BZPRPG: Ta-Wahi

IC: Incommodo"You want to lead the way?" Incommodo asked.

IC: Sehrii:"Elain, do you think we should go to someplace like... Ko-Wahi maybe?"

IC:"The best mission you can fulfill for Ta-Koro is to guard us from enemies," Jaller replied, unfazed by the strange behavior of his visitors. "As of now, there's no other mission."

IC: KiaraniKiarani led Amaris through the hallway to a room not far from the living room. The room was decorated in a similar fashion to the rest of the dwelling, with built in wooden drawers below a small closet. The bed occupied one corner of the room, covered with a thin blanket. Not much more was needed, due to the warmth of the region.On the walls hung several portraits, each one portraying a Toa in the same garden seen outside, or in the house itself. All of them were evenly spaced, with one exception. There was a blank space on the wall, where a picture was clearly supposed to hang. The wood had changed color from exposure to sunlight, except for one patch in the shape of a portrait. It was obvious that one had used to hang there, but had been taken down.

IC: [Arkrak]"Yeah," he replied, heading off to ... somewhere.OOC: Arkrak and Incommodo to ... Vorex you decide.

IC: KiaraniKiarani shook Amaris' hand with her own gloved one. "Kiarani. Kiarani Josen.""If you require anything, please ask. My room is down the hallway, and do no hesitate to come ask about anything. It has been a long time since I entertained a guest, so I apologize is my skills as a host are lacking."

IC: AxeronAxeron had followed Kiarani and Amaris, but had not entered her home, standing outside.

IC LondarLondar had followed them too. He stood outside the house, with curiosity in his mind

IC: Nanashi and AriosA month has passed for these two. A kind old matoran helped nurse Nanashi back to health from his beatings. Arios has trained hard, and is now close to mastering his toa tool, the "Firespitter". The two have seen heard of what the island is like, and Nanashi has decided to join the "Island Liberation Front", an organization trying to help the island be free of the Makuta. The two have gone there separate ways, with Arios leaving to seek the help of a more experienced fire toa, to finish his training. He has decided to search in Ga-Koro first, on a hunch.OOC: Nanashi to Le Arios to Ga

IC: Amaris, Ta-Koro"I have not been hosted for a considerable number of years." Amaris replied, smiling slightly. "You are far too kind.""Sorry to ask for anything more," Amaris said, sounding and feeling guilty. "But is there somewhere I could wash?"

IC: Kiarani"Certainly. This way." Kiarani replied, turning out of the room, and walking further down the hall. Near the end, a room branched off to the left, with the door slightly ajar. The brief glimpse provided displayed a neat room, a writing desk, and a closet. It was similar in design the guest room, but on a slightly larger scale.Kiarani, on the other hand, opened the door to the right. Inside was a relatively bare room, with several racks around the edges. Upon said racks hung several towels, all folded with precision. The dominating feature of the room, however, was the depression in the ground that took up the majority of the total space. It was filled with water, that flowed in from a small passage in the wall. If Amaris were to test it, she would find the water was quite warm. "The water flows in from a relatively small stream. My father found it many years ago. It flows down from the in Ko-Wahi, and is heated by the natural heat from the volcano."

IC: Parata - Ta-KoroParata nodded to his best friend, "Will do Cap-ee-tan," Parata turned on his heel with a sly little salute before walking away, stopping in the middle of the street, to the words of Pakaru, "Those instructions weren't really broad or unspecific."Parata cracked a smiled, turning his head back to the gates. A couple of the Guardsmen had started running towards two newcomers. His smile grew a little again, giving Pakaru a look, "Jaller has his Deputy back."IC: Tuara - Ta-KoroTuara strode past the Guards at the gate, smiling at her return. It had been a long time. Months she had been gone, but now the familiar heat welcomed her as though she never left, cradling her in it's powerful warm arms. Her steps were no longer as long as they once were, she had started noticing how she reserved herself; started holding back.She looked across the way to see Jaller at his door. She nodded respectfully to her Captain before turning to her own office, Angelus close behind. She opened the door, and let out a long sigh, "Home," she looked to Angelus and gave a smile. Stepping to her desk, she placed her hand on it, moving around some old files.

IC: Angelus (Tuara's Office, Ta-Koro)Angel stood awkwardly in the doorway as the portal to the outside world closed behind him; the last time he'd been outside this office, he had just had his first conversation with Tuara and considered her uptight, no fun, blah blah blah. That had been almost a year ago now, and to think, staring at her now, that the two of them had come so far, been through so much, bonded so closely...Angelus's heart warmed, and he had a feeling it wasn't just because of the heat."I hope you don't sleep here," he said, taking a couple steps forward and looking around. "Though you kinda strike me as that kinda gal."-Teezy

OOC: Getting Norkaron out of the jail since she hasn't had any interaction for a long time. If this isn't allowed, feel free to put her back inIC: NorkaronNorkaron had finished meditating. She got up and looked around. Sure enough, the guard was sleeping. It was a deep sleep of drunkeness, something that couldn't be snapped out of even if the Makuta himself shot his way into the room. Slipping her hand in between the bars, she managed to pilfer guard's key and mask. Quietly unlocking the door, she snuck out of the jail. At midnight, many of the guards were sleeping, but twice as many were awake, so Norkaron soon found herself in a firefight. Fortunately for her, most of the guards on duty that night were matoran; they couldn't put up much of a resistance. She managed to force her way out of the jail and into the streets. Stealing a Kadin from a mask shop and looting an ornate cross that could be used as a weapon from a cosplay store, she threw the guard's powerless mask behind her and took off into the night sky.OOC: Norkaron to Ga

IC: Tuara - Ta-Koro - Deputy's OfficeTuara gave a little smile, "It's happened before."Tuara realized that she didn't even have a place to stay in Ta-Koro. Whatever. She never really slept anyways. But now.Tuara looked up, "You're gonna need a new place in Ta-Koro. I'll need one too, considering I'm not actually going to be chasing after Utu and those like him."

IC: Amaris, Ta-Koro"That's brilliant." Amaris said, going down to her knees to inspect the bath. "Your father must have been a very smart man."

IC: KiaraniKIarani's muscles tightened, and her jaw clenched. The first sign of real emotion she had showed since Amaris arrived. She was quiet, and her posture relaxed once she realized the Skakdi was looking at her.Her voice was completely void of emotion or tension, but what Amaris had seen was quite clear. "Yes, he was. He was a very smart man. A good one, too."

IC: Angelus (Tuara's Office, Ta-Koro)"Huh. Never really thought of that one."It was true; in all the time he'd known Tuara, never once did he consider actually having to relocate from his tree house to live near her. The prospect of leaving the treehouse he'd built and lived in back at Le-Wahi for the past few years left a hard knot in the Toa of Fire's intestines, right in the middle of the makeshift Mark of Lust scrawled out there, but at the same time, the events of the last year seemed like they merited a fresh start. So yeah. Why not Ta-Koro, and why not with Tuara?"Alright, well, I'll help you look for a place and then I can find one myself. Gotta be a plethora of places a strapping young man such as myself can crash at."-Teezy

IC: Tuara - Ta-Koro - Deputy's OfficeShe dropped down in her chair, "Ta-Koro's got plenty to choose from," she picked up her files and slapped them back down on the desk, "Especially with all these people getting killed or moving. Makuta's still waging war with everything he's got."

IC: Angelus (Tuara's Office, Ta-Koro)"Alright, then, the answer's simple."Angel sat down at the desk, across from Tuara, so that when she looked up from the file she saw him leaning there on his elbows, hands cupped and supporting his chin; his face was poker face straight and his eyes, though sharp and determined looking, were sprinkled with humor. The last vestiges of sunlight shone through the blinds of Tuara's office and dotted the Toa of Fire's face like freckles, and Tuara smiled slightly as she muttered, "Is it now?""Of course. Deputy...we kill the Batman Makuta."-Teezy

IC: Amaris, Ta-KoroAmaris noticed the change instantly. It wasn't that hard to spot, even someone who didn't have experience in body language would have noted the clenched jaw. "It must have been wonderful to have such a man as your father." Amaris said, nervous that it was too much. OOC: Tirus and Tajeh rom Onu-Koro.IC: Tirus, Ta-KoroThe City of Fire, Ta-Koro, stretched before Tirus's eyes, the flames, smoke, and hazy air creating a dark, secretive atmosphere, surrounded by streams of glowing lava. Even with his natural endurance, Tirus felt the heat surround him, almost suffocatingly close. If it was this bad for him, how much worse would it be for Tajeh, a Ko-Matoran?

OOC: Oh heck. IC(Tajeh): Wiping sweat off his mask, Tajeh was visibly not enjoying the weather. "Is it always like this? Mata Nui, how does anyone get anything done around here?!"

OOC: Yeah. I just realized we completely overlooked the matter of having a Ko-Matoran in Ta-Koro.IC: Tirus, Ta-Koro "Most of us grow used to it." Tirus said bluntly. "It takes a few weeks, though." As he spoke, he continued walking into town, briefly pausing to show his identificaton to the Guards at the gate.

IC (Riro): "You can go on through, Tirus, and your firend too" Riro told them as he waved them through. It was coming to the end of his shift guarding the gate, and he hoped to get through to the end of it without any more trouble.

IC: Kiarani"I suppose it was." Her eyes were the sole windows into a war of emotions, a battle of wills within Kiarani herself. Not for the first time, emotions fought to get to the surface, to make themselves none. To shatter the impassive appearance of the Onu-Toa.And as she had done on every occasion for years on end, she pushed them back down, burying them deep and far from the light of day.

OOC: To be fair, you said Tirus' shop was on the outskirts of Ta-Koro, in the Wahi. Not in the flippin' lava floatin' village.IC(Tajeh): "I'm with him." Tajeh mumbled as he ran past the guards up next to Tirus. "Jeez.....what possessed them to put a village in the middle of a lake of lava? I know putting a village inbetween a pair of glaciers is a little nuts, but a lake of lava? No way." OOC: I think I'll throw Noiatz Livic into the mix later on, but I'll introduce her in this post. If I may.IC(Noiatz Livic): Noiatz didn't mind the heat of Ta-Koro. Once in the village, the heat seemed to damper a bit due to all the stone walls and the like. Of course, she liked it hotter than colder. Noiatz was standing on the balcony of a small Ta-Koron apartment building, where she currently resided.OOC: Yes, it's simple.....

IC: Amaris, Ta-KoroI don't want to continue down this path. Let her have her personal privacy, just as I would want to have mine. Amaris thought as she stood up again. "Thank you, Kiarani, for letting me stay here." She said, decided to show her gratitude. "I hope I am not too much of a problem." IC: Tirus, Ta-KoroTirus walked through the streets of Ta-Koro, repsonding to Tajeh as he waded through the crowds of Ta-Matoran. "I don't know. Maybe the fact they farm lava, and love heat? No, that couldn't be it." The journey had made him a bit irratible, and Tirus wasn't that pleasant in the first place.Soon, they escaped the main city, and journeyed a few hundred meters away, towards a lonely, mountainous stretch of land, with a well-beaten path leading between two jagged peaks of volcanoes, lava flowing down their sides and into the lake below.

IC: Kiarani"No trouble at all. In truth, it is probably best. I have isolated myself from he rest of society for far too long."

IC: Amaris, Ta-Koro Now that sounds familiar. "Still, you have my appreciation." That said, Amaris then began to prepare for her bath, all the while thinking of how suddenly things had changed.

IC: Elian"Um... We should probably stop in Ga-Koro or Po-Koro. I still need to pick up some supplies for my bakery."IC: KiaraniKiarani didn't bother responding in words, simply nodding. When Amaris looked back, the Toa was gone.She hadn't gone far, just across the hall. Her gloves were placed on the corner of the desk, and she sat down in the chair. Sitting in the middle of the desk was a metal bound book, locked shut with the best lock Kiarani could afford. She reached into a pocket, and withdrew te key, unlocking and opening the volume with ease. She grabbed the quill kept on the right side of the desk, and started to right.

IC(Tajeh): Tajeh was going to make a comment on walking towards a volcano, but wisely kept his mouth shut. Who works at the base of a krazing volcano?

IC: Sehrii:"Ga-Koro it is then!" Sehrii said before starting to walk out of the store.

IC: OnuzekThe hulking Toa nodded in agreement to Valria's first statement. "Onuzek thinks the waitress's eye was all twitchy," he said to her gravely. Although he tried to keep his voice down, the Toa of Gravity still said it a bit louder then most people would whisper. Not really noticing this, though, Onuzek considered Valria's second sentance."Errr... Onuzek doesn't exactly know," he replied after what seemed like a moment of deep concentration and remebering for him. "Onuzek was in Le-Wahi... Looking for Skyra... And then Onuzek attacked by Big-Mean-Muaka... And then Onuzek wakes up in Le-Koro."It was probably for the best that the lovable titan didn't remember the brief time that he was Infected by the Makuta. Somethings would just be too hard for him to take in.

OOC: My inability to reach this site within the past week or so is driving me insane.IC: (Valria - Diligence)

IC: Tirus, Ta-Koro OutskirtsAs Tirus reached the dual volcanoes, the path rose into a hill of scorched earth, reaching its heighest point between the towering, lava-spewing turrets of stone. From this hill, one could see the path zig-zag through a minature Charred Forest, before rising up an inactive volcano's side, stopping at a cliff carved out of stone. Upon this cliff was a large, squarish structure, with a taller construct built into the stone slope behind it, and connected to the main square of a structure. From the main structure, a mighty chimney, resembling an industrial smoke stack, eructed fumes and vapor. Tirus's forge was a slightly menacing, and most definetely industrial, sight, a utilitarian fusion of stone, metal, and smoke.IC: Amaris, Ta-KoroAs Amaris bathed, appreciating the soothing heat of the water, she thought of current events, years of the past, and the times to come.

OOC: Thank you. I was thinking of a AoE2 Forge. IC(Tajeh): Tajeh, weary and sweaty, swearing at the heat, the lava, the volcano and the hill, looked at the forge with a mixture of relief and shock. "Y-you build that?"

OOC: The main part of that is pretty accurate, idea wise. Just add the second structure, resembling an Anasazi cliff-tower, behind it, and you got it. Oh, by the way, Tirus's apprentice is now up in my Profiles Page.IC: Tirus, Ta-Koro"Eh, me and a Toa of Stone who owed me a favor. He didn't do that much work, so yeah, I mostly built it." Tirus said, setting off down the hill without pause. "You enjoyin' the scenery?"

OOC: Which one, exactly? By the way, you screwed up the coding on one of your profiles. IC(Tajeh): "I imagine I'll see better when we are inside." Tajeh muttered as he started walking towards the structure. The heat might be lessened inside, but it was a forge: Might be worse.

IC: KiaraniToday has been an eventful day.I restrained a bartender, one who had killed several shopkeepers, in his own bar, leaving him for the Guard to arrest. Minutes later I fought and defeated a Toa of Lightning who sought to bring ruin to the village. A short time after that, I was forced to fight two misguided fools, both of whom in the end retreated.The rest of my time there was mostly uneventful, with little occurring until I left for home, and my afternoon training. A Matoran, a Toa, and a Skakdi happened upon me, and the Skakdi, Amaris, is currently occupying the guest room. The other two wait outside my door. If they do not leave, I will make them do so.I must admit, I have mixed.... Emotions is not the word, for I have worked long and hard to restrain those. No, feelings might be a bit more accurate, though little better. It is perhaps time that I reacquaint myself with other beings, but I am leery of having one in my home. She may ask questions I do not wish to answer, but if she asks, it would be impolite of me not to.Kiarani paused, the tip of her quill hovering over the page.

OOC: Naehi. I've been trying to fix the screwed up profile, but I think I simply have too big a Profile Page.IC: Tirus, Ta-Koro"I suspect you'll prefer your room to the forge, if you don't like it out here." Tirus said, a smirk on his face. A few minutes later, they were climbing the steep path up the inactive volcano, only the smoke of the forge visible above.IC: Amaris, Ta-KoroAmaris, having finished her bath, quickly and silently exited the shower room, and walked over to the guest room. Next to her bed, Amaris had left her quiver-like traveling bag / weapon holder. Underneath all the swords, axes, and other weapons, she found her secondary set of clothes wrapped in a black cloth. It was a simple suit of copper and red scale armor, fitting loosely over chainmail, which she quickly dressed in, before putting on the utilitarian scales of hardened metal. As she returned her towel to the bathing room, Amaris paused, oddly interested in the room she had noticed during her first time down this hall, the room directly on the left. As she listened, Amaris heard the definite sound of a quill. When the quill stopped Amaris prepared to knock. Are you out of your mind? She lets you stay in her house, and you intrude on her privacy? Wincing at the thought, but unable to curb her curiosity, Amaris rapped softly on the door.