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Kasumi POV

I'm going to explode~.

"Here! This one is really good!" Jak shoved a cinnamon bun in my mouth, "It's good for the heart, and it soothes all your troubles."

"No, this one!" Julee called out shoving some pudding into my mouth after I swallowed the bun, "It relaxed the soul!"

"Here drink some milk that I blessed, it will heal your lactose intolerance," Sereda rushed over, hand serving me some milk.

"Ba~, food is nice but shiny metal makes the soul glow~," Sky called out, putting a crown made of solid gold and jewels on my melon, it felt like someone strapped a watermelon to my head, it was really pretty though, I'll definitely add it to my collection.

"Would you girls knock it off~," Nat came to my rescue, "She clearly needs something to keep warm." She put a huge sweater on me, it was clearly Sky's, before it magically shrunk to my size. It was nice.

"Nick, do something~" I hissed to the bastard who was just sitting across from me eating his cereal without a care in the world.

"Kasy, you're hurting, the man you love has been taken from you and just 4 days ago you were able to, with your own strength, let some of that grief out. They are just worried their friend is still hurting," Nick explained.

"I'm a big girl~," I huffed, shooing them away, they didn't have to give me a hurt puppy dog look.

He shook his head, "It's not about being a 'big girl'~," he air quoted, "It's about their friend being hurt and trying to help, if you're not feeling it just tell them, they'll give you some space... for like 20 minutes before you give a cough or a sneeze, and we'll be right back here again." I looked over to the girls who were spying over their booth making sure I was okay. "To be fair, I tend to act the same."

I sighed, "I don't think I've ever been this pampered in my life~." I've been to spas and stuff, under a different name of course, but I've never been to a spa that had blessed milk and crowns of gold for guests. "Aren't you going to do anything to make me feel better," I teased, I don't see why I shouldn't milk this a bit, it's not every day you get a space wizard waiting on you hand and foot.

He gave a light chuckle, "I'll make you some ramen for lunch." oh~, that's good~, but I want more. I shook myself a little and put on my game face.

"Is that it?" I hit him with a full puppy dog look.

He gave a sigh and rolled his eyes, "You will also get a shot at my Vault," I gave a gasp, "You're only allowed one thing if you get in!" I still fist-pumped, Nick has some of the coolest things, and Ava told me he had Web shooters, if he doesn't have them in his Hammerspace he definitely has them in his vault.

"Wait~, how many Vaults do you have?" No way Nick only has one Vault, he's the kind of dude who just had dozens of Vaults hidden away filled with monsters to defend them.

He smiled at me, "You get one shot before Sky gets huffy. You might be her friend but that's still her hoard."

I tsked, "Keep your secrets, I'll get them sooner or later," I blew him a raspberry.

"Good luck~," God he had such a punchable face sometimes. "Remember we need to go over our loot today, we're passing through the Citadel soon, and you know John is going to fight for Lady Liberty's head, he also wants that Puma X-7. He even has Anderson in his corner."

"What's stopping them from just taking the stuff? It is technically stolen."

He shrugged, "Nothing other than the fact that I'm a space wizard and John's a spectre. That gives him the right to take all the stuff with no fallout, probably, Spectre powers are a bit nebulous."

"Mmm~, do you have a list?" I asked. He gave me a book. Everything was on there, from Michelangelo's David to the Locust SMG that killed two presidents. Does he ever sleep?

"What are these?" I pointed to a W stamp on some pictures.

He passed me a stamp with a G on it, "That's what I want~, if you feel that you want something I want, stamp it and we could work something out." that's kinda cool, Nick seemed to go after the furniture, paintings, and blueprints. "Mmm, hey are we giving Tali and Lia the Quarian tablet?" I asked, there was a 'called for' stamp on the page.

"The Quarian what!?" Tali asked from her table with Lia and Neria.

"Were you spying on us~," Nick teased, as Tali speed-walked over to us.

"You weren't very quiet, the moment you said Puma X-7, Joker has been jumping from table to table getting closer," she huffed, sitting next to me and looking over the book.

"No, I wasn't, shut up, what's going on over here?" Joker asked sitting next to Nick.

"Dividing up the loot~," Nick answered.

"Is robbing someone really looting?" Joker asked.

"It's a bit of a gray zone~," Nick shrugged, "I like to think that if they're trying to kill you, it's looting, if you're trying to take something without hurting anyone, it's robbing, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, makes you a Black fox, after the legendary rogue and thief of the same name, but if you do it maliciously, killing a person for their stuff is called murder, so don't do that last one."

"You guys have a Robinhood?" Joker asked.

"Is Robinhood a legendary hero thief that was once a noble who was sentenced to death by an evil emperor, but escaped, gained a motley group of adventurers that robbed the rich and gave to the poor, and later regain his title, after defeating the evil emperor and stopping a civil war, but always had time to help the commonfolk?" Nick asked.

"Uhhh, yeah, I think so," Joker hummed, "it's an old story."

"Was he real?" Nick asked.

"Was the Black Fox!?" Jeff sounded surprised.

"Oh yeah~, we have proof and everything, he even had apprentices before his disappearance about 70 years ago, when he went on a journey to the
home of the ancient Elves. Some say he died, others say he's still out there, me?" he gave a smirk and leaned forward, "My portals come from ancient elven designs, there's a chance, no matter how small, that he may have used one and is traveling the multiverse."

"But he would be at least 100 years old," I pointed out.

Nick shrugged, "Maybe he's gone, maybe he had his fun and passed on, but a man like him," an illusion of a very familiar mask formed on Nick's face, a mask my grandfather had over his fireplace, "I'd like to think he would have left something behind. A legacy~," he swooned in a French accent. I couldn't look away from his mask before it turned to glowing dust and faded away, "But what do I know, he could have secretly retired at a beach somewhere, drinking mimosas and watching the fine ladies~. That's how I wanted to retire, but then I got a bunch of Galaxy-saving do-gooders getting in my way." he huffed like an old man.

I huffed back, "I have you know that I'm a proper rapscallion." I stuck my nose in the air before we broke into laughter.

"Can we focus?" Tali asked, looking at the book, "Nick, do you have the tablets?"

"Yes~, I looted everything, from fuel barrels to ancient statues," Nick nodded.

"I want them," she wasn't asking.

A smirk grew across Nick's face. She shouldn't have said that. "Ms. Zorah~, your words intrigue me~." Nick tapped his fingers on the table.

"Within reason," she gulped, her face gaining a blush. Naughty-naughty~.

"I want you... to be selfish."
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"What?" we asked.

"Tali, you and Lia are some of the most selfless people I know. Always caring about the people around you, always ready to help, willing to give of yourself without a moment's hesitation. I don't want one of my friends to be a martyr. I want when someone says to do something stupid for you to call them out."

"I do that already," Tali huffed.

"No, you do it for others. We are reaching the Citadel later today, I'm going to give you 50,000 Credits, I want you to spend all of it, every single cred on yourself, Guns, clothes, food, an omni-tattoo, I don't care, but it has to be only for you, no one else, no charities, no beggars, no migrant fleet, only Tali," Nick answered.

"That's... a lot you're asking for," Tali muttered.

"Mmm~, no doubt, you were raised to be selfless, so I'll give you an out~," he summoned a book and passed it to Tali, only for her eyes to grow wide and her face to explode into a red-hot blush, as she read it.

"W-W-W-WHAT IS THIS!?" she cried. Looking over I found a picture of sexy dresses and underwear.

"If you're not willing to be selfish, then be the selfless paragon you want to be, by giving away your body to Julee~, she would love to dress you up like a doll." holy shit, he's crazy!

"You would look so beautiful in that bunny outfit~," Julee teased sneaking up behind us.

"EEP!?" Tali jumped in surprise.

"And I really like to see you in this swimsuit~," Julee pointed to a two-piece, "We can add your clan pattern, it would be perfect," She cheered and giggled.

"Uh, well, you see, that's uh," Tali muttered.

"Gasp! What about this one!?" Julee flipped the pages, to an elegant ball gown, "Oh gosh~, I have so many! With Zevran and Lily's visit, we made so many new designs! And since Dagna and Ayla got over their blackmail, I need a new dol- Model! I need a new model~." Her smile was so fake. "You know~, two Quarians are better than one~," she licked her lips and looked at Lia.

This time Tali stood in front of Julee arms outstretched as if shielding Lia from Julee's machinations, "You leave her alone, she is a young pilgrim on her journey," the look in Julee's eyes scared me a bit, as her lips rose mischievously, my brain felt... fuzzy. The air was too warm and my clothes too itchy.

"And what will you do to stop me, Ms. Zorah? Lia already agreed to sell herself to Nick for power, what's a little more for limestone tablets from her homeland worth~?" Julee's tail slowly wrapped around Tali's waist bringing her close, "What are you willing to give me for her protection~." she asked gently connecting their foreheads together.

"yo-you would extort me?" Tali stuttered. "I-I thought we-we were friends?"

"Oh~, my precious Tali~, we are friends, but I want more~. You think you can flaunt your hips, and smile with so much innocents and joy, without catching my attention~. I might not be 100% Devil, but I do love to corrupt the pure~." She leaned in and began to whisper into Tali's ear. I don't know what she was saying but poor Tali was glowing like a star, her breath was getting faster, and her eyes fully dilated. It all ended abruptly as a gentle karate chop hit Julee right in the head, causing her to hiss and jump away. The look she shot Nick could melt steel. "Nicky!? What do you think you're doing?"

"Knock it off~," Nick growled. "It's breakfast time, I don't care if you take Tali up against the walls in the engine room-"

"W-What!?" Tali stuttered red-faced and looking like she had lost her glasses.

"-but not in the kitchen, you know how I feel about the kitchen." Nick huffed.

"UGH! Not the Kitchen, not the bathroom, not next to the fireplace! I live in a gulag!" she huffed, grabbing Nick by the shirt and shaking him, "Love has to be free Nicky." she shoved his head into her breasts, "Nothing should stop us from making love when the time strikes!"

Nick gave a fast spank to her butt causing her to jump and let him go, "The rules are there because of you~, or did you forget about the fire you caused in the kitchen, or how you nearly drowned in the bath, or how your tail caught fire by the fireplace?" he huffed. He patted her head and brought her in close, "When I make love to you, I don't want to worry about the world burning around us, I only want to care for you." that's kinda sweet, in a naughty kinda way, I guess.

She hugged him tightly, "Danger adds spice~," she hissed.

"No, Danger adds uncontrolled danger, and uncontrolled danger adds unwanted pain, and unwanted pain knocks me out of the sexy mood, so follow the rules," Nick explained, draping himself over her, it looked like a rabbit holding up a bear.

She pulled away, "FINE! I'll follow the rules! One of these days Walters, I'm gonna wear something you can't say no to and going to be relaxing by the fire. You'll break, you always do~." She gave him a peck and sat next to me.

"No doubt but today's not that day." he turned to Tali, "So what do you say?"

Tali, looked like a fish out of the water, "I-I-I-I never, with a group, uh, I'm, very new to this. Not even with one person."

"Tali~," Nick drawled, catching her attention, flashing her a Credit chit, "Renegade or paragon~?" Nick gave the ultimatum.

"I... Do I need to pay you back if I don't use it all?" she asked looking at the chit.

"Absolutely not," he answered without missing a beat. "The money is all yours."

"What if I lie and give it to some Quarians who need money?"

Nick shrugged, "If that's what you want, I'm not going to stop you, I'm not going to even blame you. Helping others is a very mortal thing to do," He lifts her right hand and places the chit in her palm. "But sometimes Tali, you deserve something for all your troubles, maybe a cute dress, dinner at a fancy restaurant, a night out clubbing, maybe you just wanna buy something dumb, something for your eyes only~. Besides you look like a goody-two shoes, you couldn't keep it a secret for long. Part of me wants you to be selfless~, I can imagine you in a sun dress~." It took me a second to see it, but she would look good in a sundress, maybe light lavender.

"What if I need to buy something for the ship?" Tali asked. "Is it selfless to buy something that will keep me alive?"

"Ohhh~, trying to find a loophole already, I like it, but~," he gave her another chit, "That one has 300,000, buy whatever you think the Normandy needs, on me~."

"Whoa~, that's a lot of money~," I muttered. "You could buy a nice apartment in the presidium for that."

"You're just giving this to me?" Tali looked flabbergasted.

Nick shrugged, "What do I care for money? I'm not sure if you know this but giant space robots are going to try and kill us all, what good is money going to do? No, I think wasting it on things we need is far more important than having it in a bank. Besides don't we need to upgrade the ship some more? I'm pretty sure we need tools for that, I suggest you talk with Gabby, Donney, and Lia, go have fun with the engineering crew, and buy what you need to keep us alive." He shooed her toward the other engineers, before sitting back down, to finish his cereal.

"Just like that?" I asked. "You throw thousands of Creds to a young woman and shoo her away?"

He shrugged, "We are about to hit pay dirt, what does a few hundred thousand Creds for? Besides, we are on a suicide mission, shouldn't we have the best of the best, be paid like they're the best of the best. I'm still looking forward to my beach retirement~," he had a big pervy smile on his face.

He's definitely thinking of ladies in bikinis, "you're incorrigible~," I huffed. He just smirked.

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Kasumi POV

I'm going to explode~.

"Here! This one is really good!" Jak shoved a cinnamon bun in my mouth, "It's good for the heart, and it soothes all your troubles."

"No, this one!" Julee called out shoving some pudding into my mouth after I swallowed the bun, "It relaxed the soul!"

"Here drink some milk that I blessed, it will heal your lactose intolerance," Sereda rushed over, hand serving me some milk.

"Ba~, food is nice but shiny metal makes the soul glow~," Sky called out, putting a crown made of solid gold and jewels on my melon, it felt like someone strapped a watermelon to my head, it was really pretty though, I'll definitely add it to my collection.

"Would you girls knock it off~," Nat came to my rescue, "She clearly needs something to keep warm." She put a huge sweater on me, it was clearly Sky's, before it magically shrunk to my size. It was nice.

"Nick, do something~" I hissed to the bastard who was just sitting across from me eating his cereal without a care in the world.

"Kasy, you're hurting, the man you love has been taken from you and just 4 days ago you were able to, with your own strength, let some of that grief out. They are just worried their friend is still hurting," Nick explained.

"I'm a big girl~," I huffed, shooing them away, they didn't have to give me a hurt puppy dog look.

He shook his head, "It's not about being a 'big girl'~," he air quoted, "It's about their friend being hurt and trying to help, if you're not feeling it just tell them, they'll give you some space... for like 20 minutes before you give a cough or a sneeze, and we'll be right back here again." I looked over to the girls who were spying over their booth making sure I was okay. "To be fair, I tend to act the same."

I sighed, "I don't think I've ever been this pampered in my life~." I've been to spas and stuff, under a different name of course, but I've never been to a spa that had blessed milk and crowns of gold for guests. "Aren't you going to do anything to make me feel better," I teased, I don't see why I shouldn't milk this a bit, it's not every day you get a space wizard waiting on you hand and foot.

He gave a light chuckle, "I'll make you some ramen for lunch." oh~, that's good~, but I want more. I shook myself a little and put on my game face.

"Is that it?" I hit him with a full puppy dog look.

He gave a sigh and rolled his eyes, "You will also get a shot at my Vault," I gave a gasp, "You're only allowed one thing if you get in!" I still fist-pumped, Nick has some of the coolest things, and Ava told me he had Web shooters, if he doesn't have them in his Hammerspace he definitely has them in his vault.

"Wait~, how many Vaults do you have?" No way Nick only has one Vault, he's the kind of dude who just had dozens of Vaults hidden away filled with monsters to defend them.

He smiled at me, "You get one shot before Sky gets huffy. You might be her friend but that's still her hoard."

I tsked, "Keep your secrets, I'll get them sooner or later," I blew him a raspberry.

"Good luck~," God he had such a punchable face sometimes. "Remember we need to go over our loot today, we're passing through the Citadel soon, and you know John is going to fight for Lady Liberty's head, he also wants that Puma X-7. He even has Anderson in his corner."

"What's stopping them from just taking the stuff? It is technically stolen."

He shrugged, "Nothing other than the fact that I'm a space wizard and John's a spectre. That gives him the right to take all the stuff with no fallout, probably, Spectre powers are a bit nebulous."

"Mmm~, do you have a list?" I asked. He gave me a book. Everything was on there, from Michelangelo's David to the Locust SMG that killed two presidents. Does he ever sleep?

"What are these?" I pointed to a W stamp on some pictures.

He passed me a stamp with a G on it, "That's what I want~, if you feel that you want something I want, stamp it and we could work something out." that's kinda cool, Nick seemed to go after the furniture, paintings, and blueprints. "Mmm, hey are we giving Tali and Lia the Quarian tablet?" I asked, there was a 'called for' stamp on the page.

"The Quarian what!?" Tali asked from her table with Lia and Neria.

"Were you spying on us~," Nick teased, as Tali speed-walked over to us.

"You weren't very quiet, the moment you said Puma X-7, Joker has been jumping from table to table getting closer," she huffed, sitting next to me and looking over the book.

"No, I wasn't, shut up, what's going on over here?" Joker asked sitting next to Nick.

"Dividing up the loot~," Nick answered.

"Is robbing someone really looting?" Joker asked.

"It's a bit of a gray zone~," Nick shrugged, "I like to think that if they're trying to kill you, it's looting, if you're trying to take something without hurting anyone, it's robbing, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, makes you a Black fox, after the legendary rogue and thief of the same name, but if you do it maliciously, killing a person for their stuff is called murder, so don't do that last one."

"You guys have a Robinhood?" Joker asked.

"Is Robinhood a legendary hero thief that was once a noble who was sentenced to death by an evil emperor, but escaped, gained a motley group of adventurers that robbed the rich and gave to the poor, and later regain his title, after defeating the evil emperor and stopping a civil war, but always had time to help the commonfolk?" Nick asked.

"Uhhh, yeah, I think so," Joker hummed, "it's an old story."

"Was he real?" Nick asked.

"Was the Black Fox!?" Jeff sounded surprised.

"Oh yeah~, we have proof and everything, he even had apprentices before his disappearance about 70 years ago, when he went on a journey to the
home of the ancient Elves. Some say he died, others say he's still out there, me?" he gave a smirk and leaned forward, "My portals come from ancient elven designs, there's a chance, no matter how small, that he may have used one and is traveling the multiverse."

"But he would be at least 100 years old," I pointed out.

Nick shrugged, "Maybe he's gone, maybe he had his fun and passed on, but a man like him," an illusion of a very familiar mask formed on Nick's face, a mask my grandfather had over his fireplace, "I'd like to think he would have left something behind. A legacy~," he swooned in a French accent. I couldn't look away from his mask before it turned to glowing dust and faded away, "But what do I know, he could have secretly retired at a beach somewhere, drinking mimosas and watching the fine ladies~. That's how I wanted to retire, but then I got a bunch of Galaxy-saving do-gooders getting in my way." he huffed like an old man.

I huffed back, "I have you know that I'm a proper rapscallion." I stuck my nose in the air before we broke into laughter.

"Can we focus?" Tali asked, looking at the book, "Nick, do you have the tablets?"

"Yes~, I looted everything, from fuel barrels to ancient statues," Nick nodded.

"I want them," she wasn't asking.

A smirk grew across Nick's face. She shouldn't have said that. "Ms. Zorah~, your words intrigue me~." Nick tapped his fingers on the table.

"Within reason," she gulped, her face gaining a blush. Naughty-naughty~.

"I want you... to be selfish."
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"What?" we asked.

"Tali, you and Lia are some of the most selfless people I know. Always caring about the people around you, always ready to help, willing to give of yourself without a moment's hesitation. I don't want one of my friends to be a martyr. I want when someone says to do something stupid for you to call them out."

"I do that already," Tali huffed.

"No, you do it for others. We are reaching the Citadel later today, I'm going to give you 50,000 Credits, I want you to spend all of it, every single cred on yourself, Guns, clothes, food, an omni-tattoo, I don't care, but it has to be only for you, no one else, no charities, no beggars, no migrant fleet, only Tali," Nick answered.

"That's... a lot you're asking for," Tali muttered.

"Mmm~, no doubt, you were raised to be selfless, so I'll give you an out~," he summoned a book and passed it to Tali, only for her eyes to grow wide and her face to explode into a red-hot blush, as she read it.

"W-W-W-WHAT IS THIS!?" she cried. Looking over I found a picture of sexy dresses and underwear.

"If you're not willing to be selfish, then be the selfless paragon you want to be, by giving away your body to Julee~, she would love to dress you up like a doll." holy shit, he's crazy!

"You would look so beautiful in that bunny outfit~," Julee teased sneaking up behind us.

"EEP!?" Tali jumped in surprise.

"And I really like to see you in this swimsuit~," Julee pointed to a two-piece, "We can add your clan pattern, it would be perfect," She cheered and giggled.

"Uh, well, you see, that's uh," Tali muttered.

"Gasp! What about this one!?" Julee flipped the pages, to an elegant ball gown, "Oh gosh~, I have so many! With Zevran and Lily's visit, we made so many new designs! And since Dagna and Ayla got over their blackmail, I need a new dol- Model! I need a new model~." Her smile was so fake. "You know~, two Quarians are better than one~," she licked her lips and looked at Lia.

This time Tali stood in front of Julee arms outstretched as if shielding Lia from Julee's machinations, "You leave her alone, she is a young pilgrim on her journey," the look in Julee's eyes scared me a bit, as her lips rose mischievously, my brain felt... fuzzy. The air was too warm and my clothes too itchy.

"And what will you do to stop me, Ms. Zorah? Lia already agreed to sell herself to Nick for power, what's a little more for limestone tablets from her homeland worth~?" Julee's tail slowly wrapped around Tali's waist bringing her close, "What are you willing to give me for her protection~." she asked gently connecting their foreheads together.

"yo-you would extort me?" Tali stuttered. "I-I thought we-we were friends?"

"Oh~, my precious Tali~, we are friends, but I want more~. You think you can flaunt your hips, and smile with so much innocents and joy, without catching my attention~. I might not be 100% Devil, but I do love to corrupt the pure~." She leaned in and began to whisper into Tali's ear. I don't know what she was saying but poor Tali was glowing like a star, her breath was getting faster, and her eyes fully dilated. It all ended abruptly as a gentle karate chop hit Julee right in the head, causing her to hiss and jump away. The look she shot Nick could melt steel. "Nicky!? What do you think you're doing?"

"Knock it off~," Nick growled. "It's breakfast time, I don't care if you take Tali up against the walls in the engine room-"

"W-What!?" Tali stuttered red-faced and looking like she had lost her glasses.

"-but not in the kitchen, you know how I feel about the kitchen." Nick huffed.

"UGH! Not the Kitchen, not the bathroom, not next to the fireplace! I live in a gulag!" she huffed, grabbing Nick by the shirt and shaking him, "Love has to be free Nicky." she shoved his head into her breasts, "Nothing should stop us from making love when the time strikes!"

Nick gave a fast spank to her butt causing her to jump and let him go, "The rules are there because of you~, or did you forget about the fire you caused in the kitchen, or how you nearly drowned in the bath, or how your tail caught fire by the fireplace?" he huffed. He patted her head and brought her in close, "When I make love to you, I don't want to worry about the world burning around us, I only want to care for you." that's kinda sweet, in a naughty kinda way, I guess.

She hugged him tightly, "Danger adds spice~," she hissed.

"No, Danger adds uncontrolled danger, and uncontrolled danger adds unwanted pain, and unwanted pain knocks me out of the sexy mood, so follow the rules," Nick explained, draping himself over her, it looked like a rabbit holding up a bear.

She pulled away, "FINE! I'll follow the rules! One of these days Walters, I'm gonna wear something you can't say no to and going to be relaxing by the fire. You'll break, you always do~." She gave him a peck and sat next to me.

"No doubt but today's not that day." he turned to Tali, "So what do you say?"

Tali, looked like a fish out of the water, "I-I-I-I never, with a group, uh, I'm, very new to this. Not even with one person."

"Tali~," Nick drawled, catching her attention, flashing her a Credit chit, "Renegade or paragon~?" Nick gave the ultimatum.

"I... Do I need to pay you back if I don't use it all?" she asked looking at the chit.

"Absolutely not," he answered without missing a beat. "The money is all yours."

"What if I lie and give it to some Quarians who need money?"

Nick shrugged, "If that's what you want, I'm not going to stop you, I'm not going to even blame you. Helping others is a very mortal thing to do," He lifts her right hand and places the chit in her palm. "But sometimes Tali, you deserve something for all your troubles, maybe a cute dress, dinner at a fancy restaurant, a night out clubbing, maybe you just wanna buy something dumb, something for your eyes only~. Besides you look like a goody-two shoes, you couldn't keep it a secret for long. Part of me wants you to be selfless~, I can imagine you in a sun dress~." It took me a second to see it, but she would look good in a sundress, maybe light lavender.

"What if I need to buy something for the ship?" Tali asked. "Is it selfless to buy something that will keep me alive?"

"Ohhh~, trying to find a loophole already, I like it, but~," he gave her another chit, "That one has 300,000, buy whatever you think the Normandy needs, on me~."

"Whoa~, that's a lot of money~," I muttered. "You could buy a nice apartment in the presidium for that."

"You're just giving this to me?" Tali looked flabbergasted.

Nick shrugged, "What do I care for money? I'm not sure if you know this but giant space robots are going to try and kill us all, what good is money going to do? No, I think wasting it on things we need is far more important than having it in a bank. Besides don't we need to upgrade the ship some more? I'm pretty sure we need tools for that, I suggest you talk with Gabby, Donney, and Lia, go have fun with the engineering crew, and buy what you need to keep us alive." He shooed her toward the other engineers, before sitting back down, to finish his cereal.

"Just like that?" I asked. "You throw thousands of Creds to a young woman and shoo her away?"

He shrugged, "We are about to hit pay dirt, what does a few hundred thousand Creds for? Besides, we are on a suicide mission, shouldn't we have the best of the best, be paid like they're the best of the best. I'm still looking forward to my beach retirement~," he had a big pervy smile on his face.

He's definitely thinking of ladies in bikinis, "you're incorrigible~," I huffed. He just smirked.