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*I nod to Verdai*
Yes, my Brothers and I recently found a cache of Heresy era tech hidden in the mountains, part of which was armor.

*Rita takes a relatively quick shower, and starts drying off. She seems a little confused by the recent kisses.*
Rita: What just happened... did she? *Sighs.*
*She quickly get dressed, and heads towards Izriel's room.*
*Rita is confused.*

*Eventually finishes shower, and looks around for clean clothes*
*Sighs, and just puts on dirty ones*
*Starts getting dressed, but doesn't start going back to room*

~

*Jordan jolts up and dents the top of the fridge with her head*
J: I-Inquiry: Could you stay here for a un-designated amount of minutes?

*Leo digs her claws into the ground as her transformation completes*

*She stands up at 12 foot on the shoulder (hunched over) and 24 feet long (Half of it is tail)*

*She flaps her massive wings (Like a 50 foot wingspan)and lets out a roar*

*Scatty looks back*
Scatty: Oh no...
*Onyx takes her distraction to knock her away and into a tree*
Onyx: Now this is a opponent!
*Grins savagely and hurls himself at Leo*


*Billy laughs*
Billy: Fer you? Anythin'.


*Gharn lies back on Izy's bed, hands behind his head and staring at the ceiling idly*

*Rita walks into Izriels room, and wordlessly sits next to Gharn.*
*She turns on "Die hard with a vengeance"*
*Her eyes a wide, and she is still wringing her hands.*

*Jordan nods, kisses Billy, and bolts out of the room at Mach 0.1*
*Looks around for something for Billy while also wondering how she reached the speed she did*

*Leo's rage is only driven further after seeing Scatty knocked away*

*Fire builds in her mouth and she shoots a torrent of flames at Onyx*

Interesting... Heresy era? I never thought technology lasting for hundreds of years, let alone thousands, made sense, but here we are...

*Gharn looks over at Rita and his expression turns to one of concern*
Gharn: Rita? What is wrong?


*Billy chuckles and waves to the twins and Morri who are still in the kitchen because I'm a terrible person who forgot about them*


*Onyx ducks low and goes to tear at Leo's chest*

Imperial technology is durable and built to last, or at least, Space Marine weapons and armor are. This.
*holds up bolter*
Was forged on Macragge five centuries ago, and my armor was built on Mars about 8,000 years ago. Whenever it is damaged it was welded, pounded, and bent back into shape until it was good as new. I suspect my armor will still be in use 500 years from now

Rita: Nothing is wrong Gharn.. I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong.. Yeah nothing is wrong. Like I said nothing is wrong, Gharn! With me. Cause I am okay. Unless something is wrong with you? Is something wrong?!
*Keeps wringing hands, then looks at the TV.*
Rita: Let's just watch the movie!... Nothing is wrong...

Materials science... has come such a long way. I fully admit it's been too long since I've used Imperial tech.
*Thinks for a moment*
Hmm... I have an idea.

*Leo closes her maw stopping the flames*

*She swipes at Onyx with her claws*

*Eventually gets dressed, puts on wings, and floats back to room*
*Enters silently with veil up, looks at Rita, and floats into the bed*
*Lies down away from everyone*
HELLO.

~

*Jordan continues looking*

*Gharn's brows furrows slightly*
Gharn: Do not lie to me. If you do not want to tell me what is wrong, then say as much.
*He looks angry*
Gharn: But do not lie

*He nods to Izriel*
Gharn: Hello Izriel



*Onyx's back gets cut as he slashes and bites at Leo's chest*

And that is?
*I cock my head slightly*

*Rita takes a few deep breathes, and meets Gharns gaze.*
Rita: I am not lying.. everything is fine... just relax... nothing is wrong.
*She sighs, then bristles as Izriel enters.*
Rita to Izriel: HELLO.
*Stares at the movie with a unnatural intensity, and keeps wringing her hands.*

*Awkwardly watches the movie while keeping the veil up*
HELLO.

Wondering about the practicality of binding a phlegethoth into some powered armor. Something like it has been done, with the Rubric of Magnus, but those were human souls, not a pure thought-entity.
*Thinks some more*
I think I have a spare set of Mk. 6 Corvus in the basement...

I wouldn't do that Verdai, doing that is beyond disrespectful to the machine spirit of the armor, not to mention Techmarine Tavarus would gut you for even thinking about it

*Leo hisses and goes to grab Onyx*

*Her body radiates heat*

Rita: HELLO.
*Feels stupid for repeating herself, but prays no one notices.*
*She keeps wringing her hands awkwardly, and stares at the Tv.*

Hm... massive, massive affront to reality and technology... but what could go wrong?
*Writes something down*
Find out... what machine spirit... actually... is...

*Stares at the T.V. silently*
*Mind is off on a adventure*

The Machine Spirit is quite literally the spirit of a machine, most of them are simplistic, but some of the more complex ones are nearly sentient. If you keep the spirit appeased then the technology works more efficiently, failure to do so causes the spirit to be angered and the machine will fail or break down

*Gharn sighs and sits there, still frowning and annoyed*


*Onyx is very heavy and he tries to bite Leo's throat*

But... what actually are they? Are they warp entities that bind themselves to machines? Phlegethoth-like creatures that are created by the complexity of a machine? Can they be bound or banished?

*Leo growls and tosses Onyx into a tree then roars*

*Embers spill from the sides of her mouth*

*I just sigh*
Think of them like a human soul, they cannot be banished.