BZPRPG: Ta-Wahi

IC: Stronin

"That's me," said the Iron Toa.

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro, Soli's Forge):

Kirgan looked Stronin up and down. He was... surprised, to be honest. This guy didn't look like anything overly special. He was a standard Toa of Iron with a Kadin, hanging around in a small-ish forge.

"Uh... hi", Kirgan said. "We've been looking for you quite some time now."

"Some of us, anyway", Hile added. Kirgan ignored his talkative friend.

"Anyway...", Kirgan continued. "I found a strane tablet in the Onu-Koro mines. It was broken in pieces. One of the pieces mentions you, but otherwise the text written on them is incomprehensible."

Kirgan handed over the piece of the tablet with Stronin's name on it to Stronin. The piece was small and was filled with text in Matoran letters. The language was unlike any Stronin had ever seen. Yet, it was possible to make out the name 'Stronin', roughly in the middle of the piece.

"What do you know about this?" Kirgan enquired.

IC: Stronin

The former thief gently took the piece and stared at it for several long seconds, his eyes narrowing at the sight of his name and the surrounding markings.

"Are you sure this isn't the remnant of some bounty tablet or something?" he asked, eyes slightly hopeful for a moment as he looked up at his visitors. He really wanted it not to be something strange and mysterious.

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro, Soli's Forge):

"Bounty tablet?" Kirgan repeated in confusion.

"What, you're a thief or something?" Hile asked.

"According to Kylma, he was a thief, but not anymore", Kirgan said. "But I dunno, how long were you a thief? This tablet has to be indescribably old, judging by the location where it was found, as well as the wear. I used to be a prospector, I know this stuff."

IC: Stronin

"Okay," said Stronin as he pinched his forehead. "This is really weird. So please, can you two leave?"

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro):

"What...?" Kirgan stammered. "Why?"

Hile pointed at the numerous allies behind them: Feran, Xaron, Sulkua and Azthran. "What about them?"

IC:Orderin cried out, "No!" As the roof collapsed below him. He crashed to the ground among the wreckage.With one last look towards the sky, he gave in to unconsciousness.

IC:Without a doubt chaotic. Right in front of my face, a Skakdi started a fight, first smashing a matoran into a wall, before then spinning around and unleashing a rainbow into the village - spiralling, rocketing, pummelling, pounding, completely and utterly destroying any of those he opposed.

The sound of a Guard's horn sounded out. Normally she would continue the call, or immediately rush to rally whatever troops she could find, but......

It was posthumously drowned out by a massive flare rising out from the ground, a magnificent spiral of white and crimson licking through the air just like it belonged in Ta-Koro - except rather than co-exist with the village, it seemed a lot more like a parasite, ready to take over.

Flay stood there. Not in shock, or stupor.

But in satisfaction.

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Aurum leaned into the wall, his eyes scanning through the bunch who had just barged into Soli's forge and were now seemingly interrogating the blacksmith - whose name, apparently, was 'Stronin'.

It seemed the stream of loud and obnoxious people entering the store didn't have an end in sight. Still, one of the members of this party that had just walked in for no business reasons whatsoever seemed a little bit....recognizable. Aurum couldn't recall where it was, or who it was, but he did take all the precautions possible. As the others stole his conversation, he turned away - making sure to keep his face away from their view - and seemingly walked off minding his own business as he stared at the rows of beautifully crafted and splendidly displayed weapons, armors and other accessories for all your combat needs.

He let his mind drift, responding to the memories, the experiences, the feelings, everything that he had felt, trying to find whichever seemed to be all of a sudden welling out, like something had just toggled a switch requesting for something, and it was time to search through all the drawers.

Piercing ice-blue eyes, polished and almost crystalline white and blue armor with an evidence of fragility on the left arm......where had he seen this Toa?

IC: Stronin

"I don't do counting!" said the Toa of Iron, gesturing wildly in exasperation. "But seriously, I don't want to do anything with you or whatever stupid thing this tablet with my name on it is."

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro, Soli's Forge):

Kirgan and Hile exchanged looks. Whatever it was they had been expecting, this was not it.

"Let me get this straight", Hile said slowly. "You want this tablet out of your sight because of... what? Afraid it'll bite? Or just hiding something?"

"Let's just go, Hile...", Kirgan said, placing his hand on Hile's shoulder. But Hile shrugged it off.

IC: Stronin"It's creeping me out," stated the Toa bluntly. "And if you haven't noticed, I have a customer to service."

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro, Soli's Forge):

"Well, whoop-de-frea..."

"Hile, let's go", Kirgan said sternly. Hile turned at him and, after a moment of silence, nodded.

Soon the group was out of the forge.

"Wasn't that strange?" Hile asked.

"He's definately hiding something", Kirgan said. "If I had been delivered an ancient tablet with my name on it, I would've at least shown a little more interest."

"This is just great", Hile sighed. "First I got lost in the jungle for three months, then I lost great story potential along with Vezok, and now leads to that strange tablet have been cut."

"Well, I don't know what to do now", Kirgan said, turning to his allies. "What do you say we do next?"

IC:"So...back to the swords. Is there a way you could forge a set of a dagger and a sword which compliment each other?"

IC: Stronin

"Yeah, that's easy enough."

IC: Xaron

"That was a lot less eventful than I hoped. He didn't seem to happy about seeing people in there...and I was going to get a new dagger, too. Ah well. I get get one from Onu-Koro." I shrugged. "So...now what? Do we just go on our merry ways, back to where we were previously?"

I paused for a moment in thought.

"Or are we going to actually get an explanation from him? I could go back, ask for a dagger, and then ask him about it...I doubt he would run a customer out of his store."

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro, Soli's Forge):

"I guess that's all we can do", Kirgan said to Xaron. "Do what you suggested. It's unlikely he will tell you anything, but just to be sure."

"You know, we could find someone with a Rau to translate the rest of the text as well", Hile pointed out.

IC: Xaron

"I think I already suggested that, too. Not sure. Memory is foggy. And cold." I turned around, back to the forge without another word to the group. "Uh, if you guys want to meet back up, I guess we could meet here in...I dunno, fifteen minutes?"

I kept walking, and eventually got back to the forge. 'Eventually' meaning not that long of a walk. I strode in, and looked at Stronin.

"Can I get a dagger, possibly? I need something to stab people with if they try to mug me."

IC: Tivanu

Tivanu barely had time to react to the gust of air as it came speeding towards him. With quick flick of his staff he shot himself with an gravity-increasing bolt effectively rooting him to the ground and with that done he brought both his arms infront of him in an X-like manner while ducking his head down. With the blocking of his arms he was able to prevent any real damage.. Just some pieces of stone from the building caught in the blast resulting in cuts an scrapes.. except for the large chunk of stone caught in the side of is abdomen. Once the air passed he brought his arms down and then uttered a shrill whistle which hailed Kive-phu to him.

Using his staff he set it in the Gravity-decreasing mode and sent bolts of it at both Orderin and Viima who both lay unconscious now. Once they both were floating off the ground Tivany uttered a skakdi worded command to Kive-phu and she proceeded to use the decreased gravity to bring Viima and Orderin infront of Tivanu before the gravity bolt timer ended. After two minutes of waiting Tivanu was able to move again and he bent down to heft both Viima and Orderin, one on each shoulder and proceeded to turn towards the one member of the Ta-koro guard and merely told them as he walked off "I am taking my allies to the closest Inn and am renting a room. If you have any questions you can find us there." And with that he proceeded to head to the inn.

OOC: I figured since both Viima and Orderin are both unconscious it would not be Bunnying to save their hides and get them out of harms way.. so yeah

IC: Voulge

Voulge looked down at the fist and sighed. He did not make any motion to return the little fist-bump instead he merely looked at 'Wanderer'

"you are wrong there.. I was drunk at the time.. For some odd reason my body has always reacted differently to being drunk and i am more stable with it.. But once again it is not my choice whether i assist or not.. I told my toa leader i would see to Crasaro's and Vail's safety and i can not go back on my word. But i assure you that once i report back to the rest of my team i will be back.. perhaps taking a momentary break from the toa sarsi or if i am able to convince the rest."

IC: Crasaro

The toa of Crystal re-arrived with Vail in tow behind him. "I'm back.. I got Vail... oh man I need some water, my head is trying to kill itself." He kept panting. "But...yeah... we came along with Voluge...I guess in response to...your note..."

Crasaro coughed. "Augh, my head and throat hurt so much."

He paused a bit. "but...I would be...willing to help...with...something...so long as...no one innocent will end up hurt."

IC: "The Forerunner"

"I know this is great, we get to meet and explain stuff, but could I direct your attention to burning building in the Koro, maybe we should do something, like now."

IC: "The Wanderer"

He was disappointed in Voulge, quite a bit, in fact, but he did not show it at all. Thankfully, Crasaro seemed willing to aid the Toa of Smoke in his task, so the Toa of Magnetism gave Crasaro a warm nod of thanks, at least as warm as a silent nod could be. He looked towards the low-lying and now-burning rooftops of the Koro of fire. It was pretty ironic. He might have even laughed, if he was able to. He could see several tiny figures leaping across the chaos, but could not make them out from the smoke and distance.

"Want me to scout it out by flying over?" he signed, using the remnants of the charged photothermic powder to carefully craft his characters in the air.

OOC: On one hand, I'm a bit hesitant to jump into a fight in which there are already a lot of people and actions... but on the other hand, we would encounter Vezok, conveniently enough for our objectives. In addition, several (I count three) combatants are have left the fight, either on purpose or by being defeated, so it may be not too hectic if our little posse jumps in. Lastly, Toatapio, you've left Kaunis out of the latest happenings here - are you still in?

Ic: FlaredrickFlaredrick came back from running an erand at the local bank for Srontin. He liked working at the forge since he felt right at home with the heat. But when he arrived, he found him arguing with two people over something."What's going on. I hate surprises."

IC:"Ok then. I don't have much money on me right now, since I figured it'd take time, but I do have protosteel ore with me, saved up since some time ago. Perhaps you could use it, and if there's spare you could keep it."

IC: Stronin

"Sounds good. When exactly do you need them?"

IC:"As soon as possible, though I would prefer it to be made as best as it could. Do you need to take, like, measurements?"

IC: Stronin

Stronin shook his head. "Not particularly, no."

OOC: @Team on Ta-Wahi beach: Kaunis is still in. She's just been watching events unfold.

IC Kaunis

(Ta-Wahi, Beach):

Kaunis walked over to Forerunner. "Uh, these guys confuse me... should we trust them or not?"

IC Viima

(Ta-Koro, Inn):

Viima could feel his senses returning. His head ached from the disk, but luckily he had his mask on now. Whoever had saved him had apparently put it back on (OOC: Just assuming). Viima struggled to get his bearings and found that he was lying on a bed in a small but cozy-looking room. Orderin lay on another bed and Tivanu was watching both of them.

"Tivanu?" Viima said. "You... you saved us, didn't you?"

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro):

"Yeah, we should meet Xaron here when he's done with Stronin", Kirgan said. "Anyone else wanna do something specific while we wait?"

IC: Tivanu

Tivanu groaned a bit as he heard this and merely nodded

"Aye.. Not knowing what would happen.. And it was Kive-phu and i really.. she did alot of work."

OOC: Yeah i think it is a safe assumption he would have put masks back on

IC Viima

(Ta-Koro, Inn):

"Well... what can I say?" Viima said hesitantly. "T-thank you, I guess..."

IC: Tivanu

Tivanu rolled his eyes as he stood up and went to grab a glass of water.. As he walked one might notice a piece of bloody fabric wrapped around his midsection. He came back and handed the glass of water to Viima

"Here drink some water.. And yeah your welcome.. Though orderin seemed to be the worst of you two."

IC:As Tivanu spoke Orderin still lay comatose, his eyes and heart light shining dimly. His leg was twisted at an odd angle and his mask had a long crack down the forehead.Tivanu's sentiment seemed quite true.

IC:"Ok then. When should I come for it?"

IC: Stronin

"Give me two weeks."

IC: Tivanu

Tivanu looked over at Orderin and sighed as he turned back to Viima

"And before you ask the reason i have not taken him to the hospital yet is that skakdi seemed to have lit several buildings on fire blocking off the route.."

IC:"Alright then. Thanks. I'll keep to using what I already have for now, I guess."

OOC: Guess I'll post back in 6 months :3

IC Viima(Ta-Koro, Inn):

"Well, we have to get him there", Viima said. "And quick. He's not in very good shape."

IC: Toa Azthran

"Well I want to go in there with Xaron and get a new mask." He said. "And maybe get a drink after that to cool my mind."

OOC: Yay Internet connection! ==D You could've use Azthran's Ice Powers to put out the fire, you know. Also, not sure if that's counted as specific xD

OOC: If we had made Azthran do that, it would've been us bunnying him.

IC Kirgan and Hile

(Ta-Koro):

"Toa, wait", Hile called out to Azthran before he entered the forge. "Ask if you can get a Rau. Great or Noble. Then you could read the text for us."

IC: Xaron

Ok, barging into the store and demanding something did not work. Besides, Stronin was talking to someone about...a pokey-stabby thing possibly. Eh. They left the store, walking past me without a glance. I went up to Stronin, and asked once again, "Do you have any daggers for sale here?"

I will not be denied. Well, I might. Who knows.

I certainly don't!

Of course you don't brain. Of course you don't.

You should be less abrasive, host.

Hey, slug, shut up, I didn't ask for you opinion.

Images flashed in my mind's eye, and I really couldn't tell what the slug said. No matter, I really didn't ask for his opinion.

OOC: I can't believe no one noticed me walk right in there.IC: Flaredrick"It's a forge. Not a shop. I could make you one if you like." He said to Xaron."How do you want it?"