#urnot wrex

[mushroommanchanterelle]

Part 3 of the Shakarian fic I'm writing

Wrex glances over at the elevator as it descends. There was only one person that ever came down on a daily basis. As the door opened, his suspicions were confirmed. Dressed in her uniform, hair pulled back into a low ponytail, was Eleanor Shepard. Garrus stops working for a moment, listening to the familiar cadence of her footsteps. She walked softly, or at least softer than Kaiden ever did. Human footsteps always sounded different than turian, krogan, or quarian, and Garrus was adept at telling the difference at this point. Eleanor walks past him, giving the briefest smile in his direction before greeting Wrex. Garrus’s mandibles clatter against the plates of his face as she walks off, his heart pounding, his mind racing from the talk that had just finished up. 

Tali exchanges a glance with Garrus and pats his shoulder, excusing herself back to the engineering bay, no doubt to have a lengthy conversation with engineer Adams about why there was so much fuzzy pastel fluff in the maintenance hatches. 

Eleanor looks up at Wrex and kicks her foot back and forth, blowing a strand of hair out from in front of her face. Soldier stands against warrior, neither saying a single word for at least an entire minute.

“Wrex, listen… I was wrong to say what I did. I’m sorry.”

He rolls his shoulders. This wasn’t the first apology he’d heard over the years. Usually it was more half hearted, an attempt to not get thrown face first across a bar.

“I didn’t know. I still don’t know. The genophage is… It’s still something I’m learning about. They don’t really cover it back at home.”

“Doubt they would. It’s not some pretty little lesson taught to schoolgirls. Your ignorance doesn’t bother me.”

She sighs and looks down, putting her hands behind her back.

“Still, I’m gonna make an effort to do better in the future. You’re lending a hand here. It’s the least I can do.”

“You do whatever helps you sleep soundly at night, Shepard.”

The krogan shifts to the side, the harsh lighting of the vehicle bay reflecting off of his bulky armor. His weapon, too, glistened under the fluorescent lights above, catching Shepard’s eye. She looks it over, earning a puzzled look from Wrex.

“What?”

“That’s uh… that’s a cool shotgun you’ve got there.”

“This thing? Picked it up off a dead turian during a raid. It’s nothing special. Cheap ammo, gets the job done.”

Eleanor stands back up, her posture relaxing.

“Turian shotguns are nothing to scoff at. Personally, I’m more into salarian stuff. They make a shotgun that shoots grenades! What I wouldn’t give to get my hands on one of them.”

“Ha! You would like something like that! Gotta give ‘em credit, those bastards know how to make something with a punch. The only problem is the lack of recoil. Guess their frail bodies can’t handle it, huh?” Wrex leans against the wall, punctuating his sentence with a hearty laugh. The tension in the room eases as the two smile and laugh together. Garrus watches on as they speak, an expression of blatant longing in his eyes as the turian detective pauses his work. 

Eleanor shakes her head with a smile. “Yeah, no recoil, but there’s an explosion. I think that compensates enough.”

Wrex looks over Eleanor’s shoulder, catching Garrus’s eye. He nudges Shepard, gesturing over towards Garrus.

“You know, he’s been getting into shotguns lately.”

“Wait really? I thought he preferred something a bit more… I don’t know, precise? He’s not exactly a messy kind of guy.”

Wrex shrugs his shoulders.

“Who knows with that one. Probably doesn’t know what he’s doing though. You might want to let him know a few things so the poor bastard doesn’t hurt himself.”

Eleanor thinks a minute, then nods.

“Yeah probably. I’ll go talk to him about it. Thanks, Wrex.” Just before she turns around, Garrus looks to Wrex and silently mouths a thank you. He straightens his posture as Eleanor walks over to greet him. Near immediately, a waterfall of information spills from her lips, and he drinks up every drop. Wrex smiles to himself and closes his eyes.

“Knock ‘em dead, kid,” he thinks to himself as he drones out the sound of Shepard excitedly, and excessively, talking about the intricacies of shotguns compared to the rifles Garrus was more used to.

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Puff please tell me about Grunt I just saw a Tumblr post you reblogged that vaguely went into detail and I read a small bit of his wiki page but I want to hear it in your own words because it's like 10x more interesting with that filter. Fill my dash with grunt lore

GRUNT IS SHEPARD'S VERY LARGE SON

I don't know whether the designers originally created him with this thought in mind or not but it's really funny because by the time the DLC came out for ME2 you can see the games just fully embracing what was originally just a joke in the Mass Effect fandom.

I used to not be fully into it as a concept but as I'm busy replaying ME3 and having just played ME2 again... nah people were right. He's our son.

He was created in a lab to be an "ultimate krogan warrior" or whatever, but when Shepard cracked how out of his tube, he had did not have that "burning desire of revenge in the name of his species" the scientist who made him was obsessed by. Physically he was perfect, but psychologically, he just didn't understand why he should care about being a krogan. in ME2 when he's introduced, his story arc is helping him connect with what it means to be a krogan, and to help him find purpose as an individual. You essentially help raise this adolescent fully formed person out of apathy and teach him how to care about things, concepts and people, almost completely through actions and not so much through words.

As ME2 goes on, it becomes clear Grunt very much wants Shepard's approval about things, which is funny because at first he comes across as a cold, uncaring fully formed adult, but as you help him learn how to connect with being a member of his species, he'll sometimes want to talk to Shepard JUST to be like "Hey Shepard!! I thought about something to do with being Krogan I thought you'd approve of! listen to this!!"

In the DLC for ME2, you can read up on his internet search history as well as his online purchase history and I just.... think a lot of it explains SO MUCH about him as a character. So I'm just copy and pasting those here

SEARCH: krogan history SEARCH: great wars SEARCH: genofage / ERASED / krogan victories SEARCH: okeer/ ERASED / great generals SEARCH: toochanka/ ERASED / tuchanka SEARCH: urnot wrex SEARCH: battlemaster shepard/ MODIFIED/ commander shepard/MODIFIED/commander shepard normandy SEARCH: animal fights / MODIFIED / large predators SEARCH: tryrannsauros wrex/ ERASED / earth lizard wrex SEARCH: dinosaurs

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By the time ME3 comes around, most of the rest of the squad is referring to Grunt in terms poking fun at the fact that Shepard is his mom. I think it's Joker who at one point comments "Our baby boy's all grown up" or something to that effect. I can't remember the exact dialogue. I think at one point Garrus also jokes about how "they grow up so fast" or something along those lines.

He also loves spicy ramen.

Grunt is a good boy.

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Bolto

"I wouldn't say it's a secret, not really."

"Then why are you whispering?"

"Shh!" Zaeed turned around to see if there was anyone within earshot. Satisfied, he turned back to face the frogman. "It's just, the commander can be a little severe if you know what I mean. She might not like it if she thought we was talking about her behind her back."

"But we are."

"Not - not really," he back-pedaled. Fuck's sake, you're tryna do something nice for her. And I'm trying to give you a pointer. If you don't want it, don't take it." He went back to his plate as if to give the drell a chance to walk away from the conversation, but he just sat and waited, considering the human mercenary in front of him.

"What?" Zaeed spat around a mouth full of whatever Gardner had whipped up for the amino crowd. Whatever it was, it was considerably better than the shit they'd been eating. Shepard had taken a visit to the Citadel as an excuse to round up some quality ingredients for the mess and everyone seemed to approve. Some even voiced wishes to repay the commander for her small mercy on them, as Thane had done a few moments ago.

Funny, Zaeed mused to himself. His companion didn't have a plate of his own. The drell never seemed to eat in front of the others, a wise move in truth. He idly wondered what drell even ate. Flies?

"You were saying?" Thane volleyed.

"I was saying, if you really want to make her day, it's scuttlebutt that Shepard's got a penchant for pets."

"What kind of pets?"

Scars and mangled skin leaned in as Massani spoke. "I hear she's got a fish tank that fills up a whole wall! An' a little squeaker of some kind. Calls him 'Boo.'"

"Squeaker?" Thane tilted his head, his interested piqued.

"Yeah. Rodent I'm guessing," Zaeed said around another fork full.

"It sounds like she has multiple aquatic creatures. Maybe I'll consider another... mouse."

Zaeed shook his head. "I wouldn't. Things fucking multiply like crazy if you get a male and female in there together. Best not to take any chances."

"Then-"

"Give it a bit," the human eased, pushing off of the table and grabbing his plate. "Think on it. An opportunity might come up," he added with a shrug.

[...]

A few days later, Shepard had asked Thane and Grunt to accompany her onto Tuchunka and see her old friend turned clan leader, Urnot Wrex. After they'd spoken and sought aid for Grunt's condition, Shepard made her way to local merchant and inquired about some questionable meat. Thane wasn't well acquainted with human diets but he was sure she wouldnt feed this to the Normandy crew. The two side arms turned to go but stopped short seeing Shepard do the same. She'd turned to the vendor's varren with a warm smile that touched her eyes.

"Ha! Urz sure missed you, human," the krogan chuckled.

"Good varren," Shepard cooed as she scratched the back of his head. He leaned into touch happily, lapping up the attention.

Thane glanced at Grunt who shrugged in response.

"Is he yours?" Thane ventured to the krogan shopkeeper.

"In a manner of speaking. His handler was excited from the camp after nearly killing Urz in the pits. Shame, too; this varren can fight. Made him a lot of money, but you can't push a beast so far that he's almost falling over from exhaustion and bite wounds. Anyway, he just follows me around now." A smirk crossed Ratch's wide face. "Until your friend comes along. Then he sticks pretty close until her party heads out."

The drell considered this a moment as Shepard stood, tossing the flank she'd purchased at the rather docile creature who tore at it voraciously. She waved and made to head out of the encampment, Thane matching her stride.

"Why not take him with us?" he ventured.

"Because," their commander sighed. "Varren don't do well on ships. They tear the place apart until the crew dropped them off at the nearest planet. Some traders say they're worse than rats, and I get it. But more importantly, he wouldn't be happy. They're not comfortable in confined spaces."

"Is there another species more adept to ship life?"

Shepard was quiet as they climbed the stairs to where the shaman resided, contemplative. "I've always wanted a dog," she confessed in a hushed tone. They dropped the subject to continue with their mission and Thane pocketed the knowledge for another day.

[...]

Shepard entered the CIC via Mordin's lab a few days and a pit stop at the Citadel later. As she rounded the corner to the lift, the ship's yeoman called to her.

"There's a new message at your private terminal, Commander."

"Thanks, Chambers," she replied, making a mental note to check the one in her quarters.

Five minutes and a bathroom break later, she pulled up the pinged message.

"Shepard. When you have a moment, I have something for you. I'd prefer to give it to you in your cabin please."

Her brow furrowed. Opting to satisfy her curiosity, she placed a call directly to his omnitool.

"Thane. I got your message. I have some time if you're free."

"I'll be right up."

Within minutes there was a request to enter her cabin. She signaled EDI to let him pass, but as the door whirled open she was greeted by more than just the sight of her teammate.

"Shepard. I - I hope you won't think I'm being too forward. Your help with Kolyat, helping him to see reason was... well, I can never repay you. But I'd like to try." A faint smile played across the drell's face. "Do you like it?"

Looking up from the mech that was wagging it's stubby tail at her, she nodded. There was a peace there he'd never seen before. Her expression was almost serene.

"Thank you. I think I'll call him... Bolto."

#MERweek2021 Day 6: Pet day.

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some of the squadmate stuff in the shadowbroker dossiers is SO cute omg

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Urdnot Grunt's Extranet Activity

Recent Extranet Activity

Recent Extranet Search Summary:

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SEARCH: okeer/ ERASED / great generals

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SEARCH: animal fights / MODIFIED / large predators

SEARCH: tryrannsauros wrex/ ERASED / earth lizard wrex

SEARCH: dinosaurs

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SEARCH: battlemaster humans/ ERASED / earth humans

SEARCH: human history

SEARCH: earth wars

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SEARCH: warrior humans

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Urdnot Wrex—one of the most dangerous mercenaries in the galaxy—crosses paths with a mysterious secret agent in this explosive adventure!

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again I’m SORRY Javik

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WREX! I SQUEALED