Sabra La Tau

Who: Everyone
Where: The Southern Fields
When: Day 303?? Late
What: A little squiddy said...

[Should you have followed a squidrat that STOLE YOUR THING! YES THAT THING! or just one that was acting oddly, or even just a Delphinus who knocked and said there was a picnic arranged...

You eventually find yourself in the soft light of the southern fields, surrounded by wildflowers and the wary shret looking at you balefully from the ceiling.

In the red glow of the saltwater pools here... seems multiplied, many pockets of water scattered throughout the field, a breeze surrounding them... If you look INTO one, you seem to see somewhere else... hear the SOUNDS of another world...

But before you get that far, there really IS a picnic!

A few checkered blankets have been spread across the soft moss, and are filled with salads, a few fruity, girly wines and drinks, fruit slices, cubed cheese, egg custard, a variety of cold cut sandwiches. (and a few loaves of fresh bread and pies.. because Link is Link.) ... there is also a very, very burned thing of cole slaw. The squidrat by it is eating it PROUDLY.]

((OOC: GOOD END COMMUNICATION! GO. GOOD ENDERS, feel free to start a thread with your name, you'll be visible and audible in the pool, both of your connections are a little wavy and watery though...))

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 191, evening
What:

[The Call to the Arena today is loud and distinctive. Some of you may have even heard it before... the air seems to fill with the wild chords of electric guitars, heavy, thrumming bass, and someone really having a great time pounding out a rhythm on the drums. The vocals are missing, but it is unmistakably rock and roll, at that verge of edging onto metal.

Banners of brown and white stretch over a distinctly divided room. To one side, it could easily pass for an austere Victorian dining hall. A lacquered black table stretches out with a few ornamental ceramic pots of steaming water, and a varied selection of tea leaves to strain. Small pastries sit on ornamental plates, and the main dishes seem to be some kind of small marinated bird. To the other, the table becomes far more rough hewn, and the surroundings a bit more like a Medieval hall. Heavy chairs and a few stumps have been pushed up to the table... and the main course seems to be something that smells almost like lamb, and a wide variety of vegetable fare. There are two washbasins, one with water and the other with blood.

In front of both Van and Mikaila's places there are special dessert plates that have not yet been filled. But more importantly, there is a side table dedicated to alcohol.

Outside of the immediate area of the table, there's a small table filled with french fries, onion rings and punch.]

Who: Cobra and Lepus
Where: Lepus!
When: Day 189 afternoon
What: Blood donation!

[KNOCKKNOCK]

Who: Bunnycorners
Where: Mono Dorms
When: Day 188, laaate evening
What: ABOUT THAT LAWYER

[HERE'S A DEAD LAWYER. what you gonna do :|a]

Who: All Blanks
Where: The Arena
When: Day 186, late evening
What: Game 116

[You are called to the Arena by the sounds of an impatient tapping. The statue that looks down upon you is stern, the face gaunt, and sardonically amused. The arena has several terminals again, screens lit and displaying nothing but a command prompt.

A paper is in front of each terminal, with several lines of options that seem to get more complex as they go along. The only instructions on them is a simple "Circle one, fill out one sheet per team."

[Battle / Parlay
Logic / Emotion
Self preservation / Public good
Unity / Divide and conquer
To live out your time well / Seek eternal life
The practicality of duty / The wisdom of exploration
The game / The result of the game]

Today should be a fairly straightforward experiment. Heh, I highly anticipate your results... and will be greatly interested in what you discover of yourselves today. I do encourage wholehearted participation.

Fill out the forms in front of you... we will begin as you finish.

[Mingle
Answer sheets!
Beginnings
Post-game Mingling]

((OOC: Straightforward choose your adventure game! Grading will be done at the end on a variety of factors! We will start in an hour to an hour and a half depending on as I finish prep!))

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 180
What:

[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 five pathways each covered with a lush carpet: Pink, White, Brown, and two distinct shades of Blue. They bear the sigil of the graceful Swan, the majestic Unicorn, a the nimble Hare, the canny Dog and deft Dolphin 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 salted hard breads and a few jam filled pastries dusted with confectioners sugar.]

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

((OOC Note: As usual, those who run Judges may feel free to have them interact in sand form with the winners.))

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 179, afternoon/lateish
What: pikapikapikapikapika

[^PIKASPEAK is being yell through the bullhorn. Should you be curious enough to come to the arena, you will find that it is FILLED WITH GIANT SPARKLING COLORED BUBBLES. Using the combination of Buizel's water gun, some heavy duty soap, and a hula-hoop it was in the weapon room, don't question it, the pokes are continuously creating the bubbles. High above, Staraptor is flying in circles. Most bubbles are the same size--small hulahoop sized--but there are a few reaching at least 5ft in diameter]

[Pikachu is holding a sign:

A simple game! See how high you can get by stepping on the bubbles. The team that gets the highest will win a few necessities. Don't worry, if you mistep or run out of bubbles, we won't let you fall. You can't use the really big bubbles for the game, but if you want to sit and watch on them, that's okay. Staraptor will let you know how high you got and how many points you earned!]

((OOC: BASICALLy this game. OOCly, you have about half an hour (or a whole hour, depending) to get a score you're satisfied with. Highest team total wins! Post the score in the appropriate thread when you're finished! ICLY the bubbles will last about a second or two before popping, and you have to jump to the next bubble or fall. As stated, the Pokemon will not let anyone get hurt. The bigger bubbles won't pop for at least a good couple minutes

if you don't feel like playing, you may just chill and pop or ride the bigger bubbles. WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT. eta game over, but you are free to use this post for any sort of bubble antics o7))

Who: Bunnycorn
Where: Bunnycorn
When: Day 179, morning
What: FAMILY MEETING

So uhm...

Who: Uraeus + Blanks
Where: Near the Arena
When: Day 177, noon
What: MINI-GAME


[Ophiuchus game~ There is a stack of chef clothing in a pile in your team colours and several fire pits all set up. Gee I wonder what this could be.]



LINKS: mingle | DRUMROLL Chairman Zim | COOKING TIME: Hydracula, Delpavo, Bunnycorn, Cepheon, Lyvus, Pygnus, Lacanis | Food Presentation

Who: Lepus and visitors
Where: Bunnycorn area
When: Day 176, post-game
What: Memories

[Rolo is sitting in the common area, holding two berries and apparently trying to decide which to take first]

It's sort of like a gambit, isn't it... Ahh, I hope whatever they are don't spoil the fun of the game.

Who: Pokeblanks
Where: The Arena Again!1
When: Day 175, eeearly morning
What: BULLHORN

M-man we had to get up before everyone... OKAY, ATTENTION ALL POKEMON AND TRAINERS, report to the arena for some special exercises!

((ooc:
MINGLE/Q&A
ICE SCULPTING
OBSTACLE COURSE
TALENT PORTION
ESSAY
BATTLE

OKAY DUDES you have until 7pm Friday EST to complete these tasks! They are all definitely NOT mandatory, but the more you complete, the better! There will be a special battle tomorrow night only, but don't fret much if you miss it o7 FOR ANY QUICK QUESTIONS just yell at me on IRC.))

Who: All blanks
Where: THE ARENA!1
When: Day 174, late afternoon
What: Ash got that bullhorn again

Attention all teams! Report to the Arena! It's super important!

[at said arena, there are a loooot of torches set up. Also a bunch of blacked out standups and carvings of creatures that vaguely look like animals :|d]

Who: Anyone passing by
Where: Bunnycorn Area
When: Day 173, Afternoon/Evening
What: Troubled unicorns :|

[if you happen to be passing by the area, you'll see one tiiiny one-eyed detective!]

[who just walked smack dab into a wall. SUCCESS.]


[there may also be a lawyer around judging him. And not folding sheets correctly :x]

[WHAT DO YOU DO]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Arena!
When: Day 173, Afternoon
What: Game continue~

Hahaha! You guys are amazing, you really are! Come on back, one and all, no matter how blank a Blank.

All right, that's enough for now! You'll have plenty of time later. Time for a game! We’ll be having a race through an obstacle course, in groups. Everyone come!

[[Sign-in!
Mingle!


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

Endgame!

Memories!
Back to normal!]]

Who: Everyone!
Where: The Arena
When: Day 173, morning
What: A game, a game!

[There's a tick-tock, tick-tock coming from the arena today, and as you get closer it multiplies, the ticking of clocks and the rustle of papers chiming together in a whole bunch of ticky noises. When you arrive, the statue is of a man in his prime, with a watch on his wrist and his arms and chest scribbled on all over with numbers and foreign characters. The marks range from clumsy to an intricately detailed hand, diagrams of dots and lines, numbers, all kinds of markings. some are even "carved" into the stone.

He's leaning standing in front of a simple sundial on a pedestal. If he's aware of the irony of a sundial in a place with no sun, he finds it hilarious, going by the broad grin on his face.]

The time, the time-- just look at the time! How it flies. It's time for me to make an appearance!

Will something important happen to-day? Will everyone remember? You all grow so fast! ♪ It makes me remember the past... Aah, which is more exciting, the past of the future? Or what's happening now? I just can't decide.

The game is afoot, everyone! Be gentle, it's my first time!

[[MINGLE
HARD RESET
AN ANNOUNCEMENT
EXPLORE!!
Lake
Forge
Dorms
Anywhere else/You are lost]]

Who: Bunnycorn + Anyone
Where: Lepus dorms
When: Day 172, late morning
What: New blank!

[There's someone wandering around aimlessly with bed hair]

Excuse me. Where am I? I think I'm lost. ... Not that I know where I'm supposed to be to begin with...

Who: YOU
Where: The Arena
When: Day 171, midmorning
What:

I heard a rumor that being light of foot is the best trait to have. Well, and those that place their trust in the sureness of stones are headed down the safest path.

[ Horn's statue sits on the throne, head tilted, looking up. If you follow its gaze you will see two rope ladders hanging down from what looks like ... well, you can't really tell as it's pretty far up. But it might be a bridge, a platform? Something. ]

Speed, speed, heading forward as fast as you can! A reward that can be tucked away is waiting for you, perhaps. But the slowest will be left behind, or maybe they will find themselves further down ... how do you feel about fortresses? All walls should be scaled!

I heard a rumor impediments can be violent.

[ mingle | rules/instructions/choice 1 | choice 1/2 | standings after choice | "race" | GAWKDER THREAD SQUINTER THREAD | endgame | memories ]

( ophi can mingle as well, if you like )

Who: ANYONE
Where: On top of Lepus
When: Day 170, morning
What: GOING FISHING

[Today, if you are supernatural, spiritual or just particularly evil... you may smell the most delicious smell you have ever smelled. It is your favorite thing to eat ever, the best way it has ever been cooked. It makes your mouth water and your stomach rumble. It is powerful, almost like whoever is cooking it is determined to fill the entire massive cavern with the scent of this one favorite thing of yours.





Should you track it down, you will find a giant, metal construct rising up from Dingbatticus... it looks nothing more than a giant, metal fishing pole, a rope suspended from it... and tied to a giant metal hook is Watanuki.

Below him, is a fairly obvious trap. If you even notice it over the OMG TASTY THING!!!!!]

Yessss, GOOOOOD! That is it! DESPAIR AND BECOME EVEN MORE DELICIOUS!!!!

Who: Lepus, Edward Elric, Sohma Shigure
Where: The Operating Room
When: Day 168, late evening (so game day antics can happen without worry)
What: Penalty times 1/2

[As the torches truly begin to dim, Delphinus and Hydra hear a heavy metallic rapping on the door. No matter whom answered the door, certain people are taken this time, perhaps by design or by lottery. The Assistant merely bows to the person at the door before they disappear... or as someone inside simply vanishes.

Lepus, on the other hand, simply feels a comfortable, but firm tug towards the door. When the open it... it is to a simple, white, aseptic room.]

((OOC:
OOC INFO
ELSEWHERE
Pre-Game Ed and Shigure
Pre-Game Lepus

Time Out - Shigure
First Stage - Shigure
Second Stage - Shigure
Shigure - Clean up

Time Out - Edward
First Stage - Edward
Second Stage - Edward
Third Stage - Edward
Edward - Clean up))

Who: anyone!
Where: anywhere!
When: Day 168
What: the sick/the nursemaids/the hunters/the gatherers/those guys sittin' and watchin' cave fungi grow/ a.k.a. Yet Another All-Purpose Post

[let's hope we're not over-harvesting them plague flowers]