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The Welcome Center / hello
« on: February 18, 2009, 05:00:38 PM »
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The Fridge / Bionicle
« on: February 17, 2009, 05:38:25 PM »
Has anybody heard about the new Bionicle movie that's going to come sometime in the autumn of this year? I just read about it on BZPower.com, and I can definitely say that I'm looking forward to seeing it. 
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 15, 2009, 05:56:26 PM »
Great game, glad to see my top pick (Ruby) made it to the tie.
Anybody up for another round? (I recommend that we start it as a separate topic)
Anybody up for another round? (I recommend that we start it as a separate topic)
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 10:58:05 PM »
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LBT Fanfiction / Quest for the Energy Stones
« on: February 14, 2009, 10:41:22 PM »
More action coming up!
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Chapter 42
Fiery Arguments
It wasn't long until the group found another cave entrance near the lava flow. “Us really have to go down there?” asked Petrie, who was already feeling very nervous.
“If we want to find Cera and Jala, I don't think we have any other choices,” replied Littlefoot.
Reluctantly, they all headed into the cave. The heat was quickly noticeable. The nearby lava flows provided enough light that a lightstone wasn't needed. It wasn't long until they reached a point where the cave split in two directions.
“Which way do we go?” asked Chomper. The last time the gang was faced with this kind of decision, a cave-in caused by an earthquake had forced them to separate. This time, none of them wanted to be separated from anyone.
No one said anything for a few minutes. Finally, Kapura decided on what to do. “Let me look down both directions,” said Kapura. “My skill will allow me to move quickly.” Then it seemed that Kapura had instantly disappeared, but the gang knew that he actually had quickly traveled down one of the caves. Kapura then instantly reappeared a few seconds later. “We must not go left. That path leads directly into a lava pit.”
“I guess that means we go right,” said Takua. The others agreed and began heading down the path on the right.
________
Jala and Cera continued to walk further into the cave. Neither of them spoke because they were still angry at each other. Jala was angry because Cera had recently done something very stupid, and Cera was angry because Jala had sounded so demanding that he seemed to be treating her worse than her father.
They soon reached a point where the cave split in two directions. “This way, we're going left,” said Jala.
“No, I say we go right,” argued Cera. A massive argument now seemed inevitable.
“Why do you want to go right?”
“We're trying to get out of these caves, right? If the other side of the lava flow is to the right, that means we have to go right to get out of here.”
“True, but did you notice that there's enough light in here that we don't need a lightstone? It's coming from the lava, and from what I can see there might be a lot of it in the cave to the right. I say we should take the safer path and go left.”
“But what if it turns out to be the wrong way and we end up lost!?”
“I don't know, but I do know we need to avoid the lava. We are going left!”
“Why should I go that way!?”
“Trust me, I know what I'm doing.”
“And why should I listen to you!? Is it because you are 'Captain of the Guard'? I don't see what's so special about that! In fact, I bet a Threehorn like myself can do better than you at such a thing!”
Jala then stomped his foot on the ground as he turned to directly face Cera. Cera looked up at him and saw that his arms were crossed and he had a very serious look on his face. Clearly, she had now made him very furious. Jala had had enough and decided that it was time to give her a lecture that he now felt was very necessary. “Cera, you are a dinosaur and a child. You haven't even been in existence for more than ten years! I, along with the rest of the Matoran, have been around since the time before time, which I know for a fact to be no less than a thousand years. Turaga Vakama made a tough decision and believed he made the right choice when he chose me to be Captain of the Guard. Yet, you say you can do better than me as Captain of the Guard, just because you are a Threehorn!?” Jala then leaned in so close to Cera that their faces almost touched. “You don't know anything about the real world!” Surprisingly, he had spoken in a calm voice for most of the lecture.
“Don't tell me I don't know anything!” shouted Cera. She then ran off down the path to the right.
“Cera, get back here!” shouted Jala. Cera clearly wasn't listening anymore. Frustrated, he knew he had no choice but to run after her. As he ran further into the cave, he thought, She's even worse than Takua.
No matter how fast Cera ran, Jala continued to chase her. She continued to run until she saw the cave come to an abrupt end. She managed to stop just in time to avoid going over the edge. She looked down and saw a lava flow not far below. Cera now saw why Jala was right. This path was the wrong way to go. However, she still didn't want to listen to him. The things he had said to her made her maintain her anger at him.
Jala soon arrived and also saw the lava flow. “Now do see why this was the wrong way to go!?” exclaimed Jala. “You're lucky you didn't just kill yourself! Now come on! We're getting out of here!”
Cera had now had enough. “Why should I listen to you!? You're not my dad!” exclaimed Cera.
“No, but I am more responsible and trusted than he is. Ask anybody in Ta-Koro and they'll say that I always know what I'm doing. Now follow me!”
“Make me!”
Jala then grabbed Cera by her front legs and began to drag her back in the direction they had come from. “I didn't want to do this, but you're giving me no choice. I'm taking you to safety, even if I have to drag you all the way!”
Cera then ripped herself free from Jala's grip and shouted, “Don't ever do that again!” Before Jala could say anything, she charged at him and knocked him off his feet.
Jala stood back up and saw Cera looking at him with a furious expression on her face. He was now just as furious. “That's it!” He then took a small object out of his backpack. “You want to fight me?” A medium-sized metallic blade quickly extended from the object. “Then fight me!”
The two of them just stood there for a few seconds. Cera wanted to see what Jala would do with that blade in his hand. It definitely looked like quite a powerful weapon, and she wasn't sure what kind of damage it could do to her. Any fear she had of that weapon was covered up by her intense anger at him. Jala decided to stand there and let Cera make the first move. He knew that his blade could easily kill her, so he was hoping that he could use it to intimidate her without having to swing it at her even once. At the moment, that plan didn't seem to be working. He really didn't want to have to use his blade, but if he had to, he would only give her a small cut in order to teach her a painful lesson about messing with the Captain of the Guard.
Finally, Cera made the first move. She charged straight at Jala, but he quickly stepped aside to avoid getting hit. Cera stopped and turned to face Jala again. Again, she charged at him and he quickly stepped aside. This time, Cera was stopped when she slammed her head against the rocky wall of the cave, causing that part of the wall to crack and crumble. Being a Threehorn, Cera was able to shrug off what little pain she felt from the impact. She faced Jala and prepared to charge again.
Jala quickly glanced at the recently created pile of rocks. He noticed a strange red glow coming from within the pile. Somehow, it didn't seem to be coming from the lava. This made him stare at the pile for about a second. “Cera, wait!” exclaimed Jala, holding up his hand.
Cera was confused, but still angry. “Why should I listen to you!?” she exclaimed.
“Because I'm the one holding a weapon that can kill you, that's why!” If this wasn't enough to intimidate her, Jala knew that he would have to actually use his blade, and he really didn't want things to go that far.
Reluctantly, Cera slowly stepped away from Jala as he slowly approached the pile of rocks. Jala shoved aside most of the rocks to reveal what was causing the red glow. As he did all this, he kept his blade pointed at her.
Cera also looked at the source of the strange red glow. Once the rocks were cleared, she was surprised by what she saw. It looked like the other Energy Stones, only this one glowed a bright red color.
“Is that the Energy Stone of Fire?” asked Jala.
“I guess so,” replied Cera. She was so surprised that she found the Energy Stone like that, she quickly lost most of her anger at Jala.
Jala wanted to grab the Energy Stone himself, but for some reason, he felt that Cera should be the first one to grab it. Besides, she was now showing signs that she wasn't so furious anymore. Taking a big risk, he retracted his blade and put it back into his backpack. “Take it,” said Jala, gesturing towards the Energy Stone.
Keeping and eye on Jala, Cera approached the Energy Stone. Seeing that it was stuck vertically in the ground, she put her foot on it and tried to push it over. She struggled for a second, but it quickly came loose. Having no way to easily carry it, she decided to let Jala to have the Energy Stone.
Jala picked up the Energy Stone and stared at it for a few seconds. “I guess you were right,” said Jala. “This was the right way to go.” He then noticed Cera starting to walk away. “Where are you going?”
“You did say we should go left, so that's where I'm going,” replied Cera.
Jala was pleased to hear that he and Cera were finally agreeing with each other. He then put the Energy Stone in his backpack. “Then let's get going,” said Jala. The two of them then walked back to where the paths split so that they could find the others. Jala had to admit, this had just been perhaps one of the most unusual moments of his entire life.
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The rest of the group was still walking down their part of the cave. Ever since Kapura told them to go right, they had not seen anything. “How much further do we have to go?” asked Ducky.
“I don't know, but we need to keep going,” replied Takua.
“There's just one that's bothering me right now,” said Ruby. “You call this place 'volcanically active'. That means earthquakes and lava flows are very common here. But ever since we went into these caves, we haven't felt a single earthquake.”
Suddenly, they all felt the ground begin to shake. “You had to say that,” grumbled Petrie.
They then heard a cracking noise. They looked to their left just in time to see part of the cave wall collapse, revealing another cave on the other side. The minor earthquake then stopped. “That wasn't so bad,” commented Chomper.
“Hey, I think I heard someone over here,” said a voice in the recently revealed cave. The group then saw Cera and Jala step through the hole in the wall.
“Cera! Jala! We found you!” exclaimed Littlefoot.
“Nice to see you, too,” said Jala. “Great news, we found the Energy Stone of Fire. That means all we have to do now is find a way out of here and get back to the Great Valley.”
“Great! Let's get going,” said Takua.
Suddenly, most of them heard the noise of hundreds of tiny legs scampering across the ground. “What was that?” asked Ducky.
The next thing they saw were dozens of small eyes, and they were coming right towards them. “That's not good,” said Chomper, starting to feel very scared.
“What are you talking about?” asked Cera. She wasn't the only one who noticed that Chomper, Littlefoot, and Takua were the only ones who seemed scared.
“Kofo-Jaga, painful sting, thousands of them, let's start running!” said Takua as quickly as he could. As soon as they saw just how many of the Kofo-Jaga there were, they immediately began to run. Kapura was too slow to run, so he simply used his skill to go directly to where the others were headed. He arrived at a point where the cave split in two directions, so he waited until everyone passed by to see which way they were going.
Unfortunately, they didn't realize that they were going in the direction Jala and Cera had just recently come from. They soon reached the dead end just over a lava flow.
“We're trapped!” exclaimed Littlefoot as he looked down at the lava flow.
“Do you think we should have told everyone to go the other way?” asked Cera to Jala.
“Too late for that,” replied Jala as he looked back into the cave.
Everyone else looked back and saw the Kofo-Jaga were quickly approaching them. It seemed there was no way for them to escape.
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Read and review, as always.
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Chapter 42
Fiery Arguments
It wasn't long until the group found another cave entrance near the lava flow. “Us really have to go down there?” asked Petrie, who was already feeling very nervous.
“If we want to find Cera and Jala, I don't think we have any other choices,” replied Littlefoot.
Reluctantly, they all headed into the cave. The heat was quickly noticeable. The nearby lava flows provided enough light that a lightstone wasn't needed. It wasn't long until they reached a point where the cave split in two directions.
“Which way do we go?” asked Chomper. The last time the gang was faced with this kind of decision, a cave-in caused by an earthquake had forced them to separate. This time, none of them wanted to be separated from anyone.
No one said anything for a few minutes. Finally, Kapura decided on what to do. “Let me look down both directions,” said Kapura. “My skill will allow me to move quickly.” Then it seemed that Kapura had instantly disappeared, but the gang knew that he actually had quickly traveled down one of the caves. Kapura then instantly reappeared a few seconds later. “We must not go left. That path leads directly into a lava pit.”
“I guess that means we go right,” said Takua. The others agreed and began heading down the path on the right.
________
Jala and Cera continued to walk further into the cave. Neither of them spoke because they were still angry at each other. Jala was angry because Cera had recently done something very stupid, and Cera was angry because Jala had sounded so demanding that he seemed to be treating her worse than her father.
They soon reached a point where the cave split in two directions. “This way, we're going left,” said Jala.
“No, I say we go right,” argued Cera. A massive argument now seemed inevitable.
“Why do you want to go right?”
“We're trying to get out of these caves, right? If the other side of the lava flow is to the right, that means we have to go right to get out of here.”
“True, but did you notice that there's enough light in here that we don't need a lightstone? It's coming from the lava, and from what I can see there might be a lot of it in the cave to the right. I say we should take the safer path and go left.”
“But what if it turns out to be the wrong way and we end up lost!?”
“I don't know, but I do know we need to avoid the lava. We are going left!”
“Why should I go that way!?”
“Trust me, I know what I'm doing.”
“And why should I listen to you!? Is it because you are 'Captain of the Guard'? I don't see what's so special about that! In fact, I bet a Threehorn like myself can do better than you at such a thing!”
Jala then stomped his foot on the ground as he turned to directly face Cera. Cera looked up at him and saw that his arms were crossed and he had a very serious look on his face. Clearly, she had now made him very furious. Jala had had enough and decided that it was time to give her a lecture that he now felt was very necessary. “Cera, you are a dinosaur and a child. You haven't even been in existence for more than ten years! I, along with the rest of the Matoran, have been around since the time before time, which I know for a fact to be no less than a thousand years. Turaga Vakama made a tough decision and believed he made the right choice when he chose me to be Captain of the Guard. Yet, you say you can do better than me as Captain of the Guard, just because you are a Threehorn!?” Jala then leaned in so close to Cera that their faces almost touched. “You don't know anything about the real world!” Surprisingly, he had spoken in a calm voice for most of the lecture.
“Don't tell me I don't know anything!” shouted Cera. She then ran off down the path to the right.
“Cera, get back here!” shouted Jala. Cera clearly wasn't listening anymore. Frustrated, he knew he had no choice but to run after her. As he ran further into the cave, he thought, She's even worse than Takua.
No matter how fast Cera ran, Jala continued to chase her. She continued to run until she saw the cave come to an abrupt end. She managed to stop just in time to avoid going over the edge. She looked down and saw a lava flow not far below. Cera now saw why Jala was right. This path was the wrong way to go. However, she still didn't want to listen to him. The things he had said to her made her maintain her anger at him.
Jala soon arrived and also saw the lava flow. “Now do see why this was the wrong way to go!?” exclaimed Jala. “You're lucky you didn't just kill yourself! Now come on! We're getting out of here!”
Cera had now had enough. “Why should I listen to you!? You're not my dad!” exclaimed Cera.
“No, but I am more responsible and trusted than he is. Ask anybody in Ta-Koro and they'll say that I always know what I'm doing. Now follow me!”
“Make me!”
Jala then grabbed Cera by her front legs and began to drag her back in the direction they had come from. “I didn't want to do this, but you're giving me no choice. I'm taking you to safety, even if I have to drag you all the way!”
Cera then ripped herself free from Jala's grip and shouted, “Don't ever do that again!” Before Jala could say anything, she charged at him and knocked him off his feet.
Jala stood back up and saw Cera looking at him with a furious expression on her face. He was now just as furious. “That's it!” He then took a small object out of his backpack. “You want to fight me?” A medium-sized metallic blade quickly extended from the object. “Then fight me!”
The two of them just stood there for a few seconds. Cera wanted to see what Jala would do with that blade in his hand. It definitely looked like quite a powerful weapon, and she wasn't sure what kind of damage it could do to her. Any fear she had of that weapon was covered up by her intense anger at him. Jala decided to stand there and let Cera make the first move. He knew that his blade could easily kill her, so he was hoping that he could use it to intimidate her without having to swing it at her even once. At the moment, that plan didn't seem to be working. He really didn't want to have to use his blade, but if he had to, he would only give her a small cut in order to teach her a painful lesson about messing with the Captain of the Guard.
Finally, Cera made the first move. She charged straight at Jala, but he quickly stepped aside to avoid getting hit. Cera stopped and turned to face Jala again. Again, she charged at him and he quickly stepped aside. This time, Cera was stopped when she slammed her head against the rocky wall of the cave, causing that part of the wall to crack and crumble. Being a Threehorn, Cera was able to shrug off what little pain she felt from the impact. She faced Jala and prepared to charge again.
Jala quickly glanced at the recently created pile of rocks. He noticed a strange red glow coming from within the pile. Somehow, it didn't seem to be coming from the lava. This made him stare at the pile for about a second. “Cera, wait!” exclaimed Jala, holding up his hand.
Cera was confused, but still angry. “Why should I listen to you!?” she exclaimed.
“Because I'm the one holding a weapon that can kill you, that's why!” If this wasn't enough to intimidate her, Jala knew that he would have to actually use his blade, and he really didn't want things to go that far.
Reluctantly, Cera slowly stepped away from Jala as he slowly approached the pile of rocks. Jala shoved aside most of the rocks to reveal what was causing the red glow. As he did all this, he kept his blade pointed at her.
Cera also looked at the source of the strange red glow. Once the rocks were cleared, she was surprised by what she saw. It looked like the other Energy Stones, only this one glowed a bright red color.
“Is that the Energy Stone of Fire?” asked Jala.
“I guess so,” replied Cera. She was so surprised that she found the Energy Stone like that, she quickly lost most of her anger at Jala.
Jala wanted to grab the Energy Stone himself, but for some reason, he felt that Cera should be the first one to grab it. Besides, she was now showing signs that she wasn't so furious anymore. Taking a big risk, he retracted his blade and put it back into his backpack. “Take it,” said Jala, gesturing towards the Energy Stone.
Keeping and eye on Jala, Cera approached the Energy Stone. Seeing that it was stuck vertically in the ground, she put her foot on it and tried to push it over. She struggled for a second, but it quickly came loose. Having no way to easily carry it, she decided to let Jala to have the Energy Stone.
Jala picked up the Energy Stone and stared at it for a few seconds. “I guess you were right,” said Jala. “This was the right way to go.” He then noticed Cera starting to walk away. “Where are you going?”
“You did say we should go left, so that's where I'm going,” replied Cera.
Jala was pleased to hear that he and Cera were finally agreeing with each other. He then put the Energy Stone in his backpack. “Then let's get going,” said Jala. The two of them then walked back to where the paths split so that they could find the others. Jala had to admit, this had just been perhaps one of the most unusual moments of his entire life.
________
The rest of the group was still walking down their part of the cave. Ever since Kapura told them to go right, they had not seen anything. “How much further do we have to go?” asked Ducky.
“I don't know, but we need to keep going,” replied Takua.
“There's just one that's bothering me right now,” said Ruby. “You call this place 'volcanically active'. That means earthquakes and lava flows are very common here. But ever since we went into these caves, we haven't felt a single earthquake.”
Suddenly, they all felt the ground begin to shake. “You had to say that,” grumbled Petrie.
They then heard a cracking noise. They looked to their left just in time to see part of the cave wall collapse, revealing another cave on the other side. The minor earthquake then stopped. “That wasn't so bad,” commented Chomper.
“Hey, I think I heard someone over here,” said a voice in the recently revealed cave. The group then saw Cera and Jala step through the hole in the wall.
“Cera! Jala! We found you!” exclaimed Littlefoot.
“Nice to see you, too,” said Jala. “Great news, we found the Energy Stone of Fire. That means all we have to do now is find a way out of here and get back to the Great Valley.”
“Great! Let's get going,” said Takua.
Suddenly, most of them heard the noise of hundreds of tiny legs scampering across the ground. “What was that?” asked Ducky.
The next thing they saw were dozens of small eyes, and they were coming right towards them. “That's not good,” said Chomper, starting to feel very scared.
“What are you talking about?” asked Cera. She wasn't the only one who noticed that Chomper, Littlefoot, and Takua were the only ones who seemed scared.
“Kofo-Jaga, painful sting, thousands of them, let's start running!” said Takua as quickly as he could. As soon as they saw just how many of the Kofo-Jaga there were, they immediately began to run. Kapura was too slow to run, so he simply used his skill to go directly to where the others were headed. He arrived at a point where the cave split in two directions, so he waited until everyone passed by to see which way they were going.
Unfortunately, they didn't realize that they were going in the direction Jala and Cera had just recently come from. They soon reached the dead end just over a lava flow.
“We're trapped!” exclaimed Littlefoot as he looked down at the lava flow.
“Do you think we should have told everyone to go the other way?” asked Cera to Jala.
“Too late for that,” replied Jala as he looked back into the cave.
Everyone else looked back and saw the Kofo-Jaga were quickly approaching them. It seemed there was no way for them to escape.
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Read and review, as always.
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 10:23:18 PM »
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 10:18:35 PM »
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 10:13:25 PM »
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 10:02:49 PM »
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 09:57:04 PM »
I'll leave Ozzy for now...
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 09:42:43 PM »
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 09:34:27 PM »
Why is everyone suddenly targeting Ducky?
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 08:50:07 PM »
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The Party Room / LBT: Hurt & Heal
« on: February 14, 2009, 08:26:22 PM »
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