Corpus Rahkshi

[Samus Aran-Bounty Hunter]

IC: Chekquars (Refactory)

 

From his position at the other table, Chekquars had simply chuckled at the interactions going on at the table across from him. It wasn't until a time after Omega left that he spoke, letting confidence filter into his voice. 

 

"I presume neither of you would be at all interested in forming a slight alliance of sorts? Working together to take down both of our targets, respectively?"

Zakaro

[Some Random Phrase]

IC clockwork:

Clockwork awoke, annoyed as he remembered yesterday. He had gone to Phantom-on-the-Water, and found nothing useful. He resolved today to get some work done. He purposely acted sleepy as he opened his dorm door and made his way down the hall. First he intended to find a weapon, then he needed to find Palma. He had heard that she was teh person to ask if one needed to know something about Kraata or Rahkshi.

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Omega (reflectory)

Omega ate the sludge. Despite everyone else thinking it was disgusting he didn't mind it. Plus being alone in the cafeteria gave him a plan on what to do today.

Edited November 15, 2014 by VahkiDane

[Funkydude527]

IC Phogen:

"My informant is at fault, and will be dealt with swiftly." It was a good trait to be able to seethe at nothing on command. She was good at acting. "But in all courtesy, and in respect to you, my client, I will take my informant's error as my own." She straightened. "What is it you require?"

 

Before answering, she turned to face Snake. "Your haste was admirable, but insufficiently rapid for my fair client, Exxan. I shall require a further payment."

 

She turned to Green, saving face with a smug upturn of the chin. "I am, indeed, brokering information and services. What do you require?"

 

OOC: PM PM PM ALL AROUND

Edited November 15, 2014 by Funkydude527

[Nato G]

IC: Exxan.

 

"You're going to help me find and eliminate my own target," Exxan was feeling a lot more confident now. He had allies now.

 

He quickly wandered the bookshelves, gathering up the knives he'd hidden there and putting them into his satchel The piles of books had proven to be enough to bring down Caoutchouc; Exxan had never got to employ the second stage of his plan.

[Funkydude527]

IC Phogen:

"That is acceptable to me. What do you have in mind?" She leaned against the bookshelf, watching Exxan gather his knives. She thought of the Vortixx concept of calculable favors. This was for a net profit, she reminded herself.

[Constructelf]

IC: Green

Green waited for Exxan and Phogen to finish talking. She kept a very careful eye on Snake.

[Nato G]

IC: Exxan.

 

"We need to get him on his own," Exxan didn't say who "he" was. Phogen already knew, and he didn't want Green or Snake to know yet, in case one of them decided to warn the target.

 

"Maybe we could ambush him in one of the corridors or something." Exxan considered his options, trying to formulate a plan.

 

"We can't trap him here, not with this guy," he slammed his staff into Caoutchouc's exposed legs a few times, hopefully breaking them, "lying around."

[Funkydude527]

IC Phogen:

"Perhaps a trap of some kind. I may have an idea. Let me conspire with my other clients and determine its feasibility." She grinned like a Cheshire cat, and turned to the two assembled, each in turn.

 

OOC: Pm conspiracy time.

[Evex_Wolfwing]

delete this post please I derped regarding who was where.

Edited November 15, 2014 by Evex_Wolfwing

[Some Random Phrase]

IC CLockwork:

Suddenly thinking of something, Clockwork walked into teh library, still appearing sleepy. Once out of sight beyond the bookshelves, he began to keenly browse the shelves, grabbing the occasional book. One of them was a two-inch-thick book on Toa, how to find them, how to avoid them, and most importantly, how to stop them.

[Akavakaku]

IC Vir

Vir's Dormitory

 

After leaving the refectory and washing their armor, Vir had gone to their dormitory. They weren't truly tired, but most mornings they came here a good hour or so before going to sleep. That hour was usually spent lying on the bed and trying to ward off that vague sense of loneliness that plagued them when they were tired. Now, though, Vir's mind was whirring rapidly through the events of the night, and plans for tomorrow night. How would Vir kill their target, and who would target Vir?

These thoughts cycled through their mind until they fell asleep.

[Pohatu: Uniter of Stone]

IC: Squid

 

Squid had gone back to his dorm a long time ago. He put a sign on his door- DO NOT DISTURB FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.

He sat on his bed and meditated, but mostly thought about how he could "assassinate" his target.

 

OOC: I'm going backpacking this weekend and won't be back until mid sunday. Squid's locked himself in his room and expects no intruders. If you're the assassin, please be polite and use this time to set up a trap or something and not break into his room.

[Some Random Phrase]

IC CLockwork:

Books in hand, teh Rahkshi walked towards the Chirox Causeway. He daren't leave them in his dorm. Anybody could see him leave and wait for him.

[NorikSigma]

IC: Glass

 

"Oh, wait. Never mind then. I thought it was you."

 

Glass pulled back his weapon.

 

"Thanks for telling me, now I can strike one off the list. And I'm sure my killer is-"

 

Glass saw Omega walking to the refectory out of the corner of his eye.

 

"See ya later. I have someone I need to kick out of the equation. You can follow, if you want."

 

Without waiting, Glass sneaked up to Omega. He was eating something. The Chain Lightning Rahkshi stood behind him.

 

He thrust his staff towards Omega's back, aiming at his Kraata chamber component and intending to skewer him.

 

OOC: @Nato/Roman you can come help too!

[Nato G]

OOC: Heck yes!

 

IC: Xara

 

Following Glass into the room, she saw him attacking Omega. She drew her swords and moved to block any chance Omega might have had of escape.

[Not Quite Dead]

IC

 

Caoutchouc manages a weak cough and some squirm-wriggling around under the books, he's at the edge of another bout of unconsciousness, the sitting on and whacking of his legs enough to rouse him.

 

"Have to... Trick them..."

 

"EIIIIIIWHHHHHHAHAAAAAAAAAWIIEIEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIII" The bruised, crushed and buried rahkshi does his best scream, hoping to catch their attention.

 

"I WAS PUT UP TO THIS! Your real attacker is, is... Righ.... Right, h-"

Too much screaming, he falls back into the dreary grey of concussion. Hopefully his slurred protest was enough to cause doubt in their group.

[Constructelf]

IC: Green

"Shut up, loser of this game." Green jabbed her scarab blade into Caoutchouc's shoulder. "Now I've actually 'killed' you," she said with satisfaction of actually getting a blow in. Still, she looked around; Phogen might be trustworthy and Exxan seemed okay, but what about Snake? The teleport Rahkshi was in a very good position to do something fishy...

[Nato G]

OOC: Ha. No one trusts Snake.

 

IC: Exxan.

 

Leaning past Green, Exxan hit Cautchouc in the head. Hard. Was he trying to say that Exxan's real assassin was here? It wasn't Green, and Phogen wasn't participating. That only left Snake.

 

But Exxan had already been lied to once about who was hunting him, so he wasn't going to jump to any conclusions this time around.

 

"How about you and Phogen stay here and talk things over," Exxan suggested to Snake. "Green and I will take Caoutchouc to Palma, and hopefully get to the bottom of who his target was. If he isn't willing to talk, maybe we won't take him to Palma..."

Edited November 15, 2014 by Roman Torchwick

[Some Random Phrase]

IC Shatter:

The Panrahk was walking into the Refectory when he saw some Rahkshi trying to skewer another with yet another standing gaurd. Man. Some Rahkshi. I mean, he understood if it was assassination. That silly thing, sure. Fun but silly. He hadn't volunteered. Was too late. Anyway. he was pretty sure actual death was a bad idea. So, Panrahk rescue force to the, uh, rescue. Shatter spun his Hammer before launching one of the metal balls at Xara

 

IC CLockwork:

Clockwork stashed his books on a reasonably out-of-sight pillar and began flying through the Causeway.

[Nato G]

IC: Xara.

 

The she-rahk heard the whirling sound of Shatter spinning up his chain, and spun to face him. The metal ball flew at her, but she'd already moved. Being thin and lanky made her more agile, and a harder target for a weapon like this.

 

The metal ball pounded into the wall behind where she had been, and she skimmed both of her swords along the trailing chain, sending jolts of electricity dancing from her palms, along the length of the swords, and into the chain towards Shatter's hands.

 

Honestly, why couldn't people mind their own business?

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Omega

Omega groaned. His armour grinding against the pain. He collapsed on the table, bleeding.

He cursed slightly. He had failed....

[Akavakaku]

IC Mahrika

Offshore

 

Mahrika took a deep breath of air, then dove back beneath the waves. He kicked quickly, propelling himself deep underwater. The sea at night was dark, even for a Rahkshi, but Mahrika was well accustomed to it. The cold and pressure hindered him even less; after all, he had the power of adaptation.

 

Soon he reached the seafloor, with enough breath to spare to kneel on the soft, mucky substrate and look around. Even this late at night, the sea was alive. Mahrika casually observed a little glowing Gadunka burst out of the soil and trap a passing fish with its claws and teeth.

It kills because it knows no other way to live... much like the Rahkshi of the past.

So what did that mean for the Rahkshi of the present: intelligent enough to choose peace, yet for the most part unwilling to do so?

 

Craving air once more, Mahrika pushed off the seabed with his feet and rose to the surface. He recalled reading about a civil war fought by Matoran in the city of Metru Nui. For many thousands of years those Matoran had gotten along in peace, but all at once a disagreement among them turned them to violence. The Makuta had to intervene, taking the war leaders and locking them in a museum until they could reach a peaceful agreement. But the leaders could not come to an agreement, and instead all killed each other. After that, the soldiers laid down their weapons and peace returned.

 

Perhaps all it takes to turn the common people into killers is a little push--remove it, and most are content to live in harmony.

It was very clear where the nudge against Corpus Rahkshi came from: the very heart of the Brotherhood of Makuta.

They want to make us soldiers to fight in their wars... and if we cooperate, we will do their job for them.

Mahrika was resolved not to let them coerce him.

 

A glance to the sky revealed that dawn was approaching. Mahrika floated for a couple more seconds, then turned and swam back towards the school. A visit to the refectory, perhaps, and then sleep.

Edited November 15, 2014 by Akavakaku

[NorikSigma]

IC: Glass

 

"Shatter, just leave us. This dude was about to ambush me. We're taking him to Palma, and for verification that I took down m would-be killer. Are we okay with that?" Glass asked as he hauled the unconscious Omega up. He made a signal to Xara to back down a little.

Edited November 15, 2014 by Tenth Norik

[silo]

OOC: What? But Snake is...so trustworthy...

 

IC: (Snakey)

 

"More payment?" He sighed. I guess I've committed myself to this now...Still, from what Exxan said, she might lie to me...

He caught sight of Exx's expression, saying: "If I was your assassin, I would have attacked you by now, yes?"

Turning back to Pho, he told her his target while the other rahks were occupied..."So, you'll help me take them down?" he asked.

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Omega

"Urgh... gotta fight it...." He said, moving his head slightly

[NorikSigma]

IC: Glass

 

Glass smacked Omega's head again. He was knocked out again.

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Omega

Omega's body went limp and he fell unconsious. The last thing he saw was the back of Glass' weapon smacking him in the head.

[Some Random Phrase]

IC Shatter:

"If you must.",Shatter says, drawing his weapon back. "I'll come. But Xara owes me a rematch."

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Omega

The Magnetism Rahkshi could hear the other rahks talking. He just couldn't see anything. He was a prisoner to his conciousness. He wished he could move but he couldn't. He tried one last push and attempted to pull himself off Glass. He couldn't. He blacked out completely after trying.

[NorikSigma]

IC: Glass

 

"Alright, settle that later, after we go to Palma."

 

The trio plus Omega made their way to the medical bay.

 

"Nurse? This bungling assassin needs treatment."

 

OOC: Your cue, IAUS.

[Nato G]

IC: Xara.

 

Xara sheathed her swords. "Is that a threat, or a promise?" she asked Shatter, before throwing one of Omega's arms over her shoulder, hauling him up. "I'll carry him," she offered Glass, "to make up for attacking you earlier."

 

She wasn't normally this nice. To anyone. Ever. But this school was becoming more competitive with each passing day. Xara knew she was a good fighter - one of the best - but that wouldn't do her much good against a half-dozen classmates all baying for her blood.

 

She needed allies.

 

They soon arrived at the medical wing, and Xara unceremoniously dumped Omega at Palma's feet.

Edited November 15, 2014 by Roman Torchwick

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Omega

Omega was dropped to the ground. He was out cold and was bleeding out slowly.

[NorikSigma]

IC: Glass

 

"You don't need to-" but Xara had already scooped Omega up and dumped him on the floor of the medical wing.

 

"Never mind."

[Akavakaku]

IC Mahrika

Corridors

 

Still dripping with seawater, Mahrika walked tiredly through the halls of Corpus Rahkshi. His destination was the refectory, but before he got there his path was crossed by a group of students carrying the limp, damaged body of another Rahkshi. What were they doing? Getting an injured student medical help, or looking for somewhere to hide a body?

 

After they passed by, Mahrika stood in shock for a few seconds before following after them. He trailed the group to the medical wing, where they dropped the hurt Rahkshi on the ground. It didn't stir. 

 

"What are you doing?" Mahrika's voice sounded every bit as scornful as he felt.

 

OOC: Mahrika hasn't found out about the game yet.

[Constructelf]

IC: Green

"... Should we take him to Palma?" Green gestured at Caoutchouc's body.

[Nato G]

IC: Exxan.

 

"Yes. I want to find out if he's the one hunting me or not. If Palma can't tell me, I'll hang onto him a little longer. See just how far he can stretch." Exxan recognised that he was acting like a sadistic jerk, but he knew from his books that scare tactics could be very effective. He had to act tougher than he actually was if he wanted to keep all of these other people on side, and survive this assignment. 

 

IC: Xara. 

 

"We're handing this failure over to Palma." Xara replied to Mahrika. "He didn't manage to kill Glass, so he's failed the assignment." 

[Not Quite Dead]

IC

 

He returns to consciousness, the elastic rahkshi can hear his foes discussing his fate.

 

Something about testing how far I could stretch. Doesn't this student know the properties of kraata and their levels?

 

"urhg.. I can stretch... Two bios..." My voice is weak and feeble, due to my half-comatose state.

[Nato G]

IC: Exxan.

 

He knelt down beside Caoutchouc's battered head and looked him in the eyes. "Listen closely, buddy. Unless you want your body parts strewn over two hundred bios, you're going to tell me right now. Was I your target, or not? And if I find out later on that you lied to me, I'll throw your body parts into the ocean when I'm done disassembling you." 

[Not Quite Dead]

IC

 

This "Exxan" character really p***es him off. He knows he is in a bad situation though. He can either lie or tell the truth. Then his fate is left up to this scheming, trap setting worm. He didn't like the chances of that, so option three it was. Caoutchouc discharges the lubricant fluid that fills his mouth, directly into the face of Exxan, who is uncomfortably close anyhow.

 

Other species would call it "spitting in his face."

 

"Target hit."