Gathered Friends, and my forgetful self, listen again to the tale of the BIONICLE. In the time before time, one of our two Rahk-Toa decided to jump towards the Racyz's mouth, in desperate hope of winning against this monster that will never stop...
ARC 1 FINALE: HIS PAST IS BLOCKED, CHAPTER 9, SUB-ARC THE WAKING HOUR PART 3/3: THE RETURN OF EVERYTHING
"..from the outside, but from the inside..."
"...that would be quite stupid..."
"Zlaperx, don't question what I do. The way I live is not to be confused with the way you live."
And then, Invon jumped into the Racyz's mouth. And if you were there, you would hear zlaperx screaing out "INVOOOON!"
Invon fell down into the stomach of the Racyz. He could see several other things. Unnervingly, he could also see the bodies of the people the Racyz had ate. that wouldn't happen to him. No, it wouldn't. From here, he had to get out, and get up to the place he needed to be. But then he noticed the Racyz had drunk some water... perhaps to down him, but that wasn't going to happen. He did defy nature by existing, of course. And then he heard it.
The tapping. The knocking. The drumbeat of two. And that meant he was about to die. That meant he would be corroded away... He had to get out now. And he banged on the 'walls' of the Racyz's stomach to no avail...
Zlaperx had watched Invon jump into the Racyz's mouth and fall down the back. And soon after he heard the drumbeat of two-meaning that the racyz was using its stomach contents. And he knew what this meant. He looked towards the supplies on the boat. A grappling hook. A long string. And a cylinder. He had an entire island to battle this monster. And so, battle, it, he did...
"You just made a big mistake, Racyz. You value your life... existence... legend, don't you? Don't mess with me. Fatal mistake. I'm Zlaperx. I'm the guy everybody fears. I'm the guy who's half rahkshi half-toa, and the original one, to boot. That much I am sure of, and you should prepare yourself to battle the greatest fear in the known cosmos."
Zlaperx threw the grappling hook. It embedded itself in the Racyz's back, angering it. It did various movements to get it off. But all it did was make Zlaperx land on its back. Then he got out the long string. He tied to the grappling hook. And then, he tossed himself to the island again. He tied the other end of the string to a rock nearby. And then he threw the cylinder at the beast above. And he hoped his plan would work. And...
It did. But not in the expected way. In an unusual twist, the Racyz and the island were fused together, making the Racyz immobile and making it live forever. Zlaperx knew that living forever and immobility were the two worst things that could ever happen to you. You saw so much yet you could help so little. It was a curse of pain.
"Bye now, now that I'm done avenging my friend, I'm off to go row my pineapple into where Invon wanted me to go. Asynita Nui... "
And then a huge tremor shook the universe Zlaperx was in. And he knew what it was: it was part of the return of everything the gateway had mentioned. And then he set to work. He built a new ship in three hours. Just three. And it was pretty large. But it would do for his journey. He knew the winds would take him to his destination. But he had forgotten one thing: the gateway had mentioned that Invon needed to be alive. He had forgotten that part...
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He could see Asynita Nui in the distance. He went faster, but didn't crash. He had crashed too many times. And when he arrived, he jumped out of the ship instantly. Standing on the west coast of Asynita Nui was Zlaperx, where Invon had wanted to go. He would do what Invon wanted him to do. And so, this was the beginning. As various Matoran came out to see who Zlaperx was, a new era began...
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ARC 2: A NEW ERA, PART 1/15, CHAPTER 11, SUB-ARC 1/2: A New Arrival