poly_chromatic | 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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[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?

Oh frakk! [Mutters to himself. I guess it is that far back...] I suppose you guys still call it Old Earth at this point. This is going to take some getting used to.

Just "Earth."

But I don't know if we're even on Earth anymore. It's just some weird... pocket of the universe or something.

[Cain nods solemnly in reply to Raikov's words ]

Since, in this time, it hasn't even manifested yet I don't see the harm in telling you this. What you're describing sounds a lot like what we call "the warp". Its a dimension outside normal time and space. All laws we know don't apply there. Time flows differently, even backwards. Evil creatures roam it's voids, and travelers can find themselves thousands of light-years from where they intended to reach... If they get out at all. The city looks very different from where I'd imagine to wind up after a warp hole but, since I'm in one peace, I can't complain. It's strange to think that The Emperor hasn't even embarked on the crusade at this point in history though. I'm actually rather excited to met the people here to tell the truth. The human ones that is...

That... certainly sounds similar. I'm not really sure who all is from the future here. I'm from the past myself. It was quite a shock when I first arrived here.

... What's wrong with the non-human residents though?

Trust me. You haven't taken to the stars yet so you wouldn't know, but mankind is under constant threat from more alien scum than you could throw a Baneblade at. The only thing that keeps humanity from extinction is the never ending sacrifice of the men and women of the Imperial Guard. If you knew aliens as I do, you'd know better than to trust them. They're nothing but trouble...

Actually, we just sent the first man into space 3 years ago.

And aliens are the least of your worries here.

[Cain just stares. The very idea of space travel at it's infancy is as difficult to imagine as not having to breathe]

Oh... wow. Well congratulations I suppose. They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For you, then, this would be that step.

It's more of a dash but I digress... I believe the last time I was here, we only had... 2 aliens? You have nothing to worry about with them. Really, there isn't much to watch out for, aside from the monsters in the Underground.

[Monsters?! Like unknown Xenos everywhere isn't bad enough. Now there's monsters too. I knew this "peaceful city" thing had to have a catch! Don't freak out. Play it cool, Cain. Play it cool.]

Monsters underground, you say? I suppose ravenous beasts DO make other threats seem considerably smaller by comparison...

Just avoid going Underground or if you have to, get an escort.

[At the prospect of facing down a horde of unknown monsters Cain was, suddenly, doubly thankful his laspistol and chainsword had made the journey to the city with him]

While I'm fairly capable of handling myself, a malignant infestation of mutant Xenos right beneath my feet is generally cause for alarm. Aren't the townsfolk concerned about this?

Not really. No one's stupid enough to go charging down there without proper protection. The Underground's mostly for the non-human citizens's business anyways. The monsters never come up to the surface.

Ehh... I still don't like it but, then again, this city seems to be making a habit of turning everything I know on it's head. [Cain scratches at his sideburns uncomfortably] An army of monsters that, apparently, have no hostile intentions is just the cherry on top.

You'll get used to it. Don't worry.

Honestly, [Cain half-laughs] getting used to it is what I'm worried about.

Why's that?

The Imperium is crazy enough. If I were to, honestly and completely, get used to this place then I would definitely have lost my mind.

Maybe. Maybe this place is more sane than where you're from.

The more I see the more I'm sure this is just a warp-induced...whatever. Since it distorts space and time there's the reason for everyone being from different times. The aliens... not so much, but I don't have an explanation for everything. The warp is certainly not a rational place though. [Cain shudders]

Welcome to the warp then?

I guess so! [Cain grins]

[... This guy is weird. He seems more content on thinking he's in that weird warp place than somewhere else entirely that doesn't sound nearly as dangerous.]

... If you have any questions, feel free to ask. The Welcome Center's another good place to go to for info.

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