entrancelogs | + The Time Has Come, the Time Is Now +

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:

Have fun!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Shawn walks slowly around this Gren, noting the arm, noting the chipper attitude. He likes regular flavor Gren because it was hard to get him to be his friend but this one, well. He looks and sounds like he'll be friends with just about anyone. ]

Grendy, buddy! It's me! Shawn Spencer, great friend, better life advisor. So, you're the mirror? You know, except for the extra arm and dose of politeness, I never would have been able to tell the difference.

[Mirror Gren offers a warm smile- there's a lack of genuineness to it- when the Real Gren smiles, rare as it is, it's real. This is a touch rehearsed, a little too perfect. ]

Are you friends with my Real? [He doesn't know, he doesn't SPY. ] It's very nice to meet you. And....yes. I don't think he likes me all that much, honestly, but that's nice of you to say.

Grendel is, in all honesty, my best friend here. Unless my actual best friend from home shows up, then Grendy goes to a close number two. And between you and me? I don't think Grendy likes most people, so don't take it personally. I really had to grow on him.

[ Like a stain that just won't go away. Or something. ]

By the way, he's totally cool with me calling him Grendy, but you need a cool shorter nickname, too. 'Del' just doesn't have the right ring to it.

[The Real Grendel would be touched (and be a gruff shithead about it) about such a statement. The Mirror only continues his weird, plastic smile. ]

Well, I have to admire your tenacity, at least, even if he might not.

[The kind of friendship Real Grendel needs the most. ]

Oh. I don't really have a preference. Usually Gren is just fine, but if you want to make one up, that's totally fine.

He loves me. I can feel it.

[ This version though, he just doesn't stop smiling, huh? It's...yeah, he's ready for the grumpy asshole to keep being a part of his life. No offense to the mirror. ]

I call him Grendy, so sure, Gren it is.

[ Shawn looks out at the field, then back at Gren. ]

So. Did you guys know anything about what was going on or were you just as surprised as we were?

I'm sure he does, who couldn't?

[The grumpy asshole is considerably more stable than this weirdo. He looks out to the field too, shrugging. ]

The Queen didn't tell us anything about it. Only that we were expected to be here. I think she told her pieces in person. I'm really glad I wasn't picked. I'm not much of a fighter at all.

Yeah, I would have died right away even if I didn't get knocked off the board. Not so much a fighter. That's why I have friends who I can admit are much stronger than I am. But if a situation ever calls for needing someone to scream, I'm all about helping. Scream and run, that's my move.

Probably a good move in the long run. Then you get to stay alive, right?

[He doesn't have friends, he keeps them at arms length - it's easier than risking anything for people who don't matter in the long run. ]

That's exactly it. A winner strategy every time.

[ Except, really, during crunch time, he really does risk it all for people he cares about and it's super stupid! ]

So, what's it like over there? Fancier than our side, I bet.

[Real Gren is great at doing stupid things to keep his loved ones safe, his Mirror? Not so much. ]

There aren't any events. It's very cold and drab, though. Everybody looks out for themselves.

Wait, you guys don't have events? So you're never worried that like...zombies will kill you or giant killer whales will somehow sprout legs and rise out of the ocean to kill us all?

[ Which is a very specific fear, but okay. The point still stands. ]

They won't ever kill us, no. We can watch it happening, through the mirrors-but it never happens to us.

Sorry, I can tell that they're not a lot of fun.

Oh, I'm sure someone's loose definition of 'fun' is exactly this. We should find them, tell them congratulations on all the chaos. But until then, yeah, you lucky sons of bitches. So what's the tradeoff, other than being made against your will?

We get unmade, too. We have to remain loyal to the Queen, or our lives will be at stake. It's...difficult. There's a lot of backstabbing, in order to remain in her favour.

Not to under-sell it man, but yikes. That's rough, buddy. Maybe if she wins this thing it'll be good for you guys?

[ But terrible for their side. And vice-versa, probably. This is so stupid. ]

It will go a lot better for us than if she doesn't win it, that's for sure. Probably not so great for you guys, though.

Yeah, well. We're used to the shit storm, I feel like? We'll be okay.

[ he's vastly underselling his worry. ]

Anywho, I'm going to get popcorn, want some?

I'm sure you will be.

[He definitely cares way less than he's pretending to. He offers a thumbs-up at the offer. ]

Thank you! That's very generous.

[ Shawn smiles and laughs, clapping him on the shoulder. ]

Sure thing, no problem buddy. I'll see you soon.

[ And then mirror Grendel never saw Shawn again because that was weird and he'd rather hang out with his real friend. The mirror has been totally ghosted, straight up. SORRY, BRO. ]

[The Mirror totally deserves to be ghosted, he is the Worst Friend. ]

+ The Time Has Come, the Time Is Now +

mirror because lol

best times ahead wow

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