-Joshua-

At first I was curious Then I saw the Bastion soundtrack. Then I got slightly psyched.

IC: Troghout the exchange, Hua had stayed silent. Once again, his mind was not helping. Do you want to be helped or not? He thought to himself. No, the Akira has no time for this, one thought went. Yes, I am no use to anybody if it keeps going like this, other thoughts went So for a while yet he stood in silence, like he did in the tunnels. The muscles in his right hand were flexing, and anxiety and dread slowly crept up. Soon he would have to say something/everything to the Akiri... That he was weak.

IC: "No" Hua replied simply and solemny. "It seems the Akari is rather busy". It was a bit difficult for him, he longed to speak to... wisdom, but the longer he waited the more anxious he became about the whole ordeal.

IC: Hua could not but help overhear, and overlook, the conversation those two Toa were having. He reacted, as always, with mixed feelings. Such Naïvitie that these showed was perhaps a glimmer of... youth? That this world desperetaly needed. But this world never got what it needed. These Toa wouldn't get far...

Fear not, those who have been longtime awaaayyy It's just one big happy reeuunniiiooon Except with more muuurdeeer

IC: "It actually is a bit too much to ask, Toa" Hua stated almost harshly as he continued his pace, his teeth clenched tightly together to prevent them for gritting again. He refused to speak the rest of the way, trying to fight back the memories. After what seemed an agonizingly long time for Hua and an rather awkward time for Andrex, they arrived at Onu-Koro. Hua wasted no time and immeaditely proceeded to the Akiri's hut, politily requesting an audience for the Toa of Fire accompanying him. OOC: That is, if Nuju Metru is there?

I posted it wrong in the topic and had to look it up - I tend ot get really silly when there's multiple a's and u's and i's involved

IC: The question stung. It made him grit his teeth as the thoughts of the past months came flowing back to him in a hurry. "Not anymore" he stated, becoming both brisk in tone as in pace.

Is Akira Nuparu still being played by a BZRPG member? Is this member active? Is Akira Nuparu of Onu-Koro taking visitors? Am I forgiven for consistently hustling the U's and A's in Akira Nuparu's name around ?

IC: "Our Akira Naparu may, or may not, be open for questions, depending. Things have been rather busy, after all. I can take you to him - in the meantime, you can ask me - if you would follow me, Toa" he stated politily, as he began to walk to his home village.

'curious' he thought, his thoughts now clearly focused on the toa in front of him, his anger and sarrow further subduing in his subconscious for the time being. 'how would this man not know where he is?' - he expected a bit more from a toa. It would seem obvious after all. "You are now halfway down the great onu-korean highway between Le-Koro and Onu-Koro." he announced in a matter-of-fact way, "Currently you are very close to mining operation five, which may or may not expand to the area you are now standing on - and I can take you to Onu-Koro if you wish."

IIRC, removing the mask of any living creature will remove it from all of it's power, eventually causing that creature to shut down entirely (The Toa Mata tamed the Rahski thus).

IC: Hua instinctively became slightly more relaxed, as all Matoran did around the Toa, countermanded by some uncocious agony that always companied those feelings. "Friend", he uttered, stepping into view. 'A toa', he noted. 'So much more of them around these days.' 'only to further escalate the murder'. He pushed his feelings back, determined to not let anything everything show, instead having a determined focus on small details. He could recognize the smash of metal against rock from miles away, and today was no different. The toa in front of him was over-cautious, but this had no effect on Hua's mood, too focused on his internals to show anything but general apathy towards outsiders. "My name is Hua" he reluctantly announced. "Something tells me you ain't from 'round these parts", he noted, in a slight imitation of the Ta''s accent.

It's impossible to tell everyone apart when they are changing names every month or so though

IC: Even in his state, however, Hua could not help but notice that the lightning in the tunnel had begun to change. It put him on edge, his mood swinging around like the axe of a berserker, each facet of his personality struggling to find a response and struggling to let that response dominate the others. His hands became clam as he dreaded having to explain why exactly he had been staring at rocks for several hours. His mind considered the possibility of open hostility, and he fearfully began to grasp at his hammer. It was not built as a weapon, but it was built to break things. His mind debated with itself: "hostile" "friendly" "I will have to explain my stupidity" "I can go home and relax and forget this day" "I shouldn't forget this day" After what seemed like an eternity, he finally found the courage to answer: "Who goes there?" he inquired, finally pulling himself away from the wall and adopting a sense of apathy, unwilling to let his conflicting emotions show. That his emotions should stay hidden was the only thing all the aspects of his personality agreed on.