Sabra La Tau

[Once again, that strange patchwork of light and reality bathes the arena. Deep, impenetrable darkness wars with scattered rays of light, illuminating tiny slices of some seemingly unconnected scenery. Here a patch of lush, bluish tinged grass is warmed by the sun and blown by the breeze. There half of a delicate stone fountain is bathed in the first morning light... And over there you see a strange, fuzzy creature skittering and scrambling up a sheer rock face, ducking nervously in and out of shadows.

Scenes like this are scattered throughout the entire Arena without any sense of rhyme or reason... But as you walk further, you find yourself having to step on or around more and more thread. Fourteen shades of fine thread loop, scatter and tangle, condensing and congregating below the throne... leading to fourteen looms, each with a primitive, fuzzy picture coming into view, line by line- starting with the sky at the top.

When you look directly at the throne, it seems empty. It is only out of the corners of your eyes do you catch fleeting glimpses... sometimes fingers twined with thread... sometimes a face: matured with age, but warm and kindly.]

W... d...seek.... ?

Who: Everyone
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 198, evening
What:

[Suddenly, whatever you were doing, whatever your current physical state, you can feel it. It is a Call, but like none you’ve ever felt. In the arena lies the truth. A secret stifled for thousands of years now demands to be told. It resonates with something inside you, and you feel the pull.

It’s hard to hold in your mind to any thought but that need. Incapacitated teammates will need to be assisted. Everyone must be there.

You cannot look away from it. You cannot look away from Him.

You must go to the Arena. She will show you the truth.]

((Please to consider this your pre-Mingle mingling post. :) Characters may gather and chat on their way to the arena. Rabi can weep his bitter, useless Madagascar tears. Those who are FEELING THE COSMOS will feel these effects much more strongly, but everyone will to some extent feel the compulsion to go. At 8PM EST, everyone arrives at the Arena, and the :) may begin in earnest.))

Who: Lizards, Squidrabis and interlopers
Where: Lacerta dorms
When: 197, afternoon
What: LOTS AND LOTS OF SANITY derp :(


Sir Cobra . . . Sir Cobra, we should probably clean up before we wake Allen.


Buttercup, are you injured at all either?

Who: Brass, ANYONE
Where: Baths
When: Day 197, afternoon
What: A Lynx returns

[So, perhaps you are in the bathes. Or passing by?]

[Either way, there is one very miserable looking Lynx pulling himself out of the water, wearing completely drenched clothes.]

Who: Whoever
Where: Wherever
When: Day 197, morningish
What: Mmmmmingle post (... hopefully sans eyeballs)

[oh hey, what's going on over there* ...]


((* there being where you indicate in the comment o/ also I'm not responding to everyone! MINGLE AMONG YOURSELVES))

Who: Rainbow, people maybe you.
Where: By the lake
When: Day 195, afternoon
What:

[One Hydra is by the lake carving wood. He has a couple of freshly fished fish and mostly seems to be killing time]

Who: Lyvus
Where: Lynx
When: Day 194, afternoon
What: Tea(m meeting) + memories

[any Lyvus that are available are gathering into Lynx's common room. there's herbal tea and a tray of tarts, with a little bit of chocolate in them, even! but the atmosphere is still a little tense as they wait for everyone to settle in]

Who: =D
Where: Common area
When: Day 193, late morning
What: Food INTRODUCTIONS

[So a furry in corvus purple and a vampire in del blue approach the outskirts of the common area. Notably their uniforms are the old style, and both seem to lack bracers. ]

OK, I got it this time now fer sure. I know there's gotta be some folk down this way.

I am done listening to your directions.

Well fine! Why don't you just leave then. All you do is be a big grumpy jerk with stupid skin that closes too fast anyway!

Who: Lyvus, anyone in the vicinity?
Where: Lynx
When: Day 192, not too long after the earthquake
What: REACTIONS!!

[Someone is heading back to the dorm from the direction of the lake. There is a chunk of cloth taken out of the left shoulder of his uniform, and the skin underneath is bloody and raw like it was scraped by something with a serious grudge.

As he approaches he speeds up, looking for people outside to make sure they're okay. Otherwise he's going to walk up the door, knock hard, and say:]

This is Spear. Is everyone all right?

Who: :'D
Where: Anywhere
When: Day 191, afternoon-ish
What: shhhhhh. listen~

[There is an Uoboros wondering about~ And seems to be humming cheerfully to himself. And possibly laughing to himself at random intervals. Sometimes, he may even pause and cock his head as if listening to something before continuing on his way, visiting all you wonderful colored blanks, you.]

Who: blanks
Where: The Arena
When: Day 191, midmorning.
What: Game 118

[The loud call of a harp calls rings out in the early morning, calling the blanks with the will to hear to the arena. Today, while it is covered in Veiled's familiar carpets and pillows, the incense burner rests in the middle of a peculiar board at her side.]

I wonder...

[ Fill This Out | Mingle | Rules | Round One | Round Two | Endgame | Winners]

Who: Apple, anyone
Where: Lake
When: Day 190, mid-morning
What: a present

[Apple is trying to fish in shallow waters with a spear, but suddenly jumps. Splash!]

Ye-owch!!

Who: Lyvus and visitors
Where: Just outside the dorms
When: Day 189, night
What: Downtime and getting chloroformed apparently

[Night is sitting outside of Corvus, making more needles out of bone. He's improved at bone carving, and is working on a fair variety -- mostly small and straight, but a few curved and one or two longer. Just chillin'.]

Who: Syaoran, Watanuki + anyone
Where: The lake
When: Day 189, evening.
What: Shenanigans

[So, this happened! And now a pair of soaking-wet noodles are crawling back out of the lake.

This one is trying very hard not to have a panic attack right then and there.]

Who: Lyvus, others
Where: Lynx
When: Day 188, Night after the game
What: Memories and Aftermath

[Filling up the empty bottle with water again in the kitchen, please ignore the bruise starting to take shape on his jaw. Also keeps looking expectantly at the table.]

Where's Lynx's memories?

Who: Everyone!
Where: Arena
When: Day 188, evening
What: Game~

[The call to the arena goes out as usual. This time around, Mirror's statue is in the arena, presiding over the proceedings with a soft smile on her face. There's also a circle of glass buildings around the center of the arena, arranged in a familiar, War Rooms pattern...]

Let's begin this experiment, shall we?

(( MINGLE until 8 PM EST
WAR ROOMS until 9:30 EST
SAFETY FUNTIMES - ?????
ENDGAME
REVIVALS))

Who: Anyone!
Where: Heading back to Lynx.
When: Day 188, afternoon.
What: Lelouch's dignity.

[there is a pretty maid (minus the long hair) heading quickly towards Lyvus. he's also carting a jug of booze, and looks about ready to shiv anybody who approaches him]

[which of course means that you should obviously stop to talk to him because wow, unfamiliar cute girl! weird]

Who: Blanks
Where: The Arena
When: Day 188, Morning
What: Mini-Game!

[It's surprising how much louder you can be when you combine a bullhorn AND a buzzer :|a]

[at the arena, you'll find it is cheerfully decorated with pumpkins, some fake, some real, a bit of dry ice for a fog effect, and what may or may not be paper tombstones. Awesome.]

((Mingle!!
Instructions!!
Start
Winners!!!))

Who: Anyone
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 187, noonish
What: trolololol

[knock knock, colored blanks. there is an Uroboros who wants to meet you :'D]

Who: Lyvus
Where: Lynx
When: Day 186, even later evening
What: delicious memories

[setting down two batches of berries on the common room table]

Perhaps we should clean up before we start taking these.





((OOC: Due to my fail, second line of post as been slightly altered! Original text included here for posterity: Perhaps we should heal before we start taking these.

Sorry Lyvus! .___.;;))