BZPRPG - Ta-Wahi

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

 

Xerrand smiled as he focused on cooking the meat for the creature "tell you what," he finally replied, "you bring me a piece and by the time you get here yours will be done cooking."

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix nodded as he proceeded to cut off a slab of meat near the rear-end of the Kane-ra. He walked over to Xerrand and handed the meat off to him.

[Mel]

[Ta-koro Proper]

Lucira was doing her evening rounds when she heard the clang of alarm bells. She saw the flare moments later, and tried to note its position as best as she could as she ran for nearest guardhouse.

She didn’t have time to go back for her own weapons, and thus had to settle for a standard short sword and a guard-issue shield. The didn’t have the best balance, but they would have to do. She clipped her familiar wooden baton onto her waist just in case, although she doubted that it would have much use against anyone who warranted a flare for the whole city to see.

There were other guardsmen and women already heading in the direction of the flare by the time she exited.

Edited January 15, 2014 by Yukiko

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

 

Xerrand nodded kindly as he accepted the meat, "thank you, good Chivinix" he said, "Your steak is about done he said handing the creature a slab of very rare meat

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix dropped to a sitting position and hungrily ripped at the steak causing junks of steak juice to fling about the small makeshift campsite.

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

 

Xerrand lifted his hand to shield himself from the projectile juices as the Chivinix experimented with ways to devour it's kill. "How is cooked?" he asked, still preparing his own slab of meat.

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix stopped eating suddenly and looked at Xerrand. Meat juices still dripped from his chin

"Better than Chivinix has had.."

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

Xerrand smiled at the creature as he pulled his own steak off the fire. The smell of the meat filled his nostrils, drawing his mouth to water. His stomach growled in a most unbecoming way. He plopped down across the Chivinix lifting his hand as a gesture to honor the creature. He then lifted the amorphous slab to his mouth, juices running down his fingers. Taking a large bite, he was overwhelmed with the flavor. After chewing the piece he looked to his new companion and complimented, "A fine kill, master Chivinix. This is the best I've had in a very long time."

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix took a second to consider this statement and he merely extended his hand to Xerrand

"Why waste time killing young or weak.. They can be killed later. Strong bull tastes better than weak and young bull." He stated as if it was a common fact "What is Xerrand's position in world?"

[sunflower]

IC: Vezok

 

"And how would that be beneficial for my state of being if I did?" I asked, glancing down to the back of my outstretch hand as if studying my claws for imperfections. A voice called towards us, though the speaker only identified the Maru of Fire before me. He must not have seen the hulk of a man resting casually in the shadows as proverbial noose tightened around his neck.

 

Yes, I knew that this was dangerous, but no matter how this played out, I would get what I wanted. And no matter what become of this situation, it would most certainly be advantageous. Just keep talking, for time is my ally. Though the process was taking a good deal longer than what I had expected. It does make sense, however. Why, I couldn't wait to show the rest of those within my traitorous little gang what neat new trick's I learned from the locals.

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

"Position? What do you mean Chivinix?"

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix brought a hand to his chin and seemed to consider

"Like.. Job?"

[Eyru]

IC (Oreius, Inu)

 

"If you stay here and allow the Guard to take you in for questioning, then you have nothing to fear. If you're innocent. Run now, and you'll be charged with resisting the Guard."

 

"Colonel," the Toa of Fire continued, keeping his eyes on Vezok all the while. "I've heard reports of a disturbance in the city. Keep your weapons sheathed for now. I will presume this Skakdi to be innocent until proven guilty."

[Mr. House]

IC: (Tarotrix/Ta-Koro Backstreet)

 

Tarotrix complied. He kept his spear pointed upwards as he came to the Toa's right side. His shield, however, remained in a defensive position. Looking down the alley, he saw the figure Oreius was confronting. It was a Skakdi, a Skakdi larger than any Taro had seen on Mata Nui. He was clad in blue and silver armor, dirtied with soot and ash. He sported an unnatural smile, and eyes filled with malice.

 

This was no ordinary criminalistic Skakdi, no, this one was different. Tarotrix felt himself intimidated, but a bit. A feeling odd in his mind. He didn't know whether it was the strange, foreign weapons, or criminal himself. Either way, if he tried to fight them, Taro would kill him. The Toa might protest, but he was no Toa.

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

 

The creature had caught Xerrand at an awkward moment as he had just taken a mouthful of steak. He didn't know what value a creature such as this had of manners, but that was no excuse to ignore them himself. After swallowing, he seemed to consider the question for a moment, it was a simple question with an answer anything but.

"I am a Toa," he finally replied. "My job is to protect the innocent. I defend goodness." He thought on the topic a little bit longer as he stared blankly at the fire before them. "And I destroy evil."

Edited January 15, 2014 by Veneras

[sunflower]

IC: Vezok

 

My smile broadened subtly as "innocent" was mentioned, though I otherwise kept up the air of unconcerned boredom, completely indifferent from the world around. Of course, mentally, I was focused intently on the Toa Maru of Fire before me, channeling my energies to studying him, or rather a certain part of him, closely.

 

Of course, by now, I'd lost a few of the powers gained from the previous battles, and I dumped whatever spare energies were left over. I needed room for this one. A lot of room.

 

"I do hope this doesn't take too long," I commented idly, the process almost complete, "I'm a very busy man, you see."

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix shook his head

"Chivinix know you toa... But do you work with security groups? Village of ice have rude guards who turned chivinix away."

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

Xerrand chuckeld as he prodded the fire. Ko Koro had been on lockdown, and surely wouldn't admit entrance to an unknown creature such as Chivinix. "No, no security. No relation to the Ko Koro who turned you away," he jested. "I work on behalf of a secret brotherhood," he told the Chivinix, now looking up to make eye contact. Putting is finger up to his lips he added "so remember, it's secret"

Edited January 16, 2014 by Veneras

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix looked up at Xerrand while ripping away another piece of his meat

"what do we do with rest of kill?"

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

 

Xerrand looked at the remaining carnage. A massive carcass lie before them. "We could sell it to a butcher, with your permission of course." Considering the massive nature of the beast he reconsidered "or we could leave it here for other animals to feed off of."

[Krayzikk]

IC:

 

"No, I hadn't heard about that ye-"

 

The Akiri of Fire began, before being cut off by the sound of the alarm being sounded. Almost reflexively he stood, seeming to be about to run off to investigate, before remembering his new position, and grudgingly halted. "Occam's Razor indicates that that's likely your friend now."

 

"Specialist Stralix, if you would accompany me to the status room, it would be much appreciated."

[Silvan Haven]

Loren- Ta-koro

 

IC: Tiredly, Loren made his way back to the Guard HQ where his burnt shoulder was seen to. As a toa with a mask of healing dealt with the simple wound, he sat and listened to the alarm bells ringing.

 

They only just started?

 

It only took a few minutes for medic to finish with him, hurrying off muttering something under their breath. Loren was not sure but it he might have caught a word of two that sounded suspiciously like "paperwork"

 

Since the situation seemed to still be ongoing, the Toa of Sonics made his way to Jaller's office to report, rather then write it up and let it take a week to reach the Matoran.

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

Tarian looked up as the alarm bells rang. He had no idea why, he had only just returned from Ko Koro. As a member of the guard, he was obligated to report in immediately; and so he ran. He made his way to the status room, he knew he would find the Akiri and captain of the guard there. Though to enter without being invited was an offense; he'd worry about that when he got there. Runing past the stairs that lead to the cable car, Tarian saw the orange glow from the doorway. The captain was in; and he was planning. Tarian approached the room slowly, cautious to not overstep his bounds. He drew his spear, as it was standard protocol to salute spear in hand when reporting. Careful not to enter the Status Room, Tarian stood at attention and saluted "Captain, I heard the alarm. I am here to report."

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix looked vaguely from the rahi to the village and shook his head

"Meat will attract other rahi. Wandering folks could be attacked."

[Rorschach the Absolute]

IC

 

Xerrand looked up at the creature with a satisfied smile on his face. "A fair point, Chivinix. Very well, we can drag it into the lake of lave, just over there." he said, gesturing towards the ever flowing river that surrounded the city of fire

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix nodded though he shot an irritated look at the lake of lava

"How is that safe? Why would they build village in lake?"

[Palm]

IC: Pae - Ta-Wahi

Dear Pae,

You’re a hard man to find. I had to dig rather deep to find a man of your...skill level and type. I need someone like that for the things I have planned. You may be wondering why I would ask for someone like you, what kind of things I would ask of you. I don’t believe any of it will be an easy task to be honest, but there is a reward. You can think of it as a wish granted, whereas other people deal in money I like to deal in favors. The trade is a favor for a favor. Now your objectives well those will be at my discretion. When you come you will know why I mean at my discretion. There is the possibility of a team and I think it only fair that you know you might be working with others. Enclosed are directions to my residence in Ga-Wahi and a stipend for travel expenses, I can afford to pay compensation if you encounter any other costs along the way. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Sincerely,

Vera Polzin.

Pae had picked up the letter in the warehouse he had been sleeping in while in Ta-Koro. How this Vera Polzin found out where he had been staying Pae hadn't figured out yet. Regardless, the moment he had found and read the letter with his name on it he had quickly vacated the premises and removed every trace of his being there that he could. It was a problem. A serious problem that needed proper rectification.

How did she know him?

He was invisible, a ghost, a man without a past, present, or future. It brought into question many things concerning his identity and the identities and relationships he might have shared with people in recent years, maybe months. To those around him his name was often not spoken of. If anything, it was of reputation. Perhaps the said Vera Polzin had managed to meet with a member of the Fist of Makuta recently who referred her to him. It was certainly upsetting. Pae did not approve of another person "referring" him without his utmost consent which he would never give.

Pae had decided almost immediately that he would take Vera's instructions, ensure that it wasn't a trap, and find her to make her talk to ensure himself the opportunity to tie up loose ends before taking her down himself.

The thought suddenly occurred to him that he might have to do similar things to other members of the Fist in order to properly break off of the sect.

That would come later.

OOC:
Pae to Ga-Wahi

[Ghosthands]

IC (Stralix)

 

Stralix nodded, and stood up (giving the comfortable chair one last look of yearning) and followed the Akiri out of the room. The sound of the Guard's horns still blared from outside.

 

"Well it took 'em long enough to sound the bloody alarm," he grumbled.

 

The inventor wasn't impressed by the Guard's organisation today.

 

"Anyway, Jaller, I thought I should report immediately because there was something decidedly strange about this guy, not to mention dangerous. He had far more powers than any normal Skakdi. I don't think we're dealing with some petty brawler here."

[AuRon the champion]

IC:

 

Upon the sounding of the alarms, Laqriel fell into line behind the rest of the guard members that were organizing to respond to the threat.

[otter]

IC:

 

Svero frowned as Thok came out to yell at them himself, and the relationship that Ril had so recently established with the one he was trying to save deteriorated about as quickly as it had begun. He stopped the sled completely, once it was out of the range of any debris or attacks, stepping out himself. With a glance towards Ril and the now-retreating Toa of Magnetism, he turned to Thok, and the others arrayed out in the area.

 

"You know, we're really trying to help you here. As my compatriot said, we are here to keep the peace; we were alerted to a disturbance, and came out to clean things up." The Toa of Plantlife gestured to the other two Piraka about, smiling. "If you wouldn't mind convincing them to stop including us in their attacks, we'd be perfectly content remove the instigators of this conflict and let you go about your business. You might be called upon to testify, but only to explain how you were defending yourselves - unless you wished to supply a written statement, which would do just as well.

 

"Is that agreeable to you? We remove the two who interrupted your leisure, and you go back to doing whatever it was you wanted to do. A win-win situation."

[Voxumo]

IC: Chivinix

 

Chivinix looked towards the lush forests in the distance and something seemed to draw him towards them. And with a final bite of his meal he began walking in that direction.

 

OOC: Chivinix to Le-koro.

[Silvan Haven]

Loren- Ta-koro

 

IC:

 

"Anyway, Jaller, I thought I should report immediately because there was something decidedly strange about this guy, not to mention dangerous. He had far more powers than any normal Skakdi. I don't think we're dealing with some petty brawler here."

 

The words drifted out from around the corner ahead, alerting Loren to the duo before he ran in to them. Slowing, he waited for them to turn the corner before saluting Jaller and speaking.

 

"Ah Strallix, I see you made it back safely. Sorry about not helping you earlier. I was busy dealing with the other skakdi." Then, turning to the Akiri, "Lieutenant Loren reporting in from the ongoing situation, Sir."

[- JL -]

IC:

I looked around. The familiar smell and warmth of Ta-Koro was around me, though I wasn't necessarily happy about it.

 

Things were a bit different. From my standpoint. Not anybody else's.

 

I mean, the last time I'd been in here I'd been leaving, a little bit more than annoyed. When I came back the 'annoyance' had escalated into hate and anger and I was somehow going to try and kill someone here, but somehow that all got turned around and I'm now effectively working for the guy I originally wanted to kill, all in the span of a week or so.

 

Things were a bit different.

 

Still - apparently I would get something out of trying to be nice and help out the citizens or whatever, even if I did end up at the bottom of a caste that I should totally be standing at the top of, but hey. Gotta start out small before you make it big, right?

[Relapse]

IC(Rosh-Ta Koro Beach)

 

The detective was smart- as was his partner. As soon as Ril cleared (the incredibly telegraphicly thrown) sand from his eyes, he would notice, as Rosh had, the shadow of the running Toa. Incompetent.

 

He turned his attention from the citizen and focused on the Skakdi. "We have no quarrel with you!" a bit of desperation in his voice, "please, we'll send you a pool table and a signed autograph from Jaller!"

 

He stepped slowly backwards towards the sled. They would likely have to make a run for it- Jaller wasn't in to signing autographs.

[EmperorWhenua]

IC: Motini - Ta-Koro

 

"Nah," she shrugged, "You've got nice sanitizer and if I said anything I doubt you'd pay for my meal."

"Is that all you think of me?" Modera replied. "That I'm a dispenser of hygienic goods and the ticket to a free meal?" She didn't know what Mot would reply with, though all she was looking for was honesty. Whatever Mot said would be taken at face value -- unless, of course, it was just another snappy, caustic remark, in which case Mod would still take it but at a different exchange rate. She bit into her gyro as she waited.

[Toatapio Nuva]

OOC: Kirgan, Hile, Teede, Xaron and possibly Sulkua, Feran and Shadd from Onu-Wahi.

 

IC Kirgan, Hile and Teede

(Ta-Koro, Soli's Forge):

 

Teede was amazed at the city of fire. He had seen it long ago, but it had been very different then. The population had been smaller, for one, and the machines had not been so sophisticated.

 

"Stronin's forge is this way", Kirgan instructed as he lead the curious Onu-Matoran to the place. The sign "Soli's Forge" was still hung beside the entrance, though there had not been a sign of the Toa of Fire in a long time.

 

Kirgan knocked on the open door and peered in. "Stronin...?" he enquired.

[Ehksidian]

IC: Xaron

"I wonder if he's still mad at us when we barged in here the first time..."

[Palm]

 

"Is that all you think of me?" Modera replied. "That I'm a dispenser of hygienic goods and the ticket to a free meal?" She didn't know what Mot would reply with, though all she was looking for was honesty. Whatever Mot said would be taken at face value -- unless, of course, it was just another snappy, caustic remark, in which case moderator would still take it but at a different exchange rate. She bit into her gyro as she waited.

 

IC: Motini - Ta-Koro

 

"Mom taught me that nobody would want me for 'other to fill their own needs or wants, like you gotta offer 'things to the world y'know?" She shrugged lazily, pausing for quite a while. Her eyes began to wander as if she was gazing into nothingness. "That was when I gave her a fat lip and made off with her katana," she says, gesturing to the blade stuck in the wooden table, "Realized she was right cause all I wanted from her was the sword and at least some sign of affection. Problem is, 'only got half of it. But that's kinda the lesson, life is full of disappointments ain't it."

 

She looked back at Modera, "Do I look like the kind of ##### that hasn't bummed a meal off of at least seven people since this morning? Girly, you aren't just a sanitizer dispenser and a free meal. I take after Mom. I'm only half disappointing," Mot gave a little scoff, "You're the sanitizer dispenser."

[25K Now!]

IC: Stronin

 

Stronin placed down his current work for a second, looking over to the guests.

 

"Yes?"

[Makuta of Time]

IC: Flaredrick

He looked up as well, stopping on a blade for a pickaxe of some sorts. He then recognized Xaron and said, "Hey I remember you. You eanted a knife right? Well here ya go."

He hands Xaron the serrated knife he made earlier.