#@outofgloom

[masterweaverx]

Vaita Ketotakha, or Destiny Reforged. Translations courtesy of OutOfGloom

The night that Earth Bet's fate was changed would not be marked by a sudden wave of Thinkers falling over, or a dramatic flash of light, or even the traumatic awakening of a brand new parahuman. No, the night when things were changed was marked only by an arrival; a strange, smooth canister falling through the sky, blinking lights the only feature on the outer surface. The few who noticed it entering the atmosphere dismissed it as a micrometeor, a simple rock from space, and the splash as it entered the ocean was witnessed only by fish and whales...

[outofgloom]

SPIRIT OF FLAME, HEAR ME

Staggered in under the black stone, sick from the teleport. He’d barely made it. Could feel how close it had been, as the power ebbed. He fell to his knees, succumbing to the shivering exhaustion that spread through his core and into his limbs. 

Once, he had been strong. He remembered how the villagers of Ta-Koro had first looked at him from behind their thin spears: fear and hope mixed. They were frail, weakened by the darkness, but still they had raised open hands toward him.

“Mata Nui has answered,” they’d said in hushed tones. Then, beseeching: “O Spirit of Flame, hear us!”

The Armor had abandoned him. Angonce had warned...“Contingency against contingency” or something equally as cryptic. Not only that: The Armor had taken its power with it, emptied him of all the strange abilities it had granted. Teleportation was all he’d been able to manage. One last escape, and no more.

All that was left now was his own elemental power, but even that.... The Hunter’s black ceramic lances throbbed where they protruded from his back, draining his energies. Dark and smooth and alien. He couldn’t get them out. He’d have to try again....

Jaw clenched, he crawled forward a pace, felt cool air on his brow, and remembered that he was maskless. That’d have to be first. He reached out with his mind. It was hard, much too hard...but then he felt his old Hau respond. It came to him from however far away and covered his face with its familiar shape, filled him with its familiar energy.

Better. He breathed and pushed back against the pain in his body. Now he raised a hand in front of his face. Focused again. It was still hard, but not like before. Come on!

Radiance. A small tongue of fire sprang to life above his palm. It grew. Yes, it was alive. He was alive. For now.

“Listen to me!” he’d yelled, trying to make himself heard as the Hunter smashed blunt arms against his shield. He’d used the Armor to exert telekinetic control then, arresting his foe’s upper limbs. The great eye fixed on him with an expression of...Amusement? Insult?

“Your creators don’t want this!” he’d gasped, breathless from his wounds. “And neither do mine. We must stop. They don’t want this destruction.”

The Hunter had no real mouth, but words came from somewhere, a metallic clamor issuing from the gaps in its carapace.

“THEY DO.”

He’d felt it then. An unlatching, a withdrawal. The air shimmered as his telekinesis failed. The Armor twisted him, wrenched itself from his body and limbs and face, and flung him away. Teleportation saved him from the impact, but not much else, and then...

The tiny flame danced before his eyes. Alive.

They have answered you. They have shown you what they want.

Pain swelled in his body, and his hand began to shake. His arm sagged, and his breath came in gasps. He was weak, weakened by the darkness, and there was no one here to help.

He struggled to raise his hand a little higher, felt the warmth on his mask.

“Spirit of Flame...hear me,” he whispered.

Then he collapsed forward, and was still.

The flame wavered in the air. Trembled.

But it did not go out.

[bionic-baby]

I want to listen to Ide’s journey so bad, but the whole story is over 3 hours long and I’m on a tight schedule. I wish it had a wiki page, so I could know the story without having to listen to the whole album.

(By the way: @outofgloom worked on it, check it out!)

[matoranhoroscope]

I’m back.

To do list:

-Finish the “Element Relationships” posts

-Write my thoughts on the Rare Element Tribes

-Bother @outofgloom about “Ja”

-Maintain some kind of personally sustainable connection with the online Bionicle community

[squared-m]

INTRODUCING THE BIONICLE SQUAREDVERSE

The SquaredVerse is a quasi-AU set in the Bionicle universe that, frankly, I only made to make the universe more consistent, and less mind-bogglingly fuckhuge in scale, as well as giving concrete dates, and statistics. The SquaredVerse, for the most part, follows the Bionicle storyline beat-per-beat, with some somewhat minor changes to the lore and story.

MAJOR CHANGES

Reduced the size of the Great Spirit Robot to 2,250 kilometers/2,250,000 meters (or 1,398 miles/7,381,440 feet).

Reduced the timeline scale from 100,000 to around 2,000 years.

Added a calendar system with days and months (with some assistance by @outofgloom for the names of the days).

Added concrete ages to the Glatorian and Agori characters.

No more gendered elements.

Love is canon, but the oropi have no idea what love is, they just know they sometimes feel closer than usual to others. (eat my ass, Greg).

The Great Beings have both Skrall and Agori within their ranks now.

The official name for the Glatorian species is Beltori.

The races of the Matoran Universe will be using the names created by the lovely people at @redstarforge.

The average magnan lifespan is around 1,000 years

Clothing for matoran (stuff like hats, goggles, eyeglasses, cloaks, hoods, shawls, etc.)

Anyone who has a suggestion, don't be afraid to slip it into my DMs and we can discuss it! I plan on releasing an official timeline soon

[systemsearcher]

Random Bionicle coding project idea: a vocoder that takes plain text (perhaps tuned to accept @outofgloom 's Matoric alongside just English) and turns it into a selection of mechanical sounds akin to the ones used in MNOG and the original unreleased Bionicle game, each sound attached to a phoneme.

Several things I need to do before I take this on:

1. Actually fall asleep. I'm tired and this is keeping me up.

2. Figure out if Matoric has a table of phonemes I could use as a basis

3. Figure out what language to use. I know C# and Python decently well but I've never done soundwork in them beyond gluing a TTS library to my code. There's probably something for this somewhere.

4. Find enough mechanical and synthetic sounds to use as phonemes. Potentially either figure out how to tweak them in code or create a bunch of variants for say vowels in Audacity or something.

5. Again, sleep dammit.

[dedicatedfollower467]

Just remembered that you like conlangs so I figure I'd point you towards the bionicle conlang dictionary by user outofgloom. Have fun.

👀👀👀

[rahisaurus]

not really sure why this blew up again suddenly

here's the font file if anyone wants it!

I lost track of who came up with this (it wasn't me). Might have been @outofgloom and @kanohi-hau-doesfuryevenseethese ?

bionicle names look ridiculously cool in matoran shorthand

[masterweaverx]

Bionicle Elemental System

There are six core elements in this version of Bionicle Lore, and blending two Core elements will create a Blended element. Blending an element with its opposite will create a Legendary Force; Fire and Water make Time, Earth and Air make Life, Light and Shadow make Creation. These are oft aligned with Unity, Duty, and Destiny, the three virtues, though which force aligns with which virtue is a matter of serious debate in philosophical circles.

Fire is the Core Element of Energy, a source of fuel for one’s self and for the world.

Fire and Stone’s blended element is Iron.

Fire and Air’s blended element is Lightning.

Fire and Light’s blended element is Plasma.

Fire and Shadow’s blended element is Instinct.

Stone is the Core Element of Stability, providing a firm base for the physical world to be built from.

Stone and Fire’s blended element is Iron.

Stone and Water’s blended element is Ice.

Stone and Light’s blended element is The Green.

Stone and Shadow’s blended element is The Earth.

Water is the Core Element of Change, transitioning things to the form they need to become.

Water and Stone’s blended element is Ice.

Water and Air’s blended element is Magnetism.

Water and Light’s blended element is Psionics.

Water and Shadow’s blended element is Decay.

Air is the Core Element of Motion, moving things around to wherever it is they need to be.

Air and Fire’s blended element is Lightning.

Air and Water’s blended element is Magnetism.

Air and Light’s blended element is Sonics.

Air and Shadow’s blended element is Gravity.

Light is the Core Element of Revelation, providing direction to one’s self and clarifying one’s role in the world.

Light and Fire’s blended element is Plasma.

Light and Stone’s blended element is The Green.

Light and Water’s blended elment is Psionics.

Light and Air’s blended element is Sonics.

Shadow is the Core Element of Unraveling, breaking apart the world so that it can be reforged anew.

Shadow and Fire’s blended element is Instinct.

Shadow and Stone’s blended element is Earth.

Shadow and Water’s blended element is Decay.

Shadow and Air’s blended element is Gravity.

Rings of Elements:

A common organization for the elements in Matoran philosophy is the “Three Rings,” each centered around a single Legendary Force and with six elements set around them. These rings supposedly determine the sort of society a group of Matoran will form; Formative tribes interact often and create trade goods, Cyclical tribes are nomadic and form small tight-knit groups that wander where they are needed, and Anima tribes will integrate into and tend to larger tribes. This is mostly cultural stereotyping, left over from the different elemental tribes serving different roles in Mata Nui’s body.

The formative elements are those which are often used in the shaping of the world. Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Stone, and Ice. They are that which can be made and remade into many things. Some people consider them to be the primary elements of Matoran-kind, and it is true that Toa of those elements have had more historical impact than the others. Still, to say they're the only elements is a limited perspective. The Formative Elements fall under the Domain of Creation.

Each formative element has a matching Cyclical element, something that simply is in the world. Plasma, Lightning, Gravity, Magnetism, Iron, and Sonics. Cyclical elements are generally, they are modulated through their formative element. Plasma through Fire, Magnetism through Water... but they can exist without those guiding essentials. Of course, Elemental power is different from simply using an element. Many creatures can use lightning, but that does not mean they have Elemental Lightning within them, just that they can generate electricity. The Cyclical Elements are under the Domain of Time.

Then there are the six anima elements. The Green, Psionics, Light, Decay, Instinct, and Shadow. Of course, they can exist independently, every plant is made of the Green and little else, but when all are bound in a single form... that, that is what we call a soul. Toa of the Green and Psionics are generally those who tend to others, they are the menders of the world. Toa of Light are rare, and there are no Matoran tribes of Decay, Instinct, or Shadow. The Anima Elements fall under the Domain of Life.

Formative: Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Stone, Ice. Ruled by Creation.

Foundational: Plasma, Lightning, Gravity, Magnetism, Iron, Sonics. Ruled by Time. 

Anima: Instinct, Light, Decay, Psionics, The Green, Shadow. Ruled by Life.

[outofgloom]

THEY REMEMBER

His eyes hurt, his legs hurt. His arm...it all hurt. The distance hadn’t seemed all that long on the way, but he’d had a vehicle then, and his core hadn’t been exhausted from battle. Now...now the true scale of the Great Basin was made real to him. Kio on torturous kio. Even his farthest psionic senses couldn’t yet detect the minds of the workers that labored on the rim above.

Another step. His bad leg dragged, and he tottered, thrusting his good arm out for balance. His other arm poked uselessly at the air: a stump above the elbow. It didn’t help, and another pulse of telekinetic energy was needed to steady himself. He would’ve fallen headlong otherwise. That’s what it had come to.

The bad arm itched, and he was obliged to go back inside, back to the psionic corner where pain impulses filtered in from his limbs, deactivate the alarms again. Just an empty numbness now. That was better.

He continued on. He was at least halfway by now, and was that a whisper of a thought he heard? One of the dry responses of the automaton-workers, perhaps? They were always talking to the System in their heads: “Confirm this” and “Acknowledge that”. Regular, predictable. Easily tweaked.

Unlike Their minds. Down there, behind him. Theirs had been...unexpected, but he had tried, in spite of it.... Tried to do his duty.

The infestation grows, his masters had said. Down in the pits, between the foundation-ribs. Our scrying shows more hole-boring and tunnels. Toa Orde, it is time for something to be done. 

He had tried to do what his masters asked, but it had not been what he’d anticipated. A thousand eyes had looked upon him from the pockmarked cliffsides, where the creatures had gnawed away the bones of the world. A thousand minds had turned their attention to his approach, as his sky-sled dropped out of the pale light above and landed in their dim realm. He’d extended his mind to them confidently, establishing the required connections, in order to start his work. 

<<Great Beings…?>> 

The first thoughts came through. Questions, even curiosity. About him, about his masters. That was to be expected. He widened the link further, calculating population numbers. So many...a vast number of minds...but it shouldn’t be a problem.

<<Great Beings know...>> 

<<They...remember...>>

<<Remember...us?>>

He focused on the nearest of the creatures, a pair of eyes in an opening several bio above: the strongest link. He called up the mental schematic that had been provided to him, reviewed the changes required.

<<They...have not...forgotten...?>>

<<They...remember us>>

Simple enough: just a matter of finding the right mental threads to pull, the right pathways to re-wire. And then...Even these aberrants shall be brought into the grand design, as his masters had said. Even these. 

All set. He made the first change.

<<What...?>>

Confirmed. The threads yielded to his will, with only a little resistance. It was going well. 

He made the second change.

<<But...>>

Confirmed again. Pathways reshaped at his command, a little harder this time, but no problem. 

He held the threads taut for a moment to suspend the target’s behavior, re-checked the schematic. Right, all correct.

<<Why…>>

Now he made the third change. This was the most difficult, bringing the final components into conformity. More resistance, but he was almost done. Afterward, the alterations would be propagated throughout their network. Simple enough, if his calculations were—

Shock. The mental link snapped off, like a limb breaking. It stunned him, disoriented him, but only for a second. Then he was back in his own throbbing head, feeling sick.

There was a noise in the dark space above, and something smashed heavily into the ground before him: A body, all spines and serrated claws. Now broken.

It was the creature he had linked with.

It was dead.

Confusion. What had happened? He had followed the schematic, all the proper directives. The task had almost been complete, but then.... The creature.... Had it…? No, surely....

Eyes were moving, up in the darkness. Crawling and scuttling. 

He took a step back toward the sled, tried to reestablish his connection. He’d simply try again and then—

<<Rage>>

<<Resentment>> 

He felt his breathing stop. He clutched his head, clenched his jaw involuntarily. 

<<Wrath>>

<<Betrayal>>

A wall of chugging, pulsing malice struck him, and he reeled. 

Thousands of minds bent on him in unison, overwhelmed his weakened defenses. And each one felt the same thing—the same feeling of fury, of violation—all feeding each other and consuming each other in an endless psychic loop.

He’d made a mistake, somehow. These were not like the automaton-minds of the workers above. These were—

<<RAGE>> 

<<RESENTMENT>>

Not simply a web of threads and commands to be altered at his whim. They were...They were like him. How?

<<WRATH>>

<<BETRAYAL>>

Did his masters know?

<<THEY KNOW>>

Eyes moving. Voices croaking. Spines clacking. Closer now.

<<THEY REMEMBER>>

A barbed spear hurtled out of the dark, skewering his sky-sled and showering him with a cascade of sparks, and in the brief flare, he saw Them with his real eyes.

<<WE REMEMBER>>

He raised his hands. Closer.

<<WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER>>

*  *  * * * *

The basin-rim stood another few degrees higher now, and he was certain that he could catch a few strands of thought on the psy-fields. Almost within range, and then he could summon another sled to carry him the rest of the way. His arm throbbed. He’d not been able to keep the pain down for the last stretch. 

Teeth gnawing, claws raking at his armor, a shriek shattering the air as his telekinesis tore another of Them limb from limb. And still more piled on. More bodies. 

More wrath. 

More betrayal.

Maybe he deserved to feel the pain.

On a whim, he looked back over his shoulder, saw the vast wasteland sloping downward behind him. His feet left faint tracks in the fine protodermic dust that covered every sio of the Great Basin. The trail led for many kio, showing the haphazard route he had taken after emerging from the deep defile, still pursued by the creatures. He had killed more of them on the plain. He’d had to.... They wouldn’t stop.... He wouldn’t stop.

Turning back toward the distant rim, he considered for a moment simply reporting success to his masters. They trusted him. Maybe they wouldn’t truth-test the message. And then...then the last complication would be resolved. Everything in order. The valve-gates would be opened, and silver water would pour into the Great Basin.

All part of the grand design.

And down there, in the pits, down between the foundation-ribs...the flood would sweep in. And maybe that would be the end of it. 

No bodies. No traces left.

<<Rage>> 

<<Resentment> 

<<They know>>

Except with him. In his own memory. He would remember.

<<Wrath>>

<<Betrayal>>

He would always remember.

[bionic-baby]

Why can’t I see outofgloom’s account? I went on a tumblr ripoff site called Tumgik that I went on before I got tumblr, just to check up on the place, and to see if it got taken down, and I found outofgloom’s account. It was active and just posted 7 days ago! This is also the same with demitsorou’s account. Maybe tell demitsorou and outofgloom about this to see if they know what’s going on?

Is this a glitch?

I’m freaking out!

Can anyone give me an answer?

[rahiwatching]

I really like the extrapolation of a potential base 6 numerical system that @outofgloom​ has come up with here, however I think we have to be careful in what conclusions we can draw from the way the numbers are written alone, as they can be misleading if we don’t take any wider context/evidence into account.

I had a look into different methods of representing numbers throughout human history (a very interesting google session, I’d highly recommend) and I actually found one with a remarkable similarity to the Matoran system – the rod numeral system that was in use in China a few hundred years ago – see below:

As you can see, these numerals are a positional numbering system like Matoran, and crucially, they also follow the system of counting up in increasing numbers of lines until you reach 6, at which point a new symbol is added and the cycle of counting of lines begins again until you reach 9.

A key feature of this is that, despite appearing to repeat at 6 much in the same way outofgloom recognised that Matoran did, it is actually a base 10 counting system. The numerals do not continue past 9, they instead represent numbers of 10 and above with two symbols rather than just 1, just like the numerals used in English do.

So, despite appearances, I think this example from the real world shows that we can’t use the seeming repeat at 6 as evidence alone that the Matoran use base 6 rather than base 10. We need to find other evidence if we are to say for sure.

In terms of the Kanoka being used as evidence of a base 10 system as suggested by @tiredspacedragon​, I agree with outofgloom here that we can’t really use this as evidence. This is both because of the “translated” argument they made, but also because standard Kanoka numbers only actually go from 1-8. The powers of the disks are numbered 1-8 (though a recent check of BS01 shows a Greg quote saying that apparently the Matoran used letters to represent disk powers outside of these 8) and the power levels of the standard disks also used 1-8, with 9 only being added at the creation of the Great Disks. The standard disks were in use for the past 7,000 years, while the Great Disks were only made in the last 2,500 years, meaning there were 4,500 years where the disks only had the 1-8 numbers, so unfortunately, I don’t think that we can use them as evidence of the base 10 number system.

The distance measures being in units of 1000 given by tiredspacedragon I think does show good evidence of it however, and I think there is more evidence that can be found from other sources.

Ideally, what we need is a source that shows us numbers larger than 9 from a source that we can reasonably say would not suffer from the translation bias that outofgloom covered. Ideally, we would want this also to be a dynamic source, one where we can see the numbers change from 9 to 10 to confirm if the base 10 style repeat occurs there.

Personally, I think the view we get from the great telescope fulfils these requirements.

 As I covered in my Spherus Magna timekeeping video over on the Knowledge Tower, the numbers in section 1 of the above image count up in sections, with each position cycling through 1-9 before repeating and adding 1 to the next count along – showing a base 10 system. This however can’t be taken on its own to show that Matoran use base 10, as it falls foul of the translation bias issue, given its actually an Easter Egg in the game showing the real-world Unix timestamp.

Evidence without this bias comes in from the other sections I’ve labelled however. Section 3 shows the position of the telescope, with numbers counting up or down depending on where you move your mouse in game. These numbers clearly show a base 10 system, with counts 1-9 represented in single symbols, and then moving up to 2 symbols for numbers between 10 and 99, then 3 symbols for numbers above 100. These numbers do not appear to have the bias of being based on a measurement system in our world either, with the range of numbers not following the 360 degrees (-180 to 180) used in human telescopes, instead ranging from -500 to 220 in the up/down direction and -175 to 175 in the left/right direction. Given this, I think we can discount the bias issue here.

Section 2 also shows a base 10 counting system. This number is a countdown that strangely only appears in the 2001 build of the game, being replaced in the 2006 version with a static number. But, looking at the 2001 version we can see that this is a number that is actually counting down, with the number getting smaller by 1 every 100 seconds and each number in the sequence counting down in 10s as well.

As an aside, I actually worked out that this number will reach 0 after 288 years, 109 days, 17 hours, 21 minutes and 40 seconds. Quite why someone at templar decided to add a nearly 300-year countdown to the telescope view is something to theorise about another time, but I thought it was interesting enough to note here.

Anyway, what this all means is, I think that all this evidence combined gives us a pretty good indication that base 10 is used in the MU, rather than base 6. And, given that the telescope was programmed by the Great Beings during the construction of the GSR, it shows it as evidence that they have used base 10 from the start.

However, that doesn’t specifically mean that the Great Beings themselves counted in base 10. Matoran is a programming language after all, and our programming languages do not count in the same way humans do, with computers using base 2 (binary) rather than base 10. Ultimately, computers have to use binary as at the most basic level they can only distinguish between there being current in a circuit (1) or no current in the circuit (0) – leading to the binary system of 1s and 0s being used. Maybe whatever magic computer science the Great Beings use prefers base 10 counting and so that’s why it’s in use in the MU.

Most human societies use base 10 because we have 10 fingers, so base 10 makes counting by hand easy. So, in that regard, the most prevalent counting system on Spherus Magna is probably base 8 given their 8 fingers (though not across all Magnan cultures, as explored in my timekeeping video). Then again, given how much the numbers 3 and 6 do seem to crop up in BIONICLE, there must at least be some significance to those numbers, though maybe from a cultural standpoint rather than a number system standpoint.

But anyway, those are my thoughts on the subject.

Question.

Would Matoran use base 6 number systems?

[chancetimespace]

Kaita and Nui Variant Headcanons

To start with, thank you to @outofgloom for helping me with the terms for less than Kaita, greater than Kaita, and the same for Nui. Please check out their work with the Matoran language and their writing, and please credit them if you use the terms in any major writing project!

Please keep in mind, these are for my headcanon/au, they aren’t intended to perfectly match canon. I’m perfectly fine with anyone else using the terms, but I would like to be at least tagged in a comment if you write or make anything using the rule sets I’ve made here. I’d really love to see what others can do with these ideas, if anyone else wants to use them as well.

This post is VERY long, and death/possibility of dying is discussed quite a bit in the part about Nui Atu, as well as a little bit in the parts about Kaita Kofo and Nui Kofo . If someone is still curious about it, but doesn’t want to read the death parts, please send an ask and I will try to help you.

:readmore:

Kaita Kofo

This fusion of two beings can occur deliberately or has a 50/50 shot of happening if one member of a regular kaita is killed mid fusion process. The other result is that the fusion is just prevented. Kaita Kofo may also form if one of the three trying to form a Kaita just isn’t able to let go of themself enough to become one. They tend to be rather stable, but Kaita Kofo that were formed as a result of a dead Kaita member have a high risk of being permanently stuck together, because the splitting process may try to begin with the third member who isn’t actually there. Non-death related Kaita Kofo do not have this issue, but they may CHOOSE to be permanent.

Kaita Atu

Kaita Atu may form when another being near a forming Kaita also has the same goal and is willing to surrender themself to that cause. More powerful than a normal Kaita, but less stable as the fourth member was likely not expected and may not have been wanted as a part of the fusion. Elements do not matter for this fourth member, nor does species. If the fourth member matches the element affiliation of one of the intended three members, that element is given a further power boost beyond that of just having added another being’s power. Otherwise, the Kaita Atu gains a resistance to attacks of the fourth member’s element. For example, if a toa of Ice, a toa of Iron, and a toa of Plantlife were trying to form a Kaita while a being affiliated with fire was both close enough and had the same goal that those forming the Kaita did, the Kaita Atu will have a resistance to fire attacks, ranging from just taking half of the damage to near invulnerability. The level of resistance is based on both the fourth member’s dedication to their goal and their proficiency with their affiliated element.

Nui Kofo

This fusion of five is incredibly unstable and is the first to potentially be dangerous to fuse into. If anyone is injured before forming this fusion, there is a chance that those injuries will randomly be assigned to another member of the fusion upon separation. This is dangerous because Nui and Nui variant fusions are typically formed in extremely desperate situations, so there is a high likelihood of multiple members of the fusion having sustained potentially serious or life threatening injuries prior to actually fusing. Because of the random nature of the injury reassignment, it’s possible that every injury could be assigned to one person, potentially killing them if the injuries are severe enough.

Nui Atu

This fusion of seven is not limited by species or elemental affiliation and is only formed out of sheer desperation. Each member has a 50/50 chance of dying immediately once the fusion ends, and this fusion can only maintain itself long enough to achieve the goal it was created for at most, so becoming a permanent Nui Atu to prevent your own death isn’t an option. There is one way to lower the chance of immediate death, but it costs potential access to other elemental powers. If more than one member is of the same elemental affiliation, that element is only in the coin flip of whether they will live or die once, as opposed to once per person, and there is a second chance event if they lose. For example, if an element with two members is selected as one that will die, the second chance event is triggered, with the possibilities being evenly split between both members dying, one dying, and being fused into a Kaita Kofo upon separation from the Nui Atu. This Kaita Kofo is not permanent, in the sense that they are in fact able to separate, but there is a 75% chance one or both will die if they do. However, if they stay as a Kaita Kofo for a long period of time, this chance will eventually decrease to 25%. If all members of the Nui Atu are of the same elemental affiliation and that element loses the coin flip, they automatically split into a Kaita and two Kaita Kofo OR a Kaita and a Kaita Atu, for example. The chance of death will only apply to one of the resulting fusions, but it will be impossible to tell which one it applies to. Regardless of how many members of the Nui Atu are of the same element, the only possible results if they lose that first gamble are:

All members of that element affiliation dying

Only one dies, but the others are spared.

Separation into Kaita and/or Kaita variant fusions, with only one of the fusions having a chance of dying instantly if they choose to separate.

If the element with multiple members wins the first gamble, there’s a random chance (usually about 10%) that all injuries sustained by each member of the Nui Atu will be healed. This healing has a very small chance of even applying to members who lost the first gamble, thus functionally negating their loss. In those cases, the one who lost will die upon separation, but will be immediately revived. Regardless of how many (if any) members of a Nui Atu die, there will be trauma afflicted on the surviving members. Having that many minds fused together does no favors for anyone’s sanity, plus the situation that required the fusion was most likely horrific if they actually went through with fusing in the first place knowing all of the risks.

All of these variants are at least slightly less stable than the nearest fusion that is a multiple of three. They are frowned upon in some communities because they are considered violations of the system of three that is so common in the Matoran Universe. Having an ally nearby with a mask of possibilities or possessing one yourself is heavily advised if you think you may potentially end up in a situation requiring a Nui or Nui variant fusion.

[0m3g45n1p3r4lph4]

Catch me staying up way later than I should writing down study notes from @outofgloom‘s Introduction to Matoric

[deepsearahi]

Time Adventure/Vahi Voya

So I haven’t been able to get this blog off the ground as quickly as I intended. Shortly after I created it, I ended up going through a very stressful move that has left my Lego collection packed in boxes for the past year and into the foreseeable future. In the mean time I’ve been focusing on writing material for my AU and messing around with @outofgloom​‘s Matoran conlang. 

Below the cut is my translation of the first verse and chorus of “Time Adventure” by Rebecca Sugar, from the series finale of Adventure Time. It’s probably not 100% grammatically correct, but I had fun doing it nonetheless!

Time is an illusion that helps things make sense

Vahi mahiki ki hi akhuyapa

So we are always living in the present tense

O avamu boyapa i-vapa-a

It seems unforgiving when a good thing ends

Akai sare-pa kimi hi laho fayapa

But you and I will always be back then

Fa ou no o avamu vyako

You and I will always be back then

Ou no o avamu vyako

Singing “will happen, happening, happened,

“Huyako, huyapa, huyanu,

Will happen, happening, happened,”

Huyako, huyapa, huyanu,”

And we’ll happen again and again

No o huyako-anga no anga

‘Cause you and I will always be back then

Ta ou no o avamu vyako

You and I will always be back then

Ou no o avamu vyako

Like I said, it probably has a lot of problems, but I’m satisfied with my work nonetheless. Here’s to dead franchises! I’m not sobbing you are

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Rust Bees are, well, bees that cause bio-metal rust (sounds nasty). Up until this point, they only appeared in The Battle for Mata Nui, the 2002 quasi-RTS thing that works a little like janky Age of Mythology with weird, seemingly-prototypical models rendered into sprites, as an AoE power.

(its not on screen but its in the power options)

Yesterday, with unveiling of partial design bible for Bohrok Swarm, we know that the whole affair with fighting off Bohrok would've been a much larger part of the storyline. And, naturally, rust bees are utilized by the Le-Koroans.

Perhaps, someone will be able to create a plausible model for the rust bee out of the 15x15 pixel depictions of them. And, if I may dare, I wish I could ask @outofgloom on what an "in-universe" name for this critter could be?

On this day, the fifteenth of September, two thousand and twenty four, let it be recorded for all time that Rust Bees are part of the biblical canon, and not as many have proposed, a poorly thought out addition to a barely working abandoned piece of software from twenty two years ago.