Shuck sat in the only chair and watched Mare work at the little wood-burning stove. A single chemlamp hung from the ceiling, shining pale on her fingers whenever they darted out of hiding to pluck a leaf from one of the bundles of herbs that lined the walls, or a pinch of powder from a line of jars on the shelf.

Shuck cleared his throat as fragrant steam began to fill the room.

"Um, Mare? Were you talking to someone, before I got here? I mean, I'm not interrupting something, am I?"

"I was talking to Mr. Sticks." She answered without turning.

"Ah, right. Your... childhood friend." Shuck stared at her back. Her dress hung on her loosely, and he found himself studying the curves that appeared as she leaned and bent, cloth shifting as she pressed against it from within. He could almost see the shape the dark cloth hid... Something she had said to him once echoed in his mind, and he shivered.

"Mare?" She was pouring a black liquid into two cups. "Is Mr. Sticks... I don't mean to be rude, but is Mr. Sticks real?"

"I think so. But he says he's not, so it's hard to be sure." She placed an earthenware cup on the little table beside Shuck. Wrapping her hands around the other mug as if to warm them, she sat down on her cot. The room was so small their knees touched.

Shuck sipped his brew. It was thick, almost a soup. Rich and warming. "This is good. Thanks."

"It's Blood Tea."

"...Right." He swirled a sip around his mouth. It wasn't salty, but he did detect a hint of iron. "Why is it called Blood Tea?"

"It helps your blood. If you get hurt, you'll get better faster. But don't get hurt."

Shuck smiled into his cup. "I'll do my best."

She frowned at him. "You've got a bruise." She leaned forward, pointing at his cheek, but flinched back when he moved.

He laughed. "It's fine, Mare. Ted slugged me for being a wiseass. So, what were you talking about, with Mr. Sticks?"

Her head was down, and she was staring at him through her bangs. The silence streached.

"You don't have to tell me if..."

"Whether I'm a virgin," She blurted.

Shuck spilled his tea.

"I wasn't sure so I asked Mr. Sticks and he wasn't sure either and what do you think?" She was staring directly into her cup, hair hiding her eyes.

"I... I thought you were, because of the touching problem. Like when you slipped in the street, and I grabbed your hand..." He'd grabbed her hand to steady her, and it had been small and cool in his grasp... And then suddenly it was electric, a thousand volts running into and out of him, and he was seeing himself from outside, a low viewpoint obscured by white hair, and he was remembering the time his father had thrown a chair at him and called him a monster, which hadn't ever happened, and then he was lying on his back in the mud, and Mare was huddled against a wall, making choked, sobbing noises, and saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," over and over.

awwww.

Mr. Sticks is built to slaanesh specifications. A very good childhood friend indeed.

He'd started wearing gloves after that. He looked down at his hands; spilled tea was darkening the leather.

"But I don't know what counts," muttered Mare.

"Uh... counts?" Shuck took another drink and focused on the girl across from him. She looked up at him nervously.

"If... if sometimes, when I'm trying to go to sleep, someone somewhere in town is being loud in their head and it's not like I mean to listen but it feels kind of good and hot and slippery and I go into her a little and she's with a man or I go into the man instead which isn't so good because it's confusing... um, would that count?"

Shuck swallowed. Mare stared at him ernestly, brushing the hair out of her eyes with her sleeve.

"I'd say... no, I don't think that would count."

"Then what if back when Auntie Shamari was teaching me, before she died, she took me to meet some other witches and there was a girl there a little older than me who knew a thing to do to be a stronger witch that you do on a big flat stone lying down and... and the touching thing doesn't happen bad when it's another girl witch, and maybe it was really good to be able to touch someone after so long, but I'm not sure I got any stronger. Would that count?"

Shuck felt his face burning red, but decided to muster his courage and make the best of the situation. "Well. It's hard to say. I can't be certain unless you tell me exactly what you and this girl did. In, ah, this hypothetical scenario."

Mare licked her lips, glancing sideways. Then her mouth quirked in a tiny smile. "You're not sad anymore."

Shuck blinked, then rubbed his eyes with a stained, gloved hand.

"But now you're sad again. I'm sorry."

"No, Mare, it's... not your fault. I came here to tell you something. Bad news." She was silent, but there was fear in the way her shoulders hunched. Shuck set his empty mug down with a clunk, and stood. She looked up at him warily. He flopped down beside her on the bed and carefully wrabbed an arm around her.

"Mare... the war in the South has been going badly for a while. The heretics are holding on. Morocc III produces a lot of psykers, more and more every year it seems like, and most of them head south to join the uprising. So the Governor finally called the Inquisition for help. They sent a Black Ship, and an Inquisitor to take control of the war effort. The 99th... Mare, are you ok?"

He could feel her shivering. "Black Ships aren't real. Auntie said they come for girls who use tricks where people can see. They take them away and feed them to a dead thing. It's just a story."

"Mare... they're here, Mare. They don't make it out to Morocc often, but they're here now. They're starting the collection in the capitol, but in two weeks they're sending someone out to search the town, and then take the 99th south to the front. You need to get your things packed and ready to go and oh God-emperor, I made you cry, I'm sorry."

"I don't want to go. I don't want you to go."

"I... I'm sorry, Mare, I didn't know you liked this town so much. But people know about you, here. It's not safe. So you have to pack your things and be ready. It'll take me a couple days to filch what I need from the quartermaster, and I can't make a break for it until I can arrange to be posted duty where no one will miss me for a day or so. That should give us a good headstart, especially if I can take a Salamander."

She wiped her nose on her sleeve and stared at him. Tears were still pooling in her red-rimmed eyes. "What... what are you talking about?"

"We're gonna run, Mare. I'm won't leave you, and I'm not letting you get taken. We're gonna run."

***The Soldier and the Witch 2***

Part 1 here:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/5782532/

or here if you don't feel like leaving

dawwww
the art looks kinda like the nerfnow art, just a sidenote

I enjoy these very much. Can't wait for the next one.

>>5810737

It's the same guy.

>>5810737

That's cause it's the same drawfag.

I love you so much right now.

Consorting with witches?

Failure to deliver an unsanctioned psyker to the Black Ships?

DESERTION?

For a WOMAN???

And here is the newest one. For posterity's sake.

>>5810798


Sounds legit to me, Carry one.

>>5810798
Damn right.

>>5810829
>>5810840

This is exactly why the Astartes are cleansed of reproductive capabilities and urges.

Love is weakness. Cleave only unto the Empra. Follow not the foul urges of your testicles, for they will lead to naught but heresy, treason, sexual fulfillment, long-term, loving relationships and oh lord I'm lonely.

on the whole virgin thing I read was

witches witch the witch withingly witch the witch so witch like in witch.

I'm gonna take a nap

/r/ 34 of Mare

>>5810932
How can you be lonely when the Emperor is always with us?

>>5810981

The Emperor is many things, brother. He is wise, powerful, and benevolent. But he is not cute, he will not make me tea, and he does not require comforting.

>>5810981
The Emperor doesn't hug me at night
So ronery
;_;

>>5810680
They're gonna get away, aren't they? This is gonna be GOOD END, right? Please say it is.

>>5810798
Marines confirmed for gay tier

>>5811056

A deserter and an unsanctioned psyker on the run from the Inquisition?

Oh, yeah. Gonna be just fine.

Deserting his sworn duty to the Imperium of Man to run off with a witch. Well, damn.

What say you, /tg/? Is this the act of a man, or a coward? What would you choose, love or duty?

Well, damn. You have my atention

>>5811056
The drawfag wants GOOD END, the write fag likes making BAD ENDS.
They don't know who will get their way yet.

>>5811192

I'd take the woman and run.

>>5811309
I thought it was the other way around?

>>5810632
Mare is a good waifu

>>5811192

The woman.

>>5811345
I don't remember a BAD END from Jo...

>>5811345

Yeah, because the guy who drew this is so full of angst and spite that he loves to make his characters suffer.

Oh wow, that's just so beautiful...

BEAUTY IS HERESY!

*BLAM*

>>5811192
NOTHING BUT LOVE BABY!

>>5811674
>>5811749

Hey Jo, I like your stuff.

>>5811192
Lucky for me, I don't need to choose. Lovin' is my duty.

SWEET, PART 2!
*saved

Watch, the bad end is going to be a Blank...

>>5811777
Thanks man, you are welcome :)

>>5811787
FUCK YEAH! HIGH FIVE!

>>5811807
Jo, you my daaaaaw hero!

>>5811807
Gonna give you my compliments too, Jo. You're one of the people who make this place livable.
>>5811816
Oh yeah.

It will turn out fine.

And even if it doesn't turn out fine, I'll MAKE it turn out fine inside my head. I can do that, you know. I don't tell people I can do that but I can.

>>5811831

WITCH DETECTED, BLACK SHIP EN ROUTE.

Someone called about a witch needing purged?

Mare reminds me of another character who has similar patterns of speech.

>>5811954
Rin's dialogue made me lol heartily.

>>5811989

"You're sad. The problem must be in your pants!"

"PBHT- No! Emperor, no! It's just that the Inquisition is coming for you."

"Oh. A problem in the pants would have been much more scandalous."

>>5812057
"You need to leave within two days!"
'Will think on it.'
"This is serious!"
'Will think on it seriously.'

We must remain ever-vigilant of the heretical activities of the unsanctioned. To that end, I'm gonna need more detail on this ceremony involving two witches on a stone altar, getting hands-on.

>>5811954
>>5811989
>>5812057
>>5812079

You are going to give Jo and writefag ideas, and then they are going to make a compromise.

>>5811309

The soldier and the witch will escape being hunted, but not before a fanatical inquisitor locates the witch despite her attempt to mask her identity with a hair cut and rusty red die, takes her arms off in the ensuing battle, and forces the witch to escape using the warp.

Mare is consequently thrust across dimensions into an alternate reality where she is adopted and enrolled in a Japanese school for disabled students.

>>5812092

as inquisitorial liason I will need to observe this as well.

Suddenly, Daemonhosts.

>>5812092
>>5812158
As an actual Inquisitor, I too must observe these proceedings.

>>5812188
>>5812158
>>5812092
... I just want to watch because it sounds hot.

>>5812188
>>5812158
>>5812092

As a "heretic", I would also like to see these proceedings.

>>5812188
Can I come sir?

>>5812231
Sure, why not. In fact, we made need to publicise the tapes of the ritual so that the pious might be able to identify it easily, making the Inquisition's job all the easier.

>>5811954
Sause for game? I want a download. heard it was made of DISABLITY and D'AWW

>>5812092
>>5812158
>>5812188
>>5812207

As a "horny bastard", I would also like to see these proceedings.

>>5812261
http://katawa-shoujo.com/

Enjoy your Act 1.

>>5812261

Google "Katawa Shoujo."

Free demo VN brought to you by a combination of hard working Anonymii and the thought "man, wouldn't an eroge about crippled girls being awesome?"

>>5812261
Note that Shizune is ONE OF US.

>>5812238
Do I get to work the camera?

>>5812319
We have a recorder servitor for that.

Can't wait for act 3!

>>5812274
>>5812283
>>5812291
This might turn into a KS thread, and I don't mind.

P/S: Source on my pic?

>>5812325

Can it be narrated by an acolyte channeling the great Saint and Magos David Attenborough?

That would be lovely.

>>5812345

Most if not all KS art and fan art can be found at the KS developer's site.

>>5812354
"Notice the delicacy with which the senior witch parts the labia of her junior with two fingers. Surely one of the wonders of the natural world."

>>5812354
>>5812376
Sure, why not.

As I see it, one of three things are going to happen.

She's going to be caught, he's going to be executed for not turning her in.
She's going to accidentally send everyone on the planet to hell.
or she ends up getting caught, but they end up reunited years later on the battlefield because she's now a battle psyker.

Of course the last ending would still be bittersweet, as she now isn't allowed out on her own and she can now spew lightning.

>>5812354
Can we get Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones instead?
Their smooth, chocolaty voices make me melt...

>>5812354

I'd rather that guy from How It's Made (in the US, anyway) do it.

Either that or Christopher Walken.

>>5812412

And also that she'd be acting as part of a choir and therefore lose her individuality.

>>5812416
>>5812420
Sure, why not.
You guys just have to convince them.

>>5812435

Christopher Walken never turns down a role.

>>5812420

Well, there may be two versions of this recording.

One made "in the wild" by an elite team of scouts in order to learn the heretics ways.

The other one recreated on inquisitor Tom's ship with captured witches, narrated by the other, more mundane, persons proposed in this thread.

>>5812267
>>5812207
>>5812206
>>5812188
Due to popular demand...

>>5812450
I laughed.

>>5812450
... god DAMN it Jo! Am I going to have to start ANOTHER collection?

I no longer believe you are human., you draw TOO much to be anything other then... A MACHINE!

>>5812450

Didn't she say a LITTLE older?

Anyway, I'm now going to fap to this picture, just to prove to myself I can.

>>5812450
God bless you Jo

>>5812450
Jo, you are wonderful. Never stop.

>>5812345
second.

>>5812354

And here we see... oh, this is a stroke of luck. A pair of witches, in their natural habitat, this circle of standing stones deep in the forest. Normally shy and solitary creatures, we are privileged to witness a rare communal activity. The older female seems to be initiating the younger in their heretical rites.

They've shed their robes... Ahh, see the how the small, pert breasts of the younger witch are caressed by her senior. Ahh, she's shivering, poor thing. She's hesitating... she's moved toward her senior and taken the tip of the older female's full, firm teat in her mouth. Nibbling, probably. Ahh, the elder has pulled away. Do they... are they aware they're being watched? No, no, she's getting the oil. The younger is lying down on the altar. And this is a first, dear viewers, for the first time captured on film, the First Anointment of Slaanesh. The elder gently coats the neophyte in golden oil... look at it gleam in the candlelight. She's in marvelous health. Look at those lithe curves. And now... yes, the elder is mounting the younger! She's lying atop the young female, sliding slowly back and forth, and using her fingers to stimulate the labia. Simply marvelous, the way their breasts are pressed together. One is left in awe of nature's infinite beauty and variety.

>>5810680
You just COULDN'T resist putting Line-Art Cultist-chan back there, could you?!

>>5812507
awesomeface.jpg

>>5812458
NAMEFAG TRIPFAG FIGHT!
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

>>5812507

DAMMIT JUST NOTICED THAT FUCK YOU JO

what roleplaying game or wargame is this from?

I'd buy Jo a beer or, if he is into SUPERIOR drinks, some whiskey.

>>5812564

40k.

>>5812564

Light Heresy: the roleplaying game of love and friendship in an uncaring future. It's a writeup of someone's campaign.

You treat her good Shuck, you treat her good.

Lace.
You like it?

>>5812611
Very yes.

>>5812611

I tell you my fetishes in confidence, Jo.

I'll be in my bunk.

>>5812569
Mead.. or blood of virgins!

>>5812633
Most of /tg/ can provide the latter; no problems there sir.

>>5812611

Is...is it bad if I look at your drawings and touch myself?

While thinking about you?

>>5812611
DO WANT

On a personal note, I am immune to the magical effects of thrown garters. I have caught 3 in my lifetime, and remain wholly unengaged.

FUCK YEAR bachelorhood.

>>5812611
Very much so.

Also, before I forget, my old channel got deleted recently, and I'm still highly interested in helping/joining this project. My new one is /ourtreehouse.

Come on over sometime, you two!

Burn her. ...and execute the guardsman for mental, moral weakness. There is no room in this future for a man's selfishness.

>>5812633
Very well. If you ever find yourself in Southern New Mexico I shall do my best to get you drunk.

Hey Jo, why are you so awesome?

>>5812683
*cheewwwwwwwwwwwwww

You watch your gorr'am mouth!

>>5812640
I caught one when I was 8...

Now for something totally different...

L, I want to be like you when I grow up.
I mean, I didn't think you could top the Techpriest story, but this is full of DAAAAAW.
Jo really complements the text with his pictures.

Hey, Jo, every thought about doing a comic with a female Chryssalid going around looking for someone to love?

>>5812930

"I am Heavy Bolter guy."

>>5813051
"And this...is my bolter."

>>5813066
>>5813051

BABIES

Got domot Jo, you're making everyone else look bad. Must you completely overshadow everyone and make yo... oh fuck me, I can't stay mad at something so win...

"It costs four hundred thousand Thrones to fire this bolter... for twelve seconds."

>>5813006
I personally like the grinning vanilla design of the crysallid and won't change it at all.

For a while, I figured I should draw some female tyranids but I think I draw too much cutesy already, plus they end up looking like female zergs, which I drew already

>>5813187
Ever taken a shot at a Dreadnought?
Say, for instance... A turnip obsessed one?

>>5813202
I did some dreads.. a fun challenge but they are quite detail-intensive.

I always think they would fall flat on their face if they try to cross difficult terrain

>>5813187

Just assume they're male chryssalids and maybe have her shack up with one from an unlucky rookie (who she wasn't responsible for) at the end, or something.

Time to hit the hay
Night people

>>5813302

'night!

>>5812930
Now I want to see a space marine chapter consisting of only 9 marines

>>5814370
and a traitor legion consisting of 9 as well