[Audio] Junk Pile (Back from hiatus!)

[spacerhero]

So theoretically speaking, what would you do if you, say, ran someone over with a tank and killed them?

[There's a reason the video isn't on. Shep is trying to keep it cool, and she's no stranger to killing things on purpose. But accidentally running over a raccoon that can talk while joy-riding in the junk pile... Maybe she could just pretend he was one of those pyjacks.]

People come back to life here, right? So he'll pop back up. Er, theoretically of course.

[She was currently squatting over a squashed raccoon body debating what to do with it.]

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[tearsofsteel]

[Albert takes up the unpleasant task of putting the body in the storage compartment. He's used to death, though. It's not beyond his experience.]

If you go into custody, we'll have to decide the sentencing on the chance you're guilty.

[Laying the facts down plain and simple.]

[spacerhero]

[There was a shamefully long internal battle in Shepard's head on weather or not she should actually give her own name or some other name, like Miranda Lawson or Maya Brooks.]

Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy. Sounds like we should just avoid custody, then.

[fun_police]

Shepard.

To clarify, the nature of the consequences is not ours to determine. We'd need to bring this up to the Law Committee, which is why coming with us, peacefully, is your best option.

[Yeah yeah, alright. No one finds it fun to go the police HQ, but it's part of procedure. And he's eyeing that gun on your back. As much as a car can 'eye'.]

Unless a pursuit needs to be tacked onto the report that is sent.

[tearsofsteel]

We'd rather have this thing go without incident, is what we're saying. You could even get off if the Committee decides.

[Albert wavers on the actuality of this having a peaceful close, but he'll see.]

[spacerhero]

[There was this odd sensation of some invisible button that needed to be pushed, and she knew if it was pushed she'd need her gun and start shooting and make a getaway. But she let the feeling pass, and just after it passed another one came upon her on the other side of the spectrum, and this one she heeded.]

Look, if I had done it on purpose, I would have hid the body or just left it for someone else to find. I'm a soldier, and an honest one. Where I come from I saved the whole galaxy. So why don't you just take my name and contact information, document everything you need to, and let me be on my way? It's not like there's anywhere I can go to evade you if you call on me.

i apologize in advance for his prickishness

[fun_police]

[If Prowl were a little less stuffy, he probably would have agreed with letting Shepard go right there. It's obvious enough that she didn't kill them on purpose.]

[Unfortunately, he likes order more than he likes people.]

A soldier should understand that this is part of a necessary procedure. More importantly, they should understand following orders.

If this all clears out, you should be on your way, quickly.

[tearsofsteel]

[Albert wants to let Shepard go, but then again something about her attitude seemed to scream 'above the law'. And Albert had seen enough of that from soldiers for hire.]

Do you really want to drag this out with a machine that can outrun you?

[spacerhero]

[it... Didn't work? Excuse Shepard, she thinks her conversation wheel might be stuck.]

Um... Well. Not the negotiating types then? Fine. Do what you have to.

[She reached back to unholster the submachine strapped to her back and offered it to the human.]