BZPRPG: Onu-Wahi

OOC: Maybe at some point we can take a nostalgia trip to Kuhrin's little surgery lab IC: ZurianaZuria laughed. "Don't be silly, it's far too dark to see down here. If it was any less lit then-" she looked round at him and her smile faded. "You were being serious, weren't you? Well, there's always the, um, B-tunnels."

OOC: Ooo, wouldn't that be fun. :evilgrin:I just love the field trips this class takes. IC: Krell"Just as long as there's less of these things," I said, pointing to lightstone behind me with a thumb. Karz. This tunnel seems... Familar.Something is not right here.

IC: ZurianaZuria was about to turn into a darker, narrower tunnel, when she spotted something further up. "Hold on..."Moving closer, she saw that it was a severely damaged cart full of various items, evidently for trade. And nearby lay two things that made Zuria go pale: Matoran corpses. "These people are dead." she whimpered. "There's nothing we can do. Let's get to the village and tell them about this, the Ussalry will be able to fix it." I hope.They headed into the darker tunnel to the side, and found that it was nearly pitch black; a winding maze of cramped conditions. "I have a feeling this isn't the right way," she breathed, turning and expecting to see Krell, but saw no one and nothing but black. "Krell? KRELL?!"She heard footsteps approaching, and hoped to Mata Nui it was her companion.OOC: Option N or Option K? You decide

IC:But it wasn't Krell that greated Zuria, instead, a dark, evil laugh came from the tunnel, followed by footsteps. Footsteps of two beings, coming closer...IC: KrellI had next to no idea where I was. I had lost Zuria somewhere back, but with these dark tunnels it was impossible to tell. Strange, though, my eyes seemed perfectly used to these lighting conditions.

OOC: And I offer to you for interaction, Tarnok and Ulyism. The only active PC Ussalry members around. :PIC: TarnokTarnok roamed the streets aimlessly, Ulysim waling beside him. He took a route he knew well, one that allowed him to monitor most of the village, and be able to respond quickly to any trouble.

IC: ZurianaZuria tried to run, but slammed into the tunnel wall instead, and felt two pairs of cold hands grasp her arms. "Get off me!" she cried, but the assailants' clutch was too strong."What do you want with me?!"OOC: Wait, who are they working for again?

OOC: *coughi'llpmucough*IC: KrellOops. Right, there she is.Without pausing, I raced off towards where I'd heard her cry. Something wasn't right. We weren't alone down here... I rounded a corner, and there they were."Yes, lets all just let everyone go, huh?"

IC: UnknownThe faces of the attackers were obscured in the darkness, but parts of their armour reflected a symbol which was strangely familiar to Krell. "Your master is greatly displeased with your actions, Krell." hissed one."And the sentence for displeasing the Lord of Mata-Nui isn't pleasant." said the other in a deeper voice."Lights out." one of them raised a hand and out came a bolt of lightning, which flew straight at Krell.

IC: Hound, Onu-KoroHound was, for the lack of a better word, broken. Physically, he lay on a hospital bed, his entire side covered in sanitized bandages. The Onu-Koroian doctor was talking to the Po-Toa, who nodded and said nothing, absorbing the details of his wounds. Mentally, Hound thought of all that happened. Not just Onyx's Catacombs, everything. From the beginning. Hound was silent and emotionless as his mind slowly replayed the centuries of his existence, skipping all that was cheerful and slowing all that was painful; The things he had avoid for ages untold. His failure. His cruelty. They struck him like truncheons, but he had no reaction. He simply watched and mentally, silent, remorsed and sought forgiveness. The one thing all seek. Forgiveness. The finality of salvation.

IC: KrellThese guys were trouble.Dunno what really tipped me off. Maybe it was the bolt of lighting shooting towards me. Or perhaps the fact that they had Zuria at swordpoint. And that symbol... That symbol!Oh Karz.Wait, lightning, right. With an almost casual movement, I stepped aside, and the bolt of energy struck a far wall. "Whoops." I said, before holding up my hand.What happened next I couldn't really explain. It was all instinct, as I focused on something, and suddenly a tonge of black, evil-looking flames sprang from my outstretched hand. Heading right back towards my attackers. The heck was THAT?

IC: UnknownOne of the attackers held Zuria out in front of them to protect themself, but the flames missed them and hit the other, who was sent sprawling across the floor, where he cried in agony at the invisible burns. The first one continued to use Zuria as a shield, and was advancing slowly.

IC: Krell"You don't want to do that," I said flatly to the being using Zuria as a shield. I was serious, but there was another reason I had said that. The second being stopped, just for a moment, but it was enough for me to bring my Kanohi powers to bear. The second being would suddenly find himself being crushed under his own weight. Just lifting his arms would become work. Standing itself would become painful.As all this was happening I was on the move, already running towards them, the small dagger that I had I held reverse-grip in my left hand. A dark nimbus of flames surrounding both my fists.I was mad. And they were in twenty different kinds of trouble.

OOC: Filler comedy postLaughia Episode 1: Food Fights and Beer BottlesIC: Zharuk, Dakan, Vhisoli, Pineas, and Cosi The meeting having been adjourned, the members of the HWP's high command, minus Jomar Kyrae, went back to whatever business they were doing. Zharuk thought it a good time to dive into some of the food he had bought. "Hey, guys," he said to the rest of the toa. "I've got food. Want anything to eat?" "Something to eat would be nice," Vhisoli replied. The others nodded. Zharuk opened the take out boxes to find 6 burgers, 6 steak sandwiches, a whole pile of poutine, and a big plate of ceaser salad. The rest of them stared. "That's a lot of food," Pineas finally said. "No wonder you took so long to get here," Cosi continued. "How expensive was that?" Dakan asked, staring at the food incredulously. "Well," Vhisoli finally said. "We can't just let the food cool down like that; let's eat!" The five of them promptly dug into the food. "This is great," Dakan said with his mouth full. He ended up spitting in Vhisoli, who waved her arms about in surprise, accidentally hitting her salad fork and sending a whole bunch of lettuce flying into Cosi's face. "What the-" he muttered in surprise. While moving his arm in surprise to wipe off is face, he hit some of the poutine and it hit Zharuk in the face. "WHOA!" he shouted and he ended up falling backwards. His foot kicked one of the salad plates and it landed on top of Dakan's head, leaving him covered in vegetables. " " muttered Dakan as he yanked the salad plate off his head, which then hit Pineas in the face. Unlike the rest, he reacted calmly to it and didn't throw anything. Their were no more incidents for a little while and they managed to complete their meal in peace. After they were done and had washed up, Zharuk brought out the beer. "Anybody thirsty?" he asked. All of them nodded and he threw each one of them a beer. Zharuk then grabbed one for himself and sat down. He studied the bottle closely. He continued to stare at the bottle before finally asking "How do you open this thing?" He tried to twist the metal cap off but it was on too tight, or so it seemed. In reality, he was just twisting it the wrong way. Finally, in frustration, he tried to use his plasma powers to melt the cap off but he ended up vaporizing the bottle too. "Let me show you how it's done," Dakan said smugly. He triggered his gravity powers and tried to yank the cap off, but it didn't work. He kept on pulling and pulling until finally, the bottle shot up into the ceiling and broke. everybody dodged as the shards of glass and a splash of beer came down. "My turn" Pineas said, and created a vine to yank the cap off but ended up throwing the bottle into the wall. "Men," Vhisoli muttered rolling her eyes and tried use water pressure to open the bottle. She almost had it when BOOM, the bottle exploded not popping off the cap but breaking the glass. "Let me try," Cosi finally said. Grabbing his bottle, he gripped the cap with his magnetic powers only to find that it was incredibly easy to open. The four others stared at him like he was a god. "It's simply," he explained. "You turn the cap counter-clockwise."

IC: Unknown and ZurianaThe Toa tried to raise his arm to strike at Krell with his element, but his arm was heavier than the weight of his whole body originally. "No, no!" he cried, trying in vain to resist.Zuriana rolled away inadvertently, pressing herself against the tunnel wall and squinting through the black to try and see what was going on. The occasional flash of elemental energy illuminated the tunnel, but that was about all the views she got.The other attacker had just about recovered, and came forth to launch another lightning bolt at Krell.

IC: KrellIt was quite simple, really. I lept, and my run became a roll as the bolt of lightning sailed over me. Unfortunately, it was a bit too close, and I felt part of my back go numb from the partial shock I recieved. I ignored, mostly, and came up from my roll with my dagger held in both hands pointed straight up.Straight up towards the first being's torso. If anything, it would slide under his chest armor and probably hit some important stuff. If not, well, the kick I aimed for his knee might hurt a bit. Now that Zuria was relatively safe and out of the way, I didn't have to hold back.

IC: UnknownKrell's target leaned back, and made off with minor scratches on his chest armour. Unfortunately, the kick came as a surprise, and twisted his leg, sending him on to one knee. Using the rotation to his advantage, he swung his fist to Krell's side as he slipped.The other Toa staggered to his feet and drew his sword, preparing to strike.

IC: KrellI felt the shock of my dagger hitting hard metal all the way up my arm, and I felt the impact of the being's fist even harder. I stepped back, firing a blast of dark flames into the first being's face, hoping to stop him momentarily. Feeling was beginning to return to my back, but not much.The second one, the one drawing a sword, was going to be a problem. With that sword in this darkness it would be almost impossible to block those attacks.Unless...Unless. Without warning, I threw my dagger towards the only source of light, a lightstone mounted on the wall. The weapon struck, and shattered the crystal. The tunnel was plunged into darkness. Now, it would be almost impossible for my apponents to see my attacks. The elemental ones, atleast. I do this.

IC: UnknownThe first Toa's mask was knocked askew by the force of the blast and he was knocked to the ground with severe burns on his face. When the lightstone went out, his moans of pain broke the tense silence that rang through the tunnel.With a crackle, the second attacker's sword was wrapped in electricity, creating a source of light even as lightning danced from the weapon's tip towards Krell's estimated location.

IC: Tirus, Onu-Koro (Hospital, Reception)A Fe-Toa, looking rather strange without his trademark pea coat, sat in his chair, slightly hunched, saying nothing and doing the same. His eyes, framed by wrinkles, signs of his old age, were down-cast. The past few days had disrupted his carefully maintained perspective of the world, and he needed to reach an equilibrium.With a gruff sigh-grunt hybrid, Tirus straightened, leaned back against his chair, and pulled the brim of his peaked cap down lower, over-shadowing his eyes as he thought.

IC: [uyism]"It is ... quiet."

IC: Tarnok"Indeed it is." The Matoran kept walking for a few moments, but stopped suddenly with a sigh. "We're not going to get anything done by just wandering around, waiting for something to happen.""That's part of the problem with the Ussalry. The Guards, too. We're all too reactive, not proactive enough. If we're going to keep this island safe, we can't just deal with threats after they appear."

IC: [uyism]"Threats. The source. Too difficult to destroy."

IC: Tarnok"Unfortunately, you are right. For the moment, the source is too difficult to destroy. In fact, evil will never truly be eradicated, because it dwells in the hearts of every living being."Tarnok crossed his arms. "Which is why we can't destroy it. The only way to keep the people on this island safe is to make a point to the people who would harm them. The defenders of this island have to be more than people. Because if people believe we are the toughest there is, many of them won't lift their weapons in the first place.""We have to make them believe they can't ever win."

IC: Tirus, Onu-Koro (Hospital, Reception)A Fe-Toa, looking rather strange without his trademark pea coat, sat in his chair, slightly hunched, saying nothing and doing the same. His eyes, framed by wrinkles, signs of his old age, were down-cast. The past few days had disrupted his carefully maintained perspective of the world, and he needed to reach an equilibrium.With a gruff sigh-grunt hybrid, Tirus straightened, leaned back against his chair, and pulled the brim of his peaked cap down lower, over-shadowing his eyes as he thought.

OOC: I suggest we quote each other's posts. It'll make replying that much faster.IC(Tajeh): Tajeh was still a little shellshocked from the battle in the catacombs, but he was pulling it together faster now that he was above ground. Sorta. Tajeh glanced at the Toa next to him that had sorta-kinda taken him under his invisible wing. "Penny, if I had one(What the Kraz is a penny?), for your thoughts?"

OOC: I'll do that whenever there's a space between our posts. Not right now, for instance. IC: Tirus, Onu-Koro (Hospital, Reception)"I've never heard of a biography being given away for a cent." Tirus said with a twist of the mouth that could, if one had the imagination, be taken as a smirk. "But I'll try my best." He said with a resigned grunt, and began to speak.A few seconds later, he was finished, having given Tajeh a paragraph-sized summary of his thoughts; Reflections on a hard, cruel past, and a future most likely the same. The Fe-Toa wasn't the most positive of beings, but perhaps an ounce of hope could be heard in his voice, a hope for days to come that would not contain as many dissapointments.OOC: No longer will Tirus's sentences end with 'lad'. Totally new style of speech.

IC:Rewera waited for a reply, but Ravage seemed to be thinking on something and didn't answer her question. "Ravage." the female Toa spoke up, as they moved closer to the bridge and the first few huts, from which the whole village of Onu-Koro was stretching out.The other Toa lifted his head. "Huh?"Rewera raised an eyebrow slightly. "I asked: What makes you say that the higher-ups are corrupt?" she repeated her question, as they crossed the bridge over the underground river and entered the village itself.

IC: [uyism]Uyism nodded.

IC: Ravage"It's a long story, but there are a lot of shady deals that have occurred. And a lot of rumors. Some of them are just that, but there is a grain of truth in every story."

IC: Norathed:The younger dragon flew alongside his older counterpart, looking down upon the barren surface of Onu-Wahi.

IC: Sideways:"Get ready," Crosswise said, "We've been sitting around for too long, it's time to get back on the ball with looking for work. And Members."

IC:"First, could we hide these widgets somewhere? I'm getting tired of carrying them," Quoribay complained.

IC: KrellBut I wasn't there. Light on my feet, I made absolutely no noise as I lept out of the lighting's path. A wicked grin sat on my face as flames of Blackfire surrounded me. In the darkness, it made me impossible to see. A bit more elemental power, and even the light from the being's sword dimmed.I was in my element. Here is where I belonged.From behind the Toa, I watch him almost boredly, as he struggled to find me. With a casual push of the mind, I activated my Kanohi, and the Toa would suddenly find his arms growing a lot more heavy then they were supposed to be.

IC: UnknownThe Toa was flailing around manically when he found it was now becoming increasingly hard to do so. At first he thought his sword had grown heavier, and dropped it. Then the ripping began.As he struggled to maintain footing, his arms stretched to the ground of their own accord, and he could feel his arms slowly being torn from their sockets. The gristle in his elbows, wrist and fingers was crunching, and with a sickening POP!, his arms came loose, forcing him to let out a cry of anguish. He couldn't give in; Makuta's will demanded it. But the pain was too great, he failed to summon even a spark to attack Krell with."Krell... You will rue this day... The day you turned your back on your master!" he managed to say as veins popped on his neck and temple.Eventually he could take no more, and the weight of his arms brought him face down on the ground.

IC: KrellAnd suddenly I was there, standing over the Toa of Lightning, as I had released the power holding the flames around me. "In case you haven't noticed," I said to the Toa, absently twirling my dagger. "I have no master."With that, I brough the protosteel edged blade down onto his neck, my grin growing larger.

IC: ZurianaThrough the darkness, Zuria managed to spot a black-and-white image of Krell bringing a rather brutal-looking knife down on one of the attackers necks, evidently preparing to make the killing blow."Krell, no!" she called, hoping he could hear her.

IC: KrellBut it was too late, and the Toa of Lightning wouldn't be getting up again. I rose slowly, and found my hands shaking slightly. Adrenaline dump, I thought through a foggy mind.I turned to Zuria, and found I couldn't meet the Matoran's eyes. What was done was done. There was nothing I could do about it. "I am sorry," I said quitely, "He was a problem, and needed to be removed."Karz, was my voice always that robotic?

IC: ZurianaZuria feared she had got in too deep in things she had never wanted to be a part of. Curse me and my helpful ways. "Killing isn't the way to solve all your problems, you know!" she shouted. "If you hadn't killed him we would be able to find out who sent them, aside from the shame that you should be full of right now!"

IC: Krell"We still can find out," I said, ignoring the last part. Karz, she was right, maybe killing him wasn't such a good idea. I pushed the thought down, and strode over to his friend, who was still leying on the floor clutching his face.Without much effort, I grabbed the Toa by the neck and hauled him up to eye level with me. Considering how tall I was, the Toa's feet were a good half-meter off the ground. And, without warning, I shouted, "WHO SENT YOU? ANSWER ME, OR YOU'LL JOIN YOUR FRIEND THERE!"I wasn't actually going to kill him, but he didn't know that.

IC: UnknownThe Toa grinned. Krell had forgotten. Perfect. "Kill me then." he choked, baring his broken teeth in a sort of smile. "For I am of no further use to you. You will also prove that you're nothing more than what you were when you deserted us."

IC: KrellI narrowed my good eye. "Oh," I said softly, "I'm not going to kill you."With a casual movement, I threw the Toa aside, his head his the wall with a sickening thud. "Have you ever heard of the Jaja nests here? I hear that they'll eat anything, from insects to..."I stepped closer to him. "...Toa."