For the emperor ! (IC thread - always recruiting )

[Jemal]

Even in the jungles, never had McClane seen a death like that, and for a moment even the hardened mercenary felt a bit queasy. After recovering from the gruesome death of the Noble, he noticed Rat glancing down at the hidden package, and was sure the little mans thoughts mirrored his own... What if?

He remained silent, letting the others continue their conversation while he moved over beside the rat.

 

[Shayuri]

"Leth Skandar," Kestrel repeated. It was a place to start; more than they had before. "Got it."

She looked around. "You. Arbitrator. Come over here. You should be the first one they see when they arrive. We may have time to go over our story, so we need to do so. It's important we all tell the same thing, or close to it, or the questioning will get ugly."

The assassin looked back at the Inquisitor. "I've no more questions. Unless you have more for us, time is most likely nearly up."

 

[DrZombie]

The assassin looked back at the Inquisitor. "I've no more questions. Unless you have more for us, time is most likely nearly up."

"It is. May the God-Emperor protect you. Trust no one. I will contact you as soon as possible."

The bodyguard makes the sign of the aquila, puts on the death-mask of the assassin, and in a few lithe strides walks to the window conveniently destroyed by Zhent. A few moments later you can feel the train slow down to take a particularly sharp turn. He crouches in the windowframe and jumps out into the darkness of the tunnel.

You are left in the charnel house that was once a train-carriage filled with pilgrims and merchants. You have about an hour or two before the train arrives at the Hive.

[sblock=OOC] Allright ladies and gents, with the end of the trainride I hope to stop the railroading . I'll leave you to discuss the plan for a bit, if you have OOC questions just fire away (I realise this is a new setting for most of you, if you need a hand just ask). [/sblock]

 

[jkason]

Harrigan Zhent, Imperial Psyker

"I guess the first thing is straightening out the story, then?" Zhent says, still watching the spot where the bodyguard took the insane leap from a moving train. He looks back to the others, eyes landing longest on the Arbitrator and Kestrel. "I'm not good with people, but tell me what to say and I should manage fine."

OOC: While Zhent is sanctioned, am I right in assuming folks are still likely to be hostile to him if he's open about his abilities? I figured he'd want to omit mention of them in his testimony, but I'm not sure what kind of safety Sanctioning comes with, or if the sanctioning Brand is something that's always visible / always supposed to be visible?

 

[DrZombie]

"

OOC: While Zhent is sanctioned, am I right in assuming folks are still likely to be hostile to him if he's open about his abilities? I figured he'd want to omit mention of them in his testimony, but I'm not sure what kind of safety Sanctioning comes with, or if the sanctioning Brand is something that's always visible / always supposed to be visible?

[sblock=jkason]
Being a psycker is as noticable as you want it to be. They run the gamut from inquisitors of whom noone knows they're psyckers to mutilated chained living weapons that get whipped to the battlefield.
What people will notice is that you are voidborn, which will make you as popular as an afro-american on a KKK-meeting.You will automatically get the blame for anything that happens, and people will suspect you of being a psycker/witch/heretic at the slightest provocation.
[/sblock]

 

[jackslate45]

Noticing that McClane was moving closer, Rat whispered to him "Ya think we should open this things soonish? I have a funnies feelings about it. I didnt wanna say nothings in front of that..." Rat turned pale before continuing "Wells, now he is gone, but ya. Nice shootings also. I'm glad your on my sides."


When the robed man spoke, Rat looked at him and said "it's nothing really to hards. If you wanna be some nobles from some planet no one's heard of, most of the times that will work. The key is knowing each other's points of view. Names Rat, I specialize in this and that." He hold out his hand for the robed guy to shake.
OCC: Rat thought that the spasms you manifested were caused by friendly fire, so really had no idea what was going on.

 

[Shayuri]

"Keep the stories simple," Kestrel advises. "Up until we got on this train, speak the truth of who you are and why you're here. Tell truly of the human creatures that attacked us and slaughtered everyone here but us."

"Our good fortune, the Emperor watched over us, was that we sat at the back of the carriage, and escaped their notice at first. That gave us precious moments to fire on them before they could get to us. There were too many, though, to save the others."

She shrugs.

"Very nearly the truth, and thus a good lie."

 

[jkason]

Harrigan Zhent, Imperial Psyker

"it's nothing really to hards. If you wanna be some nobles from some planet no one's heard of, most of the times that will work. The key is knowing each other's points of view. Names Rat, I specialize in this and that." He hold out his hand for the robed guy to shake.

Harrigan eyes the offered hand with unmasked nerves. He reaches out cautiously, as if contact with another human being in and of itself seems dangerous to him. The shake is brisk, the hooded man releasing his grip nearly as soon as he's made it.

"Harrigan," he says simply, glancing furtively to Kestrel. He was trying to be discreet; was even a first name too much information? Should he have taken on some kind of animal sobriquet like Kestrel and Rat? Then again, what sort of creature would accurately portray just how unknowingly destructive his potential was?

"Very nearly the truth, and thus a good lie."

Zhent nods. "Good. I should be able to manage that much," he says.

 

[Jemal]

"Well, at the very least we should discuss it with our new companions-at-arms."
McClane gestures for the box and clears his throat "Since we have a short while to straighten our stories, we've got something we should talk about first. Might be important, might not."

 

[jkason]

Harrigan Zhent, Imperial Psyker

"Well, at the very least we should discuss it with our new companions-at-arms."
McClane gestures for the box and clears his throat "Since we have a short while to straighten our stories, we've got something we should talk about first. Might be important, might not."

Zhent turns his attention to McClane. The raising of an eyebrow was all the response he gave, waiting to hear what new wrinkle was about to come into his day.