Iron fist stands up real fast"WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH IM NOT A MUTANT YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF I WONT DRINK ON THE TUB I SWEAR ILL ONLY DRINK PLANETSIDE!!!" *edited*
"Despite the Arbites usually being some of the most loyal members of the Imperium, it just makes them less suspicious and I have not seen anyone in Arbites uniform, he could have lied to you and we could receive false reports. I am not going to fall for such cheap tricks. Especially since the Arbites keeps only records on convicts." Andreas replied before the Lieutenant and Commissar went with their prank about Iron Fist.
"HAHAHAHA" he laughed a hearty laugh while holstering his bolt pistol. He clapped him on the back again, "Wow the Lt really got you good!" He wiped a tear from laughing away. "Is there any more you need from us Inquistor? Haha. Sorry, I've never seen a Catachan that scared before! But all jokes aside, whenever you are ready Inquistor we will begin our investigation." Still puffing on his cigar, "I would also suggest that we go fully kitted up, as if it were a combat deployment. The PDF would surely be impressed to see a fully combat ready Catachan. Plus I don't like how stuffy the Formal Dress uniform is." He hoped that the Inquistor would NOT shoot down his idea. "The plan is rather simple, Iron Fist will mingle with the regular line PDF to gain their trust and get the dirt about what's REALLY happening. You can't beat the JNN (Joe News Network) for all the good information. I will work with the Lt they assigned us, reviewing PDF deployments, recruitment, and training." Turning to Iron Fist, "You will NOT consume any alcohol during our visit to the planet. Is that understood?" He gave the Catachan a stern look, being 100% serious in this matter. "If I so much as catch a whiff of alcohol I will throw you in the brig myself!"
Has great shame that he fell for the joke on his face "sir yes sir I will do what I can to do your will sit"
"I hoped our friends of the Mechanicus have anything to share?" The Inquisitor turned to the binary-spitting allies. @Mechiaus @DaKaptin
The Lieutenant laughed with the commissar, it was rare to get such a good opportunity to create such a good joke. "No, but I speak the truth about both things".The Lt. face not turning back strait and serous."And Fist, be sure to tell all the armsmen as well. There are enough bolts for the commissar then there are heads in this ship. Also remind them that even if they want to drink, the Mechanicus controls how much is diluted, so try not to get them riled up." The Lt. went back to keeping quite. Making sure what happened last time will not occur again.
[Concurrence, Brother Praxis] Gearhart intoned, as he took a step back from the table, as to avoid having Iron Fist's brain matter stain his robes. When the Commissar failed to execute the Catchan, revealing the ruse, he was most disappointed. One less meat bag would have suited him nicely. He returned his attention to Praxis and the briefing. He deactivated his vocal augmitter, utilizing his digitized flesh-voice. "With your Lordship's approval, I will scour the local records, focusing on isolating suspicious deaths with any relation to Lady Valeria, be they relatives or otherwise" he stated, straining to avoid using machine-cant. "As well, I shall correlate any previous deaths that relate to the circumstances of last night's events. This is unlikely the first time such methods have been used to terminate a target. The Psyker must have tested their abilities on one more than one occasion, to be able to execute such an attack with such precision. If there is evidence or useful information, you shall have it"
"In line with what you just said, have we identified the skeletal remains? There may be more to it than meets the eye. Is it possible that the skeleton was chosen to kill its target because of a possible connection from its life?" He shrugged and took a slow drag from his cigar before continuing, "Or is that just a wild goose chase?" The last bit was more of a thought than a true question. "Don't worry the plan is more indepth, I just simplified it for the purposes of this briefing. I'll explain more on the way." He patted the Catachan on the back.
"Any deaths that are just similar as hers will suffice. No need to go too narrow, since I want an overview of a good range. Go as far back as the records may reach. If it might be true chaos, then there could be something in the very old records. That reminds me.... We have to see what the common tales of the world are, would not be the first time that a legend proves to be real." Andreas instructed, he knew that the Mechanicus senior should know, but they tend to have a mind of their own... "That is what we try to find out here, my good commissar."
