Kevin's Watch

Montresor wrote:icy fear constricts her chest and her hands shake from the sudden shock. The hatch reads: Trone, Arrigoth. Midshipman.

Andrea Chan-Gauthier wrote:
Really? Do I need more insanity points?

Montresor wrote:

Andrea Chan-Gauthier wrote:
Really? Do I need more insanity points?

Yes.

Andrea Chan-Gauthier wrote: I guess I do. Just let me know when I start having rules-based effects from these points.

Montresor wrote:I did a check for that, and you narrowly avoided counting as traumatised. However, if you feel it suits your narrative to actually be traumatised, feel free to suffer the penalties. In all likelihood, it won't matter for the moment.

Garrius Amphael wrote:As Injerian Praetus the second stood before Garrius in his study, the Rogue Trader could not help but feel mixed emotions. On one hand, before him stood a man of high noble birth, far higher than his own with a house on Holly Terra itself. A man truly deserving of respect and admiration.

Yet on the other he was also a man of insubordination, completely lacking any respect for authority. And one who shied away from a task that would prove his glory and honor. But ultimately a liability.

"Injerian, as you know I have been meeting with the senior officers over the last few days. The storm was a trial by fire for the ship and her crew, and has accelerated my appraisal of the staff and their capabilities. It has left no doubt in my mind over who I can and cannot rely upon to do their duties at the critical moment.

Now, Lord Praetus, I must be frank. Your performance over the duration of the storm led me to despair, for your actions did not live up to the expectations I had of a house so great as yours. Thus, after our disagreement on the bridge, I wrote a message for our astropaths to transmit to Holly Terra."

Garrius slid a data slate across the desk towards the navigator and sat quietly while he read it.

Message Amphael-Praetus wrote:

To the most majestic House Praetus of the Navis Nobilite on Holly Terra.

Let me start by saying that I, Lord Garrius Amphael of the Amphael Dynasty of Rogue Traders and Holder of the sacred writ of the Emperor, am utterly honored to have a member of your most noble lineage amongst my crew. The house Praetus is a house deserving of respect and honor equaled by few others.

However despite this, it is of grave tone that I send you this message. Aboard my ship, The Invictus Aeterna, the young Injerian Praetus II is senior Lord Navigator. It pains me to inform you that his manner and actions have not been exactly befitting of your most noble reputation.

As we crossed the Immaterium but a week ago, we encountered a small warp storm, one we subsequently fought our way through and got past safely. It was upon encountering this storm however, that Injerian showed great fear towards the minor threat and acted in a way more suited to a coward than a member of a great family such as yours. Given his recent history with the perils of the warp this is perhaps to be expected, but I had thought that someone of such high standing amongst the Navis Nobilite would act with more honor and distinction than this in a time of need.

This was not the end of it either. Whether it was out of pride or whatever, once we had seen our way through this storm, your Injerian Praetus II directly criticized me, the Lord Captain and supreme commander of this vessel, as well as question my orders and decisions before other officers of the bridge. He then continued to do so immediately after being ordered not to, insisting upon having the last word like some child of teenage years.

Now, speaking with utmost respect for your Grandiose House, I must admit that cowardice and insubordination were not to be expected from a House as noble and recognized as yours, so I must deduce that these traits belong not to The House Praetus, but to Injerian himself.

As you are aware, we purchase the services of Injerian off you at considerable cost, and as such would hope for services equaling the majestic services other holders of the Praetus name have carved for your house. To say that Injerian has been a disappointment is an understatement.

But if I speak truly value for riches is not my greatest regret here. What saddens me most of this situation is that such a family as yours, one of the greatest amongst the Navis Nobilite, has such a great and powerful name that is well deserved and should not be tarnished. Speaking as a noble from a family Eclipsed by your own, I feel it is my duty to warn you that Injerian Praetus the second is acting in a way that is a liability to your mightiest of reputations. A truly regrettable situation that I hope you can amend painlessly.

As such, it goes without saying that we, The Amphaels, shall be retiring Injerian from our services and recruiting another Lord Navigator at the earliest opportunity. Perhaps you have another amongst your ranks who could fill his place. We would gladly consider any suggestions.

Complete regards and highest respects.
Lord Garrius Amphael, Holder of the Emperors Sacred Writ, Amphael Dynasty.

Once the navigator had finished reading the slate, Garrius retrieved it and placed it in the bottom draw of his desk. He knew the weight of the message, how a proud family would react, how a young lords career could be destroyed by over zealous superiors.

"Now, I never got a chance to send the message with all the confusion after the storm. Also, I seem to have... Misplaced it. Alas I have been too occupied with all these reports and meetings to find it. Also, your actions in defeating the wych were noble and invaluable so my desire to do so has been low lately."

Garrius paused a moment, looking at the Navigator gravely.

"Injerian, I was truly honored to have someone of your standing on my crew, and it saddens me that things have gone the way that they have. However, I am not a vindictive man, and thus I wish to make one point clear. What I need aboard this vessel is a Lord Navigator I can rely upon to do his job in an honorable fashion. A man who is willing to go with this vessel to the ends of the galaxy if need be.

Also, I would like a man who, as a fellow Noble, can stand proudly upon a bridge free of bickering officers, proudly making a name for himself befitting of his legacy. Injerian, I will not shy from danger, and if I had such a man, he too would be a great Noble like his forebears. Such a man would get reports to his kind of a far different tone to the report I had previously written, and any desire to find that lost message would fade if I had such a man."

Garrius sighed and looked Praetus square in the eye.

"So, Injerian Praetus, are you a man capable of these tasks? Will you submit to my command as a fellow noble and act in a manor befitting of your birth and standing? For if you do so, I would hold you no ill will, and any past thoughts and criticisms I had would be lost, along with that message. "

Sitting back, Garrius waited for the Navis Nobilite to speak.

Loremaster wrote:Injerian opens his third eye . . .

Malachi wrote:Either way, I liked how you implemented the flashbacks.