Sabra La Tau

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 234
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: Red, Black and Dark Blue. One bears the sigil of a compass, pointing the way confidently, another a skeletal serpent reaching up into a cup and the the last, the canny dog 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 a cheese and dip platter.]

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

Who: THE LIVING!!
Where: THE ARENA!!
When: DAY 233, AFTERNOON!!
What: BRAAAAAAAAINNNSSS

[There are little cubicles with Apple IIe computers set up today.

YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I MADE YOU PLAY THIS? I HAD THE WRONG GAME THAT TIME. THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE.



((ORGAN TRAIL! 8U> This is a loser game, but winner teams can play for prizes. Wins go to high scores and maybe also whoever made me laugh the most with their playthrough. ANYWAY, you have 24 hours to deposit scores, which is to say, until 5:30pm PST tomorrow.

Mingle | Playthroughs | Final scores))

Who: Pyxis, visitors
Where: the Pygnus commons
When: Day 233, late morning
What: practice

[Miranda has been working at the base of the Pyxis dorms for the last twenty minutes or so. She's set up horribly warped and useless glassware on various rocks, balancing them carefully. There's about ten pieces in all. She studies it a moment before picking up a metal rod about as tall as she is. Walking back over to the first, she takes a deep breath and brings the rod down hard on the glassware, shattering it.]

Who: Weed, Sharkling, Cygnus, others
Where: Heading back to and in Pygnus territory
When: Day 221, right after noon
What: Trading teammates

*can has a sharkling in his custody*

Who: Pyxis etc
Where: On the way back from the Arena
When: Day 213, post-game
What: Fallout

[trotting back to Pyxis with Lady over his shoulder]

Who: Pyxis, whoever
Where: Pyxis
When: Day 209, postgame
What: NEW PERSON

[SO GUESS WHO JUST WOKE UP]

Hey, who can tell me what's going on?

Who: Claude, Red, other non-grounded lizardkings and wild encounters people
Where: Living areas and general caves!!1 where are YOU today
When: Day 209 morning/daytime
What: Everything is terrible let's find things to feed the Allen 8|a

* today explorin'/food finding is happening *

...blue mushrooms...

(( OOC: Comment with locations in titles! ))

Who: Pyxis, visitors
Where: THE TREEHOUSE
When: Day 208, late evening
What: Minigame loot!

[comes in with his arms full and dumps his loot on the table. It includes a Pyxis-coloured cake in the shape of a skull, a bag full of various halloween candy and this] I won us some stuff! Tell me I'm awesome.

Who? You?
Where? The Arena?
When: Day 207, evening?
What: A Game?

Has the change of location changed your moods? Are you enjoying exploring the new block? Would you like to explore something else?

[Persona occupies the throne today.Before her, some of your teammates are sleeping peacefully on comfy black couches - specifically Allen, Ed, Ikki, Mitsuru, Shigure, Watanuki, and Lucy]

((Gawk at the unconscious people
Mingle
Sign-in

ALLEN
Mr. Helper | Cetus
Red | Cepheus
Slick | Ophiuchus
Scowl | Hydra
Link | Delphinus
Ice | Ursa
Dagger | Corvus

EDWARD
Poppy | Canis
Jace, Canis
Cornelius | Delphinus
Razzy | Lacerta
Trixie | Vulpecula
Apple | Pavo
Curls| Canis

IKKI
Agito, Hydra
Feathers | Pavo
Drift/Death | Ursa
Kohaku, Cygnus
Talon | Ursa
Impmon, Vulpecula
Black | Vulpecula

MITSURU
Parrotman | Cetus
Nightshade | Lepus
Wolfwood | Orion
Emil, Orion
Badger, Monoceros
Masamune, Canis
Claude | Cepheus

SHIGURE
Shiki | Delphinus
Albert, Hydra
Zero, Delphinus
Cobra | Lacerta
Yuta | Vulpecula
Lucky | Vulpecula

WATANUKI
Sakura | Monoceros
Aeris | Lacerta
Syaoran | Cepheus
Doumeki | Ursa
Ace | Cepheus
Aura | Ursa

LUCY
Brass | Lynx
Strike | Lynx
Victory Laser | Monoceros
Zel| Vulpecula
ROOFLASS | CETUS
Annie | Monoceros

ENDGAME
MEMORIES - Monoceros, Delphinus, Cepheus, Ursa, Pavo
GOOD END SCROLLS - Cygnus))

Who: Pyxis and visitors!
Where: TREEHOUSE FUCK YEAH
When: Day 205, post-game
What: Memory-taking and more settling in

[two Pyxis return home triumphant with memory berries!]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 205, early afternoon

[Little has changed since you left, other than the light suffusing the Arena is brighter, in time with the day.

As the last of the teams file in, possessions in hand, pushed or pulled behind, the water seeping into the Arena seems to simply be drawn out.

The eastern doors groan, shudder and swing shut with a final, echoing boom. The soft sound of sobbing and water halts just as suddenly. One of the helper ants begins chewing on a wall idly.]

That out of the way! Lets get a little organized, shall we? Please head to the Southern Gate, and line up by partner teams.

Ah, and yes, Cepheus and Lacerta are now partners. Moving on!

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 205, Early in the morning
What:

[Those who answer the Call today are some level of muddy or wet, having had to slog in through ankle deep mud or knee deep water.

There is very little pomp and circumstance to this particular Call. No unusual setup, no grand sweeping changes as you enter. It is merely bright, full of a dawning, sourceless light and the throne sitting in the middle of the usual ruins and barren spaces you find in the Arena normally.

The King, himself, sits upon the throne.]

Fill in, now. Don’t stand in the doorway. Lets make it snappy.

((HEY KING SAYIN STUFF!
sayin more stuff to Canis and Orion))

Who: Pyxis
Where: Pyxis dorm
When: Day 204, morning
What: building \o/

[There is an assortment of edible construction materials laid out on the Pyxis diningroom table. Sugar cubes, graham crackers and gingerbread, frosting, gumdrops, and coconut make for a very appetizing and taunting display.]

... Do you think they'll let us eat it when we're done?

Who: A LOT OF PEOPLE
Where: Delphinus
When: Day 203, evening, after dinner
What: A little get together

[SO THIS AFTERNOON everyone got bags of DELICIOUS model-building materials. In that bag was slipped a note! Perhaps you thought they were instructions or something else but upon unfolding the little square of paper you would have discovered it was an invitation! Cordially asking one or two members from each team to attend a little evening get-together at Delphinus to sample potatoes pancakes and talk about current events.

THERE ARE LITTLE WEDGE SHAPED SLICES OF POTATO PANCAKES WITH TOOTHPICKS IN THEM ON PLATES ON THE TABLE AGAINST THE WALL WHEN YOU ARRIVE. :|a Maybe little rolls of thin-sliced meat pinned to bread too.]

[Discussion:
--Popularity and War Room voting Scheme
--Pillar mud and possibly rebellion
--Moving to new block
--Making a new Nerdcave
--Stray thread-visions go here
--Wrap up and discussion summary]

Who: Everyone
Where: In the Sacred City
When: King’s Year 199, Mid Winter
What:

[It had been a slow start through the fall. Nations full of people needing to settle and find shelter. And many despaired... how could such an enormous project be completed by the end of a mere two seasons when most were still milling about supplies and accommodations?

But as they do, gears shifted as the temperatures rose... as night became a nostalgic memory... Natural ingenuity blended with mad genius with simple practicality and by early winter, the great keystone... a project of masonry that had taken nearly as much time as the construction of the great stone walls themselves was complete and secured into place for the rest of the walls to be completed around it.

Construction had slowed ... even with ants to carve and carry, even with machinery of steam and clockwork and nearly a quarter of the world in labor.... the hours that COULD be worked became less and less... and working became less of a normal function and one of devotion, heroism and madness.

But today.... the last blocks had been placed, the keystone was in place and ready... Since last night the world has been thrown into blessed darkness. The air is uncomfortably warm, but no longer scalds to breathe, and the light comes from torches and magic.

Today, many people have gathered below the keystone, eyes turned upward.

Today, the supports are removed.]

Who: Current workers and refugees, and late stragglers
Where: The base of the great mountain
When: King's Year 199, late fall
What:

[By this point, the walls have begun to curve up and over, and most areas require scaffolding . The supports are massive and each area has been flagged before they were very precisely set.

More great ants from the Pavo lands have begun making their way in, apparently of their own intelligence, and have taken to moving the blocks to the higher areas on their own.

The heat has become intolerable during the day. Even a few minutes outside burns, and more and more caught unaware are requiring treatment. The nights are bright. Torches are no longer needed; even in what used to be deep dark the horizons flood with the Old Woman's light.

Stragglers who survive the journey are quickly taken in, and often times treated. Some residents have raised concerns about food and water, but the Oracle remains quiet and calm, saying that such will be provided if necessary. The real question remains of whether the great shelter, now called 'The Sacred City' by the priests, will be done in time.]

Who: All, eventually
Where: Various
When: King's Year 198, early fall
What: A messenger approaches.

[A tall, gaunt man walks across the plains alone approaching a small gathering of Pyxis tribes, with little fear or hesitation. He seems to have appeared out of almost nowhere, and unphased by the pre-monsoon winds. He swathed in the black uniforms of an Ophiuchus priest and uniform is lined with red. Though his cloak is drawn over his face, you can see something of a tight line of his lips and his hands, when he speaks, are slow moving and expressive.

He stops just before the first tribesman approaching him.]

I seek the chieftain of all the tribes, and then the clan with the greatest speed and experience.

((OOC: ALL THE COUNTRIES will be visited to speak with a regent, king, leader or whatnot. If you don't have a player character who is suitable, feel free to use sabra_la_au to speak for them. If you're stumped and want us to whip something up or off screen it, let Nishi know and we'll work something out.))

Who: Any and all carnivores
Where: Where the party is
When: King's Year 198, last summer, the final day of the Meat Festival
What: Meat Day

[Today , the open plains have transformed into a bustling little city of tents and smokehouses. Everywhere, people are cooking, eating, dancing, and partying down. Heroes of the raptor hunt (easily recognizable wearing the cleaned skulls of their kills as fashionable hats) are telling their tales. Somebody has already broken out the booze.]

[It probably goes without saying, but the whole world smells fantastic.]

Who: Zero and others!
Where: Pavo, Lacerta, Cepheus, PYXIS? (don't shank me) etc.
When: Day 195, after the bath shenanigans
What: Visiting the new crazies in Sabra.



[Blue dolphin at the door, knock knock knocking.]

Who: Anyone
Where: The many lake pathways to the Northern Caves
When: Day 194, afternoon post-game
What: CAN YOU GUARD THEM ALL?

((WOO!! OKAY. There is at least one small group with an actual plan, but feel absolutely free to use and abuse this post for all your individual efforts in attempting (Blanks) and cockblocking (Ophiuchus) to get to the North. Or just watching, cheering, or getting caught up in the action, because there is gonna be some fisticuffs up in here.))