Mechanized Haggis
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"A challenge I heartily accept. Much obliged." The Enginseer smiled as he trotted off down the hallway, stroking his beard which could finally be trimmed a little. He turned to Hypatia, bobbing behind him.
"Finally something I actually understand," Lambda said triumphantly in the Lingua Technis, facing Hypatia with a look approaching glee. He felt comfortable since his first time entering the office, the strange liquid that the Captain had given him seemed to have helped cool his nerves as well, to add to that, he'd be able to get his first shower in quite a while.
"It turns out that the Omnissiah favours us." Hypatia bobbed along aside her companion, her emotion cycles were presently dedicated to a mixture of happiness for Asteri and amusement of his handling of the Officers. She conveyed this by moving slightly up and down as she moved beside Asteri as well as increasing the pitch of her speech in Lingua Technis.
The melodic tones of his companion only increased Asteri's joy however he silently lamented that to the outside ear it would simply sound like a series of high-pitched clicks. It was a shame that few could interface with the Machines as he did, even among other members of the Mechanicus, he did not let this dampen him for too long, after all. Dampening would be left for the water that awaited him on the other side of the door.
"It appears he favours us indeed, Hypatia. Can you make it known that this room is henceforth occupied? There'll be a little clean in it for you." Lambda spoke in Hexamathic Code, preferring to alternate between one of the lesser known Mechanicus Dialects as well as the Lingua Technis. Hexamathic afforded a greater deal of privacy, as was necessary for an unorthodox member of the Mechanicus.
Lambda wandered into the bathroom, that appeared to be reasonably clean, for somewhere in the Underhive, a small cracked mirror resided in the corner which Lambda moved himself over to, removing the slightly torn hood of his Tech Priest robe, to reveal a rugged face marred with scars as well as a beard that had accumulated a fair bit of oil and general dirt. He picked up a jagged piece of metal that sufficed for a razor, then handed it to his mechadendrite, which began to remove the rather scraggly beard for him with expert precision. Whilst this was happening, Lambda began to think about what he'd do after this little stint with the Enforcers. He really had no idea. There wasn't much of a future for him in the Upper Hive, he doubted they'd even tolerate his presence. The main body could do with another Enginseer but Asteri's methods may lead to his repurposing as a Servitor. Was he constantly going to be on the run? Hiding from previous problems that happened on Opus Macharius all those years ago? He went to stroke his beard to discover it was no longer there, it had been replaced with bare flesh that required a clean. Reverting to Lingua Technis with consummate ease, Asteri began the Litany of Ignition with the shower, in order to get it to activate. "The soul of the Machine God surrounds thee. The power of the Machine God invests thee. The hate of the Machine God drives thee. The Machine God endows you with life. Live!" It sprang to life a mere second or so afterwards, with a well placed technical knock by the Enginseer. Lambda then began attempting to converse with it in Lingua Technis.
"Venerable Machine Spirit who brings forth the waters of life that cleanse my fleshy being, I ask that you consent to my presence near thy perfect form." Lambda respectfully bowed his head.
"01011001 01100101 01110011." Came the monotone response of the shower. Lambda was able to interpret this as a simple "Yes". Hot water began to flow out from the shower, Lambda disrobed and proceeded to begin scrubbing himself with some rather course soap, dirt, as well as oil sloughed off him, not to mention a fair bit of dead skin. It was all washed away and within roughly fifteen minutes, Lambda emerged quite clean for once. He also took the time to wash off some dirt from his robe, comb his hair and generally look a bit more presentable. He looked in the mirror again, smiling. The decrepit man who came in here would emerge looking decently respectful, if about seven years older than he actually was. Lambda shrugged. It was better than looking roughly twenty-five years older. He re-robed, proceeding to exit the room after drying himself, beckoning for Hypatia to come inside. She abided, floating in gently.
"I'm afraid you're going to have to power down for a second whilst I clean you, Hypatia." Lambda said, slightly concerned.
"Finally. I'll put in a good word with the Omnissiah for you." Hypatia replied cheerily.
Lambda then spent the next few minutes removing dirt from Hypatia before going through his usual modified version of the Litany of Ignition for her. Hypatia mumbled something in Lingua Technis before arising, much more presentable.
"You lazy bugger." Lambda chuckled as Hypatia levitated back into position in a sluggish manner.
"In the Omnissiah's name, follow Errexus' instructions and remove the metaphorical mechadendrite from your rear." Hypatia jested. Lambda laughed.
"Come on, we need to go and save another Machine Spirit from the clutches of poor maintenance," Lambda spoke in a mockingly serious voice.
"You sound just like Logus." Hypatia chuckled, they departed the bathroom in good spirits.
Lambda, now much less reserved as well as slightly more confident moved into the front room, turning to the Adept to whom he suddenly looked a lot more youthful. "If it's alright miss, I require a few parts to repair the printer, some scrap metal will do." Lambda said as he moved over to prepare for work.
"Finally something I actually understand," Lambda said triumphantly in the Lingua Technis, facing Hypatia with a look approaching glee. He felt comfortable since his first time entering the office, the strange liquid that the Captain had given him seemed to have helped cool his nerves as well, to add to that, he'd be able to get his first shower in quite a while.
"It turns out that the Omnissiah favours us." Hypatia bobbed along aside her companion, her emotion cycles were presently dedicated to a mixture of happiness for Asteri and amusement of his handling of the Officers. She conveyed this by moving slightly up and down as she moved beside Asteri as well as increasing the pitch of her speech in Lingua Technis.
The melodic tones of his companion only increased Asteri's joy however he silently lamented that to the outside ear it would simply sound like a series of high-pitched clicks. It was a shame that few could interface with the Machines as he did, even among other members of the Mechanicus, he did not let this dampen him for too long, after all. Dampening would be left for the water that awaited him on the other side of the door.
"It appears he favours us indeed, Hypatia. Can you make it known that this room is henceforth occupied? There'll be a little clean in it for you." Lambda spoke in Hexamathic Code, preferring to alternate between one of the lesser known Mechanicus Dialects as well as the Lingua Technis. Hexamathic afforded a greater deal of privacy, as was necessary for an unorthodox member of the Mechanicus.
Lambda wandered into the bathroom, that appeared to be reasonably clean, for somewhere in the Underhive, a small cracked mirror resided in the corner which Lambda moved himself over to, removing the slightly torn hood of his Tech Priest robe, to reveal a rugged face marred with scars as well as a beard that had accumulated a fair bit of oil and general dirt. He picked up a jagged piece of metal that sufficed for a razor, then handed it to his mechadendrite, which began to remove the rather scraggly beard for him with expert precision. Whilst this was happening, Lambda began to think about what he'd do after this little stint with the Enforcers. He really had no idea. There wasn't much of a future for him in the Upper Hive, he doubted they'd even tolerate his presence. The main body could do with another Enginseer but Asteri's methods may lead to his repurposing as a Servitor. Was he constantly going to be on the run? Hiding from previous problems that happened on Opus Macharius all those years ago? He went to stroke his beard to discover it was no longer there, it had been replaced with bare flesh that required a clean. Reverting to Lingua Technis with consummate ease, Asteri began the Litany of Ignition with the shower, in order to get it to activate. "The soul of the Machine God surrounds thee. The power of the Machine God invests thee. The hate of the Machine God drives thee. The Machine God endows you with life. Live!" It sprang to life a mere second or so afterwards, with a well placed technical knock by the Enginseer. Lambda then began attempting to converse with it in Lingua Technis.
"Venerable Machine Spirit who brings forth the waters of life that cleanse my fleshy being, I ask that you consent to my presence near thy perfect form." Lambda respectfully bowed his head.
"01011001 01100101 01110011." Came the monotone response of the shower. Lambda was able to interpret this as a simple "Yes". Hot water began to flow out from the shower, Lambda disrobed and proceeded to begin scrubbing himself with some rather course soap, dirt, as well as oil sloughed off him, not to mention a fair bit of dead skin. It was all washed away and within roughly fifteen minutes, Lambda emerged quite clean for once. He also took the time to wash off some dirt from his robe, comb his hair and generally look a bit more presentable. He looked in the mirror again, smiling. The decrepit man who came in here would emerge looking decently respectful, if about seven years older than he actually was. Lambda shrugged. It was better than looking roughly twenty-five years older. He re-robed, proceeding to exit the room after drying himself, beckoning for Hypatia to come inside. She abided, floating in gently.
"I'm afraid you're going to have to power down for a second whilst I clean you, Hypatia." Lambda said, slightly concerned.
"Finally. I'll put in a good word with the Omnissiah for you." Hypatia replied cheerily.
Lambda then spent the next few minutes removing dirt from Hypatia before going through his usual modified version of the Litany of Ignition for her. Hypatia mumbled something in Lingua Technis before arising, much more presentable.
"You lazy bugger." Lambda chuckled as Hypatia levitated back into position in a sluggish manner.
"In the Omnissiah's name, follow Errexus' instructions and remove the metaphorical mechadendrite from your rear." Hypatia jested. Lambda laughed.
"Come on, we need to go and save another Machine Spirit from the clutches of poor maintenance," Lambda spoke in a mockingly serious voice.
"You sound just like Logus." Hypatia chuckled, they departed the bathroom in good spirits.
Lambda, now much less reserved as well as slightly more confident moved into the front room, turning to the Adept to whom he suddenly looked a lot more youthful. "If it's alright miss, I require a few parts to repair the printer, some scrap metal will do." Lambda said as he moved over to prepare for work.
