Sabra La Tau

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 282, Late Afternoon
What: A game :)

[The pull today is insistent and excited, if soul-chilling as is usual for Game Master. Someone's eager to get started on whatever he has planned, it seems. The Arena, when blanks arrive, is also dimly lit as usual as well. However, something about the lighting seems a bit . . . odd. Shadows falling where there should be none, flickers of movement just at the boundaries of your vision.

Even stranger is the small circle buildings waiting at the foot of the throne when blanks first reach it. It isn't as though the buildings are strange in and of themselves, but there are only three of them. A rather unorthodox number considering the number of all the team, and even the paired partner sets.

In the center of the three buildings are a number of computer writing tablets.

Game Master sits in the throne, face hidden from view beneath his ever present hood.]

Welcome to you, blanks. Welcome, new and old alike back to this stadium of despair and triumph. Will you, I wonder, enjoy the game I have prepared for you today? Will you delight and take pride in the challenges conquered? Or will you, perhaps, despair and curse my name as you often have before?

Let us find out together, you blanks.



[OOC: Sign-in | Mingle | Do a thing | Room assignments | Post-game mingle

COMING EARLY, LEAVING LATE, AND OTHERWISE COMING AND GOING AS NEEDED ARE ALL COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE '-'b The sign in is strictly for scoring and sorting purposes.]

Who: Beardog, Edge, people who want to point and laugh
Where: Ursa
When: Day 278, Afternoon
What: Uniforms :3

[Diamond is sitting in the kitchen and trying to go through the mushrooms she collected earlier in the day and determine which are actually safe to eat.]

It seems like such a waste to not use them all... Maybe the bad ones can still be used for decoration?

Who: Dogs, visiting Bears, and a Dolphin
Where: Canis dorms
When: Day 275, midday (before Izayananigans)
What: Lunch and plot!

*someone received a bunch of healing from your team over the past few days. that someone is now in your kitchen preparing a rather large (and vegetarian) lunch in trade for said healing*

Who: Everyone
Where: Arena
When: Day 275, morning
What: A game

[The bleating of goats call you to the arena once again. The statue of a young boy sits on the throne, his chin resting on his hands. There is a simple, wooden raised platform right below the throne that serves as a stage. Decorating the ground in front of the stage are enough cushions and pillows for everyone to sit on. Circling the stage area are simple panels in team colors. On them are three buttons. The Kid sounds tired... bored...]

Let’s be honest today.


[Mingle | Game Start (team posts go here) | Stage | End Game | Memories (Hydra, Pyxis (Cygnus), Cepheus, Lacerta, Orion, Lepus, Apus, Lynx)]

Who: Anyone!
Where: Anywhere!
When: Day 274, morning through midday
What: Morning Mingling

((OOC: This is another "daily happenings"/"not serious business" post for anyone to poke at! I will not be replying to everyone, have fun!))

Who: Lizardking, guests, freeloaders, etc
Where: Lizardking
When: Day 273, immediately post game
What: AND LIZARDKING TPK

[helping Watanuki with chores! NOTHING BAD IS HAPPENING!]

Who: Beardog and visitors
Where: Ursa dorm
When: Day 273, postgame
What: Memory time

[Hangovers are kicking in and there is right now a tiny girl staring at the diceshaped mugs full of memory beer that she has put on the table. She might also have ganked Canis mugs since she thought they were cute at the time.]

Why is there more beer?

Who: Doumeki and Ophiuchus
Where: outside of Ophiuchus
When: Day 269, early evening
What:

[Doumeki doesn't sleep; he waits... for Ophiuchus to come out of their dorm so he can talk to them]

Who: Lizardking and whoever
Where: Lizardking
When: Day 265, morning
What: Boobs, birds, shouta and more

I guess this isn't so bad.

I guess.

Who: Everyone
Where: Arena
When: Day 265, bright and early (to leave room for folks who need to backdate things)
What: the BEST GAME EVER

[The pull is especially insistent today, if kind of ... wobbly? It's a weird feeling. Almost nauseating.

And for good reason, because once you get there you will see that everyone's ~favorite~ judge is seated on her throne. Except -- your reflections in her statue are extra wobbly today. And Mirror herself is laughing herself silly, her words slurred.]

Oh! Oh! This will be hilarious! The faces they'll make.

[There are also seventeen small buildings in the room, made of mirrored glass and set up much like your good ol' War Room games. What could be in there??]


[ MINGLE | ROOMS | AFTER-MINGLE | THREAD SUBMISSION (until 8 PM EST on Thursday) ]

Who: uhh...
Where: umm...
When: Day 261, afternoon
What: errr...

[If you were near the northern outskirts of the habitated area, you might have heard the crash; a whir of pure speed, a cut-off profanity in sonic boom, and then the crunch of flesh and bone against solid rock.

Or in other words, Lucky done A-T'd herself into the wall.

It's not long before she's wandered back into the lit area, skating around in confused zig-zags. Her clothes are dirty and tattered, and blood runs down her face. It probably look worse than it is, really.

Really, the only surprising thing is why this didn't happen sooner.]

Helllooooo?

Who: Nutcracker, Aura, anyone
Where: Canis and Ursa
When: Day 259, late afternoon
What: Flowers!

[If you were home during the afternoon, two girls have been hard at work sprucing up first Ursa, then Canis, with flowers - small bouquets here and there. Much fun was had.

And now they seem to be busy working on... flower crowns?]

Who: All the good little anti-entropy engine girls and boys and others
Where: On the way back towards the dorms
When: Day 258, evening, so very shortly after Good Ends
What:

[As the festivities end and it’s time to head back to dorms, there seems to hang an uneasy feeling that has nothing to do with bittersweet goodbyes. The particularly astute may notice an uncomfortable stillness about; not a living thing is out and active, save the Blanks. Even the river seems stilled, as if holding its breath. The more sensitive can probably feel it coming, whatever it is. Even the insensitive may find something about the walk home distasteful.]

Who: Bears! Dogs? Visitors?
Where: Ursa
When: Day 258, post game
What:

[A fresh batch of tea is simmering gently on the hearth, and a pile of memories sits on the table. They're gingerbread men, shaped distinctly like members of the unit.]

... Quaint.

Who: Ursa and visitors
Where: Ursa dorms
When: Day 257, afternoonish
What: New kid probably doesn't like you.

[he also just managed to make it outside his room before leaning against the door, rubbing his eyes. if you catch sight of them underneath his rat's nest hair, you'll notice they have ~spiral patterns~ and ~reflect the depths of darkness~ and have some ~gold flecks~ in them. good thing they're mostly covered, huh.]

... These lights are annoying.

Who: Beardog
Where: Canis dorms
When: Day 255, after the game
What: Cookies! And maybe partnerteam bonding I guess

*tonight in beardog the Canis common room is featuring a nice small chest full of cookies, which clearly must be consumed. also there is delicious tea :3*

It wouldn't be bad if there were more games like today's, I think...

Who: Ursa and visitors
Where: Ursa dorms
When: Day 254, afternoon :D?
What: Good morning!! Sort of.

[Someone was exploring the dorm a while ago, but now there's just someone who managed his way into the kitchen and is making himself a sandwich.

He woke up hungry, okay. Don't judge.]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 254, Morning
What: :)

[Back to the arena once more, colored torches still lighting the area. That same encouraging urge to bring your dead and injured along is there as well, and Game Master sits on the throne again, but this time his gaze is turned towards a large pedestal placed at the base of the throne.]

Welcome once more, blanks. You will find your outcomes in your rooms. Go now, and see which of you were rewarded, which of you fell into debt. Will you be satisfied with the way you wielded your fates? And for your dead . . . how many of you, I wonder, will be able to pay the price?

((Mingle/Healing | Revivals | Team Posts: Hydra | Vulpecula | Pyxis | Cygnus | Monoceros | Lepus | Lacerta | Cepheus | Canis | Ursa | Orion | Cetus | Pavo | Delphinus | Lynx | Corvus))

((POSTS ARE NOW UNLOCKED ♥ Also: Orbs may be shared for revivals only. You may not share them to purchase any of the other items in the post-game "store".))

Who: Everyone!
Where: Everywhere~
When: Day 253 Afternoon Post-Game to Evening
What: Ophiuchus is working hard! ♥

[time to work, time to work~~]

[COPYPASTA FROM ASH'S POST: GENERAL POST FOR GAME MASTER PUNISHMENTS. Ophi can do their assignments here, and folks doing their own dirty work may also hijack this! Feel free to decide if the actions take place in the evening or morning, whatever works best for you :|d Backthreading is A-OK as well]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 253, Early Afternoon
What: :)

[Back to the arena of colored torches you go. Those with dead or injured will feel a strong compulsion to bring them along as well, feeling a strange assurance that this is the right thing to do. Game Master is seated in the throne again, hands folded before him as he regards the approaching blanks from beneath his hood. He seems to be sitting a little straighter today . . . and today, he speaks.]

So many interesting decisions yesterday, and yet . . . it feels lacking. I’ve been disappointed. A change of plan is in order, I feel.

Today and today only will I be gracious enough to return your dead to you. Following this round, you will each be required to exchange a number of orbs in order to see your dead comrades returned to you. A mere price of ten orbs for the lives of your loved ones. Will you play with more seriousness? Perhaps you'll be able to afford the cost if you choose to do so.

You may begin your next round as soon as your dead are returned to you.

((Mingle/Revivals/Healing | Team Posts: Hydra | Vulpecula | Pyxis | Cygnus | Monoceros | Lepus | Lacerta | Cepheus | Canis | Ursa | Orion | Cetus | Pavo | Delphinus | Lynx | Corvus |
The OOC post from the previous game; ignore parts 3 and 4 as we are shortening/condensing the game!))