For your judgment,
Rectors:
230.819.M41 - While in Segetes they gave to Walthus a copy of the laboratory notes they found in the Barbaretta cave. Then they have Walthus arrange to find an adept who can review the footage from the train station cameras. They give the adept the pict of Aegrius from his file and a sketch based on Abdelus' description. To avoid confusion they tell the adept the sketch is of a second man named Hack.
Then they take Zolla and her shuttle to Yokes where they ask around for Carnelia Lorayne. No one in Yokes knows who that woman is, nor do they know anyone with that family name. Using a vox they message Walthus, saying they believe Carnelia does not exist. Walthus does not respond.
Finding the town bulletin board, Garvel confiscates two stories. The first is a story about mysterious explosions for the last three nights, and the second is regarding Sarvus Farm crop failures due to locusts. They then confiscate Abdelus Barbaretta's groundcar and load it into the shuttle. Zolla the pilot then takes them back to Segetes after dark. Seeing as there is no room at the motel, they sleep in the shuttle.
231.819.M41 - In the morning they go and speak with adept, who happens to be worn out from working all through the night. The adept gives them footage of the man in Aegrius' file, with a backpack, getting aboard the train that blew up. Then they find Walthus and ask him about Carnelia. Since she appears to be an alias, they accuse her of working with Aegrius and lying to Walthus.
My Burdens conclude that Aegrius must have boarded the train and exited it soon before the explosion, hiding in a cave nearby. They ask for a topographical map of the area, which Walthus arranges. They fly to Theolum to visit the Officio Administratum and pick up the maps.
Leaving the shuttle, they take the groundcar to a small cave about a mile north of the crash. Eager to find heretics, they are disappointed to find a mother grox and her young, instead. After killing it they field dress it and drive it back to Segetes, where they sell it to a butcher.
Using the map, they go check out an abandoned mine near Segetes. There are abandoned buildings outside. These mines have long since gone quiet. They find the mines abandoned and empty. They head back to Segetes and sleep in the motel.
232.819.M41 - Walthus has a warehouse in Segetes where pieces of the train have been brought and corpses are laid. Rows and rows of body bags alongside fragments of engine and steel. When my Burdens visit to speak with Walthus he leads them down one of the rows to a body bag which he unseals. The corpse is badly mangled, falling to pieces, but the face is clearly the same as the pict from Aegrius' file. Declaring the case closed, Walthus congratulates them. They tell him that they are not necessarily looking for Aegrius, but for a psyker.
Unsure whether or not to trust Walthus, they show him the sketch of 'Hack'.Walthus momentarily seems to recognize the picture, but quickly clears his expression and says he does not know who Hack could be.
My Burden then moves away and plot to confront Walthus. Kaltos meets up with Walthus and speaks to him in the motel room alone while Cain stays in the hallway. Garvel calls up Zolla on the vox, asking her to return to Segetes. Once there, the two converse on the topic of shuttle maintenance. Sander is at the Oats Tavern getting a feel for the psychic energies. Cutter waits the whole thing out in the team's motel room.
Until the next report
I am your eyes,
Oculus
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2012/05/15
2012/05/08
Entry 0002, Theolum
For your judgment,
Rectors:
225.819.M41 - At Ketten's abandoned home, my Burdens took their ease. As they slumbered a force of men circled the house, three in front and four in back. With bottles of amasec they lit the roof ablaze, waking those inside. Quickly, the lawns were filled with fire, the strongest light around. Kaltos confronted the four, daring them to attack. He was supported by Cutter and Sander who fired from the windows. In the front the attackers stood behind their groundcar while firing on Cain and Garvel. The team dispatched all but two of the attackers, which they took prisoner.
Drawn by the flames, the local enforcers arrive. They are known as the Rangers. After some discussion they bring my Burdens to their HQ where the prisoners are interrogated with the assistance of a Ranger Interrogation Specialist named Miriam. She extracts knowledge of the existence of one named Aegrius. He is the witch responsible for the murder in Yokes on 191.819.M41.
After several hours they execute one of the prisoners for blasphemy and return to Ketten's restaurant where they consume grox burgers. This refuels them sufficiently to continue the investigation. They pay a visit to the Officio Administratum, seeking any documents with the name Aegrius. In short order they discover a complaint filed by Abdelus Barbaretta, a rancher living in Yokes. He is struggling to pay his tithe of grox, citing the theft of 80+ heads by someone named Aegrius.
They later find the original Arbites report regarding the attack on the warehouse weeks ago. It has details regarding the blood weeping from the walls, which Sander identifies as a psychic effect. Deciding to go to Yokes, they find a map of the planet and download it onto a dataslate.
226.819.M41 - They gather up some of Ketten's possessions and sell them. Then they sell the groundcar used by the men who ambushed them at night. They go to the train station and buy tickets to Yokes with the money. The train only makes two trips a day, once in the morning out of Theolum and once in the evening for the return.
The Arbites keep close tabs on the station, being that the tithes move through it. Two of the Arbitrators on patrol noticed Kaltos' insignias and stopped to speak with him. My Burdens decide to go to the Precinct-Fortress and do some research.
The Precinct-Fortress on Cyrus Vulpa is modeled after the Scintillan headquarters. The smooth black stone walls reach high into the air, topped with military gun emplacements. Gun servitors closely watch all those who come near. A 100m perimeter surrounds the fortress, empty and clean. A fence marks where the perimeter starts, preventing citizens from aimlessly wandering in. Only Arbites are allowed to carry arms within the bounds, so all but Kaltos hand them over.
While there, they find that Investigator Walthus has assembled a dossier of Aegrius, complete with picture. He is a terrorist leader in the rebel group called the Seeds of Freedom. They seek out Walthus and speak with him. Walthus decides for them to split up, Kaltos covering Yokes while Walthus covers Theolum.
227.819.M41 - After a quiet night my Burden returns to the train station in time for the ride out to Yokes. The train moves across the vast prairies of Vulpa, grass waving with the wind. There are herds of grox all about, grazing purposefully.
Arriving at Yokes my Burden share their pict of Aegrius with some officials, but no one recognizes him. Moving on to Abdelus' ranch, they find his wife in the house. She directs them to the field where her husband is wrangling. They learn that Abdelus witnessed grox thieves on his property and overheard the name Aegrius. That is how the name came to be in the official complaint.
They decide to search the ranch for any possible hideouts, especially caves and mines under the open plains. Abdelus lends them Thale and Theodore to help search the property. They find the remains of an outbuilding, long destroyed. It seems someone here has weakened the veil which separates reality from the warp. They continue searching, until a mysterious earthquake shakes the area. Sander hides a guilty look as Cain trips in a hole.
They sent Thale and Theodore back for rope and shovels. After expanding the hole, my Burden descend into it.
Until the next report
I am your eyes,
Oculus
Rectors:
225.819.M41 - At Ketten's abandoned home, my Burdens took their ease. As they slumbered a force of men circled the house, three in front and four in back. With bottles of amasec they lit the roof ablaze, waking those inside. Quickly, the lawns were filled with fire, the strongest light around. Kaltos confronted the four, daring them to attack. He was supported by Cutter and Sander who fired from the windows. In the front the attackers stood behind their groundcar while firing on Cain and Garvel. The team dispatched all but two of the attackers, which they took prisoner.
Drawn by the flames, the local enforcers arrive. They are known as the Rangers. After some discussion they bring my Burdens to their HQ where the prisoners are interrogated with the assistance of a Ranger Interrogation Specialist named Miriam. She extracts knowledge of the existence of one named Aegrius. He is the witch responsible for the murder in Yokes on 191.819.M41.
After several hours they execute one of the prisoners for blasphemy and return to Ketten's restaurant where they consume grox burgers. This refuels them sufficiently to continue the investigation. They pay a visit to the Officio Administratum, seeking any documents with the name Aegrius. In short order they discover a complaint filed by Abdelus Barbaretta, a rancher living in Yokes. He is struggling to pay his tithe of grox, citing the theft of 80+ heads by someone named Aegrius.
They later find the original Arbites report regarding the attack on the warehouse weeks ago. It has details regarding the blood weeping from the walls, which Sander identifies as a psychic effect. Deciding to go to Yokes, they find a map of the planet and download it onto a dataslate.
226.819.M41 - They gather up some of Ketten's possessions and sell them. Then they sell the groundcar used by the men who ambushed them at night. They go to the train station and buy tickets to Yokes with the money. The train only makes two trips a day, once in the morning out of Theolum and once in the evening for the return.
The Arbites keep close tabs on the station, being that the tithes move through it. Two of the Arbitrators on patrol noticed Kaltos' insignias and stopped to speak with him. My Burdens decide to go to the Precinct-Fortress and do some research.
The Precinct-Fortress on Cyrus Vulpa is modeled after the Scintillan headquarters. The smooth black stone walls reach high into the air, topped with military gun emplacements. Gun servitors closely watch all those who come near. A 100m perimeter surrounds the fortress, empty and clean. A fence marks where the perimeter starts, preventing citizens from aimlessly wandering in. Only Arbites are allowed to carry arms within the bounds, so all but Kaltos hand them over.
While there, they find that Investigator Walthus has assembled a dossier of Aegrius, complete with picture. He is a terrorist leader in the rebel group called the Seeds of Freedom. They seek out Walthus and speak with him. Walthus decides for them to split up, Kaltos covering Yokes while Walthus covers Theolum.
227.819.M41 - After a quiet night my Burden returns to the train station in time for the ride out to Yokes. The train moves across the vast prairies of Vulpa, grass waving with the wind. There are herds of grox all about, grazing purposefully.
Arriving at Yokes my Burden share their pict of Aegrius with some officials, but no one recognizes him. Moving on to Abdelus' ranch, they find his wife in the house. She directs them to the field where her husband is wrangling. They learn that Abdelus witnessed grox thieves on his property and overheard the name Aegrius. That is how the name came to be in the official complaint.
They decide to search the ranch for any possible hideouts, especially caves and mines under the open plains. Abdelus lends them Thale and Theodore to help search the property. They find the remains of an outbuilding, long destroyed. It seems someone here has weakened the veil which separates reality from the warp. They continue searching, until a mysterious earthquake shakes the area. Sander hides a guilty look as Cain trips in a hole.
They sent Thale and Theodore back for rope and shovels. After expanding the hole, my Burden descend into it.
Until the next report
I am your eyes,
Oculus
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