Evervigilant 21

<Vigilant_GM> IT IS THE 41ST MILLENNIUM...
<Vigilant_GM> In the aftermath of the attack on Gantry, the Acolytes take part in the recovery of the town, and push for any possible information that can be gathered, pull from the contacts available, and make preparations to exact the Emperor's wrath upon the heretics lead by the damned Feyne brother, Ferrue.
<Vigilant_GM> Through the efforts of Thomas Baird, and facing a common enemy, Oath-Captain Kaytian Nils of the Purity Gate sanctionary garrison agrees to meet Vornas Crimson, leader of the Red Walk.
<Vigilant_GM> Crimson awaits inside the Race Way gatehouse, gates wide open. He is flanked by Rikk, and several other of his ganger underlings.
<Vigilant_GM> Nils emerges, with a troop of sanctionaries in tow, and approaches.
<Vigilant_GM> You catch her eyes doubletake on the loosely-fit, blood-stained sign overhead.
<Vigilant_GM> NO GUNS ALLOWED.
<Vigilant_GM> Something approaching a smirk forms on her face for a moment, before she comes to a stop and nods towards the accolytes.
<Arial> "Good day Gentlemen."
<Baird> "Glad you both agreed to this meeting. It is necessary for a temporary truce to be called in light of what we face."
<Velam> The savant looks dead on his feet, it's a miracle that he's even awake or doing anything at the moment. After the mad dash of improptu reasearch and cross-referencing his work to help out the acolyte cell, he was ready for a long nap. But the Emperor, of course, demands duty be done.
<Vigilant_GM> "If what you say is true, In--" she stops, and corrects herself. "Based on the information you have given us, we will assist as we are able," Nils says.
<Vigilant_GM> "However," she adds, "there is a matter which I am duty-bound to press."
<Baird> "What matter would that be Oath-Captain?"
<Vigilant_GM> "O'course there is..." Crimson growls in annoyance.
<Vigilant_GM> Nils glares in his direction, but then turns to face Baird.
<Vigilant_GM> "Good and loyal men of the garrison have been lost down... here. Their bodies have never been recovered."
* Shiv smoking his lho stick.
* Karpath stands there his shinny new Boltgun at his side and a brand new Chrono on his wrist.
<Vigilant_GM> "Some have," Crimson adds without missing a beat.
<Vigilant_GM> "Could show ya," he adds, to the amusement of the gangers present.
<Vigilant_GM> "Lovely place, innit? Fine establishment!"
<Vigilant_GM> "Sanctionary Gallows," Nils replies, gritting her teeth.
<Baird> "Given what we faced. It's more than likely the bodies of your men became our enemies. In which case they were destroyed." Turning to Vornas. "I don't think that's going to help here Vornas."
<Baird> "These issue, ultimately pale in comparison to the issue at hand. They need to be set aside for the moment."
<Vigilant_GM> "I am duty-bound not to turn your skull into paste, Crimson. But know that this alone is my impediment."
* Shiv says to Tony "There be corpses walkin' round up...errr 'down' here. Those two be arguing?"
<Velam> Depite how bone-tired he is, Velam wastes no time in jotting down several notes abou the history and animosity bot the Red Walk and the Sanctionaries have against each other.
<Vigilant_GM> "See how she threatens me?," Crimson asks to no one in particular.
<Vigilant_GM> He pauses, and looks back to Gantry for a moment.
<Shiv> "Who's the old man and the lady?"
<Velam> "Reinforcements I gather, Mr. Shiv." The savant answers without stopping his dataslate typing.
<Baird> "Enough! We have bigger issues! Threats stop now. On both sides. If you want to tear each other apart YOU WAIT UNTIL THIS IS DONE DAMNIT. THIS IS A THREAT TO THE WHOLE FUCKING PLANET!"
<Tony> "What the man said Shiv"
<Shiv> "Weird type of aid from our /mutual benefactor/."
<Vigilant_GM> Nils turns back to face Baird, then Nils once more. In a soft reluctant tone he finally says, "When this is o'er, you can look around for your men. Sump knows we have enough corpses to deal with."
<Shiv> "Also, don't say 'Mister'. It's just Shiv, smarty-pants."
<Vigilant_GM> "That is all I ask," Nils says after a sigh.
<Baird> "Thank you both. Now onto coordination and allocation of resources. We don't have time to waste."
<Velam> "Duly noted." He replies dryly.
* Tony Sidesteps towards Velam
<Vigilant_GM> "Walk and talk," Vornas motions you to cross back into Gantry.
<Vigilant_GM> "Barges," he begins. "Got more barges than we need."
* Baird begins walking back into Gantry while discussing the plan with the other acolytes as well as Vornas and Nils.
<Vigilant_GM> "And information," he adds, producing a poorly sketched out map.
<Tony> "I found something that you may find interesting to you all while I have been looking about. After my trip back."
<Vigilant_GM> "And that is?" Nils asks.
<Baird> "So barges to transport downriver whoever isn't on the airship." Baird leans over to take a look at the map
<Baird> "Something helpful Tony?"
<Tony> "According to the Red Walk, they seen the mist come, then only to dissipate when bodies started to get up again."
<Velam> "Fascinating, it might be the catalyst perhaps."
<Vigilant_GM> Vornas nods. "Aye, damned mist came with 'em. Damned mist went with 'em."
<Tony> "According to The Red Walk, They had seen the Mist come, the bodies came back to life, but once they were killed, the mist vanished like it was not there, I dunno what to make of it, but I am pretty sure that is not normal."
<Vigilant_GM> Turning back to the map, he tracks a line with his finger. "Got some boys sayin' they seen Ferrue come and go down 'ere."
<Baird> "It's at least a starting point."
<Vigilant_GM> The crossing of the Race Way is itself symbolic of the new coming together of former foes to defeat a greater threat. Along the way, Nils gives a run-down of her forces, three sanctioanry squads, along with a vox-specialist. She offers to use it to set up a network for all short-range comms.
<Baird> "Excellent idea. We can set up a command center on the airship that coordinate with the different groups."
<Vigilant_GM> Vornas's intel is at least a week old, but it seems to explain the path taken by Ferrue after his last trip from the Mortuarium down to the underhive below Gantry. It represents the best, and only, lead you have.
* Tony Pulls the Old Strange Man, to the side
<Vigilant_GM> "The Sky Ship?" Vornas interjects, shaking his head. "She won't fit past the chasm," he points to the map again. "These here get narrow," he traces the lines down, "and here, we're lucky if we get two barges side by side."
<Tony> "Tell me Old Timer, what have you been tasked by our Employer?"
<Vigilant_GM> He takes a few steps back. "Our... Employer," his voice is feeble.
<Baird> "Alright how long could The Sky Ship stay on station near the chasm? Just in case we need covering fire on the retreat?"
<Vigilant_GM> "I am his senses, my Master's senses," he slowly puts together the sentence.
<Vigilant_GM> "Long as we need 'er," Crimson says proudly.
<Tony> "I see, alright then. Well we will do our best to put down this crisis."
<Vigilant_GM> An industrial-style whistle echoes through the chasm.
<Baird> "Excellent. At this point we divide everyone into squads on the barges. We can have half the forces go first then the command barge next in the center for relaying logistics. Then the remaining follow up afterwards."
<Vigilant_GM> "Barges lowerin' down," Crimson notes.
<Vigilant_GM> "And how are we getting to them," the Oath-Captain asks.
<Vigilant_GM> "New lift," Crimson points.
<Vigilant_GM> "I... see," Nils replies, eying the flimsy new pulley-based mechanisms.
<Baird> "Alright let's begin. We along with you and Nils with the voxman will be on the command barge in the center to relay information and coordinate."
* Baird begins checking all of his gear making sure all his weapons are reloaded and everything is prepped for the coming conflict.
* Arial prays to the emperor for victory
<Vigilant_GM> A series of massive fans are locked into place along the hull of the Gantry Sky Ship. They come to life with a thunderous roar as the docking cranes open and release it to suspend itself in the chasm, hundreds of meters above the sump river below.
* Karpath checks over his Boltgun to make sure its clean and Loaded along with his other new Long Las.
* Tony Lights a Lho Stick as he Looks out to the view
* Velam pats himself down, making sure everything, including the new grenade and ammo are where they should be. Meanwhile his two servoskulls zip around in what looks like a common holding pattern for the Imperial Navy above their heads. Perhaps they are excited for the change of scenery. Velam wasn't so sure as he could already imagine the stink and filth down there.
* Shiv checks his hand flamers and flamer.
<Vigilant_GM> The new sump lift is overworked as it makes trips up and down its lines, taking you to the floating pier system below.
<Vigilant_GM> The barges are lined up, and boarding begins.
<Vigilant_GM> The construction of these vehicles is irregular, and of varying degrees of quality... or lack thereof.
<Shiv> "This is... concerning."
<Karpath> "Well probably not the worse thing I've flown on."
<Arial> "I pray it won't be a long journey."
<Vigilant_GM> The barges send off, engines pushing you through the varying viscocities of the sump river.
<Tony> "What is concerning? These are in better condition then the ones back on my world."
<Vigilant_GM> By the count on the chrono around Karpath's wrist, two hours go by. Behind you, Gantry is a barely-visible source of shimmering light.
<Vigilant_GM> The Sky Ship signals with a series of light-patterns.
<Vigilant_GM> "Far as she'll go," Vornas comments.
<Velam> "Alas, onwards to battle, eh?" He chuckles, acting wiser beyond his years before going back to his dataslate.
<Baird> "Just have her remain on station in case we need some help."
<Vigilant_GM> Ahead, the darkness has a sense of thickness to it, a barge some 15 meters ahead of your own becoming easily lost until its glow-globes come on.
<Vigilant_GM> The instability of the hive structures down here is extremely fragile, and a section collapses nearby, sending rubble and debris in all directions. Velam notices this and pulls Murphy down flat on the deck. Sister Arial, however, is struck on the shoulder by falling rock.
<Velam> "Heh, still got it. How do you fare, Tony?"
<Arial> "Did I get hit?"
<Baird> "You alright there Sister?"
<Arial> "Yes?"
<Tony> "I am good thanks, should of been more a aware."
<Karpath> "Yea I think so, going to need to get that checked when we get back."
<Shiv> "That Lady has a slow reaction or..."
<Vigilant_GM> Above the sound of the barges, you hear yet another engine.
<Vigilant_GM> A faint figure and disturbed water some thirty meters ahead catch your attention.
<Velam> "Ho! Ahead there! Do you see that!"
<Arial> +Something foward+
<Vigilant_GM> Autogun fire pings off the barge in front of you, and on the water along the sides of your own.
<Baird> +Lead barge whats going on up there?+
<Vigilant_GM> +Contact+ the Sanctionary replies.
* Karpath readies his Boltgun.
<Baird> +I gathered that much.+ Baird growls out his response.
* Shiv ducks down.
* Arial draws her chainsword and flame pistol.
<Baird> +Information man.+
<Vigilant_GM> Las-fire returns, starting an exchange that is highlighted by a blast that raises a column of water next to the lead barge.
* Tony grabs his Autogun and goes to find some cover and keeping his eyes to where the fire came from.
* Velam takes Tony's example and finds some cover, shepherding his servoskulls under his robes.
<Tony> "Mr Velam, you seen where the fire came from right?"
<Vigilant_GM> The lead barge lists to one side, and in a matter of seconds flips over awkwardly.
<Arial> +Barge down+
<Karpath> "Shit, that's not good."
<Velam> Velam points almost precisely at where the attackers are firing from, as he draws his plasma pistol. The faint blue glow a comfort.
* Karpath set up in position in cover.
* Arial rushes to cover
<Vigilant_GM> As your barge closes in on the sinking barge, you see the horrific fate of the men that were once aboard it. Pale, elongated creatures disturb the waters as they tear flesh from their limbs, and drag them under the sump surface.
<Vigilant_GM> Their screams are muffled by the water over their mouths, entering their lungs.
<Arial> "That's not good."
<Vigilant_GM> The fire exchange stops.
<Vigilant_GM> +All clear+
<Velam> "Emperor, blessed be thy name. Your servant serves dutifully, Your servant bows before your magnificence." He continues a couple of prayers after seeing what horrors of the water.
* Baird curses under his breath, +Everyone keep clear of the water. Some of the creatures are in it.+
* Shiv takes out his chainsword.
<Vigilant_GM> Vornas calls out to the barge operators to press on.
<Tony> "We should be weary then, I am going to get to a vantage point."
<Vigilant_GM> You pass by another barge, the corpses of underhive scum laying lifeless on its surface.
<Vigilant_GM> Though another four hours pass without event, your men remain shaken.
<Baird> Wary of the creatures beneath the vile liquid of the sump Baird's hands hover near his holsters in case any of them decide to surface.
* Shiv puts on his rebreather
* Arial put's on her respirator
* Karpath puts his respirator on as well.
<Vigilant_GM> Along one side of the now-narrowing riverway, you spot a man through the low fog, pointing in your direction.
* Baird nods at the wise decision of his comrades, thankful he hasn't removed his the entire time we've been down in Gantry.
<Velam> +Light it up with an incendiary!"
* Karpath takes his Long Las out and aims it at the man. "Ready to fire."
<Arial> +Karpath shoot it+
* Shiv passes a fire bomb Baird. He says "Keep it. Just in case."
* Baird looks at the dubious construction of the improvised incendiary. "Thanks I guess Shivvy.."
* Karpath aims and puts a shot shot right into the body of the man.
<Vigilant_GM> The pointing man awkwardly shifts, falling rigidly against a rock beside him.
<Vigilant_GM> As you close the distance, you notice the men begin to murmur something.
<Vigilant_GM> "Aye. A bad omen, that."
<Velam> "Curious, what omen do you speak of gentlemen?" The curiosity is getting the better of him, but he asks anyways.
* Karpath keeps his gun aimed at the man.
<Arial> +Good shot Karpath+
<Vigilant_GM> The man you fired at, it becomes clear, was in fact an old and corroded stone statue some three meters high. It depicts an Imprial Saint, hiw right arm raised as though giving a blessing.
<Velam> "Oh blessed Emperor..."
<Baird> "Oh fuck..."
<Arial> +Emperor damn it+
<Karpath> "Yea, fuck me."
<Vigilant_GM> As though the Emperor's displeasure at the desecration spawned it, a massive albino sump beast swims past the barges, its form creating a wake that rocks you sharply.
<Velam> "Sacred Throne...what manner of beast is that?"
<Tony> "Hold on to something."
<Karpath> "I rather not find out."
<Baird> +Creature in the water. All barges on alert!+
* Tony Grabs on to something
<Arial> +Brace yourselves.+
<Vigilant_GM> The water bulges off to the left side of your barge, and closes the distance.
* Shiv ducks back down and whispers "...I miss truck."
<Arial> +Karpath take a shot now!!!+
* Tony Opens fire
* Karpath quickly opens fire with his longlas.
<Vigilant_GM> Reassuring the acolytes of their righteous mission, the Emperor guides Tony Murphy's weapon to deliver his fury against the beast. The rounds shredd its slick albino flesh.
<Vigilant_GM> Its charge interrupted, the creature sinks below the barge, disappearing beneath the sump surface.
<Arial> "FUCK YEAH!!!!"
<Velam> "My word, excellent shots, Tony!"
<Baird> "Looks like your new autogun is proving itself nicely."
<Karpath> "Excellent shooting Tony."
* Tony lowers his Autogun "I think so too, well that saves us trouble."
<Vigilant_GM> For hours, the scrap barges drift over the viscous black sump waters, surrounded by shadows and echoes. As you turn a corner, a colossal edifice in the sluggish water suddenly comes into view, covered in dust and decay.
<Vigilant_GM> Even from this distance, you can make out shapes moving against feeble fires from within, and stab-lights sporadically combing the darkness.
<Vigilant_GM> There is also something else at work here, an undefinable quality which fills you with dread even as yuo look up at the top reaches of the foreboding structure.
<Velam> "I do not like the feel of this place, my compatriots."
<Vigilant_GM> The sanctionary vox-tech begins a prayer.
<Baird> +Structure ahead. All barges ready yourselves for contact.+
<Baird> +Everyone disable the lights on your barges. We need to try and surprise them.+
<Vigilant_GM> The guard towers scan the sump with their stab-lights in irregular passes.
<Baird> +Everyone have their engines silent and if you get spotted try and gun it for the shore. It's your only shot at that point.+
<Vigilant_GM> Together, you are able to guide your barge away from the sweeps of the first guard tower, and away from its arc.
<Vigilant_GM> You begin to approach the arc of the second tower when a loud alarm is raised. Individual stab-lights join in on the searches, and the right-most barge is lit up with overwhelming gunfire.
<Tony> "So Baird, What's the plan for us?"
<Vigilant_GM> A flare is launched in the air. The slow-falling orb of light glows out onto the surface of the sump as figures along the structures race to and fro in preparation for your arrival.
<Velam> "Emperor's balls!" He curses as he jumps in terror at the alarm and loud gunfire coming from above.
<Baird> +Engines on everyone! Make for the shore!+
* Baird then turns to Tony. "Making it to the shore alive."
<Vigilant_GM> The barge's bow rises near a meter as the engine pushes forward.
* Karpath opens fire on the towers with his long las.
* Tony Pours Autogun fire into the Tower
* Baird draws his pistols firing off his shots at one of the gunners. The bolt and plasma combo shreds the waist-high barrier and pulps the man behind.
* Velam aims up and fires a bolt of plasma at the nearest assailant. He watches as it arcs and explodes among a heavy-stubber and it's crew blasting it apart. "My word."
<Arial> +Well I'm impressed.+
<Vigilant_GM> The barges rush to the shore, closing the distance as fast as their engines will allow. As you beach your barge onto the shore, another following close behind is struck several times by weapons fire that sets it alight.
<Vigilant_GM> Its passengers jump into the sump to avoid the flames.
<Arial> "GO, GO, GO!!!"
<Velam> "Oh no, are we going into that?" He gestures at the fighting going on at the 'beach.'
* Karpath moves up into position taking cover as best as he can.
* Arial waves to her companions and screams, "TOWERS NOW!!!"
* Velam wastes no time in jumping out and finding some cover.
* Shiv runs out of barge and ducks to cover.
<Arial> +Kill the heavy gunners!!!+
* Tony runs out falls prone into what cover can find.
* Baird dismounts the barge and begins searching for targets in range.
* Karpath takes aim at the tower's heavy gunner and fires a shot at them not killing the target.
* Tony fires at the running Cultists aiming for a Tower.
* Baird levels his pistols, one at the tower gunner and the other at the cultists on the walkway. His plasma shot punching through the tower siding and destroys the gunner wound by Karpath previously while the bolt shots go wide.
* Shiv keeps his head down and tries to sneak forward.
* Velam immediately moves up the beach to the nearest pieces of cover; a rock as it were. He hunkers behind it as bolts of light and bullets pass overhead.
* Arial slices through a cultist easily
* Tony Reloads his Autogun
* Karpath takes aim at the same tower and fires killing a cultist up there.
<Baird> The tower being taken care of Baird focuses his fire on the string of cultists running towards the tower, killing two of them.
* Shiv clumsy walks forward.
<Tony> "I will head to that tower then, give us a good potion."
<Velam> From his new cover the savant shoots his weapon at the nearest cultists, felling it in a nasty blast of plasma.
* Arial chops another cultist down
<Vigilant_GM> A series of blasts shreds the interior of the tower. Moments later, a squad of sanctionaries emerges, and opens fire on the stream of cultists attempting to approach.
<Vigilant_GM> Close behind, a group of Red Walk gangers emerges.
<Vigilant_GM> Nils drags her vox specialist forward to group up with the squad, while Crimson waves over his men to ready for the assault on the main structure.
<Arial> +KILL THE HERETICS+
<Arial> +SLAY THEM TO THE LAST+
<Vigilant_GM> A second volley later, the area is clear. Straggler cultists move into the structure, and the beach is yours.
<Vigilant_GM> The base level of the structure allows for multiple entries. Nils guides her squad, readying on one corner. Crimson does the same on the adjacent side.
<Vigilant_GM> +Ready to enter+
<Arial> +Indeed+
* Baird moves up to another point of entry beckoning the other acolytes to form up on him.
<Arial> +Prepare breaching positions+
* Arial follows up
* Karpath sees that the groups are getting ready to breach, he swaps to his Boltgun and moves up with Baird.
<Tony> "This Takes me back to my Arbite Days"
<Vigilant_GM> The opening you reach is peppered with small arms fire from within, large metal tubes being used by the cultists within as cover.
* Velam follows the group up.
* Shiv follows the charge.
* Tony Readies himself
<Baird> +Breach!+
* Tony Breaches in and opens fire spraying fire at the area
* Karpath aims down the hall and opens fire on the same group Tony fired at, his shots destroy the cover and kills two of the cultist.
* Baird fires his bolt pistols at the three cultists out of cover pulping two of them but missing the third.
* Shiv walks up and sets a cultist on fire who was hiding behind a cover.
<Velam> Though at the tail end of the column of comrades Velam adds his fire to the already impressive display. Killing one of the cultists outright.
* Arial chops of the leg of a cultist and secreams, "IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR!!!"
<Vigilant_GM> The acolytes rush past the dead cultists onto the sloped access to the floor above.
<Tony> "Nice Breach, now we got to make, like I don't know I am guessing 4 more now, but let us keep moving"
<Vigilant_GM> Here, an unusual cold begins to rush in an unnatural breeze as though air were flowing through the walls.
<Arial> "Proceed onward we must."
<Karpath> "Agreed...." he shivers as the cold sets in.
<Shiv> "Where's the head dude? We kill'em, we can go home from this...'place'."
<Vigilant_GM> Groups of cultists rush into cover at first sight of the acolytes, forming hasty groups to defend from their onslaught.
<Baird> "Fucking unnatural heretical shit. And if possible we need to question him first Shivvy."
<Arial> "I'm sure the heretic will make it's appearence soon."
<Tony> "Frag out"
* Tony Throws a grenade out into the nearby Cultists gibbing the poor cultists hiding behind the cover
<Vigilant_GM> A fire begins to spread as the grenade shreds through a promethium tank.
* Karpath seeing out of the corner of his eye just around the corner in front of him hold some sort of knife, he point his gun at him and opens fire on the cultist killing him.
* Baird catches a glimpse of movement in the back of the room past a scaffolding and lights the area up with bolt rounds. He is rewarded with the spray of gore and the target is presumed dead.
* Shiv walks and sets the man on fire and accidently gets another cultist in cover.
<Velam> Velam notices another man behind the one currently on fire, mounting what he thinks might be a weapon. He shouts out a warning as he shoots and misses, the plasma bolt flying wide of the mark.
* Arial slices another cultist
<Vigilant_GM> A burst of bolter fire strikes near Baird, destroying a wall segment.
<Baird> "Fucking hell!"
* Tony fires a 3 burst fire into the Bolter Cultist making slump into the ground
<Tony> "Anyone got a spare Bottle Of Fire?"
* Karpath goes up to the Heritic that fired the bolter and takes the ammo from him and hand the Boltgun to Shiv.
<Vigilant_GM> Moving in from an adjacent room, Nils emerges with her squad. You note that she has taken a few losses.
* Shiv puts the boltgun in the backpack.
<Vigilant_GM> "Crimson heard Ferrue is on the upper level. The animal charged in without a thought!"
<Arial> "Of course he did."
<Arial> "Rushed in without support?"
<Baird> "Damnit! We better get up there asap. Need to question Ferrue before he get's slaughtered."
<Vigilant_GM> "We tried..." she look down at a charred patch on her armor and uniform.
* Shiv gives Tony some Firebombs and says "Here, you seem to have a good throwin' arm."
<Arial> "Let us rescue the wild beast."
<Baird> "You and your men form up on us Nils. Let's get this done."
* Baird begins heading to the next level.
* Tony Looks at the mess "I seem that way."
* Arial forms up behind Baird.
<Vigilant_GM> As you push through the floors, you see the remains of cultists sliced up by the Red Walk. But they did so at a cost. On every floor you also encounter, usually just by the entryways to the levels, the results of their mad charges.
<Tony> "Here we got again"
<Arial> "Good hunting gents."
<Vigilant_GM> The cold gets exponentially worse at every level, frost forming along the edges of every angle in the structure.
<Arial> "I believe we are heading in the right direction."
<Vigilant_GM> Reaching the top level of the structure, Crimson's limp body flies overhead, landing just behind the last of the sanctionaries either dead or unconscious.
<Karpath> "Yea its like a freezer in here."
<Baird> "Shivvy check his vitals."
<Arial> "May the emperor protect us."
* Tony Keeps Vigilant and stays aware for activity with his Autogun
* Arial checks on her chainblade
* Shiv runs up to Crimson and checks on him. He stops the blood loss.
<Baird> "He stable Shivvy?"
* Karpath has his Boltgun at the ready aimed towards where the Crimson's was flung from.
<Shiv> "He's alive. I stopped the bleeding."
<Baird> "Good job Shivvy."
<Vigilant_GM> Reaching the top of the ramp access to the top-most level, you walk into a deeply disturbing scene... Ferrue Feyne is engaged in a vile ritual. The heresies he speaks, and the dread and forbidden items he utilizes disgust you utterly.
<Vigilant_GM> Cultists around him break their ritualized positions as they have fought off the Red Walk, and ready to counter your assault.
<Velam> "Blasphemy!"
* Tony point blank fires the incoming cultists
<Arial> "HERESY"
<Vigilant_GM> The stench of rot fills the air. The fog... the fog rises once more.
<Baird> "Kill these fucking Heretics!"
* Karpath aims at the Cultist.
* Shiv sprays at the incoming cultists with his flamer.
<Baird> Baird unloads his bolt pistols into the mass of charging cultists felling one of them.
* Arial swings and misses
* Velam attempts to lob a grenade into the horde of cultists, but perhaps because of the closeness of the enemy he fumbles it. To his complete horror the blast catches Baird in it's cone of shrapnel...thought three cultists die in the fiery conflagration.
<Baird> "Fucking hell Velam! Watch where you're tossin those damn things!"
* Karpath seeing the closer group of cultist he fires a three round burst killing two of them.
<Baird> "Shivvy I could use a patch up here..just leave my organs where they are..."
<Velam> He stammers out an apology, telling himself he should never mess with such explosives at his age.
* Arial parrys a hit against herself
<Shiv> "I'll be there in a bit, beard!"
<Vigilant_GM> Ferrue tears a page from the tome on his hand and burns it in an impossibly dark flame. Once it is consumed, one of the cultists taking part of the ritual in front of Ferrue explodes into gore.
<Karpath> A Cultist charges him and he is able to dodge out of the way but now is sucked into melee with the cultist.
<Vigilant_GM> As the gory mist settles, a vile warp-spawn emerges.
* Shiv patches up Baird and moves to a better position.
<Baird> "Preciate it Shivvy."
* Shiv gives Baird a thumbs up.
* Baird reloads one of his pistols after swiftly dispatching the cultist menacing Karpath.
<Karpath> "Thanks Baird." His hearing is a little off but now he is freed up to shoot.
* Arial kills the cultist in front of her
* Tony Fires full auto into the large misshapen beast even clipping empties as he stares that the thing
<Baird> "No problem Karpath, may wanna make sure to avoid the close range engagements from now on."
* Velam now focuses on filling the space the warp spawn occupies with as much plasma as possible.
* Baird chuckles slightly at his dry joke.
<Vigilant_GM> The warp abomination speaks its unholy tongue and an aura engulfs both Tony and Karpath. In the first case, his armor, weapons, and equipment, begin to decay. For Karpath, the engulfing energy fails to get hold altogether.
* Karpath responds with a three round burst into the beast, hitting with all three shots.
* Tony drops his Autogun then equips his Shotgun as he moves up then burst fires into the Beast
* Shiv attacks Ferrue and his crew with this flamer.
* Baird levels his bolt pistols at Ferrue firing a barrage of bolts shredding his torso and knocking him prone.
* Arial rips and tear into the heretical creature
<Vigilant_GM> The chainsword rips through its torso, spilling its guts on the floor, black blood streaming out.
<Vigilant_GM> A cloud of pestilent flies swarm the open wound, then, and the daemon looks the sister dead in the eye with a wide disturbing grin.
<Arial> "I shall vanquish you for the emperor."
<Vigilant_GM> The daemon conjures impossible powers against his closest assailants. Once again, they appears to be weakened the moment they reach their targets.
* Karpath takes aim at the creature again and fires another three round burst into the thing.
<Vigilant_GM> Ferrue rises once more, and channels the daemon's powers. A bolt of pestilent energies strikes Captain Nils as she engages a mad cultist in melee combat.
<Vigilant_GM> Her left arm begins to shrivel and darken.
<Tony> "Get Ready to say Ahhhh, Your appointment is due." Semi fires into the Beast
* Shiv continues his flame barrage on the cultists, kills 2 of them and sets two of them on fire.
<Shiv> "I'm out"
<Baird> Baird continues his barrage of bolts rounds against Ferrue
<Velam> Velam hits the warp spawn straight in the head this time.
<Vigilant_GM> The pestilent flies swarm away, revealing the wounds created by Arial's chainsword have healed.
* Karpath switches his target and fires a three round burst into Ferrue.
<Vigilant_GM> The brutal burst of strikes mangle Ferrue's arm from forearm to shoulder, the limp useless stump swinging around as he screams in pain.
<Vigilant_GM> In pure rage, Ferrue lashes out with unnatural energies and saps the life from Karpath to begin the regeneration of his mangled limb.
<Tony> "This ain't working." Looks to ferrue screaming
* Tony moves away then moves up closer to Ferrue then lights his Fire Bomb
<Tony> "Here Have a Light"
* Shiv drops his flamer and walks forward and uses his hand flamer. He kills two of the cultists.
<Vigilant_GM> Ferrue waves around as the flames consume him, the heretic uttering blasphemies all the while.
* Karpath feels weaker as his life has been drained somewhat.
<Vigilant_GM> Yet the blessings of his ungodly master keep him alive as his flesh is covered in blisters that burst to quell the fire.
* Baird once more levels his bolt pistol at Ferrue both bolts finding purchase in the heretic the first ripping into his already ruined torso followed swiftly by the other smashing through his face and blasting brain matter out the back of the heretics head.
<Velam> The savant continues to pressure the warp spawn, hitting it yet again in the head with another bolt of plasma.
* Arial swings and misses
<Vigilant_GM> The daemon continues its onslaught on Sister Arial and Tony Murphy.
<Vigilant_GM> The heresies it spews are shocking, and scarring.
* Karpath takes aim again at the heretical creature hitting it with another three round burst from his Boltgun.
<Vigilant_GM> Several sanctionaries are unable to resist, and simply flee. Captain Nils, however holds her ground, firing at a group of cultists arriving at the level while reciting a prayer of protection.
* Tony tired and worn out he moves back up to the Beast then Semi the beast.
* Shiv starts reloading his flamer.
* Arial hacks at the creature
* Baird adds his bolter fire to the onslaught against the warp creature. They strike true against the creatures dome.
* Tony Fires into the beast struggling to bring it down
* Karpath begins to feel weaker but continues to open fire another three round burst into the creature,
* Shiv finishes his reloading.
<Baird> Baird continues to fire into the bloated monstrosity, his shots seeming to have no impact.
* Arial in anger keeps ripping and tearing into the creature screaming the whole way
<Vigilant_GM> Its wounds attract more of the pestilent flies, they swarm by the thousands... millions. Its form becomes bloated, deformed...
<Vigilant_GM> Finally, it bursts into a mess of gore and warp energy.
<Vigilant_GM> At that moment, the cultists en-masse commit suicide by leaping from the structure down to the rocks below, pulling pins on grenades, or walking into flames... the sight is disturbing, yet the Emperor's work is done.