Sabra La Tau

Who:Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 295, bright and early
What: It's time for games

[The game call is an echo of laughter, joyous yet unnerving. It fills your ears as you make your way to the Arena, drowning out nearly every other sound. Upon arrival, you discover that this time, the arena lacks the mist that so often clings to the ground during Haunted’s games, lacks the symbol scratched into stone and the bodies sleeping above it. Instead all there is to see is Haunted on her throne, a little Judge who is beyond pleased with herself.]

[Sign up | Mingle | Game Start | Revival | Endgame | Memories]

Who: Nutcracker, anyone
Where: Across the river from Pyxis
When: Day 291, evening
What: Returning from an over-extended visit

[A familiar Pyxis is heading home as if she's never left.]

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: Pyxis, visitors.
Where: Treehouse.
When: Day 291, post Mirrorlulz.
What:

[I AM WAITING TO SEE IF I NEED TO TELL ANYBODY OFF]

Who: Lots of people
Where: An abandoned dorm
When: Day 291-ish, after curfew (Time-space shenanigans and mild forward-dating is happening.)
What: MIRROR HEART, ROUND 1 and also some planning/pre-heart stuff


[You've argued, you've planned, and you've gathered up all your supplies. It's time to move.]

(( Join #missioncontrol for all your mirrorception needs! ))

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: Pyxis and Friends!
Where: Pyxis
When: Day 288, postgame
What: MEMORIES and MEETING

[someone is sitting in the kitchen, med kit open and sprawled all over the table, attempting to patch himself up.

It's going about as good as you'd expect]

—fuck, why won't you bow to my whims, gauze!

(WE PICKIN' AT THIS ALL WEEKEND, BITCHES)

Who: The Gentleman, anyone
Where: Sitting on top of Apus
When: Day 288, evening
What: Chilling, RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN

[A dapper, elderly man sits on the edge of the Apus dorms roof. He doesn't seem overly remarkable past his presence... a well tended hat and immaculate suit, polished dress shoes... but there's something about him that ... makes him hard to look directly AT.

He has a rather fancy, bottled beer sitting next to him, and is idly pulling on a fishing pole now and then. The line is... down into the hole that swallowed Cygnus.

He's humming a rather cheerful ditty, as if it was a fine day for fishing.]

Who: Anyone
Where: Arena
When: Day 288, evening
What: Game time~

[Today the call takes the form of a song. It's hard to make out the words but the tune resembles a child's nursery rhyme. The sound of that soft voice is almost familiar, one the very edge of your memory....

As the arena fills with blanks, the song gives way to Haunted's delighted laughter.]

Are you afraid, blanks?

[Sign ups | Mingle | Game Start | End Game | Memories]

Who: Those invited
Where: Lyvus
When: Day 286, around noon (before the ideal world game)
What: Meeting!

[Sometime between late morning and early afternoon, people are coming over to Lyvus. They'll even feed you if you brought something to trade—there's certainly nice tea and lunch set out :) the main area of Lyvus is pretty big, and there is a long table that can easily sit at least 15-20 people, though it may start to get crowded after that, and some of the chairs are makeshift]

[There may also be some Lyvus/Monoceros makeshift scrabble games going on around lunch. This is clearly the most serious kidnapping.]

[OOCly I have no idea who is actually coming to the meeting and/or knows about it, but I think we are able to roll with bbbasically anything! Join #partyatlyvus so we can keep the blah blah in one place, and we can facilitate any necessary behind the scenes business o7]

[ pre-meeting | meeting start | current options | information sharing | spectators | violence | scowl's announcement | mirror discussion | keystones, etc ]

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, whoever
Where: Skullcrusher mountain, ON THE ROOF.
When: Day 286, morning
What: Some really loud blank being LOUD

[There's a tiny new blank on top of Hydracula's dorm roof, and he is busy shouting at no one in particular. He's really, really, really loud]

KYAHAHAH! HIGH PLACES SUIT SOMEONE AS MAGNIFICENT AS ME! LOOK AT ME, I AM A MAN WHO ALWAYS STAYS ON TOP OF THINGS! THIS GREAT ME IS A MAN WHO CAN RULE OVER THE EARTH AS WELL AS THE SKY!

[he's having the time of his life]

Who: ALLLLLLL ANYYYY BLANKS
Where: ARENA
When: Day 284, laaate, a few hours before evening will hit
What: oh no who let the pokemon get into the alcohol

[THE CALL TO THE ARENA is...full of shrieks of several different Pokemon hooting their own names and having a damn good time. Also the occasional BANG BANG on a pot, but mostly because Pokemon do not understand kitchenware isn't an instrument.]

[WHEN YOU GET THERE you will see a table full of tasty drinks. Very sweet! How they got them is a mystery, but they are tasty! And also hella spiked with Absinthe]

[pikachu is holding a badly written and badly drawn sign:

KIIIING'S GAME

GAME IN NAME OF

KING PERSON

GAME

KING]

[ooc: SIGN UP/NUMBER ASSIGNMENT / MINGLE|GET DRUNK / RULES|WHAT DO / START (...LOTS OF ROUNDS) / FREE FOR ALL / MEMORIES (WINNERS: Lizardking, Lyvus, and Orion. Standard treats for everyone else. If you did NOT want a memory, or already received the chosen ones, feel free to assume it is a dud or switch out a memory :|d)]

Who: Twitchy He-Who-Is-Never-Gonna-Be-Named and teammates
Where: Anywhere from the lake to the Pyxis dorms
When: Day 284, after this
What: EVERYTHING SUCKS

[and this would be Pyxis' little noname kid staggering back to the dorms from the lake, gasping and bleeding and dripping wet with torn clothes. He really has no idea how he's going to make it up the cliffs and is kind of trying not to think about it]

Who: Pyxis and friends
Where: Pyxis
When: Day 282, post-game morning
What:

[PYXIS HAS MEMORIES, HOORAY

. . . adds his memory to his . . . growing pile . . . ]

Who: ALL OF SOLDIER'S BROS (AND HOES)
Where: ARENA
When: DAY 281, MORNING
What:

[Oh no, not another game! The call isn't insistent in the same way as the last one, but it's definitely loud enough that you're probably not going to be able to go back to sleep. On the bright side, considering said call is a non-stop drum solo with the occasional burst of incoherently-slurred rap lyrics, you've got a good guess as to which Judge it is.]

BEER! TATTOOS! BEER AND TATTOOS. YOU HAVE UNTIL I FINISH MY DRUM SOLO! AND THAT'LL BE A FEW HOURS SO YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME TO YOUR LAZY-ASS TEAMMATES!

((Items from the fully stocked bar are fully removable! Tattoo kits for all, with provisions for difficult-to-tattoo non-human party members! You have until Wednesday, 3pm PST to submit your tattoos!))

Who: Tifa, anyone
Where: Dorm areas
When: Day 280, morning/post game
What: OBLIVIOUS

[Someone missed the game call today and is just out doing her usual thing. SURELY NOTHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED IN THE ARENA]

((Generic mingle. Abuse as you will)

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.]