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My library is getting a little messy. Most of the stories can also be found linked in one of the collection posts on the side of the screen, but the few standalone pieces seemed to be buried in a wall of text, so this post will serve as a collection for stories that don’t belong in any other collection for your easy sorting pleasure. Multi-Part: -A Mind in Darkness: (Review) One of Turaga Nokama’s Kanohi has gone missing from the Ga-Suva. In order to retrieve it, Vhisola must convince Macku to come along with her, an uneasy alliance at best. -RoboRiders Re:Start: (Review) When a terrible Virus threatens a world adrift in cyberspace, living weapons known as RoboRiders are created to delete it. But is that all they are? Or does their life have just as much meaning as that of those they protect? -Out of Bounds: (Review) After hearing of a technology that could prove quite beneficial, Vhisola and Ehrye leave New Atero on a journey towards the Northern Frost. -Right of Law: (Review) Melding Antroz realizes she must choose between her loyalty to the Great Beings and her commitment to justice, and that either choice will have disastrous fallout. -Shooting Star Sonia: (Review) A rewrite of the first Mega Man Star Force game with Sonia Strumm/Harp Note as the protagonist. More has changed than who is in the lead, however—how will events unfold, and what new mysteries are there to solve? (OTC) -Shooting Star Sonia 2: Tribe: (Review) Two years have passed since Sonia destroyed Andromeda, and Earth has been peaceful ever since. But a darkness from the ancient past has been awakened, and Harp Note must once again fight, or else all of society might crumble away to nothing. (OTC) -Shooting Star Sonia 3: Red Joker: (Review) Earth has advanced rapidly in the year following the failed revival of Mu, but that development has come at a price: ever-rising levels of Noise, which are now being utilized by the nefarious organization known as Dealer. Harp Note has been asked to help WAZA thwart these criminals and control the danger posed by Noise, but it soon becomes apparent that far more is at stake. (OTC) One Shot: -Abyssal Obsession: Vhisola fears that a classmate is trying to get between her and Nokama, and takes matters into her own hands. -Opportunity for Ambition: Mavrah drags Tehutti off to see his latest discovery, but things take an unexpected turn. -Jumping Off of a Perfectly Fine Gukko: Kongu devises a new trick for the Gukko Force to practice. Orkahm is firmly against it. -The Retelling: A poem about the parallels between 01 and 06. -The Blade of Valor: A priestess is called to take up a legendary weapon, and must make her way to Lewa’s temple in order to slay the monster hiding within. -Broken Kanohi: A style experiment relating the loneliness of a now-useless mask. -Taking Home a Stray: Lurker is sent to explore Bara Magna, leading to a run-in with a Vorox. -The Principle of the Thing: Hahli places her trust in an unlikely place. -Towards No End: A Toa of Plasma, hunting for an ancient artifact, has a run in with a terrifying enemy. -The Yesterday Jest: A short comedy poking fun at one of the serials. Guess which one. -Malleable: The Bone Hunters go to trade off their latest captive. -Pillar and Pedestal: Toa Phoeba is sent to help one of her many troubled comrades. -An End Escaped: A villager of the Region of Stone desires to take Destiny into his own hands. -Slizer Mafia 2.8: A prologue for the game Slizer Mafia 3. -Second Star: After the Toa return to the stars, a new threat arises, and new heroes are chosen to fight it. -Toa of Fire: Tahu and Tahu meet up after G2's cancellation. -The Gargoyle Knight: In the Melding Universe, Makuta Antroz struggles to accept the discovery of alternate realities, all while figuring out what to do with an important criminal. -Detective Jaiya and the Baffling Barrier: A precious artifact is stolen from the Archives, and it's up to an Onu-Matoran detective and his Vahki partner to solve the case. -Tsukumogami Hunter: Tsukumogami: inanimate objects that have come to life, and display various spiritual powers. The Tea Caddy Order is a secret organization dedicated to finding tsukumogami all over the world, taming them, and keeping the public safe. Unfortunately, their newest member is proving to be a bit of trouble... (OTC) -Glimpse of Horizons: A wandering warrior comes across a kingdom veiled in eternal darkness. (OTC)
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This is a collection of stories and relevant blog posts for an idea of mine with the working title Divine Strength. It is a work in progress with a lot of work remaining, and some of what you see over the stories will include elements that were later changed or altered, so please forgive any contradictions you may find. I will definitely update the story section, but the blog post section may remain as it is—I haven’t decided yet. Blog Posts: (Some include excerpts from early drafts of the intended novel, they will be labelled with (Ex)) -On the Subject of the Queens -An Audience With the Queen of Light (Ex) -A Day in the Life (Ex) -One Queen to Another (Ex) -Progress with the Queens (Ex) -Ah, Yes, the Queens… -The Twelve Queens (Ex) -Pahrak Finally Posts Another Story -I’m Glad to Have Fiction Writing Back -Fiction Writing Class Continues -Do Flashbacks Work with Reincarnating Characters? -Revising the Backstory Stories: -A Recluse’s Dilemma: An FFFC entry that inspired the idea; not relevant to later iterations and only included for completion’s sake. -A Recluse’s Dilemma V2: A rewrite of the previous piece, longer and with more details on the Queens’ world. This is where I decided to pursue the concept separately. -Conference of Divinity: A draft for a scene where all the Queens met, used to establish how many Queens would be present. The number has since been reduced. -Alignment: A piece following Conference, establishing the queendom of Roche and some backstory for its Queens that is focused upon in several later pieces. -Despair of the Divine: A piece presenting a first-hand account of part of the backstory summarized in Alignment. -Divine Strength: Prelude: A draft of the prologue and first chapter of the novel. -Divine Clash: A longer, more detailed showing of War’s attack on Roche. -Mending: Takes place after Alignment and attempts a resolution at the conflict between the Queens of Roche. -Goddess of Evolution: Set nearly a year after Divine Clash, showing some of that piece’s consequences and looking a little more closely at the Queen of War. -Beyond Ruin: A series of pieces set at a turning point in the Queens' history, aiming to flesh out their characters.
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Legend: : Stories entered into the Fortnightly Flash Fiction contest when that was a thing. For a collection comprised solely of FFFC stories, click here. : Stories about the Queens. This idea began in an FFFC entry and has since expanded greatly, to the point where I am currently attempting to write an actual novel based around it. For a collection of the Queen stories and relevant blog posts, click here. : Poetry. : Stories about Generation 1. : Stories about Generation 2. : Stories included in the Okoto 579 series. For details on the series and a collection of the relevant stories, click here. : Reference Roulette stories. I went to BS01, hit the Random Page button, and wrote a story prompted by whatever page I got. Background: Several stories will have this link sitting next to their title; it will lead you to a blog post where I advertise the story and say a little bit about it. Comedies: -The Yesterday Jest: A short comedy poking fun at one of the serials. Guess which one. Epics: -A Mind in Darkness: (Review, Background) One of Turaga Nokama’s Kanohi has gone missing from the Ga-Suva. In order to retrieve it, Vhisola must convince Macku to come along with her, an uneasy alliance at best. -The Time of the Mask Makers: (Review) A very long time ago, there lived two brothers in the Region of Earth: Ekimu and Makuta. No one knew how these two and their creations would come to shape Okoto's destiny. -In Our Bones: (Review) Many millennia before the arrival of the Toa, there existed on Okoto a prosperous City, filled with a race thought to be naturally stronger than the villagers and gifted with mystic abilities. This City constantly fought with the villagers, and even sought to wipe them out. They may very well have succeeded…yet, time flowed in a different direction. -RoboRiders Re:Start: (Review) When a terrible Virus threatens a world adrift in cyberspace, living weapons known as RoboRiders are created to delete it. But is that all they are? Or does their life have just as much meaning as that of those they protect? -Out of Bounds: (Review) After hearing of a technology that could prove quite beneficial, Vhisola and Ehrye leave New Atero on a journey towards the Northern Frost. -Right of Law: (Review) Melding Antroz realizes she must choose between her loyalty to the Great Beings and her commitment to justice, and that either choice will have disastrous fallout. Short Stories: -A Machine’s Philosophy: Mourning the death of the Matoran Universe, Turaga Whenua pays one last visit to Metru-Nui. -Woe Betide: What was going through the mind of the Av-Matoran building Toa Canisters in Karzahni? -Bond of Heresy: Stripped of his title, cast out of his universe, and hated by all, Ahkmou must decide what to do next. -Averted Trial: Kualus and Onua go on a hunt for the Kanohi Dragon. -Make It Stop: Captured by two Skakdi, a Toa must either endure torture or sell out his allies. -Abyssal Obsession: Vhisola fears that a classmate is trying to get between her and Nokama, and takes matters into her own hands. -Risky Acquisition: Hahli takes a swim and finds an unfamiliar Rahi. -To Those Who Consider Themselves Toa: The conflict between Toa and Bohrok could be seen a few different ways. -Hint to Greatness: An ordinary day for Ehrye leads to something unexpected. -Shattering the Mask: When Vakama finally shows up, he has surprising news for Nuhrii. -Cheatsheet: Vhisola is close--so very close--to the end of her list. -Opportunity for Ambition: Mavrah drags Tehutti off to see his latest discovery, but things take an unexpected turn. -Jumping Off of a Perfectly Fine Gukko: Kongu devises a new trick for the Gukko Force to practice. Orkahm is firmly against it. -The Retelling: A poem about the parallels between 01 and 06. -The Blade of Valor: (Background) A priestess is called to take up a legendary weapon, and must make her way to Lewa’s temple in order to slay the monster hiding within. -Broken Kanohi: (Background) A style experiment relating the loneliness of a now-useless mask. -Taking Home a Stray: Lurker is sent to explore Bara Magna, leading to a run-in with a Vorox. -The Principle of the Thing: Hahli places her trust in an unlikely place. -Towards No End: A Toa of Plasma, hunting for an ancient artifact, has a run in with a terrifying enemy. -The Failure's Claim: The Masters have been repelled from the Ancient City, unable to retrieve the Mask of Creation from the Skull Grinder’s clutches. They have, however, stolen a device they believe will awaken Ekimu, and now all hope rests on the revived Mask Maker being enough to turn the tide against the undead inventor. -Strike of the Hour: Ekimu’s journey across Okoto has taken him to the Region of Ice, where a fellow blacksmith offers him shelter. The smith has a secret, however, and Ekimu may come to realize that a very shocking change is coming. -Malleable: The Bone Hunters go to trade off their latest captive. -Pillar and Pedestal: Toa Phoeba is sent to help one of her many troubled comrades. -An End Escaped: A villager of the Region of Stone desires to take Destiny into his own hands. -Slizer Mafia 2.8: A prologue to the game Slizer Mafia 3. -Second Star: After the Toa return to the stars, a new threat arises, and new heroes are chosen to fight it. -Toa of Fire: Tahu and Tahu meet up after G2's cancellation. -The Principles of Flame: Further details on Kardata, a martial arts style practiced in the world of Olkir. -The Twins of Justice: Introducing the Temple of Justice into Olkir. -The Gargoyle Knight: In the Melding Universe, Makuta Antroz struggles to accept the discovery of alternate realities, all while figuring out what to do with an important criminal. -Detective Jaiya and the Baffling Barrier: A precious artifact is stolen from the Archives, and it's up to an Onu-Matoran detective and his Vahki partner to solve the case. Off-Topic Culture: -Between Birth and Rebirth: A more pessimistic look at the concept of rebirth. -A Recluse’s Dilemma: A simple man with a simple problem: though he has two great loves, he can only be with one. -Magic Hour: Two lovers separated by unfathomable distance reunite on the equinox. -Preoccupation with Procrastination: A problem we've all faced. -Despair of the Divine: The Queen of Gravity returns from battle to find her queendom in a shocking state. -A Recluse’s Dilemma V2: An expanded version of the FFFC entry which delves a little deeper into the Queens’ world. -Conference of Divinity: Following on the troubling discovery made in “Dilemma V2”, the twelve Queens gather to discuss what must be done. -Alignment: The alliance of Queens comes together in preparation for whatever lies ahead. -Divine Strength: Prelude: A rough draft of the beginning of the story of the Queens. The Queen of Light runs her queendom as best she sees fit, all while investigating what might be an old nuisance back to cause more trouble. -Divine Clash: The Queens of the Land and Gravity attempt to lend aid to the Queen of Fire, but they know not what their opponent is truly after. -Shooting Star Sonia: (Review) A rewrite of the first Mega Man Star Force game with Sonia Strumm/Harp Note as the protagonist. More has changed than who is in the lead, however—how will events unfold, and what new mysteries are there to solve? -Mending: The Queen of Gravity crosses a line, and the Queen of the Land finds that she must make things change. -Tsukumogami Hunter: Tsukumogami: inanimate objects that have come to life, and display various spiritual powers. The Tea Caddy Order is a secret organization dedicated to finding tsukumogami all over the world, taming them, and keeping the public safe. Unfortunately, their newest member is proving to be a bit of trouble... -Goddess of Evolution: A year after invading Roche, the Queen of War receives an unexpected visitor. -Beyond Ruin: (Review) The Queens have slain the Ruinous, emerging from 300 years of war to begin forging an age of peace. The effects of their decisions may be felt for a very long time. -Shooting Star Sonia 2 Tribe: (Review) Two years have passed since Sonia destroyed Andromeda, and Earth has been peaceful ever since. But a darkness from the ancient past has been awakened, and Harp Note must once again fight, or else all of society might crumble away to nothing. -Glimpse of Horizons: A wandering warrior comes across a kingdom veiled in eternal darkness. -Shooting Star Sonia 3: Red Joker: (Review) Earth has advanced rapidly in the year following the failed revival of Mu, but that development has come at a price: ever-rising levels of Noise, which are now being utilized by the nefarious organization known as Dealer. Harp Note has been asked to help WAZA thwart these criminals and control the danger posed by Noise, but it soon becomes apparent that far more is at stake.
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(Chronicle of Heresy has been officially cancelled. This collection will be left for organizational purposes, but it will not be expanded or followed up on.) I've been doing more brainstorming about Chronicle of Heresy. Spoiler alert: Ahkmou and the other Great Disk Matoran are going to become Shadow Toa. Ahkmou got a starring role in the short story that this story will be continuing off of, and I did write a Vhisola story a while back, but I got to thinking. Really, none of these characters (except maybe Ahkmou) have all that much screentime, so it would probably be a good idea to take some time and make at least one short story each fleshing out how I want to represent them in the story. So this will be a collection post for those stories. Not sure yet if they'll all be canonical with Chronicle of Heresy, but they'll be related, at least. And since I really am working uphill on this, feel free to offer suggestions on how you'd like to see these Matoran represented. -Bond of Heresy, focusing on Ahkmou -Abyssal Obsession, focusing on Vhisola -Cheatsheet, focusing on Vhisola -Hint to Greatness, focusing on Ehrye -Shattering the Mask, focusing on Nuhrii -Opportunity for Ambition, focusing on Tehutti -Jumping Off of a Perfectly Fine Gukko, focusing on Orkahm
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Pahrak's Fortnightly Flash Fiction Contest Library
Pahrak Model ZX posted a blog entry in Mount Coronet
(With the demise of the FFFC, this entry will not be updated; it will, however, be left intact for organizational purposes.) Since I have a Master Post for Technic Coliseum and a website for Bioni-Lords, I figured I may as well compile all my FFFC entries somewhere too. Sorted by Bionicle or Off-Topic, and then organized by date with link, theme, if it received an Honorable Mention or won, and a brief summary. Bionicle: --A Machine’s Philosophy, Honorable Mention in “Surrender or Run” Mourning the death of the Matoran Universe, Turaga Whenua pays one last visit to Metru-Nui. --Woe Betide, Honorable Mention in “A Canister Ashore” What was going through the mind of the Av-Matoran building Toa Canisters in Karzahni? --Bond of Heresy, Winner of “The Village” Stripped of his title, cast out of his universe, and hated by all, Ahkmou must decide what to do next. --Averted Trial, Winner of "Trial by Fire" Kualus and Onua go on a hunt for the Kanohi Dragon. --Make It Stop, entered in "Trial by Fire" Captured by two Skakdi, a Toa must either endure torture or sell out his allies. --Risky Acquisition, entered in "Fish" Hahli takes a swim and finds an unfamiliar Rahi. --To Those Who Consider Themselves Toa, only entry in "Wake One, Wake Them All" The conflict between Toa and Bohrok could be seen a few different ways. --Hint to Greatness, entered in "Rise" An ordinary day for Ehrye leads to something unexpected. --Shattering the Mask, entered in "Rise" When Vakama finally shows up, he has surprising news for Nuhrii. --Cheatsheet, entered in "Now Only Five" Vhisola is close--so very close--to the end of her list. Off-Topic: --Between Birth and Rebirth, Honorable Mention in “Rebirth” A more pessimistic look at the concept of rebirth. --A Recluse’s Dilemma, Honorable Mention in “The Queens” A simple man with a simple problem: though he has two great loves, he can only be with one. --Magic Hour, entered in "Sunset Two lovers separated by unfathomable distance reunite on the equinox. --Preoccupation with Procrastination, entered in "Fall" A problem we've all faced. --Despair of the Divine, entered in "Unfortunate Event" The Queen of Gravity returns from battle to find her queendom in a shocking state. -
Due to numerous requests, I have set up the new Paper Mask Archive. Due to some issues, I noticed from the previous archive, I decided to just link to the files themselves and not as a ZIP folder.Thanks to Bionicle: Next Generation for the models! Current Masks Archived Hall of Fame. Finished Masks and other Bionicle Props by Me and Fellow Bionicle Fans Various Masks by CrunchbiteNuva Paper Kakama by Piruk-MRFFB Red Kualsi by Pleurodeles Waltl Red Hau by Pleurodeles Waltl Lewa Phantoka Sword by CrunchbiteNuva Kakama by Bulik DOWNLOAD: Numbered has numbers on the edges to guide you, Clean version does not. Sorry Guys, but I'm removing all download links until further notice. FAQ: Oh, awesome! What did you use to make these?I used a program called Pepakura designer which takes 3d models and allows me to make paper patterns from them. What materials do I need? Printer, a cutting tool, glue, ruler and paper. Printer paper is not recommended, too flimsy, cardstock [55lbs or 110 lbs] is preferred. Can I use thin cardboard? Sure! It's just a matter of getting the pieces onto the cardboard unless you have a laser printer. The two best ways is either affixing the printed paper onto the cardboard with glue, gluestick, or photo spray mount, OR transferring the ink from the printed paper with acrylic gel medium or acetone (I heard that this method won't work with inkjet printers) How would I fold the edges? The best way is to score them. Scoring is basically creating a indented line to help you fold the paper better [no old man wrinkles on the paper, m'kay?] So what you do is you grab either a Xacto knife or a pen and ruler. Line the edge with the ruler and lightly trace with the knife or trace hard with the pen. If you do this, folding will be a lot easier. I noticed some weird lines inside the pieces, should I cut there too? No, that's just the program being weird and they're close enough, not like you can cut and glue with nonexistent tabs anyway.. Use your best judgement to determine where you should cut or fold and where you should not. Great, I finished gluing everything together. Now how do I make it stronger? This is a tricky question that I can't really answer and best to search cosplay, armor-making, and props-making sites because I'm not quite experienced in this department and requires research on the materials used to ensure health and safety. Several methods exist but I tend to avoid the toxic routes which you will require a respirator that can protect against volatile organic vapors. Things like Fiberglass resin, epoxy resin, etc. fail under this category. Nontoxic routes which I'm sure your parents would rather do are: papier mache (grab a ClearCoat spray so that your work won't be sogged down by the wetness) the hot glue method method (melting a bunch of hot glue and pouring it on the back) or a nontoxic resin like AquaResin. How would I paint it? That's up to you! Usually one would have a base color coat, black acrylic paint for weathering and details and silver/light paint for highlights. But again it's your vision. Hey, can you make patterns for [insert mask name here]?I'm not the 3d modeler, I get these models from mostly Maphrox or B:NG and I just create the paper patterns. It simply depends if the requested mask has been modeled yet and even then the model needs to be modeled right so that my program can make accurate patterns from it. Good luck!
