Sergei

Our acolyte:

Touma:

- visit the beach

- go see a new aquarium

- get that tattoo

- visit a haunted house this Halloween

- go star gazing

My former Adeptus Mechanicus priest found herself in interesting waters the third day on the job as she...

Peacefully dealt with an onboard mutiny (no, they still cannot have guns), which did not earn Abelard's respect, but then inspired awe in the man after she badmouthed her predecessor. Her point? She and Abelard must work TOGETHER...IN SYNC!!! So he doesn't have to watch servitors peel her remains off the wall as she is also assassinated.

As a result of the above, Vinnie's olive branch is letting Abelard introduce her now in pretty much every scene. She thinks he really likes it.

Mutinous heretics kept shooting at her escort in Rykad Minoris specifically, and she still doesn't understand how he survived. Thank the Omnissiah he did, though, as she later found his fiance.

The fiance is unlikely to get a medal of service for coming back with the son of her Rogue Trader missing an eye (no one's fault), but at least Vinnie talked up this escort so he can have a higher pay stub. You both want children, yes? That's expensive.

Vinnie asked Idira what the vibes were for herself and Sister Argenta. The answer was "mysterious and bad." How promising.

Can't say Idira was wrong when Vinnie walks in on the Inquisitor Heinrix van Calox torturing a man to death in the sacred temple. She played it real cool and had a very polite conversation until Heinrix asked if Idira had a permit. DAMN, he's good.

There is no better distraction away from your illegal psyker than having your whole group dress up as heretics to save a priest sharing the same name as your fellow mechanic, Pasqal. Our buddy threatened a governor to do this, so we're going to do it RIGHT.

Vinnie continues to remain biased towards her former organization as every single one of them (and the machines) cooperate with her while every single non-party member human gets in her way.

Well not everyone. Some men with guns and a fancy title were throwing heretics around like they were toys. They were delightful.

Back on board the ship, Heinrix gifted Winnie with an old Inquisition relic to try and smooth things out. Vinnie panicked at the unexpected gift and relied on her blasphemous mentor's teachings...She flirted with Heinrix aggressively, because anyone who thinks they can manipulate you with gestures like this is going to have their own card played against them. How the turn tables as you are now disoriented, Lord Inquisitor.

Vinnie still wonders if it was rude to say exploding your aunt and her pet is not very dramatic, but the Lord Inquisitor continued to indulge her (non-classified) questions. She thinks they're cool.

Turns out Paqal and Vinnie have the EXACT SAME TRAUMA. Perhaps Vinnie's mentor was a follower of Pasqal's...So they are both the students who testified against their masters. Sits in haunted silence together as the machines whir.

Abel loves to spend time with us after we passed logic tests to partially understand what he is doing. #AdeptusMechanicus4Lyfe

Did you know you're not supposed to call mutants "freaks" to their faces? Vinnie didn't. She walks in on Felek trying to kill Cassia for being a danger, and she doesn't understand how one freak mutant is more dangerous than another.

You could hear a pin drop

No seriously, everyone was so quiet. Vinnie didn't realize this was a faux pas when we have people on board her own ship TALKING ABOUT HUNTING VOIDBORN FOR SPORT. She is trying to defend Cassia!!!

After being politely informed that Cassia is a noble and should be treated as such, Vinnie begins the journey of unlearning old and subconscious bias. She asks Cassia how she is later, and they hit it off so well that the little princess is visibly happy to see her whenever they talk.

Naturally the heretics had to ruin this moment of girlish fun by damning an entire planet to daemons. Vinnie's first impulse was to evacuate as many people as possible, but Heinrix talked her out of it. He correctly understood that the attempt was a desire to overcome the odds after saving so many individuals, and that she was getting too greedy (read: Iconoclast).

My Rogue Trader Vinnie spoke to Sister Argenta, a constant source of her anxiety with bloodlust overflowing from that one. To her surprise, the sister asked Vinnie to talk to some orphans. They received a dignified speech about becoming the next heirs that ended with my Tech Priest going, "listen kid, if you hate the system then cry less and study more to gain rank" to one of the interrupters. She has little experience with children, but she hopes this bit of practical wisdom from a figurehead helped.

Vinnie checked back in with Sister Argenta to see how she did, only to find the woman is back to business on killing heretics...We have to find some soon before this woman starts her own Inquisition.

Imagine my Rogue Trader's face when she was told in so many words that Idira is not a registered psyker. Being capable is one thing. No one doubt her there. Being granted the right to live by the God Emperor is something else entirely. Oh Omnissiah, we're really in it now.

Legality aside, Idira seems like a real go-getter. There's no better personality type when you're trying to get a hobbling dynasty to walk strongly again. Keep it together please, you talented and very illegal psyker!

DAY 1:

My Hive World Tech Priest is pulled away from her dedication to the Omnissiah to instead answer the call to business by a distant relative. She sees this as divine providence, considering the comraderie with her fellow priests has taken a hit. Reporting your own mentor to the powers that be will do that for you.

Unimpressed by glitter and gold, my newly anointed heir then assumed she was brought in to replace Edelthrad if he died of whatever ailed him. She passed the check to realize he was sick, and it was clear that Theodora did not prefer her despite being the personality type this woman claims to enjoy.

Getting knocked out by Kunrad was a “disappointed but not surprised” moment. Kunrad might as well be called Backstabber McTraitor as a spymaster, and my Tech Priest looks like a child with a water gun compared to the expertise of other fighters. She never misses a shot, but by the Emperor can she only take one in turn. The flesh is weak, and machines will be our deliverance…

My Tech Priest tried to convince Kunrad that she too was a conniving, ambitious turncoat who wanted to join forces with him. Instead she got to be a big damn hero by prioritizing saving the crew members over returning to Edelthrad’s side. So long Edelthrad. It’s probably better you leave the hard work of dealing with this Inquisition contact and the management of a near-dynasty collapse to the traitorous bitch who outlived you…

A (former) Tech Priest has no time to linger on the way she keeps betraying the people who are meant to lead her, however. Nor how she sometimes gives in to her own Iconoclast tendencies when she’s trying to live a dogmatic life. The flesh is imperfect. Salvation from its faults lie with the machine. If she ventures out into space and uncovers lost wisdom from the ancestors, surely it will save not only her dynasty but her very soul. Of course she will accept the mantle of Rogue Trader without objection.

However the road to salvation requires a lot of repairs and resources. Having just witnessed Lady Theodora be assassinated in her own office, my Tech Priest rejected her Iconoclast impulses when one of her underlings spoke mutinously and had Abelard punish him. She will save you, but you will learn fearful reverence.

Her current headache is the result of Sister Argenta. Though she deeply respects the woman’s skills and devotion, this spectacle of faith gives in to her baser instincts. Sister Argenta lives for the thrill of spilling blood…My Rogue Trader, Vinnie (Lavinia von Valancius) to her friends, which is no one currently, is concerned. She needs to find someone worth killing quickly so this sister’s righteous blood lust doesn’t tip over into something inconvenient.