Sabra La Tau

Who: You
Where: The Arena
When: Day 252, evening
What:

[It's been quite a long time since anyone was drawn in by this particular call, to a dark Arena filled with colored torches. And yet, for those of you who remember it, there's something a bit off; and Game Master himself seems unnaturally quiet today...]

((Mingle | Game Start | 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!))

Who: Anyone willing to ford a river
Where: Gearhouse
When: Day 251, late afternoon to evening
What: Patching up cracks, memories, post game things

[Outside on a makeshift stepstool, examining the side of the dorm above one of the doors.]

Ahh, there really are cracks . . .

Well well that was an interesting run! Daring escapades, unique approaches . . . not always for the better, but even the best cons can slip, and the same trick rarely works twice. Still, a marvellous show, wouldn't you agree?

Ah, but your winnings, your winnings! You'll find them on your betting slips, of course. And the absolute best of bonus prizes to those with honourable mentions:

To Pyxis and Cetus, with their unwavering faith.
To Canis, for strategic, if simple.
To Pavo, for playing the odds.
To Monoceros, for a well-played sweep.
And to Lepus, who played so well despite having none of your own here for support. Well done, my dear.

Who: Why all you fine folk, of course
Where: The Arena
When: Day 251, late afternoon
What: Just a bit of sport

[The sound of rolling dice and shuffling cards lures you back to the arena today, the tinkling beat of a ball on the roulette table mixing merrily with your footsteps as you descend the stairs to the arena proper.]

My dears, my dears! Welcome back. It seems fortune has already favoured some of you today, why not see how far that luck will hold? Chance has had its way, how will the tables turn when your destiny is in your own hands?

Who: Pavo!
Where: Up at the north of the lake, near the ruined dorms
When: Day 250, post game
What: Patrontiems

[Over the past few weeks, a third structure's been built up near the two ruined dorms; wood, and smaller than either of them, and populated on and by people in purple working away.

Most of the time, said people aren't looking kind of tired, kind of battered, and hauling steaming and bloody teammates along with them though.]

Ahh, it's really been a while . . . Foreman, are you busy? It's Pavo.

Who? You?
Where? The Arena?
When? Day 250, afternoon?
What?

How is everyone today? Have you had a big lunch? Are you ready for some afternoon exercise?

[today's couches are sporting Zero, Yayoi, Rapunzel, Syaoran and Akin]

((signup | gawk at unconscious people | mingle | endgame | memories

ASSIGNMENTS:

AKIN
Raven | Canis
Rory | Lynx
Kohaku | Cygnus
Anchor | Canis

RAPUNZEL:
Tide | Delphinus
Razzy | Lacerta
Edward | Delphinus
Summer | Pavo

SYAORAN:
Red | Cepheus
Mitsuru | Orion
Royal | Lynx
Night | Corvus

YAYOI
Watanuki | Lacerta
Claude | Cepheus
Trixie | Vulpecula
Agito, Hydra
Ace | Cepheus

ZERO:
Excel | Vulpecula
Link | Delphinus
Quartz | Monoceros
Kururu | Pavo
Arson | Vulpecula

If you're showing up late, PM Excel and we'll find a spot for you! ))

Who: Delpavo + anyone who feels like wading across the river I guess!
Where: Delpavo
When: Day 246, morning
What: A shiny new dolphin

[And then a tinydemon wearing blue wandered into the geardorm's foyer looking more than a little disoriented.]

...Excuse me?

Who: Feathers, anyone wandering by
Where: The riverbanks by the cove
When: Day 245,
What: Picking up the pieces

[Braving leeches, lizards, and unknown horrors of the deep shallows, a Pavo is knee-deep in the river, salvaging what's left of their bridge. A yellow flower (that has definitely seen better days) is still tucked into the front pocket of her overalls.]

Ahh, it really is completely broken . . . can we even make rope like this?

WHO: FUCKING SOLDIER MAN IT'S A PARTY
WHERE: THE ARENA
WHEN: DAY 243, EVENING
WHAT: GAME 149

A'IGHT BITCHES WHO'S READY TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH!!

((MINGLE
FOR EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T RUN AWAY))

Who: Anyone
Where: Hydracula roof
When: Day 242, morning
What: hay heard about those zombi--I mean, raptors

[and lo and beholden...wrapping a note around a rock with some thread and.

FIRE ONE TOWARDS DELPAVO gosh I love owning a catapult]

HEY! LISTEN!

Who: Anyone
Where: the fields
When: Day 242, early
What:

[It's a beautiful(?) morning in Sabra La Tau; early risers are early rising, and one Canis is wandering the fields, sniffing at plants]

Who: Feathers, residents, visitors
Where: Delpavo dorms
When: Day 236, afternoon
What: Domesticity!

[In blatant disregard for Sabra tradition, the doors of the dorm sit open, the faint sound of singing (and smell of flowers) coming from the dorm's main room as Feathers moves from the meadow outside to the garden within, transplanting several small, delicate cinnamon bush sprouts.]

Mm-hmm~♪

And a little water, and you'll grow just fine!

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena and cove areas
When: Day 236, late afternoon
What: Mingly post

[It is the late after noon when Hydracula, covered in mud, sludge and plant goop are ringing the bell to the Ophiuchus dorms. They may be more noticeably inebriated now that the adrenaline is wearing down..

And it is probably around early evening when at least a few of them can be found carousing, on A-T and making a very, very wobbly way towards Lacerta for the most noble of chores: to refill their blood alcohol content. There really HAS never been a better time to be out and about.]

((OOC, general mingle! Feel free to use at will for your antics.))

Who: ANYONE
Where: Vicinity of Hydracula
When: Day 233, afternoon
What: DROP BEARS. no rly.


[I'm sure you were just minding your own business when you passed by this fine afternoon. But that is most certainly a furry creature WITH CLAWS that just landed on you]

Who: You!
Where: The cove
When: Day 230, later afternoon
What:
*If you walk past the cove, you'll see a sign decorated with skulls and crossbones. If you read the sign, it says:

"Ahoy, mateys. After swashbuckling your way to a title, have you found living it 'tis not quite the adventure you'd hoped? Sail down to Anchor's Swap Meet to parlay your jumbled title for another. Sixteen out of sixteen men on a dead man's chest agree you'll have a whale of a time!"

*Next to the sign is a Very Sea Man in a pirate hat.*

Who? You?
Where? The Arena?
When: Day 230, afternoon?
What:

Is a person born or made? What impact does the way that others perceive us influence the selves deep down in our hearts? And what if you were to look through the eyes of another? What do you think you'll learn?

And... how shall I grade what you did? Hmm...

۞ Which team can stay the course with the titles they are given?
۞ And which can reclaim those that originally belonged to them?
۞ Which team will take any title they prize?
۞ And which will have the most taken?
۞ Who can make the most trades?
۞ And whose final titles will win the Judge's favor?

((SIGN-IN/RECEIVE TITLE | How to play | How to WIN

Once you have received your title and read the info, feel free to use the rest of the post to interact in and/or make your own posts for the rest of the weekend. Prep was here if you missed it.

You are free to jump into/sign up for this game anytime, but you gotta GET EXCEL'S ATTENTION to get your title! :|b))

Who: Delphinus, Pavo, any and all visitors
Where: The giant gear
When: Day 228, early evening
What: Post-game things

Ahh . . . this really does seem a little strange, but . . .

Is anyone else . . . kind of hungry?

Who: PARTY WITH PAVO
Where: South of the southernmost dorms, just as the torchlight begins to fade
When: Day 225, late morning onward
What: Bathtime :D :D

[While not quite the same kind of rumble as an earthquake, there's definitely something happening south of the dorms today; something that almost sounds like a small explosion, to those familiar with such things.

Following shortly after is the most curious thing — a cloud that billows from the explosion's epicentre, travelling out and around before dissipating. But not dust and debris . . . in fact, any even moderately close example will tell you it's damp.

. . . and . . . warm?

Investigation further south will reveal what was once a rather unremarkable gully. Now, it's filled with a furor of activity as blanks (most in purple) and giant ants work together, raising walls around the densest patch of steam, manoeuvring beams into place for the roof. For so much preparation, the event itself barely takes more than a few hours, leaving a wooden structure where there was none before.

And inside? Inside, my fine fellows, is a little slice of paradise.]

Who: YOU
Where: ARENA
When: Day 225, morning
What: ~*Game*~

[TODAY on our throne is none other than our buddy Angel, flanked by her usual enormous maze. There are eight entrances to the maze, each blocked from view by fluttering coloured fabric.]

Hey, hey, is it really scary to lose things? That stuff you're holding onto, would you really be worse off if you didn't have it? And, and, that stuff you want to lose? Is that important too?

[Prep | Mingle (4:30PST - 5:30PST) | MAZE (5:30PST - 8:30PST) | Endgame | Memories]

Who: Delpavo and visitors.
What: A blank returns from the Foreman
When: Day 222, early-ish morning
Where: The Gear!!!1

[Hello, Delpavo, get over your hangovers, because this angry young man is standing in the main foyer, looking a little tired, but mostly, shockingly, pissed.]

Guess I'm back.