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IC: The ShadeAnd through it he went indeed. It didn't seem to have much effect at first though. His blade kept on going towards it's target; Agni.But as the shadowy mist was now lifted, Tirokk could well enough see around him self, The Shade and Agni included. Right before his enemy hit spot on on it's target, Tirokk launched a large, speedy attack, not aimed for The Shade itself, but more or less for the gauntlet. Tirokk ripped the gauntlet off, but only because Agni managed to , taking The Shade with him.The gauntlet... he lost the gauntlet... NO!!!! The sun shone strong upon The Shade's bare body. It was paralized, unable to resist the strong effects of the sun... "I... have failed..." If Agni was going to do something now, it wouldn't matter, because right before he WOULD be able to do it, The Shade says; "You have not seen the last of me, toa..." In those spoken words, the essence of this being dissipated... He was gone.Tirokk stood up, looking down towards the place where his worst enemy had been a second ago. "We won the battle... but the war goes on... The Shade has been defeated, but not destroyed. He will return one day... and we better be prepared."

IC: The Shade "For someone trying to kill us this much, he's not doing a very good job..." In the next moment, huge shadow-spikes rose up from the ground, blocking both the two toa's path and line of sight. The next instant, fast shadow-vines shot up from the ground, launching at their feet. In the meanwhile, the shadow-spikes were producing pure shadow off them selves, making it even harder to see anything. "Well well well, seem you are in a bigger mess then before... And don't even think about using elemental powers to get out of this one, Agni, that simply won't work." In the next moment, The Shade launched it self into the mist. It didn't matter if they the wines had caught them, they would never see this attack coming... ----------------------------- IC: Ardoku The toa of plasma pranced into the Inn, went towards the inn-keeper and asked: "What's it cost to get a room in these parts?" And the innkeeper said: "It cost a few widgets, nothing to worry of." Ardoku put a few widgets on the table, and then he asked: "Which room would that be?" The inn-keeper said: "Room 12 it is me boy..." And the toa pranced towards the staircase... only to notice two toa (Mef and Valaria) sitting on a couch in the lobby. "Ain't that a cute lil couple." He says, unfortunately loud enough for them to hear... or fortunately, depends on how their reaction will be.......................... Ok, I'm done.

IC: The Shade"Nice try. I am powerful, but as everyone else with great power, I also have a weakness, and this gauntlet is the only thing between that and myself. Now prepare to die, although I like them unprepared just as well." In those words, he released a small wave of shadow, putting out the fire. He then formed a blade made of darkness, and charged towards Agni, trying to gut him, by the looks of it. But he had something comepletely different in mind. Unknown to Agni, he had been charging a field of shadow around them, and now he activated it leaving the two in complete darkness. "Try getting out of this one, officer!"......"Ouch!" The blast had hit him hard, but otherwise he was fine. He stood up, looked upon Agni and The Shade, then charged with full speed at The Shade... Only to trip by a shadow-wine. Shadow-spikes then began emerging from the ground around Tirokk. "Uh oh!"...----------------------------IC: ArdokuThe trio walked into Po-Koro, the laughing guards closing the gates behind them. "Sighs, talk about a failed entry. Well, I guess we're here, safe and sound, eh? That concludes our contract then. See you around..." And then he was off, leaving Fehron and Kranuka to them selves...

IC: The Shade"NO!!!" The Shade dodged Agni's attack on the gauntlet, then disappeared to a few bios away from Agni. "So, you've figured it out then? No matter, you won't get this close again..." And then, he shot thousands of tiny shadowshards at the toa......Agni's distraction was enough to weaken the tenticles, if even just a bit, but enough for Tirokk to break out of his dark imprisonment. He then sped towards his enemy, about to aim for the gauntlet......Only to be thrown back by an intense blast of shadow. "Fool, you will never defeat me, I am way out of your league..." He then concentrated back on Agni...

OOC: Sorry about not mentioning it, but The Shade is pure shadow, it can move at blinding speeds when it wants to, so here's the plan:IC: Tirokk"See the gauntlet on it's arm?" Tirokk shook his head in The Shade's direction... "If he tore one of the gauntlet's off, then why not both? He must have it on for a reason, try getting it off of him... If you can that is." Tirokk struggled even more, but to no avail, there was just no escaping from this situation with brute force......Meanwhile, after no threat being posed from the explosion, The Shade looked amusingly at the two; "Think you're up to it, Agni? You can't harm me, you can't run from me. Give up, and perhaps I'll make your death painless..." The Shade smiled manically, then threw a small bolt of shadow at him, not meant as a direct attack, but more as a taunt...

IC: The Shade"Oh please!" It said, now standing behind Agni. The Shade then stabbed its knife towards the toa's back...----------------------Before that, Tirokk had realized what had to be done to defeat this menace. "AGNI!!! GET OVER HERE!!!!" And then, he watched as The Shade's knife went towards it's target...

IC: The ShadeAgni's attack just missed The Shade's legs, as it wrapped it's tenticles around Tirokk. He resisted them, but to no avail. The Shade then quickly stuck the tenticles into the ground, then turned to face Agni. He unsceathed a long knife and pointed it at Agni; "Come and get me, big boy."---------------------------------Tirokk, although disabled, was in no danger at the moment. The tenticles tried to crush through his armor, but to absolutely no avail at all. Tirokk looked at Agni, then at The Shade. "How are we gonna stop something that can't be cut to death, can't be physically damaged, and is too fast for elemental attacks to defeat it?" He thought... Wait a minute, the gauntlet, he had thrown one away, but the other one was still on. Why would he keep that on? And then he knew what had to be done...

Well, I got a glass with images of grass and sheep on it, an icecube form for icecubes shaped like vampireteeth, some book, a white long-sleeve shirt, a ton of socks, and last, but most defenately not least, I got Skyrim...

IC: ArdokuThe toa of plasma (VERY) slowly stood up, shook some of the sand off him self, then looked around. He saw only a desert."Where'd the village go?" He turned around. There the village was, right in front of him. "Oh, there it is... LETS GO!!!" And then he fell...

IC: Tirokk"Hit and run? Ok... I guess..." And just then, The Shade launched a shadow-wave at the two. Agni managed to teleport away in time, the same could not be said about Tirokk. The wave, much more intense than before, hit him with full force, flinging him off his feet. He landed on his back, no real harm done. "THATS IT!!!" He launched a massive iron boulder at his enemy, the boulder hitting with full force......To no avail, the shade was completely unaffected by this attack. "Can't do better then that, toa?" He says smugly, launcing a large bolt of shadow towards Tirokk. He managed to dodge, but not before a few of The Shade's shadow-tenticles caught him......No problem, he simply activated his Kakama, and sped his way out of this trap. He sped towards Agni; "You got a plan, mate?"......The Shade jumps towards the duo, launching shadow-tenticles from his arms, seeking to tear the two apart. "You won't survive this, my good sirs... you are going to regret ever having crossed my path!!!"... --------------------------------IC: Ardoku"There it is!!!" Luckily, that was indeed the village, but still a very long way to go... "I think we lost them..." Ardoku says, referring to the swarm of nui-rama that were chasing them earlier. "Let's go back down, we don't want you to drain all your elemental energy, now do we?"...

OOC: Well, I could say the same about you instantly figuring out that The Shade was on the roof... Maybe I should have specified that he used his shadow powers to stealthily get up to the roof... No matter now though... Let's just continue.IC: The ShadeThe Iron shards hit spot on, ripping through his disguise, revealing the black abyss underneath. Shadow flooded out from the wounds, encircling him and then fading in the immense sunlight. Problem was, there was no way to fix this. Some of the shards hit the gauntlet, rendering it completely useless. "Well, seems I won't be needing this then..." And in those words, he rips the gauntlet off, revealing the true being underneath......"Uh oh... Agni, are you alright?" One of the shadow bolts had hit his friend in the shoulder, but realizing the intense armor around that place, he realized also that probably no damage was done. He now focused on his enemy, charging a large jump onto the building to deal with The Shade. He activated his Kakama and was about to jump......The Shade saw Tirokk preparing to launch himself upwards. He created a large wave of shadow, not a very strong move, and nothing compared to what he really had planned...

IC: The Shade"Oh please." The counter attack from Agni was expected, and as thus, he was ready. Dackelus simply sped to the side, the fireball posing no threat to him. He then launched five shadow bolts at Agni, aiming for his chest. But in that moment, something else, completely unexpected, happened...... For when Agni made his attack with the fireball, Tirokk himself concentrated greatly, creating a swarm of crude, yet extremely sharp iron shards. He then threw them in The Shade's direction...---------------------------------------------IC: ArdokuArdoku felt the his armor pull his body upwards, and it wasn't excactly the most comfortable of experiences. "Remember, I won't be able to assist you in fights, I completely depleted my elemental-energy back there..." He looked back towards the oncoming swarm of nui-rama. "... And you might want to go a little bit faster, Fehron..."

IC: The ShadeDackelus was thrown back by Agni's elbow-shot, then picked up by Tirokk and thrown into the nearest building. "So... your friend is here now, eh? Seems I'll have to get a little bit more serious then..." He smiled, as he gave off a lethal shockwave made of darkness......but the shockwave was nullified by Tirokks thick armor. (But Agni might still be in danger) Tirokk then rushed towards The Shade, his Kakama activated, his fists up high. He slammed them with full force where he thought his foe was, only to hit empty. The Shade was gone......not very far away though. Right on top on one of the roofs, he stood, gazing upon the two toa. "I'd better get rid of the other one first... Then I'll focus on Tirokk." In those thoughts, he charged a bolt of shadow, then threw it towards the toa of fire...----------------------------------"We fly, Kranuka. Fehron, you'll have to carry us both... are you capable of doing so?" Ardoku slowly stood up, and gazed towards the origin of the nui-rama's attack. "They will return, you can be sure of that."...

IC: ArdokuArdoku slowly stood up on to his feet, still maimed after the muaka. He put both his hands out and then put his palms together. He began to channel his energy into his palms, slowly but steadily charging it into a condensed plasma-bolt. The nui-rama were almost upon them. Now was time to act. He quickly seperated his hands, then slammed them (palms down) into the ground, releasing all the energy into it. He then concentrated on bending it to his will.Suddenly, a nui-rama launced an attack, stinger towards the head of Ardoku... But was then incinerated, with the other nui-rama, when a huge wall of plasma struck up from the earth. Ardoku tried to stand up, but fell back on his knees. He had just about used every bit of the elemental-energy found in his body, and he was extreamly weak now.

I have to admit, this looks really promising, I hope they release a set of Smaug, that in it self would be awesome... I look forward to the official release, but I also support Nuju, and his effort. I hope you will all do the same.-Gone underground-

Oh no... not... uggh... By the way, Nuju, don't let the official release bother you, Yours will probably exceed theirs, if not... O.O... never mind.-Gone underground-

IC: ArdokuArdoku gathered all the energy from within, and channeled it into his hands. He created a large, condensed bolt of plasma, that would explode upon impact. He readied him self, and was about to launch his attack, when yet another muaka attacked*. The toa of plasma lost balance, and almost lost his life, if he wouldn't have thrown the bolt away. The plasma landed, not perfectly, but sufficiently enough at the suppressed insects, incinirating most of them, and damaging the remaining ones greatly. But he wasn't out of danger yet, the muaka was still a threat. "That's it, you're going down..." He says, as he draws his twin pickaxes. He runs at the muaka, and hits with both his weapons, landing in the sand as the muaka swiftly moves out of the way. Ardoku draws his pickaxes back, and runs at the muaka once more, swinging his weapons, trying to land a hit. He eventually does, but then the muaka launches an assault, hitting Ardoku in the side. "Agggh!!!!" He falls down, loosing the pickaxes out of his hands. He looks back up. There it is, the muaka, circling it's soon-to-be prey...OOC: *Because there were multiple ones. The nui-kopen were the forces of makuta, sorry for not mentioning that earlier...

IC: ArdokuArdoku rose up to his feet. His drink would have to wait, that much was true... "Allright, I'm ready, I'm not going to fail at thi... oh no..." Ardoku had just noticed something, something really bad. "Uh, Fehron, look behind you, I think we have a bigger problem..." Right there, where he pointed, was a swarm of nui-kopen. And the nui-kopen were holding something, something really, really bad. Muaka. The toa of plasma looks back to Fehron. "Yeah, I don't know how to put this lightly, but I seriously think we need to RUN!!!!"

IC: Tirokk"I'll go ahead, you'll just have to catch up, ok?" He quickly said, and then he was off.Dackelus heard a swoosh-like sound, and then, he felt a punch in his back. Tirokk had caught up... He was lying on his knees, hands on the ground, as black smoke flooded from the wound in his back. "How did you find me so quickly?" "You forget our last encounter, it seems. Don't you remember?" Their last encounter resulted in the death of Tirokk's team, but it seemed to have had an another effect on Tirokk too. "I couldn't sense you because I wasn't expecting you here and now, but by concentrating, I could find you kios away." He now looked down upon his brought-down nemesis. "Prepare to die."In those spoken words, Dackelus sprang up, launched a few attacks here and there, to no avail. "You HAVE changed since our last meeting... A lot it seems." Suddenly, he took a leap over Tirokks head, and was about to escape...OOC: Queue to stop him, Vezok, you still have time to catch up... take your time...IC: ArdokuSoon enough, Po-Koro came into sight, although only in sights reach. It was still far, far away. "Well? Shall we?" And then he collapsed on his knees. "Need some water please..."

OOC: Of Course Mef and Valaria can join in, but I'll have to carry them... IC: Tirokk"Oh, I think you know who he is. Ever heard of 'The Shade?'." He knew Agni had. Who hadn't, after all this monster had done to this island. "I seek revenge upon him, and it would be greatly appreciated if you were to help." This time, he would make sure that this being would stay dead. --------------------------------------------------"Darn, if it weren't for this one scratch... " He continued to fade in and out from sight as he speedily ran through the whole of Po-Koro. And then, a thought occured to him. What if he were to change his disguise. Yes, that would work. He decided to change back to his Ta-Toa female alternate. He pressed a few buttons on the gauntlet... but nothing happened. "What the?" He realized, that when Tirkokk slapped his hand away, it must have damaged it, and now he was stuck in this disguise. That must also have been the reason for this scratch not 'healing'. ---------------------------------------------------"I don't want to come any closer to this map then necessary then" He said, as they continued their journey towards Po-Koro. They had been walking for quite some time now, and Ardoku was growing thirsty. "Can I... have some wat... water?" He said. He wasn't used to this much drought, and the effects of the black-ale were long gone. He was once more growing tired.... NO! He had a job to do and he would do it well. He was, after all, a toa, although that word was now rapidly losing it's meaning these days...

IC: TirokkAt first, Tirokk resisted Agnis grip with all his might, and he would have broken free and beat the karzahni out of Dackelus, if he wouldn't have realized that Agni was right. "You're right..." He relaxed... "...I'm sorry, It's just that... I..." His fellow toa's death seemed to have affected him a lot more than he originally thought. "I'm sorry Dack, I didn't mean to launch out like that..." Covering his face so that they wouldn't see the shadow leaking from the wound, he quickly input commands into the gauntlet (Nothing they would notice) to repair his mask. Soon enough, it was scratch-free, apart from a mark he left on purpose. "Oh, it's quite fine..." Dackelus slowly stood up, "Well, this is sure to leave a mark..." "Wait a minute, what's that leaking from your face?" Dackelus had forgotten a small scratch in his mask, and now the shadow clearly leaked from the wound in his disguise... "Uh, oh..." Dackelus sprang out, at blinding speed. "...Oh no! No, NO, NO!!!!" He suddenly realised the colossal mistake he had just made. Dackelus... he... IT WAS HIM!!!! "I can't let him get away!!! Agni, you can keep up can't you?" Tirokk was referring to that if he were to use his mask of quick-travel, he could follow up with Tirokk when using his Kakama... "Will you help me?" His face was dead serious now...OOC: It begins. So, Vezok, are you in or are you out?

I chase the matoran down and beat it to oblivion. I take the mask from it's cold hands and raise it up as a sign of epic victory... big mistake. Just in that moment, a vulture flies over and rips the mask from me...The mask is not mine

OOC: Last post here for the night for me as well...IC: The Shade"Well, considering you are probably the only Ta-Koro guard in Po-Koro that I know of, you were the only one I could look to." Dackelus looked back to Tirokk. "And as for you, that was quite rude of you, and if you were please to just..." He reaches out his hand "...let me have that tabl..." In the next instant, Tirokks huge fist landed perfectly in the face of the strange toa, throwing him across the room. "You are persistant, aren't you!!!" He yells, as he charges towards Dackelus...OOC: For anyone else in the area, let this event be, I kinda want Agni to step in to stop this, so yeah. Good night everyone!

IC: Tirokk"What's that you have?" Tirokk hears from behind... he turns to face Agni. "What? This?" He says, lifting up the tablet... "This dropped out of Volin's pocket's as he... well... how do I put it..." Unaware that the others (seemingly apart from Dackelus (He knows)) had heard of Volin's death, he found it hard to put a burdain on his friend's shoulders."Hmmmm..." Dackelus walks up to the two toa, and looks at the tablet. "Now what, forgive me for rephrasing you, is this?" Oh, he had seen this before, but he hadn't really known what it meant. Now was time for some explenations, now was time to know who had been stealing victims from him. "Allow me, if you will, to take a look at that..." He says, reaching out for the tablet...Only for his hand to be slapped away by the bulky toa of iron. "This discussion is between me and Agni, and unless you know something about this tablet that could be useful to me, keep away!" OOC: Let's shun the sadistic toa, shall we?

I simply walk up to you, slap you in the face, and try removing the mask from you. I am unsuccessful, and thus try reprogramming the universe. After inputting the new programming, I hit the button, AGAIN destroying the universe, and then letting it rematerialize, except that you still have the mask. I then decide to take up a plasmagun, and dissintegrate you, and take the mask as a trophy.The mask is mi... HEY!!! A matoran just stole the mask from me... COME HERE YOU!!!!!