*Horus sees Iris*
Horus: Iris no! What are you doing here?! Get back!
*He gets blasted by a laser and stumbles forwards as it hit him in the back*
*iris cries out in fear, runs to Horus and tries to drag him away*
Iris: C'mon! We've got to get out of here! Yuki's trying to save who she can but we've got to leave!
*Horus stubbornly shakes his head*
Horus; No! I've got to stop this thing!
*He turns to face spawn as Iris keeps trying to drag him back*
*Merg is in a lot of pain, but she bites down on a crossbow bolt as Curt probably digs the slug out or something*
*Morrigan and Morgan are trying to ignore Yuki as Morri looks down upon her husband's body*
*She still hasn't shed a single tear as she brushes his hair back off his forehead*
Morrigan: What do we know of the killer... anything?
*Morgan shakes his head*
*Gharn hears the call and gets up to take Dria through a portal*
*Spawn looks between Horus, and Iris slowly tilting his head.* *A memory quickly comes, and goes, but it's enough for him to stop attacking Agmar with his chains.* *Spawn steps towards Horus, and Iris.* *With a thought his duster comes to life, and forms a wicked looking axe that spawn grabs in one hand.* *He slowly steps towards the pair, his eyes burning green.*
---- *Ciri nods, and sits down in a patch.* Ciri: I... should stop this... *She looks at her scarred hands, and gulps.* Ciri: Please... stay close... Tae... *Ciri keeps her eyes glued to Taeria, and closes and opens her fists.* ---
*Flagg nods.* Flagg: I fear our daughter is trying to learn necromancy... such magic comes at a price.
*Horus shoves Iris roughly back* Horus: Iris get back! *He balls his fists and stands between Iris and Spawn* Horus: Alright you murdering psychopath, show me your moves! *He picks up a nearby piece of furniture, breaks one leg off as a makeshift wooden stake, and hurls the rest at Spawn. Immediately after he hurls it he runs at Spawn, attempting to grab the arm wielding the axe, and drive the stake into Spawn's neck*
*Merg spits out the crossbow bolt* Merg: Some gakhole with a gun shot me out of nowhere... *She groans in pain and waits for Curt to finish up* Merg: what's the damage? *Having to have at least rolled her shirt up to get the wound tended, it's shown that on her stomach is the tattoo of a sun, with Elvish writing around the inside of it. There's also a sword point extending down from under her shirt, from where it begins at her collarbone*
*Spawn watches Horus charge, not even moving, and then phases.* *He walks straight through Horus, and stands before Iris, head tilted.* Spawn: I... know you... *He stares at Iris, and his arm that holds his axe shakes uncontrollably.* Spawn: Why... why didn't you save her?
--- *Flagg shakes his head.* Flagg: Rachel... is too powerful. Maybe we can reason with her, or even bargain... but we are powerless to stop her from what she wants, even if that damns herself. *He sighs, and shakes his head.* Flagg: No Maggie... we have new issues to deal with, and will probably be forced to work with the locals.
*Spawn keeps staring at Iris, and his chains seem to rise around him.*
Spawn: Answer me... Why didn't you save her? You... let her die... alone... no one... came to her...
*He groans with rage, and rounds on Horus.*
Spawn: Enough!
*The ground under Horus buckles, and a series of cadaverous hands grab him, an try to drag him into the earth below.*
*Hands aren't super strong, but there are a lot of them. Spawn then turns back to Iris.*
Spawn: You will tell me, or you will die!
I do not lie... daemon... I shall resist your touch... forever...
*Violator detects (and probably brushes aside) traces of various anomalies, the touch and influence of the nascent machine-god, fueling Verdai's power*
*Spawn roars, and grabs Iris by her neck with one hand. Then with the other places his thumb on her forehead.*
Spawn: You will know, you will feel every ounce of our pain...
*Images flash into Iris mind, painful images that cause her eyes to glow bright green.*
*A image of a tall woman with red hair in a gym being stabbed, and the pain of a lovers loss. Another image of a man brought to insanity, and killed by some spidery creature far beyond his skills. The final image is of the same man in a fiery landscape, offering up anything to some omnipotent evil power just so he can be with his beloved. The psychic backlash from this burns each image into Iris's mind*
Spawn: Now... you know... now tell me... why?
---
*Violators body phases, and he worms himself into a nice new home.*
*He giggles at the false god, and feeds off all of Verdai's sins strengthening his hold on his mind.*
Violator: You sad little creature... nothing can resist me... especially a creature as sinful as you...
*He scans all of Verdai's memories, especially the ones involving sins.*
Violator: Oh my... even my charge has reason to hate you...
---
*Flagg nods.*
Flagg: A new... evil has come to the room, and endangers everything we have worked for.
*He sighs.*
Flagg: Yes we will... have to work with these bags of gak.
*Iris screams in pain and shudders at the images being thrust into her mind* *After she's been shown she looks at Spawn* Iris: Urk... Life... can be hell... and you gave yourself to it... for love... You... suffer... for love...
*Horus is struggling, cursing out Spawn for touching Iris and incredibly scared of losing her*
And what is that, you insult to reality? Is it the death of Death? A hundred successful executions, across a dozen worlds? Greater beings than you broken on the... altar of beings that may TRULY be called gods? What is it, abomination?!
*Spawn grip tightens around Iris neck.*
Spawn: That isn't good enough... I am done suffering... I have suffered through hell, and back..
*He lifts her up, and shakes his head.*
Spawn: I'm here to bring retribution to all of you... You will suffer for your sins.
---
*Violator laughs, and sends a spike of pain down Verdai's left side.*
Violator: Such ignorance... you know nothing of "gods," only creatures born of emotion..
*His laughter fills his mind.*
Violator: I serve a real god, not some being born of the weak mortal races emotions.
---
*Flagg shrugs.*
Flagg: I do not possess the power of necromancy, but I know one who does...
*He sighs.*
Flagg: I will speak to him... and see if he can help.
*Hrorki gets out with a sigh and looks at the damage*
Give me 10 minutes and I'll see what I can do. I think the Machine Spirit will understand that we don't have time for incense and what not right now.
*Taldeer gets up and looks bloody furious*
*Lets loose with a piercing scream of anger that resonates in the air for several seconds before fading away*
*Eldritch energy crackles around her*
*Horus roars in rage and surges forwards, grasping inches from Spawn before being pulled back slightly*
*Iris struggles weakly kicking out at spawn with kicks that would knock a normal person over fairly easily, but probably wouldn't do jack to Spawn*
Iris: Urk... Why?...Please... No... Repent...
*Merg sits up and groans in pain, then rolls her shirt back down over her stomach and nods to Curt*
Merg: Thanks..
*Taeria hears the scream and heads toward it. She looks worried and her warm brown eyes are clouded with anxiety*
Taeria: A-Are you hurt?! H-How can I help?
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*Yuki sees Iris and she rushes to her creating a ln invisible shield around her. Knocking away Spawn for a moment*
"Perhaps I shall perish too."
*Taldeer at this point cannot hear anyone*
*she is completely lost to her anger and rage*
*the very air around her seems to crackle with the force of her anger*
*her eyes are glowing and arcs of lightning are shooting out from her and grounding into nearby objects*
*Irilis can hear various sounds of hammering and various other mechanical noises as Hrorki works*
*she can also hear the occasional curse*
*Vitani sees Hanna*
Vit: Oi. What's your issue, huh?
*She senses that Hanna is a ghoul*
Vit: oh? Cute too.. come down here before I come up there .
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*Taeria walks forward anyway, to help. She says in her gentle voice*
Taeria: I-I know you're upset... I miss home too... b-but we'll be safe here for n-now, ok?
*Taeria keeps moving forward*
Taeria: H-Hey, having friends always helps... when my brother comes back.. we can all b-be fri-
*Taeria is cut off by a bolt of lightning that strikes her chest. The small ghoulette is tosses like a doll and falls motionless to the ground*
*Spawn shakes his head, and bring his axe down on Yuki's shield. Plus he staggers back, and roars.*
Spawn: I will not be denied!
*He makes a strange hand gesture, and sends a molten beam of energy at Yuki's shield.*
*He holds the beam there, burning it's way through the angelic shield.*
*His chains snap around, and attack Horus seemingly at there on volition.*
---
*Ciri blinks in time to catch Taeria, and looks horrified.*
Ciri: T-T-Tae!
*She slowly turns to look at the screaming Taldeer, and blinks again. She phases next to the screaming eldar, and she snatches Taldeer by the throat, ending her psychic scream.*
Ciri: SILENCE!
*She blinks Taldeer into the ground, causing a small crater and has her sword drawn.*
Ciri: You... hurt... my... TAE!
*Her eyes burn with green energy, and her body glows with a green hue.*
*Vitani unleashes her kagune and shoots herself up to the trees to face Hanna*
Vit: You're just a ghoul. Like me- great. A part of me might have just died.
*Vit points to Taeria with indifference.*
Vit: I can help you out. But you gotta submit to me.
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*Yuki grumbles with annoyance and begins blowing heaps and heaps of fox fire at Spawn. She throws Iris and Horus into the damn portal NO NOTHING. NO MISS. and poofs the feth out of there *
*Doesn't react outwardly to the pain, but absolutely feels it*
I know true gods, Pretender... I have seen the desert fall into a pit of tentacles... Nyarlathotep walks across this world, and you shall not... overcome him... you sick, sick.... insect...
*The discarded pistol on the ground discharges, shooting Violator in the foot*
*Merg looks over at the screaming and sees the fight going on* Merg: What the- *She starts to get up then winces in pain and sits back down* Merg: Uhn... Hurts... *She clutches at her wound and hopes she hasn't torn it open already* *She then gets up slowly and moves towards Tae*
OOC: Sorry, missed that Tae.
BiC: *Horus and Iris land in a heap on the ground*
*Spawn watches this all around him, eyes glowing with rage.* Spawn: Fine.. If I can't kill you.. *Watches the pair get teleported away, cause that what Yuki just did? Pretty sure that happened on the last page.* *Spawn yells in rage.*
---- *Violator fleshy form gets hurt, but he seems unperturbed.* Violator: Oh spare me! The old gods are forgotten, and dead... Their secrets are well known to us... and even the aspects of Nyarlathotep fear me. You know true dead gods, and they use you as a puppet... just like how I will use you... Your sins outweigh most natural beings cause of your countless actions in helping the old gods! So yes call me a insect, or any other petty insults I care little! Your mind is already mine, your thoughts already being toyed with... say what you will Verdai, but I am, and forever will be in your conscious thoughts! *He laughs insanely, and sinks his metaphorical teeth into Verdai's mind.*
You will not use me, daemon... retract your power from my mind... or I will breach containment on the reactor that powers this place. I will... bathe the continent in radiation, and incinerate myself... and you. The coolant rods have already... been destroyed.
*Cries out in pain*
The old gods... live forever... you disgusting... abomination...
*Violator laughs more.*
Violator: Please send me back to hell, I must tell my master of my progress! You'd be doing me such a big favor! You don't understand how really ignorant you really are I am not some creature of emotion, I fething exist! I will turn you into a slave or kill you here, and come back for your elf friend! I'm sure my master will let me claim two souls here!
*Gurgling laughter fills the depths of Verdai's mind.*
Violator: You know we could have been allies in another life! It's a shame we end in such a... uneventful way!
---
*Ciri looks over at motionless Tae, and is just on the brink of losing her gak like a Eversor Assassin at the DMV.*
*Violator laughs fill Verdai's mind for what feels like eons.* Violator: Oh I'm sure, you'll make a lot out of hell! I'll be sure of that... *Violator giggles.* Violator: What beloved are we talking about? Taldeer... or... or is it Eli? *Putting a little mock sadness into that voice.*
*Merg slowly approaches Tae, partially cause she's taking it slow on her injury, partially cause she can see Ciri's a little... unstable.*
*She speaks quietly to Ciri*
Merg: I'm going to see if I can help her okay? Just going to try and help.
*She slowly kneels down next to Tae and goes to check her pulse*
*there is a faint pulse on the body*
//"Mom... Dad? ..... T-Thaddeus?... god it hurts.. i-i tried to help.. I just wanted.. to be useful.. i hope someone out there is proud."//
*Violator laughs back.*
Violator: You think the spirits sanctum is safe from the likes of me, oh what little you know... And you're still not getting it... served my master for centuries, and have died thousands of times! You think this death will mean anything? I shall be back before your souls reaches the pits. So I insist you blow us up!
---
*Ciri watches Merg, with a mixture of anger and sadness, but nods for her to help.*
Ciri: SHE IS OKAY?! *When she speaks it sounds as if she echoes, and also worth noting the green ribbons of energy flaking off her.*
*Hrorki grunts from where he's re-attaching the track with prodigious use of duck taep and Gurilla Gluu*
Depends on if you're willing to deal with the consequences should an Imperial answer the call. We tend to not like xenos touching our stuff.
//"I'm just a fool, aren't I-I?.. always trying...t-to.. fix things that d-don't concern me..."//
*The body begins to go cold*
//"mom... dad... Thaddeus... I wish I had a soul.. I-I wish I still had my soul.. so then maybe when this is done.. I'll.. I wont be so alone."//
*Vitani hands Hanna peices of a blank she was feeding on*
Vitani: Take this. Just know who your provider is, got it?
*Vutani stands over Hanna asserting her dominance *
*they both get clocked*
*Mergoux looks up at Ciri* Mergoux: She's alive! Let me try something... *She rummages in her bag and pulls out a tiny vial of red liquid with runic writing on it* Mergoux: Alright... I hope this works... *She begins to feed some to Tae* Mergoux: C'mon... c'mon... *She was feeding Tae a highly powerful healing draft, something capable of bringing someone back from the brink of death. Merg was saving it but feels it would be put to good use here*
*Thoth, Calluna, Morgan, Morrigan and Maril all get clocked*
Violator: SO... what was the point of that? I can manifest a physical form still to interact with spawn, I'm actually doing that right now! *Sounds very proud of himself.*
--- *Spawn notices the mushroom cloud from the old room, and has a pang of loss go through him for some reason.* *The violator appears next to him.* Violator: So! Looks like I may have caused a bobo in your memory... such a shame! Spawn: Shut up... Violator: No. Now I need you to go find their little special sanctum, and kill them all! Like a good spawny... Spawn: I... know one. Violator: Shut the feth up spawn.. they let her die, now go kill them.. *Spawn shakes his head, and jumps down. *He goes into the forest, and tries to find his previous life.* *Violator sighs with annoyance, then grins at the mushroom cloud.* Violator: Such fun!
--- *Ciri has had enough, she grabs taldeer by her wraith bone chestplate, and throws her off into the sanctums trees like a rag doll.* *She then blinks over to Taeria, and starts to try to heal her with magic.*
*Milo gets clocked and slips a bit further towards death*
*Taldeer screams half in terror and half in grief/pain/rage and arcs of lightning shoot out from her body and begin hitting anything nearby with terribly painful shocks*
NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
*she's casting Eldritch Storm yo*
*she gets hurled, but her momentum is halted suddenly as she begins levitating in mind-air as the storm begins to build*
zergling15 wrote: OOC Wait a sec. Where did the nuke go off? In the spirit place? Or where the room used to be? What is clocking everyone?
OOC: Far as I can tell, it's in a previous room, but on the same world. Presumably close enough to threaten the new room and Hrorki and Irilis' expedition with fallout.
*Hrorki finishes repairing the tracks with Gurilla Gluu and Duck Taep*
LET'S MOVE!
*he darts into the Troop Bay and physically drags the door to the closed position*
*Irilis has now figured out control co-ordination, and moves off at high speed, still going for the armoury, which is thankfully the opposite direction to the fallout*
*Ciri's eyes fill with energy tears, as she watches Taeria get struck with lighting, and (OOC: fething) dies.* *She gets struck as well, but it seems to only phase her for a moment. She onlylooks down at Taeria, and shakes her head unwilling to accept such a tragic loss. Utter rage fuels her, and she looks over at Taldeer, and screams a scream of sorrow that shatters minds.* *Then time stops, at least for Ciri.* *She flashes over to Taldeer, the aerondight blade in hand, and stabs her thousands of times for killing her beloved.* *Her body erupts in flames, and her scars burn with unnatural light while she does this. On top of that she seems to still be screaming.* *All this in a matter of seconds.*
*Taldeer gets absolutely destroyed, but just before she dies she manages to increase the Eldritch Storm's power and drops it right on top of Ciri's head, shocking the ever loving crap out of her and engulfing her in raw power*
*Hrorki glances toward Irilis*
I may be wrong, but that looks to have been a nuclear detonation. What exactly exploded though I am not sure, the explosion appears to have come from the direction of the Room though.
*he shakes his head and sighs*
OOC:
So far as I know no-one really died in the blast themselves. They may have been knocked down by the blast, but I don't think anyone died to it itself. Taldeer died to Hurricane Ciri, and Ciri just got an Eldritch Storm dumped on her head, but the nuke itself didn't do much I think.
*Hrorki nods*
If they're detonating that sort of weapon that usually means that things are getting bad. We should try to pick up the pace though, I have a bad feeling about this my beard itches with trouble.
*Ciri get's hit with the bolt, and collapses from the utter shock of the attack.* *Her aura and body still burns with energy cause the earth around her to catch on fire.* *She lay there burning, but at least out cold for the time being.*
OOC: Okay so the blast was at the old room, which is a good distance away from the new room. Now in Yuki's little sanctum, there is a eldritch storm going on. All in all, the violator, and Verdai got taken in the blast. Hrorki and Irilis got shaken from the blast sense they were relatively close to it. And the agony of Verdai dying caused Taldeer to become very sad, so she cast a eldritch storm that killed Tae.
*Irilis' driving is far from smooth, and every uneven part of the road results in the Chimera jumping up and down like someone had fitted an active beatbox to it*
*one pothole causes an enormous crunching sound, and causes the Chimera to gain some air*
OOF! I do not know how far from that blast "safety" is, but this vehicle will not take much more of my driving...
*On the horizon, an enormous Hive City begins to loom*
*Hrorki doesn't really feel all of the discomfort from the bumping as his power armor is absorbing a ton of the force*
*He is still really not enjoying this ride*
*He opts to not say anything, as irritating the driver is a bad idea in most situations*
We are probably far enough away now, but to be safe we should probably keep going.
*Hrorki frowns as he considers*
*takes several seconds as he works through it in his mind*
Most Hive Cities do not put up their void shields unless they are under active threat of being bombarded or otherwise attacked from orbit, whether that be by enemy fire or by asteroids or orbital debris.
*Hrorki frowns and considers for several more seconds*
*thoughtfully he speaks*
We should be ok to pass through simply because we are not moving fast enough for the shields to repel us. Void shields are designed to deflect and absorb fast moving missiles and other objects, our lower speed SHOULD ensure that we can make it through just fine.
*Hrorki looks up at Irilis*
They will not so long as I am there. They may hate the alien and the witch, but they fear the Adeptus Astartes more than they will hate you. We are the Emperor's fury made manifest, his Angels of Death.
*he looks back down and begins loading his bolt rifle and studying the runes that he etched onto its' side and firing mechanism*
*Aerin nods as BH drops, and he takes another bottle of Swallow*
*The Cat Witcher stands back up with a grunt and heads over to the pair*
A: Eye of an immortal.
*rips the knife out of BH's head and bends down to start taking the pair's eyes*
*The Chimera passes through the void shield, crackling and screeching with energy for a few seconds*
*Irilis has a brief moment of doubt before she and Hrorki successfully make it through*
*The outer walls of the Hive City are clear now, and appear to be well over 200 meters high, with enormous cannons embedded in them, and AA platforms dotted around above them.*
*The Chimera now begins navigating a series of abandoned trenches, stretching half a kilometer from the walls*
This does not look good, Space Wolf. Something has been through here before us, and seems to have breached at least the preliminary defences. There are dead Mon'keigh everywhere...
*The Chimera dips and rises as it carefully traverses the trench-gaps*
*Hrorki frowns with concern but says nothing*
*continues checking over his bolt rifle, but with perhaps a bit more alacrity now*
*eventually loads it and pulls the bolt back with a clicking sound*
*does the same with his bolt pistol*
*Irilis pulls up to the gates of the Hive City. They are large enough to permit the passage of a knight titan, designed in the gothic architecture that typifies Imperial constructs.*
We are here. It seems we will need to find a way in, as the gates are shut. Given the lack of response to our arrival, I would suggest the walls here are abandoned.
*Irilis steps out, and places her ghosthelm back on*
*In the Hive, chambers where people were densely packed are now filled with the purple fluid. The walls, stained purple, begin to glow gently, as the sticky liquid spreads across the interior walls of the hive, the minds of the inhabitants rended into their most basic state, mixing freely.... and forming the beginnings of a single Hive-mind*
*Hrorki gets out and follows Irilis*
*studies the gates as he moves, looking for a weakness*
*also studies the surrounding area looking for another possible way into the Hive*
Well. We can always try to blow a hole in the gate, I have some demolition charges that I brought with me. Alternatively we can look around here for a gatehouse or something of the like.
*Vitani growls with anger as the atorm rages on in the spirit realm. *
Vitani: Hanna, we need our strength. Let's fuel up.
*The terrifying Ghoulette allowed her kagune to emerge and she shows off her abnormally long tongue with malicious intent*
Vitani:I've needed a good feeding...
*She lays eyes on the two bodies and she cackles*
Vitani: Lunch.
*She begins to consume the bodies greedily but leaves a little for Hanna. The ghoul regains her strength as she feeds off of the dead individuals*
Vit: Good riddance.
*Irilis considers for a moment, then settles on an answer*
I would prefer a quiet entrance, whatever killed the guardsmen in the trenches may be inside. However, if no gatehouse is shortly forthcoming, some charges on the gate may be our best bet.
Understood.
*Hrorki begins searching the area around the gate and their Chimera for some sort of gate house or some other means of ingress into the Hive*
*has his bolt rifle out and loaded just in case of danger.*
*Irilis reaches out with her mind to try to locate any nearby threats*
Hmm... This area is almost abandoned, but I do sense a few.. things skittering around inside and behind the walls...
They do not reflect strongly in the warp... They seem to be communicating...
*Hrorki pauses mid-step*
Something purple? That sounds.... odd.
*he's now on high alert and is scanning the area thoroughly for a gate house and threats*
*Black Hawk down!* *As Billy's eyes are picked out his vision swims with a face* Billy: Jordan?! *Billy and Black Hawk pass on, and meet (The original) Jordan in the afterlife, where Billy and her are finally reunited and safe*
*Mergoux groans and sits up, and if she's able to see people EATING Tae's body she loses it* Mergoux: What the f- Ghouls! Die! *She's not thinking the same Ghouls as from Tokyo Ghoul, but instead generic Ghouls who eat dead flesh* *She draws her crossbow and fires, missing probs cause of the concussion she just got which is making her vision kinda fuzzy*
*Gharn and Dria are wandering towards the people in the distance, moreso Gharn just carrying a limp Dria*
*Hrorki checks his bolt rifle once more to make sure everything is in working condition*
If it bleeds, we can kill it. None can stand before the wrath of the Adeptus Astartes and live. We are the All-Father's will made manifest.
*The shot misses and Vitani grins at Merg*
Vitani: You dont have a quinque.
*She consimes both of the bothes effortlessly but leaves scraps for Hanna like a regular alpha would*
Vitani: Thank me? Just submit to me. Dont forget who the boss is. I call shots around here. If yiu stay behind me I'll keep you safe. Now, eat up. These women are fresh.
*Vitani's eyes glow as she becomes more and more corrupted and in tune with her instincts*
//"all that was left of the Good part of Sasha is dead. What can hold me back now?"//
*Hrorki continues his sweeps around the vicinity of the gate, looking for some kind of switch or gatehouse*
*eventually finds something that might be a gate house and he walks into it and begins searching*
*eventually finds what appears to be a working override switch to open the gates*
I think I found a way to open the gate. Stand by, I'm about to PULL THE LEVAH KRONK!
Hanna: S-submit? Y-your t-t-the boss?.... I. I d-don't know... S-she just shot an a-arrow at you! W-whatever you'are d-doing! P-people d-don't like it! Y-you should stop!
*Vitani lashes out at Hanna*
Vitani: Shut your mouth! We'll always have arrows thrown at us. We're ghouls! We eat people!... they're just lucky I didn't pick off a live one.
*Vitani sees that she needs to be a bit more gentle with hanna. She grunts with frustration.*
Vitani: Just... Er..
*The Ghoulette turns slightly red and then shakes her head defiantly*
Vitani: Whatever! Just do what I say and you won't get killed.... not that I care or.. anything..
*Hrorki leans his bolt rifle against a wall and begins to pull on a lever in the gate house that will open the gate*
*it hasn't been used in a long while, so it's more than a little bit rusted, so it's slow going even for a Primaris Marine*
*Merg get's weakly to her feet, leaning on her sword for support as she gets up*
*She looks pretty fething mad as she takes a few clumsy steps towards the pair*
*Iris groan and sits up, having been shielded from the blast by Horus*
Iris:...What's...What's going on?
*She looks around blearily*
*Vitani notices Merg*
Vitani: Don't make me eat you too. Think of us as garbage disposals. We clean up the scraps so you all don't have to walk around in filthy carnage.
*Vitani hisses with frustration*
Vitani: I'm not promising gak to a beta like you!....
*She sees Hanna's face and grumbles even more*
Vitani: FINE. but I'm doing it because I want to! Understand, Pipsqueak?
*Vitani turns to Merg with annoyance*
*Vitani's head begins to hurt violently*
Vitani: A-Ah gak..
*She shakes her head and growls*
//"S-So the roles have s-switched?"//
Vitani:NOOOOO. TAERIA WHY CAN'T YOU JUST STAY DEAD! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!
*Ciri lies on the ground burning, but after a time she slowly stands up.*
*Her eyes snap to where Tae's corpse was, and the bloody faced ghouls.*
Ciri: NO!
*Her wounds still bleed energy, and she stomps up to Vitani rage burning in her eyes.*
Ciri: W-WHY! WHY! *She snatches Vitani by the throat, and holds her aloft.*
Ciri: YOU ANIMAL!
---
*Spawn sits next to the site of where his previous life ended, and looks down at the already decayed corpse.*
*He slowly pics up the old Ruger, looking at it with a mixture of sadness, and happiness.*
Violator: Spawn, buddy! Need you for something... that science douche is doing some questionable things, and I need you to defeat a old god! You can do that bud, right?
Spawn: For... her?
Violator: *Sigh* Yep all for her.
Vitani: *Choking noise* She's.. inside me... you idiot!!!!!!!
//"C-Ciri!!!!"//
*For se reason Vitani is not attacking or defending herself. Taeria will not let her*
OOC:
Off to do some wargaming for a few hours with my disposable meatshields, I mean Imperial Guard, feel free to NPC Hrorki to get into the city and do some stuff Selym.
*Ciri tightens her grip slightly, and grinds her teeth.*
Ciri: D-DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!
*She slams Vitani on the ground, and releases her neck. Stands over her, looking coldly down at her.
Ciri: FREE MY TAE! GIVE HER CONTROL, OR I BURN YOU TO ASH!
*Ciri's pants like a rabid dog, eyes finally drift to Hanna gore covered face.*
Ciri: You... ate... my... TAE!
*Iris sees the confrontation and smacks Horus*
Iris: Horus wake! I need you now!
*Horus stirs and sits up as Iris starts to drag him towards Hanna and Vitani, not wanting them to die*
*Mergoux slowly approaches the ghouls and Ciri, but she keeps shaking her head blearily*
*The back of her head is bleeding from where it struck a rock when she was bowled over*
*Vitani hisses with annoyance and allows Tae to take over*
"C-Ciri... a fragmemt of me... w-was saved. I cannot die completely unless Vitani dies as well... "
*Ciri is about to slash Hanna into pieces until she hears Tae's voice.*
Ciri: T-Tae?
*Her aura finally ceases, and her skin steams from it. Her scares still glow brightly, as she stares down at Vitani.*
Ciri: Tae... I'm... so sorry.. I failed you.
*She crumples to her knees, and looks ashamed.*
*Iris drops Horus's arm and runs over to Hanna, scoops her up and starts to book it away from Ciri while she's distracted*
*She looks down at Hanna, skin still black with fear*
Iris: We need to get you away from her!
*Usain Bolt got nothing on Iris's godly legs lol*
*Horus staggers to his feet and moves towards Ciri, ready to try to stop her if she goes for Hanna, and now more importantly, Iris.*
*The Living Hive, mind of a billion humans combined, gazes outward with raw psychic might, and notices the intrusion*
*Out of sight of Irillis and Hrorthi, the purple fluid oozes out of the walls of the entrance hall, and flows into the shape of a ten-foot-tall ogre-like beast, dotted with flowing face-forms of glowing light purple, each face the visage of a former Hive resident, now a part of the collective*
*After a bit Iris sets Hanna down and sinks to the ground panting from not only running that distance, but carrying Hanna too*
Iris: I... We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.... I'm sorry Hanna... I but I don't have a answer.
*She looks at Hanna sadly*
*Ciri shakes her head, and curls up into a ball.*
Ciri: I shouldn't have let you die...
*Make a sad whimper as Vitani comes back.*
*She just lays there whimpering, unable to take the loss of losing her beloved for another time.*
*Aerin stands up from the corpses after he finishes his bloody work and nods*
A: Two more ingredients, and a half elf to catch.
*The Witcher also grabs Billy and BH's guns, cause he's curious about the strange devices, before he heads off into the woods to lay low for a little bit*
Hanna: ... I-I need to go back. T-the girl there k-knows w-who I ate.. A-and she s-said she would p-protect me... B-but she s-seemed mean... I don't k-know what to d-do... The b-b-body tasted s-so good...
*Her wings shoot out of her back as she thinks of the taste of the body, her wings vibrate*
*Spawn appears near Aerin, and tilts his head at the two corpses.*
*A pang of sadness passes through him as he looks at Billy.*
// I... knew him too...// *He looks at Aerin, and his chains drift up ready to strike.*
Spawn: You... are evil...
Spawn: You know nothing then, your soul is already weighed down from your sins... When you die, you will fall to the pits.
*His chains lunge forward whipping down the quen shield, and his duster shifts into his axe.*
Spawn: You die this-!
*Violators voice claws through spawns mind.*
Violator: STOP!
*Spawn stands there gritting his teeth.*
*Irilis watches from inside the gatehouse as the gates open, wondering what the skittering purple-presences will do in response*
*Her mind tries to track the closest few, half a dozen at most, and feels them slither and chitter, move with an ungainly gait, towards the opening gates*
They are incoming, Space Wolf, the do not feel like normal creatures...
*Aerin holds his silver sword in a defensive stance as he glances between Spawn and the Violator*
A: Don't really care about an afterlife. This one has been gak enough, don't want a second one.
Violator: That's the spirit! *Turns to spawn.* Killing him would be a waste spawny!
*Spawn growls, and his chains snaps and crack angrily.*
Spawn: He... killed someone I-
Violator: Who cares! Makes your job easier... you want to find her still, right?
*Spawn slowly nods, and violator walks up to Aerin (Eating another cheese burger somehow)*
Violator: Sooo, give me deets on this quest of yours! Seems like some dumb pagan ritual?
*Aerin nods*
A: Blood, tears, a heart, and an eye. Something a grave hag might use. But if that sorcerer can give what he promised, then I'm content. If not, I'll gut him too. Might try to gut him anyway, for messing with my sleep.
*cocks his head slightly*
A: Djinn, relict, or something else?
*Violator laughs, and grabs his fat belly.*
Violator: Oh what fun! Spawny will help you get what you need, right spawn?
*Spawn grunts, but nods, thinking only for his lover.*
Violator: Good boy! And no, I am a demon of hell. Yes there is a hell... but you'll find that out later!
Spawn: What now then?
Violator: You take our boy here to that foxy spirits sanctum, and let him loose. You bring your wrath down on them, while he gets what he needs! Sounds good, Spawny!
*Spawn slowly nods.*
*Yuki shudders*
Yuki: If I am caught I'll definitely become a tentacle slut...
*The spirit does not know what is happening inside of the sanctum. She continues flying over the planet looking for any form of life*
*Violator laughs.*
Violator: Need you? No-no-no-no... I just like watching good ol' fashion chaos, with a mix of blood shed!
*Spawn still stands there, lost in his own thoughts.*
Violator: Think of us as your guardian angels... willing to help you achieve the impossible!
*Aerin nods slowly, but keeps frowning*
A: This isn't impossible. Already am half done, and no one knows I killed three people. One of them inside the damn place. But if you want to help, fine by me.
*The grand fox spirit can be seen flying over in the sky. She sends out a telepathic signal to any worthy, mortal life in the distance*
"Follow my voice. You will be safe.:
*The Violator laughs, and shakes his head.*
Violator: Don't be too sure, you were close to death a few hours ago.
*He turns, and looks to the sky.*
Violator: That annoying wretch... well regardless.
*He disappears, leaving spawn standing there staring at Aerin.*
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*Ciri still curled up into a ball, whimpering pathetically.*
*Her mind races in disarray, and she doesn't feel the encroaching doom approaching the sanctum.*
*Vitani begins exploring the areas where the 2 bodies were. She sees something shiny near all of the flesh*
Vitani: Hm. A rock?
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*Yuki swoops down low and lands near V*
Yuki: I am a spirit of the forest. There is great evil.
*The spirit becomes frustrated*
Yuki: You do not have to trust me. Your loss.
*She begins to levitate and gets ready for departure.*
*Violator crawls from a dark corner of Verdai's mind.*
Violator: Yep... chaos influence for sure... but she could help! Talk to her Verdai, maybe she can bring back your lover, or should I say lovers... *He giggles his horrible giggle.*
*Yuki grunts and shakes her head as she senses the evil presence*
//"Filth..."//
*She lashes her mighty 9 tails and flattens her ears*
Yuki: There is something inside you?
*The spirit pounces and pins Verdai to the ground wiith one paw. *
Yuki: Speak.
*She commands the demon to present itself*
*Violator laughs.* Violator: She can't help you... no one can... *He claws Verdai's mind, destroying some memories.* Violator: Tell the fox to let you into her sanctum, do this and I promise to leave you alone... *Violator growls, and surfaces using Verdai lungs to speak.* Violator: Hello, Fox! What can I do for you? Maybe you have decided to give up, I accept your surrender!
*Vitani takes the "rock" and gets ready to play with it, using her kagune*
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*The spirit turns into a woman and chuckles*
Yuki: You've taken an awfully pathetic body to reside in, Violator. What's to stop me from destroying this body and forcing you to come out?
*Irilis hears some sort of spirit call out to her from across a desert, but ignores it*
*Irilis and Hrorki set up a defence behind the Chimera, in front of the gate, and watch as liquid purple forms into HDF soldiers, their liquidity paradoxical to their stature*
*Both hold their fire as they wait to see of this is some alien greeting, or a measure of intruder repulsion*
Irilis: This is unnerving. I have seen creatures from all across the galaxy, and some from the Immaterium, but this design takes the wraithbone. They seem to be communicating, but it is internal, and not wholly of the warp...
Hrorki: *aiming down his bolter* If they come any closer I will fire.
Yuki: Mortals and their... emotional ties are... interesting. You all should accept death.
*Yuki gets off of Verdai and stands over him*
Yuki: but I see.. You may pass.
//"Idiot. You put everyone at risk. You're too soft."//
*She opens the gate*
Yuki: I cant.... It... dangerous...
*She closes it*
Yuki: get on my back, Mortal
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*Vitani puts herself in a Kagune shell with the "rock". She begins scratching at it.*
Vitani: hm.. I wonder how much force it takes to break it.
*Violator laughs some more.* Violator: Yes let us into your Sanctum, I wish to feast on his lovers soul! *He sends a message to spawn, and spawn nods when he received it.* Violator: What now we are to ride you?
Spawn to Aerin: I shall return soon, rest. *Spawn disappears in a flash of green light.*
*Yuki re-opems the portal even though it was closed. She oulls V the hell out of there and tosses him out*
Yuki: Bad.
*She closes the portal but it is now vulnerable to Spawn*
OOC whoops!
*Yuki remains silent and shape shifts to the mighty fox form*
Yuki: You cannot enter that porta yetl. Once inside you will put the other mortals in danger.
*Yuki takes off in flight gently to make sure Verdai doesn't fly off*
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*Vitani uses her kagune and SMASHES the rock onto the ground. *
Vit: aww.. it old causes a small, barely visibke crack... this will be fun!
*Yuki swipes Verdai off of her back and lets him fall for a good 20 seconds. She then swoops down to catch him*
Yuki: You sound like a filthy demon. Watch your tongue when you are in my presence or I will have to end your life and consume your soul for the greater good. You will not touch a living soul in my Sanctum. Control your emotions, human
*Violator chuckles.* Violator: I agree Verdai, whoever did this must pay! Killing one of your beloveds is a no-no! Don't listen to the fox, she is bluffing! I say you smuggle a nuke in the sanctum, and blow it up! *His fragment grins, and goes to check on spawn.*
--- *Spawn appears in the antechamber, and looks up at the purple ogre monster.* *Doesn't say anything yet, just looks at it, and his surroundings.*
Yuki: there are more dead in there. But I cannot risk you going in and bringing along that demon. He will harm the ones that are left or take the souls of the deceased.
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*Vitani continues to smash the stone ruthlessly. Determined to see was was inside (not knowing a soul is inside )*
*Violator sighs.*
Violator: I just want Verdai to get his vengeance is all.. what's wrong with that?
*He chuckles.*
Violator: I'm not taking any more souls, that's spawns job.
*Yuki goes soft for a moment. She opens to portal reluctantly*
Yuki: I know better... but... alright...
//"Idiot. Idiot...."//
//'Their blood will be on my hands"//
Yuki: my entire mission is in jeopardy. If something happens in there, I will hunt you endlessly until I see that justice is done.*
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*Vitani smashing the rock. It breaks with one final strike. *
Vitani: that was satisfying... but aww.. no prize..
*doesnt know she damned a soul to slaanesh*
*She eats the bits and come out of the kagune shell*
*Violator giggles with glee, and besides Verdai his clown form appears in a fiery flash.* Violator: Oh boy! Oh boy! We are here, way to go V! Never doubted you for a second! Oh dawg I got you, it the white haired chick with the sword... Who actually gives me chills...
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*Ciri sits on the ground whimpering, and then a flash of what's to come burns through her mind.* *The violent premonition causes her to vomit, and she quickly stands up.* *As she slowly turns to where Verdai entered.* Ciri: You shouldn't be here.
*Vitani sees Ciri finally rise. She giggles*
Vitani: Gosh, Ciri.. you've always been so hot when you're angry.
*She continues toying with Hanna but keeping an eye on Ciri*
*Ciri gives Vitani a hard stare, then looks back at Verdai.* Ciri: She killed my Taeria... so I ended her. *She shrugs* Ciri: I do not know. *Tilts her head at the gun.* Ciri: You... can't hurt me... stand down. *Violator giggles uncontrollably.* Violator: Yes you can V! Shoot her already!
*Irilis and Hrorki look at eachother in horror, for once seeming to understand eachother. For Hrorki, this hive mind was an anathema to his core values as a Space Wolf - freedom and self-reliance are of great importance to him. To have such removed, possibly by force, was something he found deeply unsettling. For Irilis, she saw parallels with she-who-thirsts' consummation of Aeldari souls, and refused to believe that it could happen in the physical realm, too.*
Hrorki: I don't like this. This could be a trap, they could kill us and we would be unable to stop them or retreat.
Irilis: I do not believe this is a "them" at all. We can either go in as it suggests, or we can just get back in the Chimera and circumnavigate the whole hive. But if we do that I doubt we would have enough fuel.
We are benevolent, xeno and Astarte. We wish nothing but to commingle in peace, and bask in the light of the God-Emperor. We have no need for physical materials, such as the weapons in the armory, or food, or water. We have no class, or wealth, or enemies. We are us. We are the Hive. Take what you will. We are beyond such things.
*The Magos Prime splits apart into a crowd of smiling civilians, the forms of the hive's former ruling class*
*Vitani growls and then approaches Ciri and V*
Vitani: She did kill Taeria. There are witnesses. Honestly, I was pretty over joyed when she killed her.
*Vitani grins but quickly stops when she makes eye contact with Ciri*
*Ciri grits her teeth.*
Ciri: She lost control, and Tae tried to help. Tae got hurt, so I shut your stupid crazy lovers mouth... but then Tae was slipping so I tried to throw help her, and... your lover went back to freaking out. Her magic killed my Tae, so I killed her.
*She draws her sword, and growls.*
Ciri: You are a monster Verdai, nothing you have ever done has been for the greater good! You helped gods control me, and I brought ruin to thousands cause of you! And now you dare to come at me cause of your new lover killed mine? Why don't you find a new Aen Elle whore, and be happy...
*Vitamin's eyes widen and she covers her mouth with her hand*
Vit: oooh... got em..
*Vitani scoots away*
Vit: dont come at her bro... just find a new one.
*Iris holds Hanna and get's ready to run if things go bad*
*Horus is unsure how to intervene in this whole she-bang, but in general is more siding with Ciri*
Horus: Verdai, listen and listen good, best I know, Taldeer started all of this. I don't know everything, but use that logical brain of yours and maybe get some real justice out of this. Not just shooting the person you think guilty.
*He looks over at Ciri*
Horus: Ciri, I... I know what you're going through, I went through the same thing many many years ago, but just please... stay calm, there might be-
*He sees Gharn and Dria approaching and his heart sinks*
Horus:...There are still children here... Please don't either of you do anything stupid!
*Vitani remains still and in an instant her kagune emerges. *
Vitani: I'll kill y-
*something doesn't let her. The speck of goodness left keeps Vitani quiet and still *
//" N-No more.. or I'll kill us both. "//
*Ciri's eyes flash green, and she blinks forward. She grabs Verdai's hand holding the mauser, and hyperextended's his wrist. Not breaking it but making it painful to fire it again, also not aiming at anybody.* Ciri: I told you, you shouldn't be here.. you already endangered us all by bringing a demon in here. Now no more violence.. *Her eyes glow with hate, and she shakes her head.* Ciri: Verdai... you will never understand the horrors I face every time I sleep... I killed innocent... cause of you, and your heartless actions. You have no right to say I am indebted to you! You have no right to ask anything from me! It is a shame that you can't see what your selfish actions have done to me, and Taeria! And you think I shall help you save that Aen Elle! A FETHING AEN ELLE!? *She actually laughs, which is kinda infectious so the Violator laughs too.* Ciri: I'm fine Horus... Relax... and worry about the demon... Violator: I'm a clown, that bitch is crazy.
*Laughs a high, cold laugh at the absurdity of it all*
I sense an inability to blame yourself, miss. Who has hurt you? Not me, miss. I have barely spoken to you. My affairs have never intermingled with yours. The person who you need to blame, is long dead, consumed by nuclear fire and sent to the hell you just sent an innocent person to. It is my debt to you, to repair whatever damage whatever I did did to you.
*Conveniently leaves out the part about rescuing Eli*
So. Tell me. Have I ever shot you? Actively sought to harm you? Arranged anything to harm you? The answer is no, miss. Do not pass the Cabal's sins onto me.
*Ciri's eyes widen in shock, and her grip on his arm extends further.* Ciri: You bastard. you have physically hurt me before! Maybe our memories are fuzzy (OOC: And because Dakka's key word search broke) but I am positive you have wronged me, and that is enough for me. *She growls, and looks over at the Violator.* Ciri: Besides I don't help men in league with demons.
*Horus looks at Violator now, because I didn't realize he was there physically, just thought inside Verdai* Horus: A clown? Alright look Tim Curry, I'm giving you one chance to leave before I cause you as much pain as physically possible. Leave. *He looks at Verdai now, trying to think of when he harmed Ciri* Horus: No, I'm pretty sure you did stuff Verdai. Regardless, I KNOW you've known about Eli doing things, and done nothing to stop them. Don't act so high and mighty, you're far from blameless
OOC: Got ninja'd BiC:
*Iris gently holds Hanna* Iris: No Hanna... Never... Whoever made you this way, they're the bad people... You're just a innocent victim... Don't you ever blame yourself for this. *Watches nervously from afar, no longer black with fear, but instead dark grey of worry*
*Vitani stretches*
Vitani: It's kind of like a rock, right? Glowing? Shiny? ... yeah I ate it. Tasted like used puss-
*Vitani stops suddenly as the speck of consciousness inside of her becomes angry*
*She goes into ghoul mode and her eyes go red*
"S-She didn't know that's what it was"
*Horus sighs as Vitani admits to possibly destroying the soulstone* Horus: Oohh..... Feth. *He looks at Verdai* Horus: Wait what?! Your own logic? What the feth even is that?!
*He looks back at Vitani* Horus: Would you shut up and stop making things worse!
*Ciri growls ANGRILY at Vitani, and gives her a look of "REALLY? YOU HAVE TO BRING THIS UP NOW?!.* Ciri to Verdai: I told you... you shouldn't have come here... now you will bring doom to this place, now leave this place... please.
*Violator grins, and tilts his head at Horus.* Violator: Oh birdperson I would love to kill you! But That's not my job! *Spawn appears in front of Violator in a flash of green light.* Violator: It's his... get em spawny...
I have nothing against you, personally. My hatred is redirected. To those that lied. And that cannibal abomination in the corner. Release me, so I may set things right.
*Looks strangely at Vitani*
Do you know what nuclear fallout does to biological tissue? Let me show you.
Ooc should be good enough to post back tmoz afternoon ish.
Can someone discord me a update on events come to pass as I am totally confused right now...
*Vitani pause " mid-book" and turns around*
Vitani: as if you can threaten me? I barely count as "alive". I'll eat your flesh just as I ate the bits of that pathetic and horrid tasting soul stone. Sluts have a certain taste. I'd know.
*She winks and instantly her Kagune shoots forth peircing V in the stomach with ease*
Vitani: I'm going to have to kill you. You disrespected me.
*Ciri groans with annoyance.*
Cir: There is a piece of Tae in her... I can't let you hurt her.
*In a flash she teleports Verdai back to the desert.*
Ciri: I tried to be reasonable...
*She waves her hand healing his wound partially, and blinks away this time in the sanctum forest.*
Ciri: Vitani! I swear to fething gods you better come out right now! Right fething now!
jhe90 wrote: Ooc should be good enough to post back tmoz afternoon ish. Can someone discord me a update on events come to pass as I am totally confused right now...
OOC: I've not been paying too much attention outside of Hrorki and Irilis, but there's been a nuclear detonation in the Old Room, involving Vervi, Taldeer, Spawn and some others. The fallout threatens a large area of the continent, including New Room (assassin's base) and Irilis and Hrorki. Irilis and Hrorki are currently en route to an Ad Mech Foundry, looking for weapons with which to kill Spawn, but have encountered some sort of hive mind in a hive city. Agmar was, when I last checked, in New Room, recently recovered from injuries from his encounters with Spawn.
You were last seen here:
jhe90 wrote: Ooc eye starting to feel better. Musta just been nothing major it seems. Yay. Night folks.
As for mine. WK has full NPC rights on Marla/Milo plot. Save. Cry whatever. Your choice if it comes to it.
OT can NPC Marlin as needed or he wants. Follow, stay, leave family to it, long as it fits
*Space wolf is badly hurt again by the assult and out of the fight as only fair to zk*
War Kitten was last seen here:
War Kitten wrote: OOC: Off to do some wargaming for a few hours with my disposable meatshields, I mean Imperial Guard, feel free to NPC Hrorki to get into the city and do some stuff Selym.
*Horus roars in anger and curses at Verdai*
Horus: Danu! Verdai you dumbass!
*Leaps at Spawn to try and give others time to escape*
Horus: Iris! Gharn! Get out of here!
*Gharn was nearly there then stops, hears Horus shout and takes his instruction by transforming and carrying Dria in his arms as he turns and runs*
*Iris goes black with fear again and scoops Hanna up after any answer that Z15 might post*
Iris: Hanna hold on tight!
jhe90 wrote: Ooc should be good enough to post back tmoz afternoon ish.
Can someone discord me a update on events come to pass as I am totally confused right now...
OOC: I've not been paying too much attention outside of Hrorki and Irilis, but there's been a nuclear detonation in the Old Room, involving Vervi, Taldeer, Spawn and some others. The fallout threatens a large area of the continent, including New Room (assassin's base) and Irilis and Hrorki. Irilis and Hrorki are currently en route to an Ad Mech Foundry, looking for weapons with which to kill Spawn, but have encountered some sort of hive mind in a hive city.
Agmar was, when I last checked, in New Room, recently recovered from injuries from his encounters with Spawn.
You were last seen here:
jhe90 wrote: Ooc eye starting to feel better. Musta just been nothing major it seems. Yay. Night folks.
As for mine.
WK has full NPC rights on Marla/Milo plot.
Save. Cry whatever. Your choice if it comes to it.
OT can NPC Marlin as needed or he wants.
Follow, stay, leave family to it, long as it fits
*Space wolf is badly hurt again by the assult and out of the fight as only fair to zk*
War Kitten was last seen here:
War Kitten wrote: OOC:
Off to do some wargaming for a few hours with my disposable meatshields, I mean Imperial Guard, feel free to NPC Hrorki to get into the city and do some stuff Selym.
Thanks. Someone else Il fill in other gaps on here or Discord if they got tmr on there so I should be able to rejoin into the swing of things easy enough.
*Ciri growls, and stomps up to her.*
Ciri: Alright.. Vitani.. do you remember who the fething alpha was? Pretty sure it was fething me!
*She is about to rip out her own hair, and screech.*
Ciri: WHY THE FETH DID YOU EAT A STONE!?
*Spawn frowns, and shoots a beam of green energy at Horus's chest. He then back paves, and forms his axe.*
Spawn: Bird... what is your name?
*Violator giggles, and teleports away.*
OOC: just skim through the relevant characters' posts between the quote and here. In case you didn't know, you can click the name in a quot to go to its place on its page.
*Vitani cowers away*
Vitani: It's you! It's you!... Hey.. the stone was glowing, I'm a literal doggo. I wanted to play with it. Wan. Wan. It broke. Then I ate it. The worthless pig killed Taeria anyway. She couldn't control herself, the demons sure will control her though.. good thing, too..
*The little bit of goodness weeps inside of the ruthless ghoul*
*Horus grunts in pain as he's burned by the energy, then stands tall and brings both fists down on Spawn in a double hammer blow*
Horus: I am Horus! The Avenger! The Warrior! The Protector! The Last Earthlord!
*Iris holds Hanna tightly against her and starts to book it again*
Iris: Just hold on! I'm not going to let them hurt you! We've got to get away from those demons!
*She runs a good distance until they're out of side, hidden behind trees or rocks or a hill or something then sets Hanna down*
Iris: Are you okay dear?
*Looks worried for her little friend*
*Yuki growls as she senses the trouble*
Yuki: Foolish human. It was never worth that much...
*She flies over the dessert and she telepathically calls out to Verdai*
"Human, you may perish down there. Think rationally. There is no need for another life to be lost."
*Ciri nods.*
Ciri: Damn right... now no more BS from you... please.
*She sighs with frustration, and looks away.*
Ciri: You're all I have left of her Vit, please try to be careful... please..
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*Violator resurfaces next to Verdai', and giggles.*
Violator: Welcome to hell!
*Around the violator (who is in demon form) stand four creatures similar build to his, but are different in appearance. The largest of the group steps forward and roars.*
Vandalizer: YOU DARE STEP ON THE PITS SACRED GROUND?!
*He charges forward roaring with rage, while his the four brothers giggle.*
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*Spawn's eyes widen for a moment, before impact.*
*He makes a small crater in the ground, and slowly rises to his feet.*
Spawn: So you are... I remember you too...
*His chains wrap around Horus's legs, and spikes sprout from it's length.*
*Yuki senses the danger for Verdai*
"Please! You'll die in there! They will not let you out!"
*Yuki trembles with worry*
//"If I go down to help.. I'll be stuck there forever.."//
*Horus frowns* Horus: What? What are you talking about? I don't know youu-AGH! *He shouts in pain as his legs are stabbed by spikes of indeterminate length* *He makes a attempt to grab Spawn and punch him in the head with punches powerful enough to knock over a large tank*. *Each word is accompanied with a punch* Horus: Who. Are. You?! Why. Are. You. Doing. This!? *Is still standing, but maybe not for long depending on spike length*
*Iris nods and looks at Hanna* Iris: Now... About what I was saying before. Don't you blame yourself, not ever. You're a wonderful person!
*Spawn gets hit once, causing his head to smash on the ground sending necorplasm everywhere, before phasing out of the next series of attacks.* *He stands up, and crunching sounds can be heard as his face shifts back into place. His strange mask is momentarily uncovered to show a patch of brown hair. * Spawn: I am... Spawn. *With that he thrusts his hands forward, and sends two twin beams of energy into Horus's chest.*
--- *The Phlebiac Brothers stare down at Yuki.* Violator: Ohh poor poor little fox spirit! Looks like your little good deed leads to your ultimate end... *They grab her, and drag her to the darkest pits of hell, where many unspeakable things happen.* *I pretty fethed up.*
OOC: And a usage of a poetic phrase instead of literal narration ruins everything. Excuse me while I don't salvage the broken wreck of the damn plot, and instead find a better hobby, like repeatedly slamming my head in a door.
OOC:
Why is it every time I leave everything starts kicking off?
BIC:
*Hrorki glances uneasily again at Irilis*
*he really does not trust any of this, and the goo people are pretty dang disturbing to him*
*he slowly begins to advance though, keeping a wary eye on all of the figures as he walks by*
*ready to fire at any of them that move towards him*
*Milo is currently unconscious in the new Room bleeding heavily from the gaping hole in his chest*
War Kitten wrote: OOC: Why is it every time I leave everything starts kicking off? *timeskip*
Here's what happened:
Spoiler:
Selym wrote: *Irilis watches from inside the gatehouse as the gates open, wondering what the skittering purple-presences will do in response*
*Her mind tries to track the closest few, half a dozen at most, and feels them slither and chitter, move with an ungainly gait, towards the opening gates*
They are incoming, Space Wolf, the do not feel like normal creatures...
Verviedi wrote: *The Living Hive extrudes more liquid from the interior of the entrance hall, creating flowing forms in the shapes of Hive Defense Force soldiers*
*They stand statue-still, the component liquid flowing, yet their forms still stable*
*Verdai is still marching through the desert*
Selym wrote: *Irilis hears some sort of spirit call out to her from across a desert, but ignores it*
*Irilis and Hrorki set up a defence behind the Chimera, in front of the gate, and watch as liquid purple forms into HDF soldiers, their liquidity paradoxical to their stature*
*Both hold their fire as they wait to see of this is some alien greeting, or a measure of intruder repulsion*
Irilis: This is unnerving. I have seen creatures from all across the galaxy, and some from the Immaterium, but this design takes the wraithbone. They seem to be communicating, but it is internal, and not wholly of the warp...
Hrorki: *aiming down his bolter* If they come any closer I will fire.
*The HDF forms turn towards Irillis and Hrorki, and silently form parade-ranks to their sides*
*The ogre-like creature oozes up to them, at the end of the HDF ranks, and speaks with the ageless, genderless voice of a dozen people at once*
You have entered our halls, xeno and Astarte. What is your goal? What do you see in our body?
*The ogre-thing extends a tendril of fluid, dotted with several spectral faces, and makes a gesture that encompasses the whole chamber*
Selym wrote: *Irilis and Hrorki very nearly fire upon the liquid-purple ogreform at its unearthly gesture*
Irilis: We seek weaponry, a Mechanicus Foundry.
Hrorki: And we want to know what in the name of the All-Father you are!
Verviedi wrote: *The Living Hive's avatar reforms, some of the HDF soldiers flowing into it, to create a liquid-energy replica of a Magos Prime, which speaks as a chorus, much like the ogre-form did*
Take part of us... they will lead you. We are the Hive. we are one, and we are all devouts of the most sacred God-Emperor of Mankind. He has gifted us in this form, to truly understand our fellow humans... and freely commingle... praise Him, truly...
*One of the Magos' mechandendrites points towards two Skitarii-forms, which have just oozed out of the walls*
*Outside the antechamber, on the parade ground, rivers of violet coalesce into replicas of Imperial soldiers. Regiments of Hive Defense Force form ranks, escorted by Krieg guardsmen, and soldiers from a thousand different worlds. Two million glowing purple bodies stand on the parade-ground, a path between them leading to the entrance of the Main Spine*
Selym wrote: *Irilis and Hrorki look at eachother in horror, for once seeming to understand eachother. For Hrorki, this hive mind was an anathema to his core values as a Space Wolf - freedom and self-reliance are of great importance to him. To have such removed, possibly by force, was something he found deeply unsettling. For Irilis, she saw parallels with she-who-thirsts' consummation of Aeldari souls, and refused to believe that it could happen in the physical realm, too.*
Hrorki: I don't like this. This could be a trap, they could kill us and we would be unable to stop them or retreat.
Irilis: I do not believe this is a "them" at all. We can either go in as it suggests, or we can just get back in the Chimera and circumnavigate the whole hive. But if we do that I doubt we would have enough fuel.
*They discuss this matter for a few minutes*
OOC: Gonna wait for WK
Verviedi wrote: We are benevolent, xeno and Astarte. We wish nothing but to commingle in peace, and bask in the light of the God-Emperor. We have no need for physical materials, such as the weapons in the armory, or food, or water. We have no class, or wealth, or enemies. We are us. We are the Hive. Take what you will. We are beyond such things.
*The Magos Prime splits apart into a crowd of smiling civilians, the forms of the hive's former ruling class*
*Horus goes down from the energy blasts combined with his legs being wrapped up* *He roars in pain and sits up, chest badly burned. He tears at the chains, trying to break them, assuming he does he takes the longest length and wields it as a weapon, lashing out at Spawn* Horus: I don't know you! How do you know me!?
OOC: Frickin' ninjas over here.. BiC
*Iris looks sadly after Hanna and stands up to look for water too, cause she knows Hanna's going to need it* Iris: I do say so. And don't let anyone tell you different!
*Merg isn't stupid enough to join the fight between Ciri and Vitani, and ESPECIALLY Spawn and Horus and has scooted off to the side*
*Hrorki slowly pushes forward through towards the armory*
*he's pretty on edge right now, as these creatures go against nearly everything that he values as a Space Wolf and as a Space Marine*
*his bolt rifle is at the ready as he keeps going*
*has an idea of what's going to happen to him thanks to Irilis, and uses the sense that they might be ok to push forward without fear*
*Hrorki continues his silent walk, taking great pains to ensure that neither he nor Irilis ends up touching any of the goo soldiers*
*he is utterly silent, which is uncharacteristic for a Space Wolf*
*NPC Marla finds Milo bleeding to death in the corner and drags him off to the med-bay and begins saving his life*
*The hive's antechamber comes to an end, with another IK-sized gate opening to a huge spinal roadway, with suburban (that is, shorter than the walls) hab-blocks on either side*
*As they continue their march towards the Ad Mech Foundry, more and more signs of war appear, from wrecked civilian vehicles and Chimeras, to burnt-out hab-blocks*
*Irilis speaks to Hrorki through her mind*
This thing does not seem to have arrived peacefully. We should be fine, but do not touch anything it does not tell you to touch - it may have pathological behaviours...
*Hrorki glances around at all the signs of destruction and notes it all*
*is EXTREMELY surprised, and more than a little bit disturbed, when Irilis' voice enters his mind, but he hides it fairly well*
*he nods silently, but otherwise gives no indication that he heard Irilis speak in his mind*
*Iris looks worried for Hanna but takes a drink*
Iris: Hanna, are you alright? Come, take a drink.
*She frowns at the acid splash on Hanna's pants and hopes she's got more*
*Gharn runs a good ways away before setting Dria down and considering going back to help Horus*
*Iris looks concerned of course*
Iris: Hanna? You didn't burn yourself did you? Your trousers...
*Iris sighs and sits crosslegged next to the stream, looking around hopefully for Horus or Yuki or someone*
*Iris sighs worriedly*
Iris:...We'll have to just hope they're okay... I don't think there's anything we can do...
*She tries to put on a brave face for Hanna*
Iris: I'm sure they'll be fine, Horus can take on anyone!
*Morgan and Morri went to the morgue and I'm pretty sure Maril followed them*
*Morri looks down at Cal*
Morri:...I want it done right... Full ceremony... Morgan, we need to find Thoth. He might be able to get us to the ranch.
*Eerily she still hasn't shed a tear, instead her face is pale and drawn in grief*
*Iris sighs but smiles weakly*
Iris: I hardly think that's of great concern right now! Tell you what, I should be able to patch those up once this is all... over
*Iris sighs and squeezes Hanna's shoulder* Iris: Well then... Don't think of them as weapons? Regardless, they are... beautiful. Like a Red Angel with Ruby Wings! *She smiles kindly*
*Marinalia stays quietly being supportive mostly of Morgan and is rather careful round Morri as one nervous, and two a very very sensitive situation *
*quielty*
Last I knew thoeth, Horus where in the main area. Something big was up... Not know what.
I was mostly repairing a shuttle to try and find you with Morgan.
*Iris reaches out to touch them then yelps and quickly withdraws her now nicked finger*
Iris: Ow! Oh, they're sharp! Ouch...
*She puts her bleeding hand into the water and smiles slightly*
Iris: A bit like a cactus flower then... Beautiful to look at but not to touch!
*Iris shakes her head, her skin becoming more and more blue as she calms down*
Iris: No! No you did not, I was being foolish! It's not your fault, you said they were weapons and I didn't listen.
*She pulls her hand out of the water and sees the cut is a bit worse than he initially though and is still bleeding pretty badly*
Iris: Oh dear...
*She looks around for anything to wrap the finger in, even a leaf or something, as she doesn't want to waste any aura on a minor cut, cause she might need it later*
*Iris looks over at Hanna and sees her trouble*
Iris: Oh! Oh Hanna I'm so sorry! I wasn't thinking, I'll just have to do this then...
*She traces one finger over the cut, healing with the aura, blood has still trickled down her arm and there's quite a few drops on her lap*
*She looks extremely apologetic and tries not to wince at the thumb-crunch*
Iris: I'm so sorry my dear, I should have thought- Well, nevermind.
*Marinalia after her bit keeps fairly quiet on things knowing a little bit how she felt after the death of Victor*
*sighs as her own currently relationship kinda stemmed from that and works in a stupidly confused way she is yet to understand *
*Iris quickly wades into the pool of water and washes the blood away* Iris: No really! I should've been more attentive! There, no more blood. Okay? I'm sorry. *She looks apologetic but doesn't come out of the water as it's nice and cool* Iris: Mm... This water is perfect! *She holds a hand to her ear to see if she can hear any sounds of battle from Horus and Spawn then sighs worriedly and wades about a little bit* Iris: Hanna, the water's perfect!
*Morri nods to Maril. Morri: ALright... Thank you. I'll see if I can find them. You two, make sure nothing happens... to him...
*Iris smiles and nods*
Iris: Of course Hanna! Don't worry, it was just a silly mistake on my part!
*She's half tempted to fully submerge but decides against it and comes back to shore, where she sits next to Hanna and puts her feet in the water*
Iris: What's that you've got there?
*Points to the tube*
*Iris sighs as she notices she's made Hanna uncomfortable again* Iris: Oh, another- Okay. *She lies back and puts her hands behind her head, seeming a bit tired* Iris: Mm... *She tries again to hear some sort of sound from the fighting but hears nothing currently and seems worried* Iris: Can I ask why you always wear your backpack? I've never seen you without it
*Gharn carries Dria around, looking for others and hears Iris's voice*
Hanna: I-its b-basically a part of me.. T-they put it in me... I-I can remove it... B-but I l-like to keep it on... W-well it's more i-in then on m-my back...
*Iris frowns and sits up, then puts a hand on Hanna's shoulder and squeezes*
Iris: It's alright dear... One of these days we'll have to see if we can find who's done this to you.
*She pulls Hanna in a gentle hug*
*Gharn spots Iris and Hanna and moves towards them*
OOC: For the sake of efficiency, and the sake that Slaanesh's Palace is around the calibre of setting that would get me instabanned if I wrote it properly, the rescue mission will be offscreen until further notice.
BIC:
*In the depths of the Living Hive, former server rooms, now completely filled with the purple fluid, liquified human souls and minds, pulsate madly as the Hive thinks with its billion minds*
*HDF soldiers grow out of watchtowers and parapets, silently watching the city*
*Marria follows Gharn and Dira as she needs a place and I forgot about her alot...*
I
*keeps sword drawn and is cautiously looking round*
By the emperor this place is gakked up...
...
*Marinalia sits down after sliding cal back safe and its abit hard to look at*
Thanks for everything cal. We owed you and cannot repay now.
*turns to Morgan after morri leaves*
Guess I passed then.
*feels bad as cal helped her get where she is now and probably saved her life once or twice*
...
Furia and Calluna taking shelter as unsure what going on and I need to develop stuff for them on Furia side *
*Iris squeezes Hanna for a second then lets her go and smiles gently* Iris: Of course Hanna, so, what would you like to talk about while we wait for Horus to kick that bugger's teeth in? Something about me perhaps? Questions?
*Gharn looks over his shoulder at Maria* Gharn: Do you know where we are? I was drawn through a portal...
*Morgan slowly sinks to the floor, head in hands* Morgan: I... Yeah I guess... *Looks hecka depressed*
*Maria looks over pulling off her helmet with eyes twinkling gold in shadows*
No damned idea... Just ended up here. Least I found someone.
*walks up still wearing armour as never had chance tp change*
I'm more worried for the others... *and the obvious obviously*
Cannot raise Marla... Must be far enough.
...
*Marinalia sits down next to him slightly more gracefully*
Sorry...the emparor is sure testing us right now...
*sad but still effected but nowhere near as Morgan*
I never knew .. So... I can,t even begin to understand...
...
*Jarl blinks and groans at pain*
I think I'm gonna go to the Chapter for abit... Il need a apochary for these to heal fully.
*Hrorki shares Irilis' agitation, and so he slightly increases his pace, doing his best to appear unworried*
*he nonchalantly puts on his helmet and seals it*
*continues on a steady course through the industrial sector*
*Milo is currently in good hands, but he is beyond messed up right now*
*Iris smiles*
Iris: Good question! I can change into pretty much any color, but it's dependent on my mood. If I'm calm, like I am now, I'm this peaceful shade of blue. If I'm angry I'm red, if I'm happy, I'm yellow, if I'm tur- Err... nevermind. If I'm envious I'm green, so on and so forth. I can change colors on purpose if I concentrate hard for a while, but it's difficult.
*Gharn nods and looks around*
Gharn: It is like our world... but yet not. I don't know, something doesn't feel right...
*Morgan bites back a harsh retort about the Emperor and just growls angrily*
Morgan: Feth... Feth! FETH! FETHING FETH!
*He stands up and punches the wall a few times with each swear, leaving small dents in it*
Morgan: IT'S NOT FAIR! WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE HIM!? HE'S GONE, AND THE LAST THING I EVER DID WAS FIGHT WITH HIM!
*He breaks down again as guilt washes over him and he slumps to the ground, face buried in his hands
Morgan: I'm such a fething gakhead...
*Gharn's felinethropic face somehow looks worried as he looks down at Dria. She's just curled in his arms, not moving except to breath, and just staring ahead*
Gharn: She's... She's not spoken for days... I got her to eat, but it took over a hour of pleading... She's shut herself down...
*Morgan doesn't really respond to Maril except to lean against her slightly*
Hanna: That's amazing! W-what other things can y-you do? A-actually n-never mind, it's n-not fair I ask w-what you can do b-but not tell you w-what I can do...
*Maria sighs as there's nothing physically wrong with her *
I cannot help you there... She will open up when she wants to.
She needs time and well, you.
*looks out*
Lets try n find water...theses normaly some kinda food close by.
We need the strengh anyway.
...
*Marinalia lets him and does not retort on the cultural aide though is slightly hurt deep down as she values her home world and culture being one of few stable things she had*
*just lets him rest and puts arm round him if can or permitted *
*Iris shakes her head and laughs infectiously*
Iris: Oh no! No no no! I'm more than happy to share! Come, let me show you!
*She explains a few things like how Aura works, and she shows off by showing Hanna the rainbow shaded glow that surrounds her body when it's active*
*She also shows her her limited water powers by creating a floating ball of water out of the pool, hovering it over them both then popping it and getting them both rather wet, though not soaked. Think like a water balloon*
*She laughs cheerily, momentarily distracted from her worries*
*Eventually she tires and curls up to sleep*
Iris: I'm sorry Hanna... this old Goddess, needs some shut-eye.
*She dozes off peacefully, despite still being rather wet*
*Morgan accepts the arm and takes her hand in his, just holding it for a while as guilt about his last interactions with his father wash over him*
*Marinalia looks over and lets him rest on her in a more confey way*
*natural pillows*
*seems to need a higher degree method*
...
*Maria follows Gharn looking out for some water source as there's likely food and yoh need water*
...
*Marla taking very good care of Milo and doing best but he is pretty darn fethed up*
*practically asleep holding his hand after a epic medical montage*
...
*Jarl gets up and forces self up to try and find a system to message for lift to Fenris/space wolf base of operations *
*Milo is currently fast asleep*
*while he is stable, he is going to be weak for a long time, as Spawn nearly wrecked his spine in addition to play handball with several of his organs*
*Hrorki continues his silent walk towards the armory*
*still disgusted by the goo people, but for once he manages to hide his disgust fairly well*
