Xibalba_IC_Log_Session1

Session Start (CD_SupTG:#XibalbaIC): Tue May 28 17:12:37 2013 -0400
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[17:12] *** Topic on #XibalbaIC is: +++Prepare to meet thy God-Emperor+++ (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1uMdiUeGbg)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1uMdiUeGbg
[17:12] *** Topic set by Kukulkan (2 hours ago at 2:48 PM)
[17:12] *** CelestialDoggie is now known as Mark
[17:16] <@Kukulkan> It is the 41st Millennium, for more than a hundred centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies.
[17:18] <@Kukulkan> He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.
[17:20] <@Kukulkan> While war Rages against Xeno abominations from without, strife from heresy and traitors runs rampant from within. in order to combat this threat, the Holy God-Emperor has tasked his Inquisition to root out taint from his domain.
[17:26] <@Kukulkan> Men like Inquisitor Triarii watch over his Holy imperium ever vigilant against sedition and the vile temptations of the ruinous powers. On his charted Ship 'The Eloquent Stanza' Triarii makes way to the Velite System to investigate rumors discontent that have taken his notice.
[17:32] <@Kukulkan> In the crew hold of this ship his retinue await his word to investigate and do whatever necessary to carry out his divinely mandated will. in hold 2-Zwei: Room 345: Bunks A, B and C are assigned some of these retainers. they have been given privilege to act freely on their approach til summoned, which if crewhands are to be believe should be any moment
[17:34] *** Colt has joined #XibalbaIC
[17:34] *** Colt is now known as Silon_Karr
[17:39] * Mark Tellik, a scrawny-looking man dressed in clothing that clearly has seen better days, is simply biding his time on the bunk assigned him, idly shifting through a deck of playing cards while waiting for the announcement. His appearance is unkempt, scraggly brown hair going gray at the temples and back while pollution scars stain patches of exposed skin.
[17:44] * Grizz Fortuna is in the middle of quietly putting his things away. He heads over to an empty cabinet and puts his clothes, mainly rough cloth, there. Grizz is wearing similar clothes and has grey hair and yellow eyes with pupils similar to a cat's. As he moves you catch glimpses of groups of straight scars on his skin. As he moves over to to the lowest bunk, carrying a furry pelt of some
[17:44] * Grizz kind, he says "Hello, i'm guessing we're going to be working for Inquisitor Triarii together. I'm Grizz Fortuna, nice to meet you." as he lays the pelt out on the bunk.
[17:46] * Mark looks up. "Ah. Mark Tellik. Pleasure." He sticks a hand out.
[17:47] * Grizz smiles and grasps Mark's hand, giving it a firm shake, causing the necklace of various bones around his neck to jangle.
[17:53] <Grizz> "Have you been working for the Inquisitor long? I was only just recruited myself."
[17:53] <Mark> "Same." He stretched, put the cards away. "Got picked up after leaving home after the 'nids took everything else."
[17:55] * Silon_Karr breaks away from examining the markings on the bulkhead and eyes the other two
[17:56] <Grizz> "The 'nids? I haven't heard of them but that's horrible."
[17:58] <Mark> "Count yourself lucky, friend. I wouldn't have a name for 'em either except I heard it in passing." He shakes his head. "Not an experience I'd like to repeat."
[18:00] <Grizz> "Right." Grizz says with a frown before turning to Silon and asking "How about yourself? How'd you join the Inquisitor?"
[18:00] <@Kukulkan> Silon_Karr observes with his eyeing two humans. rather scraggy looking to him, with scars that if he were to guess, were from burns and some kind of animal attack most likely.
[18:07] * Silon_Karr looks from one chatterer to the next before speaking "Silon Karr, techpriest of the Omnissiah"
[18:09] <Grizz> "Omnissiah? Is that the god you worship?" Grizz asks, confused
[18:17] * Silon_Karr sighs and mutters something about savages before pointing to the AM cog hanging from his neck "The Om-nis-si-ah. The great machine god, Deus Mechanicus..?"
[18:19] <Grizz> "Ahhh, i see. We only leared about The Emperor on my world, though many people call him the Huntmaster as well."
[18:19] <Mark> "Where you from., Grizz? That's not an epithet I recognize."
[18:21] <Grizz> "My homeworld's Iocanthos. It's mostly broken up into different tribes of people, mine's the Fortuna tribe, with many young men like myself leaving to join wandering warbands."
[18:23] <Mark> "Huh. I ain't heard of that one." He shrugs. "Guess that's why you haven't heard of the cogb--er. Of our good friends, a splendid example of which is right here with us."
[18:26] * Silon_Karr shakes his head and looks for a likely exit from the savage holding tank
[18:26] <Grizz> "All it's really known for is these flowers that are turned into combat drugs. Well, i look forward to working with you Silon.""
[18:31] <@Kukulkan> before anymore could be said, a loud crackling comes from a Voxcom on the wall "Occupants of of Room 345 in hold 2-Zwei, prepare for departure staging and report to your superiors in staging area 2"
[18:33] * Grizz jumps a bit at the still new to him technology before saying "Sounds like we're up."
[18:34] <Mark> "Yeah, time to go." He turns to Silon. "We'll see you there."
[18:37] * Grizz nods in agreement before turning to Mark and saying "Lead the way, i'm still new to being in a spaceship."
[18:37] * Mark gestures for Grizz to follow at that.
[18:38] * Grizz does so.
[18:39] * Silon_Karr references the markings on the bulkhead and makes his way to the staging area
[18:42] <@Kukulkan> when you get to staging area 2, you find 3 people there that each of you would recognize and another that none of you have seen. there is Cromwell, speaking candidly with Slazz(who has his nose back, seems it was some kind of trick for the mission, but he still is a slab of slazz) and  [EXPUNGED] whom Silon would recognize from his adventure.
[18:47] * Mark hangs back as they all gather; Slazz may have saved his bacon, and gotten him here, but there's still something about him--about all of this--that Mark doesn't quite trust.
[18:48] <@Kukulkan> (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsCHT5kT3s)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsCHT5kT3s
[18:48] <@Kukulkan> and then there is other that dwarfs the other 3. his old and scarred olive skin at contrast with his gray hair and shining power armor. standing at about 7 feet tall, no doubt due to the amour increasing his height, he towers over you lot, even Grizz
[18:51] <@Kukulkan> he is smiling, barely noticeably, at the conversation that the other 3 seem to be engaged in. at your approach turns to you with a (slightly more) neutral stare [EXPUNGED] notices you next and alerts the other 2 who turn to greet you
[18:58] <@Kukulkan> "ah yes, welcome all. I, as some of you may know, am Eli Cromwell, welcome to the briefing" he says with a flourish. "these are my, and now your, companions and fellow operatives; [EXPUNGED], and Valter Bellows, also known as 'Slazz' to some here" he says the last part with a bit of humor
[19:00] * Mark shakes his head wryly.
[19:00] <Grizz> "Nice to meet you all."
[19:04] * Silon_Karr says nothing
[19:07] <@Kukulkan> (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9dJQoLNsWQ)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9dJQoLNsWQ
[19:07] <@Kukulkan> with a voice as Solid and resounding as a two tree trunks hitting each other, or like the deep thunk of a helmed head hitting rockcrete to those whom never seen trees do that, the Giant speaks "I have gathered you here for a purpose that is until now been kept from you as you have been each evaluated and grouped into a team that will carry out the mission-
[19:09] <@Kukulkan> -With maximum efficiency and probability of success. Each of you have been chosen for your skills and dedication. See to it that you make such appraisal accurate, and you may yet bask in the favor of Him on Terra."
[19:11] <Grizz> "I'll make sure to live up to your expectations."
[19:16] <@Kukulkan> Slazz- or Valter, Speaks up "allrioght, ya got ta get yer mission now. so come close an' be sure not to miss any detail, ya see?"
[19:19] * Grizz nods and moves closer
[19:21] * Silon_Karr extracts a dataslate from his robes and poises a hand over it
[19:23] <@Kukulkan> "We are sending you 3 to the fourth planet of the Velite System, aptly named Velite IV. It is a medium scaled industrial world with pockets of wilderness still untapped. the reason being is that world has had a decent Administratum comptroller in the region and decided in his wisdom that the planet could be useful as something other than a barren rock in 500-
[19:27] <@Kukulkan> -years" cromwell speaks while reviewing his data-slate "the populace is longtime adherents to the true Faith, and have a good sized ecclesiastic presence. the world has not had a xenos incursion since the 35th millennium and no malign influence has been reported since the Great Scouring."
[19:32] <@Kukulkan> "unfortunately you are not being sent fer ah example imperial world. we received ah few reports of anti-imperial sentiment being spread thoughout the planet. could be a couple of over sensitive administratum clerks gettin antsy or could run deeper. thats were you lot come in."
[19:34] <@Kukulkan> The Inquisitor speaks up "Questions?"
[19:37] <Mark> "If I'm hearing you right--" Mark says, then pauses, eyes the Inquisitor. "--sir, we're to go in, figure out the source of the unrest, and then...fix it? Report in? What's your preferred method of our dealing with it?"
[19:38] <Grizz> "Will it be just the three of us on this mission once we arrive?"
[19:41] <@Kukulkan> Answering Mark's question first the Inquisitor says "I leave that to your discretion. if you think it is a simple fix, do what needs to be done. if it is beyond your abilities get into contact with this ship. we must leave on it's scheduled course as to not raise any suspicion to our true mission, but we will be in the next system, a mere few days -
[19:45] <@Kukulkan> - away Emperor and currents willing." and then turns to Grizz "this mission is dependent on a small team rooting out the core of this possible insurrection. it also might not even be based on Velite IV as these 3 will be sent to another world in this system. for their safety and the mission i cannot disclose to you which"
[19:45] <@Kukulkan> he says while gesturing to the more senior acolytes
[19:47] * Grizz nods in understanding.
[19:48] <@Kukulkan> "any more inquiries?" the inquisitor asks
[19:49] <Grizz> "None here."
[20:00] <Mark> "I have none." He turns to the so-far silent tech-priest.
[20:01] * Silon_Karr continues to say nothing, taking notes on his dataslate
[20:09] <@Kukulkan> "Good. You will be dropped off at the starport in Samnita city, a trading center of some size that will most likely be a good place to start the investigation and get your bearings. from there, I leave it to you 3 to find out what is going on. Work together and have faith and you cannot fail."
[20:10] <Grizz> "Right!"
[20:11] <Mark> "Here's to hoping we don't stick out like sore thumbs."
[20:12] <@Kukulkan> "i wouldnt worrie too much 'bout dat. they get /all/ sorts a' folk commin ta trade 'dere." Valter reassures mark
[20:16] <@Kukulkan> (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86QcIBZXqT4)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86QcIBZXqT4
[20:16] <@Kukulkan> you all get your gear and get on a cargo shuttle ready to launch. after an hour or so you feel the shuttle disengage and descend planetside. in no tie at all you are allowed to open up the shuttle's hold doors and exit to the sprawling port. while the hivers might be unimpressed by the size and density, it is a bit reminiscent  of the crowded hives they know
[20:19] * Grizz looks around in something akin to awe at the built up city.
[20:19] <@Kukulkan> those unaccustomed to such marvel at the vastness of the port and all the people going to and fro on their daily lives. in fact one wouldn't even begin to suspect what awaits them in such a place...
[20:20] <Mark> "Man. Crete and steel all around. This," he claps Grizz on the shoulder, "is the life."
[20:20] * Silon_Karr glances around and adjusts his weapons
[20:21] <Grizz> "...uh, yea. I'm used to forests and open plains myself."
[20:22] <@Kukulkan> Silon  gets a couple of glances, but due to him being a techpreist most shrug it off a common thought being 'it could be a caulk gun for all i know' and go about their day
[20:23] * Silon_Karr is wearing a cloak under a cloak so itd be hard to see what hes doing exactly
[20:25] <@Kukulkan> most people see a tech priest fiddling with something under it's cloak, and have the same reactions
[20:34] <Grizz> "How should we go about this? Go looking for someone that knows what's going on in this city?
[20:34] <Grizz> "
[20:38] <Mark> "Well, if'n we want to find people what know people, it's best to go to a place where people who know people gather to talk to other people who know people." After a second, he continues, "You know--a bar."
[20:40] <Grizz> "Ahh, i see. Sounds like a good starting point then."
[20:57] <@Kukulkan> Grizz and Mark are busy chatting and marveling at the area respectively and Silon is preparing his weapons.
[20:57] * Silon_Karr just hiked up his gunbelt whats the big deal?
[20:59] <@Kukulkan> the hiking distracted Silon.
[21:00] <Grizz> "How would we go about finding one? Is there something that provides directions for new arrivals?"
[21:05] <Mark> "We could ask. Or," he gestures toward a different area, "I'm sure there's directories around here, somewhere."
[21:09] <@Kukulkan> the party is witness to a group of traders access a public cogitator terminal and seem to get infomation from it
[21:09] <@Kukulkan> and they then move on about their day
[21:10] <Mark> "See?"
[21:10] <Grizz> "Ah, impressive." Grizz says as he walks over and examines it.
[21:12] * Mark is right beside, just in case he needs to step in and help.
[21:13] <Grizz> "...You need to understand text to use these, don't you?"
[21:13] <Mark> "Well, yes. Here." He steps in front, plinking away at the runes.
[21:19] <Mark> Clearly, it's been a while since Mark has had occasion to use a cogitator terminal of this ilk. He's having as much trouble as Grizz would.
[21:19] * Silon_Karr makes a shooing motion at them and steps to the terminal
[21:20] <@Kukulkan> Silon_Karr looks at what Mark accessed, it seems to be a vid-demo of a local joygirl house
[21:20] * Mark gives up with ill grace and ushers Grizz to the side.
[21:21] * Grizz chuckles and does so
[21:28] <@Kukulkan> as Silon_Karr types away, he easily gets a map pointing out all the bars within walking/autocab
[21:28] <@Kukulkan> and even some ratings and limited reviews
[21:29] * Silon_Karr decides to go with the joygirl house
[21:31] * Silon_Karr copies the info on the house to his dataslate "We shall go to a house of joy that you savages will like
[21:31] <Mark> "Fair enough. Lead the way."
[21:32] * Silon_Karr glances at the address once more before pocketing the 'slate and leading the way, taking note of local signage
[21:33] <@Kukulkan> and away you go. it takes about 50 standard imperial minutes to get to 'Mama Gladstone's house of wares'
[21:33] <Mark> "...Huh. Interesting name."
[21:34] <Grizz> "Oh?"
[21:35] * Silon_Karr notes the other local businesses before entering
[21:36] * Grizz shrugs and follows Silon in.
[21:36] * Mark goes in, too.
[21:40] <@Kukulkan> (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbcEtZLejU)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbcEtZLejU
[21:40] <@Kukulkan> inside you find a semi classy establishment. the kind that screams "We are a legitimate business" while having the gall to have shag carpets and throw pillows of a love couch
[21:41] <@Kukulkan> and directly infront you see a hostess stand with a rather prim and proper lady with her hair in a bun and heavy makeup "Hello, welcome to mama Gladstone's, you doing a group deal or what?"
[21:42] <Grizz> 'Well, you led us here Silon."
[21:43] <Mark> "Depends," Mark says. "What's the rates for a group deal over one at a time?"
[21:44] * Silon_Karr shakes his head no and heads for the bar
[21:45] <@Kukulkan> "now dont be shy lads, you seem to have good heads on your shoulders, seeing as you got here so early, there is only a 2 hour wait instead of the primetime 5 without making an appointment ahead of time and only 60 gelts an hour. if you are interested there is the bar and lounge you can wait in to your left."
[21:47] * Grizz blinks as Silon turns and leaves, but doesn't follow. "Thank you, we'll wait there then."
[21:57] <@Kukulkan> whoever goes to the bar finds a dim but pink area with a bartender behind a counter. like all the employees you have seen so far the bartender is a woman who looks to be in her 20s and is dressed in a theme. she seems to be sported camo paint and PDF fatigues far too skimp to be standard isssue
[21:57] <@Kukulkan> and in the lounge area there are about 7 other people there drinking and lounging about
[22:00] * Grizz leans into Mark and says "I'm no good with people, do you think you could try talking to them?"
[22:03] <Mark> "It's worth a shot. Used to have to do that a lot anyway."
[22:04] * Grizz nods and has a seat to keep an eye out of any potential trouble while Mark does his thing.
[22:16] * Grizz quietly takes in the lounge/bar, marvelling at how different things are from his homeworld.
[22:16] * Mark scans the admittedly thin crowd before settling on a robed...man, probably, seated alone near the bar. "I'll...be back," he says to Grizz, before ordering from the bar and standing near the man. "Beggin' the Emperor's pardon, sirrah, but is this seat taken?"
[22:19] <@Kukulkan> he looks to you and then the seat "technically no, but i think that 'Papa Georgie's SmutHut' is down the street a ways... not that i'd know more about it than anyone else..."
[22:46] <Mark> "Well." He goes ahead and takes the seat. "You do seem like a man who knows his way around the place. Me, I'm new around here. Don't know my ass from my elbows when it comes to the world, and here in front of me is an example of the Imperium's finest. Why, I'd bet ten thrones you know more about how this planet works than any of your other pencil-pushing brethren, and yet yours is the kind of soul that just keeps that accomplishment to yourself, always striving to show 'em how the Emperor expects all his loyal men and women to behave, am I right or am I right."
[22:59] <@Kukulkan> he seems to smile with little stubs of teeth "yes well, i do what is asked of me, like any citizen worth his salt. yeah I just about keep my office from falling apart. i bet you they couldnt get through 1 annual report without me." he says looking wistfully to the proverbial horizon
[23:01] <@Kukulkan> "new huh? well what brings you to our cozy little planet?" he says after shaking off the mood he was in "oh, pardon me, how presumptuous of me, my name is Barnaul Calger. and you are..?"
[23:04] * Silon_Karr sits in the darkest part of the bar, observing people adn taking notes
[23:04] <Mark> "Mark, my friend Barnaul. And I'm looking for work, actually. You know how it goes--sometimes, a man just...needs to search for a while, to really find his place in the Emperor's grand plan. You, Barnaul, you've got your place, and I envy you that. Me...nah, not yet. For all I know, this is just a stopping point. But it never hurts to look, you know?"
[23:10] <@Kukulkan> "oh, do you know about workcube design and ergonomic accounting? we could really use a guy like you around the hydration tube"
[23:14] * Mark shakes his head. "I wish I did, Barnaul, but unfortunately my training and knowledge lies in less intellectual pursuits. I used to be but a fabrication engineer back in the day. Circumstances dictated I no longer be one." He took a swig of his drink. "Say, Barnaul...you know the place. I need to look for a hab to stay in. Do you think you could tell me what to look for, or where to avoid? Maybe areas that aren't so good for good, Emperor-fearing citizens like me, or your esteemed self, to be seen in?"
[23:19] <@Kukulkan> "oh you definatly want to avoid Heron Blue. that place is full of all sorts of people of ill-repute. the guys from H sector are probably from there. would explain why my lunch keep going missing."
[23:20] <Mark> "Heron Blue, eh? Would you mind pointing it out to me on a map, so I manage to never get near it?"
[23:24] <@Kukulkan> "oh sure, anything for a guy like you. we need more folks like you. smart and not ruled by superstitions and perceptive." he takes a map out and marks the area know as Heron Blue down "i wouldnt even go to Heron Gray either. just avoid Heron all together. if you are looking for a reasonable priced area with adequate living quarters for bachelors then -
[23:25] <@Kukulkan> -i would shoot for mail haus or mail den. i've been there for 20 years and nothing has ever ever happened to me"
[23:26] <Mark> "Barnaul, you've been the best kind of friend a guy like me could ask for." He claps the adept on the shoulder, then pockets the map. "I don't know how I would have managed to survive here, had I not met you first. Keep at it, my friend, and may the Emperor grant you the rewards you so justly deserve." Turning, he taps his comm bead to get the others' attention. ++I have a potential lead--somewhere to start, at least.++
[23:27] <@Kukulkan> "y-y-you too." you hear him say as you walk off
[23:28] <Grizz> ++Excellent.++ Grizz says as he gets up and walks out.
[23:29] * Mark stops back at the maitre d' at her pulpit. "Sorry, miss, but business calls. I'm afraid we may not be staying after all."
[23:29] <@Kukulkan> "all right, if you change you mind, we are always open."
[23:29] <Mark> "I'll keep it in mind. You have a very classy place. G'day." And with that, he walks out.
[23:30] <@Kukulkan> =][= Session End =][=