WardenCelestine

Warhammer 40k: Enigmas of the Warp

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Halo: Aegis Team

After breaking off from the rest of Aegis Team, Spartan Aviza made a direct path towards the nearest UNSC medic's location that could attend to her head injury. The thought of having a Sangheili tend to the head injury had crossed her mind for the briefest of seconds, but the Spartan knew of their customs and that doing so would most likely reflect poorly upon her and perhaps any who assisted. In truth, she could have taken care of it herself but after the blood loss and continued strain she had put onto the area, it was decided that having someone else tend to the injury was in the best of her interest.

inside of the armory of the Hekar Taa Pattern Blockade Runner, a group of UNSC Marines had been rather loudly conversing with each other about the battle that was about to happen, and wondering were they would be deployed. Though, as soon as the heavy sounding footfalls from Aviza could be heard coming down the hallway towards them, one of the Marines peaked his head out of the armory to investigate the source of the noise. Upon seeing Spartan Aviza, the Marine quickly pulled himself back into the armory and informed the rest of his squad that they were about to have company.

The Marines had done their best to act nonchalantly about Spartan Aviza entering the Armory, but the appearance of the burn marks upon her armor drew their curiosity. The squad leader quickly turned to face Aviza and gave her a stiff salute while addressing her, "Spartan." He would then take a more relaxed stance before continuing, "Do you need any assistance? Looks like you may have taken a few hits down there."

Spartan Aviza quickly responded to the posed question, "I require a medic to tend to a head injury." Her gaze turning to the UNSC medic as she spoke. Without saying a word, the medic quickly grabbed onto his advanced first-aid kit and asked Aviza to take a seat on a nearby bench.

Aviza's glanced over to the bench that the medic had asked her to take a seat upon. She was a bit worried about breaking it upon then shrugged it off, doing as was request of her. After taking a seat in the middle of the bench, she carefully removed her helmet and placed it down upon her right side. The medic quickly began to inspect the head injury, while speaking to the Spartan, "If I may ask, how did you sustain this injury? It will help me tend to it." Aviza's azure blue eyes glanced up at medic before she responded, "Needler Rifle hit to the head."

The medic now had a look of surprise upon his face, "You are very lucky you did not come out of that much worse, as I am sure you know. Your armor took most of the blast, but there is still a significant injury here, let alone a concussion." There was a moments pause before Aviza responded, "I am aware, will you be able to attend to the injury fully or should I head elsewhere for more in-depth help?" The medic nodded his head once lightly, "I can, but it will take time, just relax and I will have you ready before your next mission."

The Spartan held perfectly still while the medic tended to her head injury, letting her mind wander on what had transpired so quickly in such a short amount of time.

She was unsure how much time passed, but the medic had finished his work after some stitches, pokes with needles, and some other less invasive medical treatments. During all of this, the other Marines in the room had left to give the two of them privacy, so the medic could work in peace without any distractions. "That is everything I can do with the equipment provided, my advice is to take it easy and try not to take a Needler Rifle round to the head again." said the medic, as she moved to his feet and made a few notes in his datapad for medical reasons. "You are all clear Spartan Aviza, if you need anything else, please let me know." Spartan Aviza moved to her feet and looked over her helmet, it still had the blast marks upon it from the Needler Rifle, she had decided that she liked the battle damaged look more than the clean version.

Now moving to her feet, she turned to face the medic that had expertly tended to her injury and spoke, "Thank you for your assistance Marine, it is appreciated." Much to the Marines surprise, Aviza lightly patted the man on his head a few times before turning to leave, vanishing around the corner. The Marine medic was left stunned for a few seconds before coming back to his senses, "Wait, what just happened?"

Heading back down the hallway she had come from, Aviza used the HUD built into her helmet to triple check if she had everything she needed for when they were forced to fight on foot. Thankfully she did, though now instead of a MA40 Assault Rifle, she now had a M739 SAW, which felt right at home among her loadout. There was a few more things to do before she could consider herself ready to finish what they had started.

After making her way through the halls of the ship once more, Aviza found herself within the hanger of the Hekar Taa Pattern Blockade Runner. The Spartan stood below her own personal heavily modified Theseus Command Mantis, which she had requested to be moved for use in the up and coming war. After a few moments of looking over the Mantis, a UNSC Engineer moved to her side then spoke in a rough sounding voice, "She is prepped and ready for combat, Spartan Aviza, good luck out there." The UNSC Engineer then moved to work on something else.

Wasting no time, Spartan Aviza climbed up and into the Theseus Command Mantis, securing her position inside of it while the rest of Aegis Team started to flood in. "Alright Shihi, help me run a full systems check on the Theseus." said Aviza as she began making sure everything would function to the best of its abilities. Her HUD informed her that the Theseus Command Mantis's main systems were working, but she would have to check the weapons systems manually while Shihi took care of other things within the Mech. "Right arms M655 Anti-Material Machinegun is green, left arms Heavy Incinerator is green, right shoulders Smart Rocket Pod is green, left shoulders M149 Recoilless Rifle is green, all weapon systems are operational." Aviza nodded her head in approval.

Repositioning herself into a more comfortable position within the Theseus Command Mantis, Spartan Aviza watched as others began to mount up into their vehicles, preparing for war. It was at that time that she saw Tar raise her carbine above her head and give a warcry before taking a turret in a Wraith. Opening the teams coms, Aviza would reach out to the Sangheili, "Well said Tar, watch yourself down there on the field of battle. I am currently ready to deploy, just awaiting our signal."

Warhammer 40k: Enigmas of the Warp

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Halo: Aegis Team

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Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

(Blackbird of Chernobyl)

As the frigged rain fell down upon Niah and Celestine from the cloudy sky above the two of them, The Black Bird of Chernobyl wrapped her arms around herself for a short moment before moving her hands in front of her and rubbing them together to create friction. Part of her wished they were still inside of the S.H.I.E.L.D. mountain base in the distance, her armor and weapons where still in there, with of course most of the team. "That could have turned out better, wish I had all of my equipment, I am sure you do as well." said Celestine as she turned to face Niah who appeared to be just as cold as she was. Celestine moved closer to Niah before taking a knee next to the woman, just in time to hear the question she had asked about her abilities. "There is no reason to apologize, it is a fair question after all, anyway." began Celestine as she glanced around their surroundings, her focused returned to Niah before she continued. "If you are talking about my technopath ability, that is rather difficult to explain but I will do my best."

She paused once more and slid down into a sitting position, "Since I am a technopath, I can interface and interact with machines and electronics. For example those scanners when we first arrived, tried to interact with them so we could pass through unnoticed. Also tried to interact with the power suits when we were attacked, both times did not work out as well as I would have hoped by maybe next time. Speaking of which, I have an idea that may just work." The Blackbird of Chernobyl reached out to one of the aircrafts in the distance that was patrolling the area with her technopath ability. The next thing she knew, it was then heading towards them, most likely causing the pilot of have some sort of anxiety attack. Celestine turned back to Niah and smiled, "Hey, look sharp Niah, our ride is going to be here soon, and I will be helping you into it after I take care of whoever is inside."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

(Blackbird of Chernobyl)

Celestine opened her eyes when she heard the door to the interrogation cell open once more, she had been expecting good news from Agent Woo and in a way that is what they received. "Well good on you for believing us." commented Celestine under her breath as she repositioned herself in her seat, listening to what the Agent had to say. As soon as he had finished speaking and made his way to the other side of the table, Woo was head butted by Bonnie, knocking him out cold. "And there go the alarms, right on time, they sure are prompt with these things. Thank you for unlocking the cuffs but do you think you can do anything about these collars? I would be able to help us escape better by being able to use my powers." The Blackbird of Chernobyl reached up and felt the collar around her neck, then turned her attention back to Bonnie. The woman tapped the cards against the collars and they thankfully fell free, "Oh, you are already on top of it, good thinking."

"I wonder how the others are doing, may have to get violent. Let me rephrase that, we will have to get violent before the day is out, I am sure." Celestine glanced back at Woo who laid upon the ground, unconscious. "Wait, where is Niah and Oli? Did they ..." There was no time to finish her sentence, she felt herself picked up and the world around her becoming a blur of motions before being clumsily placed down next to Niah, under a tree that was being used for cover. "Thank you for helping us get out of there, we will hold the ground here till you arrive. Please try and locate our gear if possible!"

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

(Blackbird of Chernobyl)

"Okay so conjuring is nice and all but real magic is cheating and takes the fun out of the trick." said Celestine with a shake of her head in disappointment. She reached out towards the deck of cards but was just a few inches away from being able to touch them. "Could of at least let me have the cards, but I guess I still pose a threat." The Blackbird of Chernobyl shrugged, at least Agent Woo had left to go talk to his superiors about letting them go, or at least he had said. She knew the longer that they sat here, the more chaos and destruction that Luminous and Doctor Doom would unleash upon this reality. Glancing at her coffee cup, she noticed that it's contents was now gone, so like the person she was, she reached for another untouched cup of coffee within range and began to drink from it, keeping her eyes on the door that woo had just exited from.

Thankfully, the coffee was still quite hot, "Well at least we have that going for us." said Celestine under her breath as she glanced back to the rest of her team before speaking. "Someone that is a speeder and someone that is part scientist and part wizard, great description there. I wonder though, do they have any other information about our high value targets? I mean, with all of this technology around us, they should have been able to track them outside of the country. Maybe that is just wishful thanking, we shall see though." Celestine felt her shoulder raise slightly but stopped herself from shrugging, "Let's just hope they let us out of here and give us the information we need." If they were lucky and the cards fell in their order, perhaps they could even get help with their mission, or more.

Halo: Aegis Team

The suggestion that Spartan Aviza had made about using the M379 charge against the massive Tengmaa bulb apparently went unnoticed among the squad, since there was no comment made about it in the slightest. The charge would have been quite dangerous to use but even more so effective against the hostile force that was trying to turn them into it's next source of nutrients. Instead, they focused upon cutting down vines that got to close to them and attempting to do any sort of damage. Thankfully, Aviza had decided to stay back from the edge of the pit that lead to the heart of the carnivorous plant, using her SRS99-S7 AM Sniper Rifle to fire upon the vines in the distance. If they managed to get close enough, she would then switch to either her underslung shotgun upon her MA5B Assault Rifle or Energy Sword to cut through them.

A few of the vines had managed to end up getting a bit to close for comfort, drawing her attention away from what was happening at the pit to make sure she did not end up with a barb somewhere soft on her armor. The sound of her underslung shotgun firing off flechette shells echoed through the chamber as they tore through the vines with great ease. What did bring her concentration back to the center of the chamber was hearing from Vael that Tar had been caught by a few of the vines. Aviza swiftly moved to the edge of the pit, but kept herself at a safe enough distance to not be grabbed and dragged in afterwards. Without saying a word, Aviza took a half knee stance and aimed the cross hair of her SRS99-S7 AM Sniper Rifle at the vines below, firing off a few rounds that would hopefully do massive damage to the vines. The thought of tossing Tar her Energy Sword came to mind but that might end horribly, instead she kept aim, firing at what she could.

This continued untill Grikgar fired off a few rounds from his Fuel Rod cannon at the Tengmaa bulb, giving them their chance to put it down for good. The intense heat from the explosions going off caused Aviza to shield her eyes for a few second, moving backwards in case Grik fired again. Lowering her arm to look at what remained, she noticed that they now had the chance to do some damage. Instead of firing immediately, Aviza took her M379 charge and tossed it down into the pit where it landed safely. It would not go off untill she detonated it, and she was going to make damn sure everyone was outside of the cave before she did so. For now, she returned to firing off high caliber explosive rounds at the massive Tengmaa bulb. As she did so, she checked her teams coms and spoke, "Does anyone need any medical attention? I can tend to injuries immediately." Aviza would then reach out to Shih, "Two things, I would like full medical diagnostics on the team and then I would like an update on the storm outside please and thank you."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

(Blackbird of Chernobyl)

Things were dragging on with the so called interrogation, and her attempt to be honest with Agent Woo was apparently wasted upon a close minded man, a fool. Celestine let out a heavy sigh, running her left hand through her short black hair, it was going to be a long day, apparently. The others around her apparently were not getting anywhere with the man either, which did not help their case in the slightest. "Should have stayed in bed and not signed on for this mission." thought Celestine with a slight smirk spread across her face, it would have made things much easier in truth. Once more, her eyes scanned the room around her with more curiosity than concern this time around, taking in every detail. They ended up focusing upon the door once more, freedom was so close, if only the collars and handcuffs were not there.

"I answered your questions honestly, now I do believe that a few questions of our own should be answered." said Celestine, not waiting for a reply she kept going. "I asked you about Sparky's condition and did not get a reply, how is she? Is she still alive? Secondly, How did this universes Cass regrow her arm after having it cut clean off? Nanotech or something along the lines? Thirdly, Where even are we? Under water? In space? Below ground? something else?" Celestine leaned back in her chair as much as she could, holding eye contact with Agent Woo. "Also if you give me a deck of cards I will show you a real magic trick, not like what you did by keeping your card behind your hand then flexing your fingers to make it appear as if it came out of nowhere."

Warhammer 40k: Enigmas of the Warp

"You should also save your concerns Armsmen, as pointless as that may be for me to say. I could turn my weapon upon my head and pull the trigger and your concerns would still stand, even after I was dead. In fact, I am sure you would enjoy that, it would make you more than happy to see me paint the wall behind us. Thankfully for the both of us, that will not be happening. Now if you wish to really get into politics I can. I also know of the Imperiums treachery and deceit, not only that but also the merciless onslaught of anything that may or may not stand in your way, even your own people, their lives being meaningless." Maya took a sip from her water and decided to keep her mouth shut now that the waitress was in ear shot of their conversation and that Andromedai was giving her a look to hold her tongue. "As for something to eat and drink, I would like the sage fried chicken and waffles please, with a side of mint julep iced tea." responded Maya to the posed question before leaning back in her seat and attempting to relax.

"Be weary of your words Maya, they are heretical, I need not remind you of your current surroundings and company." said Celestian Andromedai with a tone of voice that held hostility behind it. "Armsmen Stukov, I expect you to behave and follow my orders even with Maya here. Now for food, I would like the Beef Stroganov, that is all." finished the Sister of Battle who gave a nod to the waitress, the woman attempting to tune out and forget the conversation she had just heard. She would quickly nod her head in acknowledgement to the other members orders, writing them down on some sort of data-pad before speaking, "I have all your orders, they will be pushed to the front of the line and made as soon as I arrive to the kitchen." The woman would bow then quickly make her way to said kitchen, swerving in between other people as she did.

"I can handle my alcohol, are you challenging me to a drinking contest Miss Adrianne?" A sly smirk spread across Maya's face, though Andromedai did not seem to happy with the idea. "While I agree with the idea of friendly competition, I do not think that is the best idea at the moment, we have other important tasks to take care of after this and I rather not have anyone, intoxicated." The thought of members of her team getting drunk caused Andromedai's left eye to twitch slightly, that would not only make them look horribly bad, but could also be quite dangerous. "Also I can tell what you are trying to do here Adrianne, I am not that easy." commented Maya, "I have never seen a holiday of the Imperium, so this should be interesting, maybe even fun, we shall see."

As soon as Maya had finished speaking, the food was delivered by the same waitress who had taken their orders, somehow managing to carry all the food and drinks at once. "My appologies Psyker Adrianne, we ran out of gene potatoes, we had to use real farm grown ones for your meal. If there is anything else you all will need, please let me know. If you change your mind on food Armsmen, I would be happy to take your order." said the waitress, Celestine glanced over at Stukov then turned her head back to the waitress with a raised finger. "Bring him the Viper Ale Chili, with corn bread, thank you." quickly added Andromedai. The waitress nodded her head and swiftly left to have the food made.

"After this, the celebrations for the Sanguanalla Celebration should be in full swing, we will walk the streets and take part in what we can before heading to a specialty store and picking up supplies, then heading back to the safe house for rest. That is a rough idea for the evening, we shall see what happens." As soon as Andromedai had finished her sentence, the waitress returned with the Viper Ale Chili and cornbread before placing it down before Stukov. Little blue flames licked the surface of the chili then died down, added for presentation. "At least try the chili Stukov, it is going to be a long night, and you will thank me later for having something to eat before our adventure begins."