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

Posted on by squigglysquidd

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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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.”

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WIP First Impressions

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I was tagged by the lovely @bronzeagelove and I thought ‘how fun!’ I don’t know who hasn’t been tagged, but if you want to do this, feel free!

Rules:

  1. The first sentence of your WIP
  2. The genre
  3. The name & age of your main character(s)
  4. The first bit of dialog in your WIP

I’m going to go ahead and use Umbrus Nocturni for this since it’s the current Google doc open on my computer.

1. The first sentence

Not a single sentence, but it’s a flashback, so I figured I’d add the extra sentence:

“Lieutenant Shepard, I’ve looked at your evaluations sent over by Doctors Slavik and Jain. I agree with their recommendation for discharging you.”

2. The genre

Hm … good one. I’d say most of it is a type of darker themed supernatural with a hint of romance happening soon between two of the main characters. I mean, it has vampire turians, so supernatural just screams at me.

3. The name and age of your main character(s)

Nihlus Kryik: 31 (The games never say his age, but I always see him as older than the other two, but still young enough to need to look to Saren for help at times)

Jaiden ‘Jai’ Shepard: 26

Garrus Vakarian: 24

4. The first bit of dialog

This is technically the same answer as the first question, but here’s a bit more of it:

“Lieutenant Shepard, I’ve looked at your evaluations sent over by Doctors Slavik and Jain. I agree with their recommendation for discharging you.”

“Come on, Captain.” A sigh. “Can’t you put in a good word? Say I’m still fit to serve under you? You requested me before the damn doctor reports.”

“Shepard … I’m going to be blunt with you. I can try to talk to anyone I can to keep you in service, but you have to look me in the eye and tell me you can sleep at night without nightmares.”

“….”

“Shepard ….”

“I can, just give me a chance.”

“Is this with or without the medications? The therapy?” A pause. “You can’t, can you? … I’m sorry, Shepard. I can’t put my neck out for you if I can’t trust that you’re at the top of your game. Not with a clear conscience, not with men relying on you.”

“But sir-”

“I’m sorry ….”