BZPRPG: Le-Wahi

IC:Vrina

Vrina nodded

"Oh no reason. No reason at all. Are you ready for the spar?"

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

"Yes, let me just get my gear" Colx replied as he went inside after Vrina.

"The sparring mats are over there, through that door"

IC:Vrina

Vrina nodded as she moves into the sparring area and waited for Colx

"Better not keep me waiting."

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

"Wouldn't dream of it" a muffled voice came from the other room as the noise of someone rummaging around in storage began to give echo.

The door eventually opened, to reveal Colx with a large, spiked club in one hand, and a zamor launcher in the other.

"I probably won't need this, but I brought it for good luck" he said as he put the Zamor launcher away on a nearby table.

IC: Vrina

Vrina looked over at the zamor sphere launcher and considered it before she merely smirked

"Well lets do this thing. I am tired of waiting."She draws both her rapiers and holds them by their crystal covered hilts. She seems truly ready to fight

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

"Gotcha" Colx replied, and raised his club.

"I would've said "Ladies First" again, hadn't it been for the fact that my courtesy quota is made for today, so I'll go first"

And with that, Colx lashed forth with a sideways swing, attempting to strike Vrina's abdomen.

IC: Vrina

Vrina saw the swing coming and dodgeded it. But she did not manage to dodge it fully for it nicked her right in the front sending her flying a bit, She reversed the grips on her rapiers and dug them into the mat bring her to a stop before she summoned her control over crystal and shot darts of crystal from the crystal armor on her shoulders. These shared were like mini daggers, pointed to a lethal degree

"Nice trick."

Her eyes flicked to the opposite side of the mat and caught side of something that she grinned

I am so glad that fell out.

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

A combination of Impact Vision and mighty treadmill swings with the club took care of the crystal shards, except for at least one that nicked one of his large toes.

Colx shrugged it off, and dove forward, throwing his fist upwards at Vrina's chin, while his Impact Vision struck her feet.

IC: Vrina

Vrina merely laughed as she felt the blows. She inturn summoned a the stiletto that had been flung away and sent it directly for Colx's neck while her right hand thrusted with the rapier into this side. She worked her jaw quite a bit for that blow to the chin seemed to cause some good damage to her

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

Colx gurgled in pain as the rapier when into his side, and recoiled several steps backward, which luckliy moved him out of the direction of the small stiletto.

As the rapier left his wound, Colx barreled forth, driving his club in front of him like a ram.

IC: Vrina

Vrina's eyes went wide as she saw the ram coming towards her

Oh bula.. There is no way i can block or stop that... But there is something

She concentrated infront of her. As quickly as she could she summoned a wall of crystal infront of her. This would not stop him but it would lessen the damage to her which is still better than a full attack.

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

When Colx's club impacted the crystal wall, it sent a minor shake through his arm, but he shrugged it off easily.

He dislodged the club and took a careful step back, waiting for Vrina to recuperate and come at him again

IC: (Mons Shajs/Invincible/Le-Wahi Seas)

 

"Woah, sailor, c'mon back 'ere," Shajs said. "I need ta teach ya some knots and such. Cap'n says so."

IC- Verak

I let out a low groan but spun around. “Knots? I’m bored already. See? All knots are easy- you just twist the rope around till it doesn’t come untied. Honestly, of all the things to waste your time doin’, brother…” I shook my head.

“I need to go do…” I waved my hand vaguely. “Somethin’ important.” And I spun on my heel again and sauntered away in the general direction of Iraira’s cabin. I think I remembered being hired to work for her personally, or something of that sort. It was past time I found out what that job entailed.

IC(Matrapolix-The Invincible)"Of course."He narrowed his eyes, curious as to the goings-on in Iraira's mind. "Why? Is something wrong?"

IC: Vrina

Vrina looked up at colx and seemed to just stare at him. Her eyes drifted towards Colx's hands and she thrusted her own hand out towards his and seemed like she was concentrating on them. But in reality she was using this as a decoy while she summoned crystal spikes directly under Colx feet. If everything worked properly she summons them from below the mat and they shoot up through the center of his feet

IC: Colx (Le-Koro)

Colx took one step forward to face Vrina, and knocked her hand away just as the crystal spike bore into his other foot.

He gurgled in pain again, and responded with an especially massive blast of Impact Vision at Vrina, before he pulled his other foot free

Ic: Betravo

"Stay at my place. It's best if she rests while getting herself back together."

Ic: Seria

"I still fell a bit tired, but other than that, its best if I do rest."

IC: Vrina

Vrina grinned as she was blasted off the mat into the wall by the force of the impact blast

"Well you know how to treat a lady for sure"

She threw both her rapiers at him while she controlled them with her elemental control

"Know how many people freak out when they fight with spectral swords?"

OOC: Geardirector let me know if you feel as though i am fighting unfairly or anything. First time in a real major fight

OOC: Duly noted

IC:Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

Colx angled his club so that it blocked the rapiers, letting them clutter to the floor.

"You don't want to draw things out with me, miss, I can keep going a lot longer than most"

IC: Cadias

Hmm. A complete stranger offering to let you stay at his house was rather unusual, but they didn't exactly have a lot of options.

"All right. Thanks for your generous offer."

Ic:"Come. This way."He entered the elevators and ascended with the two.

IC (Jin)

"...but I'd stay vigilant. Never hurts to be carefully."

I found the Toa Avya had pointed out as Kethrye just as he was finishing up a conversation. I waited politely till he was done (manners are everything, right?), then approached him, hand outstretched.

"Toa Kethrye? I was directed to you by a Toa named Avya. My name is Xaro, and I'm interested in joining the Island Liberation Front."

IC:

Yeah.

Looking for more Rahkshi.

Sounds fun.

Real fun.

And my grin never wavered.

"Is it just me, Kehuri, or do all these ideas you're having suggest that you're considering rejoining the ILF?"

-Void

IC: Cadias

Cadias followed the stranger for a short distance silently. "Now that I think about it... did you ever tell us your name? I forget. I'm Cadias, if I haven't already told you."

IC: Kehuri

"I never stopped," he responded. "I'm the Toa equivalent of a workaholic. I need a Duty, or else I get restless." He smiled nostalgically. How different he had been as a Matoran.

IC: Vrina

Vrina grinned widely and had hoped that he would bring the blades to the ground. She thrusted her hands out and with her control flung the rapiers towards his legs aiming for the knees

"And i intend not to wait much longer."

OOC: there we can say they are aiming for the knees but whether they make it or not depends

Ic:"You can just call me the Teal Musician for now. That's what most people call me. Pleased to meet you Cadias."As they continued to go through the village, he said, "It's not that far from here. We're almost there."

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

Colx once again put his Impact Vision to good use, blowing one of the rapiers away while the other nicked his knee, nothing major.

"Good things seldom came to those who didn't wait for it" Colx quipped as he stepped forward.

"Any chance you're getting tired soon, because I'm getting a little bored"

IC: Cadias

The Teal Musician? This guy certainly likes to be mysterious.

"So, you're a musician?" Cadias asked, hoping to learn more about the Teal Musician.

IC: Captain Commander Iraira, 3-days Southeast of Lewa-Landing

Iraira began to shake her head at Matra’s question, then nodded after a pensive breath. “Watch your back around Kordo and Verak,” she admitted. “They don’t respect the singularity of a crew. Any minute one of them could decide to flay someone limb from limb and not think about the consequences in their pea-brained minds before turning my aft deck red just for fun. Look at Verak: he cuts the topsail in the storm, for Mata-Nui’s sake. Next he’ll be boring a hole through the below to look at fishes. You know, I shouldn’t have said that: now it’s out there.” She groaned and placed a tired hand to her mask’s brow. She gave a languished sigh, then rose up from her wooden throne and walked back around the desk. Her feet creaked on the wooden floorboards, adding to the small ramblings of sounds produced by The Invincible at sea.

“You’re free to go get some food and take up night watch on the bow,” Iraira added as she placed her hand on the iron door handle; “Sorry for troubling you, but I thought it’d be something you should know. And you’re words put me at ease.” Pushing her thumb down, the latch opened and swung outward. There was a yelp and the clatter of someone hitting the deck. Peeking around, Iraira stifled a grin.

“Oh, sorry there Private. Shouldn’t you be working on your knots with Lt. Shajs instead of skulking around my cabin door?” Letting Matra pass, she returned to her cabin with the audible grind of the lock. Letting herself have a little chuckle at her vengeance, she settled herself into the carved wood of her chair and planned throughout the night.

--Kumu-Islets, Dawn on the 4th day S. by S.E. of Lewa Landing--

Logbook in hand, she stared into the morning sun with a small smile of success. Light glittered off her armor as the fiery orb rose from its ocean home to run across the sky, passing his baton to the moon. As a matoran, Iraira had always believed the story of the Moon and the Sun being Mata-Nui’s eyes. The moon was weaker in light, because it had been given up as payment for the Well of Wisdom. As a toa, not much had changed in her worldview, except the hut she used to live in was far too small to stand in. Things had been simple and still, like the placid water stretching for nautical miles around her ship. It was as if The Invincible had fallen into a pane of deep blue glass. Iraira could almost see the bottom: marble structures and metal glittering from the depths. Turning away from the starboard rail, Iraira looked at the few members of her crew up and working.

“Kordo, go stick your head down the hatch and let the crew know we’ve arrived. I want everyone on deck for a few minutes. No, I’m not gonna tie you up again. Come on, snap to it Private!” She shook her head as the taller vortixx scampered off to complete his mission, then opened the logbook.

Inside was her life as a marine, but that was not what concerned her. The weathered piece of paper slipped from the binding with a gentle tug, and she smiled at the faded surface of the letter as she read to herself. He would have been proud of today, Iraira realized as her emerald opticals dimmed. Shouldering the burden of the past and embracing the future, Captain Iraira returned the letter to the logbook and waited for her crew to assemble. First would be the speech, and then the adventure would begin.

IC- Verak - The Invincible

“Wahooo!” I exclaimed with excitement, vaulting over cannons and miscellaneous crates in my hurry to get to the deck. I had been spending most of the voyage playing hide and seek with some of the senior crew members as they tried to get me to obey Iraira’s orders and practice some knots. Even though I did get beaten into submission a couple times, and had to endure living Karzhani for a couple hours, I had managed to avoid my sailorly duties quite well.

But there’s only so much to do on a small lump of wood, and the prospect that this voyage was finally over filled me with joy. I burst onto the deck before anyone else, a broad smile on my face as I looked across the still ocean waters. In the distance, coloured silver by the moonlight, were the few remnants of the once glorious town of Xa-Koro. The few rocky crags and the lonely lighthouse did not properly capture the essence of the town had been. It had been a glorious criminal’s haven, the place to go for anyone wishing to pick up a mercenary job, gamble away their earnings, or get into a fight in a dark alley. I still miss it kinda.

Anyway, that’s where we were diving, right? This should be fun. Ancient ruins always have excitement in them, don’t they? We’re sure to meet marine rahi and old traps or something. I cracked my knuckles and crawled up onto the railing, looking out hungrily at the adventure ahead.

IC: [ Krios ] - The InvincibleThe tall, black-clad Vortixx stood at the rail, clawed right hand resting gently on the polished wood, cold blue eyes flat and emotionless as the brooding sea.He had returned at last. That lone lighthouse, that distinctive arrangement of the still-visible crags... how many times had he glanced up from the glow and bustle of a crowded tavern, through a small barred window, and watched them silhouette against the moon?Ah, Xa-Koro... city of darkness, city of legends. Undefeated in desolation, I imagine, if I know anything of your ways.He turned away, the slightest trace of pain flickering briefly across his reptilian features. It was a hard thing, to see one's homeland lost forever in the eternal depths of an endless sea... not that he had ever loved the place. It had been a jungle, that was certain, and he himself, a predator, but yet not one of the highest rank. He had been a jackal, a coyote, a opportunist... and he had done well. Even very well, considering the competition.His eyes moved, watching the crew members assemble in preparation for the arrival of Captain Iraira herself. They were an unpolished, rough-hewn lot, but strong and cunning. Rabble. Criminals. Survivors. And he himself had been counted among them.His mouth twisted briefly in a dry, lopsided smile. Counted among them, yes... and for the moment, I'll take that as a compliment.

Ic: Ludvin va Betravo"Yes. I perform on the streets with my flute. It's the only way I can make money. Ah, here we are."He opened the door to his hut, and kept it open for both of them to enter."Set her down on the bed. "Ic: Seria"Thanks little one."

IC: Vrina

Vrina growled softly as she thrusted her hands out and summoned her Rapiers back to her hands. She the stands up at her full height and faces Colx. She seems to appraise him for several long moments

He must have a weakness.. What is his weakness. Wait! That's it!

She gained a relatively wicked grin as she stared directly into Colx's eyes

"Oh i do not plan on stopping anytime soon."

She summoned a flurry of crystal shards towards Colx's eyes, she hoped that he would try and blast them away with his impact vision for while he is distracted with that she will summon a wall of crystal infront of Colx and threw one of her rapiers directly into the crystal, impaling it into the wall. From there she ran as fast as she could and jumped onto the rapier. She grabbed the handle of the blade while her other hand grabbed at the top of the crystal wall. She proppelled herself over the wall and pulled the rapier out at the same instant. This threw her over the wall and over Colx. With a swish of her outfit she landed right behind him and moved to grab one of her stilettos.It would take her several seconds to grab the stiletto.

OOC Perhaps one of my better moves

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

Colx did indeed unleash his Impact vision to protect his eyes, though he caught a glimpse of Vrina vaulting over him. The problem was that he didn't see exactly where behind him she'd she landed, and that left him vulnerable.

And because of this, Colx acted on his first impulse, and held his club as far out before him as possible, and then did a big twirl.

It was sloppy, it was inaccurate, but it reached out pretty far, so hopefully it got the job done.

IC: Vrina

Vrina saw the impending blow and quickly thrusted out the side of her right arm and created a makeshif shield. It did not block the blow completely but delayed it enough for her to aim her rapier right at Colx's neck. She held it there with the point right against the most vulnerable part of his neck

"I saw a weakness in your tactics and used it in my advantage."

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness Center)

"I'm impressed" Colx admitted, with a wicked grin

"So, should we call it a day, or do you want to finish?" he asked

IC: Vrina

Vrina held the weapon at his neck still and spoke softly

"Sheathe your weapon first and we can call it a day."

IC: Colx (Le-Koro Fitness)

"You're a hard negotiator, sweetheart" Colx replied.

"But I've never been the one to deny when I'm beaten, I like to think of that as the reason why I'm still alive"

Colx carefully knelt down, Vrina's rapier resting on his neck the whole time, and let the club clutter to the floor.

IC: Cadias

Once Seria had been safely deposited on the bed, Cadias glanced around the Matoran's house. The small size of the furniture caught his eye- it wasn't as if he hadn't seen plenty of it before, but most of it had been in inns, alongside Toa-sized chairs and stools. Cadias smiled, almost imperceptibly. He had once owned a house not so very different from this one, before he became a Toa. It seemed so long ago.... how long had it actually been?

Suddenly, Cadias realized that he had been staring at a chair for around a minute or so. That won't make me look weird at all...

"Umm, sorry about that. I got lost in thought."