Warpwind- dis! :D

Guest- well I am certainly not dead, but uni is hitting me hard! :) Ill try to upload regularly once more.

The moment they left the gates of the inner castle, the entire crew found themselves being cheered on by the populace which was still celebrating their arrival as the three waved around. The people seemed to love or at least like their king, who waved affectionately as he drove. Savora felt pride, feeling that she was finally getting some respect which she oh so rightly deserves. They left the walls and the city proper as the king drove them in silence to the foot of some sort of a mountain. He parked on the green grass and the guards came to accompany them as they disembarked.

"My lord Magos. I am certain this will pleas you." The King said as they entered a large storage which was a bit reminiscent of a cathedral. After passing through a few checkpoints they arrived in the massive storage room which was filled by various ores. "Here we keep the most quality ores and minerals we have dug through the ages!" He spoke proudly and the magos wasted no time in examining them.

"Rare ores!" The magos declared, confirming the King's words. "Highly valuable and a rich yield!" He declared and the king smiled as he guided them on to some sort of blast doors. With a nod he commanded that they be opened and what they saw inside shocked the three.

"BY THE OMNISSIAH!" Magus declared as he walked to the platform overlooking the boundless, endless ores mined and stored here. There were mountains of glimmering ores here, uncountable even by his advanced optics.

"For the last millennia and a half, we have kept each year's tithe here, storing the ores for a time when our duty came to give them over to the Imperium and its servants." The King proudly declared.

"It is endless!" The magos declared.

"So... my lady and my lords, can we work out a deal?" the King asked and the magos eagerly turned towards him.

"Of course! Your demands will be taken into account!" he said and with little exploring they returned to the palace where they once more entered the meeting room. The contract and the necessary paperwork was soon brought in and the hard wrangling and bartering insured. The negotiation was mostly between the Magos and the King but soon enough the agreement was made and all of the Kings demands were taken care off as well as the demand for other supplies in turn for the ore the planet provided. Savora and Bering were merely advisors here until the contracts were signed and hands shaken. Finally when the King left to in order to inform the nobles of the agreement and to set up a greeting party for the noble houses of the world, the three spoke.

"I applaud you magos, you got what you wanted and your forge world will thrive again." Bering said his pose casual.

"And I thank you for it Rogue Trader. Without your information we would be ignorant to the riches of this world and ignorance is a virtue to a common man, but it is also a heresy for the followers of the Omnissiah!" the metallic man declared. "Still, we must discus your reward and... the transport." He said, knowing full well that transporting millennia worth of exploited materials is going to be hard.

"Well... here is what I offer." Bering said. "Even when you take into account all the costs and the... things which you will bring here and even the materials for the space station which you promised and agreed to build for these people... when you do the math you are still in plus by 1 250 000 thrones per each shipment of my transport ship... So here is what I offer: my house will take 500 000 thrones per shipment-" he began and the magos was surprised.

"MORE THAN A THRID!?" The magos proclaimed.

"Let me finish..." Bering asked. "My brother is purchasing ships and he will need about 20 million thrones for them that I need to earn, after that all the remaining shipping will be free..." He said casually.

"So about 40 shippings and 160 days..." Magos said. "And I have already sent an Astropathic message to begin the construction on a transport vessel. Usually constructing such a vessel would last 2 to 3 years, but we have delayed all other projects and focused soly on it... with our best men working Id say the timeline is anywhere between 6 and 18 months." Magos calculated.

"There is another thing to take into account." Bering added. "While there is in fact a millenia worth of goods to transport, with the first couple of payments, my brother will buy a much larger transport vessel and not only that, but he will use his flagship, which is... blessed and moves twice as fast through the warp. I am certain all the hauling will be doing in half a year and after that, it is up to you and the king to continue this fine practice." Bering said and the Magos took a few moments to process this.

"Good, very good... With my calculation on the amount of the ore the planet has save for us, I think those quotas will be manageable. We will hire your services for this endeavor." Magos said and Savora was thankful that these idiotic humans finished their pathetic negotiations. After that was put in order they rested on their void ships for the day as tomorrow they were called on yet another human noble party, as organized by the king. To be fair to the humans, the entire thing was beautiful by their... meager standards and Savora could imagine herself being some pretty human princess being taken by the king to live the rest of her life here... but she was not! She was an Eldar, a being far superior to these... people. Yet again she found herself in the dreaded company of the human nobility, who were much displeased that they werent allowed to greet the off worlders along with their king because, of course, they wanted to dig their small, petty and greedy fingers into Bering's and Adrian's pockets... what would those two do without her. Still it was mildly amusing and... sufficient to entertain the bored Archon, even if the nobles pushed for deals and trade agreements and such... The king wanted them to stay a bit more as he feared how the people will react if they depart so soon, but Bering gave his word and he and Gasus compromised, leaving some people here as guaranty that they will return soon.

"What a lovely planet... it would be shame if someone was to raid it..." Savora purred and Bering shot her an annoyed glance as their transport ship was being loaded with the last batch of the minerals they were to transport. It was the morning after and they were scheduled to depart soon. "Dont get me wrong, a part of me wants to preserve this primitive world, but you know how much satisfaction I would get at seeing this pretty world burn... any extreme emotion will do, human." She said and Bering rolled his eyes as she went to the ship. Unlike her normal self, Savora buried her head in the various paperwork that was delivered to her temporary room aboard the ship. Funny, she was usually a patient person, as an Archon had to be, but she couldnt wait to get the... to get ON the good side of these filthy mon'keigh, then when her words pull more weight she would actually achieve something with these petty creatures! Until then she endured the trip through the warp as they returned to the forgeworld. The moment they left warp they received a message from the frigate in orbit, near the docks of the space yard where a transport ship was being hastily assembled.

"Brother, I trust the alien is with you, as Adrian demands her presence as soon as possible..." a young, black haired woman appeared on screen with a fancy, almost pirate like hat. She, like the rest of her family was dressed in elegant and flamboyant robes.

"Of course of course sister... You aint gonna ask me how business has been?" Bering responded cheerfully and the woman rolled her eyes as another hail came from the mechanicus, which Gasus answered and confirmed the delivery of the minerals, rapidly transmitting info in binary. The woman rolled her eyes.

"Why should I? Has business ever been bad for you?" she asked and with a mildly annoyed look rolled her eyes. "Just send her over. Adrian is impatient as the inquisitor could be-" she began but he cut her off.

"I know I know... Im sure you girls will get along just fine doing girly things." He laughed but his sister didnt like the joke as they neared the machine covered planet. Once they were close enough Bering accompanied Savora to the shuttle room and once more kissing her hand, said his good byes. "I honestly cant wait to see you again." he told her genuinely. She rose her eyebrow at him.

"And I can only hope you die before that happens... but Im not that cruel I suppose..." she teased and he smiled sadly. "You aint getting my pussy human... but just in case, let me know if you are a ass man or a pussy man yourself." she told him and Bering blushed like a torture victim. Having achieved her objective Savora smirked as she turned around to get into the shuttle, not awaiting the response.

The ride was silent and the frigate was similar in its elegance to the two other Gregorik ships and to be honest Savora quietly wondered how the third Gregorik turned out to be. Did she miss her mom as well or was she a cruel woman which tangled the forbidden affection of her brothers. Naturally, she was escorted by armed voidsmen to the bridge, where the woman greeted her. Before she could say anything Savora began.

"Your-" but the mon'keigh dared to cut her off.

"You do not speak until I give you permission." The bitch responded. Savora smirked and stepped up, completely ignoring the guards who immediately drew their weapons as she moved to their captain. As an Eldar she towered over the woman by a good enough margin.

"I speak when I chose to and when I want to, cattle... In fact it is you who are the slave race and who should know your place." she said with just enough evilness that it seemed like she didnt care. "However... I do not want your brother to be pissed on ME as well... because while I can kill all of your pathetic mon'keigh guardsmen with ease this way he will be just pissed at you for annoying me..." she said realizing she never got the woman's name. The woman for her part, wasnt pleased.

"Take her to the brig!" The female Gregorik ordered. What fallowed was a flurry of motion as the clumsy idiots tried to grab her and within less than half a minute the four voidsmen lay at the ground, most of whom had at least one broken bone. The woman stared at her as the rest of the crew held their guns pointed at the Eldar.

"On the contrary, feel free to go there yourself!" Savora declared. "Now... Ill tell you what we will do... for both ourselves. We are going to start over and pretend the last couple of minutes didnt happen..." she said and the two women stared at each other coldly. "So... as I was saying." Savora said clearing her throat, or at least pretending to. "Your right forearm moves more effectively than your left one and even beneath the clothing I can sense its oddity. Where did you lose it?" she asked and for the first time the woman's eyes went wide as the crew frowned at the xeno.

"So the stories are true..." the woman said but shook her head. "No matter... Lets just say that the fault is mutual and that for Adrian's sake I will try my best to get along with you." she spoke.

"Likewise... Now for the formalities." Savora declared. "I am Savora, former Archon and now... well you know the story." she said, smiling genuinely.

"Anastasia Gregorik..." the woman responded, smirking as the womanly anger started to dissipate from the two women. This didnt help the moaning crewmembers on the floor however. "As for my forearm... a trap parasite on a long dead xeno world will do that for ya." she said, trying to strike the elegance of a corsair. Savora nodded.

"Why didnt you ask Adrian's psyker, Selena, to grow you another one? As I understand she is a biomancer and you dont strike me as a flesh hating person." Savora asked genuinely. Anastasia smirked.

"I see that you are well acquainted with brother's crew... While Selena is a powerful biomancer it would take her anywhere between a month and three months and I cant afford to be one handed during that time. Having a magos biologis vat grow one would also take time and it is far more expensive than a biotic covered with synthskin. " She explained. There was a moment of silence. "Anyway! Set course to Requiem system! We must beat the Inquisitor!" She declared and the voyage began.