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10/10/11(Mon)20:25 No.16584934Caelistis almost skipped back to the vehicle pit, and when she arrived, walked to a particular chimera and knocked on the back hatch. A knock responded, and the hatch opened, Tiberius’s grinning face popped out and looked around, before opening the hatch wide. “Thank you, Tiberius,” Caelistis said, before stifling a giggle, “You won’t believe what I just did.” Rogal tapped his fingers against the table nervously, waiting for his simple brain to come up with something to say. A witty quip, a reassuring statement, anything to break the tension. When he retold this part of the story, he would claim the emprah himself was applauding him, as a peal of thunder rocked the complex. Octavia screamed, half jumping, half collapsing into her chair once more, her tiny shaking with fear. Her mind flashed back to the battlefield, the booming of the orks landing, the terror as she scrambled to find a safe place. Her mechandrites lashed around her protectively, as her mind flowed unbidden with memnor files. The Orks gruesome maw, the stench of blood and ozone, the warm feeling of someone’s arms around her. Her mind paused, that wasn’t right, her cognitor complained, no one hugged us. Opening an eye, Octavia found herself face to face with her commissarial guest, wrapped in his powerful arms. “Easy there, little lady,” he whispered softly, stroking her hair, “It’s just the storm, no orks.” With a whimpering sigh, Octavia leaned into Rogals chest, and hiccupped. A medchandrite snaked around his arm, as she pulled him closer, “It was horrible,” she mumbled, “So green, so angry,” Rogal just nodded, “I know, it’s going to stay with you for a little bit,” he said gently, octavia feeling the rumble in his chest as he spoke. Her fleshbrain seized it’s chance, “Can you, stay with me, for a little bit?” she asked, looking up with her emerald eyes |