Sabra La Tau

[Endgame. The final frontier.

These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.

It's ongoing mission, is to get a hell of a lot of people home. Deal with disturbingly well mannered velociraptors as roommates. Help get old ant workers used to two feet again. And occasionally jettison Horn off into space at random intervals.

To boldly seek out new universes and parallel dimensions. To party hard as it has never been done before.]

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 258
What: Good Ends

[The Call that resounds from the Arena is loud, echoing to every part of Sabra—a regal crescendo of notes followed by 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 two pathways each covered with a lush carpet: one pink, the other a dark blue. One bears the sigil of the graceful swan, wings outspread and flying toward the path's end, while a hunting dog bounds down the second, intent on its target. 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...]

Who: Beardog
Where: Canis dorms
When: Day 255, after the game
What: Cookies! And maybe partnerteam bonding I guess

*tonight in beardog the Canis common room is featuring a nice small chest full of cookies, which clearly must be consumed. also there is delicious tea :3*

It wouldn't be bad if there were more games like today's, I think...

Who: Beardog, any visitors to beardog
Where: Around beardog
When: Day 252, midmorning
What: General things/postgame/memories

*having definitely not been in the mood to take memories last night, come morning, a mind mage is still absently holding his while he sits outside, thinking.*

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 248, Morning
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 two pathways each covered with a lush carpet: Red and Black with Silver lining. One bears the sigil of the compass, pointing steadily down the path and the other shows a hooded cobra in 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.]

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

Who: Dawn, Beardog, you
Where: down south, heading Canis-wards
When: Day 245, morning
What: dehiatus!

[After a brief pause to adjust to the torchlight after all the unrelenting dark of the caves, Dawn lengthens her stride as she hurries back to hearth and dorm.]

Finally.

Who: ???
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 244, later afternoon --- ?
What: dundunduuuun

[where ever you are outside, you may get the distinct feeling that SOMETHING is watching you :)]

((BEAST EVENT 8) Please put your location in the title of your comment, unless you are just running all over the place for some reason.)

[Navigation (relative-ish to team/location proximity) (thanks to Chika-mun! |D)
DelPavo: By the river (Rapunzel) | South of the cove | By the lagoon (Feathers)
Canis/Ursa: Near Canis | Canis (Curls, Bones) | Near Ursa | Between Ursa and the river (Aura, Molotov, Aven)
Fields (Nutcracker)
Pygnus: By the lake (Dove) | South of Pyxis | Near the lake (Ruby)
Lizardking: Near Lacerta (Allen) | River between Pygnus and Lizardking | Just outside Lizardking
Cetus/Orion: Tunnel near Cetus/Orion | Outside Orion
Lyvus: Near the river (Lyvus) | Lyvus
Hydracula: Hydracula
Ophi: Cave near Ophi (Arianna, Azula) | between river and Ophi dorm | Between Ophi and Dorm area (Parrot)
Northeastern wall (River, HitGirl, Thorn)]

Who: Anybody
Where: The river
When: Day 244, morning
What: A floater

[Body in the water! Well, it's probably just Lucky again. Considering all the yellow and orange bobbing gently with the waves, it's a pretty good bet that it is Lucky! Floating face down. In the river.]

[How's your morning?]

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 242
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 two pathways each covered with a lush carpet: Orange and Black with Silver lining. One bears the sigil of the canny fox, curious and careful and the other shows two twined serpents wrapping around each other in 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.]

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

Who: Anyone
Where: West of the dorms, just at the edge of the torchlight
When: Day 241, late morning
What: Dehiatus...?

*someone's heading out of one of the narrower, dark caves.

maybe it's a trick of the light out here, but he looks like he's sparkling a bit.*

Stupid low ceilings... Ah, finally!

Who: Jace, Canis, ???
Where: Canis dorms
When: Day 239, afternoonish
What: Animal rescute

*after a few hours to recuperate from his icy doom, a mind mage is opening the door of Canis and, apparently, talking quietly to nobody*

Hey. Waterbearer? Can you come see me?

Who: Blanks!
Where: Arena!
When: Day 239, late morning
What: Game!

Why, who could be calling you to the arena today? The call seems familiar, but a bit strange, too - a little bit warped. When you arrive, there are eight doors, color-coded according to partner teams, and on the throne is someone you might not have seen running a game for quite some time!

It's Waterbearer, and... he looks like absolute shit. As well as featuring the sort of skinniness you'd only see on someone with severe digestive parasites, his normal pose is different- the clay jar, sporting several hairline cracks now, is toppled over at his knees, water gushing everywhere. His hands hang limply (or as limply as a statue can hang) at his sides, dripping with water that seems unusually muddy.

The statue seems to have been damaged in places - as though someone with very strong fingers had gouged out parts of the statue's face, throat and arms. Everywhere one of these gouges can be seen, thick, muddy water drips out and onto the arena floor.

Unsurprisingly, he's crying - it sounds different than his usual sniffling, though. This is the kind of crying that borders on outright hysteria. In fact, forget the borders. It is hysterical psychosobbing.

“W... wh... why? I cuh-cuh-can't- h-he's ... I c-can't get him out, I c-can't-
I can't-

I can't

I-it's not fair, i-it's not right, I can't, I can't, but m-maybe, maybe if...”

And then his crying just dissolves into an anguished wail.

Around you, the color-coded doors unlock with a soft click.

Who: Canis
Where: Canis dorms
When: Day 236, evening-ish (slightly backdated)
What: Memories! \o/

*this fine evening, the newest Canis is examining his memory berry curiously*

So, we just eat these, and we'll remember something...?

Who: Beardog, anyone!
Where: Beardog territory
When: Day 235, afternoon-ish
What: The newest dog

*today, there is a new blank in blue, curiously examining his surroundings....*

Who: Canis, whoever
Where: Canis dorms
When: Day 235, noonish
What: Memories and whatever else

*a mind mage is contemplating a pair of berries*

I guess we've put these off long enough.

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: ???, Canis, and visitors?
Where: Canis!
When: Day 231, late afternoon
What: I can has intro?

[There's someone new in the dorm, studying the words by the door.]

"None other can thou trust", huh?

((OOC: Some quick notes on threading with Raven!))

Who: anyone
Where: Riverside
When: Day 231, afternoon
What: She is supposedly doing laundry, but if you appear to be over 15, Amy Pond is probably checking out your butt as you pass.

Who: Akin, open thread!
Where: Around the settled areas
When: Day 230, late afternoon
What: Detecting.

[As you go about your title'd antics, you might notice that there is a young boy in Canis-blue darting around, examining the ruins, the dorms, and pretty much everything.]