Sabra La Tau

Who: Delphinus, Pavo, others
Where: Delpavo
When: Day 303?? 30-- oh screw it
What:

[Hey, Delpavo, you have some visitors. And one of them is knocking]

It's Pyxis. Can I talk to you?

Who: Any still under Queen's influence
Where: It may be hard to tell, exactly, but there is cake and nice sofas
When: Day 303?
What:


Hello, my little sugar drops, my candied bloodroot.



How are we all feeling today? I thought maybe we'd have a little chat, just ♥family♥.



Mummy may need a favor or two.

Who: Everyone?
When: Day 303, Morning (FOREDATED, please continue your 302 antics as you like)
Where: Could it be the arena?
What: ♥♥♥

[Now that everyone has returned to themselves and King has grown weary of pacing angrily about in the aftermath of yesterday's explosion, leaving the blanks in peace to return to wherever the Judges reside to continue his angry thoughts in private, it's time for a game! Some people may find themselves drawn to the arena whether they like it or not.

Persona is on the throne once more, and before her are the familiar couches with various members of teams sleeping on them: Roy, Kurow, Scowl, Parrot, and Yuta.

Persona herself seems more tense than usual on the throne. The hands of her statue are wringing themselves, and although she seems as chipper and eager as usual, there's an uneasy tension in her expression.]

Can you prepare yourselves once more? Will you work harder this time? More than merely facing it, can you bring yourselves to change what lies within your friends and teammates?

[ Sign ups || Oh no unconcious people || Mingle || Hearts/Note to latecomers || Endgame || Memories ]

[ King appears || A RIOTOUS DISTRACTION || Persona's end (But . . . ?) || An Announcement ]

[Heart runners to #heartpile please! You are also welcome to assume your character was unable to resist the pull to the arena if they would be ICly avoiding it but you still want to play. Likewise, if you don't want to play, just assume they were inside or Persona's pull didn't reach them. THIS IS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT ONLY :Db

ETA: Mingle to end at 6:30 7pm EST right now]

Who: Folken, Tifa, Canis, ???
Where: Canis
When: Day 298, early eveningish
What: souvenirs

[And then a battered Canis and Pyxis stumbled home, looking as if they lost a fight. They seem in good spirits, if covered in blood]

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophiuchus, individual bedrooms
When: Day 263, night time
What: Cuddles :)

[Good evening, Ophiuchus. There is a beautiful woman climbing into your bed. Or possibly a bear, if that's your thing. Or you might be having trouble telling the difference. Either way it's cuddle o'clock.]

Who: anyone
Where: Arena
When: Day 213, late afternoon
What: >8F

[one by one, as the killing is done with, the doors open]


Oh my children. I'm so, so proud of you all. Such will! Such lust. I suppose I can say now, I was a little worried. Stage fright can lead to a terrible tummy-ache, after all.

Oh, oooh, but you~ were~ beautiful. The pack that formed early and struck without mercy. The feeding frenzy upon the Dolphin as soon as you smelled blood in the water. Fox and Hydra lashing out. So big and brave you were! If I could give each and every one of you a big hug you know I'd do it right now.

Well, I won't underestimate you again, dear hearts, oh best beloved. Next time we'll really see what you can do. I promise~ ♥

Who: :F
Where: The Arena
When: 212, evening
What: As the dark work is done, one by one the door begin to open again


Good work my darlings.  I'll see you all again, bright and early. We'll do breakfast!

Who: Those called
Where: The Arena
When: 212, early afternoon
What: :)

[It may be the smell more than anything else that calls you now to the Arena. It smells so good it’s almost maddening. No matter what your team managed to scrape together for breakfast, by the time you get to the arena, your mouth is watering and you are famished. Nothing has ever smelled so good.

And when you arrive it’s easy to see why. There is a buffet set out, with every variety and preparation of meat available. Fried pederpes, slow stewed raptor, squidrats curried in sauce spicy enough to make even them seem tasty. There’s barbeque, grilled legs, pulled meats and racks of ribs nearly the size of a full grown man. Steamed fish, fried fish, fish sticks, fish cakes, fatty lizard cutlets shaped like little fish. At the center of it all is an exquisitely prepared and sliced traditional Vulpeculan twelve-layered combobeast. There is precious little garnish, and no side dishes at all to speak of- vegetables have been used sparingly if at all. The only other thing missing is any sort of personal place setting. There are no plates, no knives, no forks. Just the meat. The only individual vessels you’ll find at all are wooden cups full of thick, dark red wine.

The meats steam, crackle and glisten. It looks so good. It looks so good.

Around the Arena are the War Rooms that may be familiar to some, as each new team enters the arena, a grayed out door gains the color of that team]


Ooh, hello my darlings. It’s been far too long, I do believe. But I’ve had a good rest, and now I’m hungry. I certainly hope you’re all hungry too~ ♥

Please, help yourselves. There’s no need to hold back at all on my account. In~ fact~ I rather insist that you don’t.

((TEAM ROOMS:
MONOCEROS
LEPUS
VULPECULA
HYDRA
PYXIS
ORION
CEUTS
URSA
DELPHINUS))

Who: Guests :)
Where: Ophiuchus, then Pavo
When: Day 184, morning
What: A bear, carrying a large basket. The basket contains several dozen yards of fine, white silk, a variety of essential oils, a riding crop and three rubber squidrats

Who: Canis, a lot of dead people, anyone else
Where: Common area near Lacanis dorms
When: Day 147, postgame
What: Lizards On Ice The morbidest ice-capades serious business

*a mind mage, his team and anyone who wants to help are laying out frozen bodies in a common area, with as much dignity as they can manage.*

Right. I guess we need to get someone's attention.

Who: Lacerta, Monoceros, Pavo, Canis, Pyxis, Cepheus, Lepus
Where: The Arena
When: Day 109, morning
What: Game 74

[Familiar butterflies lead the way to the arena, which is coated with a fresh, lush layer of grass, as it tends to be when Beauty is in the house.

Before the throne are several small marble tables, meant to be used by sitting on the ground. There is one for each team, and on each table is a small stack of cards laid face down. For now, they are all blank.]

Good morning, everyone. Please take a seat, we will be playing a variation of one of Messenger's favorite games today. Talk among yourselves, and we will begin shortly.

((NOTE: Game has changed due to mod request, so this is a 100% harmless game.

Mingle
Rules
Team Discussions
The Game
Memories))

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophiuchus Barracks
When: day 100, evening
What: Memories, at a highly irregular time! Isn't that strange...

TICKY: Improv butler adventure!
LUTE: -Studying magic (magic: various monster summoning spells and a crystal confinement spell)
KUROGANE: + Encounter in the library. [Negative-Neutral]
KARIYA: Revealing one layer of Joshua's persona. (Week 2, Day 4) [SKILL: Invisible Walls.]
MARLA: †@ Rondeau Cursing out some hummingbirds
ASH: ~That one time they died and became ghosts
YAMAMOTO: Captured and tortured by the enemy. *~
MICHIKO: +Being caught by Satoshi and the subsequent betrayal by Shinsuke.
ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMM: --JILTED BY A VENDING MACHINE OF DOOM (Ep: Tak, The Hideous New Girl)
NORA: Rivan 'invading' his territory
KIERAN: Being stoned on opium.
SASARAI: * Helping heal some wounded after a battle[S]
TASUKI: Wishing Miaka and Taka well in Miaka's world (vol 18)
MARISA: -Performing a solo mercenary job. (Skill increase: Swordsmanship)
SEPHIROTH: Angeal's Death
ANTHY: Turning into a dude (kinda) and plotting against herself with Mikage
PROFESSOR JINGLES: - Frying Sumiyoshi's vast catalogue of Dating Sims (vol 7)
JIN: Murder via homo hug.


((BY THE WAY, IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN MARKING OFF YOUR MEMORIES. MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET ON THAT.))

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophiuchus barracks
When: Day 98, afternoonish
What:

[Today in the Ophiuchus barracks, there is a brief but powerful earthquake, followed by the sound of loud swearing. If you follow the sound, you will find that a shiny new staircase has appeared in the back of the kitchen, and a Soldierdog hobbling around on three paws, with the fourth curled under him. Once the stream of profanity has ceased, he goes on to say:]

GATHER ROUND, MEN! I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU!

((Questions on work permits go here!))

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophiuchus dorms
When: 85 morningish
What: A bear, a tray of cupcakes, and several unmarked baggies filled with unidentifiable dried green plant matter.