The Nold

If there's a spot left, I don't see why I shouldn't join. Sign me up, and I'll edit in a profile later today when I have time.

OOC: Twelve hour rule. IC(Ignitus(The Inika)): If you've never smelled the inside of an ancient sea monster of unknown origin, pray you never do. The foul smell of its breath and innards could nearly incapacitate a man, and then there's the shallow pool in the bottom of its mouth, the exact makeup of which I don't want to know. The tongue of the monstrosity, a long and slender tendril of flesh very different from the huge, hulking body of the creature. This tongue, as I try to gain my footing in the beast's mouth, is trying to keep me from doing so. Thus, seeing no suitable alternative, I use Vulcan to sever it as far back as I can reach without falling down the throat. As the monster roars, a deafening sound from inside it, I take the severed tongue and toss it out the beast's mouth just before its mighty jaws shatter Potas' column. That's when I realize my mistake: I let it know I was alive. With my source of fresh air cut off and the foul water in the creature's mouth beginning to flow down into its throat, I stab my sword into the beast's mouth right behind its teeth. The water begins flowing faster; I have no time to waste. The rags on the bottles in my satchel now wet, I see only one volatile option: I take the three bottles, smash them against the roof of the mouth, and send an ember to set the kerosene on fire. The ensuing fireball could kill me. Slowly, an explosion rises from the flaming kerosene traveling down the monster's throat, and I activate my Hau, though I doubt it will do much good. The beast's mouth is blown open, sending fragments of shattered teeth, some broken bottles, and a limp Toa of Fire flying. The creature, appearing so invincible, falls back into the ocean, sending a mighty wave that sends the Inika speeding away. I land in the water, and now that the explosion is over, I realize a small tooth fragment, a few inches long, is sticking out of my right thigh. As I sink throught the depths of the Endless Ocean, I have to ask myself if this is the end. Would it be so bad if it was? I've lived a full life. In my time, I've been a noble, a rebel, a soldier, a leader, a wanderer, and a sailor. Why add to the list? Perhaps I should embrace death, and go to join Gravus... No. No, I have a duty, to Gravus and to the Inika's remaining crew. I still have a destiny to fulfill. I begin to swim upwards... I can not - will not - die until I have fulfilled that destiny. I'm almost back to the surface... I am Ignitus, last survivor of Torren and founder of the Red Star Voyagers. I break the surface. And I am alive. Looking around, the Inika is some hundred and fifty yards away, but a piece of driftwood, apparently from her battle, is close enough to grab onto and pull myself up. I adjust my weight so that I will not fall off and, using the last of my energy, send a flare up into the air to alert the crew to my location. And I let myself fall unconsious.

Well, based on things I have going on, it may not start until then. Also, I'd be interested in seeing this post too.

Meh, I was bored.

IC(Ignitus(The Inika)): As I prepare to attack, I have only one thing left to say. "I am bat insane." With that, I jump and grab the vine at the highest point I can reach, swinging across the Inika and staright toward the monstrosity trying to send her brief existence to the ocean's floor, letting go just in time to land inside its mouth. What in Karzahni is wrong with me?

Now, my good fellows, may I ask you how many fingers are on one hand? Because, if I may: Yep, you know what I'm getting at. I think Destiny may hint at the Great Spirit himself. Mata Nui(the island) is Mata Nui's face, Kentoku is his right hand(since it's to the west). Don't ask what Zuto Nui is, I haven't figured that out yet. Granted, I could easily be completely wrong, but it's possible. It was planned in the early days of Bionicle's production to have three small islands that were Mata Nui's fingers sticking up out of the ocean.

IC(Ignitus and Rerus(The Inika)): "Just lower it down to me...little lower...perfect." I grab three bottles from Xadah in my right hand, the vine in my left, and tell Rerus to go get me a bag of some sort from below. In a minute, he returns with a large satchel, which I place the bottles inside of and swing over my shoulder. "I am going to regret this so much." I back up to the side of the ship opposite to the creature. "Potas, you got me covered on its mouth?"

Well, I plan on actually having the meeting Thursday, so if you've got time between now and then, I'd certainly love to have you aboard.

So, anyone care to join up with Moeru in Zataka's Pit?

IC(Ignitus): What can I do, what can I do? I hurl another bottle at the nightmarish creature, this one hitting it in its jaw. We've gotta get one inside the monstrosity, but how? No, oh Mata Nui no. I can't. I have to. "Tuarn, get me a vine from the Gukko's nest," I call to the Toa of Plantlife.

http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=11183&p=644941 "Zataka's Pit, three days"

IC(Moeru, Rida, and Yujin(Iki)): "What in Zuto Nui's name were you thinking?!" I can't believe I'm being scolded by my sister. My younger sister, too. "I was thinking that perhaps blindly following the Rora isn't always a good idea." "Do you have any idea what openly challenging the authority of the Rora herself could do to this clan?! Do you care at all that you could very well destroy this clan doing things like that?!" "Do you care at all that people are talking about committing genocide?!" "We don't know that!" "Yes we do! You were there in the markets, you heard what they were saying!" At this point, I'm getting pretty angry. I rise from my seat. "Do you actually think we have the right to destroy an entire species?!" Not waiting for an answer, I leave my Rida's home. I know what I must do. I see a turquoise-armored Dashi miner. "Hey, you!" Turning to face me, the Dashi immediately runs, but finds her way blocked when she hits a wall of psychophysical energy. "What's your name?" "Y-Y-Yujin," she stutters. "Look, sir, whatever it is, I can assure you someone else did it, so you can just move along, nothing to see here - " I have to struggle to keep a straight face. "Calm down, kid. You're not in any trouble. I just have a job for you. You know who I am, right?" "Of course I do. You're Moeru, Toroshu Rida's bodyguard." I nod. "And her brother, but that's beside the point. You know about what I said yesterday in the market, right?" At this, her face brightens. "Of course I do, I don't think there's a Dasaka on Iki who hasn't heard about that. Gotta hand it to you, you got some guts, mister." "Well, I need you to do me a favor that may or may not involve treason, depending on how things go on Sado. You in? "Name it." "I need you to spread the word to anyone you think would be willing to oppose attacking Mata Nui. You know that huge abandoned mine on the southeastern edge of Iki, the one minedivers call Zataka's Pit?" "Yeah, I go there all the time." "Tell them to meet there three days from now, and we'll discuss matters. Understood?" "You got it." As Yujin walks away, I feel sure that my call for a meeting will spread across the island. ... Sure enough, by sunset there are posters in every cave, each reading the same simple message: MATA NUI HAS DONE US NO HARM Zataka's Pit, three days

Anyway, getting back to the prospect of starting a war: Any specific ideas on how we might go about doing this? Can anyone call such meetings, or just Toroshu, or just the Rora, or what?

IC(Ignitus): I steady my breathing, moving my finger closer to the rag... Closer... Closer... Lit. Time seems to slow down. I cock my arm, with the bottle next to my ear. Breathe in. Throw the bottle. Breathe out. The bottle hits the abomination on the right side of what passes for its face, causing it to let out a sound to terrible to describe. And all Karzahni breaks loose.

IC(Ignitus, Xadah, and Rerus(The Inika)): As I take the rags from Kiron, Xadah returns from below with a decent-sized crate, inside which are twenty-four bottles filled with kerosene. I tear the rags into smaller strips and attack them to the bottles, the ends of the rags dipping into the flammable fluid, and in a couple of minutes Rerus and I have replaced the twenty-four liquor bottles with twenty-four crude firebombs. "I really hope I'm wrong about what you're planning." "You're not." I turn to the crew. "Alright, if you haven't figured it out yet, we're gonna set this thing on fire, or at least try to. Rerus, Potas, you're gonna do your best to slow it down. Tuarn, try and fix the ship faster than it can break it. Xadah, do we have any more bottles aboard?" "Yes sir." "Then you're in charge of supplying more bombs. Kiron, Zarok, we're gonna light the rags on these things. The rest of you are gonna throw 'em. Aim straight down it's gullet. When we light the rag, you'll wanna throw it fast. Unless anyone has any objections," I finish as I pick up a bottle in my left hand and light a tiny flame on my right index finger, "I'll throw the first bomb."

IC(Ignitus, Xadah): Suddenly, I have an idea. A crazy, stupid, but potentially doable idea. Potentially. Maybe. I hope. "Xadah, go bellowdecks, get as many empty bottles as you can carry, fill them with kerosene, and bring them back to me." "Consider it done!" As Xadah heads bellow, I continue to stare at the abomination before us. "Someone else, get me some rags, and make sure they're dry. If we've got any cannons or anything we could use to launch projectiles at it on board, get them ready to fire."

But I RP in present tense. ... ... ... *Shakespearean expletive* Anyway, like most of the people have said, I find it best to just type what you wanna say, let the filter do its magic, and check to make sure the post still makes since. EDIT: On an unrelated note, why are things so slow this week? EDIT: On a different unrelated note, I seem to remember someone mentioning a long time ago that there have been Parakuka/host combos with different players. Anyone remember how that went?

I think I've noticed that before. Hmmm... Lemme try something:Jerk Jerked Jerking Jerkable

This so many times over. I mean, it filters... let's just say "c##p."And then there's jerk. I mean, I kinda get why it's filtered, but by that logic there are all sorts of words that should be filtered, which aren't.

IC(Ignitus): As I move to haul Potas back on board, I look at JL. "Right. Because there's no way it could, y'know, catch us as soon as we started moving and swallow her in one bite." I turn to Lai Lai. "Well, you're the expert on this stuff. What now?"

IC(Ignitus): "Holy ..." It takes my mind a moment to realize just what I'm looking at, and even when I realize the creature before me, the strength and size of the atrocity before us fail to even register in my mind. "Uh, Lai Lai? Any idea how we deal with that?"

TPBM is wondering what The Person Below the Person Above Me is.

Weeeeeeell, there is Moeru's threat to break away from the government if they decide to attack Mata Nui, but it seems everyone's ignoring that.

Refuse to believe what? That there are multiple Rhett & Link fans in this topic? And no. But TPBM does.

Nope. TPBM is a Mythical Beast and knows what that means. (May or may not be related to the person above the person above me.)