Pilgrimmage 005 ◘ Tali'Zorah ◘ Time: 1:00am [In person]

[quarian-bucket.livejournal.com]

[This evening probably could not be going any worse right about now. Whilst the NPC crew members had been dealing with the lifeboats and generally panicking, Tali had been going the opposite direction to the crowds. She had headed down into the ship in an effort to help anyone that needed it, though that was proving difficult, what with the NPC stewards locking all the doors and the gradually rising ice cold water causing the sensors in her suit to go haywire. Already finding it difficult to move through the waters, she had to make do with banging the butt of her shotgun against the wall to make noise as she called down the hallways]

Hello! Is anyone down here?

[When all that followed was a deathly silence and the lights flickering out, she curses under her breath, before heading back up to try again. On another corridor.]

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[andsuddenlydynamite]

[Dammit! He couldn't move now. Not when she was like this. He bites his lip and pulls her onto his lap, rubbing her upper arms with his hands, all in an attempt to warm her up.]

Tali, I'm not goin' anywhere, so you gotta stay with me alright? Please Tali... I'll carry you all the way to the lifeboats, you just gotta...

[He swallows the lump forming in his throat]

you just gotta stay alive alright? I'll do the rest. Th-that ain't so hard, right?

[He pauses trying to warm Tali up to take her hand in his]

[quarian-bucket.livejournal.com]

[Why was he still here..?? It was like he said, she wouldn't stay dead - he shouldn't be risking himself like this. She knows he won't be able to carry her, and she knows walking is no longer an option. If she had more energy, she'd be cursing herself right about now. She had only been trying to help..but that was at least better than not trying. Of course she wouldn't blame anyone who didn't stick around - how could she? But she had to think of the crew of Normandy, how they'd react. Perhaps she had been reckless, stupid...but had it been worth it?]

Heh...easier said than done..I'm afraid

[Okay, this was starting to hurt quite a bit..]

You can leave me, it's alright. There's no point in you drowning just to keep me company..

[She squeezes his hand]

..Keelah se'lai..

[A moment or two pass before her grip lessens, and eventually her hand goes completely limp]

[andsuddenlydynamite]

T-Tali? TALI?!

[He stares down at the limp body in his arms for a few moment. His jaw trembles, and his eyes started to shine with moisture. But he didn't cry. Men don't cry. So he couldn't allow himself to cry. And... and she wasn't... she wasn't dead. She's an alien, a superior race... she must have just lost consciousness while her suit was repairing itself or something like that...

He leaned his head down in the crook of her neck for a moment while he tried to compose himself.

It had to be that. He couldn't handle having someone else that mattered to him lay dead in his arms again. So she had to be alive.

The teen is forced to snap back into reality when the ship lurches again. He needed to get Tali out of here. He takes her arms and pulls them over his shoulders so that he could pull her onto his back. Slowly he gets back to his feet, and makes his way down the halls, if he could find that doctor or something, maybe he could help fix her or something...]

Don't worry Tali, everything is gunna be just alright... I'll take care of ya...