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10/07/11(Fri)09:20 No.16548905Octavia stood outside the commissars tent, looking at her feet. Noone actually noticed, but her feet looked like boots, and as such, she happily walked around bare footed all of the time. It was a small freedom she allowed herself, reminding her of her life before the mechanicum. Swallowing, she braced herself, "Commissar Hephastus?" Her voice was barely above a whisper, "Commissar Hephastus, sir?" She called again, a little louder,but still, no reply. A passing guardsman saw her plight, "Here, enginseer, allow me," He said, grinning at his good fortune to help the famous Octavia, "Commissar Hephastus. Sir. You have a visitor," He called, and was gifted with a groggy reply, "Let them in," The Guardsman pushed the tent flap aside, "Go on in, Gifted one," Octavia nodded in thanks and slipped past him, into the dim light of Rogal's tent.
Rogal rolled over in his bunk, bundling the blanket around him. His officers knew he needed his sleep, and had learned from long experience that he was prone to sleep talking. Octavia made her way carefully though the tent, her movements deft and silent, her eyes flicking through the various low light modes they were capable of. "Commissar Hephastus, sir?" The blanketed lump made a noise, "Comissar Hephastus, Sir. I have your report here." Octavia said again, her voice still small, but audible. Again, a non committal noise came from the lump on the bunk. Octavia moved a little closer, her green eyes glowing in the dim light, "Commissar Hephastus?" A mechandrite snaked forward, prodding gently at the slumbering giant, "Commissar Hephastus?" The mechandrite responded to its owners annoyance at being ignored, and jabbed harder. With a roar, Rogal jumped from his bunk, landing in a crouch, fists raised. Octavia fell back in suprise, landing with a thud on the floor of the tent, her mechandrites splayed out to cushion her fall, and protect the rations. Rogal activated the glowglobe, before turning to his guest |