Sabra La Tau

Who: Hydra, interlopers
Where: The Angerdome
When: Day 100, Afternoon
What:

[Today, Hydra resumes normal activity! It just so happens that normal activity for one of them is sitting at the table and having a staring contest with a trio of memory berries. >8|a]

Who: -
Where: -
When: 99th night/100th morning
What: sweet dreams and nightmares

((Oh, yes, and Aeris will be trying with not a ton of success to push her way into the dreams of people she knows.))

Who: Hydra, Ikki, Allen, ANY
Where: The Arena
When: Day 98, evening
What: When we last left our intrepid heroes...

[In the arena, there's some decent quality meat burning as a gift to two particular Judges, a comatose member of Hydra and a few guards with torches... and not a whole lot else to explain what's going on.

Well the real interesting part is going on a little deeper anyway.]

Who: You
Where: Arena
When: Day 95, midnight
What: End game

[It's the familiar tug, letting you know, now, that it is over. No more fear of Ophiuchus coming to your door. No more lost limbs, eyes, slow deaths. You can gather yourselves and begin the trek to the arena.

When you arrive, it is ominously the same. The bright circle, the colorful flames, and the cloaked man on the throne. His voice does not boom, but is loud and even in the darkness.]

Blanks. We are all but done. The fifth day is now gone, and you have no more chances to save yourselves or others. What you have chosen will result in your own fate, for every choice has a consequence.

Those of you injured, those of you with dead, with crippled with sick. Into the light. Any ills gained from my Cards I will lift from you.

And when you are done there, into your own circles, one last time. You will learn if you have won, or lost. If you will return home to treasures or emptiness.

It has been a pleasure, for me, Blanks. You will not wish it, but I will run games for you again.


Now, to your circles. To the end.

((Okay guys. First,
HEALING works by anyone who is dead or lost any body parts or sustained any injuries from the cards directly will be healed. If you are injured because, say, you got into a fistfight with your teammate over who should take the card punishment, THAT won't be healed. But even incidents like. Oh. Ash or Zim going completely overboard? Fixed. 100%

ICly, winners will only be announced privately. If your characters want to know which teams have won, they will have to figure it out. or the winners can announce themselves. Doesn't matter!

OOCly, here are the final numbers:

HYDRA = 34
VULPECULA = 30
CYGNUS = 23
MONOCEROS = 23
CEPHEUS = 13
PYXIS = 9
LACERTA = 7
ORION = 0
DELPHINUS = -2
PAVO = -3
LEPUS = -6
CANIS = -41

Hydra and Vulpecula won in points, and Lacerta won the lotto.

I will be unlocking all the team posts, so you can start doing your snooping, and I'll have a HUGE INFO ESSAY on this game going up soon too.

Thank you for the great game, guys. It was fun and I'm glad a lot of characters got traumatized \o/

Vulpecula
Hydra
Pyxis
Cygnus
Monoceros
Orion
Lacerta
Canis
Pavo
Delphinus
Lepus
Cepheus))

Who: You
Where: The Arena
When: Day 94, Morning
What: Game

How are you feeling, Blanks? Has the crest of aggression washed over you? Or depression? Will you turn your gaze toward victory or seek shadows in fear of retribution? There are two days left of my game, make your choices as you will.

Oh, and, I have decided my previously added rules add to the game balance quite well. They will continue to be in effect for the remainder of the game, Blanks.

((Vulpecula
Hydra
Pyxis
Cygnus
Monoceros
Orion
Lacerta
Canis
Pavo
Delphinus
Lepus
Cepheus))

Who: Hydra, others
Where: Hydra dorms and surrounding area
When: Day 93, Evening
What: Gay leader returns! (Again!)

[At some point in the evening, there's knocking at Hydra's door. It's a little clumsy but definitely quite close to the agreed upon Super Secret Hydra Knock the team has.]

Who: Everyone
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 93
What: It's that time again

[Ophiuchus is on the move. Who will get what this time?]

Who: Everyone
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 92
What: Carrying out orders

[So what have your fellow blanks done to you now? You have all day to find out.]

And the blanks returned to the arena!
Half of them triumphant, half tired and cold.
But ah, it was quite an adventure wasn't it?
A classic holiday tale never gets old~!

"Memories to follow shortly,"
the judge did quip.
And your precious fairies are safe as well
(and they look quite hip!)

[STUFF TO FOLLOW]

Who: Blanks
Where: Common areas/Arena
When: Day 90, afternoon
What: Game 63

[suddenly, Storyteller's narration can be heard if you're anywhere outside!]

T'was the day after yesterday
And all through the walls'
Not a monster was stirring'
(aside from terapede mating calls!)


The blanks were tending to themselves,
And they were indeed a lively lot;
But what they didn't expect
Was for one of their teammates to be caught!

Quite a surprise, I think,
for who would do that?!
Not the Surgeon, not a monster,
but rather some dainty rats!

ooc: [Ker-Rats! RULES Hydra/Cygnus, Pavo/Mono, Del/Cepheus, Pyxis/Orion, Lepus/Canis, Vulp/Lacerta/Dingbats ]

Who: Hydra!1
Where: Anger Dome
When: Day 77, evening (Backdatedish)
What: Confusion 8|a

[The resident tiny has been dropped off! And a new addition to the Do Not Shank List has been made]



[Trickery :|a]

Who: Everyone
Where: Arena
When: Day 74, late evening
What: Game 54, Session 2

I believe that is enough time.

[You find yourself back in the arena... the screens are turning back on as you are finding your team's station...]

[Discussion
Game Start-Storage Room
Hallway, Downstairs
Hallway, Upstairs
Dorms 2
Aftermath threads.
Hypothesis thread.
Memories]


((Memories and stuff shall go up later todayyyy after I've had sleep. Thank you guys all so much.))

Who: Everyone
Where: Arena
When: Day 74, afternoon
What: Game 54

[An irritable tapping cadence summons you to the arena. The Surgeon is sitting on the throne today, and at his feet, there are chairs and desk consoles with computer screens and writing tablets in front of them. Each of them are in a certain team color, with enough monitors and pads for every team member. The chairs look singularly uncomfortable.]

Hmmm... Lets see if performances are a little more... up to standard this time. I trust you will grasp the mechanics of the experiment quickly enough.

The project will start shortly, in the meantime, there is an exercise available to perform to demonstrate some cognitive function. Surprise me.

Mingle
Busywork
Rules
Game Start
Komui's Post
Med Room?
Poison's Room
Decisions Discussions
Hypothesis

Who: Anyone
Where Arena
When: Day 73, afternoon
What: Magic tricks in high places.

[so there's a recently injured Vulpecula who has scaled one of the thrones in the arena and seems to have been there for some time, just practicing little magic tricks involving making small pebbles and such disappear and reappear and be juggled. watch and be amazed. ... or worry he might fall when he starts juggling things higher]

What has changed, do you think? Have you left them for the better or for the worse?

Who: The Blanks?
Where: The Arena?
When: Day 72, morning
What: Don't you know?

[On the black couches, we have Rezo, Lady, Charlie, and Blade, all sleeping peacefully. Behind them are free-standing doors, and on each of those doors, three hanging scrolls in the following colors:

REZO
Hydra
Lacerta
Pavo

LADY
Lepus
Monoceros
Canis

CHARLIE
Vulpecula
Cepheus
Delphinus

THORFINN
Cygnus
Pyxis
Orion]

In what way would you touch the heart of a stranger? Can you harm the heart of an enemy?

What kind of impact will you make?

((MINGLE))

Who: Thorfinn and whoever hears him
Where: Lake
When: Day 71 early evening
What: ASKELAAADDD!!!!!!!!!!

[Having found a moment alone to go brood by the lake, Thorfinn had decided to take his memory. The results are at first, a quiet dread, because he knows already what will happen as soon as the memory starts. There is then a rise in hope! :|a which is then dashed, as events play out, not exactly in the way he had the impression they had, but with no less impact.

If you're near the lake this evening, you may hear an anguished and almost inhuman cry echoing around the caves, though the source of it may not be immediately obvious.]