Sabra La Tau

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

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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: Anyone
Where: Outside, near the lake
When: Day 293, evening
What:

[kid on a haunted mark passed out, mysterious mist, you know the deal by now]

Who: Hydracula
Where: Hydracula part II
When: Day 291, afternoonish
What: Hydracula III: The Hydraculing

[Have you rested after mirrorventure, Hydracula? Got a couple hour nap myself. Now it's hella BOILED CABBAGE AND FISH JERKY time. Who's the luckiest team in the world?]

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

[so how are you feeling sabra la tau]

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 289, noon
What: Good Ends

[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 three pathways each covered with a lush carpet: gold, orange, and lavender. One bears the sigil of the hunter, club upraised and a string of jewels shining in his belt. The second has several foxes embroidered cunningly into the cloth, their silhouettes nearly invisible against the background. Finally, a great peacock adorns the third, its many tailfeathers rising nearly the entire length of the path. Should you turn around, there is no exit yet, but there is a small table holing a punch bowl and several large party platters.

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

[ Orion | Vulpecula | Pavo | Everyone else | Memories | Wishes | Departures--- SURPRISE TWIST ]

Who: HYDRACULARS
Where: HAYDROCULA
When: Day 288, post-game
What: HYDRACLUAAHH

[Finally, a breather between games and plot and games. idk about you guys but I'm grumpy as shit. You can tell because I'm not humming while decapitating the day's fish.]

Who: VICTIMS Anyone, Trixie.
Where: Anywhere.
When: Day 288, afternoon.
What: Sorta dehiatus, PICKPOCKETING 8U

[Whether blank or Ophiuchus, if you look like she might be able to lift something off of you, this lil' nuisance (who, up 'til now, has been on a fruitless treasure hunt out in the wild yonder) is gonna give it her best shot.]

[ALART ALART!! A SMALL PEBBLE FALLING OUT OF NOWHERE TO BONK YOU ON THE HEAD!! What do.]

Who: Anyone
Where: Mushwood forest
When: Day 288, early morning
What: If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?


[A thunderous crack whips through the forest this day, audible even beyond the river. The rotting trunk finally succumbing to the weight of its great dead cap. The cracking noise continues as it falls, ending with a burst of wind and a loud crash. There is a second... and then a third crash as other dead tallcaps collapse with it.

As the forest settles into its new arrangement, silence reigns again...]


No, no, no, no, no, NO! Stand up! Get up! Grow! Obey! Return!

[Until a child begins to shriek in anger.]

((OOC: Judge sub-plot event. I'll be tagging and playing with this until tomorrow or so. The status effect game will continue and will end at the stated time. Ping Parrot in chan if you have any questions.))

((EDIT: NAP TIME. I WILL BE BACK. BACK))

Who: BLANKS
Where: THE ARENA
When: Day 286, Morning ??? WHO KNOWS
What: Game~

The call today was a fleeting, pleasant one. The blanks that followed may have been on their way to more important matters, or perhaps simply going about their daily gathering routines. In any case, once they arrived at the arena, they'd find some familiar faces. On the grass, surrounded by grazing sheep, the blanks slept, their expressions peaceful.

"My, my," the Judge thought aloud, her book closed. "I wonder if this is really a happy ending."

[THE SHEEP AND GRASS ARE CARDBOARD. Latecomers are A-OK, just hit me up on IRC (Ash). Sign-Up/Mingle/Rooms/Memories]

Who: Hydracula, visitors
Where: Skullcrusher Mountain
When: Day 285, Evening, post-dragon hatching
What: Did a language translator break?

[It's been a little while since Scowl stormed back inside, and in that time he and Sparta have been having some sort of secret conversation in a sliding, shifting mess of a half dozen different languages. And they've both got cocky, self-assured looks on their faces.

Obviously everything is completely fine.]

Who: Hydracula, visitors.
Where: Mt. Skullcrusher.
When: Day 283, post-game.
What: Memoriiiiiiieeesss.

[Wwwwaiting for people to come back from the game.

ON THE COMMON ROOM CEILING.

… Are you lucky enough to be below her? Because SUDDENLY A DROPNINJA 8|a]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 280, morning
What: :) :) :)!!

[As soon as your torches relight -- or slightly before, is that even possible? -- Mirror's call tugs you out of your beds and towards the arena. For those of you who feel it, it's unusually persistent and difficult to resist today. Like a glass hook caught around your legs, pulling you along without caring much about your feelings on the matter.

Mirror's statue perches on her throne, the usual silver of her statue subtly altered. Glassy, almost translucent in areas, but still deeply reflective. More disturbing still is the layout in the arena today: a parody of the Good End celebrations you've seen for your teammates, with tall glass boxes replacing team banners and tables (marked in team colors) filled with nothing but plates of glass shards and bottles of clear vodka.

Except for Bunnycorn's table. They get (alcoholic) punch and nachos.]

Are you all here yet? I hope so. This is going to be fun.

[Mingle | Columns | Rules | Endgame | Memories]

Who: Hydracula and visitors
Where: Skullcrusher mountain
When: Day 279, mid-late morning
What: GOOD LIFE CHOICES

[It's just as the pandemonium is clearing up, a special knock sounds out on the Hydracula dorm's door.

Between them, they seem absolutely unhurt... and carrying something in a swath of green and orange blankets between them.]

Who: anyone
Where: zzzzz
When: Day 277, night
What:

[What are you dreaming of, Sabra La Tau? Your team? Your patron? Your true home? And, whatever you're dreaming of, would you happen to notice a little yellow flower, poking up through the cracks?]

Who: Whoever
Where: The Arena
When: Day 273, after the game
What:

HAHAHA, WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU EVEN DO WITHOUT ME, YOU SAD LITTLE DWEEB?

[Soldier is laughing, the bar is fully stocked, and there are still a few stray corgi puppies running around.]

Who: Whoevs
Where: Outside Hydracula
When: Day 272, afternoon
What:

[there is a digimon having a staring contest with a baby]

....nnnngh....blink damnit! You ain't allowed to stare me down! I'm your tamer, got it?!

Who: Everyone
Where: The arena
When: Day 272, morning
What: Minigame

[You guys are probably super sick of the air horn by now, but THERE IT GOES AGAIN.]

[The set up is a whole lot simpler this time around. There's a long table with a blanket over it, covering the large objects on it, and perhaps that one Ophi girl is smiling a bit too much.]

((Mingle | Game Instructions | Evening Instructions | Winnings))

Who: Hydracula & IDK
Where: Jinx's heart
When: Day 266, evening
What: something totally non-consensual!

Who: Everyone
Where: arena~
When: Day 266, morning
What: Wrapping up the mix-up game!

[Bright and early the next morning, the call to the arena goes out again. Mirror is ... less .. drunk this time. There are no rooms this time, but there is a central area with various Ophi booths and things, with smaller blankets laid out around it for the various teams.]

Ugh, is this why some mortals don't drink? My head is killing me!


[ Mingle | Ophi (8 PM EST until 11 PM EST max!) | Endgame | Results |
Memories (Canis, Monoceros, Hydra, Cepheus, Pavo, Delphinus, Corvus)]