Sabra La Tau

[Endgame. The final frontier.

These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.

It's ongoing mission, is to get a hell of a lot of people home. Deal with disturbingly well mannered velociraptors as roommates. Help get old ant workers used to two feet again. And occasionally jettison Horn off into space at random intervals.

To boldly seek out new universes and parallel dimensions. To party hard as it has never been done before.]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Messenger's Year 1, Day 1
What: Closing Time.

[Ptou reforms, sand solidifying into marble, the robes, tattered, become the tapestries of royalty and a thin, circular crown sits on his head.

He stares down at the ground a long moment, silent.]

Is that... it?

Is this what it's like?

(( Links:

Part 1: osnap | Part 2: PSYCHE

WISH THREADS:

Wanjima Kaito | Snow White | Flonne/Victory | Elliot/Shrubbery | Red | Bombastic | Tide/Chrono | Himura Kenshin | Scowl | Edward Elric | Extreme/Kurono | Amy Pond | Kuchiha | Rapunzel | Minami Ikki | Kazuha | Trigger | Jace Beleren | Harmony/Alice | Chaz | Wanjima Akito | Yuta | Lark/Uchiha Obito | Jinx/Kaito | Sokka | Yayoi | Parrot | Spear/Itachi | Allen Walker | Kurow | Bond/Dean | Rory Williams | Claude C Kenni | Haruto/Humor | Mitsuru | Mao | Aven/Meta-Crisis Doctor | Nakamori Aoko | Kanda Yuu | Yoi-te/Night | Great | Aeris Gainsborough | Kudo Shinichi/Quartz | Trixie | Shinjiro/Thumper | Captain Kirk | Emil/Ratatosk | Ender/Nicholas D Wolfwood | Phoenix Wright | Maya/Cheer | Nico/Shield | Spark | Molotov/Amami Riku | Juuri | Akin | Apollo Justice/Badger | Kishitani Shinra/Harm | Lucky/Excel | Raenef/Apple | Lumiere | Santa/Crown | Edge/Magneto | Antillar Maximus | SASAGAWA RYOHEI | Impmon/Boomer | Sakura | Tazendra Lavode | Nia/Sparkles McGee | Lenalee Lee | Anchor | Royal | River | Rolo Lamperouge/Arsine | Sumeragi Kururu | Charles Xavier | Lulu | Ryougi Shiki | Zelgadis | Kohaku | Dagger | Franz d'Epinay | Tifa Lockhart | Rory Williams-Pond | Wisp/Miharu | June | Flames | Lotus | Rena | Kokuto Mikiya | Arianna | Razzy | Selendis | Kanou Taisuke | Watanuki Kimihiro | Albert/Simba | Elgala/Lovely Amethyst | Peter Parker | Aerich/Temma | Emiri | Haley/Hyatt | Daisy/Weed

FINAL DEPARTURE

If any links are misdirected or missing, PM Claude! ))

Who: ???
Where: The Arena AND BEYOND
When: Day ۞۞۞
What:

[There is, in many ways, a strange anticipatory silence and darkness in the Arena before games. It's often hard to put a finger on, and those who've gone in and searched the ruins or forages for small branches, might have a hard time defining why THEN is different. A bit like they should be holding their breath, or be wary at their own torchlight.

However, today, instead of the spreading of a false environment of a Game... a shower of lights materializes in the Arena, near the South Block doors... as it fades, it leaves behind a group of people who never really expected to be here again.]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Southern Fields
When: Day 303?? Late
What: A little squiddy said...

[Should you have followed a squidrat that STOLE YOUR THING! YES THAT THING! or just one that was acting oddly, or even just a Delphinus who knocked and said there was a picnic arranged...

You eventually find yourself in the soft light of the southern fields, surrounded by wildflowers and the wary shret looking at you balefully from the ceiling.

In the red glow of the saltwater pools here... seems multiplied, many pockets of water scattered throughout the field, a breeze surrounding them... If you look INTO one, you seem to see somewhere else... hear the SOUNDS of another world...

But before you get that far, there really IS a picnic!

A few checkered blankets have been spread across the soft moss, and are filled with salads, a few fruity, girly wines and drinks, fruit slices, cubed cheese, egg custard, a variety of cold cut sandwiches. (and a few loaves of fresh bread and pies.. because Link is Link.) ... there is also a very, very burned thing of cole slaw. The squidrat by it is eating it PROUDLY.]

((OOC: GOOD END COMMUNICATION! GO. GOOD ENDERS, feel free to start a thread with your name, you'll be visible and audible in the pool, both of your connections are a little wavy and watery though...))

Who: Anyone
Where: Anwhere
When: ????, ????????
What: MORE OF THE PAST WITH PAST THINGS HAPPENING....... IN THE PAST

Who: Any
Where: Lepus
When: King's Year 199, THE SUMMER OF UNFORGIVENESS
What:

[Once upon a time, a green thing escaped from an experiment, heard a greater calling, or... perhaps, indigestion, and made himself a throne.

It is an epic throne, made entirely of something not exactly unlike many, many glued together rubix cubes. As such nifty, modern puzzles possibly do not exist, it is very likely that it is a very unfinished chair that had paint thrown at it and called art.]

I suppose you want to know WHY I have called you today.

Who: Bunnycorn
Where: Lepus and Monoceros
When: King’s Year 199, summer
What:

[It’s always a shame to lose one or your hideous abominations of science. They were created not just with long nights and spare parts, but with hopes and dreams. From the “It’s alive!” moment to the first peasant it devours, each monster carries many fond memories of its own uniquely accursed existence.]

[But they’re all dying now; not due to angry mobs or plucky heroes with swords going snickety-snack, but simply poor environmental adaption. You really should have weatherproofed them better. And with Lepus’s primary predators on the decline, a new creature has stepped up to fill the niche: the Lepus lepus, a soft, woobie-eyed bunny with large ears and big feet and sharp, pointy teeth. These days it seems like you can barely walk outside without stepping on one (or two, as there is a reason for their rapid reproduction rate).]

[They’ve invaded the neighboring country of Monoceros as well, but Monoceros has a far greater disaster on their hands. Before they knew it, they had the greatest supply of vinegar in all the land. That’s what happens when all your booze goes bad.]

Who: All, eventually
Where: Various
When: King's Year 198, early fall
What: A messenger approaches.

[A tall, gaunt man walks across the plains alone approaching a small gathering of Pyxis tribes, with little fear or hesitation. He seems to have appeared out of almost nowhere, and unphased by the pre-monsoon winds. He swathed in the black uniforms of an Ophiuchus priest and uniform is lined with red. Though his cloak is drawn over his face, you can see something of a tight line of his lips and his hands, when he speaks, are slow moving and expressive.

He stops just before the first tribesman approaching him.]

I seek the chieftain of all the tribes, and then the clan with the greatest speed and experience.

((OOC: ALL THE COUNTRIES will be visited to speak with a regent, king, leader or whatnot. If you don't have a player character who is suitable, feel free to use sabra_la_au to speak for them. If you're stumped and want us to whip something up or off screen it, let Nishi know and we'll work something out.))

Who: Those who have waited through the day
Where: The arena
When: Day 185, evening
What: A conclusion

[Dim light filters down from the arena’s heights; not so bright as to leave the ruins of buildings more than shadowed silhouettes, not so dark as to keep you from finding your way down, and down, to where a single flickering torch lights a broken courtyard.]

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 180
What:

[The Call that resounds from the Arena is loud, echoing to every part of Sabra. A regal crescendo of notes and then anticipatory silence. Should you follow it today, the Arena is that strange darkened landscape again...

Simple darkness fills your vision, no delineation between up and down, walls or even the floor. You can only see the throne in the far off distance, and five pathways each covered with a lush carpet: Pink, White, Brown, and two distinct shades of Blue. They bear the sigil of the graceful Swan, the majestic Unicorn, a the nimble Hare, the canny Dog and deft Dolphin embossed into the weave. Should you turn around, there is no exit yet, but there is a small table, filled with punch, and several large party platters filled with salted hard breads and a few jam filled pastries dusted with confectioners sugar.]

[However, should you follow any of the pathways, the landscape begins to change...]

((OOC Note: As usual, those who run Judges may feel free to have them interact in sand form with the winners.))

Who: Bunnycorn
Where: Bunnycorn
When: Day 179, morning
What: FAMILY MEETING

So uhm...

Who: Uraeus + Blanks
Where: Near the Arena
When: Day 177, noon
What: MINI-GAME


[Ophiuchus game~ There is a stack of chef clothing in a pile in your team colours and several fire pits all set up. Gee I wonder what this could be.]



LINKS: mingle | DRUMROLL Chairman Zim | COOKING TIME: Hydracula, Delpavo, Bunnycorn, Cepheon, Lyvus, Pygnus, Lacanis | Food Presentation

Who: Lepus, Edward Elric, Sohma Shigure
Where: The Operating Room
When: Day 168, late evening (so game day antics can happen without worry)
What: Penalty times 1/2

[As the torches truly begin to dim, Delphinus and Hydra hear a heavy metallic rapping on the door. No matter whom answered the door, certain people are taken this time, perhaps by design or by lottery. The Assistant merely bows to the person at the door before they disappear... or as someone inside simply vanishes.

Lepus, on the other hand, simply feels a comfortable, but firm tug towards the door. When the open it... it is to a simple, white, aseptic room.]

((OOC:
OOC INFO
ELSEWHERE
Pre-Game Ed and Shigure
Pre-Game Lepus

Time Out - Shigure
First Stage - Shigure
Second Stage - Shigure
Shigure - Clean up

Time Out - Edward
First Stage - Edward
Second Stage - Edward
Third Stage - Edward
Edward - Clean up))

Who: Mao & friends!
Where: Bunnycorn
When: Day 156, late night, after he has napped off his severe poisoning
What:

[Mao hopping up on top of Dingbatticus and breaking out into maniacal laughter at unreasonable decibels is not an unusual occurrence. That having been said, he's even louder and more persistent than usual today, so it might be a good idea to ask him what's up, or at least get some good projectiles ready. It's not like you're going to be able to sleep anytime soon.]

Well? How did you do? How do you feel you did?

((MEMORIES:

Pyxis
Monoceros
Vulpecula
Canis))

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 156, afternoon
What:

Are you becoming used to this sort of thing? Can the surreal slowly become the familiar? And how will you touch the hearts of your fellow Blanks today?

[Laid out on the black leather couches are Scowl, Wataru, Soujirou, Mikaila, Royal, and Trixie.]

((Mingle
Sign-in


SCOWL
Allen, Lacerta
Bond, Corvus
Red, Cepheus
Lucky, Vulpecula
Badger, Monoceros
Link, Delphinus
Agito, Hydra
Blood, Pyxis


WATARU
Jace, Canis
Taiki, Cygnus
Poppy, Canis
Masamune, Canis
Dove, Pyxis
Tailmon, Lepus
Summer, Pavo

SOUJIROU
Zero, Delphinus
Shiki, Delphinus
Aeris, Lacerta
Black, Vulpecula
Zack, Lepus
Mitsuru, Orion
Maya, Canis

MIKAILA
Mao, Lepus
Van, Lepus
Cobra, Lacerta
Almaz, Monoceros
Chaz, Orion
Edward, Delphinus
Kohaku, Cygnus
Zelgadis, Vulpecula


ROYAL
Night, Corvus
Arrow, Lynx
Dart, Lynx
Strike, Lynx
Sakura, Monoceros
Sunny, Pavo
Ragna, Cygnus

TRIXIE
Chika, Vulpecula
Feathers, Pavo
Syaoran, Cepheus
Montgomery Orion
Kaito, Vulpecula
Spear, Lynx
Cloud, Cygnus

IF YOU COME IN AFTER THIS POSTING (OR IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY GOT BOTH OF YOUR CHARACTERS PUT IN THE SAME PLACE), PING EXCEL.))

Who: All regular Blanks
Where: In your dorms
When: Day 155 and 156
What:

[It doesn't really happen all at once, or to every dorm at the same time. But over these two days, you might spy a tiny spider slipping under the door. It is soon followed by several others, skittering along the floor, up the common room table and small cocoons of webbing are industriously opened. Almost as quickly and efficiently they scatter, vanishing.

If you missed this event... then perhaps you simply looked over and saw six small memory berries and the traces of webbing around them, fine threads catching the torchlight.]

((OOC: Two things! FIRST! Start your dorm's threads with [Your Team Name] for the sake of organization. SECOND. When you take your memories, ping Nishi with a thread link.))

Who: Bond, Night, and others
Where: All over
When: Day 152, afternoon
What: Short-circuiting memories

[so there are two Corvuses wandering around, looking to talk to whoever wants to talk. One of them just happens to be falling over on the occasion while the slimmer one makes sure his fearless leader doesn't brain himself on a lizard or something]

--this friggin' sucks.

Who: Who normally plays games?
Where: Where are they normally played?
When: Day 152, morning
What: What do you think?

[The call is sounded and Persona is on the throne. The game's "volunteers" are lying on plush beds with what seem to be giant screens with shadowy figures beside them, rather than doors.]

Who is the true "self?" Is it what you see? Or is it someone else?

Is there another side of you? Your friends?

Would you know it if you saw it?

((FOTHERMUCKER \o/ SHADOW GAME. ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE BEHIND THE CURTAIN WHICH IS NOW RAISED.))
Sign-in!
Mingle!

ENTRY POINTS:
HYDRA
VULPECULA
CYGNUS/PYXIS
MONOCEROS/LEPUS/PAVO
CEPHEUS/ORION
CANIS
LACERTA
DELPHINUS
CORVUS/LYNX

STAGGERED ENDGAME
MEMORIES))

Who: All units
Where: The Arena
When: Day 148, late evening
What: Game 97, endgame

[Far, far later into the night, the torches dim, and once again the lids of the stone boxes will not be moved.]

Vulpecula and Lepus, Canis and Lynx, Corvus and Cygnus. Pavo and Hydra and Monoceros, Lacerta and Delphinus, Orion and Cepheus and Pyxis.

Ophiuchus.

You have played well. I bid you rest.

[Shadows spread like cracks over the stone table, cast by four wizened, stunted bushes, the fruit on their branches soft grey in what remains of the arena light. The blanks for whom the fruit grows ripe know instinctively which is theirs.]