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More Fibonacci Worldbuilding

So I finished the actual species information, so I thought I’d share 🙂


Volus – The Merchant

Appearance

Are around 3’ to 3’6” tall

Look very similar to an shorter snouted echidna

Older volus grow spines, but it can make it harder to mine, so many trim them

Longer spines can be used as a status symbol because it shows that the individual is usually high enough not to need to work the mines

Attire

Heavily inspired by dwarven attire

It is very uncommon to see a volus completely unclothed, though not all are fully covered

Often wear helmets outside of their caverns due to the fact that their eyes are accustomed to darkness and too sensitive to sunlight

The material of the helmet is indicative of the wearer’s standing and wealth

Metals are incorporated in many volus’ clothing

Many of those that travel outside of Irune tend to incorporate jewels or more expensive metals to show off their people’s wealth

Armor

Though they wear metals, they do not actively make armor for themselves, preferring to have others (typically turians) fight their battles

Religion

Volus do not have a set religion as they believe no set deity is responsible for devising trade and dealing with coin

Because is it simple mathematics

They are free to chose to worship as they wish

Politics

Vol Protectorate: Rather than being a fully sovereign government in its own right, Irune is a client state of the Turian Hierarchy. In return for falling under the protective umbrella of the turian military, the volus pay a tax to Palaven, as well as deferring to the Primarch in all foreign policy matters

Internal matters are dealt with either by a certain region’s representative group

The introduction of mounted animals to pull carts for volus brought about an easier way to converse with other settlements

As such, when politics involve more than one city or settlement, then representatives deal together to find a solution

Combat

Have done away with domestic war in Irune and do not see it as necessary

Any conflict is short and usually ends in social castigation, bargaining agreements, or harsh economic sanctions

Mount

Turians introduced the volus to the lacerta

Volus then used the lacerta to pull carts and wagons, transporting goods and individuals

Volus genders do not seem to have a distinct difference in the sound of their voices

–Female voices are only a fraction higher than males

—It seems only peoples with really sensitive hearing can tell the difference

–As a result, volus do not immediately take offense to any mistakes in gender

—They don’t however see any reason for others to ask

—Only few actually tell other people their true gender

—-Then they prefer to be called as such and often take offense if not, finding it rude to have their preferences ignored

—It is typical of many volus that make a living in the Citadel to distinguish their gender in order to limit any outside prejudice towards their people

Best known for their work establishing a unified system of coin exchange and maintaining this balance and order through banks and organizing the trade markets

Book of Plenix calls for charity and forgiveness of debts in case the volus do become involved in war

Have two names but no family names. According to volus sensibilities one cannot own a person, so using a family name would essentially be laying claim to their offspring

Nonverbal cues include laying one’s palms flat on a table, an action roughly analogous to humans steepling their fingers

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The Ultimate Relationship Tag

steph-seymour:

Send ‘✩’ for the following:

Disagreements:

Who is more likely to raise their voice?
Who threatens to leave but never actually does?
Who actually keeps their word and leaves?
Who trashes the house?
Do either of them get physical?
How often do they argue/disagree?
Who is the first to apologise?

Sex:

Who is on top?
Who is on the bottom?
Who has the strangest desires?
Any kinks?
Who’s dominant in bed?
Is head ever in the equation?
If so, who is better at performing it?
Ever had sex in public?
Who moans the most?
Who leaves the most marks?
Who screams the loudest?
Who is the more experienced of the two?
Do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’?
Rough or soft?
How long do they usually last?
Is protection used?
Does it ever get boring?
Where is the strangest place they’d have sex? 

Family:

Do your muses plan on having children/or have children?
If so, how many children do your muses want/have?
Who is the favorite parent?
Who is the authoritative parent?
Who is more likely to allow the children to have a day off school?
Who lets the children indulge in sweets and junk food when the other isn’t around?
Who turns up to extra curricular activities to support their children?
Who goes to parent teacher interviews?
Who changes the diapers?
Who gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby?
Who spends the most time with the children?
Who packs their lunch boxes?
Who gives their children ‘the talk’?
Who cleans up after the kids?
Who worries the most?
Who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from?

Affection:

Who likes to cuddle?
Who is the little spoon?
Who gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places?
Who struggles to keep their hands to themself?  
How long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable?
Who gives the most kisses?
What is their favourite non-sexual activity?
Where is their favourite place to cuddle?
Who is more likely to playfully grope the other? 
How often do they get time to themselves?

Sleeping:

Who snores?
If both do, who snores the loudest?
Do they share a bed or sleep separately?
If they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart?
Who talks in their sleep?
What do they wear to bed?
Are either of your muses insomniacs?
Can sleeping pills be found by the bedside?
Do they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side?
Who wakes up with bed hair?
Who wakes up first?
Who prepares breakfast in bed for the other?
What is their favourite sleeping position?
Who hogs the sheets?
Do they set an alarm each night?
Can a television be found in their bedroom?
Who has nightmares?
Who has ridiculous dreams?
Who sprawls out and takes up most of the bed? 

Who makes the bed? 

What time is bed time? 

Any routines/rituals before bed?
Who’s the grumpiest when they wake up? 

Work:

Who is the busiest?
Who rakes in the highest income?
Are any of your muses unemployed?
Who takes the most sick days?
Who is more likely to turn up late to work?
Who sucks up to their boss?
What are their jobs?
Who stresses the most?
Do your muses enjoy or despise their careers/occupations?
Are your muses financially stable? 

Home:

Who does the washing?
Who takes out the trash?
Who does the ironing?
Who does the cooking?
Who is more likely to burn the house down just trying?
Who is messier? 
Who leaves the toilet roll empty?
Who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor?
Who forgets to flush the toilet?
Who is the prankster around the house?
Who loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere?
Who mows the lawn?
Who answers the telephone?
Who does the vacuuming?
Who does the groceries?
Who takes the longest to shower?
Who spends the most time in the bathroom?

Miscellaneous:

Is money a problem?
How many cars do they own?
Do they own their home or do they rent?
Do they live near the coast or deep in the countryside?
Do they live in the city or in the country? 
Do they enjoy their surroundings?
What’s their song?
What do they do when they’re away from each other?
Where did they first meet?
How did they first meet?
Who spends the most money when out shopping?
Who’s more likely to flash their assets?
Who finds it amusing when the other trips over?
Any mental issues?
Who’s terrified of bugs?
Who kills the spiders around the house?
Their favourite place?
Who pays the bills?
Do they have any fears for their future?
Who’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner?
Who uses up all of the hot water? 
Who’s the tallest?
Who’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other?
Who wanders around in their underwear?
Who sings the loudest when singing along to the radio?
What do they tease each other about?
Who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times?
Do they have mutual friends?
Who crushed first? 
Any alcohol or substance related problems?
Who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am?
Who swears the most?

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theravenofwynter:

ixamxleigh:

banahbanah:

garrusvakarian2153:

theravenofwynter:

ixamxleigh:

Does anyone have any theories as to which Mass Effect species are able to successfully breed outside of their species? We know the asari have evolved to reproduce this way, but could the others do so through more traditional means?

Like, turians and humans are both viviparous, but would they be too different genetically to produce offspring? Krogan and turians seem to be more similar in biology, but krogan are oviviparous.

Another factor to consider is the advanced science in the series. Would that help with any attempts at cross species reproduction?

I’d say no, it’s virtually impossible because they all come from different evolutionary trees.

in the unlikely event it does happen, any offspring would likely be infertile

The Salarians have funded weirder projects to answer stranger questions than this I’m sure.

More than cross species, the dextro-levo thing would kill the baby because there’s no way for it to eat in the womb of a mother that is poisoned by the kind of food it needs.

I kinda headcanon that Turians and Quarians might be able to if Quarians’ immune systems were less fucked.

These are very good points, thank you!

What about the Angara? Their diets are similar enough to humans’ and they are also viviparous, though i feel as though any individual pregnant with the cross-breed would need almost constant medical monitoring on the fetus through development.

We still fall in the matter of Incompatible genetics, and maybe fall into allergic reactions. For all we know the Angara have been designed only to mate with each other and have body fluids desintegrate in hostile environments

I may be talking out my ass, so probably don’t quote me, but I think I remember seeing something about scientifically trying to create hybrids was illegal? Idk, I might be projecting our current stance on that kind of thing.

I’m still gonna have my Reaper made hybrid babes, lol

Fathomless Depths – Wafflesrock – Mass Effect Trilogy [Archive of Our Own]

wafflesrock16:

Chapters: 7/?
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect – All Media Types
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
Characters: Female Shepard, Garrus Vakarian, Jeff “Joker” Moreau, Kaidan Alenko, Ashley Williams, Venari Pallin, Castis Vakarian, Solana Vakarian, Urdnot Wrex, Original Characters, Liara T’Soni, Tali’Zorah nar Rayya, Nihlus Kryik, James Vega
Additional Tags: Little Mermaid AU, Turians as mermaids, Fantasy setting, Friends to Lovers, Interspecies Sex, Underwater Sex, Romance
Summary:

Inspired by the captivating artwork of savbakk, a fantasy romance about a turian mermaid, or “merian” and Commander Jane Shepard of the Normandy. After centuries of self-imposed isolationism following a bloody war with the semi-aquatic krogan, a young merian scout comes into contact with an Alliance ship and a fascinating human woman he can’t stop thinking about. Together, the pair forge a strong friendship and eventual romance, and attempt to show their respective races that there is more to be gained in unity than hostility.

Garrus takes a risk and tries the Ivory Wizard’s potion, while other questions arise.

Chapter dedicated to @cousinslavellan who is an awesome writer and friend.

If I could give this thing more love, I would!

Fathomless Depths – Wafflesrock – Mass Effect Trilogy [Archive of Our Own]

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Super fan of your work, starting with the Parable series up to Efflux. However, there are questions I want to ask about those moments where you kinda let the readers lead to their imagination. For example, I didn’t expect for Arcanus to forgive Ellie that quick during the Recrudescence. Was it emotional or somewhat romantic for the two to finally forgive each other? I kinda wanna know the short story of that moment. (P.S. You’re one of my favorite authors.)

Thank you so much! It means a lot to hear from readers 🙂

I admit that I didn’t really think about adding that in because I didn’t think it’d happen in front of Jane or Garrus in order to be in their POV. I should come back to it though because it was a huge mix of emotions when they finally managed to talk about it. Ellie practically fell apart and even Arcanus showed emotion, though mostly hurt and anger. They didn’t make up completely right then and there, but they did manage to open up enough that he was willing to work with her while she worked for the Shadow Broker. It took some time after that for her to test the waters with some light talk and, from there, their affection rekindled. And it rekindled fast. It didn’t take long before they were right back where they left off.

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TMI Tuesday! What’s something sweet Prince Garrus would do for Jana? What are his hobbies in the Fibonacci verse?

Fibonacci Prince Garrus is a party boy in the beginning and definitely shows his young age. He’s calmed down a bit over the events leading to the Reapers, but he is well known in Palaven as being a guy with huge parties that often ended in some well needed clean up. He enjoys doing something wild and unexpected, feeling like he should just in preparation for when he has to take up for his dad one day. Although, honestly, I’m pretty sure he’ll still have some parties as a Primarch when and if he gets there (he kinda doesn’t want to and would rather his much calmer sister take over, lol)

I think you should ask what won’t he do for Jana. He falls for her immediately and falls hard, but he’s so damn awkward that he fumbles quite a bit around her. Once they get over the shaky start, though, he really showers her in anything and everything he thinks she might like, which is a bit of a challenge because she comes from an entirely different realm that seems to fantastic in comparison. It eventually gets to the point where Jana has to explain to him that it’s not the gifts she is happy to have, but the fact that he’s thinking of her. After everything she’s gone through with her own Garrus, it’s like falling in love all over again with a different person because the two Garruses share some traits, but not all.

Thanks for the asks!

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TMI! SFW: do Saren and Ellie have any shared hobbies or activities they do together? Do Garrus and Cassia have a special father/daughter thing or activity they do? NSFW Have Vega and Sol ever done the deed where Garrus was around and “aware” it was happening?

Ellie and Saren actually spend time with hacking programs in a friendly competition of who can get through encryption faster and more efficiently than the other. It’s not really a mother/son thing that typical families do, but Ellie is trying to bond with an adult son that she doesn’t share a whole lot in common with merely because he hasn’t really shown any interest outside of work. Everyone who cares about Saren are trying their damnest to open him up and show him life is more than just work, but it takes time. (hint: It’ll happen more in Efflux ;))

Garrus and Cassia actually spend a lot of time together. Since she was a kid, she shared a lot more in common with her dad than mom. Not that she doesn’t get along with Jane and have things they share, but just that she shares interests with Garrus more. He likes to build things and she built a knack for it over time, so when they’re together, they are often working on something. I’m sure he’s probably picked up a sand buggie or two to work on with her. If that’s not around, sometimes they just like to sit out in the sun and read. That’s Cassia’s favorite.

Haha, that last question.

Yes, James and Sol have had sex where Garrus was all too aware that’s what they were doing. In fact, it’s happened more than once. Thankfully he didn’t walk into it or anything, but more than likely smelled the two of them just before they make it obvious they were leaving the room to do the do. He wouldn’t act like a human would at seeing his sister having sex, oh no. More like he’d be exasperated that they had to do it where he was going to walk in.

G: ‘Seriously? Don’t you lock your front door? I’m not using that couch until I see you clean it off’

Thanks for the asks!