04-11-2018, 01:41 PM
"You have DONE your part. Be bait or be gone!" Kopaka roared, whirling around towards the quipping girl. He bristled with palpable rage, and was almost completely ignorant of the looming mess of clown that was gathering cohesion. Kopaka stormed towards Alexus with his sword pointed straight ahead.
"I have tolerated your presence, vouchsafed your body, and indulged in your pedantic spell weaving, but I did not hire YOU. I hired Dawnika Snow!" the Toa barked, sweeping his sword around in rhythm with his frothing ire. Pennywise, having reformed some semblance of a human face, piqued Its eyebrows in faint surprise. Goodness gracious– the menu items were bickering.
"Who?" Alexus asked, screwing her face into a skeptical sneer. Despite having no mouth, Kopaka's vocalizer was perfectly capable of emulating words spoken through bared teeth. As the snarling Bionicle marched ever closer, the demonic fire-weaver leveled her potent hands at him.
"I was aware of your mind's proclivity for shifts in personality, but I hadn't predicted it would turn you into such a liability. I have no need for someone of such uncertain nature. You are dismissed, figment!" Kopaka said, brandishing his shield arm towards the incredibly distant Camelot gate.
"Uh, dude–"
"I KNOW!" Kopaka shouted, turning around just in time to bring his shield between himself and a cresting wave of teeth and cartilaginous malevolence. Amidst the screeching, grinding and wailing, there came a pall of shadowed laughter from within the clown's quivering mass.
"I do so hate to break up a good ol' domestic, but it's DEATH O'CLOCK." Pennywise hooted, taking great delight in grabbing the off-balance Toa by the legs. Kopaka was yanked onto his bottom with a solid clang and dragged for about a yard. Spindly arms with the strength of a bull pinned Kopaka to the ground, but in his haste to finally devour the pesky biomech, Pennywise failed to heed the solid wall of ice sprouting from the alabaster floor. It grew higher and higher into the depths of the demon clown's gut, forcing Its contemptible body to stretch to ever thinning limits before. The wriggling teeth within the terrible mouth barely managed to nibble the Toa's torso before It was force to pop back over the other side of the impromptu glaciation.
But It was a fast learner, and so Pennywise snapped Its spine in half just in time to duck an incoming stream of fire from the frosted and bitten witch. Thick as the shimmering wall was, the draconic torrent of flame made quick work of the icy construction. When the steam cleared, however, Kopaka was gone.
"Ohh, this is tremendous! A clown, a Houdini, and a fire breather! We're a regular circus!" Pennywise chortled, Its flickering deadlights searching frantically for any sign of the Toa. Derry's demon and Alexus spotted Kopaka shimmering back into view several dozen yards away as the Great Mask of Invisibility shifted into the streamlined visage of the Kanohi Kakama. There Kopaka stood, dripping blood and hatred as his body shuddered from both fatigue and rage. Sometimes, in a past life, he had envied his brother, Tahu. The Toa of Fire had always seemed to enjoy the ability so simply burn what he decided was undesirable. It was a simple, animal pleasure, but it took an intellect of Kopaka's magnitude to see the reality.
Fire was an anomaly. Fire filled the spaced between that which was cold and dark. True oblivion, true destruction, was not to burn, but to freeze. This, combined with a deep self-hatred and sense of pride, formed the basis for a misanthropic mirepoix within Kopaka's head. Perhaps he had been wrong. The bounties for the Empire brought only temporary relief to his more fundamental cravings. The exact shape of his true nature was still unknown, even to Kopaka. He did, however, feel that he could perhaps begin to visualize it, much like a sculptor seeing their art within a block of ice. Something along the lines of 'kill them all'.
Start with the clown.
Pale, unholy light began to pour from the Kakama, and Kopaka felt the Mask of Speed pouring frenetic energy into his veins. The ice sword was flipped and turned with its edge facing towards Pennywise. The Toa crouched, and Alexus took a step to the side. It was to the benefit of Pennywise that It did not need to blink. If it had, It may have missed the half-second in which the diseased Bionicle closed the distance and attempted to cut the saccharine abomination down the middle...
"I have tolerated your presence, vouchsafed your body, and indulged in your pedantic spell weaving, but I did not hire YOU. I hired Dawnika Snow!" the Toa barked, sweeping his sword around in rhythm with his frothing ire. Pennywise, having reformed some semblance of a human face, piqued Its eyebrows in faint surprise. Goodness gracious– the menu items were bickering.
"Who?" Alexus asked, screwing her face into a skeptical sneer. Despite having no mouth, Kopaka's vocalizer was perfectly capable of emulating words spoken through bared teeth. As the snarling Bionicle marched ever closer, the demonic fire-weaver leveled her potent hands at him.
"I was aware of your mind's proclivity for shifts in personality, but I hadn't predicted it would turn you into such a liability. I have no need for someone of such uncertain nature. You are dismissed, figment!" Kopaka said, brandishing his shield arm towards the incredibly distant Camelot gate.
"Uh, dude–"
"I KNOW!" Kopaka shouted, turning around just in time to bring his shield between himself and a cresting wave of teeth and cartilaginous malevolence. Amidst the screeching, grinding and wailing, there came a pall of shadowed laughter from within the clown's quivering mass.
"I do so hate to break up a good ol' domestic, but it's DEATH O'CLOCK." Pennywise hooted, taking great delight in grabbing the off-balance Toa by the legs. Kopaka was yanked onto his bottom with a solid clang and dragged for about a yard. Spindly arms with the strength of a bull pinned Kopaka to the ground, but in his haste to finally devour the pesky biomech, Pennywise failed to heed the solid wall of ice sprouting from the alabaster floor. It grew higher and higher into the depths of the demon clown's gut, forcing Its contemptible body to stretch to ever thinning limits before. The wriggling teeth within the terrible mouth barely managed to nibble the Toa's torso before It was force to pop back over the other side of the impromptu glaciation.
But It was a fast learner, and so Pennywise snapped Its spine in half just in time to duck an incoming stream of fire from the frosted and bitten witch. Thick as the shimmering wall was, the draconic torrent of flame made quick work of the icy construction. When the steam cleared, however, Kopaka was gone.
"Ohh, this is tremendous! A clown, a Houdini, and a fire breather! We're a regular circus!" Pennywise chortled, Its flickering deadlights searching frantically for any sign of the Toa. Derry's demon and Alexus spotted Kopaka shimmering back into view several dozen yards away as the Great Mask of Invisibility shifted into the streamlined visage of the Kanohi Kakama. There Kopaka stood, dripping blood and hatred as his body shuddered from both fatigue and rage. Sometimes, in a past life, he had envied his brother, Tahu. The Toa of Fire had always seemed to enjoy the ability so simply burn what he decided was undesirable. It was a simple, animal pleasure, but it took an intellect of Kopaka's magnitude to see the reality.
Fire was an anomaly. Fire filled the spaced between that which was cold and dark. True oblivion, true destruction, was not to burn, but to freeze. This, combined with a deep self-hatred and sense of pride, formed the basis for a misanthropic mirepoix within Kopaka's head. Perhaps he had been wrong. The bounties for the Empire brought only temporary relief to his more fundamental cravings. The exact shape of his true nature was still unknown, even to Kopaka. He did, however, feel that he could perhaps begin to visualize it, much like a sculptor seeing their art within a block of ice. Something along the lines of 'kill them all'.
Start with the clown.
Pale, unholy light began to pour from the Kakama, and Kopaka felt the Mask of Speed pouring frenetic energy into his veins. The ice sword was flipped and turned with its edge facing towards Pennywise. The Toa crouched, and Alexus took a step to the side. It was to the benefit of Pennywise that It did not need to blink. If it had, It may have missed the half-second in which the diseased Bionicle closed the distance and attempted to cut the saccharine abomination down the middle...
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Kopaka used Puna Makariri targeting Pennywise – 2 SP
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