BZPRPG: Ta-Wahi

IC: JikalJikal shrugged. "Sort of. Obviously it's possible to be a male Lightning Toa, just uncommon. That is how it works for most elements. One gender is common, but the other isn't unheard of."

IC: Raion & Kitsune, Ga-Koro"Thank Karzahni I'm the normal gender for my tribe." Raion muttured under his breath. "It prevents all this akwardness."Kitsune pretended to not have heard Raion. "Indeed. In fact, I think I'm only female Toa of Gravity I can think of, but I'm not a freak of nature." She said in response to Tawara and Jikal.

IC: Raknar (Charred Forest, Ta-Koro)Raknar raised his eyebrows, obviously impressed."Better than anywhere I've ever lived by far," he said, unable to keep a tone of some unknown emotion out of his voice. Jealousy? Bitterness? Sadness, even?-Teezy

IC: SongSong frowned slightly. "Really? I would've thought you'd prefer the Infernavika to a house in the Charred Forest."

IC: Gunner - InfernavikaGunner grinned, "Naw, there was ol' Doomie before you, Mata Nui bless 'is soul."-Void

IC: Raknar (Charred Forest, Ta-Koro)The captain was quiet for a second."We Skakdi are creatures of the land, and the battles that are waged on it. Pirating is about the freedom, yeah, but still...nice to have a place you can come back to without being clubbed to death on sight."He shrugged then, a little bit unsteadily."The loneliness isn't exactly a perk, either."-Teezy

IC: Lasinia"Yay, what now?"

IC: SongSong walked quietly for a moment. Her expression was uncharacteristically serious. "Loneliness follows you whether you are on land or sea. For it doesn't dwell within your surroundings, but in the lonely themselves."

IC: Raknar (Charred Forest, Ta-Wahi)Raknar smirked a little. "Very poetic of you."Then it slipped into more of a grateful smile."Thanks."-Teezy

IC: SongThe two had reached the door to Song's house. "Not a problem." Then she grinned, as she opened the door. "Want any cake? I probably won't be here a while, so I need to use it up."

IC: Raknar (Song's House, Ta-Koro)Raknar's stomach grumbled in answer to Song's query, and he grinned."Kinda."-Teezy

IC: Gyren chuckled at Kitsune's comment. "Most of the tribes are predominantly male as well. I assume this Mark isn't unique, is it?" Gyren said as he brushed off his duster.

IC: JikalJikal grimaced. "Nope. I know of at least two others, I was traveling with their Bearers for a time. I intend to locate said Bearers, eventually."IC: SongSong grinned. She led the way into her combination kitchen/dining room, and grabbed the cake off the counter. She placed it along with a knife on the table. "Here you go. I'll be back in a moment, I have to change and grab a few things."

IC: Raknar (Charred Forest, Ta-Koro)"Sure thing," called out Raknar, milliseconds before glomping the entire cake in three bites.He leaned back and looked around the room. Nice place...-Teezy

IC: Laviha"A favor?" repeated Laviha suspiciously, not yet sure whether Grochi was the type of person who asked the right type of favors.

IC-Grochi:"Yes, a favor," Grochi said, rolling his eyes. "I need you to get some shrapnel out of my back, it hurts like karz..." He then scratched at his back, showing that he'd forgotten to add a second complaint.Then he smiled wolfishly, looking over at Laviha. "Although," he began, "If there's any thing else you'll want to do, maybe later..." he laughed.

IC: LavihaThe Ga-Toa simply rolled her eyes at Grochi's second comment, ignoring him. As much as Laviha disliked working in the medical field due to her squeamishness, she was arguably very skilled in healing injuries."All right, I look forward to hearing a grown man squeal like a big baby." she replied, grinning mischievously. "Does this ship have a medical ward or room? If not, just lead the way to wherever would be proper."

IC: SongSong grinned as she walked to her room. After a few minutes, she returned with medium-sized bag slung over her shoulder. Though she kept the shin guards, boots, the majority of her armor was in the bag. Instead, she wore lightweight, dark-colored pants and a red short-sleeve shirt with a lightning-like design on the sleeves. As usual, her weapons belt was slung around her waist, one side lower down than the other with the weight of her daggers.In the bag, she had stowed the rest of her armor, a few books, and most importantly a stash of Ta-Koran chocolates in a false-bottomed box. She had a bit of a sweet-tooth, in case the cake wasn't a tip-off. If anyone tried to take her sweets without permission, they would quickly lose a limb.Spying the now-empty cake platter, she grinned. "That was fast."

IC: Raknar (Song's House, Ta-Wahi)Raknar shrugged and brushed some crumbs off the shoulder of his marching jacket idly."What can I say? I'm a speedy guy," he said. "What do you want me to do with the dish?"-Teezy

IC: SongSong shrugged. "Leave it. I'm not doing dishes before I leave." She smirked. "Besides, I usually make my students do that. Except, I don't have a student right now. Last one ran off to take vengeance for one of my other students' death."

IC-Grochi:Grochi nodded at Laviha, and began walking along. "It's in the forecastle," he said, "Along with main crew bunks and quite a few other things." He opened the door, walking in and heading to a small room.He walked in, sitting down on a chair. He leaned forwards, resting on the inside of the hull so that his back was in full view. "Anyways," he began, jokingly, "There are quite a few other things that could make either of us squeal..."

OOC: Good God, Grochi. Ease it with the pickup lines, bro.IC: Raknar (Song's House, Ta-Koro)"Fair enough," he said with a grin and an innocent shrug before standing up. He walked over to Song and lightly threw his arm around her shoulders. The fabric of his jacket stretched across his bicep as he did so."So, I believe that I mentioned we could beat the Karz outta some deadbeats now..." he said, a mischievous glint in his eyes.-Teezy

OOC: I second that, TylerIC: Laviha"What about something like this?" said Laviha, getting right down to business and pulling out one of the larger pieces of shrapnel sticking out after examining the damage done to the Toa's back. The wounds were gruesome looking but nothing too serious however, it impressed Laviha that Grochi could manage with all this stuff in his back.The Ga-Toa looked around and found a few medical supplies, grabbing the necessary items such as bandages, alcohol, stitches, ointment and tongs."Well, this is going to be a very painful procedure...for you, that is." she announced, chuckling devilishly.

OOC: I'm just waiting for Laviha to hear one too many. And then I'll laugh.IC: SongSong's eyes lit up. "I believe you did. Shall we?"

OOC: What? He's Grochi, you can't expect much else from him. IC-Grochi:Grochi winced as she tugged at her back-the pain certainly intensified once everything was freed up. However, he managed to maintain his composure."Do your worst," he growled to Laviha. "At least you'll be getting on with it." Right now he was thinking it might have been smarter to leave the shrapnel in.

OOC: ...now she can use some pickup lines. Are you taking notes, Kal?IC: Raknar (Charred Forest, Ta-Wahi)"Ohhh, I believe we shall," he crowed triumphantly as the pair exited Song's house. "The world needs more females like you, Song..."-Teezy

IC: Tawara, Ta-Ga Border"Two other Mark Bearers, huh? Are those the traveling companions you were telling me 'bout earlier?" Tawara interjected.

IC: SongSong grinned. "But if there were more of me, then the whole world would be in flames!" She joked.IC: Jikal"Yep." Jikal answered. "And a few others besides."

IC: Laviha"Do my worst? Grochi, Grochi, Grochi...that's probably the worst thing you could say to a medic, especially with me." Laviha mused. Grabbing herself a stool, she settled herself behind Grochi and began working, humming a happy tune as if completely enjoying this whole ordeal."There's one..." The Ga-Toa grabbed a piece of shrapnel out of Grochi's back with the tongs, wedging the thing out slowly purposely. "Two..." Same procedure."Three..." Again.Laviha over exaggerated her exhalation and whipped her forehead, pretending that this was tiresome work."Three down...ten or more so to go..."

IC: Raknar (Charred Forest, Ta-Wahi)"You say that like it's a bad thing," he said, his arm still wrapped around his shoulder. His grin had spread from ear to ear at this point.-Teezy

OOC: I don't need to take notes, Tyler. I'm not a total no-lifer...and my neck beard isn't in full yet. Really, all I have is an awkward mustache that I never remember to shave. IC-Grochi:Grochi winced again as Laviha pulled out more shrapnel, then got somewhat mad. She was a Toa of Magnetism, for Mata-Nui's sake."Can't you hurry this up?" Grochi asked angrily. "Most of this is stone and metal-using your power over magnetics, you can reverse the magnetic polarity of my armour and everything will go shooting out." He winced as a fifth piece of shrapnel was pulled out, then turned back."By the way," he said to her, almost amiably, "I don't think I'm squealing yet. It seems you'll have to try other methods if you want that to happen, won't you?" He smiled, despite the pain in his back.

IC: Song"Valid point." Song grinned. "So, how'd you become the captain of a pirate ship? I'm rather curious."

OOC: I have a goatee. It looks evil.IC: Lasinia"What now?"

IC: "Wow..." Lepidran said. From someone who'd apparently spent most of their time cloistered away in what sounded like a monastery he'd expected something more...humble. "How do you money-buy a place like this?"

Ic: "Lord Antrim is a good nobleman, and when he can, he gives what one could consider dividends to those in the village," Stannis said as he rummaged for certain belongings. The explanation wasn't entirely convincing; 'dividends' could hardly compensate for the money put into an apartment as cool as that one. Nevertheless, Stannis didn't go into it further.They were now all in his living room, a mound of things on the table. "These are tools, materials and other items I've kept for a long while. Feel free to take what you want and it's yours, though keep in mind that we still have to travel fast." (Ooc: If you want to say your character got a certain tool, go ahead; it's probably there; nothing fancy, of course, though.)"I told you all that I'd say more of our destination when we got here," Stannis said as he checked the door, the windows and street. The house he also checked when he found his things. "Whenua showed me something that neither of us could translate - a carving. We speculated that Nuju might know more of it, and so that is where we will go to next. For now, Nuju seems to be the only hint we have as to the whereabouts of Taipu."Also, everybody..." Stannis listed a harakeke scroll of the Mata Nui Daily. It read in bold letters across the top: Ta-Koro Guard Kapura Dead. "Looks like Skyra and Noran weren't too successful."

IC: Laviha"Hey, you told me to do my worst but if you say so..."Setting down the tongs gently on the table beside her, Laviha stood in front of Grochi rather than behind the Toa and did as he asked, reversing his armor's polarity, causing every bit of shrapnel to fall out of his back, a few shooting out actually. If all that pain at once didn't make him squeal, she sure knew what would.

IC: Tawara, Ta-Ga BorderTawara picked up a smooth, pale stone from the ground and examined it before tossing it into the water."I'm hungry. Can't believe we didn't get to that restaurant. Oh, well... guess we can find some food in a little while." She paused. "Now all of my questions are answered, so if you still want me to explain where I came from, I'll give it a shot. Though I'd be just as happy not to."

OOC: Thanks for reminding me that I have to shave. I haven't in a couple days now, and I'm starting to get a weekend beard before the weekend... IC: Raknar (Charred Forest, Ta-Wahi)"Wanted the freedom," said Raknar with a shrug. "Lot of reasons that I tried to avoid at first. The sea, though...enticing place. So I got a ship. Worked pretty well for me for a while, tried out a raid, didn't work, walked away for a while, came back, stole another ship from my archenemy, and, well, here we are.""I guess the main reason is I got tired of seeing other Skakdi come back to Zakaz with all the riches and girls and the glory, so I figured I'd give it a go."Another shrug."I got two of the three," he said with a small smirk.-Teezy

OOC: I'm actually starting to have a beard come in right about now, same time my dad's did. Thankfully, I'm not going to be as affected by Male-pattern baldness as he is, so I'll be able to have a full beard, mustache, and shoulder length hair eventually.I'll give you guys a picture once I look like Aragorn.IC-Grochi:Grochi arched his back violently, before straightening to nearly what his full height used to be. He grit his teeth, managing not to scream out in pain. Once everything had flown out he collapsed onto the chair. He shook his head, and involuntarily spat a small glob of plasma into the metal dish where the earlier pieces of shrapnel had been placed."Thanks," he grunted. "Now to get me stitched up."

IC: SongSong's grin widened as she playfully elbowed Raknar in the ribs. "The question is, which two?" She teased.

OOC: Jeez, I'm gone for two days and everyone starts hitting on each other. IC: Gunner - InfernavikaGunner poked his head into the room where Laviha and Grochi were residing, "Hiya Doc! Is our resident madman crying like a little Ga-Matoran yet?"-Void