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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"The Sangheli. I recently got wind that someone named Thel Vadam became an ambassador on the Citadel. His people remind me a lot of the turians. My buddy's a turian."

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

"I can take you. Everyone should go at least once!"

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Bing Here it is in document format in case you don't prefer it as a thread: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"I think we hit it off. We got pizza on the Citadel."

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(27/27) enough,” she whispers. John would sit with Tali for a couple of hours before they finally had to return to the Normandy to lead the assault on Cronos Station and then the final battle on Earth.

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(26/27) and that stirred something else in her: he hears her gulp. Hearing this, John moves his hand from Tali's shoulder to her back, where he starts rubbing it in circular motions. “Nar kiyet prat'ya. Once we win this war…never let me drink alcohol again. I think twice might be

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(25/27) visor — she puts her tri-digited hands on the sheet and spins on her bottom, then pushes herself into John's lap. He smirks too and pulls her against himself, slipping his hand to her side. Something about his hand there stirred something feral in her, but he accidentally grazed her stomach,

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(24/27) activating her omni-tool. She gives it just a couple of taps before deactivating the holographic gauntlet. She'd turned on her olfactory filters so she could take in his aroma. It's become like a calming scented candle for her. "Good,” she whispers. Not satisfied, Tali smirks under the

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(23/27) it on his clavicle. "Promise?" she asks softly. John knows he obviously can't guarantee this. Everybody dies eventually... and in their line of work, there is even less assurance. Nevertheless, he decides to give her that security. "Promise." Tali then raises her arm,

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(22/27) John climbs on and sits on his tush, bringing his legs together, criss-cross applesauce. He gets a bit closer to her and swings his arm around her shoulders, then rests his hand on his upper arm. "You're not gonna die, Tali. Just relax, alright?" She tilts her head down and rests

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(21/27) side and sighs, then approaches, circling to the side of the bed. As unserious as this prospect is, he decides to console her anyway. "Okay. Scoot," John tells her with a little gesture of his head. Tali finally looks at him. After a beat, she shifts a little bit to the side.

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(20/27) seriously. "I didn't know you could go through *that* many toxin filters in one night," replies Tali. "I'm just going to be here. Right here. Forever." She then hugs her knees tighter, although it doesn't quite work properly due to her digitigrade legs. John tilts his head to the

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(19/27) through the penthouse, finally spotting her alone in one of the other bedrooms. He paused in the doorway, observing her as she sat on the bed, hugging her knees. "Tali?" he greets. "I. Am going. To die," she laments. "You are?" he asks casually, obviously not taking it

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(18/27) James was cooking some eggs with Ashley and Miranda sitting at the table, and Grunt's imposing Krogan frame standing next to them waiting to be served. After greeting friends in the main rooms, John realized Tali wasn't with Garrus and Liara as he expected. Curious, he made his way

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(17/27) they took last night. Joker was zonked out at the bar and insisted nobody even *think* above a certain decibel level due to his hangover. Samantha was in the next room, next to a fireplace and a pool table, hoping she didn't do anything too stupid whilst intoxicated. Finally, in the kitchen,

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(16/27) her hands behind her back, making a diabolical joke about killing and incinerating his neighbors who came by to complain about the noise. Steve and Zaeed were in the main living room on separate couches. Wrex was in the next living room over with the TV, looking fondly at the family picture

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(15/27) enjoyed that the Citadel has real milk and that she doesn't put up with milk's "stupid drama," despite assuring John that she isn't lactose intolerant. Jacob and Jack were working out in one of the bedrooms—sit-ups and pull-ups, respectively. EDI stood at the large window near the piano with

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(14/27) having an existential crisis in one bathroom. Samara was meditating under a plant. Garrus and Liara sat across from each other in another room—the former asking if anything else needed to be calibrated, the latter asking for tea. Kasumi leaned over the balcony, remarking about how she

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(13/27) that, and he makes a note to listen to it later. "Come on. Let's see who else is up," he tells Tali as he gets up off the bed. She quietly follows. — As he would do back on the Normandy, John began making his rounds throughout the penthouse to check on everyone. Javik was

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(12/27) floor to his left, and on his right is a datapad that he knows is the one that Mordin had someone from the Salarian Special Tasks group leave to him. He saw it earlier in the other bedroom of the penthouse, and perhaps that's when he started drinking. Mordin definitely deserves better than

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(11/27) to the edge of the bed. She shifts, and it becomes egregiously apparent that her suit just feels wrong on her. "Who put my suit back on? The buckles are all askew. And... did I get an omni-tattoo?" John glances at the excessive amount of beer bottles near the foot of the bed on the

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(10/27) way. The Commander smiled, rolled his eyes, and shook his head before heading to the war room to consult with Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay. Now their silly little running joke rears its head on Silversun Strip. "I'll let you know," she tells John before he pulls away and moves

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(9/27) shrugged. "Maybe I will." Tali nods and starts toward the galaxy map room. John went the other direction towards the war room. "And for the record?" He hears her say. John stops and turns — Tali had done the same. "Still totally worth it," she added before continuing on her

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(8/27) admirals?" John beamed and crossed his arms. "Sure thing... Miss Vas Normandy." "Thank you," she replied before continuing in a more playful tone and turning to him again, “If you want to talk in private, maybe you coooould invite me up to your cabin?" The Commander

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(7/27) her. "No? Well..." she'd brought her hands together nervously. "Possibly? I-I don't know." She began to stride with Shepard back to the war room. "But right now I've got civilian ships taking fire. Can we keep this quiet... at least in front of the other

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(6/27) it." She was referring to their tryst before the mission. Once she returned to the Normandy after the Citadel coup, Shepard expressed that he still wanted her and asked if it would interfere with the mission. "What about us? Would us being together divide the fleet?" he asked

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(5/27) to check on Tali. She'd excitedly whirled around when she sensed his company. "Just so you know, I'm running a fever, I've got a nasty cough, and my sinuses are filled with something I can't even describe." And with a joyful gesture of her head, she adds, "And it was *totally* worth

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(4/27) watch. Totally worth it?" Under the visor, a little smile forms on Tali's features at the in-joke between them. It started after the Collectors were destroyed — Commander Shepard was making the rounds on the Normandy when it was flying Cerberus colors, when he finally came to Deck 3

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(3/27) John can't help but smirk. "Well, how are you feeling now?" There would come a softness in the casqued woman's voice. "Could be worse," she says as her hand climbs, dragging her finger along his jaw, "I could be waking up alone." John leans into her touch a little. "Not on my

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(2/27) little to face her. Tali shifted beside him, her luminous eyes flickering to life beneath the soft haze of her helmet's visor. "Keelaaahhh", she exclaims deeply with a voice that filters through the mask, “I'm going to be SO sick!" His hand comes to rest on her shoulder.

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

(1/27) As the artificial night faded on the Citadel Wards, the neon glow of Silversun Strip crept into John Shepard's room, gently rousing him from sleep. Tali'Zorah, his Quarian lover, lay nestled against his arm. "Man...what a night...but look who's here,” John coos as he turns his torso a

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"You're on Omega. Nowhere is safe, pal." Shepard looks around, noticing the Space Marine, well the big one, is being stared at by some Blood Pack Vorcha. Scavengers, eyeing the man's armor, paying no mind to Commander Shepard. "You sure you don't want anything from Harrot's? I have a discount."

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

+ chestplate — no amount of credits in the galaxy could convince him to come to omega unarmed and unarmored. On his back is a collapsed M7-Lancer, across the back of his hips is a Sokolov shotgun, and on his left hip is an M5 Phalanx. "I'm in a buying mood. Want something from Harrot's? I can get +

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"Ever fight a Yahg? I boxed one before. He had a big omni-shield and a huge machine gun." John smirks. "So you're here to police the station? Good luck with that. The only rule here is not to vex Aria. Not quite how she puts it, but that's the idea." He crosses his armored arms over his +

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@brokenchasm.bsky.social "You Spartans impress me, you know. Got to take one out on a date once." He smiles, he remembers Farrah fondly.

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

+ Emporium. That Elcor owes me a discount for not breaking his legs for strong-arming a young quarian on his pilgrimmage. What are you patroling for on Omega? The murder rate is so high that my AI couldn't find an ardat yakshi."

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

John has augments of his own, but he tries not to talk about it, as among humans, he'd be considered a freak if these augments didn't result in him nova blasting Saren Arterius into ashes. "Commander John Shepard of the Alliance Navy. I was just going to pick up some collectibles from Harrot's +

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

+ that includes scavenging Vorcha and xenophobic Batarians, John would come across this rather interesting character with large, ornate armor. He makes a Krogan look like a rachni hatchling. "What's a big guy like you doing on Omega?" he asks in a flippant, yet friendly tone.

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@emperorswrath.bsky.social A visit to the station called Omega for eons has proven interesting yet again, as in the very neighborhood that he met the late Mordin Solus, Commander Shepard encounters a rather intimidating character. Not one to fear anyone on this wretched hive of scum and villainy +

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𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚛𝚊𝚍 ‘𝙳𝚄𝙺𝙴’ 𝙷𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚛 @thesgt.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

ʜᴇ sᴀᴡ ᴄʀᴏssᴇs ɢʀᴏᴡ ᴏɴ ᴀɴᴢɪᴏ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏ sᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀ sʟᴇᴇᴘs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇʟʟ's sɪx ғᴇᴇᴛ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴡᴀɪᴛ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ᴅᴇʙᴀᴛᴇ ʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ ʜᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ♡︎&↻

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ᴄᴅʀ 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚍 @cdrjohnshepard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I haven't played it in 5ever but I remember having so much fun in the campaign.

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