#barla von

[acciokaidanalenko]

Taking on the Universe: Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty: The Trade of Secrets

Summary: A return to the Shadow Broker agent’s office brings about more temptation than anticipated. CW/TW: None

Preview of chapter below the cut. AO3 link: here.

Nothing about the Shadow Broker agent’s office had changed, yet Kaidan felt much more vulnerable as he stood alone in front of the Volus and his security mechs. It had been over a week since he’d first visited this place with Shepard and the others. The fact that Barla Von somehow knew about what had happened at brain camp had been eating away at him since. “Ah, Lieutenant Alenko. How may I assist you today?” Barla Von asked slowly, deliberately letting his mechanical breaths break up the question to prolong it. Kaidan had anticipated another round of playful trickery from the agent, though he somehow hadn’t expected it right out of the gate. He huffed lightly before answering. “I’m here to purchase the intel you have regarding my incident at BAaT,” Kaidan replied coolly, though his heart hammered in his chest. He had no love for the time he’d spent there, but this information was extremely sensitive to the Alliance’s reputation. If it fell into the wrong hands, it would be a nightmare for them to explain what had been going on during the program. He also had to admit that those were questions he didn't want the answers to. “Interesting choice of words, Lieutenant. Incident is a bit of an understatement, don’t you think?” The Volus leaned forward onto his desk, steepling his hands together as he looked up at Kaidan. “I can certainly get you the file, and all other copies will be erased from our database. Just as the Alliance attempted to erase your wrongdoing.” Fourteen years had passed since BAaT had been forced to close following the diplomatic incident that had drawn the attention of the Turian Hierarchy. Tensions had been high as hardly more than a decade had passed since the First Contact War. Kaidan could have blamed himself, but the eventual eruption had been building for some time.

[combustiblecake]

"I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite plush on the Citadel!" Thank you @conleysdoodles for putting this together :)

My Shepard is a sentinel and she hasn’t picked up a sniper rifle in a whiiiile. Oh, and Barla Von is a well known cheater.

Still... she got an elcor plush... and she beat Vidinos (Pinnacle Station DLC) so I'd say that’s a lot of wins lmao.

[atarial]

been a year since the last update on this...oops

surprisingly it was veilguard that inspired me to add a bit more to this, and i have a little break before i have to go into con prep mode again

so barla von, petrovsky, grunt and samara have been added since last update :)

[onedismay]

Tazzik, the Shadow Broker, Bray, Harrot, Aria, and Barla Von please!

Thank you!! :D

Push off a cliff: Uhhh I think Aria's gotta go....... She's got biotics, she'll survive (but I won't)

Kiss: So I don't really care for kissing but I would make an exception for the Shadow Broker any day

Marry: Barla Von for the financial stability and lack of gunfire

Set on Fire: Tazzik, I mean, he'd probably be into it idk

Wrap a Blanket around: Harrot. As an apology for never finding that stupid couch for him. I tried, man, I tried

Be Roommates with: Bray because he's like, not likely to cause drama. I think. Reasonable guy

[alsolikestoast]

I was doing side quests then barla von flashed on the screen.

[lilmissnatcat24]

Turn Left Ch 22- (don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious)

Shepard and Garrus dive into the OSDs of Fist and Barla Von to create a new plan of action. Archangel just can't help himself.

CW: alcoholism

Relationship: Femshep/Garrus Vakarian

Archive Warnings in author's note

Additional tags: enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn, slow build, alternate universe- canon divergence, detective noir, sex club, anonymous sex, canon temporary character death, murder mystery, drug use, dom garrus vakarian, whump, smut, heavy angst, alien sex, dual pov, an overly sexual elcor named candy, earthborn, ruthless, fake/pretend relationship, dead dove: do not eat, identity porn, minor character death

Detective AU mixed with identity porn mixed with so much whump my fingers are bleeding

(or, start from the beginning here)

lil text blurb:

“I hate these fucking things,” Garrus muttered under his breath, toying with the cowl of his suit. He wasn’t used to formal wear. He could count on his fingers the times he had to dress up so ostentatiously-- and mind you, he only had six. His cape kept getting caught between his legs, the flowing fabric around his carapace was itchy, the tight squeeze around his waist made him feel like he was being ogled by just about every turian he passed. 

“Nah, you don’t,” Chellick snorted next to him, already three drinks deep before the event even began. Garrus wished he could join him-- he normally spent these stupid public galas either so drunk he couldn’t remember it the next morning, or in some storage closet with a turian woman bent over and his hands covering her mouth from yelling out too loud. “You’re preening for your girl, don’t deny it.” 

“I am not preening ,” Garrus snapped. He wasn’t a teenager anymore, he hadn’t preened his neck at a woman in years. 

“Then care to explain why you’re dislocating your neck every five seconds waiting for that Shepard woman to show up?” 

Garrus just grumbled at that. He was busy scanning the crowds because he was waiting for any sign of Benezia or her daughter Liara. They devised a plan a week ago that they would take the gala as the best opportunity to strike on the doctor. It was perfect; she couldn’t run away, there was so much going on that no one would even notice two C-Sec officers talking to a pretty, young asari, and her mother would likely be so busy with all of the politicians and dignitaries and who-the-fuck-else was even there that she wouldn’t be able to keep her eyes on her. 

“Why didn’t you two show up together, anyways? Trouble in paradise?” Chellick asked with an obnoxious shove of his elbow into Garrus’s side. 

“No,” Garrus said testily. The truth was that Shepard offered for Garrus to come over to her apartment while she got ready, but Garrus declined. Something about knowing that Shepard would be naked in just the room over, putting the paint on her face and tossling her fringe, made Garrus have the distinct fear that he would hardly be able to control himself. It was hard enough keeping his plates in place while they sat on the couch in Wrex’s safehouse, but being cramped in one tiny studio with her clothes strewn about the floor and her scent overwhelming his senses? “She wanted to get ready with Elyria.” 

“Does your girlfriend know you’re still fucking that human at the sex club, or is that actually Shepard I’m smelling on you?” 

“Chellick, I wish you didn’t say the things you say.” 

[pigeontheoneandonly]

100% believe Barla Von was a street kid and probably has an interesting *wink wink I recognize you* dynamic with earthborn Shep.

Barla Von would rather die than admit to anything though

[xoshepard]

barla von: the shadow broker fully supports your efforts against the reapers

me: you think so? das craaaaazy 😳

[messydiabolical]

The screenshots these portraits were drawn from. Mass effect legendary edition already has a great photo mode feature. This can be enhanced with the mod improved photo mode, which allows things like going out of bounds. But to take the screens like this I use a few other things: 1) Enable flycam, so that I can take screenshots during cutscenes from any angle I want. That one of Kolyat for example would be impossible without this; we pretty much only ever see him in cutscenes at set angles. Console commands and flycam allow me to pause the action and get a better angle. Cut scenes are amazing for getting great shots because the lighting tends to be much more dynamic and carefully applied; the character animations/expressions will also be more alive and interesting. If you are doing a portrait, interesting highlights and having some shadowing on the characters face will make such a difference. Tutorial on how to unlock flycam in LE3 here: https://hackmd.io/@munchyfly/ByO94Nqu5 (and if you click on munchyfly's profile you can find guides for the other two games as well). 2) Use of a reshade in game. Reshade has its own screenshotting options that let you do things like save to a custom location and save in format other than the default bmp. reshade tool is here: https://reshade.me/ I like to use the juicy reshade preset: https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectlegendaryedition/mods/105 3) I don't currently use any texture mods (none were used in these examples) as I like to heavily mod my game and update them regularly, and you can't change mods once textures are applied. However there are some gorgeous texture packs available and they are worth considering. Thane in LE2 looks absolutely stunning with LEUITM2 for example. 4) I edit the screenshots myself in windows photo editor. Nothing fancy, I usually crop, perhaps flip direction, tweak saturation, brightness, contrast and exposure. I like high saturation and have a tendancy to go for warm tones. Here's the Thane one after editing:

Oh and as for how I had Feron in ME3: he makes an appearance in the expanded galaxy mod if you do the quest for barla von.

The drell portraits collection. Soft, smiley lads, because they deserve some happy moments too.

[westeroslive]

can i get some suggestions for the lannisters of lannisport

i'll give a variety based on .... vibes so here we go: charles  melton,  pamela  tome,  olivia  holt,  freddie  fox,  daisy  head,  margot  robbie,  havana  rose  liu,  rudy  pankow,  ellie  bamber,  archie  renaux,  bethany  antonia,  isabela  merced,  maddison  jaizani,  matthew  broome,  naomi  scott,  ruby  barker,  sean  teale,  sebastian  de  souza,  vanessa  morgan,  jordan  fisher,  victor  alli,  jonathan  daviss,  jeremy  pope,  ncuti  gatwa,  kit  young,  hafsanur  sancaktutan,  melike  ipek  yalova,  simay  barlas,  mookda  narinrak,  cemre  baysel,  amy  james  kelly,  alicia  von  rittberg,  ann  skelly,  aurora  ruffino,  cailee  spaeny,  corey  mylchreest,  ella  purnell,  eloise  smyth,  emilia  schule,  florence  pugh,  freddie  stroma,  freya  allan,  gabriella  wilde,  haley  bennett,  harriet  cains,  harris  dickinson,  isolda  dychauk,  jessica  madsen,  joey  king,  kathryn  newton,  lily  james,  lily  rose  depp,  dylan  wang,  ece  cesmioglu,  francesca  corney,  go  yoonjung,  ji  li,  julie  anne  san  jose,  khushi  kapoor,  madelaine  petsch,  zhao  lusi,  shin  ye-eun,  froy  gutierrez,  tom  glynn-carney,  khadijah  red  thunder,  amber  midthunder,  chandler  kinney,  henry  eikenberry,  ozge  yagiz.

[movienized-com]

Yabani

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Serie / WildJahr: 2023- Genre: Drama Hauptrollen: Halit Özgür Sarı, Simay Barlas, Yurdaer Okur, Dolunay Soysert, Yurdaer Okur, Şebnem Hassanisoughi Bilgiç, Bertan Aslani … Serienbeschreibung: Ali, der im Alter von vier Jahren aus seiner Familie entführt und auf die Straße gebracht wurde, kehrt genau siebzehn Jahre später als Yaman nach Hause zurück. Dies ist die Geschichte seines Kampfes, sich…

[freedombeginsathome]

Mass Effect The "Series" S01 | Ep.4 Evidence

EN and PT subtitles available

Shepard maneuvered through the Citadel, determined to gather evidence against Saren. In the dimly lit confines of Chora's Den, a disreputable strip bar, she encountered Harkin, a drunken and vulgar individual. Unwilling to tolerate his sexist behavior, Shepard unleashed a torrent of her own thoughts, putting him in his place. Harkin revealed that Garrus, the C-Sec officer investigating Saren, could be found at the MedClinic.

Heading to the Financial District, Shepard and her crew sought out Barla Von, an Information Broker and Financial Advisor. Barla informed them that the enigmatic Shadow Broker had hired a mercenary named Wrex to eliminate Fist, the treacherous owner of Chora's Den, who had betrayed the Shadow Broker to join forces with Saren.

Their path led them to the C-Sec Academy, where they discovered Wrex. With a common goal in mind, they joined forces to confront Fist. However, their plans took an unexpected turn when they arrived at the MedClinic and found Garrus embroiled in a hostage situation. Swiftly reacting to the chaos caused by Shepard and her team, Garrus managed to save the hostage, Dr. Michele. The doctor revealed that the thugs were sent to silence her, as she knew that a Quarian had evidence connecting Saren to the Geth, and Fist's arranged her assassination.

Shepard, Wrex, and Garrus rushed to Chora's Den, battling their way through Fist's henchmen. Determined to rescue the Quarian, they interrogated Fist for her whereabouts. Shepard's impatience with the ruthless thugs was evident as she pressed for information. Upon obtaining what they needed, Shepard was caught off guard when Wrex took matters into his own hands, swiftly ending Fist's life. Surprised by Wrex's unilateral action, Shepard questioned his decision, but Wrex explained that it was part of his contractual obligation and that it would be his last assignment.

Time was of the essence as they had a mere three minutes to reach the Quarian before the assassins closed in. Battling against more thugs along the way, the team pushed forward, determined to rescue her in the nick of time. With unwavering resolve, they reached the Quarian, saving her from impending danger just as the clock ticked down to its final seconds.

[flatstarcarcosa]

barla von: the shadowbroker fully supports your war against the reapers

norman, deadpan, while making eye contact with liara across the presidium: oh wow, this is brand new information for me, i would have had no idea otherwise.

[oakstar519]

ok so from the wiki i have:

barla von

din korlack

doran

expat

han olar

jahleed

am i missing anyone?

ok wait hang on. how many volus are there in me1

[quietsun5268]

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[lilmissnatcat24]

Turn Left Ch 19- I'll Take Unresolved Trauma For 200, Alex

Wrex finally gives Shepard and Garrus insight on their case. Garrus breaks under pressure.

CW: drug use, self harm

Relationship: Femshep/Garrus Vakarian

Archive Warnings in author's note

Additional tags: enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn, slow build, alternate universe- canon divergence, detective noir, sex club, anonymous sex, canon temporary character death, murder mystery, drug use, dom garrus vakarian, whump, smut, heavy angst, alien sex, dual pov, an overly sexual elcor named candy, earthborn, ruthless, fake/pretend relationship, dead dove: do not eat, identity porn, minor character death

Detective AU mixed with identity porn mixed with so much whump my fingers are bleeding

(or, start from the beginning here)

lil text blurb:

Garrus groaned as he stood to his feet, wobbling slightly. For a moment, Shepard was afraid he was going to pass out, but he just inhaled another stim pack. “I think I need to go have a friendly little chat with Barla Von.”

Wrex just grunted at that. “Why am I not surprised that he’s involved in all of this?” 

Shepard, despite her head feeling as though it were filled with helium and her bones were with lead, tried to sit up from the bed. Immediately, Garrus was by her side, pushing her back down. “Are you crazy? No. You stay right here and rest up.” 

“Garrus, I’m fine --” she tried to say, but he just made a zipping noise with his mouth that didn’t quite translate and that also reminded her of some scolding grandmother.

“You call fine bleeding out of your eyes, getting a wild gash in your head, and breaking your wrist? Nuh-uh, miss, you stay right there. And you better have not moved an inch before I come back, do you understand?” 

She kind’ve liked Garrus being assertively caring towards her. It made a little smile creep onto her face, it made her heart bounce just a little bit in a way that she didn’t think was related to the meds that Dr. Michel pumped her with. She just raised her hands up in defeat, laying back down. “If you insist, sir .” 

“Now, can you manage, or do you need someone to tuck you in?” 

“Oof, can’t say I’m not tempted. I can imagine military folds only, perfect ninety degrees. Nothing but the best.” 

“I’ve been told I am nothing but the best in activities that involve beds, but that’s for another day-- if you play your cards right.” 

Wrex just banged his head on the back of the wall, groaning so loudly that Shepard wouldn’t be surprised if half of the block heard him. “ Kill me, now .”