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[hideandhero]

[You know what Mayfield has been missing out on?

CHAINSWORDS

These machines you may know as 'sounder pounder tree cutterdowners' are somehow swords and your two favorite Warhammer 40k heroes are dueling with them.

None of the smoke associated with chainsaws is to be seen but the sound and the whirring of the blades can't be missed. Not to mention the sparks caused by the clash of blades.

Yes, they're clashing.

Standing a good foot and a half shorter than Garviel, Cain is somehow managing to not get a chainsword blade stuck in his head. He can't fight the Space Marine strength on strength but his ability to deflect the blade must either be instinct or awesome skill. Either way, they still pause every so often because fighting a frakking Astartes is like hitting your head on a brick wall.

Feel free to gawk, think they're insane, or that their weapons can't be wieldy due to physics but they still handle them like they're Jedi Masters.

At the park, of course.

Garviel and Cain will be tagging the threads separately and threadjacking between the two may happen.]

Comments

[ex_seventh238]

It's fine, I didn't want to interrupt. Would it be okay to make small talk now though? I can watch and wait until you decide to take your next break.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

It's not a problem. Not like anything will actually happen.

[ex_seventh238]

[Nod.] That's still a dangerous weapon that you're handling, and you're sparring against someone experienced too. [Glances towards Garvi.] Does that mean that you're from the same world that Garviel, mister?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Same world but about ten thousand years in the future. And don't dismiss my experience. I've got a hundred years of combat under my belt.

[ex_seventh238]

Nine Ten thousand? Goodness, that's a lot of time! Did the design of these swords stay similar, even after all these years? ...Oh, I do apologize, I didn't mean to do that. But your body hasn't been modified like his, has it? [He looked normal... :|a] I just know that Garviel takes sparring seriously, and while I've seen him fight before, I only know of you from what little I've seen just now.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I'm a normal human, if that's what you're asking. And yeah, technology hasn't changed at all in that time. Commissar Ciaphas Cain, attached to the 597th Valhallan Imperial Guard Regiment.

[ex_seventh238]

My, that's even more impressive! [She means it! At least it sure looked like it.] It's nice to meet you, mister Cain. Or would you prefer to be addressed as Commissar?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

You don't look like you're from the Imperial Guard so Cain will have to do.

[ex_seventh238]

[She giggles at that.] Nope. I'm human too and I won't deny that I've had to fight before, but I don't think that I can ever picture myself as a member of an Imperial Guard. My name is Ciel.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

The Imperial Guard is for every human so discount yourself just yet.

[ex_seventh238]

Hm, maybe in your world, but back in mine, it hasn't gotten to that point yet. I don't think that I'd be still alive in 50 years, much less 10 thousand. Would that still really affect me, if I'd be long dead by then?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

They have honorary members for this sort of thing.

[ex_seventh238]

Would you really think that someone like me could qualify, Commissar? [She sort of looks at herself but still holding that grocery bag. Around 5'4" and looks to be in her early twenties... Clearly not a woman made for the battlefield...............]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[Kids get conscripted at the age of fifteen. WELCOME TO THE GUARD.]

[ex_seventh238]

Mm... I suppose that I won't do too badly. Are people like Garviel common in your time? I just know that a person like him is a Space Marine, who underwent genetic modification and additional organic implants to become more suited for fighting. The things to repel must be much harder in your time, but going from mine, the armor he usually wears seem excessive, and he's comparable to a walking fortress. He's talked about his world many times, but it's hard to follow when the very idea of whole new galaxies being open to humans is a hard one to grasp. But still, ten thousand years! How much have things changed? [mumbling to herself now and obviously not expecting an answer. she probably wouldn't get it even if one was given to her...]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Guys like him exist but there's a lot less of them. His boss had to go and turn against the Emperor, dragging about half of them into his heretical ways. A normal person could go three lifetimes without seeing one but I've worked with them before.

And things to repel? Let me tell you, there are creatures out there that could rip his armor apart like cardboard. It's not a pretty sight.

[ex_seventh238]

So that's the short version of it, and the whole Universe got dragged down in the process? [Just pensive, she's not showing much shock or surprise.

Not to politics, anyway. These things, on the other hand.]

Goodness. That does enforce my personal belief that it's best to not get hit in the first place. The bigger you are, the more you make yourself a target, too. Um, out of curiosity, Commissar. Have you seriously fought against a Space Marine? And how did it go?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

The whole of humanity got dragged down. There's more to the universe than humans and Chaos.

Me? I've killed two singlehandedly with this very same chainsword. The heretic version, of course.

[ex_seventh238]

I see, that does make sense. [nod nod

eating it up and looking IMPRESSED] That must have been amazing to witness! ...Oh, I do apologize. I wasn't underestimating you, mister Cain, but I do know from firsthand experience that Garviel hits hard, so seeing another human fight him is a bit worrisome, even if it's just a spar. Those weapons are dangerous too, so if any accident happened, it could really end badly if you're not careful. Are you really okay with that?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

It's alright if we take a break every now and then. The guy can wear me out fast but in a combat situation, one of us would be making the kill as fast as possible.

[ex_seventh238]

Oh, definitely! [Nods knowingly.] But please be careful anyway! I have the means to reattach cut-off limbs, but it'll be better for everyone if no accidents happen in the first place.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

......

[ex_seventh238]

...? It's better to be safe than sorry, Commissar!

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I'd rather not know about heresy and sorcery.

[ex_seventh238]

Neither! That's sacraments, actually, but Garviel did mention that religion didn't exist in your time, would that be right? Or well, most of it has been demolished...