Grendel sensed his fellow interrogator and watched as he moved out behind Julius...he had a smirk on his face...The two seemed a raucous site, one holding a knife to the other while a stormbolter was aimed to remove his manhood and probably the better half of his midrif as well...
Grendel laughed out loud..."Aymeric...one of these times yer liable to misjudge that move and lose something you dearly will miss..." he smiled at the other member of the lord's retinue and wondered how long he had been hiding there...
"Master I will set the servitors to begin as you have requested, the scribes and I will see to the initials and then I will make for the roof. Tuk, Graal, Bindor, on my mark we have work to do..."
The small party enters the first floor and Grendel starts setting the servitors to work, the scribes assist in the hanging of the tapestries and drapperies, carefully annointing and chanting the proper schisms as each is set and hoisted into place.
Grendel turns to his lord and bows then summons Tuk to his side and orders that he grab the trunk and follow, the two head up the broad stairs on the left of the entrance and head for the upper floors.
After several minutes of looking Grendel finds the roof access and he and Tuk are standing on the top floor looking out over the walls and into the city proper, Grendel sets to work with the contents of his box, removing several strips of blessed linen, a small golden tray and a large red candle, these he sets aside and pulls forth a small wooden chest with the Inquisitorial seal on it.
He removes the Great Imperial Seal, the double headed Aquilla having a small recess in the center of it, next the Inquisitorial stamp, who's mark fits neatly inside the larger seal.
Next he grabs a small package wrapped in red silk and unfolds it ever so respectfully, uncovering a holy tomb and a small golden styllus. He closes the lid of the trunk and arranges everything in it's proper place, opening the tomb, the stylus in his right hand he begins to chant and scribe on several of the linen strips...when he has produced eight strips of holy cloth enscribed with warding catacisms and Imperial code he moves to each corner of the roof, followed by Tuk holding the red candle and the seals on a small gold tray.
Each corner of the roof is marked and a strip of the linen placed just below the inside of the meter high parapet surrounding the roofline. As the linen is placed Grendel drips the wax from the candle onto the head of each strip cementing it in place and as the wax begins to set, he first stamps each with the Great Imperial seal and then centers the Inquisitorial seal over the recess and finishes each schism, letting the wax harden. Sweat is beading across his forehead as his concentration is total.
He opens a vox channel to Julius, "Milord the roof perimeter is sealed, I will ward the acces doors and then retun to the first floor..."
__________________ I am Wolfpack, my fangs are long, my hair grey with age...I am The Great Wolf...I fight with bolter and Axe, my armies vast, my word final. A true son of Russ, my honor above all, I hunt the heretic, the xenos, and the witch and slay them where they stand! My sons hunt our enemies, slay them where they falter and bring their pelts to Fenris |