Taka Nuvia vs. ToaD

Entry posted by Voltex January 13, 2015

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THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM EXTERMINATION CHAPTER 3

Taka Nuvia had never imagined that she would be in this position. She had originally been a simple artist, living a simple life; her apartment had been shabby and run-down, and she had drawn portraits of tourists foolish enough to believe that the Day Run and Bionifight counted as a vacation.

That had all changed when, one day, she unknowingly did a piece for White Two. Three days later, the White Turaga had shown up at her apartment and stared at it with distaste.

“No, this does not do at all,” he said dismissively, shaking his head. “Come with me - I shall find you more suitable quarters. I’m hiring you as the official artist of the White Council. Of course, you will be able to take on outside work - I would never dream of restricting your creative freedoms.”

Shaking her head, Taka Nuvia pushed the memory from her mind, re-focusing on the situation at hand. The Shadow Matoran known as ToaD - or rather, General ToaD - only smirked wider as she glared at him, fists clenched at her sides.

“You should really relax, you know,” ToaD said, chuckling as he crossed his arms. “Stress yourself out too much and you might crack your mask.”

“This is not a matter of stress!” Taka Nuvia snapped. “This is about you sacrificing three of our soldiers pointlessly!”

“It wasn’t pointless. I retrieved valuable information regarding the White Council,” the General replied, inspecting his armor and idly scratching at a spot of dirt.

“Three Matoran died!” Taka Nuvia hissed.

“Yeah, and three more will probably die tomorrow!” ToaD retaliated. “Seriously, what don’t you get about that?”

“It was needless sacrifice!”

“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, is how I believe the saying goes,” ToaD told her. “Well, they were the few.”

“You’re heartless and cruel.”

“And yet Voltex continues to promote me, and pull me higher up the ranks with each battle that passes,” ToaD said, shrugging. “Why is that, I wonder?"

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Chapter 3 releases Friday - and aside from the conflict shown above, we shall finally meet the figure known only as "Control"....