Chapter Two- Minty Drinks and Hangover Remedies
Tahu, seriously hungover, opened the door of his apartment to find Kopaka standing there. The Toa of Ice sniffed the air and smiled smugly.
"Looks like someone's been drinking."
"Shut up," hissed Tahu as one of his arms moved to punch Kopaka but unfortunately missed and smashed a light fixture instead. Kopaka smirked.
"Having trouble concentrating, Tahu? Still thinking about that girl you met last night... Luna, I believe her name was?"
"SHUT UP!" bellowed Tahu, at which Kopaka raised an eyebrow. "Anyways, I thought I'd drop by, seeing as-"
"Hold on." Tahu looked at his fellow Toa curiously. "How did you know about Luna?"
Kopaka snorted. "You didn't think I was carving ice sculptures all night, did you? Not soon after the rest of you entered the karaoke bar, I came in as well. You probably didn't notice me, seeing as the majority of you were either drunk or pissed off at Lewa."
The Toa of Ice shuddered as he recalled the events of last night...
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The night before...
Kopaka entered the karaoke bar and headed over to the bartender. After ordering a drink called 'Snow White Queen' (that had, to his amusement, ice cubes dyed blue swirling within its frosty, minty depths), he headed over to a table towards the back of the room and sat down to watch Takanuva and Onua's drunken performance, for both entertainment and blackmail.
As soon as the two Toa finished a slurred, drunken rendition of some song that talked about life being a highway and riding it all night long (complete with some oddly suggestive hip movements by Takanuva), Takanuva started doing a very strange thing with his hands that Kopaka would later learn was called "beatboxing". Stepping up to the microphone, Onua began to sing in a low, slurred voice.
"Uh huh, this my shit. All the girls stomp your feet like this. A few times I've been around that track. So it's not just gonna to happen like that. Because I ain't no hollaback girl. I ain't no hollaback girl. Oooh oooh, this my shit, this my shit. I heard that you were talking shit. And you didn't think that I would hear it. People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up. So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack. Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out. That's right, put your pom-poms down, getting everybody fired up. A few times I've been around that track. So it's not just gonna to happen like that. Because I ain't no hollaback girl. I ain't no hollaback girl. Oooh oooh, this my shit, this my shit..."
Kopaka groaned and covered his ears. Besides the song being tasteless and utterly out of tune, it also had at least a million references to feces. He felt as though he was going to puke, which was luckily averted by the sight of Lewa and Tahu sneaking out the door.
Huh? The Toa of Ice thought to himself as he watched the two leave. Either they were fed up with Onua and Takanuva's antics, or,... well, he really didn't want to get into that.
Oh, wait. The others were following them. Kopaka breathed a sigh of relief, though the second option could have made for interesting blackmail. He quickly drank the rest of his Snow White Queen and quietly followed the group across the street, switching to his Huna so as to remain undetected.
Upon entering, he switched it off and leant against a wall, watching all the Toa flirt drunkenly with the attractive female Matoran that were walking around.
Well, minus Pohatu, who was on the table snoring.
He also saw Lewa leave, though he couldn't imagine what the Toa of Air was doing. After about an hour, as Kopaka was leaving, however, the Toa of Ice opened a side door and saw a truly horrific sight...
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"Anyways," said Kopaka hastily, trying to banish what he had seen next from his mind, "I've come to help you with your hangover. You can't walk down the aisle, let alone be seen in public in this state!"
Tahu nodded. "Uh, sure, I guess. What do we do?"
Kopaka pursed his lips. "Well, we need an icepack, for starters. Gali lives right across the hall, right?" Seeing Tahu nod, Kopaka grinned. "Good. Wait here, I'll be back in a moment."
The Toa of Ice crept across the hall and entered Gali's apartment by freezing the doorknob and then chopping it off with his ice blade. To his surprise, it was empty.
"She must have gone out already," he muttered.
Upon entering, he headed to the kitchen and filled up the sink, freezing it to create an ice block and then crushing it.
Now that part of the icepack had been created, all Kopaka needed was something to wrap the crushed ice in. Seeing a big, white piece of fabric that resembled bandages laid out on the couch in the living room, the Toa of Ice grabbed it and wrapped it around the crushed ice, then quickly left.
Upon returning to Tahu's apartment, Kopaka handed the makeshift icepack to the Toa of Fire, who placed it on his forehead and promptly left for the wedding hall with Kopaka following suit.
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Fifteen minutes later, Gali woke from her peaceful slumber and headed into the living room. She wanted to try her wedding dress on again before the wedding (seeing as she'd left it out last night after trying it on) and decided to do it as soon as she woke up.
However, as Gali entered the living room, her eyes widened as she saw the couch, evidently missing one thing...
"WHERE'S MY DRESS?" she screamed.
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Oh boy, Gali's really mad now... The song sung by Onua is "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, to let all of you know.
