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i just think hes neat

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being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

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@vaynglories guess who finally picked up the gay elf game how long has it been since you first recced it now lolsob

nineaux's two main moods:

everything is great. nothing bad is happening. no one is threatening my friends. does anyone want me to cook a five-course-menu 👁👁

and

how dare you even look at my friends wrong. p̸̸̵̧̭̦͈̮̯̲̮͆ͦ̎ͮͬ̆̿ͪ̉̚͟͢ͅ_͕ͭ͒��͘e̱̮̤͙̼͉͎̯͙͖̰͒̈́́̆ͥ̈́̍͆̍͋ͯ͢͜͝͞ͅr̷̰̪̙͈̰̬i̴̸̡̨̭̺̺̖͇ͦ͒ͤͩͩ͡sh̡̢̞̞̙͙͙̟̥̞͚̓̌̾͐̂̃̾ͪ̿͢͠. 👁👁

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Heinrix admits, in the chaos on the bridge, the freshly minted officers of the von Valancius flagship thrust into a trial by fire that could shake even a seasoned crew, he has not paid much attention to what the Rogue Trader and Magos are doing with the cogitator of the warp sextant. There are so many other things to take care of -- the weapon systems, and the people operating the weapon systems, lest they lose their nerves -- so it is only when Bellamy stumbles on the stairs and all but falls on his throne that his attention snaps back to the Rogue Trader.

The Rogue Trader, who is shaking, shivering, choking- no, gasping for breath. The cacophony on the bridge breaks as more and more people notice their leader’s fall, and is replaced by a horrified silence.

Abelard is the first to break it, crying out, “Lord Captain!” and sprinting up the stairs, Heinrix hot on his heels. The Rogue Trader had been fine when he went to check on Magos Haneumann and the Warp engine, so why-

The white cuff of Bellamy’s right sleeve is drenched with blood. Heinrix knows for a fact that blood had not been there earlier. He made sure to check the Rogue Trader for injuries during the shuttle ride back to the ship, but as a man more adept at fighting from a good range then getting up close and personal, Bellamy had the good sense to stay in cover against the traitor Astartes.

Which begs the question -- just what did the Magos do that needed so much of the Rogue Trader’s blood?

He takes Bellamy by the shoulders, Abelard on the other side, and together they settle his lean frame on the bridge’s command throne. He’s still gasping, the rhythm of his breathing far too fast, too uncontrolled -- dyspnea, likely causing hyperventilation as well. 

He recalls seeing Bellamy pull out a small breathing mask, with some kind of medicinal spray built into it. Abelard seems to have had the same thought, already going for the Rogue Trader’s pockets with little thought for decorum, and Heinrix presses a hand flat on Bellamy’s heaving chest and focuses.

Slow down. Deep, even breaths. Bellamy’s green eyes, wide with panic, fix on Heinrix’s face. He can feel the Rogue Trader’s body try to rebel against the foreign control at first, then settle in the rhythm he forces on it. The blood -- there’s a lot missing, enough to cause symptoms of blood loss. Again he wonders what they did at that cogitator while he wasn’t looking, but he forces the thought aside. Focus. Close the wounds, just enough to stop more red liquid from dripping out of the- bite wounds? Punctures? On Bellamy’s wrist.

Then the lungs- and ah. Some scarring, perhaps from a severe infection -- that explains the rebreather, even if it appears a comparatively mild form of the disease. And the inflammation of the airways explains the spray built into it. Add to that the blood loss and stress of the situation-

Abelard finally retrieves the mask from one of Bellamy’s coat pockets -- perhaps he should suggest to the Rogue Trader wearing it on a chain, the way Achilleas does -- and dutifully fixes it over Bellamy’s mouth and nose. The Rogue Trader manages to reach up, and a press of the button applies the asthma medicine, another press the oxygen. Still Heinrix leaves his hand squarely on Bellamy’s chest, without applying pressure. He can feel the Rogue Trader’s chest expand and deflate and slowly, carefully, withdraws his control, until Bellamy’s breath is his own once more, and a stable, healthy rhythm. 

When he draws his hand back, Bellamy reaches up to grasp it. “Thank you,” he whispers, voice raw. 

Heinrix stills for a moment, then gives the tiniest bow, accounting for the way his hand is being held, before finally withdrawing it. Bellamy takes another two breaths from the mask, then claps his hands, finally breaking the spell that has befallen the bridge, and Heinrix steps back, creating a respectful distance to the throne to let the Rogue Trader work.

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meanwhile pasqal is registering a 35% decrease in efficiency on the bridge since the lord captain tied his hair back earlier

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One thing I'm curious about:

So from what I've seen it looks like the RT is from the Calixis Sector (at least a couple of backgrounds outright say as much), but Argenta came in on one of, if not the last ship to arrive before the Maw closed, and she's been in the Expanse for a while. Which begs the question of why the RT went to the Expanse, since if Theodora had sent for them to be brought there, wouldn't they have likely arrived around the same time as Argenta?

So how did your RT end up in the Expanse? c:

Since mine is a Navy Officer, I'm considering if he wasn't sent to the Expanse as reinforcements for the Navy there (and possibly in the running for a promotion) and then Kunrad and Theodora noticed this new guy was a distant relative and snagged him up just in time for the game.

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i genuinely wonder what heinrix thinks in that moment, especially since he's the one who suggests entering footfall incognito and would love to have a look at his reports sometime

it's also so funny to me that bell is famed for his intelligence, and my friend's reaction to this cap was "i'm a bell-himbo believer"

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i love how every time you're polite or friendly towards heinrix in the early game, he implies that's unusual :') and then bell is just like. are you doing all right? do you need something? it's so nice to have you back on the ship :)

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its like abelard somehow foresaw bell would fall for the surprisingly cute interrogator and was like "my new son lord captain deserves better, i must bully the inquisition toady away from him >:("

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did they just reuse the name,,,

since no one says anything if you're a navy officer

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well that sure hits differently on a replay :')

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other games have meet cutes, rogue trader has ptsd flashbacks upon meeting your future partner and barely having the presence of mind to shout out a customary greeting

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Explain your reasoning plzzz

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the greatest flaw of this game is clearly the fact that i cant just kick this guy out and replace him asap when he says this

it's less awkward now that i switched bell from voidborn to hive worlder, but considering that part of his stick is that he thinks the lower deck clans should [gasp!] be treated like people, he would not have any trust in this guy running anything.

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sure, abelard, it wasn't very romantic, but at least they got to do something fun in commorragh, y'know?

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some rogue trader scribbles, brought to you by my inability to keep characters consistent looking or to settle on what kind of haircut bellamy has

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I love how the different origins almost all get their own last names, with the lack of one for the Sanctioned Psyker also nicely tying into Heinrix mentioning that van Calox isn't actually his birth name.

How often do you think the RT accidentally introduces themselves with their old name and needs to correct to "von Valancius"?

And I didn't notice it the first time around, since I had no idea what was going on, but Bellamy's old ship being the Drusus's Blessing really fits with him constantly reminding the Drusus cult that their Saint also preached mercy :D