Init Order:
Mindblade - 11
Hellios - 10
Illidan - 10
Nihil - 7
Mindblade do you do anything after he says what he says?
Mindblade draws the sword across his throat and reverses the cut twice more.
Lightning Attack. I need total situational modifiers.
Before Hellios can do any further damage with his mind, Mindblade slides open his through and you all watch as the life fades from his eyes and he slumps dead in the chair bound.
As your doing your investigating work Fihad Constantine walks in on you.
"Arbiter Auraxis did not expect to see you here. I heard what happened down at the meeting and Arbitrator Precinct Marshal Skarmen does not seem to pleased."
He sighs slightly.
"But sometimes I guess things must be done in the emperors name. With all that's going on we really need to get to the bottom of this soon."
Mindblade cleans his sword on the Acolyte's tunic.
"We should leave. If I'm right, this location has been compromised."
Mindblade gathers his meager belongings and goes to a rooftop where he can watch this place.
illidan follows mindblade with open micro bead channels to nihil and auraxis if he is in range. "Are we to just up and leave or are there any adjacent locations to pirch up in and see who comes to claim the body?"[i] Illidan begins typing on his data slate
"Her was very thorough. She prepared for this contingency. There's a perch across the roadway that gives us a good view here. It's also abandoned. We can hole up there for a bit and see who comes."
Mindblade leads the way.
Fihad Constantine looks a bit perplexed.
"What do you mean? What's wrong with them?"
After waiting a while you see the marshals roll through to try to figure out what happened but no one seems to have a clue what caused the sonic boom affect here. No one enters the room where Hellios body lays dead.
Nihil didn't follow after his two fellow acolytes, remaining completely silent as he unbound the now dead Hellios. He worked in silence as he disrobed the dead man and then slowly began the work of undressing himself. There was some small specks of blood and bullet holes in the clothes but it would be fine... After which, he folded up his own clothing and placed it his rutsack and placed it away to pick up after this mission was over. With the finishing touches of the photo-contacts and the respirator over his mouth, he looked as much as he could like the dead acolyte.
" You can enjoy a meal if you want... It's not alive but its fresh."
Nihil said nonchalantly to the floating cherub next to him, motioning to the bleeding corpse on the floor.
" In exchange I want the answer to three questions. Fair exchange, wouldn't you say my little friend?"
The cherub floats down.
"For a carcass? You must think i'm desperate Dragorus."
He smirks a bit. "Perhaps one question if I can answer it of course."
Nihil smirked slightly, watching as the daemon that controlled the twisted form of his dead son perch itself upon Hellios' carcass.
"We're all just a little bit desperate in this galaxy, aren't we, Baguul? After all, you have to be pretty desperate to be supplicant to 'her'...
He muttered, both of them knowing full well exactly who the adept was referring to. He paused for a moment, allowing his anger to simmer just at the tipping point as the memories came to his thoughts in flashes.
"One question... Is Senior Precinct Marshal Skarmen under the influence of our quarry...."
The cherub munches a bit before giving any answer letting some of the blood flow down his maw onto the ground and slurps hard. He spits a large piece of meat on the floor and looks up at Nihil.
"He taste horrible. This whole planet is corrupt with the taint of the warp but Skarmen he's a peculiar one. If I was you I would not ask him if he's under the influence of anyone he has a short temper."
He goes back to eating.
The group of you on the roof see a hooded woman wandering through the strees. She seems to be asking the Arbites questions but your not sure what as she's moving to and fro.
"Verywell then... Hurry up and finish your meal, and clean up yourself, you make an ugly mess. We have a daemon to kill...."
Nihil says, tossing a rag to the daemon familiar before slowly beginning to walk out of hideout.
Psyniscience Test vs 30
Wall walk vs 8
illidan concentrates the infinite warp energies towards his feet as reality blurs binding his feet to the wall. Illidan scales the side of the building into an adjacent alleyway keeping his eyes on the hooded woman and snaps a pict of her with his pict recorder as soon as he can grt a clear shot
She just appears to be looking for something or someone your not really sure.
Fihad Constantine looks a bit shocked at what you were saying.
"Of course I am loyal the Imperium. That's why I contacted the Ordos in the first place as I believed this to be beyond the matters of the Arbites here. My duty is to serve. As you know sometimes mistakes are made with documentation in matters but if what your saying is true then matters are much worse than expected. Where is the rest of your team? We should pool all our data together and try to get to the bottom of this ASAP before something else terrible happens."
At that note there is an alarm in Haarlocks Folly indicating that the Arbiters are needed someplace in the city as if they weren't thinned out enough as it is with the sonic boom not long ago.
"It appears that the city is going into chaos and quickly." He frowns. "We need to act fast."
Nihil walked calmly out of the hideout, noticing the woman his fellow acolyte Illidian is following and decides to tail her on foot.
Mindblade watches Nihil saunter out of the hideout, his eyes narrowing suspiciously. He hadn't followed the plan, and he seemed to be quite interested in hiding things from the other members of his cadre. Mindblade didn't know what he was up to, but given the reversals thus far, he was quite suspicious of the little adept.
He followed them.
The lady seemed distraught and anxious to find something as she wandered around town stopping periodically to talk to people and then walked and continuing to do what she was doing.
Nihil walked up to the woman, tapping her on the shoulder gently and tipping his new hat.
"Is something the matter, ma'am?"
illidan peers through the darkness of the shadows in the alleyway watching nihils encounter with the unknown woman
" I am watching your 6 Nihil, proceed with caution these are the marshals men and we are not on friendly terms with them. Especially me. Ill remain here in the dark until further notice. "
Tell me, who do you believe has the power to subvert this investigation? Who wold the Judiciary trust so much that it would lead to his doom? We need to narrow down the suspects before we can investigate them properly".
Auraxis looks at Constantine, "Are you saying that the entire building is nearly empty of Arbite presence? Perhaps these alerts are a distraction for our perp to enter in and find something here. Tell me what do you know of Haarlock? It is our belief that these events are somehow related to that ancient Rogue Trader".
After asking that question Auraxis checks the data slate and sends back to Ilidan. Auraxis loks up at Constantine, "It seems our quarry had to be eliminated. The sonic boom was related to his attempt to sanction my team, he must have been some sort of damn Psyker".
The woman turns around toward Nihil a bit startled but regains herself. She appears to be a woman in her mid 30's and quite fair to gaze upon. Obviously of noble decent based on what she is wearing.
"Are you with the throne agents sent here to help with the murders? I need to speak with them it's urgent!"
Nihil simply clicks confirmation of on his micro-bead to Illidan.
Returning his attention back to the woman, Nihil gently tapped on the inquisitorial symbol of his shoulder pad to answer her question. He didn't trust the woman but, what little else did he have?
"What is it that you require from the agents of the inquisition, ma'am?"
"Any of the Aribiters here have access to the files to make altercations if they wished. As for the Judiciary he was friendly with all the high ranking officials and nobles of the planet so could be the Enforcer General, Precinct Marshal or any of the Noble House Heads. You thinking whoever the Judiciary trusted is behind all this?"
Fihad looks around.
"If this is true then things are probably far worse than we expected. The building is nearly empty we always keep a few Arbiters here no matter what. Haarlock was the last occupant of this building before the Arbiters occupied it."
"Where is the rest of your team? Dear Emperor I hope they have not been killed! I know the truth as to what is going on here.. I put it all together and we need you to stop whatever is going to happen from happening!"
"We can request him come here but the Enforcer General does not take kindly to orders but will see what I can do. You should reach out to your team and find out their situation things are getting really bad out there between the Undertow, Nobles and the Enforcers."
Nihil had to hold in his laughter for a moment. He didn't believe this random noble woman could possibly have figured out what he had not. That was be insulting to his pride.
"I am all that is left.."
He lied, wanting to have an ace up his sleeve incase this was a trap.
"What is it you have discovered, m'lady?"
"Oh dear throne then I feel we are all doomed!"
She calms herself down a bit and looks back up at Nihil.
"During the attack earlier on today my own chambers were attacked. They took the fragment from our vault! At first I couldn't put it all together but then something snapped together and I went through my grandfathers secret papers. It was all there right in front of me."
"Oh dear throne then I feel we are all doomed!"
She calms herself down a bit and looks back up at Nihil.
"During the attack earlier on today my own chambers were attacked. They took the fragment from our vault! At first I couldn't put it all together but then something snapped together and I went through my grandfathers secret papers. It was all there right in front of me."
If able to, Nihil sets his ear piece so the rest of his comrades can listen in, having a slightly perplexed look on his face.
"What fragment? Do you have these papers?"
The woman looks around. "There probably isn't much time life. I do not have the papers but I can tell you what I know. My grandfather had a fragment of the mirror and used it for scrying and seeing glimpses of the ancient past and distant worlds as they reflected in it's surface. As his mastery of the fragment increased, he came to understand that the mirror fragments were cursed and held in them daemonic forces that Haarlock alone could control. He believed that the fragments were part of a pair of identical mirrors fashioned to bind and control a summoned entity of the warp between them, and that daemon was imprisoned there still, whispering to him in his dreams so long as he used the mirror. Fearing for his sanity and soul, he put aside his shard and sealed it within a laquerwood box guarded with secret wards. He did not touch it again once he suspected its true nature."
"His papers also indicated others who had other fragments. One was the Judiciary but we all know he is dead now. The other was given to Lady Amorite. I fear we are not to late and she is still alive. We must check on her! I don't trust anyone here except you agents of the throne!"
"Shall we go save the princess then, gentlemen?"
Nihil asked in the com-bead, then looking over to the woman.
"I'm sorry, I lied to you about because alone. You understand these inquisition things."
A few moments after Nihil radios to everyone you all hear a loud explosion across town and see smoke raising into the sky and over the Arbite communication you hear the follow.
"The Enforcer Generals transport has been hit! Oh dear emperor! I think he's dead! We are being swarmed..."
And then there is silence until Fihad picks starts talking.
"All Arbites available head to where the Enforcer General's last location and find out what's going on! We don't need a war going on here with all the other chaos!"
Fihad looks to Auraixs. "I need to go see this through. If the Enforcer General is really dead then all his men will be out of control and will have an all out war going on here in the city."
EDIT:
Auraxis turns to Constantine. "Pull some men back here, those that you trust. If I need you or them I will contact you. In the meantime do what you must for the Enforcer General. Inquisitor Marr will look favorably upon you I will make sure of that".
With that Auraxis heads to the Noble House of Amorite to meet up with the others.
"Lead the way madam, we have little time! By the way, what is your name?"
At the sound of demonic forces at work. Illidan's blood boils with rage!!!....
"WE MUST MOVE AT ONCE!!!"
you can hear the pain and anger in illidan's voice as he steps from the shadows and regroups with Nihil
Illidan looks around for Mindblade... remembering that he left him behind in pursuit of this mystery woman
She nods. "Eupheme Tassel" she leads the way to the House of Amorite.
Mindblade steps out of the shadows and approaches Nihil.
"Lucky break."
He seems somewhat less than convinced that it will be that simple, but he realizes that they can't ignore any possible lead.
He follows along.
Along the way to House of Amorite Illidan fiddles with his Bolt carbine muttering some sorta of incantation. You see his eyes fading in and out of the warp as he studies his gun taking the pieces together removing the clip checking ammo count. A couple dry fires.