BZPRPG: Onu-Wahi

IC: KuhrinThe Matoran jumped in surprise as one of the Rahkshi bound his shoulders in it's iron grip, it's cold, merciless eyes glaring into his soul. It's armour was pitched and broken, like an infected mask, and it's face looked somehow different from the others, thought the Matoran could not put his finger on it. But the worst came when the creature opened it's mouth... And spoke."Feeeaaarrr the will of Makuta..." it hissed, it's voice reminding him of a Muaka's claws scraping across slate. "There is no life... In the void..." a huge vortex of broken body parts began to materialise behind them, an infected Hau at it's core, with empty, lifeless eyes. The Rahkshi picked him up by the throat and pinned him against the wall. "...Only... Death!" the creature's staff zipped towards him, a tentacle of blackfire lashed out from the side and the vortex exploded. All the Matoran could do was close his eyes and wait for the end...An end which never came.The Matoran cracked open his right eye to see his friend was somehow alive, and the world was just as it was before the Rahkshi, before the evil Toa, before... The void. Was it a dream? A hallucination? Whatever it was, he didn't want to experience it again.***"That illusion should last a while. We'll be long gone before he realises his friend is a phony." Kuhrin grinned. "Now Krell, I hope our little instilling of fear hasn't ruined your appetite... Because I have something to show you. This way." he led his fellow Makuta follower through a pitched black tunnel, the huge smile plastered on his face as he did so.OOC: Happy Naming Day Gravs

OOC: Is the bestest gift evaaaahh. *hugs*IC: Krell"Actually, I feel rather good right about now," he replied, following Kuhrin. A few black flames were still visible on his rusted and pitted armor.Unserprisingly, he found instilling fear to be rather realaxing and enjoyable. Although, a small part of his mind reasoned, I'm not sure if it's just my mask

OOC: I'll make the starting post for us, Vezon, Gravity. Also, we are NOT to get involved with D.A.V.E.'s plot. It'll get too complicated.IC(Tosp): Oun-Wahi. Underground. Dark. Not the most fun spot to go on the island, but it was needed to get to Kini-Nui. Tosp looked at Tupua then Kythera, being in the middle. "If you're afraid of creepy crawlies, shadows or miners, best not share now." he joked as he wrapped his arms around both of them. "It won't do you any good."

IC:Tupua looked to his left at Tosp, with a raised eyebrow. "The shadows don't scare me." he stated, plainly. He was looking ahead. Something told him they were going to make progress here. He wasn't quite sure where the certainty came from. Perhaps it was just the change of scenery and the traveling that made him feel that way."Though...the crawlies might be unsettling." he added, with a straight face, but obviously joking.

OOC: Oh definately not, Pie. IC: KytheraThe Vortixx smiled at the joke. "Well," she said, "a bit too late for that now."Kythera herself found dark, enclosed places unsettling; but she figured any sane being would. "Now, if I remember correctly, we can either take the tunnels that lead us through Onu-Koro, and then get to where we need to go," she said, "Or, we can go straight through, which is faster; but safety isn't guaranteed."

IC(Tosp): Tosp pulled them together, almost bashing their heads together. "Look at us, afraid of the creepy crawlies and....whatever else I can think of." he said with a wide grin. Even without his mask, he had quite a bit of strength. "Safety or speed? Hmm...Well, how important is finding your teammates, Tupua?" Tosp asked, looking at the Toa under his arm.

IC:Tupua looked at Tosp with an unreadable expression. "It is important...but we can afford the time for safety. Rushing in is never adviseable."

IC(Tosp): Tosp let go of Tupua, but not Kythera. "Okay, off to Oun-Koro we go!"

OOC: *Cracks knuckles* Onu-Koro entrance post, here I come.IC: Hound & Co, Onu-KoroAs the group journeyed foward, the tunnels became wider, dirt became stone, a single lightstone was replaced with several. Darkness, seemingly animated in the flickering shadows, could progress no further, for the tunnel to Onu-Koro's light forbid it. Pausing at the end of the tunnel, Hound surveyed the sprawling metropolis of Onu-Koro. Tunnels and caves connected patches and clusters of buildings, some large enough to house dozens, others small enough for only a few. A few earthen and stone bridges connected caves over a frightening abyss, forcing the traveling to risk the fatal fall to cross, single-file and rushed. Light was scarce, even more so that the original tunnel Hound had taken. But the darkness added to the beauty of this hidden city, a world of it's own. On most days, these would be Hound's thoughts. But now, in this dark time, only mechanical, observational, brief thoughts filled his mind. Possible exit routes, possible weapons, possible cover and defense points... beauty had been replaced with usefulness. So are the ways of war.

IC(Tajeh): Tajeh stopped in his tracks as well. He had never visited Onu-Koro before in his life. "Oh....wow..." he breathed as his eyes adjusted to the weak light.

OOC: TBP, please, spell 'Onu' right. Every time I see that I'm reminded of a failed epic I tried writing once. IC-Raxa:"Two days, that's how long it's been," Raxa mentioned, "Since last I was here." His father's corpse had been disposed of rather quickly, he knew, but Raxa still held a key to the house."If anybody wants to rest up, grab a quick meal, and visit a small armoury, I can lead us to a spot," Raxa said after a moment of thought.

OOC: Sory, thas a oe tmie prolem. Seriously, Sorry. Also, it's Pie or Begger, not TBP.IC(Tajeh): "Do you know a good hospital?" Tajeh asked Raxa, gesturing to his broken hand.

OOC: That was my cue, wasn't it?IC(Kaerhi):Kaerhi noticed as the ice and snow turned to rock and soil.OOC: Kaerhi to Onu-Wahi

OOC: Umm... no. I don't think I was cueing you to do anything. What did you think the cue was? Anyway, Hatann from Ko-wahi.IC: This part of Onu-wahi was one of the least inhabited regions of the island - almost all the Onu-matoran lived below the surface, leaving the top virtually untouched. Hatann had travelled this way a few times before, and once had to use it to hide out from his enemies. The place was riddled with holes and caves that lead underground, but Hatann was looking for a particular one. Eventually he found it at the base of a small cliff. Here, there was a hole in the sandstone formation right where it met the ground, just big enough for a Skakdi to crawl through. He bent down and entered, beofre falling 100 bio to the floor of a deep underground cave - the same one where he had forst told Kaerhi about NEX. To avoid killing himself when he hit the ground, he lessen his gravity enough to land gently."Home, sweet home" he said to himself, and went to unlock his secret cave.

IC: [Arkrak]"So Evil Inc. Still trying to kill me?"

IC Yasurek-Infernavika:"Well, considering that we are but two people I don't think we have the force to take over the world," Yasurek told Lasinia. "Since that is the case I think it best that we either convince people to our sides with our compelling personalities or get rich. Since we're pirates getting rich shouldn't be too hard."

IC-Grochi:Grochi turned to Yasurek."A single man can take over a universe if he wants to, lad," he growled. "And don't forget that."

IC Yasurek-Infernavika:"Um, yes, I was already well aware of that, thank you," Yasurek replied to Grochi. "I was just saying that if Lasinia and I were to go about taking over the world it would probably be more effective to do so by becoming rich or influencing leaders rather than strong-arming our way to the top."

IC-Grochi:"You could easily strong-arm your way to the top," Grochi said. "The Turaga are gone, and the guards are at their weakest. However, starting a rule such as that would not work the best. You could become rich and buy everybody out, but once you lost your money you would lose your followers."Influencing the leaders is a bit of a good choice, but you can never account for who is truly a puppet and who is only acting as one. The better way is subversion-convince others that you're truly out to help. If you have a good enough plan, you'll quickly gain willing support. Then, find ways to convince them that those in the lead now are corrupt, and remember to use examples and twist the truth, or convert them to your true cause slowly."Subversion is, basically, a better tactic than either of those you mentioned.

IC Yasurek-Infernavika:"Who said anything about a lasting rule?" Yasurek asked. "This seems to be more of a fun project ot do until it's completed. The way I'm currently seeing it is that actually getting to the point where one rules the world is much more entertaining than the actual act of ruling it. Even if we actually took over the world with one of those less efficient methods we would have still taken over the world and it's not like it would be that hard to leave and avoid any retribution. I'm not a very memorable person and it's very easy for people to forget about me so I'd be fine."

IC-Grochi:Grochi snorted, feeling contempt for Yasurek's thought. "Were you to take over," the Toa of Plasma growled, "And leave, the island would fall into chaos. There's no letting people forget about you, mate-if you did what you're planning, you'd be dead in a week. Sorry to ruin your idea."

IC Yasurek-Infernavika:"Scoff all you want, the idea is plausible. And come now, do you really think it's hard for a ko-matoran to hide from society. The ammount of hermits who live in seclusion in Mt. Ihu's wasteland must be rather large, and yet they still can't be found very easily. A new cloak, a new mask, maybe even some paint for my limbs and I could disappear. And nobody would remember my name. There are much greater more active names in the world.""Besides," he added. "This plan is an idea, a project. There are always other goals to be accomplished. Not that I'll be the ones to accomplish them, but still. If everyone viewed ideas as realistically and cynically as you the world would be a sad place. Thinking of the unlikely and trying to accomplish it breaks the mold, adds new possibilities. You may think taking over the world our way is a bad idea, but if we succeeded we could show that it could work. And then you wouldn't be able to scoff at it, not would you?"

IC-Grochi:"I would scoff due to the stupidity of your idea, Yasurek," Grochi growled. "Keeping an ideal is good, but coming up with something like that just for fun is not. It doesn't matter if you become a hermit, change your cloak and mask. People will be more determined than you think if you do something like what you're suggesting."

OOC: Meh, it doesn't matter now. Kaerhi from Ko-Wahi.IC(Kaerhi): Kaerhi followed Hatann to the same tunnel and followed him down it. Hatann dropped first into the cave, then Kaerhi followed suit, landing on the field of gravity. He grunted slightly and stepped off into the cavern.

OOC: Raxa will be meeting them in Onu-koro in the "morning" so I'm skipping over this stuff quite quickly.IC: The cave was just as they had left it that morning, aside from that more water had dripped of the stalagtite into the bucket. Hatann took a long drink and then got ready to rest for the night. It had been a long day, full of travel and exertion, and he was dog tired.OOC: Hatann to sleep.

OOC: To sleep? Where's that thread? :PIC(Kaerhi): Kaerhi didn't enter the hidden cave. Instead he sat outside it and closed his eyes, falling into a troubled sleep.

IC Yasurek-Infernavika:"To be honest the only time anybody has ever been or will probably ever be determined when it comes to a subject regarding me would be you right now trying to insult my idea and make me feel bad about it. As long as I don't announce it I'm sure nobody would actually notice it if I took over the world. Remember, I'm not important in the grand scheme of anything, including my own plot to take over the world. Besides, the idea came about as an attempt to join in the rest of the crew here in their insanity operating on a different level of existence in Lasinia's words. It is only expected there might be slight flaws in the logic of the plan."

OOC: Hatann from sleep. I dunno where it is, but Hatann just went there. Now he's back.IC: Early the next morning, Hatann rolled out of bed, rubbed his eyes and then fired his laser vision at a small pile of firewood. Eventually, it caught fire and he began cooking breakfast.

IC: Lasinia"Let's go find a mint that makes widgets, steal a lot and then buy Ga-Koro!"

OOC: Did Kal PM you?IC(Kaerhi): Kaerhi woke at the smell of food. He didn't get up, but sat there staring at the far wall.

OOC: I PMed him, but the idea was his. Apparently NEX has been rounded up without us. So yeah, kinda.IC: When he was done, Hatann passed a bowl of ussal stew to Kaerhi before quickly downing his own. "Well, another day, another murder" he said brightly. "You about ready to get going?"

OOC: I see.IC(Kaerhi): Kaerhi took the bowl of soup drank it quickly. Almost like the bowl was empty when it handed to him. "Yes." he replied dryly. He remembered anything from yesterday, he didn't show it.

IC: Gunner - InfernavikaGunner clapped one arm each around Grochi and Yasurek's shoulders, a jovial smile on his face."Ah, lighten up Grochi," he said with a slight smirk, "If Yasurek wants to make himself the single most despised man on the entirety of Mata Nui, that's his problem."-Void

IC: "Allright then, let's go take a look around the village" Hatann replied. "Maybe we can find someone there". He grabbed his weapons and backpack (from which the treasure had now been removed and stowed safely away in Hatann's safe) and closed the hidden opening to his secret cave. Satisfied that his belongings were safe, Hatann entered the maze of tunnels that would lead him to Onu-koro. As always, he picked his route without apparent effort, even though the were more twists and turns in the route than in an angry bog snake.

OOC: 3 characters, all in bound for Onu-Koro....IC(Kaerhi): Kaerhi followed Hatann quickly through the tunnels to Onu-Koro. It was a strange sight indeed for Kaerhi. He had never seen something of it's like before.

IC: VoxumoAs Voxumo walked through the dark and humid tunnel he could not help but notice the small kofo-jaga that had been following him for over a mile.Obviously the kofo-jaga assumed it has been following Voxumo undetected, it even went as far as to make small chitters. Voxumo had always been interested in insectoid rahi big or small, but he has never liked kofo-jagas because they reminded him of annoying heatstones.Voxumo finally stopped walking and turned around to face the kofo-jaga. Voxumo assumed the creature would have scurried away for fear of being attacked, but this kofo-jaga seemed to not know when it is not welcomed.Voxumo bent down and put his hand flat on the ground. to his surprise the scorpion moved towards his hand and even went as far to walk onto his hand. Voxumo stood up with scorpion in hand and brought his hand in front of his face." You must be mighty trusting to actually allow me to hold you."Just then Voxumo encased the kofo-jaga in a sphere of ice generated in his hand. then he took the frozen scorpion and threw it at the solid stone wall. then there was the amazing site of a frozen scorpion shattering into tiny pieces.Then Voxumo continued his journey through the tunnel hoping it would lead to the village of Onu-Wahi, all the while thinking to himselfYou should never trust someone who invites you for you might find yourself caged and helplessOCC:This is my first post in the BZPRPG. I hope this will be a good start to my character, Voxumo, BZPRPG journey/story

IC: After an hour of walking through the tunnels, Hatann reached the village of Onu-koro. The great cavern was dotter with hundreds, if not thousands of lightstones, making it much brighter than the dim tunnels leading to it. Hatann blinked in annoyance, before moving on into the village, though he stuck to the shadows as he went.

IC Yasurek-Infernavika:"My goodness you two," Yasurek sighed in annoyance. "You both can't let some people have outlandish fantasies despite being on a boat where half the people exist in outlandish fantasies. You decide to pick out me, the matoran to annoy with your realism and pessimism. And you're acting like the world's going to hate me the instant I do anything. Maybe you're right. Maybe the world does dislike me. After all, nobody lets me do anything. Everything I've ever done has been rendered pointless or counterproductive due to the interference of others. Nobody gives a karz about Yasurek, he's a person. We'd better all ruin his fun, can't let the guy enjoy himself. Can't let a guy feel welcome. There was a time when I wondered if I'd ever came back to this ship. I didn't have to. I could have gone on to do better things. But now I'm back and it's still just the same. I'm stuck having to listen to a guy who always has to be right, can't ever have any times where he isn't correct or has the superior vision, can't ever be a time where his way isn't the only successful way to do anything. Grochi, you remind me of this irritating marine commander that the crew encountered. He had to be right about everything too. I don't like it when people go out of their way to make others feel less worthy or capable of anything and you are doing that right now. So kindly back off, and let me do what I want to do, okay?" He turned to Gunner. "Gunner, don't act so happy, or Grochi might have to come and be all realistic. Because we can't have happiness or optimism on this boat, no sir."He left Gunner and Grochi and went back to Lasinia. "That sounds great, but do you know where we would find a widget mint? Where are widgets even made?"

IC: Lasinia"This obviously needs RESEARCH!"

IC Yasurek-Infernavika:"Indeed! Research is what we must do!" Yasurek replied. "...But where are we going to research where widgets come from?" he asked.OOC: At this point I am sad to say I will be gone from tomorrow morning pacific time till tuesday or so, and this is my last post for the night. I might get one in early tomorrow but there's no way to be sure. Regardless I will return definitely this tuesday.

IC: Lasinia"Do the villages have a treasury?"