An Explanation of Kapura's Teleportation Ability

[Azani]

I've been trying to come up with a reason for Kapura's uncanny ability to teleport for a while now. Lines such as "Even though I am slow, I may be faster than all the others", "I think I can feel it" and, of course, "I am practicing" seem to imply that Kapura is accessing and making use of some sort of unknown and ancient property of the universe. Somehow, being aware of this force allows Kapura to "be where [he] is not", or teleport.

 

Kapura is also established as being an eccentric, and possibly very nervous character; he asks if Takua, a random stranger, is Makuta, and seems to be genuinely surprised to discover that he isn't. "If you do not know what is the Makuta, then I guess you are not it. That is good." He also suggests that Makuta is "everywhere", and gives us a rather creepy explanation of how Makuta never leaves the things that he destroys. He repeats that he is either practicing or that he must practice four times, and generally gives off the impression that spends pretty much all of his time in a dead forest running back and forth, "practicing".

 

He also claims that Vakama is the one who tells him that he must practice in order to move faster. Vakama is another character who displays a lot of anxiety and fear, particularly in the Metru Nui story arc which takes place 1,000 years before we meet Kapura in the Charred Forest. He doubts himself and worries about his own skill as a Toa for a significant part of the 2004 storyline, even having an extremely vivid nightmare towards the end of that story arc, emphasizing his anxiety.

 

What if the ability to teleport as Kapura does is hardwired into every Matoran by the Great Beings as a sort of safety feature; if a Matoran feels very threatened, nervous, or fearful, he or she will automatically teleport to a random place in order to stay safe. Matoran/Toa such as Vakama and Kapura would have spent a lot of their time not only under threat, but feeling anxious and fearful when not under threat, that they might have been teleporting around a lot. It's quite possible that countless years of neurosis as a Toa would have allowed Vakama to control the teleportation ability to the point where he could do so at will, to a specific destination. Then, he passed the knowledge of how to conrol and cultivate the ability down to his left hand, who was probably also inclined to fear and nervousness.

 

How does that sound?

Edited June 27, 2014 by Artakha's Nephew

[Spiderus Prime]

Why it's likely that he might be a Mutant Matoran,due by he had powers than he's friends and ever the Toa themselves.

[Azani]

Why it's likely that he might be a Mutant Matoran,due by he had powers than he's friends and ever the Toa themselves.

Sorry; could you clarify what you said here?

Edited June 27, 2014 by Artakha's Nephew

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Ehhh.... mayyybeee...

 

I always thought Kapura had somehow tapped into the Mask of Time. Think about it: Vakama's the only one who had used the Mask - he even made it himself. And Vakama's the one who's been training Kapura. Also consider that Vakama made Kapura his right-hand man (or was it his left?), so Kapura spent a lot of time with him.

 

Now, I have no idea why Vakama would let Kapura use the Msak in any way, but hey, I think my theory makes more sense than the OP's.

Edited June 27, 2014 by TheSkeletonMan939

[Azani]

Ehhh.... mayyybeee...

 

I always thought Kapura had somehow tapped into the Mask of Time. Think about it: Vakama's the only one who had used the Mask - he even made it himself. And Vakama's the one who's been training Kapura. Also consider that Vakama made Kapura his right-hand man (or was it his left?), so Kapura spent a lot of time with him.

 

Now, I have no idea why Vakama would let Kapura use the Msak in any way, but hey, I think my theory makes more sense than the OP's.

It sounds as though your theory is fairly similar to mine, with Vakama teaching the skill to Kapura somehow. The only catch is that Matoran can't use legendary masks like the mask of time, and neither can Turaga. Vakama wasn't able to use the Vahi on his own after becoming a Turaga, and Kapura definitely couldn't.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Vakama teaching Kapura his ability isn't a "theory". It's a fact; Kapura said as much in MNOLG.

[Katuko]

They had Kanoka with Teleportation powers readily available for Matoran use in Metru Nui, and the Ta-Metru forges likely had many, many batches of liquid protodermis with the ability to become Kanoka of Teleportation. Kanoka are activated by hitting something at high speed/with great force, but some Kanoka abilities can be triggered mentally, such as the disks from Ga-Metru being possible to control during flight with your thoughts. Even Matoran could do this, and it was never said to be a property of the launchers (sas if were laser targeting), but rather of the disks themselves.

 

Kapura was a worker at the Vat Controls in Ta-Metru. I believe that Kapura might accidentally have fallen into a vat of (somewhat cooled) liquid protodermis meant to be used for Kanoka, and that bathing in the liquid got some of it permanently stuck in his Matoran shell. Nobody realized this at the time, and after the mind-wipe there was no memory of what the source of Kapura's strange ability might be. Some day Kapura notices that he can do a strange thing, and Vakama recognizes it as being similar to some powers he has seen before. He starts training Kapura to focus his mind and body correctly, to see if it lets him trigger the ability at will.

 

 

The practical explanation for this is that MNOG is "semi-canon", but I very much enjoy Kapura having a mystical power. He was one of the first BIONICLE characters I encountered, and the way he spoke of himself and the Makuta really captivated me. I still enjoy it so much. I think a simple protodermis infusion would explain why Kapura have some low-level power no other person has, while also not destroying everything mystic about it by saying he was made purposefully special by Arthaka or anything.

Edited June 27, 2014 by Katuko

[ALVIS]

Kapura was a worker at the Vat Controls in Ta-Metru. I believe that Kapura might accidentally have fallen into a vat of (somewhat cooled) liquid protodermis meant to be used for Kanoka, and that bathing in the liquid got some of it permanently stuck in his Matoran shell. Nobody realized this at the time, and after the mind-wipe there was no memory of what the source of Kapura's strange ability might be. Some day Kapura notices that he can do a strange thing, and Vakama recognizes it as being similar to some powers he has seen before. He starts training Kapura to focus his mind and body correctly, to see if it lets him trigger the ability at will.

 

Well, there's a super-hero origin story if I ever saw one.

[Glenfoxx]

Thats really interesting. Especially this.

 

Kapura was a worker at the Vat Controls in Ta-Metru. I believe that Kapura might accidentally have fallen into a vat of (somewhat cooled) liquid protodermis meant to be used for Kanoka, and that bathing in the liquid got some of it permanently stuck in his Matoran shell. Nobody realized this at the time, and after the mind-wipe there was no memory of what the source of Kapura's strange ability might be. Some day Kapura notices that he can do a strange thing, and Vakama recognizes it as being similar to some powers he has seen before. He starts training Kapura to focus his mind and body correctly, to see if it lets him trigger the ability at will.

 

If this theory is a plausible scenario, one wonders if one could possibly make armor out of melted Kanoka disks. Would the power inherent in the disks be in the armor and would a being be able to control it?

Also, It would be quite awful if someone fell into a vat of melted Kanoka of Reconstitutes at Random. What horrors would that unleash?

Kapura: "I'm practicing."

Turns into a Mandu fruit that explodes.

Edited June 27, 2014 by Glenfoxx

[Azani]

Vakama teaching Kapura his ability isn't a "theory". It's a fact; Kapura said as much in MNOLG.

Nope, still a theory. Kapura does say that Vakama says that he needs to practice, and that he can move faster if he practices, but he never says that Vakama taught him how to use his ability in any way.

[bonesiii]

If I had about a hundred dollars or so for every Kapura theory I've seen... and also the ones I've come up with myself lol, I'd be... okay, well, not rich, but yeah.

 

All three in this topic are new to me. Go figure.

 

For the record, it's highly, highly, highly unlikely that Vakama can teleport. Vakama was encouraging Kapura to use whatever talent/skill/ability/power/whatever-it-is that Kapura has, not passing down something Vakama has. The ability Vakama has is to see the future sometimes, not anything related to motion. And I'd say the Mask of Time one is out too, most likely, although the Vahi was cracked, and maybe, just maybe, Kapura could have once come in contact with that radiation still leaking out a little, maybe?

 

I've got another one in my retelling (you'll have to read it to hear it though ). Recently someone suggested in a discussion one that I really like (but it was suggested way too late for me to incorporate it in my version ) -- that yes there's a power built into the Matoran Universe, but it isn't about frightened Matoran but rather a transit system. I had pointed out there's no evidence of such a system being the explanation for how Artakha teleported the Nuva into Karda Nui despite the shields, and somebody brought up Kapura. Maybe it was intended for the GBs' exclusive use, and Kapura somehow found out how to tap into it.

[Some Random Phrase]

Hang on. Bonesii just mentioned somethign which sparked a thought train: Vakama can(To a limited extent) see the future. Time ability right there. And if Kapura's transportation has to do with Time, then maybe, just maybe, this Time ability is something insanely rare in Protodermis controlled by Destiny. And all Matoran/Toa/Turaga are Protodermis.

 

TBH though, I like it unexplained. Gives Kapura a sense of mysteriousness. And he wouldn't be as cool as he is if we knew what made that ability of his tick.

[Toa Of Anarchy]

"It is as Vakama said. I practiced and became skilled. I now know the secret art of traveling great distances by moving very slowly. It is only a small matter for me to be wherever I am not. It is a useful skill."
— Kapura, Mata Nui Online Game http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Kapura

What none of the theories address is the "moving very slowly" bit. What does time travel got to do with moving very slowly? Personally I don't think that Kapura has teleportation powers, but rather the ability to move very very fast. I remember somebody saying something to me about a combat art that trains you how to fight by moving slowly I'm probably wrong and am open to everybodys theories. (Something I would like to hear is a definite quote that says Kapura has teleportaion powers.)

[N.S.M.8]

"It is as Vakama said. I practiced and became skilled. I now know the secret art of traveling great distances by moving very slowly. It is only a small matter for me to be wherever I am not. It is a useful skill."

— Kapura, Mata Nui Online Game http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Kapura

What none of the theories address is the "moving very slowly" bit. What does time travel got to do with moving very slowly? Personally I don't think that Kapura has teleportation powers, but rather the ability to move very very fast. I remember somebody saying something to me about a combat art that trains you how to fight by moving slowly I'm probably wrong and am open to everybodys theories. (Something I would like to hear is a definite quote that says Kapura has teleportaion powers.)

In the rpg battle at the end of MNOG, Kapura is shown fading out of existence when he dodges, and fading back in when the attack is finished.  It is assumed that he is teleporting away and teleporting back.  

 

That being said, he also says that he cannot use his skills to cross the gorge on the way to Kini-Nui, implying that he does not teleport.

 

When asked, Greg refused to give an answer because he was not involved in the MNOG.

 

I always assumed that he was it was a combination of an innate ability in all Matoran () and a glitch in Kapura that Vakama figured out how to exploit.  If all of it was unique to Kapura, it is unlikely that Vakama could train him, but if their was nothing unique about him then every Matoran (that knew Turaga Vakama) would have this ability.

 

In resonse to the comments about the Mask of Time, Kapura has the potential to become a toa (The Kingdom), It is entierly possible that Vakama saw this in his visions and is training him now, so that he can use the Vahi when he is transformed. (If this ability is somehow related to time)

[fishers64]

Recently someone suggested in a discussion one that I really like (but it was suggested way too late for me to incorporate it in my version ) -- that yes there's a power built into the Matoran Universe, but it isn't about frightened Matoran but rather a transit system. I had pointed out there's no evidence of such a system being the explanation for how Artakha teleported the Nuva into Karda Nui despite the shields, and somebody brought up Kapura. Maybe it was intended for the GBs' exclusive use, and Kapura somehow found out how to tap into it.

 

*raises...hand?* 

 

 

If any Av-Matoran died by any means other than natural "aging", they most likely would be.

 

I guess you're suggesting that they then might turn into Bohrok and fail to be sent to the hives because the RS's teleporter isn't working? That would depend on if the normal method of being sent there relies on a teleportation system of the giant robot itself. This seems unlikely to me; we don't see any other in-story evidence of a transit system that people can just tap into and appear anywhere they want, after all. I think it's a temporary Botar-style teleportation that is part of the transformation, so just as Botar can apparently teleport off the RS if he wasn't so disoriented, new Bohrok probably would automatically appear in the hive. That teleportation even apparently worked like the mysterious method Artakha has that can send through even Karda Nui's shields; not even Botar can do that. I doubt being on the RS would make much difference.

The answer to your question is yes. You are probably on to something here, although at the moment I don't see why the teleportation system wouldn't be part of the robot/exclusive to Bohrok. Given that surface inhabitants didn't even know that the Av-Matoran existed for so long, it's possible that they wouldn't even know about this system, should it exist. Although in 100,000 years, you would think that someone would have found a hack.

 

Kapura.

 

Anyway, hypothetical weirdness aside, I think it has to do with a similar thing to Vakama's visions - the whole "random unexplained ability" happened once, so why couldn't it happen again? The destiny algorithm could have flipped around a few molecules in Kapura to give him the powers of the Kakama or the Kualsi.

 

The problem with that, however, is that Matoran cannot use the powers of those masks normally. This makes me think that the above theory about Kap tapping into a teleportation system is more likely, seeing as it would have its own power, much higher than a Matoran could wield.

[Zidonaro]

Isn't Kapura's talk about teleportation one of the many no-canon elements of MNOG ? 

[fishers64]

As far as I can tell, it was never fully deemed noncanon: 

 

 

 

This was something that came from Bob Thompson, original head of the story team, and unless Leah knows what he meant by it, I don't. I wasn't on the story team at the MNOG was done.

 

That seems to be the general answer - it basically fell through the crack and become a fandom-haunting mystery. 

[Toa of Italy]

I don't think that Kapura actually teleports. He's a Ta-Matoran and in my opinion he has no more powers than any other Ta-Matoran we've seen so far.

I believe that his ability doesn't reside in actually, objectively moving faster (or teleporting), but in making others perceive that he does so.

 

I think that he has learnt to move so slowly that an observer doesn't actually realize that he is moving until he has crossed a certain distance, at which point it seems that he has teleported (an interpretation which, by the way, I'm also using in an epic of mine). It is similar to the power you see in some science-fiction/fantasy novels or films, where a character makes him/herself invisible by preventing others from consciously perceiving him/her. In this case, I think that Kapura prevents others from consciously perceiving his movement until he has moved significantly.

 

As for using his ability to travel long distances (as he states when he travels from Ta-Koro to Ko-Koro to meet Takua), I quote the saying "Slow and steady wins the race." By moving slowly, Kapura simply avoids dangers and obstacles that another, faster but less cautious traveler might encounter. In some cases, this results in him appearing to be faster. 

[TheSkeletonMan939]

What does time travel got to do with moving very slowly?

 

Easy. He moves slowly but moves quickly at the same time. What's the one element that can allow that?

 

Time manipulation.

[bonesiii]

What none of the theories address is the "moving very slowly" bit.

FTR, the one in my retelling does.

 

(Something I would like to hear is a definite quote that says Kapura has teleportaion powers.)

I'm pretty sure you won't find any. It's a mystery -- we don't know how he does it. (And I agree with Ahktu -- I hope it never gets officially explained. Partly just because there are so many different theories, and everybody wants to be able to imagine it how they want to. )

 

That being said, he also says that he cannot use his skills to cross the gorge on the way to Kini-Nui, implying that he does not teleport.

That's one possible interpretation, but it doesn't necessarily imply that. Often teleportation abilities come with a "you have to be familiar with your destination" rule.

 

I don't think that Kapura actually teleports. He's a Ta-Matoran and in my opinion he has no more powers than any other Ta-Matoran we've seen so far.

What does his element have to do with it? Vakama is a Ta-Matoran too. (And even if he wasn't, they're both Matoran, and both protodermic beings. )

 

I think that he has learnt to move so slowly that an observer doesn't actually realize that he is moving until he has crossed a certain distance, at which point it seems that he has teleported (an interpretation which, by the way, I'm also using in an epic of mine). It is similar to the power you see in some science-fiction/fantasy novels or films, where a character makes him/herself invisible by preventing others from consciously perceiving him/her. In this case, I think that Kapura prevents others from consciously perceiving his movement until he has moved significantly.

 

As for using his ability to travel long distances (as he states when he travels from Ta-Koro to Ko-Koro to meet Takua), I quote the saying "Slow and steady wins the race." By moving slowly, Kapura simply avoids dangers and obstacles that another, faster but less cautious traveler might encounter. In some cases, this results in him appearing to be faster.

I've always wondered this too. The problem is you can cross that distance, if memory serves, in a short span of time, and he's already there. So unless he secretly runs really fast to the cable ride before you waddle over to it slowly, he has to have some sort of power or access to a power. Unless he somehow hypnotizes you into wandering around with no conscious awareness for a while, but that wouldn't exactly be nice, would it?

[veeder]

Can someone please give me an example of Kapura teleporting? I can't find anything on the Bionicle Wiki.

Edited July 1, 2014 by veeder

[fishers64]

It's actually not confirmed that he teleports. In fact, the only quotes I have shed doubt on the subject, without outright denying it. 

 

Also there is no portrayal of his "action", only the effects. Which are in MNOG. 

Edited July 1, 2014 by fishers64

[veeder]

It's actually not confirmed that he teleports. In fact, the only quotes I have shed doubt on the subject, without outright denying it. 

 

Also there is no portrayal of his "action", only the effects. Which are in MNOG. 

What happened in MNOG?

[fishers64]

 

It's actually not confirmed that he teleports. In fact, the only quotes I have shed doubt on the subject, without outright denying it. 

 

Also there is no portrayal of his "action", only the effects. Which are in MNOG. 

What happened in MNOG?

 

As Takua, you meet Kapura, and he has weird lines about practicing. 

 

Much later in the game, Kapura appears in Ko-Wahi, with the reasoning that he can be wherever he is not easily. You never witness it.  

[Katuko]

What happened in MNOG?

Early in the game he will just be walking back and forth in the Charred Forest, at a very slow pace. He tells Takua that he is practicing. Later, after he has mastered the ability, he is sent by Vakama to relay a message to you. He is able to reach you in a very short amount of time, as he will be waiting for you when you arrive.

 

During the trip to Kini-Nui, Takua w/company comes across a broken bridge. Kapura mentions that his ability sadly cannot help him cross, implying that it is not teleportation, just - as he says - "the ability to travel very quickly by moving very slowly".

 

During the Rahi fights at Kini-Nui, there is a chance for Matoran to avoid damage from attacks. If they do, some will block the attack by holding up a throwing disk, while others (like Tamaru) will jump to dodge. Kapura's block/dodge animation consists of him shimmering, then appearing a few feet to the side of where he was standing. When the Rahi retreats, he shimmers again and appears back where he started. This has been interpreted as being him teleporting, but it could also just be him moving too fast for the naked eye to track. Pohatu uses a similar effect when he uses his Kakama in another animation: he speeds a way in barely half a second, leaving red after-images.

[veeder]

This theory makes no sense, but maybe Kapura is a special matoran that has the ability to use masks. He probably has a Kakama in the shape of a Ruru. 

 

Yes? No? 

 

I'm sure people have came up with this before...

Edited July 1, 2014 by veeder

[bonesiii]

During the trip to Kini-Nui, Takua w/company comes across a broken bridge. Kapura mentions that his ability sadly cannot help him cross, implying that it is not teleportation

Did you see my post above, Katuko? It does not imply that necessarily:

 

 

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That being said, he also says that he cannot use his skills to cross the gorge on the way to Kini-Nui, implying that he does not teleport.

That's one possible interpretation, but it doesn't necessarily imply that. Often teleportation abilities come with a "you have to be familiar with your destination" rule.

 

This theory makes no sense, but maybe Kapura is a special matoran that has the ability to use masks. He probably has a Kakama in the shape of a Ruru. 

 

Yes? No?

I wouldn't say "probably", but who knows.

 

And it seems a bit faster than a Kakama, but that may be a matter of travel time on the cable ride by Takua seeming to go faster in-game than it really would be. But it was stated that it's not just a matter of some programming switch being turned on that enables mask usage; Matoran actually don't have the mental processing power for it. Part of the transformation to Toa grants that, and they retain some of it upon becoming Turaga. So that seems highly unlikely, maybe impossible.

[Katuko]

Often teleportation abilities come with a "you have to be familiar with your destination" rule.

I noticed. That bridge is barely ten meters across, though, and surely it would be much, much easier to familiarize oneself with a flat patch of grass that's within eyesight, than with all the steps and paths that lead from Ta-Koro to Ko-Koro? That's how the Kualsi works, at least, and certain other versions of the power doesn't appear to require direct line of sight. Makuta (though he likely has better control) teleported Roodaka from a place he couldn't see, teleported Vakama and the Vahi to a place he couldn't see, and when Arthaka got uppity he used his increased power to teleport almost everyone in the room outside the MU itself.

 

And it seems a bit faster than a Kakama, but that may be a matter of travel time on the cable ride by Takua seeming to go faster in-game than it really would be.

The cable ride is likely meant to be the same speed as a ski lift. Still faster and easier than on foot, but if you ran the entire way to Ko-Koro in a direct line you could possibly beat it there. Either way, whether he uses super-speed to take a different path, or if he actually teleports, Kapura is quicker than it.

 

I remember getting all giddy when I first witnessed his battle "teleport" dodge. It didn't answer anything about the nature of the power, but it was cool to see that he really was intended to have some sort of special power. Kapura's power, as shown in the battle, fits the definition of a Flash Step. In fact, I notice someone has already entered Kapura as one of the examples. Coupled with the inability to cross a chasm, I think his ability speeds him up, but does not split his atoms apart.

 

However, to possibly destroy my own argument: Kapura might have said it only because he would not be able to bring the rest of the Company across. Leaving them behind while he alone went on would defeat the purpose of the trip, after all.

Edited July 1, 2014 by Katuko

[bonesiii]

I noticed. That bridge is barely ten meters across, though, and surely it would be much, much easier to familiarize oneself with a flat patch of grass that's within eyesight, than with all the steps and paths that lead from Ta-Koro to Ko-Koro? That's how the Kualsi works, at least, and certain other versions of the power doesn't appear to require direct line of sight. Makuta (though he likely has better control) teleported Roodaka from a place he couldn't see, teleported Vakama and the Vahi to a place he couldn't see, and when Arthaka got uppity he used his increased power to teleport almost everyone in the room outside the MU itself.

That's all true, but also irrelevant to the point which is that we cannot assume that this incident means that Kapura didn't have a teleportation power. It could simply have limits that all these other examples don't have. (Most of these abilities you wouldn't expect to apply to a Matoran anyways; more limitations would make sense, since Matoran aren't supposed to have any such powers at all.) The point is that it doesn't imply it isn't teleportation. Rather, it implies it isn't teleportation of the sorts in those examples. (So it might be teleportation with a limit, or might be something else.)

 

However, to possibly destroy my own argument: Kapura might have said it only because he would not be able to bring the rest of the Company across. Leaving them behind while he alone went on would defeat the purpose of the trip, after all.

Right.... *wonders why self didn't think of*

Edited July 1, 2014 by bonesiii

[Indigogeek]

Personally, I think that Kapura should have been picked for the GB, but Greg has stated he didn't even understand the power himself, so he didn't choose Kapura. It would have been great if Kapura was a GB, but didn't know it, unlike Velika, who knew the whole time. It would explain these "powers" the little guy has.

[bonesiii]

Personally, I think that Kapura should have been picked for the GB, but Greg has stated he didn't even understand the power himself, so he didn't choose Kapura.

The reason he didn't pick Kapura was that Kapura had a total mindwipe, and he needed the Great Being to keep his memories. That was the same reason all the Mata Nui Matoran were out.

[MetaToa]

I have a theory. Kapura could have been the first test subject for the Red Star, so, as it has been noted from other resurrections in the past, Kapura was never himself again, gaining a hidden wisdom and losing his awareness. In short, he was always a bit off. As for the teleportation part, I have theories but they're all ridiculous - or at least more ridiculous than this theory.    

[Archon~]

I say he was created with a glitch within his system that causes him to teleport. I like to keep things simple yknow?

 

On the other hand, I like to think that this part of MNOLG is just not canon, since the game is semi-canon after all.

[Ontocron]

I like the idea that Kapura simply knows something we don't. 

 

When he is practicing in Ta-Wahi, he says he can "feel" other places.

 

"If I practice, I can be where I am not. I think I can feel it. It is hot here where I am, but where I am not is cold, and I think I can feel it.  I must practice more."

 

He later shows up in Ko-Koro, which is "cold". This makes it sound like more than just simple teleportation to me.  I think that with the help of Vakama's previous research and long, tedious meditation and 'practicing', perhaps Kapura has learned how to compress spacetime around himself. Perhaps he used his natural energies to somehow manipulate and cause small wrinkles in spacetime so that Ko-Koro was closer, almost putting himself in two places at once. In travelling to Ko-Koro this way, he would still be moving as slowly as ever, yet to outside observers it would appear that he has sped towards his destination even faster than the eye can see.  Matoran have innate elemental energies, so it seems feasible that after thousands of years, someone could have learned to manipulate their energies to develop unusual abilities.

 

Thinking about this more, it would seem that Takua, who was right next to Kapura while he was 'feeling' Ko-Koro, would have felt it if Kapura was compressing spacetime nearby.  So perhaps rather than distort spacetime around himself, maybe Kapura is able to stretch himself across spacetime. He would still be moving impossibly quickly by moving very slowly, and only he would be aware of the distortion, leaving bystanders to watch him simply disappear.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I have a theory. Kapura could have been the first test subject for the Red Star, so, as it has been noted from other resurrections in the past, Kapura was never himself again, gaining a hidden wisdom and losing his awareness. In short, he was always a bit off. As for the teleportation part, I have theories but they're all ridiculous - or at least more ridiculous than this theory.    

 

Well, what's the Red Star do? Teleport.

 

And what does Kapura apparently do?

 

Teleport.

 

What if Kapura somehow took a little bit of the Red Star's ability with him?

[veeder]

 

I have a theory. Kapura could have been the first test subject for the Red Star, so, as it has been noted from other resurrections in the past, Kapura was never himself again, gaining a hidden wisdom and losing his awareness. In short, he was always a bit off. As for the teleportation part, I have theories but they're all ridiculous - or at least more ridiculous than this theory.    

 

Well, what's the Red Star do? Teleport.

 

And what does Kapura apparently do?

 

Teleport.

 

What if Kapura somehow took a little bit of the Red Star's ability with him?

 

 

You sir, just blew my mind. 

But really, that is a good theory. Kapura is also red, if that's significant.

[Azani]

So this is all very well and good, but what do you guys think of my theory?

 

I have a theory. Kapura could have been the first test subject for the Red Star, so, as it has been noted from other resurrections in the past, Kapura was never himself again, gaining a hidden wisdom and losing his awareness. In short, he was always a bit off. As for the teleportation part, I have theories but they're all ridiculous - or at least more ridiculous than this theory.

 
Well, what's the Red Star do? Teleport.
 
And what does Kapura apparently do?

Teleport.
 
What if Kapura somehow took a little bit of the Red Star's ability with him?

 

I could certainly see this.

[bonesiii]

So this is all very well and good, but what do you guys think of my theory?

 

For the record, it's highly, highly, highly unlikely that Vakama can teleport. Vakama was encouraging Kapura to use whatever talent/skill/ability/power/whatever-it-is that Kapura has, not passing down something Vakama has. The ability Vakama has is to see the future sometimes, not anything related to motion.

The rest of it is just as possible as the hundred or so other theories. As far as I know. But it doesn't seem to incorporate all the evidence (most don't).

[Wazdakka]

Why don't we ask Greg? How/why/etc?

[ALVIS]

Why don't we ask Greg? How/why/etc?

 

Because we've tried that in the past and gotten no conclusive answer. I think his go-to response is "That was Bob Thompson's idea, not mine", or something along those lines.