BZPRPG - Ta-Wahi

[Razgriz]

IC: "So this is why we dove into this booth."

"Knew that looked like something fishy." Erzu claimed, outright ignoring the reiteration of his defeat moments ago.

[Not Quite Dead]

IC Solvi

"Oh please, yesterday wasn't anything more than a slap on the wrist." She set her empty mug down with far more than sufficient force. "Maybe also, an illustration of difference in the mindset and results of amatuer and professional attitudes towards fighting..."

 

don't smirk...

[Wade.]

IC: Alfon

 

My dude, I felt the cold embrace of death whoosh! right past me when I saw that apple explode against that brick wall. Like, the specific brick it hit had nearly shattered on impact, and as I stared in blank stupefaction, I could only think about what kind of brain damage I would have suffered had lady luck not been on my side.

 

"What the ####, Skri!" I said, whirling around. "You trying to kill me!?"

 

I shook my head and took a deep breath. I needed a moment.

 

"You're a demon, you know that? A demon." I muttered, rubbing my temples. "What do you wa- are you drunk?!"

[Razgriz]

IC: "If you're gonna dedicate your life to and make a career out of something as destructive on the body as fighting, you're gonna have to love it a little, Ma'am."

Wonderfully cartoonish cross-popping veins appeared near his temples.

[Krayzikk]

IC:

"I'm not even ###### buzzed! This is like, pint number four. Ve-Toa livers. I don't get sloshed til five or six." She drained most of the pint in one go to punctuate her point, and took a chomp out of her second apple. Then another swig from the pint. The rest of the apple vanished in a few bites, and she tossed it up and down with one hand as she walked over to Alfon. "Nui, it's like you're a a ###### Matoran. It was an  a p p l e. You'd have been fine."

 

"If I buy you one of your girly drinks and something from one of these tourist traps will you quit complaining?"

Edited October 31, 2015 by It's A Gundam MkII

[Wade.]

IC: Alfon

 

Alright, let's make one thing clear: I meant every word when I called this woman a demon. Watching her eat that apple was like watching a Muaka eat a cute little bunny rabbit, 'cause it made me sick and kinda scared at the same time. And that drink, oooooooooooh maaaaaaaan. Lord knows someone needed to cut this girl off before she got the beer goggles on and tried hitting on me.

 

With her fists.

 

"Nah Skri, I'm good with you just letting me live, thanks." I said, placing my hands on my hips. "Now what's this about work? You're not here to drag me shopping, are you?"

[Krayzikk]

IC:

"I wasn't even aiming for you, scaring the out of you's just fun. Calm down already." The Toa of Plant-Life gave an extended role of her eyes and tossed the second apple core behind her, draining the rest of the pint at the same time. "Nui, you'd think I was scarier without the Mark."

"I've got a paycheck to burn, Alfon, and an hour and a half to do it. If you're gonna sit there and act like I'm gonna bite your head off you aren't gonna be any help spending it."

[Wade.]

IC: Alfon

 

"Okay, okay, I'm calm." 

 

I even made a zen motion to prove it.

 

"Alright hold up, you're asking me to help you spend your money on ####s and giggles for the next hour and a half?"

[Krayzikk]

IC:

"Pretty much. Yeah. Not gonna let the cultist types have my cash, now am I?"

[Wade.]

IC: Alfon

 

In all my life, I would have never envisioned myself spending a night out on the town (in the morning!) alone with a buzzed(?) Skri before a suicide mission.

 

This was gonna be good.

 

"Well, if a good time's what you're looking for, you came to the right person." I grinned triumphantly, already buzzing with excitement. "What's our first stop? There's the casino, bull riding at the rodeo, skeet shooting..."

[Void Emissary]

IC: 

 

Mimira laughed at that. "You're such a goof." She then concentrated on finishing her sherbert, she shivered a bit when she ate it a little too fast, brain freezes were annoying. 

 

"Should we see what the Captain is up too?" 

 

IC: 

 

"Sounds like a plan." Taleen grinned back, putting her fingers around the controls, testing them to make sure they were functioning properly before they started the match. Everything seemed to be working, she expected nothing less from Vortixx craftsmanship, say what you will about them, everything they made was of high quality. 

 

"Ready when you are." 

 

IC:

 

"Probably should," I said between bites of sherbet. "God knows what trouble he's getting into with a voice of reason around."

 

IC:

 

LET'S

 

Fingers on the controls.

 

GET

 

"Count down, okay?"

 

READY

 

"Three. Two."

 

TO

 

"One."

 

RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

"LET'S GO!"

 

-Void

[Vezok's Friend]

IC (Korero)

 

"Unity?" Korero replied with incredulity, clearly struggling to keep his voice low. "If you want to talk about Unity, maybe we should talk about our 'leader', a man who 'leads' by lying to us and forcing us to lie in turn! Or, why don't we talk about your boyfriend, who has decided he's striking out on his own, and that he needs a bunch of (and I quote) 'people who can't take a thing seriously in their lives' more than he needs us?!"

 

Reordin was one thing, but arguing with Leah was a whole different level. The Toa of Water was one of the team's greatest moderating influences and also one of the teammates with whom Korero had the most in common. But Reo had truly incensed the Toa of Air, and that was a fire that had far from burned itself out.

 

"Don't talk to me about Unity, Leah!" he growled. "I'm the one trying to pull this crumbling team back together!"

 

 

IC (Leah): 

 

"You're not the only one." Leah countered, her voice calm and in control, but with no less anger in her tone. "You're angry Reo struck out on his own yet here you are doing the exact same thing. Why don't we talk about my boyfriend? You didn't even give any of us a chance to talk before you spirited him away. You didn't share your plan, you just took your frustration out and ran with it."

 

She didn't give the Toa of Air the time to cut in. Her words were a tidal wave that had washed over him and now was eroding the basis of his argument like a sand castle on a beach. 

 

"I can see you don't like having someone angry in your face - what makes you think he would change his mind after that stunt? You're not going to get this done by spiriting team-members away."

 

The Toa of water raised her arm. But this time it wasn't to douse her brother in cold water. Instead, she held out an open hand.

 

"You want to fix the team? Then you will have to do it with us - together."

[Krayzikk]

IC:

"First stop is somewhere I can burn through cash, laugh at people, and have more to eat n' drink."

[Wade.]

IC: Alfon

 

"So you pretty much just wanna go to another bar is what you're saying."

[Krayzikk]

IC:

"I think I've already gone through most of the decent bars in the village. Casino? Restaurant? Tourist traps?"

[Wade.]

IC: Alfon

 

"Let's hit the casino first and see if we can add an extra zero to that paycheck. Two if you're feeling a little frisky."

[Snelly]

 

IC: 

 

"Alright, then let's go!" Mimira started to leave, but then stopped, slowly turning back around. "Umm...which way was it again?" She said sheepishly. 

 

IC:

 

Remember your training Taleen, always go for the kill!

 

As soon as she heard the word 'GO' leave Plagia's lips Taleen's hand squeezed the controls. The red figured moved in for the kill, swinging it's right fist toward the blue one's head. 

[Voxumo]

IC: Tivanu

 

Tivanu slapped Viima on the back, shaking the index finger of his other hand. He glanced down at the matoran and offered a toothy grin

"I'm aware ash I've ever been. We ska.. Skashi have a very high tolerance for alcohol. I could drink another 20 of these and be fine." The skakdi lied out his dazed behind "Tell me... what ish our plan for being here?"

[Toatapio Nuva]

IC Viima

(Ta-Koro, The Tired Muaka):

 

Viima shook his head to clear it after Tivanu's backslap. "I know you can tolerate the alcohol," Viima replied. "The question is, can I tolerate you?"

 

He pushed aside his own glass and added, "We're here for business, not pleasure... I think. I mean, I think we should find another mercenary gig or else we won't have the luxury of crashing whatever bar we want for long... though we do have a healthy supply of widgets thanks to that last one we pulled off..."

 

Viima stood up on the table to be on the same level as the Skakdi. "If Ta-Koro has nothing to offer, we can choose another Koro. Then we choose another. There's bound to be work or action somewhere, right?"

[FallenAtlas]

IC: Atlas

 

 He had scared a Matoran away from stealing some trinkets in the market. He would have crushed his head too, but getting the entire Guard on his back was not going to help guide his Destiny. Not at all. Atlas struggled with that part of his life. Judging the sinners was his first priority, and nothing should stop it. But he knew that getting listed as enemy number one would make it very difficult. 

 

 OOC: OFI

[Krayzikk]

IC:

"Works for me? Which is it to Ta's casino?"

 

IC:

 

"Slap on the wrist that wasn't legally necessary, was it? Wasn't respondin' to hostile action, either. Face it, Soter." The Ta-Toa really wanted to keep going, but she'd caused enough chaos this morning. Directly or not. Better to avoid too much more confrontation. So she shrugged. "You weren't any more justified than us."

"Ain't a bad thing, but you can ditch the soapbox."

[Timageness]

IC: Zenithex - Ta-Koro (Streets)

Reflecting upon his latest service performed in the name of Ak'rei'an, Zenithex exited the village, following the ball of light to the location of his next victim as he headed off into the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Ta-Wahi.

 

OOC: Zenithex out of region.

[Wade.]

IC: Alfon

 

"It's somewhere downtown." I said, starting us on our way. "Brimstone Casino's what it's called, unsurprisingly. You run a business around here, its name better have something to do with fire, am I right? Ta's trendy like that."

 

As if to prove my point, we passed by some restaurant called the Charred Fork, and a blacksmith's shop named Slag's Forge.

 

Tacky.

 

"What's your game, Skri? Poker? Blackjack? Don't tell me it's roulette."

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Subject

I woke up.

I was surprised to see Malady was still asleep. 

I almost expected her to abandon me, judging by her previous....relationships?

The word seemed a bit odd to me. There wasn't anything romantic about my companionship with Malady, but...

I shook my head.

It was time to go.

I walked over to her bed, and nudged her gently.

[Makuta Miras]

IC: Malady (Ta-Koro)

 

A nudge rouses me from sleep. "Mmmm?" I mumble blearily.

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Subject

I nudge her again. 

"It's time to go" I signed.

[Makuta Miras]

IC: Malady (Ta-Koro)

 

I squint at Subject's signing before letting my head collapse back onto the pillow. "Write it," say groggily. "Can't be bothered to translate yet."

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Subject

Instead, I grabbed her arm and literally dragged her out of bed, the covers with her.

OOC: Sorry for auto hit

[Makuta Miras]

IC: Malady (Ta-Koro)

 

"Hey!" I yelp, forming a fist of extremely dense plant matter to punch Subject in the face with. "#####!"

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Subject

I dodge the fist, and grinned. "It's time to go" I signed.

[Makuta Miras]

IC: Malady (Ta-Koro)
 
"I'm not reading your sign language for the rest of the day for that, #####," I snap with a scowl.

[Not Quite Dead]

IC Solvi

After a brief but intense period of introspection, she smiled and relaxed into the booth.

 

"You're right, how silly of me."

[shadow pridak money gang]

IC:

 

...

 

???

 

That went smoothly.

 

-Tyler

[Razgriz]

IC: I feel like that didn't go where I should have expected it to.

[Void Emissary]

IC: 

 

"Alright, then let's go!" Mimira started to leave, but then stopped, slowly turning back around. "Umm...which way was it again?" She said sheepishly. 

 

IC:

 

Remember your training Taleen, always go for the kill!

 

As soon as she heard the word 'GO' leave Plagia's lips Taleen's hand squeezed the controls. The red figured moved in for the kill, swinging it's right fist toward the blue one's head. 

 

IC:

 

My mouth full of either orange sherbet or orange-flavoured strawberry sherbet, I let my spoon drop into the bowl and pointed down the street, then right to indicate a turn into an alleyway.

 

IC:

 

FRIIIIIIIIIIIICK SHE'S FAST--

 

I barely had to time to register that Tal was making an attack before I had to respond. By sheer reflex I jerked the controller back, meaning that my little blue guy managed to dodge back and avoid the punch. That said, no time to catch my breath: Ms. Blue was already moving forward, going in with a left jab.

 

-Void

[Perp]

IC: Torana

 

There was something coldly unnerving about that smile.

[Krayzikk]

IC:

 

...

 

...

 

The will o' wisp paused, as if it too was confused by how easily that had gone over.

 

"... A'right."

 

IC:

 

"Only when there's a gun involved." The mercenary commented, following the Vo-Toa to the casino while she ate another apple. "Poker, probably. Played them all some time or another."

[Voxumo]

IC: Tivanu

 

Tivanu leaned forward a tich to look Viima in the eyes

"It's hard finding good mercenary work when you want to keep on the goodside of the law... Though maybe we should check at..." he paused as he held up a finger, then released a rather potent belch directly into Viima's path "We should check at the Guardpost. They may have something that is deemed too below their pay grade."

[Toatapio Nuva]

IC Viima

(Ta-Koro, The Tired Muaka):

 

"Are you implying this is my fault?" Viima challenged, raising an eyebrow. "That if I didn't insist on staying on the good side of law, we'd have more money?"

[Voxumo]

IC: Tivanu

 

Tivanu looked at Viima with a baffled look, like Viima was some creature that had just crawled out of his nose

"Wha? No. I was simply stating a fact. Any mercenary who insists on staying on the law's good side or at least staying neutral doesn't tend to make as much as one who is willing to take any job."