"Please stop that," continues Jenkin. "You cannot hurt those who have fed on Ulha, glory! I have chewed the meat, and I have swallowed!"
"If you continue," who says in a sudden, almost sane-sounded voice again, "I will have to break the neck of this one, though Ulha is one of love."
He squeezes Chani's neck demonstratively.
gsteelwraith wrote:
OOC: According to the Blood of Martyrs book, a cleric can bless a melee weapon, and add 'Holy' as one of its characteristics. I got to try something different, and this would be appropriate for a priest facing a minion of Chaos.
gsteelwraith wrote:OOC: Page 126, under 'Services'. Instead of water, though he'd likely use some oil from the servicing kit for his autopistol (any new gun my friends have ever bought came with at least a rudimentary kit to keep it clean and serviceable), unless you feel water is more appropriate given the circumstances.
gsteelwraith wrote:Leveticus continues to make his preparations, and he's not exactly being all that subtle about them. While he offers up prayers to the Emperor, and annoits his hammer to make it holy, he's also hoping Jim will back off, at least for a moment or so. Tactically it would give him a little longer to finish, while providing Jenkins at least the illusion that he's in charge of the situation. He also wanted for Kara to continue to keep Jenkins talking while she continued to move toward the glowing statue. While Jenkins was clearly mad as a fish, there might yet be kernels of useful information to be gleaned from his ramblings. Even in the babblings of the insane, there are truths if one knows where to look.
helvorn wrote:Kara moves up around the side of the table. "Jenkins, how can you live forever if you are cut to pieces? And you have not lived here aeons; you are a servant of the Emperor with Brother Ambrose."
InquisitorChris wrote:gsteelwraith wrote:helvorn wrote:Kara moves up around the side of the table. "Jenkins, how can you live forever if you are cut to pieces? And you have not lived here aeons; you are a servant of the Emperor with Brother Ambrose."
"I have lain in the place of the sacrifice waiting for you, key, you and the others! Ah Ambrose," he looks past you at the quivering subprelate, "we were so blind you and I! The saint is false -- but you offworlder I always knew that in your cynical heart you suspected. I heard it reading come to me, come to me, but the wards held and my weakness held me back. It was the key that woke the sleeping part of Ulha! In gratitude she will let you live though you have defiled this place with the Dark One behind you. I went in and grasped, but could not read!"
"We must read it! We must find the ones who are left! They know the way!"
As Kara moves around the table, she is also moving toward the cherubim clustering about the statue and orb. They screech at her and spread their wings threateningly, like a bunch of enraged birds defending their nest.
Kara's certainty slips for a moment; "Do you say I am the key?" She makes the sign of the Aquila; "My soul is bound to the Emperor; he protects from any darkness of the Warp that may hunger for my soul." Pointing at the statue; "Those blasphemous artifacts are the keys to weakening the Warp here. I can feel the power flood the room from the statue."
Jim doubled over, a mixture of pain and exhaustion dropping him to one knee.
"This whole fucking world is cursed." he muttered, as much to the other acolytes as to the daemon.
gsteelwraith wrote:Leveticus will glance toward Kara, and tell her, "Steady on, Kara. He is a soul lost to Chaos, and he will tell you anything to cause you to falter on the path of righteousness. He can only defeat us if we allow his words to deceive us."
He'll then look hard at Jenkins, raising his now holified hammer for emphasis, and say, "Now, do you intend to be a good host and stop throttling your guests, or do you need to be chased back to the empryean where you belong?"
<ooc> Did Kara notice anything about the orb with her psyscience check? </ooc>
Spoiler for Kara:Spoiler:Kara grimaces slightly and presses her hand to her stomach for a moment. As the Cherubim confront her she stops moving and eyes the distance between her and the statue.
"What do you have to read Jenkins? Who is left; followers of your Uhla?"
She gives the cherubim an uncertain glance and turns to face the abomination. "Are you saying that the story of the holy saint Aletheria is false? It sounds to me that she defeated Uhla and banished her to prison. There are similarities to your blasphemous rituals and the saint's worship but that shows the superiority of the Emperor's saints in the defeat and transformation of this heresy into the rites of the Holy Church."
Kara's certainty slips for a moment; "Do you say I am the key?" She makes the sign of the Aquila; "My soul is bound to the Emperor; he protects from any darkness of the Warp that may hunger for my soul." Pointing at the statue; "Those blasphemous artifacts are the keys to weakening the Warp here. I can feel the power flood the room from the statue."
InquisitorChris wrote:Jenkin spins around to look at Kara, dropping to all fours so he hunches like a spider on his limbs on the desk, Chani still clasped in one tentacular leg.
"Ah Yes!" His eyes glow rapturously. "It is a book you see! We cannot read it for we have eyes. We must find the Children of Ulha who will tell us, or those that are under, or those who are above from whom this came! And the Children of Ulha ARE Ulha! Yes! She is One and All!"
At Kara's comments about the saint, he says, "no Ulha was not defeated. Ulha is life eternal. She sleeps. She does not yet know we are here! The Children do not know! When you chew the meat and swallow, they will be happy surprised and happy!" He giggles like a small child.
At Kara's comments about the saint, he says, "no Ulha was not defeated. Ulha is life eternal. She sleeps. She does not yet know we are here! The Children do not know! When you chew the meat and swallow, they will be happy surprised and happy!" He giggles like a small child.
helvorn wrote:"Look at the wounds; how they heal. We'll have to take another tack if we are to end this abomination." As Kara starts to speak more her eyes roll back into her eyes sockets and her body twitches slightly. After a moment she gasps and sways as if about to fall; "No, no, no! We'll not eat your abominable food. You cannot make me your key, your sacrifice! I am bound to the Emperor..."
She breaths deeply and gathers her composure. "Jenkins, who are these Children of Uhla? We don't need to wake the Children or your Uhla or anyone above or below (ooc: I will not eat green eggs and ham...). The Emperor provides for the people now. When the sun destroys the plants and animals His ships bring in food for the people. Uhla can stay asleep with the knowledge that the people are protected."
InquisitorChris wrote:
"You will not become the key; you ARE the key! Ask the one behind your eyes. You stink of him. I... almost have his name." His eyes roll back in their sockets.
"The Children of Ulha ARE Ulha! One and all, under the ground, under those who are blessed to be under."
"The Emperor is cruel, like the sun. He is like that one whose voice you hear. He kills, and his food is but to make more fodder for his armies, his Church, his slaves. Ulha is love, and her food brings not death, but life."
helvorn wrote:
Kara's face is wiped of expression. "I will not be a key to your foul sorcery. I would sooner die. You are the one deceived. The Children of Uhla are some foul Xenos. These Chela that the locals celebrate are the outward signs of Xenos taint. Don't you know that the path of the Xenos always leads to evil?"
As Leveticus counts 'three' Kara catches his eye and lunges at the statue. "Destroy the focus!" She is wielding the knife with the handle wrapped in a rag.
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