BZPRPG - Ta-Wahi

[Void Emissary]

IC:

 

His hands busy with his disk launcher, I hoped Helios wouldn't mind too much my borrowing of his hammer. It's for an art project, mate, I promise! I also hoped he wouldn't mind its subsequent electrification, nor the impact of its head into the Jaga's that would be coming in the next ... oh ... thirty seconds?

 

"Giant monsters?" I asked, painting a grin over the memories of the Rama Hive, when I watched the sky turn black with bugs and Akinii bleed out in the dirt while monsters who used to be Turaga tried to rip us limb from limb. "No big deal."

 

And with that I charged, bringing the hammer (now crackling with electricity) in a downwards arc aimed straight for the scorpion's head.

 

-Void

[Hitoshura]

IC: Ryzen

 

Eh. I heard some talk about taking up arms around here. Not sure what all that's about, I'm trying not to get involved. Whatever. I suppose I should go home, if I even had one, or leave. Not gonna hang around with battles or anything of that sort.

 

I decided that the gates are my only option, but a risky one, since everyone will be there. Or at least someone who will notice me.

 

I still dont care. I'm leaving and that's it.

[25K Now!]

IC: Elysi

 

"Fun."

[Hanako Herupa]

IC:

 

The Captain calmly, painstakingly cut a corner off his Meatception Sirloin and ate it pensively. Halfway through the act of chewing, his jaw tightened and he looked down at his dinner once, tilting his head almost curiously at it, before cutting off another, bigger cube and eating that as well. The third cube, he politely, wordlessly held out to Kino, dangling off the edge of his knife.

 

She smiled and bit it off about as sultrily as he'd ever seen someone eat a cube of steak, unnecessarily wrapped in bacon - on his end, Angel's brow rose in bemusement - before taking a bite of her salmon. He shrugged and took another bite of his steak, with a particularly crispy bite of bacon affixed firmly to the outside of the cut. Mmm.

 

"What about you?" he asked, after overcoming a couple minutes of relative silence and a third of his steak. "What were you up to? Mercenary work must have been in high demand, last couple of years."

 

-Tyler

 

IC: (Kino)

 

"I did jobs here and there, honestly just your typical mercenary work. Had a friend I reunited with, we haven't see each other in a while." I sighed, stabbing my fork down into a scallop, savoring the sweetness of the sauce. I plucked another one up, holding it for him. "Truth be told Ta just become this stable place for me, and when your boss asked me to continuing work for him. There's also two amazingly attractive guys that like to hang around Ta-Koro. So quite simply, what's not to like here besides the heat?" I giggled.

[25K Now!]

IC: Ril

 

"Dude, you're pretty quiet."

[Franco]

IC: I grin at the one moving towards me; I had figured attacking her and her companion along with Thok was the right move. Too bad she sent one of my marriages down the drain, but I had plenty more babes to choose from in Mr. Manpurse. No big loss, anyway, as my goals had merely been to test my sweetpeas and exact me some vengeance for that rope trick. Testing this pair to see which one of us was best adapted just made it a package deal. Besides, that generation of water was quicker than any I'd seen and I hadn't yet seen masks looking like theirs. Maybe there was hope for a challenge in this world. Maybe the two of them would be a nice little warmup for my inevitable pulverizing of Thok's cranium.

 

Maybe they'd be as intelligent as their pursuit of him suggested and dash the ###### away.

 

"You know," I call over to her, grabbing my polearm in both hands, "You and your boyfriend here-," I nodded to the one engaging Thok, "-look pretty good as far as this business goes. I'm going to enjoy this."

 

I lengthen my grin and rev the saw. Then I plow through the emptying street towards my new target, charging with whirling blade overhead to split her skull at a lightning drop.

 

"I love cutting down competition."

Edited May 24, 2014 by Xenophilic Zeno

[Eyru]

IC (Oreius, Inu)

 

The saw hit flaming steel in a shower of sparks as twin blades caught the weapon in an 'X', spinning uselessly against metal that shimmered with heat,.

 

Oreius stared into the Piraka's face, his jaw set, teeth clenched, skin smoking. His eyes were cinders.

 

"You... don't defend," he grunted, muscles bulging as he struggled against the Skakdi's strength. "Go all in. Spend your strength. Weak"

[Constructelf]

IC Turo
"Six unsubs. Two located. Four unaccounted for-wait, make that two." Turo peered over the edge of a rooftop to find two suspiscious skakdi-Onu and Ko, apparently-engaging three toa-Ta, Ga, and Onu. "Ta and Ga-Toa have Onu-Skakdi marked, Onu-Toa is engaging Ko-Skakdi. Make distraction." Turo threw three of his throwing knives; two at the Ko-Skakdi, one at the Onu-Skakdi. He then darted away, hopping from roof to roof; he knew he wouldn't last ten seconds in a direct confrontation. Better to hit and run. And he needed pebbles for his sling, which would be his primary ranged weapon.

Edited May 24, 2014 by Last Son Amakusa

[Geardirector]

IC: Vygel-[Forest]-[Fighting a hueg Scorpion]

 

Vygel used his powers and lifted Helios.

 

"Shoot quickly! I still have to keep it pinned down!" Vygel was straining to keep the scorpion heavy and Helios light.

 

 

IC:

 

"Giant monsters?" I asked, painting a grin over the memories of the Rama Hive, when I watched the sky turn black with bugs and Akinii bleed out in the dirt while monsters who used to be Turaga tried to rip us limb from limb. "No big deal."

 

And with that I charged, bringing the hammer (now crackling with electricity) in a downwards arc aimed straight for the scorpion's head.

 

IC: Helios (Charred Forest)

 

"Guess it's hammertime" I said with a smirk as I flew up into the air by help of Vygel's elemental power.

 

I saw Plagia swing my hammer, bursting with power (did that sound wrong? It kinda did in my head), at the Nui-Jumbo, aiming at its head. I squinted at the stone on the creature's back, zoning everything else out as I took a deep breath and pulled the trigger, launching one of the disks in the direction of the stone.

[Ghosthands]

IC (Lohkar)

 

The three pirate ships were scrutinised in turn through the lens of a spyglass. The big one in the middle, the flagship, was not unlike the Fowadi - bulky, armoured, and heavily armed, though a little less so than the Po-Koronan ship, allowing for greater speed at the cost of less damage reduction. The other two were more like the 'Vika in size, but obviously far less elegant in design. They were heavier in armour and armament, too; a glance over the gun decks showed an arsenal dominated by light disk launchers of the type used for anti-personnel applications, with a handful of heavier ones interspersed between them - two fore, one starboard, port, and aft.

 

The smaller ships' guns were concentrated around their forecastles, with a collection of chasers almost rivaling those the 'Vika...had had. Their armour was arranged similarly.

 

Lohkar lowered his spyglass, a frown-and-smirk combination gracing his features. He had a plan.

 

"All hands on deck!" he barked, his voice carrying through the entirety of the ship and drawing the crew out like Rama from a hive.

 

Lohkar jumped down from the aftcastle and began striding towards the mizzenmast, roaring orders as he went.

 

"Midshipman, take the wheel!" he told Yasurek. "Bring us out wide along their flank, and take us as close as ya can past the aft o' the nearest ship.

 

"Doomslayer! Man the disk-turret an' get ready to give 'em karz. Oh, an' I'm gonna need that grinaed lawnchair o' yours.

 

"Tellus, get ready ta patch up any damage we take. I don't want a scratch on 'er!

 

"Lasinia, Floria, stay on the ship an' look after Mimira, an' take care of any would-be saboteurs.

 

"Gunner, Edubard, Ensis, Raknar, an' Sandy McDeathwish - grab your 'Lutu an' prepare ta board!

 

"Zmija," he said, turning to the final crew-member with a wink, "you're with me."

Edited May 24, 2014 by Ghosthands

[25K Now!]

IC: Lasinia

 

"Aye aye, blue guy."

[sunflower]

IC:

 

The three quite unfriendly-looking ships continued to lumber forward through the choppy waters around the jagged island towards the two vessels ahead. They gave no indication of deviating from their path, almost as if they were going to attempt to simply ram the Vika and Fowadi.

 

Aboard the larger of the three stood the pirate captain, his feet, one not his original, planted on the stained deck with his coat billowing around him as he held up a spyglass. He pulled it away from his eye after a moment, and his gaze sharpened in recognition. The massive Skakdi's head whipped to the side with an unexpectedly sudden movement, his beady eyes fixing themselves on a grey-armored Toa standing off to the side. The Toa gave a small nod, and the Captain began to speak.

 

"LOHKAR," he bellowed, his elementally-enhanced voice booming across water between the two ships.

 

"CONSORTING WITH THE GUARD, NOW ARE WE?"

 

The Skakdi raised a hand, before pulling it back down in a clenched fist. Around him, his ships suddenly sprang into life with a flurry of movement as beings of all walks of life made their way haphazardly to their stations.

 

The three ships picked up in speed, with the two smaller ones breaking off in what looked to be an attempt to cut off the Vika and Fowadi's escape, with the flagship continued it's unstoppable march forward.

 

With a crack, the first shots rang out from the pirate's ships, despite the fact that they were still out of range to exchange fire. Heavy metal disks impacted against the water, sending up huge sprays of water into the air.

 

IC:

 

The titanic beast shuddered underneath it's ever increasing weight, straining to keep itself up in the single-minded determination of the animal it was. The ground shook from it's footsteps as it rotated in place in an attempt to keep all of the being around within it's field of view, though it's attention was suddenly drawn from the red Skakdi circling through the trees to the more immediate threat of a teal-armored Toa of Lightning charging towards it.

 

The Nui Jaga uselessly snapped at the air, though Plagia was too quick for it in the Rahi's weight-down state. The electrified hammer blow cleanly fell through down onto the beast's head, giving off a resounding thwack that was quite satisfying, not to mention the crackling sound of electricity arcing onto the Jaga's shell, leaving behind blackened spots on the gleaming surface. The Jaga's head twitched violently from the attack, and it seemed Plagia had managed to stun the Rahi for a time.

 

That is, until it's back arched upward, and it's huge tail shot forward towards the space that said Toa of Lightning now occupied.

 

Luckly for Helio, the scorpion wasn't too concerned with flying objects that didn't look like immediate threats, and his upward travel wasn't challenged. With the beast distracted, and forced to a standstill by Plagia's elemental power, it was simple enough for him to line up the shot well enough. The disk flew through the air, hitting the embedded stone dead-on. The rock was dislodged from it's spot on the Nui Jaga's back, sliding down and off the creature.

 

However, the fact that it landed under the scorpion could hardly be called an improvement in position.

Edited May 24, 2014 by Gravity

[Shadowhawk]

OOC:

Rhea and Nero from Ko-Wahi. Rhea's currently located in the general vicinity of the ongoing conflict of adventurers vs. Nui-Jaga; Nero is... around. Somewhere.

IC: [ Rhea ] - Ta-Wahi / Charred Forest

In the tangled black shadows at the edge of ash, a brimstone huntress crouched motionless, blade in hand, dark streaks of soot smeared in mottled guerrilla whorls across her mask and armor. Her weight was shifted forward on her feet, her every sense keened and alert, but her slim figure betrayed no tension and her quick green eyes held a smoky humor.

Rhea Heartsflame, professional gypsy, was dusted from head to boot heel with mud and grime and cinders, her attire smudged with grass stains and rain-kissed earth. There was dried blood on her forearms, and carefully-stitched rents in her clothing, and a fresh bandage wrapped tight about her left wrist stood in stark contrast to her admittedly rather barbaric and unkempt appearance, and she was absolutely filthy and she'd never looked hotter in her life and she knew it.

Wild thing. Lived the wild, was the wild, looked best within it.

There was an odd sparkle in her gaze, and alone atop a rocky forest ridgeline, she remained, and watched the battle unfold in the gully below. Adventurers, plainly, of some cut or another, dueling a scorpion monster of majestic size and formidable power. They weren't doing a bad job of it, either, even if they were a slap-dash, happy-go-lucky bunch. Reminded her of old times, old campaigns... old rumbles in Makuta's reign.

Maybe in a minute, she'd step in. Land a blow or two. Kick some carapace. Show the guys what a real girl was made of, if they didn't stagger and swoon at the sight of her. If that happened, she'd just have to crush bugs all by her lonesome, and that wasn't a bad thing either. It had been a while since she'd had a nice little one-on-one.

Her smile flashed white in the gloom, and she almost laughed. Just because.

Life was good.

[Ghosthands]

IC (Korero)

 

As Jolek moved into position, Korero was already at the top of the roof. Giving a quick nod to the Toa of Magnetism, he raised a hand, concentrating on the smoke plume, and channeled his elemental energy.

 

Unnatural air currents formed above and within the Lavapool, sucking the 'clean' air out of the area the Piraka were holed up in - and like dirty water spiraling down a drain, the thick smoke was sucked in to replace it. In a matter of seconds, the inn's interior was smothered in smog. The Piraka's vision powers might allow them to see, but breathing was another matter.

 

IC (Lohkar)

 

It didn't take long for Ensis to match the Skakdi's enhanced voice with that of Lohkar.

 

"AN' I SEE YOU'RE CONSORTIN' WITH THE STUPID!" the Lesterin bellowed back. "SAME DIFFERENCE, REALLY."

Edited May 24, 2014 by Ghosthands

[The Drink]

IC: Here we go.

Focus. Draw it out of you, know it's there.

You can do this. Simple as pulling them in, like you dropped your weapon.

Get in tune with it. See those forces. Everything is metal here, you know what to look for.

 

Jolek did as he was told, taking deep breaths, relaxing and looking in.

He felt his energy rising to meet him. Hard part over.

Now all that was left was to yank somebody sideways.

Keeping his eyes free, Jolek waited.

Any second now.

[Void Emissary]

IC:

 

Oh fuc--

 

My Hau threw up a shield around me, keeping the stinger tail from ripping my head off or something equally unpleasant, but the force of the strike still sent me flying backwards. The hammer must've been knocked out of my hands too, because when I came too (belly-up in the ash, trying to catch my breath) I was unarmed again. Well isn't that just great.

 

Survival instincts flaring, I back-rolled into a crouch and shed my backpack, then surveyed the scene. Not much had changed, but the discolouration on the Jaga's back was now absent, meaning that Zauk's precious stone must've been knocked aside, and now sat underneath the scorpion.

 

...

 

Oh ######.

 

"Push it back!" I shouted before I snapped off a sturdy-looking branch from one of the dead trees around and launched it at the Jaga like a javelin. "Push the ###### back!"

 

IC:

 

"Have I ever mentioned your eloquent way with words, Captain?"

 

-Void

[pokemonlover360]

IC Yasurek - Infernavika:

 

"Before you two descend into witty banter, if you could please give us some thrust Gunner that would be most excellent," Yasurek commented from the helm. Looking out at the enemy ships, he could see their attempts at cutting off any escape. Fortunately, the Vika wasn't trying to escape. Instead, they were going on the offensive.

 

At his signal, wind filled the sails and the previously immobile ship shot forward, darting through the gap forming between the enemy ships. With a large amount of precision, Yasurek guided the 'Vika through the waves, using the larger ones as makeshift cover from a possible broadside. The smaller enemy ships, already turning away from the 'Vika's course, would be hard pressed to turn and mount any sort of offensive. Soon, the 'Vika was coming up behind one of the smaller ships.

 

"Commence boarding when ready, Captain Lohkar Sir."

 

OOC: edited to better fit the cunning plan.

Edited May 24, 2014 by pokemonlover360

[Hiram McDaniels]

Ic votaka

He got ahead of himself and rushed the in. The skakdi came out. They shot him. He was out. Nearly dead

[25K Now!]

IC: Elysi

 

"What?"

Edited May 24, 2014 by Fabulous Sunshine

[The Drink]

IC: What are you--

ffffff--

"You div, what are you doing?!"

He tried to push him back, but this was too abrupt, too sudden.

Come to your senses, -please!-

Edited May 24, 2014 by The Doc

[25K Now!]

OOC: To much like the lightning, which doth cease to be.

 

IC: Elysi

 

"Did that just happen?"

[Franco]

IC: "You like analysis? So do I!," I exclaim with a guffaw, forcing his blades down as he plays the Little-Toa-That-Could-Keep-Them-Up. A projectile from behind me is knocked away with the twirl of my drill."You look pret-ty steamed just now. Two possibilities provide causes: one, you've got a personal attachment to th' people of this place; two, I was wrong and you're th' boyfriend.

"Doesn't matter which," I continue. "You're attached to things other than yourself, boy. Attachments are another point of attack." Like the stance he's holding those swords in. I can help with that. Tapping my toes, I generate a miniature tremor beneath his legs. My left hand simultaneously slips from the saw to the zamor, whips it out, and fires for his midsection. He'll be shaken from his feet with a point-blank shot at his torso and a polearm keeping him down. Both stance and its possessor will be worse off in the true proof of my theory.

"So, you're weak."

Doomie saluted. "ME AND THE CAP'N/MAKIN' IT HAPPEN~!," He sung, patting his hands where his dearest GRINAED LAWNCHAIR typically resided at his shoulder, "BUT WHERE, OH, WHERE/IS MAH GRINAED LAWN-oh."

The cloak drifted to Lohkar's side, launcher cocooned in its fold. It offered the contraption to him silently.

"I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME, GADGET!," Doomslayer cried, shaking a gloved fist as he cried to Zmija. With a resigned mutter of "MEANY-PU," he hopped into position and began firing.

Edited May 25, 2014 by Xenophilic Zeno

[25K Now!]

IC: The Fourth

 

"They are terribly eccentric, aren't they?" remarked the Fourth from her place upon the Fowadi.

[Constructelf]

IC Merla

"Sir, permission to start stirring the water?" Merla asked Loren. "Or should I intercept their shots?"

Edited May 25, 2014 by Last Son Amakusa

[AlchemistMayCry]

IC: Veros & Crimeia (from Veros's POV), not far from the Lavapool Inn

 

I knelt on the top of a roof, perched like a giant bird of prey, surveying the carnage below. Alas, poor Lavapool Inn, we knew you well. Great food, lousy beds. Somehow it was still intact, yet smoldering. I could hear the sound of fighting below, and as much as I wanted to join in, I knew that wouldn't end well.

 

I heard a soft thump and Crimeia moved next to me, barely making a sound. She drew her bow and quietly nocked an arrow. "Situation?"

 

"Dire," I replied. "Well, at least for anyone in the Lavapool Inn."

 

Crim nodded and pulled back on her bow, readying the arrow.

 

"What in the name of karzahni are you doing?"

 

"If it hits something, or if we get attacked back, then we can decide if we should help or not."

 

I glared at her. "How about no. Put down the bow. I got a better plan."

 

Crim pouted and put her bow away, decloaking. "You're no fun."

 

"No, I'm smart." I stood up and cupped my hands. "DOES ANYONE NEED ANY HELP DOWN THERE?!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

 

Crim shook her head. "Some plan."

 

OOC: Veros and Crimeia open for interaction.

[25K Now!]

IC: Elysi

 

"Oh joy," said a voice from a nearby alleyway. "More people. Come over here."

[The Drink]

IC: "DOES ANYONE NEED HELP DOWN THERE?"

What the--

"Oh for Nui's sake..."

He turned to the two figures a few roofs away. raising a hand, he gave one a weak, yet sharp and distinct tug in his direction. More to fill in.

Using this too much today.

As he'd hopefully gotten their attention, Jolek pointed to Votaka and then began to wave them over to his alleyway. They needed to get him out of the open, and fast.

This was why he let Tarex organize things. As soon as he found him again, he was going to be the one to handle this. He's type-A enough for it. Jol, not so much.

Edited May 25, 2014 by The Doc

[25K Now!]

IC: Elysi

 

"Getting crowded, isn't it Jolek?"

[The Drink]

IC: Being roughly two blocks away diagonally, Jolek could not hear his snarking-buddy's words.

However, he did see the look on her face, which was enough to get the message across.

He returned it with one of his own, eyebrow raised and mouth half-grinning in that uniquely sardonic, "this is ridiculous, isn't it" way, and a quick nod of agreement.

Way crowded.

He turned back to the two up top, motioning again for them to please grab Votaka and get over here.

[25K Now!]

IC: Elysi

 

Elysi let out a short chuckle.

 

"This wasn't how I expected to be spending my day," she remarked to no one in particular.

[AlchemistMayCry]

IC: Veros and Crimeia

 

My eyes widened. I saw someone waving at us in the alleyway near the inn. And things were going to heat up fast. "Crim, cover me!" I said, leaping off my perch into a graceful dive before blinking out of existence and reappearing on the ground. I blinked again and again, arriving in the alleyway where I saw a Toa of Magnetism waving weakly. One blink again, and I was by their side. "The Calvary's here," I said, glancing up and around. I saw Crimeia on a rooftop nearby, three arrows trained on the alleyway. "Probably no time for introductions, but the name's Veros. I'll get you outta here."

[The Drink]

IC: What the--

NO!

Jolek roughly grabbed Veros by the shoulders and bodily spun him, jabbing a finger towards Votaka.

"Him. Not me, I'm fine. Get Votaka, who's out in the open. Go!"

This was going south, quickly. Miscommunication murdered any halfway decent strategy. This was getting way more stressful than he'd have liked.

Edited May 25, 2014 by The Doc

[AlchemistMayCry]

IC: Veros and Crimeia

 

"Don't need to tell me twice!" I said, dashing to Votaka that the Toa of Magnetism pointed out. I grabbed Votaka, heaving him onto my shoulders before throwing him into the air and blinking out of existence and catching the body, landing near the Toa of Magnetism. I put Votaka down and gave him a look over: he wasn't in good shape. Bleeding profusely from several wounds. "This is gonna sting, friend," I said, heating up my fingers with plasma. "This ought to keep you alive until we get you to a healer." I pressed the plasma-fied fingers gingerly on his wounds, cauterizing them instantly. I looked back up at Crim. "Crim! Get down here!" She nodded and descended from the roof, landing by the alley's entrance and ran in, bow at the ready.

 

"This guy doesn't look too good, Ver," she said, surveying around, loosing a few arrows just in case.

 

"Less talk, more protection!" I said. "I need to cauterize these wounds before loses all of his blood!"

 

"Can do!"

 

I glanced up at the Toa of Magnetism. "What the karz happened?" only a few more wounds to close. Karz it, I'm a fighter, not a doctor!

[25K Now!]

IC: Elysi

 

"You know," said Elysi blandly, the arrows clattering to the floor of the alleyway as her mask's forcefield dissipated. "The enemy is over there."

 

She gestured over at the ruined Lavapool.

[The Drink]

IC: "He got impatient and rushed out towards them. Right now, we're smoking the two that did this," he said, gesturing to the ruins in front of them, "out. Literally, we've a Toa of Air on that right now."

"The plan is to separate them as soon as we can. Divide and conquer. That's why I'm here. Get one off over here while the others choose their targets." he explained.

[AlchemistMayCry]

IC: Veros and Crimeia

 

I shook my head, finishing cauterizing all of Votaka's wounds. I almost wanted to slap him, but that might cause internal bleeding. "Well, assuming this smoke-out plan of yours works..." I said, standing up and drawing Absolution, the katana's red blade glimmering. "What are we facing?"

 

"Something really bad," Crim said.

 

"Well, do tell, hunter."

 

"Smells like we're in trouble, Ver."

 

"On a scale from harmless to Makuta, what we got here?"

 

Crimeia inhaled sharply, nocking another set of three arrows. "11."

 

Karz. I glanced at the Toa of Magnetism. "So, Strategist. What's your plan? And I didn't get your name. I'd rather not be calling you Strategist for the last few moments of your life."

[Eyru]

IC (Oreius)

The audible analysis had been more for Leah's sake than Oreius's: the Auporo didn't require weaknesses to be voiced. The downside was that this Piraka now knew that they knew. Surprise lost, knowledge gained. A fair trade-off.

The ground shook, taking the Toa of Fire by surprise. In his anger and distraction, fighting to keep Inu's thoughts and Tahu's temper at bay, he'd forgotten that the presence of two Skakdi meant that could use their elemental powers. Fighting to keep his balance, he managed to keep the Skakdi's saw at bay, then suddenly throw it off as his opponent let one hand go. The Piraka fell back with his weapon, but brought up a zamor launcher at the same time, firing a projectile into Oreius's belly.

He stumbled back, expecting the pain of a blast or the heat of acid, but it was simply a thin mist that gently billowed out of the projectile, clinging to the Toa's armour. The two men stood facing each other for a split second, and then Oreius was afraid.

It swept over him like a tsunami, making his legs weak. Fighting once more to keep his balance, he felt his stomach clench and his throat close up even as his mouth opened in a wordless scream. The Makuta had once shown him things to break his spirit; he had conjured death and destruction, fire and blood, but even then, those images had only served to fan the flames of Tahu's anger.

This fear was different. It doused the fire in his chest, turning his heart to ice and silencing the First Toa's ever-present voice. He was cold. He was afraid.

He had been afraid once like this, a lifetime ago. Shorter and weaker in stature, frozen by the Toa of Fear, Utu, he had felt his blood slow and his thoughts go out one by one like little candles. He was lost, until Kapura's words echoed in his ears from some long-forgotten conversation, bringing the spark to warm his veins.

Courage is the soul of movement. You must have courage or you will be frozen. Fear stops all. Courage defeats Fear.

 

Courage had freed him then. Where was his courage now?

 

 

IC (Inu)

 

I am Inu.

 

I am hunter-life-drinker.

 

I am not afraid.

[Vezok's Friend]

IC:

 

As soon as the Zamor Sphere hit Oreius, the Toa of water sprung into action. From the way her fire-brother had been fighting to keep his anger in check ever since Ko-Wahi, she had a feeling the Piraka was in for an unpleasant surprise soon enough. But in the meantime, there was a window of opportunity as the Skakdi's focus was diverted. He was right about one thing though: attachments were a weakness. Especially the vain attachment to one's own voice as he spouted out his own warped psychological ideas.

 

She moved to the left and charged, her staff raised and ready to swing; simultaneously summoning her element to form another sphere of water in the air. There was a short distance between them, easily covered within two or three running steps, but Reidak was quick on the uptake and brought his weaponized mining equipment around to block the incoming attack - which didn't happen. Instead, he was suddenly soaked by a splash of cool water from above. The Toa of water had stopped her strike a fraction of a second before impact, letting the Skakdi's counter hit empty air, then she let go of the sphere above, dousing him, which bought her the second of time she was hoping for.

 

He glared at her and despite her thoughts being anything but joyful, she shot him a coky, straight-outta-Le-Koro grin in return while thrusting her staff forward, the blunt end aimed straight for the Piraka's forehead. "You talk too much."

 

 

"Come on, big guy. Let's dance."

[The Drink]

IC: "Last moments? Gimme a break."

This freakin' guy.

"And I just told you. Smoke them out, get them separated, pound them into the dirt." he reiterated, brandishing Rebellion for effect.

Yeah, the big ol' double-bitted axe was shiny too. He and his dad took care of that thing.

"Ideally, I'd disarm them as well. I want one of those launchers they apparently carry around. They sound lovely."

Well, that and the fact he had a much better chance of "styling all over their balls" in a fistfight.

But hey, take whatever you can get.

[Hiram McDaniels]

Ic votaka

He had just enough energy to send his ace swinging through the air and cutting off the gun hand of the skakdi. "Booyah" he said before passing out