BZPRPG: Po-Wahi

IC: Akura

"Did you have an arrest warrant? Or is this some policing force that arrest without such things. Second, I was assaulted so that was self defense. I admit I disturbed the peace." Suddenly he is talked to the ground, knocking his mask off. "I try to handle this peacefully and you do this? I told you not to do this." Summoning all of his strength , Akura attempts to knock the Toa off of his back.

IC: The Sentinel in front of him snatched up the mask, handing it off to someone else to be taken to headquarters. As two others pinned him and the one on his back manacled him, the Sentinel in front leaned down. "There's a thing called exigent circumstances. If you're gonna play lawyer, learn the law." He said, clearly irritated. "C'mon, up on your feet with you." The others hauled him to his feet.

IC: Akura

"Well played. Fine, I submit to your will. But you know not what you have set in motion." Akura allows them to haul him off. There was no more he could do.

OOC: Ok then, I think you controlling three guys is a little overpowered.

IC: Qyntar

Qyntar opened his eyes. Something had changed. "I think they defeated him. I can feel them closing in on HQ." Qyntar stood up. "If they put him into a cell like us, we may finally find who the culprit is. Seems everything worked out after all..."

OOC: I control the Sentinels as a whole, and any other official NPCs in Po-Koro that you might need to interact with.

IC: Akura was brought to a cell in the prison, a cave carved into the face of the canyon wall and securely guarded. After he'd been processed, a Sergeant approached him, watching him from the outside of his cell.

"So." He said. "What's your deal?"

IC: Athiel

"Good, now maybe we can get out of here. I've had enough of sitting am waiting."

IC: Akua

"Excuse me", said Akura. He knew not what he ment.

OOC: Ok, I guess.

IC: "I wasn't there, boy. Tell me what happened from beginning to end."

IC: Akura

"Oh, sorry. So I'm walking down the market street, another normal day in Po-Koro. Then Sentinels just start chasing me for no reason. I panicked so I started running. After a while, I'm strapped in a courtyard surrounded on all side. Some try to attack me so I freeze them in self defense. I disarm some others, then try to lose them in the market. I'm tackled onto the ground where I'm confronted by your leader. I try to rebuke my charges but they use exigent circumstances to haul me inn. That's my story."

OOC: Lloyd controls the Akiri of Po. Essentially what replaced the Turaga.

IC: Tera followed the guards to the jail, watching as the Sergeant "questioned" the prisoner.

She muttered the letters "B" and "S" under her breath.

IC: Vrina

Vrina followed the group when they went to the Sentinel HQ and even went in peacefully.. She merely took a seat on a bench against the wall and waited.. She set her hands on her skirts as she closed her eyes and seemed to wait

"Athiel stop making a fuss... All you are doing is making yourself look suspicious...Just stop making a fuss."

Vrina took a deep breath and seemed to patiently wait

OOC: Ok, so where did they just take Akura? Is he close to Sentinel HQ?

IC: Qyntar

Qyntar kept monitoring the situation, now kneeling and keeping his hands on the floor for more efficiency.

OOC: The prison is in the cliff wall adjacent to Sentinel HQ, to my memory.

IC: The Sentinel raised an eyebrow, folded his arms, and tapped his foot skeptically. "You expect me to believe my boys just jumped you for no reason. Right. You better come clean, or at least give me something to go on."

IC: Akura

"I admit I resisted arrest quiet a lot but is it necessary to lock me up." He hear the Tera muttering. "Oh, hello commander. How nice to see you again." The sarcasm is obvious. "How about you give me something to work with. What are my charges, or better yet why I was pursued in the first place?"

IC: Athiel

"I wonder what there doing to this guy? We've been here a while now", he said. He was very bored now.

IC: "You'll be here until we determine what happened and then you'll be tried." The Sergeant said. "Can't have you running off and slipping the bonds of justice, you know."

OOC: Seriously though, why were those Sentinels chasing him? I can't find anything about why in your initial postss.

IC: Qyntar

"He's close, but..." Qyntar looked into the variations in the gravity field, finding that he was in a building, but it wasn't Sentinel HQ. Qyntar told this to his teammates, then continued to monitor the area.

OOC: I think it's because he's suspected to have killed the innkeeper they were staying at.

IC: Akura

"Of course, that is logical. I told you my account of what happened, but if you want gaps filled ask for the testimony of others. It's obvious that you believe I'm withholding something, and I don't blame you."

OC: Check back before Akura's post, back in the Inn. That's where you will find your answer.

IC: "I'll be asking them, I assure you. But it's not looking good for you, boy. You'd better give me something to go on."

OOC: You're referring to the dead innkeeper, then? Odd.

IC: Akura

"Actually, I remember hearing something in the market about a murderer killing some innkeeper. Apparently, by someone using ice as the weapon of choice, so I'm guessing they were looking for anyone of that element for interrogation."

OOC: That's the one.

IC: He nodded. Now we're getting somewhere... "So why did you run?"

IC: Akura

"Like I said, exigent circumstances. That's the reason they game me once I was detained. Are there any other other of the ice element detained today. I know it's not my place to ask, but if not I think I may have been singled out because of my resistance."

IC: Qyntar

Qyntar suddenly falls flat on the floor of the cell, and doesn't move as he lies there on the floor.

IC: Athiel

"Are you ok Qyntar?", he asked. He was worried.

IC: "No, no, no. I'm not asking why they arrested you. I'm asking why you were trying to evade arrest in the first place." He said.

~+~

A Sentinel approached Qyntar's cell and looked through the bars. "You okay?" He asked.

IC: Akura

"I panicked I guess. They literally charged me so I ran and kept running for my so. I only defended myself when I felt my life was at risk."

IC: The Sergeant raised his eyebrow. "Right. They charged you for literally no reason. Right."

OOC: I can't fathom the Sentinels going after someone for no apparent reason. XD

IC: Qyntar

Qyntar looked around himself. Where am I? He thought. He stood in a small meadow surrounded by strange, tall trees, their bark was black, their leaves white, and it was as if they were glowing. The grass itself was mixed between dark purple, light blue and white.

He looked up to the sky. It was as if the sky itself was shrouded in an aura of sorts, as if aurora borealis filled the sky itself, ranging from purple to green to blue and even the oh so present white.

But then he looked to a different place in the sky... and it was darkness. And the darkness was spreading, it was spreading over the sky. The grass and trees started to wither, the ground beneath Qyntar's feet started to crumble, and he fell into an abyss of blackness.

Qyntar gasped for air as he woke up.

IC: Athiel

"Are you ok? You fell unconscious and wouldn't awake."

IC: Akura

"A murder suspect equals dangerous. Do you think they though if they just strolled up to me and said you're under arrest that there wasn't a possibility I would kill them there and then. They knew that if they didn't strike hard and fast that they wouldn't have a chance at bringing in a supposed murderer. Think about it. All I can do is move fast and jump. I don't kill if I don't think its necessary so I wasn't going to defend myself. But i'm sure not going to prison because some guy used ice to kill some innkeeper. So I ran."

IC: Qyntar

Qyntar sat up, breathing stressfully as he put his hand on his face. "Unngh, must have been fatigue from monitoring the gravity field too much. I've never done it for so long before..." Qyntar though for a second to tell them about his strange dream, but then decided against it.

IC: Korru (Sentinel HQ)

"Just try and get some rest, Mr. You'll need it for later"

IC: Baranx

Baranx needn't have bothered returning to Sentinel HQ. A Toa if Ice was already being escorted into HQ. Nonetheless, Baranx finisher the relevant reporting and paperwork.

He visited the cell where the witness was and saw Korru talking to him. Baranx waited behind the corrirdor. Listening.

IC- Dorgath - Po-Koro Square

"You claim to have been in contact with the Lord?"

"The Lord brought me back to life," Dorgath said, reverently. He closed his eyes for a second, remembering the pouring rain that had washed over his half destroyed body and the surge of purpose and hope that he had felt standing there in the falling sheets of water. He opened them and stared intently at Prei through the scratched eyeholes in his mask. "He guides me."

IC: Prei

I nod. "The Lord guides us all."

It is nice to see people continue to worship Him, but sometimes it is done through inappropriate methods.

"Would he guide you to destroy the work of those who have striven to better the lives of their fellows?"

IC- Dorgath

"Intent is not always indicative of the good you create. These machines are evil, regardless of the good they were meant to provide."

IC: Prei

"Yet it is the way of Mata Nui to provide redemption," I countered. "If these machines can be considered evil, could the Lord not set them back on their true path?"

IC- Dorgath

"If only. Alas, our Lord was put to sleep many thousands of years ago by his vile brother Makuta, as you must recall. He has fleeting power in this world. He relies on us to be his eyes, ears, hands, and tools. We must do his will, because he cannot do it himself."

IC: Prei

"And what if his will is not to destroy these machines?"

IC- Dorgath

"We cannot spend our entire lives worrying about alternate possibilities. Nothing would be accomplished. My faith and my life has proven to me that his will is the return of this society to it's earlier roots. If I am wrong, so be it. Maybe it is Mata-Nui's will that we cease honoring him, maybe it is his will that we should all stab ourselves, maybe it is his will that we should all stop using his name aloud. These are all unlikely possibilities with little evidence, and there is no reason we should entertain such thoughts."

IC: Prei

I nod.

"Then good luck on carrying out his will."

His path will not be the one I walk, but nevertheless it is polite to bid him well.

IC- Dorgath

"Many thanks. It has been a pleasure debating with you." Dorgath nodded back, the rims of his mask obscuring his eyes. "I hope we may cross paths again."

Dorgath spun around, his cloak billowing outward dramatically and tossing up a small cloud of sand around him, and strode through the marketplace, greatly pleased that he had aroused such interest in the matter. His ideas did not necessarily spread overnight, but they might become more noticeable. Perhaps that Toa might have a twinge of doubt the next time he boarded the Iron Mahi, or when he next spied a radio station sitting bloated atop a tall pristine peak.

"A good days work," he said aloud. Dorgath had never felt more confident.

IC: Prei

The debate has left me hungry.

The sun has yet to set. It should not be too difficult to procure more doughnuts.