Bzprpg - Kumu Islets

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -The long stone blade was parried by Frieza's scythe, which he had draw in a flash. His mark, which hadn't stopped glowing since he killed the two Skakdi allowed him to match the titans strength, and so he was able to hold his blade firmly against hers. He didn't say anything this time, but he had a wide grin on his face.

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): The toa was surprisingly strong, and blocked Pukena's sword without faltering. Apparently he had some interesting tricks up his sleeve as well. He was not making annoying comments anymore, so Pukena took that as progress. Making as if to direct another blow at Frieza's head, she instead tried to yank the scythe from his hand with telekinesis.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza felt a pull on his scythe, so instead of resisting the pull, he let go of the scythe. "Now now, you shouldn't take things that don't belong to you." He mock scolded. At the same time though, he super-heated the air around Pukena's eyes, which at the very least would blind her momentary. He used the spare moment to grab his scythe from the air. Then he made a horizontal swipe at her legs, enhancing the swipe with his mark given strength.

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): Pukena felt her eyes burning and stumbled backwards, using her free hand to grasp at her face. Luckily, she had almost gone far enough back to avoid the swinging scythe, but not quite. The blade passed cleanly through the front of her left leg just below the knee, leaving a slash in her armour.Out of reflex, she sent out a wave of force to blast neaby objects away from her.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza was pushed back by the wave, but didn't take any serious damage. Frieza looked at his scythe, a tiny bit of fresh blood was now one it, trincking down the artwork of the scythe, he stared at it, looking like it amused him. Then he looked at Pukena. "I hope that didn't hurt too bad, cause I believe we are far from done." While he was saying this he subtly began to heat the air around both of them, the temperature began to rise, but Pukena probably did not notice. But then again she might have, he wouldn't rule it out completely.The temperature was already being to feel like they were in the middle of Ta-koro.

Edited March 22, 2012 by Snelly the gelotophobic

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): Pukena decided that this would be a good time to change tactics. This toa (much as she hated to admit it) was not someone she could just step on. With the battle heating up, she again dissolved into sand, and took the opportunity of a brief respite to hurl several large stones towards the toa. Satisfied that it would buy her a little time, she caused her various grans to drop to the ground and scatter into the dusty Xa-koro street. The particles wormed their way into cracks and crevices, niches within walls and dust on windowframes, all in a matter of moments. She was invisable, camoflaged against the billions of other grains in the street. Unless the toa was willing to turn the entire Xa-koro beachfront to glass, she was safe for the moment at least.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -The boulders came hurling toward Frieza. He dodged the first one, at the same time super-heating his scythe. The second one he cut clean in half. Unfortunately the next one got his leg and pinned him to the ground, but not for long, his mark gave him enough strength to push it off of himself. But this did in fact give Pukena the time she needed to spread herself all over Xa-koro. Pukena was mostly thinking he'd never go so far as to destroy the entire beachfront into scorched earth and glass...but unfortunately for her...he would.Balls of fire began to grow in the sky above the Xa-koro street and all over that area of Xa-koro. Any spectators still watching the fight got the good idea to run at this point. Frieza did not stop until several dozen fire balls about six feet wide each floated above Xa-koro. "So...a game of cat and mouse is it? Sounds like fun."The first six fireballs began to fall, one hit a building, setting it on fire and scattering windows, three hit random spots on the beachfront, the last two hit the street.

Edited March 22, 2012 by Snelly the gelotophobic

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): The fireball which hit the street where the two had been fighting scorched many of Pukena's grains, as most of them were in that general area. Others were shileded from the heat in cracks in the street or under building's foundations. The explosions that hit the beach created clumps of glass at their epicentres, but though they wrought much destruction of the sand there, the few grains which belonged to Pukena were thinly spread, and only a few were glassified. The remaining grains burrowed deeper into the shore, determined to escape the heat.The fires here also started licking at the Xa-koro docks.From the grains hidden further into the village, Pukena had a good view of her enemy, and she did not like what she saw. Frieza was raining fire down on the whole village and grinning maniacally. In response, Pukena uplifted some sand and glass off the beach, creating a ball about a bio in diameter and threw the hot sphere at him. While the heat was dissapating, she imagined he wouldn't appreciate the impact of having shards of his own glass all through his armour.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza had a choice, either dodge or blast the ball of sand coming toward him, he choose the later. He sent a blast of fire into it, shattering it into pieces of glass, unfortunately some of the shards managed to still reach him and cut him all over. But he shrugged it off, he'd worry about his wounds later. He had however, lost his concentration on holding all those fireballs suspended in the sky, and they all began to drop on the village. About a dozen of them hit various buildings and homes, setting them ablaze. The rest of them hit the street or the beachfront. The burning buildings were making quite a smoke, it filled the village, the smoke rising high into the sky, anyone within several kio would see it.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolJust another regular day by Mata-Nui standards it was, or so it seemed. Sipping a warm cup of tea in a booth of Xa-Koro, a lone figure cloaked in black sat at a table, his cold and merciless eyes staring at nothing in particular as he was lost in thought. Echoes of screaming outside filled the booth along with the smell of smoke invading his nostrils.In fact, now that he payed attention, the air in the atmosphere was much hotter than usual. Looking around, Fostol noticed that the room was empty and the roof was smoking as tiny flecks of orange and yellow penetrated it. The building had caught on fire and no one tried to warn him, even if it was partially his fault for not noticing. Typical Xa-Koronans. With a single sip, the Toa of fire drank the rest of his warm tea and set the cup down, disappearing suddenly as the roof collapsed and he was enveloped in rubble.Luckily for him, a mask of shielding created a force field around him as he sat at his table, the area surrounding him completely intact as the rubble around him burned, billowing smoke into the air, making for an odd sight. The shield vanished as Fostol stood up and casually marched through the rubble and past citizens running away, completely impassive. Approaching the source, it seemed a conflict erupted between two Toa, one just happening to be a Toa of fire."There he is." Fostol muttered to himself, grinning sadistically under his scarf as he found the reason for fireballs raining down on the village, someone to kill. Gold and ebony black gleamed in the daylight as he pulled out his double-edged sword, continuing to approach Frieza.OOC: I figure I'll join in on this. I need a way to start off my vigilante.

Edited March 22, 2012 by TX Wade

[The Lorax]

OOC: Hi TX Wade. Nice to have you join the battle.

Approaching the source, it seemed a conflict erupted between two Toa, one just happening to be a Toa of fire.

I think he would only be able to see one toa. Pukena (the one Snelly's toa is fighting) is actually one of Devastator's species. And right now, she shouldn't really be visable, having been reduced to scattered grains of sand.IC (Pukena): Encouraged by her success (if it could be called that), Pukena had her grains worm their way further into their hiding places. Large parts of the village were now aflame, endangering some of her substance with the intense heat. Those which she could, she moved down to the beach, where the fire could not spread.Again using her telekinetic abilities, she struck a blow the toa's mask.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -The city was ablaze, but still no Pukena...and now someone else was coming to play. "Oh look, another baby seal. Come to play?" Pukena sent a telekinetic blow at him...again. This time he blocked the blow with his arms, which took the blow instead, it hurt, but it didn't do as much harm as it would to his head. Frieza sent a torrent of flames at Fostol, and he continued to increase the temperature of the air around himself as well. With Fostol distracted with the flames, Frieza focused on shooting a continuous stream of flames at the beach, the only place left for Pukena to hide.

Edited March 23, 2012 by Snelly the gelotophobic

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): The top layer of the beach was turned into a thin layer of glass, but by now, Most of Pukena's grains were getting down into the water table where they were shielded from the worst of the heat. She telekinetically removed the newly-formed pane of glowing glass and threw it back the way it had come.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolEven with his mouth hidden beneath his scarf, a devious twinkle could be seen Fostol's eyes as he continued to approach at a slow pace, seemingly undisturbed by the torrent of fire headed his way. As the attack prepared to collide with the Ta-Toa, his Hau conjured a force field around him as he marched through the flames as if it were nothing, only feeling the temperature increase slightly.If one Toa of fire could withstand it, so could another.Now very well past the flames, Fostol deactivated his shield and raised one hand, returning the favor with a jet of flame of his own, directed towards Frieza which seemed distracted attacking the sand. The Ta-Toa snorted; maybe his foe was completely psychotic.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza had two attacks coming at him at once, the pane of glass, and a torrent of fire. Apparently the other Toa was of the same element. How interesting. As the jet of flame came toward him, Frieza used his power to redirect it toward the pane of glass, the two attacks collided, sending hot glass in all directions. Frieza decided that Fostol was a slightly bigger threat at the moment as opposed to the titan cowering in the sand. He turned to look at Fostol, with a smile only a mother could love. Then he lunged at Fostal, and swinging his scythe in a wide arc, the power of the swing enhanced by his mark.

[Wotz]

IC: Several Skakdi stormed through the village, only increasing the chaos as the threw beings of various species into the flames. They saw two beings fighting and decided not to get involved, instead burning a few boats and kicking a few people into the water, until they found one they liked, stole it, and headed inland.OOC: Borg, Ogron, Grark, Kirg and Grirg to Le-Wahi.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolMaking much use of his Hau, speeding hot glass bounced off harmlessly from Fostol's force field, some simply stopping in mid-air and falling to the ground. Suddenly, Frieza lunged at the Ta-Toa as he instinctively raised his sword to block the attack, holding the hilt with both hands.Mild pain erupted in Fostol's arms, wrists and shoulders as he successfully defended against the attack, the power he was facing much stronger than he believed...inhumanly almost. Nevertheless, he stood his ground but his arms were wavering against such power, an obvious sign that holding on any longer would be dangerous.Using such force to his advantage, he let go of his sword with one hand, causing his arm to fly out along with the scythe, giving him a momentary window of opportunity to send a small fire blast with his free hand as he attempted to back up.

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): With another toa engaging Frieza in combat, Pukena saw an opportunity. While the two blades were whistling through the air, she tried to pull Frieza forward and onto his opponent's sword. It was dangerous, she knew, to unleash the force so close to a potential ally who might equally be hurt by it, but she was willing to take that risk, and prepared to reform her body from the sand. This new toa might make things... interesting.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza countered the fire blast with one of his own, the two blasts collided into each other and exploded. Then Frieza then felt himself being pulled toward the Toa and his sword. He decided to make the most of this as he could and began to swing his Scythe wildly at Fostol, attempting to slice him up into mincemeat.

Edited March 23, 2012 by Snelly the gelotophobic

[Wade.]

OOC: If I recall correctly, Emzee told me that you can't control another person's elemental powers and attacks they produce, same thing for absorbing them if you are of the same category. Katuko mentioned so likewise.Pretty sure you can't do that.IC: FostolRegaining his balance as he trotted backwards, Fostol saw Frieza coming his way, swinging his scythe wildly. Alarmed, another force field appeared as a last-second defense, causing the scythe to slide on its surface, disrupting Frieza's balance.Efficient as he was, the gold and black Toa sent a stabbing attack directed at his foe's chest upon the deactivation of his mask.

[Snelly]

OOC: Ah okay, I didn't know that. Never came up till now. I edited.IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza narrowly dodged the stab by quickly sidestepping to the left. He attempted to grab the arm that held Fostol's sword with his left hand. Frieza was holding his scythe with his right.

Edited March 23, 2012 by Snelly the gelotophobic

[Wade.]

OOC: It's alrightIC: FostolEyes trained on Frieza the entire time, Fostol felt a vice-like grip on his sword-arm, probably an attempt to disarm him. Reacting quickly by making a gamble, he rammed himself into his opponent, sending both Toa tumbling and rolling to the floor.OOC: Gotta go for now. I'll be back.

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): Suddenly, the sand on the shore eruptred and a shower of grains. The armoured titan from Karzhani had switched back to her normal form. She dragged her feet out from the hole she had made and strode towards the two toa wrestling on the ground. She raised her sword of stone and prepared to bisect Frieza as soon as the opportunity presented itself.OOC: And by "from Karzhani", I mean that she comes from that island, not the whole demon-spawn thing. Still fun to say though.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -While the two Toa were both falling to the floor, Frieza decided to latch onto the back of the Toa and give him a bear hug. He used his mark given strength to start to squeeze hard. Pukena probably could of ended Frieza right then and there, but she'd most likely get Fostol killed as well if she choose to do so.

[The Lorax]

Pukena was mostly thinking he'd never go so far as to destroy the entire beachfront into scorched earth and glass...but unfortunately for her...he would.

Right back at ya, Snelly. :sly:IC (Pukena): Frieza may have been thinking that she would never go so far as to kill a stranger who had helped her out of a tight spot...but unfortunately for him...she would.Lifting her sword high overhead, she brought it down towards Frieza's exposed back. If she chopped right through to the other toa, then too bad for him. He had been useful, nothing more. Now, he may have outlived his usefulness to her.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolSo it seemed there was someone like him on the battlefield, a heartless ally which would sacrifice their own team mate. Hypocritical as it was, Fostol was purely disgusted and vowed to have Pukena's head once he was done with Frieza.Using his Hau, a force field burst to life around Fostol and Frieza, blocking Pekuna's attack while slowly the breath was being sucked out of the Ta-Toa. Rather than breaking free, Fostol grabbed onto Freeza and created two miniature torrents of fire between his hands and Frieza's skin. Holding on would be a terrible mistake.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -If Frieza had been able to, he would have laughed, this was just so delicious, he could tell by the look on Fostol's face he was quite angry with Pukena. Maybe it was time to step away from the battle...he had an idea. Frieza quite forcefully pulled himself away from Fostol, being a Toa of Fire did not make you completely immune to fire itself. Frieza grabbed his Scythe and then jumped straight into the swamp water not far off. Sure, he hated water, but it was a necessary move. He did not resurface either, if the other two Toa carried to notice, though maybe there were already trying to kill each other. Who knew? He could hold his breath for at least a few minutes, he started swimming away from the scene.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolCoward.With his rib-cage free, plenty of room to breathe was created as Fostol felt his sides which pulsed with aching pain as if he had the workout of his life, a feeling which would hopefully leave sometime soon. Sitting back up, he reached for his sword and picked it up.Pukena received the death glare of his life, the literalness of it being completely real with Fostol. Getting up slowly, always keeping his menacing gaze on the being, he approached him with his sword in hand.

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): Pukena cursed as Frieza got away from them. She had been just about to cut the smile off his face when this other toa tried to stop her. "What did you do that for?" she scalded. "That scumball would be in two pieces right now if you hadn't saved him! Now he just swims away and gets away with burning down the koro and killing three beings." It didn't matter how she got looked at, she was still disgusted.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolFostol opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, a ruse to catch Pukena off guard as in a flash and blur, Fostol was already sending a wide torrent of flames directly at Pukena, incredibly dangerous considered how close they were."Die."

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): As the flames were starting to lick at Pukena's armour, he body dissolved into sand and dropped to the ground underneath the flames, far quicker than she could ever have got her normal body there. She responded to the flames with a telekinetic blast designed to send the toa flying backwards towards a burning building."Not on your life" came the reply, a rustling voice out of the small pile of sand.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolA being which could shift its form to that of sand; very dangerous considering you're on a beach. Instinctively, Fostol threw up a shield around himself, even under his feet seeing as how the possibility of being attacked from below was all too risky. Luckily, the shield took the kinetic blast, something new learned about his foe.What a strange creature...Still in his bubble, Fostol created a tornado of fire around him, burning everything within a few feet's range, sand turning to glass as it bore the burden of such incredible heat and flames sliding against it.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza surfaced when he was well away from the two that wanted to kill him. He got on shore, and quickly dried himself off by super-heating the air around himself. If there was one thing he actually hated, it was being wet. Frieza began to stroll around the burning Xa-koro, whistling nonchalantly. He spotted a barrel of corn, the kernels were popping from the heat from the burning buildings. He decided to help himself to the newly formed popcorn. He jumped up onto one of the few buildings that had yet to catch on fire and watched Fostol and Pukena already dukeing it out in the far distance. How predicable. He mused, it had been way too easy to turn them against each other. He loved this new island, it was full of such angry beings, easily manipulated...

Edited March 24, 2012 by Snelly the gelotophobic

[The Lorax]

OOC: Snelly, I'm lost for words. Popcorn... roof... amazing... win... I'll just pull myself togeher and get posting.IC (Pukena): The tornado of fire enveloped Pukena's sand, inspite of her attemps to direct herself away from the hungry flames. She had no time to find saftey in the ground or water, and her grains were glowing red with the intense heat. Her only hope was to make the toa lose control of the fire, so she directed a telekinetic blow at him from behind. The kanohi hau could only prevent attacks the user expected, so she hoped that this one would find its mark and break Fostol's concentration.

[Wade.]

IC: FostolThe kinetic blow came from behind this time, earning a grunt of pain from Fostol however his tornado of flames did not relent; his foe could turn into sand and move around anywhere. An attack from behind was all to be expected.OOC: You want a truce for now, Lorax? Is your character good?

[The Lorax]

OOC: My character is... neutral at best. Certainly not the hero type, she won't go out of her way to help people, but she did stand up against the Mystix when they came to town and started destroying stuff, and will get along fine with anyone who doesn't get in her way. And yes, please. After fighting two fire-toa, I'm rueing that line from MoL.IC (Pukena): Finally finding her way out of the flames, Pukena's cloud of grains was twinkilng with fine particles of half-transmuted glass. These two toa had hit her where it hurt, and she couldn't take any more heat and still have any "body" left. The cloud of dust swirled and reformed into her tall body, with hands held above her head and sword in its scabbard."Fine" she coughed. "You win. What do you want?"

[Wade.]

IC: FostolWith the stranger giving in to Fostol, the flames disappeared almost as fast as they came into reality, leaving only a steaming hot ring of glass around the Ta-Toa as an indication of its existence. With one swift movement, the ebony black sword with a golden edge was right up at Pukena's throat, its tip pressing menacingly into her skin.Ending her would have been so much easier, right here and right now. Still, use could be made of her and twisted as he was, Fostol would dispose of the being when she'd least expect once her use had been depleted. All of this came to as Frieza, barely visible on a rooftop, focused into view right past Pukena."I want you to help me kill him. Without killing me in the process." he said, his voice indicating that the only alternate option was death. Removing his sword, he motioned with his head towards Frieza for Pukena to see.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza realized he had been spotted. He smiled, waved, and then ate some more popcorn.

[The Lorax]

IC (Pukena): "Alright" she agreed as the sword left her neck. "I would be glad to". She would have liked to make a snarky comment about how she was already doing that when Fostol had interrupted her, but the proximity of the toa's sword dissuaded her.She pointed at the rooftop, siezed the toa and his popcorn and telekinetically lifted them into the air before bringing them closer to where the two were standing.

[Snelly]

IC: Frieza - Xa-koro -Frieza's face showed surprise for a second, but quickly went back to his usually smug face. "If you wanted to see me so badly, you could of just asked."