Sabra La Tau

Who: Whoever's still alive
Where: A crumbling arena
When: Bad end, day zero
What: [His statue is slumped on the throne, sand trickling from his side through great cracked fingers. Red, searing light pours in from the cracks in the ceiling. Already it's nearly too hot to bare and the temperature is rising quickly.]


My, wasn't that bracing. Though I confess, myself, I'm feeling a little unbraced.

Duckies, if you have wishes, you had best make them quickly. I've little power left and less time. Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave god, as it were.

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: ALL YA'LL PUNK ASS BITCHES
Where: THE ARENA
When: TIME FOR SHENANIGANS TO END
What:

[As Guardian meets his end and Mitsuru suffers his punishment for an ill-advised attack, a heavy silence fills the arena. The chess pieces, both sand and lava, collapse back into the floor and smooth out, melding back into it as though they'd never risen.

The next time you blink, King's statue has lifted its hand. Lightning, devastatingly powerful, arcs out across the entire arena, striking at anything and anyone it can reach. Where it strikes the floor and walls it leaves small craters. This is not going to be a light blow for anyone struck with it.]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena again
When: ????
What:

[It may have been ages, it may have been moments, but the soothing white room fades away...

The arena returns... cracks and distortions line the floor where a mad waltz had gone on, stepping lightly over the bodies of the fallen. The roof is now a single, solid white, the throne a little more elaborate, with a great carved crown at the top, behind the King's head, and the box that had nearly closed is now gone, keystone and all.

All around, people are getting up... while many, many others still lay where they fell on the floor or ceiling, still engrossed in their personal battles.

Messenger still stands, looking a little more haggard.]

"I'll say just once more... Let them go! There's no POINT to this."

((If your megabracer has been removed but is intact, you are reverted to complete blank status as per usual. If your bracer is removed and broken at any point, you are reverted to complete blank status but may have your memory jogged/jesused/punched/otherwise abused back in.))

((We begin again at 1pm EST tomorrow))

Who: EVERYONE
Where: The Arena
When: >(
What: YA'LL ARE DICKS

[Lightning arcs through the air, spreading out just over the heads of the gathered blanks with deafening thunder. Where it strikes the walls the marble chips and cracks, leaving small craters dotting the pristine surfaces. The face of King's statue is contorted in plain displeasure. Each time you blink, his gaze falls on a different person.]

That is quite enough. Let's have no more of these childish shenanigans. My patience has worn thin enough already, blanks.

Will you be handing over the keystones, yes or no?

[React || TRICKSTER || King Keystone Retrieval ]

Who: All Ophi, traitor and loyal, all Blanks. Good ended DO NOT hear the call, but can come
Where: The Arena
When: :)
What: Ladies and Gentleman, we understand that you have come to bear witness to the sound of drums and bass.

[As you enter the arena today, it is like you have stepped into a gala floor. Round tables with black and white checkers are arranged in a semi circle around the southern corners of the room, leaving the vast majority of the marble floor open for dancing. Austere marble pillars break the expanse of the floor in neat rows, affording a couple a moment of privacy as needed. Against the east wall, a bar is set with several classy appetizers, and a single platter of ten shrimp next to a crystal punch bowl.

At the very end of the expansive room, a black marble stage has a band set up, and ready to play. Behind that, stretching up and up, is a regal black throne. No one sits on it yet.

The double doors close after the last of you with a certain finality.]

Welcome, my dear blanks. And welcome to your guests as well! Quite unexpected to see so many familiar faces again. It does bring back memories, doesn't it?

I do hope you'll find the festivities to your liking. I know we've had our differences in the past, but I've put quite a bit of effort into ensuring that everything goes perfectly. As long as everyone, and that does include the delightful guests you've brought along, stays on their best behavior, I think we'll get along quite nicely.

((OOC: WE BEGIN! First event begins in an hour 8PM EST.)

[ Mingle || HORN!!!! || Rules :) || PART TWO])

Who: Everyone except for undefected Ophiuchus
Where: An abandoned dorm
When: Day DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYMORE
What: Fuck yeah rebellion!!!

[There have been people trickling into this abandoned dorm all day, some even wearing dorm-lined clothing perhaps. It's unfortunately devoid of furniture, but there are several jugs of water and glasses sitting in a corner for refreshments. If anyone was hoping for snacks, however, they'd better have brought their own.]

[OOC: There will be a mingle comment for general undirected social chatter. Any specific points of discussion should get their own top-level comment for organization's sake. Please feel completely free to make your own top-level comments! I'll link them here as I notice them for easy navigation. ♥]

[ Mingle || A reminder: SHIT BE SERIOUS GUYS || A brilliant plan || Possible measures for hiding from Ophi eyes || A wild nerd appears || A brilliant plan version 2.0 || Volunteering ]

Who: DELPAVO
Where: The geardorm
When: Day 303... gosh its so hard to tell time lately.
What:

[A squidrat looks oddly morose today. In fact, it's a somewhat impressive body display to MAKE a squidrat look morose.

It might even be a godlike feat.

Fortunately, Messenger is just sad squid enough to manage it.]

... I hate to say I had a feeling that would happen. ... I just wonder if she did too.

Who: King, Messenger
Where: ?????
When: Day 298, Late Evening/Night
What: >(

Son, I think it's well past time we had a serious chat. Father to son and all that.



[OOC: We are multitasking here so don't expect speed from us tonight \:D;/]

Who: Delphinus, Ikki, hopefully no one uninvited this time
Where: Geardorm -> Abandoned City
When: Day 298, evening
What: Candy Mountain, the sequel

*an alchemist is making some adjustments to a very heavy looking, Del-blue cloak on a tinydemon model*

Who: Judges only
Where: :)
When: Time is frightfully relative, isn't it?
What:

[He's really rarely flashy when he appears in others' domains. Not really worth the pomp and circumstance when a general breeze was enough to let someone know he approached.]

Mind a word? Or perhaps several, in exchange! Sort of a conversational barter.

((OOC: EXPERIMENTAL POST. This is only for Judges! You don't have to be talking to Messenger, or any of it set at the same time. Just give your [Name] in the subject line and what environment you've chosen to surround yourself in. TAG AROUND TO EACH OTHER. Feel free to use #sabra_la_iudex to work out headcanon and relationships or just dive in blind.

LETS SEE HOW THIS GOES.))

Who: Delphinus (and a couple of extras)
Where: Starting out in the coves
When: Day 291, midday
What: We're going to Candy Mountain!

*well after being in a Judge's heart last night and dead this morning, someone's feeling a little restless, and is scrounging up what chunks of dorm stone he still has handy to make a nice little box*

We need to start making our moves. Who's coming?

((Oops it exploded. Mingles one, two, three | EXPLORING TIMES | RUINED BUILDING | THE GARRISON | THE AUSTERE BUILDING | AFTERMATH))

Who: EVERYONE
Where: EVERYWHERE
When: Day 289, post-good ends
What: ...

[so how are you feeling sabra la tau]

Who: Delpavo
Where: Delpavo
When: Day 285, evening, post-OHNOPLOT
What:

[THIS EVENING AT DELPAVO, a tiny Dolphin is setting out a saucer of tea and watching it expectantly.

:|aaa]

...maybe he'd like it more if we added alcohol?

Who: Edge
Where: the sky wall
When: Day 278, late afternoon
What: things

[Having gone back and forth between Ophiuchus and the dorm area roughly ten million times today, Edge has apparently decided upon getting back down to the Arena that the best thing to do is... head out again. Which is why he's currently standing in front of the painted wall in the north-east, watching it in the light of his single torch in silence for a while. But not for long.]

Who: DelPavo, people who want to point and laugh
Where: Geardorm
When: Day 273, evening? However long it takes to get sober?
What: SRSDOLPHIN HANGOVERS

...someone turn those torches down.

((sloooow post PICK AT YOUR LEISURE))

Who: Delphinus
Where: Delphinus
When: Day 273, morning (probably going on until noon or afternoon)
What: We've had a wedding so now it's time for a funeral

[The large portions of meat from the hunt a few days ago are being thawed and fresh fish and vegetables and fruit are being prepared for a feast, though nothing has been put on a fire yet, as Link is still considering where they should even hold this feast...]

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 270, noon
What: Messenger Game

[The Call to the Arena is a jaunty tune, cheerfully trilling down the scales of a pan flute.

When you arrive, the Messenger sits on the throne, looking markedly better than the last time you'd seen him there. He sits, leaning forward, with elbows on his knees and expression mischievous. He holds a finger up to his lips, in a "shhh" gesture.

You find yourself unable to speak. ♥]

((OOC: Loser game, but any and all can attend! One hour mingle as usual, expect two quick rounds after. IRC or EMAIL ADDRESS in sign in needed for this game.))

Who: Dolphinacocks and friends
Where: The Geardorm
When: Day 269, evening and onward
What: THINGS.

Who: Parrot, hydracula
Where: Hydracula
When: Day 269, afternoon
What: Being a busy bee

[Knock knocking on your door]

Hey, guys, got a minute?