A slightly smaller Mess

Maiden: back then it was even less likely. I was just an infantryman, nothing but the carapace armour on my back and the lasrifle in my hand.

Charles: Anyway, lesson over it would seem.

Laurence: "How did you live?"

Hera: "in short, the church is very, very stupid and our religion is a lie."

Maiden:....I ran.

Charles: not entirely a lie. There is still good in their teachings. Some of them.

Laurence: "I probably should have, but... the young and foolish."

Hera: "Most of them revolve around killing aliens mutants and heretics."

Maiden: only reason dorn didn't catch me was because he had bigger problems....the battle of sebastus IV had so many corpses that I never found my friend's

Charles: Many aliens are a legitimate threat, mutants less so unless you oppress them too much, and heretics...well once you've fallen, there is no return.

Laurence: "I could give my friends a proper burial at least, I nearly died fighting for that ability though."

Hera: "Most aliens are indeed, but the blanket kill them all... might be overkill."

Maiden: You were stronger than I.

Charles: the tau and eldar can be helpful and useful. Orks....if needs be, yes can also be useful.

Laurence: "And my situation far less dire. You were in a battle between astartes, i was in a minor underhive skirmish."

Hera: "If only by pointing them at your enemies and saying 'Kill'"

Maiden: indeed....the iron cage was....rough

Charles: still counts as a use.

Laurence: "I've read about it, seen picts. Only thing I've seen thats worse is Armageddon, or krieg."

Hera: "True enough, then theres other, minor species. Those creatures my sister uses."

Maiden: still surprised I survived.

Charles: like the kroot. Good mercenaries.

Laurence: "Too stubborn to die, obviously."

hera: "With the unfortunate trait of eating people."

Charles: you can't judge xenos by the standards of our culture.

Maiden: I...well, it would seem so indeed.

Hera: "Dark eldar...?"

Laurence: "Common trait of great people that. After all, can't do much if you're dead."

Charles:...best avoided or killed.

Maiden: admittedly true.

Laurence: *Glances down at his watch.* "In any case, i have your boyfriend to go and rescue, so unless you want to tag along."

Hera: "Well, i suppose kroot only eat you when you're dead."

Charles: hera....I'd never tell you this under any other circumstances but.....if the dark eldar ever manage to take you alive....you'd be better off dead.

Maiden: *she glares at him* And openly combat my own allies and commanders?

Hera: "I fought them, remember? I know what they do to you."

Laurence: *Shrugs* "You're not going to stop me from doing it, thats only one step further."

Charles: It is worse than anything you could comprehend.

Maiden: this way I can claim innocence and ignorance.

Hera: "I've seen the aftermath, and put down survivors." *Thousand yard stare.*

Laurence: "You'll see it my way eventually, And you'll start doing some good."

Charles hug

Maiden: I doubt it.

Laurence: "Theres a good woman in there somewhere."

Hera: "Its fine... it was a long time ago now."

Maiden: You actually think that?

Charles keeps hugging for now

Laurence: *taps the side of his head* "I know that."

Hera: "Charles, really. I can deal with the deaths of my men."

Charles lets go

*eyebrow raise from maiden*

Laurence: "Your thoughts are not so guarded as you'd think, A good psyker can still see wisps of thought. You considered my offer." *He smiles, and finishes his drink.*

Hera: "They were my fault, and i can deal with that."

she frowns and puts her helmet back on

Charles: not your fault.

Laurence: "See you around, maiden, try not to do anything stupid in my absence."

Hera: "I made bad decisions, I could have been a better leader."

Charles: do not blame yourself. Blame the dark eldar.

Maiden: farewell, psyker. *teleport*

Laurence: *Chuckles to himself* "Theres a human in there, so it seems."

Hera: "It is a commanders duty to protect their men, i failed in that."

Charles: don't blame yourself.

Hera: "Who else is there to blame?"

Charles: I told you.

OOC: *In an explosion of tea and weetabix(yay breakfast)* I ARRIVE!

OOC: AAAAAGH

Hera: "They're the enemy, i should have planned better."

OOC: It's Tea and Weetabix, staple ingredients of British life. Why scream?

OOC: BECAUSE YOU BLEW THEM UP, thats like blowing up the queen

OOC he's from yorkshire, they do that
IC Charles: you had no way of knowing. Far better tacticians have failed at fighting them.

OOC: But now everybody has Tea and Weetabix

Hera: "Every death is on me, charles, i have to learn from it."

OOC. anyone else unable to connect to steam on both client and browser?

OOC I am also unable
IC Charles: you have to remember one thing. When your man dies, you share blame with your foe.

OOC: The great sale crash comes!

Hera: "Its my job to protect them from the enemy, i can't blame them any more than someone who downs can blame the water."

Charles:...bad analogy. Water isn't a sentient entity that chooses to drown you.

Hera: "Does an ork count as sentient."

Charles: yes.

Hera: "Some races just kill people, its what they do, may as well be water."

Charles: Hera. What do you enjoy most in life?

Hera: "Enjoy most?... Not being shot at, having a good laugh and a drink?"

Charles: if you had the opportunity to do that for as much time as possible, would you?