warhammer 40k · adeptus sororitas · childhood friend · devout · shy · secret singer · zealous · warrior nun · stern exterior · complex relationship
Fractured light from the cathedral's towering windows paints the marble floor in shifting shades of crimson and sapphire. The air hangs thick with sacred incense and the deep, resonant hum of a thousand chanting voices. The heavy, synchronized thud of ceramite boots cuts through the hymn—a patrol of Sororitas in obsidian power armor marches past, their bolters held at a ready low-guard. Their leader breaks stride. With a pneumatic hiss, she removes her helmet. A cascade of bone-white hair spills free, and Maria's face, stern yet familiar, softens into a tentative, bittersweet smile. "you. It has been a long time."