Dissidence

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Metru Nui. A place where the sun is silent.

I suppose it began when the democratic elections we once prided ourselves on ceased. Turaga Dume declared himself king and abolished the Senate, which didn't really bother us at the time. It was stupid of us, we later knew, but Turaga Dume was like a father to us, and taking that into consideration, we did nothing. Slowly, though, the beings who had once populated the streets with such diversity, such life, had been brainwashed. They were idealists, arresting someone for so much as making a dirty joke in a public area. I know a guy who personally stood outside the police station and tied an RC helicopter to his-well, you get the picture. He's serving twenty years in prison now...or was, before they found him hung in his own cell due to "suicide." You get a lot of that in Metru Nui.

My name is Jolek Highwind, and I was a martial artist/all-around funny guy who wandered around Metru Nui looking to do whatever I could in the name of SCIENCE. After the crackdowns and the growing tyranny, though, I started to lay low. One night, after I heard about a friend's death in a holding cell, I went to a bar to drink away my problems.

This is the part where I meet Castor Troy.

Castor was skinny, tall, brash, charismatic, handsome, funny, and too damn fearless for his own good. He wasn't held down by the limits of normal life; rather, he saw beyond all that and could almost predict the future based on a single choice, weighing the consequences in a quarter of a second. His philosophy in life was that anyone could beat the crap out of him at any time, but the stupid bastard on the giving end of the punches couldn't kill him, because of the two of them, Castor Troy was the one with nothing to lose.

Anyway, Castor and I got to talking about the state of things, growing a friendship of sorts and we were about to leave before Castor punched me in the face in an alcholic brain fart of sorts. Now, being the upstanding martial artist that I am, I couldn't have that. So Castor and I ended up getting into a fight, one that left us both bloodied and moaning in the parking lot. A couple of others came and started their own fights. Most sensible people would consider this the part where you stumble home and try to steel yourself for the hangover. But Castor Troy wasn't sensible, especially when said hangover hit.

He bought the bar with all of his life savings and invited all his friends, many of whom had actually survived prison (no small accomplishment these days) and we started up a fight club in the basement of that dingy Ta-Koro bar. Several others began doing the same thing and reporting to Castor, and in two weeks, we had raised a small army, which he later confided to me was part of a mega birthday present to himself.

He's announcing the purpose of his "present" tonight at the original fight club. He's invited me, his best friend, to help him co-lead whatever it is. Thing is, I dunno if I really want to...

-Jolek Highwind

Welcome to Dissidence, an atypical resistance game. You see, you won't be fighting with bullets or knives...at least, not mainly.

You'll be fighting with humor.

That's right. Your job is to stretch the ruling party of Metru Nui thin with the stupidest crap imaginable, bribe or take out as many cops as you can and show the people that they don't have to be afraid. The goal isn't to win, though that would certainly be great; no, the main goal is not to lose.

You'll be fighting cops, Vahki, and in some situations, yourself. But if you can pull it off, you'll be a legend.

Of course, all legends have to die sometime, right?

Fight Clubs

There are several fight clubs in each Metru. The leader of each fight club is a member of a committee that is based in the center of each Metru, each representing the opposite of that Metru's core value.

Ta-Assault
Ga-Chaos
Le-Isolation
Po-Defilation
Onu-Misinformation
Ko-Panic

Any member of a fight club can fufill any kind of assignment related to these six committes, but they have to be approved by a majority of each commmittee. After all, Metru Nui is a democracy, right? The only people who can fufill an assignment without approval from the committees are Castor and Jolek. Either of the two can veto any decision made by a committee.

Locations

Ta-Metru-District of Fire and industrial leader of Metru Nui. The first fight club was founded here by Castor and Jolek, and it was one of the quickest to spread. Mask makers and blue collar workers slam each other into oblivion in bars all around the city.

Ga-Metru-Peaceful district of Water in Metru Nui. This was one of the last districts to have a fight club founded within its borders, but it's caught on like wildfire. Students and sometimes teachers make up the fight clubs here.

Ko-Metru-Philosophy practically wraps itself around Ko-Metru, leading to pent up scholars duking it out in the fight clubs here. This was the last district to have a fight club founded.

Po-Metru-Creative district of Stone and a fight club safe haven. The fight clubs here are filled with carvers and stone masons who want to get out their unused creative energy.

Onu-Metru-Knowledgable district of Earth. Not as many fight clubs here, but the ones that exist are extremely hard to find. Archivists who want to learn about something beyond museum exhibits and actually experience human contact brawl around the entire basement.

Le-Metru-Bustling district of Air. Fight clubs spread pretty quickly in Le-Metru, and are filled with test pilots who want to control their own lives and don't feel like becoming some wall stain in the Moto Hub.

Factions

The Trojans-Castor Troy's group of fighters and criminals. They're not nearly as open with their identities, but they strike from the shadows, mixing humor, aggression, and the will for freedom.

The Mob-The organized crime on Metru Nui. They hate the government just as much as the Trojans do, but they view the fighters as little more than an unorganized group of street thugs.

The Protectorate of Metru Nui-The government, led by Turaga Dume. They're uptight, vicious, and willing to arrest you for any little thing you do. Pretty much everyone will hate you if you play as one.

-Spawn

IC - Ga Metru:

The house was quiet in the early dawn hours. it was a standard house, like many others. The only difference was one that the toa observing it sensed instantly: a well hidden guard post. This was the house.

Agents were annoying, especially this agent. No one knew, and no one could know.

The knowledge the resident of this house had could not be revealed. Therefore, the resident must die. Through his power, he could sense the guards. They were highly trianed, he could tell, for even at this unlikely hour, they were alert. Two of them, well armed toa. Zarayna's mind calculated. then he raised his crossbow. Soundless except for a quiet click, two bolts flew through the predawn light. One found its mark, and one guard toppled to the ground, a bolt through his left eye. The other survived, the bolt aiomed at him piercing his shoulder. But even as he raised his gun, the weapon whipped out of his hands, and whirled around. the words 'what the karx' where the last the guard ever uttered, as the gun promptly melded into a blade and impaled his skull.

Once again, it was silent.

But this time the overall silence would be kept. Reaching out with his power of iron, Zarayna dragged the resident straight out of his bed on the second floor via iron power. He raised his crossbow as the matoran was spread eagled on the side of the building. bolts flew, pinning the matoran there. A last fired, pinning the head in place with a well aimed bolt between the eyes.

Switching to his mahiki, Zarayna shifted shape to a gukko bird, and flew away. They would wonder, and the city officials would have a semblance of knowledge, but he knew that the agent had revealed nothing, not even a hint.

IC - Zarayna - Ga Metru:

The neighborhood, and the entire Metru in fact was in an uproar. This morning, citizens nearby had been greeted with the interesting sight of a matoran nailed to a wall by bolts. The entire area was taped off by the police, but that didn't keep the crowd from looking on in horror.

perched on the roof of a nearby building, protected by an illusion, Zarayna leveled his crossbow. Instead of the canister of bolts, a small rocket was set up. aiming straight into the heart of the crowd, he fired it. At the same time, he grabbed his canister of bolts, and set it in place. Then he pointed his crossbow at the crowd, and held down the trigger. In ten seconds, before anyone could realize where the attacks had been coming from, sixty bolts had hailed down, followed by a cloud of razor sharp metal shrapnel.

At the same time, Zarayna switched to his kakama and sped off, leaving the crowd a mass of dead and dying citizens. In the distance, he could hear the wail of sirens, but knew that they were not for him. he had escaped too quickly, before anyone had even noted his existence.

IC - Atherac:

Oh heck no.

"The Troymobile...?"

OOC: Zar, what are you planning on doing? We are heading for the Coliseum, in the Vahki Production Facility.