Heraldor

These look brilliant! Great work!

That is a most awesome drawing, sir.

Apparently I'm Earth. I think, surprisingly, that fits. Awesome.

Mask of Earth, definitely, but closely followed by the Protector Mask and the Mask of Ice.

My family definitely knows I love Bionicle, as do most of my older friends. Haven't really mentioned it to anyone else, though.

The Metru head. I've gotten a lot of uses out of them. Although, I do get the feeling I'm going to like the new heads.

Yes yes yes, I'm definitely tackling this again! I have fun with this every year I've done it. Find my profile here if you so wish.

My novel this year is a superhero novel called Legendary. Here's the summary I wrote up for it.

 

The Legendary Heroes. A collection of Earth's mightiest superheroes. They have protected the world for many a year. After the trials of the "Great Crisis", and the apparent disappearance of their leaders, they're recruiting new members to fight against the ever-present forces of evil.

 

A group of newer heroes are among the roster of new. They must prove themselves against evil geniuses, bank robbers, giant robots and a host of other villainy in order to become legends themselves, while a shadow of the Great Crisis threatens to consume the world.

I'm quite far into it, but I'm having to write twice as hard this time due to university.

After far too long a time lurking, and with the incoming return of this sacred icon of my childhood, I've resolved to be more active in this community! It'll be great to get back into this site after a lull of just over a year where I did nothing.

 

 

Probably Taipu. While he is fairly gullible, he's a good guy at heart.

Taipu isn't a Toa... or did he get turned into one in the side universes?

 

Nova Orbis. Lol

 

This is one of those moments where I should have read the topic title. Disregard that post, because that was me being dumb, which happens a lot.

Best Toa is Nuparu. An inventive guy, and a dedicated warrior.

Probably Taipu. While he is fairly gullible, he's a good guy at heart.

Probably the telescope ambience from MNOG. It's almost Lovecraftian in nature, and I love it.

Since the most recent chapter of this somewhat epic tale was unfortunately lost to the sands of downtime, I should probably repost it.

Chapter 5-Irresponsible

The next few months were like a waking nightmare for Vakama and his comrades. Toa Sparkledust tightened her hold over Spherus Magna and its inhabitants. Yet, they were happy about it. It seemed as if they would do anything to make Sparkledust happy, especially Takanuva, who spent almost all of his time with her. The two Toa always found time to be together. Vakama couldn’t help but suspect brainwashing of some kind. Sparkledust proved to be almost as tyrannical as Teridax had been when he was alive. It was a different kind of tyranny, though. She seemed benevolent enough on the surface, but anyone who didn’t agree with her stance on matters were sent to her, and never seen again. She also “advised” the denizens of Spherus Magna about relationships. “Advised” was a tenuous word, because she often forced denizens into relationships, particularly when they didn’t want it. One night, Vakama noticed Sparkledust waving at Pohatu and Onua, who were holding hands and looking very nervous.

Neither Vakama nor Raanu could do anything about it. They had lost their authority. They too had to submit to the rule of Toa Sparkledust. They hated it, as did the other Turaga. Most acquiesced to the Toa and submitted, but not Vakama. The fire still raged inside him, and he would find a way to bring her down.

Then Toa Sparkledust requested his presence at her castle. That was another thing Vakama didn’t like about this new regime. Toa Sparkledust had built a giant castle over the Prototype Robot, with a giant statue of herself at the base. The statue itself was made of glittering gold protodermis, and depicted Sparkledust sitting atop a mighty throne, with Takanuva at her side, kissing her. At least, that was what it looked like to Vakama.

As he crossed the obscenely clean and grand hallway within the castle that lead to the throne room, Vakama grew nervous. What if she was onto them? He doubted it. They had been fairly discreet in their meetings. Then again, when they last met, he had the most fleeting suspicion that they were being watched. He wanted to believe that no-one would betray him like that, but every day he was proved wrong, as people went out of their way to do things for Toa Sparkledust. The Great Being had warned them about this. Unfortunately, he didn’t tell Vakama how to defeat her. For what it was worth, he may need to work that out himself.

“Turaga Vakama?” came a familiar voice from behind the Turaga. The elderly being turned and almost fell backwards with shock. Standing before him was Toa Gali, adorned with curious garments. Vakama thought initially that it was new armour, except that it really only covered her torso. A black skirt covered her waist, but only just, and a strange white frilly appendage had been added to her mask. Vakama didn’t need to wear a Suletu to know she was embarrassed about wearing it.

“Goshujinsama is waiting for you.” Gali said, her voice wavering nervously.

“Who?” Vakama narrowed his eyes at her. He had never heard her use that word before.

“Through here.” Gali opened a handsome wooden door, revealing the throne room. Toa Sparkledust was sitting on a mighty golden throne that seemed to be made out of Kanohi. It was somewhat disconcerting to see the masks staring out at him from their twisted and mangled forms.

Sparkledust gazed at Vakama through those piercing yellow eyes she had. She looked determined, as if she planned to extract all of Vakama’s secrets in one moment.

“Turaga Vakama. Thank you for coming to see me.” She smiled sweetly as the Turaga approached her throne. “Normally, I’d ask people to kneel, but I’ll make an exception for you.”

I didn’t come by choice, Vakama thought to himself.

“Toa Sparkledust. I am glad to have been received by you.” He said, not meaning a word of it. “Can I ask why I have been summoned here?”

“Yes.” Sparkledust said. “I understand that you are dissatisfied with my new regime. Would you mind telling me why?”

Vakama nodded. “You appear out of nowhere wearing two legendary Kanohi and destroy a group of giant Rahkshi that I have never seen before. You change destiny by resurrecting Matoro, and take control of Spherus Magna because of some rules apparently devised by the Great Beings. You will forgive me if I question your worthiness, Toa.”

Sparkledust gazed at him for a few seconds, and then laughed. “Oh, Vakama. I don’t know where you get the notion that I’m lying. It’s all true. For example, look at what I can do to you.”

She extended her hand, and a pulse of bright red light filled the room. Vakama raised his arms across his head, in an attempt to block the light from reaching him. He couldn’t stop it. It seeped into him, and charged him with energy. It actually felt good, as if he were being rejuvenated after a long fight. Soon, the light faded, though Vakama still felt the energy charging him. He lowered his arms, only to stop and gaze at them. They had elongated, and turned a brighter shade of red. With one hand, he felt his arm, and moved up to his shoulder. Armour covered his entire arm. He looked down. He had grown. He stood as tall as a Toa. Fearing what he thought had happened would be true, he pressed his hands to his mask. It had changed shape. No longer was it a Noble Huna. It had become a Great Huna.

“Mata Nui…” Vakama’s mouth fell open. “I’m a Toa again. This is wrong. I fulfilled my destiny. I can’t be a Toa anymore! Please, Toa, change me back!”

Sparkledust shook her head. “See? The Great Beings gave me the elemental power of Destiny.”

“DESTINY ISN’T EVEN AN ELEMENTAL POWER!” Vakama cried, clutching his mask in despair.

“It is now.” Sparkledust smiled. “That’s the second reason I called you here. I asked you here to tell you that Takanuva and I are getting married.”

“Getting…what?” Vakama tilted his head at her. “Why are you using nonsense words?”

“Does no-one on Spherus Magna know what a wedding is?” Sparkledust groaned. “It’s an occasion where two people become partners for life.”

“I don’t know what that is.” Vakama said. “Now, kindly change me back into a Turaga.”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that until after I marry Takanuva.” Sparkledust smiled at him almost sinisterly. "Now, run along, Toa Vakama."

IC: "Akaku, huh?" Xodar nodded. "I imagine that would be handy in this kind of work."

"So, the three Virtues, the Toa Code and elemental control." he repeated, ready to learn. "That's a lot of things for a Toa to know, I guess."

IC: "Not really." Xodar took a seat on the mattress. "I mean, I know I could use mask powers. I just haven't figured out what mine is." The mattress was pretty comfy. He could almost go right to sleep on...no, he needed to focus. He was a Toa now. He needed this training pretty badly.

"Out of curiosity, what's yours? Your mask power, I mean?" he asked.

IC: Xodar nodded and followed his new trainer to the basement. To him, it made sense that they did all their training in the basement. It was out of the way of any settlements, so they didn't cause any damage and make Matoran angry at them. He just hoped the basement had enough space to fit two fighting Toa.

IC: "Good to meet you too." Xodar gave the new face a smile and returned the fist bump. "Thanks for agreeing to train me." he added hastily.

IC:"Yes, it's not to far away, so we might as well start walking." Takamaz turned, politely waving to Okajo and adding, "If you need anything, come and visit the forge." He beckoned for Xodor to follow.

 

OOC:Bijackal may return shortly, depending on how long it takes for Zeal to start posting in Po, so, Okajo might get some more interaction soon, X.

 

IC: "Right behind you." Xodar gave a smile to Okajo before turning and walking with the Toa of Fire.

IC: "Well, that's not too hard to find, I guess." Xodar nodded. "I probably should have noticed when I first came back." Then again, he had only just come back, and didn't recognise the sign on the hut.

IC: "Still perhaps worth investigation. If something is taking arms off-or worse-out in Ko-Wahi, then I think that might be worth having a Toa Team look into. I might be back in a few days, if you don't mind-Bijackal can start tracking then. Even then, I'm not refusing a Toa in need an arm. Xodor, would you care to come back to the forge? Divan and I will do what I can about teaching you things, though the best of the team is on mission right now. "

IC: "I'd like that." Xodar nodded. He was interested in meeting the other Toa who worked at the forge, and just a tad curious about the Toa with one arm. He may not have known that much about Toa, but he knew that one missing an arm couldn't be a good thing. "Where is this forge? Just curious." he asked.

IC:Xodar felt somewhat relaxed as the two fists met. He was at least one step closer to finding his true purpose, and why he had become a Toa. Perhaps they could answer that question for him.

 

What can I do about it? I am just a Turaga. My destiny was completed a long time ago. You forget your own words, Vakama. Canon gazed at the Turaga right in the eyes. Your three virtues. I assume you remember them. Unity, duty, destiny. Vakama recited effortlessly.

HE FORGOT TUMA.

Rule number 2. Sparkledust continued. Only people Toa Sparkledust deems worthy of each other will be allowed to become couples.

The collective shipping parts of the internet sighed deeply here. Good chappies, Xodar. KUTGW. -MT

Unity is magic.

You have no idea how happy this makes me.

Also, LOL Canon. He wouldn't happen to be a camera enthusiast, would he?

Nah, that would be too easy a joke

IC: "You'd be willing to help?" The Earth Toa smiled. "Oh, thank you, Takamaz! Thank you!" He held his arm out for another fist-bump. "I'm glad I bumped into you." he said. "I don't mind not fighting things. Fighting isn't really my thing, you know."