Corpus Rahkshi

IC: Exxan - Library.

Exxan looked up to see Squid mumbling sleepily. "How long have you been there?" he snapped. "You've slept through half of an assignment." 

IC: Hoto - Hallways

Hoto gestured down the hall, exaggerated enough for Era to easily see it. "Do you think you could lead? We'll follow right behind, right Jayar?"

IC: Squid

"Sorry, I'm not sure what happened. I haven't gotten any sleep since the middle of the first assignment, so that might be it. What's the new one about?"

IC: Era - Hallways.

"Ah... sure..." Era said, her confidence slipping a little. She tried to think back to the last time she'd been from the refectory to the library, then started to retrace her steps in reverse.

IC: Exxan - Library.

"Writing a response to two of those scenarios on the blackboard there," Exxan pointed to the board beside Suvok. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm trying to organise those students who aren't participating, or who've already finished, in order to hunt down some maniac who started a fire in here." 

IC: Punch/Counterpunch/Dorm Halls ---> Rider's Dorm

"Hmm..."

He punched through a door and recognized the hidden Rahkshi as a Rahk that came in with Stronghold. He also knew a little bit why he was scared from Stronghold's brother, Bullseye.

"Who was this guy again?"

"Some guy named Rider. He's a friendly. Lemme talk. I'm more gentle than you."

"True."

Punch turned away so the people around couldn't see his eye color change and gained control of the body. He turned again to Rider.

"Hey. It's alright. We're not looking for you. Have you seen a charred Rahk anywhere? He set fire to the library."

IC Shatter:

Shatter smashed a door down. All he found were carving tools. Oh. he realized, That was my room. Hiding his embarrassment, he walked out. "Hehe, nothing there." he said somewhat sheepishly.

IC Poly:

"I'll go."

I spoke to the Tiger striped Exxan.

IC: Rider

Rider shook his head vigorously. "I left the library a while ago."

IC Poly:

 

"I'll go."

 

I spoke to the Tiger striped Exxan.

IC: Exxan - Library.

"Go catch up with Xara and the others. They seemed to have some idea of where the guy went," he turned to the rest of the group, "calm down, everybody. There's still an assignment going on. Please quiet down so that those of you still working can do so in peace." He climbed down off the table and approached the damaged bookshelf. Carefully, he picked out the books too damaged to ever be read again and put them to the side. Those that were salvageable he put in a different pile, and those that were undamaged he left in place. 

"Someone's going to pay for this," he said darkly. 

IC poly: I nodded once, then took flight, zooming down the hallways to find Xara.

~strong one~

Yes.

OoC: open for interaction

IC: Love Guurahk

"Hello?"

IC Mahrika

School Entrance, RE: Tube

Mahrika sighed and put a hand to his forehead. "Couldn't you maybe think of some less destructive solution, like making them repair the damage, or clean up the ash, or... Never mind." He had a much more pressing concern. "Do you know a Rahkshi named Fang, and if so, where he is?"

IC Vir

Vir's Dormitory, open for interaction (IE, breaking down their door.)

Vir sat on their cot, engrossed in the fifth in a narrative series they'd taken from the library. They hadn't expected it to be so fascinating, and yet here they still were, hours after bringing the books to their room. They'd hardly even heard the porters roll past his room with their summons. But now there were several loud crashes ringing from down the hall. What could those be?

IC: Xara - Dorms. 

"Come out and we won't have to keep breaking doors!" Xara snapped. Her foot was starting to hurt, so she had resorted to opening any unlocked doors, and letting the others take are of the locked ones. It saved her overexerting herself. She was saving her strength for when they found the little upstart responsible for this. She shoved open another door, and recognised Vir. "Sorry to intrude," she interrupted. "You see any pyromaniacs run through this way?" 

IC Vector:

Vector walked up to another door. Flicking the beads on his abacus at blinding speed, Vector quickly determined the weakpoint, and aimed a kick at the door. His foot went through. He withdrew the foot, and kicked the door down properly. He then began to search the inside.

IC: Anubissium

Anubissium ran off to join the group hunting the pyromaniac.

IC: Abyssium

Abyssium joined Exxan at sorting the books out. "What kind of an idiot starts a fire in the library? He must know we're going to kill him, possibly not metaphorically."

IC: Exxan - Library.

"Like I said before, we'll bring him back here, and let everyone decide a fitting punishment. What he did effects everyone, so it's only fair that everyone gets a say in what his fate shall be," he gave Abyssium a cold look, "that said, death is perfectly fine with me." 

IC: Tube - Entrance

Tube thought hard for a moment, the stress showing on their face. There was... Checkers... Vir... Hashan... Dodge... Catonik... Wraith... Whak...

"Nope, no Fang," they said at last. "Do you know Fang, Whak?"

IC: Hoto - Hallways

Hoto followed closely behind Era, watching to make sure she made the correct turns. She never realized how much harder it was for Era to get around. After wandering across islands for days, Hoto had begun to figure it out. It was natural by now. Completely effortless. But Era was having trouble just navigating between two rooms. Maybe she needed more help than Hoto was giving her.

IC Vir

Vir's Dormitory, RE: Xara

Vir looked up, startled, as their own door was opened, revealing a gang of students outside.

"No, I haven't seen anyone. Who are you looking for?"

Even though they knew it was unlikely, Vir worried this gang might mistake them for their target.

IC: Whakatio

"Nope." Whakatio said, twirling her guns.

IC: Flash Rahkon

She kept reading.

IC Mahrika

School Entrance->Corridors, RE: Tube and Whakatio. Open for interaction.

"Well, then, I'll be going." Mahrika walked off down the corridor. The Rahk-hunt was a little troubling to him, but after what he had witnessed on Nyrah little else seemed to matter.

IC: Xara - Dorms.

"Someone started a fire in the library. We're trying to find them." Xara explained quickly.

IC: Era - Refectory. 

It was the smell that finally drew Era to the refectory. The room always hung heavy with the foul reek of that meagre, mushy mess that the staff seemed to think constituted actual food. "Made it," she declared brightly, stopping outside the door. "Sorry it took so long." 

IC Kat - Infirmary

I nodded, understanding. I slowly got up, stretching my aching limbs. Everything seemed In order.

Then I noticed the orange one sharpening a knife, idly mumbling... About cutting limbs and such off. And giggling.

I cocked an eye brow, looked at Omega, and nodded at the other Rahkshi. The unspoken,'what's with this guy?' Was obvious.

IC: Tube - Entrance

Tube shrugged and resumed their watch, keeping an eye out for any Rahkshi leaving the school. All was quiet outside of the Academy.

IC: Hoto - Refectory

Hoto patted Era on the shoulder. "Yes, you did. Come on, let's get in line."

The line was short with everyone in the Library or out hunting the arson, but there were a few students who cared more about food than books, burned or otherwise.

IC: Omega

Omega shrugged. He laid back down, coughing.

IC: Jayar / The Refectory

"No problem. I'm sure you'll get faster with experience, although Hoto probably knows more about that than I do." He went to stand in the line alongside his companions. "Have you had the dubious pleasure of refectory slop yet, Era?"

OOC: Last post for tonight. Just as we get to the point at which rapid dialogue is likely, too, unfortunately. Try not to leave Jayar behind, eh guys?

IC: Era - Refectory. 

Era blanched, her eyeless face twisting into an expression of distaste. "Unfortunately, yes." 

IC: Hoto - Refectory

"Come on, it's not that bad," Hoto said as she picked up a tray. She took a big spoonful on her way to a table. "I've hed wurs," she mumbled around the mouthful. When she swallowed, she continued with the story with a mischievous grin. "Good food wasn't in ready supply on my way here, not that I was that great at picking out good food. Some of the other Rahkshi were good at catching Rahi for food, but I was never quick enough. By the time I figured out where something was, it ran off somewhere else. Finally, I caught one I thought was resting, but it wasn't." She stopped there, sparing them the details, or leaving them to be tortured by their imaginations.

She idly spun a spoonful around. "Compared to that, this is as good as any Matoran delicacy."

IC Vir

Vir's Dormitory, RE: Xara

Vir gasped in shock. A fire in the library? The entire school could be at risk! They dropped the book and leapt to their feet, ready to evacuate. "Is the fire spreading?"

IC Mahrika

Dormitory Corridor, to: Vector, Xara, Shatter, and co.

Mahrika's path took him to the dormitory corridor, where a bunch of students were generally acting menacing. "Has anyone here seen Fang?"

OOC: I'm going to try to make it more clear on which personality is in control.

IC: Bullseye/Infirmary

Bullseye closed his eyes and tried to think.

"What should I do..."

He wanted to go out to the village to test the reactions of the Matoran while being alone, but he needed his barbed arrow back.

IC: Punch/Counterpunch/Rider's Dorm

"Alright. I believe you. Why don't you help us find the perpetrator? We could use the extra hand."

IC: Rider

"Well.... Claws IS good at tracking things." Rider said with a devillish grin.

IC: Punch/Counterpunch/Rider's Dorm ---> Dorm Halls

"GOOD! Just what we need."

"Quiet. Let me talk."

"Great. Let's do this."

He walked outside to where everyone was searching.

"Do your thing, Rider."

IC: Era - Refectory. 

"Sounds like you had fun," Era said sceptically. "You had a bit of a hard time making it here, to Corpus?" 

IC: Xara - Dorms.

"Exxan already put out the fire. He's asked everyone to go out and find who did it," Xara told Vir, "he wants us to democratically decide what to do with him once we bring him back to the library. Personally, though, I just want to beat him into a bloody pulp for setting fire to the bookshelf I was lying on top of." 

IC: Illusive - Library.

Illusive sat down next to the Rahkshi Era had been sitting next to earlier (Flash Rahkon). You are mute? he asked, using the De-Matoran sign language. 

IC: Rider

The split rahk said that the arsonist was charred. Rider ran to the library and grabbed a charred book. He got back and held it in front of Claws. "Fetch." He said, smiling evilly. Claws immediately sniffed the book and began tracking the burnt smell. Rider followed behind, his weapon drawn.

IC: Hoto

Hoto's grin faded a bit. "I hatched a long ways away from here. We usually travelled in groups to get here safely, but the other Rahkshi were... not very understanding. But I'm here now, and I've got you two, and Phogen, and Exxan!" She finished brightly, then turned back to her food, slowly twirling the spoon around in the slop.

IC Kat:

I shook my head, keeping an eye on the potentially deranged Rahkshi.

I moved over to Fang, who was still out.

". That makes three injured under my watch."

IC: Punch/Counterpunch/Rider's Dorm

He followed behind Rider.

"Let's switch as soon as we find the arsonist."

"Sure."

IC: Bullseye/Infirmary --- > Library

He opened his eyes, just remembering that he should go tell Anubissium that Kat was awake. He looked to Omega and Kat.

"Would you mind watching the crazy guy while I go get Anubissium?"

He said it more like a statement, however, and he left without letting them answer.

IC: Stronghold/Library

So much has happened after the fire, and Stronghold watched stuff happen. He decided to take a nap, eager to see how his crude strategies turned out. For someone who doesn't think much, he felt very proud of his work.

IC: Era - Refectory.

"Sounds like you had it a little better than me," Era sighed, "most of the Makuta thought I should just be killed, since I was clearly defective. Instead, my so-called father, the Makuta who spawned me, decided it would be crueler to let me live, to let me suffer, as if it was my fault that I was defective." She stabbed viciously at her food with her spoon as she spoke. Blindness is not weakness...

"I've spent every day since trying to prove to myself, and everyone else, that I deserve to be alive." 

IC: Hoto - Refectory

Hoto looked up with a bit of a smirk. "Welcome to the club. I never found out why my Makuta didn't just kill me right there, but I always figured it was just another grand experiment. 'Let's see how long this blind one lives,' and all that. I doubt this experiment turned out as they expected." 

IC Vir

Vir's Dormitory, RE: Xara

Vir shrunk back at Xara's shockingly violent threat. "Oh... Well, maybe you'll find them soon." They shut their door gently but quickly.

IC Mahrika

Dormitory Corridor, to: Vector, Xara, Shatter, and co.

"Hello? Did you hear me?"