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[acciokaidanalenko]

Taking on the Universe: Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen: The First Human Spectre

Summary: After providing the necessary evidence to the Council, Saren is disgraced and Natasha is given Spectre status.

CW/TW: None

Preview of chapter below the cut. AO3 link: here.

The scene laid out before her was much the same as it had been during her first encounter with the Council. They stood above the Humans gathered on the platform, staring down at them with expressions somewhere between reproachful and contemptuous. However, the mood was very different. The gravity of the situation lingered. Two things were obvious to Natasha as the meeting proceeded; first, the barely contained glee of the ambassador as the recording of Saren and his accomplice played out for all to hear, and secondly, the ambassador’s complete satisfaction in hearing Councilor Sparatus admit that clearly they had been wrong about Saren. All the Council needed to do now was bring him in to face the consequences of his transgressions.

But even still, they seemed reluctant to intervene directly.

"And what about Nihlus, Councilors? Do you plan to just leave him to his fate?" Natasha asked after listening to the politicians bicker for several minutes. They all fell silent, their eyes drawn to her as she stood beside Anderson.

"What of him, Commander? Are you so sure that Saren kidnapped him?" Councilor Sparatus questioned, a heavy silence falling in answer. "You've proven that Saren was behind the attack on your Human colony, but what possible reason would he have to kidnap Nihlus?"

"Are you suggesting, then, Councilor, that Nihlus went with Saren willingly? Was he also part of the attack on our colony?" Udina interjected in an accusatory tone. Sparatus huffed indignantly, clearly offended by the accusation that not only one but two of their best Spectres had turned on them.

"I can't begin to imagine why Saren did any of the things he did that day, Councilor. There's a simple solution to our problem here, if you're willing to listen." The Councilors waited silently for her proposal. "Send the Normandy after him. You know the stealth capabilities of the ship, Councilors. It's the best option." Natasha knew that, if given the chance, they could find Saren and bring him to justice. They could rescue Nihlus, if he was still alive. They were motivated. It was what Jenkins and the colonists deserved.

"Even with Saren stripped of his Spectre status, he may be difficult to locate, Commander. There are too many variables to this particular equation," Valern countered almost too quickly.

"She may have a point, however. We cannot send our own fleet after him without risking a diplomatic crisis. He is currently beyond the reach of the Council," Tevos spoke up. The Asari Councilor gently clasped her hands together in front of her and looked slowly from Sparatus to Valern before returning her gaze to Natasha.

"We know he's in the Traverse. Give us our Spectre, and send her after this traitor," Udina proposed tactfully. The Councilors remained silent, sharing another look between themselves. Another silent conversation happening in a matter of moments. One by one, each nodded in turn before pressing a button on their respective podiums. Natasha's heart thundered in her chest as their eyes turned to her with solemn expressions. The entirety of the upper chamber of the Tower fell silent as they awaited the Council's judgment.

#commander shepard #commander natasha shepard #kaidan alenko #captain anderson #david anderson #amabassador udina #donnel udina #councilor sparatus #councilor tevos #councilor valern #council meeting #first human spectre #mass effect #mass effect fanfic #war hero shepard #me1 #canon divergent #taking on the universe #totu v2.0 #shenko #f!shenko #the slowest of slow burns #shenko fanfic #britt writes #part two is DONE!

[kristiaavril1985blog]

#tolkien #white council #lothlórien #art #ai #council meeting #middle-earth #digitalart #aiart #powerful beings #meeting #john tolkien #fantasy

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[gabrieldespinoza]

Hesperia City Council Approves Homeland Security Grant for Advanced ALPR Patrol Vehicle

HESPERIA, Calif. (VVNG.com) – The Hesperia City Council has authorized an upgrade to the city’s law enforcement capabilities by approving the purchase of a cutting-edge Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system. This move came after a recent city council meeting where council members gave the green light for the city manager to execute a purchase agreement totaling $34,840 with Vigilant…

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#alpr #city council meeting #council meeting #crime #Hesperia #safety

[santaclaralocalnews]

Silicon Valley Power (SVP) will ask the Santa Clara City Council to increase rates across the board by 10%. The utility will make the request at the Dec. 5, 2023 Council meeting and ask that the rate increase go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023 with the new rates appearing on the February bills. For complete news visit svvoice.com.

#SVP #Silicon Valley Power #Santa Clara City Council #Council meeting #svvoice #news #latest news #local news #santa clara news

[kaiandtran]

Kai & Tran: Origins #20 - Leadership Principles

'Why?' is probably the most important question for a leader to address. Unless it's about taking a bribe. In that case, 'when?' and 'how?' take precedence.

#council #council meeting #leader #leadership #leadership principles #transparency #sci fi comic #webcomic #kai and tran origins

[abhiammu]

#gst council #gst #gstcouncil #gstcouncilmeeting #council meeting #48thgstcouncilmeeting #gstr #gst news #gst updates #gstn #taxscan #taxnews #tax #law

[littlethingsmakebigchanges]

i used to live in illinois. there are several joined cities there. twin cities. the two i knew of were joined to Japanese cities.

it was a very real heartfelt thing. there were big plaques and markers.

there was a very real warmth and human connection that was uplifting.

You know....like, actuelly, You guessed it- Love.

i was just thinking wouldn't be great if towns and cities had city council membres and community membres bring proposals for this, but for Iranian cities.

i realise it might be easier after the revolution is done. but wouldn't it be expressing more Love and faith and hope if these things were put into the discussion and planning phase now?

can't You just picture it?

new city gouvernements all around Iran receiving requests to forme twin city designations?

the rejuvenation of hope and Love and connexion to the world beyond Their parte of the world?

WE CAN SO FLOURISH AND BLOSSOM LOVE :)))

You're feeling it, right? :)))

#twin cities #iran #united states #city council #county government #parish government #mayors #council meeting #council member #community members #city hall #city commissioners #county commission

[ginkgodoodles]

I love the gag that Kit Fisto just really loves swimming at any opportunity and will walk around shirtless, completely oblivious.

#artists on tumblr #digital art #star wars #star wars fanart #star wars fangirl #obi wan fanart #obi wan my beloved #obi wan kenobi #kit fisto #just walks into Jedi council meetings after a swim #Jedi #jedi knight #headcanon #origional work #a long time ago #star wars kenobi #general kenobi #hello there #kitfistomeme

[discovercathedralcity]

The City Council of Cathedral City Votes to Affirm League of California Cities Positions on State Propositions 26 & 27

The City Council of Cathedral City Votes to Affirm League of California Cities Positions on State Propositions 26 & 27

The City Council of Cathedral City voted take no separate City position but to affirm the position of the League of California Cities Board of Directors on Propositions 26 and 27 at the Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, City Council meeting. The League of California Cities Board of Directors gathered for a two-day board meeting in July to review progress on the 2022 State Action Agenda, vote on ballot…

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#Council Meeting

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 174

Despite what people complain and snark about, Bruce does in fact have contingency plans for pretty much everything. And while he doesn’t have an exact contingency for Jason apparently accidentally kidnapping the apparently prince of the Realms- some infinite space where the dead resided according to Zatanna and Constantine, he’ll have an existential crisis about it later thanks- he did have one for his kids accidentally kidnapping someone. 

He just doesn’t think that exact plan will work in this case, seeing as that plan had to do with civilians and not very large kings that could obliterate the entire world with a hand wave, nevermind the fact that they have so many armies. Not to mention what is apparently both the king’s second-in-command and brother. 

Well, if none of his usual contingencies won’t work and Constantine’s attempts at making a deal isn’t working, nor is the other’s attempts to talk the two down, then it’s plan Z time. Seduction it is. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #The league all ended up in the realms & Jason ended up picking up a child who was asking him questions #This was not noticed until Constantine had already finished the sigil to teleport them all out of the Realms #Which is when they both notice the child in Jason’s arms #and the fact that the child has a circlet-crown & galaxy cape #Danny isn’t happy to have been turned into his ghost age for his own health #He’s bullying Pariah into being a better person accidentally #Grumpy lad snuck out into the gardens instead of nap time just in time for the league & co to appear #Pariah & Fright finish the council meeting just in time to see a group of living disappear with the BABY PRINCE #They understandably panicked #Meanwhile Danny is having a blast asking this other halfa about his world full of heroes #Let’s be honest at least half of Bruce’s rogues have either been with him before or have an obsessive crush on him #And he knows how to flirt AND how to fight #No one is going to believe the league when they try to tell the others what happened #halfa jason todd #liminal batfamily

[willowser]

HMMMMMM interesting to think about arranged marriage with prince shouto...............

i think he wouldn't know. what to expect with you. i think he'd have an idea, as in, what his father, the king, has taught him; the duties of a wife, where your importance ranks in relation to his duties. what he's not meant to discuss with you, like politics and matters at court and foreign relations. how you will speak to him. what to buy in the event that you become...unhappy. a nuisance.

("and she will," enji had muttered, briefly glancing up from the parchment on his desk to fix shouto with a look he didn't understand. "they always do.")

you don't meet until the royal wedding, when you're coming down the long aisle of the grand cathedral, dressed up in a swathe of silk and lace. a thin, gossamer veil hides you from him, but he can feel the ardor in your eyes, the intensity burning through the material. it doesn't seem real until your bare face is only a breath from his own, until he has to see the earnestness in your stare, too.

your kiss is simple and chaste, nothing spectacular, something that leaves his mind as soon as it's over. ever a todoroki, a hundred other things enter his mind, all regarding his now iron-laid obligations: it's vital he meet with advisor keigo to reiterate the plan to establish his authority among the council; general aizawa is in attendance to the wedding, and shouto has not yet received word on his opinion of the new king's ideas to modernize their armed forces; midoriya is somewhere, no doubt wanting to go over state affairs again.

truthfully, shouto doesn't spend long "celebrating". there's already too much that's required of him, hardly enough time to even scarf down a few bites of the banquet laid out before he's being chartered off into discussions on foreign relations and infrastructure development. maybe once or twice does he look back to check on you, chatting pleasantly with his mother and sister at the front of the great hall, and that's satisfying enough.

it's not until much later that he sees you again; freshly bathed and wearing something sheer and long and white, atop his bed.

or his marriage bed, he must remind himself.

enji didn't spend long going over consummation, with him or either of his brothers—natsuo, red-faced and annoyed at the very subject, always storming off, and touya had seemed well-aware of the process, at the time (back before he'd been ex-communicated). it had sounded simple: strip off your dress, get his cock out and into you, and only retreat once he was sure his seed had been spilled.

—so he's not exactly sure what to do or think or how to feel, when you're laid bare and reaching up to hold his face.

it's so startling that he sits back on his knees, to frown where he's looming over you.

you stare at him quietly, like you're expecting him to say something, and he only has a moment to wonder if this is you becoming an unhappy nuisance—what had been the answer, to solve this, anyway?—before you let out a soft laugh.

"c'mere," you tell him, sitting up, too, when he keeps his distance. "i want you to kiss me."

"i already have."

"yes," you laugh again, amusement glowing in your eyes, like the warmth off the fireplace, as you reach for the ties on his trousers. "but you're meant to do it again."

and up until then, he'd felt confident in his achievements, his executions; he'd managed a lot today, in one evening, and he had a lifetime to manage more. it was a good a start as any, he'd thought, but now—

shouto almost can't get the words out when he feels your hands ghosting up the inside of his shirt, nails tickling over his ribs. "a-am i?"

you wrap your arms around his waist in what could be a hug, scooting forward to look up at him with your chin against his chest. "yes," you smile and—it's familiar in a way, how touya would whenever he was teasing. "you're my husband, you're meant to kiss me whenever i want."

that—was not something his father had ever said, he was sure, and it was a too-rare exchange between his own parents. now that he thinks about it—and he does, then, because he's faced with the reality that he doesn't know as much as he should—he's not sure the former king and queen even sleep in the same room, much less the same bed.

much less hug and touch and even smile, the way you do now.

there's no argument he can make against it, aside from finding keigo to find his father to verify the truth to such a statement, and he's only meant to retreat from this bed on one condition.

and if this is what it takes to meet that—then shouto supposes he'll have to do it, for now. he's a brand new king, after all, and it would seem he still has much to learn.

#i just really like the idea of shouto being raised to be like #alright. meet with advisors. council meeting. get married. consummate. find general aizawa. #like it's just another stepping stone #to be married #and you are very much like oh 😊🩷 my husband 😊🩷 #and he's SOOOO thrown by that #that's not how he was taught it would go LOL #and you want to hug and kiss and hold hands 🥺 #if he spends too long in meetings you take the dinner from the royal dining table and march right into that room #to have dinner with your husband god damn it #LOL #and maybe he even asks his mom like 'is this right ???' and she's like #yeah 🥺🥺 it is 🥺🥺 #and then he finds this weird odd unexpected happiness with you that he was never taught to expect 🥺 #✿ thoughts: shouto #✿ willow writes

[gabrieldespinoza]

Victorville Approves Increase in Spending for IT Staffing Following Recent Cyber Threat

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (VVNG.com) – The Victorville City Council authorized a substantial increase in funding for IT staffing services in response to what was described as a recent cyber threat. The amendment to the existing contract with staffing agency Robert Half International Inc. was passed during a recent council meeting. Originally, the contract was set for $218,000, designated strictly for…

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#City of Victorville #council meeting #cyber attack #cyber threat

[santaclaralocalnews]

The Santa Clara City Council once again dealt with the conundrum of who polices the majority. Four community members brought forth petitions asking the council to place an item on a future agenda to discuss the behavior of Council Member Kevin Park at the Feb. 7 council meeting. At issue, comments Park made near the close of the meeting when he left a book titled “All My Friends...Read more at svvoice.com

#santa clara city council #Council Member Kevin Park #Special Advisor to the Mayor #council meeting #city politics news #sunnyvale news and updates #santa clara news and updates #santa clara

[andorerso]

sorry to Mon but all I see is them

#rebelcaptain #rogue one #cassian in the council meeting my beloved