Sabra La Tau

Who: Lyvus
Where: Lynx dorms
When: Day 163, late evening (slightly backdated)
What: Lyvus team meeting

[has gathered everyone in the Lynx main room—we're kind of pathetic-looking, and it's probably only going to get worse :|]

Right. We need to discuss a few things.

Who: Jin, others
Where: Cave exits
When: Day 160, early afternoon
What: Decaved tiny!

[there is one rough-looking Lynx tiny emerging from the cave exits]

Ah...

Who: Lyvus, visitors
Where: Lynx
When: Day 154, post-game
What: Piling into the Lynx dorm for comfort

[Someone is still really pissed about that game.]

What was that?

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: Lyvus, anyone else
Where: Lynx dorms
When: Day 152, evening
What: Cooking fuck yeahhhh!

[there is an ACTUALLY PALATABLE/ENTICING SMELL coming from the Lynx kitchens tonight! Lelouch's first memory has apparently been How To Housewife, so he's made dinner—pan-fried uglyfish with a batter made from rations!grains, water, and chives that he liberated from the lakeside]

[as for Lulu himself, he's wearing an apron made from sacrificing Rory's bedsheets (it's not like he's using them), and wielding a spatula like a scepter—bitches better listen up]

We need to make a plan for hunting and gathering—anybody that's regained memories useful to that effect, let's discuss. Dagger, you said you can start on the garden, and I think I can help you with that. Everybody else, if you bring any gathered plants back to me, I can tell you whether they're useful for eating or not . . .

[he looks a little happy \o/]

Who: Lyvus
Where: Lynx Dorm
When: Day 152, Post Game
What: Memory taking.

[There is a gathering in Lynx dorm with berries on the table for memories.]

Who: Corvus, Lynx, anyone else
Where: Outside the Corvus dorm, in the common area
When: Day 150, late afternoon
What: Intro post

[Speaking of skinny boy(?)s wandering around outside the Corvus/Lynx area -- a fairly tall and unhealthily-thin young man has exited the Corvus dorms and is looking around in some confusion. He looks very pale -- especially in brilliantly-coloured Corvus uniform -- and not very healthy. Visible on his bare neck is a long scar along his neck, as if cut with a knife some years ago, and his bare hands are covered in strange black smoky patches.

He looks quite lost, and more wary to see others than relieved]

...Good evening...?

Who: Corvus, Lynx, anyone else
Where: Near the Lynx dorms
When: Day 150, afternoon
What: Intropost

[there is a skinny boy(?) just outside the Lynx dorms, wandering around in a cautious but slightly haphazard manner]

[he occasionally stops to check something out, slow and curious, then moves on. after a few minutes, he catches sight of couple of butterflies and starts to drift vaguely after them, in the general direction of the lake. proooobably not safe]

Who: Corvus, etc
Where: Corvus dorms
When: Day 150, morning
What: Intropooost

[cracks an eye open warily]

... Well. This is a surprise.

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: Dagger, whoever
Where: Entrance to caves
When: Day 148, late evening
What: Getting back.

[So stomping away for food gathering late at night because you want to avoid the general trauma going around at home turned out to be a pretty bad idea. On the plus side, he has lots of berries and mushrooms, on the other hand, it also took over 24 hours without any sleep.]

Is this it...

Who: Corvus and Lynx
Where: Lynx dorm
When: Day 147, post game
What: BABY TEAMS' FIRST TRAUMA + memories.

[Four new blanks are coming back to the Lynx dorm after the Soldier game, memories in tow... and really not looking the best, right now.]

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: Anyone!
Where: EVERY DORM
When: Day 146, early evening
What: time for door-to-door lawyer, part deux

[there is a cave lawyer with a journal and a bracelet knocking at your door!]

(Get lost, nearly starve to death in a cave for almost a week, and sleep for an entire day, and the population explodes. I really have to keep better track.)

Who: Corvus, others
Where: Corvus dorms
When: Day 146, post-game
What: Marshmallows!

[the two Corvus males return home empty-handed... save for some fluffy white sweet goodness from their journey. which Bond then sets on their table.

... he might actually nom one in the process]

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: Kaito, anyone
Where: all over common areas
When: Day 146, later morning
What: Stalking.

[So while the magician-thief Vulpecula goes about his normal routine and visiting his usual people, you may also spot the people stalking after him none too subtly. He seems perfectly oblivious to it but whether or not that's actual fact... well.]

Who: Rory, Lynx, Anyone
Where: The Lynx and Corvus area.
When: Day 145, afternoon
What: Look, some new people!

[There's a person in gray walking around the new buildings. He seems to be scanning the area around the two buildings, getting his bearings perhaps? Though he looks pretty calm and collected.

Bother?]