Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-27356783-20180414221849/@comment-26892768-20180415033339

Meanwhile, in another world...

Inside a warehouse, someone inside is having an uneasy rest.

Muttering as she sleeps, she turns, clinging to herself tighter as the nightmare in her mind goes on, and she keeps on clinging, turning and muttering with more frequency as it goes further, and further, until...

''"No!" ''She jolts awake, panting heavily.

Then her breaths slowly become more even as she realizes that her nightmare was only that - a nightmare.

Getting to her feet, Hinga pulls up the hood of her cloak and heads out. She's going to need to get her shopping done quick if she wants to leave for the City of Legends as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, on the same island, a Toa takes a moment to stop at a store.

Fereain looks at the sign. A store specifically for tools. On one hand, this would be more convenient than just looking around searching for tools, but on the other hand...a specialty store is likely going to have higher prices. And considering how Xia seems to be determined to force him to spend all his widgets, it may be better to just move on and see if he can find any tools somewhere else.

Except Fereain's also looking for quality tools. If he's going to be making a living in the forge at Metru Nui, he'll need the best tools he can find. Also, going inside will give him a brief reprise from "wait why does the Toa have glowing lines all over him."

Fereain walks in.

"Hi!"

And is immediately greeted with a very peppy Toa of Lightning with no sense of personal space.

Fereain immediately backs up bit, and the other Toa, noting this, gives Fereain some room. Fereain now takes another look at the Toa. She seems to be the only other one in the shop, and she's behind the counter now, so...is she-

"Yeah, I know, weird to be seeing a Toa running a shop in Xia, huh?" Korati asks, grinning. "I've already gotten a few stares today! Really confusing to some people here...anyway, I'm actually the apprentice of the shopkeeper; she's out on a business trip today, so I'm running the place while she's gone!"

Fereain blinks, nodding slowly. "Ah..."

"Anyway! Welcome to Tetare's Tool Shed - don't get the wrong idea my name's Korati - we have the tools for any job you need except murder! What can I interest you in today?"

Out on the waters is a single, Protosteel boat with two occupants - one Toa of Psionics, one Toa of Earth. Self-proclaimed Makuta hunters, although it's less hunting and more slowly disabling their operations and getting them increasingly pissed at you until you finally confront them and they're so angry at you they screw up while fighting because actually fighting a Makuta immediately is pretty much suicide for a two-man team. Have to make sure they aren't thinking straight when you fight them. A war of attrition.

With the only sound on the water being the sound of paddles pushing against it, Boyk looks at Lierin. "So - did you figure out who we're doing next?"

Lierin barely nods, pulling out a file. "Yeah - I think you'll like this one. Guy named Maena. Running some mines for Energized Protodermis; apparently the guy likes Rahkshi a lot. Here's what I was thinking..."

As Lierin talks about his strategy for going after their latest target, Boyk looks at Lierin, thinking. She's been...concerned about him for a while now. His search for vengeance against the Makuta seems to be turning into an obsession. She hasn't really had a conversation with Lierin that didn't involve Makuta in a long while now. He doesn't even talk about the old days back in his village anymore - he just seems to be more and more focused on Makuta...

But, shaking off that train of thought, she starts paying some more attention to what Lierin has to say. Now's not the time.

Elsewhere, a Toa of Earth relaxes in his home, taking a brief break from his mining work.

Katea sighs, flexing his mechanical fingers - as in completely mechanical - as he sits in an orb-like chair. Normally, he isn't one to take breaks, not since the accident, but even he has to admit that taking a break sure does calm the nerves.

None of them know what's to come to them within a few moments.