Sunday, May 4, 2008

FLUFF: There was a sudden terrible cry...

...and a bright green flash of light.

Warboss Salznik's already swinging Power Klaw missed the head of the commisar he was aiming at. This was mostly due to the fact that it was no longer there - much to the relief of the commisar. Instead the power klaw continued its trajectory and met the head of an unfortunate Ork boy, sending it skyward. Salznik staggered, regained his balance and then looked around. The noise of battle had gone, replaced by a strange silence punctuated only by the odd ork scream, then followed by the sound of fights breaking out. There was not a single 'oomie in sight, which was odd, because until a moment ago Salznik and his Goff boyz had been showing the pink skins what Orks like to do with the business end of a choppa.

Grabnutz, the Warboss's pet attack squig gnawed on the headless Ork boy's leg whilst Salznik consulted with his Nobz. He had a headache and was ready to start knocking heads. There had been a great deal of confusion after the flash of light and several of the ork boyz had started fighting amongst themselves and Salznik had had to put a few boyz down to restore some order. What was patently obvious was that the Warband wasn't on Kansisas anymore. This place didn't look like the war-ridden desert planet Salznik had created since he had begun his own mighty Waaagh! This planet was leafy and teaming with life.

Some of the Nobs leading the warband's huge mobs of boyz had found the warband's Weirdboy lying unconscious surrounded by a ring of dead boyz about 20 deep. As the painboyz set to work opening up the weirdboy's head in order to 'fix' him, Salznik sat on a rock deep in thought. Everyone knew Weirdboyz could tellyport during the heat of battle, usually accompanied by a bright flash and sometimes taking a mob or two (at most) of Orks with him. It seemed however as if the weirdboy in front of Salznik had tellyported most of his warband out of battle and onto another planet. For a Goff Warboss Salznik was unusually bright, but this conclusion still took a while to come to and the Painboyz had already finished their own brand of sergery when Salznik stood up and turned to look at the prone weirdboy still unconscious on the ground. A thought struck the Warboss and he smiled a dreadful smile; if he wasn't mistaken then he was looking at the most powerful weirdboy since the greatest weirdboy of them all - Old Zogwort.