Da Emprah's Tithes (3)

Summary
This episode tells of an Inquisitor questioning a worker about where the

Transcript
Willem Taylor: "Oh I'm telling you ordinate I already gave my tithes to the emperor."

Ordinate Kraccers: "We haven't been on this world for two standard years. You are a liar and a traitor. Where are you hiding the uniforms we commissioned from you."

Willem Taylor: "Now why would I fill an order of uniforms for the Astra Militarum and then keep them for myself? Who am I going to sell them to?

Ordinate Kraccers: "I'll bring my case to the judicators, and you'll be shot, and your family will be made into administrative serfs. You will fill your quota."

Inquisitor Culkis: "Ordinate Kraccers I would like a word with this menial."

Willem Taylor: "Menial sir? I'll have you know that I am an artisan."

Inquisitor Culkis: "Charming, and I'll have you know that I am Inquisitor Culkis, Ordo Zenos. I would like to ask you a few questions."

Ordinate Kraccers: "Inquisitor . . . I'll, I'll just go then shall I?"

Inquisitor Culkis: "I think that would be wise Ordinate Kraccers. So artisanwillem taylor correct yes sirwillem taylor the third threegenerations of taylorsfinest wares on the planet and yousay you have already paid your tithewould you like to tell me what happenedwell i got the call for the emperor'stoys about two months agoa real big order for uniforms i got thespecifics and everythingworked my fingers to t bone gettingeverything ready and ran my manialsragged trying to completely order intimeand someone came to collect them ii even had papers for me to signwhat did this person look like did theylooka little odd no i'm not surewhat do you mean well most folks whocome to collect titheslook look a might odd if i do say somyselfcan you elaborate well the last fellowwas more metal than manand he had these snakey things andgrabby claws coming out his backand then there was this fellow who wasmighty fat he was carried around byfour servants and he smelled like a mixofbaby and double fried grock's haunchalso had a fluka winged baby things thatcircled around him all the time andsang it were quite unnerving it wasanything odd about this most recentagentwho will well he didn't demand a bribethat was my odd i meant his appearancewell he wore a long military coatan officer's cap and his sleeves werefar too long in his arms they sort offlopped about this way and that when hetalkedhe had a real big nose a real big pointyears tookind of greenish skin greenskin and you didn't think this was oddcreepy cyborg baby sir creepy cyborgbabiesi also think he might have been a littlefellow standing on the shoulders ofanother little fellowmostly on the count of another big greennose sticking out the fly of histrousers sirand none of this struck you as oddoff worlders is mighty odds sir ben'ssending my tithes every two years to theholy throne and i can't say i ever saw afellowfrom the administrative who didn't lookmighty strangedid he say anything to you well notmuch he just said the emperor thanks youfor your times to the astra milligramgod please take him back to his cellhi put me down i was only doing my dutyso what now sirturn the tailor over to the mechanicusfor servitude conversionthe same thing for the ordinance if hehad been here on timethis whole mess might have been avoidedmindwipe everyone else involvedsir you've told me that you value myinput as your acolytei have a feeling i'm going to regretsaying that demetriussir this this orc uh the emperoris he really a high prioritysure there have been skirmishes but theyhave savedsystems from xenos and chaos incursionsand if they're left alone they mostlydon't interfere with imperial businessthis incident is unusualdemetrius thisis heresy and blasphemyof the highest order a green skinmasquerading as our beloved emperorand what might even be worseis it's justtoo stupidwe need to stop this lunatic orcand i think i have an idea