+ 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

[panatipata]

[Minato nodded several times and quickly too.]

I'm okay! You're here, so that makes it better. I didn't know that we'd be watching this.

[Chess. He hadn't expected this at all.]

[trafuri]

...I'm glad it was this and not some other things.

[He thinks things could have gone much worse than chess.]

[panatipata]

Like a real war? If it were that way and we had to fight?

[True, it could've been worse.]

[trafuri]

[Naoki nods slowly, turning his eyes downward.]

...I'm just a coward, so I don't want to fight.

[panatipata]

[Minato quickly shook his head.]

No, you're brave, you just don't know it yet or you don't believe it. You can't be a coward if you're out here like this.

[trafuri]

But...we have to be here.

[They physically had no choice.]

[panatipata]

But you could be hiding instead of being right out here too. I like that you're here.

[trafuri]

I-I guess so...

[He didn't think that was bravery at all. More like self-preservation. Who knew how the Queen would react if she looked over and someone was missing.]

It's...still hard. With so many people around.

[panatipata]

[Minato nodded again.]

What do you do all day at home? You stay in your room?

[trafuri]

[Naoki nodded.]

I feel like it's better that way. I don't get in anyone's way.

[panatipata]

[Minato could understand that too.]

You wouldn't be in the way. You're nice. Don't you have any powers?

[trafuri]

I have the same powers as the Real me.

[In his opinion, he was much too powerful.]

[panatipata]

That's a lot of power. But you know how to use it and when. You could help people that way.

[trafuri]

Maybe.

[He didn't sound too sure.]

But I'm not him. It seems like...I should be different that way, too.

[panatipata]

Different as in... you don't want to help people?

[Minato was just wondering.]

[trafuri]

No, in my power. He's really strong in a lot of ways that I'm not. So...it seems like my power should also be less.

[panatipata]

I have the same power as my Real. But you just have to know how to use it and for what?

[trafuri]

Th-that's true...

[He's not totally convinced.]

Anyway, I hope things are over soon. And everyone can stop fighting.

[panatipata]

[Minato nodded. He hoped so. He relaxed a bit and let out a breath.]

You'll still be my friend even if you had more or less power or the same power.

[trafuri]

[Naoki smiled, incredibly pleased by that. He might have been blushing a little.]

Thank you. You too.