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[Perp]

Now, if a house full consists entirely of people with questionable mental status, how does one differentiate the divide between 'sane' and 'insane' ...?

 

But thank you, I'll be sure to attempt to contribute a bit more than just a one-off sarcastic comment now and then. I hope I'm in for a ride.

[NorikSigma]

Just ask questions if you have doubts. Really, we don't bite. Hands, that is.

 

Just request interaction with people that have characters available.

 

Enjoy your stay!

 

Btw, there's really no sane players here. That's as far as I can answer the question.

Edited May 28, 2014 by Just Norik

[They]

Thanks Norik.

[NorikSigma]

Thanks Norik.

Now now, I said we weren't sane, doesn't mean we're insane.

 

Just the overwheing majority. The rest are completely off their rocket.

[EmperorWhenua]

Now, if a house full consists entirely of people with questionable mental status, how does one differentiate the divide between 'sane' and 'insane' ...?

 

But thank you, I'll be sure to attempt to contribute a bit more than just a one-off sarcastic comment now and then. I hope I'm in for a ride.

This guy gets us. Welcome—please read the rules and the first post to this topic, and don't hesitate to send a PM to myself or one of the other staff if you need help finding a vital answer.

 

Just ask questions if you have doubts. Really, we don't bite. Hands, that is.

[Observedhalo]

When you say only Dasaka with influence may attend, does that mean strictly political leaders, or military leaders and other more subordinate Dasaka as well? Thinking of bringing my Dasaka main back into action.

[25K Now!]

It appears to be those pretty big wig in the military and their minions too.

[Observedhalo]

Excellent. Most excellent. Time for my a Royal Spy to do her job, finally. Just need to pick up a costume and she's in business.

[25K Now!]

Wait, does the party serve martinis?

[EmperorWhenua]

There's endless wine from the fountains, though servants will cater to your harder tastes, whatever they may be.

[25K Now!]

Interesting.

 

You know, we haven't actually eaten much at this party.

[Observedhalo]

Wait, it's Already started? Fashionably late, I guess.

[25K Now!]

Yeah, it started a few days ago.

 

Don't worry, it's probably been about ten or so minutes in-game.

[Observedhalo]

I hope it's a murder mystery. You can never have enough of those......

[25K Now!]

EW can correct me, but looks like the party's mostly just interacting and stuff, unless he has some shiny things up his sleeves.

[Geardirector]

Going Home

Wots, Gravity, Shadowhawk, Tapio: thank you. I never would've made it this far without you guys.

Edited May 28, 2014 by Gyro Gearloose

[Mel]

Welcome to the Jungle.

 

Linking intro posts is a thing around here right

 

I got the impression it was.

 

More crystal toa=always a good thing. Think of what would happen if you dropped one in Kentoku. :3

[EmperorWhenua]

EW can correct me, but looks like the party's mostly just interacting and stuff, unless he has some shiny things up his sleeves.

I do in fact have somethings shiny up my sleeves.

[They]

Before I take up the huge offer of interaction that is psionic willhammer battling leaving a mark across the public psionic plane anyone want to jump in on that? Relisai's 'hammering Mako.

[Constructelf]

Can non-willhammers detect Willhammer usage, or can only other willhammers do that?

[They]

Dunno about the specifics but I'm sure when someone starts making a fight in a crowded room it's going to have a ripple effect.

[EmperorWhenua]

Only people attuned to the Willhammer discipline can detect Willhammer usage, due to the nature of the power, though there are other external signs of the power being used, namely the weaknesses listed on the Dasaka Master Reference Post.

 

Lots of people would have been able to feel it happen, though few would have done anything. There's this whole diffusion of responsibility phenomenon when something happens in front of a group of people, which serves as an IC explanation for why why only a honour-dedicated Menti and the dutiful Hogo mooks guards responded.

[Relapse]

Any non-partygoers open for interaction in Kentoku?

[Constructelf]

Any non-partygoers open for interaction in Kentoku?

Come get your noodles at Dastana Ichi's noodle and teriyaki house!

 

Oh right, actually have to post as her...

[Toa Fanixe]

A few things:

 

How would Xania have seen what was going on between Relisai and Mako? Xania was with Ayiwah and Kulrik, who were in one of the adjoining wings of Dragon Hall, while the Relisai and Mako were in a corner of main room? There would have been a whole party between them.

 

And theres no indication the Janu bird made any sound, which even if it did, I doubt would be louder than the din of all the guests and music.

 

In the first Kuno post, Kuno assassinates someone with Royal Willhammers in the room. If a Willhammer can sense another Willhammer at work, without specifically looking, wouldn't Kuno have been found out?

[Geardirector]

And theres no indication the Janu bird made any sound, which even if it did, I doubt would be louder than the din of all the guests and music.

 

This, I can help with. Kama functions like an NPC, and has already been taken control of by other players (yourself included) without me making any hints towards the action Kama took in your posts. That part was perfectly serviceable.

[EmperorWhenua]

I can't speak for the first question, but the last one: It wasn't stated that the Herupa assassin was guarded by Willhammers, it's just implied that Clan Hogo guards were watching over the cells where she was kept. If there were Willhammers present they clearly weren't looking for power usage, especially behind all the doors and walls, which is fair since they'd be there to prevent escapes and the wisest place for guards is actually at the exit of the dungeons and not where they could be affected by a Menti in the cells.

[Toa Fanixe]

"He ( Kuno) spared a second glance at the Rora’s Willhammers, who looked at the slack-faced assassin wearily. Their mouths moved, no doubt trying to question the assassin verbally before resorting to mental entry. He had seconds."

 

"The Rora’s Willhammers, when they tried to enter their prisoner’s mind, found it to be a void. One of them felt for the assassin’s pulse; there was no heartbeat. Kuno’s liability was dead."

 

If the prisoner was in a guarded cell that could still be reached by Willhammers, I'd imagine the guards would specifically be on guard for Willhammers, if they were in fact able to sense them.

[Athmos]

It certainly has been a few months(Nearly a year, I think, the time is fuzzy.), but I think I'm ready to come back and begin RPing again.

 

I am (Blissfully?) aware of anything happening at the moment, so a helping hand in private to fill me in on the more important things would be nice. For those of you unaware who I am(or was), I am(or was) thebeggerpie.

[They]

Welcome back. Check my blog for the Mata-Nui Weekly to catch up to speed in a detailed sense, or the 2013 arc of the wiki. Also, expect a pm soon.

[Athmos]

Welcome back. Check my blog for the Mata-Nui Weekly to catch up to speed in a detailed sense, or the 2013 arc of the wiki. Also, expect a pm soon.

 

Right, I believe back in early 2013 somebody was running that. Was that you? Memory is fuzzy. I'll see about reading that. Thank you.

[EmperorWhenua]

-snip-

 

If the prisoner was in a guarded cell that could still be reached by Willhammers, I'd imagine the guards would specifically be on guard for Willhammers, if they were in fact able to sense them.

I stand corrected—my memory failed me. That still leaves a few things within the realm of possibility: Kuno may have been so fast and decisive and the Willhammers may have been so distracted by the moment that he entered, did his work and left without being detected. Kuno is, indeed, among the most powerful 'Hammers in the empire, so I don't doubt he could have done it.

[The Nold]

The more I try to figure out the Abettors, the less sense everything makes.

 

EDIT: Wait.

 

Two Abettors+Two Great Spirits+Makuta+Zataka=Six really, really powerful beings.

 

I doubt this is what the whole "there are six of us" thing really means, but hey, the more ideas we throw out there, the more likely for one of them to turn out right.

 

Edited May 28, 2014 by The Nold

[Shadowhawk]

Hmm... interesting thought. Somehow I don't think of the Abettors as being on par with actual deities, though. Although admittedly exceedingly great, they're very plainly(?) little more than mere mechanical guardians. No souls, no true sapience. They're not entities, I would venture to guess; just machines.

Personally, I'm beginning to strongly suspect that this whole 'Makuta's Vault' quest is one great big puzzle designed to be solved by two parties working in conjunction. There's a 'puzzle station' at each of the two islands; each puzzle station is watched over by an Abettor; each puzzle station requires a 'key' of some sort.

Perhaps... this is just a semi-educated tentative guess, but perhaps the Abettors are guarding each other's keys? By this reasoning, the Mata Nui Abettor's crystal tunnel doesn't lead to the Vault, as has been assumed, but to the resting place of the key that is required to crack the Kentoku puzzle station, and vice versa.

Taking a closer look at the Kentoku puzzle station's riddle, it would appear that the Abettor on Kentoku must be dealt with first (made to 'live', or whatever that line said; maybe (wild guess) we need a Toa of Iron?), which in turn will allow the Abettor on Mata Nui to 'yield'. The two keys must then be transported to their appropriate puzzle stations, and used to unseal the doors, which may or may not actually lead to the same exact Vault. A 'subspace pocket' area, or something like that, with an entrance on each island, and both entrances must be opened, possibly simultaneously, in order to finally gain access.

What say, folks? Think I'm on to something, or am I wasting my typing fingers?

[Constructelf]

... That would make sense. A lot of sense.

[The Nold]

As far as them not being on par with deities, that's why I said I doubt I was right. But, the more ideas we bring to the table, the more those ideas can be played with and modified and melded with other ideas, and, if we're lucky, one of them will be the right one.

 

As far as the Vault and "keys" and such: if you've ever seen that magic trick where you have to try and pull the two entwined rings apart, I'm starting to think of it as sorta like that.

 

[Toa Fanixe]

"Six of us" = Six masks that the Mata-Nui Abettor can wear, each with a different sentience residing within?

[Constructelf]

What masks does Mata Nui's abettor have anyways?

[The Nold]

At least the Rode, Pakari, Kakama, and Arthron. Maybe more, I don't know.

 

[Ghosthands]

I reckon Shadowhawk's on the right track here. As for the 'six of us' thing, yes, the Abettor has six Kanohi iirc so I'm inclined to think that that's what the Mata Nui Abettor was referring to.