 

Source: 

O’Connor, J. K., D. Q. Li, M. C. Lamanna, M. Wang, J. D. Harris, J. Atterholt, H. L. You. 2015. A new Early Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from northwestern China with elaborate tail ornamentation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 (1): e1054035. 

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