ManiacToaLaco

Dude, hurry up and finish this, I wanna see it!I love LOTR, and this scene was one of my favourites, and most MOCS I've seen of it look awesome.I expect the same from you! You have a promising start already.MTL

I would say either Hero Factory style, old Bionicle style, or a hybrid of both.

I'd say that would be it. They simply wouldn't go back to the old style, I doubt they even have all thos epieces being produced anymore. But what do I know? I don't run the company...MTL

Movie wise: Der Untergang. Considering my family history had lots to do with... him, I thought it was rather emotional for me.And miniseries: Band of Brothers. I watched the Pacific, and was personally rather let down by it. It just felt like there was a lot less work put into it compared to Band of Brothers.MTL

Skyrim babyMTL

I think I'll agree with the consenus and say Jaller Mahri. Those tubes and that Awesome mask and parts really made it stand out. And his colour scheme was pretty cool too.And that crab was amazing.MTL

Interesting, very interesting. A birthday story for yourself? I like it.I myself only got about half of the Valve refeerences, being a Bethesda man myself. I do believe the lag joke was my favourite part. A great reason to not have a flashback, since I'd imagine they'd lag a lot for some reason. All that black and white and sepia and whatnot.MTL

I used to be afraid of nothing. But then I took an arrow to the knee.

I had a guard say that to me in Skyrim the other day. Then i actually shot him in the knee with an arrow. And he died.Sweet Mata-Nui, they did a horribly done re-endition of Friday? How could it be done worse?? Were they setting things on fire during it?That must be a pretty big van...MTL

I've been busy lately, so that's my excuse for being so slow with updates.Fun Commentary: Oooh, Blitztran, he's manic enough that the Autotoabots simply don't believe he could be tricking them somehow into the plots of Flufskiron and Shockvak. Little do they know that Blitztran is smarter than he sounds.TRANSONICLE 3: THE ULTIMATE DOOMCHAPTER 12JACK BAUER INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES DON’T WORK ON ROBOTSPEST HEADQUARTERS, TA-METRU, METRU-NUIA blue Turaga walked along a ramp, followed by several Onu-Matoran, all wearing awesome sunglasses and bullet-proof vests, each carrying a high-powered rifle, capable of blowing a hole through the eye of a Metrutronian.They, however, were of no importance. The Turaga was, however.“Sergeant Captain Hewkii?” She asked the first Matoran she found, a Po-Matoran.“Uh, no, I’m the New Guy.” He answered.“What’s a new recruit doing in a highly restricted zone?” she asked him, rather rudely.“No, it’s just what everybody calls me. My real name is-“ The New Guy began to say.“I don’t care. I’m looking for Sergeant Captain Hewkii.” She said, again rather rudely.The New Guy sighed, then pointed to a 50 foot high door. “You’ll find him in there, with several very large robots who are good friends of his. Watch what you say, one of them likes shooting first and, well, doesn’t really care for asking questions at all, really.” He said.“How nice.” She said, already on her way. She walked up to the door, which opened, as if pulled by some un-seen force. On the other side she saw that some over-worked Matoran were struggling to pull it open all the way.“We have robots here capable of transforming into anything they want, but we can’t get a door to open with the press of a button?” she said, rather angrily.“Actually, we can’t turn into anything we want. Just anything that has a corresponding mass to our bodies.” A gray, 23 foot tall robot said.“I thought it was corresponding volume?” A smaller, 11 foot tall, well, not robot thing said.“You know Johnson, you’re missing the point here.” The taller robot said.“And how am I doing that, Jodkra? I can transform too.” Johnson said.“It’s transmoc. Transforming is some silly thing that could apply to anything. Transmocing refers to Metrutronians.” Jodkra said.“They’re interchangeable. I don’t go around blabbing every Agorian custom to you, do I?” Johnson said, referring to his own race.“No, you just go around making bad one-liners.” Jodkra said.“Did you just go there? I’m warning you Jodkra, one more time and-“ Johnson responded, raising a fist.“Ahem, gentleme-, er, gentlebots, I’m here to-“ the Turaga started to say.“I’d prefer gentle-Agorian. I’m not actually a robot in the true sense.” Johnson said.“Is that so? Well, you’re both Autotoabots, aren’t you?” The Turaga asked.“Yes, yes, we are.” Jodkra answered.“Good. I’m here to see Matanui Prime. President Turaga Dume has a bone to pick with him.” The Turaga said.“That’s an odd thing to say. Considering that Matanui Prime has no bones, and that a bone would be a very inefficient tool to pick at him with.” Jodkra said.“It’s a figure of speech, Jodkra. Calm down.” Johnson said, then turning to the Turaga “He wouldn’t understand it. They don’t have figure of speech, metaphors or anything fun in Metrutronian.”The Turaga's patience was beginning to wear thin, but she continued. She couldn’t break in front of her guard. Well, she could, but the point is.... “Enough! Where is Matanui Prime?” she snapped.Johnson raised an eyebrow (he had them), but Jodkra answered for him. “He’s down at the other end, but this isn’t the best of times.” He said.“The best of times, the worst of times, the epoch of life of death. I don’t care, I’ve wasted too much time already.” She said, making her way past them.And then she saw why it wasn’t the best time. Considering how you already know their names, I’ll just go ahead and name the Autotoabots here; Hydraxhide stood, with his remaining cannon and his gun (remember, he lost a cannon on Voya-Nui, and he couldn’t bring himself to replace it) pointed at the object. Tahkan Metra, with his heaviest weaponry out, stood aimed at it too, Dakama Prime had his massive axe held ready in his hands, the Wreckinators all had their weapons of mass destruction all aimed at it as well. The PEST soldiers and remaining Autotoabots (except Pohatubee, Blue Flame and Wipeout, who were elsewhere) had their weapons trained on the object as well, well protected behind this line of the most powerful Autotoabots.The object in question? The Deceptikuta Blitztran, who was chained, bolted and duct taped to a massive chair, and being interrogated by Matanui Prime. Phoenix Prime, with his arm reattached, was nearby, just in case you were worried about our future-friendly Autotoabot.“What were you doing on Voya-Nui?” Matanui asked Blitztran.“Picking up zugar für meine Oma!” Blitztran answered. Just to clarify, Oma is German for Grandmother. Of course, now I’ve just probably made it more confusing for you.“I’m not sure how spinning around and blowing things up results in your acquisition of sugar.” Kopatchet said, intently monitoring Blitztran statistics on a chart.“AHAHAHAOOHOHHAAH! I like zat vun! He ist zo funny zat I could just rip his head right off!” Blitztran said.Matanui however, did not beat around the bush. “Where you there for Makutatron? He just landed on this planet. Was he trying to rebuild the Sun Eaterer?” Matanui asked.“Oooh? Ze boss ist back? Wie schöne!” Blitztran laughed.Vakama Maximus walked up, his pistols at the ready. “Look, just tell us what you were doing over there, and you’ll be just fine.” He said that in way that made it seem like Blitztran wouldn't be fine afterwards.“Vhat are you talking about? I am fine! Perfectly fine in ze head!” Blitztran laughed.“Hey Matanui, we’re not really getting anything from this guy.” JackaL said.“Just say the word, and we’ll send his accent-y head right off of his body.” iBrow said. For emphasis, LesoSpinn prepared his rifle.Matanui shook his head. “I won’t have the killing of a prisoner, even if it is a Deceptikuta.” He said, even though he personally thought interrogating Blitztran was about as useful as trying to make spaghetti out of a tree.“That is a silly rule.” Tahkan Metra said, whihc Hydraxhide nodded at. Matanui gave them a disappointed look.Matanui turned back to Blitztran. “Was it Dreadinock who had you working there? Or was it Nihiscream?”“Nihiscream? Ach, nein! He von’t be able zu orders für much longer! AHAHAHAHAHHA!” Blitztran laughed.“His accent is starting to annoy me.” Hydraxhide said.“I agree with Hydraxhide, this won’t get us anything.” Hewkii said.“I didn’t actually say that.” Hydraxhide said, but no one listened, for the Turaga had finally remembered she had been asking for Hewkii originally.“Sergeant Captain Hewkii!” She yelled, walking towards Hewkii. Hewkii spun around and saw the Turaga.“Uh, hello! I don’t think we’ve had the pleasure of meeting you before.” Hewkii said. He didn’t like the look of her. She looked like she hadn’t smiled in the last 30 years.“I’m Turaga Nokama, from the Government, and President Dume has some issues with the Autotoabots.” She said. Matanui turned and looked down at her, waiting for what she had to say.“Not this again.” Vakama Maximus said to Hydraxhide. Hydraxhide grunted a grunt of dissatisfaction.“Go on.” Hewkii said, knowing he wasn’t going to enjoy this.“The first issue our good President has, is the army of Deceptikuta desecrating the Tohu Memorial.” Nokama said.“Well, uh, that’s.... that’s a problem.” Hewkii said, at a loss for words.“Ach, you needn’t vorry, I think Zleedat ist ze vun in charge zere! Zhe von’t do anything, unless zhe does! AHAHAHAHAH!” Blitztran said.“The Deceptikuta have built the memorial into a fortress. Even using our full force and Omega Kaita, it would result in a large loss of life and destruction to the Matoran. We do not want to have to do that.” Matanui said.“But letting them build up more forces is better?” Nokama asked.“I will admit, I had thought that they would’ve left after their defeat on Voya-Nui.” Matanui said.“Uh-huh. Secondly, the battles you and your warriors have with the Deceptikuta result in large amounts of destruction to our buildings, and a general fear among Matoran.” Nokama said.Dakama Prime spoke up here. “Those times are usually from when we send Hydraxhide out to deal with Deceptikuta.” He said.Hydraxhide chuckled at this. “Hehehe, yea, well, there weren’t any Deceptikuta around to complain after I was done.”Nokama was unimpressed. “Matanui Prime, as my predecessor Ehyre noted, the Deceptikuta don’t seem to be here for any reason other than to hunt you and your Autotoabots down. After a few utter defeats, they still persist!”“I fear that may be true. They’re here for revenge, once more.” Matanui said.“And you still haven’t allowed us to copy your weaponry! I know our weapons can hurt and kill them, but your weapons tear them apart! If we had them, and the last of your secrets, then we may be able to deal with the Deceptikuta force at the Memorial!” Nokama said.It was Kopatchet who spoke Nex next. “I have, actually, given information to PEST soldiers. They’re much more efficient than they were before, say, Voya-Nui.” Kopatchet said.“I will not allow our more advanced technology to fall into the hands of all Matoran. We know your penchant for war, and our weaponry would do no kindness to your world.” Matanui said.“And what about secrets? You never said before that the Deceptikuta had an entire army. We’ve told you everything.” Nokama said, crossing her arms.Blitztran decided it was time to make his move. “Oohohoho, zat’s vhat you think!” he said, a devious smile on his face.Matanui turned to face the insane Deceptikuta. He noted that Nokama had a slightly worried expression. “What do you mean, Blitztran?” Matanui asked.“You found part of zat Autotoabot ship in ze icy place, ja?” Blitztran said.“We did..” Matanui answered, not sure how Blitztran knew.“Und I bet you knew zat ze Matoran vere vunce on ze moon above zis planet?” Blitztran said.“We know.” Matanui said, not sure if he was going to like what Blitztran had to say.“But do you know vhy zey vent zu ze moon?” Blitztran asked. The New Guy, who had followed Nokama in, made a mental note to find out why some of the Metrutronians had accents.Hewkii spoke up. “They said “To boldly go where no Matoran has gone before” was the reason.” Hewkii said, very sure of himself. But then he wasn’t. “Wasn’t that the reason?” he said, turning to Nokama.Nokama now had a very odd look on her face. Blitztran smiled deviously. Matanui kneeled down and brought his face down to Nokama. His head alone was taller than her.“What was the reason, Turaga Nokama from the government?” Matanui asked.Nokama gulped, then straightened. “Well, I guess it’s going to have to come out then. 60 years ago, when Sector Six was still in existence, they had helped create the first satellite in conjunction with the Metru-Nui government. As you know, they learned this technology from NEMOTE 1.” She said.“Makutatron.” Matanui Prime said, emotionlessly.“The satellite broke, however, and landed in Ko-Metru, which at the time had still been the Ko-Matoran Union, and not part of Metru-Nui. Reverse engineering the satellite, they made their own version, and launched it into space. Over the following years, both Metru-Nui and Ko-Metru made several satellites, each more advanced than the last. Finally, Ko-Metru made technology that allowed them to scan the surface of the moon, and had plans to be the first Matoran on the moon.” Here Nokama took a breath of air.Blitztran, slowly, said “Und, vhat did zey find zere, little Matoran?”“I’m not at that part yet. The Ko-Matoran scanned something that gave them the inspiration to work even faster. Before long they had a ship, and landed the first Matoran on the moon, much to the disgrace of Metru-Nui. There, they found what had inspired them; a ship, of gigantic proportions, crashed on the northern half of the moon.” She said.“That’s where the Deceptikuta ships are situated now.” Dakama said.“OOoohh, you’re not az stupid az you look! AHAHAH!” Blitztran laughed. Dakama looked at him angrily.“Inside the ship they found bodies of beings –your race- all over the place. The noted large damage in one area of the ship, like the ship had been shot from some high-powered explosive. They also noted how some of the beings had died. Many had large cuts and had been sliced apart, like from a sword of some sorts. They took a few pieces of the ship, not many, since most of the rubble was far too large for them to even look over, let alone move, and they came back to Ko-Metru. That was the first, and last, expedition to the moon. Not long after that Ko-Metru became part of Metru-Nui after the Ko-Matoran Union went into its own depression, and all its documents and advanced technology –and pieces of the ship- were seized by Sector Six. Or so we thought.” Nokama finished. The room was silent, except for the quiet giggling of Blitztran.Suddenly, Matanui slammed a fist into the floor. “You’ve lied to us. Your government has held from us something of such importance, and you have the nerve to ask us for weaponry and secrets? You have no idea what will happen if I’m right about what I think is on that ship!” Matanui said, anger in his voice, a sound not many in that room had heard before.Nokama look ashamed. “We had no reason to tell you-“ she started to say.“You had no reason to hide it from us!” Matanui said.“Und, who do you think ist on zat zhip?” Blitztran said, still smiling.Matanui stood up. “I think that is the Exploratory, personal ship of Norik Prime, shot down by the Terragator during the final battle of Metrutron.” Matanui said, his voice steel.“Gute! Gute! Und, do you know vhat ist on zat ship?” Blitztran asked.“His Space Bridge Pillars, among them the five control pillars.” Matanui said. The Autotoabots looked shocked, the Matoran looked confused.“Those.. those were real?” Kopatchet asked. Beside Crashinator had a slightly frightened look on his face.“Yes, Norik told me that he had found out how to use them from some old information dating back from the time of Icarax’s betrayal, and that they were perfectly safe. With them, he said, we could teleport the AllShiny all over the galaxy in strategic ways, keeping it out of the Deceptikuta’s hands. Only the Deceptikuta attacked too early.” Matanui said.“I remember that fight. Flufskiron led them, I think it was.” Hydraxhide reminisced.“That was our last hiding place we had for the AllShiny. We protected the spot to the last, and Norik was supposed to fly by, activate the Space bridge pillars, and we would launch the AllShiny into them, and teleport it to safety. Only Norik’s ship was shot down by the Terragator, and I assumed the pillars had activated and sent the ship to the other side of the galaxy. It appears I was right.” Matanui said, sorrowfully.“Wait, that means your race has the ability to teleport?” Nokama asked.“I do!” Phoenix said, teleporting to the opposite side of the room and back.“Our eldest, survivors from Icarax’s time, had the ability, and apparently our future selves do.” Matanui said.“Well, it’s complicated.” Phoenix said.“And Norik discovered the technology how to, but it is not at all a common trait.” Matanui said.“And how does it work?” Nokama asked.“I do not truly know. I doubt even Phoenix does,” Matanui said. Phoenix shrugged. “but the pillars, if enough energy was available, and enough pillars were ready, have the potential to warp even a planet vast distances.” Matanui said. Hewkii didn’t look too happy to hear this.Hehehehehhee.“Ach! Enough of zis! Let’s have a song! Oooh, I know a gute vun! Ze itzy bitzy spider crawled up ze wasser spout! Along came ze rain und vasched ze spider out! It drowned in a puddle, und all its babies died! AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!” Blitztran laughed.iBrow, who was standing nearby, looked slightly disturbed by this. If he had had eyebrows, he would’ve raised them.I think that was an awfully clever line, don’t you think? I do. I’ll give myself a pat on the back for that one.Dakama walked up to Matanui. “So, what will we do now?” Dakama asked him.“It looks like we’ll have to rescue Norik, or if that’s not possible, take the pillars away and destroy them before the Deceptikuta get the chance to use them.” Matanui said. “I should leave the Sun Matrix here. If I should be killed on the moon, I do not want its power available to the Deceptikuta to use on the pillars.”“So.. we’re going to the moon?” Dakama asked.“iBrow, does your ship still work?” Matanui asked the leader of the Wreckinators.“Unless something has gotten past Omega Kaita, then yea, it should.” iBrow answered.“Then yes, Dakama, we’re going to the moon.” Matanui Prime said. And behind him, Blitztran laughed.END OF CHAPTERThat's right, ladies and gentlemen, next chapter Matanui Prime, the Wreckinators and maybe some other Autotoabots go to the moon!!!EXCITMENT!MTL

If they couldn't pull off actual sets, the least they could do would be some minifigs. I'd love me some creeper minifigs.

That's it. I don't think they could really do any sets of well, anything really of Minecraft, but they could do some "survival" type things, with zombies, skellies, creepers, etc.. All though I would enjoy some sets about the Yogscast :PMTL

Eh, doesn't really do anything for me.MTL

Nex is.... freaky. So he's like an actual robot? Wait, he can't be if Pridak's rubbery sword thing popped of armour. But you said he was robot! I'm so confused!Well, not really, aside from that I know what's going on. It sound like Tahu Mata and whatever friends he finds will become "la resistence".So, when a Bionicle dies, can they be brought back to life? Because Irnakk went back with the Barraki to kill Tahu Mata, but Irnakk was back in the present riping Matau apart. Or was that the Irnakk of a different timeline?ARRGHH! I'm probably over-thinking this way too much..Nice chapter by the way.MTL

If I do remember correctly, I think it was nearly 90% (or something outrageous like that) of the German Army (Wehrmacht) was invovled against the Russians during the failed Blitzkrieg into Russia (Operation Barbarossa). They lost basicaly because a) they Forgot Russia was so huge, and that it's very, very, very hard to basicaly walk from the border of Poland to Moscow http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.png they didn't exactly come prepared for the freezing winters and ridiculous muddy spring c) they focused on Stalingrad instead of Moscow and d) they attacked Russia. Now, if they had stayed focused on Western Europe and continued their shaky peace with Russia, they might've won the the Second World War (they made lots of mistakes in the west, but if they'd had the extra manpower...)I also think I heard somewhere that they launched their invasion the same day Napolean launched his failed invasion into Russia (not sure on this one), which was unusual for a very superstitious man like der Fuehrer.That's all I really have to say...MTL

All of the talk about flying horses I've seen nothing of in the game. The only problem I have is the crashing thing - I'll be hopping around, and suddenly *CRASH* broken game.One time it was a blue screen, but all the other times it was just the game.Final Note - Finished the Stormcloak quests. I had Ulfric kill the General, since "the honor is yours". I was disappointed a bit - I wanted to see his head roll away. That's what they wanted mine to do in Helgen. <_<Who was it that used Ohdaviing in Whiterun? Try using it in the Battle for Solitude. I'm not sure which one of us killed more Imperials before I figured out where the castle was, but they were everywhere.Charred and chopped up.Side Final Note - What kind of dragon is he supposed to be? When I was trying to trap him, he did more damage than I believe the Elder Dragon who attacked me in the College did. He's also a much different color. So I don't know.Basically the question is - how powerful is he? Levelled or set?-Toa Levacius Zehvor

In the quest where you have to capture Odahviing, he's invincible for that part, which resulted in me dying ALOT.I also finished the main quest! I was a little disapointed with Alduin, he was so easy to kill, but I did have those Nord Heros with me.... And I talked to Ysgramor, which was neat. All those Nords were wearing very light armour (compared to me) though.And a shout to call Nord heros AFTER I get a shout to call a Dragon? I'll guess I could use indoors, but c'mon, that's a bit underwhelming.I also saw Ulfric in Sovngarde, which felt.. awkward. He seemed pretty happy when I killed Alduin..Skyrim is GOTY. No question.MTL

Haha, very good. Although that would be very, very, very frightening to here. The universe just sort of... singing...MTL

All launchers can hurt another Bionicle if used, in a "punch in the face" sort of way. However, launchers aren't used frequently because a lot of the stuff can get lost easily. And I'd be willing to bet none of the Barraki's squids can be found in the pond anymore.I believe one or two sets have used elemental powers once or twice as a joke, but they really can't.Also, I think a special/PSA might be in order with that meme.-ibrow

Those squids couldn't even shoot, so losing them in a pond would only help the Barraki.MTL

Fun Commentary: The exchange between Hewkii, Hafu and the Turaga at the beginning will always be one of my favourite parts. It just felt so well done to me. Originally, I forgot about Galcee in this chapter, but remembered her in the next one, so I wrote her in as having been busy fighting Daedulus. And I do not remember why I called it Lego-City, other than I did. Weird.TRANSONICLECHAPTER 16THE BATTLE OF LEGO-CTIY, PART 1 ENTERING LEGO-CITY, PO-METRUThe massive convoy of Autotoabots had finally made it to Lego City, minus Matanui who was delayed with taking down Krekkacrusher and Wreckdak, and Galcee, who was fighting Daedulus. Hydraxhide and Dakama Prime transmoced to take control of the situation. “Alright, Phoenix, Tahkan, you’re going to take control of the skies. Lezz, Vakama Maximus, you head to the road where we came from and see if we were followed here.” Hydraxhide ordered. Phoenix, Tahkan Metra, Lezz and Vakama Maximus went to their posts.“Pohatubee, Wipeout, Kopatchet and Blue Flame, you stay here with the Matoran.” Dakama said.“What are you guys going to do?” Wipeout asked.“Stay here of course.” Hydraxhide said as he walked down the street. Hewkii and Hafu went to a nearby pawnshop to try and get a radio. The owner looked unimpressed with their sand covered clothes. Wait, what?“Alright, vhy iz you all ov ze sand covered in mein shop?” the old Turaga asked.“We just came from Voya-Nui. But that’s not important. What is important is that we need some communications software or something.” Hewkii said with a stern tone.“’Cuz we forgot to bring any.” Hafu said, a little sheepishly. They’d brought weapons, Matoran and Autotoabots aplenty, but they didn’t have a single cell phone between them. Hahli had thought she had one, but it had at some point jumped out of her purse or something.“Vat iz important iz zat you need sum ov mein Metru famoose jaAm. Iz good, ja.” the shop Turaga said. Hewkii face palmed.“Can I has some jaAm?” Hafu asked. Hewkii face palmed again and then slapped Hafu. “Ouchies.” Hafu said, rubbing his sore face. Hewkii turned back to the turaga.“Look, we need some communications stuff, like, like, that old phone behind you!” Hewkii said, frantically pointing at the phone.“Vat, zat old thing? You have to be kidding me. Have some jaAm instead.” the Turaga said, ignoring the fact she would get much more money from the phone.“Enough with the jaAm!” Hewkii said angrily, knocking the jaAm out of the old Turaga’s hands. “Fine! Have ze old thing. But jaAm vould ve better. Vere iz joor money.” she said.“Finally! Hafu, lend me some money.” Hewkii said, not looking at his comrade. Hafu didn’t answer.“Hafu?” A FEW MINUTES LATER“You moron! I had to sell my watch for this stupid phone!” Hewkii yelled at Hafu, slapping his friend in the back of the head.“Sorry.” he said. Hafu took the radio from Hewkii, starting to call for some help. “SOCKS military, do you cop-” Hafu stopped before he could finish.“What is it?” Jaller asked, running up to the two.“They’ve already sent an F-22.….and a jet whose make I can’t tell.” Hafu said, staring at the sky.“That’s not a Matoran jet!” Hewkii cried out.“Sleedat!” Blue Flame yelled running at the Matoran. Pohatubee, Wipeout, Dakama Prime, Kopatchet and Hydraxhide ran up behind the blue sportster. “Get back! All of you! That’s probably Nihiscream with her!” Hydraxhide yelled, readying his cannons.“<Phoniex! Tahkan! Sleedat and Nihiscream heading your way!>“ Dakama said to them through a com signal.“<Is it now? I got a score to settle with ‘screamer.”> Tahkan sent back to the giant Autotoabot. Tahkan sped ahead of Phoenix and fired his own weaponry, but Nihiscream and Sleedat were far more agile than the Ussanui alt mode of Tahkan. Nihiscream personally fired his missiles at Tahkan, which sent the silver Autotoabot careening down. Phoenix grabbed onto Tahkan, and in a burst of light, disappeared with his fellow Autotoabot. “Did they get blown up?” Jaller said, worried. “No, I think they teleported....” Kopatchet said, a bit unsure. “Teleported? How?” Jaller asked. “Phoenix is from the future. I guess he can do that.” Kopatchet said, then noticing that Sleedat and Nihiscream were heading for the Autotoabots now. “Get back! Back!” Hydraxhide yelled to the Autotoabots and Matoran. The Autotoabots and Matoran forced their ways into alleys, trying to get out of view of the Deceptikuta jets. Pohatubee ran up and lifted up part of a semi truck, for some unexplainable reason. Perhaps a distraction? How heroic. Hydraxhide thought it was less so. “No!” he yelled, running towards Pohatubee, but it was too late. The missiles from the Deceptikuta blew the truck to pieces, sending Pohatubee flying one way, and his legs another. “Pohatubee!” Jaller yelled, running to his friend. Nihiscream and Sleedat zoomed past. “Kopatchet! Get over here!” Hydraxhide yelled to Kopatchet. “Oh my, it appears he has suffered some damage to his lower body.” Kopatchet said. “Of course he has you tin head! His legs got blown off!” Hydraxhide said rather angrily. “Hey, no need for that kind of language. Blue Flame, help me try and get Pohatubee out of harm’s way.” Kopatchet said. He and Blue Flame moved Pohatubee off of the street, all the while Jaller tried to comfort his friend. Wipeout ran up tried to help, but all he could really do was say words of encouragement. Hydraxhide and Dakama surveyed the skies. “They’ll be back, with the rest of their tin-headed friends.” Hydraxhide said. “We’ll need to get the AllShiny out of here. We shouldn’t have come to a Matoran city with it.” Dakama said. “Yo!” Lezz yelled from behind them. They turned to see Lezz and Vakama Maximus running over, each covered in burn marks.“What happened to you guys?” Hewkii asked.“Giant, fire-breathin’ dinosaur-thing, blowing up main street.” Lezz said, limping a teeny bit.“Giant what?” Hafu asked, looking out for the scary monster. Just then Dreaddude ran out, flipping one of the Matoran’s vehicles.“RRROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!” Dreaddude, well, roared. Kopatchet pushed Vakama Maximus and Lezz back to the others, and raised his machine gun, and was about to fire when he was hit by a rocket.“AARRGH!” Kopatchet yelled as he flew into a parking lot. Dakama, Hydraxhide, Wipeout, Lezz, Blue Flame, Vakama Maximus and the Matoran turned to see where the source of the rocket came from. A tank drove up, crushing vehicles as he closed in on the Autotoabots.“Bradak!” Blue Flame yelled out, turning one arm into his sniper rifle.“Battle positions!” Dakama yelled out. He looked up and saw a massive, MH-52 pave-low helicopter fly up to the group. The giant Deceptikuta transmoced and walked towards the group, his rotor blade weapon spinning.“Blacktaka too!” Dakama yelled again.“Well, this should be fun.” Hydraxhide said, raising his cannons.All Karzahni was about to break lose.END OF CHAPTER MTL

iBrow, Tahu Nuva needs to buy a vahi off of eBay and fix this mess. Either that or Nex 2.0 should get in the time machine, save Tahu Mata, and then go back to the future.

Why on earth would Nex 2.0 save Tahu Mata?Also the Bionicle sets do own a Vahi. But they're toys- it doesn't work.Chapter 6 coming this weekend, and I hope you guys enjoy it.-ibrow

A Vahi doesn't work, but a time machine does?Ofcourse, Tahu Mata didn't use his mask of shielding, so I guess they don't have mask powers... but still...MTL

Well, I finsihed the civil war on the Imperial side. I must say, I was slightly disapointed with Ulfric. I mean, he didn't even have any armour on. He met me, Tullius and Rikke in his pajamas basically. And he didn't fight to well either. Of course, I did use unrelenting force on him as soon as I got the chance, then took out all his health with my 60 damage Blades sword (exquisite). Then his buddy, Galmor Stone-Fist attacked me, and with one epic finishing move I cut him through. Then Ulfric said "Have the Dragonborn kill me, it'll make a better song." Since I didn't end up using a finisher on him, it wasn't all that impressive.The nextthing I did was the quest where you have to trap Odahviing. It took me 5 tries before I tried running away down the room and he got caught in the traps. I felt so stupid, although it's nice having the "call dragon" shout now.And my wife was OK, she just decided to be fashionably late arriving to our wedding. And when he walked outside, we got attacked by a blood dragon. A day to remember indeed!MTL

Blackreach is just gorgeous. I don't think I've explored all of it quite yet (feels like I've spent an ungodly amount of time there, though), but from the first moment I entered it during the main quest I was all "WoooaaaahhhAAHHH WHERE'D THE DWEMER SPHERE COME FROM??"

I got out of it and ended up near Whiterun. It's huge! I don't think I got anywhere even close to half of it checked out.MTL

Could you direct me to a list (or if there is none, tell me) of what BIONICLE sets are alive and which are dead?Oh, and I knew enough Latin to translate that prehumous joke. Cleaver.

Awesome! I thought I sort of sank myself there...MTL

Caster gas driver? What?Anyway, you seem to have blown Kongu's sucking up abilities out of proportion.

It's supposed to mean "greasy winter beaver pelts" which would have partly forshadowed Kongu being greasy and a suck up. That way, unless you didn't notice, he's supposed to Dylan Gould, who has.... less than good motives in the movie. I don't want to spoil it too much for anyone who somehow hasn't seen the film and is reading thi- wait a minute, there's only like, 4 people who read this, and I'm pretty sure they've all seen the film, so I'll go ahead and drop this; Dylan betrays the good guys in the movie, so Kongu...And incase, three installments later, you somehow don't know, Jaller is supposed to be Sam, Hahli is Mikaela (Ididn't switch out for Carly), and Jaller's parents are Sam's parents, Pohatubee is Bumblebee, and Blue Flame is a guest star. Wheeldax and Braindox are Wheelie and Brains, Lasorhawk is Lasorbeak, and Nihiscream is Starscream, and Flufskiron is a guest star.And Makutatron is Megatron, although if you couldn't figure that out, I don't think you even watched the movies.The next chapter will be..... in the near future. The interrogation of Blitztran will finally happen, then the Autotoabots will have too... well, it would be cruel of me to not spoil too much.So,MTL

About stopping the Dark Brotherhood, there is a way. I'll put it in spoilers just in case:Also, again, ManiacToaLaco, before you're completely done in Blackreach, Unrelenting Force shout that big orange globe hanging from the ceiling in the center.

Really now? Well then, guess I'm going to Windhelm....Oh, I got that Dragon. He missed me when I hit the orb and he landed on the other side of that big strucutre under the orb and started eating Falmer. I then got a chance to pepper him with arrows, then he finally got to me, and I did my first finishing move on a dragon when I killed him. Blackreach may have been the best dungeon I've ever done, if not the best, it's up there. Just too much fun.MTL

And if you killed Fyr for his Daedric armor... well, you're just messed up.

That reminds me, I think there's a full suit of Orcish armour in Loraskburhg (a small Orcish village near Karthsipre I think). I didn't pick it up since my inventory was almost full and there was a dragon attacking. They wanted me to bring them some troll fat and a daedra heart, which I got, and maybe they'll give me the armour for them...But no, it won't be that easy, will it?MTL

Nope. Don't get it. I feel stupid now.Also no way, a paradox. Absolutely NOT going to happen, in, say, Chapter 6 or something.... http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/sarcastic.gif -ibrow

Posthumous is like after someone is dead, like Heath Ledger got award for best supporting actor posthumously, and since pre (before) is the opposite of post (after), I guess pre-humous would mean "before death", so a "pre-humous success" would be "just before death success."Yea, it was really bad. :(No paradox in Chapter 6? I knew it! Wouldn't happen, even if I bet money on it or something.MTL

Oi!Fun commentary: Lots of dialogue in this one, lots of setting up stepping stones for more things. Yes, Kongu is Dylan, and yes, I did make him a bit over the top, but hey.... And yes, I know I said this chapter would have the Bltiztran interrogation, but there were things I needed to do with Jaller and company. I'll give you a hint as to what Blitztran's interrogation leads too; The Wreckinator's invisible ship, Phoenix Prime's starting-to-get-overused-teleporting ability and a crashed Autotoabot space ship.And Flufskiron's plan contains many steps, but is not too intricate. At the end, I'll explain it.TRANSONICLE 3: THE ULTIMATE DOOMCHAPTER 11CASTOR GRAS D’HIVER TA-METRU, NEAR THE COLISEUM, METRU-NUI “And turn this corner, yes, and that, no, and that one, and there we are!” Hahli said as Pohatubee and Blue Flame drove up in front of a huge building that very modern-artsy, and had many, many windows. “You work here?” Jaller asked as he looked up at the 15 story tower, and stepping out of Pohatubee at the same time. Woop-de-doo, he’s a multi-tasker. “And you never once bothered to ask if I even had a job.” Hahli said back to him. Jaller’s parents got out of Blue Flame, and were promptly impressed. “Hey Jaller, why didn’t you try and get a job here instead of pestering Takua?” Jaller’s dad said to him, and then laughed. “Because I don’t think I was loved as a child..” Jaller said under his breath. Inside Pohatubee, Wheeldax and Braindox jumped on the seats and looked at the building. “Snazy place. I call dibs on the top half!” Wheeldax said as he tried to crawl out the window. “Dibs!” Braindox said as he made his way to the window. “No you guys don’t! I don’t think Hahli’s boss would appreciate robots running around his building.” Jaller said. “OH COME ON!” Wheeldax yelled at him. Braindox tried to hide under the petals on the floor. “Hahli, get Wheeldax’s box.” Jaller said, still holding the pouting Wheeldax, who didn’t look very happy to hear “box.” “Uh, the box got sorta wrecked in the attack.” Hahli said. For some reason she looked rather sheepish.... Wheeldax however was only too happy to hear about the destruction of the much feared box. “Woohoo! Joy to the world! The deaf shall hear! The blind shall see! The short shall tall! Many an unanswered prayer has finally been answered!” Wheeldax cheered. “Be quiet ya big head.” Pohatubee said, cementing the reference if any one got it, “So, Jaller, me and Blue Flame have to sit out here?” Jaller looked a bit sorry about that. He put his hand on Pohatubee’s hood. “Sorry buddy, but Hahli’s boss might not be able to handle robots..” Jaller said. “Uh...” Hahli began to say. “Probably safer for him too.” Blue Flame said as Jaller’s parents took the last of their baggage out of Blue Flame’s trunk. Jaller’s mother fell over when Blue Flame spoke. “Don’t you ever talk like that when I’m right here! It scares the beMatanui out of me!” she yelled. “Sorry.” Blue Flame said, not sounding all that confident. “Jaller there’s something I need to tell you.” Hahli said. “Not now Hahli, we have to try and regain our cool here.” Jaller said. “Ah, this must be the much fabled Jaller Ithinkimbald!” a voice said. Jaller twitched violently when he heard his last name, but got control of himself and threw Wheeldax into Pohatubee as fast as he could, and then composed himself. “Well, you must be Hahli’s unheard of boss.” Jaller replied, not very friendly like. “Oh, you’re too kind. I’m more like her, observer. I just let her in the doors in the morning, and she just works away like a busy little beaver.” Hahli blushed at this, “Oh, silly me, I’ve forgotten to introduce myself, haven’t I? I am Kongu, last name Gould. Kongu Gould. Sounds like gold, doesn’t it?” Kongu said, smiling, reveal a gold tooth. Wait, Matoran have teeth? Wait a minute, Matoran have last names? Wait minute, giant robots? AAANNNYYYYWWAAAYYYYSS, Jaller gave Hahli the hairy eye, then sucked in his dignity and shook hands with Kongu. Personally, Jaller though Kongu’s hands were greasy and gross, but kept that to himself. And considering I doubt Matoran hands get like that, that was probably Jaller trying to find the worst in the situation. “Pleasure to meet you.” Jaller lied. Kongu smiled, once more showing off his blindingly white teeth, as well as his gold one. He then saw Jaller’s mother. “Why, who is this fine young specimen?” he said as he walked over to her. “Oh, shucks, you don’t have too.” Jaller’s mother giggled as Kongu came over and kissed her hand. As he brought his head away, she looked a bit saddened that it was over so quick. “And what might your name be? I assume it’s something beautiful, like Stella, as in stellar moon light, for that’s what I think of when I look upon you.” Kongu said. Jaller’s mother giggled violently at this, while Jaller looked on with a mixture of disgust and curiosity. He personally didn’t know what his mother’s name was. Jaller’s father looked mad, although he too, was curious to find out what his wife’s name was. “It’s Jaller’s mother. I was born Jaller’s Mother Magellan.” She answered. Jaller and his father were confused and slightly disturbed by that. “That’s a beautiful name.” Kongu said as he kissed her hand once more. Jaller’s mother giggled again at this. Kongu then went over to Jaller’s father. “Don’t you kiss my hand!” Jaller’s father warned. “Kiss your hand? Why would I dream of performing such a feminine action to such an obviously manly man?” Kongu said. Jaller’s father blushed and giggled like a school girl. “Oh shucks, stop!” he said. “You good sir, are a titan among men! A god among titans! You are above normal describing adjectives!” Kongu said. “Oh, you got me!” Jaller’s father said. As Kongu turned away, he smiled, almost sinisterly, and then layed his eyes up on Pohatubee, Jaller’s shiny yellow Camaro. “And this must be Pohatubee!” Kongu said. Jaller’s eyes nearly flew out of his head. “WWHHHHHHaaaaaaAAAAAAAAtttATTTT!!!” Jaller yelled. “Yea, Jaller I meant to tell you, I might’ve told him about the Autotoabots..” Hahli said, looking ashamed. “YOU DID WHAT NOW!” Jaller yelled at her, then controlled himself, “Why would you do that?” he asked. “It sort of slipped out.” Hahli said. “My, my, you are a most beautiful mode of transportation, if I do say so myself.” Kongu told Pohatubee. “Well, I mean, I can’t let Tahuswipe and Vakama Maximus be the only good looking ones, now can I?” Pohatubee indulged himself, and laughed along with Kongu at his little joke. Kongu then looked inside Pohatubee and saw Wheeldax and Braindox. “Ah, you must be Wheeldax! I’d recognize your mighty visage anywhere!” Kongu said. Wheeldax was very happy to hear that the mighty warrior goddess had put in a good word for him. “Well, y’know, I try, I try.” Wheeldax said, lining against the seat and pretending to check non-existent finger-nails. Jaller went over to Hahli, and in hushed tones, spoke to her. “You told him about Wheeldax!” he said. “I assure you, it wasn’t nearly as flattering as a mighty visage that I said!” Hahli said. Kongu then looked to Braindox. “And you are Braindox, I presume. Clearly your name does not lie!” “Braindox!” Braindox said, slapping his knees. “When did you tell him about Braindox! We’ve only had him an hour!” Jaller said. “I texted it to him!” Hahli responded. Kongu then spun around and pointed to Blue Flame. “Now, there’s a cultured and intelligent robot when I see one!” Kongu said. “Aw, I see what he’s doing! He’s appealing to our individual personalities and vanities in order to make an impression up on us! I like that!” Blue Flame said. “Ohhhh you got me!” Kongu said. Pohatubee revved his engine. “Blue Flame, you sounded an awful lot like Kopatchet there.” Pohatubee said, displeasure in his voice. “Was that supposed to be an insult, Pohatubee? Because if it was, it wasn’t very good.” Blue Flame said. “Wanna bet?” Pohatubee responded. “I’m not sure I need to, considering that I have definitive proof that your intent to insult me did not succeed in any way, shape or form.” Blue Flame said. Kongu, however, intervened. “Whoahohoho, calm down there cow-boys! Look, there’s a lovely garage around back that’s 50 feet tall. You can both chill out in there until Jaller and Hahli find a new home.” Kongu said. “50 feet you say...” Blue Flame said. “It is. Just follow the yellow brick road!” Kongu said, pointing to a literal yellow brick road that led around the building. “Why thank you.” Blue Flame said as he began to drive down it. Pohatubee, still near Jaller, spoke to him. “Will you by all right, Jaller? By yourself up there, I mean. I know you got Wheeldax and Braindox with you, but they’re not exactly.. competent.” They looked and saw Wheeldax and Braindox trying to get up the first step into the building. They were almost succeeding. Almost. “And until Tahkan Metra sends Wipeout over, you’ll be basically a sitting duck up there.” Pohatubee said. “I’ll, I’ll be fine Pohatubee. I just don’t think I’ll have much fun.” Jaller said. Nearby, Kongu had Wheeldax and Braindox on his shoulders, and was leading his mother and father by the hand into the front doors. Hahli followed carrying most of the baggage. “Hey, Pohatubee, I’ve been thinking about what this creepy Ko-Matoran said to me. He said the Deceptikuta were up to stuff, but that it didn’t concern me. But then we got attacked. And Braindox was sent into our house to try and kill us or something.” Jaller said. “You know Jaller, if they wanted you truly dead, Braindox, Enderth and Daedulus would’ve been on the other side of the island. They’re not what you’d call the most competent of Deceptikuta.” Pohatubee said. “Your right... so maybe Braindox is actually a tracking devise, or diversion from something else!” Jaller said. “Maybe. I wouldn’t go that far, even with him. You know how Wheeldax always said he’s a salvage scrap drone? Well, Braindox really is. Braindox’s name is similar to an oxymoron. He’s not intelligent at all.” Pohatubee said. “I noticed that much,” Jaller said, and he began contemplating what that creepy Ko-Matoran had said. “Maybe, when that Ko-Matoran said that the Deceptikuta were up to something, he was telling the truth, but when he said they’re not after me, he was lying on purpose to try and warn me!” “That’s a bit of a stretch, but it seems a bit likely.” Pohatubee said. “Pohatubee, we need to find that Ko-Matoran! Maybe he knows more about this!” Jaller said. “By chance, did that Ko-Matoran work in a large, green building?” Pohatubee asked. “Well, I didn’t pay much attention to the building, actually, but yea, green sounds right.” Jaller said. “Uh, well, perhaps my radio can explain it best. “ Pohatubee said, then switching over to his radio. <.... and in other news, a Ko-Matoran was apparently killed today when a wall mounted TV fell off the wall and exploded on his head. The TV had, some reason, been placed over a security camera, and experts suggest that the combined electrical force was enough to charge the TV enough that it could pull itself off the wall and detonate. Accidents like this are hard to avoid, no matter how ridiculous it may seem.> Jaller stared, rather blankly, at Pohatubee. “That may have been the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.” He said. “I’ve heard much worse than that, I assure you.” Pohatubee replied. “Well, Pohatubee, I guess you’ll need to try and find a friend for me. Do you remember 12345?” Jaller asked. “The Sector Six Po-Matoran agent who tried to have me frozen inside the Canyon of Unending Whispers, then we did all that crazy stuff finding Gunmetal and going to Voya-Nui? He might be familiar.” Pohatubee said. “Great. Find out where he is. I think I’ll need his help. I guess I should go into the building now and find out where I’m supposed to live now. It’s been nice talking to you Pohatubee. Wow, that’s a weird thing to say.” Jaller said. “I’ll find him, don’t worry.” Pohatubee said as he drove down the yellow brick road. From across the street, Lasorhawk watched this, most interested. ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE Nihiscream was locked in a chair, unable to move except for his head, and very much displeased with this turn of events. He had a feeling it would be one of the last journeys he’d be making, considering how unhappy Makutatron seemed with. Stupid, Nihiscream thought, stupid, stupid, stupid. Why didn’t I kill him when I had the chance? Because, he thought again, I was going to use him a proof of how much I was than him, he thought ruefully. Then there was the case of Norik Prime. Nihiscream had a bad feeling about him. He knew Flufskiron and Swiftinock were up to something, as he knew for a fact Flufskiron hadn’t had Norik killed. Oooh, I wonder if Flufskiron will have Makutatron killed, Nihiscream thought. He knew that Flufskiron was not fan of Makutatron, but he wasn’t sure how far Flufskiron would go with his displeasure. Speaking of which, Flufskiron walked in just then. “Ah, Nihiscream, how has your flight been so far?” he asked. “Not the best I’ve ever had, not the worst.” Nihiscream replied. It was best to appear indifferent in these situations, Nihiscream thought. “Really? Because I don’t know if you’re aware or not, but your very much going to die a painful death once we land. Makutatron is not known for his kindness. Or... intelligence.” Flufskiron said. Nihiscream remembered 3 years back when Shockvak had told him that he’d receive a painful death if he kept crossing Makutatron. Nihiscream had thought it ironic how Shockvak had ended up dying. Or so he thought. As it turns out, Dreadinock, one of Nihiscream’s least favourite Deceptikuta, and Blitztran, another of Nihiscream’s least favourite Deceptikuta, and brought Shockvak back to life. And what a joy that was. And then all of a sudden Nihiscream realized that Flufskiron had just called Makutatron stupid. “Well, at least I’m not the only who has noticed.” Nihiscream said, about as witty as he could muster. Flufskiron chuckled a bit (the Metrutronian equivalent, at least) and walked closer to Nihiscream, and rested one of his elbows on Nihiscream’s shoulder. Flufskiron was a bit taller than Nihiscream, but a lot bulkier, and weighed alot more, so Nihiscream didn’t quite appreciate this. “Why, Nihiscream, I realize you’re hardly my own level of intelligence, but you’re far more competent than Makutatron. Although I’m not sure you can fight nearly as well.” Flufskiron said. “Unlike him, I can talk without yelling all the time.” Nihiscream responded. That was about as good as he could do at the moment. “Not like that’s very hard. You see Nihiscream, I have a dream. A dream, of a more lethal, unyielding powerful Deceptikuta empire!” Flufskiron said, moving away from Nihiscream. “Really? Because I’m sure Makutatron had the same idea, and that’s what got us into this mess.” Nihiscream responded. “It was his dream of power, of the AllShiny. It was also Icarax.” Flufskiron said, “You did know Icarax, I presume?” “I had the chance; I can’t say I liked him anymore than Makutatron. He was stuck in a pizza box for most of the time I knew him.” Nihiscream said. “A what-box? Is that Matoran for tomb?” Flufskiron asked. “It’s similar. It’s a tomb for the remains of some dough-like creature, and they put its blood all over eat, then cut it up and eat it.” Nihiscream explained. Flufskiron made a face. “Disgusting creatures. I can applaud Makutatron’s hatred for the things, however. Admirable.” He said. “An inspiration to us all, indeed.” Nihiscream said, rather sarcastically. “Now, your point please, Flufskiron. I grow bored on the way to my execution.” Nihiscream said. “Oh, of course, how could I forget? Yes, well, when we land, I’m going to let you out of these restraints, I’ll take you to Makutatron, then we’ll kill him together.” Flufskiron said. Nihiscream was surprised with the brutally simple nature of this plan. He liked it. “Well, I think that’s a good way TO GET US BOTH KILLED!” Nihiscream said. Flufskiron smiled. “Nihiscream, Nihiscream, Nihiscream, you over-estimate Makutatron.” Flufskiron said. “I saw him rip an Autotoabot in half with his bare hands, then eat its spark. Unless I’m mistaken, that may be very high on the list of most frightening things I’ve ever seen.” To put that into perspective, that’s like me ripping a seven year old in half and eating his heart. Not exactly mentally pleasing, is it? “Yes, but that’s the old Makutatron. He’s been dead once and rebuilt using the parts of lesser Deceptikuta. You remember that forest battle, don’t you? Matanui Prime was able to beat you, some of your Strikers, Grindtaka and Makutatron by himself. Then at the Sun Eaterer, Matanui Prime shot off most Makutatron’s face using Makutatron’s own weapon! Nihiscream, Makutatron is not the fearsome warrior we once knew him to be! He might be able to kill legions of Deceptikuta drones by himself still, but who can’t? Face Nihiscream, Makutatron can be hurt,” Flufskiron turned one hand into a row of deadly spikes, “He can be killed.” Nihiscream looked at the spikes for a minute, then looked back to Flufskiron. “Flufskiron, what’s in it for me?” Nihiscream asked. “Your Strikers, once more, yours. Your ship, the Dinobot, once more yours. Your place in my new empire.” Flufskiron said. “I may have underestimated you, Flufskiron. You have a deal.” Nihiscream said, feeling good about his prospects. “Excellent, then the first steps of my plan is almost complete.” Flufskiron said as he rose to his full height. “First steps?” Nihiscream, once more thinking of Norik Prime. “Whoops, did I let that slip? Silly me. Silly me.” Flufskiron said, walking out the door. This’ll end well, Nihiscream thought, sarcastically. END OF CHAPTER If I got the French in the title wrong, please point it out.MTL