Techna: Breakdown

IC: Pirok [Krahzia]"Why not?" Pirok sighed.

OOC: Lev, Imma assume the blade is glowing, 'kay? IC: MrorMror spotted something glowing red. "What the karz...?"Cautiously, he approached.

IC: Honnak (Song's apartment)"That depends on who you ask," he replied.Ok, so maybe he was't about to tell Aclaraung everything about himself. He just met the being, after all.IC: Elirak (NMN)"Hello...?" I said, unsure if Jikal or Helsa had heard me at all. "Anyway," I started again, "I need to disappear, they have me on file as a Hacker.""Is there anyplace I can buy armor or Kanohi around here?"

IC: SongSong reached into her sleeve, and shuffled her deck. That done, she drew the top card. She smiled. It was her ace.She shuffled again, and drew the same card. Song was a rather superstitious person, all of it revolving around her deck.IC: JikalJikal cursed, before looking at Elirak. "Yes. I can take you there."

-==IC: Jasrich//Volcano==-Jasrich, while not having the speed of a hovercraft, as nearby none-the-less, as he had been preparing to investigate the volcano, having heard that Blade had been headed toward it. Intrigued by both the call, and the slight glow he could see, Jasrich began to descend on his flying manta-ray toward the mysterious object, although he noticed a few other people nearby.OOC: Okay, we can say we hadn't gotten there yet, and that was in the future. =P-==IC: Kairan//Krahzia==-Kairan nodded, as he headed in the direction Kinvex looked in, and saw Airu, which caused him to raise his eyebrow. As the group approached, he noticed Blade appear in front of the trio, and a weird person on a flying manta ray. After a little while of talking, the other Toa took off, leaving both Blade and Kairan confused, as Kairan started to walk toward Airu once more."Is it just me, or is this giving off a deja vu vibe to anyone else?" Blade commented, as he scratched his head, noting that the old group was back together, with a couple exceptions.OOC: Airu should recognize Kairan and Emma for obvious reasons. =P

IC: Elirak (NMN)"Thanks," I said, and moved to follow the Toa. I needed a new mask and armor, change my appearance and disappear. The was easy enough for me, and I had the widgets to do so.

IC: Trakuda (Housing District)"Got it. Shall I scout ahead, or is it best if we stick together?"

IC: Jikal"Yeah, yeah. You got it." Jikal said distractedly. He hadn't expected his hit squad to succeed, they were meant to test the waters, but he hadn't expected them killed so easily. And now she would come looking for their boss.

IC: Elirak (NMN)Even though I had just met the guy, I could tell he was distracted by something. Not wanting to ask outloud, I sent him a message.> What happened?

IC: Jikal>An opponent of mine proved more formidable than I thought.>I expected my hit team to fail, but not so easily. She will come looking for me. She won't find me, but she will come looking.

IC: Reichenbach> Contacting Pirok...> Hello again.> God, what the heck is wrong with you? Can I just be left alone?> I'm afraid that's not an option.> Call Disconnected.Reichenbach swore as Pirok cut off the call again.> Contacting Pirok...> Persistent, aren't you?> It's one of my better qualities.> Fine, what do you want?> Do you remember the battle that took place right before the Techna Nui crashed?> If you knew anything about me, I don't think you'd expect me not to.> This is how I speak. Now, what happened to you during that battle?> I got shot.> Nothing else?> Nothing I'd be willing to tell you about.> What about not long before it? If I remember correctly, there was an incident with a stabbing...> I'd prefer not to talk about that.> What happened to her? > She died.> What if she didn't?> She did.> What if, say, I gave you an opportunity to see her again? Alive?> People don't come back from the dead.> Call Disconnected.

IC: Elirak (NMN)> Ah...> Not a problem, right?> Who, by the way, was it?

IC: Jikal>Song the Ace. She's a private detective. She'll work for whoever has money, but circumstances have forced my hand. The easiest option now is to eliminate her.Jikal sighed out loud. >Easier said than done, however.

IC: ReichenbachReichenbach suddenly remembered a few things, and someone who owed him a job.> Contacting Jikal...

IC: Elirak (NMN)> Always is.> Most of the time, anyway."So," I said outloud as to act normally. Two beings suddenly cutting off a conversation attracts attention... And people have the bad habit of remembering things they shouldn't. "How much longer?"

IC: Jikal"Not much further. It's a shop called Civilization, just up ahead."Incoming call from unknown number....>Karzahni. What do you want, Reichenbach?

IC: Elirak (NMN)"Ok," I said, and walked slightly ahead of the Toa. At the corner, I saw the shop and casually walked over to it.

IC: Reichenbach> You may remember that, a few months ago, I asked you to do something for me.> Now, you're first reaction will likely be that you don't want to.> Well, I'm sending you his location right now [i'm kind of tracking him].> From what I can gather, it is the current residence of a being called 'Song'.> Make of this what you will. Do whatever you want with the co-ordinates you just received. I don't mind.> Call Disconnected.

IC: Northern VolcanoThe glowing object -- along with everything else in sight -- vanished, replaced by inky blackness that snuffed out all light present. Within the field of darkness, strips of cloth slithered silently through the air toward Mror and the sword, one group meant to attack and restrain the Vortixx while the other sought to claim the much desired sword. With the loss of sight and iminent ambush on him, along with his implant probably notifying him that the other being was seemingly dead, the Vortixx could be in for a fright.Arketh floated above the scene with his wings, percieving the action via his eyes and tendrils. He had spotted the creature as he descended the slopes toward the sword, nd immediately went into action of assaulting him. After going so long without scaring a victim made the skeleton eager for interaction, and with a mere thought and step through a gateway, he was over Mror's head. With the loss of sight and iminent ambush on him, along with his implant probably telling him the other being was seemingly dead, the Vortixx could be in for a fright.

IC: ReichenbachReichenbach looked down at the laptop before him. Finding information nowadays was very difficult, especially seeing as internet connections were very rare.

IC: MrorExcept Mror hadn't gotten where he was today by frightening easily. His pistols seemed to materialize in his hands as he shot the things attacking him, before firing an explodive round st Arketh's head.Whether his implant read him as dead or not, it could still find him. Hr lunged for the sword.

IC: Twila - Northern Volcano -Twila climbed out of the hovercraft. "Who are you playing around with now Mror?" She asked casually.

-==IC: Jasrich//Volcano==-No-one expected the Spanish Inquisition who arrived then, however; as Jasrich swooped down, he activated his mask, aiming to surround both the skeleton, and the being he had seen before the shadows enveloped the area, with a spell."Oh admonishing melody, rise in the name of the Necromancer! MYSTIC CAGE!" Jasrich yelled out, as a globe made out of glyphs surrounded the duo, even as light enveloped the area, from an explosion at the middle of the glyphs, intended to blow the two away."Now, know what true power is." Jasrich stated, as he swooped down toward the sword himself.

IC: Helsa - New Metru Nui -Helsa followed Elirak toward the shop called Civilization. "I can make you a fake id as well, if that helps any." She suddenly offered.

IC: Mror"Twila! Take care if the skeleton!" Unfortunately for Jasrich, Mror was faster than that. A single glance in that direction had warned him of his approach, and Mrir had moved aside post-haste.Now a bullet winged past his face, as Mror lunged for the sword.

IC: Skyra - Shooting Range -Skyra followed Krayzikk toward the shooting range. Not a problem with Skyra, being a sharpshooter himself. Skyra immediately began to fire causally at the targets with his Midak Skyblasters, getting all bull-eye. IC: Twila - Northern Volcano -"Okay!" Twila said, drawing her shotgun and shooting blasts of shadow and air from it at the skeleton.

-==IC: Jasrich//Volcano==-Jasrich frowned, as the manta ray rolled to the side to avoid any attacks after the initial bullet attack, even as he pulled back his arm, and tossed his spear at Mror quickly."Stand down." Jasrich said to the fellow hacker, a frown on his face.

IC: MrorMror smirked. "No. I'm under direct orders from the Heartbreaker himself to give Esao a nasty surprise. And under those orders, I claim this sword."He sidestepped the spear.

IC: Elirak (NMN)I walked into the shop, and glanced at Helsa saying, "Thanks, that'll probably help a lot."I stood back, looked over the rows of different Kanohi. If I was going to get a new one, might as well be smart about it.

IC: Krash (Krahzia)Krash was staring at Pirok as if he had said nothing. Then Krash twitched, and spoke. "WhhOOOaa! Evil pulse tickles... tehehehehehahahahaHHAAHAHAHA!" By then end of his sentence, he was rolling on the ground laughing his mask off. IC: Lekar (NMN) "Argh...." The Toa of Air was currently sitting on a bench near a fountain in the middle of New Metru Nui. And he was dead tired. Unable to really do much, his eyes eventually closed and he slumped down, asleep. Zakaro

-==IC: Jasrich//Volcano==-"Unfortunately; I don't believe this falls under your jurisdiction. Go back into your hovercraft, and get out of here." Jasrich said, as he triggered the nanobots so the spear could return to him, even as he went into a spiral dive toward the sword, his mask activated."Oh sword of conviction, loose your might, and plunge your blade through enemies of justice... Prism Sword!" Jasrich called out, as a glyph appeared in the sky near where Mror was, in an attempt to at least hold him off, as he focused on both the spell, and attempting to claim the sword.OOC: This reminds me of the fights in Island of Pain over the caches. =D

IC: Northern Volcano Arketh, upon seeing his tendrils shot at by Mror in pitch darkness, fled into a gateway, avoiding contact with the explosive ammunition aimed at his head. If someone could retaliate that good in that level of darkness, it was not the best choice to stay where they could harm you. This brought him away from the Light trap focused on the spot he had occupied, and then another whisked him away from the blasts of air and Shadow from Twila after that.Now he appeared right next to the sword, firing a burst of his own Shadow concentrated on Mror and the incoming Jasrich to toss them both away. The specter proceeded to reach for the blade's handle with his free hand, and several strips surrounded the blade itself to free it from the rock.Normally, Arketh would probably leave the fight with this many opponents, but the desire to acquire the tool kept him at the scene. He glanced back at what unfolded around him, trying to keep the weapon in his possession once grabbed.OOC: Blade: Me, too.

IC: MrorHaving already reached the sword, since he lunged twice, Mror's hand closed over the handle. "On the contrary Jasrich."Mror shattered the blast of shadow with a shot, and aimed the pistol at Arketh's face. "Sit down, zombie."

OOC: Even more amusing, the spirit trapped inside is Kopraga, Lev's replacement for Mr. Avsa. =P-==IC: Jasrich==-Jasrich, however, also had his hand on the sword, which led to an awkward pause."... Well, this is interesting." Jasrich said with a slight shrug, as he reformed the spear in his left hand, and attempted to stab Mror quickly, without letting go of the sword.OOC: Amusing. =P

IC: MrorMror deflected the blow with his pistol. "Hmmm. Rock paper scissors?"He fired a bullet at Jasrich's foot. "Nah."

OOC: We're all fighting over it now? If that's so, I'm going to bring in a sort of Lawfully-neutral guy here.IC-Edubard:Edubard had left when Gust did, and grabbed himself a hovercraft. There was some odd thing over near the volcano, though he didn't know how he knew...it was just a sort of gut feeling he had. And so, he had grabbed himself a hovercraft...which he didn't drive too well."Yee-haw!" He yelled, as the craft pitched and yawed and did just about everything imaginable, lurching through the skies like a drunken vampire bat, one that had just fed on a sake-drunken kobe beef cow.The craft, surprisingly, managed to make it over to the volcano. It landed, Edubard tumbling out with a knife in hand, prepared to defend himself from any attackers as he began to climb up to the group who was fighting.

IC: Northern VolcanoArketh, had he had a proper face and the muscles to do so, would have grinned. Taking advantage of Jasrich's and Mror's attacks on each other, a coating of dense Shadow covered his form to prevent such an attack on him from the gun. Tendrils, already close to the weapon, wraped around the sword, even crawling up towards Mror's hand and arm as they did so. Being able to transport himself in the blink of an eye allowed him to come as close to the tool as them.All three had a hold on the sword now, and Arketh intended to have it by wretching it free from them and the ground.

-==IC: Jasrich==-Jasrich stepped to the side as Mror aimed at his foot, and attempted to jump up, and kick Mror in the face."Well, we could always play a good old game of Uno." Jasrich said with a slight smirk.

IC: MrorMror ducked, avoiding the blow. "O have an Uno deck, actually." He glared at Arketh. "What say we deal with the zombie, then settle this like gentleman?"

-==IC: Jasrich==-Jasrich looked over at Arketh."Alright; keep a hold of the sword for the moment, though, he might make off with it otherwise." Jasrich said, as he swung the spear like a staff, intending to smash the skeleton's face in.