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Memento Mori (Exalted/40k)

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Maugan Ra said:
"You've killed forty three people in your life, Director," you say in a low voice, almost conversational, "the last of which was your own nephew. Those hounds by your side held him in the chair while you worked him over with the sanding belt. I'm guessing you didn't care for the tattoos he'd gone and gotten, but I have to wonder - did he beg, at the end? Did you think nobody was listening?"
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Maugan Ra said:
"...what are you?" The words are less said than murmured, a prayer from a man who has just discovered how small he is after all.
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Wait...

>Killed his own blood and got rid of tattoos they had.
>Immediately jumps to thinking we're inhuman and praying.

Holy shit this guys been fighting chaos cultists and thinks we're a daemon lol. We might unironically be dooming this hive if we kill him and whoever takes over is in thrall to Chaos.
 
Death and service need not be mutually exclusive.

Da Boyz said:
Wait...

>Killed his own blood and got rid of tattoos they had.
>Immediately jumps to thinking we're inhuman and praying.

Holy shit this guys been fighting chaos cultists and thinks we're a daemon lol. We might unironically be dooming this hive if we kill him and whoever takes over is in thrall to Chaos.
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Thats a major leap in logic?
 
Da Boyz said:
Wait...

>Killed his own blood and got rid of tattoos they had.
>Immediately jumps to thinking we're inhuman and praying.

Holy shit this guys been fighting chaos cultists and thinks we're a daemon lol. We might unironically be dooming this hive if we kill him and whoever takes over is in thrall to Chaos.
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That's a massive number of assumptions, you could just as easily read it as family member is too rebellious so he kill them. And we are obviously inhuman, are every action has been beyond what a normal human could do.
 
dlwj2000 said:
That's a massive number of assumptions, you could just as easily read it as family member is too rebellious so he kill them. And we are obviously inhuman, are every action has been beyond what a normal human could do.
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zxzx24 said:
Thats a major leap in logic?
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I assume that 'sanding' and the mention of tattoos were included in the text by MR for a reason. The most famous tattoos in 40k are the Chaos Sigils/Brands/Marks which cultists get, and their removal in order to spare the reputation of the family post-mortem would explain why the governor went the extra mile of mutilating his nephew's skin.

Plus if you check the rest of the text:
Maugan Ra said:
e's not actually as old as you took him to be at first glance, merely distinguished with flecks of soot black and ashen grey in his dark hair, and his pale eyes are certainly piercing in their intensity
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Maugan Ra said:
a minor virtue of discipline - he is motivated by his desire to increase his family's standing and values those who act in controlled and consistent manners, as opposed to the impulsive or disorganised.
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He wouldn't just do this for shits and giggles, he had an actual reason for doing so. If his nephew had just been a disgrace he'd probably have just poisoned him in a 'dignified' way.

Yeah the more I read through the text I think this guy might be a model Imperial. I.E a blueblooded bastard fascist but also someone devoted to the Imperium and against Chaos to the death. Or maybe just a different type of Chaos Cultist (Tzeentch vs Nurgle for example) but I'd expect him to have a higher body count if that were the case.
 
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Ah. No. You do not need to assign a palatable. Or justifiable reason for him to belt sand his nephew to death.

People kill for money or power all the time. Even in cruel and horrific ways.
 
zxzx24 said:
Ah. No. You do not need to assign a palatable. Or justifiable reason for him to belt sand his nephew to death.

People kill for money or power all the time. Even in cruel and horrific ways.
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'a minor virtue of discipline - he is motivated by his desire to increase his family's standing and values those who act in controlled and consistent manners as opposed to the impulsive or disorganized.'

Look assuming people in power are assholes is a good rule of thumb in the Imperium but if the author mentions something then I tend to think it has a purpose.
 
We do kinda need information about the Sector Lord.

And him helping us actually get closer I think marks him for death anyways, once the true nature of our goal is revealed.
Da Boyz said:
Yeah the more I read through the text I think this guy might be a model Imperial.
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Who gives a shit if he's a 'model Imperial?' We're here to kill people like him. We're not here to fix the Imperium lol

[X] Service
 
The Laurent said:
Vague Stunt Idea for Death:

"Stand," the Last and First said, and then shot him in one knee. "Stand," he said, and shot him in the other kneecap. "You've demanded more from those you've hurt, with less cause. Stand, though your body is broken, stand on your two feet, oh honored Fane. Stand and die with a gun in your hand."
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Hmmm. I like it. But what about something shorter and simple, but that still gets the message across? Like, for example:
Maugan Ra said:
"Anything! Just tell me what you want from me!"
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"Draw."

[X] Death
 
Da Boyz said:
We're here to shoot assholes and hopefully make things better along the way. If the hive falls to Chaos then that fails the second part of the mission.
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Yeah, and this guy counts as an asshole. He killed his nephew with a sanding belt, because he had tattoos he didn't like. If Chaos crops up, we'll shoot them too, but that shouldn't really stop us here, IMHO.

Our dream of Atlantia, of 'No More Dead Children,' just... can't mesh with what the Imperium does, in any way.
 
meianmaru said:
Hmmm. I like it. But what about something shorter and simple, but that still gets the message across? Like, for example:

"Draw."

[X] Death
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If we're going that way I'd prefer, "Fill your hand" personally. :V

But yeah, I even sorta thought of a kind of, "If we kill him" (we will) thing.

Now: "Stand," the Last and First said, and then shot him in one knee. "Stand," he said, and shot him in the other kneecap. "You've demanded more from those you've hurt, with less cause. Stand, though your body is broken, stand on your two feet, oh honored Fane. Stand and die with a gun in your hand."

As he dies: "I did."
 
I should note here that Director Orthlack is not the governor of Gunmetal City, which itself is not a hive. There isn't actually a governor at all - the fanes share power, or rather each assumes authority over the various mines, foundries and workshops under its financial umbrella, and when combined action is necessary they hash it out on an ad hoc basis. Orthlack are the richest and most well connected of the fanes, but they're not in charge.

(This might sound like a terrible way to run any city, much less a megapolis of four billion souls, and you would be right, it is! Entire regions are effectively lawless and the gangs of the Infernus are so widespread and powerful that many regiments of the Scintillan Fusiliers boast battle honours from Gunmetal City).
 
I have no problems killing the guy, he deserves it ten times over. . . but we have bigger fish to fry, don't we? This Fane can get us off world and the connections we need. If we kill him, we are kinda back at square one, just with more chaos (small c).

But Death is also cool, no complaints about it leading.

[x] Service
 
[X] Death
-[X] "Draw," you call out, and you let your hand go whisper slow to your holstered pistol. It's not a fair fight, you won't pretend to that. But you doubt he's ever been in a fair fight in his life; he had other people to do that for him, while he reaped the profits. You'll at least let him die with steel in hand.
 
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Jensaarai said:
We do kinda need information about the Sector Lord.

And him helping us actually get closer I think marks him for death anyways, once the true nature of our goal is revealed.

Who gives a shit if he's a 'model Imperial?' We're here to kill people like him. We're not here to fix the Imperium lol

[X] Service
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We have a charm that can get a corpse to talk.

So if we kill him, we can perfectly well get him to talk anyway.
 
[x] Death
-[x] "Stand," the Last and First said, and then shot him in one knee. "Stand," he said, and shot him in the other kneecap. "You've demanded more from those you've hurt, with less cause. Stand, though your body is broken, stand on your two feet, oh honored Fane. Stand and die with a gun in your hand."
 
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