BZPRPG - Ta-Wahi

[Dallior]

OOC: Questers, we have own page on the BZPRPG Wiki! Yayz!

 

IC Sanguivox (The Insides of the Mangai Volcano)

 

We walk across the newly formed bridge to the other side. Peeking ahead of the group, i see...

[Timageness]

IC: "I don't, but I figured you'd like a cut anyway," Septima replied. "Two sets of eyes are better than one, right? Especially since the first set is willing to split the loot with the second."

[Nato G]

IC: Natharius.

 

"I'm not going to argue with that logic," Natharius decided, "who's our first mark?"

[25K Now!]

IC: Ril

 

"You guys have terrible luck."

[Timageness]

IC: Septima took a good long look around the room before noticing a Ta-Toa who had started making a spectacle of himself by jumping up on a table and singing a heavily slurred drinking song.

"He'll do," she said as the waitress returned, dropping off their two beverages before returning to her rounds.

After about five minutes of his horrible singing, said Ta-Toa decided that he wasn't getting enough attention and tried to remedy the issue by dancing while juggling fireballs in mid-air. Unfortunately for him, word of his antics made its way to the two bouncers outside, who then re-entered the building and attempted to talk him down. The Vortixx apparently didn't take too kindly to the Toa's suggestion of where he could put his head if he didn't want to continue listening, and one rapidly thrown punch to the gut was all it took to knock him onto the floor. The Fe-Toa timed her pull on one of his coin-pouches with his impact so he didn't notice it being ripped from his belt, quickly pushing it under the table and out of sight as the duo picked him up by his arms and legs and escorted him from the premises.

When things eventually calmed down and the room filled up once again with noise, she manipulated the widgets inside to silently roll the bag between the feet of another passing waitress before directing it under a few tables as it made its way towards the floor beneath theirs. She placed her arm under the table, summoning it into her hand before gently dropping it between them and raising her mug.

"I figure there's about twenty in there," Septima said as took a sip of her drink. "Your turn."

[Nato G]

IC: Natharius.

 

"I assume you just want me to distract someone?" Natharius guessed, looking through the throng of beings crowding the bar, "or would you rather I got the bouncers involved?"

[Timageness]

IC: "What? No, no, no, no, no..." the Fe-Toa said, waving her hands. "If you do that, then they might associate your face with their missing widgets, and that's when we get into trouble. All you've got to do is sit here, point someone out as you see them, and I'll take care of the rest. Plausible deniability, remember?"

[Nato G]

IC: Natharius.

 

"You're doing all of the work, yet I rake in half the rewards?" Natharius wasn't sentimental enough to feel guilty about such an arrangement, nor was he so stupid as to simply accept it and move on. Instead, he was suspicious.

 

"I feel like I'm missing something here," he said carefully, "I don't believe for a moment that you're helping me purely out of the goodness of your heart; a thief never does anything unless they gain something from it. I'm curious as to what you think you're going to gain from me."

 

He abruptly jabbed a finger towards a drunkard sitting on the other side of the room. "Him. The Cy-Lesterin with the goofy hat."

[Timageness]

IC: Septima sighed

"Look," she finally said, gazing down at the table. "I wasn't lying when I told you that I never wanted this life. When someone does take the time to think about what it feels like to be in my position, they always jump to how horrible it is that we're constantly being exposed to the weather, or what it feels like to go days without a meal. I've been doing this for so long that eating regularly and sleeping in actual beds have become scarce opportunities, but I've gotten used to it being like that. What no one ever seems to talk about is how lonely it is to go through life merely existing. I guess I figured that if I brought you along, I'd have someone to talk to who wasn't automatically going to judge me; someone who was actually willing to sit down and give me the time of day for once."

She turned her attention towards the drunkard, who could barely keep himself upright in his chair. He eventually fell forward, passing out on the table in front of him as she slowly pulled the pouch out from his pocket and manipulated it around the room until it was resting next to the other one.

"Forty," she said as she searched around for her next target.

Edited December 5, 2014 by timageness411

[Nato G]

IC: Natharius.

 

"Well..." Natharius relaxed a little. The incident with Grokk had made him even more suspicious of people than he'd realised. "...if that's the case, I've got nothing but time. Sorry if I was a bit..." he couldn't think of the right words, but she probably got the idea.

Edited December 5, 2014 by Roman Torchwick

[Snelly]

Ic:

 

Aeolus and Arden walked into Ophiam's inn.

 

IC: Mekana

 

"Hey Ophaim, I think you have a customer."

 

IC: Skyra

 

"My luck is just fine thank you."

[25K Now!]

IC: Ophaim

 

It was a bit of a surprise to find a customer standing in his inn while it was supposed to be temporarily closed for a few days (due to the disruptions brought about by the Piraka attacks and a need to renovate, although the latter had been delayed due to having to deal with Mekana living with him). The doors may not have been locked (which was rather shortsighted of him) but the sign outside and the lack of other guests would have provided a clue that there was something more going on. Still, he was the innkeeper, and if someone had come to seek his food and lodging, then Ophaim would provide. He would need to take the sign down later as well.

 

"Hello," he said warmly, moving to greet his new guest. "Welcome to Johj's Inn. Is there anything I can help you with?"

 

IC: Ril

 

"Suuuure."

[Tea-rex]

OOC: Questers, we have own page on the BZPRPG Wiki! Yayz!

Ooc: I'm not there again ffs.

 

IC: Alsorate stood back and let the others re-build the bridge.

As he walked across it, he looked down at the lava

[Krayzikk]

IC:

 

The half smirk Erzu received in response was, quite clearly, an answer; Not even a chance. 

 

"Of course we would." Her mother answered, smiling kindly at the Vo-Toa. "It's really no trouble. Besides, Makuta may be gone but the Wahi isn't necessarily safe. Especially now..."

 

Her voice trailed off for a moment as she stared, almost pensively, out into space. After a few heartbeats her eyes refocused, and she looked back to the guests opposite her. "But I digress. You're both perfectly welcome here. If you'd like, you can all leave your baggage here and roam about. We'll have sleeping arrangements set up by the time you return."

"She's not kidding. She once restructured the entire kitchen while I was running errands. It was a really, really bad day."

[AuRon the champion]

Ic:

 

"Inn, hm?"

 

"Don't talk like that- yes we'd like a room please."

[25K Now!]

IC: Ophaim

 

"All the rooms are free," said Ophaim. "How long are you to be staying?"

[Timageness]

IC: "It's okay to be a little suspicious of people now and again, especially after how your last partnership turned out," Septima said, eyeing a female Vortixx who was about to make her way towards the bathroom. "I understand. Besides, thieves aren't usually the most trustworthy of individuals either."

The Fe-Toa wedged the bag hanging from her side in between the dowels on the back of her chair, causing her to tip it over as she moved. The widgets separated themselves from her person as it fell to the floor, rolling out of sight as she leaned over to pick it back up before continuing back towards the establishment's facilities. She had a bit more trouble getting this one over to her than the last two, as it only narrowly avoided being kicked across the room three times during the course of its travels, but just like the other two, it eventually came to a stop on the table between her and Natharius.

"Thirty. You're up," she said before taking a nice long swig of her beverage.

Edited December 5, 2014 by timageness411

[silo]

IC: (Karaihe/Guard House)

 

"What're we doin'?" the Skakdi asked. He was tired of waiting...

 

OOC: ...Are we in the Guard now, or what?

Edited December 5, 2014 by Sil

[AuRon the champion]

Ic:

 

"We- I don't know yet."

 

"I need time to think ourselves over."

[Specter Knight]

IC-Tavari

 

Tavari inched over the newly-created bridge. This is never gonna hold... She thought.

[Mel]

[Ta-Wahi, Magaia Tunnels]

 

Lucira looked at Vasaiga.  “Can you get yourself across?”

 

The Ta-Matoran took out a length of rope from her pack and frowned.  “This isn’t enough to cross the chasm--did anyone else think to bring rope?  Or do we have a toa of plantlife?”

 

OOC: Is the next platform higher or lower than the one they're standing on?

Edited December 5, 2014 by Mel

[The Drink]

IC: Right.

These were Saeva's parents, after all. He couldn't really say it came as that big of a shock with that in mind.

"Thank you, then. I'll make this up to you somehow... If you have the need to put me to work on something, I'll be more than happy to." he offered at length, seemingly adamant on his stance.

It was only fair.
 

[Snelly]

IC: Mekana 

 

Mekana blinked, maybe it was the pain meds, but had this new person just referred to herself in plural?

 

IC: Skyra

 

"You're treading on a very fine line mister..." I half-growled. I wasn't really upset with Ril, I just wanted to see how he'd react. 

Edited December 5, 2014 by Skitty

[Nato G]

IC: Natharius.

 

He was starting to enjoy this little game, "Her," he nodded towards an unruly Ta-skakdi.

[The Drink]

IC: "Shhhhh. He's meditating."

[Timageness]

IC: Septima turned her attention to the Skakdi across the room, taking note of the rather heated conversation she was having with the bartender over her tab and watching for the first opportunity she could get. It was becoming rather difficult to find one, as more eyes were diverting towards the two for every second that passed them by, but the Fe-Toa finally found her window when she decided to pull the unfortunate Le-Lesterin over the counter to continue their conversation with fists rather than words. As a what was essentially a mosh pit made up of other employees, bystanders, and people who were just looking for a good fight formed around them, she slowly unfastened the Skakdi's purse and lifted out a bag of widgets, weaving them through the crowd just in time to avoid the sudden lack of gravity that had spontaneously sent everyone in that general area floating up towards the ceiling.

As the two bouncers from before sorted out the mess and escorted the trouble-makers from the establishment, Septima rolled the carefully widgets back towards them.

"Looks like we hit a high-roller on that one," she said, placing the pouch on the table. "Fifty."

Edited December 5, 2014 by timageness411

[Nato G]

IC: Natharius.

 

"I think I've got an eye for this sort of thing," Natharius smirked. "Say... You're a Fe-Toa; means you can control metal, right?"

[Perp]

IC: Torana

 

"Oh, it's hardly baggage, but I don't want to clutter up your house with this old junk," she said patting her leather sheath.

 

Her gaze became slightly downcast, her voice lowering a little.

 

"But I, uh, don't usually part with the spear... sentimental reasons and all that..."

She cleared her throat and looked back up. "Sorry, yeah, I'm weird."

[The Drink]

IC: "That hardly qualifies as 'weird' by now, don't worry."

There's a story there, it feels like. 

Do we press it?
 

• Yes
• (No)

It's for another time.

"Yeah, same here. We make a habit of traveling light, especially since I can grow food in a pinch."

[shadow pridak money gang]

IC:

 

I chewed that over as Flay and I walked towards the city gates. I was young, tough, versatile enough...I could do a million things, and had tried half of them between when Makuta fell and when I'd shacked up with Joske. I was getting better at being a person - a genyooine member of society who could knock back drinks at the bar after work and flirt with cops without worrying whether I'd need to break their necks when I was done. So...

 

"Yeah, that's true," I admitted. "I just don't know what I'm gonna find for myself that can live up to fighting or sleeping around, s'all. Been a...weird transition phase."

 

Speaking of both...

 

I put two fingers in my mouth and whistled sharply when I saw Skyra and her bird, across from some Toa with an eyepatch. Skyra probably knew my whistle by now - I practiced it half the times I saw her walk now. Which...was odd in itself. Skyra being hot was going to take a lifetime to get used to - her being hot and trying not to kill me would take...let's not get me started.

 

"Sky."

 

IC:

 

Angelus looked over his shoulder at Karaihe with a stare that had immobilized an Ash Bear. When Jolek saw the look, he grinned; the Captain broke the look with a crooked smile of his own and looked down at the last application; with Joske's words in mind, he'd been perusing each of them, looking to make sure that they were all up to snuff.

 

"You're all in. Jolek, we need to talk. And find Kino. And then talk again."

 

-Tyler

[The Drink]

IC: "Got it the first time, sir. Permission to request release from the wall's loving embrace?"

[shadow pridak money gang]

IC:

 

"And here I thought you were going to savor it," Angelus said dryly. "Spirit knows you could use all the loving embraces you could get, with a mug like that." Nonetheless, he backed off three steps from the Toa of Magnetism and lowered his arm.

 

-Tyler

[The Drink]

IC: "Well, we can't all be sent from the heavens." Jolek shot back with a laugh, brushing at his chest idly. "Some of us are of more earthly stock. I take it we're talking on the move?" he asked, reining in the smarminess and getting down to business.

[Snelly]

IC: Skyra

 

Ah so he reappears. Like about time. As fun as it was to met new people, (especially ones with eye patches) I'd been getting anxious to leave. 

 

"Welp I gotta go, my leash is being pulled. See ya." I waved at Patch-eye Ril and Turo the Apathetic before walking toward Dorian and Flay. 

 

"Dor." I looked at Dorian and paused, letting the moment get very serious...just had to keep a straight face...

[shadow pridak money gang]

IC:

 

I made a face at Skyra.

 

IC:

 

"That it is," the Captain agreed, gesturing to the door and holding it for Jolek.

 

-Tyler

[Snelly]

IC: Skyra

 

My face wavered, I wasn't gonna laugh....nopenopenopenope....

[shadow pridak money gang]

IC:

 

"She's gonna pop."

 

-Tyler

[The Drink]

IC: "Right. Later, gang." he said somewhat awkwardly to the rest of the congregation before stepping outside, ready in case Angel had any further instructions for the others.

Once he was out and the door shut behind them, Jol asked the first question that came to mind.

"So why me specifically?"

[Snelly]

IC: Skyra

 

POP!? It was over, but the giggling fit was not. 

Edited December 5, 2014 by Skitty

[shadow pridak money gang]

IC:

 

"Deep breaths."

 

-Tyler