Epic Quotes and Moments (Current Operation)

Modified on Fri, 19 Feb 2016 02:12 by Administrator — Categorized as: Meta, OP08 - Unnamed Operation

(the GM is just about to start the first session of the adventure)
GM: Which brings us to-
Atellus: (whispering) Are you recording, by the way?
GM: Yes.
Atellus: Okay...because you didn't say so at the beginning and I was worried that we might miss some good quotes.
Stig: We never have good quotes.
GM: We never do.
GM: Please let me hit the first quote.

(Atellus and Nihilus reunite after seven years of separate ways on Atellus' inauguration "party")
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(after some catching up)
Atellus: Hey, you wanna go see Nuts?
Nihilus: (almost chokes on his food) What?!
Atellus: He's over there...
Nihilus: Why! Isn't! He! Dead! Yet?!

(Atellus has just walked up to Stig after seven years of going separate ways)
Stig: (cheefully as ever) Ah! Yes! Hammer!
(he steps up to him and touches his left shoulder with his hand and his right shoulder with his forehead)
Atellus: Good to see you to.
(a beat)
Atellus: What are you doing?
Stig: What?
Atellus: With the...shoulder and the...
Stig: Oh, ah, yes, a really interesting greeting from the...South...
(another beat)
Atellus: South of what?
Stig: They call themselves the South!


(Atellus' former inquisitor Arien Sunder just came up to Atellus to talk to him...naturally, Stig decided to barge in)
Stig: So, uh...my trusted friend Hammer must have told you all about me!
(a beat)
Sunder: (to Atellus) Hammer, eh?
Sunder: Well, he didn't tell me about that...
Stig: Well, it's pretty obvious why, isn't it?
Sunder: Not...necessarily...
Stig: So - didn't you see his hammer?

(Lord Inquisitor Caidin just walked up to the group and offered them each a drink)
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(in Caidin's office)
Caidin: So, what have you done with this book I gave you...
Caidin: ..did you get anything interesting from it?
(awkward silence)
Atellus: (whispering) Ich dachte wir sollten das mündlich machen...
Atellus: I have a player question.
GM: Yes?
Atellus: Book?

(a little later, talking about the Slaugth)
Caidin: I do have to admit, as much as I don't like it...
Caidin: That I really have no idea what the Slaugth are doing in all of this...

(talking about throwing Stig out of the window of Atellus' office - which is more of a porthole, really...)
Nihilus: I was just contemplating if Nuts' body would fit through the window...
Atellus: Does it?
GM: No...well, if you would squeeze the limbs then probably...
Atellus: (to the tune of Deck the Halls) Squeeze the limbs with blood and thunder,
Atellus: (to the tune of Deck the Halls) fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
(stunned silence)
Atellus: I don't know...

(the group is talking about a hotel to go to for the night)
Atellus: The Emperor's Light sounds nice, don't you agree?
Stig: Yes, indeed. The Emperor's light always sounds nice!
Atellus: I was talking about the hotel, actually.
Stig: Yes, I know. You can't hear light!
Stig: Duh.

(the Acolytes have spent the night in The Emperor's Light - an expensive hotel in Hive Sibellus, Scintilla)
GM: It's a beautiful morning in The Emperor's Light.
Stig: What a beautiful morning in The Emperor's Light!
GM: You're each in your respective rooms. Assuming you didn't...
Atellus: No.
Nihilus: No.
Nihilus: No matter how this sentence is ending - no.

(Nihilus is joining Atellus and Stig on a breakfast table)
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(talking over breakfast about visiting the Strophes)
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(a little later)
Atellus: Okay, uh, since we'll be here for at least some weeks - anything that you still wanna buy?
Atellus: I mean, we have our contact here and I think I can pull some stings as well...
Atellus: Equipment-wise, I mean.
Nihilus: Uhm, yes!
(he hesitates) Atellus: Well? Out with it.
Nihilus: Two Chimeras, two Aquila Landers and a Guncutter.
(a beat)
Atellus: A what, what and what?

(Atellus has just requisitioned two Chimeras with the Imperial Guard)
Elderly Front Desk Lady: Where do you need them? And when?
Atellus: In, like, two weeks or so should be fine.
Atellus: I need them on my ship. There will be a-
Elderly Front Desk Lady: And how am I supposed to get these APCs up to your ship, young man?

(Nihilus has just been handed the youngest member of the Strophes family - the 1-year-old Esme Strophes)
Julia Strophes: (beaming) Isn't she cute?
Nihilus: (frozen in place) Yes.
Stig: She's adorable!
Nihilus: Yes. Stig: Sweet, even!
(a beat)
Nihilus: Maybe?

(after Nihilus has revealed his new ability of regeneration)
Atellus: Player commentary: I feel like I'm the only guy who isn't fearless and regenerating.
GM: That might be because you are the only guy who isn't fearless or regenerating.

(catching up with Julia Strophes over dinner)
Julia Strophes: Well, so what is it you...you probably can't tell me what you do, right?
Stig: Oh, you know, going around, un-dooming stuff, that sort of thing...
Julia Strophes: Un-doom...is that a word?
Stig: (unisono) Yes of course!
Nihilus: (unisono) No!
Atellus: (unisono) We're still not sure.
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(talking with the Strophes about the carnival on Quaddis)
Stig: Of course, the part before is really great and you can go as a chicken, but...
Stig: After some time, everyone just starts killing each other.
Martius Strophes: Oh. Probably not a carnival for me, then...
Atellus: Yes. It's this...peak...of perverse decadence.
Stig: Didn't you meet your childhood friend there?

(talking about winning lots of money in Fate's Wheel by betting on Nihilus' fighting skills)
Atellus: We did that two times - after that we left for our own safety, because I think they thought that we were really cheating them.
Atellus: But we got a lot of money out of that.
Martius Strophes: Well, you must be some fighter.
Atellus: He actually is.
Nihilus: I have my moments.
Nihilus: A lot of them, actually.
Nihilus: At once.

(a player question)
Stig: By the way, what do they tell if anyone asks about Piety?
Stig: Are you just shot when you ask about Piety?
GM: Piety? What Piety? You must be mistaken - there is no Piety.
Stig: Ah. Okay.

(talking at the Strophes' about what they did the last seven years)
Atellus: I don't know about you, but I did a lot of work in the last years...
Stig: Well, I had my...training - but after that...
Stig: Oh! I have to tell you about the-
Atellus: (hopeful) No you already did!
Stig: No! I meant the sunset on Munsk when you're flying above the cloud layer - it's really rather nice!
(a beat)
Atellus: Yes.
Atellus: So, as I was saying, I had a lot of work.

(talking about the trades they're familiar with - besides un-dooming stuff)
Stig: But can you knit?
Atellus: No.
Stig: Me neither - we could learn together!
(a beat)
Atellus: I agree with you...
Atellus: However...
Atellus: I don't think...
Atellus: That...
Atellus: This...
Atellus: Particular skill...
Atellus: Would...
Atellus: Prove useful in many situations...
Atellus: Regarding Inquisitional work.
Stig: Well I can think of some!
Atellus: You have quite the imagination.
Stig: (undeterred) So, imagine that we have to pose as old ladies.
Stig: To infiltrate some circle of daemon-worshipping old ladies, and they are knitting all the time.
Stig: How are we going to fit in if we can't knit?

(Atellus has recently boarded the Cù Sìth again for the first time in seven years and is currently talking to Lucius Zephyr about the refit)
Zephyr: If you don't mind me asking, uhm...
Zephyr: Well, it's great what with all the...stuff we're getting...uhm...
Zephyr: Why are we getting all this stuff?
Atellus: Well...
Atellus: That's actually...
(...)
Atellus: I was given free hand with the refit, and I think this might be useful...
Zephyr: Well, that's...all nice and good, and don't get me wrong, I'm glad we have this...stuff...
Stig: Doesn't it need a lot of polishment, though? All the copper?
Zephyr: Well...the bridge is only online for a week, we polished it once and it's still shiny, so...
Zephyr: Getting back to my point...
Atellus: You mean what do we need it for?
Zephyr: I'm kind of afraid to ask...but...yes?
Atellus: Well, I want to be prepared for all possibilities...
Atellus: The...refit...however...
Zephyr: Look, captain?
Atellus: Yes?
Zephyr: Cut the crap.

(a little later, during the same conversation)
Atellus: As I was saying, the refit was ordered quite a long time ago.
Atellus: However, there is a mission in about four weeks approaching, which will hopefully take us to the Rubycon II system.
(a long beat)
Zephyr: Did you say hopefully?

(after briefing Zephyr about where they're planning to go - and promising him not to go through The Maw)
Atellus: You are dismissed.
Stig: (before he can leave) Uhm...but...in a...hypothetical situation...
Stig: Would there be any precaution one would need to take befoe flying into The May?
(a beat)
Zephyr: Bring your worldly affairs in order?

(talking to Leyden, the Cù Sìth's Enginseer Prime)
Leyden: Refit should be complete in approximately 2 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes, 13 seconds and 2.5587723728 milliseconds.
(a beat)
Atellus: Now was that referring to the point where you finished or where you started telling me the remaining time?

(Nihilus is catching up with Euphie again)
Euphie: So, how was the inauguration?
Nihilus: Short. I only blinked twice.
Euphie: (totally unsurprised) Oh, did you fall asleep?

(Atellus and Stig are giving Julia Strophes a tour of the Cù Sìth when they're meeting up with Nihilus, who has Euphie in tow)
Julia: (excited) Oh, who's that? Is that...
Nihilus: My scribe, yes.
Euphie: (audibly disappointed) Ah.

(Atellus is about to continue the tour)
Atellus: (to Euphie) I assume you will be joining us?
Euphie: Yes, yes...if that's okay...Nihilus invited me...
(Julia shoots Atellus a look that says "Yeah. Right. Scribe.")

(the tour enters the bridge)
Zephyr: (turning around and taking a long look at the group) Oh, having guests now, have we?
Zephyr: Well, welcome to the bridge.
Zephyr: Have a look around, make yourselves at home.
Zephyr: Don't mind me working.
(he turns around again)

(the tour has left their new archaeotech bridge again)
Stig: I hope it's battle-proven and experienced, not old and...well...old.
Stig: I mean, you can't have a machine spirit that goes like...
Stig: (impersonating a frail old man) Yes...yes...I will fire the macrobatteries...

(inside their new Refugatorium / Relaxatorium / Public Parcatorium / Zen Garden, the group is reminiscing about their mission on Sinophia's moon)
Atellus: I'm kind of...prejudiced (against mauve plants).
Nihilus: The plant intent on killing us was the red one.
Atellus: That is true.
Stig: What did that plant do?
Nihilus: Tried to eat me.
Nihilus: And it was your fault!
Stig: My fault?
Nihilus: Yes.
Stig: How so?
Atellus: Yes.
Stig: I can't even remember this!
Nihilus: Yes.
Atellus: That is the whole point.

(a little later)
Stig: Anyway, so - I can really see some interesting and fascinating plants growing (in here).
Nihilus: I can really see myself posting guards around this thing.

(Stig has just space-slipped into the Strophes' living room and almost got himself shot by Atellus)
Atellus: (putting away his bolters) Why.
Stig: Come on, it was funny!
Stig: You all thought I was going to use the teleportarium!
Stig: Which I didn't.
Atellus: Still. Why.
Stig: Because it was funny!
Stig: Aren't you listening?
Atellus: I almost shot you!
Stig: I very much doubt that you could've done much harm...

(Atellus has just requisitioned two Aquila Landers from the Inquisition)
Atellus: (to the GM) Like...can they do the paint job...or do I just hand Lucius Zephyr a spray can?

(a little later, discussing to hand the paint duty to Nihilus)
Nihilus: I've actually just told some guys to paint it.
Nihilus: But that was...we had neutral ones and painted them black.
Nihilus: I don't know how you tell some guys "go paint it inconspicuous!"...

(a few moments later)
Requisitioning Guy: Is there anything else I can do for you?
Atellus: No, but you were already very helpful. Have a nice day.
GM: (pointing toward Nihilus) Well...he did want something...
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(talking about "Assault Boats" being spaceships)
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(the Acolytes have just reunited with Lana Raven, whom they first met shortly before Piety's demise)
Lana: Uhm...how?
Atellus: How we got out of there?
Lana: Yes...pretty much...
Nihilus: We were faster then (pointing towards Stig) his fault.
Stig: No it was not my fault!
Stig: It was Piety's fault!

(Atellus is just drafting Lana Raven as his Interrogator)
Lana: I should warn you - my last Inquisitor died.
Atellus: People do that from time to time.
Nihilus: Hey, our last Inquisitor died too!
(Nihilus looks at Atellus thoughfully)

(after drafting Lana Raven, Atellus assembles Nihilus and Stig)
Atellus: (slightly uncomfortable) Yeah, so, I was going to tell you...that I just hired...Lana Raven...as...Interrogator.
Nihilus: (completely unphased) So?
Atellus: Well...
Atellus: I didn't want...I mean, I know that I know you guys for a long time now...
Atellus: Any maybe you would have expected me to give one of you the post of Interrogator...
Stig: Why would I want to interrogate people?!
Atellus: Well, it's a very respectable position...
Stig: No, it's a very boring position!
Nihilus: Do you get to kill more stuff in this position?
Atellus: Not really, no...
Nihilus: Not interested.
Stig: No, you...I think you interrogate...so you speak to people?
Nihilus: Not interested.
Stig: I mean, that is an interesing position, yes, but it's far more interesing to...
Stig: I don't know...
Stig: Is "Psychic Consultant" even a job?

(a little later, still on the topic of job descriptions)
Atellus: We were talking about your job description...
Stig: Yes, Psychic Consultant.
Atellus: Yes.
Atellus: What is your job description...what do you think...Nihilus?
GM: How very upper management of you...
(a beat)
Nihilus: Killer...of...things?

(a little later, Atellus stills seems a tad bit uncomfortable)
Atellus: The...the thing is...
Atellus: I just didn't want to give one of you the Interrogator post because there's usually just the one Interrogator for the Inquisitor and he's the closest one and then the other would have-
Stig: Why do you keep babbling? We didn't want it anyway!
Atellus: Yeah, so that's good.

(talking about Lana)
Atellus: I think she'll fit in quite nicely with the team.
Stig: If you think so...I don't know her too well...
Atellus: Well, from the skills that she demonstrated on Piety, he had a very pragmatic way of doing things, and she's very organized.
Atellus: I like that.
Stig: Yeah, but...everyone of us is as well...
(a good ten seconds of dead silence)

(in Atellus' office)
Atellus: So...there's the elephant in the room...
(Nihilus looks around confusedly)
Atellus: It's figure of speech. Meaning-
Stig: No need to explain! I think it's the same as "This waterfall has quite the shrimps in it."
(a beat)
Nihilus: There's no water here...
Stig: It's a figure of speech! It means as much as "there's an elephant in the room"!

(talking about whether or not to tell Lana Raven about the Tyrant Star)
Stig: So she's working for you now, you tell her stuff to interrogate and when she stumbles upon...
(a beat)
Stig: Er... something... er... to do with The Shrimps, then she will have to know, isn't it?
Atellus: (hypothetically quoting himself) "Ah yes, Lana Raven, the time has come when you have discovered the shrimps in my waterfall."
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(the group is thinking about who to recruit for their first Acolyte cell)
Atellus: I could actually draft Martius Strophes into the service of the Inquisition...
Atellus: But I'm...scared of Julia...
Stig: She will hit you.
Atellus: Yes.

(the group is visiting another Inquisitor to ask him about "borrowing" a psyker of his)
Stig: Does he have a bell?
GM: No. But he has a door-knocker.
Stig: Is there a skull on it?
GM: No. It's just a-
Stig: It's the forty-first millenium! Is there a little skull on it?
GM: No.
Stig: I'm very disappointed in your world.

(the group is waiting in Atellus' office for the first member of Atellus' new cell of acolytes is about to arrive)
Stig: While we wait, I do read a bit in the book.
Nihilus: I don't.
GM: Which book was that?
Stig: The book.
GM: Ah.
Atellus: I'm sorry - book?
Nihilus: I don't think he means the Lactitio Divinatus?
Stig: The what what...what?
Nihilus: It's kind of the Bible of the Imperium...
Atellus: No, he means the Propheticus...Hereticus...Tene...brus...

(Stig is reading the new guy's aura during his initial briefing)
GM: (reading out the rules) In addition to this, you can see undercurrents of emotion, caused by biological feedback, such as hunger, desire, fatigue, intoxication or pain.
Stig: So, is he drunk?
Nihilus: I think he's in pain.
GM: No. He's also not physically in pain. He's a bit hungry, though.
GM: And he has to pee. Really bad.
Stig: Really bad...okay...
GM: Yes. Because my NPCs aren't shallow.
GM: They have bladder state.

(a few minutes later - after Stig finding out that the new guy's dominant emotions are panic, confusion and fear)
Nihilus: That's gonna be our trinity identities.
Nihilus: Panic (Nihilus), Confusion (Stig) and Fear (Atellus).

(still during the new guy's inaugurational meeting)
Atellus: I'll see if I can have things arranged to uphold your former profession.
Atellus: Uhm, yes...so, I-
New Guy: (raises his hand)
Atellus: Yes?
New Guy: Is there a restroom somewhere?
Stig: Oh, yes, he really needs to pee.
New Guy: (turning to Stig) What?!
Stig: You can see it right there! (pointing at a spot on his aura, presumably)
New Guy: Where?! (he looks around shocked)

(the new guy has just returned)
New Guy: I'm very sorry...
Atellus: It's quite alright. I was once in your position...
Stig: "I once had to pee..."

(still during the briefing)
Atellus: Almost all of the work you will be doing is not safe...
New Guy: Okay...
Stig: Did you already tell him about the ways he will die if he isn't really paying attention?
(a beat)
Atellus: I think that would take to long...
Stig: Right.

(Stig tells the new guy about working with a psyker)
Stig: So.
Stig: One very important thing!
Stig: If it starts raining blood for no reason: knock the guy unconscious.
(a beat)
New Guy: Blood.
Stig: Yes!
Atellus: For no reason.
Atellus: So, like, there aren't any corpses on the ceiling.
Stig: Yes, that would be a fine (reason) for it to rain blood.
New Guy: Why would there be corpses on the ceiling?
Atellus: I don't know...
Nihilus: (offended) Do you have a problem with corpses on the ceiling?!
New Guy: No, yes, but...why - why would there be corpses on the ceiling?!
New Guy: (panicked) What are we getting into here?
Stig: Well, because the Slaugth eat people!
Stig: So, they store body parts.
New Guy: They eat people?!
Stig: Well, of course they eat people!
Stig: What else would they eat?
New Guy: Food?!?
Stig: Yeah, for them, people are food.
(silence)
Stig: Could we get back to the important part?
New Guy: Which is...uh...I've lost track...which is...?
Stig: Ah, yes, so - if there are corpses on the ceiling, the psyker is safe.
Stig: Probably.
New Guy: I see...
Atellus: No - the psyker isn't safe. But you don't need to knock him out.
Atellus: Maybe you should, however, consider a relocation to a somewhere where there aren't corpses on the ceiling.
Nihilus: WHY THE HATE ON CORPSES ON THE CEILING?!

(a few seconds later)
Atellus: I should stress at this point that the "corpses on the ceiling" example was only chosen to create a situation where raining blood would be a natural occurrence.
New Guy: So there's...probably no corpses on the ceiling?
Atellus: Probably not.
New Guy: That's good...I guess...
Stig: (pointedly drawn out) Probably...

(still briefing the new guy about his other three cell members - a psyker, an Arbites officer and a member of the Sinophian criminal underground)
New Guy: So...there is thie whi-...sanctioned psyker?
Atellus: That is true.
New Guy: You said...that there were four.
Atellus: Yes, there will also be two people arriving.
Atellus: I don't know when - the warp-travel stuff is kind of high-variance - but I'd think in a couple of weeks or a couple of months.
New Guy: Okay...
Atellus: One is an Adeptus Arbites, and he will be the leader of this cell.
Atellus: And...
Atellus: a...
Atellus: people's expert.

(Atellus is pondering whether to leave the new guy with any money)
Nihilus: Just give him an account with 100k and say "if there's too much missing I'll be looking at the receipts".
Atellus: I'm highly considering that.
Stig: Yeah, why not?
Atellus: I don't want to come back and find Scintilla all covered in Slaugths lingering about willey-nilley and there's one coked up adept that has never had any contact to the other cell members.

(the new guy is just out the door of Atellus' office)
Atellus: I feel like I forgot something important...
Stig: Yeah, me too.
Stig: But, I forgot about it.
(a beat)
Atellus: Yes.

(Stig is about to give the new guy his divination)
Atellus: (very ceremonial) Now, before you are officially a member of the Inquisition, we will need to determine your fate.
Atellus: A piece of guidance on your way to protecting the sector.
Atellus: (to Stig) Go ahead.
Stig: (cheerful as ever) Yes! Uhm, first - very important question.
Stig: It kind of determines your path, fate, career, whatnot...
Stig: (holding up two scented candles) Pine or Strawberry?

(Stig is commencing the divination)
Stig: Of course, the question I focus on - right, you have to have a question? - is...
Nihilus: Will it blend.
Atellus: Or you could be emphatic and question what he is questioning.
Atellus: Which is: "what the hell has happened to my life?".

(the new guy has just left again)
Stig: He's rather adapting quickly...
Atellus: Yes.
Stig: Very pragmatic.
Stig: Reminds me of myself.
(dead silence)

(Atellus is planning a feast on the Cù Sìth)
GM: Alright, uhm, did you arrange for the "Outward Bound Feast" on this or on the last night or...do you want it, like, now?
Atellus: Now.
GM: Now.
Stig: But we just ate!
Atellus: No, not "now now" but, like...well, we can do it while we're in flight, right?
Nihilus: If we're in flight, people have jobs to do.
Atellus: Well, not all of them...
Nihilus: Most of them.
Nihilus: There's not 15.000 people on this ship because we think it's fun to fly 15.000 people around!
(a beat)
Atellus: I always wondered about that...

(Atellus has just entered the bridge of the CÙ SÌth)
Zephyr: Welcome back.
Atellus: Thank you.
Atellus: We shall depart...on the morrow.

(Atellus has just announced a five-hour feast on the Cù Sìth)
Stig: But seriously - five hours feasting?
Stig: Haven't you had enough of feasting?
Atellus: I have, but the crew hasn't.
Atellus: Also, you don't have to eat for five hours straight.
Nihilus: You don't?

(about establishing trust)
Atellus: Maybe we should do some of these exercises. Like, he closes his eyes and he falls backwards and I catch him...
Nihilus: You have a strength of 19! How do you think this would end?

(talking about the possibility of being attacked by the Adranti upon entering the Rubycon II system)
Atellus: I think best course of action might actually be to infiltrate them.
GM: Who?
Atellus: The Adranti. Should they attack us...
GM: Infiltrate...the Adranti?
Nihilus: Strap Nihilus to the Assault Boat, send him over with a nuke and-
Atellus: And then there will be a Nihilus-shaped hole in the wall and bodies on the ceiling.
Nihilus: Sounds like a solid plan.
Stig: And since they're psykers they will immediately stop using psy powers if it drips blood from the ceiling...

(the feast on the Cù Sìth is in full swing)
GM: It's actually - morale-wise - the best day you've seen on the Cù Sìth for a while.
Atellus: Yes...there won't be many like this...
GM: Probably not - as you're heading towards The Maw.
Atellus: Yes.
Atellus: The eater will become the eatee.

(the Enginseer Prime of the Cù Sìth has just reported to Atellus that their new archaeotech warp engine seems to be able to handle a much greater power input)
Atellus: So...what you're saying is that the warp engine could use more energy.
Atellus: Do I understand you correctly?
Leyden: Presumably.
(a very long pause)
Atellus: No, I'm not going to say that.
Stig: (excited) Please do it! Please do it!
Atellus: (gives Stig a look)
Stig: Only a bit...
Stig: It can totally handle it...
Stig: And it will have some effect which we will otherwise only find out if we need it.
Stig: And then we shouldn't experiment...
Atellus: No - when we need it, we should experiment. When we don't need it, we shouldn't experiment!

(Atellus is voxing Stig after being woken up by a mysterious whispering voice)
Atellus: I think I had an encounter of some sort - could you come to my room please? Stig: An encounter? Are you by any chance possessed by a daemon?
Atellus: No.
Stig: Are you sure about this?
Atellus: Quite.
Stig: (cheerfully) Good!

(a number of people, including Nihilus, have now heard the strange whispers - one of them a bridge officer while Atellus and Nihilus are there)
Stig: What did it say? (snapping his fingers)
Bridge Officer: Uh...something about...water...or so?
Stig: Was it purple?
Bridge Officer: (looks at him questioningly)
Stig: The water!
Bridge Officer: Uh...yeah...it sounded a bit like purple...
Stig: Yes, it was purple water!
Stig: Of course it was?
Bridge Officer: What...what does that mean?
Stig: (ignoring him and voxing Nihilus) Silver?
Stig: What color is your water?

(Nihilus is hearing the whispers again)
Whispers: ...shrouded...
Nihilus: (shouting) Shut up!

(the lights on the Cù Sìth have just gone down along with some other minor systems)
Atellus: (making a shipwide announcement) People of the Cù Sìth. This is your Lord-Captain speaking.
Atellus: I advise you to be vigilant, and we will brave his journey through the warp.
Atellus: Report any...inconveniences to your better.
Nihilus: (voxing Atellus) I'm bored.

(Nihilus has placed a chair for himself in the middle of the restricted section of the Cù Sìths library and is sitting there while a strange crewman is standing around in the regular section...until now)
GM: The guy comes walking up to you.
Nihilus: I'm sitting in the restricted area.
GM: Yes.
Nihilus: He isn't allowed there.
GM: Yes.
Nihilus: (gleefully) Excellent!

(the Strange Guy has struck up a conversation with Nihilus and sat down against a bookshelf in the restricted area)
Nihilus: This. Is. Not. A place. For you. To be in.
Nihilus: It's even written somewhere!
Nihilus: I was told.

(a little later)
Atellus: Don't get any blood on the books!
Atellus: Especially not in the restricted section.
Atellus: We need those.

(on the bridge, Atellus has a scare moment)
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(after a few minutes)
Stig: Okay! It seems that our friend, the disembodied voice - let's just call him David -
Atellus: (makes a whining noise...)

(back in the librarium, after Nihilus apparently got rid of the Strange Guy)
Nihilus: (voxing Atellus) There was a guy in the restricted area and I threw him out.
Nihilus: Then he was faster than me and I threw him out again.
Nihilus: Now he's out.
Atellus: Out where? Out how?
Nihilus: Well, out of the...restricted area...
Atellus: What was he doing in the restricted area? Strange Guy: (from behind the bookshelf) You really don't want to talk to me, do you?
Nihilus: Emperor-damnit! Excuse me, I need to throw him out again.
(he realizes that he can't see the guy)
Nihilus: Oh no! Now he's doing the Nuts-stone-thing from before.
Atellus: The what what thing what...WHAT?

Bonus Mega-Quote: The Entire Nihilus / Strange Guy Conversation Sequence

(Strange Guy has just responded to something Nihilus voxed to Atellus without speaking)
Atellus: No, he can't hear that.
GM: Yes.
(a beat)
Atellus: Oh God.

(Strange Guy has suddenly reappeared after being gone for a while)
Atellus: (still on vox) Where did he come from?
Nihilus: Well...behind me...I guess?
Nihilus: I didn't see - because you told me to get to the bridge!
Atellus: (sighs) Use your people skills. Ask him.
(a beat)
Nihilus: That means you want me to kill him, right?

(Atellus still wants to know how the guy got there)
Nihilus: Well, he's sitting there. What do I do now? Atellus: Ask him how he got there.
Nihilus: I guess he sat there...
Atellus: ASK HIM.
Nihilus: Well, then I BLOODY ASK HIM.

(still in the library)
Strange Guy: Now just calm down, will you?
Nihilus: NO, I DON'T WANT TO!
Strange Guy: I said "will you", not "do you want to"?
Nihilus: No, I will not...why would I calm down? You're in the restricted area!
Nihilus: You keep sitting in my spot!
Stig: (interjecting via vox) Uh...Silver?
Nihilus: WHAT?!?

(Stig has just entered the librarium and started to talk to Strange Guy)
Stig: Uhm...so...who are you?
Stig: (before he can answer) Excuse me, I just have to check something...
(he throws a blanket over his head)

(a little later, during the same conversation)
Stig: Can you tell me your name?
Strange Guy: I truly wish I could.
Stig: You can't! So that means you...you don't remember your name!
Stig: Or...you don't have a name?
Strange Guy: The latter?
Stig: Oh, right.
Stig: You want a name?
Atellus: Oh god...
Stig: Because we already dubbed you David.
Strange Guy: Well...that's as good a name as any.
Stig: The thing with names is - you're not supposed to tell anyone.

(a little later, after throwing the blanket over some spot the strange guy looked at)
Stig: I'm sorry I dropped my blanket.
Strange Guy: Well...not like anyone got hurt by the blanket...or something...
Stig: Why would anyone get hurt by a blanket?
Strange Guy: Why would anyone apologize for dropping a blanket?
Stig: Because it's untidy.
Stig: You seem to be a very tidy man yourself...David.
Nihilus: If it's some warp entity that feeds on fear he will just be crying now.
Atellus: Also I think he's very disappointed that you called B'rak N'atul, Devourer Of Souls...David.

(after being asked to give a reason why they should trust him)
Strange Guy: You're all okay so far. The only thing wrong with this ship is the lights.
Strange Guy: You're in a strange warp thunderstorm, and your biggest problem is that you can't turn the lights on.
Strange Guy: I've been talking to this fellow there and then Mr. Blanket for 45 minutes.
Strange Guy: Everyone's still alive and breathing-
Stig: Oh, so...so so so...I'm very sorry, might I interrupt you?
Strange Guy: No.
Stig: I'm doing it anyway. I-
Atellus: Excuse me.
Atellus: Blanket?
Stig: Yes I have a blanket here.
Strange Guy: He's got some issues with this blanket.
Atellus: (just sighs)

(Atellus has ordered food into the library, which has just arrived)
Strange Guy: So, which one is...mine?
Atellus: (silence)
Strange Guy: Or was the whole eating thing...rhetorical?
Atellus: Uhm...I was imagining some sort of...light buffet...
Atellus: But I didn't make that clear - we can also go for set meals.
Atellus: Then I will just go with the generic roleplaying statement and say...
Atellus: This one - go ahead.

(the guy has just disappeared again on Atellus, Nihilus and Stig)
Stig: We walked with him from the library to here - yes?
GM: Mhm.
Stig: He ate something in the library, correct?
GM: Yes.
Stig: Did he lose a half-digested banana on the way?
GM: No.
Stig: Great...I would like to manifest...The Dowsing.
Atellus: YES!
Nihilus: And then that was the point of the evening where our psyker dowsed for SOME HALF DIGESTED FOOD!
Stig: (to the GM) You heard the man.

(The Dowsing has lead the Acolytes back to the library - where they find an untouched platter of food)
Stig: Ohhhhh...that's clever!
Stig: So at least we have that question answered.
(a beat)
Stig: (to Atellus) The food's there, by the way.
Atellus: Yes, I can see that.
(Nihilus starts to eat the food)

(Atellus attempts to make sense of the whispers)
Atellus: Hmm...okay...so..."the cursed witch in darkness starts the path"...
Stig: Let's talk about David.
Atellus: No.

(as a semi-desperate measure to outrun the warp thunderstorm, Atellus plans to overload their Archaeotech Warp Drive)
Atellus: We will see what this warp engine actually can do.
Atellus: You said that it could take some more power? Then we will give it that.
Layden: How much more power exactly?
Atellus: Increase it gradually. Just see what it can take and then work on from there.
Layden: Very well. Would you like to observe down here?
Stig: (immediately, cheerfully) Yes!
Atellus: Yes.
(a beat)
Nihilus: Can I opt for no?

(after some preparations)
Layden: We are ready to increase energy input by...two percent.
Atellus: Fire her up!
Atellus: Which doesn't sound as impressive if it's only two percent, but still...

(after the Cú Síth has left the warp phenomenon by way of dramatically increasing their speed)
Navigator Primaris: (via vox) This is acting Navigator Primaris to Lord-Captain Atellus Ravion.
Atellus: This is Ravion.
Navigator Primaris: Captain...what exactly just happened?
Atellus: We tried to boost through the storm.
(a beat)
Navigator Primaris: It appears that at some point...I'd reckon almost doubled our travel velocity.
Navigator Primaris: However, as much as I...of course...respect your authority in all those matters...
Navigator Primaris: I would very much be thankful for an advance warning the next time we attempt to...increase our travel speed...
Atellus: Right.
Atellus: I always forget there's a different guy for the gas pedal and the steering wheel.

(after a brief total power outage, the lights on the Cú Síth come back on as normal)
Stig: (after a beat) Well...there's no more disturbance in the warp.
Nihilus: Great. I'm going to bad.
Strange Whisper: The cursed witch in darkness-
Nihilus: OH SHUT UP!

(a little later)
Atellus: (to Stig) Did you at least return the blanket?
Stig: Yes. I even thanked the crewmember.
GM: Yes. He was kind of confused.
Stig: I get that a lot.

(Nihilus and Stig are preparing the Aquila Ascendant, a hulked Imperial Navy cruiser)
Stig: I would like to look for a void suit in an acceptable color. With the optional radiation shielding.
GM: What is an acceptable color?
Stig: What colors do we have?
GM: Black.
Stig: I take a black one.

(Nihilus, Stig and their team have just entered the bridge of the Ascendant - with a lot of dead bodies lying around)
Nihilus: If you're dead and you know it, float around!

(in the Ascendant's Captain's quarters, Nihilus has found a book)
Nihilus: (to Atellus, via vox) Boss?
Atellus: Yes?
Nihilus: You kind of like these things...book-y with lettering in them, right?
Atellus: You found the Lord-Captain's journal?
Nihilus: I don't know. There are things on the cover.
Atellus: That sounds promising. Just bring it back.

(a little later, Nihilus reappears on the bridge)
Nihilus: I found something cool!
Nihilus: And this boring book.

(after the landing team was forced to take a shuttle instead of teleporting back to the Cù Sìth because their suits were irradiated)
Nihilus: (via vox) By the way, boss?
Atellus: Yes, what is it?
Nihilus: In the next dock you should probably have someone build...like...this...
Nihilus: ...con...shower...thingy...at the teleporty...
Atellus: Yeah, that's what I thought as well.
Nihilus: Because we're not gonna have time to wipe our feet every time before we step into the teleporty thingy.

(Stig is planning to use the Astropathic Choir Chamber to do some psyker-stuff)
Stig: Well, if you'll excuse me. I'll be in the choir chamber.
(he turns to leave, then turns back)
Stig: Actually...I've never seen a choir there...

(Stig has used Farsight to determine the location of some evidence on the wreckage of the Ascendant)
Stig: (entering the bridge) My Lord-Captain, might I suggest to try out the teleportarium?
Stig: 1.72893 void units in exactly this direction? (pointing at the weapon's console)
Stig: I think it would be a wise thing to do.
Atellus: Do you?
Stig: Well yes!
Atellus: And why is that?
Stig: Because you like journals.
Atellus: And how did you get the distance and direction?
Stig: I'm just that good.
(a beat)
Atellus: Well...in that case I see no reason not to instruct Leyden with these coordinates.
Atellus: Just make sure - I mean, since we're talking void units here - that you're...pointing exactly right...
Atellus: ...and that he actually leans on your arm to see where you're supposed to be going...

(Leyden has prepared the teleportarium with the coordinates Stig specified)
Layden: The teleportarium is ready.
Stig: Well...what will happen now?
Stig: Will there be light?
Layden: Stand on the pad.
Stig: Uh...oh, wait - I don't want to go there! I want the stuff that's there to get here.
Layden: That is not possible.
Stig: But why?
(Layden simply holds the recall bracelet up to Stig)
Stig: Well, excuse my while I get a spacesuit then!
(Stig turns around and leaves the room)

(Stig is returning from the irradiated environment of the Aquila Ascendant via teleportarium)
GM: (to Stig) Here's what happens:
GM: Your vision comes back into focus. The first thing you see is Nihilus. With a giant waterhose.
GM: The second thing you see is lots and lots of water.
GM: (to Nihilus) Here is what you see:
GM: There is a Stig materializing in front of you. You hit the water button.
GM: There is a journal flying off to the side.
Nihilus: After about a minute, I pronounce him clean.
Stig: I just lie a bit on the ground, feeling sick.

(Stig is talking to Atellus after they read the journal he found)
Stig: What do you make of it?
Atellus: Well...
Stig: Yes. Exactly what I thought!

(sometime before docking at Port Wander while goofing around)
Atellus: So!
Atellus: Port Wander!
Atellus: Requesting docking permission!
Atellus: Or else!
Atellus: You know what comes next!
(a beat)
Stig: We...
Atellus & Nihilus (unisono): RAMMING SPEED!

(talking about prepping for boarding Port Wander)
Atellus: Well, first of all I take off the shirt with the big Inquisitional "I" on it.
Atellus: Which says "Inquisitors Rule, Heretics Drool".

(deciding for what aliases to use while signing in to Port Wander, it's Nihilus' turn)
Stig: How about Silon Cain?
Nihilus: I'M NOT SILON CAIN!

(the terminal is asking for the ship's designation)
Stig: The Safety of Light. The Emperor's Light, that is.
Atellus: No, that's not our designation.
Stig: I'm quite sure...
Atellus: Designation is like...
Stig: Name.
Atellus: Isn't...oh, I though designation is like...target location.
Stig: No, that would be a destination.
Atellus: Oh.
(a beat)
Stig: The Safety of Light. The Emperor's Light, that is.
Nihilus: I thought you said we wanted to be inconspicuous.
Atellus: No. We name it the "Cait Sìth".
Stig: We call it what?
Nihilus: Seriously, you go through all the pains of hiding your weapons and then you call it the "Cait Sìth"?
Atellus: It's too easy! Nobody will ever think-
Stig: (mildly bored) Yes, they will...

(upon entering a bar in port wander)
GM: The dim lights get a bit dimmer as you go in here.
Stig: As do the minds of the patrons.
GM: Yes.

(discussing their next steps)
Nihilus: Why are we here again?
Atellus: I wanted to just get a look what's going on here. If we see anything suspicious...
(a beat)
Stig: (subvocalising) Seriously? You're looking for anything "suspicious"?
Atellus: What do you mean?
Stig: That has to be one of your...more...eccentric plans. < div style="color: #9e8e85">(while in a bar and being "inconspicuous") ((intranscribable) - MP3 (1161 KB)

(on a market in Port Wander's B-Hub, the Throne Agents are attempting to determine where a merchant got one of the Serrated Query's Harmony Meters)
Merchant: I mean, I could probably attempt to...remember the...associate that I got this piece from...maybe he could help.
Stig: Well if you could do that the information would be truly priceless...
Merchant: Well, so...I mean, usually I do have a hard time remembering these things, you know?
Stig: Oh this is a very well known problem. Here... (gesturing wildly in the direction of Atellus)
Stig: He is an...uh...adept in the arts of...uh...psychological...things...
Stig: (to Atellus) Please...do your things... (he continues gesturing wildly)
(a beat)
Atellus: I am not as stupid as he is.
Atellus: So how much and don't give me that priceless crap.

(after the Merchant has asked a completely outlandish price)
Nihilus: (to Atellus, hopeful) Maybe we can...cut...the price a bit?

(the price negotiations aren't going too well)
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(the Throne Agents are attempting to get past a bouncer to some underworld boss of Port Wander)
Atellus: I want to talk to Yarik. What do I need to get through that door?
Bouncer: An invitation from Yarik. Something tells me you don't have an invitation. Go away, please.
(Stig manifests Toxic Siphon on the bouncer)
GM: (to Atellus) You're standing immediately in front of him, right?
Atellus: Yes.
Atellus: And why wouldn't I? It's not as if I've been warned.
(the bouncer pukes all over Atellus)
Stig: Oh dear.

(Stig has entered Yarik's room and was promptly thrown out again by Yarik)
Stig: The guard is cleaning himself in the private bathroom.
Stig: There's only one other person in the room who didn't want to speak to me...
Nihilus: There's a shocker.

(Atellus and Nihilus have entered Yarik's room - and he is ignoring them)
Stig: (impatient, via vox) This can't be so hard! Atellus: Oh yes? What would you do - Master of Communication?
Nihilus: Entirely wrong question.
(Atellus is still attempting to convince Yarik to talk to them)
Atellus: Well...if you're not interested in talking to me...maybe you'll be interested in talking...
Atellus: ...to Liquorice.

(Nihilus is called upon to intimidate Yarik - he feigns thinking about it for a second)
Nihilus: (cheerfully) Oh, I'm quite adept with these - and I really like them!
(he dumps a melta bomb right in front of Yarik)
Yarik: Now, would you please remove this before we all have to get really worked up about it?
Nihilus: I'm not worked up. I'm actually kind of having fun.

Nihilus: But it's too big for this room.
(Nihilus removes the bomb and starts unfolding his scythe - a beat)
Nihilus: (to himself) No.
(he folds the knives again and takes out two knives)
Nihilus: Yes...these will do nicely.
(Nihilus beams at Yarik)

(after working on finding Yarik for hours and spending 30 minutes getting him to talk to them, they have asked him exactly one question)
Atellus: Well, as far as I can tell, you're telling me the truth. I'm sorry for the trouble I put you through.
Atellus: One last question: does he (Nihilus) need to pay for the peanuts and stuff?
Yarik: No.
Atellus: Okay. Sorry to have bothered you.
(he turns on his heel and leaves - Stig meets them outside)
Stig: So, where did he get the Harmony Meter from?
(a beat)
Atellus: (apologetically) Really? That's what we were...
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Nihilus: Welcome to Pointlessland! The exits are never, it doesn't make any sense anyway.

(a couple of seconds later, Atellus reenters Yarik's room)
Atellus: (raised index finger) Actually!

(talking to Yarik again)
Yarik: Problem is - I don't trust you shit.
Yarik: So the way I see it, we got two possibilities here.
Yarik: One, I keep you talking until Urk here comes back and throws you out...optionally minus a few limbs.
Yarik: Or...you give me some reason to trust you, I help you, you pay me a whole lot of money, and we're all happy.
Atellus: So...I suppose one way to gain your trust would be by telling you who I am.
Yarik: Yeah.
Atellus: Care to guess?
(he ponders this for a second)
Yarik: Hmm...obviously inconspicuous clothing...weird ragtag party of capable yet...ill-fitted comrades...
Yarik: ...a certain air of authority...yet the occasional astonishing display of incompetence...
Yarik: ...I'd say...the Big I?
Nihilus: I see we can put the zero back up to the big display with "Days Since Cover Last Blown"?
Atellus: No, it's more like (...) maybe if we stop pretending we're not the Inquisition then he (Stig) will stop with the accent.

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(after Atellus and Stig have barely escaped the anomaly on the Witch Cursed World and Nihilus has disappeared, they are debating who is to go back down)
Stig: The thing is - there are warp phenomena down there.
Stig: And I'm certainly better with them than you are. No offense.
Atellus: None taken. Stig: But there's also Nihilus down there.
Stig: And you're certainly better with him than I am.

(the same conversation, a few seconds later)
Atellus: In any case, the remaining crew - or me, if I stay here - has to know how long we should wait for you two.
Stig: Well, this is actually an interesting question -
Atellus: Yes, that's why I asked.
Stig: Probably a second or so.
(a beat)
Stig: But then again, maybe a few years.
Atellus: That's not helpful.

(after another while of discussing this)
Stig: So, the answer to that question is, (...) I don't know.
Atellus: Okay, but that leaves me with basically no option.
Stig: Well, yes of course!
Atellus: Because any amount of time I wait might be absolutely unsubstantial.
(a beat)
Stig: What do you mean by time?
(silence)

(Atellus, Stig, their pilot and a 12-person team have boarded a shuttle and, after much discussion, flown it into an anomaly to rescue Nihilus; in another time, Nihilus is currently escaping a 20-metre-high predator as the shuttle materializes right in front of Nihilus)
Stig: (through the glass) Oh good, we found Nihilus!
Stig: And he already made friends!
Atellus: OPEN! OPEN THE HATCH! UP UP UP UP UP!
(Nihilus barely grabs a hold of the shuttle as it ascends)
Nihilus: BLOODY SHIT ON A STICK!
Nihilus: RAM A SHUTTLE IN ME, WON'T YOU!
(the predator looks after them as they speed up into the air - with Nihilus still hanging outside)
Atellus: (completely calm) Okay, step one of the plan is complete.
Stig: Good news! It appears that the anomalies are still there!
Nihilus: (from outside, shouting) DON'T MIND ME AT ALL! I'M JUST HANGING AROUND FOR A BIT!
Stig: By the way could you close the shuttle door? It's kinda drafty in here...


(Nihilus has been telekined back into the shuttle)
Atellus: Okay, Focus.
Atellus: Good to see you, Nihilus. What happened?
Nihilus: I found water, I ate something, you rammed a shuttle into me.
Atellus: Ok, before that.
Nihilus: Well, there was a green sky and an annoying alien witch that I couldn't understand and ignored.
Stig: Wait, what - she's here?
Nihilus: Well, obviously she's not here or I would have killed her.

(a little later, still in the shuttle, still talking about the Quiana hologram)
Atellus: Where?
(Nihilus points downward towards the ground)
Stig: (whining) Awwwww, Lord Captaaaain, can we goooo? Stig: Pleeeeeeaase?
(still on the same topic, talking about the location of the Quiana hologram)
Atellus: Do you think you could find it?
Nihilus: We can't kill her, she's not really there.

(as the group has set up camp on a hill, Nihilus is offering his leftovers of the tiny carnosaur-like creature to the others)
Nihilus: Animal?
Stig: How does it taste?
Nihilus: It's okay...a bit chewy...
(Stig takes a bite of it and seems to recognize the taste)
Stig: Oh - that's not bad!
Stig: Did the animal have four wings? The wings are the best part!
Nihilus: It...had no wings. You saw it, it was the...
Stig: Oh, THAT animal!
Atellus: I'm very glad it doesn't have wings.

(Stig notices that in this time period, the planet has three moons, while it was a rougue planet without any moons in the present)
Stig: There are moons.
Atellus: Yes. Also, there's a sun.
Nihilus: I can see that.
Stig: Where have they gone?
Nihilus: (pointing towards one of the moons) There.
Stig: Where will they have...been...gone?
Nihilus: (pointing slightly off to the side) Probably there.
Stig: I meant in the more...grand scheme of things?
Nihilus: (pointing very far off to the side) And there.

(a little later)
Stig: I turn around and ignore him.
Nihilus: I feel very good about myself.

(the group has transitioned to another time period and is currently flying the lander above a sprawling city they found)
Nihilus: If it was my city I would've shot us down.
Stig: Yes, but then again, if it was your city, you would shoot everyone down without asking first.
Nihilus: Yeah, but us especially.

(during player critiques)
Stig: It just might be that I figured out the name for the world.
(a second of silence)
Atellus: Oh, right - 'Witch-Cursed World' - because you arrived!
Stig: No!
Stig: But because there was an Adranti lady that was cursing the whole time!

(the Throne Agents have made contact with the locals)
Stig: (to a random person) Well, excuse me?
Random Guy: (replies in an unknown foreign language)
Stig: Ah, yes, thank you, she's quite well.

(while talking to Elis, a local, Nihilus starts to see all explosive devices he's carrying as having a red halo)
Nihilus: I wonder if they're faulty...
(he starts fiddling around with the explosives)
Elis: Uhm...what is...he doing?
Atellus: Nihilus, what are you doing?
Nihilus: Just...uh...checking if the boom-thingys are broken.
(a beat)
Atellus: Please don't set them off, will you?

(Stig has just changed the skin on his back to resemble a blueprint they found in a past timezone as Atellus arrives)
Stig: So, did you find anything interesting?
Atellus: Stories from Terra, it seems.
Stig: That is interesting, actually.
Atellus: Yes, I'm copying them to this pict recorder.
Stig: I'm bringing our mechanicum guys one of those blueprints.
Atellus: I think they appreciate blueprints.
Stig: Yes.
Stig: I'm just a bit afraid they will rip the skin off my back.
(Atellus looks at him questioningly)
Stig: I copied it to my back.
(Atellus stares blankly to nowhere in particular)

(Nihilus has started seeing yellow auras on people - including Atellus, which he examines very up close)
Atellus: Whatcha doin' there?
Nihilus: You visually smell.
Atellus: Excuse me?!
Nihilus: (to Stig) You, too, by the way.

(Stig's curiosity is piqued)
Stig: What do you mean by 'visually smell'?
Nihilus: Well...you're all yellow.
Stig: We all are?
Nihilus: Yes.
Atellus: And you are not?
Nihilus: No, I'm not.
Stig: But...only the three of us, not the surrounding... (he gestures at inanimate objects around them)
Nihilus: That looks pretty clean...
Stig: Well, that needs some investigating...
(a beat)
Stig: Or a shower...

(Stig is investigating a device with his vague knowledge of such things)
GM: The device itself you don't recognize.
GM: However, from the runes you see on it it reminds you of something that you've read at some point.
GM: It reminds you actually of...devices that were once used as personal teleporters.
GM: But in general, they looked different.
Stig: (to the group) This is a teleporter device.

(Stig is contemplating of how to steal a glass-encased artifact from a museum)
Atellus: Space slip.
GM: The glass thing is about this (about 30x30cm) big.
Atellus: Well...very accurate space slip...
GM: Good luck space-slipping into that box. Which is smaller than he is...
Nihilus: Then he's in that box and we get three wishes.
Atellus: Yeah.
Atellus: Stay in that box.
Atellus: Whatever you do, stay in that box.
Atellus: Please stay in that box.
Nihilus: Yeah, that would've been my wishes, too...

(Stig is looking for a good place in a crashed spaceship to divine some information - everywhere else he has just found echoes of panic during the crash)
Stig: On the way back, I look for the most boring corridor there is.
GM: Yes, you find-
Stig: It must be really mind-blowingly boring.
Stig: Like, 'sigh, I hope this corridor ends soon'...
Stig: But not so boring that the boredom is a strong emotion.

(Stig has divined that the corridor is exceedingly boring and nothing interesting has happened there, ever)
Stig: Very good.
Stig: Okay, there was a medially important crewman here who didn't have a bladder.
(a beat)
Atellus: I will take that at face value.

(the Throne Agents are searching for a missing crewman that they've lost in time)
Stig: (divining his location) He's dead!
Stig: Excellent!

(the Throne Agents have just escaped a number of fighter planes in pursuit by passing through a time rift)
Atellus: Were we followed by anyone? Like, were there people in the other time heading in our direction?
GM: Yes. But-
Atellus: But they are not part of the bananas.
GM: Part of what?!
Atellus: Part of the bananas.
GM: Of the bananas?
Atellus: Bananas can pass through time and space.
GM: Oh god...
Atellus: And non-bananas can just pass through space.

(Jarr Leyden has just been shown a part of an STC hardcopy brought back from the past)
Leyden: I will accompany you.
Atellus: No.
Leyden: It is imperative I recover those fragments.
Atellus: You will need to be disguised.
Leyden: Acknowledged. Proceed.
Atellus: And this disguise will not suffice, because the time we're going to does not know of techpriests and the mechanicum.
Stig: That is not entirely correct. But-
Atellus: They don't understand it-
Leyden: Surgical alterations are acceptable. Please proceed.

(a little later)
Stig: Okay, then I think we can go in a bit.
Stig: (to Leyden) Um...I've got another question for you, completely unrelated to the STCs, and I'm very sorry about th-
(Leyden turns on his heel and walks away)

(Nihilus is paying Euphie a visit)
Euphie: Oh, Nihilus, everything okay?
Nihilus: Yes. Kind of...when did you last shower?
Euphie: I'm sorry? ... This morning...why?
Nihilus: Huh...so I can't see smell...
Euphie: See...smell?
Nihilus: Well...you're yellow through the bookshelf.
Euphie: (looking down on herself) I'm not yellow!
Nihilus: Yes you are. Kind of. I don't know.
(a beat)
Euphie: When did you last see a doctor?
Nihilus: I hate doctors. It all heals by itself.
Euphie: Yes, but...if you're seeing yellow smell on me...
Nihilus: Well, I don't know. It's good you're not red, though.
Euphie: Why?
Nihilus: I think red things explode.
Euphie: Well...yes, then I suppose it's good that I'm not red.
Nihilus: You have an idea what green is?
Euphie: Uh...I don't know...grass, plants...?
Nihilus: No, no, no - not what is green. What green is!
Euphie: Well...what...is...green?
Nihilus: Well, like, the big engine thingy was...
Euphie: So the engine thing is green and I'm...yellow?
Nihilus: Yeah, but...Atellus is also yellow. And the crazy guy, too.
Euphie: So...people are yellow?
(a beat)
Nihilus: Oh!
Nihilus: That's a thought.
Nihilus: I should look into that.

(a little later, during the same conversation)
Euphie: And...things that explode (are) red?
Nihilus: Melta bombs...munitions...rifles...more munitions...
Nihilus: Did I mention melta bombs?
Nihilus: Fuel...
Nihilus: I didn't check fuel yet!
Nihilus: These are some great ideas.
Nihilus: Thanks, Euphie!
(he runs off)

(a while later)
Atellus: You've been really weird...
Nihilus: I'm not. I just had a discussion with Euphie.
Nihilus: She had a good idea: people are yellow!
(a beat)
Atellus: Could you elaborate on that?
(...)
Nihilus: Well, you are yellow, she is yellow, if you call him people Nuts is yellow...
Nihilus: So people are yellow.
Atellus: (looking down on himself) I'm not yellow.
Nihilus: Yes, you are.
Atellus: So you think I'm yellow?
Nihilus: I know you're yellow. I see you're yellow.
(long silence)
Atellus: So...you're taking the same food that the rest of the crew does...right?

(Stig is planning on teaching the Baenorian people of the past proper High Gothic)
Stig: Well, I did bring this...
Stig: I take out the book 'High Gothic for Dummies'.
Stig: Just in case we find use for it.
Atellus: I take a pict recorder-
Stig: Uhm...what language is the book 'High Gothic for Dummies' in?
GM: Low Gothic.
Stig: I dispose of the book 'High Gothic for Dummies'.

(Atellus and Stig are briefing their away team on the floating time rifts on the world)
Atellus: You have to be aware that these portals are invisible to the naked eye.
Nihilus: But they feel strange.
Atellus: To him. But I will not get into that-
Stig: You can also see them with the mind eye.
Stig: Or the tour guide.
Atellus: Yes.
Atellus: All not features available to you, unfortunately.

(the Throne Agents are preparing to go back to Baenor)
Stig: Well, then I'd say we first minimize the risk and go to tour-time...
Atellus: 24 628?
Stig: Yes, exactly. And let's get this blueprint thing over with.
Nihilus: Great. Off to Borenor again.

(the group is entering the crashed spaceship museum on Baenor again - this time without an escort, they still attempt to use the VIP entrance)
Guard: Please take one of the regular entrances one through seven.
Nihilus: LORD INQUISITOR ATELLUS RAVION - waiting in line five.

(the group has split up in the museum - Nihilus is just returning)
Atellus: Find anything interesting?
Nihilus: Do explosives have legs?
Atellus: (stunned silence)
Stig: (dead serious) Some of them have.
Nihilus: Well, I'm thinking, because...red is warmer than yellow, right?
Stig: Yes...?
Nihilus: So...and you are yellow, right?
Stig: So you keep saying.
Nihilus: And you have two legs. And there was this thing that was orange and it had four legs.
Nihilus: And explosives are red. So I wonder if explosives have legs...

(Nihilus is seeing blue auras in strange places)
Nihilus: What have this device, the ground under the device, a bleepy thingy on the bridge, a part of an engine, some random things in the wall and Leyden in common?

(Stig is experimenting with Nihilus' aura-seeing ability)
Stig: Am I yellow right now?
Nihilus: Yes.
Stig: (manifests the White Noise power) Am I still yellow right now?
Nihilus: No, you're not yellow.
Stig: A-ha!
Stig: (drops the power) And now I'm yellow again?
Nihilus: A bit, yes.
Stig: Okay. Great!
(a beat)
Atellus: (very tired) Please let me in on this conversation...

(Stig has arrived at a diagnosis)
Stig: Obviously he for some reason uses some kind of...enhanced sight.
Stig: And it's not, as far as I can tell, warp-related.
Stig: It is, however, either warp-related or technologically-related.
Stig: Since it's not warp-related, it's technologically-related.
Atellus: Yeah, I already got there...

(the Throne Agents are pondering how to prevent detection in a room filled with surveillance cameras)
Atellus: I do not want to be noticed while stealing this device...
Nihilus: Then make him (pointing to Stig) switch the yellow off.
Atellus: Excuse me?
Nihilus: Make him switch the yellow off.
Stig: The yellow...?
(a long beat)
Stig: Oh, yes!
Stig: I absolutely switch the yellow off!

(the group is planning where to go next - the quiet time of the first settlements on the world or the period of civil war fifty years ago)
Stig: I'd say if we want that device then why not get it fifty years ago when they had other things to do than...
Stig: Well...
(Atellus just looks at him meaningfully)
Stig: Yeah...I know...there's a lot of troubles with this plan...
Nihilus: What? Fifty years ago sounds good!
Nihilus: Let's go to Boomnor instead of Borenor!

(out of game, before the start of the session)
Stig: I think I'm gonna leave you alone for just a few seconds to get something in my nose...
Atellus: It sounds like you have a lot of stuff in your nose already.
Nihilus: Who knows...

(in Wartime, the group's guncutter has just been forced to land by one of the factions, and Atellus has made contact)
Stig: (to Nihilus) For your information: he is talking to the guys in order to let us fight through to the ship of the Mechanicum, which is occupied by the other faction here.
Nihilus: And that does interest me how?
Atellus: We'll get to fight soon, Nihilus. Will you accompany me?
Nihilus: Of course.
(a beat)
Atellus: But...not where we're going right now.
Atellus: Directly after that.
Atellus: I made some allies, so we have some immediate enemies.
Nihilus: Okay.
Nihilus: But if you're gone now and I hear explosions I will be very cross.

(a little later)
Stig: So remember: everything we do here probably will have a huge impact on the outcome of the war.
Atellus: Yes.
Nihilus: So?
Stig: So...this could change a lot.
Nihilus: So?
Atellus: We probably don't want to change a lot, or we might not get back to the Cù Sìth.
Nihilus: Is killing changing?
Atellus: Yes.
Nihilus: You've tricked me again.

(soon after, during the same conversation)
Stig: I think actually killing might not change a whole lot...
Atellus: Yeahhh...
Stig: As (long) as it's nobody important.
Nihilus: Well, the Emperor isn't here, now, is he?

(Nihilus is flying the guncutter following the native faction's vessel with Atellus and Stig on board - which does a very sudden landing maneuver while Nihilus just shoots past it)
Nihilus: Bloody hell! Should I just turn off the engines and- Atellus: (via vox) We just landed.
Nihilus: (via vox) I imagined!
Baenorian: He went...there... (pointing)
Baenorian: Enemy fighters there.
Atellus: (via vox) You're heading towards enemy fighters.
Nihilus: (via vox) Well, first good thing I heard today!

(contemplating how to proceed amongst the warring factions)
Atellus: Just so that you get it, I'm not necessarily allying with them.
Atellus: I'm just being opportunistic and ready for the triple-cross.
Stig: Because you don't really care about any of these people.
Atellus: No.
GM: I think you already had a triple cross. You should really work on quadruple-crossing someone.

(Atellus and Stig have met the leader of one of the factions, and Stig has discovered something curious)
Stig: (in Low Gothic) Oh, that nice man seems to be a telepathist.
(a beat, until Atellus turns to look directly at Stig)
Atellus: Te-le-path.

(Semala, leader of the faction the Throne Agents have made contact with, is a bit sceptical about their whereabouts)
Semala: What I find...difficult with this...is the fact that you coming from far away Terra...
Semala: ...just slipping through this barrier that has kept everyone else from coming for us in the last couple of thousand years...
Semala: ...now all of a sudden, that we're in probably the most hellish time in our society's history, and...
Semala: ...you come just by pure chance for the one thing you've been fighting over with our enemies for the last months...
Semala: ...is a hell of a lot less likely then you simply being spies.
Atellus: And where do you think we get all the languages that you don't understand, for example?
Semala: Well, I can talk gibberish just as well as anybody else...
Nihilus: (via vox) Booooooooooooooooored!

(still on the vox to Nihilus)
Stig: We have a telepathist here.
Nihilus: A what?
Stig: A telepathist.
Nihilus: Is that like a dentist?
Stig: Yes.
Stig: But he doesn't drill holes in your teeth but in your mind.
Nihilus: Oh.
Nihilus: We should kill him.

(the talks have not gone amicably, and Atellus and Stig have just left)
Atellus: Okay, so I say we infiltrate the ship, get our stuff and then go back.
Atellus: And then leave these idiots to dwell in their own shit.
(a beat)
Atellus: Or I have half a mind to let the Children of Omnia overthrow the city just because I don't like the guy.
Atellus: But that's unprofessional.

(Stig still wants to get some more information out of Semala)
Stig: In any case, (...) I find it much more interesting to extract him - and extract some information out of him - than to go to the ship right away.
Atellus: Okay, stop speaking metaphorically - how do you want to extract him?
Stig: I don't know...
Atellus: Do you want to kidnap him?
Stig: That would be one possibility. Although most people don't react too well to being kidnapped...
Stig: Although it's a mating ritual of the South...
(dead silence)

(a second later)
Atellus: I'm seriously considering using Ignorance is Bliss to erase all your knowledge of the South.

(discussing what to do with Semala)
Atellus: I agree with you that he's very important. But I don't know how we could get him to talk.
Stig: Hammer, what about you - any ideas?
Nihilus: (startled) What?
Atellus: The guy that is leading the people that will probably win the war is an untrained witch.
Nihilus: Well...fire.
Atellus: So...he might be somehow influenced by the Serrated Query.
Nihilus: Fire.
(a beat)
Atellus: So...we're trying to find out what they maybe did to him (...) to find out what the Serrated Query were doing so...
Nihilus: Oh, why didn't you say so? Slow fire starting from the feet.

(the group is contemplating helping Sedan's faction retake the spaceship to gain their trust and how to do it)
Atellus: What do you think of the "Hey, we come from Terra, we know the Mechanicum, we want to help you"-approach?
Nihilus: I thought wanted to kill them.
Stig: I think this one time I am with Silver.
Atellus: (whispering for no apparent reason) But we have Leyden.
Stig: (also whispering) Yes. And we have to kill the people to get the trust of the other parties.
Atellus: Yeah, I didn't mean that we don't kill them. Just to get into a better shooting position.
Stig: When was that ever a problem?
Atellus: I don't know, I just thought we'd try something new.

(a little later during the same conversation)
Stig: Also, have you ever seen - speaking of something new - my storm?
(silence)
Stig: I can do a storm now!
Atellus: Okay...
Nihilus: Could you storm off in that direction?

(the group is still contemplating on how to best get close to or into the spaceship)
Atellus: Leyden and Nihilus.
Leyden: Yes?
Atellus: I think you would be the perfect experts for developing an attack strategy to get to the ship.
Atellus: Please look at the distribution of turrets and estimate, if you can, the guards that will probably be posted in the building via your...knowledge.
Atellus: And try to find a weak spot in the defense. And if a ground attack or an air attack will be wise.
Leyden: Yes, sir.
Nihilus: Neither?
Atellus: Nihilus.
Nihilus: Well...there Borenor guys are human, right?
Atellus: Baenor.
Nihilus: Whatever.
Stig: This is Warnor, this is not Borenor.
Nihilus: Currently, it's Borenor. Quite Borenor.
Nihilus: You're confusing me again, what was I saying?
Nihilus: Ah, yes, so, humans, yes?
Atellus: Yes?
Nihilus: So, humans shit.
(a beat)
Atellus: Yes?
Nihilus: Well, I don't see them shitting in the streets, now. Do you?
Atellus: Yes?
Nihilus: So the shit has to be somewhere.
Atellus: Yes?
Atellus: Could you...maybe...accelerate your description of your strategy...?
Nihilus: What?! You didn't even get it?
Nihilus: We go through the Sewers!
Stig: That is an excellent idea!
Atellus: I would have never thought that you would suggest this strategy.
Atellus: After what happened on-
Leyden: I concur with this strategy.
Atellus: (sighs)

(the Throne Agents are preparing to attempt to storm the heavily-guarded crashed Mechanicum starship and are discussing strategy)
Stig: Well, as I said, I could kill off one guy in there and create a bit of confusion.
Atellus: Yes, but I think more so than confusion you create alertness.
Stig: I don't know, it's...not really...
Stig: Yeah well, it might happen that his head explodes.
(Atellus just stares at him with a blank expression)

(rolling a Silent Move test)
Nihilus: Let's see if I'm not heard...
Nihilus: (while rolling) ...baby don't heard me...

(Stig has just started a psychic tempest reaching out anywhere in a radius of one hundred metres...anywhere.)
Atellus: (currently in the sewers) I very much do not open the manhole cover.
Stig: The storm is everywhere.
GM: Yes.
GM: Which also means...
GM: Do you know what happens with storms and...liquid stuff...
Nihilus: It's a so called...
GM & Nihilus: Shitstorm!

(while Nihilus and Stig are out and about creating storms and killing people...Atellus remains in the sew...ahem...Mission Control)
Atellus: (via vox) Nuts? What's the situation?
Stig: Had to change position. Enemies are dying because of Silver.
Atellus: Good.

(all the enemies are dead and the tempest has subsided - Atellus crawls out of his manhole, covered in sewage)
Atellus: (just stands there for a while)
Atellus: I liked it better when you just made it rain blood.