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Mikal's head was spinning, not literally, but there was a lot that had happened in a small amount of time. Mikal had stood silently on the sidelines and watched it all, he was sorely tempted to intervene a few times but every time something came up it was taken care of before he could intervene...

This assassin was seriously starting to piss Mikal off though, she was like a broken record, stuck on the same annoying message she had been since he'd first seen her. Mikal stepped forward...

"Lord Marius heard you the first fifty times you said it, and those were fifty times too many! Utter it again and I swear by Russ I'll finish what that bastard daemon started!" Mikal yelled over her bringing silence to the chamber...Mikal then turns his attention to the Farseer.

"You need not concern yourself with her Farseer..." Mikal glares at the assassin. "She will hold her tongue from now on or face the consequences for I grow tired of her out of place demands. We have no time for this, in case you two haven't noticed, we still face the Chaos incursion of an Imperial world, something not to be taken lightly. We cannot afford to stand around and argue philosophy like two old priests!"

Mikal then goes over and picks up the thing that Syrath dropped.

"Any ideas as to what that thing wanted us to do with this?" Mikal said, handing the thing to Shas, it was then that he saw the Tau's injuries...

"I thank you for your confidence, friend, but you must look at getting that head of your patched..."

He then addresses the group. "I suggest we take this meeting to somewhere more secure, perhaps in the time it takes us to get there, we all will have cleared our minds of such trivial matters..."

I say it 50 times because there is noone who listens to me and outplaced? Look at these orders and say that again she shows him her orders. Ok marius with no disrespect at all i am now at the point that the decision must now be made. So i can continue to my next target. Bound her so i can help you with the others. Or dont but then i will start the hunt because it is pissing of others that i say it 50 times but it is pissing me even more of. So i want your answer now. And i dont want some excuses i want to know at which side i am placed by you. Your own as an ally or on the other side.(awsome pendulum song X3) so now chose."

(OOC) I'm advancing this to the Fang, its pointless to continue the conversation and the Farseer is stubborn.

The Space Wolves and Tau along with a annoyed Assassin arrive at a chamber where Mikal vocally displays his concern for the Assassins threats and constant displays of violence against the Farseer, Shas is forced to have assistance from a Holo-Chair after his interrogation by the Suited Daemons. The Farseer after hearing enough of the Assassin draws the stones from Syrath's remains

"This is our answer to this war! We will discuss our problems later Assassin but now we concentrate on the war against Chaos. I suggest we study the knowledge form the Stones. I will also summon help from a old friend if I must to win against Kremlin. Syrath will not be able to regenerate without these Stones and I know how to discover their secrets but I require a Laboratory and Rune Priest."

"Ok ehm eldar....... how am i sure that that thing isnt tainted by chaos. Oh wait because i said something i am doing something wrong right. Im sorry." She says annoyed.

"To get back to my thing. Marius i want that answer. I will not wait any longer. I will give you some time while the eldar and me will have our little fight because i said something so..."

OOC: OMG nocturne, okay I am just going to say this now because (I think) everybody else shares my same views...

... I am really starting to get pissed off with the way you're roleplaying. You ignore the facts which blood reaper puts, for example, you say that you saved me even though blood put the actions would kill me as well as Syrath, you constantly have your character make threats and generally be provocative, and you always bloody continue things on, seeing as how, just now, blood put he wanted to stop the argument and continue with the plot line, yet you insist for Marius to give you an answer to your fething question...

... now, I am asking you kindly, please just fething stop it, as I am getting severely pissed off...

anyhoo

IC: "Assassin, just leave it, we need to think about bigger threats than your petty question," I say, before turning to the Farseer. "Now, Farseer, thank you for this information friend, I am sure Marius will be able to provide you with what you need, seeing as it is imperative that we get to work."

(OOC) I'm not continuing till Marta returns, Shas is right and I hope you are listing. Foolish characters will gain nasty deaths and ends.

"Yes it is corrupt but you are far more tiring, I'll begin the process once I have the tools to do so."

OOC: Cool, but could be some time before he comes back...

(OOC) I know but he did state it annoys him however during non-war time you're character may equip new-weapons and items, you can also explore the fang and talk with the Farseer if you wish.

OOC: Oh, awesome, more character progression...

IC: "Now, I hope you don't mind, but I need to go and see to something."

I go to one of the Tau doctors, and ask him how long I will have to be in this chair for, seeing as hopefully I will be needed in combat soon enough.

"Not long Shas'O but we did find several shards of wood and metal that took awhile to Anallise, these materials have not been existence for more than 20,000 years and how the creatures where able to gain them but I believe you should take time to equip yourself against the forces of Chaos. The power armor they carry is quite strong and would require heavier weaponry to pierce, I suggest you use a Battle-suit against them in combat situations."

(I am sorry about that but i am playing an assasin. Also known as someone who cant wait for his target to walk away because then his/her chance is over but ok then i will do something very very very unassasin like and just continue i am sorry if i pissed of someone i was just playing my role i hope you guys understand.)
"What do you need maybe i can help? Of course if you let me" she says trying to make her voice sound a little more friendly

"Seven tanks of Hydro-chrislin, several tanks of methane and the following chemicals, X-ost, Nkth, Zork, and a bottle of acid. Please retrieve these items for me. It will allow me to complete the task."

"Well here is acid. She takes it out of her suit. Always handy. And the rest will be ordered by to the serfs...... now. If all goes as planned it will be in marius his quarters in about ....... 17.6 minutes. But some can be missing is reported here so..... ehm farseer? I hope you dont mind me saying this but i am doing this all against you to save you. I am ordered to kill. She lets it see. But i want to save you. I know i will be punished for it but thats a chance i will take. I just hope that you realize that. I donnot want you or marius to be hurt. Because..... wel marius is the first one who ever actually cared about me. Thats why i get so angry when he waits for his decision. I am not allowed to do that binding ritual but i will if i can save you and marius. So please realize that it had nothing to do with you and i calles you witch because i am thought so. I.......... i am thought to hate everything except for humans. So please understand that. Because now that i see that you are actually trying to help fenris i am changed in oppinion. And i think that i will be killed for that. She says while looking down. Then she turns her mask to see the farseer her reaction.

Marius cant take it, his mind is begginning to splinter under the strain of the constant fighting, he had hoped that with his approval the assasssin would stop with her constant arguing, his headache was becoming intense, and it wasnt an organic headache, he diddnt even have an organic head in this body. No this was a Psykers head ache. Marius locks himself in his chambers trying to vent the pressure in his head. He channels the power into his armour, melting it to the point where the surface is shimmering. And then he reshapes it. Restoring and remoulding it to his whim. His energy keeps flowing so he bends it upon Flashfreeze, moulding it, shaping it. Soon its form is perfect for Marius' fighting style. A long single edge with runes along the full length, spiralling and patterning. The crossguard is angled upwards for a protection for Marius' hands as his wide sweeping blows and backhanded slashes would usuially leav his hand vulnerable. And the handle is two handed, Crafted in the likeness of a kraken, the Krakens body at the pommel (For those of you who dont know thats the little circle bit between the blade and the handle) and the tentacles twined together creating a long comfortable grip that can be used one or two handed as the balance of the weapon allows. At the base of the handle the tentacles are gripping onto a perfect pearl. From Marius' own collection. The whole weaon is quite beatiful. But the Beauty is in its lethality.

The pressure in his head is still building. He cant stop it. His armour has been reforged to his liking his sword is perfect now, even tho this body will soon be consigned to the racks of armour. Hi thoughts turn to the Dreadnought chassis. The immense power building inside him would surely be enough to craft himself a more... streamlined body to spend eternity in? He bends his will first over the Blade of fenris and he crafts it into a larger version of Flashfreeze. Longre and deadlier, but otherwise identical. The only other change is that the tentacles are now gripping the skull of a Termagaunt, sorcerously strengthened to not break until the sword itself shatters. Again the skull is from his own collection.

Still the pressure will not subside, and Marius tries to reachhis will out to his chassis but he becomes disoriented. He looks around, he is sitting in his throne, chaineed to it actually. A pair of Serfs chaining him. A moment ago he was infront of his chassis... how did this happen?
Marius, you blacked out and then I had to take control. This body is dying Marius, Syrath has done something to it which I cannot discover, but whatever it is it must be discarded NOW in favor of your chassis. Meld your Dreadnought body to your will if you wish, but do it quickly as your sarcophagus is about to be reintroduced to it.


Marius lets out a frustrated growl but does as the Farseer suggests and bends his still pounding powers onto the Dreadnought. Slowly the body becomes slick with heat and then it begins to shape itself. The legs become more agile, the armour becomes more streamlined and his arms... well Marius doesnt change those much but he does add additional armour to them with the left over material. Soon the Body represents Marius' personality, powerful, strong, immutable, and more than anythng deadly. He is about to change one last thing but the farseer pulls him back.
No Marius, not that, you would regret it in years to come.
You are right... I would regret it... I am ready.

Marius slowly blacks out and when he awakens he is looking through the viewfinders of his dreadnought. He lets out a gargantuan sigh, the pain is gone. But so is his freedom. Now he will be slaved to this body forever. He takes his sword and mag locks it to his back, along with his favoured autocannon.

When he opens the doors to his chambers he seeks the assassin. And finds her talking with some serfs about some kind of delivery. He taps her on the shoulder with one massive hand. I need to speak with you Lotus... Now

(OOC) Sorry for the wait guys, will be posting FAR more often for the next few weeks but Ive got football now so I gotta go. The dreadnought body wasnt really my style so I decided to make it more like me. Wont affect the game much, just aesthetic... Well maybe not the legs but i do alot of complex manouvers already which i dont think a dreadnought body could usually handle in any case so I think this will be more appropriate.

"As you wish milord" she says as she stands up and follows marius. " i hope the farseer said to you what i said to her because it is true. Every single word. I will be executed because i save you and you are the first one who actually cared for me. I wanted to do it as quikely as possible so noone would notice it but its to late for it now. I can still bind her but when i leave this planet i will be shot." She says looking to marius after she put of her mask.

She looks at marius. " if you wish to execute me for my actions then do so. As i am.... i was .... and i will be an obstacle. So then do it quickely please so i wont have to stand the thought of being given falls hope."

(OOC) In a week guys I will not be able to post for a week as I will be on holiday, I regret that I a unable to post but I hope that one of you will take my role as the GM, you have proved you're self's very capable writers and I will be Happy if you wish to take my position.

The Farseer uses the strong psychic energy along with the supplies given by the Serfs and Assassin to create a bubble of the warp around the stone which begins to pierce it with small strikes and soon it cracks and shatters in thousands of tiny pieces and forms a portal that forms a image of Syrath and his allied Daemons, they appear to be bowing to four windows that flicker and shimmer. Syrath rises and screeches a creates a ball of energy in his hand that resembles Fenris, the windows glow white and Syrath speaks in an ancient Daemonic language.

"I know what he and his allies are planning Marius, we have a great advantage but now we fight Kremlin and Escailibar. We must defeat the Thousand Sons!"

"i.... i dont ...... i dont know if i can come. Your soldiers will shoot me on sight and so will shas his.......... especially shas his. I dont know what to do."

Mikal overhears the assassin who is speaking to the newly enhanced Marius. Mikal had to admit, the warrior was a man of many forms and strengths...

"Our men, the Tau and the marines on Fenris should be none of your concern, assassin. They will do as they are told, have faith in that. Remember that we fight for the same cause and that we both serve the same All Father. Remember that you are loyal to him first and your so called masters second and you cannot go wrong."

Mikal smiles for the first time in a while.

"Have a little faith in the Sons of Russ, Lotus, and prove to us that you are loyal and you shall receive due trust then. Remember that actions speak louder than your words..."

Hemlock rushes into the chamber, his Bolters barrel still red from his previous battle. Two more Space Wolves join him exausthed and move towards Marius and Mikal.

"We have a problem Wolf Lord, Kremlins Command-ship just destroyed one of our defensive Battle Barges and is spearheading a massive assault against the defense fleet. Over a thousand craft are assisting it and may overwhelm the fleet if we do not act quickly."

"i....i...i dont know if i can trust the tau. as you said words mean less than action. and while he rushed in and tried to kill me i think that is an action i cant forget. especially because i put my trust in your hands to follow the lord his orders and punish the one who attacked me. this is not that i dont trust the wolves anymore. however some make me question that i trust every wolf..." looks to hemlock while he rushes in.

"is kremlin on it? because then i go."

"We believe so, but you coudn't get within ten miles without being blown out apart. The ships so heavily armed it could out-gun a small fleet, it's also far bigger than any other Craft we posses. But if you want to try and kill Kremlin good luck, you'll need it since he's guarded by a Greater Daemon and more than 459 Chaos Marines aboard the ship."

"what about a distraction? and with the combined forces of a blanc and a farseer i think we can banish him back. both of them so it will be of course everyones choice but i think boarding is the best and of course holotech they will never know what hit them until it is to late."

What point is there in trying to tackle it with force? why not open up the gun batteries on the fang? Speaking of which why wernt they opened up the moment the Chaos ships got into orbit, we have enough firepower on tap to wipe that entire stinking fleet from the system.

Marius turns to the assassin and leads her aside to an alcove, Mikal said it in one, your actions speak louder than your words, unfortunatley for you that would mean that under any other judge you would be executed for continueing to defy us against the will of the Allfather. But I am not your average wolf lord, I rose to power amoungst friends and fellow warriors. If you wish to become one of those friends there is one simple step you have to make. Trust us. Implicitly. I have no wish to terminate you. but I cannot trust one who does not trust me. And by extension, Mikal, Hemlock the Farseer and yes, Kais.

If you cannot trust us then im afraid there is no place for you here. If you can, then I can garuntee your saftey from any under my command.

IC:

"Doctor?" I ask, surprisingly quietly.

"Yes, Shas'O?"

"Send for my friend, Mont'yr."

"Of course, I will bring him to you."

******************

"Now, leave us," I command.

"Of course, Shas'O."

I wait until he leaves, before I talk to my oldest friend, who was with me ever since I was a young Shas'el.

"Tell me Mont'yr, how long have you known me?"

"Well, uh," he replies steadily. "I don't know, ever since we were Fire Warriors, Kais."

"And how have I changed since then?"

"Well, you have become a Shas'O, firstly, and you have saved our numbers more than once, destroyed many Chaos forces, and have become braver than ever!"

"Every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day I hear them, Mont'yr. Whispers in my very soul, calling to me, taunting me. That Daemon, X'tasir, and now Syrath. I keep hearing them, and they won't get out of my head!"

"What are you talking about Kais? Are you alright?"

"No, I am not alright! They're always there, and I think its starting to have an effect on me. And of course there is that assassin, who killed our forces, but now blames me for shooting here, when she is the one always provoking a fight!"

"I do not trust her at all, Kais, if it was up to me she would be shot on sight."

"I am tempted to make that order myself right now but that would prove nothing. Anyway, if I wanted her dead I would have finished her when my rail rifle pierced her leg. If I wanted her dead she would be dead right now."

"What is your point, Kais?" Mont'yr asks worriedly. "What is the point you are trying to make?"

"I don't know," I reply, burying my face in my hands. "I don't know what the point is anymore."

very good kais very very good

I have a plan

(ic)

Marius moves back to the Thunder hawk he was gifted. Well.... the one he requisitioned. He gets into his mag harness. One more flight old girl

(will finish this in the morning
do me the favor of not moving Marius out of Icehammers wings?)

OOC: Wait, does this plan include Kais somehow?

I am intrigued...

... and yeah, thats a fairly larger post, but still not as good as all the ones I do on Blood Moon, and the like...

"Marius i always trusted you. I saw in the moment we first met that i could trust you and so i did. But the others dont trust me. She activates a memory coil of kais. I have a vocal transmitter on everyone and this is what he just said. (Kais post here). How can i trust someone if he wants to kill me and who is under the influence of demons? Marius i trust you. And i am not defying the allfathers will i am following it. She shows him the orders and the stamp of the high lords.. but now that i am trusting you i wish you trust me too. And i know that i was and am continueing to bring that decision before you but it must happen and it will almost have no consequences expect from the fact that you chose when she does something. You can still call upon her spirit and you can still summon her as a spirit. So please marius trust me. I know i can trust mikal. I know i can trust the farseer...... sometimes. And i know i can try to trust kais but........ i am afraid that when i trust him he will kill me. And it is only because i accedentilly killed some fire warriors. You saw it with your own eyes. He lives to much in the past marius. If he wants to avenge every single fire warrior killed by someone he will have to hunt down friggin chapters marius. So please understand that i try. But see me as a girl who try's to pet a dog but the dog keeps barking. She is afraid to pet it. And so i am afraid to trust him marius. But remember that i try." She sits down and looks at her mask

OOC: Memory coil? Not wanting to be rude or anything, but how the feth could you listen in on Kais' conversation, and also, I just want to mention that he is not under the influence of Daemons, but they whisper in his mind, making him very angry...

... and yes, he does hold quite big grudge against you, but anyway, I did put in my post that if he wanted you dead you would be dead, so I don't see why you still think he will kill you...

"Kais.... Tau.... hear me..."

A voice echos in the Shas'Os head, it is sharp and non-mortal, Syrath.

"Hello Shas'O T'au Kais, it seems I have been able to contact you despite the fact you lack a significant soul in the Warp. You prove to be a valuable piece of information, now you will be used to relay information to my sister. When you see the Farseer tell her that I'll be helping out a bit with you're tasks. Good bye. Also Assassin, their will be Unforeseen consequences for you and they will take effect very soon."