+ The Time Has Come, the Time Is Now +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone in Wonderland!
Where: The chessboard hills
When: Monday, June 11, all day starting at 10:00 AM
Rating: R for (sometimes excessive) violence
Summary: The Queen of Hearts has declared war and the time for battle has come.
The Story:
♥ ICly, the Real Things who will act as pieces volunteered and are led by the Red Queen. The Mirrors were chosen by the Queen of Hearts without being given a choice. The Queen of Hearts announced her choices to her Mirrors very directly, with an order to show up at 10:00 AM on the chessboard, ready to fight. The Red Queen announced her choices more politely, but just as firmly, with a text message sent out over the network listing her pieces and requesting their assistance to protect their fellow Real Things. Characters were not ICly able to respond to this message.

♥ Those pieces who choose to obey the summons will have time to gather any items or weapons they might want to have with them, within reason. Those who don't heed the summons will find themselves suddenly and instantly transported to their square on the chessboard when 10:00 AM rolls around. They will arrive with anything that was on their person at the time, as well as one weapon (whatever it would be normal for them to use). Likewise, any spectators who are not in or around the stands by 10:00 AM will find themselves transported there.

♥ Each player sports an armband, white for the Real Things and Black for the Mirrors, with the shape of their assigned chess piece embroidered in the opposite color. Royalty pieces wear crowns indicative of their status. Should a pawn be promoted to queen, a crown will appear on their head.

♥ Pieces will find that they can't leave their assigned spots until they're told what square to move to by either the Queen of Hearts or the Red Queen. And if they refuse to move, after a couple of moments, an unseen force will scoot them along to their new space.

♥ When threading moves on the board, please find the appropriate top-level under which to comment! It might be helpful to label your thread with which move/encounter you're playing out.

♥ Players on the board can not communicate with those in the stands and vice versa (other than by jumping around and flailing, I guess). However, players on the board can communicate directly with those in squares adjacent to them or with any challenger whose square they share. Since some pieces have a lot of down time, feel free to have them chat with others on the board while they're waiting around.

♥ Directions from the Queens can be assumed. Go ahead and play out moves without waiting for a comment to officially announce them.

♥ The plotting and info post for this log is here.

♥ For your convenience, here are links to the thread headers:

The Donation Box
Pre-Game
The Game - Moves 1-20
The Game - Moves 21-40
The Game - Moves 41-60
The Game - Moves 61-80
The Game - Moves 81-100
The Game - Moves 101-117
The Holding Area
The Stands

Have fun!

Comments

Mabel Pines and Mirror Mabel | ota

[powerofmabel]

☆ 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 (𝚖𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕)

[Mabel was expecting this to be awful, so for the first part of the game, before things begin getting extremely violent, she's standing up on the bleachers cheering everyone on and enjoying herself.]

Go Red Queen! Go Real team! Whooo!

[And then she plops back down on her seat and offers to the people next to her some of her popcorn which has been liberally sprinkled with various candies.] Want some? You need snacks to maintain your energy levels. This could get craaaazy.


☆ 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 (𝚖𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕), 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘

[Mabel's enthusiasm peters out as things start to become more chess game-like and boring and she looks like she's about to start falling asleep, only to turn pale when the first pieces begin to fall in increasingly violent ways. It's not like she's some wilting flower, unused to violence, but this is pretty much exactly the kind of war people had been worried about happening, disguised as a game, and it doesn't sit very well with her.

She kinda ends up watching the middle half behind her hands.]


☆𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 (𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕)

[While her Real has a crisis, Mirror Mabel, who has been bored since this started, takes her cue. Dressed in the exact same sweater as her Real and looking identical to her except for her lack of braces, she gets up on the stands and begins heckling everyone on both sides.]

You call that a capture? My grandma can capture a piece better than that! Rip his arm off! Come on! It's not a war unless you get a little bloody!

[Needless to say it's a little alarming to hear all of that from someone who looks like Mabel, even if it's entirely out of character for both Mirror and Real... Mostly the Mirror. Minus the gratuitous violence, Mabel probably would say a lot of that in a passionate outburst.]

stands - 2

[naughty_nurse]

[As Mabel peeks through her fingers, a hand gently touches her shoulder.]

You... you don't have to watch. There's a medical tent set up, you can wait in there... And the vendors...

[Her voice is tired and sad.]

[powerofmabel]

N-no. It's fine. [She chuckles awkwardly.] It's gotta be over soon right? Dipper and I have never really finished a game...

[naughty_nurse]

You and Dipper don't play games like this, do you?

[powerofmabel]

Not with people. They're just figures that look like horses and stuff...

[naughty_nurse]

And without the... stuff happening down there.

[Blood and death and etc.]

... You... don't have to make yourself suffer for their sake. They know you care.

[powerofmabel]

It's not about that... [She doesn't think she's suffering per say. It's just... complicated.] I just really thought it'd be different.

stands - take two

[henrydaniel]

[ Henry's done with this when his grandmother's mirrors is sent off the board after a hell of a fight, so his attention is on the people around him when he sees Mabel. She's just a kid, she shouldn't have to see all of this, the way people are getting butchered out there, and he gets up to sit beside her, putting his arm around her. ]

Hey. It's okay. Everyone'll be okay once it's all over.

[ His dad voice is out, knowing if Lucy were here, he'd be doing his best to distract her from the violence on the game board. ]

[powerofmabel]

[There is something really weird when your ex-boyfriend dads at you, but Mabel's life is weird and she's seen way more than her share of awful- that day in the caves with Chara and Frisk and the others, Dipper's two deaths... This doesn't even feel real compared to those things, but it's still pretty terrible. Moreso because it's been treated like a game the whole way through, and even she was getting into the spirit.

And she appreciates the arm to cling to.]

It's crazy. When I heard it was just a chess game, I thought it wouldn't be as bad as everyone was making it out to be...

[henrydaniel]

[ He can't help what he is now. Three years ago or something he thought he'd probably marry Mabel right here in Wonderland. Things change and life is pretty messed up. ]

Yeah, until it turns out people have to fight to the death. The queens have a real special way of showing they care about everyone's well being.

[powerofmabel]

Basically. [She sniffs.] They did call it a war, but they wouldn't be making us watch a war. It would've been awful, but at least we wouldn't be sitting here like dummies not doing anything, while our friends get beat up.

[henrydaniel]

I know. It's pretty unsettling to watch but you know...maybe we can do something for all of them later? On our side, I mean. Bake a bunch of cookies so they know we really put our hearts into it, or thank them all for being out there and doing what they had to. Something nice, something just to make people smile, you know? I'd help you with it, if you wanted.

[powerofmabel]

[She wipes her nose on her sweater sleeve, considering this.] I guess Jacinda has perfected that hot chocolate recipe of hers. I don't think anyone can feel bad drinking that.

Mirror Mabel!

[charlastan]

[Stan was right near Mabel at the beginning, cheering along and booing the Mirrors, but unfortunately it's all gone grim from there. No wonder it kept getting called a war.

He waits for a stretch where he thinks the field might be a little quiet and offers to get a snack refill and some more soda, but he notices something on his way back. There's Mabel, hiding her face behind her hands over near where he was sitting...and then, there's Mabel, several feet away and hollering like this still feels like some sports event.

It's a pretty good trick, even he has to admit it - from far away they're dressed the same. He frowns though, and decides something needs to be said to this little jerk. He comes up from behind, so he can tower over her even more.]

Do you seriously think you're foolin' anyone right now?

[hsllgrmthgzi]

[Mirror Mabel freezes and turns, looking up at Stan with wide, innocent eyes.] What do you mean, Grunkle Stan, I'm just-

[She cuts herself off, and then straightens to make herself look older and taller.] All right. You got me, my dearest Real Grunkle. I should know better than to try and con a con man. My apologies.

[charlastan]

Don't you "dearest Real Grunkle" me! What're you even doing? No one's gonna buy what you're sellin' here.

[Something else about this seems wrong too and it takes Stan a minute to pinpoint exactly what that something is.]

...And where's your partner in crime anyway? The creepy twins thing ain't as creepy when there's only one of you.

[He says it like he half expects Dipper's Mirror to pop up behind him and try to steal his wallet or something. It's suspicious.]

[hsllgrmthgzi]

[Her expression goes dark.]

He had an unfortunate accident. It was funny until Her Majesty replaced him him with the newer model.

[She points accusingly to the front row where.... Dippy Fresh sure is being Dippy Fresh.]

I refuse to call him my brother. He's an abomination.

[charlastan]

[This is the part where Stan should probably be saying something nice and heartwarming about "oh he's still your brother either way"...but then he gets a look at Dippy Fresh and winces sympathetically.]

Oh. Oh, wow. You're not kidding. Eesh, he looks like he's tryin' to sell me something in the nineties.

[hsllgrmthgzi]

Right? We're barely even twins anymore, and it completely throws off my sense of aesthetics. It's like I upgraded Stans and downgraded brothers.

[She examines her fingernails.]

stands 1

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper glances at Mabel's usual weird food concoction and pushes it away.]

I've never seen you this excited about chess.

[powerofmabel]

[More for her! She crams more in her face and tries to talk around it.]

Schyeah, but I'd be even more excited if there were horses... Or if the royalty actually dressed the part. We need some crowns on those kings and queens, man. And fancy clothes.

[krmvgivv]

[Sometimes, Mabel seems more like an alien than the actual aliens around here.]

I'm just worried about what'll happen when it stops just being moving and starts being capturing.

[powerofmabel]

What d'you mean? [She swallows, tilting her head in confusion... and bringing it back to the undeniable fact that Mabel does not understand this game.]

[krmvgivv]

[......oh boy. Well, she's going to find out soon. Shepard's heading towards Mirror Snow White, and Dipper knows chess well enough to know what comes next.]

...you know? I bet that popcorn would be extra good if we hide pieces in cotton candy. Let's go get some! Right now!

[powerofmabel]

Wait. [She grabs him by his vest, narrowing her eyes. She can be distracted easily, but sometimes her iron will is stronger.] Shepard's about to do something!