+ 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, thinking that over.]

So if you were out there, and no one was watching, how would you feel?

[modore]

[Satoru blinks, a little taken aback by the question.]

I...don't know. I guess it depends.

[panatipata]

[Minato tilted his head.]

Depends on what?

[modore]

On who might be watching or not watching. There are some people who I wouldn't want to see it.

[panatipata]

Who don't you want watching you?

[modore]

Like...like the people close to me. They shouldn't have to watch anything like that.

[panatipata]

You don't want them to remember you that way.

[modore]

Right. And they shouldn't have to worry.

[panatipata]

Don't you think what you've done then is in vain?

[modore]

Why? Just because no one's watching, it doesn't mean I didn't do it.

[panatipata]

How do you have any proof of what you actually did then?

[modore]

Well...I was there. Isn't that enough?

[panatipata]

Just like if you scream in the middle of a forest when you're alone, does anyone hear you?

[modore]

....If you're alone, how would anyone but you hear it?

[panatipata]

Exactly. You'd be the only one who knows whatever it is you did. How could anyone believe you if they didn't see it?

[modore]

That still doesn't change the fact that it happened. Even if no one else believed it, that doesn't change it.

[That's how his powers work, so of course he feels that way.]

[panatipata]

It doesn't. It must be kind of nice, knowing things and trying to convince other people of things that no one else knows happened and you sit here thinking you're being gaslighted.

[modore]

...Why are you going on about this?

[panatipata]

Because I think you should have more respect to people going through something for your benefit.

[modore]

Are you stopping everyone who leaves the stands or just me?

[panatipata]

Anyone that I can get to, if that makes you feel any better.

[modore]

...It does, a little bit.

[panatipata]

Just think about it, the way you live your life, the weight of the world on your shoulders because you know or can do things other people can't, but people won't give you the time of day or care about you in the least. You live this thankless, unfulfilled life while you pretend that your virtue and morals is what keep you going when really, all you're doing is drowning.

[modore]

Is that how you feel?

[panatipata]

No, why would you think that?