The Ultimate Chessboard: Chaos Unraveled

Who: Everyone in Asgard!
When: June 28th, morning.
Where: The second-floor "war room".
Rating: PG?
Warnings: Possible language.
Summary: Feeling that the time had come to come together as a team after a trial loss and the arrival of new Niflheimers, the Asgardians have decided to have a meeting to discuss various issues and introduce some ideas.

( You And I Must Fight To Survive )

Who: Emerald and Frank
Where: outside Asgard
When: late evening of April 3rd
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: language
Summary: Blythe's vision for Frank comes true when Emerald once again returns to Asgard. Frank will have to bargain for the talisman this Niflheimer carries - but what will she ask for in return?

Who: (To be updated as people get involved in the thread)
When: February 12th
Where: The areas surrounding Asgard
Rating: PG for now
Warnings: Lots of fire?
Summary: Lucifer has set the area surrounding Asgard on fire. The garden maze, the greenhouse, the barn, etc., are all on fire (for those who feel particularly worried about anything that might be in the buildings - this stuff can be repaired later.) What will the people of Asgard do?

[OOC instructions: First, Lucifer will not be in this thread, unless something particularly special happens. Second, because this thread covers three or more large areas, characters do NOT have to interact with EVERYONE in this thread. Stick to interacting with the people who are in the same area. If someone is working on the barn, then they shouldn't be talking to someone over in the garden maze.

Also, because it is possible that TONS of people reply to this - and I welcome that - there is no posting order. This is going to sort of be a test. Do not employ a tag system, either - simply give everyone a chance to reply as best you can, but don't feel like you have to keep to a strict posting order either. Also, try to keep in mind that some people might want to have participated in this but not thread their involvement - that simply means that they were working on the other side of wherever your characters were, if it was the same location.]

( The post is shorter than the instructions?! )

Who: Everyone in Asgard who comes
When: Halloween night
Where: The bottom floor of Asgard - but more specifically, the ballroom.
Rating: I'm assuming it'll be about PG for now, i'll up it as necessary.
Warnings: Cuteness...?
Summary: Those in Asgard who are interested join in the masquerade Henry, Dorian and Metatron worked to plan out and create. Notably, Lina is absent - she stands at Asgard's door, pointedly awaiting any "idiot" who wants to trash the celebration.

( Deck me out in awesome and call me Biscuit! )

Who: Frank and the unconscious Alice, with Lina nearby
When: Sometime after Metatron announces the Alice and Lina situation
Where: The sick room/room of rest that was newly made.
Rating: G
Warnings: Cuteness?
Summary: Frank decides to go visit Alice and Lina, and gets a small, tiny sign that he did a good thing.
[ooc note: Yes, Alice is unconscious, but this thread is going to be incredibly short as it only features a small reaction from the unconscious Alice. And remember, it's G!]
( Someone in this house with nothing left to do. Sounded like a father... )
[ooc: The song lyrics in the header and lj-cut are from the musical version of The Secret Garden, if anyone gets curious.]

Who: All representatives
When: The last day of the trial.
Where: The place only trial members can go, that ceremony place.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none at the moment
Summary: One by one, everyone shows up to meet with the Sphinx. Due to the mod issues, this isn't going to be a big thread, just one where people come in, post giving (or not giving) what they've found / figured out to Sphinx, and getting a reply from her. (If anyone by some chance did not get a riddle from me, though I THINK I got everyone, just email my mod email and i'll immediately share the riddle and its answer, and then you can decide if s/he solved it or not. D= I apologize for this. Otherwise, by default it'll be an unsolved one and that team won't get a point...?)

( Ze End O' Ze Trial! )
[ooc: short post is short. D= ]

Who: Sphinx and the trial representatives
Where: The place beyond the door of the Room of Ceremonies.
When: The starting day of the trial.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Don't know.
Summary: After the first part of the first trial begins, and everyone is brought to the ceremony, each character is led individually into the place beyond the door to meet Sphinx, who will give them their trials.

[ooc: As helpful instructions, the order (though it doesn't have to be done in order OOCly, ICly, story-wise, it will) of people will be Mitch, Light, Mello, Blythe, Flauros, L, Jazz, Frank, Wesker and Maria. This is the order that the characters will be called in and given their riddle by Sphinx.

Every character is expected to post to THIS, not to other comments in this page, to start interaction with Sphinx, so that every character has a 'thread' with Sphinx within this page. This is to speed things along so that everyone gets their riddle in a somewhat vaguely timely manner, even if other people's schedules make them faster or slower to respond.

Characters will not be able to interact with anyone other than Sphinx in this thread, as Sphinx will be the only one present aside from the character entering the room, always.

The following is what occurs whenever someone steps inside.]

( Sphinx isn't called Sphinx because she's a Sphinx! )

Who: Lucifer, Metatron, the trial representatives
Where: A mysterious location Metatron and Lucifer teleported everyone to.
When: The starting day of the trial.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Don't know.
Summary: The first part of the first trial begins, and everyone is brought to the ceremony.
It is assumed that Metatron and Lucifer take their representatives, with an explanation, to this mysterious location, at the start of the first day.

[ooc note: Because this thread is going to feature twelve characters, treat this thread the way the party in Asgard was treated - characters don't have to reply to each other and go in turns, but there should be some semblance of interaction, unless your character would just sit and wait to be called.]

( The Official Ceremony of the First Trial Begins! )

[ooc: The latin spoken by Metatron roughly translates to "God or Satan, fate will decide, allow the true leader to rise and become the first and last creator. Let no one be marred permanently, and no soul murdered." The latin spoken by Lucifer roughly translates to "God or Satan, chaos will choose, let Satan win and disorder be unleashed so that disease will spread and torment murder us all." Please forgive my rough, terrible Latin, but I tried. If there are any errors it's my fault, NOT Metatron's or Lucifer's.]

Who: Frank and [OPEN] (Anyone who would like to volunteer to console Frank is welcome, but I'm warning you that he isn't his usual self.)
When: Around noon on memory theater day
Where: His room
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Drunkenness, swearing.

( Feeling no pain... )

Who: Frank, Dorian, Glitch, Walter [OPEN]
When: Just after this post in Frank's journal.
What: Frank and Dorian go to rescue Glitch.
Where: Starting out just outside Niflheim, then inside.
Rating: PG-13 at this point.
Summary: Finally too worried about Glitch's welfare, Frank decides to act and go retrieve him. Dorian volunteers to help. Walter, who was abandoned in Frank's apartment building when he was a baby, waits inside as well.
Warning: Possible language or violence (or at least threats of violence) eventually, will re-rate if necessary.

( Have fun storming the castle... )

Who: Maria and Frank
When: Day after earthquake and after Maria's conversation with Valtiel
Where: Gardens of Asgard
Rating: PG-13 to be safe (expect some swearing from Maria's end)
Warnings: Language
Summary: After a conversation in Walter's journal that Maria realized she should have taken private long before she did, she decides to seek out Frank and tell him what she can, before he sees anything that could complicate things....

( Though her hands would sometimes bleed and occasionally she would yearn for the past... )

WHO: Alice, Frank, and Kain
WHERE: Just outside Asgard, then to the horse field.
WHEN: The afternoon after Alice returns and Kain discusses catching horses with her.
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None, really.
SUMMARY: Kain, Frank, and Alice are going on a horse hunting adventure!

( Horse adventures! )

Who: Will, L (Open!)
Where: Asgard
When: The day of the Body Switch, and the day after Henry's kidnapping
Rating: PG-13 for now, possibly R?
Warnings: Vampire-stuffs, monsters, violence and language oh my!
Summary: Will is stuck in Strix's body, and she knows a thing or two about him. She pushes Will over the edge and into her monster form, setting him loose on Asgard from a safe distance away.

Who: Kain, Blythe, and Frank
Where: Asgard, Room 103
When: The morning of body swap day
Rating: PG, not likely to change.
Warnings: Kain isn't going to be happy when he sees Blythe?
Summary: Kain wakes up as Frank, and while he's still getting used to the idea, finds out that Blythe seems to be in a considerable amount of pain. He rushes to her room to find out what's wrong.

( It felt so odd, being in someone else's skin. )

Who: Frank and Blythe
Where: Asgard's Greenhouse and Maze
When: The day after the party and approximately an hour after Henry's abduction
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Frank and Blythe decide to get to know each other better after several lengthy conversations

( I see you playing / In the garden / Outside my window )

Who: Mitchell, Dorian, the Asgardians, and a handful of Niflheimers
Where: Asgard’s ballroom
When: June 2, Monday, afternoon
Rating: PG-13 for safety (R-rated material will have to go in new threads)
Warnings: Probably some language, and awkward moments on the dance floor
Status: In Progress! Will be open for as long as it takes for players to have plenty of interaction.
Summary: Inspired by their time together in the ballroom, Mitchell and Dorian throw a party for Asgard and a few of the “nicer” members of Niflheim.
( Balloons of every color filled a part of the ballroom floor, and about two-dozen floated around on the ceiling. )

Who: Frank and L [Open to Blythe or Alice -- we're looking for a healer]
Where: In their room.
When: Just after the thread where Frank and Henry rescued L in the forest.
Rating:PG-13, subject to change.
Warnings: none yet
Summary: Frank faces "Ryuzaki" helplessly as he waits for a healer. He doesn't know how to relate to this man, or to his own guilt at the events he failed to save him from, but he knows he has do his best. And at least, he has to take care of him until the healer gets there.

( More chattering... )

Who: L [open]
Where: Near Asgard in the forest
When: After Light leaves him and he's posted a fragmented journal entry. This takes place just after L's conversation with Frank.
Rating:PG-13, subject to change.
Warnings: none, for the moment.
Summary: With brief flashes of lucidity and longer lapses of uneasy hallucinations, L struggles with some dissociative amnesia as he recalls bits and pieces of what's happened to him. He looks over his last journal entry and is troubled by the disorganized and random content, as well as his sudden inability to coherently express numbers and words through writing. Hoping that Frank comes through, he sees but is not up to the task of reading the recent discussion concerning his plight.

( like Dostoevsky and the firing squad. )

Who: Mitch, Nix, and Frank and [Open to Asgard]
Where: Area around Asgard/garden
When: May 16th-ish, afternoon
Rating: PG
Warnings: Can't really think of any
Summary: Nix asked Mitch about some sparring, and to practice some of his new ice powers on the redhead. Mitch, in denial that he's coming down with a fever, thinks that some sparring would do his body some good. During their practice, Frank becomes a witness to... Sorry, you have to read that part. ;D

Who: L and Henry and Frank [Finished]
Where: Asgard, room 205
When: Very soon after his/their arrival.
Rating: PG for now
Warnings: None
Summary: L and Frank, two quiet antisocial roommates, finally actually meet. Henry shows up to help L with the strobe lights, which were giving him a bit of trouble. L is trying not to make the other guys uneasy, and maybe the effort is futile.

( So... you like... lizards... )

Who: Frank (Open to Asgard, despite Frank's attitude)
Where: Garden
When: Afternoon
Summary: Frank heads over to the garden.

( The place was much more beautiful than he had expected. )

Who: Henry (Open to Asgard)
Where: Right Outside Asgard Mansion
When: Afternoon
Summary: Henry decides to take Metatron's suggestion and engage in a bit of photography around Asgard.

( Watching Life Go By... )