04-06-2017, 09:16 PM
Kopaka glanced down at the electronic gauntlet as it buzzed to life, and then glanced back up at the snowy horizon. As it was, they were adjacent to a small, glacial hillock that had been pushed upwards by the shifting tides of this ice flow. The field in front of them was full of mounds and drifts; it would make it easy for their enemies to make a concealed approach.
...or perhaps, it may have, if they hadn't been dealing with the Toa of Ice. He glanced back at Keldor, mounted silently atop his quadrupedal mount, and waited for the master and beast to catch up.
"I noticed it too." Keldor said, holding his own shackled arm up for Kopaka to see. Kopaka nodded and gestured at the nearby hill with the tip of his sword, having drawn it the moment the Liberator Aid started to respond.
"I will scale this precipice and survey the area." the Toa said, abruptly marching off to do as he had said. Keldor sat back on Panthor and tucked his blue arm back inside his cloak. Certainly, there could be no doubt that Kopaka must have had some method of getting on top of the otherwise completely sheer and slick mini-glacier, but the warlock was interested to observe, all the same. As the Toa approached the towering, flow-locked iceberg, he gently tapped the tip of his sword against the upended hulk. After a moment, a perfect set of spiraling stairs carved themselves into the face of the precipice, winding all the way up to the top. Kopaka huffed confidently to himself as he performed the sculpting; in this frozen environment, such a paltry exhibition was hardly a strain.
The biomech summited the entombed outcropping and called upon his Kanohi Akaku to pierce the veil of snow that swirled around on all sides. The lenses of his mask whirred and clicked as he tried to resolve shapes among the drifts based on what the Aid was indicating. There was certainly some movement out to the north, but Kopaka could not resolve any specific shapes or number the enemy forces.
What was very obvious was the large iceberg that was jutting out of the flow ahead and to the left. It was a cryogeological feature similar to the icemount that Kopaka was currently perched on, but this berg seemed to have some sort of inlet from which purple light was pouring...
A few minutes later the Toa had descended from his vantage point and regrouped with Keldor, having relayed his findings to the sorceror. The mage puzzled over the situation before nodding to himself, a pensive hand resting on his chin.
"...well, I believe our choice is obvious." Keldor proclaimed in his nasally drone. Kopaka nodded.
"Agreed. We should proceed-"
"-directly to this purple light source! Who knows what secret power lies in wait?" Keldor said, shaking an adventurous fist in the chilly air. Kopaka's optical lights blinked for a moment.
"...No."
...or perhaps, it may have, if they hadn't been dealing with the Toa of Ice. He glanced back at Keldor, mounted silently atop his quadrupedal mount, and waited for the master and beast to catch up.
"I noticed it too." Keldor said, holding his own shackled arm up for Kopaka to see. Kopaka nodded and gestured at the nearby hill with the tip of his sword, having drawn it the moment the Liberator Aid started to respond.
"I will scale this precipice and survey the area." the Toa said, abruptly marching off to do as he had said. Keldor sat back on Panthor and tucked his blue arm back inside his cloak. Certainly, there could be no doubt that Kopaka must have had some method of getting on top of the otherwise completely sheer and slick mini-glacier, but the warlock was interested to observe, all the same. As the Toa approached the towering, flow-locked iceberg, he gently tapped the tip of his sword against the upended hulk. After a moment, a perfect set of spiraling stairs carved themselves into the face of the precipice, winding all the way up to the top. Kopaka huffed confidently to himself as he performed the sculpting; in this frozen environment, such a paltry exhibition was hardly a strain.
The biomech summited the entombed outcropping and called upon his Kanohi Akaku to pierce the veil of snow that swirled around on all sides. The lenses of his mask whirred and clicked as he tried to resolve shapes among the drifts based on what the Aid was indicating. There was certainly some movement out to the north, but Kopaka could not resolve any specific shapes or number the enemy forces.
What was very obvious was the large iceberg that was jutting out of the flow ahead and to the left. It was a cryogeological feature similar to the icemount that Kopaka was currently perched on, but this berg seemed to have some sort of inlet from which purple light was pouring...
A few minutes later the Toa had descended from his vantage point and regrouped with Keldor, having relayed his findings to the sorceror. The mage puzzled over the situation before nodding to himself, a pensive hand resting on his chin.
"...well, I believe our choice is obvious." Keldor proclaimed in his nasally drone. Kopaka nodded.
"Agreed. We should proceed-"
"-directly to this purple light source! Who knows what secret power lies in wait?" Keldor said, shaking an adventurous fist in the chilly air. Kopaka's optical lights blinked for a moment.
"...No."
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