Mad Scientist BioBeast

IC:Ankt ~Fighting Mahi~

"If you say so brother." Ankt said, grabbing his spear's sheathe and wielding it like a baseball bat. Swinging once, he sent one Mahi flying into the jungle. Swinging twice, he sent another mahi flying at one of the mahi charging at Verak, sending them both flying into the jungle. And finally, he threw his spear at the last Mahi, the one charging at Verak from the front, spearing a hole in the middle of it. "Are we done here?" Secretly he was sorta upset at Verak having defeated five of the nine mahi, meaning that he had a higher 'score' than Ankt.

IC:Miha ~Talking with Atonal~

"Yeah, he said he was going back to her inn. That's where I was going, it's just over there." Miha pointed at an inn just a couple feet away. "Do you want me to pass on the message for you?"

IC:Miha ~Talking with Atonal~

"And...? Was there something wrong with the bird, or...?"

IC:Miha ~Talking~

"Well at least some parts of the world haven't changed. You're still more mature than Havon." Miha said as they left the inn. She began heading to where she had last seen Skyra, when lo and behold, a Toa held up a sign that said in big Matoran letters:

LOOKING FOR COMMANDER SKYRA OF GUKKO FORCE.

"Well, that didn't take long." Miha commented, walking towards Atonal. "Hello, I am Miha Visic of the Le-Koro Gukko Force, and a friend of Skyra. Is there a reason you're looking for him-er... Her?"

IC:Kai ~Voluntarily Going back to Prison? What is he thinking? YOU FOOL, TURN BACK AND ATTACK!~

Kai looked at Den, the strange man with the cloak, and hopefully the person who would get him out of prison. He had to make a decision now, either go back to his cell and run the risk of either getting locked up forever/dying, or trust this stranger who it seemed fate had just put in the way of his escape. It made no sense for this Toa to be on duty at this time of day, Kai had never seen him on duty around this time, and if he had just responded to Kai's attempted prison break, he had to be the fastest Toa in the world. Kai's entire mission, and possibly the fate of the entire island rested on how he decided to react to Alrin's suggestion. He attempted to analyze Alrin once more, to find something, anything, that would sway his decision. He wears a cloak like the other guard, but doesn't seem to be hiding anything except his chest, possibly a flaw? No, he's not the vain type you fool, just look at the rest of his wardrobe. A scar then? That makes a little more sense. He's used to the cold, even though it's unusually cold today, suggesting either he's a Toa of Fire using his powers to heat himself up or a Toa of Ice. However, his armor's color seems to suggest that he is indeed a Toa of Ice. Speaking of armor, his mask also seems to be covered by a clothe, hiding his infected mask? No, that would be too obvious, his co-workers would've caught onto his secret a while ago. More scars then? So it's obvious that this man has many scars that he wishes to hide. Why though? What reason could he have for hiding his scars?

Kai came to the conclusion that he had absolutely no reason to trust this stranger, and in fact, had even more reasons not to trust him, as he seemed to be hiding a few secrets. But while his brain was screaming at him to decline the offer and murder all three guards simply to be done with it, his gut was screaming that he should trust Alrin, as last time he did what his brain said he ended up murdering an innocent Matoran for absolutely no reason. Kai took a deep breath, and lowered his weapons. "You win. Let's go."

IC:Miha ~Talking~

"Yeah, wanna go see?" Miha asked, helping Zealokan off the ground. "Just don't make fun of him, it's a pretty traumatic."

IC:Miha ~Talking a Lot~

"Well, the temple ate me up, and spat me back out in Le-Wahi without my mark. I then proceeded to begin living in the jungle for a month, practicing my medicine skills on wild animals. After the month, I decided to come out here to Ga-Koro, to get their medicinal seaweed, when I found Havon and some rich guy. After telling the rich guy that tearing off his face was not safe, I went back and met Skyra, who is now a girl. Then me and Havon came here, I told Havon to stop drinking, Merror stopped by to see if we knew where Skyra was, I left because everybody had gotten really quiet, and I had to go check on Angle, and then you showed up." Miha said, quickly surmising everything that had happened. "And what about you? What's happened since we split up? I mean, I saw what you guys did to the Rama during my stay in the jungle, but..."

IC:Kai ~Escaping Prison?~

He wants to talk privately. Or, that's what he wants me to think. His body language indicates that he believes me, but is this because he works for... them,(I seriously need to name them. The Piraka? Nah, too mainstream...) or because he's realized that I'm telling the truth and wants to know more? Either way, whoever this guy is, I can't read him, and thus I don't trust him. "You were willing to kill me just a few seconds ago. I'd like to keep my armor, if only to make sure that I have a chance to be alive once this conversation is over." It was a reasonable request. In Kai's mind at least...

IC:Kai ~Talking his Way out of Prison~

"Well, they have access to technology almost as good as mine," Kai said, drawing out his sentences. "And very powerful allies, both politically and physically." Well, now's the moment of truth. If he attacks, I'll know that the Ko-Koro guard has been compromised. If not, then I think I can trust him to at least tell me the truth about what's been going on outside Ko-Koro.

IC:Miha ~Talking~

"Wait, the Ga-Koro hospital messed up again?" Miha shook her head and sighed. "Alright, never go to that hospital ever again. They stink."

OOC:Spear tackled/hugged?

...ouch.

IC:Miha ~Killing Zealokan~

"Oh, sorry." Miha said, picking herself up, and brushing herself off. "I just really missed you and the rest of the group." She glanced around. "I mean, I heard that you guys disbanded the team, but I would've thought that at least you and Payigas would've stayed together." She paused a moment. "Unless of course you guys are still hanging out together, and you just came here by yourself." She paused for yet another moment, and it looked like Zealokan would be able to speak, but yet again she opened her mouth, denying him the chance to speak. "Wait a second, you and her haven't gotten married yet, have you? 'Cause if you got married and didn't invite me I'll..." Her thoughts trailed off, and she shrugged. "I'm sorry, I'm talking a lot aren't I? It's just I've been in a jungle for a month and the moment I exited it I've been swarmed with social interaction, and... I'm doing it again aren't I?"

IC:Miha ~Leaving the Whirlpool Inn~

Miha had just left the Inn when she heard, 'Hey, uh, Havon. I'm not.... I'm not interrupting anything, am I?' Cue abrupt 180 degree spin, and bear tackle/hugging the Toa who had spoken, all with a cry of, "ZEALOKAN!"

IC:Kai ~Escaping Prison~

"And I will do anything to keep the island safe from..." You know, the story would be so much believable if the group actually had a name Kai. Kai berated himself mentally. "...the group that bombed both Le-Koro, and the Islets." He would've mentioned Po/Pala-Koro's bombings but he has yet to hear about them. "As to who would continue the attacks, a shadowy group of individuals I've been attempting to investigate. I personally thought that Ko-Koro would be their target, so I struck first, allowing you guys to build up your defenses before the real threat hit. But it seems that I was mistaken about that part." Idiot! Why are you explaining yourself? They could be a part of... that group of people who don't seem to have a name. Karz I need to come up with a name for those people.

IC:Kai ~Escaping Prison~

They were skeptical. He hadn't expected any other reaction, but for some reason, the Guardsmen's reactions disappointed him. He glanced at Alrin, quickly scanning the Toa. Distrustful and eager to kill prisoners that stepped out of line. "Whether or not you believe me doesn't matter, what does matter is that I am telling the truth, and there will be more attacks on the Koros if nothing is done." He pointed his sword at Alrin, not in a threatening way, but just to establish that he was talking to him and not Thliveros. "You seem quite eager to kill the guilty in order to save a few innocents. The only difference between you and me is that I kill a few innocents to save both the innocent and the guilty."

Meanwhile, it seemed that the-Toa-that-Kai-suspected-to-be-Jest was not quite done with his work, as the bars of Krian's cell began to bend open as well, allowing the De-Toa to escape, if he had the strength to move into the closest hallway, where the-Toa-that-Kai-suspected-to-be-Jest had discreetly left a mask on the floor when he had been talking to a guard about Le and Xa.

IC:Kai ~Escaping Prison~

Kai stared right back at Thiveros, but not in the eye. Kai was analyzing Thiveros, something that he had gotten very good at while evading the Ko-Koro guard. He wears a large cloak, but hasn't shown any traces of being cold. This suggests that he is hiding something underneath his cloak. But what? It could be a large weapon, but if he is in a position of authority, (which he apparently is, based on the fact that the Skakdi seems to be following his lead,) he would be toting it around in plain sight so as to intimidate prisoners. The two don't seem to know each other very well, so that suggests that he doesn't interact with other guard members often, as they don't seem to have all that many Ko-Koro law enforcers anymore. Conclusion: Keep an eye on large bump under cloak, and exploit their lack of experience working together. "I'm flattered that you care so much, but I'll be fine on my own."

"You were in that cell for three days, Kai. Why leave now? If you take one footstep in any direction without my command, you'll become a dartboard."

"I left because there is a group of very dangerous people on the loose, and if nobody but me is willing to do what it takes to rid the island of those people, then I guess that means that I'm the one who is going to have to save us all."

IC:Kai ~Escaping Prison~

...and inside the ajar door stood Kai, wearing gloves, goggles, and some kind of shirt and pants made out of a soft looking fabric. In his hands was an electro-chute blade and attached to his back, where his guns used to be, an empty zamor launcher(empty of course.) "I don't want to kill anybody. Just let me leave, and nobody will get hurt."

IC:Ankt ~Mahi-Fighting~

Ankt caught his spear, then glanced at Verak, then back at the Mahi. Then back at Verak. Then back at the Mahi. Then back at Verak one last time. Then back to the charging Mahi. Then back at Verak.(Yeah, yeah, I'll stop now.) "What the karz has gotten into you brother?" Ankt asked, before joining Verak in charging at the enemies. "I mean, you switch from sad, to mad, to glad, to in pain, to glad, back to sad, then back to in pain, then back to obnoxiously loud gladness, then to sadistic gladness. Is it the jungle? 'Cause back in Ko you kinda just stayed happy, but ever since you've gotten in this jungle your emotions have gone all over the place."

IC:Kai ~Escaping Prison~

The Vortixx quickly found the place where they stored the prisoner's gear. There was Kai's stuff, all stacked up on the top of a large pile of junk. His armor, and his two stolen guns. Kai quickly put on his armor. He glanced at the guns, as Lara's face flashed through his mind. No, those weapons are far too unreliable. Let me see if I can't find myself a more precise weapon... Kai thought, quickly rummaging through the pile.

Den the Skakdi Guard

"Thliveros! The Vortixx has escaped!" Den called to his superior officer. The Skakdi quickly explained to Thliveros where Kai had escaped to.

Quick question, could a Vortixx obtain a different foreign tech item at the cost of giving up one of his/her own? Like a trade?(Or getting a new mask for Toa/Turaga.)

IC:Kai ~Ko-Koro Prison~

The Vortixx crept out of his cell, keeping as quiet as possible. Sneaking up behind Den, the Skakdi guard who was watching him,(and also happens to be retiring in ten days so he can live with his wife and kid) Kai slammed the Skakdi's head up against a wall in an attempt to knock him out. The result was less that satisfactory. Den, who only had a bump on the head, whirled around and shot his heat vision at Kai. Kai dodged to the left, and the beam burst through the wall behind Kai, sending a signal to anyone walking past that something had gone wrong. Kai scampered out of the room as fast as he could, and began searching for his equipment.

IC:Kai ~Ko-Koro Prison~

The Vortixx sat against the wall, eyes wide open, not moving an inch. He had been like that for three days, still and silent, not sleeping nor eating. He didn't blink, he just stared at the bars imprisoning him. If a guard were to simply check in on his terrorist prisoner, it would appear that Kai had died. And while Kai had died, it wasn't in the conventional way. Kai had mentally died. He had spent the last month or two of his life gathering as much information about The Peers that he could in an attempt to save the islands. He had murdered a little girl to create himself a gun that he could point at the Peers when he finally found them. He had blown up Ko-Koro so that they had an incentive to build up their defenses so that if the Peers attempted to infiltrate Ko-Koro they would be ready. But murdering Lara had not been part of the plan.

Kai was the kind of guy who learned things through hands on experience. When making his elemental armor, he had haphazardly put the suit together as soon as he could to see if it would work, not bothering with blueprints, and ignoring anything that his co-workers said, which led to many expensive failures. This attitude put him at odds with his co-workers, but he couldn't help it, because for some reason, Kai's brain was special. Whether it was a virus, a deformity, or a curse from the Great Spirit Mata Nui, Kai's brain didn't process information gleaned from audio or visual inputs as well as it did from his sense of touch. He would've forgotten what he had saw on the blueprints, or what he had heard from his co-workers before the knowledge had been used. The same went for killing people. When he had ordered Xare and Kun to kill Odhrán and the others, his messed up audio input kept him from realizing what a horrible thing it was to send someone to kill another. When he had bombed Ko-Koro, while he did see and hear about the horrible things that had happened, a million was just a statistic. He didn't know any of those people, and to be perfectly honest, even that horrible act didn't register to him as disgustingly unnecessary evil, only as a necessary evil. However, when he killed Pearl and Lara, it was a different story. His brain understood perfectly what he had done to those girls, and had never let him live it down. Every time he closed his eyes he could see Pearl's terrified eyes as she protected the closest thing she had to a family with her life. Every time he grabbed something with his hand, he could feel his sword cutting through her body, or his finger pulling the trigger that sent the bullet through Lara's mask.

While Veros had Atonal to help him cope with his failure, Kai had nobody. He was in confined in a cell, and visited once a day by a guard that brought him food that he didn't eat. He had no reason to live, and was fine with simply dying in his cell, until one day when he heard two of the guards on duty talking.

"Hey, you heard about the Islets?""Yeah, it's a real shame."

"I dunno, I never liked those islands. They always made my skin crawl...""Still, people lived there. Nobody deserves to have their home blown to smithereens."

"Oh, so you think what they did to Le-Koro was justified?"

"Nah man, I just think their misunderstood."

"They attempted to burn down Le-stinking-Koro!"

"Whatever man, my shift just ended, I'm outta here."

The islets were blown up? Le-Koro was attacked? Is it those guys that Retsel told me about? 'The Peers' I think they were called... Kai's brain began running at a hundred mio a second. If it is, I can't just stay here like a sniveling coward. I killed those two girls for a good cause, and I won't let their deaths be for nothing. I will accomplish my goal, even i die doing so. especially if I die doing so. After a bit, a second train of thoughts popped into his brain. Wait a second, that second guard sounded a lot like... Jest! As soon as Kai came to this conclusion, the bars of his cell began bending open, stopping when there was a hole just wide enough for him to walk through. It seemed that the Toa of Iron had decided that he would help Kai out one last time.

OOC:Please note that Kai does not know the name of the Peer's group. It was used for convenience.

Are there any PC Ko-Koro Guards at the Ko-Koro Prison? (Or any Ko-Koro guards actually at Ko-Koro for that matter...)

Hey, is there anyone looking for interaction in Ga-Koro?

IC:Miha ~Whirlpool Inn~

Miha, having been distracted by Merror's appearance, didn't notice Zealokan enter the inn. "Hey, I'm gonna go see if I can find Angel. I haven't seen her for months, so I'm kinda worried about her." She stood up, and gave Havon a bear hug. "Nice seeing you again Havon, I missed you and the team. Anyways, see 'ya guys!"

IC:Miha ~Whirlpool Inn~

"Well, if you ignore the mental scarring that comes along with being dragged into the temple, I'm perfectly fine." Miha responded. "Anyways, you were looking for Skyra? We just ran into him a minute or two ago."