Tohunga Tahnok:
Article 153 ~ As is the case in real life, depending upon the decibel level, sound can cause a wide variety of debilitating physical effects ranging from minor irritation, to headaches, to pain so severe that a person loses consciousness. As for the other part of your question regarding Article 153, I'll leave that to Kohilå to answer.
Article 155 ~ A few quick points aside from the explanation I'm sure Zorrakh will give here. First, a Makuta need not be present for a mask to be infected for control at some later time. Second, a Kanohi need not be on the target at the time of its' infection. Third, just because typical members of the Matoran species and other weak-minded Kanohi-users don't exhibit the level of concentration necessary to control all aspects of a mask's power doesn't mean those abilities are totally useless.
Article 158 ~ Again, I'll leave it to Cap'n K to answer this question for you, but I would like to mention a few counter examples such as the Kiril and Kanoka of Regeneration, the Kualsi and Kanoka of Teleportation, the Obhkui and Kanoka of Enlargement, the Pehkui and Kanoka of Shrinkage, or the Rongoa and Kanoka of Poison Removal, for the record.
Article 159 ~ There are other masks such as the Rhokita, which calibrate themselves to the user, meanwhile others, like the Olisi, calibrate themselves to the target. Also, premonition would have been a fine mask description with me, except unlike the wide range of possible premonitions, the prospective mask power is specific to danger and danger alone.
Article 160 ~ The user need not concentrate while in hibernation, rather only to put themselves into it at the outset.
Article 162 ~ You can find your answers concerning those mask powers here, here, here, here, and here.
Let me know if you need further clarification on anything?
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Ausar;
Article 153- In which case, I will change my vote to Undecided. I'm posotive being able to create white noise whould be effective, but I still think there would be other ways to do that without the concentration needed to use a Kanohi.
Article 155- Still Nay. If there isn't a Makuta around, and the masks allows a Makuta to contol the infected target, I sill don't see how it would be effective. As for the infecting at a glance thing, I'm not saying that it's useless, however, since most beings can't access it, it makes the power impractible, at best.
Article 158- Thanks for the examples. I'd actually forgotten about those. In which case, I change my vote to Aye.
Article 159- Undecided. Bear in mind, the Olisi is a very powerful mask, and therefore would need special calibration for it's wearer.
Article 160- In which case, I change my vote to Aye.
Article 162- Facsinating mask powers, those are.*Waits for someone to get the Star Trek reference*
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