Embracing the Night, Returning to the Void

Fang Wu wakes amid the filth of the lower levels of the hive city, his throat burning from a poor-quality nutrient paste. Rusty pipes thrum overhead like the veins of a giant beast. He discovers that he has become a pipe fitter designated Xin-Gu, with his memories crammed full of unfamiliar prayers and rules for survival. When the red-robed figures of the Adeptus Mechanicus appear at the far end of the narrow passage, Fang Wu realizes the gears of this world have begun grinding toward this outsider soul, who should not exist. A Warhammer 40K fanfiction