+ 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

M!Satoru

[townwithme]

[Kayo's Mirror has been running around the stands, but it seems no one really wants to play right now. Most people are too focused on the game (which has gotten a little violent, so she's trying to ignore it) or they're people who probably wouldn't want to play anyway. So, she falls back on her back up plan.]

Fu! Ji! Nu! Ma!

[She calls out the syllables of his name one by one as she hops up the steps to where he's sitting, and she holds out a bag of popcorn to him.]

I got you a snack!

[modoranai]

[Oh. Oh good. It's Kayo. Well, his Kayo, if he wants to claim any sort of association with her.

He accepts with popcorn with a small smile.]

Thanks, Kayo-chan.

[He adds the -chan because it sounds appropriately affectionate.]

[townwithme]

[It's perfectly fine with her - no different from any other grownup talking to her affectionately, because that is definitely a thing that happens to her all the time and not something she would latch onto him specifically for. Not at all.

That being said, she leans over to peek at his drawings. And maybe to steal a piece of his popcorn.]

What are you working on? Are you drawing the game?

[modoranai]

[He's fine with her taking some of the popcorn. She's the one who brought it to him after all. Besides, letting her do that makes her feel more comfortable around him, probably.]

I'm mostly just drawing people.

[He holds out the sketchbook to show her. It's mostly just head shots of people sitting in the stands. A few people out on the field are mixed in there, though.]

Want me to draw you?

[townwithme]

[Kayo gasps, like this is the most wonderful thing anyone has ever offered her.]

I'd love that! Draw me, please!

[She knows the drill by now though, and she climbs over to sit near him - not too close though, so he can see her clearly.]

Is this good? Do I need to move?

[modoranai]

[Okay. This should get her to sit still and be relatively quiet for a little while.]

No, that's good. You're fine.

[He flips to a new page in his book and starts to sketch her.]

Are you having fun?

[townwithme]

[She smiles, but other than that she tries to stay still.]

I always have fun when I'm with you, Fujinuma!

[It's cheerful enough but also sort of empty, like it's a line she's feeding him. It's an answer that feels correct, and if she seems like she's having fun then there's no reason to read into it further, right?]

[modoranai]

Even when something like this is happening?

[He leaves off sketching long enough to gesture at the game.]

I must have a pretty big influence.

[townwithme]

Mm! You make not-normal things seem...a little more normal!

[And a little less scary, if she's being honest.]

[modoranai]

Mm...

[He thinks that's a bit odd--he's really not that charismatic a person--but doesn't argue.]

Even with what's going on, do you like being over here on this side?

[townwithme]

Everything's so colorful over here...it's a lot prettier!

[That's not what he asked.]

[modoranai]

That's true. But do you like it?

[townwithme]

[It's a little harder to dodge this time, since he's pressing for her real feelings.]

It's...not the worst thing that could happen, so I don't mind it. Besides, it's nice to do something different!

[modoranai]

Mm.

[He nods. He supposes that's he agrees, even if he'd just as soon be left alone.

He turns the sketchbook around to show her his picture of her.]

What do you think?

[townwithme]

[She gasps, full of excitement!]

I love it! It looks just like me! You did a really good job, Fujinuma!

[modoranai]

[For the first time since she sat down, Satoru smiles and means it. He didn't care much for other people, but he liked being praised. He thought that was natural.]

You can keep it if you want. I'll give it to you once we go back inside.

[townwithme]

[Meanwhile, Kayo is happy with any sort of affection anyone is willing to give to her. This is the most wonderful thing he could have possibly said.]

Really?! I can have it? Thank you so much! I love it! I'll keep it forever!

[modoranai]

[He nods and looks out at the field.]

It looks like it will be over soon. Then we can go back inside.