Apocalypse (Game Thread : Closed, Dead)

[Evrant-Knight]

After being lead to the barracks, the group had been left pretty much to their own devices; granted that the Guardsmen that escorted them remained here, half were positioned inside the room whilst the other half were outside. Dante was sitting down on one of the nearby cot beds staring up at the ceiling, not seeing a reason to get involved with anything at the moment, whilst they waited for, whatever it was that was supposed to happen next.

Dante did however find it a little surprising that they didn't take away their gear this time; perhaps they forgot, or that there was some other reason that he couldn't think of at the moment. He looked over and saw Urd tossing one of her Power Axes in the air and catching with her hand, probably a means to pass the time.

"It's been a pretty hectic day so far wouldn't you agree?" Dante asked rhetorically as he walked over to where Urd was standing.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Urd, who was leaning against a wall and juggling one of her axes, the other resting next to her, her free hand on one of the Power Swords sheathed on her hip, was bored, again. On another ship, but awaiting the same time wasting bullshit from before and what ever stupid excuse they where gonna come up with for killing the lot of them, though, she was armed this time so she felt a little better about the coming mess she figured they'd need to fight they're way out of.

"It's been a pretty hectic day so far wouldn't you agree?" Dante asked as he walked up to her. "If not a waste of time." Urd's reply sounding some what more bitter then usual as her thoughts had turned to her sisters back on Fenris, and the state her order was in when she left and she'd been thinking about them since they left the base, since they still had nothing to do.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"If not a waste of time." Urd replied, her voice sounding very bitter which he could agree on.

"Indeed, wish they could just hurry up." Dante remarked as he leaned back on the wall next to Urd.

"I get tired of waiting sometimes, don't really feel like meditating, so I guess I'll just be standing around then." He then added before switching to his inner voice, as in the voice that both he and Urd would talk inside their heads when they wanted to be alone.

"I mean, how long does it take to tell someone whether or not you're going to kill them? At the very least, if they tell us that they are going to let us live, then you and I can spend the rest of our lives together; depending on how long that is in this crazy messed up universe of ours. And if the worse happens and we're to die, well, I'd rather die together, with you, in your arms, at the same time. Least that way it wouldn't hurt as much for whoever was next." Back in the real world, one might have noticed a tear from Dante's left eye, though it could have simply been sweat, even he wasn't sure.

"Sorry if I got a bit over-dramatic there darling. Guess boredom does strange things to people sometimes."

 

[Lunar Templar]

'Stay close then, cause if they do betray us, and they do bullshit up a reason to kill us the gloves come off, I will not suffer a second betrayal by the Inquisition silently, not after the insult to me and my blood line the first time.' Urd reply mentally as she motioned Dante to lean against the wall next to her, having set her axe down next to it's twin. 'Though I do like the sound of first part, wonder if there's anywhere we could do that'

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

The guardsman looked with fear in his eyes before pulling a blank dataslate from a pocket of his uniform. He spoke quickly with fear in his voice "List what you need on here and I'll bring it to my quartermaster."

[hr]

The lead biologis looked at the creature before it and started relaying vox commands. After a second a few of the white robed techpriest began to set up a device beside Solara. It looked like a dialysis machine with three long intertwining tubes coming from it ending in needles. A second group came up to it carrying three glass cylinders. Each contained a different fluid. One of them contained a pale white fluid, one of them contained a dark red fluid, and one of them contained a clear fluid. They proceeded to attach the cylinders on the back and looked to their leader.

The leader walked up and examined her noting visible damage. He spoke with a heavily synthesized voice and attempted to calm them "The first will keep your organs functioning, the second will replace what you are losing, the third will clot internal damage." Afraid to touch Solara for fear of whatever she was, he handed the end of the tubes to lith. After a second a red dot was projected from the ceiling onto her direct center of mass indicating where it needed to be attached.

[hr]

The power armoured troopers looked at what happened their expressions covered by their helmets but it could be noticed over vox frequencies that they were yelling for support. Their leader in particular was yelling for techsorcists and medicae to examine whatever the hell had just been dropped on their doorstep. After a minute of this the leader walked into the thunderhawk and dragged Arcor from it. Half his squad followed him from the hangar, escorting Arcor to a cell. The other half remained watching the thunderhawk and its contents.

After a minute of Gawking at what had just happened, the personnel releasing the dreadnaught went back to work. Freeing him from the thunderhawk after a few minutes. After which they went back to staring, as more personnel began to enter the hangar to guard the thunderhawk while they waited for someone to tell them what was going on.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Stay close then, cause if they do betray us, and they do bullshit up a reason to kill us the gloves come off, I will not suffer a second betrayal by the Inquisition silently, not after the insult to me and my blood line the first time." Urd replied mentally, as back in the real world, she motioned Dante to come closer, setting down her Power Axe next to its twin. "Though I do like the sound of first part, wonder if there's anywhere we could do that."

"As if I would ever leave your side my dear, without you, I would have been different. Good different or bad different, I don't know, but different all the same. And yes, I heard about that nasty piece of business, the Months of Shame I believe it was called. Such sadness." Dante then gently held Urd's hand.

"As for the where? Not exactly sure myself. Perhaps someplace quiet, out the way even. Someplace where the neighbors won't give us much trouble. Granted, such places are a rare find these days." Dante, back in the real world turned his head to meet with Urd's, gently ending the mental link.

"Where would you like to go?"

 

[Athol]

Lith

"Just stop them from cutting me open, Emperor knows what they'll put inside of me."

"Of course, Inquisitor." Lith replied formally, her hand coming to rest on the grip of her laspistol. She watched as the medicae personnel went about their assigned tasks, one of them setting up a machine beside Solara.

"The first will keep your organs functioning, the second will replace what you are losing, and the third will clot internal damage."

She had to suppress a small smile when the techpriest handed her the injection components. They're so terrified of her, but to kill her all they'd have to do is wait...I could butcher at least half before the closest guard responded. Following the illuminated points, she injected the tubes at the needed locations, then once again stepped back.

[hr]

Egerion

That was utterly unnecessary. He sighed at the Eldar's '?theatrics'. The troopers here where already on edge, and that little display surely did not help matters...but what is done, is done, and there was no use worrying about it.

As he was being unloaded, he vox'd Sgt. Momaru on one of the 'old' channels. "So...since I am once again a prisoner due to my size, tell me Brother, how is the Inquisition treating you?" The faint edge on contempt was noticeable on his voice; sure the Deathwatch was technically part of the Inquisition, but he distrusted the organization as a whole, pretty much from the day they had revived him.

 

[mcpop9]

The inquisitor winced at the feeling of the needles being put into herself. Solara looked at Lith and smiled as she knew she could trust her. "Thank you Lith..." she said looking at her hazily, a stupid grin on on the inquisitor's face. "Remind me to propose to you once we are not being shot at and are on a safe world." the inquisitor happily said while drunk with all sorts of different chemicals her body was using to try and keep her alive.

[hr]

Momaru cought egerion's vox and responded on the same channel. "Pretty decently, they've given us babysitters, aka guardsmen. These fellas and gals are really cute though, i think i might give them story time." he responded sarcastically and somewhat seriously to Egerion, Momaru's good humor coming through the vox.

With his attention back on the situation at hand, he smirked as he saw the guard was listening now. He placed a hand on the guardsman's head and gave it a little ruffle like a father would a son. "You're alright boy.I'm Verteran Sergent Momaru of the 1st company, Lost." Can i have your name?" he asked, the sound of a smile in his voice as he addressed the guardsman happily.

Sana meanwhile began making a list of mechanical parts, some metal components and drugs she would need to fix Anthony back to operational status. Once completed, she gave the list back to the guardsman and walked over to Anthony, leaving him to conversation with the Terminator.

Sana arrived to where anthony was laying down and sat down next to him. "Don't worry, i got you supplies so i can repair you and fget your body functioning as a techpriest's should be." she said to him with a smile and held out a porcelain hand. "My name is Sana by the way, i'm rather close to becoming a rune priest." she explained to him with a soft but wise voice.

 

[Outcast107]

The drugs they put into Vym were quickly leaving his body as he stay close with the group. Not wanting to fully kill things by ripping them into tiny little pieces yet, but still have the urge to kill by shooting something in the head. Pacing around like a tiger in a cage as he wish he could smash something's head up against the wall. Whispering to himself "kill..kill..kill..kill.."

His glaze looks back from the bolter within his hands to his free hand. Wishing he still had his claws to slice up his enemies. He would need something to replace them. As soon as he gets the chance at least.

 

[sage42]

Helena and her remaining Sisters chose cots as far away from the rest as they could. The mutual hatred between the two groups made the decision an easy one. "Rest up sister's, Emperor, knows when we'll have another chance. You especially Mara, you have done a tremendous feat today, you deserve your rest." Helena told her Sisters as she sat on her cot. She sighed. More Sister's lost. Under my orders. Emperor forgive me. She thought bowing her head in silent prayer.

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Mara nodded. She felt exhausted. Waking up from death only to be knocked out by Lord Mamoruu, then waking up to a daemon infested station had not done anything good for her health. She set her Bolter on her chosen cot. She then made her way over to where Lord Mamoru was conversing with one of the guardsmen."Excuse me guardsman, the Med-bay gown under my armor is insufficient. I'd like to request a bodysuit, if only to provide adequate protection." She turned to Mamoru. "I'd also like to thank you my lord, for what you did back on Driseadi. I'm not sure why I did what I did, but it could have only gone worse had you not intervened. I owe you much twice over."

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

The guardsman took the list and looked at the terminator infront of him with a paranoid glance as he realized he was dealing with an Astartes and not merely a mechanicus abomination of flesh and steel. "Wilkes, sire."

"Excuse me guardsman, the Med-bay gown under my armor is insufficient. I'd like to request a bodysuit, if only to provide adequate protection."

His eyes glanced back and forth between the terminator and the sister for a second before he spoke "I'll add it to the list."

[hr]

"Don't worry, i got you supplies so i can repair you and get your body functioning as a techpriest's should be. My name is Sana by the way, i'm rather close to becoming a rune priest."

"Thank you." After a second he reached out with his hand, still getting used to it, and shook the hand she had held out "I'm Anthony Frederickson, Electro-Priest in service to Inquisitor Laf-" he paused as an eye started blinking out "Draco."

 

[Athol]

Lith

"Thank you Lith...remind me to propose to you once we are not being shot at and are on a safe world."

"Of course Inquisitor." She replied from her position near the wall. A few of the medicae personnel looked questioningly at Lithian, but only got an unreadable stare in return. Just please be okay... Shifting a bit inside her armour, she wondered about what Solara had said, but dismissed it. Between the bleeding and the meds, I?m surprised she can still speak at all.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"I donno" Urd replied after a few moments "There anywhere we could go? Or that would even be worth going to?" She added,then thought a moment or so. "I should restore my lines honor is what I should do." Urd said removing helm, while trying to remember the faces of any relatives past her mother "Would help if I could remember who I was supposed to be restoring honor to though, I can barely remember my mothers face, let alone my brothers or the long list of names of forebares and forefathers." Urd said as she kept a loose grip on her helm with on hand while holding Dante's with the other.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"I donno." Urd muttered in response. "There anywhere we could go? Or that would even be worth going to?" She then added, a moment or so later she then spoke up again. "I should restore my lines honor is what I should do." Urd then removed her hair, Dante noticing a few beads of sweat on her brow. "Would help if I could remember who I was supposed to be restoring honor to though, I can barely remember my mothers face, let alone my brothers or the long list of names of forebears and forefathers." Then with one hand she kept a grip on her helm, whilst her other hand held' Dante's.

"Now that's the Urd I fell for, such noble intentions behind those glimmering blue eyes. Perhaps doing something memorable or grand, a single act that would make the Space Wolves remember the name Valkyr, and all the great things that they have done for the Chapter; well, I assume they've done great things, not that I'm saying they haven't, I've just never really asked before. If there is anything that I can do to help, don't hesitate to ask." Dante said with a warming smile as a yawn suddenly escaped his mouth.

"Pardon me, think I might get some sleep in a little bit."

 

[Lunar Templar]

Urd nodded and gave Dante's hand a loving squeeze before he went to lay down, she on the other hand wasn't tired really but was still short on things to actually do for the moment. Urd gave thought to talking to Ru, he after all didn't seem to be an asshole like a lot of Marines from other chapters where, especially the Terminators, but decided against it for now. Who she did decide to, was the one most likely to start a fight, Helena.

"What are you doing here?" she said to the Retirbutor in equal parts annoyance and confusion. "Shouldn't you and your squad be with the other Sisters likely on this ship, or has the Inquisition decided to bullshit something up to basically ruin your career's and lives to? Assuming they don't just kill us. After all we all know how much they like to let the 'truth' guide what they do."

 

[sage42]

Helena sat with her head bowed, her hands folded in front of her, resting on her knees. ....And I beg of thee Father guide them from the dark, guide them with your blessed flame. For they are now lost to your children, and only you remain. She preyed. For her fallen Sister, for all the other who gave their lives on the station, and for herself. She was interrupted by the other woman of the Witch's retinue.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you and your squad be with the other Sisters likely on this ship, or has the Inquisition decided to bullshit something up to basically ruin your career's and lives too? Assuming they don't just kill us. After all we all know how much they like to let the 'truth' guide what they do."

Helena frowned. For once one of the group said something that Helena agreed with. "I am here because this is where I was commanded to be. We would prefer to be with our Sisters yes, but the Inquisition knows what a danger the unknown can be." she dropped her voice then. "But to answer your question yes, this isn't the first time this foul organization has stopped me from being where I need to be. Know that while we're here I have as little trust of them as you do." She said with a small smirk.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Urd smirked a little, but that faded "Anyway, on a more personal note, would it kill you all to be a little more 'personable?" she started, her tone more neutral now "I'm not asking for you and your squad to turn into our 'new best friends ever', or a new drinking buddy or something like that. I know how you all can be, but since it is looking as though we're going to be stuck with each other for a good while I'd prefer that if our squads have to fight together again there not be this 'cloud' of distrust hanging over both sides." Urd said, in a questionable attempt to garner some kind of comradely with the Sisters. "Besides, I know you saw it. 'Lara going all 'Living Saint', and wrapped in the golden light of The Emperor, having seen that, do you seriously believe she would allow any of us to be tainted?" Urd asked in a low tone, really trying to gauge weather or not Helena was some one that could see reason or if she was just another brainless zealot.

 

[sage42]

Helena sighed. She should have known this question was coming. Helena folded her hands in front of her again and thought for a moment. "It might" She began slowly. "You must understand that most of us have been given reason to mistrust anyone not of our Order." She getsured to her Sisters, whom were in the middle of either prayer or weapon maintenance. "They have all seen guardsman and citizens who were supposedly loyal summon daemons from the warp, seen what the corruption can do. I myself have seen those who once personally called me ally turn at the drop of a bolter shell. I've had once good and honorable soldiers turn on me in a momenet and try to kill me.." She sighed. "But you have all proven yourselves in my eyes at least. So for the moment we may be able to stop the open hostilities on our end."

She looked the other woman in the eyes then. "As for the Inquisitor, and her actions, I mean to have words with her about that as soon as we are able. But no I do not believe she would allow it. However she is young, and passionate. And from what I've seen is prone to acts that require a great amount of energy. Would she allow you to be possessed? No. Would she exert so much energy that she could not stop a creature from possessing one of you. From what I've seen most certainly."

She looked down back at her hands. "I said that once she was proven free of taint that I would follow her without question if she so desired. That still rings true. But it would be my duty then to stop my Superior from doing something reckless and stupid that could endanger far more than ourselves, which I would, without hesitation. I ask that you talk with your.....friends and make sure that that situation does not come to pass."

 

[Lunar Templar]

Urd nodded, she was starting to like this Retributor a little bit. "I do understand that, we've all seen such things, and many of my sisters have paid in blood for such betrayals. So trust me, I know where your coming from"

"It's kinda funny we have similar concerns about 'Lara though" she said, lightheartedly at first but ended with a concerned sigh "'Lara does have a problem of over doing it, a lot. This isn't the first time Lith has had to haul her off because she's over done it, doubtful to be the last ether. Her real problem in that regard is not so much a lack of control, but a lack of proper 'power management' skills. That and her body doesn't seem to be able to really handle the strain of using that much power." Urd sighed "She hasn't really learned not ever situation requires a 'Thunder Hammer' approach. So we're all aware but there's not much we can do about it short of run interference and try to keep her out of situations where she 'needs' to much as we can." Urd wanted to add that they where all warp resistant, so possession was even like likely, but didn't.

 

[sage42]

Helena nodded. "Good, at least she has people watching over her. She is young and powerful, with some direction and experience she could prove to be a huge asset to the Inperium. All of which I am ready to offer her as soon as her position is restored. She needs to learn when to employ the 'Thunder Hammer' approach, as you put it, and when to employ something a little more tactical. If she uses these tactics as often as you say then her luck is bound to run out." Helena looked to the rest of the routine in the room. She turned her head back to Urd. "I will intervene if I have to, but something tells me none of you would allow me to get near her unless you knew exactly what I planned on doing. So you must do more than 'run interference'. Teach her to be more mindful of how she uses her ablities. All of you if need be."