Sabra La Tau

Who: Those who have lost those who have held what is gone those untouched Come noble bear, come beast of the sea, come many feathered flock, come pretty bird
Where: The dorms, the arena, beyond
When: King's day days day 109501
What: A new

[This time, when the darkness comes, there is no warning. No flickering of the torches, no telltale dance of shadows. Night falls with the force of a hammer blow, cutting off sight and muffling sound in little more than the space between breaths.

This time, for the first time, the doors of the dorms do not lock.

And this time, after a time (how much? How twisted is it now, how long have you been in the dark?), faint in the distance yet close enough you know you could make it, it wouldn't be far . . . a pale grey light beckons, a warm breath of fresh, dry air calling you close.]


[[[Open forever, including backdating; ping Kururu if needed.]]]

Who: Nishi, Mitsuru and Santa
Where: Orion
When: Day 303???? DURING the Delphinus battle
What:

[His suit is fixed and fully up to power again, which means he fades into visibility in front of Mitsuru and Santa without warning. He's holding a box, wrapped in a dorm lined cloak...]

I'm not sure about you two, but I don't think there's going to be a better time to dump this than right now. Every one of the Judge's eyes are going to be focused on Delphinus and Queen.

Who: Anyone.
Where: Anywhere.
When: Day 300, post game.
What:

[A bloodspattered Trixie is pulling her boots off and jumping into the lake.

What are you doing?]

(OOC: General mingle. Locations in title (if you want), tag around, do whatever, 8U)

Who: Judges only
Where: :)
When: Time is frightfully relative, isn't it?
What:

[He's really rarely flashy when he appears in others' domains. Not really worth the pomp and circumstance when a general breeze was enough to let someone know he approached.]

Mind a word? Or perhaps several, in exchange! Sort of a conversational barter.

((OOC: EXPERIMENTAL POST. This is only for Judges! You don't have to be talking to Messenger, or any of it set at the same time. Just give your [Name] in the subject line and what environment you've chosen to surround yourself in. TAG AROUND TO EACH OTHER. Feel free to use #sabra_la_iudex to work out headcanon and relationships or just dive in blind.

LETS SEE HOW THIS GOES.))

Who: Monsterhunter, Lizardking, Parrot and Persona
Where: Cetus dorms
When: Day 286, after meeting, before deage game!
What: Heart antics!

[After a certain meeting, a cat might have left separate from Mitsuru, stalking off into the shadows too quickly to easily catch, or do so without notice.

It's some hours later, only a little while before curfew that two events might simultaneously be discovered... One, any of Lizardking venturing out might find two modest sized uglyfish on their doorstep... obviously killed by some rather brutally impressive blunt force... and the return of a certain drenched, and rather annoyed cat to the Cetus dorms...

He wastes very little time closing the door and returning to a rather... drenched and rather annoyed human form.]

That should do it. I don't give a shit what happens, but lets get this over with.

Who: Monsterhunter, Shadow ... possibly Parrot. I DON'T KNOW WHERE ARE YOU
Where: Monsterhunter dorms
When: Day 277, just before curfew
What:

[The torches gutter their warning and Nishi stares at them pensively a few minutes before standing up and starting for the door.]

I need to talk to someone. I'll be back in the morning.

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: The Barracks
When: Day 266, Late afternoon
What:

[You return home empty handed after some time and have an oddly disproportionate idea of how many squidrats are in the ruins.

... Strangely, the Guardian doesn't seem as put out as he has with other missions.]

Who: Cygnus
Where: The Swan's Nest
When: Day 257, late afternoon
What: A message

[A knocking at the door, soft and persistent.]

Who: Whoever feels like noticing
Where: On the way home
When: Day 248, a bit after good ends
What: TIRED

[A team of Dolphins are wobbling home after being missing all of 247 and part of the morning of day 248, having a short nap in the Arena whenever it was that we arrived back for Veiled's game and then staying for Good Ends. (We also kidnapped some Lizards)

Gosh the bridge sure is still broken. And going through the trap door is not actually less wet. SIGH. sigh.]


((ORGANIZATION:
From the Arena: Kuchiha | Allen
Lizardking: Watanuki | Claude
In the foyer: Chrono | Edward | Zero | Kururu
Important Messenger time: MESSANGING!!
Miscellaneous: Syaoran | Scowl and Cobra))

Who: Cepheus
Where: Outside the dorm
When: Day 246 (backdate), just before curfew :(
What: heeeaaaaling and/or trauma i guess


[Maybe it's futile, but this noodle is setting up a perimeter of little magic flames, letting them roll down the length of his sword to burn seemingly nothing on the ground in a loose ring.]

Who: Nishi, Shadow
Where: The Meeting Hall
When: Day 245, after curfew
What: A meeting

[There's a real reason most Ophiuchus prefer to patrol during 'daylight' hours... While there's no requirements for interaction with people after curfew, there's a certain tangible FEEL of the dark just outside of the ring of the flickering lamplight. There's the distant, echoing scuffling and faint grinding sound of stone as the only sound breaking the silence... There's the way that the ground seems to waver at the very horizon of light, as if the small circle of light around you really is the only thing that's protecting you from something bigger...

And honestly, Nishi right now is torn between deeply regretting his choice to be out, and a terrible sort of horrified fascination with this world.

But tonight, he isn't out looking for stray Blanks trapped outside.]

Who: Lizardking
Where: Outside Lizardking
When: Day 246, morning
What: We want our bodyparts back...

Let's go price shopping for arms and legs....

Who: Hydacula & visitors
Where: Skullcrusher Mountain AND BEYOND
When: Day 237, evening
What:

TEAM MEETING! Also the grub's done. But more importantly TEAM MEETING! STATUS REPORTS, GO!

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: The dorms
When: Day 232, evening
What: Ranking changes... and a mission

[For many Ophiuchus who have been used to such changes occurring terribly early in the morning, if not in one's sleep if they are not favored by Horn, probably for the first time feel the earth shake, the rasp of scales, and a black shimmer engulf your clothing, changing them as you stand.

Caduceus has taken the finery and luxuries of this round, with Uraeus following extremely closely. Uroboros places last by only a point.

Outside of the unusual time of a rankings change, there's something of an anticipatory air hanging heavy.]

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 215, early morning
What: Game 132, endgame

[The rising light could almost be mistaken for dawn, if there was any dawn to see. As it grows, the buildings and trappings of the evening's game fade away, little more than shadows in the mist, chased away by the light.

Those not eager to rise find themselves waking on the arena floor, the warmth of their blankets just a memory.]

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 214, late evening
What: Game 132

[Not many hear the call that comes out from the arena. The whistle is high and sweet, and far above the uppermost ranges of human hearing. But throughout the South Block, animals foraging in the brief window of dusk pause and lift their heads, pets whine and scratch at closed doors. Torches flicker in the wake of the sound, casting odd shadows on the walls . . . shadows that don't settle as they should, that aren't shaped as they should, shadows that laugh and wave and point to the arena no matter what pose the people casting them take.

The arena stands in its normal ruins, but instead of the light of a breaking day, it's shaded in evening's hues, and the light fades more with each step. On the great throne sits a statue of matte black rock, lumpy and shapeless and casting the shadow of a young child on the arena's far wall ]

Step quickly blanks, step fast. The game has begun, and the light will not last.

(( OOC: As there's only five teams not in the lower bracket anyway, any unit that wishes to play anyway is welcome to, memories will just be restricted to the bottom eleven.))

Who: The wolf among the canines
Where: The door of the pack's den
When: Day 211, evening
What: The beginning of the end

[A scratching, a tapping, a knocking upon Canis's door.]

Who: Anybody~
Where: Near Hydracula
When: Day 201, just as curfew is beginning to fall
What: Displeasure and pillarings

[Late in the evening, juuust after the lights have dimmed for curfew, there's a terrible, horrible keening noise coming from the vague vicinity of the Hydracula dorms, followed by the repeated sounds of glass shattering.]

No, no, no! He's mine! You can't have him, you bastard!

[gosh it sure sounds safe out there tonight.]

Who: Whoever
Where: Wherever
When: Day 197, morningish
What: Mmmmmingle post (... hopefully sans eyeballs)

[oh hey, what's going on over there* ...]


((* there being where you indicate in the comment o/ also I'm not responding to everyone! MINGLE AMONG YOURSELVES))

Who: Those who have waited through the day
Where: The arena
When: Day 185, evening
What: A conclusion

[Dim light filters down from the arena’s heights; not so bright as to leave the ruins of buildings more than shadowed silhouettes, not so dark as to keep you from finding your way down, and down, to where a single flickering torch lights a broken courtyard.]