+ 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

[noreason]

It's real for her.

[So Remi's view of it doesn't really matter.]

I just wanted to make sure you weren't going to do anything dumb.

[remibriggs]

[ Remi makes a face of actual disgust and shakes her head. God, her real version sucked. She screwed up the entire mission for what? Love? And apparently surrounded herself with people who think she's a saint. ]

I'm not stupid. But she has a weakness. That's her own fault.

[noreason]

You don't have one?

[He's not really sure if that's possible.]

[remibriggs]

No.

[ Her and Kurt's mirror, they're not completely like Jane and her husband. They have their moments, but they're far from believing one wouldn't sacrifice the other if they had to. At least, she thinks. ]

I was always willing to go as far as I needed to.

[noreason]

That doesn't mean you don't have a weakness.

[At home, Naoki would go pretty far himself when necessary. But even he wasn't completely unstoppable.

Then again, his weakness had always been similar to the Real Jane's--the people around him.]

[remibriggs]

[ She had a weakness, but Shepherd made sure her daughter was so far away and untraceable that Remi doesn't even think about her anymore.

Much.

In any case, her baby has lived an entire life without her biological mother, so it doesn't matter anyway. ]

When you find my weakness then we'll both know what it is, I guess.

[noreason]

[Naoki considers that answer and her for a moment.]

Are you unhappy? I mean, not just right now because you don't like Jane. But in general.

[remibriggs]

Does it matter?

[ Avoiding the question. Which means he probably has his answer. ]

[noreason]

[It does.]

Sure it does. You're stuck here the same way everyone else is. If you're unhappy, it's just going to make that whole time miserable.

[remibriggs]

I'm fine.

[ Life is never easy, and misery sure does love company. She has her mirror version of Kurt, who's an ass, but he'll still give her the time of day when she wants it. ]

Being depressed about my station in life won't get me anywhere.

[noreason]

I guess not. But that doesn't mean you have to accept it.

[remibriggs]

[ She doesn't. Which is why, at some point, she's going to kill Jane. Not today, maybe not even six months from now. But eventually. She's weak, soft for Kurt, and she needs to know it. ]

Why don't you let me worry about my life.

[noreason]

Okay. [He holds up a hand.] Though it'd be nice if you let Jane do the same.

[remibriggs]

I made her. I know, here, I wouldn't exist without her, but that's where she and I aren't like you and the rest. She was me. We're only mirror opposites now because I was erased. I'm in there. I'm her. And I'll figure out a way to come back.

[ Meanwhile, it'll have to do to just make Jane's life miserable. ]

[noreason]

[Naoki looks at her thoughtfully for a minute.]

In other words, you want her to be the her she was when she was you.

[Too many pronouns!]

Then there will be two of you to compete.

[remibriggs]

Once she remembers who she is, there won't be any competing.

[noreason]

Why not?

[He thinks if there were two of him, he'd feel like he'd have to prove himself to be the most authentic somehow.]

[remibriggs]

Because at the end of the day, we'd both want the same thing. We can't get it until we go home, but at least she'd know herself again while she was here.

[noreason]

It'd all be undone by going home. Would that still be worth it?

[remibriggs]

Of course, it will. All that matters is today, anyway. Tomorrow is always a new challenge.

[noreason]

True.

[He actually likes that way of looking at it and smiles a little.]

I'm glad I got to meet you.

[remibriggs]

...Why?

[ No one's ever been glad to meet her before, and it catches her off guard. ]

[noreason]

You're strong and you know what you want. Even if I don't agree with your goals, I can respect that part of you.

[remibriggs]

[ She can't help it, she laughs, then just shakes her head. ]

Thanks for that. I'll be sure to say hi to your mirror for you.

[ There are other people she wants to see today, so she turns to go. ]

[noreason]

Yeah. See you.

[He also goes on his way.]