She looked at him confused when he asked if Atheist was uncomfortable. "No! Atheist is like...how can I describe it...It's like a religion of technology. I am sure Harkoth would understand in the slightest," she said as she was referring to the creature knowing what she was talking about. "I don't believe in deities. I never have and never will," she said to Ubba as she kind of started to warm up to the massive super soldier. "So that's what Atheist is. And you can just call me Ami. I appreciate the title, but it feels odd to be called Maiden of Tokyo," she said politely as she simply wanted to be called by her name. "If you like, you can also call me Mimi," she finished saying to Ubba as she stared at the group of men still.
"Processing information. [binharic squawk] Based on provided information, conclusion: positive. Interrogative: belief in technology does not correlate with belief in the Machine God? Error: understanding misaligned."
"I thought atheism was the lack of belief in any religion? But there is a church of atheism... thinking about it too much makes my head hurt."
Sue eats a cheese fry, getting out her pipe.
Sue eats a cheese fry, getting out her pipe.
"Contradiction: The Cult Mechanicus worships the Machine God. Ergo, the Cult Mechanicus cannot be atheist by design."
She took into consideration of what he said to her. "I wonder...could I believe in such a deity as well?" she asked Harkoth in a serious tone. She loved technology ever since she was a young girl. And if she started to believe in a deity, then that would make her no longer Atheist. "So is that cool with you? Call me Mimi. Anyone who closely knows me calls me by that name," she said warmly with a slight warm smile. At least she pleaded to them that she didn't believe in Slaanesh or whatever other deity that they would deem evil in their books. "I just won't...I don't know...get rid of my flesh," she said with a grin on her face.
" In truth, I have felt that in my dwelling here I have detracted from my true purpose, which is first and foremost, service to the Imperium and as such have opted for self-imposed abeyance. My due is that of any soldier of the Astra Militarum, and our sole concern is our duty to have entrenched myself so firmly in the hubris which presents itself without relation to such has been a flaw, which I intend to remedy immediately. My interactions hereafter will be increasingly selective and subject to use of the technology known as a tesseract vault put to the utility of service to the Emperor, as such I will opt to seperate instances of space-time irrelevant to purposes and duties bearing no relation, no goal or no purpose other than that which concerns the Imperium.
I have come to acknowledge that the error lay in entertaining or acknowledging that which is irrelevant, for in the grim darkness of our universe there is only war and naught else, as such, I must be singular in my purpose, I explicate my edict; my attentions thus will dedicated solely towards the duties for which I was vested with the mantle of Lord General. Anything other than this will be subject to a high likelihood of irrelevance; in short, I will employ the tesseract vault as I see fit to expunge existences or instances of irrelevance, it will be as if though they were never there, regardless if some holographic simulacra of my presence is made visible to them. Glory to The Emperor, may he deliver us from that which detracts in our purpose.
In doing so I honor my colleagues, whose respect afforded to me is by virtue of deed not of rank and as such I must seek to honor this expectation of dutifulness lest pride be our ruin much as it was of traitors and heretics.
Aleksandr commented at length, explaining his thoughts upon the recent happenings and his reproach.
Mathius Kothinto wrote:
"Lord General, we have a mascot here named Azumi. I'm sure you'd wish to interview her, but she was able to break the influence of Chaos on a few World Eaters. She is a being made of magic from another universe."
" I shall beg to differ on this matter Mathius, the Empire is all too acquainted with the treacherous promises of sorcery, would you not think it quaint that champions of chaos would so easily be swayed by an unassuming and seemingly innocent work of one who bears the... gifts... of sorcery... almost too believable, too unassuming and too tactful... precisely why I would suspect tzeentchian machinations at work. The servants of chaos have many forms and we are wrong to assume the deadliest of these are those bristling with fang and claw, blade and bolter... it is infact deception that has been the principle tool of the ruinous powers, a slow lull into comfort, into idleness, into abandon, unto false respites.
I have faced countless chaos warbands, cults and indeed traitor astartes... enough to know that one does not simply break the influence of chaos, moreso on the astartes... can you imagine... the damnable lie that has the power to break the mind of such hardened warriors who trained for aeons to battle against the countless horrors of the universe?... and to claim that, that power is simply undone by the fledgling sorceries of the unassuming mascot of a multiversal speakeasy... come now Mathius... even you must admit that such a notion is suspect to some degree, is it not ?
Chaos can only claim victory and take root if it is allowed entry to the soul... and we are given that choice every time... mankind's greatest virtue is not hope, it is not survival... it is choice. Honorable death in the face of what is seemingly insurmountable is a choice... and so is surrender... faith in the Emperor is the pivot upon which we see past the illusion of surrender, of respite, of false salvations, of repentance in anything other than death... ultimation. Mortal folly is to assume that one's choices have no bearing, that there is always time, that there is always more, that there is something else... but we answer for our choices Mathius.
And we are damned to those choices, some would rather their souls be an ember that join the eternal light that rages against the dark, others would have it be a meaningless flicker that feeds the soot into eternities of dread consumption, there is no turning back once the die is cast. I ask you this, if the Emperor himself could not beckon his own son from the clutches of the ruinous powers... then what makes you willing to wager that Azumi could redeem the lost souls of the servants of chaos?"
" My respect for you as a compatriot does not waver Mathius, but I am afraid I beg to differ... a meeting between myself and Azumi would not bode well and I would not be one to desecrate your sanctum in light of the services you have rendered for the Empire. "
Ami wrote:
She took into consideration of what he said to her. "I wonder...could I believe in such a deity as well?" she asked Harkoth in a serious tone. She loved technology ever since she was a young girl. And if she started to believe in a deity, then that would make her no longer Atheist. "So is that cool with you? Call me Mimi. Anyone who closely knows me calls me by that name," she said warmly with a slight warm smile. At least she pleaded to them that she didn't believe in Slaanesh or whatever other deity that they would deem evil in their books. "I just won't...I don't know...get rid of my flesh," she said with a grin on her face.
"Duely noted. You are welcome to believe in the Machine God, the Omnissiah, and the Motive Force. Addendum: I am Magos Dominus Harkoth-937. You may call me Harkoth, though."
She looked at Aleksandr as though he was in deep thought. "You okay over there? Name is Ami..." she said to Aleksandr hoping for any response at all from him. She looked back at Harkoth as he gave his full name to her. Hearing him accept her into the ranks, she nodded with respect as she said, "Thank you, Harkoth. I pledge my allegiance to your deity, Ergo the Machine God." She felt proud to call Harkoth a friend even though their realities were much different from each other. "Guess I am stuck here. Perfectly fine with me. Remember if anything, I will take cybernetics. No removing of flesh," she said as she reinforced what she had said before to him.
A blue portal opened in thin air, and a familiar girl dragged herself out. With a lot of severe injuries, like a head wound, a huge gash across her upper stomach and several stabs on her chest that seemed almost fatal.
"Hi-hiya... Just solved out an aggressive mob in my area..." And then she collapsed.
HP -362 / 122
"Hi-hiya... Just solved out an aggressive mob in my area..." And then she collapsed.
HP -362 / 122
Lin Xueqing wrote:
A blue portal opened in thin air, and a familiar girl dragged herself out. With a lot of severe injuries, like a head wound, a huge gash across her upper stomach and several stabs on her chest that seemed almost fatal.
"Hi-hiya... Just solved out an aggressive mob in my area..." And then she collapsed.
HP -362 / 122
"Hi-hiya... Just solved out an aggressive mob in my area..." And then she collapsed.
HP -362 / 122
"Unfortunately, healing the injured is not my field of specialty. Please refer to a Magos Biologis."
She had a somber look on her face when Harkoth told her that. "Guess I have to nurse her back to health. We have to stop the bleeding. Quick!" she said to Harkoth as she gestured him to come close to her to help her with at least stopping the bleeding. "You with us, little girl?" she asked as she started to try and stop the bleeding. If only she had something to wrap the wounds with. She pressed gently in hopes to stop it for a bit so she could get the right materials to dress Xueqing's wounds.
Fully out cold, she couldn't respond.
Things are helping a bit.
Things are helping a bit.
Hearing nothing, she kept Xueqing close to her as she looked for anything nearby to dress her wounds. She was thankful the worst was over as she sat there with Xueqing's head on her lap as she stroke her hair gently. "I know you can't exactly hear me, but everything will be fine." It was as though she acted like a mother figure as she was keeping Xueqing alive. "I got it, Harkoth," she said as she stared at him with a slight smile on her face.
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