Sabra La Tau

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 166
What:

[The Call that resounds from the Arena is loud, echoing even to every part of Sabra. A regal crescendo of notes and then anticipatory silence. Should you follow it today, the Arena is not any landscape you have seen before...

Simple darkness fills your vision, no delineation of up or down, walls or even the floor. You can only see the throne in the far off distance, and four pathways each covered with a lush carpet: Brown, Green, Black with gold trim, and Yellow. They bear the sigil of a hare, a lizard, a skeletal snake biting its own tail and a club embossed into the weave. Should you turn around, there is no exit yet, but there is a small table, filled with punch, and several large party platters filled with cold cuts, olives and the occasional odd vegetable.]

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

Who: Anyone
Where: Every dorm (excluding Lacanis. And Corvus and Lepus because they smell)
When: Day 163, All evening
What: The crankiest information spreading

[I bet everyone is just thrilled to see an irritated Hydra approaching. And—oh god what's that in his hand?! It's . . . it's . . . ! It's—!!






A very cheerful looking bunch of yellow flowers. People who've been by Lacerta already may or may not recognize it as an ingredient of Allen's tea.]

Who: Trixie, anyone
Where: EVERYWHERE (excluding Lyvus). Approaching your dorm, at your door, etc
When: Day 163, late noon
What: Delivering a message

[Wow, this is gonna be cheerful]

Who: YOU and ME and HIM
Where: CAVES ARE A CONVENIENT PLACE.
When: Day 162, afternoon
What: ~minigame~

. . . how should I . . .

Heyyy! Does anyone want a fabulous prize?

[ CONVENIENTLY THERE IS A CONVENIENT PLACE where a few Ophi have gathered. One of them is laden down with a big box, a slightly smaller box and . . . another slightly smaller box. The other two are chilling. 'Cos that's awesome. ]

Who: PYXIS!1
Where: Pyxis Dorms
When: Day 161, Later Evening possibly after finishing stalking Bianchi
What: Memories 8)

[what a relatively pleasant night in Sabra!! OVER HERE in team punchy-compass, two are getting ready to take some DELICIOUS MEMBERRIES]

Aaaah, it looks like I missed out a lot, but it's good to finally get around to this.

Who: Pavo, interested stalkers
Where: Pavo dorms
When: Day 161, evening
What: Date antics

[There are three, crisp, solid raps on the door to Pavo's dorm before Bianchi folds her hands in front of herself and settles to wait.]

Who: Any
Where: Northern baths
When: Day 160
What: Baths whether the tiny things like it or not.

[So by this day, many, MANY who would not go to bath themselves are paint covered, bloody, muddy or otherwise just getting rank. And particularly offensive to sensitive noses.

This? This is your post to rectify this, with force as necessary.]

The water will be less cold in a minute~ Just get in~

Who: Anyone
Where: By the lake
When: Day 159, ALSO EARLY
What: PERFECTLY NORMAL CHILDHOOD GAMES

[By the lake today... Tiny Bianchi is making small lumps of mud, and lining them with leaves. While tiny Scowl is investigating the area for a good hideaway amongst the rocks...]

We can BOTH be the assassin. Everyone else can be stupid other Families.

Who: Everyone!
Where: Arena
When: Day 159, bright and early.
What: Game~

[Mirror's familiar silver statue is in the arena today, though the pose seems more thoughtful than usual. Mirrors line the arena, casting your reflections in all directions. But something seems slightly ... off about them. Like they've been warped just a liiittle, and don't quite reflect the truth of what you look like...]

I suppose I should start from the beginning, shouldn't I?

...

Quiet.

(( Brief mingle, then there'll be a thread to trigger the actual de-aging. Info posts go here and here. ))

Who: Pygnus
Where: Pyxis dorms and immediately outside
When: Day 156, evening
What: Baking and memories

[Milite has been working all day with Ikki, straight through the game and its fallout. Gathering supplies, figuring out what will work and what wont, sorting out her memory versus the recipe and what Pyxis already has. At least a few small animals have died, and any number of gathered plants are scattered across the kitchen tried and discarded.

But this.... ... This... is actually a GOOD smell wafting out from the kitchen and even the Pyxis dorms. A lot like cookies baking.]

I've had to make a few small substitutions... but I think it's turning out well.

((OOC note: EVERYTHING BIANCHI COOKS IS POISONOUS. No matter what she starts with, no matter how well intentioned. IT IS POISONOUS. If you have super vision that reveals the TRUE NATURE of things, you will see it for what it is, otherwise, it looks, smells, and tastes NUMMY.

HOWEVER, two things will save you. This is the safest Bianchi will ever be. Her mood is great (her poison becomes more deadly with a bad mood), and she really only has childhood level of experience.

The more shounen tarded you are, the better you can weather this. Iron stomachs are a plus. If you have a weak constitution, I suggest a comedic intervention. Otherwise, you will have HORRIBLE GI distress, and possible pass out.))

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.))

Who: PYXIS
Where: PUNCHING
When: PUNCHING
What: PUNCHING

GET BACK HERE!

[PUNCHING!!!!]

Who: Lacerta, Cygnus, Pavo, Orion, Cepheus, Vulpecula, Pyxis
Where: Arena
When: Late afternoon, day 155
What: Game

The sound of harp chords calls out to certain teams. As dramatic as ever, this time they bring a certain sound of brightness with them.

The arena has been transformed, walls shrouded by thin tent walls, and floors covered with carpets instead of sand. Veiled sits on the throne with a scroll in her lap: around her feet are seven tables, low, with pillows surrounding them.

[OOC: If you are playing and are not going to be on IRC for the game, email me with the name of your character and team in the subject at cookiepirate at gmail.]

[ Mingle | Instructions | Teams | Endgame & Scrolls | Memories ]

Who: Blood
Where: Outside of Pyxis
When: Day 149, early afternoon
What: SKINNING THINGS and humming a happy tune to herself

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: 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: Molotov, Simba, whoever
Where: Riverside
When: Day 147, early morning
What: morning in the life

[Two baby Hydras are wandering along the banks of the river today, and one of them is picking at bits of plantlife he comes across. Right now he has a particularly spiky, mean-looking thing.]

...I don't know, it's tougher, but I bet it wouldn't last long in the sink.

Who: Anyone
Where: Outside Cygnus
When: Day 145, evening
What: Wandering newbie

[There is a girl in pink wandering around, a mildly curious expression on her face, as she runs her hands along the cave walls]

Where am I...?