Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Roleplay/@comment-7974155-20141027112820/@comment-6078851-20141101160010

Garion regained conciousness and after a few minutes of observing his surroundings, which looked as though he was in one of the sewage purification plants, he suddenly realised that he was actually in control of his own body.

unbeknownst to the daemon, as it removed itself from the holy stakes fragments and slivers of the psychically reactive material had remained within the wounds, and were hampering its control of Garion.

examining his body he could see that each and every wound was healed, his broken bones once again whole. the new scar tissue on his legs and feet however was distinctly darker than it should be and looked somewhat mottled, and the mottled areas had spread beyond the wounded areas. he then noticed that his taloned hands had mutated further: they were no longer taloned hands but simply talons! his nails had ceased to be as his fingers now ended in 4 inch long claws, each claw diamond hard. his talons too were now very dark and completely mottled, the mottling extending halfway up his forearms... forearms that appeared to be significantly larger than they had been and his elbows had extended into sharp, bony protrusions. he then felt his body's increase in mass, his legs, arms, and torso maybe a third larger than before, muscles seeming to want to burst from the skin.

tentatively he then felt his face, careful not to claw himself, and was relatively relieved to find no apparent changes. he couldn't see it but the scars of his face left by the space wolf now had a slight luminescence to them, almost pulsing with a dark light.

at the Inquisitor's words the daemon abruptly reasserted control and left its concealment to face the Inquisitor. although Garion's mind was again crushed into a corner he felt suffused with a new hope: the daemon didn't have absolute control of his body anymore...

facing the Inquisitor and the remains of his retinue caused them all to step back rather hurridly, except for the terminator, who's braindamage was causing serious problems for his cognition, and the Inquisitor. what stood before them was a nine feet tall, mottled, hulking monstrosity, clad in only a loincloth, with a dark light bleeding from his scarred face.

"you would face me Inquisitor? hahahaa... you insignificant beings really do have an exalted opinion of yourselves... which is why it's so much fun to do such things as this, wreak havoc from within. understand Inquisitor that you and your entire species are nothing more than playthings for beings such as me and our master, little entertainments for us through eternity... hahahaa! so let us have a little fun..."

the daemon blurred, moved to the terminator and with his talon crushed his helm, and the head within, as though it were a piece of fruit, and de-blurred almost immediately, a look of puzzlement briefly crossing its features before falling to its hands and knees...

the daemons control had been weakened slightly by the holy stakes, and the slivers that remained within its body weakened its control a little more. astartes "know no fear" yet it was Garion's fear, in conjunction with the effect of the holy artifacts, that gave him the strength to exert a degree of control over his body, effectively nullifying the acceleration ability.

his spirits buoyed by this small victory Garion threw all his mental might against the cage his psyche was held behind and surprising himself actually broke through! stunning the daemon with this last act of will Garion forcefully took control and drove his body to its hands and knees, and looking to the Inquisitor, his face a study of anguish, fear, and horror, spoke in a very quiet voice, "in the holy name of the emperor kill me quickly Inquisitor for i cannot hold it long"

as he said this his face contorted in fury as the daemon fought to regain its control, the entire body shuddering violently, and slowly got a foot beneath itself...

OOC: sorry if you wanted an awesome fight badass but i couldn't think of another way that this could go down. the acceleration ability was a little too powerful i think, and at least this way garion gets to redeem himself, albeit minutely and no-one else will ever know anything of him other than what happened when he joined the deathwatch.