*Athan stumbles over the corpses of demons and monsters to rejoin the others*

Athan: Hey guys..... oh.

*Athan looks down at the grim scene unfolding and says quiet.*

*Jason looks at Scatty, and frowns.*
Jason: She stood against one of my best eversor assassins in hand to hand combat. No.. I don't like liabilities, end her.
*Looks over at Athan, and frowns.*
Jason: Not the best introduction... But please excuse us.

*Athan looks grimly at Scatty, still struggling in Horus' grip*

Athan: Don't worry about it... This looks a lot like a virus I encountered a few years back in the Craetian system - The poor thing, or what's left of 'it' is likely in pain. Whatever your decision, end it quickly.

*The soldier nods curtly and turns to afford the three space to deliberate.*

*Horus sighs, the giant 9ft birdheaded Elder looks down on a the small Irish Warrior Maid*
Horus: Scatty is... I don't know. I don't think we have the right to end whatever this may be. I say we let her family decide. Jason, are you keeping tabs on the Morrigan and Cal?


*Scathach struggles against Horus's grip, hissing and howling*
Scatty: [Let....meee...goooo! Hungreeee!

*In the kitchen there is a plate of warm muffins with a welcome card sitting next to them, addressed to Athan. The muffins have blueberries in them. They also happen to be sitting next to a completely unremarkable potted cactus.*

*Athan walks off, internally shaken at the precarious situation with Scatty. The soldier makes for the kitchen, his stomach grumbling.*

Athan: Are those muffins?

*The exiled Astartes reads the note next to the plate, smiling to himself in the face of such anonymous kindness*

*Athan takes a bite, and absentmindedly eyes a small cactus on the table. He reaches out feeling compelled to touch it, before flashbacks to the arid campaigns of the Anozira Core stay his hand*

Athan: Hmmmm.... blueberries.

*The soldier graciously walks off with a muffin.*

*Marla nodded thanking Jason and finaly manages to treat Dira properly and leaves her to rest before getting own neck and face injuries tended to quickly. *

...

*Marinalia looks worried for Dira as carried past to med facility's and Marla is injured.*
*notices the warrior has returned too. Curious but wary about the stranger*
...

*Furia is carried by Gharn and looks over at Morgan*
Gharn... Morgan... Something wrong... Hurt but not hurt...

...

*Maria rests in her room, and lies back thinking about things n such*

*Athan returns to his room having finished his muffin. The soldier removes the scavenged tatters of his power armor and cloak, revealing two jagged scars running down the length of his back. A pointed and intricate mark is tattooed on the man's left arm*

Athan: (Perhaps tonight, perhaps a dreamless sleep)

*The warrior lays down to rest*

*Hanna takes of her helmet and runs out towards the kitchen having run out of water to drink*

*She splutters the whole way to the kitchen*

*Kara keeps holding Maiev and kisses the top of her head again*
*doesn't say anything else and just lets Maiev cry, even though it hurts her to see Maiev like this*

*Nero walks into the main room and sees Scatty being held up by Horus, assuming that they're there*
N: She a Devil?

*Wade teleports into the kitchen and leans against a wall*
DP: Cleanup on aisle four.

*Iris sees Hanna in passing and quickly turns to follow her*
Iris: Hanna? It's okay... I mean... it's not but.. we're safe...
*She's pretty upset over Scatty's turning and is trying not to cry*


*Gharn stops, panting heavily and drops them both*
Gharn: Morgan... What is the matter?
*Morgan shakes his head and just shivers*


*Someone is trying to get in contact with Aerin*


*Horus is in Dria's family's set of rooms rn*

*Aerin is still sleeping, dreaming about fething a succubus, and growls when he hears a voice trying to reach him*
A: Leave me the feth alone. I'm busy.

*A deep male voice chuckles menacingly and a pair of glowing yellow cat's eyes swim into Aerin's vision, otherwise clouded in darkness*
Voice: Aerin of Mulbrydale, I require your services.

*Aerin folds his arms over his chest as the succubus disappears from his dream*
A: Could've knocked. What do you want?

*The cheshire smile of a big cat appears in the cloud of darkness*
Voice: I have been trying to contact you for several days, but my powers were drained, and this place... It disrupted my communication attempts. You may have... suffered some unpleasant nights due to this, for which I am sorry.
*He has the decency to sounds apologetic*
Voice: However I have much I can offer in compensation, all you have to do is acquire a few little things and bring them to me personally...

*Hanna skulls a few cups of water*

*she looks back at Wade and her eyes fill with happiness*

*She runs up to wade and hugs him*

*Furia*

Hurt... But no blood... No monster hurt Morgan body.
Mate...Dira hurt?

*Furia looks somewhat confused by events*
Get back to hall? Wait?

...

*Marilania goes to main room worried for Dira and waves to whoever about before lieing down on a sofa half napping*

...

*Marla stays with Dira keeping a eye on her as still had a serious injury despite treatment and not taking chances*
Ooc gotta go so that neatens my character positions. A tad.

*Iris is for once happy to see Wade when she sees Hanna so happy.*
Iris: (D'aww...) Hello Wade!


*Gharn grabs Morgan's shoulders*
Gharn: Morgan! What's going on!?
*Morgan shakes his head*
Morgan: [size-=9]We gotta... go... Dria...[/size]
*Reinvigorated Gharn lifts Morgan easily and looks back at Furia*
Gharn: Try to keep up.
*Starts running towards the base again*

*Aerin sighs*
A: Be more specific. I'm not some thug for hire. Witchers are better than that.
*doesn't give a feth if the voice is apologetic or not*

*Wade giggles and returns the hug*
DP: How ya doing kiddo?

*Hanna looks up at Wade*

Hanna: Better n-now. Some p-people started fighting! I-I w-wanted to help...

*Furia nods and keeps a steady pace behind Gharn, and jogs along probbly not as fast but more a long distance hunter than outright sprinter*

Da... Mate. Get to her.

*The voice chuckles again*
Voice: You are to acquire a few things for me. In return, you shall be rewarded with whatever you desire. Money, weapons, power, women, it can be yours if you get me these items.
I require the Heart of a God or Goddess, the Blood of a Half-Breed, the eye of a Immortal and the Tears of a Goddess.
*He chuckles menacingly*
Voice: And that dream you were having before I managed to breech your skull? I can make that a reality as well, but for that, I want one more thing. Bring me the woman you were with when you first met my pet Jirah. I would like to punish her for causing me so much trouble.
*The vision begins to fade*
Voice: Do this for me Aerin, and you shall have rewards beyond imagination.


*Iris smiles and doesn't intrude further on Wade and Hanna, instead going to the kitchen*

*Aerin growls again*
A: How can I trust you? You're either a mage or a Djinn, and I hate both of them. All I see are smoke and mirrors, not gold or women.

*Wade nods*
DP: There will be more fights. Demons or some gak if you get bored.

*Hanna frowns at Wade*

Hanna: Y-you know I don't like fighting.

*She looks at Wade's arm*

Hanna: C-can I have a bite?...

*Jason frowns at Horus.*
Jason: I have the right to end whoever I please, I am the master of assassins, and you are correct I own this base meaning, so no don't wait for her family to arrive end her.
*He looks annoyed.*
Jason: Why torture her family with seeing her like this anyways, give her fething peace. By the throne she deserves it.

---

*Red figures army swells in numbers, robots, mutants, demons, and all sorts of other strange beings form a huge base of operations.*
*The red figure sits on a throne of skulls surveying it all.*

---
*Gunslingers work out.*

---
*Gaunter O'Dimm appears next to Aerin.*
Gaunter: Now, now, now Osiris... making deals when you still owe me so much is... very foolish.
*He turns to Aerin.*
Gaunter: Besides, a unremarkable witcher such as Aerin has no chance of recovering these items.

*Aerin snarls at Gaunter*
A: I'm done with sorcerers. I can do everything that you wanted, as long as you have the coin to pay me for it.

*Wade giggles and nods*
DP: Bon appetit!
*puts an hand on Hanna's shoulder and teleports her away from the others so she can eat in private*

*Nero wanders around the base to find something to do, cause he's bored af*

*Furia jogs along after Gharn and follows the were lions route stopping from time to time to erase the trail as much as she can to make it harder to track. *

*slower than Gharn but she more careful*

...

*Marinalia waves to wade before he vanishes*
Hey. Afternoon.

*lays back on sofa still somewhat worried for Dira and greets anyone who is new*

...

*Marla stays with Dira until she wakes up as wants to make sure she looked after*

...

*The Voice laughs*
Voice: Can you truly trust anything you see in a dream? Very well, if you want proof...
*The Tiger Shaman from much earlier swims into view. He sits in a damaged looking hall on a throne carved ornately from wood. Off to the right are several chests full of gold and jewels, and he's surrounded by half-naked women, all wearing slave collars*
Tiger: Bring me these items, and you may take what you wish from me.
*He gestures to the gold*
Tiger: Money,
*He gestures to the slaves*
Tiger: Women,
*He gestures to himself*
Tiger: Or I can give you power, beyond your own respectable Witcher capabilities.
*The Tiger then frowns at Gaunter and shifts slightly on his image-thrown*
Tiger: Osiris? What do you know of him? Who are you?
*The Tiger frowns slightly*
Tiger: Hm... You trust my... employee to little. I have faith he shall succeed.
*He nods to Aerin*
Tiger: Coin, and whatever else you may desire. JIrah was not my only pet.
*He clicks his fingers and vanishes from the dreamscape*



*Horus looks between Scatty and Jason several times*
Horus: I... You are indeed right Jason. We shouldn't let them see her like this... I"ll take care of it though, I'll do it cleanly...
*He reaches out and quickly snaps Scatty's neck, Scatty's head goes limp, but yet still her body struggles.*
*Horus looks shocked*
Horus: I don't... That should have done it! Every bone in her neck is broken! She can't still be moving like this!
*He drops her to the ground where she lands clumsily*
*Horus then aims a kick at her but she darts to one side, frantically looking around for a exit as her head moves loosely of it's own accord on her shoulders*


*Iris sits in the kitchen with a mug of coffee and a book*


*Gharn is on approach to the base*


*Morri and Cal are heading North again, back towards the base*


*Billy and Black Hawk have slowed and are trying to see what's what with the Red Army while also trying not to die*

*Marinalia looks over to Iris*

You have any idea what went on there? Sense.. It is not making.
Blood, injuries, what looked like bite marks on Marlas neck...

*shudders slightly as vampires should be a mythical thing and just reserved to books*
Of all things this planet not gained Dracula too?

*Furia tries to keep up with Gharn but lags behind abit as trying to cover the tracks more than the worried were lord*

*Scatty's frantic attempts to escape knock the ironwood stake that was lying on the floor into Horus and Jason's field of view.*

*Athan awakens and slowly rolls out of bed with a sigh, donning a faded cloak over his shoulders*

*He opens the door and moves out into the compound, spotting a disfigured Scatty darting to and fro. Athan promptly closes the door*

Athan: (Nope. Not today satan.)

*Athan removes an ornate dagger from his belt and twirls it in his fingers, keeping one eye on the door. The soldier calmly leans against his bedpost and begins to hum*

Athan: ...and he sang as we watched and waited til' his billy boiled, 'you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me'....

*Iris looks over at Marilania and shakes her head sadly*
Iris: I... no Maril, it was Scatty...


*Gharn bursts into the base and Morgan slides weakly of his shoulder*
Gharn: Dria!? Dria where are you?!
*Starts towards Dria's room with Morgan tailing weakly*

*Hanna tucks into Wade's arm and enjoys his taste far more then her own*

*After she finishes she look up at Wade*

Hanna: T-thank you...

*Aerin sits up after finally walking up*
A: Hate sorcerers...
*actually is relieved that the mage isn't human, but still wouldn't hesitate to stab him*
*The Witcher then grabs a small book from his pouch and begins to write notes down, along with drawing a picture of the shaman*

*Wade nods and teleports Hanna back into the kitchen*
DP: Kein ding.
*rubs his hands together and looks around*
DP: Ich sollte desayuno essen. You have fun, kiddo. My author's probably gonna be busy for awhile.

*Hanna nods to Wade then grabs herself something to clean her face with*

*Marilania*

Dang. Scatty..vampire..
She was cold at times but also still not some kinda primal beast...

*hears minor commotion *
Think they need answers, well best we can give.

Marla was planning to stay with Dira till she felt risk of .. Remission was over.

*Follows the noise*

...

*Furia is not far off the base and keeps a steady pace on last leg back stopping every so often to wipe out her trails best she can*

...

*Marla napping in a arm chair in med area just incase needed as not taking any chances with Dira*

*Gharn and Morgan are frantically looking around the main room*
Gharn: Dria!? Where is Dria?!
*They both start running towards The Family's rooms*


*Morri and Cal are on their way back*


*Iris sighs sadly*
Iris: I know... She was a good friend...
*Wipes away a few tears and hears Gharn shouting*
Iris: Wait, is that Gharn?!

*Marilania offers Iris a hug despite being quite abit shorter before seeing them run by*

Sorry..
*sighs*
She seems not to be the friend you knew anymore.


Gharn and Morgan...
Oh... Twinsense... *remembers * Morgan. Now it makes some sense..
*relises Morgan has a temper at times and sees danger on someone else's base*
Oh.. No...

*Hanna isn't a fan of the shouting and she sneaks off to her room*

*She takes the star wars novel with her and sit on her bed*

*She stars reading it*

*Morgan turns when he sees Maril and stops Gharn from going further*
Morgan: W-where... is...she?
*His voice trembles as he speaks*
*Gharn transforms back into human form and looks extremely worried*


*Iris stands and follows Maril*

*Marlin is breaks hug and hugs Morgan*

*looks rather nervous telling Gharn and Morgan*
Umm... Dira.. She got hurt in a crossfire... Lotta trouble happened.

Scatty was.... She not Scatty... Fight... Assassins, Marla got hurt defending Dira. I only know bits.
Bad things. Marla is taking care of her in the med facility.

*sighs*
Sorry...

*Morgan accepts the hug*
Morgan: What crossfire!?
*Gharn and Morgan both go pale*
Gharn: Take us to her.
Morgan: Now!
*He breaks the hug and waits anxiously for Maril as he doesn't know where the medcenter is*

*Marinalia nervously *

Sure... I think...
Marla was there...she know it.

Scatty ... Well she attacked Marla, then assains.. There was gunfire..shrapnel.
Just...no trouble... Marla had to talk very politely to get her the medical care she got.

*leads them down to the med centre following route Marla took then finds the imperial medical symbol*
There..

*Gharn and Morgan burst into Dria's room*
*Upon seeing her lying on the bed, all bandaged up, Morgan groans and turns away, where as Gharn simply pulls a chair up and sits patiently, occasionally stroking her forehead*
*Morgan closes his eyes and grits his teeth*
Morgan: This is all their blasted fault... and mine...

*Marla looks over waking up sharply and jolting*
hey ,,, guess you want answers..

Scatty...Dira asked me to help, she was weak,, tried to save her, died.

stayed with her till morning then Scatty was stood there but not scatty, tried to kill me and drink my blood. it was a monster... not Scatty we knew
probbly would of, Assains saw the fight and there was shrapnal off bolt shells... Dira...

Horus dealing with her last i saw. i treated Dira.

...

Marinalia looks very concerned*
how... you cannot protect everyone,,,

*marla sighs*
it took Horus to restrain Scatty... i did best.. she was.. primal.. hissng.. a beast.

*Morgan looks down at his sister again*
Morgan: Scatty... is she dead?

*marla*

she... died. i tried to save her but she was too weak..
she was in a Coma too long... nothing would revive her..

Then... she woke up. hissing... beastial, feral..
but still her skills. black blood...

no.. Horus had her held in check.. they where deciding what to with her.. she alive,... its not your Aunt anymore though, sorry.

*marinalia stays close to Morgan quietly nervous about it all, and feeling like she failed too*

*Morgan smarls*
Morgan: I'll kill her myself then. Unless...
*He looks at Maril*
Morgan: Unless your Aunt wants to. She was hurt too...

*Marinalia slightly uncomfetable at having to ask the question and this version of Morgan. *

you.. you want to pass the sentence? on Scatty.

*Marla thinks then holds her cool*
its a elder matter. il leave it tto your people to decide the judgement..

*frowns slightly*
long as its done cleanly... beast, or no beast, you lot do it clean.

*Morgan glances at Maril with a intense look on his face*
Morgan: You told me she wasn't Scatty anymore, whatever she is needs to be put down,
*Gharn has been ignoring all this, focused entirely on Dria*
*Morgan looks at Maril*
Morgan: Clean as can be. Can I borrow your bolt pistol?

*Marinalia slides out a black compact bolt pistol with scratched up paint work showing the metal below and fiarly plain hand grips but marked with a Dark red "M O" sized for a smaller hand*

*hands over the fairly heavy pistol that is far plainer than the more fancy model that is Marlas with her own coat of arms engraved into grips*

I did.. but i do not enjoy someone elses death regardless of circumstance.
Safety is on the right... pull back the slide to load first round.

recoil is fair... its loaded .75 HE with modified barrel to counter recoil.

...

*Marla gives him a careful look*
be careful Morgan, you indeed have a dark side...

*Morgan nods grimly to Maril*
Morgan: If what I heard is true, then it's not Scatty I'm going to be shooting, it's going to be some fething monster parading about in her body.
*He looks over at Marla*
Morgan: This thing needs to be destroyed, look at your neck. It nearly killed you

*Marinalia nods*

im not stopping you... its your family... your people and laws. i agree but out of requirement not any joy.

i just would rather not become too ... too much a friend of death beast, person or savage.

*marla nods*
aye, but i know of what my neice speaks of. id rather her not follow my path.
Justice should be done properly or not at all.

*both go to leave Gharn to it amd have some time*
Hit the alarm if needed.

*Athan looks at the runes and hieroglyphs on his knife as he finishes carving up his left-rear bedpost into the visage of a jaguar.*

Athan: (Just like home....)

*The last Aetare traces the tattoo on his left forearm and turns to work out on the other side of the room*

*Marinalia leave Gharn some privacy for a time along with Marla ao he can spend some time with Dira *

...

*Furia finally makes her way back to the base after trying to erase her paths and gharns as best possible for security*

*Walks back into base and goes to grab a coffee greeting anyone she finds and fives a frustrated look as they found out so little*

*Morgan gently kisses his sister's forehead and goes to find Scatty*


*Gharn sits silently waiting for Dria to awaken almost like Hachiko waited for his master*

*Furia looks round for anyone to pass on the news on the seeming new force on the planet*

Where is halls Lord?
Strange events happen in woods.


..

*Marla nods and leaves Gharn to it taking Marlil with her*
*Marinalia sighs as seen that scene too many times and secretly glad she ain't the one in the chair and that the boys where out int he woods at the time*

*looks over to Mprgan headed to his grim task*
Remember not forget ... Well you...

*heads off with Marla to main area*

*Chitin plate grows, and covers Jason. A bone sword erupts from where his arm was, and his legs misshape, and look similar to a kroot warrior.*
*He dashes forward, and rams his blade into Scatty's side.*
*The blade shatters sending living shards of Jason worming there way through Scatty.*

---
*Gunslingers keep working out, and evil red robbed figures army sits and waits.*

*Scatty howls with a inhuman sound and falls back*
*She backs against a wall, cornered and snarling*
*Her cuts and other wounds from her fight with Marla, and later Emma are already closing*
*Horus stares at Jason*
Horus:...What the feth are you!?
*Looks back at Scatty for a moment and makes sure to block the door to the room*


*Morgan nods*
Morgan: I won't... Don't worry Maril... I just...
*His shoulders slump and his voice becomes hollow as the weight of what's happened begins to sink in*
Morgan: I just... she needs to be taken care of....


*Gharn sits silently with Dria*


*Iris sits at the kitchen table, waiting for Horus or news of something*

*Marilania turns round and sighs looking both serious and downbeat*

If I thought this was not a act that had to be done. Id be first to tell you... But I can't...

Its your choice.. I won,t think lesser either way. . Nore can I make it for you.

*goes to slowly follow Marla with a lingering look back*

...

*Furia looks round room to find someone who might be able to tell what she saw*

Anyone... We go out, there was red lighting, storms. Shape of strange machines in sky...things... Something come to world.. Bad... Not know what ..

*Jason shards through out Scatty's body start to consume her biomass.*
Jason: I am the the emperors sheathed dagger, ready to strike when he needs me..
*His right hand shifts into something similar to a tyranid fleshborer, and sprays a burst at her.*
*A single fleshy red eye sits in the center of Jason' armored head, it stares unblinking at Scatty.*
Jason:Make sure she to cover the door.

*Scatty hisses, not seeming to be in any pain*
*The shards are finding it both difficult to burrow, and that the black ooze that seems to have replaced her blood seems to be fighting them off. Acting almost like acid, white blood cells, and poison all a the same time*
*SCatty's dead eyes stare back at Jason then dart around, still looking for a way out.*


*Horus nods and goes to block the door only to have Morgan try and move past him*
Horus: Morgan?! What are you doing! Go tend to your sister!
*Morgan keeps futilely trying to shove past the massive Earthlord.*
Morgan: NO! I have to do this! She's dangerous, and needs to be stopped!
*Horus turns his back to Scatty*
Horus: I know, but that's what we're doing.
*Morgan keeps fighting*
Morgan: No! I need to do this! It... It should be family!
*If Horus could bite his lip in thought, he would. Instead he frowns, and starts to consider Morgan's words*


*Iris looks alarmed at Furia*
Iris: W-what?! We've got to tell someone! Quickly, come with me!
*She stands up and head towards the room with Jason, Scatty, Horus and Morgan in it*

*Furia follows*

Yes... Not know who tell. Many strangers here.
Gharn run. Billy.. Black hawk stayed behind.
Morgan.. Strange. Hurt not hurt...
*sighs as much she cannot possibly understand going on*

...

*Marinalia and Marla head back to the main area*
*wave to Iris looking concerned but also both worried for Dora but little Marla can do more to help her and just needs rest*

*Athan hears the commotion outside and makes sure his bolter is loaded and ready. In the corner of the room, and ornate chainsword leans against the wall*

Athan: (I pray that beast isn't contagious. Flaws of the blood are rarely isolated, and always end the same...).

*The mark of the Aetare burns on his arm as he makes for the door with a sigh*

*Furia sees the commotion including Morgan wirh Marinalias gun and Horus from corridor as they enter*

Something up....
Not look right.

*Athan enters the corridor and maintains his position to create a firepoint from witch to reinforce Morgan if necessary*

Athan: That's it - mind the fangs.

*Athan mutters a blessing in his native tongue, praying what's left of Scatty finds peace*

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*Hanna walks out of her room to grab another drink*

*Curt has finally decided to leave his room and figure out what the noise is all about*

*Iris pokes her head in to the room*
Iris: Uh-uh, When you're d-done.... There's something going on on the planet...
*Horus turns in alarm*
Horus: Iris no! Stay back!
*Scatty makes a dash for the door*
*Morgan growls and fires twice*
*Horus wraps himself around Iris to protect her but both shots go wide, taking chunks outta the wall*
Morgan: NO! Stop her before she hurts someone!
*Goes to chase after Scatty who's running about, looking for a exit*

*Marla notices Curt heading in troubles direction*
Hey.

Umm that trouble...
Vampire issues. *turns head revealing neck has some medical bandage taped over injury*

Seemed to think I was a snack.. Lucky for me Horus showed up.
Horus, Jason seem to be handling it mostly.

*Marilania waves over to Hanna *
Morning. Don,t worry, they seem to have trouble contained for now.

*Hanna jumps at the sound of gunshots and runs back to her room*

*Curt looks over at Marla but has to jump back to avoid a charging Hanna*

Curt: Hey!...

*He watches Hanna run off before looking back at Marla*

*Curt walks towards Marla*

Curt: Vampire huh... Has it been fed? Or is it the kill everything kind?

*Scatty bursts into the main room, looking around frantically and hissing*
*She spots Curt, Marla and Maril and snarls*
Scatty: HUNGREEEE!
*She runs towards them, snarling*


*Morgan gives chase*


*Horus relaxes his grip on Iris*
Horus: Iris!? Are you alright!?
*Iris nods shakily*
Iris: I-I, yeah, yeah. But the others! Hanna!
*She slips from his grasp and starts towards the Kitchen*
Iris: Hanna!?
*Horus chases after her*
Horus: Iris no! It's dangerous!

*Marla*

No... Its a beast, it ain't human. Kill it.
Marlin get behind me...

*draws pistol and begins to unload the magazine into Scatty with more practice than Morgan*

...

*Marinalia*
Oh hell... *reaches for pistol relising she gave it to Morgan and draws sword causing blade to arc with energy*

...

*Furia follows iris and looks on*
*not sure what she is but can see that's not a human either *

Monster... *notices*
People in room often..
danger.

*Hanna calls from her room*

Hanna: I-I'm o-o-ok!

*Curt instinctively draws his gun and aims it at Scatty's head*

Curt: Look vampire lady, I know you're "HUNGREEE!" and al-.

*He has to roll to the side to avoid the charging Scatty*

Curt: Come on! Work with me on this!

*Curt is fairly sure he is screwed if he can't think of something quick*

Curt: (Vampire movies, vampire movies, vampire movies! What the feth am I going to do!)

*He hopes that Marla can give him enough time to think of a plan*

*Iris screeches to a halt*
Iris: I- Just stay in there! It's not safe! Furia! Please just make sure she's not hurt!
*Turns to go *

*Horus squeezes through the door and follows after Iris, though she's much faster than he is*


*Scatty dives to the side, then howls and looks around for both food and a exit.*
*She snarls, ducks under a coffee table then hurls a book at Marla*
Scatty: HUNGREEE!

*Morgan runs into the room and takes aim, but there are too many people and he doesn't trust himself to shoot*

*Furia walks up to door realising its the kid from main room*

I..you alright?
Not hurt?

*concerned as a kid caught up in this mess*

...

*Marla gets stunned a second and loses track before swapping to swords as pistol empty and no time to reload with paired power swords and not holding back this time *

Food we ain't bitch.
Maybe youl be dead properly if I take your head.

...

*Marinlia is backed behind with her sword more nervous as less skilled vs the vampire scatty*

*visible to Morgan and holding a hand a half sword tpw handed defensively*

*Hanna stays curled up in her room*

*Curt looks around frantically*

Curt: (Think think think! Umm! Blood! yes! Bait!? I guess! just need something sharp...)

*He looks around for something sharp, he finds a glass cup and smashes it. He then picks up one of the jagged pieces and holds it to his wrist*

Curt: This is going to suck...

*He hisses in pain as he cuts downwards along his arm making a large wound for blood to spill out*

Curt: (I hope I picked the right vampire movie...)

*Athan curses under his breath as he holds his fire and gives chase to scatty*

Athan: I'm just gonna take a guess and say that collateral damage isn't an option here? If you're not packing heat, then hit the deck!

*Athan levels his gun at Scatty and fires. A well-placed round strikes the vampire's leg, but only momentarily hampers her.*

Athan: Who's in charge around here? Do we have anything that can stop this thing?

*Scatty hisses and whirls around in a frenzy, fixed on Curt*

A voice shouts over the commotion, though it appears to come from several locations at once, "OPEN ANY DRAWER OR CUPBOARD! YOU WILL FIND A WOODEN STAKE, SOME GARLIC, AND SEVERAL VARIETIES OF HOLY WATER! USE THEM!*

*Scatty stops mid movement and her eyes go wide as she sees and smells the blood. If she could still drool, she'd be drooling worse than a Saint Bernard dog*
Scatty: Uhhhh... Mmmm...
*She hurls herself at Curt and tries lapping and sucking on his wrist, making small omnomnom noises as she does so*
*She's totally focused on feeding and nothing else, ignoring everything else, and doesn't even flinch as she get's shot in the leg*


*Iris runs into the main room*
Iris: Oh no! Curt what've you done?!

*Horus speeds up as he hears Iris cry out and thinks something's seriously wrong*


*Morgan curses*
Morgan: Don't let her get to you! She's dangerous!
*He would consider shooting if it weren't for the fact he's seen first hand the effects of AoE from boltguns*


OOC: Hey Aetare, I know you meant well and it's all good buddy, but we tend to post for our own character,s or do things like *character X attempts to shoot character Y* to allow for the authors to not preempt each other.
Like I said, it's all good, but posting things like Scatty automatically getting hit in the leg, while fine now, might not be at other times.

*Curt hisses in pain more as his wound is tampered with*

*Can barely focus because of the pain*

Curt: (At least its not on my nec- GAH feth THIS HURTS!)

*He can't really do anything against the strength of a vampire*

Curt: GAH DAMMIT!

*Hanna whimpers not being very responsive as she is very scarred*

*Scatty isn't really biting so much as just slurping up what's spilling out like a man who's spent 12 hours in the hot sun with no water*
Scatty: MmmnomslurpomnomMMSGOODsluuuuurp.
*Horus reaches the main room and growls, he runs towards Scatty and Curt*
Horus: Curt what did you do!?
*He runs towards Scatty and tries to pull her off Curt. She's latched on tightly, still lapping up his lifeblood.*
Horus: Curt! Shoot her with your good arm! In the head!
*He can't yank too hard without pulling Curt along too*


*Iris runs to find the Holy Water, Garlic and Stake*

Ooc yeah. It tends to save salt, its part just to keep the peace.
No worries though

Bic

*Marinalia looks over at Morgan *
Your gonna not like this...

*Marla*
Marlin..
*gets beaten to jump*

*bears Marla to the jump and tries to behead scatty with a blow to the neck while distracted to try and stop her hurting Curt*

*Generally relies on fact most things die if you attack head or neck and... Ok. Not known ic but in Dracula this was listed as way to kill a vampire....*

...

*Furia hears and sits against door*
Don,t worry... Guard the door. You be safe.

*sings in her native language to try and calm her down and knows she cannot do gak vs vampire but more for Hana than anything*

Curt: I'm trying to see if she'll calm down after she's had something to eat!

*Curt has his gun in his hand and continues letting Scatty drink*

Curt: But I'm getting kinda woozy!...

*Curt starts to black out*

*Scatty howls in pain as her neck is cut, but the wound isn't deep, and begins to heal before everyone's eyes. She seems to be empowered by the blood*
*She finally lets Curt go and tries to leap for Marla, only to be stopped by Horus*
*Horus grabs her by the leg and hurls her through a couch. The Couch snaps in half. She rises from the ruined couch, slots her arm back into it's socket, fixes her neck and hisses*
Scatty: I'm still hungry! ...Give me more food!
*She's speaking far more clearly now*
*Horus plants himself firmly between Scatty and the others*
Horus: Scatty-
Scatty: STOP CALLING ME THAT! I'm not 'Scatty'! She's dead!

*Morgan nods*
Morgan: Yes, and so are you.
*He aims and fires at Not-Scatty, hitting her in the chest and knocking her back, leaving a crater in her chest that bleeds black ooze*


*Iris is terrified and quickly scoots back towards Hanna's room*

*Curt lays on the ground*

Curt: C-can I get a hand. And possibly a "I told you so".

*Curt lays back looking rather pale from all the blood loss*

*Hanna has put her helmet/mask back on*

*Marla sighs*

That was a bad plan... Your a brave fool Curt...
*grabs a med kit and starts tratinf the cut on his arm keeping a eye on Scatty relying on Horus to defend*

..

*Marinalia backs up behind Horus to Morgan with sword still out defensively as also knows safe with Horus*

No.. Your not Scatty! Your meant to be dead. What the hell are you.
And aim for head. She noticed the blow to neck.

...

*Furia is singing softly in native toungie trying to calm Hanna even if not do much she least trying to somthing*

*Not-Scatty hisses weakly*
Not-Scatty:Hungry... so... hungry.... You first... in ages... Scathach not like. When she eat real food, she let me out... But now I out forever! It mine!
*She stands, swaying unsteadily as her wound bleeds black ooze and slowly starts to heal and looks at the humans*
*She staggers a few steps towards them, hissing all the while*
Not-Scatty: Hungry.... So hungry... for so long.....


*Horus helps Curt to stand*
Horus: What the feth? Who are you!? What are you!?


*Not Scatty snarls weakly and looks at Maril*
Not-Scatty: I am the first Baobhan sith! I am Neala the Shadow!
*Horus stares blankly*
Horus: Uh, never heard of you.
*Neala stamps her foot in fury and howls in rage*
Neala: I never come out! She never let me! But I out now! Now I feast! Want food!
*She starts to circle the group slowly, seemingly not feeling the crater in her chest*

*Curt thinks*

Curt: Hey. Didn't t-the demon's make giant blood fountains? I think I remember seeing one on the trip up the mountain...

*He hangs his head*

Curt: Feth I need the lay down..

*Marilania stays close to Horus and Mprgan still rather defensive if more calm worh them*
I'm quite attached to my blood.
You class us as prey.. We tend to not be hunted without fighting back. Horus... You are older than we are... What's your judgement.

*Marla helps Curt up as well and offers a shoulder to lean on*
Come on.. Not your brightest move Curt...

*turns to Neala coldly*
You tried to kill me, excuse me if I'm sceptical.

*turns to help Curt to his room of zerg wants as I gotta go drive now and Horus cana handle gak*

*Curt get back to his room with the help of Marla then flops onto his bed to sleep*

*Hanna calms down slightly but keeps her helmet on*

*Neala cocks her head at Marla*
Neala: Kill? I guess I did... I was hungree! Still am hungree!
*She wipes some imaginary drool from her mouth*
Neala: H-h-hungree....
*She shudders and stairs at the bloodied Curt. She unconsciously reaches towards Curts arm, a look of longing on her face*
Neala: So good... want more.... Please? Just a little bit...
*She licks her limps and takes a half-step towards Curt*

*Morgan aims the gun again as Horus growls*
Horus: You stay where you are. Baobhan sith h? I know your kind.
*He looks back at the others*
Horus: Mix a Succubus and a Vampire and she's what you get. They prey upon humans.

Neala: Prey is such a harsh word... I'm just HUNGREE
*On the last word she darts forwards, diving between Horus's legs and tripping up Morgan. She then makes a move to grapple Maril and start feeding on her from whatever skin might be exposed*


*Iris tries to make sure Hanna is okay*
Iris: Hanna?
*she knocks*
Iris: A-are you alright?

Scatty's lunge and subsequent grappling bumps one of the side tables and the cactus on top wobbles, but doesn't quite topple. The same cannot be said for several glass vials filled with liquid and adorned with various religious symbols that were also atop the table. They fall to the ground and break, spreading their contents across the reasonable portion of the room in a fragment-filled splash.

*Marilania gets taken by surprise as she bites into her neck as body armour covers most of her with layers roman style plating as was trying to reach the handy cactus friends holy water*

*drops the sword next to Mprgan and tries to stab her in the side with a combat blade on her hip ramming it deep in about where her heart and lungs should be as trained that it should kill*

Help... *weaker as she biting into neck and painful *

...

*Marla helps Curt*

...

*Furia carries on singing in her unkpwn language softly to calm hanna*

Ooc last post for abit.

*Jason and the assassins stop giving a gak about the scripted fight with Scatty.*
*None of the assassins get hurt by her, and Jason's shards don't die considering his genetic make up is far beyond her sense he is part "everything".*

*The entire veil around the planet disappears as the Prime Evils and Belial get bored with the stagnancy of the room, and teleport off to their own realm to do whatever the feth they like and kill things that don't have plot armour*
*They also return Calluna with no ill effects or memory of the experience because they're totally nice demons*

~

*Joalia dies in her sleep as the demon invasion woke up the slumbering Alien queen, which convinced Joal to kill herself in one single night because she was really vulnerable, so she slit her throat with her tail after drawing "I love you" in the bedside table with her tail, leaving the markings of it*
*She makes sure she falls off of the bed so her acid blood doesn't hurt anyone*

~

*Maiev eventually snaps while she's hugging Kara, cause Belial is a fuckboi and planted some hypnotic suggestions the experienced Elven Warden had never experienced before, and thus was completely susceptible to*
*She manages to focus enough to blink herself into the nearest star, and instantly burns to ash*
*She also had enough control of her consciousness to blink her ring to Kara's bed before she killed herself*

~

*Illidan returns to Outland where he starts a grand crusade with the followers of the Light against the forces of Sargeras*
*In the deep recesses of his temple, there is a very small but humble shrine built into the wall, with a broken Warden's helmet sitting at it's base, which Illidan visits every so often to look at in silence*

~

*Tala gets eaten by a Tigrex while out foraging for (dead)flowers so she can show her appreciation to Brunor*

~

*Gandrea feths with Fel too much and accidentally summons a Doomguard, which promptly executes the unsuspecting warlock with a single blow and has very gorey and messy necrophiliac sex with her body*

~

*Carrie, being the badass dragon she is, foresaw everything and left a while ago*

~

*A single Elite from many, many hundreds of pages ago slips into the assassins base, cause no matter what, their cloaking tech is pretty fething good, even by 40k standards, and looks around*
*He eventually finds Denny working out in her armour in the gym, and sneaks behind her, making so little sound, that even her adeptly tuned ears can't pick it up*
*He spends some time trying to figure out where her vitals are, and eventually gets close enough to her to activate his energy sword, right where her heart is*
*Denny feels the searing pain for a split second, and lets out a single tear, the only one she's ever cried in the room, but she weeps for Jake, cause she knows what he's going to feel*
*She falls over onto her chest, and her life goes by*

*Jake's eyes widen, and he grabs his heart in pain.*
Jake: D-DENNY!?
*The other two gunslingers turn to Jake, and Roland already knows something is wrong.*
*Jake runs to the gym, with speed, and sees Denny laying in a pool of blood. He eyes the Elite with utter rage, and draws his magnum.*
*His rage fuels his supernatural abilities, and fires faster then even Roland, laying the Elite out.*
*He drops his mag, and slowly walks towards Denny, shaking his head unable to accept the loss.*
Jake: No.. No.. No! Please no... please...
*He cradles his beloveds head, looking at her firey red hair, and her single eye.*
*The tower burns in his mind, mocking him, telling him he is nothing more then a pawn of Ka, and he will die for all eternity... without his beloved. He grits his teeth vowing to meet his creator (Gan), and throw his gun to the bastards feet...*
*Jake's Ka-tet breaks, and a coldness fills his heart.*
*Roland and Eddie finally make it to Jake, but don't dare interrupt his grieving.*

---
*Tb and David dispatch the doomguard. Tb gestures to Ganny's violated corpse.*
Tb: Clean this... it offends the green.
*David looks even sadder then before, and goes about the task not cause Tb told him to, but because he felt he owed much to the little warlock.*
*He buries her under a maple tree, which Tb allows.*

---
*Brunor searches high and low for Tala, and when he finds her blood, he losses it.*
*He searches for days for the tigrex, and when he finds him he is battered and bruised.*
*Still without a silversword he has no chance vs the beast, but seems content that the final witcher of the ursine, dies to such a beast.*
Brunor: Better than a human...

OOC: Peace out Vanden, you will be missed.

OOC: Sorry guys I understand the dynamic now; makes it more open-ended which is good. Thanks for bearing with me.

*Athan sighs penitently*

Athan: (I'm too trigger-happy for this...)

*Athan stows his rifle and walks off to clear his mind, embarassed at his own propensity for violence*

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*Hanna looks up when she hears Iris's voice*

Hanna: C-come in...

OOC: Aetare you have been great man, dw about a thing.

OOC: Farewell dear friend. You're contributions were some of the best here. You shall be missed indeed....
And Aetare, like I said earlier, it's all good dude. No worries at all. Looking forward to what your can do!

BiC:

*Iris opens the door and pokes her head in*
Iris: Hanna, are you alright?
*She sees the helmet and frowns worriedly*
Iris: What's that?

*Even though she's liberally splashed with apparent Holy Water it has no affect on her, mostly because she pre-dates Christianity or even Ancient Judaism*
*Morgan doesn't bother with the sword, or the gun, instead kicking Neala in the face as hard as he can*
*She's knocked off of Maril and rolls to her feet only to have to dodge a blow from Horus*
*She hisses and finally sees a exit and darts for it*
*Horus is big and strong, his reactions are lightning fast, but he's not as physically fast as Neala. He gives chase for a while but ultimately she's too fast and escapes him*
*He turns to return to the base*

*Neala begins to wander randomly, searching for food and occasionally groaning from Jason's bits inside her still dealing damage. Although some probably woulda been at least knocked out of her when Morgan shot her with the bolt pistol, she's still got some, eating away at her insides or whatever it is they do.*


*Morgan kneels next to Maril*
Morgan: Oh Danu, oh Danu! Medic! We need a medic!
*Starts putting pressure on the wounds, that while small are about 2 inches deep*

Ooc yeah, you good. We got no issues with you. Your welcome here.

Aye.. We definitely disagreed but I got give ya did some good characters and a few where pretty creative.

...
Bic

*Furia sighs and nods to Iris*
Look after her... Do not know if.. Clans hall area is safe. Be careful.

...

*Marinalia is bleeding fairly badly and obviously in pain*
*pressie helps but your gonna need a med kit to stem the wounds*

*somewhat knocked out from falling to ground and groggy*
*reaches out to Morgan instinctively *

*Scatty also might have Marlins combar blade rammed into her side roughly around her heart or lower torso*

*The two figures keep on aimlessly wandering around the forest*
*Milo is cursing furiously about his failure to bring a halfway decent compass, while his companion stays silently on vigil*

*The first thing Milo's companion notices, is a tree's lower half vanishing, and a series of loud cracks as the air is replaced with the air of an alien world. A distortion instantly spreads across the woods right next to him, as matter is replaced in a scattershot fashion. The companion's arm vanishes, sliced cleanly, as it is replaced with empty air, and is violently thrown backwards as a painfully bright rift opens in the center of the distorting forest.*

*The temperature rises as air particles undergo fission, bisected by the reality-fracture effect. Compasses and GPS systems within a kilometer break, as they attempt to synchronize to the magnetic fields and electrical signals of two worlds at once. Reality itself creaks and twists, as technologies unknown to any Room members force a hole through the interdimensional barrier, channeling nuclear fire into creating an anomaly that defies all sensible physics*

*A clean, alabaster-armored robot steps through the rift, which slams shut behind it, displacing a ripple of pressure that gently rocks the robot and knocks anyone within a few meters off their feet*

++Fracture Successful++
++Microfractor initialized++
++CMC Signal Detected...++
++Bio/Aetheric Signs Detected++
++Preemptive Contact - Initialized...++
++Accessing galactic infonet systems...++

*The robot's blank, slightly charred faceplate turns towards Milo and his wounded companion, and says something incomprehensible*

Synsylquis marytat estylbyr eynkryns?

*the Space Wolf howls in pain as his arm suddenly disappears*
*he then crashes through a tree, snapping it clean in two with the force of his power armored body*
*he rolls several times before coming to a stop several meters away*
*is pretty dazed from crashing into the tree*

*Milo leaps backwards at the robot's appearance and frowns as he fails to comprehend it's speech*
*Milo responds in High Gothic*
I don't understand what you're saying, do you speak High Gothic?
*he lowkey is scanning the area around him for anything that might be able to hurt this thing, as his boarding shotgun that was loaned to him by the Space Wolf serfs ain't gonna do a thing*

*Absolute silence from the robot's blank face*

Oh. Oh no. This project, again? I have been here before, I believe. Do you know me?

*Maria heads out instinct telling her something wrong. *
*heads to main area*

...

*Marla has a odd feeling and plays with wedding ring absent minidly*
Its nothing... Just something I ate...

*the Space Wolf groans in the background and slowly begins getting to his feet*
*he's seeing stars, and is looking extremely wobbly*
*he leans heavily against another tree nearby him as he gets to his feet*

*Milo frowns at the robot's words and looks thoughtful*
I don't know.... I don't even really know who I AM right now, let alone anyone else. Am I supposed to recognize you?
*sends a covert glance backwards at the Space Wolf to see if he's getting to his feet*

Experimental Sapient Crossdimensional Hyperfractor-equipped Exploration Robot - 2251E, at your service.

*Bows, making tiny whirring sounds with mechanized joints*

*Milo frowns upon hearing the robot's name and scans through what's left of his memory to see if the name is ringing any bells*
*so far he's drawing a pretty massive blank*
I'm sorry, I don't remember you. I recently went through.... an ordeal.... that left my memory in tatters. I'm sorry, but if we knew each other before I don't remember any of it.

*the Space Wolf is finally to his feet, and begins slowly walking back towards Milo and the robot*
*he's looking kind of unsteady on his feet as he battles his way through shock*

Ooc night.

You can npc some of med treatment on Marlin if you like OT.

*Milo waits patiently for a response from the robot*
*is covertly scanning the robot with his eyes looking for any possible weak points that he could shoot if need be*
*not having too much luck so far*

*The Space Wolf is still bleeding heavily from what's left of his mangled arm, but the bleeding is beginning to slow as his enhanced feeling starts kicking it to stop the bleeding*
*contemplates drawing his bolt pistol and shooting the robot*

*Watches impassively, downloading files off of the æthernet*

I was attacked, the last time I was here. A biological believed it could defeat my shielding, defensor arrays, and armor. Do not make the same mistake.

*Milo shifts his weight from one foot to another*
By the looks of that armor, I don't think my shotgun would even make a dent, let alone through whatever "shielding" or whatever else you have.
*relaxes slightly*
I'm not nearly that stupid.

*the Space Wolf finally arrives behind Milo*
*gives the robot a suspicious look, but is a bit too battered and woozy from blood loss to even contemplate attacking it*
*the wound has entirely scabbed over by now, and the Space Wolf only has one functional arm now*

No, you couldn't. And I would be forced to retaliate.

*Traverses head around*

What is the current state of affairs?

*Milo shrugs*
You know about as much as I do. I just recently crash-landed on this planet with my friend here.
*gestures back at the Space Wolf behind him*
From what little we saw before we bounced off the ground, a nearby village has been burnt to the ground, along with some massive complex that was located nearby. Other than that we know nothing.

Are you capable of walking? We must locate other sentients. This entire place is full of... anomaly. It was not like this before. I am equipped with limited weaponry. A single repeating maser, nanophage dispersor, and 2500N Impulsors.

*Milo nods once*
We're both capable of walking.
*shudders at the word "anomaly"*
Great. Just what I needed.

*the Space Wolf is still looking kind of queasy from having his arm and part of his shoulder ripped off, so he stays quiet.*

*Surveys the damaged Space Wolf*

Are you in optimal condition?

*Turns to Milo*

And are you capable of fighting?

*the Space Wolf grunts and looks at the stump of his arm/shoulder*
I'm doing just fine. An augment and some rest will see me doing just fine. I can fight just fine until then.
*he then checks his bolt pistol with his remaining good hand*

*Milo nods and his hands tighten on his shotgun*
I think I may have been a soldier at one point. I picked up this weapon and I just.... knew... how to use it from the moment I picked it up. So yeah, I can fight.

Human soldiers. Still a novel concept. Where are you going?

*Milo glances around*
To be honest we're not entirely sure. I thought I saw some kind of base as our shuttle was going down, but with all the flames and flying debris it was a bit hard to tell for sure.
*he sighs heavily and slings his shotgun*
Figured we'd just wander around out here until something happened.

*Santiago sees Joalia's corpse and curses to himself. Holding back his emotions, he quietly takes her out of the camp and buries her in the dead forest. The Spartan then leaves his dog tags next to a humble grave marking Joalia's final resting spot, and he wanders off*

*Kara stops as Maiev blinks away, and her heart sinks as Maiev doesn't return*
*the sinking feeling leads to an utter sadness, and Kara opens one last Fade rift to disappear into*

*Maria walks over and sees Marinalia lieing next to Morgan, then starts running*

What happened now.... Morgan? Answers please.
*grabs a small first aid kit or whatever is handy and starts checking out the injury*

*Marinalia still in pain from bite n bleeding n trying to reach out to Morgan abit in shock from slamming to floor and being used as food*
*pressure helping but needs treatment. *

*Hanna looks at Iris*

Hanna: I-it makes me feel safe...

*Iris nods*
Iris: Then keep it on... I-I think it's calmed down slightly... I think she's gone...
*She shudders but puts on a brave face for Hanna*
Iris: Are you okay?


*Horus chased Neala, but she's a faster runner than he*
*Instead he begins to return to the base*


*Morgan looks over frantically*
Morgan: Scatty or whoever she is, she bit her!
*Looks terrified*

*Athan finds a knoll on the edge of the forest, and gathers supplies to make a small fire in the growing dusk. The old warrior hums a mournful tune in a long-dead language*

*A pair of eyes watch Athan from the darkness as he sits by the fire*

*Hanna nods*

Hanna: Y-yes, I'm o-ok.

*She stands up and hugs Iris*

*Curt lays in his room probably hooked up to some blood or something*

*Maria*
Scatty... What the hell... What kinda madness...

*just concentrates on healing her daughter *
Hold there... Its missed mostly vital areas but its still gonna hurt alot and take some time to recover.

Mostly muscles damaged.

*Marinalia starts tp notice but also notice pain and feel it properly*
*wimpers slightly from the vampire style bite and shock of it all*
Oww...sca...gone? Mum? Morgan??
*still abit concussed from being knocked to probably concrete floor*

...

*Furia sighs as Iris vanished again*
Any..anyone... Giant red storm, lighting, thorder... Machine fly like bird. Shadows of things north of hall.

Warning.

*Iris hugs back*
Iris: Hey... It's okay... it's over now, you're safe.


*Morgan keeps a tight hold on one of Maril's hands*
Morgan: Easy, you're alright. You're gonna be okay...
*Horus comes back and enters the room. Morgan looks over at him*
Morgan: She had better fething be dead.
*Horus sighs and shakes his head*
Horus: I... No. She is not. She is faster than before. This Neala, whoever she is, she's got the same skills as Scatty. She escaped me for now, but once your parent's are back your mother should be able to track her.
*Morgan snarls in fury, his face growing dark*
Morgan: Not before I've had a word with them.



*Billy and Black Hawk are still out there somewhere*


*Neala is partially collapsed a good ways away, calmly attempting to pry Jason's thingies from her body by tearing it open with her bare hands*

*Hanna nods as she hugs Iris*

Hanna: Ok. T-then I-I'll take off my helmet...

*She starts taking off her helmet*

*Marinalia squeezes his hand quite hard as she hurting*
Ok.. *blinks slightly noticing Horus*
Don,t leave yet... *gets slightly worried thinking he gonna run off leaving her hurt and a tad concussed so not everything makes sense *

*maria sighs and starts to try and bandage and least stopped blood loss but not the pain or the left over concussed thinking*

She gonna need some care for abit and rest but should heal alright. Maybe wait till Marlins blood is not wet on the concrete...
No.. Passing the time . For a few days.

...

*Furia sighs repeating her warning and heads out and goes outside for some air *

*sees the old warriors tracks and looks down the path trying to see if anyone down there also noticing santingos tracks but leaves that be feeling unsure if to follow it. *
*treads carefully a few metres down the path. *

*Morgan nods to both Maril and Maria*
Morgan to Maril: I'm not going anywhere. Not again
Morgan to Maria: I err... Understand
*Has the decency to look abashed*


*Iris nods*
Iris: May I ask why it makes you feel safe?

*Hanna puts it in her backpack*

Hanna: Because i-it protects m-my head...

*She bad at lying*

*Iris raises a eyebrow doubtfully, but again doesn't question Hanna*
Iris: Alright... Well, if you'd like once we're sure it's safe, I'd like you to meet someone, my husband, Horus the Avenger

*Marinalia rests more now hurting but not bleeding as badly or such kinda getting over the shock slowly but obviously hurting*

Good egg... Love you...
*sighs as she feels bad for Morgan that she causing him to have to do the Gharn/Dira relationship momment*

*Maria smiles*
And... Sure.
I was young once you know.... Im not some dragon..
*laughs*

Hanna: Ok.

*Hanna turns away and bites off her thumb*

Hanna: S-sorry... I'm d-disgusting...

*The firelight dances in Athan's eyes and a faint host of whispers play through his mind as he traces the ornate tattoo on his arm.*

*One ethereal voice haunts above the din*

"Vengeful soul, why do you run and lonely, flee the rising sun?"

*To all the world nothing can be heard but the crackling of the fire. Athan dismisses the voice and the mark of the Aetare lies quiet on his flesh*

*Morgan looks slightly relieved that Maril's gonna be okay, but is still simmering with anger.*
*He turns to Horus*
Morgan: How soon can you find her?!
*Horus shrugs and frowns at Morgan, unwilling to take any gak from the young Elder*
Horus: As soon as your parents get back. I need your mother, I'm not a tracker, and Neala will probably know how to cover her trail well.
*Morgan snarls angrily*
Morgan: Then fine them!
*Horus calmly kneels down to Morgan's eye level*
Horus: No Morgan, I'm not going to do that. I have people I care about here too. I'll not leave, especially when there is another imminent attack. There is some great host appearing on the planet again, and I am staying here to deal with it. I'm not going to take orders, from a child who is too young to even create a child of his own.
*He looms over Morgan and speaks in a deathly calm tone*
Horus: I am not yours to command Morgan. Do not make that mistake ever again. Are we clear?
*Morgan at this point is paler than he's ever possibly been seen before and nods silently*
Horus: Good. Now, I'm going to make sure my wife is okay, you three call for me if you need help, alright?
*Morgan nods again and swallows loudly as Horus walks off*


*Iris winces at the sickening crunch*
Iris: N-no! You're just... doing what you have to to survive. You're not hurting anyone, you're just... you have needs. Don't be ashamed of doing what you need to do to live
*She puts a hand on Hanna's shoulder*
Iris: You're not disgusting, you're just different! I've had people call me disgusting before, but I don't let it get to me, and neither should you.



*A somewhat ordinary woman walks into the clearing where Athan is camped. She's tall, with long, wild, messy black hair, pale skin and solid black eyes. She's wearing all black clothing, and wielding two Kukri.
Morrigan: Who are you?
*She frowns suspiciously at Athan*

*Marinalia remains mostly resting now and closes eyes still holding Mprgans hand but mostly asleep*

*resting as hurts less and not wanting to move too much*

*Maria stays quiet on Horus and Morgan while he gets told off*
Morgan... If you wanted to take her to her room, just support her neck. Its gonna be abit weaker for a few days.

Just treat Marlin right ok.
I don,t mind what you get up to or not long as she happy n safe...

...

*Furia watches the warrior quietly*
*makes low noise and crouches quietly @ good distence away*

*Morgan nods*
Morgan: I-I'll take care of her... don't worry.
*He gently lifts Maril and carries her to bed before going to see his sister*
*She's not woken yet and Gharn is still sitting silently, occasionally stroking her forehead gently*
Morgan: Anything?
*Gharn silently shakes his head and waits with Morgan for a while longer*

*Hanna nods to Iris*

Hanna: Ok. I-if you say so...

*Hanna watches her thumb regrow*

Hanna: L-lets go talk to H-Horus.

*Iris smiles kindly*
Iris: I do say so. You're not disgusting, you're unique. You're Hanna...
*Tries to think if Hanna's ever said if she's even got a sirname then shakes her head*
Iris: Well, you're Hanna. You're you and you should be happy to be you.
Sure, don't worry. If you get uncomfortable you don't have to talk to him.
*She offers her hand and leads Hanna out of the room only to very nearly run right into Horus*
Horus: Ah! Iris, there you are. Are you alright?
*He pulls her into a hug then notices Hanna*
Horus: Oh, is this Hanna then? I've heard quite a bit about you young lady.
*Tries to be friendly and not scary because of what Iris told him. He kneels down to her eye level and does his best at a friendly smile, which is a little off-set by all the scars*

*maria*

All i ask.
you a good egg, just make sure she gets some food, rest and bandage is clean.

*is worried but trusts Morgan and sits reading rather nervously*

...

*Furia backs off and heads back to rest and get something to eat etc*

...

*Marinalia is hurting but rests peacefully and finds it easier to sleep and rest at current for now*
*seems to reconise Morgan and let him carry her etc without protest*

*Hanna smiles weakly and waves to Horus*

*She doesn't say anything*

*Horus gives Iris a quizzing look but Iris merely smiles and squeezes Hanna's shoulder confortingly*
Horus: So er...
*Iris rolls her eyes*
Iris: Hanna, would you like some coffee?
*Horus stands up and looks rather excited*
Horus: They've coffee here? I didn't expect the Imperium to have kept that around... I wonder where they grow it...
*Ponders for a moment then shakes his head as Iris gives him a look*
Horus: Oh nevermind, not important.... Err coffee...

*Athan looks to Morrigan but is not alarmed*

Athan: I'm a new addition to this little island of misfit toys. You can call me Athan. Now I'd ask you the same: who are you and what are you doing out here at this hour?

*Athan eyes Morrigan wearily but smiles as politely as he can manage*

Athan: Nice blades by the way.

*Morrigan frowns suspiciously but lowers her weapons.*
Morrigan: I am the Morrigan, The Crow Goddess. I was out with my husband... looking for survivors...
*She sighs sadly*
Morrigan: So far you're the only one we've found...

*Milo and the Space Wolf both look awkwardly at the robot that has not moved for several hours*
*both are contemplating just continuing walking and looking for the base that they saw earlier*
*for some reason, Milo feels that something, or somebody, important might be nearby*

*Athan nods grimly, unsure of the goddess' intentions. He waits to inform Morrigan of the others*

Athan: Survivors of what, I wonder? This place seems hidden away yet prone to so much strife. Where is your husband, and you say that you are a goddess?

 War Kitten wrote:
*Milo and the Space Wolf both look awkwardly at the robot that has not moved for several hours*
*both are contemplating just continuing walking and looking for the base that they saw earlier*
*for some reason, Milo feels that something, or somebody, important might be nearby*

OOC Let me sleep, dammit

Then let us travel. This world is a hostile one, full of dangerous people, and more anomalies than we have seen in any other place.

OOC:
Sleep is for the weak my friend.

*Milo cracks his neck and stands up*
Alright then. Let's go.

*by this point the Space Wolf has patched the armor on his shoulder after his arm got ripped off*
*looks remarkably cheery for missing a limb*

*Hanna nods to Iris still a little hesitant on speaking*

*She can sorta tell that Horus does a lot of fighting from his scars*

I will move towards the nearest group of sentients. They are-

Belay that. I detect an artificial structure nearby.

*Pause*

The Central Mastercomputer, my controller, requests your origin. Where did you come from, and what is the reason for your amnesia?

*Milo frowns*
I don't really know. I think I can remember a name...... Elysia.... but that's about it. I don't understand WHY I don't remember anything. I just don't remember at all.
*he looks frustrated and angry*
*he clenches one fist at his side and spits an annoyed curse in Low Gothic*

*the Space Wolf looks at the robot*
For what it's worth, I am Hrorki Trollbane of the Space Wolves. When this one
*gestures to Milo*
Showed up near the fang babbling something about this place and another Space Wolf that might be here we decided to come investigate.

There are six planets in this galaxy named "Elysia", and three in our home universe. I will assume that you are not extrauniversal. Continue walking, please. We must get this done quickly. I sense anomalies on my aetheric sensors.

Ooc: I'm sad to see the end of an era. Vanden, I hope that whatever you pour your time into next, you do so with the creativity and planning skills you did here.
I may not be around as often as I'd like, but this place has been a great display of your ability to create.
Come back without reservation, if you feel it would be fun again. <3

*Milo sighs softly*
If we need to get moving quickly then might I suggest running? We'll get there faster and I can get the last of the knots out of my spine that came from being in an uncomfortable flight seat in a crashing shuttle.
*the Space Wolf for his part shows no sign of being offended by the comfort of one of his ship's being insulted*

Suggestion approved. Come along.

*ESCHER turns towards the objective, and runs at reduced pace, so the biologicals can keep up*

*both Milo and the Space Wolf jog after ESCHER, showing no signs of exhaustion or slowing down as they run*
*both are keeping pace with ESCHER pretty well*

*Marla goes with Maria and sits to the side of the main room with Marla reassuring her sister about Marlin*
*Marla gets a strange feeling and plays with her necklace*
*too distracted to work out the source of the feeling and chalks it down to past few weeks *

...

*Marinalia rests sleeping as it feels better when she is relatively peaceful not moving Her neck much*
*has a cute auto feeling to seem to reach for Morgan if close enough. *
...

*Furia is eating for now and then goes back to her room to work out and pace waiting for any news on anything*

...

*After a short travel, the party arrives at an abandoned, wrecked facility, with traces of an abnormal presence nearby*

Ætheric sensors are reading anomalous signatures. Procede with caution.

*Milo trails after the ESCHER, taking care to keep an eye on any possible sites that an ambush could be launched from*
*is a bit unnerved by the facility, but he's hiding it rather well*
Any idea what they could be?

*the Space Wolf is doing something similar to Milo, and is taking in the scents of the facility, looking for anything that stands out to him as a threat*
*has a bolt pistol at the ready*

Ooc night folks.

Well Il be up about 4am so hey I might post in your time zone if I can function at such a emperor forsaken hour of the day.

Anomalies. Most certainly. Beings of questionable biology, obeying the wrong physical laws, or disobeying them completely. Extremely dangerous. They are one of the very few things we use humans against. They tend to affect combat robots adversely with their presence.

I am not a combat robot. I am hardened against such violations of physical law, by the hyperfractor's integration of low-grade anomalous material. Hardened, but not immune. It is not unknown for an ESCHER unit to never return from their mission.

*A repeating maser barrel portrudes from a hidden compartment in ESCHER's forearm, and his (his, for the sake of easy writing) nanophage dispersor is primed*

*Milo goes quiet for a little bit as he contemplates the ESCHER's words*
Do you mean something like a demon? Or is it something worse, something that only comes from your universe?

*the Space Wolf snarls quietly at the mention of demons but remains vigilant*

The Confederacy calls them demons. A religious term, that is not to our liking. You may call them the same. In our universe, they take many forms. Patches of space, that spontaneously coalesce into clusters of black holes whenever a sapient being travels near. Kilometer-long amalgations of conjoined, mutated animals, that emerged from holes in the surface of a moon, destroyed a column of SABRs, and had to be subjected to nuclear bombardment.

When it was dead, the Department Of Anomalies measured how deep the hole was. The bottom was deeper than the planet was wide. It was contained.

They exist in most universes that have been surveyed. Your universe, however, is notable for having some of the most dangerous and odd.

*Milo looks down at the shotgun in his hands and frowns*
*he then looks up and grins widely*
At least this is something I know that I can fight, and something that I KNOW that I can kill.
*he then pumps the shotgun*
Let them come, they will find their final deaths.

*the Space Wolf nods in approval and then fiddles with his bolt pistol for a second as he cocks it one handed*

Agreed. Superior firepower is how we drive back the dark, the enemy, and the unknown.
*Traverses head around and steps forward*
The signature is even closer.

*Milo takes a deep breath and raises the shotgun and begins making slow sweeps around the surrounding area with it*
Any idea of it's size?

*the Space Wolf finally manages to cock the bolt pistol with his remaining good hand and raises it and begins scanning the surrounding area*

*Iris smiles gently and gestures for Horus to go on which he does*
*She kneels down to Hanna's eyelevel*
Iris: Hey, you okay so far?



*Morrigan frowns*
Morrigan: Where've you been? Demons everywhere, the end of the world? We've been trying to see if any of the towns or villages survived the end of the world.
*A shadow appears in the sky and begins to lower itself*
Morrigan: Oh, and there's my husband. Caladrius, the Healer.
*Cal lands gently, revealing himself to be a slightly short man with a long silver ponytail and enormous white feathery wings on his back*
Cal: Morri? Who's this?
*Smiles slightly at Atare*

The size is wildly inconsistent. Unknown properties, in all cases. It exists, but it cannot be accurately observed. I would recommend being very quiet.

*Arms weapons with a quiet hum*

*Milo settles down onto one knee and continues scanning the surrounding area with his shotgun*
*looks remarkably calm*

*The Space Wolf also continues scanning the area with his pistol*

*Hanna looks at Iris*

Hanna: I-I don't know... H-he fights a lot doesn't he?... I d-don't like fighting...

*Iris bites her lip*
Iris: I... Yes. Yes he does do a lot of fighting... But only to protect people...


*Billy and Black Hawk are nearby Milo, the Space Wolf and Mr. Roboto*
Billy: Admit it! We're lost!
BH: We're not lost, I know exactly where we are.
Billy: Oh yeah?! And where's that Mr. Greatest-human-tracker-alive!?

*Jake buries Denny with Oy, as Roland and Eddie watch silently.*
*He then (With the help of Jason) plants a red rose on her grave.*
*After planting he sits at the grave watching it, and memories of Denny fill his mind. Tears silently fall, and he slowly falls to his knees infront of the grave. Oy howls in pained sorrow.*
*In a very literal sense Jake lost a part of himself when Denny died, and the pain of that loss almost breaks his fragile mind.*
*Eddie steps forward to support Jake, but is stopped by Roland, who simply shakes his head.*
*Hours pass, but Jake still continues to watch the grave with his hollow eyes.*
*Eddie walks back into the room, but Roland watches, and can clearly feel his adopted sons sorrow.*
Roland: Go now Denny of Melbourne, your journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path...

---
*Brunor fights hard, but Tigrex, manages to take little damage, cause he has no silver.*
*He finally makes a misstep, and pays for it. The tigrex bites him hard, and thrashes.*
*Though he almost torn in half from the beast, he looks content, and smiles up at the sky before closing his eyes for the last time.

---
*Jasons's shards leave Scatty alone, and run back to their master.*
*Jason watches the giant red army, and plans his next move carefully.*

*ESCHER kneels down beside Milo*

I am detecting two more anomalies. Biological traces, but with anomalous energy patterns. I will fire a nanophage burst as a warning shot. Prepare to engage the primary anomaly.

*With a pressurized "whump", an arc of glittering silver death flies through the air, impacts the ground near Billy and Black Hawk, and begins spreading*

*Billy jumps,*
Billy: HOLY GAK!
*Billy then dives behind a tree and Black Hawk quickly takes cover and looks around*
BH: To whoever's out there, we don't mean you any harm!
Billy: YEAH WELL THEY FETHING SEEM TO FETHING WISH US HARM!
*Billy draws his gun and scans the treeline*


*Even though Calluna is back and unharmed she's nearly comatose from the overrush of emotions following the deaths of Maiev, Denny, Joal and Tala*
*The little empath lies in her father's arms, shuddering from the influx of extreme sorrow, and wonders if she'll ever feel happy again*

*Milo nods briefly then continues scanning*
*he pauses as he hears BIlly's voice, and he cocks his head as the voice seems fairly familiar to him*
*to himself*
Who is that? That voice sounds familiar...

*the Space Wolf is more concerned with the demon than Billy and Black Hawk, so he also keeps an eye out for the demon*

*The pool of silver nanophage spreads outwards, creeping towards Billy and Black Hawk, dissolving the leaves on the forest floor, and spreading up trees, and causing them to break, due to being converted into yet more nanophage*

*Pause*

Detecting auditory traces...

*Billy scrambles away from the nanophage*
Billy: Gakgakgakgakgak!
*Black Hawk quickly moves away as well*
BH: Last warning! If you don't stop whatever this is, we WILL return fire!

*Hanna frowns but nods*

Hanna: T-that makes sense... (But I still don't like fighting...)

*She puts on a weak smile*

Hanna: L-lets go get that c-coffee.

*Remus got that double kill yo (If this is a problem with anyone please tell me, but given the circumstance he should be the only Tigrex on the planet)*

*Milo looks over concerned at the robot and quietly intones*
Are you sure that they're threats? They don't appear to be firing back at us, which I would think means they're friendly, or at the very least non-threatening.

*the Space Wolf looks over at the ESCHER, and wonders what the feth it's firing*

*Iris smiles kindly*
Iris: Trust me, he doesn't fight if he doesn't have to, but if say, someone wanted to hurt you or me, then he'd stop them.
*She squeezes Hanna's shoulder and leads her to the kitchen where Horus has about a dozen mugs on the table and is trying to daintily sip from them*
*He looks at Iris as she gives him a questioning stare and shrugs*
Horus: They didn't have anything big enough for me. Here
*He slides over two mugs for both women and Iris sits next to him*


*Morgan has fallen asleep but Gharn sits up still, as Dria's eyes flicker open*
Dria: G-gharn?
*Gharn smiles tiredly and nods*
Gharn: Yes. How are you feeling?
Dria: Pretty bad..
*Dria tries to sit up but Gharn gently pushes her back down.*
Gharn: Rest, you are safe now.
*He smiles slightly, happy to see Dria awake*

*The nanophage continues crawling ever-so-slightly forwards, and stops*

*In a series of small microexplosions, it autodestructs, leaving a completely barren scar where a patch of forest once was*

It was a calculated strike. If the anomalies were intelligent, they had a chance to escape. If not, they have been neutralized. Sensors indicate that they are still alive, although with anomalies, it is difficult to tell.

*Maser traversing around, anticipating the demon*

*Milo sighs but ultimately opts to not say anything, as arguing with a robot would be rather pointless*
*he keeps carefully scanning for the demon*
*quietly*
Where is it? It should have made an appearance by now?
*begins shivering slightly as adrenaline floods through his system, and a grin appears on his face as he begins psyching himself up for combat*

*The Vindicare assassin watching Brunor sighs at his death, takes his sniper and shoots the Tigrex through the eye killing the beast.*
*So if that is Remus, then he is dead.*

*Hanna sits and takes a cup of coffee*

Hanna: T-thank you...

*She sips the coffee*

*For the fact that I didn't even post for the Tigrex's actions at all I think it's safer to assume its just a random one. (But it should Remus). Depending on what angle the shot went it could not kill a Tigrex, but this is a highly trained assassin who probably knows this*

*The assassins pick up their things, and leave.*
*They leave a shell of the room for everyone to use.*
*Jason sighs not caring anymore.*

OOC: At work now for the summer where internet is almost non-existent. Will only be posting late at night, after 9:00 p.m. PST at least.

*Athan smiles and nods in greeting to the winged healer*

Athan: A pleasure to meet you. My name is Athan, and I'm a traveler that's been stranded here by some artifice. Are there many colonies and villages here, or were there at the very least?

*Somewhere in the infinite chaos of the warp, a single rusting spear of adamantium floats in the empyrean tide, past a decaying space hulk*

OOC: At work now for the summer where internet is almost non-existent. Will only be posting late at night, after 9:00 p.m. PST at least.

*Athan smiles and nods in greeting to the winged healer*

Athan: A pleasure to meet you. My name is Athan, and I'm a traveler that's been stranded here by some artifice. Are there many colonies and villages here, or were there at the very least?

*Somewhere in the infinite chaos of the warp, a single rusting spear of adamantium floats in the empyrean tide, past a decaying space hulk*

OOC:
Whenever works for you is fine Aetare. The Room doesn't really operate on a fixed schedule, so don't worry overly much about it.

OOC: Thanks, sounds good. Happy storytelling everyone; I look forward to seeing what's happened at the end of each day.

Ooc it runs to a rather random schedule and no worries, wr just play everything by ear, and adapt as needed.

Bic

*Furia heads out for air as not used to being stuck indoors so much*

*sees cal land and the lone warrior *
*has heavy northern accent*
Hello... wel.welcome back to hall white sheep.

...

*Maria and Marla wave over to iris and Horus/whoever there I missed and greet them*
*Marla plays with her bracelet absent mindily glittering in gold and platinum *
You ever get a funny feeling... Something is happening...
I don,t know what or why...

*Milo silently waits for the demon to show up, or for whoever the ESCHER shot at to show up*
*The Space Wolf is doing his best to drink from a canteen with one hand*

*A clown steps from behind a tree and waves at Milo.*
Clown: Hi, Milo!
*He laughs, and runs behind another tree.*

*Milo recoils in confusion at the clown's appearance*
What the feth? How do you know my name?
*he goes to fire a shot at the clown, but by the time he raises the shotgun the clown probably was behind the tree, so he holds fire*
*he then wishes that he had some grenades*

*Suddenly, Yuki, Thaddy, Rach, and Tae pop into the mainroom looking drained*
Thaddeus: Lag..
Taeria: W-Well.. good thing the room is standing tall...
*The kitsune spirit poofs into a little fox and tackles them both*
Taeria: W-We're home everyone!...

*Rachel looks tired, and worried.*
Rach: Thaddeus... what happened?
*Pouts at Yuki, and her eyes glow purple with hate.*
Rach: Get off my senpai!

*Ciri is wrapped in a hooded cloak, and stands by Taeria.*
*Her eyes dart around the new room, almost like a cornered animal.*

---
*Clown laugh echos around them.*
Clown: I know everything, Milo!

*Horus sits there, rather awkwardly until he notices the assassin's pulling out*
Horus: I should go see what this is all about..
*Goes to see what this is all about*

*Iris sighs and looks at Hanna*
Iris: So, how are you doing? Enjoying that book we borrowed from Mergoux?


*Speaking of Mergoux she's worn herself out kinda from working out too much and is currently resting for a while, having accidentally fallen asleep in the tub again*


*Cal nods, shakes hands and then looks grim*
Cal: There were... hundreds. This was a populated world, there were many millions of people here,..
*MOment of silence*


OOC: And welcome back Tae! Good to see you again!

*Milo snarls silently in anger*
You know nothing demon.
*he keeps the shotgun raised and scans the surrounding trees looking for a sign of the clown*

*similarly, the Space Wolf has his pistol trained on the last location that the clown was spotted in. He remains silent as he waits for the clown to show itself*

*Hanna nods to Iris*

Hanna: G-good. I-I haven't got v-very far tho.

*Hanna recoils at the yelling coming form the main room*

Hanna: N-no not more fighting!

*ESCHER rotates smoothly, tracking the clown*

Line of sight established. Nature of anomaly unknown.

*The fox spirit waves her tail obnoxiously before skipping off of Thaddeus*
Thaddeus: It appears Yuki brought us back to the room... a little late... *Thaddeus rubs his head slightly and goes to Rachel's side*
Thaddeus: You alright?
*Taeria stands up and sees Ciri in her cloak*
Taeria: I- Im back!

*Furia looks at cal seriously*

Not over. Went out looking with a small clan.
Saw red storm... Machine fly like birds... Shape like monsters.

Not over yet .. Cal...cali...cal.

...

*Marla and Maria jump seeing all taes, ciri and whoever else pop into life*

*Marla*
Hey... Woah... That was busy...
Welcome


*Maria*
Hello.

...

Ooc welcome back Tae

OOC Thanks, hun

*Rachel grinds her teeth at Yuki, then hugs Thaddeus.*
Rachel: I'm okay... how are you?
*She nuzzles his chest happily.*

*Ciri doesn't respond at first, just pulls Taeria into a tight embrace.*
Ciri: I... I know...

---
*Clown laughs more, and it appears mutliple forms of him jump out from trees then hide again.*
*Laughter fills the air, and balloons start to appear around the group.*

Self-replicating, object manifestation...

*Beams of microwave-distorted air emerge from the barrel of the ESCHER's repeating maser, and trees start getting holes blasted out of them, as it targets the clown*

*Thaddeus smiles and embraces Rachel *
Thaddeus: I am well, Darling. Lets get washed up and then we'll get some rest.
*Thaddeus flashes a charming smile and picks Rachel up with ease. He takes her to her room*
~~~~~~~~~~
*Taeria smiles gently*
Taeria: I m-missed you!
*She hugs Ciri gently and looks up at her with joy*
~~~~~~~~~~~
*Yuki begins skipiping around as she explores the room with curiousity*

*Rachel keeps nuzzling, and sighs happily.*
Rachel: Okay... we're safe... right?
*She looks up at him with her innocent purple eyes.*

---
*Ciri returns the hug, and lifts her up in the embrace.*
Ciri: I... thought I lost you... I searched... for so long...
*She kisses her, and starts to make sad little whimpers.*
Ciri: For so... long...
---
*Doppleganger clowns get knocked the feth out.*
*More clowns appear everywhere, almost like a clown convention.*
*They all talk to eachother, and laugh.*
*Roll for sanity check.*

*Milo starts firing at the clown every time it appears*
*he snarls again in anger as the shots don't appear to be hitting their marks*
*he notices the balloons but kinda dismisses them as important*

*the Space Wolf alternates between taking shots at the clown, an firing at the balloons that suddenly appeared out of nowhere*

OOC:
Let me go get my d20 for that sanity check

*Thaddeus smiles down at her and chuckles*
Thaddeus: We are safe, beautiful.
*He kisses her head gently then shuts tbe door*
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*Taeria takes Ciri's hand gently and leads her to their room*
Taeria: lets make up for lost t-time then..
*Taeria smiles innocently*
Taeria: I need a bath, I want y-you close..
------
*Yuki scampers into the kitchen and hops onto the table to present herself*

*Iris beams as she recognizes some voices and squeezes Hanna's shoulder*
Iris: It's okay Hanna! I recognize those voices! Those are some of my friends!
*She stands and is about to leave the kitchen when Yuki jumps up on the table*
Iris: Yuki! Good to see your well!
*She smiles brightly*

*Cal sighs*
Cal: Well.. let's just get back. I hope Horus took care of the kids...
*Morrigan nods and they start walking towards the base*


OOC: Blast it Tae stop ninja'ing me! XD

*Rachel nods, and giggles at the kiss.*
Rachel: Beautiful... I-I like that!
*She nuzzles his chest, and goes inside.*

---
*Ciri nods, and pulls off her robe slightly.*
*Her face has a few more scars, and her arm has numerous gashes running up it's length.
*Her hand has a slight twitch, as she follows Taeria.*
Ciri thinks :This is real... this is real... this is real...

---
*Clowns start dying, but more seem to show up every second.*

*Hanna jumps at a fox hopping onto the kitchen table*

*But after a few seconds she makes a little squeak*

Hanna: S-so cute! I-Iris, what is this cute fuzzy thing?

*Thaddeus helps Rachel get into her bath*
Thaddeus: You are very beautiful..
-----------
*Taeria looks alarmed at Ciri's scars*
Taeria: C-Ciri... you are all hurt.. w-what happened?
*Taeria begins to tear up*
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*Yuki tilts her head adorably and scampers to give Iris and little 'hello'. The little fox pads toward Hanna and its ears perk up*

*Milo keeps pumping the shotgun and firing at a fairly fast rate*
*he keeps on shooting, without any regard for how much ammo he might have left*
*He's pretty much going to run out of ammo soon if he keeps this up*

*Hrorki keeps taking carefully aimed shots at the clowns that appear, but every once in a while he has to reload his pistol, which is rather awkward to do with just one arm*

*Hanna pulls back slightly*

Hanna: I-Iris it's getting closer! W-what do I d-do?

Administering nanophage bombardment. Please retreat to safe distance.

*Two more arcs of glittering silver nanophage erupt from the dispersor on ESCHER's arm, and rain down upon the crowd of clowns*

*Sanity check is a mild failure, and ESCHER's ætheric sensor array fails, as it goes into emergency shutdown at exposure to the clown-anomaly*

*Yuki curls up into a ball and plays with her swishing tail*
*She yawns and stretches gently*

*Rachel is blushing like crazy as she is helped into the bath.*
Rachel: O-okay... Senpai.
*She tries to cover herself, and blushes wildly.*

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*Ciri wipes away Tae's tears, and shakes her head.*
Ciri: It's okay... it's okay... I... fought some things while I searched for you.
*She kisses Tae, and nods.*
Ciri: Everything is fine now... you are back... you.. you are real.

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Clowns pull up in clown cars, and even more clowns show up.*
*They all start saying "How do you do?" to eachother.*
*They die in droves but keep multiplying lol.*

*Thaddeus hands her a warm towel*
Thaddeus: I'll have bubbles for you. Would you like that?
*Thaddues smiles gently without becoming uncomfortable at the sight of Rachel*
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*Taeria caresses the scars with worry but she nods*
Taeria: I'll never let them hurt you again... I promise..
*Tae makes that promisr to herself*
Tae: I'm going to take a b-bath
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*Yuki stares up at Iris and Hanna*

*Milo does ok on his sanity check, as he was recently in the warp fighting demons on a regular basis, but he grits his teeth as he feels the claws of madness begin to rake at his mind*
*he fires two more times before his shotgun clicks onto an empty chamber and he realizes how badly he messed up*
*out of ammo*

*Hrorki does just fine on his sanity check, as he's been around the block a few times with demons*
*he keeps taking shots at the clowns that appear*

*Furia noda but also relises that quite abit went on*

Much... Happen in hall since leave.
Check good idea. Some hurt, been trouble recently.

...

*Maria and Marla aww at cute creature but also look at each other wondering what the hell is going on at same time*

...

*Marinalia remains resting and if checked is cooler and seems to be running on power save mode*

*is peaceful if not can tell neck still hurts when moves slightly*1

*Iris pats Yuki on the head gently*
Iris: Pet her! She's friendly, don't worry!
*Smiles happily and watches Hanna and Yuki carefully, just to make sure Yuki doesn't scare Hanna*

*Rachel wraps herself in the towel, and still looks embarrassed.*
Rach: I.. would..
*She keeps blushing as she watches him get the tub ready.*
Rach: It's...it's okay if you want to stay!

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*Ciri nods, and holds Taeria's hand to her face.*
Ciri: Th-thank you... I'll never leave your side... again..
*She nods.*
Ciri: Let's go then...

*Hanna looks between Iris and Yuki*

Hanna: It's so cute!

*Hanna slowly reaches out to pet Yuki*

*Thaddeus smiles and nods*
Thaddeus: I'd be honored.
*He chuckles with good fun and gets her some scented bubbles for the warm water.*
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*Taeria leads Ciri into the bathroom and they begin to both wash up*
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*Yuki gently moves forward and allows Hanna to pet her. Yuki makes a little fox noise*

*Rachel blushes more, and waits for the bubbles to cover her up.*
Rach: Your too nice... Senpai...
*Sinks into the water, and watches Thaddeus chuckle and such. She smiles, and giggles.*

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*Ciri has way more scars, but tries to play it off as no big deal.*

*Hanna squeaks as she pets Yuki*

Hanna: S-so soft!

*She is now petting with both hands*

*Since he was an idiot and used up all of his ammo, Milo is now resorting to throwing rocks at the clowns*
*he has a pretty good arm though, and the rocks are hitting with a respectable amount of force*
*internally screaming at his own stupidity*

*Hrorki awkwardly holsters his bolt pistol, and then he primes and hurls a frag grenade at the biggest concentration of clowns that he can see*

*Iris beams and subtly winks at Yuki, then mouths "Be gentle"*



*Cal and Morri come to the room and look around*
Cal: Where are the kids?
Morri: Let's check our rooms.
*Cal nods and goes with her to check on their room*


*Morgan and Gharn are sitting with Dria, who's sitting up and looking much better*


*Merg get's up and dressed then walks out of her room and towards the outside*

*Marla looks over if they checked main room and greet em*
Long story Morri... Dira in med facility, door marked with standard imp Medicare markings.

Gharn should be there...

Morgan same or looking after Marinalia who resting off a neck injury. She,s room...

*explains best she can with input from Maria but its rough and not a complete account of events*
Marlin knows more, Horus better on last bit..

*Maria more firmly but polite*
Ask Horus, Marlin needs time to heal right now.

*Thaddeus flick bubbles at Rachel playfully and laughs*
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*Taeria notices Ciri's scars but says nothing about it *
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*Yuki gently plays with Hanna in her adorable little form and flicks her ear in acknowledgement toward Iris*

*Hanna smiles and continues petting*

*She leans down and looks at Yuki*

Hanna: C-can I p-pick you up p-please?

*Rachel eyes glow purple, and sphere of water floats over Thaddeus then dumps onto his head.*
*She laughs happily, and blushes.*
Rachel: Thank you for the bubbles... now C'mere!
*Still has towel around her as she pulls Thaddeus close.*

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*Ciri sliently scrubs Taeira, her eyes wide.*
*She still can't believe that she finally found her.*

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*The clowns are at this point shoulder to shoulder with the group.*
*One of them slaps milo on the back.*
clown: Hey MILO! Did you leave the fridge running? WELL YOU BETTER GO CATCH IT!
*Booming laughter fills the air as they all laugh as one.*

*Yuki allows Hanna to pick her up and Yuki stands on her hind legs adorably*
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*Thaddeus gasps as he is pulled in but doesn't complain at all. He chuckles and gives Rachel a kiss on her neck as he holds her*
Thaddeus: Mine.
*He smirks and FTB*
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*Taeria looks at Ciri with worry*
Taeria: I'm sorry I couldn't get to yiu sooner, C-Ciri.

*Milo snarls in anger and throws a vicious punch at the throat of the one who slapped him on the back*
Forget any weapons you got, your terrible jokes are what's gonna end up killing me!

*Hrorki lets out a vicious sounding howl and then he crashes into the clowns with all the force of a speeding train*
*he lashes out around him with a chainsword*
FOR THE ALL FATHER, FOR RUSS!

*Hanna picks up Yuki and looks up at Iris*

*She makes a joyful squeak*

*She cuddles Yuki softly*

*Rachel smiles, then tilts her head.*
Rachel: Yours?
*Looks slightly confused as it FTB, and she finds out quick what happens in FTB.*

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*Ciri bristles.*
Ciri: No.. it's my fault.. I should never have lost you..
*She keeps scrubbing herself, eyes raw with emotion.*
Ciri: I won't lose you again... I promise..

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*Clown get's swatted, while the rest keep laughing.*
*They kinda let themselves die, not really caring or worried about their deaths from the hulking space marine.*

*The nanophage is beginning to spread, collapsing trees, consuming clowns, and flowing towards Milo, the SW, and ESCHER*

Fall back, immediately. Nanophage does not discriminate, and I would not like to waste impulsor power on holding back the tide.

*Making a fighting retreat, hurling maser bursts at the crowd of clowns*

*Rachel and Thaddy soon realize this is the best FTB ever*
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*Taeria holds Ciri's hand and kisses her cheek as they both bath together *
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*Yuki cuddles Hanna and suddenly changes into her human form. Hanna finds a curious blonde on top of her in a very odd..position. *
Yuki: I'm Yuki! You're making me unseasonably warm..

Ooc night folks.

*both Milo and Hrorki slowly manage to extract themselves from the crowd of clowns as they move to stand beside the ESCHER*

*Hanna goes wide eyed*

*She squeaks in surprise*

Hanna: H-hello!

*She wants to get out from under Yuki but doesn't want to force her off*

*Randal Flagg looks up suddenly from his makeshift bed, looks over at Maggie pissed.*
Randal: What the? I just had the strangest feeling...

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*Ciri scrubs Tae, and gently combs her hair.*
*She smiles at her for the first time in awhile.*

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*Clowns run with Milo's group.*
Clown: Hi buddy where we going?!

*Yuki tilts her head and notices she's smothering Hanna with her chest*
Yuki: Hi! I'm a Kitsune! Lets be friends!
*Yuki smiles with kindness and gets off of Hana*
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*Hrorki promptly bolt pistols the clown in the face*
H: YOU are going nowhere demon.
*he then takes shots at any of the other clowns who might be trying to close with them*

*Milo for his part just sighs heavily and hurls a rock at the closest clown*

*Hanna shuffles back instantly after Yuki gets off her*

Hanna: ...

*She looks at Yuki for little while and musters a weak squeak*

*Maggie looks over at Flagg*

Maggie: What's wrong?

*Iris laughs and opens her arms for a hug towards YUki*
Iris: Hannal, meet Yuki. How've you been Yuki?
*Smiles in amusement, glad to see her friend okay after she got separated from them*

*Flagg frowns.*
Flagg: It's Rachel... something has happened to her... I felt a emotional spike from her..

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*Sorry worded that wrong, all the clowns are trying to run away with the group.*
*They aren't attacking but there eyes glow yellow, and have needle like teeth.*
Clown: DEMON?! HA! SUCH THINGS ARE BENEATH US, WE ARE WHAT WAS AND SHALL BE AGAIN. YOU SHOULD OF BOUGHT A FETHING BALLOON.

*Yuki giggles and waves at Iris*
Yuki: I've been okay! Pretty interesting place here....
*Yuki sits up and stretches casually*

*Hanna looks between Iris and Yuki*

*She stays silent*

*Maggie looks worried*

Maggie: What kind of emotion?

*Flagg thinks for a moment, and tries to remember the exact sensation.*
Flagg: Wait... no... they didn't just.
*He stomps his foot.*
Flagg: THAT SON OF A BITCH!

*Iris smiles*
Iris: Good, how are the others? Are Rachel and Thaddeus alright? You stopped bothering them?
*She looks at Yuki in a stern yet amused way*

*Yuki giggles at Iris*
Yuki: I'm a spirit of mischief! But yes, they're alright... I think they're... Oh my. They're certainly busy at the moment...
*Yuki chuckles and stands by Iris*
Yuki: so what do the living creatures do in this humble abode?

*Hrorki and Milo spit a furious curse at the exact same time and redouble their speed*
*Hrorki blazes away with his bolt pistol at the clowns*
*Milo throws an elbow at the closest clown's face as the sprints*

*ESCHER follows Milo, leaving behind a trail of expanding silver death, which suddenly cuts off*

Warning. Nanophage reserve depleted. Microhyperfractors offline. Nanofabricators offline. Internal battery at seventy-five percent. Current operational demands exceed reactor output by fifteen percent.

*Behind the group, a wave of silver is consuming this area of the forest*

*Hanna watched the chat between Iris and Yuki*

*Curt lays in his room on the john, he weeps for his lost Bugatti Veyron*

*Maggie's purple eye twitches*

Maggie: What happened? has someone harmed Rachel!?

*Iris shrugs*
Iris: Oh, this and that. Mostly we've just been sheltering here, hiding away from the invaders. What about you? How did you survive out there?
*She blinks*
Iris: Wait a moment, busy? What do you mean- You mean you know when they- but how!?

*The fox spirit blushes and looks mischievous*
Yuki: Thaddeus is my human, remember? I am to serve him as his guardian. Let me tell you, A spirit that imprints on a human is connected to that human on a spiritual level. I can feel what he's feeling... He's... pretty heated.

*Hanna tilts her heat and looks up at Iris*

Hanna: H-heated?

*Flagg facepalms.*
Flagg: No... Maggie. That. little gak. is... banging our daughter.
*He sighs.*

*Maggie's purple horn starts glowing and she then transforms letting out an ear splitting roar*

*She takes off into the air and flies around looking for something to kill*

OOC:
I have to go run some errands, NPC Milo and Hrorki will be running away from the clowns and taking swings/shots at those who get close enough. I should be back in about an hour or so.

*Iris smiles gently at Hanna*
Iris: Er... Yes dear... heated...
*She sighs and looks at Yuki*
Iris: Well good for them I suppose, though I don't see how much guarding you could do as a cute little fox
*She teases gently*

*Hanna is still not 100% on trusting the fox lady, but Iris's trust in her makes Hanna slightly less tense*

*She goes back to being quiet as she makes herself a coffee*

*Clowns die in droves, but the others jump at the group, and bite at them with their needle like teeth.*
*As they bite and snap they all laugh hysterically.*

*Hrorki slashes viciously at the clowns with his chainsword as they jump at him and the rest of the group*
*He's trusting in his power armor to preserve him from the worst of the harm that might come his way*

*in a free moment he tosses Milo a combat knife as they run, although given that Milo is a fair bit smaller than Hrorki, the knife is more like a sword for him*
*Milo takes up the combat knife and slashes at any clowns that get past Hrorki, although he's a fair bit more cautious about it since he doesn't have power armor to protect him*
*he is lowkey a bit freaked out by the creepy laughter*

*The ESCHER is using its impulsors as impromptu melee weapons, slamming clowns to the floor, or blasting holes through them, but is very much in the process of being dragged down, due to power drain making it close to impossible to use impulsors defensively*

*Marla and Maria wave in greeting to anyone present including new people /things.

*Maria*
Welcome.
*seen stranger round here than a talking fox spirit*

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*Furia paces on upper levels getting frustrated that no news on anything at all is coming back*

...

*Hanna sits sipping her coffee quietly*

Ooc me have a few.
Family graduation. Count in alcohol.

OOC: Hey gaiz, long time no see this part of Dakka
It looks like the RP structure has changed a little since I was last here... What's the custom, and what's going on atm?

Things changed. Anyone free to join still and will explain and outstanding plots going on though. Ye welcome as ig ot was page one, one thousand or 25 thousand.

Also I'm...well.. Out of loop a tad as... Well kinda had alot of free prosecco after a graduation!

OOC:
At the moment not a whole lot is going on. 2 of my characters, Verviedi's character are running from a bunch of killer clown esque demons. And a bunch of characters are just hanging out in a former Imperial Assassin base. Welcome back Selym.

BIC:
*Milo and Hrorki are both running like their butts are on fire, which is to say they're going super fast*

OOC: Hi Wk ^.^

BIC:
*Farseer Irilis sidles pretentiously out of some kind of portal into the Assassin's Base*

*shouts into it*

"You lost this war before you started, fool!"

*portal closes and Irilis turns to face the room, looking somewhat roughed up*

OOC:
Also, don't be overly concerned if replies are slow in coming, we've been kind of in a slump of sorts lately. I won't go into the specifics, but posting has slowed down a fair bit.

*Hanna jumps at the shouting*

*She doesn't like hearing about war*

OOC Sorry if I don't reply quickly. Still at school.

OOC: Last working day of college today for me :3
Off to Uni this September.

BIC:

*sees Hanna and strikes a haughty pose*

"And what are you?"

*Hanna backs off and doesn't say anything*

Hanna: (Maybe if I ignore her she'll go away...)

*She holds in a whimper of fear*

OOC Good luck mate.

OOC: Welcome back Selym
BiC:

*Iris quickly stands up and puts herself between Hanna and Irilis*
*She stands tall, over 7 and is the picture of conventional attractiveness, athletic, but still with perfect curves. Also her skin is blue and her hair silky white.*
Iris: Easy Hanna, it's okay...
*She smiles kindly at Hanna and squeezes her shoulder then turns to face the Farseer*
Iris: This is Hanna, my name is Iris. Who are you may I ask?
*Despite the haughtiness, Iris smiles disarmingly at the Eldar Woman*

*Hanna nods and shifts behind Iris*

*She holds onto one of Iris's arms*

*a lock of hair falls uncouthly onto Irilis' face, and she seems to become aware that she's not exactly the spitting image of finesse right now*

*reduces haughtiness rating from 11*

I am Farseer Irilis, of Craftworld Ærouin. Where am I and who are you?

*begins dusting herself off*

*Iris blinks*
Iris: Well, I already told you, my name is Iris. My full name is Iris the Rainbow Goddess.
*Waits for a second or so before continuing because people have had bad reactions to her calling herself a goddess before.*
*Upon not immediately seeing one she continues speaking*
Iris: As for where you are... Well you're in a Imperial base, or at least it was a Imperial base. I don't know what the planet is called though, I'm sorry for not being so helpful

*Irilis straightens up, and begins trying to put her hair into a ponytail*

It's better than I usually get.

I'm stuck here for a while, what do you do for fun around here?

*Iris seems a little stuck on what to say*
Iris: Er... Well not much right now. We've mostly just been stuck here, hiding from invaders... Fun's not really been a priority.
*She shrugs then smiles slightly*
Iris: We've mostly been reading, I've been getting to know Hanna here.
*She smiles down at Hanna and ruffles her hair in a motherly fashion*

*Hanna calms slightly from the hair ruffles and lets go of Iris's hand*

*Hanna likes the sound of fun*

*Irilis fails to ponytail her hair, gives up, and pulls out a chessboard*

*despite reducing her haughtiness, Irilis still has a fairly condescending tone*

Do you know how to play this?

Ooc

Mine are blonde, sisters, 5'4/5'6, Martian in origins, Marla has ice blue eyes and matching highlights in ice blue, Maria golden blonde with eyes that are gold.

Maria has a daughter, rather similar, but got her resting right now

Furia, taller, Barbarian, speeks English as second but improving.
Fluent in native, muscular, etc.

My character list will expand back once in back in propper posting as I'm currently away at a family graduation.

And ye always welcome here. Leave, return, though the beer you left in fridge might be gone lol
Bic

*Furia heads in fairly slumping her shoulders as no news on much*

*looks over to Iris and selym. And grabs a meal and coffee*

Hello. News of beyond hall and clan?

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*Maria waves over*
Welcome to the last remaining place on the planet intact known.
Fun Iris? You and Horus managed ro find some time alone.
*teases her a tiny bit*

Names Dr Maria, and she,s my sister Marla, a doctor like me.

*Marla waves and sips a coffee trying to work put what her strange feeling was quietly thinking to self*
(Can't be... He never been seen in weeks... Surely... )
*teeny bit hopeful but not wanna have them dashed again*

*Iris nods and smiles to the Farseer*
Iris: Of course I do, I've played that game for millennia!
*She walks over to the table, sits down and pats a spot for Hanna to sit next to her*
Iris: Come on Hanna, why don't you come learn how to play Chess?
*She looks over at Maria, smiling knowingly*
Iris: Oh yes, you could say that.

*Hanna nods to Iris*

Hanna: O-ok...

*She is still slightly afraid of Irilis*

*Irilis sets up the chessboard and places the pieces*

*somehow manages to give off an air of bored superiority*

Which version of chess do you know?

*Iris crosses her legs calmly, fully aware she's probably about to get her butt kicked in chess, but happy to be able to show Hanna how to play*
Iris: Is there more than one kind? I was unaware of that. I'll play whatever version you choose.

*Irilis has already taken out several complicated apparatuses, many of a crystalline nature, but reconsiders*

Perhaps that's not the best idea. I'm going to assume you play the Mon'keigh version.

I choose black. Your move.