IC: Voriki ~ Voriki was drowning. Well, technically, he wasn't drowning yet. But as the waves washed across the islets, wreaking havoc on Xa-Koro's ramshackle huts and the screams of the disaster's victims, the Toa trying to tread water in the turbulence, the salty water washing into his eyes, realized the futility of it all. We're doomed, he though. That isn't something I'd have considered thinking myself; Inspiring it, yes, but actually being doomed? And, yet, even though all was hopeless, he continued on. Why? Instinct? Hope for rescue? One last spit in the eye at the passengers of the retreating ship who Voriki supposed to be the ones to hold responsible and the rest of the world in general? He himself did not know. He fought on for all of those reasons, and none of them. Probably a metaphor, or something of that nature, in there, he thought. But he didn't have the time, or strength, to meditate on the deep literary meaning of what his deeds. No, the subject of today's class was "swim for your life". Athletical feats not pertaining to the complex art of tracking a mark and sticking them with the pointy end of a melee weapon had never been his strong point, however, and soon he found him strength failing and his body drifting down into the dark depths of the endless ocean. this gave him the opportunity for any number of last words (Er-well, thoughts, he thought.) before finally kicking the bucket. Anything from "So long, and thanks for all the fish" to "You have defeat me! But I will be avenged!" to "I'll be back". What he eventually settled for was far less glamorous. Well, karz, he thought, before darkness enveloped him. "THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ACCURATE, DEPENDING ON YO.R POINT OF VIEW," said a loud, unearthly face as beside him, and Voriki knew it was the end, whether would he heard be reaper or hallucination. "IN ANY EVENT, YOU'VE CERTAIN TOOK YOUR TIME, D." ~Fin.