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

A - Naoki

[Naoki watches the game pretty intently, even during the slow bits. He feels like he has a responsibility of some sort to do so. If he can't participate or help in some way, at least he can bear witness, right? Something like that.

It's frustrating, though. He's not good at sitting still, so he moves around the stands a lot, like he's trying to find the best vantage point from which to watch the proceedings. Though he tries not to get in anyone's way, the constant movement might prove annoying to those more inclined to sitting still.

He does take a short break to go find refreshments, but honestly, he barely touches them. He's not nervous so much as restless. He's seen things bloodier than what's happening down below--beheadings and all--so he isn't shocked by the violence. He just dislikes not being able to do anything.]

B - Mirror Naoki

[Mirror Naoki can't stomach most of what's happening. He spends the first part of the game near the exit to the stands, watching tensely. He cringes at the first sign of actual fighting and it's not even a quarter of the way through the game before he absconds, going to sit beneath the bleachers instead.

He can only spend so long down there ignoring things, though. It's going to happen whether he's watching or not, so... Maybe he should be watching. If nothing else, it might make the Queen unhappy for him not to be watching. He doubts she cares what he as an individual does, but if she later calls out those who weren't paying attention, he'll be in trouble.

So he reluctantly returns to the stands, only to spend most of the rest of the game staring intently at the ground near his feet, swallowing heavily every so often. This is really too much for him to handle.]

[Over there. Over there was someone who was way more restless than the one he knew on his side. Mirror Minato was curious, and he wondered if he should regret being that way or not even when he wasn't exactly fond of being out here.

He followed Naoki over to the refreshment table, not wanting to eat anything either.]

You left.

[Naoki looked over at him and knew he was a Mirror right off. There wass really no one else he could be.

That didn't put him on guard, however. He nodded.]

I need a break.