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Director’s Commentary! Nocturni chapter 6 please (aka the transformation).

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I am ecstatic that someone asked for this chapter. It has got to be my most favorite scene to write so far for any of my fics. Weird, I know, but I just loved the overall ick about the transformation.

I wanted the transformation to be painful. I mean, think about it, your entire body is pretty much doubling in size almost. And in such a quick amount of time? It has to be painful and a bit gruesome on top of that.

I took a hell of a lot of inspiration from The Thing. If you know me, you know I love horror transformations and The Thing is like gold to me. One scene in particular is pretty much exactly mirrored in the Chapter and if you remember the movie, you’d recognize it. It’s the scene where Dr Copper goes to defib Norris and Norris’ chest splits into a gruesome mouth and bites Copper’s arms off. Boy if I didn’t do at least some of that I’d be sorry, so that’s where we get Garrus’ chest caving in under Jai’s hands, haha.

I admit I love that scene way more than I probably should. Not just because I can give Jai quite the scare or put Garrus through the torturous process, but just because I’m crazy for the trope. I’m weird but, eh, I had to do it for a dark fic like this. I mean, vampires should have horror with them, so what’s more horrific?

And if you’re weird like me about transformations, I give you this:

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OTP Theme Song – Umbrus Nocturni Shakarian

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I was tagged by @thealexmachina and I figured I could do this as a bit of a celebration for being able to finish the recent chapter after so long struggling with some RL issues 🙂

A lot of this fic has Breaking Benjamin as its playlist. I don’t know what it is, but it fits these two especially. In fact, the sort of theme song for the fic is Red Cold River, but I don’t exactly know why. The fic and song aren’t the same word for word by any means, but I never fail to get in the mood when I hear it. Who knows?

But for these two, I’d say Torn in Two is really good at least for where they are currently.

I will fight this war for you
And let the dawn of love survive
Broken, I crawl back to life

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Actually, I hadn’t planned to write Jane and Garrus after Juxtaposed. I thought no one would be interested in reading the games through my writing. When I did start to write Genesis, I was introduced to the idea by a friend and hadn’t thought too much about it. I’m actually not a kid person at all and really didn’t imagine Jane and Garrus having any. Although, the thought of baby turians appealed more to me, so maybe it’s just human babies I don’t like, lol

Towards the end of Genesis, I started to think about how I could go about it. I’m only a fan of hybrids when it’s done in a reasonable way. Some hybrids I’ve seen are frightening and I didn’t want that, so I delved into science for help. Once I found some concepts, I went the easy way and said ‘hey, it’s Reaper tech!’ And of course the only way for there to be Reaper tech involved would be Cerberus.

I’m sure some of my science is a bit twisted to suit my needs despite my try to be believable, but I’m happy I appealed to the crazy, unrealistic idea of hybrids. Damocles and Cassia are important to me and I feel like they really are my babies, one of a kind. (Well, two, but whatever)

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I’ve been doing more thinking than actual writing, but I have come to some neat conclusions about lesser OCs for Parable I thought I’d share.

Gelta has taken piloting lessons from Joker and Aelia. She’s a curvy woman who loves the ladies and she’s more open to FWB than Cassia is. She likes to avoid hurting anyone she’s in a relationship with, so she has a slightly bad habit of letting women overshadow her wants in a relationship. That is until Cassia, Alexia, or Mimi step in, then Gelta completely trusts their judgement. Her friends often come in between her love life because of this closeness, but it’s safe to be said that her few exes never left on bad terms because it’s just so damn hard to stay mad at her when things didn’t work out.

Alexia and Mimi both work in the clinic under Elihu, but Alexia focuses more on being a combat medic and keeping her fellow fighters alive until help arrives, Mimi stays aboard any ship or planetside to focus on the more specialized treatments. Alexia also knows cybernetics better than Mimi, but leaves the actual implementation into patients to Mimi. Mimi and Alexia like to tease one another over their hair, breasts, makeup, and other human-centric things and are practically inseparable, that and their closeness making them have a special connection even with the already tight group they all share with Cassia and Gelta.

Jur’uk (Gelta’s Brother) stays on Virmire to work and learn beneath a Wraith architect. He starts out in construction for the man’s new buildings and eventually gains his attention when Jur’uk shows great skills at mathematics and physics as well as interest in structural design.

Uriet (Turian Bully) goes through rough teenage years and young adulthood, turning to drugs and alcohol to cope. He spends most of his time under the influence and only changes his ways when he comes close to overdosing. He then cuts back his drug use to cigarettes and the occassional beer. Turning over a new leaf, he’s determined to make up for his failings, the first step changing his name (I haven’t decided what yet, but ‘new beginning’ will be the meaning). He comes to Damocles and personally asks for the chance to show he’s a new turian, not afraid to face the fact that he’s under constant scrutiny until he proves himself. He employs an omnishield in battle alongside a heavy machine gun assault rifle.

Srack plays a part in the next fic, but I can’t exactly give how. Just know that he still holds a grudge against the ‘mutant’ Vakarian twins.

That’s all I got so far, but I thought there may be some people out there who might like to know about some of the new faces in Parable 😉

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Nocturni Snippet

I wrote this before my mood went downhill and, I admit, I’m shamelessly hoping some feedback on it may get me back in the mood to finish the chapter.

I guess I’m asking anyone out there who knows Nocturni to let me know what they think. It’s greatly appreciated ❤️

🧛

Garrus watches as Jai becomes a part of the Archangel team effortlessly, their initial suspicion in her and the disguised Nihlus overcome by her cheerfully helpful and inquisitive nature. Even if he couldn’t hear what was said – and Nihlus wasn’t really helping by describing it over the comm in his helmet to Garrus’ visor – Garrus could see the easy way Jai seems to find a purpose once more after her entire life was thrown so out of balance by his sudden appearance the day before.

He knows the fact that his team aren’t strangers to the Gozu district’s clinic where she worked helps to instill confidence that she won’t endanger them or their location, but he didn’t need to know of their familiarity with the clinic to know she’d be loyal. She wants to help people, has that charitable nature Omega hasn’t bled out of her, and Garrus has a feeling that his decision to offer her personal aid and attention to his team is just the kind of relief she needs from the new, strict protection order he and Nihlus have created. He can wait back in the shadows as he is now and feel sure that she will be able to do what she craves as well as be safe, both under his watchful eye as well as his team’s.

Perhaps, in time, he can trust them enough to let her stay without him while he joins Nihlus in hunting down Cydian and her Nocturni.

“They seem to be taking to her quite well,” he hears Nihlus say quietly over the comm and Garrus can’t help but to rumble in agreement.

“It’s better you let her do the talking, then.” Shifting to get a better resting position with his new armor, he leans over the railing of the catwalk he’s chosen, glancing directly below at the passing crowds of the Kima district. “Get her attention and get out of there.”

“Less exposure means less time to get suspicious,” Nihlus says, clearly understanding Garrus’ reasoning and concern. “Good idea. Meet us at Afterlife. I’m taking her through a different route than directly across the bridge like we came in.”

Garrus chuckles, knowing the man’s desire to keep to the normal routine Garrus had explained his team is used to. When not anticipating staying at the base, Garrus comes in one way, passes on his orders, and often leaves another way. It’s better to throw off any possible tails that way and his team just seemed to have accepted his admitted paranoia. It’d only stand out to them if Nihlus broke that unusual security measure with- of all things – a stranger at his side.

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I was so lucky to be able to get a commission from the lovely @savbakk on their recent commission slots and look at my amazing Fibonacci Garrus!

For those familiar with the worldbuilding I’ve been doing for that fic, you’ll remember that turians have wings and that Garrus is a Prince! I absolutely love how this came out, from his armor to the tiny details on his face and shawl, to those, of course, awesome wings. He looks perfect and just how I wanted and I’m so lucky that Sav did such a wonderful job bringing him to life from my ideas.

Seriously, go commission this artist!

Thanks again, Sav. You’re so awesome ❤️

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Heya. So, I’ve got this question about Damo and Cass, if you want to answer it and isn’t spoilery I hope. Why do they go barefaced when Aeson doesn’t?

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Not too spoilery at all! Thanks for asking, actually. 🙂

There are various reasons they don’t. They major reason has to deal with my HC on the purpose of colony markings in the current timeframe of Parable, the games, etc.

Long explanation short, it deals with pride in your ‘home’ and the show of loyalty to that home. It’s like saying ‘this is my home no matter where I go’ as well as ‘if I ever need to, I will protect my home to the death.’ Sure, they are all one people under the Hierarchy, but the reasoning still kinda stuck, only altering to fit the unified turian people. It’s a lot like the idea of it’s better to fight with something in mind than just because you’re told to. Having a visible representation of home helps turians hang onto what they fight for. (A turian doesn’t always have to wear the colony markings of the world or colony they were born)

To explain why Aeson has them: He sees the Wraiths as home. The design he wears isn’t for an actual location, but a group of people. A family. His father didn’t have paints before the Wraiths and seeing his father be accepted despite his history made Aeson proud of his home. He may not have much, but he gladly gives his loyalty and trust to the Wraiths (though, granted, it also has a lot to do with who actually leads the Wraiths, but they wouldn’t be who they are without their three leaders anyway).

Now, for Damocles: He rejects any form of loyalty against anything but himself. His father carried marks of his home on Palaven and, yet, his father can’t just go back without hiding because of the way the Galaxy now views Garrus. Damocles refuses to paint himself as anything belonging to a people that’d just as soon turn him into an experiment or crime against nature than accept him too. He cannot find any other reason to wear any Hierarchy paints. He doesn’t wear the Wraiths’ paints because – we all know him – he’s rebellious. He’s not loyal to a merc company, he’s loyal to his family and above all, himself. There’s a difference there.

Cassia: Cassia will actually use temporary paint when off Virmire (and sometimes while on it). She has a bit of the same thinking about permanent Hierarchy markings as her brother, though she’s not as angry about it. She looks at it all as a way to be free of any real obligations (even if it’s it just cultural) while her life is still so fluid and ever changing. She knows where her loyalty lies, so she doesn’t feel the need to permanently mark herself. That, and she’s actually pretty skidish about getting permanent marks. She’s a bit afraid of the process so she’d much rather have to paint them on herself without going through the permanent inking process. It’s actually something pretty common for turians that live more on ships than planetside, so she isn’t looked on with prejudice or suspicion when she’s on places like the Citadel or Palaven while she handpaints markings.

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Umbrus Nocturni Chapter 15 Teaser

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Perhaps, in time, [Garrus] can trust [the Archangel team] enough to let [Jai] stay without him while he joins Nihlus in hunting down Cydian and her Nocturni.

“They seem to be taking to her quite well,” he hears Nihlus say quietly over the comm and Garrus can’t help but to rumble in agreement.

“It’s better you let her do the talking, then.” Shifting to get a better resting position with his new armor, he leans over the railing of the catwalk he’s chosen, glancing directly below at the passing crowds of the Kima district. “Get her attention and get out of there.”

“Less exposure means less time to get suspicious,” Nihlus says, clearly understanding Garrus’ reasoning and concern. “Good idea. Meet us at Afterlife. I’m taking her through a different route than directly across the bridge like we came in.”

Garrus chuckles, knowing the man’s desire to keep to the normal routine Garrus had explained his team is used to. When not anticipating staying at the base, Garrus comes in one way, passes on his orders, and often leaves another way. It’s better to throw off any possible tails that way and his team just seemed to have accepted his admitted paranoia. It’d only stand out to them if Nihlus broke that unusual security measure with- of all things – a stranger at his side.

Waving Jai over, Nihlus tilts his head slightly towards the back of the apartment Garrus’ team has taken over. “We should go.” Sensat holds up a finger to interrupt, but Nihlus hums and holds up his hand to the salarian team member. “I have to get Shepard back to the clinic and return my watch. I’m charting patterns in merc movements around the clinic, trying to put together a pattern we can work with.”

Garrus thrums, impressed, and speaks lowly though he knows only Nihlus can hear. “Nice cover.”