BZPRPG: Ga-Wahi

IC: "Okay, so I'm Toa Kaithas of The Green and master of the bonsai maneuver. I can't remember where I came from except for that there were a lot of rahi there. I just got here yesterday, and Slannak here helped me to a hospital to get my Kofo-Jaga sting healed." Kaithas said and took another sip.

IC: (Tarcvor/Inn, Ga-Koro)"So, what's the plan?" Tarc said quietly.

iC; Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -"Forgive me if I sound ungrateful but...since when did you care about doing the right thing?" Emotia asked, trying to figure out what Dorian was up to, it just didn't really add up.

IC: Valja"I'm Valja, turaga of lightning, the lightning strike from the shadows. The girl over there trying to get herself drunk is Merla, toa of water, who claims to be a sorceress. IC: MerlaMerla had finished the first bottle of beer. She got another one. Surprisingly, the first bottle had no effect on her at all.

IC: Dorian (Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi)"Well, truth be told, I've always liked you, Emotia," I shrugged. "You're a sweet girl, beautiful, caring, absolute dynamo of energy. You're a perfect match for the young colonel here, and truth be told, I want to see your marriage work out."..."And Yuru wants you all dead - yes, Reaver, that means you - so by extension, that means it's my job to keep you all alive."-Teezy

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -Emotia's grip on her dagger eased a bit, she lowered it. She wasn't sure if she was going crazy or not, but she could tell Dorian was sincere about protecting them. Why this psychopathic murder suddenly wanted to help them was beyond her. "Maybe I'm just losing my mind, but I believe you."

IC: Dorian (Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi)"Do you believe me enough to let me go into the kitchen and make some BLTs?" I asked hopefully. "Let me tell you, love, I can't keep these looks up without some protein."-Teezy

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -Emoita rolled her eyes, and briefly looked at Tillian. "Knock yourself out..." She tossed the dagger in her hand onto the table nearby.

IC, Perkahn:(Ga-Koro Inn)Perkahn gestured to the map on the desk and pointed at the four small marks in Ga-Wahi. The one on the beach where Dorian fought Skyra. The one in Ga-Koro. The one in the fjord where the Infernavika stood, a secluded fjord with only one way out via land. And finally, the X on Casa Juturna."These are locations where Dorian has been lately, to our knowledge. First, he was here, in Casa Juturna. Then he was sighted on this beach, then in Ga-Koro. After Ga-Koro, he was thought dead. There is practically no doubt he would escape the Wahi in order to better maintain that illusion... unless he had no other hiding place than some location around, what's unlikely, because this firth - the location where he was last sighted - is easier to access from Ga-Wahi by water than by land. By land, its only exit leads you southwest, through rough, cliffy terrain. That would imply that either Dorian is capable of invisibility, flying, and moving without so much as a fart of a sound, or his hiding place is by no means in Ga-Wahi, or anywhere north. That narrows it down quite a bit."Perkahn took one good long glance at the map and one good short sigh. That indeed narrowed it down quite a bit as to where the Toa might be based. Take away Ga-Wahi, Po-Wahi and Onu-Wahi, and you are left with... Ko-Wahi, Ta-Wahi, Le-Wahi and the Kumu Islets. Some further investigation would no doubt lessen the number of areas."Grochi, contact as many people as you can by message-bird and tell them to meet us in a day's time outside the village's gate. Don't touch Raknar, though, I'll talk to him personally. Sergeant Airu, have you any further information that might help us? Any traces of Dorian's movements lately?"

OOC: Sorry about the wait, had a test to study for. But that's all done now ^^IC:Agni listened quietly until Joske had finished. The Toa of fire remained calm on the outside, but the sudden evaporation of the droplets of water that had settled on his armour during the meditation were a giveaway that he did not entirely like the sound in which the rookie spoke to him. Because that was who Joske was right now, at least as far as being a Toa was concerned. Agni sighed slightly, fighting against his own Ta-Koro temper, which he felt always waiting to burst out in a weak moment.He looked Joske in the eyes, a hint of fire behind his own. "I don't remember offering any lectures. I spoke of training and training you will receive. But this is not as simple as swimming, where a few basic movements will keep you from going under. Just like Kolhii you will need to practice constantly to keep your skills sharp, always. The fact alone that you were chosen to walk this path proves that you have it in you, physically, to become a great Toa. Perhaps even one of the greatest. But you very well know that the word 'Toa' is not just a name for our kind. It is a title; one that you will have to live up to."The Toa's eyes had gotten a little bright while he spoke, never looking away from Joske. "So, if you are serious about the training, I promise you I will keep the lectures to a minimum. Mata Nui knows we will hear enough of those from the Captain when we get back. But there will be lessons. I will teach you what I know and what the years have taught me. What you will do with that knowledge will be entirely up to you. We clear?"Finally, the Toa of fire broke the eyecontact with his younger opposite, glancing at Cael and around the room, before once more adressing Joske. "And as for you little...mishap, this morning: I took your armor and put outside your front door when I could not find you anywhere in sight near it, hoping you would stumble across it. Though I did not think you would do it quite as literally. But it could have very well been anybody but me finding it first. The ladies might enjoy the sight of you running around in nothing but a shirt, but a Rahkshi-staff is stronger then your sternum."He turned around, facing the door again, a short wave of his hand indicating for the two Toa behind him to follow. "There is something I have to attend to. We can talk while on the way there."

IC: Dorian (Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi)In the time it took the newlyweds to blink, I was at the table and brandishing Emotia's dagger without care. Tillian instantly lifted his Rahkshi staff, prepared to attack, but I raised my hands in placation and winked."Easy, hotshot," I called out, moving to the kitchen. "It's for the tomatoes."-Teezy

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -Emotia, meanwhile, stayed in the living room, sitting on the couch by Labelle. If Yuru wanted her and Reaver dead...then the last place they really should be was....here. "We should....find the temple..." Emotia said suddenly.

IC: Dorian (Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi)Jackpot."Okay!" I yelled out. "So we find the temple! Sounds like a plan!"-Teezy

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -Emotia looked up at Dorian from where she sat, she could see him still cutting away at the tomatoes. "You realize you're risking losing your own mark going to the temple right? I thought you'd want to keep it."

IC: Dorian (Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi)I spread the mayo over the bread with the dagger and then arranged the bacon, lettuce, and tomato beautifully on a silver platter before cutting the sandwiches into halves and licking away all the spare toppings from the knife. I picked the platter up and carried it into the foyer before setting it down and leaning back. Emotia's eyes were still boring into me, waiting for an answer, so I shrugged neutrally and popped a sandwich off the tray, taking a bite."Mmm. Crisp bacon," I said, my eyes rolling upwards in pork ecstasy.-Teezy

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -"Are you gonna keep toying with us, or are you gonna give us some answers?" Emotia asked incredulously, still boring holes into Dorian with her eyes. She was getting a bit put off with the games, she wanted some straight answers.

IC: Dorian (Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi)A cute smirk, like a cat playing with a toy mouse, hit my face, and I took a final bite into the sandwich, getting a tomato-heavy taste of sweet, sweet excitement. This thrilled me; Emotia thrilled me, with her cute eyes and that perky body and that hungry way she stared at Tillian like he had just strutted down the stairway to heaven...yikes. I was getting ahead of myself. Time to jet."Well, I still have some beach house shopping to do before dusk hits," I said, plucking two sandwich halves from the tray and moving across the foyer. Stopping at the doorway, I turned and winked at the assorted group. "It was a pleasure meeting you, Labelle, and it was wonderful to see you all again. See you in your dreams."And then I was gone; if any of the group tried to follow me, they wouldn't have much luck. My footprints ended, like a phantom's, about twenty paces away from the porch, and the shadows covered my escape as I began the long trek back to Nikarra's waiting heart, with nothing but two small, flavorful sandwiches to keep me company as I watched the sun dip below the waves.-Teezy

IC: (Tarcvor/Inn, Ga-Koro)"Xa-Koro seems to me a likely place someone like him could hide," Tarc replied,"And by the way, the name's Tarcvor," he said.

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -Emotia couldn't help but shiver again as Dorian left, the way he'd looked at her was just....creepy. Emotia looked back to Tillian. "I don't think I'll ever understand him, not that I want too."

Kale Ironshaper Ga-koroIC:Kale led the way to the Fowardi. It was still where they had left it, cannons, disk launchers and all looming above the other ships which were fishing boats for the most part.

IC: Dorian (Inn, Ga-Koro) "I was thinking, maybe, if you wanted to go out to dinner tomorrow we could go somewhere. My treat," Nikarra called out as she examined dresses in the mirror. "You could probably get us into some pretty high class places, with looks like yours and looks like mine..."Here we go again. Nikarra was trying to get back in my good graces for hours now, ever since I had first walked into the door with a dark sparkle in my blue eyes; at this point, her Mark was glowing brighter than almost any time previously, and the fact that she was changing out of dresses every few minutes, flaunting herself in essential armor only, was a clear warning signal for what she was trying to get me to do. Seducing the master of seduction. Why did everyone think they could do that lately? First the angel, now her..."Not in that dress, I couldn't," I called back, thumbing through my diary nonchalantly; as I cast my deep azure gaze up, flicking over her body once, my thumb was stabbed by the point of the paper, and a tiny bubble of blood managed to escape before I lifted the digit up and sucked on it like a child. "Try black or blue. They're your best colors.""You, black, and blue," she said, smiling at me in the mirror as she walked over to the closet. "You're like a bruise. You know, for my second boyfriend ever, you're not making a very good case for me to get a third.""Does that mean after you try and leave me you'll never find another guy again, or does that mean that you're never going to try and find another guy because you have reached the absolute pinnacle of male perfection?" I asked casually, licking away another bubble of blood and turning the page, studying the Marks, looking for information. Nikarra smiled and pulled on a tiny black dress that gave a small, fleeting glimpse of the bottom of her Mark. The physical resemblance between the Marks of Rage and Lust had always been curious to me; perhaps that was something Arekule had studied further. I dunno. "Either way, I'm flattered.""Well, good," she growled, moving towards me and plopping down on top of my chest as she traced my sternum with her lips. "You're always so sweet when you're in a good mood.""Oh, shut up and c'mere," I purred, lifting her up several more inches until her bare abdomen was pressed against mine, the bridge of her mask against the bottom of mine, her deep golden eyes staring into the depths of my blues every time she stopped kissing me and looked up. Nikarra was immaculate, and as she gave up any sense of "willpower" she thought she had earned rotting away inside that brig, I traced my finger along her Timestamp affectionately, sucking away several seconds before giving them back. She giggled, shivering a bit at the rush, and moved forward to kiss me again before stopping and cocking her head, like a curious child."Are you going to kill me, Dor?""Ohhh, sweetheart," I sighed, tracing her lips and pulling myself into a sitting position; Nikarra adjusted by wrapping her arms and legs around my back, clinging to me like a leech, and as I lifted her up so our gazes were level, I could see the sheer devotion reflected in her eyes. "Someday, maybe.""You sure?" she pouted. "I mean, I don't want to rush you if you don't want to be rushed...""Thoughtful of you," I said, smiling with such perfect, even white teeth that when Nikarra looked at them, she saw her own gaze staring back at her hungrily. "Don't worry. Someday, soon, I'll kill you. Just be patient."Nikarra sighed and clung to me tighter, kissing my jawline and giggling as I closed my eyes, rolling them upwards. As she forced me back down into a horizontal plank, she placed her hands - lithe, soft, and yet strangely powerful - on my biceps and pushed herself out like a yoga instructor."See? You're always sweetest when you're in a good mood."-Teezy

IC:"I don't know," Labelle told Emotia and Tillian, "he seems ok to me. Quite sweet, if a little dangerous." She used her mask to change the color of the faux mark she had created previously, cycling through nearly a dozen different colors. "What's the temple you two were talking about?"

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -"Perhaps you'll think differently if I told you he's a psychopathic murderer." Emotia said, looking at Labelle. "There is a temple that can only be opened if all the marks bearers are present...and it supposedly can remove our marks." Emotia replied in response to Labelle's question.

IC:"He's a psychopath? Huh, who would have guessed. Good actor then." Labelle wasn't sure if Emotia was tellingthe truth- Emotia didn't seem like someone that would lie, but at the same time Labelle couldn't imagine Dorian being a murderer, after being such a gentleman. That, and he was kind of cutre."Sounds like a fun trip, going to this temple place. When do we leave?"

IC: Emotia - Casa Juturna, Ga-Wahi -"It's going to be dangerous...are you sure you want to come?" Emotia didn't want to put Labelle in any danger. She knew Reaver would have to come, and Tillian wouldn't hear of leaving Emotia's side. But Labelle didn't need to be put in such danger. "They'll be a lot of killers there...brutal ones."

IC: Kaithas grinned. "Looks like someone's trying to beat my record. I think a drinking contest is in order."

IC:"Don't worry, I don't plan on getting into any fights with anyone, or letting anyone attack me. If anyone starts acting a little strange, I'll just use this here to make myself disappear" Labelle said, tapping her Mask of Illusion. "Besides, I owe you a wedding present, and an extra pair of hands is always good to have nearby."

IC: [Naona]"I never really understood how we managed to obtain such a massive vessel."

IC: "Aye, I have been through the dread-swamp enough to know its twists and turns, " Lepidran nodded, "But if we believe this Sulov is in either down-deep Onu-Koro or high-tree Le-Koro should we not send people to check on each? Since time is apparently of our essence?"

IC: Reordin (Market, Ga-Koro)"Then we'd need to take the extra time to regroup," pointed out Reordin. "Finding each other would be especially difficult, even if we set a time and place to meet up again; if one team is on Sulov's trail and can't break off it, the others will be sitting around, squandering time..."-Teezy

IC-Grochi:"Good to know, Tarcvor," Grochi said, clapping the Toa of Stone on the shoulder. "Now, seeing as I dislike message birds, you're coming along with me as I attempt to gather up some friends of mine, got it?"

IC: Kaithas turned to Slannak. "You wanna give it a go? I got a great idea for the contest."

IC: My eyes drift open, a dim fog slowly clearing from my vision. I'm laying down in a narrow alley, my head on a clump of seaweed I'd fished out of the water a while ago. How long? A few hours, maybe? That blasted clock on my arm hasn't been helping much with my perception of time, ironically. If anything, its constant jumping all over the place has me to the point where I don't even know how long I've been in Ga-Koro. Days? Weeks? I grab the shaft of bamboo I've been using as a walking stick - useful when I come across heated arguments and start slumping to the ground like a useless sack of rocks - and slowly pull myself to my feet. I head off to the east for no real reason whatsoever. Typical.

IC: SlannakSlannak turned to Kaithas. "Sure thing buddy. You'll win though. I get drunk real quickly."

IC: Kaithas poured two glasses. "Here's the deal. Each of us say something about ourselves or what we've done in the past. Truth or lie." Kaithas grinned. "And then the other one has to say if they don't believe it. If they say they don't believe it and it's true, they drink. If it isn't true, you drink."

Ic: "Reordin's point is mine as well," Stannis said. "We have to search as a single group. More of us spread out over a concentrated area is more thorough and safe than sending two squads to opposite sides. We will go as a single team, and we will do so in... fifty-five minutes."

ICThe ladies might enjoy the sight of you running around in nothing but a shirt, but a Rahkshi-staff is stronger then your sternum.My hand was in form of a mouth as it and my own lips silently mimicked his words, trying to put as much sarcasm as I could into it. Agni could not see it as he had already turned towards the door as beckoned us, but Cael easily could, and frankly put was not amused. She drilled me with the frown-glare, and I dropped the act, making sure to roll my eyes and shrug my shoulders in the process. What, something wrong with a little harmless poke to a rather stuck-up workaholic? Really I got lucky; there were few people on this island I would trust training me, and he was an excellent instructor, but not like I would tell him that. On the flip side he was WAAAAYY to serious and generally did things by-the-book. If there were two things in this world I hated they would be being serious and doing it by-the-book.Why so serious and burn the book in my opinion."Why yes, the ladies DO enjoy seeing me run around with only a shirt on, thank you very much. Comes with the territory." I commented, Cael and myself catching up to Agni. "By the way, what is this 'something' you have to attend to? Another exciting crime scene? Another gruesome murder? I'm just curious when you plan on showing me how to turn my arm into a living flamethrower."Now I admit, under any other circumstances this would NOT be the best way to start off the Student-Teacher relationship, but we had butted heads in the past and I wanted to know where his temper laid. Would make it easier down the road to know where that line was.OOC: no worries on the waiting. However, Joske has places to go so let's crank this into high gear and kickstart his training. After you!

IC: ReaverShe walked over to Emotia and took her hand, giving her half of her eleven days. She watched painfully as her own timestamp flickered down. Letting go, she went back to her position in the middle of the foyer, staring at her wrist.Tick. Tick. Tick.

IC: Valja"Alright," she saidIC: MerlaMerla just noticed the two newcomers. "Oh, hello!" she said.

IC: "Hello." Kaithas poured two more glasses.