Sabra La Tau

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: The Ophi Dorms
When: Day 180, early morning
What:

[Again, it is far before most are awake when the snake, sated and sleepy with its own offerings of meat recently, that it lifts its head, listening again.]

It changesssss already. Sssso be it.

[The dorms rumble again, those who wake up, all find their clothing and surroundings a little different..]

((OOC: This month, Uroboros jumps ahead of Uraeus by one point! Leaving Caduceus as last in place. We start a new activity period! Any trinkets you may have acquired as a reward you keep, however basic luxuries and levels of comfort have changed!))

Who: Urobros
Where: Ophiuchus and the caves \o\
When: Day 177, evening
What: A hunting we will go~

Alright! This is gonna be awesome! It's gonna be great! It's gonna be--

. . .

What are we doin' again?

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: Cloud and Sephiroth
Where: Ophiuchus --> Pillar
When: Day 166, after ceremony
What: Zack wasn't at the ceremony, and he has been missing, and Lepus doesn't know where he is... So Cloud is very reluctantly going to get a guide, feeling a ill in a way that has nothing to do with actual sickness.

Who: Any
Where: The Arena
When: Day 166
What:

[The Call that resounds from the Arena is loud, echoing even to every part of Sabra. A regal crescendo of notes and then anticipatory silence. Should you follow it today, the Arena is not any landscape you have seen before...

Simple darkness fills your vision, no delineation of up or down, walls or even the floor. You can only see the throne in the far off distance, and four pathways each covered with a lush carpet: Brown, Green, Black with gold trim, and Yellow. They bear the sigil of a hare, a lizard, a skeletal snake biting its own tail and a club 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 cold cuts, olives and the occasional odd vegetable.]

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

Who: Himiko, anyone
Where: everywhere
When: Day 163, morning
What: patrolling!

[Himiko is patrolling! On the lookout for signs of any rule breaking. Mostly, she's just bored and trying to finish her rounds soon.]


((OOC: Generic mingle post.))

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophi dorms --> Uroboros subdorms
When: Day 159, late morning.
What: Tiiiiny Ophis.

[There's a tiny ninja attempting to sneak back down into the Ophi dorms without drawing too much attention to himself. Because being this tiny is embarrassing.

... this would have gone better if he hadn't tripped on the stairs going down.]

-- ow! Dammit!

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophiuchus Barracks
When: Day 157, evening
What: Pay day

( Memories )

[Besides Kariya's memory is a simple, single envelope. The dinner is simple, but wholesome. Fatty lizard steaks, mashed potatoes and butter. And some sort of odd leafy, steamed vegetable with it.

This may or may not be more interesting than the fact that the coffee pot is empty. That there is a chair pushed up to the table that the coffee pot was on.

And upon further examination every piece of metal including a fair amount of the stock weapons in the training room are missing.]

Who: Anyone
Where: By the lake
When: Day 158, mid-morning
What: Cut with a knife~ and Sephiroth's to blame~ you give handbags a bad name ♫

[is wearing an apron, and is carefully picking bunches of mint from near the lake]

Who: Ophiuchus!
Where: Ophi dorms
When: Day 154, evenin'
What: Puttin' bitches to WORK

[today in ophi, there is a small dumb looking hydra--]

Sitting on the dining room table. It let out a shrill, but pleasant cry, beckoning the black serpents' attention.

"Ophiuchus~!" the three heads sang, "I've got the perfect story to cure your boredom!"

On the table, there sat fourteen individual cards. On each, a short rhyme was written.

Who: Chaz, whoever.
Where: Outside of Bunnycorn
When: Day 151, eaaarly morning.
What:

[Chaz is being followed by Jace into the area in front of Monoceros. Chaz is carrying a basket and he's knocking on the door.

Mysterious!]

Who: New girl, anyone in Ophi
Where: Ophi dorms
When: Day 150, morning
What: INTRO

[A new girl has wandered out of her room. Her attention is currently caught by the writing on the wall]

To keep order as Arbitrators and Enforcers?

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: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophiuchus dorms
When: Day 147
What:

[Ophiuchus may gather at the odd sight of a certain clockwork man carrying a protesting teammate, princess style, instead of just lumbering over to refill Ophi's stock of minor remedies.

In fact, he doesn't seem to answer ANY questions or acknowledge any of the midbosses as he wanders through the dorm. HE IS ON A MISSION. ONE THAT WILL NOT BE DETERRED. ONE THAT WILL NOT END UNTIL...

... He drops Katou bodily in the onsen.

The mask's expression turns to one of satisfaction at a task well done. Plants need water after all.]

Who: Cygnus and Sephiroth
Where: Cygnus
When: Day 144, late afternoon
What:

[knock knock, Cygnus]

Who: Ophiuchus FOR NOW
Where: The Ophi dorms kitchen
When: Day 136, morning
What: RECRUITING

[There is a tiny green thing standing on the table between you and breakfast.

Possibly in breakfast, and sizzling a little.

He looks DETERMINED and is holding a small squeaky piggy.]

SONS OF SABRA LA TAU, I am the Invader-class Irken ZIM!

Who: Geddoe
Where: Ophiuchus barracks
When: Day 135, morning
What: The newest transfer

*this morning, it looks like someone's woken up to unfamiliar surroundings. That is, on the couch in one of the common areas of the Ophiuchus dorms. At the moment, he's looking over a note with a slightly confused expression. Do you:

1. Congratulate him on his promotion?
2. Laugh at the hobo? or
3. Put it in Something else entirely?*