Techna: Breakdown

IC: DridakDridak finally had come to an understanding of how to play the game of UNO! How had he been so blind? It was so obvious from the beginning! He facepalmed and dug his face into his hands as a chuckle escaped from him, probably completely random for his two companions.

IC: Arentus & KeyanaInside Keyana's home, Arentus sat down in one of the two chairs, his suit's weight causing immense strain on the weight. Keyana noticed the sounds the chair made, but said nothing."So what exactly are you wanting me to do?" She asked as she began to browse her laptop's files. "I have planned a series of bombing threats, starting with the buisness district, and ending with the CHI building itself. I could do all of these, except for two things. I like a source of explosives, and I lack one to pin the blame on another while I plant them." He said calmly."I can do all you ask with ease, but I myself require two things." She said, sitting the laptop down, and beginning to move closer."And what might those be?" Asked Arentus, seemingly oblivious to her advance."First, I want to be paid. 50,000." She said, a smile beginning to grow across her face. She was only feet away from Arentus now. "And I want a peek behind the mask." She finished. As she carefully stroked his mask with her hand.Arentus stared at her for quite a few seconds, his head tilted in a questioning way. "What is it with people and masks? Privacy doesn't exist anymore." He grumbled as he stood.Cracking his neck, and then his fingers, Arentus limbered up before speaking. "Disengage." He said calmly, and the suit folded away until it was a briefcase. Underneath, he was dressed in a snappy black and dark grey suit, with a pair of midnight black, Kane-Ra leather shoes. Keyana just stared at him. "Y-You're..." She started."Handsome? Charming?" Arentus said, a cunning smile on his face. "Or is it the fact I'm a Vortixx?"Keyana actually laughed at the last one. "No, no. It's the first one."

OOC: Cutscene Power to the Max!(In case that doesn't clarify it - what Esao did happened in a cutscene. He can't actually do that anywhere else. If he can, God help us.)

OOC: I should try out Cutscene Power sometime, might be fun. =P

IC: Emma - Debrief 1Emma glanced over to see Kinvex walking up to her, "Hey Kinvex. We're planning a strike on Krahzia, starting with a scouting party."She turned to Kairan, "Sweet. It's a useful skill, now you'll be able to bring some lucky girl on a romantic ride-drive. Or rain lead on Hackers, it's up to you."-Void

-==IC: Kairan//Debrief 1==-"Or both, though that might be slightly complex." Kairan said with a chuckle. Kairan only half listened to the debrief, though, since it wasn't really a concern, and there was still the problem of him not knowing everything that had happened anyway.-==IC: Blade//Krahzia==-Blade frowned, as he walked outside of the building, the guards giving him a suspicious look, but letting him go by anyway, since he hadn't done anything yet. Blade looked around, kinda in awe at the city, since it had been built in just two months, but Blade considered that New Metru Nui had too, so it wasn't all that big an accomplishment, though he didn't realize that it had more or less been done by only one person. Blade frowned when he saw a barrier up, but shrugged, and headed toward a building he figured was a bar.I wonder... Blade thought, as he concentrated, even while walking towards the bar...-==IC: Kairan//Debrief 1==-Kairan listened to the people talking around him, and then grabbed his head, as a headache suddenly occurred."Replica. Listen to me; that place you know of? It's real; but just forget about it." Blade's voice said to him, and Kairan growled slightly, since it was hard to focus over the pain."Place...? What place...?" Kairan asked, and Blade chuckled mentally once, but stayed quiet for a moment."You'd know if you paid attention to things more, and didn't have your head in the clouds, as you normally do. I don't have time to talk to ignorant replicas, so goodbye." Blade said, and the pain faded away, which made Kairan frown."What was that about...?" Kairan muttered, as he shook his head.-==IC: Blade//Krahzia==-Blade winced, as he finished muttering his message to Kairan. To anyone watching, it would seem like he was just having an imaginary conversation, especially since he had mentioned a replica, but he knew what he was talking about... And he knew Kairan would know, if he focused on the message more. Of course, given that he was in the city of the enemy, he obviously needed to be enigmatic. Blade walked into the bar, and looked around, a scowl on his face, partly from the pain he had caused himself, and partly to try and slightly fit in.

IC: Krash (Krahzia)"zzzzzz-CANHAS-zzzzzz-CHEEZBURGE-zzzz-RZ-zzzzzz" Krash mumbled/shouted in his sleep. Who knows, maybe it was even loud enough to reach Blade's ears.Zakaro

-==IC: Blade==-Blade stopped in his tracks, and looked around with a frown.Did I just hear a possibly annoying Matoran? Blade thought, as he looked in the direction of the sound, wondering if it would start up again.

IC: Krash (Krahzia)"zzzzzz" Amazingly, Krash didn't mumble something else annoying. No, he went ahead and rolled over in his sleep. He was sleeping on his pack. Near one of the edges. So, he fell off, hit the ground, woke up and shouted "WHOWHATWHEREWHENCHICKEN!" Zakaro

-==IC: Blade//Krahzia==-Blade instinctively turned to the source of the sound, all while he drew his sword for a moment, paused, and then put it away with a scowl."I was right." Blade muttered, as he shook his head, and walked toward the Matoran slowly, frying him not out of the question at the moment.OOC: You wanted interaction with someone who's already been shown to kill people and hackers without a second thought. =P

IC: Hrunja"Compared to me you're rather young."

OOC: Well, Krash is just as likely to try to blow him up. Knowing Krash. IC: Krash (Krahzia)Krash lay flat on the ground for a moment. Then he got up and fell back on his butt in one movement. Shaking his head, he saw a Toa with a green and grey color scheme. Still a bit more confused and crazy than normal, if that's possible, he asked "Are you a Phantoka?"Zakaro

-==IC: Blade//Krahzia==-Blade stared at the Matoran for a few moments, and then blinked, and turned away."No; why would I be a Phantoka? Do I look like a Toa of Air to you?" Blade asked, as he looked back with what could be interpreted as indifference."Besides, I was elsewhere when that incident happened." Blade said, as he looked awya once more, for a few moments at least.

IC: Krash (Krahzia)"OK. It's just that you're green and grey and when I'm sleepy I can't see very well so I mistaked you for a Phantoka because Phantokas are grey and another color-" He stops and takes a big breath. "-So I'm sorry that I mistaked you for a Phantoka and wait did you say you were somewhere else?"OOC: Last post for the night.Zakaro

-==IC: Blade//Krahzia==-"It's okay, stop apologizing." Blade said, and shrugged."Yeah, I was elsewhere then. One of my first missions, before someone decided to try and turn me into a giant robot and make a replica of me. Well, wasn't really a mission that really was accepted by me totally, given that I was captured for it and all." Blade started to explain with a shrug."Really, if my ancestors knew of that, they'd probably just shake their head. Or, at least, one of the others in the Name of Heroes." Blade commented, as he thought about that for a while.OOC: Oh geez, two characters are influencing his personality now. We're doomed, for good this time. xD

OOC: You guys ready for.... him?IC: Kinksh / New Metru-Nui1:30 in the morning. Very few citizens of the city were active, and even fewer with a good reason - it was ironic that the leader of the greatest criminal organization in the city was on such a mission, wrapped in a large, dull cloak, after leaving his private residency via dimensional gate rather than resorting to something more mundane and exposing himself.A tall Toa stood behind him, a gun aimed at the back of his head, and was currently demanding he present him a portion of his money. Kinksh, not wanting to deal with this any more than necessary, rolled his eyes, causing the gun to melt to slag and fall out of the would-be-thiefs hands.Turning, the Toa of Fire reached out and grasped the thief by the throat, absorbing his heat out as he did so. "Are you part of the Syndicate?" he asked."No." the thief replied. "They kicked me out. I didn't pay my dues... wait, how did you know about that? Are you CHI? Why are you asking? Who are you?!"Kinksh pulled out his golden warhammer, holding it up the thief's face. "Intolerant of independent thievery."After a short walk, this time met without difficulty, he came upon the Wall of History.From beneath his cloak he pulled out a tattered journal, one title 'The 45th Year of Construction - Levacius of the Northern Lands'"Allow me to speak to 'Levacius' Kinksh said quietly."A hologram stepped out from the false-stone construction, appearing behind him, and then leaning against a wall. It wasn't the older Toa that had, until recently, lived on the ship. No, this Toa was unmistakably the same, with white armor and a light grey Hau, but with noticeable differences - said Mask bore barely a fraction of the damage, and still glowed as if it were functional. Two sheathes were strapped across his back, and he wore a light mesh armor.The Toa of Fire began to speak, but was cut out abruptly. "Why is it that you wish to speak to me, hmm?" he asked, seemingly annoyed - a fake annoyance.Kinksh held out the book. "It is this journal that I came to speak with you about, program. What do you know about it?""Nothing." was the response. "As you noted, I'm just a computer program. I don't actually know anything. This wall here..."He tapped the wall."It's the thing that has the knowledge in it. I'm just here to make you feel like you're talking to someone.""And much younger than you were.""Well, the Wall is dispalying me based on my information that I put in back when I first got on the ship. Needless to say, I lied about half of the personal appearance things. Vanity is overrated, but frankly, it works for me.""I don't need vanity, I need information." Kinksh replied, offering the book over.The hologram laughed, an empty and hollow sound. "You're quite ridiculous for a criminal mastermind, you know that?"Kinksh was taken aback. "How would you know that?""I've been sending information to the primary database that now makes up the Wall of History as it is now for years. Frankly, none of my memos were ever read, and simply placed in my personality file. I guess they should have checked them over, huh? And as for your ridiculousness, before you ask - I'm a projection of light and electricity. I don't have physical mass, and I most certainly can't check a physical book.""Well surely you sent the information to this database as well?""Not a chance. That information was meant to be with me, you know. And my heir. Let's see what the database says about my last log... awe, here it is - 'My death will be coming soon. I do not accept to live another thousand, perhaps not even a century. Age is taking its toll, and all of those Mask of Healing repairs must not have fully restored some of my organs. There's always accepting an implant, but... before then, I wish to find a worthy successor, and bestow upon them my last secret, and the last of my information. A successor crafted by the hands of the Great Beings, or by those of Mata-Nui, and not by the Matoran. One with the mind of three, the strength of twelve, and the spirit of a pure legion.' Flowery speech, huh? Bet you wish I put that secret on there, huh?""Not that I care about your secrets. I wish to know about this passage..." He brought the book over, showing the part that he was interested in.The hologram shook its head. "Sorry crimes-a-lot. Don't have a clue. Have anything I would actually know."Kinksh growled, and replied "No..." as he placed the book away once more.'Levacius' gave a formal military salute, before seemingly disintegrating and vanishing once more. The area lit up, now that the hologram was gone.Kinksh frowned, heading out into one of the few hallways near the Wall unguarded by cameras and security, and stepping through another gate as he sat down once more, troubled. He looked down at the journal once more, and began reading it over yet again.-Toa Levacius Zehvor

IC: Emma - Debrief 1Emma grinned slightly, but her smile dropped when she noticed Kairan grab his head, muttering."Yo, Kairan. You okay?"-Void

-==IC: Kairan//Debrief 1==-"Yeah... I'm fine... Just him again." Kairan said with a nod, referring to Blade."I'm okay now; they stop as suddenly as they start..." Kairan said with a slight shrug.

IC: Mirtue closed A Brave New Magna with a placement of his book-mark-Darkon noted that Rahi Farm looked to have been finished-and flicked his gaze to the cloth. The S-Toa gave a slight nod and smiled tiredly."That should do for now."The toa sighed. He looked at Darkon."I do so hate to prevent you from working, but I fear I am too lacking in sleep for any other orders." Mirtue then nodded towards the door."Do go and take some currency from my stores at the first drawer on the left under the counter. You may spend it as you wish."

IC: DarkonDarkon spoke softly as he stepped out of the room. "I require no pay. Sleep well." He said as he slipped back into the darkness, only his glowing red Fiber-Optic implants, and his eyes, visible.

IC: Mirtue again sighed and raised his tired eyes to the heavens. He let out a small and playfully chiding smile."If you insist."The toa then turned off his lamp, shelved the book, and went back to sleep.

IC - Ryjak - Venus Testing CenterIn the center of a completely white room (sterile, even. Bleached) a maskless Toa was strapped to a chair of metal. Emarrosa Bane. Enter Ryjak Drazen, normal garb worn. Large shot in hand. But no liquid inside."So, Ema. How do things go with you these days?"

IC: JikalJikal moved rather quickly for someone who had, until recently, been trapped under a pile of rubble. In a matter of minutes, he had arrived at the CHI building. He knocked on the door.>Helsa, I'm here.

IC: DarkonDarkon leaned back in his chair, his cat-pupiled eyes closing slowly. As soon as they closed, the dreams returned, haunting, terrifying, over-powering, and reality-bending.OOC: I almost made Darkon have a huge book-based conversation with Mirtue. Sea Muaka, anyone? Or how about Call of Tren Krom?

NPC: CHI Door Guard (CHI HQ)The door guard went to check for Helsa's friend just as Jikal knocked on the door.-Teezy

IC: Helsa - Outside the CHI -Helsa noticed Jikal come up to the door and knock, cause she was still standing there, she gave him a quick and subtle nod. IC: Leon - Eastern Canyon -"Okay how about this, I won't call you geezer, if you don't call me kid."

IC: Hrunja"Sounds reasonable."

IC: JikalJikal subtly pointed to his wrist, where the device used to summon his suit was. He cocked his head slightly, questioning.

IC: Helsa - Outside CHI -If Jikal was asking if he should change into Skull, then the answer would be a resounding no, at least not yet. She shook her head quickly. She wanted to see what the guard would say. IC: Leon - Eastern Canyon "Alright cool. Let's make it official." He offered his to bump Hrunja's fist with his.

IC: HrunjaHrunja nodded, returning the gesture.

IC: JikalJikal nodded slightly, and took a seat on a bench. He watched the events transpiring in the lobby from underneath the brim of his hat.

[iC: Stronin]Stronin pressed the button, watching as the platform was raised up. He gestured the Vahki onto it, and pressed the button once more, allowing for it to descend to the floor.

IC: Esao (Director of Field Ops Office, CHI)Before Ryllia could reply, Gust poked his head into the room, a tired smile on his face."It's almost 1:00 A.M, Esao. You can go home."I shook my head emphatically."With all due respect, sir, I'd like to stay on until this is over.""Esao, you've been here for eighteen hours. You've done enough for one day."I shook my head again and Gust grinned a bit, looking like the happy Toa of Air he used to be before leadership and Equinox took him away."Consider it an order."Slowly, I grinned."Fine. Can Ryllia come, too?""She's supposed to be shadowing you, isn't she?" said the Toa Techna, grinning a bit more. I smiled a bit."Thanks, man. I'll see you in the morning."Taking Ryllia's hand, I stood up and began to walk to the door, clasping Gust's shoulder with a grin as I walked by. It was the first friendly contact I'd had with my ex-squadmate in almost a year. Sighing, Gust sat down at the desk that had once belonged to me and now belonged to Ryllia, flipping a pencil out of boredom. As I walked towards the front door, the analysts and door guards nodded and wished me goodnight as I walked past: I guess they'd warmed up to me considerably over the course of the night.Out of nowhere, I heard a thump and turned: it was Ryllia, on the ground, an empty syringe on the ground beside her. I bent down and checked her: she was sedated. I cursed and stood up, raising my gun. A door guard ran out, gun drawn."Agent Mandala?" he asked, and I nodded."Seal the perimeter. I want no one to get in or out."The guard nodded."Yes, sir. I have a message for you first."I sighed and looked impatiently at him."What is it?"The guard grinned a bit."Ilya Drazen sends his regards."Before I could react, he had pulled up his gun again and fired off three rounds into my chest. Shocked into silence, I dropped to the ground, trying desperately to reach for my gun. The guard shook his head and slammed the butt of his gun into my temple, and I blacked out.OOC: Next hour. Current in-game time is 1:00 A.M.-Teezy

IC: Krash (Krahzia)"Name of Heros? What organization is that? I've never heard of it." Krash said. "And why are you wearing a scarf? Am I being too nosy? Is that a sword? I prefer explosives, do you want any?" he asked, pulling a bomb out for show.IC: Daykia (CHI Roof)CrackCrackCrack! Daykia jumped, shocked. 'Gunshots? Why would there be gunshots? Unless there's more Hackers in the building.' she thought, jumping down to the ground from the top. Grunting as she landed, she stopped for a moment to get the pain in her leg under control, then limped to the front of the building, trying to find the source of the gunshots.Zakaro

-==IC: Blade//Krahzia==-Blade held his hand up for a moment."In order of questions... The Name of Heroes isn't an organization; it's essentially a clan, or family of sorts, based off the fact that all the heroes in the family are named the same, and all are green and Toa of Lightning. Basically, it's a title." Blade explained, and then addressed the other questions."I wear the scarf because it looks cool, I dunno if you're being too nosy, yes it's a sword, and I'm good for now, explosive wise. Might wanna borrow some later. I need to find a certain place, and then destroy it, because I have reason to believe that someone who did something to me in the past is doing stuff again, making things that shouldn't be made. The only problem is, I don't know exactly who it is, or where whoever it is... Well, is." Blade sighed, as he wasn't sure where the Replica lab could be...

IC: (NPCs, CHI)A Toa of Earth with a Mask of Emulation came running down the hallway only a few moments after Esao was shot, followed by another two close by. However, the murderer was already long gone by the time they got there. They were a practical little bunch, though."Mera! Tend to Agent Mandala! Tyrion! Help me out here!" the Toa of Earth yelled his commands. Mera, a Toa of Water wearing a Mask of Healing, took to patching up Esao's wounds enough to get him out of there afterwards, while the other two lifted Ryllia up and carried her off to the hospital wing. After delivering her to the only medic there right now, they came back and the Toa of Earth helped Mera carry a slightly, though not much, fixed up Esao there too, while Tyrion went off to inform Gust of what happened.OOC: Everything has a hospital wing nowadays.

IC: NikarraNikarra heard the gunshots, and everyone in Debrief 1 left. She ran out, and assisted in getting Esao into the 'hospital wing'.OOC: I think they have a hospital room, but all the staff in it, AFAIK, died in the gassing.

IC: Helsa - CHI doorway -Helsa heard the gunshots, her first reaction was shock and surprise, what if it was Elirak? "W-what's happening?" Helsa called to the guard.

OOC: Surely more medics exist in the city. People are a renewable resource. And tbh, in practice, history won't care whether it was a room or a wing.IC: (NPC, CHI)"Esao was shot, Ryllia sedated," the guard replied in something of a matter-of-fact tone. "They're currently in the hospital room."

IC: Elirak (CHI)I suddenly heard gunshots, three of them. What it was..."What the heck?" I asked the being, at the same calling Helsa.> Are you alright?> I heard shots.

IC: Vorex, ReichenbachVorex heard the gunshots, and ran to their source, before contacting Reichenbach with the information.> Esao's down.> He got shot.> Dead?> We don't know yet.> Keep me up-to-date.> Of course.> Call disconnected.

IC: JikalJikal opened a line to Helsa. >Helsa, you have three minutes to inform me of what has just occurred before I march in there.

NPC: Assassin (CHI)It had been a long, long night for Ilya Drazen's assassin. The Toa of Earth had been positioned in CHI for ten hours, waiting for the moment when his boss gave the command to take out Esao Mandala. Now, on his second attempt, he had succeeded. As commanded, he made his way to a side room and dialed a number on his link with a smirk. After a couple seconds, he hung up, clearly confused. No one was answering..."What is it?"The assassin turned and visibly relaxed: Ilya Drazen had emerged from the shadows, his resemblance to his younger brother Ryjak showing clearly."It's done. Mandala's dead.""Really. That's good news. Just one question.""Anything.""Where's the body?""The...the what, sir?""Esao's body. That thing people use when they want to keep living...?""It's...uh...""I'll tell you where it is. It's in the CHI hospital wing across the building. Why do dead people need hospitals?""They...they, uh...""Exactly. They don't. Now why is he in a hospital when he's dead?""Well--""Is he dead or not?""Well...he was sort of dead, sir..."Ilya sighed sadly, and the assassin got a sick feeling in his chest, as if he had disappointed his father instead of his mass-murdering employer."There's no such thing as sort of dead, kid. You're either dead or you're not. Here. Let me show you."Drazen pulled a silenced pistol out of its holster and fired two bullets into the Toa's heartlight, killing him instantly. He sighed and snapped his fingers, disappearing into the shadows.-Teezy