>>35756863

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZlPV-W2T9xDEzsSxYq8OLHnB7CKfB0eUAQyH4vj2lU8/edit?usp=sharing

Acerea’s Character Sheet (3rd tab):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10H9COxlc2Qaqkx5DTaihQJHazhc-_KKIS-Aon-VxluA/edit?usp=sharing

If you’re a die-hard lover of canon, I suggest you turn away now. Like all things 40k, the gauntlet runs from “worshipping the printed word” to “over the top silliness.” Most of the time it’s somewhere in between. You’ve been warned in advance.

All rolls go against a specified characteristic in the style of Black Crusade. You’ll want to roll under the characteristic value in order to pass the check. The more degrees of success (every multiple of 10 counts as 1), the more awesome of a result. A 1 is a guaranteed success, and a 100 is a guaranteed failure.

Best of three rolls when it’s called for, with a 1 or a 100 instantly taking precedence. If multiple characteristics are being rolled for, each 1d100 counts for its respective test. Any rolls prior to the call for one and those not linking said post will be ignored.

No rerolls or roll modifications are available for Acerea. However, we will be tracking the amount of “ara ara’s.” So there’s that.

If you have any questions/etc, now’s the time. I’ll push the first update in about 10 minutes. I imagine tonight should largely proceed like Iggy's first oneshot flow-wise.

Excessive meta/whining/waifu’ing/etc goes to QTG. Blatant Samefaggotry will be ignored.

You may find this 4chanX filter list useful: http://pastebin.com/QxMu8Rrr

In the downtime following the Blood Raven’s “visit,” you find yourself momentarily alone. The corridors of the Engine you walk through are devoid of any sign of life. Cold, uncaring metal surrounds you on all sides. For a daemon used to being surrounded by greenery, it’s slightly disturbing. Yet you continue to wander without purpose, trying to gather your thoughts before returning to Sytili.

“...No I don’t think she knows, Arch-Magos…”

Your head swivels as you try to discern the source of the sudden, reverberating whisper. It‘s mechanical, devoid of emotion, like that of a Tech-Priest. Yet there are no Mechanicus here.

“...She knew what she was getting into…”

A flash of a mechadendrite slicing downwards blinds you momentarily and sees you using a nearby wall for support. What was that?

The voice shifts, this time it’s unmistakably feminine and musical. “Remember, my daughter, protect your step-sisters…”

Another flash, this time of an Eldar-like figure on the bank of a dark green river. Behind her lies the massive, pestilent form of the Plaguefather himself. Unlike Cinder’s and Ignitrix’s experiences with their patrons you can tell this is but a memory. But why are you just now remembering it? And was it at all genuine?

Your vision returns to normal as you break out into a cold sweat. Whatever was happening to you was getting worse. These visions were becoming more and more frequent and vivid.

<Isssss everything alright, Acerea? You seem anxioussss...> The sudden brush of Sytili’s mind against yours catches you off guard.

> [1] I’m fine, dear. (Fel)
> [2] No. Something’s wrong.
> [3] Write in

>>35757154
>[2] No. Something’s wrong.
Make her promise to keep it a secret

>>35757154
>> [1] I’m fine, dear. (Fel)

>>35757266
Supportan

>>35757266
Also supporting

>>35757154
>I'm fine, dear
Gotta keep appearances, don't want to cause worry.

>>35757154
> [1] I’m fine, dear. (Fel)

>>35757154
>[1] I’m fine, dear. (Fel)

I believe [1] wins by a couple votes.

1d100 vs 28. If you fail Sytili will know something's definitely wrong.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>35757480

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>35757480

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>35757480

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>35757480

>>35757497
>>35757501
>>35757507

Yeahhhh you're not going to be able to ara ara your way out of this one.

Writing...

>>35757497
>>35757501
>>35757507
I'm actually fine with this outcome.
It seems in Acerea's character to deny anything was wrong with herself.

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>35757480

These are not the feels you are looking for...

>>35757154

<Don’t worry about me, dear, I’m f-fine. How are you?> Despite your best efforts otherwise, your “voice” shakes halfway through your attempted dismissal.

The zoanthrope takes a few seconds to respond. <Sssshould I ssssend sssome gauntsss up, or can you make it down to me?>

<I…> You curse the fact her voice is now filled with concern. You’re supposed to worry about her and the others, not the other way around. <No I can make it down to you just…>

<You don’t need to lie to me, Acerea. I’ll come up there myssself. Jussst relax until I get there.>

<But…!>

Her presence fades before you can get another word in. You find yourself angry that your emotions were so easily read. And that now Sytili has chosen to deal with the fact you might be losing it herself. The one small comfort you have is that you sensed she wasn’t planning on telling the others yet. They couldn’t know.

Sighing, you hobble along towards the nearest doorway. The door parts to reveal a cafeteria of sorts, complete with several “windows” offering a view of the void outside. You step inside and pick a spot in the back with your back to the door. Maybe staring into space will help you calm down.

It doesn’t. Not much anyways. By the time Sytili floats in you’ve managed to collect yourself only enough to not be sweating anymore. The Tyranid remains silent until it comes to rest next to you.

“Sssso… what’ssss wrong?”

> [1] I told you, nothing.
> [2] You don’t need to trouble yourself.
> [3] I’m having… visions.
> [4] Write in

>>35757979
>> [2] You don’t need to trouble yourself.

>>35757979
>[2] You don’t need to trouble yourself.

>>35757979
> [3] I’m having… visions.
They're already worried, may as well try to ease the confusion a bit.

>>35757979
>[3] I’m having… visions.

>>35757979
3

>>35757979
>I'm having... visions.
That's So Aceraven

>>35757979
>> [3] I’m having… visions.

[3] it is.

Writing...

>>35757979

You wrestle with what to say for a good five minutes. Finally you admit, “I’ve been seeing things. Visions of other places. Memories. I’m not sure if they’re mine or if they’re even real. I didn’t want to worry anyone so…”

“Ssssso you kept quiet. I can underssstand why. Though your flock issss ssssmaller than mine, we’re much the sssame. Neither of ussss can let them ssseeee thissss ssssort of thing.”

“Yeah, yeah. I still don’t want to trouble you though. I can work through this. It’s probably just the same Warp Phenomena that Ignitrix was having issues with earlier.”

Sytili chitters. “That isssss gone. It ceasssed when we sssstarted moving.”

Your eyes widen. “So that means…”

“Whatever issss happening to you issssn’t becausssse of the Engine, yessss.”

> These all are different inflections so you can’t combine them
> [1] Damn it.
> [2] What am I supposed to do?
> [3] Can you help me?
> [4] Write in

>>35758437
>[2] What am I supposed to do?

>>35758437
>> [2] What am I supposed to do?

>>35758437
> [1] Damn it.
A simple enough response.

>>35758437
>> [2] What am I supposed to do?

>>35758437
> [1] Damn it.
> [2] What am I supposed to do?

>>35758437
>[4] Hmm.

>>35758529
>you can't combine them

>>35758437
>[1] Damn it

>>35758437


Closing your eyes, you bring a hand to your forehead and rub around the base of your horn. “What am I supposed to do then? If you picked up on it so easily, Ignitrix is going to be even quicker. And then she’ll…”

Something pats your shoulder. “Sssshe might be the bessst option though. Her mind issss far more powerful than mine.”

Now there’s a thought. You turn your head towards her and scan her face. It killed you a little inside to have to ask but there’s not much else you can think of. “Couldn’t you help me figure out what’s locked away in my mind? I just need someone to help anchor me, that’s all. But it can’t be Cinder or Ignitrix. They can’t know.”

Her oversized skull tilts to the side. “I sssssuppossse I could. But issss that what you really want? It would have to be a deeper link than anything we've had thusss far. Connecting to the hivemind might be… unpleasssant. Even for you daemonssss if I had to guesss.”

> [1] Yep (WP)
> [2] Never mind…
> [3] Write in

>>35758774
> [1] Yep (WP)

>>35758774
>> [2] Never mind…
Testing on a 24... Yeah, no.

>>35758774
>[1] Yep (WP)

>>35758774
>[1] Yep (WP)
No regrets.

>>35758774
> [1] Yep (WP)
It seems that we are playing by the all or nothing style tonight

>>35758774
>[3] Write in
>Is there no other way?
>>35758815 is right
Acerea's WP is pretty garbage

[1] it is.

1d100 vs 24. If you pass you're fine. Maybe you'll even leave a little Nurgle-based corruption in your wake. If you fail... well you're a daemon. It's not like you can go any more insane.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>35759032

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>35759032

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>35759032

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>35759032

>>35759047
>>35759076
well this is going to be unpleasant

>>35759080
We don't do TOO bad...

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>35759092
33 saved us from many degrees of failure. thank nurgle...

>>35759047
>>35759076
>>35759080

Well you didn't fail horribly. Not even a full degree.

Writing...

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>35759032
Trying to salvage some sanity from this.

Seems she doesn't have the same level of fate fuckery as the other girls.

>>35758774

You sigh once more. “I can handle it. And if not, you’ll be here. Right, sweetie?”

“I sssstill don’t underssstand why you call me that.”

That gets you to smirk at least. “Well maybe you will after this. I’m ready whenever you are.”

The Zoanthrope nods before moving to hover in front of you. Her form illuminates, contrasted heavily with the void behind her through the windows. Moments later her mind slams into yours. Rather, it’s not just her mind. It’s the mind of every Tyranid creature within her domain of control. You can sense everything they do, even their thoughts. You nearly lose yourself in the torrent of sensations before Sytili fishes you out.

<I did warn you,> she scolds. For the moment you seem to be floating in darkness with her. Her tail is wrapped around one of your arms, keeping you from drifting off. <At leassst your head didn’t explode. That’ssss what happensss every time a mortal triesss. Now where do you want to sssstart? Focussss on the visssion or memory and it will come…>

> [1] Start with the Mechanicus
> [2] Start with what you’re guessing was Isha
> [3] Why not think about something pleasant like the moon?

>>35759362
>[2] Start with what you’re guessing was Isha

>>35759362
>> [2] Start with what you’re guessing was Isha

>>35759362
>[2] Start with what you’re guessing was Isha

>>35759362
>> [2] Start with what you’re guessing was Isha

>>35759362
> [2] Start with what you’re guessing was Isha
Gotta sort out personal issues first.

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>35759362
>[3] might save our asses from a low roll.

Will Papa Nurgle be upfront with his bestest girl?
>Honey I'm getting old and I want to retire with Mama Isha to spend my last years/centuries/milleniums/and so on in calm, you know?

Isha it is. Writing...

>>35759519
No, nurgles too comfy to retire, but we might get given some kind of mutation plague for the nids or something

>>35759362

Deciding to work backwards from the most recent mental interruption, you try to concentrate on the image of Isha and the Plaguefather. The blackness surrounding you shimmers, revealing the Great Garden’s Poxyards. As before, Isha is on the bank of a fetid river of pure disease with the Chaos God himself in the background. You float above the scene with Sytili, while the memory-you walks forth with a plant in hand.

“Grandfather,” memory-you begins. “I brought you a new strain of toxic fern. I took great care to make it nearly indistinguishable from those the nobles keep on Scintilla.”

Nurgle laughs jollily. “Good, good my child. Tell me though, how is your own garden doing?”

Memory-you bows her head. “It is going well, Grandfather. I’m still very happy you chose to leave it in my care.”

Another booming chuckle. “And I’m happy that you’re happy. Now, show me this fern.”

As a great, decaying hand comes down to carefully pluck the plant from “you,” the Eldar Goddess turns. Contrary to all the other times you’ve seen her, her eyes aren’t filled to brim with tears. “I’m glad you came, Acerea. Though I wish you’dve left the fern behind…”

Isha shakes her head and continues. “No matter. I just wished to impart a small bit of advice given where you’re headed. Eventually you will have to come to terms with the turmoil inside of you. Only then can you truly be healed and reach true happiness.”

“I’m afraid I don’t understand.”

She smiles. “You will, in time. Now there is one other matter. One I have struggled with for nearly an eternity. But I believe it is the only way to save my mortal children.”

“The Eldar, you mean?”

“Indeed. Slaanesh has too great a hold on their souls for me to save them all. It pains me to admit that. Even more so to say that the only solution may be to allow Nurgle here to corrupt them instead.”

(cont)

>>35760186

“Oh come now Isha,” he thunders while turning the fern about in his hand. It’s comically tiny compared to him, like a dreadnaught handling an ant except thrice as much. “Better that they live and experience the joys of living than live in fear of having their souls consumed.”

“So… I’m going to have you try something for me, Acerea. I want you to find a small group and see if you can save their souls in this manner. If not…”

She sniffs, tears falling from her face and installing crystallizing. After catching the spirit stones she tosses them to memory-you. “Save them that way. Put them out of their misery.”

“I understand, Grandmother…”

With that your surroundings begin to fade back into nothingness. Sytili seems to be waiting for you to say something.

> [1] We’ll worry about that in a minute. I need to know why the Mechanicus are involved
> [2] Well I guess we’ll need to find some Eldar then…
> [3] “Woah.”
> [4] Write in

We'll see how much flak that bit of canon-destruction gets me. I think it fits though. Grimdark has to happen somewhere

>>35760212
>> [1] We’ll worry about that in a minute. I need to know why the Mechanicus are involved

>>35760212
>> [1] We’ll worry about that in a minute. I need to know why the Mechanicus are involved

>>35760212
>[1] We’ll worry about that in a minute. I need to know why the Mechanicus are involved

>>35760212
>> [1] We’ll worry about that in a minute. I need to know why the Mechanicus are involved
Not gonna fight the trend here.

>>35760212
I think we're too far down the rabbit hole to rage over this much.

[1] it is. Writing...

>>35760212
>[1] We’ll worry about that in a minute. I need to know why the Mechanicus are involved

>>35760212
>1 MechanicusTime.jpg
I'm more concerned by Acerea feeling hope over simple contentment at the start... Seems almost like she & Iggy traded their patrons' respective emotions, given how cynical bestburd is. I'm still reading, though, so make of that what you will.

>>35760212
So... is she talking about a group of Eldar already in mortal danger? Or are we just gonna corrupt/gank some randomly?

>>35760504

I think that's one of this quest's main themes to be honest. None of the main daemons are the classical archetypes we expect them to be. Maybe that's why they haven't turned and killed one another as strict canon dictates they should. It's also why, if Iggy was right last session, the whole "takeover" thing might actually work out.

>>35760531
It read like she basically said "go find some corsairs or exodites, just don't touch my craftworlds."

>>35760212

You mouth wordlessly for a second before actually deciding on what to say. <Let’s worry about that in a minute. I need to know why the Mechanicus are involved. It has to be somehow related to my “inner turmoil” as Isha put it.>

<If you’re sssure you’re ready, jusssst focus.>

After redirecting multiple trains of thought into a station, you focus on the sound of the Tech Priest’s voice. This time you materialize in a surgical room, more specifically an isolation bay. A small human girl, no more than twelve years of age, is strapped down to a flat, steel table. She’s screaming for her mother and trying desperately to escape her bonds. Looking carefully, you notice said restraints are already cutting into her skin and causing her to bleed.

##Begin Experiment 44521.A: Subject is a twelve year old female from Iocanthus. Her gene sequence is within acceptable range for the Sororitas - No signs of any corruption or insanity. Subject will be subjected to Strain X7 for twelve seconds.##

The same mechanical voice as before echos throughout the room before it begins to fill with a green gas. The girl screams and flails even harder to no avail as it fills her lungs. After the aforementioned time passes, fans kick in and clear the room of the foul chemical.

##No immediate sign of corruption. Vitals within acceptable parameters.##

Another voice speaks in the background, less devoid of emotion. ##For an Agri World child she is holding up remarkably well. How did we acquire her again?##

The first voice turns softens as you assume the Tech Priest turns away from the vox. ##The Planetary Governor was falling to meet the tithe properly. Her daughter was taken as recompense and as a reminder not to fail in the future.##

(cont)

>>35760847

##I see. Look there! Her skin’s already bubbling!##

True to the man’s word, the child’s skin is beginning to erupt in massive boils and rot. If you thought she was screaming before, this is something else entirely. For some reason, it deeply unnerves you. And it shouldn’t. This is supposed to be the best part. You’d recognize the effects of Nurgle’s Rot anywhere.

##Subject is beginning to display expected symptoms. Inoculation Gamma will now be introduced.##

A servo arm descends from the ceiling and plunges a needle into the girl’s arm. It dispenses every bit of the blue liquid inside before withdrawing. Minutes pass, the human’s condition worsening all the while. Finally the Tech Priest in charge of running the log remarks, ##Gamma shown to be ineffective in stopping the taint. Subject will be terminated as per protocol.##

Just as flammers built into the walls of the room spark to life, you hear the other man say one thing: ##Rest in peace. May the Omnissiah save your soul, little Acer-##

And then you’re back in the void with Sytili again.

> [1] End the link. I need to hurl.
> [2] Remain silent.
> [3] Write in

>>35760862
> [2] Remain silent.

>>35760862
>[3] Fuck you bastards. I'll KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!!

Nobody torments our ara-ara waifu, nobody.

>>35760862
>[2] Remain silent.
Uh, why would she need to hurl from seeing something she does all the time?

>>35760862
>[3] Write in
>Roll WP not to vomit

>>35760932
Because it's her, of course.

>>35760932
Because that was herself, and her forgotten trauma.

>>35760932
Because that's HER.

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>>35760862
>##Rest in peace. May the Omnissiah save your soul, little Acer-##

I think I fucked up guys. My bad.

>>35760985
>>35760983
>>35760979
I'm not sure how much you could call that "her" with the demonic transformation and all. And it still doesn't really explain it.

>>35761024
Techpriests took a kid and pumped her full of so many diseases that she became a daemon. It's disturbing because it's her most horrifying memory of when she wasn't a daemon. What's not to get?

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>>35761024

Well besides the fact she should be spewing things more often as a Nurgle daemon, this passage should help explain. It's all basically mental trauma that she forgot either out of convenience or because she had to. I guess we'll see.

I think [2] wins. Writing...

>>35761111
That it would still disturb her as a plaque demon who does that on a daily basis.

>>35760862

It’s all starting to come together. You always knew that some plaguebearers came from Nurgle’s favorite disease but you hadn’t ever considered you were one of them. Why would you? Before now you had no memories prior to waking up in your flower. Those that were once mortal always had some aspect of their past life carry over - something you had to help the ones on your moon come to terms with more often than not. Of course given what you just saw…

<...It’sss no wonder you repressssssed it,> finishes Sytili. Oh right, she’s here. <I think that’ssss enough for now…>

The cafeteria winks back into existence around you. It’s a good thing you were already sitting. “How am I supposed to tell the others…” you start, only to be cut off by the zoanthrope.

“Don’t. Or leave partssss out. Doesss it really matter if you were once human? Ssssure, it explainssss why you have ssssuch a motherly inclination, but it doesss not affect who you are now.”

What she says makes sense. A child corrupted at that age would either go entirely insane or try to compensate for what they never had. What better way to make sure no one else shared your fate than to be both the corrupter and the actually-present maternal figure?

“I suppose you’re right. It’s just… a lot to take in.” To say the least.

“My my, I think ssssomeone needsss a hug.” You both look at one another in confusion as soon as the words are out of Sytili’s mouth.

“Did you just…”

“It sssseemssss ssso.”

> [1] You’re taking that hug and squeezing her right back.
> [2] Wave off the hug for now
> [3] Ara ara her
> [4] Write in

>>35761520
> [1] You’re taking that hug and squeezing her right back.
Hugs for bugs.

>>35761520
> [1] You’re taking that hug and squeezing her right back.
Daww

>>35761520
>[3] Ara ara her
Our Ara meter is at an all-time low

>>35761520
>> [3] Ara ara her
Ara Ara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvnC4OFOgCQ

>>35761520
>[3] + [1]
Nothing like a good hug to start the Ara ara.

>>35761520
>> [3] Ara ara her

>>35761520
>> [3] Ara ara her

>>35761520
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy-rlITpiVc

>>35761520
>[3] Ara ara her

>>35761655
Why didn't you go to best ara ara~?>>35761581

>>35761520
>[3]
Ara aras are lewd.

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I'm getting the feeling there's some ara involved here.

Writing...

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>>35761681
Because you are objectively wrong about who is best ara ara.

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>>35761745
fite me irl

>>35761745
>>35761779
Ladies ladies your both ugly. Now can we stop fighting and just agree that Acrea is best ara ara~

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>>35761520

Despite everything that just happens, you giggle and mirror her statement. “My my, it seems someone got a little too close during the link.”

“Ssssso help me if I ssssstart calling my Gauntssss ‘Ssssweetie’ I’ll…”

You continue to beam as you reach out and give her a headpat. “It’s probably just temporary. I can still vaguely sense your flock myself.” It’s a half-truth. The only Tyranids you’re aware of are her and a Gaunt in the room below this one. “But even if it isn’t, I think it’s adorable~”

Sytili chitters again as you pat her chitin. “Tyranidssss are NOT adorable.”

“Awwww, of course you are!”

This continues for the next ten or so minutes until the Zoanthrope finally just falls silent under your constant barrage of teasing ara’s. It’s only long after you stop that she remarks, “Feeling better then?”

“Considerably. Thank you.”

“Tell no one thissss happened.”

“I’m supposed to say that, silly.”

Another chitter. You’ll take that as a tacit agreement. It was rather kind of her to let you vent like that either way. Especially since you’ve only just met in the grand scheme of things.

Now that that’s out of the way (hopefully) you can focus on other matters.

> [1] Go help Sytili and her ‘nids settle in
> [2] Go check on Cinder and Iggy
> [3] Try to get a hold of the Raptor so they can start bringing over some of your plants
> [4] Write in

At 1.5 ara ara's a minute, I approximate Sytili endured twenty ara's.

>>35761812
Hospitaller-san is best ara ara~

>>35761913
>[1] Go help Sytili and her ‘nids settle in

>>35761913
>just happens

Ara ara, the QM's lost control over his tenses

>>35761913
>> [3] Try to get a hold of the Raptor so they can start bringing over some of your plants
We need to liven this place up.

>>35761913
[1] Go help Sytili and her ‘nids settle in

>>35761913
Choose 4!!!
Ara ara ara ara!!!!!!!~

>>35761913
>[2] We need to make progress with our buddies knowing our goals.

>>35761913
>[3] Try to get a hold of the Raptor so they can start bringing over some of your plants

>>35761913
>> [1] Go help Sytili and her ‘nids settle in
Ara Ara~, that's a lot of Aras.

>>35761913
>> [3] Try to get a hold of the Raptor so they can start bringing over some of your plants
I'm sure the others could hold down fort for a while...who am I kidding.

>>35761913
>[3]

Twenty whole aras? Those are some dangerous levels.

>>35761913
>> [1] Go help Sytili and her ‘nids settle in

Well I guess you can do [3] while [1] goes on in the background.

Writing...

>>35762114

Ara ara, too many aras.

>>35762114
Ara Ara, you lost your trip.

>>35762114
So, you playing the drinking game?

>>35762133
Ara ara ara, ara ara? Ara.

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>>35762190
Ara!

>>35762190
~

>>35761913

“Well, let’s go make sure your flock’s settling in alright. Plus I want to make sure there’s room for my new garden~”

“Sssspeaking of, I imagine that will be our main food sssource between sssstopsss. I trusssst that won’t be an issssssue?”

Your right hand comes to cup the side of your face. “Not at all~! In fact I’m glad it’ll be put to good use. My garden on the Raptor was avoided like the plague. Which is a shame because the plague isn’t all that bad.”

Sytili begins to float out of the cafeteria with you in tow. “You may want to check with Ssssinder before my ssstock getsssss too hooked on your biomasssss. Sssshe made it ssssound like sssshe expectsss ssstrains that favor her brand of Chaossss.”

“Hrm… I can’t imagine we’ll have acid-spewing Tyranids overnight but you’re correct. She did seem to have a few ideas in mind. But you know… she does have these blood pits where mortals willingly kill themselves over on the Raptor. Maybe we can either put hers there or bring the meat over here.”

“Either would be fine.”

By now the pair of you are walking into the outer edge of the Tyranid’s influence. Biological wonders abound, much to your delight. “Wonderful~. I’ll just call the Raptor up then and see what I can do. No sense bothering Cinder with the small details.’

“I’ll make ssssure you don’t run into any wallssss.” Adorable.

You tap at your microbead and try to raise Proditus. “Mister Brass Herald? It’s Acerea, how are you?”

“O-oh! Uh hello Acerea. What can I do for you?” The mortal sounds relieved beyond belief.

> [1] I need my plants
> [2] I need my plants AND the arena meat
> [3] I need my plants but I’m replacing them with 'nids

>>35762503
> [3] I need my plants but I’m replacing them with 'nids
Let the other 'nids stay on the Raptor, we want the better nids over here.

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>>35762190

Ack Ack?

>>35762503
>> [2] I need my plants AND the arena meat

>>35762503

>>35762503
>[2] I need my plants AND the arena meat

>>35762503
I'd like my plants brought over, and the people bringing them too please~ be a dear and get on that, would you? I'd hate to have to bring you along to feed my new pets, that'd make Cindy sad, such a shame ara~

>>35762503

How hard would setting up regular deliveries between the ships?

>>35762590

You'd run into a problem on the longer Warp jumps. Plus there might be difficulties in keeping the meat fresh. Entirely possible though!

>>35762503
>[2] I need my plants AND the arena meat
We set up a second arena on this ship. For those that distinguish themselves on the raptor.

>>35762642

couldn't we use the OE's STC builder to make a massive freezer unit which can be fitted into a shuttle? That or mass quantities of salt...

>>35762704

Oh hey look, you just avoided an Int roll in the future.

I think [2] is the general idea, writing...

>>35761913
>“Ssssso help me if I ssssstart calling my Gauntssss ‘Ssssweetie’ I’ll…

Now I REALLY want Plague Nids.

No were going to have some strains for khorne and some for nurgle? Is birdy going to get in on the action too? And what of their leader, some sort of chaos united, minus slaanesh?

>>35762758

Does Sytili have full control over the bio-pools and what spawns from them?
If any other Synapse creature is created from Sytili's swarm, will they be under her control, or does it change?
What is the largest Nid creature that can feasibly be spawned and maintained at the moment?

>>35762892
I'd be fine giving the whole Nid force to Acerea.

Though maybe Best Bird should do some mentoring to the Zoenthrope, given she is a pskyer and all.

>>35762943
nid swarms split up on occasion. currently its "general chaos". if we work on all three together while focusing on rapid quantity increases then we could probably end up cultivating all three kinds. some khornish nids, some nurglich nids, and some tzenechian nids.

>>35763066
I just want Sytili to go all dere.

>>35762503

“My, someone sounds like they’re glad I’m not another daemon. Do you want to talk about it?”

“N-No! I mean yes I mean…”

You giggle and wink at Sytili as she looks at you in confusion. “Calm down, honey. Tell me about it in a bit. For now I need you to have some work crews retrieve some plants for me.”

“F-f-from the biodeck?!”

“That is where my plants are, silly.”

“I uh… okay…”

“Oh and use whatever room you have left on the shuttles for meat from the arena.”

“...W-why?”

“Because otherwise I’ll have to send the Tyranids over there~”

He eeps and chokes on his own phlegm. Poor guy. “N-no we don’t want those! But I should tell Captain Tigurius…”

“Oh? He’s a Captain now?”

“Yeah… Cinder promoted him.”

> [1] Ara ara
> [2] Ufufufu

I've doomed us all

>>35762913
I'm handwaving it that basically she's the start of a new swarm. They gotta start somewhere. As such the more biomass you throw in there the bigger things come out. Right now you're limited to things genestealer-size at maximum.

>>35763109
>[2] Ufufufu
A balanced diet of Ara Aras and Ufufufus.

>>35763109
> [1] Ara ara
> [2] Ufufufu
Why not Both?

>>35763109
>> [1] Ara ara

>>35763109
> [1] Ara ara

Stop saying both. They're mutually exclusive.

>>35763150

Proditus' mind would explode. Only one or the other.

Tis a silly poll anyways

>>35763109
>> [1] Ara ara

>>35763109
> [2] Ufufufu
This appeals to me more primaly than ara aras do.

>>35763283
what does that even mean?

>>35763109
>> [1] Ara ara
>> [2] Ufufufu
Both. Definitely. Yes.

>>35763327
see >
this is a just for fun vote on a silly thing as per >35763173
on a purely emotional level, I find ufufufu-ing acera to be more suitable here.

>>35763414
We'd end up killing the poor man as per>>35763173

>>35761520
You know, my first instinct when hearing this story was to think that acera is descendant from the plague the little girl (called acera as well) was infected with.
A king of "alex mercer" thing from prototype where the virus falsely assumes itself to be alex mercer because that was the first human whose memories and body it consumed, at a time when it had no memories of its own yet.
Perhaps related to the failed serum that was given to try to cure her.

>>35763109

“Ara, I wonder what made her decide on him. He deserves it though.”

“Yeah… I just wish she’d stop yelling at me…” Well that came out of nowhere.

“Oh honey, she just wants you to stop being bad at your job, that’s all.” Motherly you may be, but there’s this thing called tough love.

“I… what…”

“Just think about it for me, okay? Also tell the Captain we’ll be outfitting his shuttles with some upgrades while they’re over here.”

Now he just sounds defeated and sullen, “...Sure.”

“Thank you dear~”

Sytili shakes her head as you do the same. “Humanssss, utterly usssselesss except assss food.”

“Oh I don’t know. Sometimes they can surprise you. Anyways…”

You spend the next couple of hours planning out how the Tyranids will expand across Deck Eleven and Deck Twelve. In the end it’s determined that you’ll have your main garden on 11 for the Nurgle strain and use 12 for the Khornate one. This decision is largely influenced by the fact Deck 12 is just one deck up from two secondary shuttle bays, making the logistics of meat handling a breeze. Once the swarm gets large enough to warrant more space, Sytili and you will revisit the issue.

For now she seems rather tired. You decide it best to let her get some sleep.

> [1] Check in on Cinder and Iggy
> [2] Remain down with Sytili and your garden-to-be until someone needs you

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>>35763439
Well, it would be pretty funny. And it's not like he's very good at his job.

>>35763516
>> [1] Check in on Cinder and Iggy

>>35763516
> [2] Remain down with Sytili and your garden-to-be until someone needs you

Let Sytili sleep on your lap. Whisper dark moe heresies into her ear.

>>35763516
>[1] Check in on Cinder and Iggy

>>35763554
HNNNGGG

>>35763516

Oh god, does EVERYONE Cinder bullies ends up loving her in some fashion or another?

Anyway

> [1] Check in on Cinder and Iggy
Find them doing lewd things to each other.
Headpatting and tail/hornstroking oh my~

>>35763516
2, get COMFY

>>35763516
>> [1] Check in on Cinder and Iggy

>>35763516
> [2] Remain down with Sytili and your garden-to-be until someone needs you

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Well this took a turn. See what happens when you ara too hard?

>>35763615
Ara ara~

>>35763516
>but there’s this thing called tough love.
this sounds more like kicking a dog while he is down.

>>35763516
>[1] Check in on Cinder and Iggy

>>35763516
no tzenech nids?
tzenids?

>>35763516
>[1] Check in on Cinder and Iggy

>>35763629

Compared to how Cinder talks to him that's like praise.

>>35763649

We need more synapse creatures before that can happen.

>>35763672
cinder is always angry at everyone so he expects it from her
we are motherly, so coming from us it actually hurts.

[1] it is. Writing...

>>35763672
WEEEEEEEELLLL does that means that somewhere down the line we may see Sytili evole into a bigger synapse creature? What's the next step in their ranking anyway? Hive Tyrant? then what?
>You are now imagining a MILF Tyrant Sytily

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>>35763751
Getting corrupted by Acerea is definately MILF route and Cinder is just plain soldier route.

So what's Ignitrix's corruption route? Nerdy Nid?

>>35763751

Zoanthropes don't really go anywhere besides specializing into things like Biothropes. AFAIK anyways

NOW THAT SAID, I would totally be okay if the influence of Chaos meant she ended up some unholy Zoanthrope/Hive Prime hybrid. It'd have the psychic stuff for Tzeentch, warrior stuff for Khorne, and acid stuff for Nurgle.

>>35763814
I'm very ok with that.

You know, this brings the total number of demons in Cinder's squad who used to be human to two. Makes me wonder if Cinder's soul wasn't borne from the hate and rage of a single mortal soul amongst those thousands killed by Inquisitor Gaelos.

>>35763516

It’s been close to 24 hours since you last saw or heard from your daemon friends. A quick question to the Engine’s computer tells you that they’re up in their quarters. It doesn’t take you long to find your way up there, even after taking the long way around to make sure the incoming shuttles from the Raptor are handled properly.

Once there, you come across an odd sight: Ignitrix is hugging Cinder and crying in the middle of the corridor. Beside her floats a little stuffed Blood Dragon complete with tiny skulls and all. The Bloodthirster doesn’t seem to know how to respond, standing there awkwardly with her arms half-raised. Her tail wag tells you all need to to know regardless.

> [1] Let the “sisters” be. You’ll come back in a bit.
> [2] Ara ara, what do we have here?
> [3] Write in

>>35763942
>> [2] Ara ara, what do we have here?
This completely seems like something she'd do.

>>35763942
> [1] Let the “sisters” be. You’ll come back in a bit.

Don't ruin the moment.

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>>35763942
>[2] Ara ara, what do we have here?

>>35763942
> [2] Ara ara, what do we have here?

>>35763942
>> [2] Ara ara, what do we have here?
All these feels man.

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>>35763942

Oh my~

Lewdocity~

>Feel slightly jealous that you get left out
>But then secretly plot to involve yourself in the Lewds, sisters indeed ufufufu~

>>35763942
> [1] Let the “sisters” be. You’ll come back in a bit.
Don't ruin the moment, Ace.

>>35763942

>[1]

>>35764004
>All these feels man.

We start off with GRIMDARK and somehow end up at cute daemons doing cute things. Clearly this is the power of the ara~. Nurgle would be pleased.

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Does anyone else want to know the face Tzeentch and Khorne would have in response to their preferred heirs / favorite daughters doing Lewd things in Lewd Places with Lewd Emotions?

>>35763942
>Take a picture

>>35763942
>3 Just smile and wait for them to notice you.
We aren't interrupting, but we still get to talk to them.

>>35764046

It's made better because it still remains Grimdark.

I mean, We got Shortstack of Change over there hugging FemDiablo inside of a thirty thousand+ year old ship they just liberated from a couple tens of thousands of horrible Aliens on the edge of a Black Hole.

>>35764060

Pretty sure he'll overlook it, He doesn't really like Tzeentch, but he doesn't hate him with the passion of a billion exploding stars like he does THAT ASSHOLE.

>>35764060
Slaanesh does not own all lewdness, my friend.

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>>35764095

Tzeentch would fucking love it.

"Chaos Undivided" indeed!

Now if only Nurglette would embrace the Lewds and that faggot Slaanesh would go die under a rock to maintain the purity of it.

>>35764113

Is..is that Ignitrix?

The book should be titled "Cinder's Battle Pictures" and be made solely of pictures of her in the Bloodbath and surrounded by freshly maimed corpses in a ripped and torn Inquisitor's Garb

>>35763942
>> [2] Ara ara, what do we have here?

I think [2] barely wins.

Writing...

>>35764141

IIRC it was something Decu did but just never got added to the art links for some reason.

>>35764114
What if we replace Slaanesh with Sytili?

Nids are all about perfection. We just get rid of the baggage that the Eldar's hedonism brought with them.

>>35764198

Yes.

This is perfect.

>>35764198
Corrupt all of the nids with our three brands of chaos, and they go forth to devour all the slaanesh, everywhere. Even in the warp.

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>>35764198
You sir, have just won the internet.

>>35763942

The scene is so adorable that you can’t resist commenting on it while blushing. “My my, what do we have here?”

Immediately Ignitrix goes into a coughing fit and disengages from Cinder. Along the way we snatches the stuffed animal from the air and clutches it tightly to her chest. Cinder herself chuckles and turns towards you. “Apparently it’s Iggy’s birthday today. I don’t really understand the concept of mortals celebrating being closer to death in such a fashion, but the computer told me one usually is expected to give a gift. So I…”

“So she made me this,” mumbles the Lady of Change. Her face is more red than Cinder’s skin. “Apparently she’s not just a stupid brute…”

That’s Ignitrix for you. In denial to the end. You smile warmly at her and lather your words in motherly affection. “I see~. Did you give her headpats as well, Cinder?”

“ACEREA!” whines Ignitrix. She looks like she wants nothing more than to become one with the deckplates but you know she’s loving the attention.

“You know come to think of it, no,” remarks Cinder. The Bloodthirster immediately applies the palm of her hand to the top of Ignitrix’s head. “She was too busy thanking me for actually caring enough to get her something.”

“Awwww~”

The Lady of Change struggles to get free. “Mrmhpm… I-It’s only because I haven’t gotten something in centuries and I’ve always hated my birthday and…”

> [1] Go help apply headpats
> [2] Wink and tell her you’ll be right back with her present
> [3] Write in

>>35764493
>Along the way we

How the fuck did that happen GDocs. She*

>>35764493
>[2] Wink and tell her you’ll be right back with her present

>>35764493
>> [1] Go help apply headpats

>>35764493
> [1] Go help apply headpats
Then
> [2] Wink and tell her you’ll be right back with her present

>>35764493
> [2] Wink and tell her you’ll be right back with her present
After you are out of their sight, panic and look for or make a present

>>35764493
> [2] Wink and tell her you’ll be right back with her present

So about that present...

> [1] Awesome hat
> [2] Stuffed Cinder Doll
> [3] Living Chess Board (made of plants)
> [4] Write in

>>35764706
>> [1] Awesome hat
Hats are srs business

>>35764706
>[1] Awesome hat.

>>35764706
> [3] Living Chess Board (made of plants)

>>35764706
> [2] Stuffed Cinder Doll
All of my keks

>>35764825
Everything in my body is telling me to second this

>>35764706
>> [1] Awesome hat
It has to be mind blowing. Like, mortals would have their thinking meats coming out their ears should they try to wear it mind blowing.

>>35764706
> [2] Stuffed Cinder Doll

With a mischievous expression.

>>35764706

None of them.

>Stuffed Cinder Doll dressed as an Inquisitor with an Awesome Hat
>And it's tail has a mini-chain connected to a chibi Acolyte-Ignitrix

>>35764868
That's a little too complex.

>>35764706

> [2]

"Ara ara, now you can hug her whenever you want and even have her fight the dragon!"

>>35764857

Quick, find a picture of such a hat

I want to give her an ever-lasting Flower she can put in her hair that changes color constantly.

why did we spoil that scene?
we should have mimed for cinder to headpat her while she cried.

ah well.

It occurs to me that merely feeding nids those who died in battle might not be exactly what we want to get them to become khornish. Merely prevent them from becoming nurglich through their diet.
They should actually fight. maybe do a lot of internal combat to survive? send off some baby nids to participate in the arena while they are still small and its a somewhat fair fight (enough for people to be willing to fight them)

Stuffed Cinder Doll it is.

I think I'll add >>35764890 just because it's a nice extra and consistent with Acerea.

Writing...

>>35764890
That'd be neat, but likely takes too much time and effort for now.

>>35764979
Or not >>35764976

>>35764979

Warp shenanigans.

Let's make sure the doll is durable too, in case she wants to vent frustrations at it instead of hugs.

Does nurgle allow non poisonous flowers?

... actually a readily available source of poison might be quite a pragmatic gift for a bringer of change. As long as it can be controlled. Maybe if it is a non fatal poison?

>>35765063
I don't think poison is a hard rule for the workings of nurgle.

You're thinking of australia.

>>35765054
Every time it is hugged with sufficient intensity, it plays a recording of a trade-marked Cinder quote.
What will these quotes be?

>>35765224
>Blood for the Blood God.
>Skull for the Skull Throne.
>Small Horn is small time.
>KYAAAH KHORNE-SENPAI!
And some others

Hey, do y'all think Cinder was originally Tiger's mom?

>>35765259
>I captured it for Chaos!

>>35765272
> slap

>>35764493

You wink at Cinder and speak over Ignitrix’s rambling. “I understand, sweetie. But I do have to apologize! I left your gift down in the Garden. Do you mind waiting?”

“N-No…” The Lady of Change shoots a furtive glance at Cinder, whose tail is still wagging. “You don’t have to get me anything though...” She’s being sincere best you can tell.

“Shhh. Had I known I would have had something prepared. Just give me a bit, okay~?” With that you back up around the corner. Lingering just for a moment, you hear the bird sniff and then eep.

It takes you perhaps an hour to make the round trip. Along the way you work with Sytili and the computer to come up with two presents. The first is a stuffed doll, more specifically one of Cinder herself. The second is a flower from your garden, one that is self-sustaining and perpetually changes color. Both in hand, you once again make some noise before rounding the bend. The two daemons are much as you left them, though they’ve brought out chairs into the hallway.

“Sweets too? My, someone’s getting spoiled~” you tease as you finally join them. Between bites, you offer out the doll and the flower. “I thought she would be the perfect companion for that Blood Dragon. And this way Cinder doesn’t even have to be around for you to hug her~”

Ignitrix carefully takes the doll like one would a baby and nuzzles against it. This time it’s Cinder who goes a deeper shade of red. Afterwards the Lady of Change turns to the flower and raises an eyebrow. “What about the flower?”

“A clipping from my garden. It will never die and constantly changes color. I figured the constant change might be something you’d enjoy.”

“That’s… actually really thoughtful…” She immediately fashions it to sit alongside her chaos-themed headwear before looking at the pair of you with watery eyes. “T-T-Thank you both, I… I...”

(cont)

>>35765348

Her wings flutter, then she dives into her room while mumbling something incomprehensible. Poor thing must have finally had too much. Cinder simply chuckles and offers out Ignitrix’s vacated seat. “Well that should keep her happy for a good long while. Since you’re here, how is our Tyranid friend doing?”

> [1] No complaints! And we even figured out how to keep a strain separate for you to corrupt!
> [2] Why not come down and see?
> [3] Well there was a bit of trouble earlier, but you don’t need to worry
> [4] Write in

>>35765368
>> [1] No complaints! And we even figured out how to keep a strain separate for you to corrupt!

>>35765348

A few sentences got eaten. There should be this after >chairs in the hallway:

> The remnants of a cake lie off to the side of the pair, out of the way. There's enough leftover should you really want a piece.

>>35765368
>> [2] Why not come down and see?
Show her the new Khornate nids. She will love it.

>>35765368
> [2] Why not come down and see?

>>35765368
> [1] No complaints! And we even figured out how to keep a strain separate for you to corrupt!

And we say this with our mouth full of cake >>35765408

We'll pick up with some combination of [1] and [2] next time in KQ #15. 3am, Gdocs being dumb, and all that

I know it was a shorter session content-wise but we covered what needed to be covered. Hopefully this gives Acerea the depth she needed and provided the rollercoaster of emotions the threads usually do.

Q&A as usual.

>>35765635

How lewd is the lewd between Lewdthirster and Lady of Lewd?

>>35765732
Not lewd in the slightest.

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>>35765752

You bring great darkness upon us all.

You are a horrible person.

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>>35765758
Worth it.

>>35765780

I curse you with Lacklewd.

You will never know personal Lewd.

The Lewd is lost to you.

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>>35765732

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>>35765819

>>35765635
I thought the Mechanicus part was dumb and angsty.

>>35766056
Like, a character doesn't need a tragic backstory to be complex. Since this is like the third tragic backstory you've put into the quest, it's starting to get a little old. I was fine with her being a plain old moon gardener, but then Acerea was a woman, and then she was a plaguewoman, or maybe she was just a plague, but she was still Acerea? Also, slective amnesia is one of the worst plot devices in that it is overused and nonsensical.

>>35766056
I thought it was humanizing in a traditionally 40K grimdark sort of a way. A little reminder that of the individual and how they suffer and all of that.

>>35766141
Third tragic backstory? How do count that? This is the first I find genuinely tragic.

>>35766141

Sytili made the excellent point that it doesn't affect who she is now. Maybe it provides context but it doesn't suddenly mean she's any less the Acerea we know. As for the amnesia or mental block or whatever you want to call it, such things are pretty well covered as being an actual part of Nurgle's Rot.

>>35766141
Besides, who cares about the past? This backstory was useless except for a vague goal of "Hey, go chat up some Eldars or kill them or whatever." We didn't get to use this information from our past to affect the present at all, in fact, the only thing we got to do in the present was make some presents for the Main Character's best friend.

Unless there is another Nurglette oneshot or Acerea suddenly brings up her plan to convert some Eldar to Cinder and Ignitrix (which is probably how this plan should've been conveyed to the players), it seems like this plan will either take a lot of threads to develop, what with Acerea's introverted nature, or be the players' next priority because they can never not metagame and utilize information the MC (Cinder) does not have..

Also, where was the "Tactical Gardening Action"? All we got to do was make gifts and move tyranids around. This oneshot wasn't actiony, it was full of crying and hugging. I expected us to at least START corrupting the Blood Ravens' geneseed and their battle barge too.

>>35766319
Basically, Nurglette oneshot came about too early to be as good as it could have been, and we should have instead focused on Cinder presenting her gift to Iggy and the ensuing reaction.

>>35766319
>Acerea suddenly brings up her plan to convert some Eldar to Cinder and Ignitrix
And that's what's great about this whole thread.

There is now a canon reason why our Chaos Ranger squad will never include Slaaneshis.

I don't care what anybody thinks, this was masterfully handled on your part ELH. Bravo.

>>35766319
>Acerea's introverted nature

You've pointed out the cause of 90% of what you've complained about. She's simply NOT the extroverts the other two MCs are. This wasn't about actually moving the story along so much as giving us a chance to see behind the ara. If anything I'm amazed she opened up THAT much to a relative stranger and a tyranid to boot.

Also not every oneshot needs to satisfy some quota of action or reach so many milestones. Hell there are quests that literally spend entire threads on a single conversation.

>>35766359
In fact, can KQ #15 start where it would have originally started if not for Nurglette oneshot? I'd much rather read about the two characters who are actually interesting than read about the one whose only claim to fame is that she has a tragic backstory which makes her act like an anime archetype all the time.

>>35766464

Fuck off Vaelys. Or start saging your posts.

>>35766442
>This wasn't about actually moving the story along so much as giving us a chance to see behind the ara.
And seeing what made her tick made no sense.

>"I act like a mother because I never had one!"
HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT WORK?

>"Dur, my memories must've rotted 'cuz Nurgle!"
THEN HOW WERE THEY ABLE TO DREDGE THEM BACK UP?

>"I like rot except when it happens to me!"
GEE, WHAT A HYPOCRITE.

Well, I'm looking forward to the next KQ, and sincerely hope it doesn't have more of the dumbest plot-points borrowed from Final Fantasy 7 in it. Though seeing how this oneshot went, I should probably despair that everyone will be getting a tragic backstory where thew Imperium shot their dog.

>>35766648
I think you're just being a bitch right now.

>>35766672
Yep, total bitch

>>35766572
You too

>>35766672
One of the dogs was a bitch, and it was also pregnant, which is why Cultist Johnny decided to follow Cinder across the galaxy to enact his revenge upon the Imperium.

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>>35766693

>Being this butthurt

>>35766701
One girl's doggy got raped, sodomized, and murdered by a guardsman, which is why she became Slaaneshi whore to inflict even worse pain on that guardsman.

>>35766723
You are completely assravaged.

>>35766648
>>35766686
>>35766693
What is with /tg/ today? I swear, in every other thread I've come across there is exactly ONE anon who just pisses and moans about everything. Literally everything.

I can't tell if there is something weird going on on the webs that I'm not aware of or if there is just one person out there with more sand in their vagina than the Saharan Desert. I mean, honestly.

>>35766733
Hey, all I've done is discover ELH's method to writing complex characters: giving them unnecessarily tragic backstories and then exploiting a character trait like "TSUNTSUN" or "ARA ARA~"

>>35766757
Uh dude, the only "tragic backstory" is Acerea, and that was short, simple and entirely reasonable for her character.

Now you can make the case that she isn't that complicated, and that'd be mostly right, but it's not like she lacks the capacity for depth at all. Nurgles bunch just tend to be simple, so far as I can tell.

Maybe you should just... find some other quest to pay attention to?

>>35766837
Nurgle cults are born out of trauma, hopelessness and despair. If anything, this made acreaquest rather canonical. Complaining about tragic backstories of nurgle worshippers basically means someone's being a clueless faggot.

>>35766837
>Nurgles bunch just tend to be simple

Pretty much.

"Are you loving life and having fun? Yes? Cool. Keep doing that."

Also this: >>35766854. Nurgle is HUGELY about finding hope in decay and corruption.

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>>35766757
No really, you were the same anon on /wst/ earlier who tried to tell everyone that the author of LCB was complete shit aren't you? You use a similar syntax and level of butthurt.

In any case, nobody cares that you don't want anyone to have fun, or that you think everything everyone likes is terrible. I know you won't stop posting because I ask you to, but I feel I ought to let you know you're wasting your time.

So.... Sytili Oneshot when?

I'm calling born alone on the Hulk...And was never a Human at any point...

>>35766745
I just disagree with ELH's idea that Acerea needs to be made more complex than she already is with a hamfisted backstory that was already taken care of with "Oh, I was born on a moon and immediately went to tend to Nurgle's garden." The Mechanicus story where she got plagued to death and rebirth (how?) just made her origins weird and confusing.

>>35766868

Considering Zoanthropes aren't formed from humans the second part's at least right.

As for how she got on the Hulk it could be literally anything. Born there, remnant of another fleet, came from another ship, you name it.

>>35766876
Simple really:
Magos Biologus was looking for a cure for nurgle's rot. Ended up making a fuck ton of nurgle daemons by accident instead, because of inadequate purification protocols.

>>35766894
This. I have no idea where weird and confusing come from.

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>>35766894
Way to put it in a nutshell. The astounding ineptitude of the Cult Mechanicus shows itself once more.

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>>35766904
>"My origins are rather simplistic actually. There’s a moon elsewhere in the Calixis sector that just happens to intersect with a Warp Storm. A small one, but enough that it corrupted the moon utterly.”
>a Warp Storm

>>35766929
And? The origin of the corruption presence and the point of manifestation doesn't have to be the same spot.

>>35766943
Speak in layman's terms, please.

>>35766943
I don't see her telling the truth to other daemons anyway, even after she remembers it. That'd be daft, especially with a confidante still outside the current daemon-powerstructure.

>>35766950
The dude's saying that those aren't mutually exclusive. Acerea gets a nice introduction to Nurgle's disease at the same time a warp storm goes by, and by their power's combined, she becomes a daemon.

>>35766943
Okay, so the warp storm was going on already, and the techpriests were trying to fix it, so they experimented on a little girl, which backfired FOR SOME REASON despite all the safety measures taken, and then the little girl became a plague monster instead of y'know, dying, because Nurgle loves turning little girls into busty, voluptuous women. Why did she get elevated if the warp storm was already spreading across the moon and wrecking people's shit?

>>35766950
Her mortal form died in Magos lab of Nurgle's Rot, and she was reborn in his garden in a venomous flower as a daemon. Then a plague swept across a backwater moon somewhere, causing enough of a disturbance to create a warp storm and draw her into the materium.

>>35766998
Why her though, what made her special?

>>35767013

Nothing. That's how Nurgle's Rot works. Unless they are completely destroyed they become a plaguebearer. The Warp Storm thing is just a bit of flavor to explain why a moon-sized Warp garden is in realspace

>>35766996
>FOR SOME REASON

MY EXPERIMENT WILL BE INFECTING TEST SUBJECTS WITH THE MOST VIRULENT, HERETICAL DISEASE IN THE GALAXY. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

...WHY ARE YOU PULLING OUT YOUR BOLT PISTOL, MILORD INQUISITOR?

>>35766996
>FOR SOME REASON

They worship a fucking toaster and have a vague idea of how engines work. How can you possibly be surprised by this?

>>35767022
Hm.

Well, Acerea better start worrying about her ranking as a plaguebearer, 'cuz that kid she fuckin' melted in Thread #3 might just overtake her.

Seriously, all this delving into her personal history strikes me as unnecessary and makes her origins less impressive, what with her being formed from a little girl who caught a plague.

This thread was a big waste of time, which could have been spent on doing more productive things, like tactically cultivating some Blood Ravens into being corrupted by Chaos or something fun, but no, instead what was focused on was Acerea's past that we already knew the important details of. Also, we didn't get to play as Cinder when she presented Iggy with her gift. All in all, a waste.

>>35767154
You just seem like you're on a dedicated trolling mission tonight.

Is it just me, or is /tg/ a lot more hostile tonight? Not just in this thread, but all over the place.

>>35766160
Why does a daemon need humanizing? Acerea is not human, and nothing that happened before she started life as a daemon should matter nor should it be mentioned, as it lessens her awesomeness as a daemon. The Mechanicus part was just grotesque and disturbing for the sake of elaborating on things that don't need it.

>>35767213
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3qj-R5oWYU
is pretty much why.

>>35767229
Because it makes for a better story.

>>35767229
>Acerea is not human, and nothing that happened before she started life as a daemon should matter nor should it be mentioned, as it lessens her awesomeness as a daemon.

Ignitrix would like a word.

Thank go we've hit sage

If I knew that this thread would be what we did instead of what OP said in the vote last thread then I would have voted very differently

>>35767248

I'dve voted twice as hard for this. Your tears are delicious.

>>35767242
Ignitrix earned her spot as a daemon through achieving something as a human, and thus, the deed of achieving daemonhood should be praised, not the human.

>>35767240
What, the rape gerbil thread? How the fuck did that turn /tg/ into a frothing board of butthurt and rage so intense Khorne himself would look upon it and think,"damn, now THIS is how I to spend my weekends off".

>>35767292
I know, right? I thought that thread was fucking funny, and I thought this quest was pretty neat. But, for some reason, the nerdrage is high today. Winter depression, maybe?

>>35767241
Not unless we get to fight the exact same Mechanicus who killed her, and the odds of that are very, very, very slim. Or maybe she would share with him the gift she received.

>>35767325
Also, it's debatable whether or not she would still be mad at him at this point.

>>35767310
Or one dedicated anti funner. That seems to be the case in Merc's quest right now also. Post times further support that theory.

>>35767347
Reading about a 12-year-old girl getting torn apart by the cells from a plague is fun to you?

>>35767363
Yes, yes it is. Problem?

>>35767375
Yes, indeedy.

>>35767386
>I get mental trauma from Hamlet

It was done tastefully and without being unnecessarily explicit, while still maintaining an impact. I liked it.

>>35767405
What impact did it have?

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>>35767347
To be honest, I'm one of the anons, bitching about how he completely blanked on our gunship in today's quest, but I feel that is a legitimate gripe with his handling of the thread.

Conversely, I am also one of the anons arguing that this Nurglette quest was pretty cool. We now have a reason to tell those Slaaneshi whores to go fuck themselves, and now have the possibility of Khornate/Tznetchian/Nurgle Eldar. I am OK with this.

Also hamsters have now conclusively been established as seriously evil little bastards, which is very true. Kill em all I say.

>>35767405
>implying Hamlet doesn't give everyone mental trauma
I jest, I jest

>>35767427
We already had a reason to tell those Slaaneshi whores to go fuck themselves: We don't like them.

All this thread really gave Acerea was a mission that she had to REMEMBER thanks to AMNESIA.

>>35767428
>Hilarity.
I like :D
>>35767425
It was an unpleasant moment, which the story needs. It can't be all kawaii and lulviolence, or it'd honestly get pretty boring pretty fast. A mechanicus fuck-up on this level both fits the setting nicely -and- provides a counterpoint in tone to other elements of the story. It also hints at a theme of this trio, perhaps, actually being daemon princes altogether, which may or may not be correct, and allows for speculation, which in turn maintains interest.
>>35767427
>Hamsters are evil
Fuck yes.