Corpus Rahkshi

[Click]

IC: Root - Gym

 

Curses! His vine was intercepted, but before he could snap it, Vlad gave a tug and sent Root staggering forward to meet him. He tried to at least bring around the poisoned staff to impact his opponent.

[Khromatose]

OOC: I might switch between 1st and 3rd for my own convenience. 

 

Also the body hasn't been moved right?

Some music sounds about right now. 

 

IC: Bullseye/1st Person/Infirmary

"I will join you at the causeway, for I must do something for my friend."

I walked away from Abyssium and went to the body of Omega. Immediately, I begun to feel irritated at Exxan again.

 

"HOW DARE HE?" 

 

But I had to remind myself that it had to happen eventually. I didn't know how long they would keep the body in the Infirmary so I asked Punch to retrieve my keyboard for me. At least his spirit would be calm before it left. I set the special buttons to play piano and violin, and began to play. The song began smoothly and peacefully.

[Sergei Rahkmaninoff]

IC: Vlad / Gym

 

 

Root came tumbling forward, and with him came a strike of his staff. Vlad was more or less used to getting hit by hard objects, but this one delivered not only a physical impact but a nauseating poison. Vlad staggered backwards, one knee on the ground, and clutched his stomach with his free hand. He wasn't entirely down, however - he thrust Avenger into Root's face, closed his eyes, and pressed the trigger. Through his clenched eyelids came a faint glow. Even with his tolerance of light, he wouldn't want a faceful of such strong luminescence.

[Dane-gerous]

IC: Rider

"He didn't want me to." Rider said, staying still.

[Nato G]

IC: Glass

 

IC: Xara - Infirmary.

 

"Him or her?" I asked, confused, "You didn't think to... you know... check, or something?"

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IC: Hoto - Infirmary

 

IC: Silencer - Infirmary.

 

I don't know why her blindness came as such a surprise to me. My brother is mute, after all. I'm no stranger to... impediments. "I go by Silencer," I replied evenly, "although I'm better known as just one of The Twins." 

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IC: Stronghold/Gym

 

IC: Era - Gym.

 

"Very well," I'd never actually sparred agaisnt another student before. But this guy had asked for it, and I saw no reason to refuse. 

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IC: A quintet of Porters rolled into the library, unfurling into upright stances as they entered, possibly to avoid creating noise. They began prowling through the shelves and stacks. Looking for something. Or someone.

They stopped when they reached a certain tiger-striped Rahkshi of Vacuum.

 

"Student Exxan. Your presence is required at request of Headmaster Tridax."

 

 

IC: Exxan - Library.

 

"Goodbye Rail," I called out to the other Rahkshi as I got to my feet. "You took your time," I told the Porters, the dread that had been hanging over me like a foreboding cloud finally making itself manifest. They were here, they'd come for me. My time was up.

 

"Let's get this over with." 

Edited January 10, 2015 by Roman Torchwick

[Click]

IC: Root - Gym

Root did not have much time to celebrate his small victory as shortly afterwards he found himself completely blinded by the dagger. He could not allow himself the time to panic. Heroes never lose a fight.

His experience with Deadeye had taught him a few tricks regarding light. As he recoiled backward, his hand pressed to his faceplate and began growing a plant he set there earlier. The leaves were long and translucent, covering his eyes and dimming any incoming light. Still, his vision was impaired. He needed to buy time for it to recover. As he hit the ground a short distance away, his arms wrapped around his torso and poured power into his coat once more. The plants wrapping around him thickened to dull any impacts, but rendering him near immobile. He hoped Vlad would give him time to escape as Deadeye did.


IC: Hoto - Infirmary

 

No, the name 'Silencer' meant nothing to her, but the Twins did. She'd heard the name around the school, sometimes in connection with Exxan or Fang. The thought reminded her why she was there, and she quickly spun around to look at the rest of the beds. No, Fang wasn't in there. "Have... you seen Fang anywhere?" She asked, carefully. "I've been trying to find him."

Edited January 10, 2015 by Click

[Khromatose]

IC: Stronghold/3rd Person/Gym - Dueling Era

He stood in a defensive boxing position, waiting for her to go first. She used a whip back on Nynrah. But he didn't know her battle style.

[Nato G]

IC: Era - Gym.

 

I shifted into a relaxed stance, the targets I'd been fighting dissolving away around me. I could "see" my opponent clearly, a living being made up of sound and movement. I stepped forward, spinning as I did so to put as much momentum into my swing as I can.

 

My whip slashed through the air, aimed at his chest. 

[Smudge8]

IC: Revenge-Hallway

 

"What?  A no weapons rule?"  Revenge smiled slightly.

[Sergei Rahkmaninoff]

IC: Vlad / Gym

 

 

Vlad stood up and retched a bit. He felt a little better.

 

Who was he kidding, it hadn't helped a bit. He retched again, more, and then felt better. Somewhat.

 

It seemed that his opponent had retreated. Had he won? Vlad stepped over to the plant-encrusted Rahkshi and pointed Avenger at Root, as if preparing to stab down hard, but didn't. Instead, he asked, "Vould zat be a concession?"

 

 

OOC: I bet five widgets that Root shouts "H-heroes never c-concede!"

Edited January 10, 2015 by Johnrahk

[Click]

OOC: Darn... *hands over widgets*

 

IC: Root - Gym

 

The offer was tempting. Root was on the ground, blind and defenseless besides his plant covering. It would be so easy to end it now. But...

 

"H-h-heroes never c-c-concede!"

 

With a quick motion, Root rolled into his opponents legs and onwards into a wall. His vision was slowly returning, but he needed more time.

[Nato G]

IC: Silencer - Infirmary.

 

"Fang? No." I shook my head. "He doesn't exactly like me much, either." 

[Khromatose]

OOC: So I'm protected from almost any physical harm.

 

IC: Stronghold/1st Person/Gym - Fighting Era

I backstepped out of the range of the whip. I instantly remembered the story Toxin told me about his fight with Silencer and how he used a mace to defeat him. I would not make the same mistake. I dashed forward intending to feint left but go with a right jab to the chest.

[Tea-rex]

Ic: Siren.

Siren smiled beneath her book. She waited for Exaan to leave before putting the book down.

Edited January 10, 2015 by Alijar

[Nato G]

IC: Era - Gym.

 

The whip missed him, and I let it coil back towards me, bringing it around for a follow-up strike. He ran at me, but something about his movements... I could sense the vibrations... he suddenly changed direction, taking me by surprise. His hand flashed towards my chest. I couldn't tell if he was holing a weapon in his hand or not, and I didn't feel like finding out. 

 

I threw myself backwards, swinging out with my whip as I did so, aiming to hit him before he could recover. 

[PhoenixFireBlaze]

IC: Sidonas - Hallway

"East Dorms, 3rd from the middle." Sidonas hissed this quickly, he needed to get in his suit fast and grab his notes. He was very worried as to who had his Codex, and if they could crack his code or not.

IC: Death, Famine, Pestilence, War

 

Death found the dorm and opened the dorm door.

 

Death: "Here is your dorm. Get what you need and we will help you find your Codex."

 

He slipped Sidonas into his suit so he could grab his things.

 

Pestilence: "Now who do you think hassss your Codex?"

[Click]

IC: Hoto - Infirmary

 

So, it was true. She leaned over Omega's bed again and touched the faceplate once more before she left. "I can't believe we lost a student," she whispered, mostly to herself. "I don't know what to think. I didn't... believe Exxan would do this."

[Nato G]

IC: Silencer - Infirmary. 

 

I shrug, knowing she probably wouldn't notice the movement. "I won't condone what he did, but I've spent enough time with Exxan to know he wouldn't have resorted to this without being provoked. Omega probably brought it on himself."

[Kovika: Visorak Lord]

IC: Sidonas - Dorm

 

Sidonas snuggled comfortably into his suit, grabbing his notes and satchel, and Hook, which had been hanging out the window. "I have a plan, but it is risky, you four need to search around, one in the Gym, one in the Library, one in the Refectory, and one of you need's to sneak into the headmaster's "office" and see if he has it. When you have it, come back here and then we need to go to the Cauldron to hide it. This will be very risky, but my life, and possibly some of the Ghosts' lives depend on getting that Codex. I have several inventions for use, but they are still prototypes I haven't tested. Good luck." With that Sidonas gave them each a device: his Crossbow Gauntlet with 10 bolts and 3 different lethal and non-lethal poisons to tip them with, the nearly finished Sword Gauntlet, which creates a blade that can be detached to turn into a sword, Hook, his trusty grappling hook/ melee club/ mace, and a small set of non-lethal poisons. "Use these carefully. If someone has to die, don't leave any evidence, just make them disappear somewhere. I will be working on getting into academy security. There will be plenty of widgets to go around when this is done."

[Khromatose]

OOC: Just so you know, Stronghold always wears his cestus, it's all the matter of whether he uses his detachables. Both luckily he doesn't.

 

IC: Stronghold/1st Person/Gym - Fighting Era

I didn't have enough time to step back, so I braced for impact. The chain dented the armor on my chest, but I didn't feel the pain. At least for now. On my quick scan of the room before the spar I noticed a a cave form around 2 Rahks. I decided to use the same technique for my advantage.

"If I can't easily get to her, then I'll just make it so she'll have to come to me...okay...I'll just keep that thought to myself."

I imagined a cage that enclosed the two of us. Although it would allow no chance for my opponent to escape, it also meant I would always be in the range of the chain.

The gym eventually responded to my thoughts and enclosed them in a wrestling cage. 

I smirked and went for a left jab to her chest.

[Click]

IC: Hoto - Infirmary

 

She nodded. That must be what happened, but it didn't seem like Kat thought about it that way, nor would Fang. "Thanks, Silencer. I'd better find Fang. He might not... understand like you do."

 

She started for the door without a single idea of where to look.

[Wyrd Bid Ful Araed]

IC: The Porters seemed to form an escort around Exxan as they led him to the Headmaster's Office, one in front, two to his sides and two behind. A crude star. They kept to foot, possibly assuming if they rolled they were too easy to escape from. Once they reached their destination they fell back, barricading the door as Exxan went in. 

 

Inside there was the whole trinity of staff. Tridax had positioned himself in an enormous armchair, staring directly at the door, directly at Exxan. Palma and Suvak were lingering back behind him, clearly neither was happy to be there. Palma specifically couldn't seem to look up from her feet. It had probably been her who had told Tridax of the death, no wonder she was uncomfortable. 

 

"Well, what are we going to do with you?" said the Makuta, steepling his fingers, "I really can't let you walk this one off. The stunt with the temple I could let slide, pass it off as...youthful exuberance. But it seems you feel that has given you leeway to do as you please with no consequences. And I'm afraid this means I must teach you a valuable lesson." Those slender fingers made a sudden and simple gesture, and Exxan was slammed to the the ground as though the entire planet had just come to rest on his shoulders. Another gesture with the other hand and waves of magnetic force snaked around Exxan, dragging away his staff, Blossom, and every last knife. Tridax seemed to take notice of the first of these, making another motion towards it. The power of magnetism took hold of it, making it writhe through the air. One end grabbed hold of Exxan's left arm, twining round and round it, a metal strand of ivy finding purchase. The other started coiling through the spines on Exxan's back, and when both pulled taut it dragged Exxan's arm behind his back to an almost painful degree.

 

"Suvak will keep care of the rest of your weaponry. Well, the rest of your weaponry," Tridax's eyes cast a crimson glow over the staff-turned-snare, "Until such a time as I deem you worthy of having them returned. I don't appreciate having my Rahkshi killed, Exxan. Which is why I have chosen not to simply purge you. It would be a waste of two specimens, twice the collateral damage. No, I'm simply going to remind you that your ties to the Brotherhood are stronger and worth more than you seem to realise. And if I happen to make it easier for your fellow students to get a few kicks in while you are currently handicapped, well..." The Makuta leaned back in his chair, casting his face in shadows that Exxan was sure weren't there a few seconds ago, "If that happens I'm sure the lesson will stick longer than the bruises will. You are dismissed."

[Khromatose]

IC: Bullseye/3rd Person/Infirmary

He finished his song. He hoped that Omega's spirit, wherever he was, was content and at peace. He looked at Hoto. She seemed to be trying to find someone. Perhaps it was Fang...

"Hey, Hoto. If you're looking for Fang, perhaps try the Courtyard. I think he went there with Vaalku while I was talking with Abyssium.

[Click]

IC: Hoto - Infirmary

 

Hoto turned back to Bullseye. "Thanks," she said, quietly. "You... you play well." She hadn't noticed he had been playing, but connected the dots when he spoke after the song finished. It was beautiful, a good way to send off a close friend.

 

She ran out the door towards the Courtyard, a little uncertain of how to get there. Why would Fang go there of all places?

[PhoenixFireBlaze]

OOC: Who has the Codex OOCwise?

 

IC: Death, Famine, War, Pestilence

 

Death: "I will got in the headmaster's office. I can hide in the shadows." 

 

War: "I'll go to the gym."

 

He took the sword gauntlet from Sidonas 

 

Famine: "Dibs on the refectory."

 

He took the Crossbow gauntlet and poisons. 

 

Pestilence: "I will go to the library."

 

He took the hook and poisons.

 

All of them except for War left the room.

 

"My brothers may be happy to help you for widgets. But if we run into trouble I want a better payment. And to make sure you don't bail on your offer you are coming with me."

 

War attempted to reach into the crippled suit and take out the Kraata slug.

[Nato G]

IC: Era - Gym. 

 

The jab connects and spins me backwards into the wall of a cage that hadn't been there moments before. I pull my whip back into my hands, wrapping the chain around one hand and holding the blade end in the other, with the rest of the chain hanging loosely between them. If he could use the gym to his advantage, so could I. I doubted that it would let me immediately undo what he'd done, so I did the next best thing: made my own special addition.

 

I enforced my will on the cage around me, forcing the gym to make them expand, forming a solid enclosed wall instead of a mesh cage, plunging us into pitch darkness. But I'm blind: I'm always in darkness. The advantage is now mine.

 

I swung the blade at his chest. 

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IC: Silencer - Infirmary.

 

"Good luck," I said to Hoto, watching her leave. I turn back to look at the body. Not a mark on him. 

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IC: Exxan - Headmaster's Office.

 

"Leeway to do what I want?" I spat, pushing past the pain of my twisted arm. "What? You think I wanted to kill Omega? The only reason I did what I did was  so that Omega wouldn't be the one here enduring this, so that it wasn't my body on the ground spurting antidermis everywhere." Since Tridax had decided not to kill me, I was going to make karzdamnded sure he at least had the courtesy to hear me out.

 

"One of us was going to wind up dead no matter how things turned out, so if destroying a threat to my own life is such a crime, then I've already learned my lesson. Because I'm sure letting him kill me would have made you so much happier." My words dripped with venom, my eyes glaring at Tridax's shadow-wraithed face. 

Edited January 10, 2015 by Roman Torchwick

[Tea-rex]

Ic: Siren.

Siren was cloaked outside Tridax's "room", wanting to hear what the master had in store for Exaan. She heard a lot of banging, usually a good sign. Then, she heard Exaan speak with venom in their mouth. She couldn't hear precisely what she said, but she hoped that she was punished swiftly for that.

Rahkshi should know their place and how they should be treated and treat one-another, not killing everything and everyone willy nilly. At least, that was Siren's view on the matter.

[Sergei Rahkmaninoff]

IC: Vlad / Gym

 

 

Vlad was knocked over as Root rolled into his legs. By the time he stood Root was a fair distance away. Curses, he'd been hoping to end the fight there.

 

He rushed after the rolling Rahkshi, not wanting to give him a moment's leeway. He was soon able to catch up - running was much faster than rolling, after all. But as soon he did the poison racked his system once again, and he stopped, clutching his stomach and hoping the Rahkshi of Plant Control wouldn't take the opportunity to spring into an attack.

[Kovika: Visorak Lord]

IC: Sidonas - Dorm

 

Sidonas complied, letting War grab him. "I don't see why you don't just leave me in my wheelchair, I can't move too fast, you know."

[Khromatose]

OOC: My opinion is that you can undo what other people create in the gym, unless you are mentally stronger, but you can add things to them.

 

IC: Stronghold/1st Person/Gym - Fighting Era

As soon as I saw the cage become walls, I began to imagine lights. The lights came too late, though, as the blade of her chain whip, slashed my chest, the slash only made a small cut where the dent on my chest was. the rest of my armor wasn't really that dented. The cut didn't matter, I was still functioning. As soon as a light appeared in one corner of the gym, I saw her, and proceeded to throw a right hook to the chin.

 

IC: Bullseye/3rd Person/Infirmary ---> Library

He gave his keyboard to Punch and went to join Abyssium at the library. He also offered for Punch to join us.

 

IC: Punch/Counterpunch/3rd Person/Infirmary ---> Bullseye's Dorm ---> Library

He went to Bullseye's dorm and stash the keyboard away, and went to the library.

Edited January 10, 2015 by ArcticFreeze17

[PhoenixFireBlaze]

OOC: Sidonas. Who stole the Codex. I checked through all the posts and one post you had your codex and the next post you are hanging out a window talking about somebody stealing it :/

 

IC: War

 

War: "Well we don't know what your Codex looks like."

 

War went to the gym holding Sidonas.

 

War: "Now what does your book look like."

 

IC: Death

 

Staying cloaked in the shadows Death snuck to the headmaster's room where he saw porters at the door.

 

"Do I really want to do this?"

 

IC: Famine

 

Famine walked to the refectory and looked for anybody holding a book.

 

IC: Pestilence:

 

Pestilence walked to the library.

 

"Karz. What does his Codex look like?"

Edited January 10, 2015 by PhoenixFireBlaze

[Nato G]

IC: Era - Gym.

 

Something changed. The confidence in his motions. He could see me again. Karz! But he walls still gave me an advantage: in the enclosed space, sound waves were easier for me to read, the mental image my echolocation painted for me crisp and clear. I sidestepped his strike and stepped in past his jab, stabbing at his throat this time. 

[Wyrd Bid Ful Araed]

OOC: Alijar, Siren is unlikely to hear anything unless she has her ears pressed up against the door. And she's not going to manage that because, at only level two, she can't cloak well enough to get around the Porters who are there to stop people doing exactly that

 

IC: "You say with such certainty that one of you was going to end up dead. I wonder, who are you trying to convince, me...or yourself?" Tridax leaned forward, the chair creaking, "You are supposed to intelligent. More so than your predecessors. And yet you solved this with a remarkably old fashioned solution. Bash it until its gone. You could have found ways to neutralise his threat to you without eliminating him entirely. It would have taken intelligence and long-term planning but you could have. You chose not to. And now you seem unable to admit it to yourself. You can keep telling yourself that what you did was necessary, noble even. But I think we both know that you didn't do it to spare Omega my ire, or to save conflict in the future. You did it because it was easy." 

[Khromatose]

IC: Stronghold/3rd Person/Gym - Fighting Era

He raised his left cestus and she stabbed into it. He heard a squelch and felt liquid trickle down his armor, and realized that she punctured a hole through the oil container. This would be a problem as his left hand could not be used in battle for now, but it still turned to his advantage. Liquid physics meant that some of that oil probably got on her too. He jumped away and activated the lighter function within the cestus, and threw said leaking and burning cestus at her. Even if he missed, the flying sparks and flaming leaking oil would still ignite the unlit, flamable oil on her body.

 

OOC: Again with lighting students aflame...

 

That ability is approved by the way.

Edited January 11, 2015 by ArcticFreeze17

[Kovika: Visorak Lord]

IC: Sidonas - Hallways

 

Sidonas hissed: "It is a medium sized book, it has a smooth brown cover and a black spine. I had it, I was going through some things, then I turn and find it gone and my window open. No idea who would want it, maybe the headmaster got wind on what I was up to and sent someone to take it. Or maybe I made some student mad and they took it as retaliation, or maybe someone knew about my 'Borrowing' of widgets and took it."

[The UltimoScorp]

OOC: One of those times where Makuta could be good or bad. Well written, Ultron.

 

IC Catatonic:

 

We flew on for several kios, before I veered up, smoothly swooping up and around to land silently on the rocky soil of Nynrah. I made sure we landed behind a few buildings, keeping us out of sight of any other Matoran.

 

IC Poly: After reading for  about half an hour, and seeing Exxan escorted out by the Porters, I decided I'd try my hand at.... of all things, sparring. 

 

My only experience in a fight against another student was that irritating Sonic Rahkshi with the horn. 

 

I walked to the gym, stood inside, took a deep breath, and`

 

~don't mess up~ 

 

To Karz with you.

 

~heh heh heh~

 

"W-Would anyone like to spar?!"

 

OOC open to interaction. 

[Sergei Rahkmaninoff]

IC: Jayar / Nynrah

 

 

Jayar followed Kat in silence, descending slowly upon the rocky soil so as to make as little noise as possible.

[Click]

OOC: Root's battle tactics are... odd, but effective, apparently. Hopefully he'll eventually fight someone where he doesn't end up rolling all over the ground in a desperate attempt to stay alive.

 

IC: Root - Gym

 

Root heard his opponent coming and tried to prepare... something to meet him. But then they collapsed and Root let out a sigh of relief. He blinked hard under the plant armor, but only blurry, dark shapes were coming into view. He couldn't meet them yet. Taking advantage of the distraction, Root rolled off again through the Gym, looking very much like a leafy tumbleweed.

 

 

IC: Fang and Hoto - Courtyard

 

Hoto finally ducked out the door of the Infirmary and ran off towards where she thought the Courtyard was. Luckily, she remembered correctly, and opened the door into a small but open space. She could hear Fang talking with someone off to one side. "Fang!" She called as she ran to him. "I just heard. Can I... do anything?"

 

Fang looked up in surprise as the door opened, but he quickly went back to his task. This was easy. Just a little bit of heat, some rolling through his fingers, and dropping the completed teardrop in the bowl. He could do it for hours if he just had a bit more energy. It was easy to just sit here and speak to Vaalku, despite the subject. But here was Hoto, a messenger from the world outside all of that. He just needed a moment to think, alone, and no one would give him the chance. So he turned back to the metal and watched the pieces glow and form in his hands, replying only absentmindedly, "Hello, Hoto. I'm fine. Just... taking care of Vaalku here."

 

He didn't sound fine. His voice was flat, and his motions were mechanical. He seemed... lifeless, like a machine just going through the motions. She walked right next to him and crouched down. "Please," she whispered. "Let me help."

 

No, of course she wouldn't leave that easily. She couldn't just let him work. He sighed and tried to explain. "I'm fine. I've talked to Exxan. We've worked it out. Just... find him. Make sure he's alright. I don't want any harm to come to him now."

 

She gave him a curious look, but he seemed too out of it to notice. He had never cared for Exxan, and now he was trying to protect him? This must have jarred him even worse than she could see. "O-okay," she replied hesitantly. "Just... know I'm here, if you want to talk."

 

"Just find Exxan," he growled. He didn't want her here, but he didn't want to scare her away. He stopped and just focused on the metal, trying to calm down. When he spoke again, his voice was back to that even tone. "He might be in the Library. Check there first."

 

She had jumped back against the wall when the anger crept into his voice, but that emotionless tone soon returned, even more worrying than the fury. She wasn't needed here, not now, at least. She ran back out without another word, furious at his stubborn attempts to just ignore everything. She didn't meet anyone until the Library, but she was grateful for the chance to calm down. No, she couldn't see Exxan in there, but it was hard to pick him out. She walked up to someone to ask.

 

"Have you seen Exxan?" 

 

Fang watched her leave silently, almost wishing he hadn't pushed her away. But he had his project, and Vaalku, for now.

 

 

 

OOC: Anyone in the Library could respond to Hoto, if you like.

[PhoenixFireBlaze]

OOC: Kovika. Did another player actually take it or did you just say it was stolen. Because I haven't seen another player post that they stole your book.

IC: War

 

"Hmmm. Well. Do you have any enemies?"

[Ghidora131]

IC Vaalku

 

Vaalku watched with a slight smile as Fang roughly handled the appearance of Hoto. After she left he said "Well, you would know, you've had experience in the field."

 

OOC: EDIT @Click lol to Root

Edited January 10, 2015 by ghidora131