BZPRPG: Ko-Wahi

IC: Korden

"What do you think of Vex?" Korden asked.

IC Zahkon

"He's a bit ... Hot-Tempered, but yet a good leader." He grabbed four knifes and gave to two Kordan. "Here, take this, we're skaling this thing with these."

IC: Kordan

"I dont know how long we can trust him. I knew him a long time ago. He wasnt always like this. He's nothing like the man he used to be"

IC Zahkon

"Yeah, luckily his anger can easily get him downed..." He spoke as they climbed. "Hey but, for now, we still need him, so I think we can simply live with him."

IC: Kordan

"And what do you think they will find in Onu-Koro

IC: South of Mount Ihu in an area of the snow wasteland, far from any living Toa or Matoran, stood several glaciers. One particular glacier stood out. It had been quite eroded from the the sharp winds. It should of been no surprise when a chunk of ice fell from the glacier with a large crash sound. Had there been anyone they would of noted something most peculiar in this ice chunk. A large maskless Toa; with a blue crystal in one hand, and a red in the other, wearing a necklace adorned with merged green and orange crystal, with some kind metal grate shoved through it at the bottom; frozen in the ice chunk. The winds settled down, and it was an unusually hot day, and it was at the noon. The Sun beat down on the ice chunk and it began to melt. The crystals refracted the light, and with light comes heat, so the ice around the crystals melted more quickly. The red and blue crystals fell out of the ice chunk onto the snowy ground. After several unusually hot and sunny days, the ice had melted enough for the Toa to fall out. The crystal necklace flew up into the the previously frozen Toa's face and the Toa fell face first into the ground, with the crystal from the necklace digging into the to the Toa's face, and the red and blue crystals struck the wrist of the dead Toa. And suddenly a strange energy enveloped the Toa and the body began to tremble. And then it stopped, with smoke coming from the Toa's body. "Ughh..." The Toa whos hould have dead for intents and purposes, had come back to life. "Where am I?" asked the should-be-dead Toa. He slowly got up. The Crystals were gone, and he had a small scar on his wrist. "Who am I?" The Toa stood up and began to to stumble around, trying to get his bearing. Once his balance and vision were clearly back he stood around and took a look at his surroundings. "Ko-Wahi...how do I know that?" He saw the glaciers and began to walk toward them. He looked upon the ice to see his reflection. There was no scar on his head, but he was maskless. He looked at what he was wearing. It was big black armor, with snow blue under armor. He saw he had a bag around his waste. He opened it and saw a bunch of broken weapons and saw a bunch of broken peices of rock with varying letters surrounded. For some reason the Toa fell two sorts of delight. He dumped the bag and began to arrange the letters, something was driving to put certains letters in a certain way. His internal drive however felt very split. Once he had put together the letters he saw what he believed to be his name: Zarizak. "I am Toa Zarizak, but what am I a Toa of?" Zarizak held his hand out focused his elemental energy and attempted to shoot out an elemental blast. Nothing happened. Zarizak felt the energy leaving him, but it did nothing. Not so much as a poof of dust. "I am a Toa of...nothing?" He stared at the glacier he came out of, part of him wanted to jokingly call it mommy. At top he noticed there were three masks. Zarizak knew he had no mask on currently, and with no elemental powers, he was not in a good state right now. He figured the best course of action would be climb up the glacier and grab the masks. He took the broken weapons ont he ground and jury rigged them in such a way that would allow him to climb up the glacier, though in an unsafe manner. Once Zarizak climbed the glacier, after several hours, nearly falling twice, he saw the masks frozen in the glacier. All three of them were in the shape of Black Hunas. He carved the first one out of ice and put it on. He quickly activated it, and the mask of revealed to be an actual Huna. Zarizak then carved out the second mask. He put the Huna back into it's niche and put the second one on. He activated it and discovered it to be a Volitak, the mask of stealth, in the shape of a black Huna. He then carved out the last mask, stuck the Volitak in the niche, and put the last mask on. He found it to be a Kadin, a mask of flight, again in the shape of Black Huna. The other two are useless for me. With the mask of flight I can get out of here rather safely, and quickly, I will not have to trudge my way into civilization through this snowy wasteland. So Zarizak decided to keep the the Kadin, and flew off the glacier and headed north, toward Ko-Koro.

IC: Taka

I took a seat torward the back of the meeting hall, and listened to Matoro and the other speakers.

IC(Coryza-Hiemalis' Lair)Coryza sat over the pit in which Hiemalis' reanimations dwelled. Every once in awhile, he took shots at them with bits of ice. Boredom had overtaken him as of late, Makuta being gone. Hiemalis was absent for now, and for this reason he had been considering taking an escapade into the wild. He was being pushed to do it from within and that he couldn't ignore. He lifted himself up, standing to full height and heading towards the exit. In a few minutes he was traversing the winters terrain, departed from the cave now. There wasn't much to do, seeing as he wasn't up for talking to citizens, nor did he think it was wise to test his boundaries by doing so. The threat of hanging on a hook was enough to make him stop where he was. It was good that he did, because only then did he spot an Onu-Toa climbing a snow bank. He instantly dropped behind a rock, blending in with the surroundings that he knew well. As the Toa walked along, Coryza snuck alongside him from behind snow banks, occasionally ducking into little caves and gaining a better position.At one point, the Toa stopped. For a minute, Coryza though he might be frozen, but then he began inspecting something on the ground. Either because of its physically obscurity or his miner's eyes, he couldn't quite make out what it was. Whatever is was, it was reason enough for him to continue- right towards Hiemalis' cave. The Matoran sighed, knowing that this was his responsibility. Maybe this would be Hiemalis' new pet. As it was, he couldn't be let any further. So Coryza took his place on a outcropping, silently hiding as the Toa came closer. Without a noise, he dropped to the ice, now level with his target. Hidden by a corner, he crouched and called upon the slug on his back. As the hunter- who indeed was now being hunted -passed, he used all the strength of a Kane-Ra as he pounced. Unless he was somehow detected and deterred, his incredible strength was plowing into the Toa's knees.

IC:Tivanu

Tivanu looked at the skakdi and grinned which looked a bit fearsome given the savage smiles all skakdi

"Well no she does not talk but she responds to commands in skakdi."

In his other hand he held his staff but if one could see on his back they would see he had a satchel but there was something in that satchel, It looked like metallic fingers.

"So must admit i hardly ever see another skakdi now a days it seems."

OOC: Hey sorry about not responding. I just got back online. and this is to zekev

IC: krUNCH

At the noise, I flick my gaze down and to my left, immediately halting. A black-and-white blur smashes my left knee, slamming into my armor-cloak's two plates on the side, rattling through the mail and scale of its lower layers, and bruising the leg beneath.

Standing: check. Nothing broken: check. Analysis: proceed.

I examine the shape in that moment. The white of its body is snow and scars, while the black is broken plate. Its eyes are a glassy hazel. Its body is a gargoyle bulging with muscle and claws. On its back is the shape of a great slug. An Onu-Matoran with a Parakuka. Strengths: heightened physical prowess; weaknesses: less than ten minutes and prowess disappears. Threat level: minor.

Fight or flight? Fight.

(Detain.)

Suggestion applied.

The matoran is already clawing at me as it turns. I grasp it by the collar and haul it up, other hand covering the mouth so it can't create a sound. Activate kanohi to track its position. Examine its eyes, glassy and hazel. They say it wants to escape. It's a primal creature, only wishing to attack or run from what hurts it.

I'm not primal.

I've guarded against his attacks in the ceramic plates of my arms and hands and the cloak of my thorax and abdomen. Each time this matoran acts increases my chances of attracting Hiemalis. I have no wish to fight both. Therefore, I will defeat the berserker as fast as possible and move on. Method: strike solar plexus/occipitus/etc., requires element, discounted; maiming, requires time, discounted...

(Blood choke.)

Affirmative.

I shift my grip from the matoran's collar to his neck, fingers reaching to apply pressure to his carotid arteries and thumb pushing his jugular vein. Cutting off the blood to the brain KOs in seconds for normal matoran.

(Testing effectiveness of blood choke on Parakuka-activated matoran: begin.)

IC: Transiz/Tul

The insane Rahkshi like being burst in and took a seat towards the front. It was likely he was seen. He was a giant creature that looked like a Rahkshi wielding two Rahkshi Staves that had sit down near the front.

Curious.

'I want to see why I should live here.'

IC(Coryza-Snow Drift Combat)

As Sulov attempted to choke his enemy, he would realize that the primal beast indeed had a mind. Both legs flipped up, smashing into his opponent's arms and knocking the prisoner free. "You've lost your way, Toa. Unfortunate." Coryza was stronger than Sulov could've expected, even with the knowledge of Parakuka. He curled up on the ground in a second, and exploded again, a heavy volley snow flying into Sulov's face. This was not an attack, though it was intense enough to not be knocked away single-handedly. The real attack came immediately after. Behind it was a flying punch to the jaw. With the power behind it, it could easily break the bone there and possibly knock his mask loose.

IC: Snow to the eyes. Following that, an assault on what I do not provide coverage. Other blows as necessitated.

I see the line of attack, noting the matoran's apparent young stage in the symbiosis. I plan accordingly. My visor's wipers swipe off the snow; I glimpse a blurred fist, heading towards my jaw, and catch it with my left hand before slamming my opponent down and moving to stomp his chest. My right arm's plating, absorbed, reforms into a szabla in its hand to slash off any movement away from the stomp.

(Cage.)

IC(Coryza-Snow Drift Combat)

Using both hands, Coryza shoved away the foot, rolling backwards and using the momentary unsteadiness to dodge the earth arm. The jab was out there, now, however, and he took advantage of this. He balled both hands into one fist and swung it into the earthen appendage. A few cracks spiderwebbed the ceramic armor, but the attack wasn't very effective. Coryza simply dropped into a grappling position, and, using his small mobility advantage as a Matoran, swept around and delivered an elbow to the back of Sulov's knee.

IC: Prediction: Slide about, attack back.

I swap my saber for armor beneath the back non-plated portion of my cloak. The matoran jabs my knee, cracking the armor. I reach around and toss it back before me with my right hand. The plate of my prosthetic morphs into a hammer I swing for the head while my fist, armor reforming, flies for his solar plexus. Taking either results in a KO at best and splintering at worst.

IC(Coryza-Snow Drift Combat)Sidestepping slightly, he used all of his strength to shove the punch away. He leapt up, pushing off of the titan's arm and going for a punch to the temple.

IC: Anthraz

He aimed his Ice Blade at the creature he saw. The creature was then shot by someone or something else.

IC: SulkuaThe Toa of Ice went outside. The wind was surprisingly warm today.Sulkua walked about the city. The snow squished underfoot. He roinded a corner to an open area. It led out of the main city into the sector with the wind stations.Sulkua watched the blades spin about, swirling some snow about. He wan't one to be nostalgic, but he took the tim to enjoy the scenic surroundings around him.Makuta...gone. Miracles do happen.OOC: Any battles or random interactions for my anti-social Toa with 1.5 year's experience to join in?

IC: Azthran

"What was that?" Azthran ran to the dead being and found out it was a Vortixx. He looked around but he could not see anyone. He was getting suspicious. Just then the murderer appeared.

IC:Zarizak flew and arrived at the edge of Ko-Koro."What the Tren Krom happened here? This isn't some village any more...I need answers."Zarizak touched down into town but was unsure what to do.

IC: Kordan

"He needs someone he trusts to stay behind and look after this place. We'll be setting up our out post around here." Kordan said, looking around the place.

IC Zahkon

"An outpost, I thought we were going for Ko-Koro, to then move towards Ga. Or did the plans change once again, and are we now using this location as main base of operation for now then?"

IC: Kordan

"Having an outpost too close to the plan will cause to much suspicion. We need to make them think we are going to attack here, then whip the element of surprise out of their hands and into ours"

IC Zahkon

"Sounds fine for me, hower we should get our weapons first."

Ko-Koro started to come in sight...

"Ah finally."

IC: Kordan

"May I ask what we are doing here?"

IC Zahkon

"As I have told before, getting weapons..."

IC: Kordan

Kordan stopped in front of him, turned around and placed a hand in front. "You think we can just walk in and get weapons without looking suspicion"

IC Zahkon

"Ugh, unlike you, I've been wandering around these lands since the disbaninding of Six Hand. Everyone is suspicious these days. Every Toa, every Matoran, every Skadi. But once you can convince the Tribal leaders you're planning to fight against the other Koro's, they'll provide you with the means to do that."

IC: Kordan

"I hope for our sake you are right, brother" Kordan bore his deep red eyes into Zahkton

IC: Tivanu

Tivanu looked around slightly as he seemed to consider something while he turned around and began to walk away. He did look over his shoulder and called out

" If you need my services, well i believe i am not hard to pick out of a crowd."

He kept on walking with Kive-phu on his shoulder

OOC: Tivanu is open for interaction

IC

IC: Azthran

It was a fierce battle between Azthran and the murderer.Just then the murderer had fallen. But the Skakdi had fled. It was strange; first a fierce battle between him and the Skakdi and now the Skakdi had fled. Azthran then retrieved his blade and set off to find an answer.

OOC: Zekev to Onu-Wahi

IC: Tivanu

Tivanu looked around the village of Ko-koro. He spotted a bench and took a seat causing the bench to creak loudly as he leaned back. He idly looked about and spotted some rocks and with a quick flick of his staff he shot a bolt of gravity at it and the rock floated upward

"Now to entertain myself until i can find some work."

OOC: Tivanu open for interaction

IC: Arktizai

The Toa of Ice now stood in front of a frozen edifice, seemingly hopeless against his own element. It had not been long ago that the Skakdi and Vortixx had gone this way, climbing up the steep wall. Unfortunately, they were both of strong builds, and were able to scale it with ease. Arktizai was not so, however, and that combined with his lack of elemental prowess meant he would have to improvise.

He looked around for a rope, a cable, anything. Anything that would help him follow those members of "Sixhand," or whatever they were called. The others were irrelevant now; they had broken off from the rest and headed north. It was these two he was concerned about.

There was nothing he could use in the snow, as far as he could tell. He approached the wall once again and felt its surface, its coldness almost mocking him.

Suddenly, he had an idea. He had heard stories about how Toa of Stone could topple entire structures if they just struck its weakest spot. Could he do the same with a structure of ice?

He felt around the wall, trying to get a sense of its internal composition. If he truly concentrated, he was surprised to find he could probe quite deeply into it.

After some feeling around, he found a point just slightly weaker than the rest. He stood back and fired an arrow into it.

Crack. It was a small one, but it was a proof of concept. Arktizai smiled.

IC:Kamatu

Kamatu woke up in snow. Cold snow. Kamatu jumped up quickly, heating his body to melt the snow. He felt weak. How long had he been here? Apparently, longer than he knew. He stretched his aching limbs. Now who was he? Oh, right; “Anhar”. Or so they thought. He was really Kamatu. But… were “they” real? Ranama, Mahkta… had they been fakes? Visions? Kamatu remembered back to how as soon as the Rahkshi had left, the voices in his head had disappeared. Obviously, Makuta had tried to control him. Or had he? Was it all just… Kamatu shook off the chill creeping down his spine. He began to trudge forward, praying that, somewhere, somehow, his friends were real… and alive.

IC: Korden

Korden heard something crumble from behind them. It wasnt too close, but it didnt sound too far way. He knew it could have just been the avalanche but then he remember the last time he had see that Toa of Ice with the Volitak. If the Ice Toa was experieicned he could break the snow that stopped his path. He nodded to Zahk and walked back the way he had hear the noise. He would go alone.

IC (Cael)

The healer smiled at Joske's last statement, then took another bite of her fruit and chewed pensively. They couldn't stay in the Massif forever, and, to be honest, the idea of leaving, even if just for awhile, was almost welcome. Cael loved it here, but sometimes she couldn't help but feel as though she had spent the last three months in hiding, shirking her responsibilities as a healer and a Toa.

On the other hand, she also knew that healers were usually the worst of the bunch when it came to setting aside enough time for recovery. She had been guilty of that many times over the course of her career. She could get so focused on someone else's well-being that she forgot to take care of herself.

This time for healing and recuperating had been necessary, she reminded herself. Neither she nor Joske had been fit to go back to their old lives after the war: they had been exhausted and wounded. But now?

Now, she felt ready to get moving again. Eager, almost.

“I want to go,” she said. “If it's something you want to do, then I'm all for it. But... we don't need a reason to leave, either. I'm getting the feeling that we've stayed here for as long as we needed to.”

Raising an empty hand, the Toa of Water absent-mindedly pulled a sphere of water from the puddles on the table and used it to wash her hands of the sticky fruit juices.

“You're in better shape then I've ever seen you, and the same with me. All we know of the rest of the island is second-hand news – I'd love to actually see what this peace looks like. Maybe find a way to be contributing members of society again."

She winked.

IC:Azthran

He traveled back to Ko-Koro. But on the way he could see a few people which looked like Skakdi. Just then he approached them.

OOC: I'm finally joining with ya CeeCee.