wanderingwolf

The Namespace of the Rose

The hulk turned his attentions on the woman when she addressed him. He'd seen her in the factory-cathedral before; the bionic eye and the bearing she wore were familiar to him as he gone about his business as a newly minted techmarine. Her eye implied perhaps some kind of battle, but her bearing was not one of a warrior. She had a methodical approach as she moved across the crime scene, making audible deductions most likely to Vigrid's benefit. It seemed she saw him as an ally in the pursuit of discovering the truth of this matter. Maybe she even felt the same disquiet at the Skitarii's pronouncement of burglary as the cause for the Archmagos' death.

In fact, she voiced the same concern now, aloud. She stood up the facts in flimsy fashion, to knock them down as 'grox shite.' At that the Space Wolf's brows rose, betraying his mirth at the base deduction. Vigrid noted the coat of arms on the woman's coat. The seal was familiar to him as belonging to one of the Rogue Traders in this sector. 'One of' being that of the two, her master was not yet embroiled in the political theater taking place around them. He met her eyes as he replied, "The facts do not add up, yes. Every counter measure the Archmagos possessed misfired too late." The Astartes left the doorway and approached the pooling corpse of Toros.

After a moment studying the wounds of the victim, Vigrid noticed the woman deploying a servo-skull to further investigate the space. Toros' skull splayed out a gaping rupture wherein the Archamgos' brain matter and circuits lay exposed to the air. The Space Marine experienced a glint of inspiration, turning to his would-be companion, "Steel yourself for what I am about to do may give you pause."

And with that, the Astartes touched the corpse of the Archmagos Toros with the intention to eat her brain and unlock the mysteries within.

The Namespace of the Rose

The Namespace of the Rose

The gravity of the situation was not lost on Vigrid Brand, as he passed the threshold into the ivory tower. The Space Marine scoured the data slate handed to him by the Skitarii marshall on the perimeter. The preliminary findings detailed in the report were sparse, bordering on slap-shod to his eye, given what had just happened. His green eyes traced the report line by line, even as he carefully moved through what was left of the bodies of the Skitarii guard at the base of the tower. A burglary. In the highest order in Isohedron-CBX, among the casualties the Archamagos Toros. His brow creased at the unnerving feeling that something was off.

By the time he reached the Archmagos' office, he had to re-read the line reporting the assailant kicking open the reinforced metal door. The door itself looked a massive, heavy set, and the amount of force to break through caused the Astartes to pause. Then he noticed movement from within the Archmagos' office. His ears pricked as he proceeded within.

As the eight-foot Astartes entered the magos' rooms, he was met with the back of a slender woman in a long weathered topcoat. The way she walked belayed practiced purpose as she came to the end of a circling arc around the still-warm body of the Archmagos herself. As her head turned he noted the implant which occupied the space of her left eye.

For now he would remain silent, quietly blocking the door. His eyes, taking in the scene of the Archmagos on the ground and the devastation her final moments wrought upon the interior, traced also the presence of this woman. It appeared she had just arrived and was taking her own account. The Astartes lowered the data slate in his hand to track the absence of the cogitators. Curious indeed.

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@Vertigo@clanjos@rush99999@patientbean I'm waiting on each of you to post IC to progress us along :D

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@Vertigo Good thoughts. We can carry on with 3 until Clanjos and Digizel make it back.

@clanjos Sorry to hear about your grandmother's health. Should we count in on the rest of this adventure, or do you need some time?

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@Vertigo I just got back from a week long trip to Poland, but I see 3/5 players interested in continuing. If you want to continue, I'm all for that but would have likes to reach consensus. In that case perhaps we move ahead with just 3 players. Thoughts?

Blackguards!

Just checking in here @Red Wizard, hope life settles down for you.

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Alright you rowdy adventurers. It's been 9 days since our last post of any sort on this game.

It's no secret that we have seriously relaxed on the "2 day" reply time frame, so I'm forced to contend with some realities:

1. 48 hours is an unrealistic time-window to expect a reply on a Play-by-Post game
2. Our group does not have the bandwidth to commit to posting within said time-window
3. Writers are not, as a rule, announcing when they're having issues responding due to internal or external factors

This leads me to two course-correcting conclusions:

1. We throw up our hands and set this game to the pace of "when we're available, we'll write for it" without time contstraints and without commitment to posting less than some future agreed upon time frame (eg. once a week)
2. We wrap up this session, shake hands, and take down the game

I'm opening this up for the whole group to weigh in on. My feelings aren't on the line no matter which way we lean, but if I don't get engagement from everyone in some way, we may just take the latter. The former only works if everyone has buy-in.

@rush99999 @vertigo @patientbean @digizel @clanjos

Blackguards!

@MrSkimobile Well done! Looking forward to everyone's posts, and the reply!

Blackguards!

@MrSkimobile Welcome to the game! We're glad to have you, AND another Dwarf!