Inquisition: Eye of Terror: A WarHammer: 40k rp. (CLOSED, DON'T POST HERE UNLESS YOU'RE ACCEPTED.)

[mcpop9]

"Urd, i may be compromised, but as long as Solara is around, i'm fine. I'm her guardian, her mother. I won't let anything bad happen to her. I'll remove myself from the equation if need be. All i ask is for your faith in myself and the emperor. I will see that we stop the torturer and keep solara safe." She said taking a knee before Urd and Dante, putting her right arm across her chest and lowering her head. "You have my word, as an inquisitor and as a servant of the imperium." she swore to them.

 

[Athol]

She flew across that palins, kicking dust up at her heel as she ran. As she got closer to the horde, she let loose a terrific war cry, her voice thundering with the sound of innumerable souls crying for vengeance. With a great crash she threw herself into the fray, and the battle was joined; but almost as soon as it began, it ended. The heretics, daemons, and abominations all faded away like smoke on a breeze, leaving her once again alone. "What is going on?" She shouted. "You need to wake up Lith, you are still needed." A voice said behind her. Spinning around she saw a silvery figure, surrounded by a halo of light. "Who are you?" She asked. The figure mearly said the same thing, while an unfamiliar music seemed to come from the very air. "You need to wake up."

Lith opened her eyes, and immediately regretted it. The bright light seared through her wide open pupils blinding her momentarily. As she reacted to that pain, the rest of her abused body made its complaints known. "By the Emperor, my everything hurts." She muttered.

When she tried to move, she felt a tug on her right hand. "Solara...wh..what are you doing here?" She said, seeing the young psyker. Unbidden pieces of what happened earlier came flooding back. Talking with Dante and Urd...An attack...CHAOS!...light, so very beautiful, but my Lord it burned soo much...I've got to save Lunnette. An image of Torturer impaling the Inquisitor seared its way across her mind. "Oh no..." She whimpered. Reaching over with her left, she placed it on Solara's shoulder. "I-I'm so sorry...I couldn't save her, I-I wasn't fast enough..." Then she did something she hadn't done since she was a small child, she cried.

 

[mcpop9]

Solara hugged Lith back, tears of releif now streaming down her cheeks. she cradled Lith's head, gently stroking the back of it, not wanting to let go. "Lith, its over... the fights over and my mother is back from the dead. I'm not sure how many we lost, but you're alive; thats what mattered most to me..." she said an kissed Lith's cheek, then cradled her head like a treasure. "I'm so sorry... its all my fault...." she said, meaning the injuries inflicted on Lith.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Urd sighed shook her head "Like we're in the position to pick and choose ..." she said, clearly not big on the idea of running with a compromised commander, but she didn't see another alternative. "Anyway, whats our ETA for the Eldar world, and stand up, It's unbecoming some one of your rank to be kneeling like that"

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

The screaming stopped a moment before Anthony detached himself, it was an odd void almost, but he didn't have time... he walked to an exposed maintenance panel on the floor and ripped it open, he took a moment to look before firmly grasping a set of exposed wires in one hand and another in the other causing energy to surge from his false hands and through his body.

~a few minutes later~

Spoiler: Spoilered for size, Your conversation from the adept's perspective with a few thoughts on it..

He pulled his arms from the conduit he was using to charge himself upon hearing the door opening, three walked in, one of them winged, the winged one spake "All guard here now, are dismissed if they haven't been already." causing the servitors to stop targeting them, odd. "The ship still refuses to respond to controls, but we can see where its course shall take us." The creature walked to the control panel and then the hollow map pressing buttons as it went. "thats an old eldar world.... it dated back to the pre-eye of terror times. Marked as found then disappeared, not a year after the eye formed. Its still the same status, so i have only a vague idea as to why we're heading there..." How would anyone know that?

The woman near it spoke "So ... Dark Eldar then? More over, why would Slaanesh so interested in us? we just left, how would it even know bout us?" Dark Eldar fear it, not worship it..

Then the creature spoke again "Urd, think about it. We know from records that Slaanesh is the youngest of the choas gods, and if you look at the rest, the "least evil". The chaos gods are constantly infighting, i know this since i've come across scenes where two cults have slaughtered one another because they worshiped different deities." it paused "The Torturer said "Rising chaos forces..." In all my years i have only came across that term once, in a small cult on a planet in the corner of the imperium's control. It appeared that they were worshiping him and not one of the main gods... He could be trying to attain status as a chaos deity.... which would explain why he targeted this ship with solara on it..." it slammed on a, console breaking it "No.... he wants Solara so he can use her power as a way to achieve his desires... Slaanesh knows this and doesn't want him to become a rival. thats why we're heading towards that planet and i relapsed..." So the woman is... Urd from before?

Urd spoke again "So, we have a wanna be chaos god on one side and an actual chaos god on the other, whom is nervous, and probably wants Solara for it self. In that case I would wager keeping Solara out of The Torturer's hands would be the main priority, turning her or all of us most likely would likely be second. If that's true we'll have to find away to use that to our advantage." she paused "Also, what did you mean, 'relapsed'? There something I should know Inquisitor?" And the creature is Lunette? Heresy? Abomination?

Lunette sighed. "Years ago, when i was but an accolyte to my master, i woke and found myself carving slaanesh's symbol into my left breast. I have been known to be exceptionally weak to the warp and oonly resistant in Solara's presence. Waking to find myself worshiping the heresy scared me. I vowed never to fall back to those dark action and the relapse was his influence upon my body earlier yesterday." She or it exposed it's breasts "It is not a a mark i wish to bare, but one i am thankful for none the less. When i died, solara picked me up out of the warp and resurrected me, hence the wings. However, in doing so, i have been severed from the emperor and can no longer feel his light upon me. This is a one way trip i shall be having, but my soul will belong to slaanesh at the end of it. I shall fight for the imperium until the very end of my will and then some." she closed its armour back. Heresy, Resurrection, Abomination?

Urd took a moment and then spoke "So, the situation is thus; our ship has be redirected by a Chaos God to a planet it likely controls, we have another, 'wanna be Chaos God' hot on our heels after the Alpha Plus psyker we have with us, AND our commanding officer has been compromised and is in effect a ticking time bomb? Have I missed anything?" in a completely serious manner. She appears uncorrupted still.

Lunette spoke again "Urd, i may be compromised, but as long as Solara is around, i'm fine. I'm her guardian, her mother. I won't let anything bad happen to her. I'll remove myself from the equation if need be. All i ask is for your faith in myself and the emperor. I will see that we stop the torturer and keep solara safe." She said taking a knee before Urd and the man, putting her right arm across her chest and lowering her head. "You have my word, as an inquisitor and as a servant of the imperium." Interesting, Deception?

Urd sighed shook her head "Like we're in the position to pick and choose... Anyway, whats our ETA for the Eldar world, and stand up, It's unbecoming some one of your rank to be kneeling like that" Is no one questioning this?

Anthony approached his servitors one by one interfacing with them, ordering them to go back to his workshop and to bring back supplies as well as his two personal guard whom he sent to recharge before the attack began. He sat down near the panel he tore open and began planning a course of action while he waited.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Dante was both somewhat shocked and appalled from this revelation. A part of him could not even believe what he was hearing, but then something made more sense, this must have been what Lunette was talking to Lith about earlier when she was in the Inquisitor's quarters, why Lith appeared to be acting somewhat hesitant when talking about it. Deep down, a part of him was angry, enough that he slammed his fist down onto the table, his psychic energy creating small sparks on impact, and bringing attention to himself.

"Why were we not told about this?" He asked, his voice sound cold and bitter, not filled with the warmth he had earlier.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Urd thought about every thing Lunette had told her, in conjunction with how she was treated after her Wrap Resistance was discovered, and her expression saddened "We're not meant to 'go home' are we? This entire voyage was meant as a suicide run wasn't it?"

 

[mcpop9]

"No, we were never meant to go home Urd. we were meant to come out here and die." She said almost defeatedly. "And Dante, the information was on a need to know basis.I've fought alongside all of you and helped drive off that menace. If shedding blood and dieing doesn't convince you that we're all on the same side, i don't know what will." Lunette explained to them, then focused on both of them. "But our previous mission here is null and void. we're no long here to die, we're here to stop this new threat, no matter the costs." she said firmly.

 

[Athol]

Lithian lay there for a couple of minutes bawling like a child, before giving herself a mental shake. C'mon, there's shit to do...pull yourself together! While she managed to stop crying, she couldn't quite bring herself to pull free form Solara. She grimaced slightly as Solara stroked her bare head; she'd had her head shaved like this once before, when she'd first became a Whiteshield, and she'd never liked how she?d looked bald.

Lying there, she replayed what Solara had said to her. Now that she was a bit calmer she could actually process what had been said. I'm so sorry... it's all my fault.... Reaching out, she wiped some of the girl's tears way with a free hand. "No...you have nothing to be sorry for." She said after a moment. "I am a Guardsman, and we are the currency of the Imperium, our lives are to be spent in the battles against our enemies. All we ask is that they are spent wisely."

Sitting up, she took Solara's hand in hers, and looked into her eyes. "If anything, I should be thanking you...it...it was glorious." Leaning forward, she gave her a quick kiss on the lips, and rested her forehead against Solara's. "And thank you for trying to stop me from doing something rash...I-I was not myself."

Even though she was still very sore, and her body protested greatly, she swung her feet off the cot she'd been moved to after the surgery, and set them on the floor. As she embraced Solara she realized she was, once again, pressed up against the young psyker while stark naked; but this time she didn't care. While she sat there, feeling the most calm and relaxed she'd felt in a long time, something else Solara said came back to mind.

Lith, it's over... the fights over and my mother is back from the dead. I'm not sure how many we lost, but you're alive; thats what mattered most to me... Sitting bolt upright she put her hand on Solara's shoulders and looked her square in the eyes. "By the God-Emperor, and all the High Lords of Terra! How is that even possible!?" Before she could answer, Lith leant forward giving her a big kiss and a hug, that where she not still in her armour, would have threatened to squeeze the life out of her. "Well then why the hell are we sitting around here?"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"And Dante, the information was on a need to know basis. I've fought alongside all of you and helped drive off that menace. If shedding blood and dying doesn't convince you that we're all on the same side, I don't know what will." Lunette explained to both Dante and Urd, then focused on both of them. "But our previous mission here is null and void. we're no long here to die, we're here to stop this new threat, no matter the costs." She said firmly. Dante took a brief moment to calm down.

"But you told Lithian didn't you, during that conversation you had earlier with her. There was something about her that seemed hesitant, like she knew more than she was telling us. And I will admit, your skill in battle did show where loyalties lay. Apologies for my outburst just now." Dante remarked, sound a little remorseful for how he spoke.

"So, how long is the ship predicting it will take us to arrive on this world that it has set its sight on?" Dante then asked, wanting to change the subject.

 

[mcpop9]

"I told Lith because i needed someone to know. If i got out of hand, i told her she would have to put me down. But as to how long it will take us to get there, a few days by the looks of things. I can honestly say i have no clue what is on the other side of the portal, as the planet by all imperial records is not there any more." She said.

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Solara was ambused by both kisses and returned the hugs. When she made to move from the room, Solara hugged her and stopped her in protest. "You are injured and your entire body just had pure warp surging through it. You're not going anywhere unless its your bunk. OK? i don't want you destroying the new nerve connections they put into you. " the girl said.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"I told Lith because I needed someone to know. If I got out of hand, I told her she would have to put me down. But as to how long it will take us to get there, a few days by the looks of things. I can honestly say i have no clue what is on the other side of the portal, as the planet by all imperial records is not there any more." Inquisitor Lunette said to Dante. The psyker drummed his fingers on the console for a few moments before responding, it helped to clear his head.

"So, be prepared for anything the eh? I guess when you say it like that, the secrecy makes a little more sense. Actually that reminds me of something, I seem to recall that after you had talked with Lith, you were going to send a Servo Skull to fetch me; out of curiosity Inquisitor, for what purpose?" Dante asked, intrigued as to the reason.

 

[mcpop9]

"You came by the room wanting to speak about something if i remember correctly. So i said i'd send a servo skull to fetch you once i was done talking with lith, but the attack happened before that. So now i guess its your turn. What were you looking to speak to myself about?" She replied to him. THe inquisitor tilted her head while her wings subconsciously flexed behind her.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"You came by the room wanting to speak about something if i remember correctly. So I said I'd send a Servo Skull to fetch you once I was done talking with Lith, but the attack happened before that. So now I guess its your turn. What were you looking to speak to myself about?" Lunette said in response as she tilted her head while her wings subconsciously flexed behind her. It took for a moment for Dante to remind himself why he went to her.

"Of course, I remember now. It all seems a little pointless now given where we are now. I simply wished to see how well you were faring after your incident yesterday; I was concerned for your safety and well-being, seeing as though you are our commanding officer."

 

[Athol]

Lith got dressed slowly; a slight smile playing across her face. Lunette is alive! By the Emperor, that's the best news I?ve heard in a while. After she got her armour back on, she made to leave the med-bay only to find a slender pair of arm around her. "You are injured and your entire body just had pure warp surging through it. You're not going anywhere unless it?s your bunk. OK? I don't want you destroying the new nerve connections they put into you."

She let loose a big sigh, and twisted her face into a most childlike pout. "Fiiine." She replied, still smiling. That seemed to placate Solara, so the moment she let go, Lith was off at a brisk jog. "But not before I see your mother!" She called out over her shoulder.

Maintaining a steady pace, she commandeered a servo-skull to guide her to the Inquisitor. Rounding a corner she finally saw Dante, Urd, and....a winged figure? "My Lord..." she muttered before dismissing the skull. Passing the pair, she let her fingers trail across one of the wings...just to make sure she wasn't imagining things. Wow!...formalities be damned!

With that thought, she wrapped her arms around Lunette in a ferocious hug, before giving slightly less crushing ones to Dante and Urd. "Lunette...you have no idea how glad I am to see you; you two as well. Can I assume that because we're all still here, that that whore of a Space Marine is nothing more than meat now?" She asked hopefully.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"Lunette...you have no idea how glad I am to see you; you two as well. Can I assume that because we're all still here, that that whore of a Space Marine is nothing more than meat now?"

"No, sadly, that wanna be chaos god ran away like a cowardly little *****." Urd said hugging Lith back "Gets better, Slaanesh seems to have decided to take control of the ship, so now we're heading to, I presume, one of its worlds." Urd said bringing Lith up to speed "So you should probably be resting up, as good as it is to see you up and about."

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

"Gets better, Slaanesh seems to have decided to take control of the ship, so now we're heading to, I presume, one of its worlds."

Anthony stood and finally spoke, with a mostly human voice for a change, sounding almost heartbroken.

"It controls the Light?"

 

[mcpop9]

"Yes, we'll survive with the ship under its control because i assume Slaanesh needs us. We want all chances of this new power not coming into existence." Lunette said before she was wrapped in a hug that must of left marks on Lith's arms from her armor. "Hi lith. I am alive and ok for now..." she said.
"For now, we must tend to those aboard and rest. We should arrive in a few days at most." She said, nodding to them.

 

[Athol]

Lith let out a small groan as her still battered and sore body protested to the armoured hug that she received. As she tried to stretch out some of the soreness, she grew grim as she processed what Lunette and Urd said. "Well this is a fine bucket o' shit we've been thrown into, but I guess all we can do is deal with what happens as it comes...and try and take as many of those heretical sons of whores with us as we can before we die." She said finally.

"I guess I'll be off then." Lith yawned. Stepping past the group to head back the way she'd came, she stopped and looked back. "If Solara shows up, you can tell her that I am going to go and rest...she was rather insistent about that." She said with a dismissive wave of her hand. "Oh, and Lunette? I love the wings, [small]they go great with your ass[/small]." Blushing furiously as what was supposed to be an internal thought slipped out, she moved off quickly back towards her quarters.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Urd snickered at Lith's comment "Guess I'll be off as well, nothing to do for the time being but wait so might as well make ready for whats coming" she said and headed out, once she was out of the room and around the corner 'Dante? Come by my quarters later, I believe I still owe you something from earlier' she thought in his general direction, hoping he'd hear it, though not sure if it would.