Sabra La Tau

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 289, noon
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: gold, orange, and lavender. One bears the sigil of the hunter, club upraised and a string of jewels shining in his belt. The second has several foxes embroidered cunningly into the cloth, their silhouettes nearly invisible against the background. Finally, a great peacock adorns the third, its many tailfeathers rising nearly the entire length of the path. 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...]

[ Orion | Vulpecula | Pavo | Everyone else | Memories | Wishes | Departures--- SURPRISE TWIST ]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 283, Bright and goddamn early
What: :) :) :)

[There's that pull again; a sharp, icy tug at the pit of your gut. It feels as though it would be unwise to resist it.

The set up is much the same as yesterday. The lights are still dim, and shadows fall where none should. Flickers of motion follow the blanks all the way to the small circle of buildings at the throne's base; the doors are currently still shut tight.

Game Master's statue watches the blank's approach from beneath his hood.]

Welcome again, poor souls. Are you ready to begin anew?

[Sign-in | More Mingling | Room Assignments/Session 2 start | Endgame | Memories

As with yesterday, coming late and leaving early is absolutely acceptable. Just sign in so I can keep tabs on scoring easier :|b Also this is a list of people who have been missing since this game began.]

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 282, Late Afternoon
What: A game :)

[The pull today is insistent and excited, if soul-chilling as is usual for Game Master. Someone's eager to get started on whatever he has planned, it seems. The Arena, when blanks arrive, is also dimly lit as usual as well. However, something about the lighting seems a bit . . . odd. Shadows falling where there should be none, flickers of movement just at the boundaries of your vision.

Even stranger is the small circle buildings waiting at the foot of the throne when blanks first reach it. It isn't as though the buildings are strange in and of themselves, but there are only three of them. A rather unorthodox number considering the number of all the team, and even the paired partner sets.

In the center of the three buildings are a number of computer writing tablets.

Game Master sits in the throne, face hidden from view beneath his ever present hood.]

Welcome to you, blanks. Welcome, new and old alike back to this stadium of despair and triumph. Will you, I wonder, enjoy the game I have prepared for you today? Will you delight and take pride in the challenges conquered? Or will you, perhaps, despair and curse my name as you often have before?

Let us find out together, you blanks.



[OOC: Sign-in | Mingle | Do a thing | Room assignments | Post-game mingle

COMING EARLY, LEAVING LATE, AND OTHERWISE COMING AND GOING AS NEEDED ARE ALL COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE '-'b The sign in is strictly for scoring and sorting purposes.]

Who: DelPavo + Visitors
Where: Geardorm
When: Day 282, morning
What: Memories

[HEY GUYS ARE YOU STILL HUNGOVER? Better perk up because we brought home memories \o/]

Who: YOU ASSHOLES
Where: THE ARENA
When: Day 282, morning
What: HANGOVERS

UUURGGGGHHHH... WHAT TIME IS IT...

((MEMORIES! - Pyxis, Mono, Pavo, Cetus, with prizes for Hydracula, Lyvus, and PARROT))

Who: Anyone
Where: Anywhere
When: Day 281, all day
What: insert tattoos and drinking and generic mingle here

[So hey, there's a lot of tattoo kits going around today. Made your mark yet? Or you know, use this post for what you will.]

Who: ALL OF SOLDIER'S BROS (AND HOES)
Where: ARENA
When: DAY 281, MORNING
What:

[Oh no, not another game! The call isn't insistent in the same way as the last one, but it's definitely loud enough that you're probably not going to be able to go back to sleep. On the bright side, considering said call is a non-stop drum solo with the occasional burst of incoherently-slurred rap lyrics, you've got a good guess as to which Judge it is.]

BEER! TATTOOS! BEER AND TATTOOS. YOU HAVE UNTIL I FINISH MY DRUM SOLO! AND THAT'LL BE A FEW HOURS SO YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME TO YOUR LAZY-ASS TEAMMATES!

((Items from the fully stocked bar are fully removable! Tattoo kits for all, with provisions for difficult-to-tattoo non-human party members! You have until Wednesday, 3pm PST to submit your tattoos!))

Who: Parrot, anyone
Where: Everywhere 8U
When: Day 280, afternoon
What: SANTA (No, not you, Santa)

[After mind fixing shenanigans in Lacerta are done, Parrot has an idea. Screw resting. He's gone back to Ophi and now there's a Parrot, dressed in a Santa outfit, lugging a sack of goodies around Sabra. He may be knocking on doors too.]

Ho, ho, ho! Come get your candy!

[Okay, maybe he mixed up the seasons a bit]

((OOC: Sleep and work times. I'll pick up over the week))

Who: Everyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 280, morning
What: :) :) :)!!

[As soon as your torches relight -- or slightly before, is that even possible? -- Mirror's call tugs you out of your beds and towards the arena. For those of you who feel it, it's unusually persistent and difficult to resist today. Like a glass hook caught around your legs, pulling you along without caring much about your feelings on the matter.

Mirror's statue perches on her throne, the usual silver of her statue subtly altered. Glassy, almost translucent in areas, but still deeply reflective. More disturbing still is the layout in the arena today: a parody of the Good End celebrations you've seen for your teammates, with tall glass boxes replacing team banners and tables (marked in team colors) filled with nothing but plates of glass shards and bottles of clear vodka.

Except for Bunnycorn's table. They get (alcoholic) punch and nachos.]

Are you all here yet? I hope so. This is going to be fun.

[Mingle | Columns | Rules | Endgame | Memories]

Who: Sparkling vampires
Where: The baths
When: Day 279, evening
What:

[The torches are starting to dim, signalling that evening is upon us. And yet, out of the corner of your eye, you might see a trail of something glittering... a path of sparkling dust on the ground and occasionally on the walls, leading all the way towards the bathhouse.

As you approach, you can hear someone puttering about inside, mumbling to himself. And if you're close enough, you're going to see this vampire covered in glitter, scrubbing himself furiously and leaving a puddle of sparkling things by his feet.]

((OOC:Dehiatus! ALSO, going to bed, picking up threads tomorrow!))

Who: Jinx and others
Where: Cepheus
When: Day 279, afternoon
What:

[knock knock.

who's there?

orange.

orange who?

orange you glad it's one of the Vulps you guys actually like knocking on the door?]

Who: Anyone
Where: Out of doors
When: Day 279, morning
What:

[ For most Blanks, it's another new day in Sabra La Tau. Plants to be gathered, animals to be hunted for, tools to be made or perfected, explorations of those yet-to-be-traversed back tunnels... perhaps Conversations to be had, though maybe not out in the open. ]

[ For the more observant, the air might feel just that little bit colder today.... and for those closer to the north, with more well-honed instincts than most, there's a vague sense of unease. ]

[[ OOC: Put locations in the titles of your comments! Otherwise, feel free to also treat this as a general post for other shenanigans of your own :|b ]]

Who:  Rapunzel and whoever
Where:  By the lake
When: Day 278, afternoon
What: Chess lessons

[Anybody who has seen Rapunzel by the lake is surely used to the sight of her surrounded by lizards. What's new today is the clearly handmade chess set she is showing them, sitting cross legged and picking each piece in turn as she paints the final details. The lizards are listening with rapt attention.]

...can only move one space at a time, and if you lose the King it's game over so you have to protect him. This piece goes next to it, it's called the Bishop. The Bishop can move any spaces it wants but it can only go diagonally- Across these squares, like this.

Who: anyone
Where: zzzzz
When: Day 277, night
What:

[What are you dreaming of, Sabra La Tau? Your team? Your patron? Your true home? And, whatever you're dreaming of, would you happen to notice a little yellow flower, poking up through the cracks?]

Who: A dog, a bear, and a peacock
Where: Geardorm
When: Day 277, late morning-ish
What: Cooking lessons!

*on this fine day, a pair of blue- and brown-clad blanks have stopped by to knock on the geardorm door*

Is Rapunzel in?

Who: DelPavo + anyone
Where: DelPavo
When: Day 276, evening, post-plotting
What:

[Whatever locks the Geardorm has on its main doors have now been very securely locked. And then re-locked, just to be sure.

A cranky tiny is scrutinizing them as if he's seriously considering adding more.]

Who: Everyone
Where: Arena
When: Day 275, morning
What: A game

[The bleating of goats call you to the arena once again. The statue of a young boy sits on the throne, his chin resting on his hands. There is a simple, wooden raised platform right below the throne that serves as a stage. Decorating the ground in front of the stage are enough cushions and pillows for everyone to sit on. Circling the stage area are simple panels in team colors. On them are three buttons. The Kid sounds tired... bored...]

Let’s be honest today.


[Mingle | Game Start (team posts go here) | Stage | End Game | Memories (Hydra, Pyxis (Cygnus), Cepheus, Lacerta, Orion, Lepus, Apus, Lynx)]

Who: Rapunzel and others
Where: Cave walls near DelPavo
When: Day 274, afternoon
What: Painting!

[There comes a time when the cave walls get to be so cave wall-y, it's just so bland, so boring. And as she is running out of space in her room, Rapunzel has decided to brighten up the place with a few murals here and there. Trees and flowers and pictures of people playing happily; she's using her grappling hook to reach the higher rock and there are a few beebats there helping her hold paint cans. Sooner or later I'm sure people will get used to sights like this.]

Who: Whoever
Where: Delpavo
When: Day 274, afternoon
What:

[There are times when it's good that Lucky doesn't hate you! But there are also times she randomly drops by to mooch attention (and possibly food). This is one of the latter times.]

Helloooo! Blue-and-purple coooomrades!

[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK]

Who: DelPavo, people who want to point and laugh
Where: Geardorm
When: Day 273, evening? However long it takes to get sober?
What: SRSDOLPHIN HANGOVERS

...someone turn those torches down.

((sloooow post PICK AT YOUR LEISURE))