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  1. [2015-04-24 21:01:08] -->| YOU (Saxt) have joined #oneminutetillmidnight
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  3. [2015-04-24 21:03:00] =-= Mode #oneminutetillmidnight +o Dolia by Providence
  4. [2015-04-24 21:03:02] =-= Mode #oneminutetillmidnight +o Mathias by Providence
  5. [2015-04-24 21:03:04] =-= Mode #oneminutetillmidnight +o Saxt by Providence
  6. [2015-04-24 21:10:00] <Providence> Genetor Daedus finally stops convulsing once the electrical current running through his suspension restraints cuts off. His tongue is visible in his translucent jaw and he pants for breath. "Hah...hah....that's okay, I get it. You have every reason not to trust me and I haven't given you any indication of my value yet." He rolls his neck with a groan, as if the electricity were still trapped...
  7. [2015-04-24 21:10:01] <Providence> ...in his trapezius. "I guess this one is free. What did you want to know again?"
  8. [2015-04-24 21:19:40] <Mathias> "You came from Belacane, correct?"
  9. [2015-04-24 21:25:02] <Providence> Hoffman shakes his head "No, but I've spent some time there. Why do you want to know about Belacane?"
  10. [2015-04-24 21:25:47] <Dolia> Chaz shrugs. "We mostly wanted to know what the surface and scene was like. And ask you to put in a good word for us when we come back alive. Because there's no guarantees we'll die down there."
  11. [2015-04-24 21:28:55] <Mathias> "From what I know, the cities are built like Reverse Hives, with nobles and important people working towards the bottom. The workforces are normally slaves or servitors, correct?"
  12. [2015-04-24 21:29:16] <Providence> "Down there? Ah, we're on a ship aren't we? That's very interesting..." a wry grin begins to spread across his face. "Well, the surface too cold to be livable and the atmosphere is too thin to survive in for long. Most of the action is underground..."
  13. [2015-04-24 21:30:24] <Providence> "In the hives themselves, servitors with the occasional apprentice doing grunt work. The slaves are confined to the mines, which are entirely apart from the hives themselves. You have to take a submersible to get to them...and out of them. Helps check rebellion."
  14. [2015-04-24 21:31:27] <Saxt> "And how would one get from the lower-classes of the hives to the upper-classes? Or vice versa?"
  15. [2015-04-24 21:33:18] <Dolia> "Is it only possible with a submersible, or can we sneak in some other way? Might change how we do things."
  16. [2015-04-24 21:34:59] <Providence> "There are elevator shafts that run up and down the hives towards the center, but- and this is a gift from Hoffman to you- there are also rarely used maintenance ladders toward the outside walls. Hardly anyone uses them and they certainly wouldn't expect outsiders to know of them."
  17. [2015-04-24 21:36:21] <Providence> "Well, the Mechanicus keeps it under wraps but there is a low-intensity revolution among the slaves. From the way it spread some of them must be able to get out somehow, but I can't tell you how."
  18. [2015-04-24 21:37:33] <Mathias> "I see." He rubs his chin with his hand, looking at the others. "What do you know of your current situation?"
  19. [2015-04-24 21:40:13] <Providence> "I'm a prisoner of the Inquisition in orbit over the planet Belacane, and I have the opportunity to earn Inquisitorial absolution if I serve our Lord-Inquisitor well enough. That's...basically all. You're the first people I've seen other what'shername, the Interrogator."
  20. [2015-04-24 21:41:12] <Mathias> "Surprisingly well informed. Good, makes it easier for me to speak without issue." He nods. "Now, Genetor Hoffman, what do you know of Magos Daedus?"
  21. [2015-04-24 21:43:15] <Saxt> "You're lucky to be a prisoner instead of dead."
  22. [2015-04-24 21:44:35] <Providence> The grin vanishes from his face "Don't trust her, by the way. The Interrogator. She has never once told me the truth about anything that wasn't directly verifiable. Anyway, Daedus, in terms of status he might compare to...on the Ministorum's so-called living saints. He's a legend, renowned galaxy-wide for his genius and probably the only reason that the Lathe Worlders haven't come in and...
  23. [2015-04-24 21:44:37] <Providence> ...taken control of Belacane."
  24. [2015-04-24 21:45:13] <Providence> *one of the
  25. [2015-04-24 21:45:50] <Mathias> "Is that all you know of him, then?"
  26. [2015-04-24 21:46:18] <Saxt> "Does Daedus have any enemies, aside from the guaranteed jealous rivals?"
  27. [2015-04-24 21:48:11] <Providence> "Pretty much. Rumor is that he's resting on his laurels, considering Belacane only trades very rarely these days. Enemies? Well, the Revolutionary Council wants him dead but I highly doubt they would be able to maneuver an assassin nearly close enough to actually do the job."
  28. [2015-04-24 21:52:11] <Mathias> "Then another question line. Information vendors or those who are in the planet's shady side of things."
  29. [2015-04-24 21:52:39] <Mathias> "If you can give us contacts, it would be useful."
  30. [2015-04-24 21:56:30] <Providence> Hoffman pauses for a couple seconds "Yea...I know a couple people. And I'll tell you! But it would be great if you didn't bust them..."
  31. [2015-04-24 21:57:20] <Mathias> "I promise I will not bust them."
  32. [2015-04-24 21:58:59] * Dolia laughs, "If I bump into them, and they do us a solid, they're good in my book."
  33. [2015-04-24 22:00:12] * Saxt crosses his arms.
  34. [2015-04-24 22:00:41] * Lothos has been staring at Hoffman for a while now in silence.
  35. [2015-04-24 22:01:56] <Providence> "First guys works in the Weapons Manufactorum 4B, Line 18 in Hive 1 which is where I assume you're going since you're asking about Daedus. He is know to siphon some firepower off the line to sell for his own profit. He lives, like all the Manufactorum workers, in the bunkholds adjacent to that factory."
  36. [2015-04-24 22:03:25] <Dolia> "Gunrunner. Nice, those guys are usually pretty great to know."
  37. [2015-04-24 22:04:02] * Mathias nods. That could be useful. Unmarked gear could be useful. No paperwork to deal with either. NO PAPERWORK! YES!
  38. [2015-04-24 22:04:38] <Providence> "Second guy is a Biologis working in the marine research labs on level 101. He's a...well, a covert revolutionary agitator. He probably has an ear to the ground and might be able to get you around to the mines or something."
  39. [2015-04-24 22:05:42] <Providence> "Their names are Wolfram and Arthur."
  40. [2015-04-24 22:07:12] <Mathias> "Useful men, perhaps. Gentlemen, do you have any other questions for Genetor Hoffman here?"
  41. [2015-04-24 22:07:25] <Providence> "I have a question- what will you be doing?"
  42. [2015-04-24 22:08:35] <Mathias> "Daedus gathered together a cache of important information and it has recently been lost."
  43. [2015-04-24 22:08:39] <Lothos> "Retrieval."
  44. [2015-04-24 22:09:42] <Dolia> "I'm gonna try to get some souveniers too."
  45. [2015-04-24 22:09:55] <Providence> "Lost information? Sweet Omnissiash!" Hoffman tilts his head back. "Well, good hunting."
  46. [2015-04-24 22:11:19] <Mathias> "Indeed." He turns and leaves.
  47. [2015-04-24 22:16:33] <Providence> Having made their preparations, the acolytes make their way to the Void Splinter's shuttle bay where they find a lighter idling and Lord-Captain Tuttle sat on a crate next to it. He waves the acolytes over when they come into sight and he looks to have dried out a little bit. Tuttle climbs into the shuttle just before the acolytes board and begins his flight check."
  48. [2015-04-24 22:17:45] <Providence> The shuttle lifts off moments later and disembarks from the shuttle bay, gliding down towards Belacane...
  49. [2015-04-24 22:20:34] <Providence> After a turbulent reentry, the ship finally hits Belacane's lower atmosphere and jostles unsteadily. "Bloody hell!" Tuttle yells, straightening the ship out. "Reduced to a valet..." he looks back at the acolytes "You lot better succeed and save the Imperium or whatever nonsense!"
  50. [2015-04-24 22:23:29] <Providence> Outside the void glass, the planet's surface is finally visible beneath the blizzard-like winds of a snowstorm. You so-called dataslate's machine spirit rumbles with life about your person, to try to get your attention.
  51. [2015-04-24 22:24:24] <Mathias> "It would be a tarnish on the name of Jagenzollern to fail."
  52. [2015-04-24 22:24:33] * Saxt takes the slate and looks at it.
  53. [2015-04-24 22:27:24] <Providence> "Tarnished? I heard you guys are perverts" Tuttle comments.
  54. [2015-04-24 22:27:37] <Dolia> "What kind of name is that anyway? That a Mordian name?"
  55. [2015-04-24 22:28:24] <Dolia> "Wait, the weird names are more like... Cadian? Nah, Voyostran, that's the ticket. The guys who call everyone comrade."
  56. [2015-04-24 22:28:34] <Providence> The slate's writings look like nonsense for but a moment before the letters seem to make a sort of sense: INQUISITORIAL DIRECTIVE: TELL INTERROGATOR FONG NO SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW EVENTS UNFOLD ON THE GROUND.
  57. [2015-04-24 22:28:50] * Lothos keeps his hands clasped together holding his charm
  58. [2015-04-24 22:30:37] <Providence> A small, squat cluster of buildings comes into view from the windows, exposing what looks to be the hive's landing port. The ship rumbles as the landing gears lower...
  59. [2015-04-24 22:31:47] <Saxt> "Huh." Saxt mutters, before shutting off the screen and stowing it.
  60. [2015-04-24 22:33:34] |<-- Mathias has left irc.irchighway.net (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
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  62. [2015-04-24 22:35:17] <Lothos> "Does something bother you, Saxt?"
  63. [2015-04-24 22:35:36] <Saxt> "I'll let you know when we're dirtside."
  64. [2015-04-24 22:39:05] * Mathias reaches for the dataslate. "Would you care if I held onto this? I'm going to do my best to avoid getting shot at as much as possible."
  65. [2015-04-24 22:39:34] * Mathias also seems to be pointedly ignoring the comments towards his family.
  66. [2015-04-24 22:41:33] <Mathias> "Oh, yes, mein Lord Trader, would you happen to know about some supplies the Lord Interrogator said he was providing for us?"
  67. [2015-04-24 22:42:28] <Dolia> "...you talkin' to me, champ?"
  68. [2015-04-24 22:48:44] <Providence> What appeared to be landing surface opens up as the lighter nears it, exposing an interior blistering with servitors getting into formation to service the lander. Tuttle swoops the lander and it gracefully, but flubs the landing slightly and you're jostled by the force of the landing. It doesn't seem to have damaged the shuttle though.
  69. [2015-04-24 22:50:08] <Providence> "There's a couple crates back in steerage." Tuttle points his thumb aft to a hold in the rear of the shuttle.
  70. [2015-04-24 22:52:12] * Dolia is the first one up and opening the crates.
  71. [2015-04-24 22:52:30] <Dolia> "Let's see let's see... what's the boss given us to work with..."
  72. [2015-04-24 22:53:13] <Mathias> "Indeed, let's unpack crates and get ready to move and do our job, yes?" He smiles and moves to assist Dolia.
  73. [2015-04-24 22:54:54] <Providence> The crates contain several instruments of death: four bolters and bolt pistols, two flamers, twenty frag and krak grenades, and one grenade launcher.
  74. [2015-04-24 22:55:48] <Mathias> "O-oh my..."
  75. [2015-04-24 22:57:42] * Mathias carefully picks up a bolt pistol and looks it over before finding a way to holster it.
  76. [2015-04-24 22:58:45] * Dolia takes one of each boltgun, and looks at the launcher with lust in his eyes.
  77. [2015-04-24 23:01:23] * Saxt takes one of the bolters and pistols, holstering them while he loads up on 5 grenades of each time.
  78. [2015-04-24 23:01:33] <Dolia> "I want the grenade launcher."
  79. [2015-04-24 23:01:39] * Dolia picks it up.
  80. [2015-04-24 23:03:01] <Mathias> "Fine, fine." He packs three of each grenade, allowing the others to split the others. He then picks up a flamer, to at least look professional.
  81. [2015-04-24 23:04:13] * Dolia picks up seven grenades of each kind, batting away Lothos' hand from the last two. "Launcher. I'll be using them more probably."
  82. [2015-04-24 23:04:59] * Lothos was simply reaching to see better "I wouldn't use them anyway."
  83. [2015-04-24 23:06:08] <Mathias> "Just make sure the items are taken and let us go.
  84. [2015-04-24 23:06:44] * Dolia slips some of the grenades and bolt magazines into his handy-dandy violence-vest, a combat vest in fashionable charcoal-gray he had in his rucksack.
  85. [2015-04-24 23:08:19] <Dolia> "I feel like this would generally be considered overkill, or really heavy for an average person, but I like the way it feels to be decked out like this."
  86. [2015-04-24 23:08:57] <Saxt> "You should see what an Arbites Precinct has."
  87. [2015-04-24 23:10:18] * Lothos pulls the hood of his bodyglove over his head "If it makes you feel safer it shouldn't be a burden."
  88. [2015-04-24 23:10:33] <Mathias> "We could barter some of this for other stuff if we require."
  89. [2015-04-24 23:11:15] <Mathias> "Now then, Gentlemen, let us make a good entrance, shall we?"
  90. [2015-04-24 23:11:20] <Dolia> "No, like, you'd think it'd be hard to walk around with a bunch of swag like this. I mean, how much do you think this stuff weighs?"
  91. [2015-04-24 23:11:36] <Providence> "Pardon me, chaps. There's a man out here for you" Tuttle says, sticking his head into the room.
  92. [2015-04-24 23:11:47] <Saxt> "Let's not keep him waiting then."
  93. [2015-04-24 23:11:53] * Saxt heads out, kitted out.
  94. [2015-04-24 23:12:02] * Dolia looks at the bolter and pistol on his waist. "Am I the only one bothered by this?"
  95. [2015-04-24 23:12:22] * Dolia follows him out, looking at his swag with mild confusion.
  96. [2015-04-24 23:12:39] <Mathias> "Flamer is a standard... ah, yes." He follows the others out, letting them play tough vanguard.
  97. [2015-04-24 23:14:24] * Mathias leans in to Dolia. "29.5 kilograms for a boltgun, bolt pistol, launcher and grenades, if of standard template."
  98. [2015-04-24 23:15:09] <Providence> Stepping out of the lander into the cold of the only very slightly underground spaceport is a jarring transition. Servitors run about with a sort of frenzied purpose as they begin to take care of the craft's maintenance. Meanwhile, several priest set about assembling a makeshift shrine with which to welcome the lander's machine spirit. Another techpriest, only very slightly augmented with a...
  99. [2015-04-24 23:15:10] <Providence> ...bright red bionic eye, steps towards you...
  100. [2015-04-24 23:16:31] * Dolia leans back in, even as the techpriest approaches. "Well that's just it, but there's also the ammo and the rest of our things. By trade, I have to carry things, and I get winded running with them, but it's like none of this has any appreci- any noticable effect on what we do."
  101. [2015-04-24 23:16:45] <Providence> "Greetings travelers, I am Enginseer Xander. Your arrival is most fortuitous; we are humbled to gracefully receive your presence."
  102. [2015-04-24 23:18:15] <Providence> He pauses in his supplication to observe all of your weaponry "You are...expecting danger?" He is pale and bald, but his physique is rather robust.
  103. [2015-04-24 23:19:12] * Dolia steps forward. "We're..."
  104. [2015-04-24 23:19:40] * Dolia steps back. "...er, boss or no boss?"
  105. [2015-04-24 23:19:48] * Mathias stops Dolia with a hand on the shoulder. "Allow me."
  106. [2015-04-24 23:20:10] <Dolia> Chaz shrugs.
  107. [2015-04-24 23:20:24] <Saxt> "It is better to be armed and not need it than be caught defenseless." Saxt states, taking a knee and rubbing his hand against the ground firmly, coating it with what settles for dust in this establishment, rubbing it into his hands.
  108. [2015-04-24 23:21:04] <Mathias> "Greetings, Enginseer Xander. I am Inquisitorial Agent Mathias, with my company. We are here for certain business."
  109. [2015-04-24 23:21:14] * Mathias steps forward and presents his badge.
  110. [2015-04-24 23:23:34] <Mathias> "I do hope that you pardon the weapons, as trouble can be found in many places and it is always good to be prepared, yes?"
  111. [2015-04-24 23:26:43] <Providence> "Yes, my masters have expected you" Xander says, regarding the badge. "I will take you to the elevatus...the weapons are of no concern legally, but some adepts may be surprised to see them."
  112. [2015-04-24 23:28:20] <Dolia> "We promise not to shoot them off unless we have to. Imperial security, you understand. Our boss sure does."
  113. [2015-04-24 23:30:55] <Mathias> "Yes yes. Thank you Enginseer. Onwards then, if you please." He smiles, reassuringly.
  114. [2015-04-24 23:34:07] <Providence> Xander walks a few steps towards a set of heavy steel doors, lock with a arcane looking console for access that's flanked on either side by gun servitor equipped with menacing storm bolters. He turns and beckons you to follow, proceeding to the console and enacting a ritual to entreat the machine spirit to open. With compliance eventually secured, the two halves of the door part ways and...
  115. [2015-04-24 23:34:08] <Providence> ...retract into the wall, revealing a cavernous service tunnel at the end of which is mounted a massive bronze statue of the Mechanicus Cog and Skull. Set into the skull's sneering mouth is the elevatus you move to board.
  116. [2015-04-24 23:36:07] * Saxt looks around, his face glaring at any would-be danger, a bit more paranoid than he should be.
  117. [2015-04-24 23:36:45] * Dolia notes the lack of standing water, and walks forward confidently into the grinning maw.
  118. [2015-04-24 23:37:51] * Mathias follows, thinking over his line of questioning to come.
  119. [2015-04-24 23:39:34] <Providence> As you step onto the elevatus platform you hear a distant crash and the entire structure, and possibly the world around it, begin to rumble and the whole cavern begins to shake barely perceptively.
  120. [2015-04-24 23:40:11] <Saxt> "What was that?"
  121. [2015-04-24 23:41:01] <Providence> "Meteor" Xander explains nonchalantly as he begins his entreatment of the elevatus console's spirits with a practiced fluidity.
  122. [2015-04-24 23:41:36] <Mathias> "Is that a common problem around here?"
  123. [2015-04-24 23:44:44] <Providence> "There is an impact in the nearby area approximately once every twenty-two minutes, but only very rarely do they cause damage to the hive. Hives closer towards the equator have it worse." The elevatus lights up and jerks to life, dislodging itself from the platform and beginning its descent down beneath the ice and into the hive down in the sea.
  124. [2015-04-24 23:46:10] * Saxt lights up a lho. "At least it's not volcanoes."
  125. [2015-04-24 23:47:36] <Mathias> "So, how does the meteors effect aeronatica and surface to void travel?"
  126. [2015-04-24 23:49:18] * Lothos remains quiet as he slings his sword over his back, hoping it isn't as threatening there
  127. [2015-04-24 23:51:05] <Providence> The elevatus picks up speed, but the ride is still agonizingly long. The elevatus tube has a transparent glass ring around it, but the first fifty or levels have interior plating on them that prevent those in the elevatus from looking inside. These levels are dark, and you're left with only service lights for illumination. "If there has been a recent impact in a particular area, most ship...
  128. [2015-04-24 23:51:07] <Providence> ...must wait for the atmosphere to clear of debris to make a landing. The debris also inhibits auspex scanning. It can be a nuisance."
  129. [2015-04-24 23:53:07] <Mathias> "Indeed. Meaning it would act as a double edged sword for anyone attempting to leave discreetly. Auger arrays would be hard pressed to detect them, but the difficulties of flying away in and of itself..."
  130. [2015-04-24 23:54:12] <Dolia> "So how's crime in this hive? Like, on a scale of one to ten."
  131. [2015-04-24 23:54:32] <Mathias> Also, onesec, may crash again...
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  134. [2015-04-24 23:57:20] <Providence> Eventually the metal plating ends and the elevatus is suddenly flooded with light from and enormous factory floor that suddenly comes into view all around you. Thousands of servitors labor away while the occasional techpriest patrols a convoluted series of catwalks running above the madness. "You are asking 'How is crime'? You mean, how skilled are our criminals?"
  135. [2015-04-24 23:58:33] <Mathias> "Perhaps amount of crimes commited and skill of those that commit them?"
  136. [2015-04-25 00:01:34] <Providence> "The skill of our criminals is very poor, we have apprehended every criminal that we have registered into our criminal database giving us a success rate of 100% at stopping them. The amount of crimes is equal to the amount of offenders."
  137. [2015-04-25 00:02:48] * Dolia smirks at that.
  138. [2015-04-25 00:03:00] <Mathias> "How many offenders then?"
  139. [2015-04-25 00:03:37] <Providence> "Now that we have entered the hive proper, where would you like to go? We have set aside quarters for you if you feel the need to rest. I can also direct you to anywhere you need to go for your investigation."
  140. [2015-04-25 00:04:35] <Providence> "I do not have the precise figure on hand, but upwards of twenty-thousand."
  141. [2015-04-25 00:06:41] <Providence> "I also have briefed on some details of the preliminary investigation, if you have any questions about the...crime...itself.
  142. [2015-04-25 00:06:43] <Providence> "
  143. [2015-04-25 00:07:18] <Mathias> "Not bad for a Hive. I have a small list of places in mind. The first is our residence, so we know where we are staying." He decides to not comment how this has made them not have a 100% stopping rate.
  144. [2015-04-25 00:12:05] <Saxt> "We need a private area where you can share everything you know about the event in question."
  145. [2015-04-25 00:13:25] <Mathias> "Yes yes, it's in my list of places."
  146. [2015-04-25 00:23:19] <Providence> "Yes, I will take you to your quarters then." The elevatus comes to a stop about ten minutes later and you all step out into a round room with sizable corridors running in each of the cardinal directions, leading to a ring corridor that wraps around the outside of the complex. Between the two are numerous other passages that lead into the sides of the main wall to form smaller holds. Xanders...
  147. [2015-04-25 00:23:20] <Providence> ...leads you off in one direction.
  148. [2015-04-25 00:23:56] * Mathias looks at his dataslate and pulses out a discreet message to the slates of the others, his Scribe Tines splayed and working over the screen. He follows the Enginseer as he does so.
  149. [2015-04-25 00:25:56] <Mathias> +Be on the lookout for recording devices in our 'residence'. At some point, after we are done, I require our two sneaky fellows to look in to finding the hidden paths and find the gunrunner and the biologis.+
  150. [2015-04-25 00:26:23] <Dolia> +How secure do you think the voodoo in our heads and slates is?+
  151. [2015-04-25 00:27:18] <Mathias> +Better than speaking aloud, til we come up with a cant. Should still make ciphers, which I will work on.+
  152. [2015-04-25 00:29:19] <Lothos> +I do not like this. We are too expected. We should not speak in the room that was prepared just for us.+
  153. [2015-04-25 00:30:16] <Mathias> +Yes, I expect it to be bugged.+
  154. [2015-04-25 00:30:58] <Saxt> +Just don't gety cvaughty+
  155. [2015-04-25 00:31:06] * Saxt frowns at his large fingers.
  156. [2015-04-25 00:32:22] <Providence> Soon, Xander brings you to a side corridor just a few hundred meters from the outside ring. 95% of the traffic, at least on this level, are ambling servitors with the odd adept who tries not to gape at the off-worlders. You proceed down the side corridor which winds this way and that, so much so that you nearly get the impression that Xander is lost until he finally stops in front of a plain...
  157. [2015-04-25 00:32:23] <Providence> ...chrome door. To the side of the door is a small plastic device set into the wall; Xander produces a small card from his robes and swipes it through the device, convincing the machine spirits to open up for you.
  158. [2015-04-25 00:32:33] <Providence> Xander offers the keycard to someone.
  159. [2015-04-25 00:33:31] * Mathias takes the card. "Could I have more of these procured for the others?"
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  161. [2015-04-25 00:35:15] =-= GoldenThrones is now known as Dolia`
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  163. [2015-04-25 00:35:48] =-= Dolia` is now known as Dolia
  164. [2015-04-25 00:37:42] <Providence> Xander tenses up "Th-that would be imprudent! The machine spirits and the keycard are intrinsically linked, to draw strength from it away into a second vessel would cause it great suffering. Such a thing for a mere convenience..." he shakes his head.
  165. [2015-04-25 00:39:02] <Saxt> "It's fine, I'm sure one guard will be all we need anyway."
  166. [2015-04-25 00:39:02] <Mathias> "Do you not have people who share rooms, that could require them to leave separately and would require more cards?"
  167. [2015-04-25 00:40:08] <Mathias> "But if you do say this pad is made as such, I will have no choice but to abide by your knowledge of the machine."
  168. [2015-04-25 00:41:40] * Dolia walks up to Xander and pats his shoulder. "Hey, we're not doing this out of heresy or whatever. We're not part of the Cult of the Machine, so we just don't know. No harm intended. No foul. Lighten up."
  169. [2015-04-25 00:44:41] * Mathias enters through the door.
  170. [2015-04-25 00:47:13] <Saxt> "I don't think they can." Saxt quips to Dolia as he follows Mathias inside.
  171. [2015-04-25 00:47:37] <Lothos> "Don't be rude."
  172. [2015-04-25 00:49:42] <Providence> Xander relaxes "Ah...yes, my apologies. I overreacted." The door opens into a rather plain looking hab living room, there is a couch and a small table for furniture along with a table and chairs in an adjacent kitchen. A small hallway leads back into two bedrooms and a single bathroom. The walls are a drab grey and plain, spartan but secluded.
  173. [2015-04-25 00:54:14] <Mathias> "A nice place." He nods. "Are there any maps of the Hives?"
  174. [2015-04-25 00:56:02] <Providence> He shuts the door behind him when he enters. "Yes, of course!" he pulls out a dataslate from his robes and hands it to Mathias.
  175. [2015-04-25 00:56:24] * Mathias takes the slate, looking it over. "May I copy these to my own?"
  176. [2015-04-25 00:57:49] <Providence> "Yes, but you can also keep it. I don't need it back."
  177. [2015-04-25 00:59:28] <Mathias> "Ah, but you could easily use it for other purposes if needed." He carefully copies the maps, hoping that they are indeed just the maps and anything insidious is physically on the slate.
  178. [2015-04-25 00:59:40] * Dolia coughs quietly and clears his throat. "Agh, hrm, sorry, bug in my throat. Can't trust the air down here, I guess."
  179. [2015-04-25 01:00:50] <Providence> "So, you wanted to speak in private about the investigation? What would you like to know?" Xander says, shift his weight.
  180. [2015-04-25 01:00:57] <Dolia> "So, er, you said we were expected, then? Who's expecting us, and there's a when?"
  181. [2015-04-25 01:02:54] <Mathias> "Yes, it would be useful to know if one of the Magos is expecting us to meet with him soon. It would not do to not speak with someone of such importance when they have made it a point to schedule us in."
  182. [2015-04-25 01:04:57] <Providence> "Yes, the High Magos reached out to your Inquisitor for help and we were promised that you would come to help us. It was all arranged. He isn't expecting to meet with you or anything, just helping you get situated on-world so that your mission will have a greater chance of success."
  183. [2015-04-25 01:07:28] * Dolia nods his head. "Right, right then. That's good. Old agreements and all. Good. Okay then, er, Xanatos. Have we any way to contact you if we need help? With our accomodations, of course."
  184. [2015-04-25 01:08:48] <Providence> "Oh, I can just wait outside if you need privacy."
  185. [2015-04-25 01:09:29] <Mathias> "At some point we would like to speak with him, to get a more personal account of what he knows of the situation and all." He nods to himself, then looks at Xander. "You are assigned to keep us company during our stay then?"
  186. [2015-04-25 01:11:03] * Dolia rifles through the cabinets some, specifically looking for refreshments of the alcoholic variety.
  187. [2015-04-25 01:11:28] <Dolia> "You're staying outside our door every waking hour of the day?"
  188. [2015-04-25 01:12:31] <Providence> "I suppose I can relay your desire for a meeting, but it's not my place to dictate how the High Magos spends his time." Xander clasps his hands together nervously "Well, I have no other orders and it wouldn't do to be idle. I can wait down the hall if that's better."
  189. [2015-04-25 01:15:53] * Dolia cranes his neck over and looks into another cabinet while holding another's doors open. "Right, right. Quick question. Are there any escort or joygirl services, particularly of the female kind, in this hive? Minor curiosity."
  190. [2015-04-25 01:16:34] * Saxt looks at Dolia. "Loose lips sink ships."
  191. [2015-04-25 01:16:38] <Mathias> "Of course. I would not mean to attempt to press him into meeting us as he has important work to do." He smiles, then looks at Dolia. "Forgive him, he's talented but has some... base wants from his previous life still."
  192. [2015-04-25 01:18:34] * Dolia makes a airy, dismissive whistling noise with his front teeth at Mathias's crack.
  193. [2015-04-25 01:18:59] <Mathias> "Tell me, where is the local Enforcer or Arbitrator fortress?"
  194. [2015-04-25 01:19:07] <Mathias> "Or precinct."
  195. [2015-04-25 01:19:29] <Providence> "Not on this level, but perhaps above level 40 you might be able to find that sort of thing...Oh, there is no Arbites presence on Belacane."
  196. [2015-04-25 01:20:27] <Mathias> "None?"
  197. [2015-04-25 01:20:35] <Providence> "Not on this level, but perhaps above level 40 you might be able to find that sort of thing...Oh, there is no Arbites presence on Belacane."
  198. [2015-04-25 01:21:41] * Saxt 's face curls up in instinctive disgust, reaching up to adjust his lho. "I assume you have your own people for ensuring loyalty, then?"
  199. [2015-04-25 01:21:41] <Mathias> "I thought they were generally spread throughout the Imperium on most any world aside from some few ones, to upkeep the law"
  200. [2015-04-25 01:21:43] <Providence> "None, sir. Skiitari handle all security internally."
  201. [2015-04-25 01:22:11] <Mathias> "I see..."
  202. [2015-04-25 01:22:49] <Providence> "We receive the occasional Arbites patrol ship who came and do a quick sweep of the major hives, but the last time was over a decade ago."
  203. [2015-04-25 01:23:07] <Providence> *comes to do
  204. [2015-04-25 01:23:08] <Mathias> "I see."
  205. [2015-04-25 01:24:05] <Dolia> "So if we were to encounter a crime, the Skiirari would come and respond to it?"
  206. [2015-04-25 01:24:19] <Mathias> "Does Belacane Prime have a civilian population, with stores, restaurants, and all that it entails?"
  207. [2015-04-25 01:26:09] <Providence> "Yes, the skitarii will be the ones to respond. And you can find those sorts of things on most non-manufactorum levels, usually clustered towards the center around the central elevatus."
  208. [2015-04-25 01:27:32] <Mathias> "Good good."
  209. [2015-04-25 01:29:47] <Mathias> "In case we want to try the various cuisine and all." He nods lightly. "Can you tell us who was in direct charge of transportation of the object when it disappeared?"
  210. [2015-04-25 01:33:31] <Providence> Xander nods vigorously "The... cranium vanished from the surgical units on level 211 shortly after it was severed and placed into the portable stasis unit. It was in the care of a small group of physicians when it vanished...we assemble such a list quickly."
  211. [2015-04-25 01:33:45] <Providence> *we could
  212. [2015-04-25 01:36:14] * Saxt checks the fridge as he fills the hab with lho-smoke. "Do so."
  213. [2015-04-25 01:36:19] <Mathias> "Are the physicians still amongst the living? If so, then they are going to need to be spoken to. Also any pict recordings of the area and all connecting hallways. If able, also a schematic of the surgical units."
  214. [2015-04-25 01:38:19] <Providence> "Presumably, I'll check. And yes, the area was under full pict surveillance. The High-Magos has withheld the footage from the Skitarii, so it has yet to be reviewed."
  215. [2015-04-25 01:39:18] * Mathias looks to Dolia and Lothos. "You two are free to employ your talents as instructed. Keep in touch and I will update your orders as need be." He looks at Xander. "An odd decision, I would assume that the Skitarii would be shown it all for hopes of swiftly catching the criminal."
  216. [2015-04-25 01:40:34] <Providence> Xander shakes his head "It must not be known the Archmagos Daedus has been killed. Even the Skitarii cannot know."
  217. [2015-04-25 01:41:09] * Saxt tossex Lothos his microbead. "Here. Borrow this. It'll keep you in touch with the bookworm."
  218. [2015-04-25 01:42:31] * Lothos catches the microbead and walks out of the room ++I shall check on those maintenance ladders.++
  219. [2015-04-25 01:45:42] <Mathias> ++Roger.++ He nods lightly. "Still, someone should have reviewed them that he trusted or he himself, and had a preliminary report to assist us in catching anything odd."
  220. [2015-04-25 01:46:41] <Providence> Xander too edges towards the door "I will get you the list of employees and the surveillance footage." He listens to Mathias and nods "Mistakes were made."
  221. [2015-04-25 01:46:44] <Providence> =Pause=
  222. [2015-04-25 01:59:58] =-= YOU are now known as Viktoria_
  223. [2015-04-25 02:00:05] =-= Mathias is now known as Adalwulf
  224. [2015-04-25 02:00:07] =-= Dolia is now known as GoldenThrones
  225. [2015-04-25 02:00:15] =-= Providence is now known as Jagenzollern
  226. [2015-04-25 02:01:33] =-= Lothos is now known as Doc
  227. [2015-04-25 02:02:04] =-= Jagenzollern is now known as ThePolice
  228. [2015-04-25 02:14:38] |<-- ThePolice has left irc.irchighway.net (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.91.1 [Firefox 37.0.1/20150402191859])
  229. [2015-04-25 02:20:01] |<-- Doc has left irc.irchighway.net (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.91.1 [Firefox 37.0.1/20150402191859])
  230. [2015-04-25 02:26:44] [QUIT] Disconnected from irc://irc.irchighway.net/ (irc://irc.irchighway.net/). [[Reconnect][Reconnect to irc.irchighway.net][reconnect]]
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