ShadowBionics

There's still no real telling just yet. The year has just started, the sets are getting around into stores little by little, and fans are getting around slowly both new and old. I mentioned it somewhere around here, but while it's definitely possible we could see more members around here, only time will tell. Because that's what the false Turaga wanted. I definitely hope there's no clashing between G1 and G2 fans. The last thing we need is for the fandom to become as hectic as the Transformers fanbase. I like how peaceful and reasonable the Bionicle fandom is, we're all fans of the line and to an extent most of us are fans of fantasy-mythological and sci-fi based story-telling and I like that mutual understand everyone has with each other mostly.

okay, well that makes more sense then. From the sound of things I thought everyone meant to merge it all into one whole library forum. Either way, I still have my own doubts about it as I mentioned before (with the exceptions of when I thought short stories and epics would be thrown in as one). While one-shot comedies could probably work in the short stories forum (I've never really seen a humorous short story ever posted), I'd still be unsure about mixing comedies and epics together. With that said, I think if that were to happen, perhaps a change of name and venue would be in order. For so long, epics referred to longer stories (versus the short stories) with more action and serious tone (versus the humorous tones of the comedy forum), or at least that was more or less how I went telling them apart. So in other words, it wouldn't really be "epics" anymore once you introduce the comedies to the mix. At least, it wouldn't be the same. And then as Lewa0111 pointed out, then there'd be the rule of having the review topics and main stories separate that could very well hold up things. Those are just my personal thoughts, so not like anyone needs to agree or disagree with me.

I'm gonna be trying my hand at this once again. Since I've wanted to continue this series for such a long time, I refuse to put it off any longer. So for those who followed me since the start of my writing career in 2006-2010, you might remember a comedy near the end of my time named Judge Tuma. It was a favorite among a lot of my friends, just below Ask Roodaka and A Day in the Life of Teridax? when they were running. I had more in store for it, including new episodes, a video series (which lasted 8 episodes), and such. Things sort of happened, and things just... never went through. Unfortunately with the Dataclysm that happened, I lost a good chunk of everything, and that upset me to the point I just quit. Then my hard drive got messed up, and so the laptop I had the videos and scripts on was messed up so all that was lost forever. However, I want to give this comedy another chance. Since I don't have the original scripts, I am going to go off of it by memory. I'm going to start with the first and probably one of my favorite episodes, done in a new format. It'll be slightly updated, so there won't really be overbearing ADITLOT references, but if you can recognize them, then I hope it brings a smile on your face. Also, there will be 100% less Cascada references because I cannot stand her anymore for reasons I won't go into, so be happy for that. And if you don't know who she is, be even more happy because that means you missed out on that phase I was going through! Anyways, enjoy. Tuma, voice-over: The world is a funny place… not so much in a “ha ha” sort of funny, but funny as in… strange. It’s even more strange when you have to deal with the problems of someone not even of your world. That’s just the sort of thing I’ve gotta do. I’m Judge Tuma, and this is my courtroom where I serve justice. *Judge Tuma goes into his office, where two computer monitors have been set up. After sitting down and turning both monitors on, he is ready to take on one of his most difficult cases yet: The courtroom case between Makuta Teridax and Makuta Icarax, both of whom are from another world entirely. It was a difficult case indeed. Plus, no one wanted the job and he was the only one left.* Tuma: All right then, so now what is the problem between you two? Teridax: Your honor, I have a grievance with this man over here. He’s one of my… underlings, if you can put it so lightly. Icarax: YES! Teridax: See, he’s been trying for so long to usurp me from power and take my place and he’s overall left a slew of sundries in this path he’s taken. He’s overall made my life miserable. Icarax: He’s lying, he’s totally lying. Teridax: He made took my favorite carpet and made it into shambles. Then he made shambles of the carpet. He then wrote in pink crayon “Icarax was here, Teridax is a loser” all over the walls of my private room. Another time he drew a heart and wrote “Teridax + Princess Luna” on my ceiling. And then sometimes when I’d open the door, he’d just be standing there, waiting outside my door. Icarax: Nuh-uh, nuh-uh! Teridax: Not to mention he’s practically freeloading off of me the whole time. Icarax: No, you see, he owes me accommodations on… my feelings. Tuma: No! Teridax: Bravo, Mr. Drama Queen. You need to take that act to the bank. You need to take that act on the road. Icarax: This man here, my former boss… he was very mean to me. He did not like my taste in music. He went and de-alphabetized my whole CD collection. Teridax: Your honor, he lost most of his CD collection in a high-stakes game of rock-paper-scissors. He only has one CD as of this time! I don’t know how you’d know if it was de-alphabetized. Icarax: That’s not true, I’ve got a bunch of them! Teridax: Bryan Adams will always come before and after Bryan Adams. Icarax: I would like to claim cumulative damages on said individual and he is in due process of the law and the judicial system should take precedent. Teridax: What in Mata Nui’s chimpanzee face are you even talking about?! Did you have someone tell you a bunch of fancy words just to make yourself sound smarter? Icarax: Uh… Do you see how he often criticizes me and makes me feel like I’m less of myself?! Tuma: Well, I’m plumb lost here. Teridax: To make me abdicate my position, he tore my favorite bed sheets in half. Icarax: *coughs* LYING! Teridax: To make my question the meaning of my life, he left a crop circle in my bed. Icarax: *coughs* LYING! Teridax: It took my days to decipher and it literally made my question my life, if what I was doing was right or not, and if I should have married Roodaka when I had the chance. Then I find out from my friend Antroz that it was just him being all screwy. Icarax: *coughing* LYING! LIE-ING!! Teridax: I’d say something, but that clearly wasn’t a real sneeze… or cough. Icarax: He’s always insulting my intelligence. He made me so mad that I went and beat him up for 7 hours straight. After I got tired, he beat me up from not getting beat up enough and embarrassed me. He then stole 20% of my shoes and replaced the laces with… nothing. Teridax: That did not happen. That day when that happened, Icarax broke into my room and he took my bed and broke it over his knee in a fit of Hulk-like rage. Tuma: Oh-ho! Teridax: It was impressive, I’ll admit, but in the end it was just a huge financial burden. This one underling by the name of Gorast was excited to offer her room over to me, but I would not put her out like that. Icarax: Whenever we order pizza, I’ve had to order out. If you’d like, take a look at the receipts I faxed over to you and you’ll see what I mean. Teridax: Your honor, while you look at those receipts, you might notice one of those is from a receipt-making store, where he clearly had all those other receipts made. Icarax, crying: I hate you so much right now! I’m glad I didn’t get you anything for your birthday! Teridax: We were having a party, and he had this bright idea about how funny it’d be to come through the wall, like the Kool-Aid Man. Granted, he showed herculean strength and it was impressive, but it was just another financial burden. We needed to get someone to fix the wall. In the process he crushed my labrat named Ahkmou. I need to find another labrat until he heals. Tuma: None of this is making any sense! Nothing you are saying even makes remote sense! This all makes Lady Gaga look normal! Teridax: Your honor, sometimes as I slept, he’d sneak into my room and he’d bite me like a spider. Tuma: That doesn’t make any sense! Does it?! Icarax: He’s lying. He’s clearly lying. Teridax: He is not normal at all. I truly believe he is some kind of monster. I’m not using that as an exaggeration, I really think he’s either a werewolf or boogins sent by Mata Nui to destroy me. Tuma: What’s a Mata Nui?! Some kind of yogurt? Icarax: I am not a werewolf. I am a Makuta. Teridax: I think he might be a Dracula. Icarax: I am not a Dracula. I am a Makuta full of real emotions and feelings. And you’ve hurt them! Teridax: He’s a Dracula! Icarax: Justice must be served, your honor! Your honor?! Tuma: Enough. I find you guilty! Icarax: Oh, come on. I’m guilty?! Tuma: Yes. And Teridax, I find you innocent. Teridax, laughs: Oh, your honor, I find you innocent. Tuma: Oh-ho, justice!

So then pretty much, it would be an utter nightmare to organize every post, topic, and review topic. And then as Lewa0111 pointed out, it'd be almost redundant for one-shot comedies and short stories. And considering how many comedies exist that already have mixed posts together from author and readers alike, that sort of complicates things. Time will tell if this rebirth of Bionicle might bring in new members and interest. I hadn't been with BionicleZone or KanohiPower since they began but I've been around for a pretty long time after the merge to BZPower to at the least to see the growth from 2003 to when I did finally decide to join, and then after. I'm not saying it'll be overnight "BOOM BABY!" kind of growth, but it'll happen gradually. I hope. I can't speak for the future since it hasn't happened yet, but it's just an idea. There's always going to be new fans of the series and with that in mind, there'll always be places for those fans to gather and speak about their common interest. I actually met this young lady who just got into the story a little over a year ago. She's a pretty amazing artist who has grown to love a lot of the characters. Granted, she never got to actually own the sets but she loved the story and she's equally as happy as the rest of us to know it's finally back. I guess that's another thing to probably consider. Make sure that for these new fans, maybe make them feel welcome and they'll feel comfortable to share their artistic talents, whether it be visual art or written art. Admittedly, when I first joined, while I wanted to put out my ideas, I was nervous to do so. I was even nervous to actually join at first (I was a very weird 11/12 yr old, put it that way). Took me a while to feel comfortable and confident enough to actually get out there and write. Compared to how I wrote in 2006, I'd like to think I've gotten better. And then I did have a lot of people to give me constructive criticism on what to do and what not to. And then there was Schizo Kaita to point out the rules and guidelines to me and expand on some of their main points. I did get a lot of posts from him, especially when I didn't follow the 300 word rule... Point is, maybe once these new members feel comfortable enough and know what BZP is really all about, then they might jump in and share their talents with us. Maybe someday we might even have the next Bionicle Guru or ToaNuva007 or GaliGee on our hands... or maybe not, but seriously maybe someday we could get to see new and great stories from new minds. (Also, I wouldn't know how to go about a SM4SH parody, I did try a Brawl parody way back when ,and it didn't work too well, but I'm definitely open to ideas)

Yeah, like in the 3D Mario games and Captain Toad! I'm gonna have to agree with a few of the people here who make the point of how some promotional masks don't get a part in the story. Some do, like the Vahi and the Copper Masks of Victory, but then we have the trans-neon Miru that was just something Legoland was giving away, not something that did anything in the story. Or the platinum Avohkii given away back in 2003. That never appeared in the story either. It just strikes me as something like that versus the Copper Masks and Vahi that did have a part in the story.

Moo Cow forever. Plus yeah, if there's a Mata Nui Cow, what about the Metru Nui Cow, the Voya Nui Cow, the Karda Nui Cow, the Steltian Cow, the Zakazian Cow, etc...?

"I... still function..." Okay, yes I admit I'm a terrible writer. And before anyone asks, yes I was a writer. You might not remember very much of me. From 2006-2010 I was a decent one until Bionicle ended and people chased me out of the comedy forums. And BZPower in general. I guess I'm an old has-been and most people don't remember me. Also considering most of my friends from the old days are gone, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Wow, I've missed out on a lot of stuff. I guess going back to what I mentioned about Bionicle ending, a lot of people sort of left and lost interest in the story altogether. Heck, puffie40, the guy who made the very first "Ask Tahu!" comedy is apparently out there talking about how much he hates the story and the toys (either him or someone who stole his name). We've lost a lot of good writers from here, including a few who even inspired me to join and become a writer on here. So without them and so many others it seems as though things have been empty. And since there hasn't been too much activity with Bionicle as a whole, can't say it's a huge shocker. Without any happenings in the Bionicle universe, there might not be so many people online to talk about and discuss like there used to be. Everyone sort of drifted off once things quieted down. But with the new Bionicle G2 on the way, there's a good chance we might see new life coming into the forums once again with new fans and to that extent, new members wanting to talk/discuss the happenings in Bionicle. And while they're here, they might look through the forums. Oh, hey, cool, a library forum. Maybe there's some cool fan-fics to read. Oh, wow, lookit that. Epics and comedy with some short stories to boot? Wow. At least, that's kind of how I ended up here. Discovered BZP, looked into the forums, saw people talking about Bionicle, took a small look around the forums, saw the library forums, and fell in love with a number of fan-fics and short stories to the point I wanted to contribute to said forums. Granted depending on who you ask they might tell you I contributed bad fan-fics, good fan-fics or become confused and ask you "who is ShadowBionics?" But the point is, in time with this new Bionicle, we might get new life into the forums. Time will tell. I'm still shaky about the idea of joining the whole library forum together, in the sense of mixing things together. Call me compulsive, but I just like the organization of the stories on here. If I want to look for more serious works, I know where to go. If I'm in the mood for humor, I know which place to check out. Maybe I'm not fully understanding the situation and how it's going to work in putting it all together into one super-forum, but that's just my thought. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to my Kellum-like state of being not noticed by anyone.

In terms of sets, I think the idea was pretty good. Granted I did not buy any of them, but they seemed interesting and the idea was nice. In terms of story... why even bother...? There was so much potential built up from previous years and now it seems like like it has all gone to waste and there will be loose ends that'll never be resolved. Who's the creepy masked guy who unleashed the brains? Is Von Nebula really alive like we all thought he was? And if he is, what is he going to do with the Hero Factory Plans (assuming that was him)? Might as well call this the Predacons Rising to the Hero Factory series. Don't know what I mean? Lucky you. That movie was a let down to a somewhat flawed but great series with so much potential that went unrealized. Kind of like Bionicle 2010...

... Dang, a lot of things being said are things I never thought I'd see too often on here. Okay, well moving away from all that now... There have been some successfully done female-looking sets in the past. I know some have mentioned Kiina who's an example that does look feminine as well as having a custom torso compared to previous female character sets. I know people harp on Mistika Gali and any incarnation of Toa Hahli for being masculine-looking, and I can sort of see to an extent what the problem is, especially with Gali. Then again, not many people were satisfied with the Phantoka/Mistika Toa to begin with because of how much they did not look like their previous selves. Another example that I thought looked fine was the Breakout version of Breez. Not sure if anyone has mentioned her, but before I'm torn to bits, hear me out a little bit. Yes, she is pretty tall and yes she does have massive shoulder pads and armor. But then again I could also describe Samus Aran and her Varia suit with those words. Compared to some of the other male characters, I thought Breez did fine as a feminine-looking set. One thing I liked was the use of the old HF hero feet, compared to the much larger more current HF feet used on the male characters. Granted, those might not fit the look and feel of the new Bionicle, but for what it was I thought it was a good idea. And then they messed that up with the Brain Attack version of her... Granted, still looking sort of feminine, I think they took some of that away. Then again, I didn't really like the Brain Attack sets too much, so I might be biased. There are ways to make characters look feminine without going so much overboard, it is just important to know how to go about it. Someone already described the different between a male body frame and a female body frame, and so likewise if someone took that into consideration you could logically make a character look like a girl without giving her "manly" body as some people might say for Mistika Gali. Kiina succeeded because compared to say Ackar or Vastus, she does have a more slender build with her hips and shoulders set up in such a way she looks female. Mistika Gali kind of failed because of her bulky limbs and wide body and shoulders in relation to her hips. In fact she practically shared the same design as Mistika Tahu's design, with some exceptions to vary between the two. So in other words, to make a set look feminine, you don't need to give them over exaggerated proportions or features. It'd just take some considering of the difference between a male body frame and female body frame and how well you could translate it to a building set. Some of the people here have pulled that off nicely, at least based off those whose comments and pictures I've looked at. So it is very much possible.

The Toa Mata were just called "Toa" until it was officially accepted as canon in 2007. And that was a pretty long time before they got that name. It might be a while before the new character have a team name, or maybe not. We're still learning about this new world and characters, so things could change. So far all we know is they are Toa and Masters of their element. If you really want to name them, why not Toa Masters? Because I am lazy. That, or Toa Mastra... a name that was floating around the rumor mill for part of 2004-2006 when it was rumored the Nuva would return in stronger forms. I don't know who came up with that name but I thought it sounded sort of cool, and plus it sounds like "Master," and considering the Nuva for their time truly were masters, I thought it was also fitting. But then again I'm just some crazy old coot reveling in the old days while wondering about those crazy kids and their hero factories and their new fangled contraptions. So don't listen to me.

I do enjoy his stuff, although it's not like it's totally the best stuff I've ever read in my life, but he's kind of up there. He had a way to bring these characters and environments to life and I really enjoyed that about his writing. I've only read the Hero Factory books, and from what I have read of them, they're almost the same quality, but obviously just different characters, locations, etc. In some ways, it's a little more mature than the old animated mini series that was on the Spongebob channel for a little while. I'd have to agree with a few people who have pointed it out on here. Greg, while being the overall story master of the Bionicle universe, did not seem to sure about a few things when asked on various message boards. Not just the Lego ones, but even on here, some information doesn't seem consistent. Sadly, the 2001-2010 story became very jumbled up and confusing after 2005, so in a sense I can sort of understand. So bottom line is maybe keep him around if possible, but otherwise maybe it's best to not have him totally overseeing every bit of story media. I'd maybe like to see him just come out and say how the serials end because after 3 (almost 4) years of not knowing, I'd like to hope we ought to get something out of it. I don't care so much if they get "posted" anywhere, but maybe just some story boards or notes, something. With this new reboot with a new story and setting, I'm hoping they have a better idea of what to do, what worked, and what didn't work. Maybe simplifying the story will help younger fans feel more comfortable and not so overwhelmed if they were to try and look into it. And maybe a new sense of writing and style will also help it move along smoother, so as much as I like Greg, I think perhaps it is best to move along with a new story crew.

I want the new story be be a 100% reboot from the beginning. I know I'm going to get hate for saying it, but let the new story rest in peace. It started out great, but by the end it was all over the place and never finished and that turned some new people off from the storyline as it was difficult to follow and understand unless you've been there from the start. So NO connections to the old story, start off from the beginning, maybe not to the teeth but maybe something similar. For those old plotlines that were never solved that have been annoying us for years, maybe try to finish them somehow as a side project, AWAY from the new story. Maybe not through the serials, I don't know honestly what would work. As for the main core idea, the giant robot was sort of anti-climactic and I didn't even understand it at first until Brutaka came out and said in the serials "Mata Nui IS our universe," then it made sense to me. And I've been following from the start. So maybe try something different. Maybe we can have it closer to what a lot of us imagined as kids. Mata Nui as a higher deity and Makuta as a dark force on equal footing as his brother. Not a giant robot and some old rusty guy who's just one of many similar beings with similar powers.

I do not foresee myself having children anytime soon. Hypothetically if I were to, I would definitely love to share the story and toys that were a large part of my childhood with them, whether they are boys or girls (There are female fans after all, so you never know). I got into Bionicle in 2001 when I was about 8, about to turn 9. Onua was the first set I ever got. The first thing I ever saw about bionicle was the commercial featuring the Toa Mata ("Toa" back then), and that was what hooked me. I liked the idea behind buildable action figures and I enjoy robotic-looking beings and science fiction. So it was natural that I did become a fan. I got into the storyline by visiting the Bionicle website much later on and I found out they had comics for the storyline. I do not foresee myself having children anytime soon. Hypothetically if I were to, I would definitely love to share the story and toys that were a large part of my childhood with them, whether they are boys or girls (There are female fans after all, so you never know). I got into Bionicle in 2001 when I was about 8, about to turn 9. Onua was the first set I ever got. The first thing I ever saw about bionicle was the commercial featuring the Toa Mata ("Toa" back then), and that was what hooked me. I liked the idea behind buildable action figures and I enjoy robotic-looking beings and science fiction. So it was natural that I did become a fan. I got into the storyline by visiting the Bionicle website much later on and I found out they had comics for the storyline.

It might be highly unlikely, but it is a thought. I'd like to hope it's not the only way to obtain said mask. This might be in the same light as how the "golden mask of life" was gold..

I always thought their similarities was mainly because they were both forged and crafted by Artakha. And to a degree it made sense that you had these masks, polar opposites, yet made by the same crafter and both equally matched in their respective element. However me being a stubborn old billy goat as some members have called me, I will probably just stick with the theories of the old forums I accepted since I was a kid since it kept peace of mind for me for years and I would rather not open the case again for the sake of my sanity. Or what's left of it.

One thing i have heard that aside from it being Takutanuva/Makuta faces is that it's just simply an alternate way to wear the mask. The side that Makuta wears it is the "irregular" Kanohi position, which Icarax wears as well. The other being the "regular" Kanohi position, if say a Toa could wear it without the mask harming/destroying them first. I forgot who said it this way, but that was what made sense to me for the last decade or so. I didn't even think about it being for Takutanuva until much later on, mainly since the mask and head look weird and disproportionate when you do put it in the regular position. So unless I am being stupid (which I could very well be the case), there is not much of a significance to the double-sided face think of the mask. It's just a mask that could be worn more than one way, one which the Makuta seem to prefer, and one that a Toa could wear if they could put it on with no consequences.

Hydraxon: A man. A myth. A legend. Who is the being known simply as “Artakha?” Is he a mere figment of the imagination, or is he as real as any of us? So many questions left unanswered. Join us, and you might help us get to the bottom of it all. I’m Hydraxon, and this is Unsolved Mysteries. *Insert “Bionicle: Unsolved Mysteries” title sequence here.* Hydraxon: Since the beginning of the time before time, there have been legends of two brothers, twin creations of the Great Beings. One was said to have ruled a land of paradise, and the other a land of condemnation. The latter was the insane tyrant, Karzahni. The other was a divine-like creator known simply as Artakha. Alive even before the Great Spirit, their names eventually faded into myth and legend. Hahli, not Lesovikk Hahli: Oh, they are real, all right. Anyone who says they aren’t obviously isn’t of the world or up to date on their history. Karzahni’s realm is an actual location just south of Metru Nui. I should know, considering my friends and I had to go through there. Nixie, underrated character no one remembers Nixie: Artakha’s realm exists, but the problem is there’s no one who knows where it is. Anyone who did is not alive anymore. There’ve been some written poems describing the land of Artakha, calling it a beautiful paradise and industrial wonder. How this is possible, is beyond me. Turaga Whenua, historical scholar, PhDWhenua: Artahka himself is considered to be the greatest creator of all time. I’ve heard some legends saying if someone were to just leave materials for a desired object at his doorstep and leave, then said someone could just go back the next day and whatever desired object would be there, completed. Turaga Dume, hasn’t been institutionalizedDume: Just like a Genie!! Hydraxon: Just as Artakha’s realm is shrouded in mystery, the ruler himself is an even larger mystery. While there have been beings who have seen the location for themselves, there hasn’t been anyone who has seen Artakha in person. Toa Helryx, Order of Mata Nui Leader Helryx: The Order of Mata Nui has done business with him before, mainly after the Brotherhood of Makuta did a surprise raid and he wanted his island to essentially “vanish” from the memories of everyone. Tobduk was tasked to take down everyone would possibly knew the location of the place. I think he enjoyed the job too well. However, Artakha communicates telepathically, so to see his face is unspeakable. Brutaka, should be on probation Brutaka: I hear he’s a huge germophobe and he doesn’t want anyone getting near him. I hear he even has his own supply of air that only he’s allowed to breathe and no one else. Tuyet, obvious Ranamon wannabe Tuyet: I’ve heard that his face is just so handsome, that no common people are even allowed to THINK about seein’ it. An’ if that’s the case, all I can say is I’m not gonna rest until I get me a peek at this ultimate handsome man! Vezon, no description needed Vezon: Well, if he’s anything like his brother, I can think of a few good reasons why he’s locked up where no one can see him. When I was in prison with Karzahni, I tell you, it was something I won’t forget. He offered me a slice of pizza he kept in his pocket. I mean, what’s wrong with you?! Why would you offer me that? And I heard he was in the ocean for about a week, so do you have any idea how moldy and curdled that pizza slice might be?! I’d rather not have anything to do with Karzahni or his brother, if that’s the case. Axonn, not Hydraxon’s Brother Axonn: I personally believe it is because he is so absent minded and so into his insane inventions that he doesn’t even remember how to go outside. He might also be so antisocial that he does not know how to communicate face to face with someone. Hydraxon: Never the less, the great creator’s physical appearance remains a great mystery, and yet so many of his inventions and creations have been circulated into our world. One of these creations would be the team that would eventually become the Toa Nuva. Onua, reliable hero at the last minute Onua: Before we got sent off to Karda Nui and before Kopaka and Pohatu vanished mysteriously, we all got summons to go there. It was weird and we were just teleported there. I’m guessing he was still touchy about the whole “secret base” thing. He gave us some fancy new armor and then zapped us to Karda Nui. Lewa, bad boy who brushes with danger Lewa: After we completed our destiny, I had to way-find Artakha’s island, out of fear the Makuta would do something terrible. Sadly, I got there too late and Artakha himself was swarm-conquered by Makuta and his minions. I wished to help him but he instead quick-sent me to this bizarre being called Tren Krom. It was very unpleasant, as he force-swapped minds and left me for dead. Luckily, Artahka himself later reversed this. Hydraxon: Just beneath Metru Nui, deep in the central processor unit, there was a major quarrel between so many powerful beings alike. It was then that Artakha made himself shown to stop everything. Helryx Helryx: He was an interesting sight. Brutaka Brutaka: His voice hurt my ears. Axonn Axonn: He is no little girly man. Makuta Miserix, last survivor of Makuta race and total nutjob Miserix: The sight of him almost left me blind because he was so shiny. Hey, you wanna know why I look like this? Vezon Vezon: Know what? I take back whatever I said when I was initially interviewed about him. I wanna make him my new best friend! Tuyet Tuyet: He’s gorgeous! I’m sorry, Lhikan and Nidhiki, but I’ve found a new man to crush on! Artakha, universal wizard and man of mystery Artahka: Um… hello. I am Artakha. I… like to make stuff… and I used to make stuff for everybody. The reason I chose to show myself at that moment was because those insane freaks were arguing so loud, it was getting on my nerves, so I went in there to shut them up. Plus, when I sent Lewa to see Tren Krom, I was hoping he’d try and help us. You know, considering he ruled the universe at the very start? Instead, I was shocked to find out he tried to bail out on us. True, he did send Mata Nui some special message, but I didn’t like how he swindled Lewa out of his own body. And if everyone is just so darn curious as to WHY I never showed myself, it's mainly because I was so busy with everything on my DVR that I had no time to go out and socialize. About the time Makuta was attacking my island, I was watching reruns of That's so Raven. An unfortunate side effect is that I now have a mad crush on Anneliese van der Pol. Um… I’m normally not comfortable with cameras pointed at me like this… So can we wrap up this interview segment? Hydraxon: Unfortunately, chaos would ensue as Makuta Teridax, the ruler of the universe at the time, decided to eject them into space. Toa Lewa’s quick thinking saved them, as did Vezon’s quick use of the Kanohi Olmak. The group would end up on Bota Magna, but Lewa would end up lost… Coming up next, what was the fate of Turaga Dume during the time of the Great Shadow? And later, he saved a rambunctious group of misfits and Artahka, but what happened to Toa Lewa? All that and more coming up next.

I'm personally hoping more for a full reboot. It's because of those loose plot ends I think this story needs a fresh start. I've spoken to fans who were turned off by the story BECAUSE there was so much stuff building on itself to the point it was difficult to really get into it. Mostly because they got an interest later on and had little to no access to older story material, which is understandable and I can agree with their reasoning. Imagine now for new fans, they'd have to access material starting from over 10 years ago to try and understand the current ongoing story. With the original Bionicle site gone and older materials like the comics and books out of print and difficult to obtain (save for maybe the graphic novels), it would be next to near impossible to get into things and understand what is going on. And again, it isn't really their fault unless Lego decides to make everything Generation 1 Bionicle fully accessible to fans again. Given that this is a continuation and not a total reboot. This still brings up the question of the serials and the fate of the story as a whole, however. They REALLY need to be finished so the story can have an actual ending, versus ending with several cliffhangers and plot ends left unresolved that we have right now. There needs to be closure... unless of course this is a continuation and it picks up right from where the serials left off at. That's one theory but I really hope that is not the case for reasons I stated above.

Yeah, pretty much what I do. Since most of the people I used to talk to are gone, I don't really feel like posting much anymore. That, and I've had some harassment issues in the past and I almost don't like talking to anyone or expressing myself. I got hate just because I mentioned the movie "The Amazing Spider-Man." I didn't even say it was a good movie or a bad movie, just the fact I mentioned it, I end up getting hate for it. So unless I'm updating a chapter to one of my cruddy literary works, I hardly post anymore, either because I don't think I have anything worthwhile to say or I fear that anything I do say will make people on here hate me even more than they already do.

I'd have to agree with some of the earlier posts. Back when I initially joined, things were a lot simpler and friendly people where at every corner. These days however I've met with a lot of scorn, rudeness, and other nonsense and things have gotten a lot different from the old days I remember fondly. And then there is the whole divide of the Hero Factory haters and fans. I'm somewhere in the middle, so I prefer to stay out of those conflicts. however I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for saying this, but since I already get a lot of hate already what the hay? In my opinion, for this new Bionicle to work, I think it ought to be a total reboot. No connection whatsoever to the old story AT ALL. We want new fans to get into this in order for it to succeed. What happens if they find out they need to find material from 10+ years ago in order to fully understand what is going on? It scared off some people who hadn't been following the story since Day 1 and they didn't even want to follow the story. Although while there is the overlying fact of younger fans who probably won't know or care much about the story, there are those newer fans who do and we want them to be able to enjoy the story. So while we might lose out on the old story, I personally think it is for the best if the old story is done away with. Now unless Greg finishes up the serials APART from the new Bionicle, then we can have a balance but it almost doesn't seem likely at this point seeing as they've been unfinished for the last 2 1/2 years. But then again, it might all change. So in other words, aside from the old serials that kind of broke up the unsatisfying ending and made it even more unsatisfying, I really think they ought to do a total reboot. Sure, use some of the same characters but different incarnations of them in this Generation 2 Bionicle. That way new fans can get into the story with little to no problem and yet old fans can still sit down and enjoy the new story. Or unless we have Bionicle GEEWUNNERS who hate the new story because it's new and not the old Bionicle and totally just blow it off as nothing, then okay. But this is just my collection of thoughts that might seem crude and probably most of you say I'm being rude. (In my defense, I've had other fans on here be just as rude to me over the last few years)

As much as I would have liked to see one, it wouldn't be a good idea. As others pointed out, it'd have been a commerical failure overall. The Rahshki took some bit of work to duplicate the overall shape, but the Bohrok would have taken even more to the point it would be a financial loss, and it'd be even more of a kick in the teeth if they didn't sell well enough. The head would probably have to either be made of several new pieces with some old ones, or a brand new solid piece like with the Rahkshi head/spine, and imaging a solid pice Bohrok head on an Av-Matoran body sends bad vibes down my spine. And also, I think they'd have to make new Krana as well if they're keeping with the same function, seeing as the stars ditched the old heads in favor of Glatorian or Av-Matoran heads. Or it could be like with the Rahkshi that lacked a Kraata and the Krana is left out altogether. And that's not including the Bohrok's overall shape, look, and some of the gimmicks, although the latter could be omitted. In terms of story, the Bohrok could be the good guys in helping fight off Makuta's forces, seeing as they did help the Toa in other situations. Not just on Mata Nui (doesn't anyone remember Tahu leading a Tahnok army?), but again on Metru Nui when the signal was "faked" to awaken them, and then someone mentioned the Kingdom universe where they did help out in various labor works. So maybe it wouldn't be hard to work them into the story. Either them, or the return of the Kal. With the exception of Levak-Kal, the others were all destroyed, so I guess the answer is obvious as to who would represent them. Although their main purpose and reason for being antagonists was because the Toa Nuva interfered with the Bahrag and the Swarms' mission, and that was completed. So if Levak-Kal were to appear, it'd be almost pointless unless it were to be a good guy as well, or just be there like "hey buddy, how's it going?"

Hydraxon: Throughout the Matoran universe, many beings were either vanishing or being murdered before anyone could bat an eye. Tonight we go deeper into these cases of elimination and analyze what could have been the reason behind them. I’m your host Hydraxon and I look extremely handsome in this trench coat. Join me, and you might be able to help my solve a mystery. *insert “Bionicle: Unsolved Mysteries” title sequence.* Hydraxon: All throughout the universe, many were being killed or taken from their homes. The perpetrator or perpetrators behind these cases left no trace of their dirty work. This begged the question of who and why? One of these more well-known murders was the one of the ill-famed Makuta Kojol. Mutran, pointy-headed lab geek Mutran: Did I like Kojol? No. I hated that guy. He never did anything to help us. He was always throwing around sarcasm and insults. Don’t even get me started on the ruthless barrage of fat jokes me made towards our leader. Archived footage Teridax: Kojol, bring me my tools. Kojol: You mean your knife and fork? Teridax: Why you little--! Kojol: Have you seen yourself? You’re just asking for it, you know. Teridax: Wait until I get over there! Kojol: Oh, good, then I’ll have a good 3 days to do whatever. Teridax: That’s it! Why do I even keep you around?! Kojol: I know where Artakha is, that’s why! You’d never find it without me! Teridax: When I get my hands on you--! Kojol: Please don’t get too close! Or else I’ll forever be trapped in your gravitational pull! Teridax: You are so dead! *Teridax chases Kojol around, who is laughing with joy.* end of footage Hydraxon: At first glance, it was more than reasonable to assume Teridax wanted Kojol dead for many years of torment and insults. This was later denied by one of his flunkies that Teridax did not murder him and was nowhere near the scene of the crime. Mutran Mutran: Sure, Teridax wanted him dead, but he didn’t actually do it. Come on, that’s just crazy. He was right here with us the whole time. In fact, Gorast spent most of the day of Kojol’s death clamped onto Teridax’s left leg like a leech. If she were here for an interview, she would probably further testify to Teridax’s innocence. Hydraxon: Exactly what happened that day and where did everything go wrong? Kojol was called into action on Xia on what seemed to be just a regular mission to request a rather harmful virus for special weaponry. Somewhere along the line, something happened. Upon going about his business on Xia he requested the virus, but it then escaped its containment and devoured his armor whole. As Makuta where merely a strange substance within armor, Kojol’s essence was left subject to incineration by the blazing inferno in the Xian foundry. Bitil, voted most like Eeyore Bitil: Mutran and I never really trusted him. He had a big head. Both figuratively and literally. He thought he was such hot stuff because he knew where to find Artakha, and he kept to himself a lot. We relied heavily on him despite this, because he knew so much. He took it on himself to lead a raid on Artakha and stole the Mask of Light, which is probably the stupidest thing ever created in the history of forever. Hydraxon: With a new lead on the case, it was from there a common link was discovered amongst the other victims who met with terrible fates. All of them knew the location of Artakha’s legendary island. None of them were with a certain alignment, as several members of the Order of Mata Nui were killed as well. This further begs the earlier question of who did it and why. Some members of the Order were hardly ever seen, so for them to be killed could only mean one thing: The murderer already knew who they were. Thusly, the murderer was in the Order already. A list of suspects was drawn up upon this new information and carefully reviewed. *Hydraxon cuts over to the list of suspects, which was actually just pictures and names of Order members. This list included Brutaka, Trinuma, Johmak, Tobduk, the four-armed guy named Jed who no one cared about, some fan art of Hydraxon happily holding hands with Sailor Mercury, and some fan art of Hydraxon hugging Fluttershy. Hey, wait a minute!* Hydraxon: *The now blushing Hydraxon takes the time to walk off camera, and no sooner than he does, there is some sounds of a fight going on. Any by fight, I mean someone was getting beat up and not putting up a fight at all. Hydraxon then walks back to where he was and adjusts his coat.* Hydraxon: After further questioning amongst the VALID suspects… only one of them admitted to these heinous crimes. Tobduk, hates anything that moves Tobduk: Yeah, I killed Kojol. And I’d do it again! I’d do it as many times as I wanted to! If I could, I’d have cloned him. Then I’d kill all his clones! Then I’d laugh at their pain! After that, maybe I’d go watch Finding Nemo and laugh at the part where his mom dies! Any yeah, I killed off all those other guys, too. I personally didn’t like them anyway. I was more than happy to answer Artakha’s plea to kill off anyone who knew where his island was. I personally whipped up the virus that killed Kojol. I was more than happy to see my result worked as I wanted. Then I stole it back and I used it to kill that redneck scientist Tridax! It was almost like killing Kojol again! It was so much fun! Hydraxon: Upon admitting to his harmful lifestyle, Tobduk was apprehended and later imprisoned, finally putting these murders to rest. However, there are still some unsolved murders like those of Karzahni and Tren Krom that have yet to be resolved. But coming up next, who is the being known only as Artakha? Later, what was the fate of Turaga Dume during the time of the Great Shadow? All that and more coming up next.

In the land of Metru Nui, the people speak about a legend... A legend about a crazy Toa of Air with a sword and fairy who saved Metru Nui. They traveled a great distance from the city to the desert and back. After defeating a great evil, they were separated as the fairy could no longer take the lunacy of the Toa. This left him confused and wanting to find her. Now in search of his lost friend, the legend continues... Bionicle: The Moron's Mask *6 months later…* Lewa: I’m bored with all of you. I’m going to find Navi. Tahu: What if it snowed in San Francisco? *After Lewa kidnaps Epona from the ranch, he goes into the Ever-free forest Lost Woods to look for Navi, even though it was nowhere near where she left. Him and Epona then get caught off guard by some freak in a mask who sounds like he enjoys watching others suffer.* Remote 2.0, Dr. Claw voice: Heh heh heh heh... I'm so evil, evil is so fun. And what is this? *Accompanied by two fairies, the evil puppet went to inspect the body of the unconscious Toa.* Remote 2.0: Oh, look, a dead body. *He kicked Lewa over on his side and inspected him.* Now time to rob him and leave him in a stupid pose. Heh heh heh... Oh, look, and ocarina. *The puppet took the ocarina and plays a few notes.* Lewa, getting up: Oh, man, I hurt my head... *The Toa looked over and saw the strange freak playing his ocarina.* Hey you. Who are you? Remote 2.0, hiding ocarina: That is none of your concern. Now go back to being dead like a good little boy. Lewa: No! Remote 2.0: That wasn't a request, that was an order. Lewa: But that's my ocarina! Give it back. Remote 2.0: How about I make you a trade... I keep your ocarina and you... fall down this hole!! Lewa: That's not a fair-trade! *The robot kicks Lewa down into a rabbit hole and his mind is seduced with subliminal messages, mostly concerning buying Oxyclean and Orange-Glo. Finally, he landed on top of a large flower.* Lewa: Good thing this flower was here, that long-fall could have been serious. Lewa: Give me my ocarina! Remote 2.0: No. Instead, how about I TRANSFORM YOU?! *At that moment, a violent sensation overcame Lewa's body, and he fell to the ground. Then in his mind, he found himself surrounded by many Deku Scrubs, all laughing at him.* *In Lewa's mind* Deku Scrubs, chanitng: One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us! Lewa: Get away from me! *The Toa ran for his life, forgetting that he could fly, from the Deku Scrubs, who just multiplied and overcame him in a giant mosh.* Dkue Scrubs, chanting louder: One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us! *Lewa snapped out of his vision and when he looked in the reflection and saw who he was.* Lewa: Mata Nui's pointy shoulders...! You turned me into a plant thing! Remote 2.0, demonic laughter: Now you'll never be as cool as me with that silly appearance! *As the weirdo-turned-dark lord floated away with Tael, Tatl stayed along to start beating up on poor Lewa.* Tael: Darn it, hurry up over there! *Before Tatl could stop beating him up, the door closed between the two fairy siblings. Tatl flew to the door, trying to open it, but her body was too small and frail to do so. She then went back to Lewa.* Tatl: Hey, you! Lewa: All right! I finally found you, Navi! Tatl: Uh... what's a Navi? Some sort of yogurt? Lewa: That's your name... You. Don't you remember? Tatl: Listen you wooden freak, I'm not this Navi! I'm Tatl, and I need you to help me catch up with Remote and my brother Tael. Now, come on, Lewa, I see a door up ahead! Lewa: Great! Now I can kill-handle that Remote guy for turning me into a grass Pokemon wannabe! *As Lewa opens the door and steps inside, they go into what looks like a creepy clockwork tower.* Happy Mask Salesman: I be the Happy Mask Salesman. Natalie: I’m not relevant until Skyward Stooge! Lewa: And I’m totally freaked out by all of you. Happy Mask Salesman: I was wondering if you could do me a favor. You see, I have to leave here in 3 days and one of my cursed masks got stolen by a weird Robot with targets painted on his cheeks and a messy blond wig. Lewa: Robot with messy blond wig? I've seen that guy! Happy Mask Salesman: Yes, him. I thought maybe you could get it back for me, you know? Lewa: Sure, I guess. Happy Mask Salesman: That's great. Now then, I must teach you the Song of Healing... *That's when the freak starts to get his groove on to the music of KC and the Sunshine Band. He puts his hands on his face and starts flailing his head.* Music: Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Happy Mask Salesman: Shake your body. Shake your body! *He then makes a frowning face and starts bending back and forth a bunch of times.* Music: Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. *Lewa and Tatl, scared out of their minds, take advantage of the moment and head for the doors.* Lewa: I hope we don’t have to see him much more often. Tatl: Never mind, let’s just find Remote and my brother. *So after going through the sewer, fighting off the spiders, and popping an Elitha balloon (oops, spoilers), and then he climbed up a ladder where he found a place that looks like it came from the 1970's.* Lewa: This place is trippy... Scarecrow: Hey, there, baby! Lewa: Aah, talking scarecrow! Scarecrow: Let's dance! Lewa: Aah! It's Lady Gaga! That much worse! *Lewa ran up the winding staircase and he found some crazy old man looking through a telescope.* Lewa: Hey, creepy-guy, where's Remote hiding? The Professor, wheezy voice: My boy, whenever I came to doubt or wanted to know something, I always just look through the telescope for answers. It knows everything. Lewa: Okay. Can I look? The Professor: Well, of course you can. *So Lewa looked into the telescope and he saw a variety of things... some of which I can't say out loud, others that were just plain weird. But the weirdest thing of all was when he spotted Remote atop the clock tower. He looked up at the moon, which shot a tear from its eye. Maybe it's a sad little moon that needs some tender love and care. Lewa looked back at Remote, who turned around and started shaking his behind at him.* Music: Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Happy Mask Salesman: Shake your buttocks. Shake your buttocks. Lewa: Aah! Happy Mask Salesman! That's almost as horrible-bad as Lady Gaga! The Professor: Well, my boy, this would be the island of Alma Nui... You are in the island's main city of Clock Town. Lewa: Clook Town? The Professor: No, it's "Clock Town." Lewa: You say whatever, I call it Clook town. Tatl: What does it matter? At least we know where they are now. The Professor: Ah, but the Clock Tower does not open until midnight tonight three days from now. Lewa: So what do I do until then? The Professor: Not my problem. *about 3 days later…* Remote 2.0: I hope some foolish mortals come around to challenge my unbeatable power soon. I've also spent the last two days working on my insults and snappy comebacks. Lewa: Hey, puppet boy, prepare to face the Hero of Time! Tael: Why don't you hit him with a snappy comeback? Remote 2.0, strikes Tael: I know that, you fool! You take me as an ametuer? Tatl: Hey! Don't hit my brother! Do you really think you're our friend after that? Remote 2.0: Well, whatever. In that case… Tatl: Phew... It's so hot out here... I think I might feel better if I get into something more comfortable and-- Lewa: You might have defeated me before, that won't happen a second time! Remote 2.0: And why is that, pray tell? Lewa: Because I've got Navi by my side. Tatl: It's Tatl! Lewa: Oh, bless you. Remote 2.0, snickers: That's it? Your big rescue is a fairy? Hah hah hah hah hah! Oh, that is rich! Lewa: What are you so laugh-hardy about? It's more than you have. Remote 2.0: Really? Look up. *We get a look at the scary nightmare moon… no, not that nightmare moon.* Lewa: Okay, so big whoop. The moon has a scowl-face on it now. What're you going to do after that, drop it on us? Remote 2.0: Yes Lewa: Oh... Remote 2.0: Enough of this foolishness, prepare to be mooned. Lewa: Mooned... *laughs.* *Remote throws back his head, lifts his arms, and emits a powerful high-pitched scream. The moment he does, the moon starts to draw closer and closer to the town, almost about to touch the clock tower you could say. Lewa takes a moment to use his Deku Scrub powers to shoot a bubble at Remote, who drops the Ocarina.* *Lewa runs over and grabs the ocarina from Remote.* Lewa: I got it! Remote 2.0: That's the last straw. Now accept your doom! Tael: Swamp. Mountain. Ocean. Bigger Mountain. Find the four who are there, bring them here. *While all the chaos was going on, Lewa was having a flashback...* Nokama: Take the Ocarina of Time with you to remember me by. Lewa: You don't need it? Nokama: No, not with Antroz being locked up. There's no point. If you ever are in trouble use it to play the Song of time. The Goddess of Time will help you. You'll be forced to relive the same three days like in the movie Groundhog Day, but it's better than nothing... *End of Flashback* Lewa: Well, this qualifies as trouble... *He tries to use the Ocarina of Time, but then upon usage, it turns into the Deku pipes. He uses it to play the Song of Time, and just like that, he is warped back to the beginning of everything, to the very start of the three days.* Tatl: Wha-what?! What happened?! Where are we? Why's everything back to normal? Lewa: Beats me. Tatl: That instrument! Lewa: What about it? Tatl: What did you do? Happy Mask Salesman: A better question would be "What didn't he do?" Now, about my mask? Lewa: About that... Happy Mask Salesman, berattling him: Oh, great, you've got it! Lewa: Would you let me go, you freak? Happy Mask Salesman: Okay, now we have to turn you back to your normal self. Now, off with that mask, boy. *berattling him.* Off with it now! Be gone now! Lewa: You're shaking me from my shoulders! And I'm not wearing a mask! Happy Mask Salesman, stops: Oh. Right. Okay then. In that case, I must teach you the Song of Healing. *The Mask Salesman then begins to play a soft melody on his giant organ.* Tatl: Well, I guess that's a nice song. Happy Mask Salesman, singing to song: Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake your buttocks. Tatl: Okay, never mind then. *At that moment, Lewa felt his body beginning to writhe and he was turned back into a Toa. Meanwhile the Deku Scrub face fell to the floor as a mask.* Lewa: What? I'm back to my Toa-Hero self again?! Yes! Happy Mask Salesman: Good, then. I've kept my end of the deal, now give me what you've promised to me. Lewa: Yeah, about that... you see... Happy Mask Salesman: Don't tell me... my mask... you didn't... Tatl: I'm scared. Lewa: You aren't mad, are you? Happy Mask Salesman: No, I'm not mad... Lewa: Okay, good... Happy Mask Salesman: Because I'm going to kill you! *The Happy Mask Salesman lets out a monster-like roar, grabs Lewa by the neck, and begins to strangle him.* Happy Mask Salesman: Do you know what you've done to me?! I don't think you do! Lewa, choked: I'm sorry... Happy Mask Salesman: The mask that got stolen from me was Elitha's Mask! They say its original master and maker used it to perform hexes and rituals, at least until the owner was betrayed and had their spirit sealed within the mask. That was a big mistake, it was, because this was also the Mask of Death. The mask had to be sealed away in darkness and it had since vanished into legend. Lewa, falls to the floor: So what now? Happy Mask Salesman: Please, I beg of you, you must get it back! Lewa: Okay, just keep your hands off me and maybe I'll help you. Happy Mask Salesman: Keep that song I taught you in mind, it should be of some help to you. Lewa: Where do I even begin? Tatl: Tael was going on about some weird stuff, which could actually be related to the four compass directions of Clock Town. Lewa: So I just head out of Clook Town? Tatl: Yes, and please stop saying that. *Lewa and Tatl ventured past the southern gate in Clock Town to go to the swamp, and eventually made it to the Woodfall Temple.* *One pathetic boss fight later...* Lewa: Where are we? Why does it look like a bubble bath here? Giant #1: Hey, what's going on out there? Can't a guardian giant take a giant bubble bath in peace?! Lewa: Guardian giant? Tatl: That's right. There are four giants who watch over all of Alma Nui. Lewa: Then can I be blunt? You're doing a crud-job. Giant #1: What?! Lewa: Well, yeah. Alma Nui's full of monsters, dogs are living with cats, horses are wearing people's clothes... Tatl: Babies driving vehicles. Lewa: The Happy Mask Salesman hasn't been institutionalized, monkeys are getting dunked, no one's cancelled the Hero Factory sets yet, Michael Cena is still acting... Giant #1: Oh, this is just great! I leave the office for just one day and already everything is going down in flames! This is the only day off I get in 1,000 years, and now I have to spend it fixing everything?! Tatl: So you'll help us? Giant #1: Okay, I'll help you... wait a minute. Why should I have to go back to work before everyone else? I'm not moving unless you can get the other three to do the same. Lewa: The other three? Giant #1: Yes, my fellow co-workers. Don't worry, to get to them all you have to do is climb up a mountain, swim through a deep ocean, and then climb up a bigger mountain. From there, just go to the temples and free them. Lewa: Other... three temples? Tatl: Okay then. Giant #1: If you can do that, then I will help you Lewa: Other... three temples? Giant #1: After that, then you may call us when you need us. Lewa: Other... three temples? Tatl: Would you be quiet?! Giant #1: Here's my card. *The giant tosses over a small business card, and on it was the Oath to Order printed on it.* Lewa: Okay, sure-fine. Giant #1: Now if you'll excuse me... *As the giant goes back to return to his bath, Lewa and Tatl are teleported back somewhere within the Woodfall temple.* *After everything was settled, Lewa and Tatl shoved off to make for the mountain in the north… which was covered in snow and cold and snow and cold.* *Lewa collapses into the snow, unmoving.* Tatl: What are you doing? Lewa: I'm freeze-dying here! No one told me it'd be this cold up here! Tatl: Oh, no, you're not! And besides, the place was covered in snow! What did you think it'd be like up here? *As Lewa took another step forawrd, his adaptive armor that was so underused in the original storyline took effect and changed so he was better suited for the cold environment.* Lewa: Wow, talk about a convenient plot device! Seriously, who lives here, though?! Tatl: It's mostly Onu-Matoran and Toa. Lewa: O_O No... NO! Tatl: What's wrong now? Lewa: Don't you remember? *Flashback.* Whenua: Party party party! Party party party! *End flashback.* Tatl: I'm not Navi! So I wouldn't know anything about your fear of Onu-Matoran or anything of the sort! Lewa: Well... it's a different clan of Onu-Matoran... maybe it won't be so bad... as long as I don't see their party head-honcho of theirs again. Whenua's ghost: Hi. Lewa: Now you're making a come back?! Okay, kill me if you must, but don't start partying! Whenua's ghost: Why would I do that? I hate to party! Lewa: Why? Whenua's ghost: It was a party that claimed my life. Shut up! No one understands me! I'm going to run away, back to my grave! *The duo followed Whenua in an attempt to straighten things out.* Whenua's ghost: What do you want? Lewa: I'm here to heal your soul and find inner peace. Whenua's ghost: Just leave, no one like you could ever heal my tortured soul. Lewa: That's where you're wrong! Ready? *Lewa takes out the ocarina and begins to play the Song of Healing.* Tatl: Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake your... buttocks. *Whenua then begins to feel weird and he begins to sway back and forth.* Whenua's ghost: I feel strange... what's going on...? *Inside Whenua's mind, he was alive once again, standing before his people and fellow archivists. They were all smiling at him, cheering him on and looking at him with admiration.* Bomonga: Dance dance dance dance dance dance...! *Whenua did not know what to say... but he was feeling much better than he did before... he no longer felt emo and angry at the world. He was actually... happy.* Whenua: I... I do like to party. Thank you, little hero... I can pass over to the other side... *However, this monet is cut short when he throws up his arms in pain and he turns into sparklies.* Whenua: Noooo! I don't want to be sparklies! *With his spirit healed, Whenua was finaly able to pass over. Then in a bright flash, his spirit vanished and al lthat remained was his Kanohi Mask.* Lewa: It worked! I'm a such a great person... Whenua's ghost, faintly: I'm stuck inside this mask! Help me! *And thus Lewa got Whenua's Mask... but what did it do exactly?* Lewa: I wonder if...? *He puts on the mask, and like the transformation mask before it, it began to take him over until Lewa closed his eyes and let out a painful scream. Then in a matter of moments, the Toa of air with his adaptive armor was replaced with--* Lewa: My body is so... rock-hard and strong... My armor's all tough and black... and I've got this beard! I must be like... Chuck Norris or something! Tatl: I think you're exaggerating. *One trip to Snowhead and a pathetic boss fight later…* Giant #2: Hi, there. Lewa: Oh, and here's the same giant as before! Giant #2, hurt: But... I've never met you before. Are you saying all giants look the same to you? Lewa: What?! No, no, I didn't mean that! It's just that— Giant #2: You hate me! You're mean, I hate you.Lewa: No, please, we need your help to save Alma Nui! Giant #2: Then go save the other two giants. Lewa: Oh, come on! Giant #2: I don't want to work with a hater, is that a problem? Lewa: I'm not a hater! Giant #2: Hater. Go get the others, then we'll see. *Just back in the mountains, the snows start to melt away and the Onu-Maotran are able to come out again, free from the cold and that spoiled brat. In a matter of moments, it was as though it became spring and all the grass and plants were spurring back to life. Even the birds were chirping happily and the frogs were swimming in the water that was no longer frozen.* *Next they were off to the Great Bay. It wasn’t all that great.* Lewa: Oh, all right. Hey, there's a guy drowning out there. I'm going to stare-watch him. Tingle: Oh, look, it's a guy watching a guy drown. I'm going to watch him. And I think I’ll charge his descendants a fortune to get the Triforce charts dechipered while I’m at it. *Note that if you're watching some guy watching another guy drown, then by deductive reasoning, you watched him drown, too.* Tatl: Would you actually get out there and save him?! *Lewa manages to get him across the water and onto the shore. This man, clad in blue armor, gets up and slowly walks to the sandy beach… and about 1 hour later, he finally makes it. He might have gotten there sooner if the seagulls weren't trying to peck his face. He then collapses onto the sand.* Tarix: I am Tarix of Tajun… lead guitarist in the Tajun band. I think this is it for me… Lewa: Now we have to heal him. *Lewa starts to play the song of healing.* *Just like Whenua before him, Tarix began to feel something and he began to have delusions of weirdnesses and I know I just made that word up but there was no existing word to describe this.* *In reality with the rest of us, Tarix closes his eyes, and then he turns into blue sparklies, only his face left, turning into a mask. And thus Lewa got Tarix's… mask… if you can call it that.* Lewa: I don't know how he could have water-drowned with this mask, it's got a long tube-thing running into a life counter. Tatl: I wonder if you put that on, if you'll transform. Lewa: I have a feeling I have to put this on anyway… *So like with Whenua's mask, he puts on Tarix's mask/helmet/diver thing, which begins to suffocate him in addition to re-writing his DNA. Lewa lets out a painful scream and then…* Lewa: Holy Mata Nui, I became an anorexic blue guy with a tubey thing in my back! *After getting to the Great Bay Temple, Lewa goes through and meets the next giant.* Giant #3: Oh, who are you? Lewa: We've come to get you to rally-support our cause! Giant #3: Awareness of people who have only one glove and wish to seek the other? Tatl: No. We need you and the other giants to help us defeat Remote before he drops the moon on everyone. Giant #3: Uh… I don't think I want to. Lewa: Are you a giant or a mouse? We need you and the others or else everyone will die! Giant #3: Uh… If you say so… Lewa: Great! There's nothing to worry about, it's only a toy wearing a demon-mask and a moon with a scowl-face on it, nothing big. Giant #3: Uh… as long as there's nothing to worry about… I'm good. *With another one of the Giants willing to help their cause, Lewa and Tatl leave the bubble bath land and move on to one of the most confusing, life-threatening areas he would ever encounter: Ikana Canyon. But for the sake of our sanity, let’s skip all that and go to the end.* Giant #4: Fine, you got us, yah? If you want our help so bad, we'll give it to you. If there's anything that you need, you got it. Just call on us. Tatl: Okay, we'll call you from the clock tower in Clock Town. Lewa: Clook Town. Tatl: What is it with you and calling people and things the wrong name? You call me Navi, Natasha Natalie, Clock Town Clook Town... what's the matter with you? Giant #4: Stop with your stupid arguing, yah? It's starting to get annoying. Now go away, I can't cancel dinner with myself again. Yah? *After being sent out, there was only one thing left to do: Face Remote and defeat him.* *The moon was full (and looking SO SAD) when the clock struck midnight.* Remote 2.0: I wonder if some foolish mortals will come by to try and stop me. Lewa: Wonder no more, weird-freak! Remote 2.0: You again… Tatl: Tael! Tael: About time you got here, woman. Tatl: Get out of the way before he hits you! Remote 2.0: Ah, yes, Tael, my righthand man… don't talk out of line! *He strikes Tael for no reason.* Tatl: Stop hitting my brother! You think you're our friend after that? Remote 2.0: Well, whatever. Lewa: You're not going to drop the moon on Clook Town, I won't let you! Remote 2.0: Who told you about my super-secret plan?! No matter… at least you're going to get to see the plan in action. All right, Luna… Prepare to get mooned! Lewa, stupid laugh: Mooned… it's funnier the second time. *Remote taps into the Kanohi Elitha, throws his arms back, and emits a high-pitched scream. No sooner, the moon starts to draw closer to the town.* Remote 2.0: Who ya gonna call? Lewa: O_O What did you say…? Remote 2.0: Strange… as if I was willed to say that… *As Remote starts acting confused as to why he was acting strange, Lewa took the moment to play the Oath to Order.* Lewa: Okay, let's see if these guys actually help. Remote 2.0: What's going on here?! No!!! *As the cataclysm continues, the four giants come from each of the four compass directions, ready to stop the moon.* Giant #1: My name is Ringo, and I play the drums. Giant #2: My name's Paul and I play bass. Giant #3: My name is George and I play a guitar. Giant #4: Yah, my name's John and I also play a guitar. And sometimes I play the fool. *Each of the fab four take 100 steps to the center of the town, put their arms out, and with all their might they manage to stop the moon from coming any closer… then in a matter of moments, it is as though time actually stops.* Lewa: I guess that’s it. Tael: Remote’s dead?! Tatl: Shut up, we wanted to save you. Female voice: Shut up, both of you! Lewa: What?? Tatl: Who said that? *Remote's limp body rises into the air, but it wasn't his voice that came from the mouth… Rather, it was the mask that the puppet wore on its face… it was now in full control and in charge.* Elitha: You two are the bane of my existence, just what do you want from me? Tell you what. Come and get me if you can… are you man enough to see? Now then… time to move along with the rest of the plan… *Elitha giggles in a demented sort of manner as she abandons the body of Remote and flies to the moon, which opens its mouth to let her in. From there, she possessed the moon as her new puppet. The eyes of the moon began to glow a haunting bright crimson.* Elitha/Moon: I shall consume… everything. *The moon roars back to life and begins to push back the giants.* Lewa: Guess we aim-shoot for the moon! *Lewa goes underneath the opening in the moon's mouth where Elitha flew to and he is taken to the surface of the moon.* Tatl: I guess I have no other choice. *Tatl goes with him and she is taken to the moon's surface as well, which is not how I imagined it… if anything, it looked more like a forest area, so peaceful and serine.* Lewa: I think I know where air fresheners come from now… Tatl: This is nothing like how the surface of the moon should be! Lewa: You're right… it's much better! Tatl: Never mind, let's go find this talking mask and beat it to death. *Lewa runs up to the lone leprechaun tree growing out in the pasture. There is a kid wearing Elitha's mask sitting underneath it.* Lewa: Hey, kid, have you seen a freaky night-nurse mask around here with a sexy voice? Elitha kid: No… do you like to play games? Lewa: It depends. Elitha kid: Why don't we play a game? Lewa: Okay, I'm game. Elitha kid: Let's play good guys versus bad guys. You be the bad guy and I'll be the good guy. Lewa: But I don't wanna be the bad guy! Elitha kid: I'll give you this cool mask if you agree. *And thus Lewa got the Fierce Deity's Mask.* Lewa: It does look cool. Okay, I'll be the bad guy. Elitha kid: Good… *That's when they are taken to a strange room, almost like something you'd see in one of those sort of crack-pot dream, and I don't use that term lightly.* Lewa: I'm scared... Tatl: Don't let the room get you, just get out there and fight that mask! Lewa: But where is she? *The chamber echoes with Elitha's laughter. They both look to the opposite end of the wall where the Kanohi Elitha hung.* Elitha: Oh, I didn't think you two would come. *The mask lifts off from the wall menacingly, hovering over Lewa and Tatl.* Lewa: of course we did. Elitha, laughs: Face it, I'm too much for you to handle. Lewa: I'm going to have a pleasure-fest killing you! Elitha: First, why don't we bring in some guests? *From Lewa, Elitha summons the four boss remains and plants them on the wall. From there, they come off the wall, alive in almost the same manner as the Elitha. They were reincarnated, although not exactly the same way they once were...* Elitha: Once they were gone, now they are back after more than a decade... coming to you from the depths of Karzahni... Tatl: No... Elitha: Jerry, George, Kramer, Elaine... *The remains of the four bosses appear on the walls* Tatl: No way... you mean...? Elitha: Yes! Seinfeld Team attack! Tatl: This doesn't look good... Lewa: Time to heat things up... *He fires his blaster at Goht/George, setting him on fire. Goht screams in pain as he dies... again, but this time not by crashing into something.* Elitha: I have more where that came from! *Lewa repeated the same strategy and met with successful results.* Lewa: Looks like this show's been canceled. Elitha: Well... your body's all gray! *She fires her lazors at him, but Lewa dodges them and reflects them back at her with the mirror shield.* Lewa: Anything else? Elitha: you bring me no choice... at least you get to die in the presence of my actual form... *The mask drops down to the floor and the eyes glow bright crimson. The in a matter of moments, the mask grabs loose particles and begins to form a body for itself, clad in red/black armor.* Lewa: O_O It's a nightmare come true! *Elitha was laughing evilly as she sprouted wings for herself and summoned her scissor scythe and flame shield.* Elitha: It's getting critical now, isn't it? Lewa: No! No, you can't be real! Elitha: I'm as real as everything and anything, "hero of time." *Elitha moves around the room very crazily, launching attacks at Lewa and using her arm whips to send painful jolts of energy at him.* *On the ropes, Lewa uses a combo of fighting/dancing to throw Elitha around, knocking away her shield and scythe and throwing her against the wall.* Elitha: You leave me with no choice then... This isn’t even my final form! *Elitha breaks off from the wall and begins to grab more particles around her, becoming much larger and stronger. She trades in her weapons for some spiked whips and she screeches out in a much higher voice.* Lewa: Another transformation? What are you, Frieza? Tatl: This looks tough. You might want to use that Fierce Deity's Mask now. Lewa: Okay, good thought-plan. *Lewa puts on the Fierce Deity's mask, rewriting his DNA once more.* Elitha: What?! Lewa: I have the power!!! Elitha: Grr... I didn't think he'd actually use it. No matter, this will be our ultimate battle! *So Lewa and Eltiha get into an epic battle. Elitha charged her whips and threw Lewa back a few times, but he countered by firing beams from his double helix sword, stunning her for some moments. Elitha was still agile and leapt several feet in the air and lashed out at him, giving him some heavy damage. As the battle goes on, Lewa starts to dodge her attacks and is able to get more of his attacks in. Then he stuns her for the last time before he delivers the last blow, silencing Elitha forever...* *Back on the outside, the moon, left without Elitha's power, starts to crumble away as well and turn into a huge rainbow. Yeah, I don't get it either. If only my geology teacher could see the logic behind this one, huh? The people in town begin to rejoice now that they are saved.* Lewa, normal: That was extreme... Tatl: Tael, what are you doing here? Tael: What? You should know you don't control me. I play by my own rules and listen to no one else but me. Happy Mask Salesman: Well, now, looks like you got the mask back for me now, didn't you? It looks like the dark power faded away. Lewa: What?! Hey, where's my Fierce Deity's mask? Happy Mask Salesman: The fierceness of the battle must have destroyed it along with the mask's spirit. Pretty ironic if I do say so, myself. *Unfortunately, the mask salesman doesn't know the truth behind what happened to Elitha's mask, but that is a story for another day...* Tatl: It's probably for the best, that thing made you into a werido... not that you weren't one before. Remote: Hey, uh... sorry about the whole moon thing. The mask really took a grip on me. Lewa: It took a grip on me, too. I understand. Remote: You know, you remind me of that green guy who taught me that song. Lewa: That's because I am that guy. Happy Mask Salesman: Looks like I'm no longer needed here. Clock town is safe. Tatl: Yeah, especially now that you're leaving, you freak! Happy Mask Salesman: But remember... never dance with another man's potato patch, otherwise I'll rough you up! But before I go, why don't we sing the Song of Healing?! *Everyone runs away as fast as they can into Clock town, far away from him.* Happy Mask Salesman: Oh... they're gone. I guess nothing left for me to do now but return to my home planet. *He looks up and then in seconds he is beamed aboard a mother ship with Elitha's mask in hand. The ship then takes off into hyperspace, not to be seen again...* Tatl: Now that we got away from that freak, it's time for you to go, Lewa. Lewa: What? But what if I wanted to stay at the carnival? Thought of that? Tatl: Who cares, you're supposed to leave. Lewa: Grr. Fine, maybe I'll just try and get back home then... *So Lewa set off from Alma Nui to try and return home... at least until the Glatorian were on and they needed their lead guitarist back, thus causing some confusion and some brute force to bring Lewa back so he could perform with them. Other than that, he left forever. In the end, everyone was happy, all was well. And somewhere along the line, Natalie took the remote from Lewa (around the time she gave him the strategy guide) and managed to get back home and live happily.*

Hooray, I'm getting scruff for expressing my opinions, just like the good old days. (For the record, I never stated I liked the movie, I'm just saying one thing that I feel it did right by severing ties with the Raimi trilogy. That movie feels like an overdrawn afterschool special. And that's good, I'd never want to connect that movie with those three, so case in point. I don't have to watch this movie and those movies together like that, because they are each their own thing in their own continuity.) One thing that I think is problematic about this sort of strategy is that a lot of what made BIONICLE so magical and appealing was its mysteries, the greatest of those being the true nature of the Great Spirit and the Matoran Universe. That's the kind of thing that really loses some of its impact if you know it from the beginning — that's part of why it was such a closely-guarded secret for eight years. You maintain that mystery, and maintain the same answer to that mystery, and it will be obvious to pretty much anyone familiar with the old storyline (or able to learn the basics of it over the Internet). And then it's not really a mystery at all. If you change that mystery, or change the outcome to that mystery, then suddenly you've abandoned one of the biggest factors in what made BIONICLE what it was. This is part of why I don't like the idea of this sort of reboot for BIONICLE. The problem I have with this is that in many cases, the way new series of sets introduced "different builds" was to introduce highly specialized new parts, and that really runs counter to the spirit of LEGO design. What would LEGO City be like if every two years they retired the car roof and windscreens from the previous year and introduced new ones that performed the same function but just looked different? In my opinion, the way to keep builds from becoming repetitive isn't to introduce new parts year after year. It's to use existing parts differently. You can see this even in Hero Factory. There are a number of sets that use more or less the same build, but there are also many that are incredibly imaginative and offer a new and unique building experience, yet they don't rely on new torso pieces to do so. Toxic Reapa, Jawblade, Thornraxx, Bruizer, Frost Beast, Furno Jet Machine, and Breez Flea Machine are all built differently, but none of them relies on a new torso piece to do so. Even the handful of new torso pieces like the one in XT4 don't replace existing parts — they complement them. Even BIONICLE proved the potential of this strategy. No two Barraki had the exact same torso build, but every part used to construct their torso skeletons was one that had existed previously. Other sets also demonstrated this kind of creativity. Strakk and Skrall are good examples. So is Kiina. All three had brand-new builds, but none of them relied on brand-new torso pieces to do so (in fact, only one of the three, Skrall, even needed a new armor piece). The Mahri Nui Matoran were another example: they were clones of each other, but they still had a brand-new build, and the only new parts they used were their weapons. Of course, some of the sets like Ackar and Gelu WERE generic Inika clones. And many Hero Factory heroes have used more or less the same build. The reason? Because they could. As standard humanoid characters, they didn't need a new build when there was already a build tailor-made for those sorts of characters. As I said before, introducing brand-new parts that perform the same function as existing ones, purely for variety's sake, is counter to the spirit of LEGO design. The typical goal when designing new parts is to design them so that they will be useful in the long term, not just for a handful of sets. If you have to retire them after just being used in two waves of six sets, that usually means they weren't designed with as much versatility as they should have had in the first place. And hopefully in that case, whatever part comes in to replace them will be able to be used year after year without interruption. I felt — and still feel — that the Toa Inika upper torso beam was the most useful torso piece ever used in the entire BIONICLE theme. As such, I feel like it earned its year-after-year appearances. And it bothered me how many people would embrace the possibility of getting anything "different" whether or not it was actually better. Finally, you have to keep in mind that most people will only be interested in any LEGO theme for a few years, after which they'll grow out of the theme or even out of toys in general. We who stuck it out from the beginning are few in number compared to the people who stuck around for a few years and then lost interest. So by the time a person has been around long enough to grow tired of a certain piece, they've usually been around long enough to grow tired of the theme in general, and there's no longer much sense in trying to court them as a buyer. There's a reason the constraction category has remained successful even after three years of using the same basic parts palette. Why shouldn't it? LEGO City has relied on the same basic parts palette for years, but has remained one of the top two LEGO themes for that entire time. It's a winning formula. I didn't mean it as to make an exact clone of the original story. I mean, say you were to have something like the Toa Mata on some location, but instead of the Bohrok or the Rahi, what if it was something different? All I was saying in that first part was you could keep the main idea there, but maybe handle it differently. How differently, I don't know, but I could imagine a story team could logically think of something. For the second part, I was mostly responding to comments I've seen in the past about certain "clone" sets or "overused" pieces/designs. The Piraka and Inika in their time were pretty great sets, and I think they still are, even more than their so-called clones. However, in some cases I can agree with some people about how things could've gotten repetitive. Granted, they did try to alter some designs like the Skrall and Strakk sets, but then some didn't turn out great. Vastus is one example who had a very nice premise, but the design didn't work so great. I remember someone said he had a "potbelly," and the back of the figure was kind of thin. And while no two Barraki looked the same, I've seen comparison and generalizations between them as a whole and later sets of different series. One example would be how Kalmah and Carapar have a similar "humanoid" build, akin to the Piraka and Inika, but that's not to say they are the exact same. Aside from torso, the only other similar thing is you snap the limbs together and put the leg armor with a pin on the shin pieces. It's possible some people just got tired of seeing and putting together those torso parts and cried out for a new one. I'm not saying the parts didn't totally work, but maybe some variety now and then could have quieted and calmed people who were sick of seeing those parts. Hero Factory as I mentioned is also getting some of this scruff as well, mostly with some sets sharing the same humanoid kind of design. Granted there are those that don't and alter this look a bit. Some of these work really well, but others don't, in my opinion. You mentioned Toxic Reapa as an example, and while I do like how he was something different, there were just things about the torso I didn't totally like and I even ended up modifying him to my liking. That is one solution for people who might not like how a set looks, but then there are those who don't like to MOC and probably don't want to have to try and find a way to make a set look better or anything. Some like Jaw Blade and even Dragon Bolt do well to use the HF building system and stray away from the humanoid look (Although Dragon Bolt is quite the shelfwarmer where I live), but I don't know if it's me, but it seems that actually the more humanoid look "sells" a lot better. Before the Brain Attack came around, Jaw Blade and Thronraxx were of the sets still left over. The Heroes were gone, as were Splitface and Toxic Reapa. Voltixx was still around for a while, though, so that might prove me wrong. I do see what you are getting at, and yes, that is true, and yet I just can't help but remember to the old days of BZPower when I'd see posts from people talking about why the Hordika were awful or how boring and repetitive so and so's build is compared to an Inika build. At least from what I always heard, Lego listened to BZP member criticism a lot and even drew from it. I don't know if that was entirely true or not, but I wouldn't doubt it just like that. But seeing as Lego is making products aimed for younger kids from like 6-12, they do need to keep that in mind most definitely over fans who are say 14 and over. Although looking at it, they did try to please everyone in a sense, but it most likely didn't work that way. Lastly, I recall a post from Greg long time back essentially saying things in regards to the 2010 story in that Lego didn't have to really do any of the things it did for it, like having the narrated Mata Nui saga or any kind addition story material, but they did so anyway for the fans. They also promised to keep the story going for 2011 (which happened... just after that is when things got screwy), which they didn't have to do. So Lego does keep the older fans in mind, so they do try to listen to us. So while it is a kids' toy at the end of the day, Lego still tries to please everyone, kids, teens, adults, or whoever is into the line. And that's why, at least with my theory as expressed somewhere on page 1, I think if they try it, they ought to at least try and keep in what made the original story great as something for older fans while in the mean time "updating" it as to appeal to new fans. As for the sets, that will be something of debate, even now seeing as opinions might be all over the place on them. It will just have to be a matter of time.

All right... yes, I am back again whether you want me back or not. I got kind of tired trying to restore the actual stories back to their former glory, and there's not much of a point in me re-submitting it. Not to mention that wouldn't even work. So , I thought of a solution. A lot of people hate those old stories anyway, and it would take me too long to re-write them anyway, so as of now, I'm going to stop writing all full-fledged installments of the series. Plus, no one liked the Wind Waker of Skyward Sword installments anyway. So here it my solution. I'm just going to sum everything up into one nice package. I'm going to take up the most important parts (as well as some of my favorite parts of the series) and throw them into one story topic. So at least you can't say I never gave you the story. So appropriately, I'm starting off with where it all began. The Dimwit of Time, originally written in 2010, re-written in 2012. Here you are. Enjoy. Or not. This is but one of the legends the Matoran talk about. Just one. Not two. Not three. Not seventy-eight. Just one… A long time ago... In a land of darkness, despair, fear of spaghetti, and stupidity, there echoes a legend... A legend held dearly by the inhabitants of the City of Legends that tells of a Toa... A Toa who wished to be a hero and do right to save the world from a dark evil who wished to turn it into a realm of darkness and evil. This is the story of that Toa, and the story of a princess and an evil burn victim. Bionicle: The Dimwit of Time Great Deku Tree: I’m dying. Navi, go seek out the loser without a fairy. Navi: Okay, you great wooden moron. *Later* Lewa: Ah! What are you, some new kind of flying lightbulb? Navi: No, I’m a fairy. Now come on, we have to save the Great Deku Tree from dying. *Later* Great Deku Tree: You’re too late. The curse was cast upon me by a wicked burn victim in black armor. His name was Antroz. *Flashback…* *Antroz is riding through a burning forest with his horse Nexus.* Antroz, screaming: I’m on fire!! Why won’t anyone help me?! I’m burning alive here! *end flashback* Great Deku Tree: Take this gemstone before it’s too late. *dies* Lewa: Guess we have to go on a trek-quest now. Navi: I can already tell this is going to be a trip… Hahli: Lewa, take this ocarina as a memoir of me. Lewa: Uh… okay, I guess. Kapora Gaebora: ..And that is why I will never like Taylor Swift. Do you wish to hear this story again? Lewa: NO! Navi: Heavens no!! Kaepora Gaebora: You have said yes. Very well. Now, back to the princess Navi: Lewa, we have to get out of here while we still can! I don't think he's ever going to stop talking! Lewa: Got it. Let's sneak-pass from him. *He took his equipment and silently left the creepy bird to finish his story* *Meanwhile at the Metru Nui Coliseum…* *Lewa entered the garden, Navi bouncing about his head. In front of them was a young maiden.* Navi: Okay, Lewa, that could be the princess up ahead. But let's go talk to her, just in case. Lewa: Gotcha. She might also be the girl of my dreams… *Whoever she was, Lewa noticed she was staring through a window at an assembled group of people inside, almost like a curious child. Lewa approached her slowly. The young Toa turned around, startled by Lewa's sudden appearance.* Nokama: Oh! Who are you? And how did you get past all the guards? Is that a fairy? Lewa: I'm Lewa, and you have terrible security. You might want to fix-change that in the future. You could fall under attack by say, some insane guy wearing a mask-helmet and his minions. Navi: Yes, I'm a fairy. Nokama: Say, are you from the forest area? Lewa: I am, as a matter of fact. Nokama: Yeah, I thought you might be the one. Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't properly introduced myself yet! I'm Princess Nokama. See that guy in the window, talking with my father? The one with the evil eyes? *Lewa was having some trouble because there was the black/red armored guy with red eyes and a guard with mean eyes and big eyebrows, so he wasn't sure which one she was talking about.* Lewa: I don't know, which one are you talking about? Nokama: Not the guard, the tall guy with red armor. *Antroz is walking up to Turaga Dume's chair, and proceeds to kneel before him.* Nokama: I know he’s evil, so we must collect the three spiritual stones to stop him! Lewa: Nokama, keep your voice low-quiet. Nokama: Don’t worry, he can’t hear us. Antroz: I heard everything! Nokama: Uh… Go now, Lewa! Lariska will show you the way. Lariska: Go to either the volcano or the giant puddle. Lewa: Sounds good to me. *Much Later…* Whenua: Hello there, skinny Toa of Air. How can I help you? Lewa: We want the sacred stone of fire! Whenua: If you want the Spiritual stone, fine, you can have it. We don't use it for anything, anyway. Lewa: Really? Thanks. Let's have it. Whenua: Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on there. I can't just give you something for nothing. Lewa: Okay, then what do you want? Whenua: Okay, well, according to my nerd clipboard, there's only three things around here that have to be done. One thing is to alphabetize my entire DVD library. *Lewa looks behind him to see a ton of DVDs... and I mean like a who wall's worth of them, too.* Navi: And the other two? Whenua: Feed the Lohrak or listen to my hot new DJ music. Lewa: I'll take the last one. Whenua: Okay, little one, let's have at it! Natalie Horler's voice: Hey, Dr. DJ, let the music take me underground. Whenua: Party, party, party! Party, party, party! *music stops.* Whenua: Hey, who turned off my tunes? Lewa: Do you do anything else aside from party? Whenua: No. Lewa: Where’s the Lohrak…? *Lewa went into the archives where he met the giant mutant Lohrak, roaring angrily at him… or hungrily. Lewa panicked, reached into his pack, and threw a round object into its mouth.* Navi: Okay, mission accomplished. Now, you fed it the big cherry and not the bomb, right? *Lewa looked at her with a blank expression. He reached into his pack again and he pulled out the giant cherry.* Lewa: Does… this answer your question? Navi: Oh, dear… *The Lohrak then started yowling in pain, apparently from having its insides being blown up, and then it dropped to the floor, writhing in agony.* Whenua: So, did you manage to feed my Lohrak okay? Navi: Um... yeah, of course we did! Right Lewa? Lewa: Yeah, you bet! You can count on us! Whenua: Great, then here's your sacred stone... *Whenua then bestows Din's Ruby to Lewa.* *Two random Toa then pop out from the earth, each on either side of Whenua.* Whenua: Boys, let’s show our new brother our initiation. Random Toa 1: Well, boss, it goes something like this... *The Two Toa slowly approach Lewa with their arms out. Lewa starts to back away slowly, but then he starts running for his life. Yeah, he's going to be messed up forever now, never going to be able to look at a Toa of Earth the same way ever again.* Lewa: I'm going to be mentally scarred forever! *Much Much later* King Krulloc: I NEED FOOD!!! Lewa: Seems like a reasonable guy. King Krulloc: Save my daughter! NOW! She has our spiritual stone! To get to Lord Jabu-Jabu is a 2 hour journey, however. Lewa: But isn't the entrance right behind you? Krulloc: Yes. *And with that, he beings to slowly move over. And I mean slowly move over.* Lewa: Can you quick-move a little more? Krulloc, moving slowly: Be patient. *2 hours and a boring boss fight later…* Kiina: I’m Kiina, You’re cute. I’m-a make you my man. Lewa: Give me the stone, weird-freak. Kiina: Okay, but by taking this, it’s like you’re proposing to me. Lewa: Wait, what?! *Back at the Coliseum…* *The drawbridge was coming down as Lariska and Nokama sped off into the distance…* Nokama: Lewa, change of plans, Antroz knew everything! *She throws the ocarina of time, but it lands into the moat. Lewa turned around, only to meet Antroz and his evil pony.* Antroz: Here, catch! *Antroz throws the glow-in-the-dark-baseball he stole at Lewa, knocking him down and then having Nexus gallop away. Lewa takes the time to go get the Ocarina of Time.* Lewa: All right! *He promptly tosses the ocarina Hahli gave him and goes to the Temple of Time.* Lewa: Hey, look, the sword in the stone! I’m gonna be king! *Lewa takes the sword out from the stone, unleashing a very special effect, but also the essence of an ancient evil…* Antroz: Oh, look, the Triforce. Teridax’s voice: Arise, Makuta Antroz. Antroz: Teridax… *Exactly Seven Days later…* Lewa: Ugh, my head. Where am I? Lhikan: I am Lhikan the Sage! You were asleep for… exactly SEVEN DAYS! You must go and awaken all the other sages! Lewa: If I have to. *Back in the temple….* Nessk: I am Nessk, lone survivor of the Dark Hunters. Antroz enslaved the kingdom while you slept. You must stop him. Lewa: How much damage could he do? *He walks outside and sees the horror.* Lewa: You maniac! You destroyed it all! Darn you! Darn you all to Karzahni! And how dare you destroy the place where I met the girl of my dreams! Navi: Lewa, as much as I hate it, we need to go find those sages, wherever they are. Lewa: Okay… if it’ll make things easier to fight him. *One boring temple later…* Hahli: I am the Forest Sage. Lewa: I had no idea. *Another temple later…* Whenua: Hello, brother… Lewa: Please exit my life and never return. *1/2 way into the water temple later…* Sinister voice: Finally, it took you long enough to get here! *Lewa stopped, startled.* Lewa: Who said that? Navi: I heard it, too… *Neither could see from where the voice was coming from, so Lewa just kept going on.* Sinister voice: Oh, I know you didn't just ignore me! *Lewa made it to the gate on the opposite end, but there was nothing there. The door was locked, too.* Sinister voice: You just ignored me! The second you walk back over to this tree, I'm going to beat you so bad! Lewa: Okay, I'll bite… *Lewa decided to bite and he went back to the tree and he got the surprise of his life... who was the owner of the sinister voice?* Dark Lewa: Well, exc-uuuuuuuuse me, princess! Lewa: O_O Who are you? Dark Lewa: Don't be stupid! I'm you! Lewa: If you are me, then who are you? Dark Lewa: You're so stupid! I'm you! Lewa: I'm me. Dark Lewa: You are you also! [awkward pause] Lewa: Who are you? Dark Lewa: Argh! You're so stupid! Lewa: Who are you? Dark Lewa: I'm you and you are you. I am born from your hatred and I have one purpose in life… to DESTROY YOU! Lewa: Then you must have a dull-boring existence then. Dark Lewa: I'm so hungry, I could eat your face! *He takes out his sword and starts attacking Lewa, who counters his every move while trying to get in a few hits of his own.* Navi: Take him down! Dark Lewa: When I'm done here, you're next, you little lightning bug! Get over here so I can use you for my lantern! Navi: Oh, yeah? Lewa, kill this guy and don't hold back! Lewa: You got it. *Lewa nodded and he took out the hammer.* Dark Lewa: Hey, there's no way I'm going to let you cheat out of this one! *Lewa hit him so hard, he fell over the window... but he was still hanging on by his feet.* Dark Lewa: Well, exc-uuuuuuuse me, princess! *Lewa ran over and tried to latch his feet off the window sill.* Dark Lewa: Hey, I'm ticklish! Lewa: This guy is so bizarre! Navi: Hurry, before he gets back up! Hit him again! *Lewa tries to hit him again, but Dark Lewa manages to get back up again.* Lewa: You have lost. You are cruel-mean and annoying. You were born out of my hatred. Dark Lewa: Whoaw! Lewa: You do not exist. Dark Lewa: Fool! I am real! *Holds out his sword* Real STEEL! *Dark Lewa runs at Lewa, full speed and with his sword out. However, with quick reflexes, Lewa uses the hammer to hit Dark Lewa out the window once more, sailing into the waterfall.* Dark Lewa, shouting: EXCUUUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS!!!! Lewa: At least he died as he lived… being a tough guy and saying "Excuse me, princess." *The room then shifted and the gate opened. And oddly enough, the window Dark Lewa fell out of went away as well.* Dark Lewa: NOOOOO! I was so close! Navi: Wait, how is he still alive?! Dark Lewa: I am?! Where am I now? Lewa: Does anything stop him?! Navi: I don't know and I don't care! Lewa: My guess is he's stuck-trapped in the room somehow… he fell out the window and now the window is gone, thereby trapping him inside of the room for the rest of forever. Dark Lewa: It sure is BORING around here. This is all your fault! *One rest of the water temple later…* Kiina: You ditched me at the altar! But I will always love you Lewa: You, also exit my life. *One temple later…* Lewa, blank: Hey, I was totally not expecting you to be the sage. Lariska: Your eyes tell me you are worried about Nokama. Lewa: Actually, I haven't thought about her. Where is she? Lariska: Despite what happened, I can tell you she is safe. Lewa: But you're not going to tell me where she is? Lariska: Nope. Lewa: Figures. *Final Fantasy victory fanfare.* *Lewa gained 500 exp. points! obtained the bunny slippers obtained worthless plot device* *One convoluted temple later…* Roodaka: My, oh, my, I didn't think such a skinny guy like you could actually pull this off. If I had seen what kind of a guy you were, perhaps I would have kept my promise... oh well. Here, take the oversized novelty coin and go on your way. Crush that Antroz and give him one for me! Lewa: Well, looks like now we've got everybody. Now what.? Lhikan: Lewa, can you hear me? Lewa: Of course, I'm right in front of you. Lhikan: The time has arrived for you to face Antroz. First, though, go back to the Temple of Time. *Back at the temple of time…* Nessk: Lewa. The time has come for you to learn about the Triforce. You got the Triforce of Courage. Antroz, upon touching the full relic, got the Triforce of Power. As for the Triforce of Wisdom… Ninja strike! *Nessk reveals the Triforce of Wisdom and in a flash of light, reveals herself to be Nokama.* Nokama: I am Nokama. Lewa: It’s you! Hi, Nokama! Antroz: Ha ha ha! Foolish Nokama, I was waiting for you to reveal yourself! Now you are mine! Lewa :Bye Nokama! Oh… great, now I have to go save her! *Lewa goes to Antroz’s castle of doomage, where the sages create a magic bridge.* Lewa: Sweet! *Lewa enters the castle, makes his way to the center tower and begins climbing the stairs.* Lewa: It can’t be that long, right? *19 flights of stairs later…* Lewa, out of breath: So… tired… Navi: Wait… can’t you fly? Lewa: … ARGH!!! *Lewa continues flying all his way to the 64th floor…* *Meanwhile with Antroz and Nokama, Antroz is tormenting Nokama… with music, as played by him on the organ.* Antroz, singing to music: You better wake up, wake up, the party's gonna take off, we're living for a Saturday night-- Nokama: Um, can you sing something else? Antroz: No! You didn't give me a specific song request, so I'm going to sing and play whatever I want! Nokama: Oh… Lewa, wherever you are, I hope you hurry! *Lewa breaks down the door, interrupting Antroz's music. The moment the three of them are in the same room, all three Triforce pieces on the backs of their hands start glowing.* Antroz: The Triforce pieces are resonating. They are about to be one again. I will be able to have what I once briefly had seven days ago. These toys are too much for you, I demand you return them to me at once! *Antroz fires waves of darkness at Lewa.* Lewa: Oh, no, I’m gonna die!! *One epic fight and one tower collapse later…* Antroz, breathing heavily: I’m dying… *falls over.* Lewa: We won! *Antroz then emerges from the rubble.* Antroz: Psyche! *He holds up his hand, the Triforce of Power glowing. Taking from his red armor and dragon-like Kanohi Jutlin, Antroz became more dragon-like in appearance. Standing on two legs and wielding two large swords, Antroz swipes at Lewa, who tries to defend himself with the Master Sword.* *Lewa takes advantage of Antroz’s confusion and delivers the finishing blow without much effort.* Lewa: That was easy. Nokama: now let’s seal him away! Lewa: Shouldn’t we… slay-finish him? Nokama: No. *Calling upon the powers of the sages, Antroz is imprisoned into a realm that is his worst nightmare…* Antroz: You... Curse you, Sages... Curse you, LEEEEEEEEWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Someday when this seal is broken... That is when I will exterminate your decedents...! As long as the Triforce of Power is in my hand... Wait, where am I anyway? Tuyet: With me, sugar. Antroz: O_O NOOOOOO!!!! *With Antroz defeated (for now), everything could now be set right. Nokama and Lewa looked out into the distance at Metru Nui.* Nokama: Thank you, Lewa. With Antroz defeated, peace will reign in Metru Nui… for now. Lewa: What are you implying? Nokama: Well, if you're accusing me of saying that Antroz is going to break out of the Evil Realm and force the goddesses to flood all of our world, that's totally not what I'm saying. Lewa: Okay, as long as you're not lying to me. Nokama: Shut up, I'm having a moment here! And I dragged you into it as well… but as a sage, I can return you back to your own time. First, though, you must lay the Master Sword to rest, thereby closing the gate of time. Lewa: You mean I'll never be able to time travel again? Nokama: No. Lewa: And why can't I stay here? Nokama: Because you must go back and regain your lost time. Lewa: It was just a week! You act as though it's been years! What about all we’ve been through? I thought we have something special! *Nokama moves closer to embrace him. And then she whispers something in his ear.* Nokama: Oh, Lewa… if only you had someone who loved you… *Nokama kicks Lewa and snatches the Ocarina of Time.* Lewa: Why are you in freak mode? Nokama: Thank you, and good bye. *Nokama plays her lullaby song on the Ocarina, and Lewa is whisked away from this land of Metru Nui, taken back to a Metru Nui from a week ago where Antroz never got the Triforce and he never conquered anything.* Lewa: So now what do I do? Navi: I don't know. But now that you're finished with your journey, I have to leave you now. Lewa: What? Navi! Not you, too! Why does everything I love-cherish have to leave me?! *As Lewa tried to stop her, Navi flew away and right through the lone closed window in the Temple of Time. Without really anything left, Lewa wasn't sure what else to do now, especially since Navi was the one who knew what to do in times like this. So what he did instead was get past the Vahki guards as he had done so before and it was there at the Coliseum he met once again with Princess Nokama.*