Sabra La Tau

Who: Mao & friends!
Where: Bunnycorn
When: Day 156, late night, after he has napped off his severe poisoning
What:

[Mao hopping up on top of Dingbatticus and breaking out into maniacal laughter at unreasonable decibels is not an unusual occurrence. That having been said, he's even louder and more persistent than usual today, so it might be a good idea to ask him what's up, or at least get some good projectiles ready. It's not like you're going to be able to sleep anytime soon.]

Well? How did you do? How do you feel you did?

((MEMORIES:

Pyxis
Monoceros
Vulpecula
Canis))

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 156, afternoon
What:

Are you becoming used to this sort of thing? Can the surreal slowly become the familiar? And how will you touch the hearts of your fellow Blanks today?

[Laid out on the black leather couches are Scowl, Wataru, Soujirou, Mikaila, Royal, and Trixie.]

((Mingle
Sign-in


SCOWL
Allen, Lacerta
Bond, Corvus
Red, Cepheus
Lucky, Vulpecula
Badger, Monoceros
Link, Delphinus
Agito, Hydra
Blood, Pyxis


WATARU
Jace, Canis
Taiki, Cygnus
Poppy, Canis
Masamune, Canis
Dove, Pyxis
Tailmon, Lepus
Summer, Pavo

SOUJIROU
Zero, Delphinus
Shiki, Delphinus
Aeris, Lacerta
Black, Vulpecula
Zack, Lepus
Mitsuru, Orion
Maya, Canis

MIKAILA
Mao, Lepus
Van, Lepus
Cobra, Lacerta
Almaz, Monoceros
Chaz, Orion
Edward, Delphinus
Kohaku, Cygnus
Zelgadis, Vulpecula


ROYAL
Night, Corvus
Arrow, Lynx
Dart, Lynx
Strike, Lynx
Sakura, Monoceros
Sunny, Pavo
Ragna, Cygnus

TRIXIE
Chika, Vulpecula
Feathers, Pavo
Syaoran, Cepheus
Montgomery Orion
Kaito, Vulpecula
Spear, Lynx
Cloud, Cygnus

IF YOU COME IN AFTER THIS POSTING (OR IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY GOT BOTH OF YOUR CHARACTERS PUT IN THE SAME PLACE), PING EXCEL.))

Who: All regular Blanks
Where: In your dorms
When: Day 155 and 156
What:

[It doesn't really happen all at once, or to every dorm at the same time. But over these two days, you might spy a tiny spider slipping under the door. It is soon followed by several others, skittering along the floor, up the common room table and small cocoons of webbing are industriously opened. Almost as quickly and efficiently they scatter, vanishing.

If you missed this event... then perhaps you simply looked over and saw six small memory berries and the traces of webbing around them, fine threads catching the torchlight.]

((OOC: Two things! FIRST! Start your dorm's threads with [Your Team Name] for the sake of organization. SECOND. When you take your memories, ping Nishi with a thread link.))

WhØ: all
Ѡhεre: where
Wheת: Day 154, ?????
WhДt: game 1ØØ

[The Arena is not as it usually is.

The dawn that breaks over the judge's throne is a fractured thing; bright rays mixed with pale and trembling fingers of light, spots that through the arena seen clear while others still cling to the false night. Here, where the light falls, ruined buildings look whole again, colours lively and fresh. Where a ray falls there, there is no stone at all; the broken archway is instead the spreading limbs of a great tree, reaching for the sky. Pieces of road disappear into patches of deep water, waves crashing on nothing at all.

Here, where darkness stretches, the scenery itself seems to unravel. Lines fray and images fade, as if spun on a tapestry that is but a single pulled thread from being nothing at all.

The air is heavy and full of a pressure that settles behind the eyes, and it's quiet, so quiet, but the echo of sound unheard fills the air . . . murmurs of voices, words without meaning, the soft clack of a shuttle moving through thread.

The throne, when you look, is empty. But when you don't—when your attention strays, when the pressure builds—there may almost be a woman there, a small hand-loom on her lap, a scarf wrapped about her head. Her face is old but kind, unmistakably beautiful despite its age, and her smile is a gentle one.

In front of her there are fourteen large looms, each strung up with one of fourteen unmistakable shades.]

Hero . . . hero . . . hero . . .

Who: Who normally plays games?
Where: Where are they normally played?
When: Day 152, morning
What: What do you think?

[The call is sounded and Persona is on the throne. The game's "volunteers" are lying on plush beds with what seem to be giant screens with shadowy figures beside them, rather than doors.]

Who is the true "self?" Is it what you see? Or is it someone else?

Is there another side of you? Your friends?

Would you know it if you saw it?

((FOTHERMUCKER \o/ SHADOW GAME. ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE BEHIND THE CURTAIN WHICH IS NOW RAISED.))
Sign-in!
Mingle!

ENTRY POINTS:
HYDRA
VULPECULA
CYGNUS/PYXIS
MONOCEROS/LEPUS/PAVO
CEPHEUS/ORION
CANIS
LACERTA
DELPHINUS
CORVUS/LYNX

STAGGERED ENDGAME
MEMORIES))

Who: Chaz, whoever.
Where: Outside of Bunnycorn
When: Day 151, eaaarly morning.
What:

[Chaz is being followed by Jace into the area in front of Monoceros. Chaz is carrying a basket and he's knocking on the door.

Mysterious!]

Who: Any
Where: Just by where the lake branches into the eastern tunnel system
When: Day 149, Early evening
What:

[Should you be outside today, a powerful gust of wind seems to catch at the edges of your uniform and naggingly push you towards what seems to be a meeting place.]

All right kiddos! WHO'S UP FOR A WALK OF ENLIGHTENMENT!

Who: Bunnycorn and visitors
Where: Outside of Lepus, near Van's usual spot on the roof
When: Day 149, noonish
What: Memories

[There is a pretty Lepus sitting on the roof, staring at two berries]

Who: All units
Where: The Arena
When: Day 148, late evening
What: Game 97, endgame

[Far, far later into the night, the torches dim, and once again the lids of the stone boxes will not be moved.]

Vulpecula and Lepus, Canis and Lynx, Corvus and Cygnus. Pavo and Hydra and Monoceros, Lacerta and Delphinus, Orion and Cepheus and Pyxis.

Ophiuchus.

You have played well. I bid you rest.

[Shadows spread like cracks over the stone table, cast by four wizened, stunted bushes, the fruit on their branches soft grey in what remains of the arena light. The blanks for whom the fruit grows ripe know instinctively which is theirs.]

[For all your continuation needs.]

Who: All units
Where: The Arena
When: Day 148, late evening
What: Game 97


[The call that echoes out from the arena this evening has no voice human ears can hear. Some few may hear a whistle, high and sweet. For all others, the call comes in how the torches of the main caverns flicker and flare in the sound's wake, sending long shadows dancing over the cavern walls.

The lights steady and dim. Colours fade and only one shadow remains, stretching unerringly, no matter how one moves, to the arena's entrance.]

Come fox and hare, come dog and cat, come crow and noble swan. Come hundred-eyes, come many-heads, come single crowning horn. Come lizard sharp and dolphin swift, come hunter proud and royal crowned and ship's unerring guide.

Come serpent dark, and sheathe your fangs; there is no need for them to shine.

I wish to play a game.

Who: Bunnycorn
Where: Bunnycorn
When: Day 147, evening/night
What: Crossdressing, zen Almaz

This outfit sure is silly.

Who: Canis, a lot of dead people, anyone else
Where: Common area near Lacanis dorms
When: Day 147, postgame
What: Lizards On Ice The morbidest ice-capades serious business

*a mind mage, his team and anyone who wants to help are laying out frozen bodies in a common area, with as much dignity as they can manage.*

Right. I guess we need to get someone's attention.

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 147, afternoon
What:

[Soldier’s statue is on the throne in its usual naked glory. At the base of his throne is a large screen, on that screen a small world, and in that small world, two demons. Right now, they’re looming over a village.]

HAHAHA, CHECK THIS SHIT OUT! THIS IS THE BEST IDEA I EVER HAD WHILE (SOMEWHAT) SOBER. SEE, WHAT I DID WAS, I TURNED DOWN RAZORFANG AND THE LITTLE LEPUS DEMON’S BRACERS, SO THEY CAN HAVE A DEMON EXPLOSION BATTLE!

FIRST OFF, A LITTLE DEMON-STRATION! THEN YOU CAN PLACE YOUR BETS.

((Mingle
The aforementioned demon-stration
Enter Gambler
Exit Lacerta

CARNIVAL GAMES

Hydracula & Allen
Bunnycorn & Watanuki
Cepheon & Aeris
Delpavo & Rayflo
Corvus, Lynx, Canis, & Razzy
Pygnus, Mao, & Nora

SO BASICALLY! This is going to be turn-based, and each individual team can play one carnival game per turn (though depending on the pace of the game that may change). Katou is running the minigames; Nora is running Lacerta's wacky adventures, and Mao is taking care of ticket-taking number-crunching. We will sabraping between turns.

ENDGAME))

Who: Pavo, Hydra, Monoceros, Lepus, Canis, Corvus, Lynx
Where: The Arena
When: Day 146, Noon
What: Loser Game

[When the call goes out and you arrive in the arena you will find that the lights in it are muted again, and a headless statue sits on the throne. The mansion that usually accompanies here is shrouded in shadow behind her on the other hand, only visible if you really look for it. Instead, there are three camp fires burning in the middle of the Arena, complete with a bowl of marshmallows beside each.]

Tell me- [A burst of static] story.

((Mingle
Instructions
Discussion
Endgame))

Who: Badger, Lightning Rod, Pikachu, Whoever!
Where: From a convenient tunnel near the commons!
When: Day 145, morning
What: RUNNIN'

[HEY IT'S SOME MISSING FOLKS]

[HEY IT'S SOME GIANT FLYING DINOSAUR BURSTING THROUGH THE CAVE WALL]

[HEY WE ARE RUNNING LIKE HELL TO THE LAKE]

--I DON'T THINK WE LOST IT YET!

Who: ANTS ... and Blanks I guess.
Where: The commons area to the west of Pyxis
When: Day 144, Late
What: :D

[It's pretty far from civilization, but a double column of giant cave ants marching in WILL attract attention.

The first of the colony seem to establish perimeters, cutting or biting lines in the ground.. Others come after, dragging blocks and wood...

There is some large scale construction going ... and happening fast.]

HA HA! Easy on the west wall there! Solid! No holes!

Who: Pavo, Lacerta, Hydra, Monoceros, Lepus, Canis
Where: Arena
When: Day 144, afternoon
What: Loser game~~~


*The sound of rolling dice and shuffling cards draws a selected few to the Arena today from whatever tasks they might be doing*

Hello, hello my dears! It has been a while, hasn't it, my pretties~? Never fear, however, Gambler is here, just for the unlucky ones.

And my, you have been unlucky, haven't you?

Who: Harmony + anyone!
Where: A nice spot between the arena and the DelPavo area.
When: Day 144, around noon
What: NOMS FOR FREE... ish.

[Shinra is humming to himself as he finishes arranging a series of foodstuffs on a small table; there are:

-red and green jellos
-chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies
-a big chocolate cake

there's also two medium-sized containers on the ground, but why would you pay attention to those with all this delicious food here?

DO YOU APPROACH Y/N?]