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Commissar's Log Entry #1 [voice]

[ Cain woke up face-down in the middle of a stone square. As he begins to regain consciousness the realisation that he is no longer anywhere familiar begins to don on him and terror soon follows. The millions of horrifying worst-case scenarios that can befall those travelling the warp begins to play through his head and a cold sweat begins to form on his brow.

Picking himself up, Cain studies his surroundings in a mix of panic and curiosity. The mundane appearance of the town brings his mind back under control and he determines that, familiar or not, his surroundings are definitely not the den of a Chaos God.

With relief flooding over him he turns to inspecting his gear and finds a strange micro data-slate in his pocket. Hope begins to form within Cain as he filters through the information within. After a time he determines that this data-slate is his best chance of making his way back to Imperial territory. ]

*Ahem* [semi-deep, courtly, british accent]This is Commissar Ciaphas Cain. I have found myself in unfamiliar territory and away from my regiment. My terrain appears to be non-hostile but Xenos in nature. To any and all Imperial personnel listening to this I say again: This is Commissar Cain requesting assistance at my coordinates. Commissarial authorization code sigma one-one-five-seven-two-niner...May the Emperor give you speed my friends.

[With his plea for help sent, Cain retreated inside the carousel and pulled his greatcoat tightly around him. Whatever horrors may be lie inside the strange city would just have to wait until reinforcements arrived to be discovered.]

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The mayday won't reach them because you're well outside of the homeworld.

[If this place isn't in the Imperium then I'm a long way from home.]

So... if this place isn't in the Imperium... then where exactly am I?

Edited 2014-01-08 19:33 (UTC)

A place that wouldn't be found on most maps.

A world in uncharted space then I take it. From what I've seen of the city and the people I've seen on this data-slate it still seems to be a human world. I'm definitely glad of that. Makes my work a lot easier than if I'd landed on some alien Xeno world far away from anyone who spoke Gothic of any kind.

[Would you listen to me prattle on? Ugh, I sound like Mott!]

Edited 2014-01-10 03:40 (UTC)

Topside is primarily human. Majority of their population is within the City.

Mostly human you say. Does that mean that there are... "aliens" and the like here? I haven't really seen anyone so far but, I'll admit, in my experience that prospect isn't very thrilling. [Xenos? Here? This city gets better and better all the time]

With all these buildings around there has to someplace a guy can live. From what people are saying it seems like people have been getting spirited away to this place for years, so I'd imagine there's a kind "welcome wagon" in place. [or at least, there'd better be. I'm tired of camping out in this carousel]You wouldn't happen to know where I'd go for that kind of thing would you?

[Amused you missed his implicating himself as non-human.]

The City collects from countless worlds and timelines.

[Downloads map] Welcome Center is nearby. Person in charge; Penny.

A welcome center eh? I guess when most your population consists of unwelcome conscripts people start to get used to the idea. Not sure whether or not that's a good thing though...

[ Different TIMELINES? So the Chaos Gods themselves could be running around here and everyone wouldn't think a thing about it. That's just great...]

City collects all sorts from all walks, alive or dead. You'll find a few various members, but no actual military here.

[No actual military? Thank The Emperor! That little tidbit sets my tingly palms at ease. That means I can actually get to this welcome center without issue. How about that?]

Well, that's reassuring, at the very least. Though I'm sworn to face the enemies of mankind it wouldn't do me any good to be jumping at shadows all the time. Its high time I got settled. [He stands and adjusts his gear, attempting to best look the way a bunch of people he's never met might imagine a rogue-ish hero to look]

Edited 2014-01-14 02:35 (UTC)

[Oh god, a commissar. At least this guy doesn't seem to be a Soviet...]

Welcome to the City. You're stuck here.

Edited 2014-01-08 05:48 (UTC)

The City you say? A rather unimaginative name but I've heard stranger for sure. More importantly though: What exactly do you mean by "stuck here"? [with a nearly imperceptible tinge of challenge in his voice]

Edited 2014-01-08 19:32 (UTC)

I mean, you're literally stuck here. You can't return to your world by choice, Commissar.

[Can't return by choice? That doesn't sound good at all... I'd better keep quiet until I can find out more about this place.

Can't return by choice? What's that supposed to mean? Am I meant to be a prisoner then?

It means exactly what you think it means. You're not exactly a prisoner... but... you can't escape willingly either.

Things have changed since I was last here so I can't really tell you how this place works that well anymore.

[Well...that doesn't sound particularly appealing. At least I can rest easy on the "guards coming to get me" front. I figure if that was going to happen it would've happened by now. I don't really think they'd give me a data-slate and say "have at it" either. I'd say it's about time I got out of this Carousel.]

From what you say it sounds, sadly, like some kind of wildlife reserve. Were you brought here like me then? There seems to be quite a few people on this data-slate who are undergoing the same adjustments to the city that I am, but they all seem to come from radically different worlds. What in the warp is up with that?

Everyone here is pretty much from different worlds, universes, time periods... Occasionally others from your same world may wind up here but not too often.

I've been here off and on for the past... 2 or so years. I don't have control over when I'm thrown back into my world though. Thankfully time stops when you wake up here.

[Different time periods? Worlds? Universes? I really did get stolen through the Warp! Frakk! ]

I kind of figured something like this was happening but, as usual, I was hoping I wouldn't be right. [He sighs heavily] I'm getting really tired of being right.

You sound a bit sure of yourself, always "being right."

I finally discovered how to set this infernal data-slate to video. But I digress: Trust me. If you knew about the dangers of the Warp you'd much rather not be right. Believe me when I tell you I'm definitely not always right. I'm nothing more than a simple political officer in the service of the Emperor. Getting back to my men and my aide, Jurgen... [At the mention of Jurgen's name split-second twinge of deep sadness flashes across Cain's face but, just as quickly as it was there, it vanishes] ...is what's important.

[After a moment's pause Cain begins again]There wouldn't happen to be someplace I could get a cup of tea in this town would there?

Edited 2014-01-09 07:20 (UTC)

[Oh. Hm. Not a bad looking man. Those side burns are crazy though.]

Not really sure what the Warp is or who's your Emperor... but you won't have to worry about those while you're here. Like I said the moment you leave this place, whenever you do, you won't remember here and no time will have passed.

[He scratches his cheek as he tries to remember the different locations]

You can try the Jasmine Dragon if it's still open. If not, there's Cafe Juliet.

So this whole place is like a dream. Interesting. [Cain crosses one arm and strokes his chin thoughtfully] So let me ask you one last question then: What year is it?

Hmmm... 2014 now, since it was just New Years.

[Cain's jaw visibly drops]

Holy Throne! The year two thousand and fourteen... Now that's a heck of a thing. If that's true, though, then you guys pretty much just got into space? [Cain mumbles to himself: Lessee...we hadn't made it out of the segmentum solar by then so...] So we must be on Terra!

Edited 2014-01-10 04:25 (UTC)

[Raikov has no idea what Cain's talking about. This guy sure is weird.]

... Terra?

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