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Inspired (loosely) by a passage from Penitent, one of the Bequin 40k novels that I am currently reading. An underground ocean stretching infinitely into the blackness...
(darker version below. I made the above version to be more mobile friendly cause the darker version wasn't at all visible on my phone, and while it's all about what you can't see, you do need to at least see something)
i finally got to fetch Penitent from the store and I'm having a blast with this part in particular
Im not a big fan of EC characters but a few sometimes gets my attention. Teke the Smiling one is from Dan Abnett's "Pariah" novel. He's golden eyed and always smiling. He isn't in his armor and has been looking for the King in Yellow for many years. One of my favorite things about him is that his armor is rose petals, like ACTUALLY TRANSFORMS FROM ROSE PETALS. I think thats SO FUCKING rad of him.
Not just that he has 2 gold silk sashes that also become his long swords and hes just??? So cool??? What the fuck????
Like the Bequin Trilogy has some fucking COOL SM-related characters like Deathrow and his dog, Teke and Comus. I'm biased on Comus because hes baby and UUGHGHGHFHHFHF he fits so well with the narrative and themes i love u sm bequin series.
You know it’s a good book when...
...you scare your dogs because you cry “Whaaaaaat?! No way! No...fucking...way!!!” out loud at a surprise revelation.
A awesome addition to the trilogy
"You're one of his, aren't you?" I said. "You're one of Eisenhorn's specialists. He sent you to shadow me." There was no answer. "Didn't he?" "Yes," said Deathrow. "Who are you?" I asked. He rose to his feet and turned to look at me. I saw that the visit was smashed and hanging off, and part of the scarred and ridged tissue of his face was torn away. But it was a mask. There was another face beneath it, a face that Teke's blow had partially exposed. I could not see it clearly, but even in the gloom I could tell that it was handsome and noble. "Who are you?" I asked. He looked at me for a moment. "I am Alpharius," he said.
Curious
Despite her pariah gene, Bequin has been psychically spied upon and her ability failed to deter a pair of telekinetically controlled puppets. I wonder what repercussions this will have.
The battered, peeling door of the old gymnasium opened, and Medea came in. "You're taking ages," she said. "What can I say?" said Nayl. "The girl's picky, like her mother." "You all knew her, didn't you?" I asked. "Why do you think we've taken so much effort with you?" asked Medea. "We knew her, loved her, mourned her," said Nayl. "What happened to her?" I asked. "She got hurt," said Nayl. "Brain dead. It was bad. We put her in stasis, in the hope that one day..." "And?" "The stasis tube holding her was kept aboard a ship," said Medea. "The ship went missing, lost, during a routine jump, about 460." "461," said Nayl. "I guess someone must have found it after all," said Medea. "Do you have any picts of her?" I asked. "Not any more," said Medea. "It was a long time ago." "The boss might have some," Nayl said. "I wouldn't ask him," said Medea to me. "In time, he'll show you if he feels he can. It's a sensitive issue." "Why?" I asked. "He loved her," said Nayl. "As much as he can love anyone. Losing her would have broken his heart... if he'd ever had one." "If you want to know what she looked like," said Medea with a smile, "go look in a mirror."
Pariah: Ravenor vs Eisenhorn, by Dan Abnett
