THMRPG: General Disscussion and the fields outside it

The city that is the center of AC is a sprawling metropolis, where people of all races live to work together on AC. It is constantly guarded by sentinels and huge wall with cannon that peer down at the fields below.

IC:

Foolish child, Chaos thought as he saw Torgen go down. "Looks like I have to go save his sorry hide. But I got something to attend to first." He quickly teleported behind Vezon and drained his insanity away from him. "Feel my wrath!" He then quickly teleported back and told his troops to begin an air assult.He then summoned great waves of darkness at the Zombies, fueling them with Chaotic energy. The more the toa attack, the stronger they get. (Practically they feed off of the anger and rage.) His eyes turned a bright red. "Let's dance."

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Aero hacked and slashed as he ran through the crowd. Hoping he was taking as many as he could.

~Aero~

OOC: In reply to your post in the old topic: Kazi, I thought Torgen was already at the door. And I didn't catch that OOC portion of your post -- maybe you should change to a darker blue color for your text.

Also, a quick question: What are NPCs (Non-Player Characters)?

IC:

Nova jumped away from the beast, pelting it with fireballs. Then, seeing that the newcomer, a Toa of Light, had the situation under control, he turned around -- to take in a living nightmare.

Aero and Kpik were in dire trouble; zombies and odd beasts were closing in on them. Even worse, they seemed to be getting stronger. Nova spun around to cut down a zombie -- and saw a heavily armored being, muscular and strong, was clearing a path toward Kpik, the Toa of Ice and Light.

"HEY!" Nova called in rage. "Where do you think you're going?" He leapt forward with a war-cry and brought his sword, now alight with blue flames, down on the zombies in his way. But they were better than Nova had last seen; one grabbed the hilt of the sword as Nova swung it down. The blade stayed pointed to the sky, as Nova tried to overcome the zombie's strength.

Unfortunately, it wasn't working. The more Nova struggled, his yellow eyes glowing in anger, the stronger the zombie seemed to get. In desperation, Nova let the zombie push the sword up, while Nova tripped it up. Then he continued toward the armored being.

OOC: I meant, what do they do? How does an NPC differ from a normal character?

IC:

"Uh-oh."

The Skakdi was making his way toward Nova now, an expression of pure malice on his face. And if those muscles and armor were anything to go by, it would not be easy getting him to fall.

Nova leapt forward and drew his sword. "Hey, big guy!" he called. "How's the weather up there?"

It was a lame joke, but one Nova hoped would infuriate his challenger further. In all Nova's years of wandering the world alone, he had learned that anger -- as well as too much confidence -- could get you killed. He had learned to keep his feelings from affecting his decisions; wits, not a thirst for revenge, would let you win.

"I'm guessing it's chilly," Nova continued, still wracking his mind for a better joke. "Why don't I heat it up a bit?" He sent a burst of flame upwards, right at the Skakdi's chest.

OOC: Oh, okay. I was wondering if, say, anyone would be able to control them, but I guess that's not the case.

IC:

Nova back-flipped away from the swinging hammer. As he landed, he sent out a burst of flame and then leapt forward using his Kanohi Kakama, just behind the blast. The Skakdi would be too busy dodging the firebolt to hit Nova away -- hopefully.

IC: VArkan jumped into the fight, his one blade singing a song of violence and death as he carved his way throguh the zombies. Suddenly he faltered. The numbers were getting to him...

OOC; Possibly, Kazi, but that won't happen till Terry gives in.

IC:

Chaos flew in the air and struck and fired shadow bolt after bolt. His bretheren were advancing foward.

~Aero~

OOC: Okay, thanks for clarifying.

IC:

Nova shot a quick glare at Kpik -- but there was no time to be angry. The Toa of Ice had simply made a mistake.

As it turned out, it was a big one. The Skakdi caused a ring of metal to rise from the ground, encircling Nova. Slowly but steadily, it began to close on the Toa of Blue Fire.

He thought quickly. There was no leaping away from this attack. The metal was a strong alloy, part protodermis and part another metal Nova had heard of, called 'Exsidian'. The result? Walls and floors that could take a massive pounding before breaking.

But -- as Nova's breathing space began to decrease -- he suddenly realized something.

It's metal. And metal is extremely conductive -- which means it gets really hot, really fast...

With an effort unlike any before, Nova concentrating on heating up his body. But not just by a few hundred degrees -- no, Nova was aiming for a thousand degrees hotter.

Only inches of space remained. Nova called upon his last reserves of energy and air, and set his body afire.

And the metal enclosed on Nova.

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NPC:

Not too far away, Nelk, the Toa of Light, heard a clang. He turned away from the now-fallen giant and saw the Toa of Blue Fire he had helped moments ago disappear behind a solid metal dome, that now closed in on his body.

"No!"

Nelk flew over, charging up a ball of light with which to pelt the Skakdi that had caused this... but then he froze in place, staring at the metal.

It was rapidly beginning to glow. At first, the glow was almost nothing. Then it grew, and grew, until the metal had turned orange. Small licks of flame flew out of the holes that appeared in the metal, until finally it turned liquid and began to flow to the ground. The flame rapidly turned from orange to blue, and as the last of the melted metal lay on the ground in a steel-gray puddle, Nova ceased the flame that had covered his body... and fell to his knees, oblivious of the red-hot metal he now crouched in.

"Remind me," he gasped to the Toa of Ice near him, "never to do that again."

OOC: Kpik, I made that post a while ago, you know... October 14, 2010, to be exact.

IC:

The zombies closed in. Nova swore under his breath; he had no energy left, as though it had all been siphoned out of his body.

"Guys... I can't fight..." Nova winced at a sudden twinge in his side, but he continued doggedly. "I've got to... get out... of here." Another twinge, another wince. "This... this is a losing battle..."

Then he fell onto his side, too tired to get back up but not unconscious. Never before had he felt so bone-weary.

IC [Chytry] : Chytry was torned. She knew she should be helping them, but Riglaxious told her to not to do. Then she saw Nova. All her life, she had been loyal to him, and yet... she felt used. She was used all the time.

She used her staff of Sand to block the zombies' vision, thus making her able to reach Nova, and get him out of there. A zombie attacked her, but she fought back.

OOC: Come on guys, let's keep this going... Btw LL if you don't want to be saved, just say you fell of my hands.

IC:

Through his fatigue-induced stupor Nova could hear the cries of battle around him, feel the thud-thud of frantic footsteps, see the blurs of warriors as they fought. Yet he could do nothing to help those warriors -- nothing! Never before had he felt so helpless.

Then -- he could feel a pair of arms grasping him. Was it an enemy? He struggled to turn his head, but that only brought forth a fresh wave of pain and weakness. Another struggle and he moved his eyes instead.

His carrier was female; that much was clear. He desperately wanted to say, "Who are you?" but his dry mouth wouldn't respond.

Needless to say, helplessness was a foreign feeling to Nova.

He tried to open his mouth; ignoring the aches in his tired muscles, he managed to croak, "Who're... you...?"