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Cause and Effect 42 by Raven-Studios, literature

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Cause and Effect 42

--Foreign-- -- Corporal Shepard's first impression of her new home port, Arcturus Station, was not a good one. Arcturus might be a wonder of engineering and space-proof design, a benchmark in human expansion into deep space, but it still did not feel remotely natural. In fact, it was as foreign as Mars to a Mindoiran, as the old saying went. She knew space stations, she spent a certain amount of time on them during any given year; it was part of being a spacer. Being here was not a novel experience. Far from it. What was novel was staying on the station or more than a day or a few hours. Taking the rapid transit shuttle-to the commissary,

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Cause and Effect 41

--Expectations-- -- Shepard's stomach quivered with anxious expectation as she approached her new posting, the SSV El Alamein, based out ofArcturus Station. With a shuffling of Midway's command structure, and the retirement of the commanding officer, Shepard was not the only one transferred to a new crew. Some complained quietly about the breaking up the team, but Shepard was not one of them. This was a golden opportunity. Her only gloomy thought was that O'Conner wouldn't be there to share the adventure, though Shepard used that word only loosely, even within her own mind. This was a job, not an adventure. Some said it was a calling; they

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Cause and Effect 40

--Eyes-- -- Shepard could no more have missed the Commander walking out of the NEX than ignore flashing red emergency lights, and a klaxon calling her to her action station. Even less likely was not recognizing the now-Commander Ludmilla Robbins. Sure enough, it was Robbins striding briskly towards the doors. Shepard saluted crisply, wondering if she still looked like the same frightened girl who'd left teeth marks in Robbins' glove upon rescue. Robbins saw the corporal snap to, then did a double take as she saluted back. Robbins slowed her walk, gazing at the corporal's eyes. It wasn't possible for her to be here! It wasn't possible for h

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Cause and Effect 39

--Silence-- -- Shepard's fingers worked at lightning speed, her omni-tool beeping, the lights on the display flashing as she worked. The instructor for this aptitude and placement test noticed her only because, of all those finish their first level of N-training (which equated to a sort of special ops basic), she was the quietest. Most would swear at the problem by now. Not that they could solve it, but they did not know that. Looking closer at the thin face, the calm aura of determination which seemed to resonate around her in palpable form, the instructor found himself not so sure of this. If she knew the problem was unsolvable at her l

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Cause and Effect 38

--I Can't-- -- Shepard sat on the examination table, arm in a sling, her expression pale as the doctor looked at her speculatively. Two days before she had come in, guided by an instructor, struggling not to show she was in pain. A training accident, hardly life threatening, but certainly painful. A toggle pulled loose from the climbing rig unexpectedly, snapping back to slammed first into her collarbone, then jerking her around as the rig failed. It would have been worse if she had not displayed enough presence of mind to worry about her safety rather than the equipment. Rather than panic, as many would have done, she had simply cut herse

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Cause and Effect 37

--Give Up-- -- Shepard sat in the screening room, hating the man behind the desk almost as much as she hated any live batarian that presented itself before her eyes. He was an egghead, which, coming from a self-proclaimed geek-nerd, was a real slam. Geek-nerds could function in society, or in the face of harsh realities in real life. Eggheads needed carefully monitored environments, predictable stimuli. They couldn't think outside their beloved white, featureless box. It was why they usually wound up asking people how they felt. Which was why so many people hated them. Right now, he was paying more attention the datapad than to her. "Wh

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Cause and Effect 36

--Abandoned-- -- Shepard sat at a workstation after her shift, silent and focused. The general aura she cast indicated clearly she did not want anyone to talk to her, did not want anyone to look at her, did not want anything except to be left completely and totally alone. Like she already was. Her eyes burned as she worked steadily, almost obsessively, her pale face rendered ghastly by the light of the screen. For once, Fitzpatrick the cat was not lying beneath her chair sleeping or waiting for her to finish her work and pay him some attention. Shepard's mouth thinned, trying to stop her eyes from stinging. It wound up a pointless exercis

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Cause and Effect 35

--Innocence-- -- Shepard stopped in at the medical bay once her shift was over. Fitzpatrick the cat had evidenced his disgust with her non-appreciation of his concern for her by keeping his distance, past giving her ankles a brush with his kitty shoulders as she returned. He took her lack of a proper and highly edible peace offering as a personal affront, reminding her of the feline disposition towards opportunism. Right now, however, Fitz lay curled up and purring, locked in the arms of the little turian-Valen. Curled on one side, his breathing even, the turian slept under a careful dose of sedatives administered by Dr. Greenwood. "How's

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Cause and Effect 34

--Fortitude-- -- "That's going to be a tight fit," Gunnery Chief Arbor noted, looking at the damaged airlock. Ten minutes of pounding, shouts of 'Alliance marines', and an attempt by Shepard to hack the shipboard computers had failed. Shepard was shocked, computers usually had a usually back door protocol for such rescues. Whatever was going on inside the wreck, the computer did not work. She should not be surprised, being already surprised that the heap had survived. "That is tight…" Matheson shook his head. Shepard stepped up onto the ship, climbing it like a rock wall at a gym. "I can get in." With that she shrugged off her weapon

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Cause and Effect 33

--Last Hope-- -- In her time on the SSV Midway, Shepard had seen plenty of things that made her nauseous: death, destruction and batarians blinking menacingly at her. She'd seen things that scared her: rifles and whatnot leveled in her direction, mortar shells zooming around, creepy ghost ships drifting through the space of the Attican Traverse. She had not found herself stuck shipside while the Midway blasted away at enemy ships. Wedged into her action station, with Fitzpatrick the cat hissing and whining under her seat, his claws hooked into the leg of her trousers, Shepard struggled with gritted teeth not to imitate him. She would rathe

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Star Wars belongs to George Lucas, LucasArts, and the game was produced by Obsidian. -- Author's Notes: this is just a short story, more like a character sketch, for Jaq of KOTOR2: The Sith Lords. It all takes place pre-campaign (as implied by not calling him Atton). It's a very up-close third person, so as people think in fragments, there will be a lot of sentence fragments. I've also borrowed heavily in several places from Atton's KOTOR2 dialog file. Most of you will recognize where. There is also a reference (a small one) to the Jedi Exile. Here, her last name is Ayers, and she served as a Sentinel. This piece assumes the popular opini

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Current Residence: The Middle of Nowhere
Favourite genre of music: Almost anything, but rap
Shell of choice: I like pink and orange conches!
Favourite cartoon character: Wile E. Coyote (As long as he doens't talk.)
Personal Quote: When writer's block strikes...hire a bulldozer. It's all you can do.

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Raven-Studios

Apr 6, 2010

Break

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I will be taking a break from DA, but I will continue publishing on FF.Net. Life is making time hard to come by.

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Raven-Studios

Mar 12, 2010

Busy, Busy, Busy

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I'm not dead - just very busy. I also wanted to take down the Christmas journal, seeing as to how we're getting on towards Easter. ^_^ Better late than never, right?

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Raven-Studios

Dec 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas, everyone! For those of you who don't celebrate Christmas, I wish you happy holidays. And to all, a happy new year - may it be your best so far. ^_^ ~Raven Studios

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Camicadf

Aug 17, 2016

I've sent it on Fanfiction, but anyway, here it goes!

About the Oblivion fanfic, "The Gatewalker"

"First of all: English is not my mother language, so please forgive any grammar mistakes!

What can I say? It's been a month since I read this fic, and I still can't let it go from my mind.
It's 2016, and I played Oblivion only this year (yeah, I'm really really late), as soon as I finished the game I started my mission to find cool fics about it (specially with Martin Septim) And all of them were the same... They described the game with a cool OC, and then, Martin dies, just like the game, exactly like the game, and life goes on for the OC, like nothing happened (god dammit! Martin Septim died, how can life go on like nothing happened?!)
But your fic... Oh, your fic! It's by far the best fic I ever saw. As I said, it's been a month, and I just can't let it go from my mind. Every time I think about Ailirah and Martin my heart warms a little. I can't imagine any other Champion of Cyrodiil with Martin anymore, it's just Ailirah and him, and no one else can take her place. (Everyone imagines their original characters being the Champion of Cyrodiil while playing Oblivion, I just can't imagine my OC's anymore, it's just Ailirah, she is THE Champion for me)
The way you described the scenes, and the way you constructed the characters, their feelings and thoughts, it's perfect and beautiful.
Your story completely caught me (it's true! I'm Brazilian, English is not my mother language, but I've read all the pages of this story, one after one, desperately).
For you to see the power of the way you described the scenes: it was 4AM when I read the part when Martin sacrifices himself... And I cried, I cried like a child (and it's been a looooong time since the last time I've cried over a fictional character). I felt broken and ill just like Ailirah for almost a week, until I finish the fic, then I felt better (that's the real power of a well done first-person story).
No one else could describe the Oblivion characters as you did, it was a perfect work!
Well, I'm sorry for the long review, long story short: you are amazing! This fic is amazing! Keep on the fantastic work!

Last thing: there are two songs that makes me think about Martin and Ailirah all the time I listen to them, I'd like to share them with you:
'Empire' by Of Monsters and Men
'Goodbye My Lover' by James Blunt

I wish I could really say what I feel about this story... But my English is too poor ;-; and I don't have enough words to describe it in this language
I'm trying to do some fanarts of it (well... I'm failing miserably) but if I manage to do something, I'll try to post it on DA and show you... Ok?
If u write a book in the future, I'll totally buy it! Ok, I live in Brazil, but I'll manage to get it somehow!

Anyway! That's All! I'm sorry if all this text sounds crazy... But thank you for this amazing fic (again). Everyone should read your story (that way i would have more people to fangirl about it xD)"

PinkHappiness

Jan 16, 2012

Hey! I sent you a review the other day on FF.net. LadyLionhart. I'm reading Forged in Darkness now (for the second time), hehe. It cracks me up <3

TerOgu

Dec 9, 2011

Hehe, I've read your story, Forged in Darkness three times now. Never gets old!

BlackCrow95

Nov 9, 2011

I just wanted to say I finished reading your Forged in Darkness and I F'n LOVED it! I can't wait to get started on your other fics!

EverNightStudios

Jul 9, 2011

We all still miss you, dearie.

COME BACK SOON!

Hi, I'm not sure if you ever come on here anymore..(according to your journal)..but I'd like to say thanks for the wonderful fanfiction on db..you've really brought the characters to life.
However, you have made one mistake that maybe you should go back and correct..
Sarielle gets harrassed by a certain dark elf - but I think you mean Alvas Uvani the Silencer with an allergy to honey..not Banus Alor, the speaker for Leyawiin. : )