Welcoming Party

"Only two?" Devis was surprised that the imperial military thought so little of him. He had established a cult, killed several people, and was known on his planet as more than a little dangerous, and yet the government just sent two, it was an insult.

"Well this Lorentino fellow seems to be fairly nasty, I believe he might even be a shifter." Sand wasn't that fond of Devis, but he was a useful idiot, the kind of person Sand was find letting run the show while not actually running the show. Devis didn't even know how many cult member they had, let alone what all of them were doing. And that was fine with Sand, especially if the Imperial military was going to start looking for Devis.

"Should we send him a welcome? I think five or six men should be sufficient."

"More than sufficient sir." It wouldn't be, not to kill a shifter, but it would allow Sand to at least see the effectiveness of this lieutenant and the man he was bringing with him.

"Make the plans than Sand, I have work elsewhere." What work Devis had was probably debauchery. To Sand it appeared all Devis ever did was drink and screw, how he became a cult leader was almost mystifying with how stupid he was. Sand was already imagining what he would do with the Cult with Devis in shackles somewhere, all kinds of ideas.

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"You think they'll send someone to greet us?" Lorentino was very chatty, which was a change from Barker who never said anything, Kyriac was kind of half way on whether it was a good change or a bad one.

"The cultists?"

"No no, the planet, I'm sure the cultists will send someone, but we are the first reps from the Imperial government to visit Ril in about two years, I wonder if they'll send a welcoming party."

"Pretty sure if its been two years since we were here Rolando what they'll send us will not be a welcoming party." Kyriac was sure of it, most of the planets outside the core worlds of the imperial government weren't fond of being a part of it.

"Well make sure you have a round in the chamber and you're wearing body armor, I think today will probably be a long day." The shuttle was nearing the pad and Kyriac nodded, though the idea of a round in the chamber with an energy weapon was a bit ridiculous he let that one slide.